Chapter 266: I implore the governor to send troops
It’s no wonder that Xu Yinghui said this. After all, they actually defeated the Tatars in this battle. It can even be said that except for a few people who escaped from Rudar, the Tatar vanguard, almost all of the 20,000 troops of the Tatar vanguard were defeated by them.
Got it.
If the losses were heavy, it could not be considered a great victory. The key was that they captured more than 20,000 Tatar troops. Their total losses were only more than 2,000 men.
In comparison, the Tatars' casualties were several times their number. Although the damage to more than 2,000 people was not too small, the key is to compare the results they achieved.
It can be said that even some famous generals may not be able to achieve such results.
When they fought against the Tatars, their biggest hope was to repel the Tatars at a certain price. Who would have thought that Li Huan would lead them to such a miraculous victory?
Looking at the captured horses and captured Tatars behind them, everyone's faces were filled with infinite joy.
Thousands of horses galloped, and the earth shook. At this moment, behind the earth wall, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were already ready.
It has to be said that the cavalry galloped forward, and the momentum was innately intimidating. It was only with the support of an earth wall that the soldiers calmed down a little and were not frightened by this terrifying movement.
The army was disheartened.
Cao Xiong stood beside Wang Yangming, his face full of helplessness and worry.
Originally, Cao Xiong wanted to persuade Wang Yangming to retreat to the back. After all, Wang Yangming, as the commander of the army, went to the front line in person, which was an extremely dangerous thing.
It is said that any accident can happen on the battlefield. If any one of the troops were lost and shot Wang Yangming, then he, the commander-in-chief, would not be able to shoulder such a big responsibility.
The reason why Cao Xiong was worried about Wang Yangming's safety was obviously because he didn't know Wang Yangming's true background.
With Wang Yangming's cultivation level, unless he was surrounded by a large army and was in a desperate situation, he would be beaten to death by a group. Otherwise, a mere loss would really not hurt Wang Yangming at all.
Seeing the worried look in Cao Xiong's eyes, Wang Yangming did not explain much to Cao Xiong, but looked solemnly at the approaching army.
Suddenly, Wang Yangming's eyes flashed with a gleam of surprise, and he couldn't help but let out a low cry: "Hey!"
Cao Xiong, who had been paying attention to the change in Wang Yangming's expression, couldn't help but be startled when he saw the change in Wang Yangming's expression, and subconsciously said: "Grand Governor, is there something wrong?"
Compared with Wang Yangming's cultivation, Cao Xiong was much inferior, and his eyesight was not as sharp as Wang Yangming's. In addition, part of Cao Xiong's attention was on Wang Yangming, so he did not notice the cavalry team that was approaching rapidly.
At this time, Wang Yangming had clearly seen the flags that were raised in the smoke and dust on the opposite side. He let out a sigh of relief and showed a bit of a smile in his eyes.
After listening to Cao Xiong's words, Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said to Cao Xiong: "General Soldier Cao, take a closer look. Who is this person?"
Cao Xiong was startled when he saw Wang Yangming's expression, and subconsciously looked into the distance. Cao Xiong looked carefully and suddenly saw a very familiar flag.
When he saw the big flag, Cao Xiong couldn't help but said: "Then... that's the flag of the general. Could it be that the general is back? No... no..."
Cao Xiong couldn't help but mutter to himself.
After listening to Cao Xiong's words, Wang Yangming also understood why Cao Xiong first guessed that the person coming was Li Huan's subordinates, and then denied it.
Because the number of people obviously doesn’t match up.
Li Huan's command had only more than ten thousand troops, but now the dark mass of troops opposite was obviously more than tens of thousands of troops.
But just when Cao Xiong was filled with doubts, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "He is really a great general."
It turned out that Cao Xiong had already seen Li Huan riding ahead.
Li Huan's figure is easy to distinguish because there is a big flag behind Li Huan. As long as you find that big flag, you can find Li Huan's figure.
Cao Xiong may not recognize Li Huan from others, but Cao Xiong could not be more impressed by Li Huan's figure.
Especially Li Huan's armor and cloak. Li Huan's cloak is extremely eye-catching. The figure in the fiery red cloak can be recognized at a glance among the army.
