The tent was so quiet that it could be heard that a needle was falling, and everyone's eyes were on Xu Jin in unison, and the atmosphere was tense like a taut string, which could break at any time. At this moment, although Xu Jin's surface was as calm as ever, in fact, a layer of fine sweat had oozed from his back, and his heart was like the weight of a hundred thousand mountains. To tell the truth, this is the most dangerous crisis that Xu Jin has encountered in his many years of crisscrossing and fighting, and the life and death of the 50,000 army exists in his thoughts, including his own personal life and death!!

When Xu Jin escorted the seriously injured and dying governor Sun Sui in Jiangxi, he was chased and killed by the thieves sent by King Ning all the way, although he also narrowly escaped death several times, but that time still cannot be compared with this crisis, because this time not only involves the survival of 50,000 troops, but also related to the battle of the Ming Dynasty's national fortunes, once defeated, the consequences are unimaginable.

Xu Jin was silent for a moment, walked quickly to the map, stared at the map and fell into contemplation, and the generals hurriedly surrounded them when they saw this, everyone held their breath and waited quietly for the decision of the commander.

Xu Jin stared at the map and his eyebrows were deep, the main force of my answer is now eighty miles away in the north, and they are all cavalry, if they rush at full speed, they can be killed here in an hour, so it is too late to retreat at this time, and Xu Jin estimates that I am afraid that I am waiting for his retreat at this time, and then he will bite his tail and pursue, and then order Duolun's Tartars to copy his own back road, and then he will fall into a desperate situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back.

However, if you don't retreat and continue to stay in the fortress, it will be safer, but the military rations are only enough for ten days, and once the food is exhausted, it is still a dead end, which is really a dilemma!

Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh secretly, I answer is really worthy of being a generation of heroes who unified Tatar in history, and can be called a big boss-level existence, I am really careless, but now the only way to do this is to advance and retreat, and take the initiative to go forward to fight, if I can defeat the main force of I Tak in one fell swoop before the military rations are exhausted, the crisis will naturally be resolved, but I am not a fool, if he takes the initiative to meet the battle, will he definitely take it? If he refused to accept the recruitment, but took the initiative to retreat and lead the Ming army to pursue, then the Ming army's food would still not last for a few days, and in the end it would be the end of the entire army.

What's more, even if Aldaken fought a head-on battle, the Ming army only had 50,000, while the Tatar cavalry had 100,000, twice as many enemies, and it was a frontal field battle, which was too much for the Ming army.

"Calm and calm, there will be a way!" Xu Jin secretly cheered himself up in his heart, his brain was running rapidly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said secretly: "The truth is virtual, and the truth is real, why don't I come to a different place and let me take the initiative to find the door to fight a decisive battle?" ”

"The generals will obey!" Xu Jin suddenly raised his head and shouted confidently.

Hearing this, the generals perked up and said in unison: "The last general." ”

"Immediately prepare for the retreat of all the staff, and set off in an hour, there must be no mistake." Xu Jin ordered.

The generals couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, Wang Lin'er's brows were also wrinkled, the reason why he suggested retreating before was because he hadn't found the 100,000 main force of my answer, and now the 100,000 main force of my answer was already eighty miles away, and it was obviously very unwise to retreat at this time, and was beaten behind the ass by 100,000 cavalry, not to mention 50,000 Ming troops, even if there were 200,000 Ming troops, they couldn't withstand it.

"Dashuai, the Tartars are already close at hand, it is not appropriate to retreat at this time, it is better to stick to it and wait for help." Xie Sangun reminded.

Xu Jin smiled slightly and said, "Ben Shuai just said to retreat, but he didn't say that he wanted to retreat." ”

The generals looked at each other again, and they all showed deep thought.

An hour later, the main force of the 50,000 Ming army in the fortress was fully mobilized, holding torches high, retreating south overnight, and hurriedly disappeared into the desert.

Shortly after the main force of the 50,000 Ming army on this side had withdrawn, several Tatar scouts cautiously approached the fortress in the night, and when they confirmed that the Ming army had indeed cleared up, they immediately galloped north.

About half an hour later, the news came back to my ears, and after hearing it, I immediately laughed proudly: "It seems that Xu Jin has learned that his grain channel has been cut off, so he is ready to slip away, this son is a simple and decisive person." ”

A Tartar general said mockingly: "What bullshit Xu Changsheng is, it's just a vain name, when he meets our sweat, he immediately becomes a local chicken and a dog, and he can only escape with his tail between his legs." ”

The Tartar generals immediately laughed, and they all complimented the Great Khan for his wisdom and martial arts.

I replied that I was extremely happy in my heart, I was so disgraced by Xu Jin in the capital of Daming, and I was almost captured, hehe, it's really feng shui in turn, now that the initiative is in my hands, I can finally be ashamed and let out a bad breath.

