.Chapter 779 The battle is in full swing

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Huaian Town, Huaian County, the once prosperous town has become a scorched earth, replaced by endless Mongolian camps.

The harvest of the capture of Shizhou City was beyond imagination and made the Mongols very excited. However, because they were worried about the revenge of the Ming army, they kept moving. They stopped to repair it until they left the boundary of Shanxi, and rewarded the three armies and boosted morale.

At this moment, in the military camp, there were bonfires everywhere, and the wine and meat were fragrant. The tired Mongolian warriors sat around, drank and sang, and ate meat in big mouthfuls, and there was a joyful atmosphere. The sweat tent in the middle of the camp was filled with chicken, duck, fish, and delicacies. The most heroic leader of Mongolia, Tusette Khan Altan, was inviting his generals to celebrate this great victory.

The banquet started from afternoon to evening, and the generals drank happily. Altan's eldest son, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, left the seat, took his younger brother and several leaders, and danced in the venue, singing their favorite song: "The army of the Ming Dynasty, haha, why not attack the Forbidden City in one go, and Altan Khan became the emperor, and the beauties of the three palaces and six courtyards are enough to enjoy it..."

Every sentence of the show welcomes a wolf-like cheer, and more people scream with the ghost.

But not everyone was stunned by victory. A Han man next to the position whispered to Albert: "This time we come, we are going to force the Ming Dynasty to sign the Tanyuan Alliance, rather than conquering Beijing. Not to mention that the lean camel is bigger than a horse, can we occupy the city of Beijing? Even if we try our best to fight, we may not be able to get out and go back."

Altan's beard, curly beard, sword-browed eyebrows, wide face and square mouth, looks graceful, with eyes wide open and closed, and his every move was full of majesty as the king of the grassland. After hearing the Han people's words, he focused his head: "Xue Chan is right. I will not be blinded. Let's attack Wanquan Right Guard as planned."

'Xue Chan' means 'military advisor' as the position of this Han man. His name is Zhao Quan, and he was once a destitute scholar. After he defected to Altan, he actively made suggestions and recruited craftsmen and gathered refugees for him, greatly guaranteed the logistics of the Mongolians and gained Altan's trust. Therefore, he was appointed as 'Xue Chan' for a moment.

The route of Altan's expedition this time adopted his idea. At that time, Altan and his sons were preparing to attack Jizhou first, but Zhao Quan told them that the Jizhou area had a strong defense and many soldiers and generals; while the Shanxi area had weak soldiers, sparse pavilions and weak protections, Shizhou and Xizhou were rich and strong, and the officers and soldiers mainly defended Xuanfu and Datong, which was not easy to rescue. Altan adopted his proposal and attacked Shuozhou, Laoying, and Bietto Pass in three ways. The Ming army caught him off guard and was afraid of the enemy and was afraid of the enemy. As a result, he led his troops south and went deep into the hinterland, which was unexpected.

Thanks to Zhao Quan's senatorship and guidance, Altan relied on him even more on his confidant, so he naturally obeyed his words.

"The Khan is wise." Seeing that Altan trusts him so much, Zhao Quan felt happier than eating ginseng fruit, and worked harder: "It is fun to burn, kill, loot, but we cannot forget our final goal - as long as we defeat Wanquan, we will be invincible this time, and then we can negotiate with the Ming Dynasty with confidence and get what we want."

"Yes." Altan nodded, drank the fine wine in the golden cup, and laughed: "Did you hear it? Have you had fun tonight. Tomorrow our army will set off, cross the Xiaoyang River, and take the whole city. Our years of dreams are just around the corner."

"Long live the father's sweat" cheers sounded.

Altan held the wine glass and squinted his eyes at the carnival boy below, but his mind floated to the endless grassland...

He was the greatest leader of Mongolia after Dayan Khan. He has fought east and west for many years. He has controlled the vast territory that started from Xuanhua in the east, north of Datong, west to Qinghai, north to the Gobi Desert in the north, south to the Great Wall, and south to the vast territory. His power is even greater than that of Dayan Khan at the time.

