Chapter 305: The Great Power of Splashing the Heavens is Introduced to Beijing
Li Huan's expression was naturally reflected in Xu Ying's eyes. Looking at the soldiers slumped on the ground, Xu Ying also felt secretly regretful like Li Huan.
You must know that the Tatars are fleeing in a hurry. It can be said that it is the best time for them to pursue and expand the results. As long as there is a team of elites to follow and kill those Tatars, I dare not say more, leaving thousands of Tatars behind.
Elite still has no problem.
Unfortunately, looking at the soldiers in front of him, Xu Ying also knew that this idea was simply unrealistic.
Li Huan glanced at Xu Ying, chuckled and said, "Okay, if you want to deal with the Tatars, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Xu Ying cheered up and said, "That's what the general said."
At this moment, Bai Yu was seen supporting a general who was covered in blood and came over to bow to Li Huan and said: "Greetings to the general, thank you for saving your life!"
This person was none other than Meng Wei, the official of a thousand households who had been left by Zheng Guang to lead more than a thousand people to resist tens of thousands of Tatars.
That is to say, Meng Wei was very powerful. Originally, under the siege of the Tatars, only less than a hundred people were left out of more than a thousand people. It was at this time that Li Huan led an army to kill him, allowing Meng Wei and others to escape by chance.
Tribulation.
Even so, when the Tatars fled and those who were killed were killed, Meng Wei and his party were left with only a few dozen people. At this time, under the leadership of his friends, they came to pay homage to Li Huan.
Li Huan looked at Meng Wei, who was covered in blood and pale with more than a dozen wounds on his body. He couldn't help but praise: "Meng Qianhu is so brave. This time, Meng Qianhu led his men to defend the mouth of Langya. He has done a great job. Li will definitely do it for him."
Meng Qianhu expressed his merits to the court."
Meng Wei's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, and even his pale face showed a bit of blush, which showed his inner excitement.
However, Meng Wei still suppressed the excitement in his heart and said respectfully to Li Huan: "The general is too complimentary. The last general failed to defend and failed to defend the mouth of the wolf, so that the Tatars fled into the grassland..."
Li Huan waved his hand and looked at Meng Wei and said: "It is Zheng Guang's fault that he failed to guard the Langya mouth. Not only is Meng Qianhu not guilty, but he has made meritorious deeds."
As he said this, Li Huan glanced at the injuries on Meng Wei's body and said to Bai Yu, "Bai Qianhu, please take Meng Qianhu down to recover from his injuries."
It is said that one general's success can lead to thousands of bones being withered. Li Huan stood at the height of Langya Mouth and looked around. He saw a pile of corpses within a few miles in front of Langya Mouth. There were Tatars, Ming army soldiers, and soldiers from both sides.
Corpses were piled on top of each other and could be seen everywhere.
At this time, the soldiers who had taken a short rest were beginning to collect the corpses around them under the command of some generals. The corpses of the Tatars had their heads chopped off and were piled together, while the corpses of their colleagues were cleaned out and placed neatly.
Towards evening, a group of fast horses galloped over, and they were clearly a group of messengers.
The leading messenger, led by Li Hu, walked into a large tent and met Li Huan.
While bowing to Li Huan, the messenger took out a letter from his arms and said: "General, please report urgently."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, reached out and took the letter. After opening it, his eyes scanned the contents of the letter. A bright light flashed in his eyes, and then he laughed and said: "Okay, okay!"
The generals Xu Ying and Ren Ping beside them couldn't help but look curious when they saw Li Huan's happy expression.
They were very curious about what good news was in the letter that made Li Huan so happy.
Li Huan handed the letter to Xu Ying and others and said: "The governor destroyed the Tatars in one battle and cut off their troops. A total of more than 50,000 Tatars were killed and more than 30,000 captured. It can be said to be a great victory rarely seen in a century."
When everyone heard this, they all showed expressions of shock and joy.
As people in the military, they naturally know what such a great victory means.
The Ming Dynasty has never had such a great victory in the past hundred years. You can imagine what kind of waves it will stir up once news of this victory reaches the capital, and even the whole world will be shocked by it.
With this great victory, I don’t know how many people will be promoted to high-ranking positions and soar to the sky, and they are just one of them. I dare not say how many more people there are. Just because they followed Li Huan into the grassland and stirred up the Tatar army.
