Wang Ying, formerly known as Wei Song, was the key figure in Zhao Junchen's annihilation of the Mongolian coalition. If he had not endured the humiliation, pretended to surrender to the Mongolian coalition as an internal agent, and secretly instigated Qigemu's rebellion, Zhao Junchen would have completely annihilated the Mongolian coalition.
It's not that easy either.
Logically speaking, such a hero should have been greatly praised by Zhao Junchen, but since the decisive battle on the Weishui River, Qigemu has not let Wang Ying leave his side. Even when Qigemu withdrew his troops and returned to the grassland,
He also forced Wang Ying to stay with him and took him back to the Hetao Plain.
Regarding this approach, Qie Gemu claimed that he and Wang Ying hit it off immediately and wanted to spend more time communicating with Wang Ying. The act of bringing Wang Ying to the Hetao Plain was just to invite Wang Ying to the Ordos tribe as a guest.
But in fact, Wang Ying was just Qi Gemu's hostage, just an insurance policy to prevent Zhao Junchen from breaking the contract.
On this day, Qiegemu also took Wang Ying with him. Once Zhao Junchen handed over 200,000 stones of grain and grass to the Ordos tribe as agreed, Qiegemu would let Wang Ying leave the grassland and return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, after seeing that the Ming army soldiers had unloaded all the food and grass in front of Qigemu, Wang Ying rode his horse to Qigemu and asked with a smile: "Zigemu leader, Mr. Zhao has followed his promise,
All the 200,000 stones of grain and grass have been transported to the Hetao territory, do you want to take inventory?"
Seeing the mountains of grain and grass in front of him, Qi Gemu's face was also full of smiles, and he said: "Of course I can trust Mr. Zhao's credibility. Since Mr. Zhao has transported 200,000 stones of grain and grass here as promised,
, at this time, I will naturally not resort to fraud or manipulation."
Although he said this, Qigemu still winked at an Ordos general behind him and asked him to go and confirm the quantity and authenticity of this batch of grain.
In fact, after the Ming Dynasty army transported grain and grass to Hetao, the Ordos tribe had been specifically responsible for unloading the grain and grass, and they would conduct spot checks from time to time. Therefore, the Ordos general quickly confirmed the news and reported to Qigmu
This means that this batch of grain is not shoddy or defective.
After receiving the confirmation, Qi Gemu's expression became even more joyful. After laughing loudly, he cupped his hands towards Wang Ying and said: "In this cooperation, you and I both get what we need! Master Zhao is one word at a time.
A good man from Jiuding, I hope we can have another chance to cooperate in the future."
Wang Ying smiled bitterly and shook his head: "In this cooperation, although everyone gets what they need, leader Qigmu has taken more advantage. Not only did he use this opportunity to eliminate the Dzungarian army, which is a serious enemy of the Mongolian right wing, he also easily
I have harvested two hundred thousand stones of food and grass... I just hope that the next time you and I cooperate, the price asked by leader Qigemu will not be as high as this time! Although my Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, I can still spend twenty thousand stones in one breath.
Thousands of stones of food and grass, but my flesh aches very much!"
Hearing what Wang Ying said, Qi Gemu laughed again, also feeling that he had taken advantage.
While he was proud, Qi Gemu didn't notice the sarcasm deep in Wang Ying's eyes.
Without waiting for Qiegemu to say anything more, Wang Ying bowed his hand to Qiegemu and said: "These days, I have stayed in the grassland as a guest. Thanks to the warm hospitality of leader Qiegemu, I feel like I am at home. But after all, I am a military attache of the Ming Dynasty.
But we cannot stay in the grassland for too long. Now that this batch of grain and grass has been handed over to your department, I should return to the Han territory."
Qi Gemu was not surprised by Wang Ying's farewell, but he still pretended to stay and said: "You are leaving so early? I want to stay with you for a few more days. Is it because I didn't entertain you well?"
Wang Ying waved her hands repeatedly and said: "I am eager to return home, and I really can't stay any longer."
Qi Gemu smiled and said: "In that case, I will not keep General Wang. If General Wang comes to the grassland next time, he must be a guest in the Ordos tribe!"
Wang Ying said meaningfully: "If I have the chance, I will definitely rush to the king's tent of the Ordos tribe in person. I only hope that I can see the leader of the Qiyan Alliance and the leader of Qigmu again."
After saying that, Wang Ying rode away from Qi Gemu and rushed to the Ming Dynasty official responsible for transporting grain and grass. After whispering a few words with each other, he led the Ming army soldiers to leave in a hurry.
