Therefore, the northern border of Daning Dusi is between Datong and Jizhen, close to the Yanshan Mountains, more than 500 miles away from the entrance of Jialing, and more than 700 miles away from Gongguan Pass at Xifengkou.
The hills are undulating, and the grassland is endless. Where the two meet, the sky is about to break, and the morning light is faint.
The dull sound of slashing and the sound of exploding firearms broke the silence of the early morning under the Yanshan Mountains.
The sound is short.
There is a sense of an abrupt end.
The sunlight that shines on the earth cannot illuminate the mixed mist and gunpowder smoke. It can only vaguely reflect a clean and neat military formation, and under the hoofs of the horses, there are ferocious faces, stumps and broken arms, scattered horizontally and vertically, being killed by soldiers.
Harvesting the corpses of heads.
The armor of the military formation clearly shows the style of the Ming Dynasty.
The clothing of the corpse is, needless to say, barbarian.
Dripping blood stained the red grass.
The unpleasant smell of gunpowder rushed straight into the nose.
Military judges shuttled back and forth among the ranks, counting or writing down demerits.
At least seven or eight Danzi, who had recently been on the battlefield, were holding their horses and vomiting.
Some young masters who were admitted to this film from the Jingwei martial arts school even saw the soldiers' heads cut off and tied around their waists. They kicked off their legs and fainted.
"Get ready on the spot for a quarter of an hour, check the firearms, fill the gunpowder, feed the horses, and set off in a quarter of an hour!"
The leading general was astride a horse, watching like a wolf or an eagle.
Hu Shouren was the commander of the southern army in Jizhen. In addition to his high position and authority, he also had unparalleled prestige brought by fighting on the battlefield.
"Time is urgent and military law is strict. Don't delay!"
When the battalion officers and lieutenants at all levels heard the words, they responded solemnly and conveyed them up and down.
After Hu Shouren gave these instructions, he took off the water bag on his horse and began to pour water on himself and the horses under him.
The long journey and an unexpected battle made both men and horses extremely sleepy.
In order not to alert Dong Hu, Wang Chonggu took the route of Sanniangzi, allowing Hu Shouren to bypass Xuanda and pass safely to the pastoral area of ​​Qingbadu'er.
It took such a long journey day and night to arrive at the pastoral area of ​​Duoyanwei.
It's just that people can still bear it, but horses are already a little weak.
Fortunately, we have to go to Yanshan next and go straight to Duoyanwei's lair.
Thinking of this, Hu Shouren took out the telescope in his arms and looked at the Yanshan Mountains while the sun was just rising.
It can be seen from Hu Shouren's official position that he must be a direct descendant of Qi Jiguang.
He commanded the general army of the Southern Army. The so-called Southern Army was an army composed of the core of the three thousand old troops brought by Qi Jiguang from Zhejiang.
As for Hu Shouren, he followed Qi Jiguang all the way from Zhejiang and Fujian to fight against the Japanese, and now he is fighting outside the Great Wall. He is the core of Qi's army.
At this time, the military judge had finished counting the military merits of this battle, and rode to Hu Shouren's side: "Commander Hu, that guy was shot three times by a musket. He must not be able to save him. Let's cut him off."
When Hu Shouren heard this, he nodded directly: "Cut off the head and use it as a military merit!"
Treat him as Dong Hu's unpopular son.
He was also the unlucky guy who encountered this morning - it can't be said to be unlucky. After all, it was Dong Hu who stayed to watch over Chang Ang. It was only reasonable that he would bump into Hu Shouren now.
But for such a small character, whether he was captured alive or dead, it made no difference to him, the commander-in-chief.
As soon as he finished speaking, Borhan's expression on the side suddenly changed and he said anxiously: "General Hu, Commander Qi made a promise to my father not to kill innocent Gram Tai blood!"
"When all one hundred and seventy members of our army have returned to the embrace of Changshengtian, how can General Hu still kill the prisoners?"
