Chapter 488 "A Role Model for Our Generation"

The night was solemn, and Yang Yiqing had ordered the local Ningxia soldiers and horses he led to complete the pre-war mobilization.

At the same time, Bo Xiangcheng and Marquis Wu'an, who had arrived in the east of Shigou City, also received instructions from Yang Yiqing to cooperate with the march. At this time, there was still about half an hour until dawn.

On the side of Xiangcheng Bo Li Na, Li Na was still surprised when he learned that Yang Yiqing was about to fight the Tatars after only one night's rest after arriving in Shigou City. The bloody generals were also shocked by Yang Yiqing's courage.

We all know that you, Yang Yiqing, were timid in the Ningxia battle last year. How did you become a coach this year who dared to fight more with less and was even a bit reckless?

It does not meet our expectations of you. ah.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, you see, Yang Junmen has informed us that we must cooperate in fighting. It seems that in an hour, we will have to send troops to fight to the death with the Tatars." Cui Yuan is here In Li Wei's formation, Cui Yuan showed his upright side to Li Wei.

Li Na instantly understood why Zhu Hui, the protector of the country, did not know how to cherish such a royal relative and had to give it to him.

It turns out that he is a garrulous person. He seems to have a free and easy personality and dares to say anything. He can be friends with anyone, but his straight temper is really unacceptable.

Li Wei wants to say, you have such a temperament that you can usually make friends and eat and drink, but you are so straightforward on the battlefield. Don’t you know that we are all afraid of death?

Li Wei said, "Cui Prince Consort, you It's okay. We only have 2,000 people. We only have a dozen cannons and not many shells. Even if they have muskets, the Tatars really want to attack us in full force. They will lose hundreds of tens of thousands of cavalry and they won't swallow us in the end. ""

"What Uncle Xiangcheng means" Cui Yuan was also puzzled.

You have become a pioneer officer, and you have to be a coward

Li Wei said unceremoniously, "We have to be patient. We have to wait."

"What are you waiting for?" Cui Yuan asked.

"Either we wait for Governor Yang to fight the Tatars and win, then we can put the icing on the cake. If he is defeated and retreats, we will retreat too without any shame. Or we can cover their retreat. If not, We will wait for the arrival of the main force of the Ming Dynasty led by Lord Bao Guo, and then we will have a decisive battle with the Tatars. Now is not the time to fight."

Li Na said boldly.

Cui Yuan was surprised and said, "Uncle Xiangcheng, I heard that more than two years ago, during the battle at Piantou Pass, you were the one who established unparalleled achievements with Marquis Weining. How come you are now?"

Li Wei secretly cursed, are you exposing my shortcomings?

At that time, I was also faster and slower than Chen Liangjiu. Of course, when it came to running away, Chen Liang was still the fastest. His drinking skills are so good that I personally cooked hot wine for him to welcome him back. With Wang Weining’s little belly and chicken intestines, he was willing to share the credit with us.

But think about today’s Baoguo Gong and others. People are not much better.

None of these coaches is a good person.

Li Nuo said, "No matter how brave you are, you still have to judge the situation."

Cui Yuan asked, "If Marquis Wu'an leads the army, should we follow?"

"He won't go." Li Na seemed very confident about this, "Both soldiers and horses are ready." If it’s not enough, we’re just looking for death. Now we’re just waiting for the opportunity, just to be careful not to become a target for the Tatars, and the arrow target is no better than the cannon target.”

As Li Na expected.

After dawn, when Yang Yiqing agreed to attack, there was no movement in the camp of Wu'an Hou Zheng Ying.

In general, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army are also afraid of death. No one is willing to do this kind of charge. Since you, Yang Yiqing, have the intention to make contributions, then we will all give you the opportunity. We Let's watch the fun first.

Yang Yiqing organized his troops and horses, and when he was advancing towards Shigou City, he learned the news that Li Na and Zheng Ying were slacking off in the war.

Guo Jun was so angry that he yelled on his horse, "The thief mistook me for something big."

Yang Yiqing said, "They don't let the eagle see the rabbit. I thought they could take it." As the former military commander, Marquis Wu'an and Uncle Xiangcheng can shoulder the burden of annihilating Di Yi. It seems that I have overestimated them."

At this time, the eunuch Zhang Xu hurried over on horseback not far away. I had just heard that Zheng Ying and Li Wei were standing still, so I hurried over to ask Yang Yiqing for instructions.

"If we fight this together, the chances of winning are not high. Otherwise, we should try to win steadily." Zhang He almost said, we will win if we force the Tatars away, so why bother to take the initiative? Where's the little Tatar prince?