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Judging from the way they left in a hurry, it seemed as if some imminent danger was about to come.
Seeing Wang Ying and the Ming army officers leaving in a hurry, Qi Gemu had a misunderstanding in his heart. He thought they were afraid that he would become ruthless and suddenly attacked them. He said with a disdainful expression: "These Han people are indeed a group of people."
Cowards! If I wanted to turn against you, why would I keep you here until now? Where can you escape to?"
After expressing his disdain, Qigemu turned to look at the large amount of grain and grass in front of him, his expression became joyful again, and loudly ordered: "Warriors, the timid Han people are afraid of our bravery, so they donated this batch of grain and grass to us.
! With this batch of food and grass, we no longer have to worry about this year's cold winter, and your wives and children can all have enough to eat! Now, everyone takes action to transport this batch of food and grass back to the king's tent, and accept Qiyanke
Khan’s commendations and rewards!”
After hearing what Qigemu said, the five thousand Ordos people cheered loudly, as if they had won a great victory.
Then, everyone began to load the mountains of grain and grass in front of them onto their horses.
However, 200,000 stones of grain and grass were too much. Everyone was busy for nearly half an hour, but they only loaded less than one-third of the quantity.
But the vast amount of food and grass was right in front of them. This was their hope for surviving the winter, and no one felt tired.
However, the people of the Ordos tribe were too focused on carrying grain and grass, and the Hetao Plain was within their sphere of influence, so they neglected precautions and alerts, and did not notice that they were surrounded!
With Zhao Junchen's help, Bagan easily merged with the Junggar army on the grassland. The number of troops under his command reached more than 14,000, which was nearly three times the number of Ordos tribesmen.
Under Bagan's command, the Junggar cavalry wrapped their horses' hooves with cotton cloth to reduce the noise as much as possible, and slowly approached them.
Finally, when the Ordos tribesmen discovered the appearance of the Junggar cavalry, the Junggar cavalry had already approached three miles away. This was almost the best distance for the prairie cavalry to charge!
"Warriors! Charge forward! Kill all the Ordos traitors! Seize all their food and grass! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
With Bagan's roar, the Junggar army suddenly galloped with thousands of horses, and the killing sound was so loud that the earth shook for a while!
Qie Gemu, who had been laughing at the Han people for being cowards not long ago, immediately turned pale after seeing this scene, his eyes were full of panic, and his body could not help but tremble slightly.
Qie Gemu looked around and saw the rushing Junggar cavalry everywhere. As far as he could see, there was a black mass of Junggar cavalry and dust raised by the horse's hooves.
Qie Gemu made a rough estimate and found that the opponent's troops were several times his own. In addition, the Ordos tribesmen had been busy carrying food. They had already exhausted their physical strength and were unable to gather troops in a short time.
The battle formation was obviously unable to compete with the oncoming enemy.
Qie Gemu is not a courageous person, otherwise he would not have betrayed easily after encountering the crisis.
In fact, it was precisely because of the betrayal in the Weishui War that Qie Gemu had already abandoned his bloodiness and bravery, and became more and more cherishing his life.
Seeing that his side had no chance of winning, Qie Gemu was panicked, but he quickly made a decision!
I saw him shouting loudly: "Drop all the food and grass! Everyone should follow me to the direction of the king's tent! Don't fight to the death with the enemy! After I reported it to the leader of the Qiyan Alliance, the leader of the Qiyan Alliance sent a large army to pursue it. Naturally, these food and grass are
You can snatch it back! Now, quickly cover me and return to the king's tent! Escape! Escape quickly!"
As he shouted, Qie Gemu's voice was full of panic.
As the saying goes, "a general is only as brave as a soldier." Since Qie Gemu's performance was so miserable, and the people of the Ordos tribe were at a disadvantage in all aspects, one can imagine the outcome of the subsequent battle.
Arrows are falling like rain, and swords and guns are killing people!
This was an overwhelming siege and a bloody chase!
The battle was fierce and the duration was short. It only took half an hour for the dust to settle.
In the end, within ten miles of the area, there were corpses everywhere, but most of these corpses were warriors from the Ordos tribe!
Through deliberate calculation and unintentional calculation, as well as relying on the crowd to bully the few, coupled with Qiegemu's cowardice, the Junggar army naturally won a complete victory!
More than 3,000 of the 5,000 Ordos people under Qigemu died here, while the Junggar army suffered only about 500 casualties.
However, under the desperate cover and desperate efforts of the tribesmen to break through, Qie Gemu finally managed to escape with the remaining more than a thousand people.