"Does the General want a warrior like Governor Qi to become obese by eating the words he promised?"
Hu Shouren turned his head and glanced at Borhan.
This Tatar traitor is the son of Uluru Sihan - from the way he speaks whether he is Tatar or Han, he knows that his political identity is hard to describe.
Putting aside the strange words about breaking one's promise and getting fat, Gram Tai in his mouth was the common father of Dong Fox, Uluru Sihan, and Yingke.
If the hereditary power of the Ming Dynasty still needs to be propagated through township parties, disciples, old officials, and associations, then the inheritance of power in Mongolia is much simpler - the sons of nobles must be nobles, and the sons of slaves will always be slaves.
Therefore, the bloodline of Gramtai is exactly the powerful leaders of Duoyan today.
Now Duoyanwei is sandwiched between the left and right wings of Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty. These people also have their own positions.
Yingke, the eldest son of Gram Tai, died in the Ming Dynasty. Yingke's son, Changang, is now in power, so let's leave it aside.
The second son was fiercely defeated, and he had more than 200 cavalry. He was stationed as a herdsman in the realm of Tangtu. He went south for more than 200 miles to Lengkou and to Gongguan for more than 300 miles. He attached himself to the Xilu, that is, Nalin, the leader of the Mongolian right wing.
The third son was fierce and ancient, and he had more than 700 cavalry. They stationed their herds in Huizhou's Tujuntu Realm, and went southwest to Gongguan for more than 200 miles, and attached to the right wing of Antan.
The fourth son Mo Kechi, with more than 300 horsemen, is stationed in the territory of the female deer, more than 300 miles from the entrance of Yiyuan, and more than 500 miles from Gongguan to the southwest. He is attached to the right wing to accept the sun.
The fifth son, Dong Hu, favored the Chahar tribe and tried hard to get rid of the control of the right wing with the help of the Mongolian Khan.
As for the sixth son, Uluru Sihan, he was much more sensible and was a rare figure who was friendly to the Ming Dynasty.
When Dong Hu was plundering last year, Uluru Sihan went to declare the decree on the order of the imperial court, ordering him to return the people who had been kidnapped, and captured two of Dong Hu's scapegoats to explain to the Ming Dynasty.
But this time this year, when Dong Hu was once again entangled with various ministries to invade Ji Liao, Wu Lu Sihan directly reported the secret to Qi Jiguang.
And after not knowing what was negotiated with the court, he simply sent his son Borhan to lead the way.
Facing Borhan's question, Hu Shouren shook his head seriously: "Qi Shuai ordered me to come and help Chang'ang, the direct grandson of the Gram Tai, to take power. I refused to accept the killing because Chang'ang succeeded us as the governor of our dynasty and was still respectful to the court."
, relying on being the master of the clan."
"Including Meng Ke, Meng Gujie, and even Nai Fu, it's the same. Only by being willing to be our subjects can we pass the test of distinguishing ourselves from the enemy."
"But what about Dong Fox? He has repeatedly launched border provocations, as many as six times last year alone! Killing people! Looting mutual markets! Lawlessness!"
"This year, they still persisted in their evil intentions and gathered Donglu again to invade Xifengkou!"
"Borhan actually said that Dong Hu's descendants are innocent!?"
He didn't bother to educate the ignorant Tatars about the power of firearms, saying that if he was shot in a vital point, he would definitely die.
Instead, he directly stood up and began to torture Borhan.
When Bolhan heard this, his face turned red, he hummed for a long time, and was speechless.
Seeing that he was speechless, Hu Shouren snorted coldly and turned his head back.
When he saw that the march was in order and time was almost up, he immediately reined in his horse and ordered: "Let's go!"
After the order was given, no one in the army set off.
Turning a deaf ear seems to be completely undisciplined.
In fact, this reaction is exactly what the military order of the Qi family is - no matter what the situation is when camping by water or land, listen to the orders of flags and drums, and are not allowed to transmit them orally. Even if the general speaks to the commander, he is not allowed to obey them.
