After the development of the war during this period, Bagan was quite dismissive of the combat power of the Ming Dynasty's border troops. He believed that the Han army was much more cowardly than imagined, and would only blindly attack the Mongol coalition when encountering it.
They huddled behind the city wall and defended themselves tightly, without any courage to fight. They just allowed the Mongolian coalition forces to wreak havoc outside the city, and did not dare to save the people even if they were killed outside the city.
In Bagan's view, as long as the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops did not have the courage to take the initiative to fight, even if the harvest of this operation by the Mongolian coalition forces was not as rich as expected, there would never be too many injuries or accidents.
However, Bogen is cautious in character after all. Now that the Mongolian coalition forces are deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, there is a risk of being surrounded at any time. Therefore, when the Mongolian coalition forces attack Jiezhou City, Bogen despises the Ming army for being cowardly, but he also
A large number of scouts were sent to repeatedly explore the area of nearly a hundred miles around Jiezhou City, monitoring the movements of all Han troops around Jiezhou City at all times.
Jibuha is a centurion of the Junggar tribe, responsible for monitoring the movements of the Han army east of Jiezhou City.
As the scout leader of the Mongolian coalition, Jibuha is not only a confidant of Bagan, but also a rare cautious, diligent and thoughtful person among the Junggar tribe. He has always been serious and responsible for military affairs, but the Mongolian coalition has now besieged Jiezhou City.
Several days have passed, but the surrounding Han troops are still huddled in their respective castles, not daring to make the slightest move. Their cowardice is clearly revealed, and even Jibuha's heart is inevitably filled with some neglect.
To this day, a mentality like Jibuha's is very common among the scouts of the Mongolian coalition.
In fact, if the Han army had been a little more bloody, it would have been impossible for the Mongolian coalition to invade the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. If the Han army had wanted to rescue Jiezhou City, it would have already taken action, and it would have been impossible to delay it for such a long time.
There was no movement, so Jibuha believed that the Han troops in various places were just thinking about self-protection and had no intention of fighting at all. They were probably going to sit back and watch the city of Jiezhou fall.
In previous years, Jibuha's idea was not wrong. In the past, the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu were a mess. It was difficult for the governors of the three sides to control the military towns. The generals of the major military towns also had extremely little control over their military attachés.
Limited, every year when the enemy invades, even if the upper-level military attachés on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu want to coordinate operations, they are unable to mobilize the middle- and lower-level generals and border troops.
If you don't lose, everything will be fine. Going to other places for rescue will only lead to loss of troops and generals. Not only will you lose your family's wealth, but you will also have to bear the responsibility if the war goes unfavorably. It can be said to be thankless, so it is natural to be grateful and insensitive.
But this year's situation is different from previous years. Since Zhao Junchen came to Shaanxi and Gansu, he has used tough but flexible methods to integrate all the forces of Shaanxi and Gansu. Military attachés from all over the country do not dare to act like before.
The three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu already have the basis for large-scale coordinated operations. Therefore, Jibuha's mentality at this time may bring great losses and passivity to the Mongolian coalition forces!
In the early morning of this day, the sky was still dark, but Djibouti had already led his cavalry scout team to the east of Jiezhou City to spy on the movements of the Han army in this direction.
As always, Djibouti's scout team ran eastward for dozens of miles, but still saw no sign of Han army movements.
As a result, the mentality of Djibouti and the scout cavalry became even more relaxed.
In this scout cavalry team, Huslev is famous for his bravery and has a close relationship with Djibouti. Seeing that his team has not discovered any movements of the Han army for a long time, and thinking about the repeated futile spying in the past few days,
It is inevitable that I feel a little impatient in my heart.
When the exploration team took a break, Huslev complained to Djibouti: "If you ask me, the Han army is all eggless. Now that our army has entered the country, how can they have the courage to resist? We have been exploring eastwards for three consecutive days.
I have never seen any sign that the Han army is going to support Jiezhou City. I have traveled more than 40 miles today and haven't seen even a single Han army... In my opinion, we don't need to spy anymore.
Well, just go back and report back that the Han troops are still huddled in the castles in various places. Master Bagan will never doubt it!"
After a pause, Huslev looked eager and said: "If we go back early, we might be able to catch up with today's siege battle. By then, we can kill some Han troops and achieve military merit. In the future,
It’s a little easier, isn’t it better than racing here for nothing?”
Huslev was a well-known warrior in the Junggar tribe. He was eager to make achievements on the battlefield and was already dissatisfied with being assigned to the scouting mission.
As Huslev finished speaking, several other scout cavalry also responded.
"That's right, we came out before dawn. Now that we have been running around all morning, we are already hungry. The dry food provided is all unpalatable fried rice. It is better to go back early!"
"It's not like we haven't seen the evil of the Han army before. We definitely don't have the courage to fight with our Mongolian warriors. Our efforts these days are just a waste of time!"
"Let me tell you, Mr. Bagan is too cautious. We must investigate the movements of the Han army within a hundred miles of Jiezhou City. We have been setting off before dawn these days, and we can only return to camp when it is dark and we can't see the road.
, Brothers have long been exhausted... Among the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops, I am afraid that we are the most miserable!"
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Hearing the complaints from the scouts under his command, Djibouti deeply agreed, but his face was solemn and he said: "Master Bagan's orders naturally have their own reasons. We just obey orders. Do you still dare to disobey them?"
