Chapter 531 530 Breaking the Grass Valley

Chapter 531 530 Breaking the Grass Valley

In just one night, Shunyi's request for help was sent to the capital. At the same time, Miyun and Huairou in the north also sent battle reports to the capital.

"The Tatars failed to attack Miyun and immediately went south to attack Shunyi County. Huairou didn't even go?"

Wei Guangde was stunned when he learned from Zhang Ji, who was responsible for inquiring about the news, that the news was delivered to the capital last night. He did not expect that this time An Dahan entered the customs and did not even intend to guard his retreat.

Yes, so far, the Ming court still thought that it was Anda Khan who led the team into the Great Wall, just like more than ten years ago.

The battle report sent from Qiangziling Pass has actually been sent to the Ministry of War, but it has not been released because it has not been verified.

If it was reported in a hurry that the Tatars only came in with more than 10,000 people, and in the end the Tatars still had a rear group or their judgment was wrong, the Ministry of War would not be able to escape its involvement.

At this time, there is no harm in taking a little pause.

At the very least, it was not wrong when the Ministry of War first reported that tens of thousands of Tatars had entered the customs.

However, Wei Guangde was also thinking about this matter at this time.

Although the location of Miyun does not completely block the Tatars' return to the grassland, it is strange for the Tatars to completely give up the attack.

You must know that once the Ming army gathers a large army to kill them, the Tatars retreat. When they reach the mountain, the Miyun garrison goes out to fight. Even if it cannot block their escape route, it will delay their retreat time. When the time comes, the Ming army behind them rushes up to surround them. What other way for them to survive?

Wei Guangde couldn't figure it out. According to Miyun's battle report, the Tatar strength was indeed tens of thousands, but now there were only a few Tatars monitoring outside Miyun City.

Of course, it makes sense that they were surrounded and feared that the Tatars were hiding in the dark, so they did not dare to go out of the city to eliminate the remaining Tatars outside the city.

But when the Ming army gathered to launch a major counterattack, it was impossible for Miyun to use such an excuse to avoid the battle. The only option was to send themselves to the guillotine. The Miyun guard would not be so stupid.

Moreover, Miyun also reported that the Gubeikou garrison sent people to contact their city. That is to say, the Gubeikou Pass was not attacked by Tatars, and there was no trace of Tatars even outside the pass wall.

As a rule, it is impossible for just tens of thousands of Tatars to penetrate very far into the realm of enlightenment.

Either the Tatars still have a large army hiding outside the pass, such as Gubeikou.

They were waiting for the opportunity. The Ming Dynasty court dispatched troops to besiege the Tatars who entered the pass. At this time, a large group of troops took advantage of the opportunity and entered?

However, this possibility is very low, and many aspects do not make sense.

If there is really a rear group, why not come in together from Qiangziling Pass, just as slowly as possible. After all, we have crossed the Great Wall.

By this time, Wei Guangde began to doubt the purpose of the Tatar attack based on the fact that the Tatars did not attack Miyun and Huairou.

In fact, during this period, the Tatar offensives along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty were often in the form of grass-grazing, that is, they rushed in, grabbed and ran away.

However, such tactics are more commonly used against border towns such as Liaodong, Xuanda, and Yansui.

Because Jizhen has the capital city behind it and the Ming army has a large number of troops stationed there, it is not suitable for launching such an offensive, or it has never been done before.

There is a similar move in the east of Ji Town, but that place is far away from the capital, so the capital does not need to be under martial law.

Once Ji Town is invaded, especially if the pass is broken near Miyun, most of the spearheads will go straight to the capital.

Under inertial thinking, when they first learned that the Miyun Great Wall had been breached, everyone thought that the Tatars were going to attack the capital, and then there was the news.

However, if they threaten the capital, such a small force of more than 10,000 Tatars will definitely fall into the dilemma of insufficient troops.

After entering the pass, they did not ensure the safety of their retreat. They gave up the attack on Miyun and hurried south and appeared directly in Shunyi. It was similar to entering the pass to clear grass valleys. They came in just to plunder.

On the contrary, the Ming army, due to lack of combat power, did not dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to attack the Tatars, for fear of loss. After all, this was the Gyeongsang region.

No matter what time, the safety of the capital must come first.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde felt like he still couldn't do anything.

So what if you know they are just here to enjoy the autumn breeze?

Do you still expect to use the old soldiers from the Beijing camp to go out of the city to defeat them?

There are indeed many troops around the capital, but they are all scattered in the city. The only mobile troops around the capital are actually the old soldiers in the capital camp, otherwise they will not rush to mobilize Xuanda soldiers and horses to mobilize reinforcements towards Baoding Prefecture.

Wei Guangde had never seen what the guardsmen around Baoding Mansion were like, but the guardsmen of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be in similar condition.

that's it.

Expecting them to expel more than 10,000 Tatars seems to be overestimating their capabilities.

After leaving his house, Wei Guangde was still thinking about the matter on the carriage.

But after thinking for a long time, it seemed that they could do nothing except wait for the Xuanfu and Datong Army to arrive.

The other thing is to wait for Ji Town to collect the remaining soldiers and horses of Santun Camp.

However, Wei Guangde is not very optimistic, and the elite should still be near Shanhaiguan at this time.

Shanhaiguan is about 600 miles away from the capital, and the Ming army would have to march for more than ten days at a normal marching speed. Even if they accelerated their march due to military emergencies, the cavalry would be easy to do. They could gallop all the way and they could arrive in two or three days. However, they would definitely not be able to do so at the first time if they were short of men and horses. Enter the battlefield.

The infantry would have to walk for at least five or six days. For the same reason, it was impossible to go out to fight as soon as they arrived at the battlefield.

If the Ming army from the Santun camp comes over, the time can be shortened by half, but we don't know what the combat strength will be.

Although Wei Guangde had gone to see the soldiers in Jizhen, it was several years ago after all, and the soldiers he showed to them were naturally elite soldiers. Wei Guangde was worried that the Santun camp could only produce a bunch of old, weak and remnant soldiers.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde's heart moved.

If you can figure this out on your side, the Tatars who have been at war with the Ming army for a long time will not know it.

Moreover, due to the relationship between the White Lotus Sect, it seems that the Tatars are also very familiar with the Ming army. Ma Fang also said that the Tatar attack was very purposeful and organized.

He calculated that there would be several days of defense gap near the capital. During these days, the Tatars only needed to be wary of the Ming army in the Santun Camp and then plunder as they pleased.

It will be safe to evacuate before the surrounding reinforcements arrive.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde felt more and more that it seemed very simple for the Tatars to enter the border, and they had no intention of threatening the capital. After all, they only had so many people, so what could they do?

Do you want to be promoted through meritorious service?

Of course Wei Guangde thought so.

But he felt it was a bit risky to jump out at this time.

Moreover, with his level, I'm afraid he won't be able to do much.

If you want to take over the command of Ji Zhen or Xuanda reinforcements, you must at least be at the level of Minister of War.

Shaking his head, he sighed.

Although he was able to get a letter from Ma Fang, asking him to lead his troops not to go directly to the capital, but to go to Huairou, attack Miyun, and cut off the Tatars' return route.

But they were also worried that if they really blocked the people in the pass, they would run around everywhere, looking for passes along the Great Wall to break out, and the Ming army would not be able to stop them.

At that time, the entire border defense will be messed up and messed up, and the guilt will be even greater.

Or only by letting the reinforcements enter Beijing from Changping, then starting from Beijing to drive the Tatars out of the Great Wall, and the Jizhen army squeezing the Tatars on the right wing, can the losses be minimized.

As for encircling and annihilating this group of Tatars, without enough cavalry, it will be very difficult.

The carriage slowly stopped while shaking, and the driver announced from the front: "Master, we have arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion."

Since the war started in the past two days, Wei Guangde naturally had no intention of attending the ceremony, so he arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion early this morning.

It would be more practical to take advantage of the crisis and show up in front of Prince Yu to improve your status in his mind.

Although these are of little significance now, once King Yu ascends the throne in the future, his own benefits will come.

There are some positions vacant above. In the eyes of King Yu, those who come from his own palace are not the first thing to think about.

Lifting the curtain, Wei Guangde quickly jumped out of the carriage and looked up at the weather. It was gray, just like the current atmosphere in the capital. He shook his head slightly and walked into the palace.

"What did Hu Zhen say?"

At this time, Sun Bin, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, was riding on his horse and asked the soldiers beside him. They had just received a report from Miyun guard Hu Zhen.

After receiving the news yesterday, he hurriedly gathered the remaining cavalry of the Santun Camp to march westward, and stationed in Zunhua that night. Early this morning, he led all the cavalry out of the city and rushed towards Jizhou City.

Today we don't plan to spend the night in Jizhou, but go directly through the city to Sanhe. We will camp wherever we go. We must reach Sanhe as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Tongzhou's flanks.

If the Tatars continue to go south to attack Tongzhou, he will have no choice but to take risks to relieve Tongzhou even with a small number of generals.

"Commander, Deputy General Hu sent someone to contact Gubeikou General Guo Hu yesterday and dispatched a group of elites to Miyun to be on standby.

According to the investigation, after the Tatars failed to attack Miyun this time, they went south to attack Shunyi but failed, so they began to loot the surrounding areas. Some troops also entered nearby Sanhe, Huairou and other places. "

The soldier replied hurriedly.

"The Tatars are not approaching the capital or Tongzhou?"