In the rear, to shake the morale of the Tatar army going south, and to cooperate with Wang Yangming's contribution in annihilating the Tatar army of more than 100,000, it may be possible to reward him based on his merits, and even get a title.
Thinking of this, Xu Ying and others' faces were filled with unconcealable joy.
But now Li Huan sighed with a bit of regret: "It's just a pity that the Governor misjudged Zheng Guang and handed over the key task of garrisoning Langyakou.
Zheng Guang, so much so that Zheng Guang fled without a fight in the face of the Tatar attack, allowing the Tatars to escape and ascend to heaven. Otherwise, according to the plan of the Grand Governor, Dayan and others may not be able to be annihilated in one battle."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Xu Ying and others couldn't help but sigh when they thought of Dayan's escape and the more than 20,000 elite Golden Horde troops who followed Dayan into the prairie.
At the same time, he couldn't help but curse loudly: "Zheng Guang, this thief really deserves to be killed. Even if he is cut into pieces, it will be difficult to atone for his crime."
"Now that I think about it, if the general killed him, it would really be an advantage for him."
Thinking that Dayan escaped because of Zheng Guang in this battle, so that they missed the greatest achievement of capturing the enemy chief alive, which would be enough to make him a marquis, everyone wanted to pull Zheng Guang's body and whip it a hundred times.
Li Hu couldn't help but sigh and said: "What a pity. If Dayan could be captured alive, the general would probably be able to serve the princes for generations and retire with the country."
Seeing everyone looking extremely regretful, Li Huan coughed lightly and said, "Take care of things and arrange for people to be stationed here to prevent accidents. The rest of the people will follow me to see the Grand Governor."
In front of Wuning Fort here, within a radius of dozens of miles, corpses are everywhere. Within this area, there are also corpses left behind by soldiers from both sides fighting fiercely.
Groups of Tatar prisoners were currently cleaning the battlefield under the supervision of Ming army officers. At the same time, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing, Cao Xiong and others were discussing matters among the ruins of Wuning Fort.
The original Wuning Fort had already become a ruins after several battles that changed hands. Among the cleared ruins, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing, Cao Xiong, Shen Buyi and other civil and military officials gathered here.
Everyone's faces were filled with unconcealable joy. Not long ago, they finally forced the surrender of the Tatar general Ayan who had been delaying them. In one battle, they killed tens of thousands of Tatars and captured more than 30,000.
Such a great result was almost beyond everyone's imagination. Even Cao Xiong, who was as calm as Yang Yiqing, had a look of joy on his face.
Everyone is an old man who has been in the officialdom for many years. They know better than anyone what kind of rewards will be waiting for them after such a great victory.
Besides, there are even greater achievements waiting for them, so now everyone is looking at the commander of the army, Grand Governor Wang Yangming, who is sitting there with a kind of admiration and admiration.
Wang Yangming sat there with a calm expression, as if he was not affected by the victory at all.
At this moment, the eyes of more than a dozen civil officials and dozens of military generals fell on Wang Yangming, and the commander-in-chief Qi Zhen said to Wang Yangming: "Grand Governor, please give the order. I am willing to lead my army to join the general.
, completely annihilated the remaining troops of Dayan."
Everyone's eyes were flashing with excitement and anticipation. Who wouldn't want to capture Dayan Khan alive or kill him? This is a great achievement that can lead to the title of a prince. Even if he is the first to succeed, he will not be able to escape.
Wang Yangming, Li Huan and others, their shared achievements were enough to make them soar to the sky and become princes for generations.
When Qi Zhen opened his mouth, Cao Xiong immediately refused. He stood up and shouted to Wang Yangming: "Grand Governor, please let me lead the army to help the general. I have a history of joining forces with the general to kill the enemy."
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Cao Xiong's words directly caused many other generals to grin, as if they were unable to cooperate with Li Huan.
Figures stood out one after another. It can be said that except for a few people, there are a few people who can remain calm in the face of the great power of capturing Dayan alive.
It can be said that at this time, everyone's desire to fight was extremely strong. Even though they knew that Dayan was surrounded by all the most elite Golden Horde troops, they could not resist their desire to capture Dayan alive.
Wang Yangming, who had been silent for a while, showed a smile. His eyes fell on Yang Yiqing beside him and said: "Governor Yang, I wonder which general you think should lead the army to assist the general?"
Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and saluted Wang Yangming: "Yang thinks this matter should be decided by the Governor."
If he opened his mouth, no matter who he recommended, he would probably offend more people. Yang Yiqing could only feel the eyes falling on him, and he immediately expressed his stance decisively.
Wang Yangming didn't want Yang Yiqing to take the blame, he just asked casually. Hearing this, he looked at Yang Yiqing's solemn look, pondered for a moment and then his eyes fell on a figure among the crowd.
"Commander Guan, please lead a troop of troops to assist the general this time."
Guan Zheng was stunned for a moment, but when he realized what he was doing, he looked surprised. He took a deep breath, suppressed the joy in his heart, stepped forward, bowed to Wang Yangming, and said, "The last general accepts his order."
As the first general to join Li Huan's side, Guan Zheng was born in the capital camp and was once left by Li Huan in Shaanxi to train the new army. He could also be regarded as a general under Li Huan who was highly trusted by Li Huan.
Especially this time, Wang Yangming was ordered to go out to Beijing to command hundreds of thousands of troops. It was precisely because of the 50,000 troops trained by the relevant levy as the basic base that Wang Yangming had enough confidence to mobilize the troops of all parties.
After all, hundreds of thousands of troops come from several provinces, and each commander-in-chief controls tens of thousands of troops. Even if Wang Yangming is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, if he does not have direct troops to rely on, he may not be able to rely on them.
This will intimidate these generals.
Guan Zheng was naturally obedient to Wang Yangming, so this time, whether it was because of Li Huan or Wang Yangming's reward for Guan Zheng's support, Wang Yangming directly ordered Guan Zheng's generals, leaving this great contribution to the world.
Gave it to Guan Zheng.
When all the generals present saw Wang Yangming naming Guan Zheng's general, they all had looks of envy on their faces, and many people secretly envied Guan Zheng for his great luck.
Not only was Li Huan, a favored minister of the emperor, interested in him, but now he also had the favor of Wang Yangming, and he was given the great credit of capturing Dayan.
It can be said that as long as nothing unexpected happens, as long as Guan Zheng assists Li Huan in capturing Dayan Khan alive, it will definitely not be a problem to be granted the title of Marquis.
But other than envy, no one can say anything, because if anyone objects, the first people to be offended are Li Huan and Wang Yangming, the two military commanders. If they make these two unhappy, they can just use the words to express their merits.
My hands and feet, I'm afraid I won't even be able to keep my current achievements.
So no matter what they thought, after Wang Yangming ordered Guan Zheng's general, everyone congratulated Guan Zheng with envious expressions.
Seeing the troops and horses being gathered at Guanzheng and hurried away, Wang Yangming said in a deep voice: "Everyone, go and inspect the troops and horses. Tomorrow we will gather the army and go with this governor to Langyakou to help the general."
Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up when they heard this.
A strange look flashed in the eyes of many people, and they suddenly thought that Dayan Khan still had tens of thousands of the most elite Golden Horde troops beside him. Even if Guan Zheng led tens of thousands of troops to join Li Huan, they might not be able to defeat him in a short time.
Defeat Dayan's troops.
This also means that they may not have a chance to capture Dayan alive. At most, Guan Zheng has an advantage over them. But if you think about it, Guan Zheng who attacks first may not be able to take advantage.
Maybe even making wedding clothes for others.
The ground shook. Guan Zheng led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Some of the infantry mounted, while others trotted closely behind the majority of the troops. The speed was not slow at all.
After all, the entire Tatar army was annihilated this time. Not only were tens of thousands of prisoners captured alive, but tens of thousands of war horses were also harvested.
Therefore, in order to conquer the world, Guan Zheng immediately mobilized tens of thousands of war horses after reporting to Wang Yangming. The infantry were directly transformed into mounted infantry, and the marching speed was more than doubled.
Suddenly, the sentinel who had been conducting inquiries from the front rushed over.
The sentinel stopped and said to Guan Zheng: "Master Commander, there is a large group of people coming from the front. The flag seems to be ours!"
Guan Zheng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and felt a little doubtful and puzzled in his heart.
Soon Guan Zheng saw the dark crowd of people coming slowly in front of him. When Guan Zheng saw the eye-catching flag, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide and exclaimed: "General,
How could it be the banner of the general!"
