However, Cao Wenzhao was retained by the governor of Shanxi because of his kindness to himself, and finally took Taiyuan and was retained by the governor of Shanxi.

From these places, it can be seen that Cao Wenzhao's personality is very difficult to do in the words of later generations, and when he gets along with people, he can't wait to dig out his heart and lungs, and he sticks a knife in his ribs, and it is easy to quarrel with people, and he will not let it at all, and even dare not give the face of the imperial history.

Drorictu did not know how to answer, nor did Drotmur and the Mongol leaders.

Ulan Tuyaqiqi couldn't help but say, "General Cao, didn't we already tell you how many men and horses we can defend against the enemy?" There are only so many people, and there is no why. ”

Cao Wenzhao frowned, in Daming, women can't talk casually, let alone drink with men.

Although Cao Wenzhao knew that these women outside the Guan, especially these tribes of a small number of people, were open to the people, and women could be like men, he was still very unhappy.

"Men don't have the right to speak, right?" Cao Wenzhao said directly.

"That's you Han people, we Mongolians, women can speak." Ulan Tu Yaqiqige is also a hot personality in Perak, and in the clan, she is also a princess who is held in the palm of her hand.

In particular, Zhuo Liktu is very doting on Ulan Tu Yaqiqige.

Ulan Tuya Qiqige can tolerate lowering his posture in front of Wei Bao, on the one hand, because Wei Bao is very powerful, and on the other hand, because he knows that he will marry Wei Bao as a concubine in the future.

No matter where in this era, no matter what culture, no matter what system, women don't have much status, especially in front of their own men, men are women's heaven.

Zhuo Liketu was worried that his daughter would anger Cao Wenzhao, so he hurriedly said: "General Cao, the little girl is spoiled by me, please don't be like her, you might as well say it directly." ”

"I don't care how many of you there are, we are here to help you fight and help you go to the safe area around Xifengkou, so you can't let the Ming army block the Jiannu for you." Cao Wen said.

Zhuo Li Ketu nodded: "This is natural, I understand this truth, Da Ming can send the border army, we are already very grateful." ”

Zorictu said politely, but there was an impatient expression on his face.

The other Mongols also thought the same way, secretly thinking that you don't plan to fight directly with the Eight Banners, so why are you so arrogant?

"It's good that you understand this truth, although it is impossible to help you block Jiannu head-on, I can assign infantry to you to help your men and horse teams evacuate, your men are going to fight Jiannu, there must not be many people to help retreat." Cao Wen Zhao said: "My more than 300 cavalry can help contain the Jiannu Iron Cavalry and slow down their pursuit. ”

Zhuo Li Ketu nodded when he heard this, the other party thought very carefully, although it seemed to have no effect, but after all, they were here to help, and there was no contact before, so Zhuo Li Ketu was still very grateful: "General Lao Cao thought about it so thoughtfully, it's okay." ”

Zhuo Temur couldn't help but say: "General Cao, we all received your kindness, in my opinion, your three hundred cavalry also helped us evacuate, the number of three hundred cavalry is too small, our twenty or thirty thousand people can't stop the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, you hundreds of people in the battle of 10,000 people, basically can not be counted." ”

On the one hand, Drotmur said this because he really thought so, and the Mongolian was straightforward and said whatever came to mind.

On the other hand, because Cao Wenzhao was very good just now, it turned out to be nothing more than that.

Cao Wenzhao frowned and said coldly: "Do you look down on my people?" Think we only have a thousand? Think my men are only worthy of helping you carry things? ”

"No, no, General Cao, don't get me wrong, he definitely didn't mean that." Zhuo Liktu hurriedly said, "Maybe he doesn't want your army to do any damage. ”

"Hmph, my cavalry is three hundred, and I can top one thousand Jiannu cavalry!" Cao Wenzhao said confidently: "With my cavalry here, at least I can ensure that your flank will not be chased and beaten by Jiannu!" I'm very familiar with Jiannu's pursuit methods, they usually chase in the center with the main force, and outflank and kill on the left and right flanks! There are still seven or eight thousand people left in Jiannu, and it is very likely that five thousand people will be sent to the center, and more than 1,000 people will be placed on the left and right wings. ”

When Zhuo Liktu heard this, he accepted his contempt for Cao Wenzhao, at least he could hear that people were really thinking about themselves, no matter whether Cao Wenzhao bragged or not, whether his more than 300 cavalry could resist the charge of Jiannu's thousand-man iron cavalry, anyway, since they said so, they must have planned to contribute to their own side.

"Thank you General Cao, I'm not worried about the strength of your army, mainly because I'm embarrassed to let the distinguished guests from afar shed their blood for us." Zorictu said.

"Since I responded to Lord Wei's order to go out of the customs, I am ready to fight." Cao Wenzhao said: "You're welcome. ”

Droiktu pondered for a moment, and then said, "In that case, I'll allocate another 5,000 to the general, right?" The general will take our men to fight together, what does the general think? ”

Zhuo Liktu said this because he could see that Cao Wenzhao had a great temper and an arrogant personality.

In fact, 5,000 people were sent to Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao's 300 people were a very small number of people, which was equivalent to the Mongols themselves resisting Jiannu.

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand: "No need! You can block the serf in front of you, but you can't block it in front of you, everything is in vain. My 300 cavalry is enough to resist more than 1,000 Jiannu. ”

"General Cao, it's not that we can't trust your military strength, but it's not child's play to fight! Have your cavalry fought with the Eight Banners? This time, Zhuotmur slowed down his tone and said sincerely: "Let our people fight with you, we understand your kindness." ”

"If you don't say it, don't use it, when did you Mongolians become mothers-in-law?" Cao Wenzhao said impatiently: "Don't think that our Ming border army does not have a large force of cavalry, and in the past ten years, I have not heard of our border army going out to fight against Jiannu!" But my cavalry is trained by me, and I know very well how much ability I have! I also don't like to be with people, it's not convenient for me to command my troops! ”

Everyone present felt that this Cao Wenzhao was too arrogant, and asked his people to help carry the supplies, but he refused, and sent people to fight with him, but he still refused.

At the moment when Zhuo Liktu and the Mongolian leaders were in a difficult situation, Cao Wenzhao was also very impatient.

Liu Dahe played a round and said to Zhuo Liketu: "Chief, or let General Cao protect the road alone." You can allocate a few thousand men and horses to help the herdsmen carry supplies and drive livestock, and on the other hand as a mobile army of backups, ready to support General Cao at any time. The other flank, with my men in charge of protecting, is that okay? ”

Zhuo Liktu immediately nodded with a smile, secretly thinking that the general of the treasure army could speak and had a good attitude.

Zoriktu and the Mongol tribal leaders had heard that the cavalry of the Bao army had attacked Karaqin, and that the cavalry of the Bao army had killed the Eight Banners and the Mongols three or four thousand with 2,000 men.

And at that time, Drorictu and Zortmur and others were all first-hand experiencers!

Although Nekhalkha also died a few hundred people, everyone understood that it was a war at that time, and they followed the Jin people, who were the enemies of the treasure army, and they were beaten by the treasure army, and there was nothing to say.

Therefore, the people of Inner Khalkha are actually not jealous of the treasure army, but trust the strength of the treasure army very much.

This world is the world of the jungle, and the stronger it is, the more respected it will be.

"Then according to what General Liu said, we are very relieved to hand over the flanks all the way to the protection of the treasure army." Zhuo Liktu said with a smile: "The other way will be handed over to General Cao, I will allocate 5,000 cavalry, on the one hand to help the herdsmen carry supplies and drive livestock, and on the other hand, as General Cao's strategy." ”

"Hmph, don't worry about it when you hand it over to Baojun, don't worry about it when you hand it over to us!" Cao Wenzhao said angrily: "I still look down on our Ming border army!" I don't need a solution! ”

This time, everyone was a little speechless, everything was said well, everyone felt that Cao Wenzhao was too arrogant, and they didn't know how to make this General Cao unhappy again?

