Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

With these great victories as a backup, everyone has a strong belief in winning.

Now the only thing to argue about is who will lead the troops as the vanguard and who will stay behind to garrison the army.

Zhu Di sat on the temporary dragon throne, looking calm and energetic.

"You all know the news of the great victory in Shaanxi, so I won't say much."

"Those grassland people have gradually united into a large tribe, with an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry."

"The location of their main force, according to speculation, should be in one of the two places of Kanghalihai or Hulanhushiwen."

Today, your emperor Zhu Di seems very calm and composed, as if he has already won.

The problem that everyone is most worried about is that they can't find the opponent's main force.

If they can't find the main force, they can only run around on the grassland for a few months.

When everyone present heard that the general location of the enemy army had been determined, they breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing what the emperor said, King Zhao got up first and walked out and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to Kanghalihai to find out!"

After hearing King Zhao's request for battle, the generals came out one after another and asked to be the vanguard.

Suddenly, a messenger ran into the camp quickly according to the report.

"Your Majesty, the general of Datong, Wu Gao, sent an urgent report! The Oirat and the Tatars joined forces and headed straight for Datong!"

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, there was an uproar in the camp.

The Oirat and the Tatars united? And they joined forces to attack Datong?

Are they crazy?

All the generals present felt that the Oirat and the Tatars were crazy.

Datong is not a small village around the border.

Datong is one of the important border towns established by the Ming Dynasty. It is a big city with strong fortifications and strong soldiers.

King Zhao asked: "Are you sure that the urgent report from Datong is that the Oirat and the Tatars are attacking Datong? Where did they get the siege equipment?"

After hearing King Zhao's question, all the generals echoed.

The biggest problem in a decisive battle in a city is whether there are siege equipment and whether there are city defense equipment.

How could the Oirat and the Tatars on the grassland have sufficient siege equipment and city defense equipment?

Moreover, the stored food and grass in Datong is definitely enough to support a year, so it is even more impossible to start with logistics.

If it drags on, the Tatars and Wala will definitely be the ones who will be dragged to death in the end.

The soldiers didn't know how to explain it, so they could only hand over Datong's urgent report to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di frowned and took Datong's urgent report.

He knew that Wu Gao, the general of Datong, was a safe and arrogant master, the son of Wu Liang, the founding hero of Jiang.

He was very rude. In the eighth year of Yongle, he was impeached and dismissed for pretending to be sick and not attending court.

But Zhu Di thought that he was a meritorious minister of Jingnan, so he reinstated him before the northern expedition.

"Datong, did the group of barbarians on the grassland really attack Datong?"

Zhu Di read the urgent report several times and found no flaws. He reported it in accordance with the rules.

And it looked very urgent.

Zhu Di passed the urgent report in his hand to the generals for them to read.

Duke Ying Zhang Fu walked out after reading the urgent report.

"Your Majesty, I think Datong doesn't need to worry too much. If the enemy attacks by force, without siege equipment, they will not be able to fight at all. As long as the general does not mess around, the enemy will never be able to capture the city."

"The Wala and Tatar will at most bypass Datong and go directly south. What our army should worry about is that the coalition forces of Wala and Tatar will directly surround Datong and go directly south."

Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu frowned and retorted: "Go directly south? Datong's general Wu Gao is not a vegetarian. If he does not attack, he will be discovered sooner or later, right?"

"If Datong cuts off the retreat, then the coalition forces that broke into the heart of my Ming Dynasty will not be trapped in a jar?"

"What if Wala doesn't want to go back at all? Therefore, I think it may be feasible to lead the army to surround it back." As soon as Zhang Fu finished speaking, the generals present looked at each other.

Some people showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, while others still frowned and thought.

Finally, Zhu Di made the decision: "Zhang Fu will be the main general, Zhao Wang will be the assistant, Kang Halihai will be sent out, Han Wang will be the vanguard, Daying will be the rear, and Hulanhushiwen will be sent out!"

Chapter 102 Leading the troops to the expedition

The behavior of the Oirat and Tatar is indeed a bit strange.

There are many possibilities for their behavior.

After all, war is a trick.

Maybe the Oirat and Tatar are just a large army, pretending to attack, but actually exhausting the Ming army.

Maybe the Oirat and Tatar really intend to fight to the death, go south into the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and fight.

Maybe... there are many maybes.

Like the situation where the Oirat and Tatar are in trouble because of food problems.

Zhu Di has no way to evaluate how the other party is thinking.

If the other party has a city and has concerns, it can also guess the possible behavior of the other party based on the other party's concerns.

But when the other party's concerns disappear, only the determination to fight to the death remains, it is difficult to guess.

This is also why the art of war emphasizes that when besieging a city, you should surround three and leave one, just to avoid the other party jumping off the wall.

In fact, according to the idea of ​​Duke Ying Zhang Fu, after finding out clearly, the war will be resolved by encircling the main forces of Wala and Tatar.

This is also a good method, and even if the other party really did not send a large army to attack Datong.

Ming will not suffer too much loss if it encircles it back.

If Wala really stationed a large army and entered the border of Ming Dynasty, it would really make a lot of money.

This method can only be said to be no loss.

But the problem is that Zhu Di wants to fight for a good cause! He wants to make a lot of money and leave his name in history!

He wants to record the great achievements of pacifying the grassland in the country's history books!

......

"Kill!! Charge!"

Under the command of various generals, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty rushed left and right, and heard shouts of killing.

Not long after, General Liu Jiang came to the King of Han.

"Your Highness, the King of Han."

"How many times have I said that you should call me General during the march and battle!" The King of Han stared at the horses running on the grassland.

His eyes were like a pair of sharp blades, searching for important people in the grassland.

"Yes, General." Liu Jiang continued: "From that grassland to the vicinity of Hulanhushiwen, we encountered no less than ten cavalry raids by the Wala!"

"Many soldiers, the gains... are quite rich."

Liu Jiang said against his will about the gains from killing the Wala soldiers.

The King of Han thought this was not a good phenomenon, and he couldn't help but feel a little headache.

The more blockers appear, the more likely this is not the so-called key position.

And all the many Wala soldiers stationed there set up their defensive formations, looking at the Ming army, which far outnumbered them, in panic.

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"Don't panic! We..."

Swish——————

The King of Han put down his bow and arrow, looking at the struggling Wala leader with disdain.

With so few people, how could they possibly stop the Ming?

No matter how powerful the cavalry was, it was impossible to stop soldiers that were ten times their own in such a huge number.

In an instant, all the Wala squads that came to block were cleaned up.

The deputy generals and the generals behind the King of Han all came out and commanded the Ming soldiers to harvest the lives of the Wala soldiers who had not yet died.

"Collect the spoils! Forward, Hulanhushiwen!" With the King of Han's shout, the morale of the Ming Dynasty suddenly rose.

Far away, there were still a few small cavalrymen who were trying to hide everywhere, trying to explore the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

However, seeing the Ming Dynasty's overwhelming victory, their faces changed one after another.

The gap is too big! From equipment to number, the gap is really too big.

Unless the Ming Dynasty confronts their cavalry head-on! Otherwise, they have no chance of winning.

Several Wala soldiers hurriedly rode back to Hulanhushiwen, which is their current grassland station.