Chapter 180 Calling the Formation and Dividing the Troops
Early the next morning, the Mongols once again pressed into the Ming army camp.
But this time they learned a lesson and set up camp fifty miles away from the Ming army's camp, and sent a large number of scouts to patrol the surrounding area.
It seemed as if they were worried that the Ming army would attack the camp again.
After receiving the news, Zhu Gui just shook his head, and then updated the information on the sand table according to the information brought back by the scouts.
In order to deal with his 30,000 people this time, the Mongols have deployed the forces of Shazhou Guard and Liangzhou Guard to besiege the city.
Moreover, the Mongols from other directions are also gathering here, as if they want to fight the Ming army decisively.
As long as the opponent is given enough time, they will assemble an army of 70,000 to 100,000 people on the frontal battlefield.
However, Zhu Gui was not worried. The place where the Ming army was stationed was only a hundred miles away from the Dingzhou guards behind him.
As long as he is not surrounded by the Mongols, he can retreat to Dingzhou Guard.
But he didn't want to do that.
Because he now serves as a bait, the purpose is to find out the location of the leader of this group of Mongols.
"Pass this king's order. Send Liu Qianhu out into battle." Zhu Gui issued the first combat order.
Soon, Liu Qianhu led a thousand cavalry out of the camp gate and went straight to the Mongolian position.
When the Mongols saw this, they became panicked at first.
"Who is coming?" A small leader in the Mongolian army asked loudly while standing at the gate of the camp.
Liu Qianhu laughed first, "Haha, it's really ridiculous. Don't you even know who your enemies are now? Go tell your master that your grandpa is here. Get out of the city and surrender as soon as possible. I can still do it."
Spare your lives, if you don't obey me, your camp will be destroyed."
The Mongolian leader blushed at the scolding, and immediately opened the city gate and rode out. With a loud roar, he ran towards Liu Qianhu.
However, as soon as the two of them fought, in just three rounds, the little boss was killed by Liu Qianhu with a single sword.
The Mongolians, who were still watching the excitement, were frightened by this and immediately closed the camp door. They did not dare to fight anymore.
This matter soon reached the ears of Emperor Tianyuan, and he quickly walked out of the camp and came to the gate of the camp.
After seeing the situation outside, his face immediately became ugly, "You actually let this young general of the Ming army be frightened? Whoever dares to go out to fight and kill this thief will be rewarded by me."
Emperor Tianyuan spoke in person, and two generals immediately stood up, "The last general is willing to go."
Emperor Tianyuan nodded and said, "Okay, very good."
One of them came out on top and took the lead in the battle.
It's just that his fate was similar to that of the first Mongolian leader. He was killed by Liu Qianhu after only ten moves.
"Is this what you Mongolians are capable of? If you are all such a loser, don't go out and die. Just go back to the grassland and give birth to cubs."
After saying that, Liu Qianhu laughed wildly, and a group of Ming army soldiers behind him also laughed, which made all the Mongolians very angry.
But the Mongols were indeed not very capable. Although they were angry, no one dared to go out to fight.
Even the Mongolian general who wanted to go to war before had a frightened expression on his face and never mentioned the idea of going to war again.
Emperor Tianyuan saw this fist and clenched it loudly.
"Shoot this man." Emperor Tianyuan was so angry that he actually gave the order to shoot an arrow.
The ministers behind him had no time to stop him, and then they saw a hail of arrows heading towards Liu Qianhu and the Ming army behind him.
Although the Mongolian arrow rain was powerful, Liu Qianhu had obviously been prepared for it long ago. The distance between them was just at the edge of the arrow rain's coverage.
So they just stepped back a few dozen meters and were out of danger.
The Ming army made a false noise, which made the Mongolians look even more ugly.
This should have been a good opportunity to restore morale, but Emperor Tianyuan's actions undoubtedly hurt the Mongolians' faith. Behind him, Yesudie'er showed a deep, strange expression.
Liu Qianhu led his troops back to the military camp and reported the matter to Zhu Gui. Zhu Gui nodded and said, "You did a good job this time. From now on, you will go out to the camp to call for battle every hour so that the Mongols cannot
Rest and demoralize them at the same time.”
"My subordinate understands." Liu Qianhu accepted the order and left.
Zhu Gui sat back on his chair, took out a piece of paper specially designed for homing pigeons, wrote a line of words on it, and then walked out of the tent and let it fly.
"I still have a high opinion of these Mongols. Even if their number is doubled, they still don't have the style of Temujin."
That afternoon, while patrolling the camp, Xu Yingxu received the carrier pigeon. He took out the note on the carrier pigeon's leg and took a look at it, and his expression suddenly became excited.
"The prince uses his troops like this, he is a man of God."
After Xu Yingxu finished speaking, he quickly went to rectify his men. An hour later, more than 4,000 people were introduced into the night of the grassland and disappeared.
In the Mongolian tent, the atmosphere in the tent was very depressing at this time. Emperor Tianyuan looked around and said, "You have all seen what happened today. The Ming people are so arrogant and don't take us seriously at all. How do you explain it?"
"Your Majesty, Ming people are well-trained and their personal force is far superior to that of our soldiers. Calling out formations in front of the army is not our army's strong point."
"Yes, the morale of our army has dropped to the bottom now, and our army's strength has reached 90,000. It is better to fight the Ming army as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we cannot delay our opportunity to restore our great cause just because of this Ming army."
The ministers expressed their opinions and views one after another. Emperor Tianyuan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He did not speak for a long time and just stared blankly at the map in front of him.
Once upon a time, this map was covered by the sphere of influence of the Yuan Dynasty, but now nearly half of it belongs to the Ming Dynasty. This made Emperor Tianyuan, who had great ambitions, always feel unwilling to do so.
Finally he raised his head again and looked at Yesudiel, "General, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the victory of the war cannot be determined by just looking at the results of one or two battles. You must grasp the overall pattern and do not limit yourself to the current predicament."
Yesudiel said calmly.
"Oh? Tell me, what is the pattern you are talking about?" Emperor Tianyuan asked with a raised brow.
"Your Majesty, almost all the eyes of both the enemy and us are now attracted by the battle situation in front of us. If we can bypass this Ming army, we can reach the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and we may even capture the city of Nanjing."
Yesudier continued to explain.
"Nanjing City?" Emperor Tianyuan was startled by Yesudier's words.
He wanted to restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty, but he never thought that he could achieve his goal using this method.
You must know that the war between Yuan and Ming Dynasty lasted for more than ten years. Can he really overthrow the Ming Dynasty with a single sneak attack?
But this idea really excited Emperor Tianyuan.
Once he succeeds, he may be as famous as Kublai Khan, the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
With such a mood, he looked at Yesudier and asked, "Okay, can you tell me what to do?"