Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The sky was dim, and bursts of black smoke could be vaguely seen rising from the tents in the distance.Su Yan stood on the top of the hill, holding the only remaining monocular spy tube that was taken out of the palace treasury, and looked carefully in front of his eyes.

The fire was started in the darkest night before dawn, and along with the panicked shouts from the tents, it spread far away in the silent mountain valley.

Judging from the standard of those tents, it should be the army of Oara, who went deep into the Daming territory for more than a hundred miles, as if they were going to bypass the Xuanda defense line and rush to the Taiyuan army town.

Su Yan has been following the army, and he doesn't know how to set fire to the enemy camp without being noticed.But he knew that King Yu must have used some kind of trick.

——This conjecture was verified after the war.

He met his long-lost old friend——Yan Chengxue, former minister of Shaanxi Xingtaipu Temple.

Because of being involved in the case of poisoning Altan, Yan Chengxue was beheaded by Emperor Jinglong face-to-face. It was Su Yan who used a trick of Li Daitao to freeze his life, and sent him to the secret army of Daming "Ye Bu Shuo".Now the Sri Lankan has changed his face and become the general banner of Lou Yexue who does not accept at night.

Facts have proved that it was an extremely wise decision for Su Yan to suggest to Zhu Helin that Yebushou should also be handed over to King Yu.

A few days ago, the King of Yu asked Lou Yexue and Huo Dun to take a few elites who would not accept them at night, disguised as fleeing civilians, and were captured by the Oala cavalry into the camp, where they were responsible for doing dirty and hard work.In the middle of the night today, after the Oirats fell asleep, they quietly set fire to the tents and the food and grass accompanying the army, creating chaos and giving the Jingbei Army an opportunity.

Of course, the reunion of old friends is a later story.

At present, Su Yan was standing on the hill behind to watch the battle. Seeing the fierce fire and the commotion in the camp, the Jingbei Army took the opportunity to launch a frontal attack on the Wala camp.

The uniforms of the cavalry of the Jingbei Army are black, so they are also called "Xuanjia".

The leader of the army, King Yu, was wearing a black fine iron mountain armor, except for a helmet fringe and a cloak behind him that were white in color. Be the first to rush to the forefront of this front arrow.

The moment he rushed into the camp, he swiped the tip of his spear and cut off the banner of the sacred tree standing beside the camp gate.With this swipe, it was like a cold light flashed by the sharp teeth of the dragon when it opened its mouth, and the entire team behind it came alive like a spinning dragon body, and there was a faint roar of wind and thunder in the air.

The horse's hooves stepped on the unprepared Wala soldiers, the sharp blades cut flesh and bones, blood spattered, and the screams pierced into the sky.

The war in the history books is grand but far away, but when it is laid out in the most real and cruel posture before your eyes, the power that crushes all life into mud is enough to make your heart tremble.Su Yan watched with bated breath, one hand clenched the peeping pan, and the other unconsciously grabbed Jing Hongzhui's arm.

Jing Hongzhui put her palm on the back of his hand, and said softly: "My lord, don't be nervous, the current situation is completely on our side."

When Su Yan was about to speak, he realized that his vocal cords were a little stiff. He tried to relax and said, "I'm not worried about King Yu. Now that the Jingbei Army has taken the lead, it's time to go all out. It's just... if the enemy can Responding quickly after a sudden panic, there may not be such a one-sided situation in the future."

Jing Hong's sharp eyesight is extraordinary, at this moment, she is able to see the battle situation in the camp clearly without peeping through her eyes.Wen Yan nodded and said: "My lord's guess is right. You see, the Oirats have reacted and are integrating their troops and horses. They are well-trained in their actions. I don't know who the general is?"

Su Yan recalled that King Yu said before leaving that he was going to pick up Altan's head. Could it be that the Oirat army that was attacked was really led by Altan himself?

He hasn't had time to tell Yu Wang his vision of the country's diplomacy in the future!

But the matter has come to this point, and after the meat grinder of war starts to run, no one can stop it abruptly with his own strength.

