Back a year ago, Zhengde and the four foreign troops of Jiang Bin and others left the capital and happily rushed to Xuanfu. It was early autumn, and the weather was very cool, which was a good time to march. Moreover,

Along the way, Zhengde finally saw the boundless fields on both sides of the road, most of which were planted with corn and sweet potatoes.

Seeing that the corn and sweet potatoes he promoted were so popular, and even replaced the original millet and big events, Zhengde also felt very accomplished. Once, Zhengde secretly took Gu Dayong, and the two left the army and went to the field to steal a few

The corn cob and a few half-sized sweet potatoes were chased out by the owner of the field for several miles. Until they saw Zhengde enter the army, the people frightened and fled back. However, Zhengde was so happy that he laughed.

In the evening, he personally cooked corn and sweet potatoes for dinner, but he thought it was the sweetest supper he had eaten.

It took more than half a month to finally come from the capital to Xuanfu. Xuanfu is not just a city, but the Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty refers to the Sihaiye in Jizhen to Pingyuan in Datong Town.

The Great Wall of Fort is called Xuanfu Town because the general is located in Xuanhua Prefecture. There are six roads under it, namely East Road, Middle Road, Shangbei Road, Xiabei Road, Shangxi Road and Xiaxi Road, which belong to Wanquan.

The jurisdiction of the command ministry.

After Zhou Chong came to Xuanfu Town, he was like a dragon entering the sea. He either lingered in the flower street of Xuanfu every day, or took his own ears to the garrisons around Xuanfu to inspect, and he did not indicate his identity.

Every time I go there, there is no notice in advance. When I see ordinary soldiers, I will drag others to chat. When it’s time to eat, I will eat directly in the ward. And like those ordinary soldiers, they all hold sea bowls the size of their heads.

The bowl was either corn porridge or sweet potato porridge, plus a few pickles and a steamed bun. Although the meal was very simple, Zhengde didn't care at all, because this was his dream life.

However, Zhengde is a person without long-term character. After staying in Xuanfu for nearly a month, he suddenly felt that the life in Xuanfu was a bit boring. After all, Xuanfu belongs to a border town and is not particularly prosperous at all. The only thing that makes Zhengde feel fresh is that

There are many Mongolians here, some of whom were desperate to submit to the Ming Dynasty, while others came to Xuanfu to do business. After all, many of the supplies on the grassland needed to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also needed horses and cows on the grassland.

sheep.

Zhengde soon became a little bored with life in Xuanfu, and even felt that he could not even find a fun place, which made him feel very bored. So in this case, Zhengde decided to go for a walk in other places, such as Xuan.

Some border towns around the mansion. Maybe there are some fun things there, and it is late autumn now. In previous years, it was the time for the grassland people to move south. It would be even better if you could meet the soldiers who went south. After all, Zhengde wanted to

I'm almost crazy when I fight.

Speaking of which, it was ridiculous enough to come to Xuanfu from the capital to inspect. But now, not only did he not stay in Xuanfu well, but he also had to run out and go around and even wanted to fight a battle with the grassland people. If this kind of thing is to let

The ministers in Beijing knew that they would definitely force him to go back by death. Unfortunately, Zhengde is only Jiang Bin and Qian Ning, and there are no ministers around him.

Zhengde is still very rules-based. He knew that generals of the Ming Dynasty could not leave their base without authorization. If they wanted to control the army outside, they had to have a legitimate name. Therefore, Zhengde gave himself an official position, which was "

The general general of the military affairs of the Governor is mighty and powerful. This official position not only looks very powerful on the surface, but also almost reaches the top level. He, the general officer, has the power to control almost all the Ming army.

Zhengde was very satisfied with the official position he had granted to him, and he also planned to formalize the official position, so he also went to the Ministry of Personnel to file a record, and also stipulated his grade and salary. As a result, this

After the news reached the capital, the ministers in the court were amused and crying, but there was no way.

After Zhengde gave himself an official position, he had a reason to go out for inspection. So in a cool autumn weather, he left Xuanfu with a cavalry of two thousand people and began to patrol several surrounding border towns.

, and his first stop was Datong Town, located west of Xuanfu Town.

Speaking of which, Zhengde was very lucky. Just when he had just arrived in Datong Prefecture and was stationed in a garrison called Yanghewei, preparing to start his trip to Datong with this center, he suddenly received the Tatars.

The news that the little prince of Tatar led his troops south again, this time he still led 50,000 grassland cavalry. It seems that the defeat of Xuanfu in the ninth year of Zhengde did not make the grassland people give up. Now after several years of rest and recuperation, Tatars

The man regained his strength again and was ready to avenge his previous shame. However, this time the little Tatar prince learned his lesson and did not dare to go south from Xuanfu, which suffered a great loss last time. Instead, he chose Datongfu next to Xuanfu.