In order to strengthen his strength and make up for his own shortcomings, he also accepted the Han people who defected from the Ming Dynasty, "mostly with cattle, sheep and tents" to treat them preferentially and let them serve themselves. Because he found that although these Han people were not good at fighting, they were proficient in many skills, such as building houses, making bows, smelting iron. The Mongolians did not lack cattle, sheep and sheep and shepherds, but these craftsmen were lacking.

So, Altan Khan began the policy of "tempting more Chinese people for their own use". Not only did he accommodate fugitives who suffered from severe damage and avoided crimes on a large scale. When he invaded the Ming Dynasty, he also plundered the population and plundered tens of millions of Chinese people every year. Among them, Ding Zhuang and Yiyi were even more favored by him. Altan unified the plundered prisoners in the Fengzhouchuan area where the land was fertile and suitable for farming, and ordered those who took the initiative to defect to manage them on their behalf.

Although these people left their hometowns, many of them came here as prisoners, but although Mongolia had monarchs and ministers, they had no government officials, and they were allowed to rush to rush to live in the leisure time. In addition to paying a certain amount of food and pasture every year, they had no other labor service. Therefore, they lived and worked in peace. Not only did they not want to leave, but they also invested in the country's villagers. As a result, there was a strange scene of "opening thousands of hectares of fertile land" and "hundreds of villages" in the original grassland area, and even the original prototype of the city, Bansheng, became his important logistics base.

In this process, the White Lotus Sect also flourished among the residents of Bansheng, and almost every family believed in religion. The leader Xiao Qin, the guardian Qiu Fu, Zhao Quan and others also gained the trust of Altan and gradually became the lords of various "Bansheng". As Han people, they did not have the Mongols' awe of the royal orthodox. What they considered was just how to make him gain a higher status and to gain more benefits.

When Altan finished his years of conquest in Qinghai and returned to his base camp, he saw a real city, Dabanshengcheng, rising from the ground. It not only had bunkers, city walls, houses, but also had "eight towers" and gorgeous palaces. It turned out that his sons, at the suggestion of Zhao Quan and others, mobilized the Mongolian and Han people in the Bansheng area to build a capital for him in the style of Yuan Dadu.

Facing the confused Altan Khan, several Taiji, Xiao Qin, Zhao Quan and others knelt down and said in unison: "Please call the Khan Jian to be the emperor."

It means to establish a country that is completely ruled by oneself and to completely break with the Northern Yuan Khanate in Liaodong, and it will no longer be the "Jinong" of the Laozi, but a real Khan.

Yes, he is not the real Khan yet, because he is not the legitimate grandson of Dayan Khan. No matter how strong his strength is, his identity is still the "Jinong" of the whole Mongolian... that is, the deputy Khan. The position of the Mongolian Khan only belongs to his grandson, Zasaktu Khan of the Tuman tribe - although the latter's royal court has been driven to Chahar by him, Liaodong generation. But he is the direct bloodline of Dayan Khan, and the common master of the grassland, recognized by everyone.

Once, Altan's father took advantage of his brother's death and robbed the throne of Khan for a while, but when his nephew became an adult, he had to give up the throne of Khan to others amid the opposition from the whole grassland, and returned to the right wing in shame and soon died of cowardly. This lesson made Altan remember deeply, so even if he no longer took Zasaktu Khan seriously, he did not dare to act rashly. He knew that he could not cope with everyone's opposition.

But did you give up like this? Why did you fight and kill the world for decades and spread the land? Isn’t it just to fulfill my father’s unfulfilled wish?

Altan Khan did not give the answer, but he moved into Dabanshengcheng and gave it a Mongolian name, "Hohhot" means "a green city" and ordered the leaders of all tribes to move the Khan tent into Hohhot and worship him on time.

The emergence of cities has brought closer ties to the Mongolian tribes. However, to maintain such cities, make them grow and grow, and then expand their economic strength, and realize their dreams, you must have stable sources of iron, seeds and other materials. These cannot be met by war and can only be solved through mutual markets. Therefore, Altan Khan needs to open border markets more than ever before.