With all kinds of doubts and confusion, when he was sure that the troops in front of him were really Li Huan's troops, Guan Zheng quickly led his soldiers and rode forward.
In fact, when Guan Zheng's troops discovered Li Huan and others, Li Huan and others also discovered Guan Zheng and others.
When Guan Zheng appeared in front of Li Huan and bowed to Li Huan, Li Huan supported Guan Zheng, looked Guan Zheng up and down and said: "Yes, it seems that after this battle, Guan Zheng, you are still the best
A qualified general."
After receiving Li Huan's praise, Guan Zheng said with a smile on his face: "I would also like to thank the general for his cultivation. If he had not been valued by the general, I am afraid that the subordinates would have wasted their years in the capital camp."
Li Huan smiled slightly, glanced at Guan Zheng and the army behind him and said, "It seems that you have come to help me deal with Dayan's troops on the orders of the Grand Governor."
Guan Zheng nodded and said: "The general has a sharp eye, and the lower official came to help the general with the order of the chief governor."
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Guan Zheng said with a bit of surprise: "Didn't the general capture Na Dayan alive?"
In Guan Zheng's view, Li Huan should be dealing with Dayan's troops at the moment. Since Li Huan appears here, he must have solved Dayan's problem. Otherwise, Li Huan would never withdraw his troops and return to the army.
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Before Li Huan could explain, Ren Ping on the side couldn't help but said: "It's not that damn Zheng Guang. If he hadn't let Dayan and others go, I would have captured Dayan alive by now."
Already."
Ren Ping and Guan Zheng were old friends. After hearing what Ren Ping said, Guan Zheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and looked at Li Huan in surprise.
Obviously Guan Zheng was confused by the news revealed by Ren Ping's simple words.
Guan Zheng exclaimed: "What? Dayan escaped. How is this possible? Zheng Guang's army has 30,000 troops, and 30,000 troops are stationed in a small Langyakou. How is it possible that the Tatars are here?"
Did you manage to break through the Wolf Fang Mouth in such a short time?”
No wonder Guan Zheng was so shocked, it was really unbelievable.
Although the tens of thousands of elite cavalry under Dayan's command are quite capable, Zheng Guang's troops are also numerous.
With a cold snort, Ren Ping said: "It's not that the commander-in-chief Zheng Guang was greedy for life and feared death. The Tatar raid disrupted the camp. He was so frightened that he let go of the wolf's mouth. Ren Ping, the Tatar escaped and wanted to
If the general had not immediately killed Zheng Guang and gathered the defeated troops to fight back, I am afraid that in the end even the more than 10,000 Golden Horde troops would have followed Dayan Khan and fled back to the prairie."
Guan Zheng let out a breath of turbid breath and finally accepted the fact that Dayan escaped. Not to mention how disappointed he was in his heart.
Guan Zheng was so depressed when his nearly accomplished feats were lost like this.
But no matter how depressed he was, Dayan had already escaped. After a while, Guan Zhengfang couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Damn Zheng Guang, it's really easy for the general to kill him."
The armies converged in one place, and then the front army under Guan Zheng's command changed into the rear army, and the rear army changed into the front army and headed towards Wuning Fort in a mighty manner.
The sky is darkening and night is falling.
Continuous bonfires illuminated a radius of dozens of miles in front of Wuning Fort.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were encamped, and the area occupied was not small at all. The large number of camps were well-located and orderly, which clearly shows Wang Yangming's ability to control the army.
When Wang Yangming was woken up from his sleep by his own soldiers, he thought something big had happened. However, when he learned that Li Huan and Guan Zheng were rushing over, Wang Yangming's drowsiness disappeared immediately and he changed his clothes almost immediately.
Go to the Chinese army tent.
When Wang Yangming rushed to the Chinese army's tent, he immediately saw Li Huan sitting there and Guan Zheng who was returning.
Li Huan stood up and smiled at Wang Yangming: "But it disturbed the Governor's sweet dream. Please forgive me."
Wang Yangming smiled and shook his head, but his eyes looked serious as he looked at Li Huan and said: "General, could it be that something happened to Lang Yakou and Dayan and the others escaped..."
Wang Yangming shook his head with some doubts and said: "It shouldn't be. Zheng Guang's troops have thirty thousand soldiers and horses guarding the small wolf's mouth. I dare not tell if there are more. It will be no problem to stop them for a few days...
