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The snow in the reckless and vast Yin Mountain has not disappeared, and under the irradiation of the sun, the clouds are steaming and the clouds are magnificent. When the north wind blows, the snow on the top of the mountain rises, like white smoke rises, and the sunlight shines through, forming colorful colors, like the light of the Buddha.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Tibetan lama Maidari Hutuketu came to the Tumut Mongolian Department to preach, and saw the wonders of heaven and earth, so with the support of the head of the Tumut Department at that time, a Wanda Temple was built here, also known as Lingzhao Temple.

Ma Yongzhen led nearly 50,000 Mongolian troops to the west, walked to Lingzhao Temple, encountered this "Buddha's light shining" spectacular scene, the Mongolian soldiers in the army all worshipped, and recited the Buddha's name in their mouths.

To be honest, the reverence of the gods of these ethnic minorities is definitely much more pious than that of the Han people.

Ma Yongzhen said to the Mongolian soldiers under his command that this is the manifestation of the Buddha, and the army will definitely win a complete victory in this westward expedition, and tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers believe it, and their morale is strong, and no one complains about marching in the bitter cold.

Lingzhao Temple is a rare building that combines a temple and a castle. The temple is surrounded by walls covered with earth and stone, which are thick and sturdy, and can withstand the rain of artillery shells and cavalry raids.

The whole city is slightly rectangular, with corner towers at the four corners, and a city gate is opened in the middle of the south wall. The hall dedicated to the Buddha statue is in the city, and the plaque of the mountain gate has the sentence of "the emperor consolidates the map, the emperor Xianning, the people are happy, and the four seas are clarified", and the payment is "the Ming Jinguo".

Seeing this payment, Ma Yongzhen was extremely curious, since it was the "Ming" Dynasty, how could it come to the "Jin Kingdom"?

The only explanation is that the Lord of Jin has not yet been called the emperor after that year, and he still admits that he is a fan of the Ming Empire, which is a bit strange.

The abbot of the temple, Lama Nada Tu, led the crowd to hurry out, and Ma Yongzhen also dismounted and greeted him.

In the Central Plains Dynasty, there were not many people who believed in Lamaism, and Ma Yongzhen was strong and strong. Nada Tu Hu was quite worried, but it was not until after the greetings, seeing that his attitude was quite gentle, that Na Da Tu Hu was a little more relieved.

Ma Yongzhen pointed to the plaque on the door and asked, "Master, who is the inscription of this plaque of the Ming Jin Kingdom?" ”

Nada Tuhu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly saluted, and said in a non-questionable manner: "Ma Du Du is heroic, the Buddha blesses, Ma Du Du will be able to win a great victory in this expedition to the west." Don't hide it from Ma Dudu, yesterday there were people who went to the temple to ask the monks about the whereabouts of Ma Dudu's army. ”

Ma Yongzhen's thick eyebrows raised slightly. According to the hilt of the knife at his waist, he asked in a deep voice, "Master, who is inquiring about the movements of our army?" ”

"Amitabha, that person's identity is unknown, Lao Na doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but with Ma Dudu's heavenly appearance, Lao Na expects that Ma Du Du will not be difficult to guess the identity of the other party."

Nada Tu revealed enough information to Ma Yongzhen, but he pushed two or five or six again, letting him guess by himself, which is more clever than directly stating the identity of the other party.

Ma Yongzhen believes that Nada Tuhu will not talk nonsense. He paid enough attention to this, his tens of thousands of troops were all cavalry, and the reason why the recommended speed was so slow was mainly due to the logistical drag. The snow on the grassland has not disappeared, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass, and in this case, the logistics supply line is his biggest weakness.

If it was Chita, he sent someone deep into the place to find out the movements of his army. There must be some kind of plan, and we have to guard against it.

Ma Yongzhen sent a large number of scouts and cavalry on the one hand, and strengthened the protection of logistics supply lines on the other.

In a foothill of Montenegro, seventy miles northwest of Lingzhao Temple. Sukhbaru, the general of Chitat's command, lurked with an army of 8,000.

This time, the strategy used by Chita to attack the east and the west, to put it bluntly, was to let Hadan Batel attack the Wuding River in the south, creating an illusion for Daqin that his main force was along the Wuding River.

However, he sent his general Sukhbaru to take the elite division to Montenegro and lie in the north of Ma Yongzhen's westward route.

Under normal circumstances, Ma Yongzhen would advance westward, and the focus of his precautions would definitely be in the direction of the Hetao in the south, and the reconnaissance intensity in the north would not be great.

In this way, the 8,000 elites of Sukhbaru can take it by surprise, bypass from the north, cut off Ma Yongzhen's logistics line, and wait for Ma Yongzhen's army to be short of food and the army's morale is in chaos, and then attack in one fell swoop and defeat Ma Yongzhen.