Liu Dahe couldn't speak at this time, although he was secretly a little angry.

Zorictu hurriedly smiled, laughing awkwardly, and didn't know what to say.

Cao Wenzhao proudly crossed his waist: "Okay, that's it!" You can do whatever you want, and you'll see you on the battlefield tomorrow! ”

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao finally stopped saying anything, Zhuo Liktu hurriedly laughed and said, "Okay, thank you General Cao!" ”

Everyone drank and feasted for a while, and after the Mongols helped Bao Jun and Cao Wenzhao's army arrange all the tents, everyone dispersed.

In fact, in history, the number of Zhengguan Ning iron cavalry is Cao Wenzhao's small cavalry.

Sun Chengzong created the Guanning Defense Line, organized and trained 120,000 Guanning troops, and later re-checked the strength of 108,000.

As the first time in history that the Guanning army tried to take the initiative, and it was also the only battle in history in which the Guanning army took the initiative to attack and engaged the Houjin, the Battle of Liuhe has a pivotal position in history.

It's just that in the life of Lord Wei's rebirth, Lord Wei helped block the battle of Liuhe that should have existed.

Reduced a lot of losses of the Ming border army.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, the Later Jin attacked Guangning, and the 60,000 Guangning army was wiped out.

Xiong Tingbi led thousands of soldiers from Shanhaiguan to meet the defeated army of Guangning and escort millions of Liao people into the customs.

The imperial court considered Xiong Tingbi guilty, and Sun Chengzong strongly advocated that Xiong Tingbi be imprisoned, and Xiong was later beheaded.

Wang Zaijin was appointed as the new Liaodong Governor.

Wang Zaijin and Xiong Tingbi had the same opinion and strongly advocated retreating to Shanhaiguan.

He prophesied that Kim would inevitably withdraw from Quang Ninh and retreat to the territory before the Battle of Quang Ninh, that is, east of the Liu River.

At that time, there will be a large buffer zone between Shanhaiguan and Yaozhou, the westernmost territory of Houjin.

Wang Zaijin opposed the return of the Ming army to Guangning, and he believed that the imperial court's finances had become very problematic, and that Shanhaiguan should be strengthened and abandoned outside the customs to achieve the purpose of saving military spending to the greatest extent, and as long as a one-time investment of 930,000 taels of silver could make Shanhaiguan as stable as Mount Tai.

Sun Chengzong opposed Wang Zaijin's plan, he asked the emperor to transfer Wang Zaijin to Nanjing to serve as the secretary of the military department, and personally supervised Liaodong, so he spent millions of dollars every year, and later even more than 10 million taels, and the bottomless pit of the Ming court's finances Guanning defense line was born.

From the second year of the Apocalypse to the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi was exhausted by dealing with Mao Wenlong and the Mongol Lin Dan Khan, and was unable to cross the Liuhe River to the west to harass Guanning, Sun Chengzong was able to completely control the 200 li from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, and initially occupied 200 li from Ningyuan to Jinzhou.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong, who had an army of 100,000, finally tried to take the initiative to attack Houjin, but the result was a crushing defeat for the Ming army.

Ma Shilong, the general soldier of Liaodong, sent Lu Zhijia, the deputy commander-in-chief, to attack Jinzhou, crossed the river and was defeated.

Later, the fourth prince of Jin, Huang Taiji, saw that the soldiers living in Jinzhou were less than 300, and if our division crossed the river, the Liao people would kill the four princes and annihilate their people.

Ma Shilong believed it, so he asked the east post to help the refugees and transfer the deputy commander of the forward battalion Lu Zhijia, and the general Li Chengxian led the troops to cross the river.

However, the transferred sailors, guerrillas, Jinguan and other big ships could not be used to carry fishing boats back and forth, and those who were noisy on the river for four days and nights had already felt that the ambush was covered.

Our army was defeated, the two generals died, the governor Yu Anxing heard and said that the gate was close to the gate and was far away from Shitun, and all the words of sending troops to cross the east post of the river were never heard.

