When Yi Chengen escaped from Lingzhou City, he only took with him 300 Cangtou troops, the servants of the Yi family, who were the most elite part of the Ningxia rebels. According to his prediction, he chose the right time to escape.
Well, at that time, the official army had just broken through the city, and all attention should be on controlling the gap in the city gate as soon as possible, and on sending the army into the city in the shortest possible time to control the situation.
At this time, the officers and soldiers would not notice him.
But what he didn't expect was that the telescopes in Gao Pragmatic and Ma Gui's hands were inferior to the first generation monocular telescopes equipped in Ningxia Town, so he was discovered when he quietly slipped away from the tower. As for after going down from the tower,
Using a double to disguise himself or something like that, even though they can't see Gao Pragmatic, it doesn't matter anymore.
This slight mistake led to his escape plan being discovered first, and coupled with Gao's pragmatic pursuit order later, the Cangtou Army eventually lost nearly half of its manpower during the breakout.
However, Yi Chengen had a cold nature, so even if he lost one of his servants, it didn't make him sad. He was just a little scared, and then he felt the excitement of escaping from the prison.
Kuai Chengen's "luck" has not been used up even now. On the way to Ningxia from Lingzhou, he encountered several rebels who were urgently transferred back to Ningxia from various forts. These people were not completely Kuaibai in the first place.
The subordinates of the father and son, but at this time, Kuai Chengen used the special status of Kuai Bai's eldest son to take them all under his command under the pretext of a military emergency. By the time he arrived in Ningxia, he had gathered another two thousand people - which was equivalent to him taking his own
All the troops in Lingzhou were brought back to Ningxia.
Kuai Bai, who had previously learned that Lingzhou was besieged and was anxiously wandering around Ningxia, was naturally excited when he heard that his son was back, especially when he learned that Kuai Chengen had also recruited some of the other generals' tribes along the way.
Secretly happy, not only did he not blame him, he did not even ask him to return his troops to the other generals.
Yi Chengen returned to Ningxia in the morning, and there was a welcoming banquet for him in Ningxia city at noon. But what he didn't expect was that in the afternoon, someone else returned to Ningxia in embarrassment.
This person is none other than the previously ambitious Tu Wenxiu.
When Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia, it was much worse than that of Kuai Chengen. The five thousand troops he brought out only returned to the early days of two thousand, and many of them were slightly injured - the seriously injured were no longer needed, and the baggage was almost lost.
After all, the first thing I did when I arrived in Ningxia was to eat.
Why was it so miserable? Of course he was beaten. To be more precise, he was hit with a blaster.
Tu Wenxiu's troops were not weak at first. Even if Xiao Ruxun brought Ma Kongying's troops back with him, the total number inside and outside Pinglu City was only about 7,000. It stands to reason that Tu Wenxiu could be defeated with such a force.
, it would not have beaten Tu Wenxiu to the point where the whole army was almost annihilated. The reason why the battle ended up like this was actually due to Taihu Hantong.
Taihu Hantong is the mother of Boshu Ketu, the "Queen Mother" who once served as the regent of Taobu and gave up power to her newly grown son a few years ago. Taihu is the Ming transliteration of "Queen Mother", Han
The same is "Hatun".
After Taihu Hantong learned that her son Boshu Ketu was defeated and captured, she rushed to Ixibal to accuse Gao Pangshi. She was as big a fan as Zhongjin Hatun, and faced the Tumen army that had easily defeated her.
Khan is highly pragmatic, has no temper at all, maintains a very low profile, and spreads all kinds of "willing to do a good job" words for free, which fully proves that she is a real Mongolian woman.
The characteristics of Mongolian women are very different from those of Han women. They don't have to worry about things like loyalty and honor. Their only traditional style is to obey the strong, and Mongolian men have no objection to this - tradition is strength.
If Gao Pragmatic hadn't been interested in her in some way, there would have been no difficulty even letting her sleep with her. Speaking of which, Taihu Hantong was not too old. She gave birth to Boshu Ketu when she was sixteen, and this year
She is only thirty-seven years old, which is the age when she still retains her charm.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic has no such interest. Although she herself was mentally prepared before coming, she is still worried about her son's safety and future "prospects" after all, and will not take the initiative to hook up. Both parties just have clear stances.
We discussed the current situation.
Talking about discussions was of course just to save face, but in fact Gao Huhantong gave instructions in a pragmatic way, and Taihu Hantong all said that he would "definitely comply with them."
The most important "instruction" at that time was to order her to lead the army to assist Xiao Ruxun in stabilizing the situation in Pinglu City and blocking Tu Wenxiu's possible escape route to northern Xinjiang.
There is no need to go into details about this war. In short, Taihu Hantong was not satisfied with blocking Tu Wenxiu's way. She wanted to make more contributions and win the Ming Dynasty to treat her son leniently - in theory, Han Naji should be dealt with.