He can only continue to watch the battle.It was discovered that the Wala side was facing the strong attack of the Jingbei Army, and quickly gathered and integrated the rest of the troops, and divided the troops into multiple groups to cover and retreat alternately.

"The enemy is full of energy, and I avoid his sharp edge. This Oirat general has some skills." Su Yan murmured with a complicated mood, "After all, 'one vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion'."

"Do you think they will be willing to retreat after avoiding it?"

"If it were me... I wouldn't."

Sure enough, the Oirat army retreated alternately for about twenty miles, and then stopped by a river, facing the Jingbei army forward, as if they wanted to kill the carbine.

Jing Hong was a bold chasing artist, and led Su Yan to follow closely on horseback, even surpassing the rear army, found a commanding height on the edge of the battle circle, and continued to watch the battle.

I saw that the tens of thousands of horses of the Jingbei Army were also divided into three army formations: saber cavalry, musketeers, and cavalry archers.

Under the command of the general, the three armies charged with bows, arrows, firearms and iron cavalry, using the different beating rhythms of the large army drums as the transition nodes, rushing back and forth like waves.On the battlefield, projectiles roared, arrows were fired, and the sound of killing was loud.

Su Yan opened his eyes wide, and suddenly grabbed Jing Hong's hand and shouted: "I remember, this is the 'stacking formation method' created by Wu Jie, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty! Depending on the range of the weapon, each unit attacks alternately, such as The waves stacked layer upon layer, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe... No, this is an improvement on the basis of the 'stacking formation method', using firearms to make up for the shortcomings of my Da Ming's cavalry and shooting that is not as good as Bei Mo's."

People in Beimo grew up on horseback. They were born to ride and shoot, and they were skilled in archery. It can be said that all the people are cavalrymen, and they are also a cavalry army that can come and go quickly, advance and retreat freely, and have strong mobility.

Da Ming's method of fighting against Beimo has always been to focus on defense. He built the Great Wall along the border and built military towns.It's a pity that this "connecting the dots into a line" defensive strategy did not have a good effect on resisting the Northern Desert Cavalry.

Because the opponent was so flexible, he quickly cut into the hinterland of the Central Plains from the gap between the border forts without waiting for the Daming Frontier Defense Station to send troops to stop him, as if entering the body of a cow with ease.When the army was assembled and ready to fight, they had almost plundered, and the cavalry turned around and ran away, and no one could catch up.

The imperial court has always had a headache about this, and there are so many big men in the Ministry of War, but they have not been able to think of any better way to control the enemy.After all, their advantages and strengths are clearly there. The ancestors used to rely on such a cavalry team to conquer almost half of the Europa continent.

Including Su Yan himself in the previous life, after pondering with several military enthusiasts, he didn't figure out a better countermeasure.

But King Yu's battle seemed to open another window in front of his eyes—it turned out that the fight with Bei Mo could still be fought like this!Anticipate the enemy first, take the initiative to attack, use fast to control fast, and use riding to control riding!

Leading the whole army with one man's blood and bravery is a fierce general;

He who guides the whole army with one man's strategy is a wise general;

In the past, he was well-versed in human formations and was a famous general;

And to open up new strategic ideas, use various tactics like a Rubik's cube in your fingers, combine them arbitrarily, and come at your fingertips - he is a genius military strategist who turns war into art.

Under the Jingbei Army's slow advance and retreat and the roaring musket bullets, the Oirat cavalry fell off their horses one after another, causing countless casualties.

In this battle, our side fought while advancing, and the enemy retreated while fighting. From the col to the river and then to the mouth of the valley, we fought for three hours.The two sides fought five times, and the Jingbei Army broke through steadily, but they still failed to break through the opponent's core and won a decisive victory.

Jing Hongzhui also discovered this problem. While forcing the dry food to Su Yan, she frowned and thought about it. She clearly had the upper hand, so why couldn't she completely defeat the enemy army?

Su Yan ran after the battle circle for three or four hours. He was in an extremely excited state of mind. He didn't want to sleep, and he didn't even want to eat. In the end, Jing Hong chased him and forced him to eat two pancakes. a jug of water.