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Needless to say, even the scheming Wang Yangming couldn't figure out what the accident was at the moment.
Li Huan motioned Wang Yangming to sit down, looked at Wang Yangming frowning in thought, and sighed slightly: "Grand Governor, you only think about 30,000 soldiers and horses. Even if you are in a bad situation, you should be able to guard the Langya mouth, but you never expected that someone would take the initiative to lead it."
Tens of thousands of troops fled, leaving the mouth open to the Tatars..."
With a loud sound, Wang Yangming immediately slapped the table gum and shattered it into pieces.
Guan Zheng on the side couldn't help but be startled when he saw Wang Yangming's angry look. He had never seen Wang Yangming so angry. You must know that Wang Yangming had always given him the impression that Mount Tai would collapse without changing color, as if no big thing could happen.
It's hard to make him move.
Seeing Wang Yangming furious now, one can imagine Wang Yangming's anger.
As soon as Yang Yiqing opened the door curtain and walked in, he saw the table eucalyptus scattered on the floor and Wang Yangming with an angry look on his face. He was stunned for a moment.
Li Huan nodded towards Yang Yiqing and said, "Governor Yang, please sit down and talk."
Yang Yiqing nodded slightly and sat next to Li Huan. He glanced at the furious Wang Yangming and whispered: "General, this is the Governor..."
Li Huan said briefly, but Yang Yiqing couldn't help but cursed when he heard that the commander-in-chief Zheng Guang fled without a fight and allowed Dayan's troops to escape.
Being able to make Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming, who are extremely well-educated and tough-minded people, unable to control their emotions, shows how much the news of Zheng Guang letting Dayan go has stimulated the two of them.
After calming down the anger and turmoil in his heart, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "Where is Zheng Guang?"
Just listening to Wang Yangming's extremely depressing words, I knew that Wang Yangming would not let him go easily when he asked for information about Zheng Guang.
As he spoke, Wang Yangming gritted his teeth and said: "Zheng Guang originally asked for orders to go to Langyakou to garrison, but he dared to escape without a fight and let Dayan go without a military order. The governor then executed him with military law."
Li Huandan said: "Li Mou had already beheaded him at that time."
When Wang Yangming heard this, he was just stunned and nodded without surprise and said: "The killing is good. If it weren't for this tiger, we could have wiped out all the Tatars this time and captured Dayan alive. If we didn't kill this tiger, it wouldn't be enough to deter the army."
That night, the news that Commander-in-Chief Zheng Guang fled without fighting and allowed Dayan's troops to escape and ascend to heaven spread throughout the three armies. When the officers and soldiers of the three armies learned the news, they all cursed him.
A few days later, as the sentinels sent back news, Dayan led the remaining troops to escape back to the grassland and escaped deep into the prairie, completely eliminating the possibility of Li Huan and others entering the grassland to pursue Dayan. This situation
Li Huan, Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing and others began to gather their troops, count the results of the battle, and prepare to return to the court.
At the same time, a few days passed, and the army wiped out more than 100,000 Tatars. Of the 100,000 Tatars who marched south to Kou Pass, only Dayan and his remaining tens of thousands escaped. The good news was accelerated by 800 miles.
Heading towards the capital at high speed.
It has been more than half a year since the Tatars marched south at the beginning of spring, and the imperial court sent Li Huan and Wang Yangming to lead the army to fight.
It was summer, the weather was scorching hot, and the hot breath was debilitating. The soldiers guarding the city gate hid in the city gate holes and fell asleep.
Suddenly, several soldiers who were stranded leaning against the city gate heard the rapid sound of horse hoofbeats. They all started up and suddenly opened their eyes and looked outside the city gate.
"A great victory, the governor annihilated more than 100,000 Tatars in one battle..."
A team of messengers who had traveled eight hundred miles rushed past on horseback, shouting a great victory as they passed through the door, leaving only smoke and dust on the ground.
The shouts of the messengers were still echoing in the ears of the soldiers who were awakened. Look at me and I look at you. Mengdi couldn't help but yelled: "Oh my God, I heard you right."
Well, the governor will annihilate the Tatar army of more than 100,000 in one battle..."
Even if they were guarding the city gate, they had already adapted to the good news that they had received several times over the past six months, but when they heard the content of the good news, they still had a look of shock and disbelief on their faces.