Wanli 1592

Chapter 531

After hearing Xiao Ruxun's guess, Li Chengliang and Chai Guozhu looked at each other in blank dismay.

They only thought about defending. Seeing the cowardly look of the soldiers under their hands, who would dare to attack?I'm afraid that even if they dared to lead troops to attack, these veteran soldiers of the Beijing camp would dare to leave the general and escape by themselves, such as those old guard soldiers who left Qi Jiguang and fled by themselves.

If there were more than 2 cavalry brought by Li Rusong under his command, Li Chengliang would dare to let Chai Guozhu lead troops to attack at night to try the opponent's weight, but he has not received assistance, so he can only defend passively.

But now that Xiao Ruxun said so, he thought again, huh?It seems that this is the case!

Except for a few times when the northern captives came to attack Ming Dynasty with political purposes, they basically robbed and left without entanglement with the Ming army. Their cavalry would not benefit from encountering a tight infantry phalanx. Hurry up and go, Da Ming couldn't react, Da Ming's cavalry didn't dare to chase rashly, they could only suffer from being dumb.

But this time is very abnormal. They suddenly went south to attack, and suddenly they were about to attack the capital. There was no prior sign. The large-scale invasion of An Da and Ye Xian was based on political events, and this time they did not have a unified political order. But dare to go south brazenly, and even want to loot the capital, what kind of thing is this?
"Even if they are going to attack the capital, there should be some premonitions, for example, the conflict between Daming and a certain tribe has intensified to the point of irreconcilability, which has caused a major crisis.

But this time it was just a matter of lack of food. Going south to plunder food should be their sole purpose. What is it to attack the capital?They weren't worried that Da Ming would be enraged and come back to take revenge on them?Guihua City is not far from us at all. "

Xiao Ruxun kept raising his doubts, leaving Li Chengliang and Chai Guozhu at a loss as to how to answer them.

Li Rusong felt that what Xiao Ruxun said seemed to make sense, so he asked, "What does the admiral mean, are these northern captives attacking the Bauhinia Pass a cover-up? Actually, there is another purpose?"

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"The law of war says that what is true is false, and what is false is true. When things go wrong, there must be monsters. The current northern captives are not the former northern captives. Without a unified regime and orders, there is no basis for a large-scale southward war against the Ming Dynasty. It is definitely not their goal to fight the national war in Ming Dynasty, their only goal is to grab food."

Li Rusong frowned and said, "But the intensity of the northern captives going south this time is too great, 10 people going south, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a national war!"

"No, they have no motive. What is the purpose of their national war with Ming Dynasty? The northern region is experiencing severe cold, and they want to grab food. The severe cold in the northern region is too severe, and they need to send more people to grab more food. I don't believe that King Guiyi is really a hero with ambitions in the world, otherwise, how could he be suppressed by a woman until today to rebel?
The three generations of the Tumed Tribe have not had any major conflicts with Daming. The sudden conflict with Daming can only be caused by the most direct lack of food. If there is a national war with Daming, I am afraid that not only 10 people will come , they must be just for food and survival. "

"Then what is their purpose? Attacking Zijing Pass and threatening the capital, isn't it to loot the capital? They have done this before!"

Chai Guozhu asked questions quickly.

"Having done it before doesn't mean it will do it now. I answered it first. Now they don't have such a person, and they don't have such a unified commanding regime. Who will issue orders? Who will unified command?

The emergence of a unified order on the grassland cannot be achieved by a mere alliance. It will inevitably go through countless bloody battles to determine the strongest. Have we heard of a big battle on the grassland over the years? "

"It's really not..."

Chai Guozhu muttered softly.

"So, I thought that they definitely didn't attack the Bauhinia Pass for the purpose of looting the capital and threatening the capital of the Ming Dynasty. They must have another purpose, and what's more, the plan is not small."

Xiao Ruxun lowered his head in thought.

Li Chengliang suddenly said: "At this time, the northern captives have no other good place to go. If they don't come to Zijingguan to plunder the capital, they can only go south to Taiyuan. Taiyuan's 10,000+ soldiers and horses of the king's supervisor are defending. The ten thousand cavalry don't dare to go south rashly, other than that, they either go north or west, where else can they go?"

"It's impossible to advance westward. The major army towns in Yulin, Ningxia, and Gansu to the west are guarded by brave generals. They absolutely dare not mobilize all the nine sides. They don't have that many troops. It is possible to go northward, that is, they have to retreat. Now, send people here to guard the Bauhinia Pass to cover the retreat of the large troops.

But they are cavalry, and they move fast. If they want to retreat, Da Ming has no way to stop them for the time being. If it is just to cover the retreat, there is no need to attack the Bauhinia Pass to irritate the Ming court. "

Li Rusong's analysis is also very reasonable.

Xiao Ruxun raised his head, looked at Li Rusong, and thoughtfully said: "In this way, the most likely thing is to go south, to attack Bauhinia Pass for the purpose of going south, to attract the attention of the Ming army, what are you trying to do? Taiyuan?
Wang Dushi has 10,000+ soldiers and horses in Taiyuan, are they really sure to take Taiyuan?And more importantly, how did these northern captives supplement their food and grass? "

The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one could tell why.

Currently, there is too little information available. Apart from scout observations, there are only some hard-to-discern information brought by the fleeing people. If you don’t leave the Bauhinia Pass, you may not be able to learn more information. Let’s analyze the current information. , Xiao Ruxun could not analyze anything.

So he turned his attention to the Mongolian barracks again.

"If they used artillery trebuchets and bed crossbows, it proves that they must have captured a group of border town soldiers to operate these siege equipment for them. These northern captives will not operate these equipment. There must be a large number of prisoners in their barracks. These prisoners may have been captured all the way from Datong."

As soon as Xiao Ruxun said the words, Li Rusong's eyes lit up.

"If we can catch some captives captured by them, we will definitely be able to learn from their mouths the movements of these northern captives' soldiers and horses and what they saw along the way. It's blinding both eyes!"

Xiao Ruxun smiled and nodded: "That's right, that's exactly the case. If you want to know the true and false movements of the northern captives, you must catch those captured soldiers and rescue them. It's not too late. We must get ready immediately. , It’s getting late today, and the weather is even colder, it’s not convenient to fight at night, and when they come to attack the city tomorrow, they will be defeated in one fell swoop!”

"What if they don't come?"

Chai Guozhu asked: "They didn't come to attack today."

"Don't come? That's easy. I'll lead the soldiers to kill them! Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. If soldiers dare not fight, what are they doing?"

Xiao Ruxun's words were murderous.

(End of this chapter)