Bagan was naturally unwilling to take advantage of this opportunity to kill Siegmu himself.
But he also understood that this time he was responsible for the task of luring the tiger away from the mountain. In order to buy as much time as possible, he could not spend too much energy chasing Qie Gemu and could only let the opponent go for the time being.
After the war, Bagan looked at the direction of the Ordos tribe's royal tent and gritted his teeth and said: "This cowardless guy Qi Gemu! He is simply a disgrace to the Mongols! He just knew how to run away! It's a pity that he can't be left here and kill him with his own hands.
To relieve the hatred in my heart!"
After Hate said this, Bagan quickly showed a sneer: "However, he managed to survive this time, which is also a good thing. He will soon see with his own eyes the fall of the Hetao Plain and the decline of the Ordos tribe.
And all this is because of his betrayal! These things are enough to torture him for a lifetime... Of course, the premise of all this is that he can survive again in the future and does not die at the hands of the Han!"
After saying that, Bagan turned his head and looked at the two hundred thousand stones of grain and grass not far away. There was a hint of joy in his expression, and he loudly ordered: "Soldiers, load all these grains on your horses, and I will take you home."
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The Junggar cavalry all knew that after they snatched away this batch of food and grass, they would inevitably be pursued endlessly by the Mongolian right-wing troops.
But seeing the mountains of grain and grass in front of them, and hearing the word "go home" from Bagan's mouth, everyone cheered loudly.
The Junggar army not only has more than 14,000 men, but also has one man and two horses. It has just captured more than 3,000 horses from the Ordos tribe, and has a strong carrying capacity.
Although two hundred thousand stones of grain and grass weigh as much as 20 million kilograms, on average each horse can bear a weight of five to six hundred kilograms, which is not a particularly difficult task.
Because time was tight, the Junggar army moved very quickly. In about an hour, all the grain and grass were loaded onto the horses.
After all the grain and grass were loaded, Bagan first took a deep look in the direction of the Ordos tribe's royal tent, and then took a deep look in the direction of the Ming Dynasty's territory, secretly swearing that he would definitely come back to cleanse himself of this period of time.
shame since.
Then, without any further delay, Bagan waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Withdraw!"
As Bagan finished speaking, the Junggar army quickly left towards the Western Region.
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Zhao Junchen was very particular about the location he chose to hand over grain and grass. Although it was located in the Hetao Plain, it was far away from the royal tent of the Ordos tribe.
This also left Bagan plenty of time to escape.
Therefore, after Qie Gemu broke through and escaped, it took him more than three hours to reach the Ordos tribe's royal tent, even though he was riding fast and without any rest.
But he said that when Qie Gemu rushed back to the royal tent of the Ordos tribe, Qiyan, the leader of the Mongolian right wing, was gathering with the leaders of the Mongolian right wing tribes to discuss the distribution of food and grass.
After learning that the Junggar army had suddenly appeared and had taken away all 200,000 stones of food and grass, Qiyan became furious and smashed everything in front of him, saying in a vicious voice: "A bunch of wild skins from the Junggar tribe!
They dare to deceive and play tricks on me. If I don’t kill them all this time, I can’t wash away their humiliation and vent their hatred!”
After Qigemu returned to the Hetao Plain, Qiyan wanted to unite the Mongolian right-wing troops to send troops to destroy the Junggar cavalry on the grassland. However, before he could dispatch troops and contact the Mongolian right-wing troops, the Junggar army suddenly sent out
They asked the envoy to see Qi Yan, and what they meant was that they no longer had the ability to return to the Western Regions, so they wanted to settle down on the grasslands and sought the protection of the Ordos tribe. From now on, everything will be dominated by the Ordos tribe.
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The envoy's statement immediately made Qiyan hesitate, and the plan to unite the Mongolian right-wing departments to send troops to annihilate the Junggar army was delayed again and again. Unexpectedly, all of this was a delaying ploy by the Junggar army. In the end, not only did they
He did not seek refuge with the Ordos tribe, but even stole 200,000 stones of grain and grass from the Ordos tribe.
Qi Yan felt that he had been deceived and insulted, and immediately became furious.
In fact, not only Qiyan was furious, but also the tribal leaders on the right wing of Mongolia were impatient.
They were still counting on this batch of grain and grass to survive the cold winter this year, but when they were about to buy it, it was intercepted halfway. Everyone was angry and eager to take back the grain and grass.
"Chief Qiyan, Junggar has bullied others too much! We must not let him go!"
"Each tribe sends out soldiers and horses together, and we must kill them all!"