Sure enough, after a drum beat, the troops finally responded.
The marching flag is raised.
The trumpet sounded loudly.
The officers and sentry commanders went to the Chinese army, and the whistles sounded in response.
The whole army moved with a roar, behaved uniformly, and moved forward slowly in one direction as if it were a unit.
Like an arm in command, he can command and forbid.
…
On top of Xifengkou Gate Tower.
Qi Jiguang held a telescope in his hand and looked outside the Great Wall frequently.
Several miles away, sentinels were cruising and running back and forth, clearly visible.
Further away, there are circles of Tartar tents and organized iron cavalry, which are blurry in the mirror and cannot be seen clearly.
Although there is only a vague outline, considering the fact that thousands of cavalry have crossed the pass several times in these days, the situation of the troops approaching the city is clear at a glance.
Chen Ziluan on the side reported the enemy situation outside the pass: "Qi Shuai, according to the inspection by the sentry cavalry, the Ha Bu Shen Department and the Chao Hua Department seemed to have withdrawn last night, leaving only Suba Hai, Hei Shitan, Beima Taiji,
Lashi Taiji and other tribes."
Chaohua and Subahai are both members of Duoyan's three guards. The former occupies the Fuyu Guard, and the latter is the chief of the Taining Guard. They are both good Anda in Liaodong who are close to Dong Hu.
Black Shitan, Bima Taiji, and Laxi Taiji belong to the Chahar tribe of the left wing of Mongolia. They invade Jinzhou and Yizhou, and these people are never missing.
Ha Bu Shen is the right-wing Karaqin tribe of Mongolia. Before I surrendered, I violated the ban every year. After I surrendered, I traded with each other on the front foot and snatched the goods on the back foot.
In short, they are all good Tatar men.
Qi Jiguang squinted his eyes and looked around through the telescope without looking back: "There are at least Wanqi waiting for opportunities outside Xifengkou."
This number is not what can be seen through the telescope, but is based on the understanding of these departments and the intelligence of the sentries. Finally, it is the telescope's turn to estimate the number of tents and horses.
Naturally, the number of thousands of cavalry is not a small number, especially on the open grassland.
It's not an exaggeration to say it's a torrent.
However, Chen Ziluan is not worried about this number.
After all, in addition to the regular soldiers guarding the gate, Xifengkou also had 6,000 cavalry and 13,000 foot soldiers, ready to go - originally there were 10,000 cavalry, but Hu Shouren took away 4,000.
He was full of confidence: "Don't look at the large number of people gathered by Dong Hu, but they are just a mob. Seeing that they have no advantage, they can only disperse in a moment."
"Fried Huahua has a grudge against the Chahar tribe. In the past few days, even if they were at the border, they have been in constant conflict with Bima Taiji, and they almost got into a fight. Ha accidentally came under the control of his elder brother Qing Badu'er, and he followed him in the mutual market.
The advantage of my court is that now I am following Dong Fox, gathering together to seek rewards, but I have no courage to invade the border and attack and kill."
"The two men's withdrawal was already expected."
"In addition, the three Chahar troops are far away from the main headquarters, and there are Jurchens who are eyeing them. Now that all the elite troops have been mobilized, and they haven't seen any bargains for several days, they probably won't be able to stay for long."
"Once these three troops are gone, we will be fully confident, and we can take the initiative to meet the enemy and kill them with one blow!"
Qi Jiguang frowned and looked at Chen Ziluan: "Don't be so impetuous! Haven't you had enough lessons from being impeached by Governor Liu and being interrogated by the imperial censor!?"
Chen Ziluan was born as a knight-errant and a righteous soldier, and he was far from cautious when it came to being an official or a commander.
All day long, either I was completely sure of myself, or the enemy was in a rabble.
There is a huge difference from being independent.
It was precisely because of his impatience that he was impeached by Liu Yingjie and was almost imprisoned.
At the end of last year, because Dong Hu repeatedly invaded the border, killing people and stealing goods, the border army officers and soldiers all regarded the Tatars as enemy bandits. The southern soldiers Wu Qing and others took advantage of the mutual trade to cross the border privately, killing Anta Khan's people without authorization, and fabricated the story of the captives.
, falsely spread the flames of war.
Guard Chen Ziluan, deputy commander Chen Xun, and Wang Fengming were promoted and dispatched at the request. They yelled and killed without asking the reason, which almost caused a catastrophe.
After all, he was an old man brought over from Zhejiang. While Qi Jiguang was bringing people here to share the military merits, he also had to teach him a lesson.
When Chen Ziluan heard this, he angrily admitted his mistake.
Only then did Qi Jiguang soften his expression.
He gently put down the telescope, put it in his arms, and said seriously: "Since Dong Fox has left the nest, he will definitely die. If you can take a safe approach, don't take risks."
The adventure he was talking about was not only military, but also did not want to cause too much conflict with the Mongolian right and left flanks such as the Chahar Tribe and the Karaqin Tribe.
The emperor and the cabinet specifically asked not to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys into a war with the two Mongol Khans.
As for Duoyanwei?
There are only four thousand riders, they are just dancing happily, but in fact, they have already made a list.
Qi Jiguang had long wanted to kill Dong Fox.
During the Longqing period, after Yingke's death, Dong Hu led four thousand troops to invade Jibian.
At that time, Qi Jiguang reported to the court, saying, "The native captives are definitely the banner of the chieftains, and Dong Hu is really causing trouble, so it is appropriate to suppress the evildoers."
Unfortunately, at that time, the governor of Jiliao and the military department did not support the use of troops against Duoyan Wei, and did not receive approval from the central government.
The former said, "The barbarians should be exterminated. The ground is rugged and difficult, so it is better to exterminate them slowly." - Dong Hu should be killed, but Dong Hu should not be killed.
The latter said, "We are afraid of the dangers on the border and the generals are not accustomed to it, so we should be cautious and careful before we can fight."
Although the opinion is conservative, it is not groundless.
When the Mongolian left-wing Chahar tribe moved eastward, Taining and Fuyu among the three Duoyan guards were immediately annexed.
Only the Duoyan Guards relied on the fact that they all went deep into the mountains and resisted the dangers. The vegetation was dense and it was difficult to penetrate deep. They stubbornly resisted for several years.
It can be said that if you want to win, you must play away from home and be subject to restrictions everywhere.
If this were not the case, the border troops would have taken action as early as the Longqing period, and Dong Hu would not have been able to endure it until now.
It is precisely because of this that Qi Jiguang said that Dong Hu would definitely die when he left the nest - Dong Hu had been plundering Xuanda and Ji Liao for more than ten years without any capital or profit. I am afraid he had forgotten that the Ming Dynasty border troops had actively exposed themselves.
The choice of fangs.
After Chen Ziluan was scolded, he became much more honest.
He tentatively said: "Commander Qi, General Hu's side should be arriving soon. By then Dong Hu will hear the news and lead his troops to evacuate together with the East and West captive chiefs. What if?"
Now Dong Hu sent troops to invade and only divided some of his confidants into two. One part stayed in the Tuguogen realm to guard the lair; the other part was stationed in the northern realm of Daning to restrain Chang Ang.
Hu Shouren went to these two places.
After Dong Hu learned about it, he might not dare to return to Yanshan.
Qi Jiguang shook his armor and looked at the outside of the Great Wall with an insightful eye: "Bima Taiji is not a barbarian. He has no reason to make wedding clothes for others."
After saying this, he couldn't help but shook his head: "Don't think of the Tatars as our army. They belong to the tribal chiefs. They are barbarians after all."