At this moment, the Jiajing Emperor who would rather see Ji Fu being ruined and never want to start a trade with each other. The current Emperor of Ming Dynasty was replaced by his son, and it is said that he was a gentle and mediocre young man. Altan was eager to take advantage of his unstable foothold and use the power of Mount Tai to completely surrender, so he went out in full swing, hoping to achieve his contributions in one battle.

In addition, he had another plan, so he strongly invited Zasaktu Khan to send troops, and both sides invaded the Ming Dynasty from the east and west. The latter indeed agreed and personally led 30,000 troops of the Tuman tribes to invade the Ming Dynasty from Liaodong. In this way, in the eyes of the Mongolian tribes, a situation of two heroes advancing together. As long as he can perform well this time and compare the Tuman tribes to dust, everyone will see who is stronger and who is weak. In this way, he will build his own Khan tribe alone in the future, and the resistance will definitely be much smaller.

Yes, he is already sixty years old this year. This is a long life for the Mongolians who have experienced the wind and frost for many years, so they have no patience to wait for too long.

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While immersing in the fantasy world, Altan suddenly heard the music outside stopping, followed by a warning horn, and then there was a panic.

"Khan, we are attacked." A thousand-man commander hurriedly broke into the tent: "They sneaked into the camp and set fire everywhere while we were on guard."

"What?" Altan Huo De stood up, but soon calmed down and sat down again, "What a pity that there is no main force of the Ming army within a hundred miles, it must be just a small spy." He was very confident in his scout.

The confidence of the Khan quickly calmed down everyone in the Khan tent.

Unexpectedly, before the order was given, another commander broke into the door and said anxiously: "A big deal is bad... Prince Ma is here."

"What a panic?" Xin Ai Huang Taiji grabbed his collar and said, "What a Ma Prince, it has disappeared for ten years. Is it a corpse?"

"If you don't believe me, listen." The leader of the thousand-man said in a silence. When the man in the sweat tent listened, he heard a burst of shouts, "The Prince Ma is here."

"Ma Fang" Altan's face became very ugly. He rarely met an opponent in his life. Only this slave who escaped from him repeatedly made him suffer defeat. Therefore, although he had not seen him for ten years, the name was still clearly imprinted in Altan's mind. Thinking of the past battle records, he was beaten back and forth by the opponent's astonishment as a mad tiger. Altan Khan, who had been alone and desperate for defeat, suddenly felt a sense of fighting. He laughed and said, "Finally, there was a strong enough." He said in a deep voice: "You can go back to the camp quickly, integrate the troops, and order the troops to cover the retreat alternately. I personally lead the army to cut off the rear."

"Father Khan" Xin Ai, Bingtu and several sons shouted: "Let me break the back, your central army will retreat first."

"Fuck" Altan slapped the table and roared: "No matter how fierce they come, as long as my sweat flag does not move, the entire army will not be in chaos. If I retreat, I will be defeated thousands of miles." As he said that, he pulled out his sabre and slashed in the air: "Don't be too long-winded, kill me."

Everyone knew that his rules were the strictest and he would be convinced. He dared not make noise anymore, so he had to salute him heavily and quickly sweated.

Altan picked up the wine glass, drank it all, laughed at the guards beside him and said, "Go to kill me as I can."

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Ma Fang led 10,000 cavalry to travel day and night, and finally arrived at Wanquan Right Guard, three hundred miles away from the capital after noon the next day.

At this time, Wanquan's Right Guard had received a notice from the Jinyiwei. The military and civilians in the city were extremely nervous. Seeing that the reinforcements of the court arrived first, they were naturally ecstatic. They brought them into the city, cooked and rolled weeds, and received them enthusiastically.

While Ma Fang ordered the troops to hurry up and rest, he met with the local guards and the leader of the Jinyiwei who was responsible for collecting intelligence. When he learned that the Mongols were rewarding the three armies in Huaian Town west of Xiaoyanghe, he made a quick decision to stop resting and set off to attack immediately.

The guards and the Jinyiwei people could not understand his decision and thought it was too risky. Ma Fang insisted: "Soldiers are the most important. Only when the Mongols had not realized that reinforcements were coming and their vigilance was not high, the sneak attack was successful, otherwise there would be no such opportunity." So he led his army out of the city despite the obstruction.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Wanquan Right Guard had to send a boat to cross the river and arrived at the other side of the lower reaches of the Xiaoyang River.

At this time, Ma Fang was not in a hurry to attack. While ordering the main force to hide and rest, he personally led the former family soldiers to reconnaissance. Finally, he found Altan's military camp without being discovered. Seeing the distribution of the enemy, Ma Fang formulated a raid plan - first guided by his elite "family soldiers" and sneaked into the Mongolian military camp in the dark to set fire, and then took advantage of the chaos to shout "The Prince Ma is here." After he was in chaos, he personally led the main force to step onto the camp, launched a strong attack from the front, and took Altan's central army directly.

The plan was very smooth at first, but the Mongolian army, caught off guard, was hit one after another, and it was indeed a big defeat. Ma Fang led the army, shouting to kill the enemy, and led the soldiers into the enemy camp. After all, these 10,000 cavalry came volunteered and saw that they had the upper hand. Therefore, their morale was high and they continued to kill each other, which made the Mongolian army panic and countless people were killed.

Just when the Ming army thought it was about to be completed, they were killed by a slaughter of enemies. After seeing the other party clearly, Ma Fang took a breath. He was too familiar with this army because he was once one of them. They were Altan Khan's personal guard troops, well-equipped, highly skilled in martial arts, strict cooperation, and strong combat power.

Although the Ming army was raiding fiercely, Altan's personal guards were not afraid of death and hit them head-on. Although they suffered heavy losses, they still blocked the Ming army's offensive.

The Mongolian warriors who saw this scene cheered together, got rid of fear and panic, gathered with their respective leaders, and did not rush to retreat, but protected each other to organize their weapons and horses and quickly restore their combat effectiveness.

Opportunities are fleeting, how can they keep their feet steady? Ma Fang was so anxious that he screamed, waving his long sword to lead the army to rush, and strangling Altan's personal army. At this time, the Ming army was ten times more than the enemy. If it were the former Ma family army, it would be able to surround and annihilate it in a blink of an eye. However, the incident in ten years would take away a lot of things. Although these cavalry were trained by Ma Fang and his subordinates, even from individual soldiers to cooperation, they were not worse than before, but they were far from murderous aura and sharpness.

Soon, Ma Fang realized that he could not chew off this hard bone and might even jump off his teeth... Once the troops were reorganized, the battlefield situation would be reversed immediately. He quickly issued an order to his subordinates and implemented the second plan. At this time, he saw that he had been well trained and was about to encircle Altan's two-wing cavalry, immediately changed direction, ran around the forest-like camp tent, throwing out a jar of tinder oil.

The camp became a sea of ​​fire, with a huge fire, and the Wanquan Right Guard dozens of miles away could be seen.

The fire on the battlefield was fierce, and I didn't want to turn into a roasted suckling pig, so I could only retreat temporarily.

Almost at the same time, the horns of withdrawing troops sounded on both sides. Moreover, the tactical actions of withdrawing troops were exactly the same... All the departments alternately covered the retreat, and the main general personally left the team to cut off the rear, and did not give the other party any chance.

Both sides retreated twenty miles each to end the sudden first battle.

As a result, both sides were very upset. Ma Fang was so angry that she was unable to seize such a good opportunity, so that the Mongolians would slip away almost all of them. The other party would definitely be more vigilant and would never have such a chance to make a final decision in the future.

Although Altan successfully resisted Ma Fang's attack and retreated safely, their supplies, food and the plundered property were burned. Looking at the dark-faced subordinates, he screamed in anger: "How dare they attack me shamelessly now, what should we do?"

The subordinates raised their arms and shouted: "Teaching them with our saber to make them repay with their blood and life."

"To use the saber in our hands to cut off their necks and wash away this shame." Altan's scimitar pointed to Dongfang and said, "Go and get back with revenge."

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