No wonder everyone in Dayan Khan looked confused. After all, according to normal circumstances, even if the Ming army was attacked, they would be unable to react for a while and even be confused, but there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
As long as the Ming army's general responds in time and gathers some Ming army soldiers to stabilize the situation to a certain extent, there won't be much of a problem.
It can even be said that Dayan Khan and others are ready for a bloody battle.
After all, the Langya Pass is quite dangerous. As long as the Ming army soldiers are willing to defend it desperately, it is simply unrealistic for them to pass through the Langya Pass without paying some price.
Ren Dayan Khan and others never dreamed that Zheng Guang, the chief military officer, would be so unbearable that he did not even have the courage to fight.
At this time, Han Yu, who was stroking his beard, frowned and looked at the chaotic scene in front of him. Suddenly, he heard Han Yu say with some surprise: "Khan, I'm afraid this is not the Ming army's plan, but
The Ming army was really defeated."
Hearing what Han Yu said, Alborot on the side shouted almost as if on conditioned reflex: "How is this possible? Although we said that we raided the Ming army camp, the Ming army still has tens of thousands of troops, so how could the other party even attack them with a single force?"
He ran away without the strength to fight."
Not only Alborot, many people present did not believe Han Yu's statement.
Dayan Khan squinted his eyes and looked at the chaotic scene at the wolf's mouth in the distance. He suddenly laughed and said: "God bless me, God bless me. I never thought that Wang Yangming, who was so smart in his life, would also make mistakes.
At that time, he actually chose such an incompetent general to defend Langya Mouth."
Alborot looked at Dayan Khan's reaction and said subconsciously: "Father Khan, does it mean that the military commander really escaped?"
Dayan Khan stroked his beard and said slowly: "If not, how can we explain the current chaos in the Ming army?"
While speaking, Dayan Khan said seriously: "Send the order and order the army to occupy the Wolf Fang Mouth as quickly as possible for me."
The ground shook, and the commander-in-chief Zheng Guangzheng, who left Langyakou in a hurry, fled in panic under the protection of a group of soldiers.
Almost several miles away from Langya Mouth, Zheng Guang couldn't help but asked the guard beside him: "Are there Tatars chasing us?"
A general said to Zheng Guang: "Back to your lord, the Tatars are busy occupying the Wolf Fang Mouth and leaving, and have not sent anyone to pursue us."
Hearing this, Zheng Guang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good."
At this moment, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, the ground shook slightly, and at first sight it was a group of cavalry.
Noticing this situation, all the soldiers subconsciously made a defensive posture. Zheng Guang frowned and said with a look of fear: "Who are these people? Could they be Tatar troops?"
Xu Cheng, Miao Shang and others also looked puzzled, but soon when they saw a big flag, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sir, you are ours and the flag of our Ming army."
Zheng Guang's face lit up with joy when he heard this. He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, come up to us quickly."
With the reinforcements, there was no need to worry about the Tatars anymore, and Zheng Guang felt completely relieved.
Needless to say, it was none other than Li Huan and others who were chasing after them after resting for the night and recharging their energy.
Thousands of fine cavalry who were recharging their energy could be described as full of momentum. From a distance, they could see the oncoming black mass of men and horses.
Because Zheng Guang and others fled in a hurry, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were in chaos, and many soldiers even lost their flags. This resulted in that for a while, Li Huan and others were unable to identify Zheng Guang through the flags.
The identity of others.
That is to say, as they approached fiercely and saw clearly the clothes of Zheng Guang's soldiers and horses, it was confirmed that Zheng Guang and his party were Ming troops.
When he saw the messy appearance of Zheng Guang and others, Li Huan couldn't help but change his expression slightly.
Feng Xiao and others also saw Zheng Guang and others in front of them.
Feng Xiao was heard whispering to Li Huan: "General, that is Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Zheng Guang. He was ordered by the Grand Governor to lead an army of 30,000 troops to guard Langyakou. It is supposed that the Tatars should be stopped at Langyakou now.
It’s only right to leave seclusion, how could it be..."
Listening to Feng Xiao's words, Li Huan's expression turned gloomy.
Just looking at the embarrassed look of Zheng Guang and others, what could be going on? This clearly shows that they have lost the battle.
But Li Huan felt very puzzled. Ordinarily, no matter how powerful Dayan Khan and the Golden Horde Army were, they should not be able to defeat tens of thousands of troops so quickly.
You must know that according to Feng Xiao, Zheng Guang, as the chief military officer, has more than 30,000 troops and horses. With more than 30,000 troops and horses, plus the right time, place and people, I dare not say that he can fight to the death.
After blocking the Tatar attack for several months, at least it shouldn't have been defeated so quickly.
While such thoughts flashed through his mind, Zheng Guang and others on the opposite side also came closer.
At this time, Zheng Guang's face had lost the previous panic. He even straightened his official uniform and signaled to the soldiers beside him.
