Chapter 370 369 Big Hole

Liu Han and Yu Dayou studied the map and soon came up with a general strategy. They returned to Li Wenjin and began to report the plan for this battle to him.

"Lord Li can take his entourage and go directly to Shahu Fort to summon the border troops to come to support. We will rush to Anyin Fort tomorrow at noon. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, I saw that the fort wall is still there when I came here. With this fort as a support, the more than 10,000 Tartars on the opposite side may not be without a chance of winning."

Liu Han said.

Without waiting for Li Wenjin to speak, Yu Dayou also said: "The battlefield of Anyin Fort is mainly for safety. If the battle is unfavorable, our army can retreat to the castle for defense and wait for the Lord to lead the army to come to support. It doesn't mean that we can't win."

Hearing this, Li Wenjin nodded, "It's right to think about defeat before thinking about victory."

He had understood from Yu Dayou's explanation that they relied on the castle that had long been abandoned by the Ming army not because they had no confidence in defeating the Tartars, but just set up a backhand to prevent the whole army from being defeated after the defeat.

With the military fort behind, even if the battle is not favorable, the army will choose to flee to Anyin Fort, and will never play horse racing with the Tartars on the grassland.

Although he said so, Li Wenjin asked with concern: "There are 8,000 people in our army, and there are more than 10,000 Tartars. What is the probability of winning or losing?"

If everyone were in Datong Town, Liu Han would probably pat his chest and tell him that he would win, but this is outside the Great Wall.

Liu Han just frowned, but did not speak.

To be honest, this was the first time he commanded the Ming army to fight the Tartars without the support of the city wall. This confidence was indeed a little less.

Liu Han did not speak, and looked at Yu Dayou.

Previously, the study of tactics was actually to find the most advantageous battlefield. Of course, this had to take into account the actual situation, that is, time and distance.

The most ideal battlefield, of course, was to fight the Tartars in Shahu Fort, but time and distance did not allow it.

Anyinbao was the battlefield he and Yu Dayou chose after reading the map, so it was certainly not wrong.

It was also Yu Dayou's idea to choose Anyinbao to fight a field battle with the Tartars. If he won, he would continue to return to Datong, and if he lost, he would retreat to the military fort.

It was just that he had given all the responsibility of commanding such a big event on the battlefield to Yu Dayou, and if he turned to the defense of Anyinbao, then he would naturally take back the command.

He was an expert in defensive battles.

"It's hard to say whether we will win or lose. We have to see how the generals on the other side arrange their troops."

Yu Dayou naturally saw Liu Han's eyes at this time, and he understood what he meant and continued, "Water has no constant shape, and soldiers have no constant situation. Before we meet the Tartar generals, everything we say is just talk."

Yu Dayou said seriously, "However, judging from the situation in the last battle with the Tartars in Niuxinbao, I think the odds of winning or losing are 50-50. If you really want me to tell you the truth, the odds of winning are slightly higher by 10%. Lord Li should know me. I don't brag."

After Yu Dayou finished speaking, he looked at Li Wenjin. At this time, Li Wenjin's face was normal, but he couldn't tell anything.

In fact, Li Wenjin was still happy at this time. Who would want to stay outside the Great Wall at this time? The place arranged for him by Liu Han and Yu Dayou was just what he wanted.

After all, Li Wenjin was the governor of Datong and a civil servant. He shouldn't have personally participated in such things as fighting and killing.

Now Yu Dayou said frankly that the odds of winning or losing were 50-50. Well, the winning rate was slightly higher by 10%, but the result would be known only after meeting the Tartars, so there was still a little risk.

Since there was a little risk, he needed to rush back to Shahubao immediately and summon the troops from the various forts of Datong Youwei.

Anyway, Anyinbao was only a day and a half away from Shahubao, so he could gather the troops.

Even if Datong could not mobilize cavalry troops, it could rely on infantry formation to advance, and with a distance of more than a day, it would be able to fight its way out and rescue the besieged Ming army.

"Okay, I'll take my guards back to Shahubao first."

If he had agreed to it before, he would be accused of deserting in the future. Now that Liu Han and Yu Dayou gave him a way out, Li Wenjin did not hesitate and agreed directly.

"I'll leave the Biaoying to you. You're already familiar with those people."

Li Wenjin said to Yu Dayou. The thousand people led by Yu Dayou before were his governor's Biaoying, and they were his guards. Yu Dayou was no stranger to other generals in the Biaoying, so it would be good to let him lead the troops.

Moreover, the unicycle built by Yu Dayou before, the only one in contact with the Datong Army now was his troops. Liu Han was not willing to give a group of troops to Yu Dayou, and only Li Wenjin would do such a thing.

