Chapter 226 225 Fight

"Sir Wei, can't you see the situation clearly? The Tartars are hoping that we can rush into the military camp, and then they will use the remaining thousand cavalry to block our retreat."

When Liu Dazhang heard Wei Guangde say this, he was furious. How stupid would he be to jump into the Tartars' trap at this time.

"It is possible, but once we rush in forcefully, will they dare to use three thousand households to rescue Altan Khan?"

Wei Guangde asked back.

"But if they go, what if we occupy this place?"

Liu Dazhang pointed his whip at the camp in front of him, which was almost randomly arranged, and asked: "Does Sir Wei think that this camp can stop the impact of thousands of Tartar cavalry? Can we do it with just tens of thousands of people?"

Liu Dazhang's meaning was very clear. He didn't think that occupying this place would help them. Once the Tartars felt that they had an opportunity, they would leave this broken camp to the Ming army. They would come out in full force to rescue Altan Khan, and Liu Huan would definitely not be able to stop them.

Once the cavalry of Altan gathered together, there would be several thousand of them, enough to crush Ma Fang and Liu Huan's troops, and then surround them here.

Maybe they have a good appetite and will trample the camp and kill them all, which is also an extremely easy thing.

Although reason told him that Liu Dazhang was right, and it was definitely not a good thing to forcefully attack the camp at this time, it was still a very dangerous thing, but Wei Guangde also knew that they could not retreat now.

Retreating would mean admitting that everything was lost.

Not only that, it is very likely that the cavalry of the Xuanfu Ming army, which was not strong to begin with, might suffer a disaster of destruction.

While the three of them were talking, it was possible that Liu Huan's side was about to start fighting.

Ma Fang's troops must have already entered, and Liu Huan's side also started fighting. Cavalry against cavalry, once entangled, it would be difficult to get away.

Then what about the more than 10,000 infantry on his side?

At that time, the only thing he could do was to abandon the chariot to save the general, abandon the cavalry and save the infantry.

Wei Guangde could not bear such a result. He had sent someone to deliver what he wrote to Juyongguan. He didn't know how Weng Pu would deal with it, but if he really lost here, it would prove that he was wrong and Liu Dazhang was right, and his career would be over.

Losing troops and territory, all the faults in this war would be on Wei Guangde's head.

At this time, Wei Guangde felt that he seemed to have thought the war was a bit simple. He thought Ma Fang could easily defeat Altan Khan's camp through a sneak attack. He thought the Tartars would be at a loss in the face of their attack as he thought.

He had always been constructing the battlefield with his own thinking power, but he forgot how the other side would react.

At this time, there was a continuous sound of "bang bang bang bang" from a distance. Wei Guangde suddenly turned his head and looked over there. There was the direction of the back door of Altan Khan's military camp. Obviously, the Tartar cavalry was going to rush out of the camp.

At this time, at the back door of the Altan army camp, a large group of Tatar cavalrymen assembled at a distance from the camp gate. Under the command of the thousand households, they began to drive forward, accelerating and soon rushed out of the camp gate.

Just at the moment of rushing out of the camp gate, the Ming cavalrymen on the opposite side, who had already formed a formation, kept firing their bird guns.

Slightly different from the Ming army that the Altan cavalrymen had encountered in the past, these cavalrymen who stood still did not take a long time to reload their fire guns after firing them. They held the fire stick in their mouths and could quickly complete the reloading and shoot the second time.

The sound of gunfire continued, and the Tatar cavalrymen who rushed out of the camp gate fell off their horses in large numbers. Some of them fell off their horses, and some of them fell off their horses because their horses were injured and uncontrollably.

In an instant, there was chaos outside the back door of the Altan army camp with people shouting and horses neighing.

The thousand-household troops in front were already in chaos, disrupted by the Ming army's muskets. The two thousand-household troops who were about to rush out quickly reined in their horses and stopped their troops' charge.

"Reorganize."

The Tatar shouted loudly in Mongolian at the gate of the military camp, calling on his injured companions to retreat immediately and clean up the camp gate.

In the Ming army, the guerrilla general Liu Huan was really laughing at this scene. He didn't expect that the general's mansion actually had such a fierce weapon hidden. Although the shooting frequency was still not as fast as the bow and arrow, it was not much different.

The key is that as long as there are enough bullet cartridges, it seems that you can shoot for a long time.

This thing is much more useful than the bow and arrow. Archer training is too troublesome, and it is even more difficult to practice archery.

"Go, report our situation here to the general."

Liu Huan called a personal soldier and asked him to report to Liu Dazhang, the general of Xuanfu, immediately.