Normally, a general like Li Huan would not make himself so conspicuous in the army, because by making it clear, he would tell the enemy where the general is, which would most likely attract enemies.
s attack.
But Li Huan deliberately wore a fiery red cloak in order to let the soldiers clearly see his figure rushing forward.
Li Huan knew that his troops were obviously inferior to the Tatars in terms of numbers. If he wanted to fight the Tatars, he could only rely on his own strength and morale.
When a large army is fighting, morale is extremely important.
You must know that in the age of cold weapons, one or two casualties in the army will often seriously affect the morale of the army. If the casualties are slightly more severe, there is a great possibility that the army will collapse.
In this case, morale is particularly important. If morale is high, even if there are heavy casualties, it will not cause the army to collapse.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, Li Huan can be said to be the anchor of the army. As long as he keeps charging forward, even if more than half of the army is killed or injured, few people will escape.
Because of this, Cao Xiong recognized Li Huan in a red cloak at a glance.
At this time, Cao Xiong looked at Li Huan's figure getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but show excitement on his face. He said to Wang Yangming with great excitement: "Grand Governor, that's the general. The general is back."
As he spoke, Cao Xiong jumped out of his horse almost excitedly, and then a group of soldiers quickly followed Cao Xiong and rushed towards Li Huan.
The army rumbled in, but when they approached the earth wall, most of them ran towards the side of the earth wall. Only Li Huan led a group of men and horses towards Cao Xiong and others.
As Li Huan approached, Cao Xiong resisted the excitement in his heart and got off his horse. He bowed to Li Huan and said, "General Cao Xiong, I sincerely welcome the general on his return in victory."
No matter how slow Cao Xiong was, he still saw many ownerless horses in the army being driven by Ming soldiers, and there were also many Tatar prisoners among them.
Just looking at this situation, it is obvious that those war horses were captured by Li Huan, and those Tatars were prisoners.
He actually won. Although Cao Xiong was filled with disbelief, he didn't show it on his face.
Li Huan laughed loudly, got off his horse, helped Cao Xiong up and said, "General Cao's soldiers stayed behind, so Li has no worries. This time he was able to defeat the Tatar vanguard by chance, and General Cao's military contribution is indispensable."
"
When Cao Xiong heard this, he was even more grateful to Li Huan. He knew that Li Huan was letting him share the credit for this battle. After understanding this, Cao Xiong was even more grateful to Li Huan.
While he was talking, a voice suddenly sounded: "Congratulations to the general on your return victorious. This victory is really great news."
"Mr. Yangming!"
Li Huan suddenly heard Wang Yangming's voice, and his face showed a bit of surprise and surprise.
Although he already knew that Wang Yangming's army would arrive soon, Li Huan thought that it would be at least two days before Wang Yangming arrived.
But what I didn't expect was that Wang Yangming would suddenly appear.
At this time, Wang Yangming was looking at Li Huan with a smile.
Li Huan took a deep breath, stepped forward, cupped his hands towards Wang Yangming and said, "Now that Mr. Yangming is here, Li can feel at ease."
To be honest, Li Huan still has a clear understanding of his own abilities. With his current ability, if he is given an army of tens of thousands, he can command it like an arm, but if there are more, it will be beyond his ability.
.
So right now, he simply does not have the ability to be the leader of an army and mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to form troops. Even though he has won consecutive battles against the Tatars, these victories are all nothing.
Fancy head-to-head.
To be precise, he relied on his own tyrannical force and charm to arouse the morale of his army, so that the morale of the Tatars he was able to kill collapsed and he won a great victory.
But once the army he led was plotted by the Tatars and was trapped in a tight siege, even if he could fight his way out of the siege with his own bravery, the rest of them would not have the same incredible force as him.
Therefore, Li Huan recommended Wang Yangming, a great talent who served as a general and prime minister, to the emperor.
With Wang Yangming in charge, Li Huan doesn't have to worry about the dispatch of the army. He can't say that he will definitely win against the Tatars. But with Wang Yangming, a sage who has only appeared for hundreds of years, at least he has someone who knows the truth. Even if he can't win a big victory, he won't.
Big defeat.
