The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 219 Strong General
In order to incite the Northern Tartars and the Beijing Camp to fight each other, Wang Zhicai actually instigated the three guards of Doyan to ask for help from Tumen Khan and the Kharchin tribe.

Will Tumen Khan and the Kharchin tribe come to rescue the Three Guards of Doyan?

This is really hard to say.

This is indeed the current situation.

The Ming army is becoming more and more powerful. If the northern barbarians cannot defeat the main force of the Ming army, the Beijing Camp, they will be beaten.

Wanli seemed to like to beat people up indiscriminately, no matter who you were, as long as you were a northern barbarian, he would beat you if he caught you.

If Tumen Khan and Qingbaduer Taiji of the Kharchin tribe had seen the situation clearly, they might have sent troops to rescue the three guards of Doyan.

Moreover, Tumen Khan should not think it is too far this time, because the Khorchin grassland is to the north of the Lamulun River, and it will only take a day or two for him to lead the cavalry to rush over.

The problem is that the cavalry sent by the three guards of Doyan to seek help must be fast enough to escape the encirclement.

The cavalry of Xuanfu Town had already blocked the western mountains. Moreover, before the cavalry of Shenwu Camp reached the south bank of the Lamulun River, the cavalry of Datong Town had already rushed to the west to meet up with the cavalry of Xuanfu Town.

The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp had just arrived at the south bank of the Lamulun River when the chariots of the Shenshu Camp had already been pulled into the valley to the west.

The three guards of Doyan communicated back and forth, and after a lot of trouble, they discussed with Wang Zhicai, and five or six days had passed.

The valley west of the former Beijing Xingdusi had long been blocked. Not to mention the cavalry coming to ask for help, even a fast bird flying over would probably be shot down.

The cavalry sent by the three guards of Doyan could not get out at all, and only a few of them managed to escape.

When Wang Zhicai received the news, he was so scared that he disappeared.

The way he disappeared was actually very simple, which was to disguise himself as soldiers and civilians from the border who were captured by the northern barbarians.

There are quite a few people like this on the Northern Lu side, and it will be no problem for them to sneak in.

If the Ming army caught such border soldiers and civilians, they would only ask about their hometown and then let them go home. Therefore, they could escape by pretending to be border soldiers and civilians.

The problem is that the tribal leaders of the three guards of Doyan have no way to pretend to be someone else, and they don’t know what to do.

They couldn't escape, and Wang Zhicai scared them so much that they dared not surrender. What could they do?

While they were hesitating, it was already September 14th.

At about 5 p.m. that afternoon, as the sun was setting, Wanli finally arrived at Qi Jiguang's camp on the south bank of the Lamulun River with the Shenwu Camp's convoy and tens of thousands of imperial cavalry.

There was no other way. The grain carts of the Shenji Camp each carried ten stone of grain, and it was considered good if they could run more than a hundred miles a day.

At this moment, he had actually run to the middle position north of the Beijing Xingdusi. Nine thousand grain carts of the Shenjiying had been distributed, leaving only fifteen thousand.

When Qi Jiguang heard that he was coming, he hurried out of the camp to meet him.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli asked impatiently, "How is it, Yuan Jing, what are the reactions of the three guards of Doyan?"

Their reaction was a bit strange.

Qi Jiguang explained in detail: "When we first came here, there were several nomadic tribes on the south bank. They ran away when they saw us, and many of them even abandoned their cattle and sheep. We even picked up a lot of cattle and sheep for free.

At this moment, they have all hidden about two hundred miles to the south. I am worried that the scouts will be surrounded and killed if they go any deeper, so I dare not send scouts to explore further south.

Their cavalry has been nowhere to be seen. This is really puzzling. At least they should have led the cavalry to come and take a look."

The reaction of the three guards of Doyan was really a bit strange. In fact, they were just scared of being beaten. A big flag with the word "Qi" on it was enough to scare them away.

If it were any other tribe of the Northern Tartars, they might gather their cavalry and come over to take a look, but the Three Guards of Doyan would definitely not dare to come here and seek death.

Wanli nodded slowly, then asked, "What about the north? Did Tumen Khan have any reaction?"

Qi Jiguang estimated, “There used to be a few tribes grazing on the north bank of the river, but they are nowhere to be seen now.

They should have migrated dozens of miles away, but there are people on guard at the high ground to the north. They seem to have prepared firewood and hay, and they must be ready to send out warning signals at any time."

The Lamulun River is actually quite wide. It becomes very wide after it comes out of the mountains at its source. The widest part is probably two or three miles, and the narrowest part is about a mile. It would probably take the Northern Tartars half a day to build a floating bridge.

