The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 217: A sudden attack over a thousand miles
The military examination will be held in Longchengwei.

When the news reached Datong Town, it caused a sensation.

Many soldiers and civilians in Datong Town even wanted to go to Longchengwei to watch the military examination.

As for why, it is naturally because there is an internal thief.

The remnants of the three major families in Puzhou wanted to take the opportunity to go to Longchengwei to gather information.

At their encouragement, many soldiers and civilians in Datong Town spontaneously organized carriages and even rode horses to rush towards Longchengwei.

Wanli seemed to be unaware of anything and allowed the soldiers and civilians at the border to come and watch.

He was really preparing for the martial arts examination in Longchengwei.

He sent all the grain carts in Datong Town to Datong Weicheng to purchase things needed for the martial arts examination, such as pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, and even small tables. He bought several thousand sets and sent them to Longcheng Wei.

The Longcheng Guard was filled with banners, and the martial arts examination venue at the North Gate was also being built at a rapid pace.

However, this time they did not use earth or stones to build the arena, they used wood.

The wood is easy to build, and the Longcheng Guards are likely to hold just one martial arts examination, so the arena will probably have to be dismantled by then.

If you use earth and stones to build the arena, it will be troublesome to build and dismantle. It will be much more convenient to use wood.

This all seems to be fine.

When the spies sent by the remnants of the three major families in Puzhou arrived at Longchengwei, the venue for the martial arts examination was almost completed.

Those martial arts candidates who were taking the imperial examination seemed to have arrived at Datong City. The grain carts of the Shenji Camp were carrying grain and those martial arts candidates to Longcheng City.

After the remnants of the three major families in Puzhou confirmed the news, they immediately passed it on to the Tumed tribe.

Upon hearing the news, Sanniangzi and Chelike couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It turned out that the young emperor had withdrawn his troops to prepare for the military examination and the palace examination.

It looks like we'll be through this year.

Because the joint military examination will not start until September 15th, and the palace examination will not start until October 9th.

The wind and snow outside the Great Wall come earlier than inside the Great Wall. It may snow outside the Great Wall by the end of October. At that time, the Ming army will definitely not be able to besiege them.

In other words, after the martial arts palace examination is over, they only need to hold on for about half a month.

This is too simple, because the main force of the Ming army was extremely cautious and advanced very slowly, advancing at most four or five hundred miles in half a month.

Although the Tumed tribe's current grazing land does not have much grassland, the area is very large, more than a thousand miles in radius.

The Ming army also had to consider how to retreat after the snow fell. They certainly would not advance too deep, they could just hide and escape.

When everyone's attention was drawn to Longchengwei, Wanli seemed to have another attack.

He actually transferred 30,000 infantrymen from Datong Town to guard the north gate of Longchengwei, and sent Shenshu Camp to guard the south gate of Longchengwei.

This was not all, as he immediately set off with tens of thousands of imperial guards and half of the Shenshu Camp's chariots, saying that he was going to Yunzhongwei to pick up the martial arts candidates who were taking the imperial examination!
As an emperor, why would you accept a military candidate?

This was obviously abnormal, but the remnants of the three major families in Puzhou had no idea what he was going to do.

On the sixth day of the ninth month, Gengzi year, around the time of Shen, the sun was shining brightly in the sky. Tens of thousands of dark chariots were lined up in two neat rows, protecting the imperial cavalry as they galloped across the grassland.

Ahead is the amber-colored Jining Lake, and after passing Jining Lake, another hundred miles away is Yunzhongwei.

Wanli claimed that he was going to Yunzhongwei to pick up the military candidates who were taking the imperial examination. Logically, he should have taken the open area west of Jining Lake and continued south. Perhaps he could reach Yunzhongwei before dark.

Instead, the Shenshu Camp's convoy turned east, forming a massive square formation at the northeast corner of Jining Lake and setting up camp. Around 5 p.m., as the sun set, the massive convoy, nearly ten miles in radius, was complete. The tents within were arranged like a giant flower, protecting the ten or so generals' tents in the center.

At this time, Qi Jiguang and Ma Gui also rushed over with the generals of the Shenwu Camp and the Shenji Camp.

The Shenwu Camp was grazing in the southeast of Jining Lake, and the Shenji Camp's grain cart team had already arrived at Yunzhongwei. It was not surprising that they rushed over to pay homage to the emperor.

At this time, the general's tent where maps were placed was already filled with generals. Qi Jiguang, Ma Gui, Liu Jing, Wang Rulong, Wu Weizhong, Qin Bangping and others had gathered around the large table where maps were placed. Except for Chen Ziluan and Zhu Jue who led the Shenshu Front Camp and Shenshu Rear Camp to guard Longchengwei, all the other deputy generals of the Beijing Camp had come.

