Liu Jin gathered the four groups of people together and prepared for a decisive battle with the Tatars.
But when he gathered more than 3,000 troops and horses, the Tatars did not engage in direct combat with them at all, and the Tatars even more unscrupulously sent cavalry to bypass the Huamachi and began to attack the Ningxia rearguard. The defense zone began to cause nuisance, and several villages were robbed one after another, resulting in the loss of people, livestock and property.
Liu Jin encountered the same situation as when Zhu Feng was dealing with the Dayan tribe in Ningxia, that is, the horse's hooves were not fast enough and could not catch up with the Tatars.
But fortunately, one thing is that the situation has stabilized relatively. After the Tatars discovered that the Ming Dynasty had more than 3,000 elite soldiers gathered together with artillery and firecrackers, they no longer fought with Liu Jin's soldiers. If the horses are fighting head-on, they only need to send soldiers and horses to harass them, and then use Liu Jin and others as kites to fly.
After a few days, Liu Jin couldn't take it anymore.
Zheng Sui and Xu Shen, as his second generals Hengha, will have one head and two heads.
"My father-in-law, as you said, we have lost the lives of hundreds of soldiers, even if we have killed a lot of enemies, but we have not recovered the heads of the Tatars." Zheng Suihe Xu Shen initially wanted to follow Liu Jin in a big fight.
But after experiencing the first wave of failures, their goals became simpler.
That is to take back the heads of the Tatars that were killed before. This can be regarded as "the merits and the demerits are balanced". It is better than suffering a defeat and watching the Tatars wreak havoc without doing anything, and finally being killed. The court discussed the crime.
Liu Jin said angrily: "It's been three days. You can't get it back by yourself. Do you blame our family?"
Liu Jin, who has more than 3,000 people, has not stopped them. The Tatars entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty and robbed. Their target was only focused on the possible corpses of a hundred Tatars in front of them. Several times they sent troops to rob, but they were all ambushed and killed by the Tatars with bows and crossbows.
Although Liu Jin also sent an artillery team to prepare for bombing in the area, he was hesitant... mainly because he was afraid that the Tatar corpses would be blown to pieces and he would not be able to bring back the heads. In the end, both sides could only surround them. A valley within three or four miles pulls back and forth.
Today I went up to prepare for a killing spree to snatch the body back, but I encountered an ambush from you. If you rush over again tomorrow, we will deal with you.
Zheng Sui said with a worried expression: "The Tatars also sent people to carry the corpses, but we drove them away with cannons. Dozens more Tatars died. Behind them, they He won't come! But they are also very vicious. They have planted gunpowder around the corpse. When we go over, they will light it with rockets from a distance. They can't take it away, and we can't take it back."
Liu Jin said: "Then there is no other way?"
Xu Shen said: "Eunuch, now the Tatars have reached our rear, and the defense line of Huamachi is useless. Now we are Isn’t it about sending troops back, or is there still a chance of survival?”
Now Xu Shen no longer cares about winning the battle, but how to keep his little one in the court after this battle.life.
Liu Jin scolded: "Don't open your eyes, does it make sense to care about where the Tatars entered the Ming Dynasty now? If the soldiers are coming to stop them, aren't there soldiers and horses from three sides to deal with the aftermath? Let's find a way to snatch these corpses first Come back! Even if that doesn't work, a team of people can go up and cut the ears back." Zheng Sui said: "I sent people there last night, but before I could start, the Tatars fired arrows. There are a lot of casualties among the brothers."
"Damn it, is this a trap? How many troops have been sent from Tucheng to just watch? ?" Liu Jin cursed.
He does not dare to withdraw his troops now and can only mobilize troops from the rear.
Xu Shen said: "Father, our way back was cut off by the Tatars. The Tatars came aggressively this time and used a lot of gunpowder cans. They used a very powerful catapult. , as long as the cans are lit and thrown over with catapults, we are not too afraid, but the defenders in the city have no muskets, just a few artillery pieces, and the range is not far, so they can't rush to help. Not coming."
Zheng Sui on the side also said: "If we grab those Tatar heads now and retreat immediately, it will be a lot of trouble on the way, but we will be stable after we return. . Otherwise... the reinforcements in the city will not be able to come, and we will be out of food in a few days."
Liu Jin was shaking with anger.
But there seems to be no solution at all.
"Grab it again!" Liu Jin said, "We can't control the situation of the war. If we can get back the heads of more than a hundred Tatars, the court will have to deal with it. Whether it is merit or demerit depends on the brothers. "It's ours."
Zheng Sui said: "If that doesn't work, let's blow it up with a cannon. The worst case scenario is that it will catch fire. How many ears can be cut off depends on the situation."