Wanli stared at the vast river to the north and thought for a moment, then decisively said, "The three guards of Duoyan are estimated to have 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry. If they get angry and fight us, the Shenwu Camp cavalry may not be able to withstand it. Let's first disperse the Shenji Camp's food carts. For every 10,000 Shenwu Camp cavalry, we will have 3,000 food carts and 10,000 Shenji Camp soldiers. After that, we will line up and march south."

This was the safest way to do it. Because the Shenji Camp's food carts could also be used as chariots, if the three Doyan guards gathered all their cavalry to attack one group of troops, the Shenji Camp's food carts could still form a formation to resist, and the troops on both sides would still have time to come to the rescue.

If the Shenji Camp's grain carts were not used, the 10,000 Shenwu Camp cavalrymen would rush south, and they might not be able to stop the 40,000 or 50,000 cavalrymen of the Doyan Three Guards.

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Let's wait a few days until the Shenji Camp's food carts are ready before we attack."

He was patient, but those martial arts candidates who took part in the imperial examination were a little impatient.

This time, all the military candidates who participated in the military examination went directly to the battlefield, and their military merits of killing the enemy were not only rewarded, but also counted as a result of the examination.

They were so excited when they received the news.

However, the grain cart had been carrying them on the road for almost ten days, and it seemed that September 15th was almost over, and some of them were still sitting on the grain cart.

How long will it take for this grain cart to arrive?
On September 19th, Guichou, the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp and the food carts of the Shenji Camp finally headed south.

Early in the morning, around 1 a.m., as soon as a glimmer of light appeared in the sky, commands were issued and scouts were sent out in all directions from the south bank of the Lamulun River.

At three quarters past the hour of Mao, the sky became bright, and the eight armies formed an orderly formation and began to advance southward.

As the scouts shuttled back and forth, more than 100,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp were twisted southward like a huge iron chain.

The vast grassland was suddenly filled with smoke and chaos. All the tribes of the Three Guards of Doyan were desperately fleeing south.

On the first day, the Beijing army of over 100,000 advanced 150 miles to the south, but they didn't even find a single hair.

However, the total width of the former Beijing Xingdusi from north to south was only about a thousand miles. If the four or five hundred miles of Yanshan Mountain in the south were subtracted, the width would be only about five hundred miles.

They advanced for two days, covering more than 300 miles. At this time, hundreds of thousands of men, women, young and old, and millions of cattle, sheep and horses from the three guards of Doyan were squeezed into an area only a hundred miles wide and less than two hundred miles. There was no room for any more.

At about 1 a.m. on the third day, when the eight troops advanced together again, the three guards of Doyan finally couldn't hold it anymore.

They actually gathered all the cavalry and all the young and strong men and rushed directly towards the third group of people from the east.

This is obviously an attempt to break through.

The third route in the east was commanded by Liu Jing, the deputy general of the Shenji Left Camp.

He saw through the telescope that about 100,000 troops were rushing towards him from a distance. Instead of being panicked, he showed a hint of excitement.

Aren’t you here to present military merits?
He took a careful look and then said decisively, "Send the order. Order the Shenji Camp's grain carts to form a Qi-shaped formation. Order the cavalry to form a long snake formation behind the carts. Order the fast cavalry to quickly seek help from the troops on the left and right."

In this battle, they will definitely have no problem holding off the cavalry in front, but if the large group of infantry behind them also rushes up, they will most likely not be able to hold on.

Although he wanted to achieve merit, he had not thought about the extent of not caring about the lives of his own soldiers, so reinforcements were definitely needed.

This is the solution that the leaders of the three Doyan guards came up with after two days of discussion.

Didn’t the Ming army massacre young and strong people?

Then they took all the young and strong men to defeat the enemy and escape.

As for the elderly, children, women and children, as long as they are still alive and the young and strong are still alive, there is always a chance to rescue them.

After all, this is where they have been grazing for more than a hundred years, and they are very familiar with it.

This time, as long as they can break through the Ming army's chain and run to the rear of the Ming army, the more than 100,000 Ming troops will not be able to surround them. If that doesn't work, they can still run away and run to Tumen Khan's territory.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with their tactics.

If they encountered an ordinary general, this black mass of nearly 100,000 troops would really be able to break through.

The problem was that he met a general from the Beijing camp, and the most powerful one among them was Liu Jing.

All I can say is that they are unlucky and chose the wrong person.

There is an even more powerful general in Liu Jing's army.

(End of this chapter)