, but in fact everyone knows that as long as Gao Jingshi speaks, Han Naji will never refuse. Therefore, Taihu Hantong knows that the more merit he makes for Gao Jingshi, the less guilty his son will be.
After Xiao Ruxun learned what she meant, he thought for a long time and came up with an idea: let Taihu Han and his troops pretend to be ordered to attack Brother Huo Luochi, and go around Pinglu City to the west. Then Xiao Ruxun's headquarters went out of the city to fight with
Tu Wenxiu fought in the field and held Tu Wenxiu back. In the end, Taihu Hantong came back with a carbine and worked with him to defeat Tu Wenxiu.
Xiao Ruxun's idea was not bad, but it was a pity that Tu Wenxiu saw it. When Tu Wenxiu learned that Taihuhan was going to the west, she didn't think there was a problem, but just one day after she left, Xiao Ruxun led his army out of the city to challenge.
Tu Wenxiu suddenly became alert.
Worried that Taihu Hantong would come back at any time, Tu Wenxiu chose to temporarily avoid Xiao Ruxun's attack and retreat. Who knew that this retreat would lead to trouble?
Originally, according to Tu Wenxiu's guess, Xiao Ruxun went back and brought back 3,000 reinforcements. It seemed that he was just to defend the enemy and wait for a change, and there would be no other overly radical actions.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The truth is very simple. Since the Ningxia Rebellion, the entire Ningxia has been completely destroyed. Only his Pinglu City has always stood firm. His name must have reached the top
Tianting, whatever deserves a reward or promotion, his share is indispensable. In this case, as long as the situation is at peace, it is already an excellent situation, so why should he take the risk and go out of the city to fight in the field?
But he came out, which means there must be a ghost here.
According to Tu Wenxiu's idea, as long as he retreats immediately, Xiao Ruxun will definitely not pursue him with all his strength for the sake of stability. In this way, even if he encounters Tai Huhan's returning carbine, he can still fight.
However, imagination is full and reality is skinny. Xiao Ruxun, who has almost seen with his own eyes the highly pragmatic main force to defeat the elite 30,000 to 40,000 troops of the Khan Court in one battle, now does not need to "seek stability" at all - anyway, it can form a strong influence on him.
The only threat that exists is Tu Wenxiu. To eliminate this threat, all we need to do is defeat him. Why do we need stability?
Moreover, Xiao Ruxun himself is also a young man, and he is very eager to make contributions. He hopes to join the army as soon as possible. How can he miss this great opportunity?
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun did not go back to the city immediately after "repelling the powerful enemy" as Tu Wenxiu expected, and wrote a battle report to the court to ask for rewards.
At this time, Tu Wenxiu finally realized that something was wrong, and while directing the battle to fight and retreat, he sent out detective horses to check the location of Taihu Hantong's elite troops.
Sure enough, the elite of the Ordos Khan Court under Taihu Hantong were trying to fight a good battle to save the face of the disastrous defeat to the Ming army. At this moment, they were not only fighting back, but also running at an extremely fast speed, almost without hesitation of horsepower.
Tu Wenxiu was shocked when he heard the news. Xiao Ruxun alone, Ma Kong and the British coalition forces had already formed an advantage over him in terms of strength. Coupled with more than 20,000 elites from the Tao tribe, this battle was bound to be lost. It was impossible to win.
Good fortune must be taken into account.
At this moment, he completely forgot about his grand plan. He secretly concealed the situation of the war and played a trick. He divided the entire army into two groups, claiming that one group would hold the battle and the other group would retreat first. Then he hurriedly took half of the troops with him.
Escape.
This move indeed saved his life. When Tai Huhan went back to fight with him, he only had time to join forces with Xiao Ruxun and Ma Kongying to disarm the 2,500 rebels who were left behind to hold down the rear of the formation - the other party saw 20,000
Yu Qi abandoned his weapons and surrendered like a bachelor. After all, he knew at a glance that there was no way to fight, so why die in vain?
When Taihu Hantong discovered that Tu Wenxiu had run away, he was furious. He didn't even have time to say hello to Xiao Ruxun, so he chased after him again. Unfortunately, Tu Wenxiu was prepared this time. He relied on his familiarity with the terrain and walked like a hide-and-seek.
The mountain road detoured, and in the end he was caught by Taihu Hantong only once. After losing three to four hundred people, he successfully escaped and finally returned to Ningxia.
On the other side, Xiao Ruxun and Ma Kongying reported victory, and Taihu Hantong reported victory and apologized at the same time. We can not mention it for the time being, but we said that Yi Chengen and Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia one after another, which seemed to strengthen Ningxia's power, but in fact it also caused internal problems in Ningxia.
factors of instability.