" No." Liu Jin said, "There are not many Tatar corpses. If they are blown up, it will not be clear after we go back. Don't go to that step unless you have to."
"Father, when I understand, I will send people to grab it again tonight. However, the Tatars have often come to attack at night in the past two days, so you should be careful."
"What should we be careful about? What are you guys doing? If you don’t do your job, why should we be careful? Aren’t you the backbone of Ming Dynasty? If you don’t do it well, we will kill you first!”
Liu Jin was also very angry. After a moment of incompetent rage, Zheng Sui and Xu Shi obediently went out to pack up their troops.
Get ready for the next corpse robbery battle at night.
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At this point in the battle, the area around Huama Pond has become a complete colander.
Liu Jin’s troops did not prepare for the Tatar invasion. Although the Tatars also lost some troops, their strategic intention was achieved, which was to rob around Ningxia, and the Ming Dynasty More than 10,000 "elite soldiers" were stationed at Huamachi, and they could still come and go freely. Several groups of troops entered Ningxia, and more than 30,000 troops invaded the Ming border.
There is even a steady stream ofContinuously increasing.
The battle report quickly reached Yansui, and Wang Qiong was quite upset after hearing it.
Shen Ying said: "Sir, depending on the situation, the Tatars are coming this time with great ferocity, and I am afraid they cannot be stopped. Their vanguard troops alone exceed 20,000, and they will have several tens of thousands of soldiers in the follow-up. The horse is approaching Huamachi, and it is impossible to stop it with the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses stationed at Huamachi."
Wang Qiong said sharply: "Are you trying to make up for Liu Jin?"
Now even Wang Qiong knows that the person who played so well in Huamachi and beat him so brutally was Liu Jin.
Shenying hurriedly said: "I just believe that due to the situation, the soldiers and horses stationed in Huamachi are actually helpless. The Tatars used a large number of artillery and old-style firecrackers this time. , and used a large amount of gunpowder, and even set up ambushes on the official roads between the Ming fortresses, filling the battle formations with gunpowder, making it difficult for our Ming cavalry to stand out." Wang Qiong said: "This is not a reason for defeat. What is Liu Jin doing? He mobilized thousands of soldiers and horses, but he has not returned to garrison the city, and he has not fought the Tatars head-on. "
Because Wang Qiong didn't know that Liu Jin's strategic intention was to snatch the 100 Tatar corpses, he naturally couldn't understand Liu Jin's purpose of stationing his troops outside the city.
I just knew that Liu Jin divided into four groups, with about a thousand soldiers and horses along the way. After going out, they were defeated, and then they gathered together. Then the Tatars ignored this group of people and went straight into the Ming Dynasty. Within the territory, Liu Jin neither pursued nor engaged in a head-on battle, nor retreated to the city, nor even dispatched reinforcements. He just stayed stationed outside the city, as if he didn't want to come back.
Shen Ying said: "Sir, do you think this group of soldiers and horses suffered a defeat and allowed the Tatars to enter our Ming Dynasty. They feel guilty and are even afraid of being held accountable by the court, so they plan to... Surrendering to the enemy? It's an act of humiliation."
"You didn't make a mistake." Wang Qiong said, "It's possible."
The most important thing now is to control the Tatars. Although the troops from all walks of life have been assembled, the number of troops we can mobilize may still be less than 10,000."
Wang Qiong was also quite helpless.
The Ming Dynasty's frontier army had to ensure the defense of the city. On this basis, all troops and horses were deployed and assembled, and the number of troops and horses that could be mobilized was naturally much smaller.
And Wang Qiong is not as "daring to fight" as Liu Jin, who can mobilize all the artillery out of the city, because in Wang Qiong's view, if the artillery is left at the city gate, it will be an absolute deterrent to the Tatars , and after leaving the city, because the artillery moved too slowly, it could not catch up with the Tatar cavalry, and the effect was not very good.
"Although the artillery is strong, its traveling speed is too slow. The Tatars come and go like the wind. How should we fight this battle?" Wang Qiong was also in a dilemma.
Shenying pointed at the map and said: "The best way now is to gather troops from all walks of life to drive the Tatars out of the pass like during the Ningxia War. Even if they don't move fast enough, as long as they Our artillery is advancing, TatarOne can only retreat. "
This tells Wang Qiong that we should use a large army to surround the Tatars.