"Because the chief general in Oala is not a fuel-efficient lamp." He looked as far as the eye with a peeping stick, but unfortunately he was too far away to see the appearance of the opponent's general clearly. Turning the situation around from time to time can be said to have maximized the mobility advantage of the grassland cavalry. If you change to a slightly weaker general, you will have been severely injured by King Yu long ago."

"What if this person is really Altan?" Jing Hong asked, "In a battle on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes. One of him and King Yu will die by the opponent's sword."

Su Yan's heart sank suddenly, and he shuddered suddenly. He gritted his teeth and said, "The Jingbei Army must win this battle, otherwise our Great Ming Army will lose its prestige, let alone its morale to fight against the northern desert tribes, and there will be endless troubles!"

He let out a long "ah", like a sigh of relief after a conflict, but also like a heavy sigh: "Ah Zhui, I know very well that there is no personal affair in front of the righteousness of the family and the country."

While speaking, the battlefield situation changed again.

The Oirat army retreated while fighting, and it seemed that they had reached the border between the two countries, and further north was a vast wasteland.

The terrain gradually opened up, and the armies on both sides fought and gradually dispersed.Su Yan urged Jing Hong to lead him to catch up with the front army, shooting down Liu Ya who was close to him along the way, and from time to time killed a few Oirat cavalry who were alone.

He vaguely saw King Yu's black armor in the galloping team ahead, the white tassels on the helmets had become red tassels, and the white cloak on the back had already been stained red with blood.

Su Yan suddenly understood why King Yu used white tassels and white cloaks.

Maybe it's because only by dyeing them red with the blood of the enemy can this peerless general feel the price of life for a victory.

At that moment, he wanted to take off the blood-stained shirt for King Yu himself, and tell him——

"There is a defeated Oirat cavalry team in front of us." Jing Hongchai suddenly said, interrupting Su Yan's thoughts, "King Yu led his troops to chase."

Su Yan quickly adjusted his mentality and said, "Ah Zhui, let's find a higher place to take a closer look."

But the front gradually entered the grassland landform, and the surrounding terrain was flat, so it was difficult to find the commanding heights.After thinking about it, Jing Hong galloped another way north, and came to the bottom of a bare cliff, then abandoned the horse and jumped to the top of the cliff with Su Yan. After scanning around, he found Yu in the forward army. Wang figure.

This place is very close to the center of the battle. Jing Hong chased and told Su Yan: "Your Excellency will follow me every step of the way. If there is any danger, even if Your Excellency disagrees, I will take you away."

Su Yan stared at the black dragon-like figure on the Baishuang grassland, and murmured: "There seems to be something wrong..."

Jing Hong pursued: "The enemy army was defeated, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue, what's wrong?"

Su Yan shook his head slowly: "The defeated Oirat cavalry was a little small in number, and they fled too hastily, which always feels unnatural."

"Could it be..."

Jing Hong's eyes flashed, and he said with Su Yan in unison: "Fake defeat to lure the enemy?"

Su Yan felt more and more that this guess was likely to be true, because the Jingbei Army began to be agitated, and some rear troops tried their best to gallop their horses and galloped in order to win the victory, and they couldn't even maintain their formation.

It's no wonder that seeing the victory within one's grasp, but still not being able to completely win it, makes one feel irritable over and over again-this is human nature.What's more, the long-term fierce battle without sleep and without water and rice will seriously affect people's judgment.

"... No, I have to remind King Yu, don't chase after the poor, beware of the enemy's tricks!" Su Yan patted Jing Hongzhui's arm, turned around to find the way down the cliff, "Achai, let's go down !"

Jing Hongzhui grabbed his wrist with his backhand: "My lord, you can't! It's dangerous in battle."

Su Yan firmly grasped Jing Hongzhui's hand: "Azhui, you know me. When I decide to do something, who can persuade me? I know that doing this is putting myself in danger, but I can't let it go. King Yu, he disregarded the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jingbei Army. Ah Zhui, I entrust this life to you, take me there!"

How could Jing Hong chase be able to bear such begging.Even if my lord insists on going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, he will accompany and escort him without hesitation, and the battlefield is no exception.