For the Ming Dynasty, as long as it is not a huge defeat against the Tatars, it can be said to be a victory. Because the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population, as long as it can remain undefeated, this will involve an undefeated battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides.
In just a few battles, the Tatars themselves will collapse.
Wang Yangming could hear Li Huan's trust and reliance on him in his words, although he didn't know why Li Huan was so confident in him.
After all, even Wang Yangming himself did not dare to guarantee that he could command an army to defeat the Tatars. He was familiar with military books and had strategies in mind, but he had never led an army before. I really don’t know why Li Huan recommended it to the emperor.
own.
A group of generals surrounded the two generals, Li Huan and Wang Yangming, and the governor walked into a temporary military tent.
Along the way, Cao Xiong, Wang Yangming and others had learned from Li Huan the general story of the battle not long ago.
Of course, Xu Ying, Chen Ang, and Ren Ping told them more like fairy tales.
Although some people exaggerated and described Li Huan as if a god came to the world, no matter what, everyone could tell that this battle was all due to Li Huan's bravery, and he forcibly defeated the Tatars.
The military morale of the people was shattered, and only then did they achieve the result of nearly annihilating the Tatar vanguard.
Cao Xiong and other generals all looked at Li Huan with reverence, as if they were looking at a god.
Even Wang Yangming couldn't help but sigh to Li Huan: "Without a general, I'm afraid the outcome of this battle will be different."
Shen Buyi and several other officials previously thought that Li Huan had been defeated or had been killed by the Tatars.
But when they learned the news and came to the commander's tent, the same people listened to the stories of Xu Ying, Chen Ang and others. These officials were shocked and filled with disbelief.
They didn't believe the exaggerated words of Xu Ying and others. In their opinion, Li Huan was just unlucky and the Tatar general he met was a courageous bandit. As a result, Li Huan was scared out of his wits.
, this gave Li Huan a victory.
Listening to those generals boasting that Li Huan was comparable to the eternal overlord Xiang Yu, Shen Buji, who was sitting aside, looked at Li Huan and muttered in his heart: Huh, good luck will run out sooner or later. I really thought that I could compare with the overlord Xiang Yu.
After a while, some calmness finally returned to the noisy tent.
At this time, only Li Huan and Wang Yangming were left in the big tent.
The two sat opposite each other. Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "I don't know why, General, you recommended me to your Majesty to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Aren't you afraid that I, a scholar, am incompetent in military affairs and will be defeated in the end?"
Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Mr. Yangming, do you think you can command an army of hundreds of thousands?"
After hearing what Li Huan said, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said with a confident look in his eyes full of wisdom: "If Wang says he can, can the general believe it?"
Li Huan nodded without hesitation and said: "How could Li not believe it? If he didn't believe it, why would he recommend it to His Majesty?"
Li Huan had never doubted Wang Yangming's ability. He really thought that this saint's name was earned in vain.
Historically, Wang Yangming also had no experience in commanding troops, but when he encountered King Ning's rebellion that swept across the Jiangnan area, Wang Yangming calmly deployed his troops and generals, and it only took him dozens of days to put an end to a massive rebellion.
The rebellion was put down.
So much so that the emperor Zhu Houzhao, who had just led his army to leave Beijing to put down the rebellion, was confused.
The rebellion of a vassal king who had been planning for many years and swept the whole country with one move might not have been able to be quelled in a few years under normal circumstances, but Wang Yangming only spent dozens of days to quell it. This kind of military commander is so capable.
Isn't it idle?
It's okay to doubt Wang Yangming's other abilities, but there's no need to doubt his ability to lead an army. Didn't you see that Wang Yangming took charge of tens of thousands of troops this time?
Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan. The unabashed trust and perseverance in Li Huan's eyes moved Wang Yangming greatly, and he felt like he had found a close friend.
Even with Wang Yangming's calm mind, he couldn't help laughing loudly at this moment and said: "Okay, because of the general's trust in Wang, this time you and I will join hands to give the Tatars a profound blow.
lesson."
Li Huan smiled and said: "Since Mr. Yangming said so, then we will keep all the Tatars who will be invaded in the future."
Wang Yangming smiled lightly and said: "As it should be!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
On April 18th, the fourth year of Zhengde's reign, the spring breeze blew across our face, the biting cold wind had disappeared, and even in the northwest, a green scene could be seen.