The reason why Zhengde left the capital and came to the border town was that he could fight a battle with the grassland people, so he chose to leave the capital in early autumn. When he came to Xuanfu, it happened that the grassland people would go south, but he was

After waiting for more than half a month, the grassland people went south. He originally thought that the grassland people would not go south again this year, but he did not expect to encounter such a big surprise in Datong.

After finally waiting for such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhengde naturally would not give up, so he immediately issued an order to Datong General Wang Xun in the name of his powerful general of military affairs, that is,

He said that from this time on, the entire Datong army will be under the command of His Majesty, the Emperor.

Wang Xun is also a veteran. He has been fighting with the Mongols for many years, so he naturally knows the power of the Tatar prince. In the past few years, their army has added a lot of new weapons, and their money, grain and military pay is also very sufficient, which makes the border army

The combat power has increased greatly, so even if the little Tatar prince brought his troops to him personally, he was not afraid at all. Even if he couldn't win, he would definitely keep the opponent out of Datong.

But now, the emperor's order directly deprived him of command. Although he heard that Emperor Zhengde liked martial arts, the other party had never been on the battlefield after all, and it was even more impossible to know how to fight, and it was even worse.

Yes, Datong Prefecture's troops are not superior, and if you want the surrounding border troops to come to rescue, you may not be able to wait in time. When you think of Zhengde, the Chu Ge, on the battlefield, going to fight against the little prince of Tatar, a guy who has been fighting for many years.

Wang Xun felt guilty and even said bluntly that he did not believe that Zhengde could defeat the little prince of Tatar.

As expected, after Zhengde took over the command of the army, his first order almost made him vomit blood because Zhengde actually asked him to assemble the army of Datong, go north to meet the enemy, and take the initiative to go with the Tatars

The prince started a field battle.

Wang Xun was also angry and angry about Zhengde's so-called order. After all, their army in Datong was only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and even with the surrounding garrisons, there were only 40,000 people, although the troops were as strong as

The grassland people are not much different, but you should know that the Ming army is all infantry, while the grassland people are all cavalry. Although their Datong army has also added a lot of firearms, using infantry to fight on the plains with cavalry is not seeking death.

What is it?

However, no matter how unwilling Wang Xun was, he did not dare to disobey the military order. What's more, this military order was sent by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. So in desperation, Wang Xun could only order the gathering of Datong's army and the surrounding guards.

The army in the institute gathered nearly 40,000 people in total, and the remaining troops were in front and could not be withdrawn at all.

The 40,000 infantrymen faced 50,000 grassland cavalry. Even if there were firearms to help them, if there was no city as a defense, there would be no big chance of victory, unless Zhou Chong invented the machine gun and then equipped Wang Xun.

A machine gun company was sent out and then enough bullets were supplied. In this way, the tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry were just to die, but this was obviously impossible.

In fact, Jiang Bin, who has always been by his side, disagreed with Zhengde's order to ask Wang Xun to take the initiative to send troops to fight against the grassland people. Although Jiang Bin's character is not very good, he is a rare powerful general, and he also

After staying in the military academy for a while, he learned a lot of military tactics, so if he talked about marching and fighting, he was also a first-class general in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he also knew that Zhengde asked Wang Xun to take the initiative to attack was like a death sentence.

However, Zhengde on the battlefield showed his decisive side and did not care about Jiang Bin's words at all. Instead, he insisted on letting Wang Xun lead his troops to attack. This was not that Zhengde was too reckless, but that he was ambushed.

hand.

In October of the 12th year of Zhengde, when Wang Xun's army had just arrived in Yingzhou, it finally met the 50,000 army of the little Tatar prince. If it were normal, Wang Xun would definitely enter Yingzhou City and consume the grassland with the help of the strong walls.

The human army was only this time he brought 40,000 people, but Yingzhou was small. There were thousands of defenders in the city, and they could not hold Wang Xun's 40,000 troops at all. Moreover, Zhengde's order was to let him take the initiative to go with the grassland people.

When fighting, it is not to let him use the city to hold on.

In this case, Wang Xun had to harden his head and set up a formation on the hem of Yingzhou City to fight against 50,000 grassland cavalry. When the little Tatar prince brought his army to the city of Yingzhou, he saw that the opponent's army was prepared by tens of thousands of people.

He was confused about the battle with them. Even if he was defeated by the Xuanfu army last time, they would have attacked the city first. When they could not conquer their morale for a long time, they were defeated by the later Ming reinforcements. But now
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