So he hugged Su Yan's waist, jumped down the cliff three times and five times, found the horse that was gnawing grass roots, and the two of them rode together and galloped towards King Yu, who was the most forward in the team.

The closer it was, the more dangerous the scene was. Jing Hong chased and drew out the long sword "Oath" at his waist, not only beheading the arrows and enemy cavalry, but also controlling the horses to avoid musket bullets, and finally got close to King Yu.

Yu Wangying's cloak was all red, blood dripped from the long blade of the lance, and a stream of blood was also spattered on his face.

He turned his head abruptly, seeing Su Yan galloping towards under the escort of Jing Hongchai, he froze for a moment, frowned, then stretched his sword eyebrows, and smiled freely.

He didn't order anyone to stop him, nor did he say anything to drive Su Yan back to a safe place. Instead, he stretched out his arms towards Su Yan and shouted, "Hey, come here, I'll take you to fight!"

Su Yan seemed to be bewitched, and made a movement towards him. If Jing Hong hadn't caught up with him, he might have fallen off the horse.

Jing Hongzhui glared at King Yu, and cursed with sharp eyes like a sword: If you care about him, you will mess up. If you don't dissuade him, you don't think about his safety. Why are you making such a fuss? !

Wang Quanzuo of Yu couldn't see him, and his arms stretched out towards Su Yan like a wildly burning flame of war: "Come here, get on my horse!"

Su Yan begged Jing Hong to chase: "Achai, send me there! The gunshots are so loud, he can't hear me when I'm far away."

Jing Hongzui was so angry that she clenched her fist secretly, almost crushing the hilt of the sword, and flung Su Yan with her hand helplessly, gently throwing Su Yan out.

King Yu stretched out his arms to catch him easily, and pulled him onto the saddle in front of him.Su Yan's back suddenly stuck to the cold armor, shivered, and hurriedly said: "Don't chase after the poor, beware of fraud..."

"Hmm," King Yu lowered his head and rubbed Su Yan's forehead with his bearded chin, "Does Qinghe believe me?"

"A letter is a letter, but—"

"Then you don't need to say anything. Just stay with me, let's see what I do..." An arrow was shot in the face, and King Yu easily shot it down with the tip of his lance. The Oirat cavalry was stabbed to the core.When the spear tip was pulled out from the chest, the spurted blood was blocked by the flying cloak, and not a drop of it splashed on Su Yan's body.Su Yan firmly grasped King Yu's arm around his waist, nervous but at peace, he heard the second half of King Yu's belated sentence, "See how I can win for you and for Daming!"

Among the Oirat army, a cavalry galloped over and shouted loudly in Beimo dialect: "Honorable Taiji, the enemy has been tricked! The enemy general led his troops to charge forward, chasing the remnant soldiers we lured into the grassland!"

There was a smile on the rough, tough and slightly tired face of the chief general of Wala: "Okay, order an ambush to encircle and annihilate them!"

As soon as the words fell, another cavalry rushed over, and he came first before he got close, shouting loudly: "Report—a large group of Ming country cavalry suddenly appeared on the two wings of our army, and they are attacking our army!"

The chief general of Wala was surprised: "Most of the troops of the Jingbei Army are here, where are the ambush soldiers on the two wings?"

"Yes...it's Heiyun Tuqi! The Heiyun Tuqi who once swept Wulan Mountain!"

"The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind." King Yu pointed his long lance to the left and right sides of the front, and said to Su Yan in his arms, "He lured the enemy deep, and I pretended to be caught; The army in the middle was cut off so that the head and tail could not see each other, and then they were defeated one by one. Qinghe, we have won!"

On the horse's back, Su Yan's heart was beating wildly, pounding against his chest.He took a quick breath, and his fingertips sank deeply into King Yu's arm.

King Yu seemed to feel the boiling emotions of the person in his arms at this time, stretched out his fingers to pinch his jaw, turned his face to the side, lowered his head and kissed deeply, and covered the two of them with a long cloak head and face.

The cloak smelled like blood, but Su Yan couldn't smell it.He was dazzled, his soul flew out of his body, and hovered over this battlefield that belonged to heroes.