Although Tu Wenxiu had his own plans before, he had always been a close confidant of Kuai Bai. Excluding the temporary recruitment of troops, the rest of the 5,000 men under his command were all direct troops of Kuai Bai.
This time, Tu Wenxiu lost nearly 3,000 troops, which was a great damage to Kuaibai's power, and even shook the foundation of Kuaibai's rule.
Regardless of the "claim", in fact, the total number of Ningxia rebels was just over 60,000, and among these 60,000, only half of them belonged to the lineage of Kuai Bai and his son.
Half, that is, 30,000, Tu Wenxiu directly lost one-tenth of Kuaibai's strength, and the impact was certainly not small, especially compared to the other generals under the circumstances.
But Tu Wenxiu's loss of 3,000 men was only one aspect. On the other hand, Kuai Cheng'en also lost nearly 2,000 men. What affected the overall situation even more was that after he lost 2,000 men, he took all the troops originally belonging to the other generals.
The fort troops gathered some troops-nearly two thousand.
The seeds of conflict were sown.
The current situation in Ningxia City, in terms of military strength, is that the generals led by Liu Dongyang and others have a slight advantage. Although the Kuaibai group is slightly at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, they have three to four thousand Cangtou Army servants at their disposal, which makes them even better in terms of quality.
City. To a certain extent, the two sides are almost evenly matched and can just maintain a balance.
But this balance was soon broken, because Gao pragmatism made an underhanded move.
On the third day after Yi Chengen and Tu Wenxiu returned to Ningxia, the main force of Gao Pangshi's command had not yet arrived at the gates of Ningxia City, but the vanguard of his command, Ma Chengzhao, had arrived and began to survey the terrain outside Ningxia City in preparation for setting up a stronghold.
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Kuaibai sent people to investigate and found that Ma Chengzhao's troops did not exceed 5,000 people at most. He immediately asked Liu Dongyang and others to send troops to attack, trying to catch Ma Chengzhao off guard and give Gao Pragmatic a disincentive.
However, Liu Dongyang and others were not stupid. They refused directly in front of all the generals and said that they could fight, but Kuaibai would have to send as many people as he sent to fight.
Kuai Bai originally had the intention of killing someone with a borrowed knife, but he was directly pointed out. Although he was angry, he still endured it for the sake of the overall situation and sent his second son Kuai Chengchong to fight with Liu Dongyang's troops.
But in the end, Liu Dongyang himself did not go, and the old "fourth battalion" discussed internally for a while, and Liu Chuanbai led three thousand troops to fight - so Kuai Chengchong also led three thousand troops.
Generally speaking, six thousand against five thousand, and they are just waiting for work, it is basically impossible to lose. Who knows that an accident happened. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were not only prepared for it, but also had extremely powerful firepower. They relied on the "Qi Qi" who had only heard of it.
"Home Army Car Camp", in several rounds of counterattack volleys, Liu Chuanbai and Kuai Chengchong's troops were almost defeated on the spot.
In particular, the young and energetic Yi Chengchong himself was unlucky enough to be hit by a stray bullet in his instep due to his position being too far forward, so he had to retreat with Liu Chuanbai. After returning, the two of them reviewed the battlefield situation, especially
After describing the shape of the opponent's military flag, I realized that the opponent not only had the Ma family's elite soldiers, but also the imperial guards with the best firearms and equipment in the Ming Dynasty!
The show of force became a laughing stock, and everyone lost face. After two hours of deliberation, they had no good idea. They just let it go for the time being. In the end, they just said that the city wall of Ningxia is indestructible anyway, and it is definitely not comparable to Lingzhou. When the time comes, everyone
Just stick to Ningxia and "wait for the world to change" - he still believes that Brother Huo Luochi can come over and join forces with him, and he also believes that Burihatu can encourage the Tumen to send troops to Tumote.
However, they planned to play the role of ostriches, but Ma Chengzhao refused to play this way. That night, the elite archers of the Ma family's army shot in from outside the city with hundreds of messages.
These identical slogans first boasted about the battle of Huri and Huliang, and then started to alienate them.
This alienation plan is surprisingly simple. The main idea is that Gao Pingshi said that the court had found out the cause of the Ningxia incident. According to the confession of former Ningxia governor Liang Wenmeng, the incident was all caused by Kuaibai's father and son being ungrateful and repaying kindness with vengeance. The rest were
The general is either deceived by him or coerced by him, but he does not really intend to rebel.
Therefore, Gao Shutai showed great mercy and said that the Ningxia rebels still have a chance to reform. As long as they draw a clear line with the rebels and declare to abandon the dark side and join the bright side, Gao Shutai will forget all the blame!
In the city of Ningxia, an undercurrent suddenly surged because of these mere proclamations.
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