Can’t make it?”
Bagan never shows mercy to those who disobey military orders. Following Djibouti's questioning, the expressions of all the detectives changed, and they did not dare to complain any more.
However, although they did not dare to complain anymore, everyone's expressions were somewhat unconvinced.
Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Djibouti's expression also slowed down a little, and he said: "What's more, in order to detect the movements of the Han army within a hundred miles these days, we always go back after dark. If we go back too early today,
Lord Bagan will naturally guess that we secretly disobeyed orders. Lord Bogen has always punished this kind of thing severely, and now he is angry because of the unfavorable things in the siege. Why should we touch him at this time?
Bad luck? In the end, you are not unlucky?"
After saying that, seeing that all the scouts had been convinced by him, only Huslev was still unwilling, and Djibouti said again: "Huslev, I know that you are the most brave, and you only want to kill the enemy on the battlefield.
Meritorious service, some look down upon the mission of scouts to detect horses, but today's siege battles look lively, but every time the various tribes attack the city with great vigor, they will soon be forced back by the Han army's bows, crossbows, guns and cannons. After so many days
Since then, how many Han troops have been killed? As for breaking the city and plundering it, it is still very early. Let me tell you, although we are not on the battlefield, we have more opportunities to make achievements than the troops attacking the city! The Han troops in various places
Although we are on the defensive, we often send out detective horses to spy on the progress of the war in Jiezhou City. Haven't we encountered two groups of Han army detective horses in the past few days and killed four or five people? If we kill a few more, are you still afraid?
Bagan can’t remember your military exploits?”
At this point, Huslev was finally convinced by Djibouti and no longer had any complaints.
Djibouti is Bagan's confidant. Every move he makes is imitated by Bagan. Now he is trying to persuade everyone under his command to imitate Bagan's usual methods.
Seeing that all the explorers were convinced, Djibouti nodded with satisfaction, feeling very satisfied with his learning results.
However, just when Djibouti was feeling complacent, Huslev suddenly shouted, startling him!
I saw Huslev pointing to the east and shouting: "It's the Han people's Tanma! It's the Han people's Tanma!"
Following Huslev's shout, the rest of the people looked towards the east, and sure enough they saw four or five Han men on horseback appearing half a mile away.
At this time, these Han soldiers also discovered the traces of Djibouti and others. They all looked panicked and hurriedly turned their horses and fled towards the way they came.
Because of what Djibouti said just now, Huslev was very interested in intercepting and killing the Han army's exploring horses. After seeing the Han army's exploring horses escaping, he did not bother to ask Djibouti for instructions, so he rode on horseback to chase and kill them.
Following Huslev's lead, the other Mongolian scout horses also chased after him on horseback.
Seeing the actions of Huslev and others, Djibouti felt a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything more and just chased them away on horseback.
Intercepting the enemy's scouts and interrogating intelligence was originally one of their tasks.
In this way, after several miles of pursuit, the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed. Just as they were about to intercept and kill the Han army's probing horse, the Han army's probing horse suddenly ran towards a hill not far away.
The Longnan region has the most complicated terrain, with hills and ravines everywhere. This is one of the reasons why Zhao Junchen set the main battlefield here. The terrain here can not only minimize the cavalry advantage of the Mongolian coalition, but also can encircle and intercept the troops.
It also helps to hide one's own troops.
If we had seen the enemy's probing horses running towards complex terrain a few days ago, Djibouti would have been suspicious and worried about encountering an ambush.
But because of the smooth sailing in the past few days, Djibouti was also slacking off. In addition, he had never encountered any accidents when intercepting and killing the Han army's exploration horses in the past few days. Huslev and others were shouting and screaming again.
, galloping on horseback, with no intention of stopping at all, so Djibouti didn't think much about it, and just drove faster, hoping to intercept and kill the Han army scouts as soon as possible and go back to receive the merit.
However, what Djibouti does not know is that behind this hill, there is a cavalry force of hundreds of people hidden at this time. This cavalry is all from the new army of soldiers. It is not only well-equipped, has good combat power, and is brave.
His attitude is not inferior to that of the Mongolian warriors!
When Djibouti and others galloped into the hilly area, the cavalry, which had been recharging for a long time, suddenly appeared and charged towards them!
Seeing this sudden appearance of the Han cavalry, not only Djibouti's expression changed drastically, but even Huslev, who had always been conceited and brave, also looked panicked. They could see that the Han cavalry in front of them was different from what they usually saw.
The Han army they encountered was completely different. Even if they had the same strength, they might not be their opponents. What's more, their strength was only one-tenth of the opponent's?
Therefore, the situation suddenly turned around, and Djibouti and others turned around and tried to escape.
However, the terrain here is complicated, which is not conducive to the cavalry. What's more, they have consumed too much horsepower before, so how can they escape?
About a quarter of an hour later, the scout team, including Djibouti, was either killed or captured.
After the cavalry of the new warrior army cleaned the battlefield, the leading general ordered: "Continue to act according to the original plan and send three more teams to lure the enemy. Be sure to eliminate all the nearby Mongolian scouts!"
"Obey!"
As the general finished speaking, all the cavalry present loudly took orders, full of fighting spirit!
And similar things are constantly happening in Gongchang Mansion!