Soon, several soldiers were seen galloping towards where Li Huan and others were.
The two sides were separated by dozens of feet, and several soldiers stepped forward to face Li Huan. Feng Xiao and others shouted loudly: "Whose subordinates are you? The commander-in-chief is in front, why don't you come and see me?"
"
Li Huan was stunned for a moment, and Feng Xiao's expression on the side became extremely strange, and he even looked towards Li Huan subconsciously.
Feng Xiao saw Li Huan's expressionless look, and then looked at the rather arrogant soldiers, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Xu Ying and Ren Ping also looked at the soldiers with strange looks. Apparently they didn't expect that the chief military officer Zheng Guang would be so majestic and want to ask the general Li Huan to go see him.
he.
Obviously Zheng Guang and others did not see Li Huan's flag. To be precise, Li Huan's flag had long been stained with the blood of the Tatars, and even the word "李" embroidered on it had long been molded into "Hu".
Not clear.
In addition, due to the distance, it was not surprising that Zheng Guang and others could not recognize Li Huanlai.
Li Huan looked at Zheng Guang and others from a distance, and gradually a smile appeared on his lips, and he said to Feng Xiao and others: "Please follow me to see this General Zheng."
Feng Xiao, Xu Ying and others immediately surrounded Li Huan and moved forward slowly. At this moment, Zheng Guang and others saw Li Huan and others coming forward and couldn't help but look towards Li Huan and others.
When Zheng Guang saw Li Huan, he felt that Li Huan looked familiar. When Li Huan and others came closer, Zheng Guang was suddenly stunned and almost instinctively exclaimed: "Mighty General!
"
People such as Xu Cheng and Miao Shang had not seen Li Huan in person because of their status. However, Zheng Guang, as the chief military officer of a province, had seen Li Huan, so when he saw it clearly, he recognized Li Huan at a glance, and even
He even exclaimed in surprise.
"Mighty General Li Huan?"
Xu Cheng, Miao Shang and others subconsciously looked towards Li Huan.
Recognizing Li Huan's identity, Zheng Guang instinctively dismounted his horse and hurried forward to Li Huan and said: "Zheng Guang, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, pays homage to the general."
As Zheng Guang saluted Li Huan, Xu Cheng, Miao Shang and others also quickly bowed to Li Huan, and then the Ming soldiers who looked quite confused all turned to Li Huan after being stunned.
Bowed down.
After all, although these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty said they had never met Li Huan, they were no strangers to Li Huan, especially because Li Huan's reputation was widely spread among the Ming Dynasty army.
Now the commander-in-chief of his army bowed to Li Huan, and naturally all the soldiers followed him to pay homage.
Li Huan sat on the horse and looked down at Zheng Guang, who prostrated himself in front of him.
Li Huan looked at Zheng Guang and suddenly said: "General Zheng, if Li remembers correctly, you should have led the army to guard Langyakou under the orders of the Grand Governor, right?"
Hearing Li Huan's question, Zheng Guang froze slightly, then realized what he was doing and said to Li Huan: "Back to the general, I am indeed ordered to guard Langyakou, but...just..."
Seeing Zheng Guang's hesitant expression, Li Huan said indifferently: "Just what?"
Zheng Guang gritted his teeth and said: "It's just that the Tatars raided Langyakou, and the lower officials were outnumbered, and the whole army was defeated. In order to save the soldiers, we had to stay away from the enemy for a while."
Li Huan's eyes fell on Zheng Guang, and his sharp gaze that seemed to see through him only made Zheng Guang's heart beat.
Suddenly Li Huan laughed loudly, and then shouted: "Well, you Zheng Guang, you led an army of thirty thousand people, and you couldn't even resist the Tatars for a day. What on earth did you do as a general officer?"
For what it’s worth?”
While speaking, Li Huan's eyes fell on the people behind Zheng Guang. The generals following Zheng Guang immediately felt Li Huan's eyes, and they all felt like a sharp edge on their backs.
Looking at the crowd, Li Huan said slowly: "Can someone explain to Li why you and other tens of thousands of troops can't even resist the Tatars in one day?"
Zheng Guang's heart sank when he heard this, and he couldn't help but secretly feel a little worried. If someone stood up and exposed the truth about him running away without a fight, wouldn't it be a big mistake?
Thinking of this, Zheng Guang stood up suddenly, looked up at Li Huan, and said to Li Huan in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "General, are you doubting me? It is said that victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. Isn't it okay for a subordinate to lose to the Tatars?"
?”
Looking at Zheng Guang's appearance, Li Huan suddenly couldn't help but sigh: "What General Zheng said is true, but Li is very curious. Lord General Bing is so courageous, sitting on tens of thousands of troops, the Tatars
How strong can a person be that the Commander-in-Chief cannot resist him for even a day?"
