Chapter 426: Battle of Tumochuan

That night, inside the Mongolian tent, Dayan Khan and Ordo Guhai looked at the intelligence collected by the Tanma Red Army and both showed hesitation.

The three towns of Jizhou, Changping and Liaodong are busy setting up their defenses. It is impossible to break through without paying a heavy price.

Some Doyan Guard soldiers who escaped from the battlefield in Funing City also brought new news. The Ming Kingdom actually sent Qiu Yue to attack them, and the leader of the army was the mighty general Zhu Shou.

Erduo Guhai looked at the unfamiliar name, frowned slightly and said, "Great Khan, I asked the envoys, and they have never heard of this great general named Zhu Shou in the capital."

Then, Ordo Guhai speculated: "His surname is Zhu. Could he be a relative secretly cultivated by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"

"It's unlikely. Since Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no record of allowing clan members to control military power." Dayan Khan shook his head and denied this speculation.

Ordo Guhai patted his head and said, "Where did this man come from? He actually let Qiu Yue be his vanguard. He can't be the emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

Dayan Khan laughed and denied it, "That's even more impossible. The Ming emperor's name is Zhu Houzhao. He didn't have to do that. I heard that this person is young and I haven't heard of his name before. Who does this remind you of?"

"Young Champion Hou Huo Qubing?!"

Erduo Guhai suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. He is actually a relative of the emperor. Now everything becomes clear."

Then, he continued, "Great Khan, we have solid intelligence that the Emperor of Ming is currently at the border. The envoys in the capital have also sent back news that the Ming court has not held a court meeting for half a year. In the cabinet, only the Minister of Revenue Fei Hong is holding the overall situation alone... So, where is the Emperor?"

"More importantly, I am very confused by Ou Zanghua's series of actions. At that time, he had successfully wiped out the Kharchin tribe and made great military achievements. He could have withdrawn his troops and returned to the Ming Dynasty."

"Based on the abilities that Ming Guo Ye Bushu has shown during this period, as well as Ou Zanghua's own dispatches on the battlefield, they don't seem like the type of people who would make such a mistake."

In the early morning, the vast grassland is gently covered by a soft and deep dark green veil.

At the edge of the sky, a touch of golden and red morning glow quietly blooms. It shyly expands its territory under the cover of a few light and flowing dark green clouds.

When the cloud band was set with a golden circle, the heroic sun finally appeared.

Suddenly, the clouds in the sky rolled up and down, like the singing of phoenixes and dragons, magnificent and gorgeous.

Someone once said that watching the sunrise from a high mountain gives you a sense of its vastness.

Watch the sunrise at sea and enjoy its magnificence.

Watch the sunrise and enjoy the fireworks in the countryside.

If you watch the sunrise on the grassland, you will realize how vast it is.

Tumochuan, Miliangchuan, Chilechuan, and the golden river.

Once you enter Tumochuan, you will no longer have to worry about food and clothing.

Tumochuan, with thousands of miles of fertile fields, is backed by the Daqing Mountains in the north and borders the Yellow River in the south. It has fertile soil and abundant water resources, making it the Mongolian people's dream place.

In the fifth year of Zhengde, Dayan Khan fought a great battle with Yibula, Mandulai and other right-wingers here, and finally won the victory, completing the feat of unifying the eastern Mongolian tribes.

Therefore, this place can be regarded as the place where Dayan Khan followed his father. After Dayan Khan announced his title of Great Khan in front of the Eight White Room, he conferred this place on his grandson Borjigin Altan Khan, who was known as Altan Khan in later generations.

At this moment, the girls from the Tumed tribe were milking cows and preparing breakfast for Jinong.

Just then, the sound of horse hooves came from afar.

The girl ignored it. On the grassland, the absence of horse hoof sounds was what she should pay attention to.

But before long, there were waves of panicked noises. The girl looked up and saw the cavalrymen in the distance raising their three-barreled guns. A puff of black smoke first floated out, and then she heard the extremely loud explosion:

boom! ——

The war horses jumped over the fence and rushed into the camp, knocking down the tribesmen one by one in an instant.

The next moment, a deep horn sounded, and Jinong Borjigin Barsbrot rushed out of the tent holding a longbow. When he saw the cavalry in the distance, he was furious and said, "Damn Ming army, why are they here?! Where are the Tanma Red Army? Are they all dead?"