Most of them still had a look of doubt on their faces.

At this moment, only Qi Jiguang knew what their goal was, while others were still confused.

Of course, there was nothing to hide at this point.

Wanli pointed directly at the map of the Nine Frontiers on the table and explained in detail: "Our goal this time is to recapture the former territory of the Beijing Xingdusi.

Dong Yiyuan, the general of Jizhou Town, has already attracted the cavalry of the Three Doyan Guards to the vicinity of Yanshan Mountain in the south. There are basically no cavalry of the Three Doyan Guards on the grassland in the north.

The key to our recovery of the former territory of the Beijing Xingdusi is to defend it, and to defend the former territory of the Beijing Xingdusi we have to build many citadels.

Therefore, we cannot let the cavalry of the Three Guards of Doyan escape. If the cavalry of the Three Guards of Doyan launch sneak attacks everywhere when we are scattered to build the Acropolis, we will be stuck in a quagmire.

This time, our primary task is to encircle and annihilate the cavalry of the three guards of Doyan. To this end, we must block the four sides of the former Beijing Xingdusi from the very beginning.

To the east of the Beijing Xingdusi is Liaodong Town, so we don’t need to worry about it. We have also built the Acropolis to the south of the Beijing Xingdusi, so we don’t need to worry about it either.

The key now is the west and north. I plan to attack the north and encircle the west."

It turns out that the goal of this northern expedition was to recapture the former territory of the Beijing Xingdusi!
No wonder the past few months have felt a little weird.

They came to the north with great fanfare, but in the end, two or three months had passed and they still had not fought a real battle with the Northern Tartars.

The Tumed, Chahar, and Kharchin tribes all ran away when they saw the Beijing army. Wanli and commander-in-chief Qi Jiguang did not order a pursuit. They felt like they were playing hide-and-seek with others and were not there to fight at all.

It turned out that their target was not the Tumed tribe at all but the Three Guards of Doyan, the former site of the Xingdusi in Beijing, thousands of miles away.

When the generals heard this, they all suddenly understood.

Immediately afterwards, Wanli began to assign tasks.

He pointed at the map and said solemnly: "Yuan Jing, tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM, you will lead 80,000 Shenwu Camp cavalrymen to set out, rush to the south bank of the Lamulun River within three days, and then use two days to line up the Shenwu Camp cavalrymen in a row.

General Ma, you will lead the Datong Town cavalry and set off to the west of the former site of the Beijing Xingdusi to meet up with Yikui and tell him that you are preparing to encircle the three guards of Doyan.

General Wei Zhong and General Qi, you will lead the Shenshu Left Camp and the Shenshu Right Camp to set off later, and bring 30,000 craftsmen with you to join General Ma and Yikui in blocking the valley west of the Beijing Xingdusi.

Rulong, Dashou, Shouren, and General Lou, tomorrow morning at approximately 1:00 AM, you will lead the Shenji Camp's food carts and rendezvous with me at the valley entrance southeast of Jining Lake. Bring along those martial arts candidates as well."

Upon hearing this, all the generals responded with unanimous agreement.

The next morning at about 11:00 AM, 80,000 cavalrymen from the Shenwu Camp formed a long dragon and rushed towards the Beijing Xingdusi, a thousand miles away.

Next came the cavalry from Datong Town, followed by the chariots from Shenshu Camp, and the food carts from Shenji Camp also set out early from Yunzhongwei, galloped to the vicinity of Jining Lake, and then disappeared!

More than 200,000 troops, including the martial arts candidates who took part in the imperial examination, disappeared magically in just one morning!
At this time, the cavalry from Datong Town and Xuanfu Town had already fought their way through the basins and grasslands from Jining Haizi to the Beijing Xingdusi, and no one knew where they went.

It was not until three days later, when 80,000 cavalrymen from the Shenwu Camp rushed from the edge of the desert to the south bank of the Lamulun River, that the three guards of Doyan suddenly realized that the little emperor's target was still them!
However, it would take time for them to react. From the south bank of the Lamulun River to the station of the Doyan Three Guards Cavalry was at least five or six hundred miles away. It would take at least a day for Changtu, Changang, Dong Huli and others to receive the news.

If they led the cavalry north again, it would take at least another day. By that time, the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp would have spread out on the south bank of the Lamrun River.

Wanli had calculated this time long ago. The three guards of Doyan had no time to react at all. He was very good at surprise attacks.

(End of this chapter)