"This is two hundred thousand stones of food and grass! We must take it back!"
Hearing the leaders of various tribes asking for orders, Qi Yan said fiercely: "Two hundred thousand stones of grain and grass, such a large amount, if the Junggar army wants to swallow it in one gulp, won't they be afraid of choking themselves to death? They will definitely take this batch of grain and grass with them.
It's because they didn't escape quickly! We are sending warriors to chase them now, and it's still too late! Pass my order to assemble 15,000 warriors from the Ordos tribe and rush to hunt down the Junggar army immediately!"
Although the Ordos tribe is the most powerful tribe on the Mongolian right wing, it only has more than 20,000 cavalry. This time, it sent out 15,000 troops to pursue the Junggar army, which was a huge investment.
After giving the order, Qiyan turned to look at the leaders of the tribes in the tent, and said: "Please also ask the leaders to send fast horses to their respective tribes, so that all the warriors on the Mongolian right wing can take action immediately to coordinate with the Ordos tribe's army to pursue and kill them.
They! We must not let them escape back to the Western Regions!"
After hearing what Qi Yan said, the leaders of each tribe agreed loudly and quickly sent out fast-horse messengers to gather troops from their respective tribes.
Under the temptation of two hundred thousand stones of food and grass, each tribe moved very quickly.
By the next morning, an Ordos tribal army of 15,000 people had gathered in one place and was chasing the Junggar army in the direction of their escape!
Halfway through, the various tribal armies on the Mongolian right wing also joined in. The size of this pursuing force quickly approached 30,000 troops!
Such a powerful army is naturally confident of annihilating the Junggar army.
But at the same time, this also means that the defense force of the Hetao Plain has been greatly weakened.
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In the morning of this day, while the Ordos tribe sent a large army to pursue the Junggar army, Xu Qingyan stepped into the small kitchen of the Governor's Mansion.
In this small kitchen, a servant of the Governor's Mansion was fanning the fire and boiling a pot of medicine. The entire small kitchen was filled with the bitter smell of medicine.
This pot of decoction was naturally used by Zhao Junchen. It was brewed according to Zhang Decheng's prescription and needed to be taken by Zhao Junchen before three meals a day.
This morning, something seemed to have happened. Zhao Junchen's decoction was not delivered for a long time, and Zhao Junchen was still unable to have breakfast, so Xu Qingyan was asked to come here to urge him.
After Xu Qingyan entered the small kitchen, he reprimanded loudly: "What's going on? Why hasn't the soup been boiled yet? Mr. Zhao is still waiting for breakfast! Can you afford it if it delays Mr. Zhao's health?"
Hearing Xu Qingyan's reprimand, the servant quickly and cautiously explained: "Please forgive me, Mr. Xu, this is definitely not a villain's laziness. I don't know which evil spirit soaked all the charcoal used for boiling medicine in water last night.
The villain finally found new charcoal, so it was delayed... But Mr. Xu, don’t worry, the soup will be ready soon, and in a quarter of an hour at most, the villain will deliver it to Master Zhao!"
Xu Qingyan snorted softly and said: "If you haven't sent the soup after a quarter of an hour, you should stop working in the Governor's Mansion!"
After saying that, Xu Qingyan left with a cold face.
Among thousands of people, Xu Qingyan looked so arrogant in front of outsiders.
However, when Xu Qingyan left the small kitchen, he didn't notice that there were two people in the next room looking at him carefully through the window.
These two people were Zhang Daozhen, Liang Fuchen's staff, and Wang Mao, who had a relationship with Xu Qingyan.
After seeing Xu Qingyan go away, Zhang Daozhen asked: "Wang Mao, please carefully identify the young man dressed as a noble prince that you saw earlier. Is this the same person?"
Hearing Zhang Daozhen's inquiry, Wang Mao's expression was a little hesitant. He felt that Xu Qingyan was 60 to 70% similar to the person he had met before, but he was not entirely sure.
This is also a matter of course. Xu Qingyan naturally put on a certain degree of disguise when he came forward, so Wang Mao naturally felt a little specious.
Although he didn't dare to completely confirm it, Wang Mao thought about Zhang Daozhen's previous guarantee that he could save his life after completing the matter, but he didn't dare to say that he didn't recognize it.
Finally, Wang Mao gritted his teeth and said: "It's absolutely true! This is the person!"
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The petrification curse has been lifted, so there will be two updates tomorrow and the next two days.
Within this week, the Shaanxi-Gansu plot will be completely concluded, and the grassland war will be told with the Spring and Autumn style of writing because Zhao Junchen will not be specifically involved.