In Li Wenjin's impression, Yu Dayou was really an honest man, honest and reliable. Since he said there was a chance of winning, leaving his Biaoying would naturally be equivalent to participating in this war, and his contribution would not be small.

Li Wenjin asked his personal soldiers to find his generals and told them to obey Yu Dayou's command, which was considered to be giving Yu Dayou the imperial sword. Then he left the team under the escort of a team of personal soldiers and rushed to Shahu Fort.

After watching Li Wenjin leave, Yu Dayou retracted his gaze and looked at Liu Han and said, "General Liu, let's go to Anyin Fort first to see the terrain and think about how to fight this battle next."

Liu Han nodded and said, "Let's go first, then I will call Malu and others over to explain."

If Yu Dayou and Liu Han also left the team at this time, it is hard to guarantee that all kinds of rumors will not spread in the team, so they must say hello before leaving, let a few generals know the situation, and restrain their subordinates.

Although Liu Han passed by Anyin Fort when he came, he only glanced at it from a distance and did not observe the terrain too carefully. Who would have thought that he needed to go there to fight against Altan's tribe at this time.

When Yu Dayou and Liu Han rushed to Anyin Fort to observe the terrain and lock the battlefield, the lobby of the Ministry of War in the capital was crowded with people. All the main officials, from Shangshu, Shilang to Yuanwailang and Zhushi, were gathered here, and the reason they came here was because of a military report from Datong.

"From the documents sent by Datong and Xuanfu, it seems that Liu Han did not report to the governor's headquarters when he led his men out of the border to attack Bansheng City. It should have been reported afterwards."

"Don't analyze the order now, look at the time. I'm afraid that the battle in Bansheng City has been completed. Whether it was won or not, and whether the Xuanfu Altan troops withdrew, this is the key."

"We just asked Yansui Ningxia to send troops to sweep the Hetao area, and Datong went out of the border without authorization. Not only did they disobey Ge Jin's order to reinforce Xuanfu, but they also sent thousands of troops without permission to attack Altan Bansheng City more than 300 miles away. , who gave the power, this matter must be investigated strictly."

"It's okay to investigate if we lose, but if we really win and capture Bansheng City, is this a merit or a fault?"

"Wu Xuansi went to investigate Liu Han? There is also the matter of Li Wenjin, the governor of Datong. Shouldn't we inform the Ministry of Personnel?"

"It seems that they only copied the official documents and sent them to the cabinet. The Ministry of Personnel didn't know about this at all."

"It's messy enough. Without the imperial decree, why are they making trouble in Datong?"

In the lobby of the Ministry of War, a group of officials from the Ministry of War were whispering to each other, saying everything.

The Minister of War Yang Bo just sat quietly in the lobby, but his ears were carefully listening to the conversations of the people below, to understand the views of most of his subordinates on this matter.

Well, I invited them here, just to see what they think about it.

I will definitely summon them to Xiyuan later to ask what I think about it?

How should I deal with it? The opinions of my subordinates are still very important. This is public opinion. What he is doing now is a poll.

The two assistant ministers were sitting obediently at the side, and seemed to be listening to the discussion of the people below, or, a little like dozing off.

After listening for a long time, Yang Bo roughly estimated that half of them were right and half were right.

It was not that half supported and half opposed, but half opposed, and half believed that Datong officials should be punished, and the other half had no attitude, that is, neutral, and there were few voices of support.

Yes, the court had already made arrangements for this battle, and the idea was actually similar to Datong, but the board was larger, directly using two towns to sweep the Hetao instead of sending one town to attack Bansheng.

The most troublesome thing was the conclusion of merits and demerits. Was Datong right or wrong to do this?

Yang Bo had a headache. Speaking of it, whether it was Li Wenjin, the governor of Datong, or Liu Han, the general, they were all his subordinates, but Yang Bo still felt a little weird when the whole thing was connected together.

Li Wenjin was good at managing local government affairs, but he was a layman when it came to mobilizing troops and fighting.

In the previous Datong war, he basically left it to Liu Han to fight, and he was a hands-off boss, only responsible for providing good logistics support.

Liu Han, a general, was good at defending but not aggressive. He was ambitious but timid. It was hard to imagine that such a person would plan such a big thing.

If it was Li Wenjin's idea to attack Bansheng City, Yang Bo would guarantee with his head that he couldn't think of it.

But if it was Liu Han's idea, Liu Han had the brain but not the courage.

After all, the whole thing was to kill first and report later. If he won, it would be fine. He would not be punished, but his credit would be offset by half. But if he lost,

Yang Bo was thinking that he seemed to have misjudged the two old subordinates. He couldn't figure out who came up with the plan to attack Bansheng City.

