After dawn, as many as a dozen groups of Tatar cavalry appeared within twenty or thirty miles of Daming.
The total number of soldiers and horses exceeds 25,000.
But no one rushed all the way to the Daming camp.
The scene where 7,000 people charged and 5,000 people were wiped out in a blink of an eye still completely shocked the Tatars. In addition, the Tatars also knew that the leader of the army this time was not that kind. The fledgling young general is not a mediocre person who has no actual experience in leading troops, but Wang Shouren, who has personally completed the Battle of Weininghai before.
Wang Shouren has already proven his strength in the Battle of Weininghai.
The previous battle against the Jurchens also proved that he was not only a brave general who was good at cunning plots and long-distance attacks, but also a calm commander who was good at making every move.
With the previous "Battle of Guanshan", Wang Shouren has completely become famous.
Then a very strange scene appeared on the grassland.
The six thousand cavalry of the Ming Dynasty were cleaning and tidying up the battlefield. They cut off the ears of abandoned Tatar corpses wherever they went, and tied the valuable Tatar belongings to their horses. Those heavy and unable to carry The baggage left behind was burned on the spot, and tens of thousands of elite Tatar soldiers watched from twenty to thirty miles away without any confrontation along the way.
Of course, the Ming side seemed to have no intention of continuing to fight them.
Wherever the Ming army went, the Tatars on that side withdrew from the gap, stayed away and allowed the Ming army to pass through. No Tatars went to the battlefield to clean up their tribesmen. Wealth, or this seems to be an agreement between the two parties.
You Tatars hand over your belongings and the ears of your tribesmen’s corpses, and we, the Ming Dynasty, will not continue to fight with you, and then we will just "go back where they came from" in a friendly manner.
Of course, you Tatars don’t have to abide by this tacit agreement. If you rob the corpses of your tribe with us, then we will burn your tribesmen and property together, and even chase you all the way to fight with you. Fight and let you leave hundreds and thousands of corpses
The Tatars have not yet fought against the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shouren did not take it lightly.
He also made it very clear to his soldiers that the Tatars did not dare to fight, but that they could not find a chance. In other words, they were waiting for the return of the little Tatar prince Batu Meng, because the Tatars People feel that their current 20,000 to 30,000 troops are not enough to completely annihilate the Ming Dynasty, and even if they can be annihilated, the losses of the Tatar headquarters Chahar will be astronomical.
Injure the enemy eight hundred and injure one thousand.
Even injuring the enemy eighty and losing ten thousand to oneself.
After all, there is more than just the Chahar tribe on the grassland. If they fight a decisive battle with the Ming army and the tribe continues to bear excessive losses, then the Chahar tribe’s dominance on the grassland will be challenged. , it is very likely that the next person to dominate the grassland will not be Dayan Khan, but Huo Si, or even this group of careerists.
I can fight, I can alsoThe Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, but the losses to our own side would be too great, and no one could accept it.
Then such a strange situation formed.
"Gold, there is gold."
Whenever the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty discovered valuable treasures, they would shout excitedly, just like picking up treasures all over the grassland hinterland, which was to show off. People of the same clan see it as a way to vent their inner pride and at the same time boost their morale, telling their comrades that I have found something valuable and you should work hard too.
Wang Shouren did not deliberately regulate the soldiers' search for property. Logically speaking, all the property found should be brought back together and divided equally, or at the request of the court.
This can also prevent internal disputes among soldiers trying to snatch property.
But on the actual battlefield, after the soldiers risked their lives to complete a great victory, it would be unwise for the commander to standardize the distribution of goods.
The fairest method is not to divide it equally, but to give it to whoever gets it. This is also the reason why "first contribution" has been established as the main method of calculating credit since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It does not depend on who killed the person. It just depends on whose head is cut off and taken away, and whose head is there, who gets the credit.
Principles that may not seem to guarantee absolute fairness are the fairest and easiest to be accepted by soldiers.
Absolute fairness cannot be achieved on the battlefield.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty spent the whole day cleaning up the mess on the battlefield.
Fires can be seen everywhere. Wherever the Ming army passed, everything was in disarray. However, there is one thing that the people led by Wang Shouren abided by the "rules", that is, the Tatar corpses had nothing but ears. Apart from that, nothing else was moved, which was considered to have left the Tatars with the last dignity, allowing them to take the body back and dispose of it in their own way.
