Chapter 890. Decisive battle.
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Ever since the Mongol coalition retreated from the city of Jiezhou, Bagan had become more and more agitated.
Compared with the identity of the military attache of the imperial court, their mind and practice are more like businessmen, although they do not have the courage and responsibility to turn the tide and face difficulties, but they are the most eager to fall into the well and beat the water dogs.
Seeing the fact that the Mongolian coalition army retreated, coupled with the news that Zhao Junchen defeated the Mongolian coalition army on the battlefield of Xiaochuanhe, the border army military attaches everywhere have seen that the Mongolian coalition army has now fallen into decline, and the Ming army is likely to usher in a glorious victory unseen in a century!
All discerning people know in their hearts that the imperial court will inevitably reward them at this time, and if it is reactive, it will be considered meritorious, and if there is merit, it will be rewarded with a higher level - but the premise is that you did participate in this war, if this war has nothing to do with you from beginning to end, the court's subsequent rewards and rewards will naturally not be your turn.
It's a pity that when the Mongolian coalition army attacked the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty all the way, the border armies around the country were made turtles with shrunken heads, and they did not participate in the war from beginning to end.
In this way, the military attaches of the border armies in various places are naturally unwilling, and in order to get a piece of the pie, they have used their brains and used their own magical powers.
In the end, the military attaches of the border army with more than 1,000 households led the army to the south bank of Weishui and joined the main army of Zhao Junchen, which was called the "support array", and the military attachΓ©s of the border army below 1,000 households could not leave the station easily, so they had to take a risk, and sent troops to harass the Mongolian coalition forces along the way.
Even, even the civil officials in many state capitals and counties were unwilling to be lonely, and they gathered the people to form a "volunteer team" and joined the ranks of harassing the Mongolian coalition army!
Of course, they also knew that they were not capable of causing too many casualties to the Mongol coalition army, and the border army and Minzhuang who were responsible for harassing the Mongol coalition army were likely to collapse at the touch of a button and suffer heavy casualties, but as long as they were lucky enough to grab the heads of a few Mongol Tartars, they could ask the court for merit afterwards, and they said in a convincing way that they also contributed to the invasion of the Mongol coalition army!
In short, just like Han Feizi said - "Where the benefits are, they are all Ben and Zhu!" β
And this situation is the source of Bagan's irritation!
Along the march of the Mongol coalition army, all the Han people seemed to be crazy, and almost every few tens of miles there would suddenly be a sneak attack of the Han army, but these Han troops were all cowardly and cowardly, and they fled on their own before the Mongol coalition army counterattacked, always leaving the Mongol coalition army with nowhere to exert their strength, as if punching cotton.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the march route of the Mongol coalition army, Bagen also sent a large number of scouts to explore the traces of the main force of the Han army, and these Mongolian scouts became the fat in the eyes of all Han officials, and they were intercepted and killed, which made the Mongolian coalition army's scouts suffer heavy damage, and many of them could not return every day, even if a few of the horses barely saved their lives, they would not be able to detect useful information because of the continuous pursuit of the Han people!
But what bothered Bagen the most was the chasing army of Jiezhou City!
There are about three or four thousand chasing troops, the scale is not large, and it is not an elite division, but the leader of the army is not to be underestimated, well aware of the way of advancing and retreating in the art of war, from the beginning of Jiezhou City, it has been dotted with Mongolian coalition troops all the way, sometimes far away, sometimes imminent, sometimes attacking, sometimes pseudo-attacking, always seize every opportunity to harass the Mongolian coalition army, making people unguardable! In particular, there were several real or false attacks every night, which not only prevented the Mongol coalition army from fully resting and exhausted its troops, but also greatly slowed down the marching speed!
In normal times, Bagen would never let the Han army act recklessly, but the top priority of the Mongol coalition army now is to withdraw and return to the grassland as soon as possible, but it is unwilling to delay too much time and energy, so it has to passively endure the constant harassment of the Han army and the pursuers of Jiezhou City in various places.
