For more than half a month, the main force of the Ming army led by Chongzhen was stationed at Dagukou. Instead of rushing to advance to Beijing by land, they quietly waited for the arrival of the second batch of three towns.
The main force of the Qing army led by Hong Chengchou was busy reinforcing the Weihe defense line.
On the basis of the original nearly one hundred guns, hundreds more were repaired.
In just over half a month, a large number of guns were spread along the Wei River.
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On the Liaodong side, Wang Fuzhi had already led an infantry brigade and 10,000 Korean troops to the old camp in Horqin Zuoqian Banner to join Zhu Cijiong's army. Since then, nearly 30,000 troops have been eating and drinking.
Nearly 30,000 people had to eat 2,000 sheep and 200 liters of rice every day.
In addition to eating and drinking, Zhu Cijiong also ordered the women of the Horqin tribe to perform songs and dances for the Ming army soldiers.
At first, the women in Horqin were extremely resistant, but after a few days of starvation, the women gave in.
Because Zhu Cijiong is not hungry for these women themselves, but for their children. These Horqin women don't care that they are hungry, even if they starve to death, but they can't bear that their children are hungry.
Regardless of race, children are always a mother's weakness.
For example, at this moment, there were more than a dozen Horqin women singing and dancing in the royal tent.
Zhu Cijiong sat on the throne with a golden sword. Wang Fuzhi, Xia Wanchun and a dozen other scholars sat on Persian carpets on both sides. North Korean veteran Lin Qingye was also present.
After three rounds of drinking, the scholars gradually became dissolute.
Two scholars even got up to dance with the Horqin woman.
While dancing together, his hands were all over the woman's body.
The other scholars laughed, but Zhu Cijiong did not stop him.
Zhu Cijiong doesn't bother to do this himself, but he won't stop others from letting loose.
Although the debate over ethics and ethics was going on in eight prefectures and one state in the south of the Yangtze River, and some people even openly shouted slogans for equality between men and women in newspapers, this was ultimately limited to the Jiangnan region.
In other places, women are only men's property after all.
The Horqin women are even more like this, they are just a group of barbarian women.
But soon, the ambiguous atmosphere in the tent was broken by a gust of cold wind.
But it was Xu Wuniu, the scout commander, who opened the curtain and strode in.
Xu Wuniu walked up to Zhu Cijiong and whispered a few words into his ear.
Zhu Cijiong's eyes lit up instantly, and his whole person became extremely excited.
The scholars in the tent had a premonition that something big was going to happen, and they all sat up from the Persian carpet. The two scholars who were messing around with the Horqin woman also stopped, with expressions of anticipation on their faces.
"Su Mo'er." Zhu Cijiong turned around and looked at Aunt Sumala.
"I heard that you were born in Horqin Zuoqian Banner?"
"Master, this slave is a slave of the Banbu and Baylor family in Horqin Left Wing Zhong." Aunt Sumala responded respectfully, "Later, she married Concubine Zhuang to Shengjing. When she arrived in Shengjing, she was only six years old."
Aunt Sumala married Bumbutai to Shenyang when she was six years old, so she had no impression of her parents, family and the Horqin Left-wing Central Banner, let alone any special feelings.
It’s just that Aunt Sumala can speak Mongolian very fluently.
During this period, Aunt Sumala was responsible for translating for Zhu Cijiong.
"So, these are all your relatives, then things will be easier to handle."
A sly smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Cijiong's lips, and he added: "Tell them that they are not allowed to stop tonight and stay in the king's tent to sing and dance. If they are tired, they can take a rest, and if they are thirsty, they can drink Mingjiu. But, who
If you dare to stop singing or dancing for a long time, or walk out of the king's tent, you will be killed without mercy."
After a pause, he added: "Not only will they be beheaded, but their children will also be beheaded!"
Aunt Sumala turned her head, translated Zhu Cijiong's words into Mongolian, and told the truth to the Horqin woman.
More than a dozen Horqin women looked frightened and quickly started dancing. A few women with loud singing voices even sang at the top of their lungs.
"Hahaha, that's right, that's the right thing to do."
Zhu Cijiong laughed three times and said to Aunt Sumala: "Su Mo'er, you stay and watch them tonight. Not only the women in the king's tent, but also the women in other tents will sing and dance.
Don't stop until dawn, keep singing and dancing, if anyone stops, I will kill their children."
"Yes." Aunt Sumala showed absolute obedience to Zhu Cijiong and immediately retreated to the gate of the king's tent.
Zhu Cijiong strode out of the king's tent with Wang Fuzhi, Xia Wanchun and other scholars, as well as Lin Qingye and other generals.
Outside the tent, the night was getting dark, and a bright moon hung high in the night sky, illuminating the river valley dimly, as if a thin layer of frost had fallen on the grass.
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In another river valley more than ten miles away, Esen looked at the full moon in the night sky with disgust, because the full moon illuminated the entire grassland like daylight, making it impossible for Horqin's cavalry to sneak in the dark.
At this time, Esen had summoned all the strong men from Horqin Mongolia.