In the beginning, the Ming Dynasty burned all the property that could not be taken away.
Seeing later that the Tatars were eager to attack, Wang Shouren also knew not to push the Tatars too hard. He had to maintain a tacit understanding and give some "favor" to the Tatars.
So later on, except for some strategic materials, the Ming Dynasty tried not to burn anything else, but accelerated the pace and walked toward the southeast, also to complete it as soon as possible. Clean up the battlefield and avoid being surrounded by Tatar troops.
Guan Jing is responsible for opening the way, while Han Zheng is responsible for the rear.
Wang Shouren’s instructions to the two men were also very clear: “As long as the Tatars do not take the initiative to invade, we will not deal with them. We seem to have the advantage with Shenji camp’s firearms, but the ammunition is seriously damaged and there are too many firearms. If there is wear and tear, the battle will definitely not be as powerful as yesterday's battle, so we have to withdraw to the Ming Dynasty as a last resort, and this battle will end successfully."
Wang Shouren was not dazzled by the victory. mind.
He knew very well that the Ming Dynasty had fought three wars before. The first two wars were fought without blood and had no reference value.
What intimidated all the people in the Chahar Ministry was yesterday’s “official"Battle of the Mountain", but yesterday's battle cannot be repeated. Even if the Tatars charge in full force, the Ming's artillery and muskets no longer have enough ammunition to complete indiscriminate attacks within the range.
And with the increase in the number of artillery and gun fires, chamber explosions will become more likely than before.
In Wang Shouren's view, since his own firearms have become worn and damaged. When ammunition is severely depleted, there is no need to continue the bloody battle with the Tatars. Being able to successfully withdraw to the Ming Dynasty and bring the victory back is actually more effective than killing more enemies.
Wang Shouren's. The army is steadily retreating.
The troops of the little Tatar prince Batu Meng did not appear immediately, but the number of Tatar reinforcements is also increasing.
By the next day, the number of Tatar troops following the Ming Dynasty had exceeded 40,000.
The Tatars mobilized almost all the troops left behind to attack Wang Shouren. It's not that they wanted to prevent Wang Shouren from leading his troops back. When they received the order to send out troops, they knew that the people in their rear were being chased by Wang Shouren. They didn't know that the battle was over until reinforcements arrived.
There is no way to save it. We can only prevent Wang Shouren from continuing to lead his troops to the west to pursue, so it is better to "watch" Wang Shouren lead his troops to leave.
As for Batu Meng, he will punish them after he returns.
< p>This is not the scope of their consideration.No one dares to fight Wang Shouren's troops head-on. No one wants to die. Since Wang Shouren has already chosen to withdraw his troops, even if they change. When Batu Meng comes back and gives you an army of 100,000, do you really dare to directly fight with Wang Shouren?
After this battle, life will not be easy in the future
Wang Shouren and his 6,000 soldiers and horses were intercepted and wiped out. The grassland tribes lost tens of thousands of horses. Looking back, no one from the Ming Dynasty came to kill them.
Zhang Zhou, can you handle it, or do you just think this battle is enough? , allowing Ming Dynasty to give up the offensive and choose to continue to defend
As for unwillingness
There is no question of unwillingness, because in the past, every time the Tatars entered the Central Plains to plunder, Every time they retreated, Ming's army watched them leave, not because they didn't want to stop them, but because they wanted to calculate the cost.
"According to the topographic map, it will take more than two days and two nights to get from here to Weining Sea, halfway through. To rest and recuperate, it may take three days to walk, and to evacuate from the Weining Sea to Maoerzhuang where the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses are stationed, it will probably take another day and night, without too many stops along the way."
Wang Shouren took advantage of the opportunity in front of the formation. During the meeting, he informed the military generals of the current situation.
It would take about four days and four nights to retreat south to Maoerzhuang, where the troops and horses on the outside of Datong Town were stationed, where he had become famous. The place where the battle took place
Now the Ming Dynasty has built a city in Maoerzhuang, and Datong has also stationed at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here, and re-established beacon towers, heading north to Wei. Ninghai is an area patrolled by soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty.domain.
"Fortunately, this time we are moving south with light troops. If we are besieged by the main Tatar force, we have to fight. Otherwise, we will avoid fighting."
"Enter with the Tatars." Within three miles, or blocking the road and not retreating is a sign."
The Tatars will not take the initiative to start a war, and the Ming side will not pursue or actively seek to fight. This is the withdrawal principle set by Wang Shouren.
This can be regarded as releasing a certain amount of "goodwill" to the Tatars.
You can come to a decisive battle with us for the sake of face. We are not afraid of fighting with you, but please consider the consequences of fighting. Our six thousand people have already killed more than ten thousand of your people. Already killed enough.
Whatever we kill later will be our profit.
Whoever is willing to be the leader, please come up and show your strength. Don't be the leader and the whole army is wiped out. The rest of the people are just watching and unable to come to help. When the time comes, the members of your tribe will Women will be inherited by others, and your pastures will be occupied by others.
Wang Shouren is withdrawing his troops step by step.
According to the agreement, the Ming Dynasty should have completed the dispatch of troops from all walks of life after the little prince of Tatar withdrew his troops, and tried his best to make every point bloom, but the soldiers of all walks of life were not coordinated in sending troops.
This is related to Yang Yiqing's delay in spreading the accurate news of the Tatar withdrawal.
Yang Yiqing also didn’t know the reason why Batu Meng withdrew his troops. He knew almost nothing about the war on the grassland. The capital did not transmit the news of Wang Shouren’s invasion of the grassland in time. He is still I am struggling with the details of "paying tribute" or "pledging forgiveness" to Zhu Feng.
Qin Hong is also a conservative.
Obviously the Tatar cavalry around Yansui had withdrawn. Qin Hong also thought that it might be a "tactic to lure the enemy" by the Tatars, so it was best to observe first.
On the contrary, it was the front line of Piantou Pass. When Wang Qiong learned that the Tatars had begun to retreat inexplicably, he was the first to send troops out of Piantou Pass. It is not that he was more courageous than others, just that It can be said that Piantou Pass has the largest number of troops, horses and artillery, and Wang Qiong was promoted by Zhang Zhou. He knew that he had to "step forward" at critical moments.
If he does not get a good deal with Zhang Zhou and the emperor, then he will not be able to get along in the court in the future. Don't expect traditional civil servants to side with him in the northwest frontier affairs.
Datong and Xuanfu are relatively quiet.
At this time, also from the Xuanfu to the west, the emperor personally issued an edict, informing Wang Shouren of the news of marching into the grassland from Liaodong.
This news itself is to reassure the soldiers in the northwest.
This news from east to west also spread almost at the same time as the news that Batu Meng withdrew his troops from Ningxia from west to east.
At the same time that people in the northwest learned that Wang Shouren went deep into the grassland, people in the northwest also began to know that Batu Meng was leading his troops to withdraw north. Once the two pieces of news converged, it was easy to conclude that "Wang Shouren was on the grassland." The victory was achieved and the Tatars were forced to withdraw."Argument.
When the news of the Tatar withdrawal reached the capital, it happened to be early in the morning.
Zhu Youtang was also woken up from his sleep. At this time, it was still an hour before dawn, and Zhu Youtang had no intention of going to sleep. He quickly asked Xiao Jing, who had come to deliver the message, to hold a lantern to accompany him. Go to Qianqing Palace.
It was already approaching the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and the weather outside was already freezing cold. Zhu Youtang was still a little uncomfortable when he came out. Fortunately, the eunuch who followed him put a large cloak on him.
“The little Tatar prince led his troops to retreat. The specific movements are unknown. Reports have also been reported from Yansui, Xuanfu, and Datong, saying that no Tatar activities have been seen in the past few days. "Signs"
When Xiao Jing mentioned the various memorials, he deliberately did not mention the head tilt.
In fact, Wang Qiong's memorial was the earliest, but it was suppressed by the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and they also chose to conceal the news that Wang Qiong's memorial was about to send troops.
For no other reason than this, this is their best chance to restrain Zhang Zhou, and Wang Qiong’s dispatch of troops is likely to change the strategic outcome. No one is willing to let the six thousand elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty collapse on the grassland. , but the problem is that they are not the ones taking the blame, but Wang Shouren and Zhang Zhou. Then the choice will be different.