In this way, with the horsepower and marching speed of the Mongol coalition army, it originally only took about three days to run from Jiezhou City to the south bank of Weishui, but in the end, it took a full five days to finally reach the south bank of Weishui.
Moreover, at this time, the Mongol coalition army was already exhausted and demoralized.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen had already arranged nearly 60,000 troops on the south bank of Weishui to wait for them for many days, and they were waiting for work with high morale.
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On this day, at three o'clock in the morning, the radius of Weishui is full of high autumn air, light wind and clouds!
After the Mongol coalition army arrived on the south bank of Weishui, they soon discovered the main force of the Ming army deployed on the shore, and also understood that if they wanted to return to the grassland, they must break through the defense line of the Han army, so they hurriedly reorganized their troops for battle.
After a short rest, seeing that the strength and horsepower of the Mongol cavalry had recovered somewhat, Bagen began to command the army to approach the Ming defense line.
Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than ten miles!
There was no persuasion from the envoys of the two armies to surrender, and there was no temptation to clash in secret!
Whether it is the commander of the Mongolian coalition army, Bagen, or the commander of the Ming army, Zhao Junchen, they all know that the two armies can only fight with all their strength now!
The final battle is imminent!
Riding on his horse, Bagen kept running in front of the Mongol coalition army, while shouting: "Sons! Warriors! You are the eagles of the steppe! You are wolves in the desert! You've grown up on horseback since you were a kid! You've learned to wield a scimitar from the time you were sensible! Even the harsh environment of the grasslands and deserts did not defeat you, but made you stronger!
And what about those Han Chinese? When you rode your horses, they only knew how to grow food! When you wield your sword, they only know how to wield a hoe! Compared to the warriors of our steppe, the Han are just a herd of lambs waiting to be slaughtered! They are no match for us at all! For thousands of years, they will only tremble under our iron horses!
But during this period of time, on our marching route, waves of Han Chinese began to attack us and harass us! Even if we kill wave after wave, we can't kill it all! But have you ever wondered why the Han people, who once only knew how to shrink and defend, suddenly had such courage? I'll tell you, because the Han people are foolish enough to think that we are not as strong as we used to be! Because the Han Chinese foolishly think they have a chance to beat us! Because the Han people think they are wolves and see us as lambs!
Boys! Warriors! It is natural that the Han people are afraid of us! It is the glory that our ancestors won with their horses and scimitars! Now the Han people have begun to look down on us, not only a shame for us people, but also a disrespect for our ancestors!
Now, tell me! How should we wash away the shame? How should we comfort our ancestors? How can we reawaken the Han people's fear of us? β
As he rode his horse, Bargan's roar was hoarse, as if he wanted to vent all his irritability and anger during this time.
I have to say that Bagan is indeed a good hand at encouraging the morale of the army, under his loud roar, the morale of the Mongolian coalition army, which was originally somewhat low, suddenly recovered most of it, and all the soldiers were angry and ferocious, and they all used the loudest voice to roar to answer Bagen's question!
"Fight! War! War! β
"Kill! Kill! Kill! β
"Slaughter all the Han Chinese!"
"The Mongol warriors are fearless!"
After receiving the fierce reply from the Mongolian soldiers, and seeing that the morale of the whole army was as high as ever, Bagen looked satisfied, and then turned his horse's head and pointed at the Han army formation not far away with his horsewhip, and roared again: "Sons! Kill all the Han people with me! β
"Rush, !!"
Suddenly, like a flood bursting the embankment, the Mongolian coalition army frantically rushed towards the Ming army's defense line!
On the other side, seeing the Mongol coalition army attacking, Zhao Junchen, who was sitting in the Chinese army, had the same expression, but just waved his hand and ordered: "Order the whole army to fight according to the original plan!" β
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The decisive battle of Weishui will not be as long as the battle of Xiaochuanhe, and will end in a few chapters.
After that, Zhao Junchen's story in Shaanxi and Gansu will enter the final stage.
Also, there will be an update of the big chapter tomorrow.
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