Sun Bin asked with a frown.

"Yesterday afternoon, the Tatars broke into the vicinity of Shunyi. Because a beacon fire alarm was set off on a pier, the gates of Shunyi City were closed early. Seeing that they could not enter the city, the Tatars began to loot. It is unknown whether they will continue to move south today."

The soldier replied, "In addition, Deputy General Hu also said that he had contacted other officers and soldiers at the pass and found no signs of large groups of Tatar soldiers and horses outside the pass wall. He is suspicious."

Having said this, the soldier hesitated slightly.

"What does he suspect?"

Sun Bin also became suspicious at this moment. When he heard that Hu Zhen was also suspicious, he immediately asked dissatisfiedly.

"What Deputy General Hu means is that this group of Tatars seems to be here to plunder. According to the report from Qiangziling Pass, there are tens of thousands of Tatars entering the pass, and no Tatar army has been found elsewhere. Assembling should be done without backup."

The soldier replied.

"Throwing grass in the valley?"

Sun Bin had actually made such a guess before, but because there was no precedent, he couldn't be sure.

Now that I heard that Hu Zhen also analyzed it like this, I suddenly felt that it was very possible.

Immediately, Sun Bin thought that since the Tatars came in to rob, let them rob.

He had received news from the Ministry of War that the imperial court had transferred the King of Guards from the four towns in the west and Dusi in the south.

Since a large army will arrive here soon, it is estimated that the Tatar will escape by then. He only needs to lead his army to follow and kill him. There is no need to take the lead.

I don't have enough troops around me, but the responsibility lies with Yang Xuan and has nothing to do with me. When the time comes, I can just hand over Yang Xuan's order to the Ministry of War.

"knew."

Sun Bin agreed, and then ordered: "Send the order, the whole army speeds up, and must reach Sanhe County as soon as possible."

With the speed of the cavalry, it can be reached from Sanhe to Tongzhou in half a day, and then to the capital. It is not far away. In fact, it can be reached in one day.

He led his army to Sanhe. If the Tatars really wanted to attack the capital, he would have to rush to rescue them in time.

At this time, Hu Zhen, the deputy commander-in-chief of Miyun, was also staring at a map.

After he got the news of the exploration by the horse last night, and based on the news from various passes of the Great Wall, he had already made some guesses, so he told Sun Bin that.

This group of Tatars stayed in the pass for a short time, and they must choose to escape after the Ming army gathered.

However, when he was staring at the map, he was not thinking about strengthening Miyun's defense, but looking for an opportunity, an opportunity for meritorious service and promotion.

Although he is also the deputy commander-in-chief, he is guarding Miyun. If he is promoted through meritorious service, he can become the commander-in-chief of a town.

For military generals, this is naturally their ultimate goal, to gain the title of Governor.

However, the opportunity is not obvious now, so Hu Zhen does not intend to act rashly, but will wait and see what happens.

For Jizhen officials, he is definitely not the most worried person at this time.

Although the Tatars broke through the Miyun defense area, they could keep Miyun intact. Their contribution was not small, and even if they were punished, it would not be a big deal.

On the contrary, it is Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, who is to blame.

He, the deputy commander-in-chief of Miyun, also knew about the dispute between Jizhen and the Ministry of War.

After this time, Yang Xuan's official position may not be guaranteed.

Just as Hu Zhen thought, Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

After he got the Tatar Pomodaoyu and Qiangziling city walls in Shanhaiguan and entered the customs, he felt that something was wrong.

If Miyun goes south, it will take a few days to reach the capital.

Along the way, the troops stationed in Miyun, Shunyi and other places can only protect themselves. Those soldiers can reinforce the Great Wall pass when danger arises. Of course, they are no match for the Tatars in the field.

In a hurry, he ordered the troops leaving Shanhaiguan to return to aid the capital, and at the same time he organized the troops around him and immediately left Shanhaiguan and headed towards the capital.

At the same time, he also issued military orders to Sun Bin, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack the enemy.

At this time, whether or not to win the fight was no longer within his scope of consideration. What he had to consider was how to make up for his mistakes and prevent the Tatar army from approaching the capital.

However, due to the distance, when his warrant was delivered to Santun Camp, Sun Binren was already approaching Sanhe County.

However, he still knew that the elite Ming troops in the Santun camp were all in the direction of Shanhaiguan, and Sun Bin didn't have many troops at his disposal.

Therefore, regardless of the fatigue of his soldiers, he personally urged all ministries to hurry up and move closer to the capital, hoping that by creating threats on the flanks, the Tatars would retreat.

Even though he could feel the dissatisfaction in the Ming soldiers' eyes towards him, he would not hesitate to cause a mutiny as a result.

Now, all he can think of is to rush to the capital as soon as possible, command the army in Jizhen to repel the Tatars, and atone for his sins.