Zheng Guang's face turned green and white, and he was about to speak when suddenly he heard a Qianhu official stand up and bow down to Li Huan and said: "General, Bai Yu, the last general, reported to the general Zheng Guang that he was facing the Tartars."
Tatar made a surprise attack and fled without a fight, leaving the Wolf Yakou alone..."
Before the Qianhu official could finish his words, Zheng Guang turned around and shouted angrily at Bai Yu: "Bold Bai Yu, what are your intentions in slandering me like this?"
Facing Zheng Guang's anger, Bai Yu shouted: "Sir, if you don't know what to do, I will flee without fighting. Tens of thousands of soldiers can testify. Do you really think you can hide the truth and deceive everyone?"
While speaking, Bai Yu couldn't help but said: "General, I have a good friend who is a member of the army. His name is Meng Wei. Because he advised the general to not abandon Lang Yakou, he was punished by the public for his personal revenge, and he was left behind to lead his men.
Langya Mouth, I'm afraid it's already in danger right now..."
Li Huan's eyes suddenly turned cold, he stared at Zheng Guang and shouted angrily: "You are so bold, Zheng Guang, do you know your guilt?"
Zheng Guang shuddered and noticed Li Huan's cold gaze. His heart sank. Then he gritted his teeth and said to Li Huan: "General, if you want to impose a crime, there is no excuse for it. A lower official is innocent."
Seeing Zheng Guang's refusal to plead guilty, Li Huan rushed forward, looked down at Zheng Guang and said: "With all the soldiers in the army as witnesses, Zheng Guang, how can you have the face to make excuses?"
Zheng Guang subconsciously took a few steps back, looked at Li Huan and said: "General, I am the commander-in-chief of the imperial court. Even if I am guilty, I will be convicted by the court officials. If the general wants to impose charges on me,
, I naturally don’t recognize it.”
Zheng Guang took a deep breath, turned around, mounted his horse and said to Li Huan: "Since the general believes that Zheng is guilty, let the princes in the court come and convict me. Besides, the commander-in-chief of the three armies is Commander-in-Chief Wang.
You don’t have the right to punish me yet.”
Eyes fell on Li Huan and Zheng Guang. One was a powerful general and a favorite minister of the emperor, and the other was the chief military officer of a province. He was in charge of the army of a province and had great authority.
If you really want to talk about it, the commander-in-chief of the three armies is the Grand Governor Wang Yangming, who can control Zheng Guang, but according to legal principles, Li Huan really cannot control Zheng Guang, the commander-in-chief.
This is why Zheng Guang had the confidence to speak to Li Huan like this.
Li Huan's reputation for being evil was true, but so what, he didn't believe Li Huan could do anything to him.
After all, officials in this world will not shed tears until they see the coffin, and they will not give up until they reach the Yellow River.
Thinking about the Hongwu period, in order to punish corruption, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang used cruel methods to the extent that corrupt officials peeled daylilies. It can be said that throughout the ages, no emperor has punished corrupt officials like the Hongwu Emperor.
However, even under the harsh punishment methods of Emperor Hongwu, there were still countless officials who continued to test the law.
Even the skinned skins of many officials' predecessors were stuffed with thatch and erected in the lobby of their offices, visible every day, but still could not stop their corrupt intentions.
Who among the officials in the world doesn’t know that Emperor Hongwu is violent, but so what, it’s not just one wave after another of official corruption.
Are these people really not afraid of death? This is obviously impossible. In the final analysis, these people are just taking chances.
In the same way, Li Huan was decisive in killing, and many officials died at the hands of Li Huan. I don't know how many officials had their families confiscated and killed by Li Huan, so that Li Huan also had a bad reputation.
Ordinarily, under such circumstances, no official in the world would dare to cause trouble for Li Huan or provoke Li Huan.
But in fact, whether at the court or at the local level, there were still countless officials targeting Li Huan overtly or covertly.
Just like Zheng Guang, he also knew that Li Huan was terrible, but he kept his identity and took chances. Like the officials killed by Li Huan, he thought that Li Huan did not dare to do anything to them.
Seeing Zheng Guang's "what can you do to me" look, Li Huan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing.
While laughing, Li Huan slowly shook his head at Zheng Guang and said: "Commander Zheng Guang escaped before the battle, in vain of military law. Today, the Japanese general will kill him to rectify military law and highlight the principles of military law."
"kill!"
Following Li Huan's low shout, a cold light flashed through the astonished eyes of countless people. The spear in Li Huan's hand pierced out like lightning, only to sink into Zheng Guang's chest, while Zheng Guang let out a shrill scream.
He screamed, looking down at the spear that was buried in his chest, with disbelief and endless regret on his face. He slowly raised his head to look at Li Huan, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth and trembling: "You... how dare you, I...
...You are the chief military officer of a province in the Ming Dynasty... How dare you kill an important official of the imperial court..."