We got credit for the battle at Huamachi. As long as the Tatars retreat, the credit will be guaranteed.

If they were defeated, the victory in the previous battle would be a thing of the past.

Yang Yiqing said, "The Tatars have at least 30,000 elite cavalry. In such a tough battle, what difference does it make if there are less thousands of soldiers who are afraid of battle?"

Zhang Xun frowned when he heard this.

After all, they have four thousand troops. With these more troops, the chance of winning is always much higher.

Yang Yiqing said again, "If the Tatars have no intention of fighting with us and find that the morale of our three armies is high, they will definitely choose to withdraw. Will they take the opportunity to attack the camps of those who are afraid of war?" "

When Guo Jun heard this, he pretended to be excited. He laughed and said to the generals around him, "What Mr. Yang said is true. The stronger our troops are, the lower the morale of the Tatars will be. They are afraid that After being intercepted, we will definitely eat those cowardly turtles first. We just rush forward, there will definitely be meat to eat."

"Yes"

Now Yang Yiqing The generals under his command had no choice.

Allies are unwilling to contribute, so they can only do so themselves. Even if these words are just for psychological comfort, it is better than nothing.

After all, we have more than 10,000 troops here, and we take the initiative to fight. If the Tatars really want to pick weak persimmons, they will never think that we are weak persimmons

Both Xiangcheng Bo and Wu'an Hou on the opposite side are really soft persimmons.

"Report"

"The Tatar vanguard troops have arrived ten years north of Shigou City.Set up formations inside and outside"

"Report to the Tatars to send nearly ten thousand troops to the north of Shigou City, with strong crossbows and thick shields to resist"

"Report to the Tatars to send two lines of cavalry , detouring on both sides of our army, the number of people and horses is unknown."

As we approached the main Tatar camp, more frontline battle reports came.

The people on Yang Yiqing's side Listen, I suddenly felt something was wrong.

Isn’t it true that the Tatars were not prepared to fight and would choose to retreat and then attack the two armies of Xiangcheng Bo and Wu’an Hou?

How do you think the Tatars have arranged their pockets and are waiting for us to get into them

Yang Yiqing shouted, "Di Yi is already terminally ill. They haven't understood the situation clearly yet. How dare we get into it?" Those who fought with me in front of the Ming frontier army have all been defeated and routed. Think of the fire sieve, and then think of our Ming army sweeping through Huangshui and Guanshan. The opportunity has come for us to make great achievements. Now is the time to pass on my generals to attack at full speed. The front army is ready to fight."

Yang Yiqing led his troops to attack the Tatars' main defense area.

They fought in a group and even formed a posture. More than 10,000 troops gathered within an area of ​​about two miles. It was also because the terrain to the north of Shigou City was open.

When Yang Yiqing's troops were only seven or eight miles away from Shigou City, the city wall of Shigou City could already be seen from a distance. The Ming Dynasty was at the crossroads from Hedong to Shaanxi and Gansu. It was also the intersection of the Ming Dynasty Post Stations. Although it was only an earthen fort, less than a mile square, it had strategic significance because there were no nearby cities within nearly a hundred miles. It is also very large.

The Tatars' formation is already four or five miles ahead.

The Tatars did not launch an offensive. Perhaps the Tatars were afraid of the attack before. The Tatars always wanted to take advantage of the cavalry to break up the Ming artillery array. It might have been effective at first, but as the Ming soldiers were equipped with medium and short-range flint muskets, , the Tatars realized that rushing forward was seeking death.

So this time Batu Monk obviously changed his tactics and formed a formation first, waiting for the Ming Dynasty's formation to press forward. They also knew about the Ming Dynasty's artillery. The advancing speed is not fast.

Can't afford to fight, but can't afford to hide.

"Sir, the Tatars formed several long snake formations, tens of feet apart from each other, and were assisted by shields. and wooden chariots, etc. It seems that there are cavalry lurking behind the shield formation. They are only three miles away from us, but they have not launched an offensive yet. ”

As the commander-in-chief of the former army, Guo Jun has already led his troops to the front.

The one who came to communicate with Yang Yiqing was Gao Pi, the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia. Gao Pi was in charge It was the fire cannon array in the formation, and it was always under orders from Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing looked at the rising sun in the sky, then looked at the east and west sides, and asked, "How far are the Tatar wings from us?" "

"It was also like three or four miles. The men and horses on both sides of us rushed up several times, but the other side seemed to have no intention of making a large-scale retreat. After two formations, both sides were not injured. Gao Pi said.

Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "There's no point in pulling in front of the formation, then just charge at the opponent."formation. If you can tell them to the city, let the Shigou City defenders come out together and cut off their escape route. "

Gao Pi said, "There are no signs of sending troops in the city. ”

In Gao Pi’s view, it is simply unrealistic to expect the three hundred soldiers stationed in Shigou City to fight out. The Tatars have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and three hundred soldiers are not enough to even give away their heads. , not to mention there is only one cannon in the city

"Start firing cannons within two miles of the Tatars to disrupt the Tatars' position"

Yang Yiqing said sternly. "The Tatars want to be a coward, so let us be the main attack this time. They can't defend this artillery. "

"Boom, boom, boom"

As the Ming Dynasty and Ningxia troops launched an artillery offensive, the Battle of Shigou City officially began.

And in the east of the city, the second battle Ten miles away, Li Nao and Zheng Ying were watching the fire on the other side, or in other words, observing the situation. When they learned the news that the fighting had begun, the soldiers on both sides were still shocked, although they did not know how much Yang Yiqing had brought. People and horses came, but it was expected that the number of soldiers and horses would be not as large as that of the Tatars, or even far less.

In this way, Yang Yiqing still dared to fight the Tatars head-on, and the soldiers of both groups would not accept it.

"You really dare to fight. ”

In Li Wei’s Chinese army camp, after learning the news of the war, Li Wei directly commented like this.

Cui Yuan looked at several generals around him. It seems that there are not many people on their journey, only 2,000 soldiers and horses, but the generals accompanying the army are not low-level. It is also because of this expedition to Hetao that Zhu Hui has gathered a lot of distinguished ministers and generals who are waiting for their seniority.

Cui Yuan persuaded Li Er, "If the battle ahead is urgent and we ignore our fellow soldiers, the imperial court will definitely hold us accountable. "

"I will naturally know. ”

Li Wei stood up, he was also very anxious.

Who told Yang Yiqing to be a "reckless man"

I expected Yang Yiqing to retreat when he saw the difficulty. Well, it's better now. This is to put the two groups of troops on the east side on the fire.

The general named Song Qi on the side said, "Now we have tens of thousands of Tatar troops in front of us. We can contain them." Live, it can be regarded as giving them a chance to fight. Maybe the Tatars are just waiting for us to fall into our own trap."

Those who know Li Tao well are generals who are as greedy for life and afraid of death as he is.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are used to fighting. Many people have not changed their habit of defending in the pass, and they even have a mentality of "taking the initiative to fight will lead to death", and will not take the initiative to get into trouble when they can retreat

"Report"

Just as he was talking.

The messenger's voice came from the door.

Li Wei saw The messenger asked nervously, "But the Tatars are coming to us."

According to Li Wei's intention, this means that he must be prepared for trouble at any time.

But I heard the messenger say in a loud voice, "Reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty have arrived from the northeast. They are Jian Changbo's men. They are not stopping along the way and are about to go to Shigou City."

"It's coming so soon. Wasn't it still fifty or sixty miles away before last night? They didn't take any rest last night."

Li Wei looked very surprised.

At the critical moment of the war, Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling, who was not included in the "head count", actually led troops to reinforce him

Is he crazy or just confused

And Cui Yuan knew very well that there were more than 4,000 troops on Zhang Yanling's route. If we add the two vanguard troops sent by Zhu Hui, it would be 8,000 troops and horses, fighting from the east to Shigou City. , there is a great chance to break the defense of the little Tartar prince.

What’s more important is that despite Zhang Yanling’s slow arrival, Zhang Yanling’s array has a large number of firearms and heavy firepower.

After hearing this, Li Wei said with fear, "A relative of the emperor should not be standing behind at this time. What does he think when he dares to go into battle in person when he sees us dying in front?"

There is no problem in saying this.

Originally, Zhang Yanling was a joke-level existence in the military.

But because there was Cui Yuan, who was also a "relative of the emperor", many generals were a little confused.

They are thinking, Dare I ask Uncle Xiangcheng, are you criticizing Sang and Huai, mocking the princess consort of Yongkang who has repeatedly advocated war with you?

Cui Yuan seems to be committing a crime. He muttered, not loudly, but enough for the people around him to hear clearly, and he said, "If Jianchangbo leads his troops up, and we still stay here, I'm afraid the previous reasons will not be valid."

Okay.

You don’t want to slap someone in the face, my prince-in-law.

Everyone felt that Cui Yuan was fighting back.

I asked you, Li Na, not to listen to me. Now even my unlucky brother-in-law has come to kill you. What else can you say about the Tatars setting up defenses in front of our formation? We are here to contain the Tatars. , so who can believe this reason for not killing?

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