The Tatars were quickly cleaning the camp gate, and the Tatar cavalry inside the gate began to reorganize again, ready to launch a new charge at any time.

In such an environment, Liu Huan did not dare to let the cavalrymen of the general's mansion reload the cartridges, and could only pass on the command to let them shoot accurately.

Once the fire guns were used up, it would be his cavalrymen who would shoot arrows to defend against the enemy.

Just now, the Tartars also shot a lot of arrows during the charge, and they were lucky enough to hit a few unlucky guys. Compared with the casualties of the Tartars, it was negligible.

Just when Liu Dazhang and Wei Guangde were in a dispute over whether to advance or retreat, a fast horse came from a distance, and a fast horse appeared in the distance, so that Liu Dazhang, Tian Shiwei and Wei Guangde were confused about where the news came from.

Soon, a war horse approached, and the cavalry on the horse reported loudly: "Report to the General, the Tatars rushed out from the rear camp and were blocked by our army. Now they are regrouping and preparing for the second raid."

"knew."

Liu Dazhang nodded and agreed, but looked at the horse running in the distance.

"These are the soldiers we sent out to investigate the situation in Ma Fang."

After the soldier who sent the message ran away, Tian Shiwei stared at the cavalry running in the distance for a long time before speaking to Liu Dazhang and Wei Guangde.

"The Ministry of Ma Fang has not received the notice for a long time, no."

At this time, Liu Dazhang made a guess that he couldn't even imagine, but before he finished speaking, he didn't want to say such unlucky words in this place.

The words struck Wei Guangde's ears like a bolt from the blue.

As Liu Dazhang said, when Wei Guangde re-examined the changes in the battle situation, he discovered that Ma Fang's sneak attack on Anda Khan's headquarters, which he thought was foolproof at first, seemed to be extremely uncertain.

Whether Ma Fang can break the Anda Khan camp will directly determine the outcome of this battle.

If Ma Fang fails, Anda Khan's royal guards will definitely rush here after defeating Ma Fang's tribe, attack Liu Huan's tribe from both sides, and then hunt down the infantry here after defeating them. They can If you can't run fast, you won't be able to get into the city first.

Wei Guangde felt dizzy for a moment, but in his heart he still knew clearly that he was on a horse and could not fall off the horse, so he held on to the saddle with both hands.

After his mind calmed down a little, he began to think quickly about how to end this matter.

Soon, after the cavalry rushed here, he loudly reported everything he observed near the Ada Khan camp.

Ma Fang's tribe has indeed rushed in, and the previous few camps have been successfully broken through, but now Ma Fang's tribe may have fallen into the enemy camp.

"Have you ever seen the enemy camp?"

After listening to the soldier's report, Tian Shiwei suddenly interrupted and asked.

"I took the risk to go in and take a look. There were still shouts of death inside. The fighting was very fierce. I was afraid that I would fall into it, so I didn't dare to get too close."

The soldier replied carefully.

"Where are they in the Tatar military camp? Is it near the center? Have you seen the golden-domed tent of the Tatar Khan?"

Tian Shiwei continued to ask, it is certain that Ma Fang's tribe is in trouble, but he just doesn't know if they have killed An Dahan.

The three people here know the mission of Ma Fang's tribe. Even if Ma Fang's entire army is annihilated, as long as they can complete the mission of killing Anda Khan, then the Ming army will not be considered a loser in this battle. No matter how great the loss is, they are not afraid. .

There are plenty of soldiers and horses.

"This kid didn't see clearly."

The soldier said a little aggrievedly, and after speaking, he looked up at the sky.

Although the sky is now slightly brighter and it is no longer dark as before, and you can see far away, it is still gray when you want to see things in the distance clearly. As for identifying whether the tents built by the Mongolians have golden domes, it seems that there is indeed Difficulty.

However, Xiao Bing suddenly turned his head and thought for a moment before saying: "I'm not sure about the golden-domed tent, but I really want to see a big banner where General Ma and the others are fighting. It's very high. I guess Anda Khan's tent should be there." It’s around there.”

The soldier's next words instantly made Wei Guangde feel ecstatic. Ma Fang really didn't lie to him. He could find Anda Khan when he rushed into the Tatar camp.

The big banner is the symbol of the Tatar Khan. It is used to summon the infantry. It is also used as a commander's flag to fight against the Ming army.

If what Xiaobing said is true, the place with the big banner must be near the tent of Anda Khan.

"No wonder Ma Fang couldn't report to us. They rushed near Anda Khan's military tent. The Tatars must have been resisting desperately. I'm afraid they are really surrounded now and can't report."

