Chapter 743: The army is on its own

After leaving the mountainous area, the horses ran for half a day, the Tartars had a large military camp. This place was actually three tribes that originally depended on the Chahar tribe, and are now arranged here. The Tartars' military camp had more than 5,000 cavalry.

From Datong Right Guard to Guihua City, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were familiar with each other. The army led by Wang Tong naturally knew the existence of these 5,000 Tartar cavalry, and even knew that the cavalry leader was Yan Hairigu, who was said to be Altan Khan's cousin and the cousin of Senggedu Gulen Khan today.

Hairigu means sparrow eagle in Mongolian language. It is usually only a brave and powerful person who is qualified to use it. Of course, with such a noble bloodline, there is no need to consider so much in his name.

After the camp was drawn today, the army led by Wang Tong was moving a little slower than before, and he walked in the forefront from the side van formation of Jizhen, wrapping food, supplies and a group of soldiers.

With such an arrangement, the chariot array can be unfolded at any time. The mountainous valleys here are wide enough, and the chariot array also has room for unfolding. The reason why we need to be prepared for the battle is that from today on, we have entered the range of activities of the cavalry led by the Hairigu Institute and may start war in the mountains at any time.

But until we walked out of the mountainous area, except for the Tartars who were watching from afar, the Tartars did not dispatch any brigades. Before we were about to leave the mountainous area, the Ming army's reconnaissance cavalry rewarded that a brigade of cavalry was waiting outside the mountain.

"Telection, each team will take a break, there will be enemies outside the mountain, and prepare to fight."

Wang Tongqi said loudly on the horse, and the guards around him agreed, ran towards each team, and ordered them one by one, and the marching team stopped.

Yang Jin, Ma Yong and others were all following Wang Tong. They were also experienced in the battlefield. Wang Tong’s response and command in the past few days was in line with the rules and nothing wrong with it.

The order was issued, Wang Tong turned over and dismounted, took out a piece of bread from the saddle and broke it for the mount to eat. Before the battle, he wanted to let the mount rest and feed it some hard materials to give it enough physical strength. This was not an old cavalry who had been on the horse's back for a long time, and he might not know this truth. Yang Jin nodded again when he saw it.

Wang Tong said with a smile:

"I heard Chi Hei and others say the day before yesterday that Hairigu means sparrow eagle. Only smart people can have this name. Now, Hairigu is not stupid at least."

Before the battle, he was relaxed and calm. This was the real demeanor of a general. Yang Jin was quite impressed and said with a smile:

"The general praised the Tartar general for not being stupid, how do you say this?"

"Our news, this Tartar general should have known two days ago that if he wanted to fight, he would encounter it everywhere in the day, but the general was waiting outside the mountain. Now it was less than an hour and a half before dark. After we walked for a day, he was waiting for it. Moreover, in this mountain, the cavalry could not be deployed. Even if he rushed, he could only come head-on. It would be detrimental to fight here. If he wanted to go out of the mountain, the grassland was wide and naturally suitable for the horse team to move, and he could find a gap to attack."

He paused when he walked in the mountainous area. The sun was blocked by the mountains, making the mountain look a little dim. Wang Tong looked at the sunlight behind the mountain, probably estimated it, and said again:

"If you are not wrong, the Tartar cavalry array should be in the west, so we are facing Sunlight."

No wonder Marshal Qi chose Wang Tong to entrust his wish. At this age, he is indeed very good at having such an understanding of the battlefield. Of course, he didn't know that Wang Tong was also a disciple of Yu Dayou's closed family, and the teaching of these family generals around Tan Lun is also very useful.

After getting along these days, Yang Jin's appearance has changed little by little. He has become increasingly acknowledged the identity of Wang Tong, the head coach, and asked again:

"Since that's the case, how will the Grandmaster deal with it?"

"They lined up in the west, we only walked our car array. If they want to hit it, they will hit it."

Before leaving the mountain pass, the scout reported to Wang Tong. The Tartar cavalry brigade was indeed lined up in the west. The Jizhen brigade had changed again. The side vans began to change into two rows, and close to the outside were erected vans. Behind each car, infantry and firearms followed.

The horse team turned into a column, walking between two side vans, and the Huwei Army's convoy was placed at the end. Although the main general and the horse team in Jizhen's had changed their impression of the Huwei Army, the real enemy was in front of him, and the Huwei Army was placed in the formation, which meant to protect him.

Except for the horses pulling the cart, the soldiers of the horse team all dismounted and led the horses. After walking for most of the day, the battle was about to be fought and must save horsepower.

Just like outside the Great Wall, Hu Weijun set up a large cart for the watchtower. A personal guard climbed up the watchtower, and Wang Tong stood in the carriage of the cart.

Such scenes have never been seen by a group of people from Jizhen and Datong Town. The soldiers frequently looked back and looked around. The generals shouted loudly while also looking back, feeling rare and fresh.

In addition to feeling rare, after thinking about it for a while, everyone had to admit that this viewing building is indeed convenient. When you walk out of the mountainous area, your vision has gradually become empty. If you climb up to see the distance, you can indeed see more information.

"It's really a side van? Are the soldiers and horses from Ji Town really coming?"

On the horse, you can see the Ming army brigade coming out one after another. At this position, you actually see a moving wooden wall. This wooden wall is connected by a large cart, and Ming army cavalry is also cruising outside this array.

There were many detailed works by the Tartars in the Ming Dynasty, and there were also many Han people among the Tartars. They knew very well about the border towns of the Ming Dynasty. As early as when the army was out of the frontier, Hairigu knew that there were troops from Jizhen participating, but the Ming army went deeper to this distance and had not seen it for decades or even hundreds of years. Now that I really saw it, Hairigu still cannot confirm it.

Even the chief general was like this, and the soldiers below were even more surprised. There was a commotion in the array of Tartar cavalry. Hai Rigu was also shocked by the noise and spoke:

"Everyone is quiet and don't be confused, and everyone who is noisy is beheaded."

After he said this, there was anger and scolding sound in the formation, and the generals were suppressing the mount. The mount under Hairigu was a little anxious. Hairigu stroked the horse's neck with his hand, staring at the Ming army's brigade.

Hairigu was in his early fifties. If he didn't wear armor on his body and only had leather robes, most people would think that he was just an old herder who had worked hard all his life. He was thin and wrinkles on his face were like a knife and axe. However, when Hairigu was fifteen, he followed Altan Khan to fight in the east and west, destroying Urianha, expelling Chahar, defeating Korqin, and several other times when he went south to the Ming Dynasty. He had participated in it. As people fought more wars, they became calm.

Senggedu Gulen arranged for him to guard the southern gateway of Guihua City, because he was attracted by his rich experience and calmness on the battlefield.

In the battle of Xuanfu, Wanhu Najit suffered heavy losses. He was afraid of being punished by Senggedu Gulen, so he betrayed Altan's troops and defected to Korqin, and then his entire army was wiped out at Gubeikou.

The losses outside the Xuanfu were kept secret very well. Everyone knew that he had suffered heavy losses, but few people knew how the losses were caused. However, the people of Altan's tribe knew that Gubei's defeat was baited by the imperial guards, and the army of Jizhen and Xuanfu attacked, which annihilated the Najit's division.

Among these kinds of news, Wang Tong and Hu Wei's army were very unattractive. Many people even thought from the war in Gubeikou that Wanhu Najit suffered heavy losses outside Xuanfu, so would there be the participation of Jizhen soldiers?

Even if the truth is occasionally spread, such as using firearms and using large chariots as cover, it is difficult for everyone to believe that this tactic is too similar to the tactics of Jizhen's side vans. Moreover, Wang Tong, an emperor's favorite minister, relies on various tricks to win the favor of Emperor Wanli, how could he make achievements in military affairs?

"Sir, are you just letting the Ming army go?"

A thousand-man commander next to him said rudely, Hai Rigu ignored it at all, and the thousand-man commander said again. Hai Rigu looked back and raised his whip and pointed at the other side and said:

"Can your horse jump over those wooden walls?"

Looking in the direction of the horse whip, the commander shook his head. The wooden walls were nearly one and a half people tall, and Mongolian horses had no explosive power, so naturally they couldn't do it.

The Ming army brigade was walking slowly. In fact, the Tartar cavalry brigade was only about 500 steps away from them. Many details could be seen clearly. When you see the wooden wall on the car, you can also see the holes in the wooden wall.

"There are crossbows and firearms behind the wooden wall. Our warriors have not rushed to the front and have not yet set their bows and arrows, and they will be ruthlessly knocked down. Do you still have to rush forward?"

The veteran was scolded coldly by the cold words, and the commander of the thousand-man dared not say much. He just looked at the Ming army's convoy's eyes and saw that he was walking slowly and swaying so hard, it was really unbearable.

"The messenger came over and sent the message to the Khan."

Hairigu ordered that someone immediately rushed over and took out paper and pen under the horse. Hairigu's personal guard knelt down and used his back as a tabletop.

"The Ming army headed straight to Guihua City, among which the Che Camp in Jizhen was the main force, and there were too many places where the cavalry attacked and were subject to control. Please call the stone cannon and send a partial army to find out where the Ming army's food and grass storage was stored and cut off its food route."

After writing, he put the letter in a silver box, and Hai Rigu said in a solemn voice:

"Don't be afraid of being exhausted. The sooner you send it to the Khan, the better."

Before he finished speaking, Hai Rigu stared at the rear of the Ming army brigade. The regulations of the large carts over there were different from those on the side vans, and he even frivolously put a lookout building on the large cart.

Although there are also high wings on this cart, there are no holes that release firepower. Hai Rigu looked at it for a while and turned around and said:

"Illed, the one who leads you, there is the tail of the Ming army."
Chapter completed!