Since the last war, the more than 20,000 Tatar vanguards were almost completely wiped out. Dayan Khan's original march south suddenly stopped. The place where the army was stationed was almost a hundred miles away from Anhua City, and far away from Lu
Ming Town is also nearly fifty miles away.
Tens of thousands of Tatars were stationed in a place called Shitaizi, with no intention of continuing southward and no idea what they wanted to do.
After their great victory over the Tatar vanguard, Li Huan, Wang Yangming and others thought that Dayan Khan would quickly go south and crush them in one fell swoop with the strength of tens of thousands of Tatar elites.
After all, even if we include the 50,000 new troops brought by Wang Yangming, the nearly 10,000 cavalry under Li Huan's command, and the more than 10,000 troops under Cai Xiong's command, the total is only 70,000 troops.
But if these 70,000 soldiers and horses are really facing a torrent of 50,000 Tatar cavalry, to be honest, even Wang Yangming and Li Huan cannot guarantee that they can withstand the Tatar attack.
However, Dayan Khan didn't know what he was thinking. The army was stationed in Shitaizi for more than ten days without moving. Although it made Wang Yangming, Li Huan and others guess, it also gave Ming Dynasty time to gather troops.
As the soldiers and horses mobilized by Li Huan's previous deployment order arrived one after another, nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were now gathered in Luming Town.
The camps of hundreds of thousands of troops alone stretch for dozens of miles, and more and more soldiers and horses are gathering in one place. Not to mention other things, just the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops and the eating of horses and people is not something that anyone can understand.
.
However, as the commander-in-chief of the army, Wang Yangming handled the task with ease, and did not show any panic in dispatching the army. The means and abilities he displayed amazed many people.
At this time, in the huge commander's tent, Li Huan, Wang Yangming and several general soldiers from Henan, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places were standing in front of a sand table and looking at the sand table in front of them.
The sand table has been around since ancient times. It is said that the sand table was created by General Fubo Ma Yuan. However, Ma Yuan used rice to make soil and evolved the military terrain under Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu.
Now in this big tent, the huge sand table is extremely exquisite. The mountains, hills, rivers, canyons and even roads are all clearly visible. Just looking at the sand table, it covers hundreds of miles of terrain.
Cao Xiong looked at Li Huan and Wang Yangming who were sitting there, took a deep breath and stepped forward and said: "General, Commander-in-Chief, our army is now fully equipped, and the morale of the soldiers is high. I don't know when to raise the troops to force the Tatars back."
people?"
Qi Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Henan Province who arrived with 30,000 troops a few days ago, had already regained his energy. After listening to Cao Xiong's words full of invitations for war, he immediately said: "What Commander-in-Chief Cao said is true. We, as emperor, are responsible for this."
If we cannot defeat the Tatars, wouldn’t we be living up to His Majesty’s high hopes?”
The rest of the people also opened their mouths to ask for a fight, and suddenly the big tent was filled with calls for a fight.
After looking at everyone, Wang Yangming coughed lightly, his eyes fell on Shen Buyi who was standing aside and said: "Senator Shen, what do you think?"
Shen Buji stood up after hearing the words, nodded slightly towards Wang Yangming and said: "In my opinion, I will send troops as soon as possible to force Dayan Khan to retreat."
As he spoke, Shen Buyi stroked his beard and said with a solemn expression: "You must know that not long ago, Dayan Khan mobilized another 50,000 troops to go south. If we add the 30,000 troops from Shaanxi and Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, to confront each other,
In terms of a large army, there are as many as 130,000 Tatars in our Ming Dynasty."
After speaking, Shen Buyi glanced at the general soldiers and said: "You generals should all know that there are 100,000 Tatar elite cavalry right in front of us. If we don't drive them back to the prairie in one day, for our Ming Dynasty,
, those 100,000 Tatar knights are a serious problem."
With a solemn look on his face, Shen Buyi bowed his hands to Wang Yangming and said, "I sincerely ask the Governor to send troops."
【Well, please give me a monthly pass.】
7017k
Please remember the first domain name of this book:. Mobile version reading URL: