Chapter 95 Ming Army’s Conspiracy

Haizibian.

Scarface, Monk Zhang and Cheng Hun have arrived, and Wang Pu asked Xiaoqi: "Xiaoqi, where are Tang Sheng and Big Bearded Man now?"

Xiao Qi said: "Tang Sheng, the bearded man, each with four or five hundred cavalry, was driving away the other two Tumotes. The bearded man's men were about thirty miles away from here, and he should be able to arrive before dark. Tang Sheng's men were nearly a hundred miles away from here, and he might not be able to arrive by Haizi until noon tomorrow."

Wang Pu asked again: "Where is the group of Mongolian soldiers who retreated?"

Xiaoqi said: "It has retreated fifty miles north of Haizi."

Wang Pu said: "Xiaoqi, you bring someone to send a message in person, telling Dahushou and Tang Sheng not to pay attention to the Tumotes anymore, and ask them to lead their troops to gather immediately. They must arrive at Haizi before dark today! As for the plunder of cattle and sheep, let the border army of Eunuch Zhang do it.

"yes!"

Xiao Qi responded and took two personal soldiers to ride away like a flying horse.

Wang Pu turned around and looked at Scarface. Monk Zhang and others glanced at him and said, "You bring some people to remove all the carriages and tents abandoned by the Tumotes. Set up a fire by the Haizi. Slaughter a few hundred fat sheep for the brothers to have a full meal, and then have a good sleep. Let's talk about other things tomorrow morning!"

"yes."

Scarface, Monk Zhang and Cheng Zhuo and more than twenty generals agreed and took the order.

When everyone walked away, Zhen Youcai whispered: "General, why don't you tell them now?"

"Now is not the time." Wang Pu shook his head and whispered, "Let me tell them before sending troops tomorrow morning."

Zhen Youcai hesitated for a long time and asked in a low voice: "General, do you have to go to the army to fight?"

A faint smile appeared on Wang Pu's face and said, "You don't have to go to war with the army. Take Xiaoqi and two hundred personal soldiers and take the camel team back to Datong. The backs of these more than 200 camels can contain the gold, silver and treasures we have captured from Guihua this time. Be careful along the way and never make any mistakes."

Zhen Youcai nodded and replied: "General, don't worry, General, Beizhi will definitely take the camel caravan back to Datong safely."

Wang Pu nodded and suddenly said an irrelevant sentence: "You are talented, you have been following me since the end of August last year. Helping to give advice, first attack Shengjing, then transfer to North Korea, and suppressing the White Lotus Sect in Jining. Speaking of which, you have helped me a lot, and you have saved my life in the capital."

Zhen Youcai rubbed his hands unnaturally and said, "What do the general do when he says this?"

Wang Pu looked at Zhen Youcai sincerely and said with some guilt: "It's so shameful to say that. I should have thanked you well for a long time, but I haven't stopped after returning to Datong, and I didn't even have time to tell you about marriage."

"General, where are you?" Zhen Youcai's face suddenly flushed and said, "If it weren't for General, you brought Beizhi back to the Ming Dynasty. Beizhi would still be a cow, horse and slave in Liaodong! If you want to thank him, it should be Beizhi's thank you General."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Wang Pu waved his hand and continued. "There will be a fierce battle this time when the troops sent to Sanbulachuan will be sent. I don't know when I will return to Datong, so I have to ask you to do two more things."

Zhen Youcai said solemnly: "Please give orders to the general."

Wang Pu said: "The first thing is to find a way to buy food after returning to Datong. At present, Shaanxi, Henan and Huguang are all thieves. These three provinces cannot buy food. However, the Bailian Sect in Shandong has been wiped out and the Cao Road has been cleared. The food from the south can be transported to the capital, so the food has to be bought in the capital."

Zhen Youcai said: "How much food do you want to buy?"

Wang Puying said: "You bring 200,000 taels of silver and buy as much as you can."

Zhen Youcai said: "What about the second thing?"