We, the old guys, did not dig holes for you, that is, the new group of people headed by Zhang Bingkuan. We just did not act and did not deliberately help, which is equivalent to "letting things go."
So even if there are any bad consequences, it has nothing to do with us.
"Is there any news about Uncle Xin Xin?"
When Zhu Youtang learned that Batu Monk had withdrawn, although he also felt that the matter was of great importance, he was more concerned about Report from Wang Shouren's department.
Xiao Jing said, "There is no latest movement of Xinjianbo's march. It is expected that it has penetrated deep into the grassland. Even the scouts will not be able to pass through the Tatar encirclement unless Xinjianbo comes from the same route." Liaodong withdraws into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the total number of Tatars from all walks of life will be two to three hundred thousand, and he is"
For some words, Xiao Jing only had to say half.
Your Majesty, please experience the rest slowly.
Why do you think that Wang Shouren can wreak havoc on the grassland with 6,000 soldiers and horses, and it is a bit unrealistic to want to escape unscathed
Wang Shouren's men and horses are likely to have There is no return. As for how many people they killed along the way, as long as the news cannot be sent back, or it is only sent back through some words and phrases, there are many ways to make a fuss about it.
To put it bluntly, you, Wang Shouren, could kill a hundred thousand enemies on the grassland. As long as you don't bring the evidence back, we can say that you didn't kill any of them, and even caused the annihilation of your own army.
What we want is "evidence". We can't bring back the results of the battle. We all rely on words and no one admits it.
Wang Shouren understood this, so when he had to chase or not, he decisively chose the latter, cleaning up the battlefield first, and then went home happily.
I, Wang Boan, entered the grassland to shockThe purpose of intimidating the Tatars and forcing the little Tatar prince to return troops was not to level the grassland with 6,000 cavalry. As for the big task of leveling the grassland, it was not that we had agreed to complete 600 artillery pieces and 10,000 rounds of artillery shells in a few years. Just thinking about destroying the grassland is too idealistic
In the Qianqing Palace.
Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and Chen Kuan and Wei Bin, the eunuchs of Bingbi, are all there. There is also eunuch Li Rong, who was born in the fifth year of Xuande and is now eighty years old. The eunuch who was once the chief eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremonies was recently re-activated by Zhu Youtang as the chief eunuch of Bingbi but did not supervise the Dongchang.
In the Ming Dynasty, old people were often re-employed as ceremonial supervisors.
Similar to the seniority ranking of cabinet personnel, people with higher qualifications are promoted step by step, but if they are re-appointed, it is different from the cabinet.
Unless they have returned to the system, cabinet ministers will be re-appointed after taking office. In terms of seniority, they will be ranked from the bottom to the front. For example, after Xie Qian was re-appointed to the cabinet during the Jiajing period, seniority will be ranked. It is the highest, but it does not serve as the first and assistant, but must be at the bottom.
Li Rong once served as the Chief of Ceremonies. This time he returned to the Chief of Ceremonies, but he did not have to follow two junior people, Chen Kuan and Wei Bin, but could directly write for the chief. But you can't aspire to the palm seal, unless the emperor specifically orders it.
In other words, the ceremonial supervisor relies more on the emperor's will when hiring people.
The problem of changing the order of eunuchs and eunuchs often occurred, but this situation basically never happened again after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially after Wanli.
"Your Majesty."
As the chief pen-writer, Li Rong hurriedly presented several memorials that he had prepared in front of the emperor after the emperor came over.
After Zhu Youtang sat down, he calmly picked it up and looked at it.
Xiao Jing has already reported the main issues to him, so Zhu Youtang generally knows that the current situation is that the Tatars are retreating from all sides.
Zhu Youtang asked, "As Qin Hong said, the Tatar movement is unknown. It may be that they are pretending to retreat, or they are really retreating."
This is asking, the Tatars Do we have to retreat, or do we deliberately retreat and wait for us to fight out, so that we can fight back
Li Rong glanced at Xiao Jing first, and then expressed his opinion: "The old slave thinks that the Tatars are hastily withdrawing their troops." , otherwise it would be impossible for all the people to be so coordinated."
"That's good," Zhu Youtang said, "hurry up and send orders to all places to mobilize troops immediately. We can't just sit back and watch Xin Xin Bo be isolated and helpless. "Tatar people have enough pressure" please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading