On February 20 of the sixth year of Jiajing, after finding out the situation within a radius of 100 miles from Gubeikou, Xu Jin finally led the main army of 50,000 Northern Expedition to leave Gubeikou Guancheng, and slowly advanced northward, and the troops pointed directly at the Xilin Gol prairie, where the Khan Court of Alta was located.

On the head of Gubeikou Guancheng, Qiu Luan, the chief soldier of Jizhou Town, watched the Northern Expedition army go away, and then ordered the city gate to be closed.

Qiu Luan is the general soldier of Jizhou, and he is also one of the deputy generals of the Northern Expedition, which is equivalent to Xu Jin's deputy, and his status is not high, however, Qiu Luan did not set off with the main force of the Northern Expedition this time, because Xu Jin gave him the task of then answering and protecting the grain route, so he will set off again two days later, follow the main force two hundred miles behind him, and provide logistics supply support.

Qiu Luan himself is very satisfied with this task, although he can't get much credit for being in charge of logistics, but the safety factor is high, he doesn't have to risk his life to fight against the Tartar cavalry, and he can easily earn the credit.

Qiu Luan in history is indeed a person who has no ambitions, and is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the reason why the "I answer the siege" incident occurred, Qiu Luan has an unshirkable responsibility. The real history of the "siege of the city" occurred in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Qiu Luan was the governor of Xuanda (under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu and Datong), when I answered with an army of more than 100,000 to attack Datong, this goods almost scared to pee, in order to protect himself, he actually came up with the bad idea of "beggar-thy-neighbor", he spent a lot of money to bribe me answer, and asked me to move to attack other border towns, not to violate his defense area.

I answer is also a sincere person, after receiving Qiu Luan's bribe, immediately led the army to leave Qiu Luan's defense area, marched eastward, and suddenly attacked Jizhou Town, which is located in the northeast of the capital, this is bad, the defenders of Jizhou Town were caught off guard, I answered quickly broke through the Gubei Pass, and then waved the army south, and hit Tongzhou like a bamboo, and then surrounded the capital, burning and looting everywhere outside the city, which was a disaster and shocked the whole country.

Qiu Luan committed such a heinous crime, but because of Yan Song's escort, not only was he not punished in the end, but he was also appointed by Jiajing as the general of Pinglu, responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses of the king of Beijing from all walks of life.

However, now that Xu Jin, a traverser, has changed history, Yan Song hung up before he could take power, and Qiu Luan naturally had no chance to collude with Yan Song to bring disaster to the country and the people, and Qiu Luan is not useless, at least Wuju won the third place, and his performance has always been decent, so Xu Jin did not equate him with Qiu Luan in real history, and because of this, he was relieved to give him the task of being responsible for logistics.

As everyone knows, it is precisely because of Xu Jin's negligence that the opportunity for this Northern Expedition was almost buried, but this is a later story, so I will not say it here for the time being, and it is said that Xu Jin led an army of 50,000 to advance steadily to the north, and sent hundreds of scouts out to reconnoiter every day, so as not to be ambushed by Meda.

Xu Jin was bent on stability, so the speed of the army was not fast, the first day only walked about a hundred miles, the second day still walked about a hundred miles, came to a place called Duolun and ordered to set up camp, because further forward is the desert, the name of this desert is Hunshandak Sand.

Hunshandak Sandy Land is one of the top ten deserts in China, located at the southern end of the Xilin Gol Grassland, about 900 miles long from east to west, and about 200 miles wide from north to south, that is to say, the army has to walk 200 miles, and it will take at least two days to cross this desert and enter the range of the Xilin Gol Grassland.

On February 22, the sixth year of Jiajing, night fell, the temperature dropped sharply, the vegetation in the desert was scarce, the temperature difference between day and night was large, and it was the early spring season now, the temperature in the desert had dropped to minus a few degrees, the cold eroded the bones, the whirring cold wind blew the sand and dust rolling, and there was a yellow mist everywhere you looked, and you could pick it out of the nostrils and ears, and it was sure to be able to blow out a large lump of yellow objects.

However, in such a harsh environment, there were two armies of men and horses lurking in the depths of the desert, two Tatar cavalry, and the strength was not much, adding up to about 5,000 people.

The leaders of these two Tatar cavalry were none other than Arslen and Temur, who had appeared earlier, and both were the four fierce generals under Alta, with Arslen ranking second and Temur ranking third.

Not long ago, Arslen and Temur were still attacking Gubeikou Pass, but later received an order from Alta to retreat, and during this time they have been hiding in the depths of the Hunshandak Desert, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

The fierce wind and sand were blowing in the tent, and there was a faint fire coming out of it, and there were bursts of wine and meat.

Inside the tent, I saw a thick woolen blanket on the ground, three braziers were blazing, and two men who were almost shirtless were eating meat and drinking wine.

