After the sand table was completed, he marked both sides and local forces on it.
At this time, the balance of strength between the two sides was very clear. Although Shazhou Guard and Khachali were surrounded in the city, there were still nearly ten thousand troops in the city, which was considered a considerable force.
As long as they find the right time, even if they are frightened by the Mongols, they will not let go of the victory that is within easy reach.
In front of the Mongolian army of 150,000, the army of less than 40,000 led by Zhu Gui and Xu Yingxu seemed very small.
But Zhu Gui didn't look worried at all.
"Your Majesty, how are we going to fight next?" Xu Miaoqing on the side also looked eager to give it a try. She was worthy of being the sister of the two generals.
"First we must find the Mongolian camp. As long as we can defeat or even capture the leader of the Mongolian army, this war will be over." Zhu Gui did not hide his thoughts.
However, on the map sent by Xu Yingxu, the location of this Mongolian was not marked, so Zhu Gui needed to find a solution on his own.
Fortunately, the place where Zhu Gui's army was stationed was not far from the Anding Guards in the rear, which would also become a place that the Mongols were afraid of.
Therefore, even if the Mongols detect the location of this army, they will not attack immediately. Zhu Gui guessed that what they want to do is to concentrate the army in this direction.
This gave Zhu Gui time to wait for the arrival of the supply troops from the rear and to find the location of the Mongolian camp.
Just as Zhu Gui was actively deploying, the two Qianhu who were out on the expedition had already led a cavalry force of 2,000 people and rushed towards the predetermined address.
Due to their intelligence advantage and the Mongols' large characters, they did not send any scouts in the surrounding directions. This resulted in the Ming army of two thousand people approaching the opponent with less than 500 meters.
Only then was he discovered by the other party.
But this distance is already very close to Qi Ming, and there is no difference between him and his face.
Although it was the first time for these two Qianhu to lead troops independently in combat, they had learned the essence of harassment warfare that Zhu Guiping taught them. Even though the enemy's strength was more than twice theirs, it was as big as a handful.
The sharp knife penetrated into the enemy camp.
The Mongols were immediately confused. They were celebrating this "great victory" tonight, but they did not expect that the Ming army would launch a surprise attack.
This Mongolian force originally belonged to the joint force of the two tribes. They only had less than 3,000 or 3,000 people stationed in the same place. The other 2,000 people were still burned by them and were stationed in the village.
This battle started very suddenly and ended extremely quickly. In less than an hour, half of the 3,000 Mongolians were killed or wounded, and the rest all surrendered.
The soldiers of the Ming army wanted to kill them all, but Qian Hu, who led the army, refused.
Because they knew Zhu Gui's thoughts well, they sent a force of one hundred people to send all the prisoners back to Zhu Gui's camp.
And they continued to lie in wait for the two thousand Mongolian troops behind to come back for reinforcements.
Zhu Gui soon received the news of victory in the battle, and he was not surprised by it.
But after Xu Miaoqing heard that they had captured nearly 2,000 Mongolians, he said to Zhu Gui, "Now is a war period. Do we still want to keep these prisoners? Even if they don't defect, they will consume our food."
, not to mention that once the Mongols attack, they may also launch a riot."
Zhu Gui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have already considered it. Although this war is between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, it does not mean that we and the Mongols have to fight to the death. In order to ensure the war
On the premise of victory, we can still communicate with the Mongols."
"But aren't these ancient Mongolians from the Wasi tribe? They are different from the Mongolians outside Datong Prefecture and outside Ganzhou." Xu Miaoqing asked suspiciously.
"Yes, you are right about this, but don't forget that there is more than just the current Dzungarian force in Wasa. They only attacked the border because of natural disasters. As long as the conditions are right, we and them
There is no fundamental conflict of interest, on the contrary, they still want something from us."
Zhu Gui explained calmly.
"What do you want from us? Your Majesty is talking about food, right? But they can just rob us. They won't trade with us, right?" Xu Miaoqing continued to ask.
"Of course, if we lose this war, there will be nothing left to talk about. So only by winning this war first can we seize the initiative in the subsequent negotiations and disintegrate the assassination from within.
All forces."
Zhu Gui has obviously already given further consideration to the future direction of the situation.
This time Xu Miaoqing didn't say anything else, she just nodded and looked at Zhu Gui with admiration on her face.
"My lord, you are so powerful. What you said seems to be clearer than my eldest and second brother's analysis."
Xu Miaoqing couldn't help but admired.
Zhu Gui shook his head and said, "I just saw that the military book said more, but it is still far behind the two generals."
While the two were talking, Xu Yingxu was leading his men to launch a surprise attack on a Mongolian camp more than two hundred miles away from here in the southeast direction.
Of course, this is also to echo the offensive of Zhu Gui's troops.
But as Zhu Gui said, Xu Yingxu's ability to lead troops in combat was indeed not just a boast.
His raid route this time was very tricky. He actually bypassed several Mongolian peripheral forces and raided a Mongolian granary.
Although there were tens of thousands of elite Mongolian cavalry guarding the place, it was completely lost in just half a night.
However, because this place was located in the heart of the Mongolian power, Xu Yingxu could only burn it down completely.
After the Mongols got the news, they sent a large army to pursue Xu Yingxu's troops. Unexpectedly, they were shot back by the enemy, and thousands more were killed off guard.
This battle can be said to have been fought beautifully. When Zhu Gui received the news the next day, he couldn't help but applaud him and immediately wrote a memorial, reporting the battle to Nanjing, and then for Xu
Yingxu asks for credit.
The Mongols finally knew the movements of the Ming army, and large groups of troops began to gather towards the Shazhou Guard.
For a time, dark clouds gathered in the northwest direction of the entire Ming Dynasty, and many forces were paying attention to the final direction of this war.