"The second thing is more difficult to deal with, is gunpowder!" Wang Pu sighed and said slowly, "There is not much gunpowder in the armory of the Datong border army. Because there is no silver to feed the raw materials, the Gunpowder Bureau of Datong Town has not started construction for more than half a year! This time, Zhang Zi'an's old castrated man took out all his assets. But even if we save it, this gunpowder is only enough for brothers to fire a few shots."

Zhen Youcai said: "Then general, what do you mean..."

Wang Pu said: "After Zhang Zi'an drove the cattle and sheep and animals of the Tumote people back to Datong, the matter was not over. Because these animals could not be made into silver, he still could not pay military salaries. So he had to come and ask our Wang family to buy these cattle and sheep and animals for money. At this time, you will come forward to suppress the price."

Zhen Youcai said: "How much is the price?"

Wang Pu said: "Buy all the cattle, sheep and horses with 300,000 taels!"

"Ah? 300,000 taels!" Zhen Youcai said in a lost voice, "General, a sheep is worth at least one tael, a horse is worth at least six taels, and a cattle are sold at least ten taels, but the Tumotes' cattle, sheep and horses are at least one million. Even if they lose some of them, they will not be less than 800,000 in the end by the border army to return to Datong. The Beizhi is estimated to be worth at least one.5 million taels of silver. Is it too harsh to give only 300,000 taels?"

Regarding the prices of cattle, sheep, and horses, you can refer to the prices of Chinese and Ming dynasties in the works.

Wang Pu said: "Of course this is not the lowest price."

"What is the reserve price?"

"The reserve price is to buy all cattle, sheep and livestock at half the market price, but the condition is... the management rights of the three weapons workshops and two gunpowder bureaus in Datong Town will be unconditionally transferred to our Wang family. We can provide weapons and gunpowder to the border troops according to the original amount, but the court shall not inquire about specific business affairs."

Zhen Youcai calculated with his fingers and said, "General, the money in the bank deposit may not be enough."

Wang Pu said: "If you don't have enough money, you can go to my elder brother."

"I understand." Zhen Youcai nodded, "After returning to Datong, Bei Zhi will definitely do these two errands well."

Wang Pu patted Zhen Youcai's shoulder and said with a low smile: "When the general returns to Datong, I will ask someone to tell you about his family."

Zhen Youcai said happily: "Then I thank the general in advance for the humble position."

No words all night.

The next morning, as soon as the sun rose, the side of Haizi began to churn. After a beautiful sleep, the soldiers all drew out of low cowhide tents. They washed their faces randomly by Haizi, then ate the mutton on the fire, and finally, they hurriedly started forming a formation.

In less than half an hour, all the soldiers pulled their mounts and had already formed a formation.

The bearded man and Tang Sheng's men arrived yesterday afternoon and evening night. Dozens of brothers were killed and killed in the process of chasing the Tumote people. Yesterday, more than one hundred brothers died in a short and fierce battle with the Korqin people. There were only more than 3,800 left when they set out.

Although there are fewer people, there are more horses.

When Wang Pujun first went out of the frontier, each of them had only one war horse. Now almost everyone had three war horses. The nearly eight thousand war horses that were added were stolen from the Tumotes. They also snatched enough saddles from Guihua City and various settlements. These eight thousand war horses could be transferred at any time.

In this way, Wang Pujun's mobility was greatly improved.

This is also an important reason why Wang Pu dared to attack the Sanbulachuan area. With these war horses, even if they can't beat the Korqin people, they can always escape, right?

Wang Pu turned over and rode his horse slowly walked past the formation.

Nearly four thousand soldiers' eyes fell on Wang Pu, the north wind was howling, and the world was silent, only the heavy sniff of war horses and the sound of the big flag fluttering in the wind in Lu Liu's hand were clearly heard.

Wang Pu stopped and asked sternly, "Are you all full?"

"I'm full."

All the soldiers responded in unison after hearing Wang Pu’s question.

Wang Pu said coldly: "What did you say? I can't hear it!"

"I'm full!"