Wang Qiong said: "In that battle, the imperial court used Xuanda and the troops from three sides as the main force. , and even mobilized soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp, with Baoguo Gong as the commander. Our Ming Dynasty defenders in Ningxia almost came out in full force, and the Tatars only had only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there were still Jingshan Marquis and others who were not afraid The dead man fights desperately to achieve that effect. Now that the Tatars are coming fiercely, even if our troops from all walks of life gather immediately, it will be difficult to form an encirclement within a month. How to fight this? "
Shenying said: "The vanguard troops have already approached Ningxia. "
Wang Qiong said sternly: "Order the governor of Ningxia to use the Ningxia central guard troops and horses to advance from the north road toward the Ningxia rear guard. As for the local soldiers and horses in Yansui, they will be inserted diagonally from the south road... Within ten days, all soldiers and horses must reach Huamachi. ”
“My lord, this may be difficult. Even if we can get there in normal times, there are Tatars raging everywhere right now, and we can’t send them there in ten days.” " Shenying said.
Wang Qiong threw a commission from the court in front of Shenying and said: "Your Majesty has decreed that I will be responsible for the battle of Huamachi. We will not send troops at this time. Send troops. The time limit must be pressed to the death. Whoever can't finish it will come forward to see you! ”
Shen Ying said: “Sir, even if all the troops can kill Huamachi within ten days, and the Tatars take another ten days, the losses of our Ming army and people will be very heavy, and only Can..."
"You don't need to tell me, I know everything. Wang Qiong said, "Now is not the time to care about gains and losses. Driving the Tatars away first is the right way." Even if it takes a lot of effort, as long as the Tatars are driven away, I will bear the responsibility. Today's losses can be made up for in the future by sending troops to the grasslands. Just do as you are told! "
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Ningxia, Yansui and other places were in chaos because of the Tatar invasion.
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The news quickly spread to the capital.
In the cabinet, Liu Jian was bored that day and was about to end his official duties and go home to rest early. Li Dongyang showed up at the check-in room with an urgent battle report. Inside.
“It was for the listening office, but I stopped him. "Li Dongyang took out the battle report and handed it to Liu Jian.
According to the rules established by Zhu Youtang, the authority to discuss the war situation during the war must be assigned to the Shangting Department, and the cabinet is generally only responsible It has become difficult to interfere with military affairs in internal affairs, and even the authority to vote on matters related to military affairs has been cancelled.
But because Zhu Youtang is not in the capital at the moment, many things have still been changed, as if. Many affairs involving the northwest must be managed by Zhu Youtang personally. The capital is hundreds of miles away from Binhai City, so the news transmission is not so smooth. Li Dongyang can also suppress some battle reports from his superiors. < /p>
After reading this, Liu Jian frowned and said: "There are over 10,000 troops stationed in Huamachi, how can it be so unbearable? ”
Li Dongyang sighed: “Huamachi doesn’t even have a censor to lead the army, nor even a general.”After Liu Jin was transferred, this battle was planned by him. He had no experience in leading troops in actual combat, so how could it be effective? "
"Liu Jin...should get this reward! "Liu Jian looked grim.
Li Dongyang said: "Liu Jin thinks he is right. After he mobilized his troops to attack, he was defeated in a battle with the Tatars. He did not dare to withdraw to the pass. He could only station outside the city and never returned. . In my opinion, he was trying to cut off the Tatars' retreat in order to make up for his past mistakes. However, the Tatars ignored the troops he led and marched straight into our territory to plunder. How could they still take him when they withdrew their troops? Take it seriously? "
"Where is Wang Dehua? Your Majesty, don't you think he is handsome? Where are his men? "Liu Jian asked.
Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "There is no news of him sending troops yet. It is estimated that at first he wanted to watch the fire from the other side, and it was already too late to send troops after he received the emperor's order. ”
“Yeah. Liu Jian nodded, "Wang Dehua is stationed in Yansui, which is only one step away from Ningxia. Even if he sends troops like this, it seems that the battle situation in Huamachi has been decided." Is there any movement from Wang Boan? "
"No. "Li Dongyang answered simply.
"Yes. Liu Jiandao, "In that case, we will first rely on troops from Ningxia, Yansui and other places to drive away the Tatars, and then use local patrol censors to impeach the defeated generals and others." "
Li Dongyang said: "This time Liu Jin, the guarding officer, must bear full responsibility. "
Liu Jian sighed: "In recent decades, there have been defeats and other incidents at the border. Even if the case has to be handed over to the third division for finalization, the responsibility of the middle official is lighter. This Liu Jin was personally sent to Ningxia by His Majesty. I'm afraid. When discussing sin, one cannot discuss death. "
Li Dongyang nodded and said: "It depends on people. Even Wang Dehua has a lot of responsibility for slacking off his fighters in this battle. After this battle, we must try our best to push the generals who can be used to take charge of the military affairs of the three sides. It is time to replace the northwest with a group of fresh people and let them take charge of the overall situation! "Recent transcoding has been serious, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you