These are all recorded in the "Records of Ming Xizong", and it can be seen that in the official statement of the Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Ming army is not mentioned, and only the deputy general soldier is known.

Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the total number of soldiers was the largest, followed by the deputy general soldiers, the second general, and then the guerrilla generals.

Lu Zhijia and General Li Chengxian were killed.

And their enemy was the 300 people of Houjin, that is, a Niu Lu.

So how many armored soldiers are there in a bull?

In the fourth part of the third year of the Mandate of Heaven, the sixth volume of the Manchu old file records that the Khan issued an edict to the commanders and ministers of the army, saying: Fifty armor for each ox, leaving ten armor to defend the city, and forty armor to fight.

It can be seen from this that before the Battle of Fushun, the strength of a Niu Lu in Houjin was about fifty armor, and this number was promoted to one Niu Lu in the Huang Taiji era.

Then it can be estimated that among the three hundred Houjin soldiers in the Battle of Liuhe, the number of people wearing armor was fifty to one hundred.

Look at the specific number of Ming troops. Judging from the historical materials at that time, there are two main historical materials that record the number of Ming troops, one is the "Chronicle of the Inspector" by Mao Yuanyi, a subordinate of Sun Chengzong, and the other is the "Records of the Liao Facts of the Three Dynasties" written by the Shangshu Wang of the Nanjing Military Department who was transferred to Nanjing by Sun Chengzong.

Among them, the "Governor Jiluo" records that Guanning Iron Cavalry 800 people crossed the river, and 400 people were killed by 50 to 100 armor, the pioneer Li Chengxian was killed, the main general Lu Zhijia committed suicide, and the rest fled.

However, Mao Yuanyi, as Sun Chengzong's old department, his record may be hidden by the Venerable, and the record of the Later Jin is also very different, in August, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan army came to take Yaozhou City in the east of the river, and the army was defeated, or fell into the water and died, or was killed.

At that time, because the city of Yaozhou was dilapidated, it was being repaired, and Fang was one person high.

The Ming army crossed the Niangniang Palace ferry, and the night came, but it was not captured.

The Heavenly General Ming defeated the Zhushen army and attacked its rear tail, forcing it into the water or killing it.

The guards of Borjin went to conquer the country where they lived on the coast of the East China Sea, and returned to the Khan with 500 households to welcome the riverbank, killing cattle and sheep to feast on the newly attached people.

On the eighth day of the first month, the ministers stationed in Yaozhou defeated the Ming army and relieved the 670 horses and armor they had obtained.

Khan greeted him, and after the sacrifice hall, he killed the ox ten miles away.

Then he inquired about the situation of destroying the enemy, and rewarded the ministers with the horses they had obtained according to their duties, and gave each of them a silver medal. The rest of the horses were given to the sergeants.

Mao Yuanyi claimed that Houjin took the initiative to attack, and Guan Ning's iron cavalry was shot dead because the ground was muddy and unable to attack.

However, the record of the Later Jin is that after the Ming army crossed the river, they took the initiative to attack Yaozhou at night, but they were defeated by the Later Jin army and captured 670 war horses.

Take a look at the record of the "Three Dynasties Liao Facts".

According to the account of the "Records of the Liao Facts of the Three Dynasties", the Guanning army dispatched 700 Guanning iron cavalry and 800 gunners, and was attacked by the Houjin when attacking Yaozhou, which is similar to the record of the "Manchu Old Files".

To sum up, as the only time in history that the Guanning Army took the initiative to attack and fought against the Houjin, its performance was lackluster, and it can even be considered that its combat effectiveness was appallingly low.

Seven hundred Guanning iron cavalry and eight hundred Guanning infantry were defeated in the battle of Liuhe by a mere 50 to 100 armor, 670 horses were captured, and the commander of the vanguard and the army were all killed, with an estimated loss of more than 1,000 people.

After the war, the Ministry of War once again sent people to Guanning to verify the strength of the troops, and found that only 57,000 troops remained in the Guanning army, which was originally known as a 108,000-strong army.

The 50,000 men who were missing do not know whether they were lost in the previous battles or whether they were paid for nothing.