The soldiers used their strength to respond with a loud voice. The huge sound shattered the silence on the grassland, alarmed a group of wild horses drinking water by the sea, and rushed towards the distance. The soldiers of the border soldiers who were gathering cattle and sheep not far away also turned their heads and looked at them. The eyes were shocked.

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and said loudly, "Tell me something to my brothers and give me a reward. A team of Mongolian cavalry is coming here. They are going to snatch the cattle, sheep and animals we have. Everyone is asking for help?"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!"

"We must never let them snatch the cattle, sheep and animals back!"

The soldiers responded one after another.

"Good words!" Wang Pu shouted, "How can you spit out the fat meat from your mouth? If the Mongolians want to snatch cattle, sheep and animals back, they have to ask the brothers if the guys in their hands agree!"

"Don't agree!"

"We won't agree!"

"If you want cattle and sheep, you will have one life. If you want to have a Mongolian, come and get it if you have a vegetation!"

More than three thousand soldiers waved their weapons and shouted loudly at the top of their lungs.

"Brothers..." Wang Pukeng drew his sword, raised it above his head and shouted, "Take these Mongolians back to grandma's house if they don't know how high and thick the sky is! Kill!"

Wang Pu waved his waist knife and ran towards the direction where the sun rose in the east.

Seeing this, more than 3,800 soldiers suddenly howled like wild wolves, and turned over to the horses. They followed Wang Pu and swarmed around. The horses were crowded with their iron hooves. In less than a moment, tens of thousands of war horses had turned into the faint black line in the sky, and the rumbling sound of horse hooves gradually drifted away, and in the end they could not hear anything.

Zhang Zi'an came out of the tent wearing a thick mink fur and sighed, "If you want to lead the army, the prince consort is the best one to lead the army..."

Sixty miles north of the Yanyehai, the eight hundred remaining cavalry of Banktu camped here.

Looking back on the battle yesterday, Banktu could be said to be too regretful. He almost even wanted to commit suicide. If he had known this, he would not have come out rashly. Now the three thousand iron guards handed over to him by Ukshan were only eight hundred remaining cavalry, and he could no longer complete the task of delaying the Ming army.

It will take at least two days for the 8,000 cavalry of Sogar to arrive, but the Ming army had already fled back to Datong after two days.

When Banktu was having no choice, suddenly a captain of his personal soldiers came to report: "Little Prince, I discovered the brigade of Ming cavalry!"

"Ming cavalry?" Banktu stood up and asked sternly, "Where is it?"

The captain of the personal soldiers replied: "In the southeast, I headed towards the sea of ​​Wuer."

"He headed for the sea of ​​silence!" Banktu frowned, "How many cavalry did the Ming army dispatch?"

The personal captain said: "There are more than 10,000 war horses, at least three thousand cavalry!"

Banktu roared: "Damn it, when did the Ming Dynasty learn to ride one horse and three rides?"

"Little Prince, what should I do now?" asked the captain of the personal soldiers, "Do you want to divide half of the cavalry to track the Ming cavalry?"

"No hurry," asked Banktu, "Where are the rest of the Ming army?"

The captain of the personal soldiers said: "The rest of the Ming army is still returning to the cattle, sheep and animals of the Tumotes in the Yanyehai area."

"That's strange." Banktu frowned, "Why did the Ming army divide its troops? There must be a conspiracy here! But what conspiracy would be? Gorgeous sea, Gorgeous sea? Gorgeous sea!"

Banktu murmured twice, suddenly his face changed drastically, and he said in surprise: "Oh, it's not good!"

The captain of the personal soldiers was startled and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with the little prince? What's wrong?"

Banktu said: "The Sanbulachuan is less than 300 miles north of the sea of ​​Wuerhai. The Ming cavalry is one cavalry and three occupants, and it is enough to drive three hundred miles a day and one night! The eight thousand cavalry of Sanbulachuan are on the way to Yanyehai. There is no army around my father Khan. If he is suddenly attacked by the Ming cavalry at this time..."
Chapter completed!