Forget it, let's wait for the call from Xiyuan. The official document has been copied and sent to the cabinet. I guess the two cabinet elders should have rushed to Xiyuan by now.

At this time, Yan Song and Xu Jie were standing quietly at the gate of Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, waiting for the emperor's summons.

It was almost noon, and the Ministry of War suddenly sent a document to Xu Jie. Although it was a bit strange, Xu Jie didn't take it seriously, but he was not calm after just flipping through it.

He participated in the court's strategy for the battle against Altan's tribe this time, but the report from Liu Han, the general of Datong, sent by the Ministry of War was somewhat similar to the strategy that Wei Guangde had thought of before.

However, this matter was not small. Datong's unauthorized dispatch of troops was another matter. Whether it could win or not was another matter. Whether it would affect the court's combat deployment was the most important thing.

Attached to the document was a note from Yang Bo, who was worried about this matter at this time.

The Datong army's sneak attack on Bansheng City was naturally a good thing in normal times, but it might not be the case at this time.

Bansheng was attacked by the Ming army, which resulted in the westward movement of Altan's troops being brought forward. If they happened to collide with the army of Yansui and Ningxia that was sweeping the Hetao area, the Ming army of the two towns would suffer a great loss without any preparation.

It was impossible to stop Yansui and Ningxia. The military order should have reached the army by now, and it was possible that the troops had already left the station.

Headache.

Xu Jie felt a real headache.

He got up quickly, took his things and went to find Yan Song.

For such a military and national event, Yan Song naturally couldn't handle it well, so he could only say to Xu Jie: "Go to Xiyuan, such a big event is not something we can decide."

"Lord Yan, Lord Xu, the emperor wants you two to go in."

At this time, a eunuch came out of the palace gate and conveyed the will of Emperor Jiajing.

The two followed the eunuch into Yongshou Palace and soon arrived at the palace gate.

"Please."

The eunuch stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to them. Yan Song and Xu Jie stepped into the hall one after another.

When they entered the hall, they saw Emperor Jiajing sitting on it, probably flipping through the Taoist classics in his hand.

The Four Books and Five Classics had long been thrown away by the current emperor. Now the only thing he could sit down and read was probably the Taoist books.

"Your Majesty."

Yan Song and Xu Jie stepped forward to salute. Emperor Jiajing put down the books in his hands, looked up at the two and asked, "What's the matter with you coming here at this time?"

When he was reading the book earlier, a eunuch came to report that Yan Song and Xu Jie wanted to see him, and Emperor Jiajing knew that something big must have happened again.

For ordinary things, it was just to send a note to the Silijian when dealing with memorials. Only very important ones would be directly brought into the palace.

At this time, what else can be considered a big deal, a big deal that cannot be delayed, it seems that only Xuanfu is in charge.

Could it be

Emperor Jiajing just nodded, motioned to bring someone in, and read the last bit of text in the chapter of the classics first.

Things have already happened, there is no rush.

After asking gods for so many years, I didn't practice Taoism, but I did practice the Taoist transcendent mind.

"This is a document sent by the Ministry of War. The Datong Army, under the command of Liu Han, went out of the Great Wall ten days ago and attacked Bansheng City."

Yan Song handed over the copy sent by the Ministry of War from his sleeve while speaking. Huang Jin also stepped up at this time, took the official document from him, and then handed it to Emperor Jiajing respectfully.

"Datong? Liu Han?"

When Emperor Jiajing heard Yan Song's words, his eyes twitched, and then he reached out to take the official document handed by Huang Jin and quickly browsed it.

If it were in the past, it would definitely be a great achievement for the Datong Army to dare to sneak out of the Great Wall to attack Altan Khan. However, the emperor and the court are now focusing on Xuanfu. If there is anything worth paying attention to, it is naturally the situation of the troops of Yansui and Ningxia.

Emperor Jiajing read the official document and the note attached by Yang Bo, and his brows immediately frowned.

Emperor Jiajing had consulted Yang Bo carefully about Wei Guangde's plan.

It takes more than ten days for the troops of the two towns to sort out the Hetao area, and this time is exactly the time when the news is delivered to Altan Khan in Xuanfu and Altan Khan moves westward, so it can ensure that the troops of the two towns can not only eliminate the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, but also avoid fighting with the reinforcements of Altan Khan.

But now it is different. The actions of the Datong Army will definitely advance the time for Altan Khan to move westward. If they intercept and defeat the Datong Army, and then receive the news that Hetao has been attacked, they will continue to move westward and intercept the troops of Yansui and Ningxia.

"Hiss"

Seeing this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but take a breath.

If the mobile forces of the three towns are defeated at once, a huge hole will appear in the nine sides.