Wei Guangde suppressed his excitement and said, as long as he kills An Dahan, he will not escape this time, and as long as he can escape from here, he should be able to prosper when he returns to Beijing.

Yes, Wei Guangde has realized that this place has become a place of right and wrong and is very dangerous.

The Ma Fang tribe may or may not kill Anda Khan, so in the end they will have to bear the wrath of Anda Khan, and these infantrymen may not be able to protect themselves.

This was something Wei Guangde only thought of after he calmed down after the surprise. If he didn't kill Anda Khan, he would have sinned a lot. Even if he ran back, he wouldn't be able to explain.

what to do?

In an instant, the only remedy Wei Guangde could think of was not to lead these infantrymen to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, but to fight to the death.

Yes, attack Anda's military camp with all your strength, hold back the Tatars here, and let Liu Huan's troops go to reinforce Ma Fang.

It doesn't matter even if Liu Huan's troops are entangled by the Tatars sent here. As long as they can attack with all their strength before Anda Khan comes over and eliminate the Tatars here, with their troops severely weakened, it will be difficult for Anda Khan to deal with them. They launched encirclement and annihilation tactics.

Before, they had never thought that the Ming army of more than 10,000 people could wipe out the 6,000 cavalrymen of Anda, but now it seems that they can only take a gamble.

Don’t the tens of thousands of households in the camp want to give them some space in the camp?

Take this opportunity to attack with all your strength and try to eliminate two or three thousand Tatars in the camp. Maybe there is still a chance of survival.

The most important thing is that by occupying this place and wiping out a large number of Tatar troops, I seem to have what I can tell my superiors. In this way, I can say that I am invincible.

Wei Guangde now thinks that this is the only way to break the current deadlock. Others, they may be able to continue to live happily, but he is afraid that they will not be able to.

"Master Wei, it's time for us to withdraw."

Liu Dazhang said to Wei Guangde at this time, but what surprised him was that Wei Guangde shook his head.

"Master Wei, our operation here is to cover Ma Fang's raid. Now General Ma has been surrounded by Tatars. We can only abandon them now and return to Baoan Prefecture with the remaining troops. We will try our best to protect Baoan Prefecture without losing talent. The best policy is to wait for the arrival of the Datong Army before fighting."

At this time, Liu Dazhang still expressed his views on the current situation very tactfully.

However, now the words sounded different to Wei Guangde's ears.

So far in this battle, it seems that Liu Dazhang is right. When the time comes, he will be behind bars when he goes back. Will I be so stupid?

Wei Guangde still decided to make a desperate move, since he would be in danger anyway.

"On the contrary, Mr. Liu, we absolutely cannot retreat at this time. Not only can we not retreat, but we must also increase our offensive. The best strategy is to eliminate the Tatars in the camp."

Wei Guangde ignored Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, who was looking over with a frown. Instead, he turned to Zhang Ji and said, "Put on my armor."

"Master Wei, what are you doing?"

Liu Dazhang said in surprise.

"Now that Ma Fang has dragged out Anda Khan's Royal Guards, the most powerful troops of the Tatars, it is our chance to attack with all our strength to eliminate the Tatars in the camp in front of us. If we eliminate them, we will just fight a draw, and it will not count. fail."

Wei Guangde turned around and winked at Zhang Ji and Dong Yiyuan behind him. He didn't know if they would understand, but it was the only thing he could do.

Here, in addition to the more than 200 soldiers brought by Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, Dong Yiyuan's cavalry team has an absolute advantage.

He knew very well that when the battle reached this point, Liu Dazhang would definitely want to return to the city and would not continue fighting. He was afraid of being responsible for losing troops and losing ground.

But when he goes back, nothing will happen to him, Liu Dazhang, but something will happen to him.

I feel sorry for those brothers. Wei Guangde looked forward and glanced at the infantry who were still fighting the Tatars. Now I can only sacrifice you to save myself.

Zhang Ji had been following Wei Guangde and naturally saw the strange look in Wei Guangde's eyes. Dong Yiyuan also noticed it, but he didn't fully understand what it meant.

But it's not important. Wei Guangde has dismounted. Zhang Ji took the baggage from Li San and opened it. The cotton armor where he left it was directly covering Wei Guangde, and then he took out a set of guerrilla general's armor to put on Wei Guangde.

"Yiyuan, please help me put it on. You are more familiar with wearing this kind of armor."

Wei Guangde suddenly said.

Dong Yiyuan hurriedly dismounted and came over, and put on the armor for Wei Guangde under the suspicious eyes of Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei.

"In a while, you will control Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei's people, and kill those who disobey directly."

While Zhang Ji and Dong Yiyuan were helping him put it on, Wei Guangde whispered.