"Xu Jin may have two brushes to attack and defend the city, but fighting field battles is just the level of a toddler, pass the order, the whole army pursues, and at the same time notify Holger that he is ready to intercept the back road of the Ming army, and be sure to wipe out the Ming army, capture Xu Jin alive, reward 10,000 taels of silver, 10,000 cattle and sheep, and seal the commander!" I replied in a high-spirited manner.

A group of generals agreed with a bang, and they were gearing up one by one. About half an hour later, 100,000 Tatar cavalry marched south with great momentum to pursue the retreating main force of the 50,000 Ming army.

It was almost midnight when the army retreated, and the 50,000 troops were mixed in foot and cavalry, plus they carried a lot of baggage, so the speed of retreat was not fast, and it took more than 30 miles to walk in an hour.

Even though it was the end of February, the desert was still bitterly cold in the early morning, and the wind was cutting in like a knife. Isana sat on her horse, looking around warily, and Chiru followed him with an equally nervous look.

"Chilu doesn't flower, don't you think that portrait is the young general Xie Sangun in Gubeikou?" Isana whispered suddenly.

Chilu followed Isana's gaze when he heard this, and sure enough, under the firelight in the distance, a young general was leading a cavalry, which looked very familiar, so he stared at it carefully for a moment with wide eyes, nodded and said, "It should be him!" ”

Isana was obviously very impressed by Xie Sangun, a hint of suspicion flashed in her eyes, and she said in a low voice: "Chiru Buhua, I remember that Xie Sangun did not set off with the army, and now he appears here, and Xu Jin suddenly ordered the whole army to retreat, and there is a chance that something major has happened." ”

Chilu nodded disapprovingly, Xu Jin only led 50,000 people to the Northern Expedition, and at the beginning he was still coaxing, looking like he was in the chest, but now he retreated in embarrassment overnight, saying that nothing happened, who would believe it?

Isana looked back at the long line behind her, shook her head and said: "The speed is too slow, if I send troops to chase after me, the Ming army will definitely not be able to run away, Chiru will not spend, you let everyone prepare, if the situation is not right, immediately break away from the Ming army and flee on their own." ”

Chilu Buhua nodded, beckoned a guard to his side and whispered a few words, the guard's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he immediately rode his horse away, informing the other guards, and in an instant dozens of guards became nervous and ready to run away at any time.

After walking for about half an hour, about four o'clock in the morning, and an hour before dawn, the army suddenly received an order to stop marching, and set up camp on the spot, and began to build a defensive line.

Seeing that the Ming army suddenly stopped to build a defensive line, Yisana's face became even more solemn, and she called Chilu Buhua to her side and said: "The situation is not good, let everyone get ready, it is estimated that it is really my army chasing after me." ”

Itsana guessed well, I did personally lead 100,000 cavalry to chase after him, his speed was much faster than the Ming army, after all, it was a full cavalry, so although he set off two hours late, he had arrived at the edge of the desert at this time, passing through the "zigzag" bay of the Luan River, which was the location where the Ming army had built the fortress before.

"Great Khan, you see, the Ming army built a camp here before, but now there is not a single Ming army left, this place has become an empty camp, and they don't even have time to extinguish the torches!" A Tartar general pointed to the high slope of the Luan River.

I sat on a horse and looked at the camp of the Ming army, and sure enough, I saw that there were torches burning, and the whole camp was still flowing in the river, and there was not even a single ghost, so I couldn't help laughing and said: "Xu Jin chose a good place, but unfortunately the grain road was cut off by our army, even if he was allowed to build a fortress here, the food supply was not enough, this is just a tomb." ”

"Haha, the surname Xu is too stupid, he definitely didn't expect the Great Khan to surprise his troops to cut off his food channel, and now retreating with his tail between his legs is just a dying struggle." A Tartar complimented.

I replied with a faint smile and waved his hand: "The Ming army is mixed with infantry and horses, and it can't run fast at all, so it will be able to catch up before dawn." ”

Boom Rumble......

100,000 iron horsemen flowed into the vast desert like a raging wave, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.

However, just after Altan led 100,000 cavalry south into the desert, two black shadows flashed in the camp of the original Ming army, and they hid in a trench several meters deep.

After the two black shadows crawled out of the trench, they cleverly examined the situation around them, and when they were sure that they were safe, they took out two more horses from the trench, and then turned over their horses and galloped towards the east.

These two black shadows have been galloping eastward for about fifty miles, and they have connected with a cavalry ambush here, which is the 5,000 cavalry Shenji battalion, and the leader is the deputy general Wang Lin'er.

"Report to General Wang, the Tartars have entered the desert!"

Wang Lin'er nodded, raised his eyes again to look at the white belly of the fish exposed in the sky, and said in a deep voice: "It's time, brothers get on the horse!" ”

With a click, 5,000 soldiers hung up their guns and turned over on their horses, and an invisible murderous aura spread in all directions!

"Wan Sheng!" With a wave of Wang Lin'er's hand, the Iron Cavalry of the Five Thousand Divine Machine Battalion rushed into the desert like a whirlwind and clouds!

In the eastern sky, the morning sun is revealing a red line, and the glow stains half of the sky.