As he was speaking, his personal guards rushed over on horseback and shouted, "Lord Jinong, please mount your horse!" Without saying a word, Borjigin Barsborot jumped on his horse and gathered the soldiers who remained at the garrison together with his personal guards.

A guard saluted and asked, "Lord Jinong, nearly a thousand Ming troops have rushed into the garrison. What should we do?"

"Ah!!!" After letting out an unwilling roar, Borjigin Barsbrot said calmly, "Pass the order down. Everyone must fight the Ming army to the end at all costs."

"Yes!"

Under the leadership of Borjigin Barsborot, more and more soldiers gathered from all directions, forming a huge cavalry of thousands of people.

After a round of sneak attacks, the Ming army chose to withdraw after burning a large amount of food and tents.

Borjigin Barsbrot led his troops in pursuit and encountered the Ming army of tens of thousands head-on.

Looking at the commander's flag fluttering in the wind and the three people under it, Borjigin Barsborot knew that the choice was no longer in his hands.

But he couldn't understand why there were so many Red Army scouts, but not one came back to report the intelligence?
Zhu Shou specially brought an iron-plated gold-plated helmet with dragon patterns today. This was the helmet that Emperor Taizong wore during his five expeditions to the northern desert.

He brought it with him today to comfort his ancestors. He would take back with his own hands the things that the Zhu family had lost!
He looked at the enemy troops opposite him and shouted loudly: "Before the sun sets today, many people will die. I will not forget you, the Ming Dynasty will not forget you, and the people of the world will not forget you!"

"My first and last decree today. If you see me fall from my horse, do not mourn, do not stop charging, but follow the flag closely, hold your spear tightly, and wield your sword!"

"I want you to join me and trample the camp! I want you to join me and fight to the death!"

As he spoke, Zhu Shou suddenly drew out his sword, pointed it forward and shouted, "The mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty will last forever! The mountains and rivers of the sun and the moon will last forever!"

"charge!!!"

Zhu Shou rushed forward first, and Qiu Yue, Zuo Lengchan and Yu Huatian, three masters, protected him on the left and right and behind.

The soldiers' blood rushed to their brains. Damn the fear, damn their lives, damn the Mongols.

It turns out that the young general who led them across thousands of miles to attack the local stronghold was His Majesty!

Now they only want to do one thing, which is to follow His Majesty and defeat the enemy on the opposite side.

The originally furious Borjigin Barsborot was stunned for a while when he saw the opponent's powerful momentum. By the time he reacted and wanted to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, the opponent had already closed the distance. If he organized an archery attack at this time, he would be courting death.

The soldiers around him were even more unbearable. Who could have thought that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would appear here and charge into the enemy's territory in person?

Looking at the muscular men on both sides of the emperor, just looking at each other was enough to tremble with fear, the murderous aura was as real as substance.

"rush!"

In a hurry, Borjigin Barsbrot could only roar and then rushed out first. The distance left them no room to maneuver, so they could only fight hard.

The soldiers behind him reacted and followed.

In an instant, the two forces collided with each other, and the skills Zhu Shou had acquired from years of martial arts training finally came in handy.

Facing the surging enemy, Zhu Shou swung his sword suddenly. With a flash of cold light, he accurately and neatly chopped an enemy soldier off his horse.

When an enemy attempted to approach silently from the flank with evil intentions, Zuo Lengchan was quick-eyed and quick-handed. With a flash of his blade, he cut through the air coldly and instantly chopped off the attacker's head, causing blood to gushed out like a fountain.

On the other side, an enemy soldier swung a spear and rushed forward with a whistling sound. Qiu Yue met the attack with the spear in his hand. There was a loud "bang" and the enemy and his spear were blown away by an irresistible force.

When the enemy in front drew their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot, Yu Huatian moved his fingers slightly, and several hidden weapons flew out of the air, hitting the target accurately with a terrifying whooshing sound, and directly pierced the head of the enemy who was preparing to shoot.

Although the three masters did not communicate with each other, they cooperated very well.

After a while, the two teams crossed each other, leaving a large number of corpses on the ground. Upon closer inspection, most of them were soldiers from the Tumed tribe.

Seeing this, Borjigin Barsborot felt nervous. It seemed that he could not defeat this group of people in a head-on confrontation. He immediately blew the whistle to tell his soldiers that it was time to adjust their tactics.

However, the Ming army did not give them this opportunity, because the cavalry led by Sanhe, Buchen, Sha Tianjiang, Deng Bagong, Gao Kexin and others rushed out from the other side and fought with them again.
(End of this chapter)