If it weren't for the barbarians, the Mongolian left and right wing wouldn't have done such a thing as talking nonsense.
The Mongols have no center or overall situation.
…
A few more days passed.
The invasion of thousands of Tatar cavalry was like fire, and they seemed to bow down to the immovable mountain of the Great Wall.
In the past few days, Dong Hu tried to break through the barrier several times, but all failed.
Turning into Rufeng and arriving at other passes, the defenders are also waiting for work.
The troops were divided in various places, leaving a few corpses by chance, and then gathered together again.
The flags on top of the city were waving, showing no sign of weakness.
Ji Town's defense is too normal.
It's not as normal as the Ming Dynasty's army.
finally.
After many days of futile efforts, the Mongolian tribes who had knocked on the Great Wall finally dispersed.
The yurt was quietly put away at night.
The sentry knight silently retracted most of it, leaving only a small part to look after him.
The leaders of each department didn't even meet each other, they all walked in different directions and left without saying a word.
Dong Hu sat astride his horse and looked at the scattered cavalry in the moonlight, feeling heavy in his heart.
Qi Jiguang is too difficult to deal with.
He had been plundering Jiliao for more than ten years, and it was only after Qi Jiguang came that he suffered repeated setbacks.
During the Jiajing period, he followed Huang Taiji into Xuanfu and approached the Luanhe River. It was like entering an uninhabited country.
At the junction of Jialong and Jielingkou, Jielingkou is like a back garden. You can come and go as you go, and the supplies for winter are at your fingertips.
It was not until Qi Jiguang arrived at Jizhen that the situation took a turn for the worse.
In the fourth year of Longqing's reign, they rushed to the sea and gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack the pass. However, under the resistance of others, it was all in vain.
In the first year of Wanli, I thought that the old and new had changed and the frontier army was unstable. However, after knocking on Xifengkou of Guan, it almost became his military exploits.
I thought that this year, with the support of the Tuman Khan, he would gather people from the Chahar tribe and the three guards of Heduoyan would make a comeback, which would achieve some results and consolidate their position, but unexpectedly, they broke up in a hurry.
Maybe... he should start from Liaodong with Subahai, Black Coal, and Chaohua.
It is impossible to say that Li Chengliang could be defeated in one blow.
Dong Hu was thinking wildly in his mind, and after counting the assets of the four thousand riders one by one, he roared back.
Four thousand cavalry is not accurate, it should be 4,290 cavalry - so Wang Chonggu is extremely reliable in military matters.
Years ago, Wang Chonggu had made a rough guess about Duoyan Wei's tribe - the number of troops should be 60,000, with 11,000 young men and women, and about 4,000 cavalry.
This number is indeed not very different from the reality.
Duoyanwei is gradually being eaten by the left and right wings of Mongolia.
It is also reflected in the cavalry.
Nowadays, the Duoyan Guard Cavalry directly digested by Tumut under the jurisdiction of Anda Khan has four units with 2050 cavalry, and the Chahar Tribe under the jurisdiction of Tuman Khan has five units with 1800 cavalry directly digested.
The remaining fourteen units of 4290 cavalry are the deployment that Dong Fox can directly control. They are also his capital to suppress Chang'ang in order to get rid of the right wing and move closer to the Tuman Khan.
Therefore, as long as Dong Hushu preserves the capital of these four thousand horses, he will eventually make a comeback after some setbacks.
At this moment.
On the way home, a horse is coming from Juechen.
Dong Hu's eyes narrowed.
A bad premonition emerged in my heart.
He was about to stop the other person from speaking so he could speak to him in private.
It's a pity that it's too late.
As the sound of the approaching horse's hooves approaches, the person's shrill voice also gets closer and closer.
"Enxiang! Wujiye Teulus was wiped out by the Han people! That bastard Chang'ang led the Han people to sacrifice all the descendants of Enxiang to Yuelun Hatun!"
When Dong Hu heard this, his expression changed drastically.
Chapter completed!