Although Sukhbaru only had 8,000 men, he was full of confidence in the face of Ma Yongzhen's army of 50,000.

In history, there are many examples of winning ten battles with one win, not to mention far away, taking the Manchu Qing Dynasty a few years ago as an example, there are many examples of thousands of men and horses defeating tens of thousands of Ming troops.

"Report! General, Ma Yongzhen's army has arrived at Lingzhao Temple. ”

"Okay, Chuanben will order, all the sentry agents to withdraw, erase a trace of qiē outside the mountain, so as not to be discovered by the enemy."

"Yes, General."

The police posts came and went.

Sukhbaru's eyes were blazing, and his lieutenant Meng En said: "This time the Great Khan is really a clever plan, Ma Yongzhen wants to block us in the Hetao, let's kill us to the north first, God doesn't know it, wait for Ma Yongzhen's army to pass, general, subordinates, please be the vanguard, and lead the army to destroy Ma Yongzhen's logistics and supplies." ”

Sukhbaru looked at the surrounding mountains quite proudly, here was once the border between the Liao State and the Western Xia, also known as the Jiashan Mountain, the mountains are horizontal, after the Liao State was defeated by the Jin State, the Liao Emperor Ye Yanxi fled here and hid for a long time.

This is indeed a good place to hide, Ma Yongzhen must not have imagined that he was no longer in the Hetao, but ran to Montenegro.

"Meng En, you hurry up and prepare, it is estimated that Ma Yongzhen will pass tomorrow, and then you will lead the army north to bypass Mutu Mountain to rob Ma Yongzhen's logistics."

"Yes, General."

As soon as the lieutenant Meng En left, she walked into the big tent wearing a mink fur and Yatu, she stomped on the snow stained on her boots, the thick winter coat could not hide her slender figure, and a pair of deerskin boots under her feet made her look even taller.

Because the battle was at stake, she was not at ease, so she came with the Sukhbaru army.

In fact, the real commander of the army of eight thousand was her, and Sukhbaru was her confidant general.

"Sukhbaru, is it all arranged?"

Sukhbaru bowed and replied, "Princess, everything has been arranged according to what you said, does the princess have anything else to add?" ”

Yatu approached and said, "Not for the time being, now the important thing is to erase all traces outside the mountain, hide our tracks, and then wait patiently, and when Ma Yongzhen's army passes, we will be half victorious." ”

"Princess, my subordinates have already asked people to do it." As soon as the two of them were close, Sukhbaru, who was bowing down, smelled a faint body fragrance coming from her;

He couldn't help but raise his head, and when he saw that the towering peaks of Yatu were close at hand, his eyes couldn't help but be stunned, and then he hurriedly lowered his head and swallowed his saliva secretly.

Yatu looked at Sukhbaru who bowed respectfully, and a smile oozed from her eyes, she knew that Sukhbaru was infatuated with herself, and she took advantage of this to control the forces that were not weaker than Qitaxing.

"Sukhbaru, do you like Princess Ben?" Yatu leaned forward again, standing closer.

Sukhbaru looked down at her deerskin boots and replied in a panic: "My subordinates don't dare, my subordinates ...... I am willing to die for the princess..."

"So you just don't like this princess?" Yatu asked with some disappointment.

"No, no, no...... Subordinates like... It's not...."

Sukhbaru's incoherent words, which made Yatu, who had always been quite confident in her beauty, a little proud, and she also knew that to control a man, it was best to give him a little sweetness once in a while, so that he could not stop it.

"Sukhbaru, you are a man who stands up to the sky, don't you dare to admit it if you like a person?"

Yatu's voice was soft, and he took his big hand and put it on his towering chest, and Sukhbaru, whose eyes were flustered, couldn't help but tremble slightly with his calloused big hands, and his Adam's apple swayed up and down.

"You are good to this princess, and this princess will naturally not treat you badly." Yatu gently unbuttoned the two buttons, letting his large hand reach through the side of his shirt.

That warm and soft feeling, Sukhbaru couldn't help but squeeze hard, and a beastly low sound came out of his throat, this was the most wonderful moment in his life, Yatu's beautiful face, moving body, he had long been haunted by it.

Yatu knew when it was time to stop, so he rubbed it and said softly, "Your hands are too cold, next time...... Sukhbaru, you go and get some wine, accompany Princess Ben for a drink, let's wait slowly, wait for Ma Yongzhen's army to go, the victory is ours. ”

"I'm sorry, princess, I'm sorry, my subordinates... The subordinates are asking for wine. Sukhbaru was afraid of upsetting her, so he reluctantly withdrew his hand and apologized repeatedly, and then turned to get the wine.

Yatu looked at his stumbling steps, and the smile in his eyes intensified.

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