The Ten Banners of Horqin Mongolia have a population of about 100,000, and the number of strong men is more than 30,000.
Esen summoned all Horqin's strong men and prepared to fight against the Ming army.
Originally, Ersen did not have the courage, because there were nearly 30,000 Ming and Korean troops entrenched in the winter camp, which was about the same number as the cavalry of their Horqin tribe.
However, the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides is extremely large.
Esen has a very clear understanding of this point.
However, Ye Bushou's discovery made Esen change his mind.
Because they did not accept reports at night, since the New Year, the Ming army entrenched in the winter camp began to indulge in singing, dancing and lewdness, and even the night watch sent to the outskirts began to cheat and play tricks.
Esen even personally took Ye Bushou to conduct a reconnaissance.
I found that the Ming army really only cared about singing, dancing and having sex, and their vigilance was extremely low.
Ersen went back to summon Taijibeile from other banners and decided to summon all the strong men in the clan to launch a night attack, because the Ming army's firearms would have a sharp reduction in lethality at night.
And their Mongolian scimitars and bows were almost unaffected.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But this damn bright moon caused a great obstacle to Horqin’s cavalry’s night attack.
After waiting for two full hours, at the end of the night, the nasty moon finally fell below the western horizon, and the grassland instantly darkened.
"Let's go!" Esen waved his hand fiercely.
The more than 30,000 horsemen behind him mounted their horses one after another.
More than 30,000 horsemen took advantage of the cover of night and quietly approached the wintering camp of Zuofian Banner.
Esen personally led three hundred attendants of his banner to serve as outposts, responsible for cutting off the Ming army's night watch posts.
Blessed by the immortal god, the Ming army's night watch sentry actually lit a bonfire to keep warm because they couldn't stand the severe cold, which made their approach easy.
“Swish swish swish!”
There was a sound of breaking through the sky, and the Ming army sentries sitting around the campfire were instantly shot into hedgehogs. They didn't even have time to let out a scream, and blowing the horn was even more wishful thinking.
However, when Esen and his attendants took a closer look, they smiled.
There are no Ming army sentries, they are just a few dummies wearing Ming army cotton coats.
"Look, my lord, dummy, I didn't lie to you, did I?" a servant said disdainfully, "However, there are sometimes ambushes of the Ming Army on the mountain ridges on both sides of the valley."
"Flying Army?" Ersen frowned slightly.
If there were ambushes of the Ming Army hiding on the mountain ridges on both sides of the valley, it would be difficult not to alert them to the neighing of horses and the sound of horse hoofs as they marched in the valley.
Even if you put a muzzle on a war horse, it may not work.
Because more than 30,000 cavalrymen swept through the river valley, the movement was never small.
Esen pondered for a moment and then said: "I have ordered the king to dismount everyone and leave a thousand people here to guard the horses. The others will march on foot. Anyway, it is not far from here to the winter camp."
The order was conveyed quickly, and the Mongolian cavalry dismounted one after another, took out wooden sticks, bit them in their mouths, and moved forward in the dark.
The dark night provided excellent cover for the Horqin cavalry. Half an hour later, Esen led more than 30,000 Horqin cavalry to the vicinity of the wintering camp.
Looking from a distance, I saw bright fires coming from many tents in the camp.
The king's tent, which is located in the most conspicuous position, is even more brightly lit, and a graceful figure is projected on the tent by the firelight. It seems that a dancer is performing a dance in the big tent.
There was also faint singing coming along with the wind.
Seeing this scene, Esen suddenly became furious.
These Ming troops went too far. They occupied their wintering camp, robbed their cattle, sheep and horses, and even used their women for sexual pleasure. It was really too arrogant.
Not only Esen, but also the bannermen of Zuoqian Banner were also furious.
Today these wise dogs must pay a bloody price for their bestiality.
The dignity of Horqin cannot be desecrated, and the dignity of the Golden Family cannot be desecrated!
In the darkness, more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry from Horqin's tribe reached the low wall of the overwintering camp. There were torches placed at regular intervals on the wall, but most of them had been extinguished because they burned in the middle of the night.
The Ming army didn't send anyone to keep watch at night. How could these fools be so careless?
Ersen turned around and waved fiercely, and the Horqin cavalry following him climbed over the low wall one after another.
After climbing over the low wall, Horqin's more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry immediately dispersed and rushed towards the thousands of yurts gathered in the winter camp. Esen also rushed towards the king's tent with hundreds of attendants.
"Kill all Ming dogs you encounter and leave no one alive!" Esen ordered in a low voice.
The hundreds of attendants who accompanied him all whispered their promises and soon arrived outside the king's tent.
Esen nodded slightly, and the two attendants immediately rushed forward and opened the curtain fiercely.
Bright light blew in the face with the warm wind, and Esen could clearly see the whole situation in the king's tent at a glance. He saw more than a dozen of his concubines singing and dancing, and a strange young woman stood near the entrance of the tent. In addition,
There was no one else. He expected that the Ming army generals who were drinking and having sex were not there.
What's going on? Esen was stunned on the spot.
Shouldn't those bright dogs be in the king's tent?