Arslen's body is tall, about the same size as Xie Qing, I saw that this guy was grabbing an oily roast leg of lamb and gnawing happily, his clothes were open, and a hideous wolf head was clearly tattooed on his chest, while Temur on the opposite side was drinking, and at the same time he was holding a handmaid next to him up ~ down ~ its~ hand, this servant girl was petite and exquisite, and she should be a Han woman without a doubt in her appearance.

There is also a servant girl next to Arslen who is in charge of pouring wine, her face is delicate but very haggard, obviously she is also a Han woman.

Like a hungry wolf, Alslen gnawed a roast leg of lamb in three strokes, wiped his oily hands on the clothes on the maid's back, and then violently pushed her away, grabbed the wine jug, and drank it directly at the spout, rough as a beast.

"I'm bah, what bullshit Xu Changsheng, according to Lao Tzu, this surnamed Xu is a timid and afraid of death, the march is as slow as a snail, it's been a few days, and there is no trace of it, so we have eaten the dust here for many days in vain, and fucked his grandma." Arslen poured a few sips of wine and scolded.

As if he hadn't heard Temur on the other side, he was still lingering on the servant, and Arslen was furious, picked up the leg of mutton he had just gnawed and threw it over, and smashed it on Temur's forehead, making a loud snap, obviously not lightly.

Temur was in the middle of a great game, and was about to pick up his gun and mount his horse, but he was struck on his forehead by a sudden leg of mutton, and it exploded, and with a roar he flew up, and scuffled with Arslen, and the two maids were so frightened that they hurried to hide in the corner and shivered.

At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and a spy hurriedly walked in and reported loudly: "Report to the two generals that the Ming army has arrived in Duolun, and they have set up camp on the outskirts of the sand, and it is estimated that they will enter the sandy land tomorrow." ”

Arslen and Temur, who were in the scuffle, were separated, and the former was overjoyed: "Great, the Ming army is finally here." ”

Temur immediately shouted: "It's good, tomorrow you will take the lead, Lao Tzu's mace is already hungry and thirsty, Arslen, if you kid dare to fight with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will kill you now, do you believe it or not?" ”

Arslen's eyes rolled, and he sneered and said: "Temur, don't forget the advice of the Great Khan, let's just feint and defeat, and then lure the enemy to continue deeper, you kid is missing a tendon in his head, can you?" ”

If Arslen still has a bit of a brain, Temur is an out-and-out reckless man, with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, and his muscles have grown into his brain.

Of course, although Temur is simple-minded, it doesn't mean that he can't understand human words, so he said angrily: "Fart, why do you look down on Lao Tzu?" Isn't it just a feint and a deception, who wouldn't? You kid is not verbose, tomorrow Lao Tzu must take the lead, otherwise it will be scattered in two. ”

Arslen suffered a big loss under Xie Sangun's last time, and he knew the horror of the Ming army's firearms, and at this moment it seemed that he was competing for the lead, but in fact, he was using the agitation method to fool Temur, a reckless man, to take the lead as cannon fodder, and sneered when he heard the words: "Okay, then let you take the lead, but don't be killed by the Ming army at that time, and in the end, Lao Tzu has to save you." ”

Temur snorted disdainfully and said: "Arslen, let go of your mother's Luo Quan serial fart, if you kid doesn't want to stay here, you can get out of here now, Lao Tzu can complete the task arranged by the Great Khan alone." ”

Alsleng sneered twice and said, "It's you who want to get out, this is Lao Tzu's big tent." ”

Temur didn't talk nonsense, and strode out of the tent, but immediately turned and came back, pointed at the maidservant just now, and said, "This woman will lend me one night, and return you two." ”

After speaking, he stepped forward and picked up the servant girl and left directly, Arslen did not stop it, these Han slaves are no different from cattle and sheep to him, and they have to be replaced almost every six months, because they are too weak to withstand his beast-like ravage, often half a year, the longest is not more than a year, and they are crippled if they don't die, and they must be replaced with new ones.

Watching Temur carry the woman out of the camp in a hurry, Arslen triumphantly spat out the word "stupid".

Alta's strategy was to lure the Ming army into the territory of Tatar for 600 li, lengthen the supply line of the Ming army, and then cut off their grain routes, but if these 600 li did not arrange men and horses to resist, it would be easy to arouse the vigilance of the Ming army, so Alta temporarily decided to send Arslen and Temur to lead a small group of cavalry to feign a sneak attack, and then flee in defeat, inducing the Ming army to pursue deeply.

In Arslen's view, since it is a fraud, it is natural to be more realistic to deceive people, then it is inevitable to suffer a loss, and Temur, a fool, is fighting to take the lead, then it will be a good thing for him, hehe!

Alslen smiled, his heart full of a sense of superiority that was crushed by his IQ.