Volume Two, Chapter 66, Seeking Death
Outside Jizhou City, in the Beiyuan Camp, teams of cavalry kept shuttled back and forth, and everyone's face was filled with excitement.
When they left the camp, the war horses were basically empty, but when they came back, the war horses were filled with food, various daily necessities, and even women.
This guy is so cool to rob him unscrupulously!
In the handsome tent, Altan Khan was holding an exquisite teapot and playing with it with her hands, her face was also full of excitement.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty was really rich. Even the villages were full of local tyrants, with countless food and property. They also had all the daily necessities they needed urgently. This trip was really profitable.
He played with the teapot for a while, suddenly turned his face and shouted to the outside of the tent: "Have the water boiled?"
Soon, a guard walked in with a large copper pot. Seeing the effort, the copper pot was clearly filled with water.
Altan Khan looked at the teapot that was less than a palm-sized teapot in his hand, and then looked at the large copper pot that was one foot square in his hand. He couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Why are you going to get water in your mind? Is it necessary to burn such a large pot of water for such a small teapot?"
Hearing this, the guard couldn't help but stand there embarrassedly, his face flushed with shame.
He only knew that he was ordered to boil water, but he didn't know whether Dashan asked him to boil water for tea or bathing.
Altan Khan shook his head, carefully placed the teapot in his hand on the table in front of him, picked up an exquisite tea bucket, took out a pinch of tea from it, put it into the teapot, then pointed to the teapot and said, "Full."
Hearing this, the guard quickly pointed the copper spout in his hand at the teapot and carefully poured the boiling water in.
After pouring it, there was obviously a lot of boiling water in the copper pot.
Seeing this, Altan Khan simply picked up a tea brick on the table and threw it over. He said angrily: "The water has boiled, so don't waste it. You can also make some tea and drink it. This thing is something that only rich people can drink, and it's cheaper for you."
The guard took the tea bricks and went with great gratitude. However, Altan Khan was interested in putting several exquisite small tea cups together and arranged them neatly, then picked up the teapot and poured them all one by one.
He was having fun, and a scout suddenly ran in and hurriedly bowed: "Report, Khan, the Ming army in Tongzhou City was divided into two groups and copied from both sides of the east and west."
Upon hearing this, Altan Khan asked calmly: "How many people are there in each of them, have you ever explored?"
The scout quickly replied: "The Ming army from both sides is roughly about 20,000, but they all carry chariots. The specific number of people is a bit unreal."
Chariot?
If someone else used a chariot to deal with him, he was really a little worried. However, the Xianning Hou Qiuluan would be different because he knew very well that the Xianning Hou Qiuluan was just a bucket and would not lead troops to fight at all. So what if there was a chariot?
The Ming court sent 40,000 reinforcements, and he knew this, but he was not very worried either.
Forty thousand people are dishes, but eighty thousand people are not dishes?
He has 100,000 cavalry under him!
The Hou Qiuluan of Xianning was obviously seeking death. In the first place, infantry and cavalry did not have the advantage. He did not gather 80,000 troops and put them over, and the troops were divided into two groups, and each group had only 20,000 troops. What was this not seeking death?
Originally, he planned to organize his troops to fight Tongzhou City, because the villages near Jizhou were almost plundered by him, and he also wanted to rob him near the capital, and by the way he surrounded the capital, forcing the Ming Dynasty to agree to open the horse market.
The threat of the Xianning Hou Qiuluan's troops in Tongzhou City was not very threatening, but it was blocking his way. If he wanted to walk the official road, he had to pass through Tongzhou from Jizhou to Daming Capital.
Of course, it is not to say that there is only one road leading to Jizhou from Daming Capital. There are other roads, and there are many.
However, Altan Khan was too lazy to walk around. It was so good to walk the spacious official road, so why should I go to the sloppy path? He was not afraid of the Ming army surrounding him.
He just hopes that the Ming army will go to war with him in the wild!
The idiot, Hou Qiuluan of Xianning, was so nice that he sent someone to surround him without guarding the city.
He picked up a teacup and tasted it lightly. Then he said calmly: "Come here, I'll send Kunduli."
After a while, Kunduli walked in quickly and bowed and said loudly: "Sweat, what's wrong?"
Altan Khan picked up a teacup and handed it to him, then smiled and said, "Little Dog, the Ming army has been pressing forward in two groups. Are you afraid?"
He is quite close to this young brother, because Kunduliha is different from his eldest brother Ji Nang. This kid is just a reckless man and has no scheming. He is not worried that this kid will seize his power.
Kunduliha took the teacup, raised his head and dried the tea in the cup. Then he said in a muffled voice: "There is nothing to be afraid of these turtles? I'm afraid that they will retreat to the city and don't come out."
This kid, drinking tea is like drinking alcohol, and drinking cows.
Seeing this, Altan Khan couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, little kang, tea is not like this. You have to taste it first, do you know? What kind of taste can you drink like this?"
Kunduli smacked his lips and said silly: "Isn't this tea just a bitter taste? What good ones are there?"
Well, discussing tea ceremony with a reckless man like him is simply playing the piano against a cow.
Altan Khan shook his head with a wry smile, then stood up and patted his shoulder and said, "Since you are not afraid, then take the cavalry of the Yibula tribe, Buerhae tribe and Uryha tribe to intercept the Ming army on the east route. Remember, don't underestimate the enemy and run to attack Tongzhou City. What should I do later? Let's talk about it when I lead the army to defeat the Ming army on the west route."
When Kunduliha heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Da Khan, don't worry, I know that fighting in the wild is the strength of the cavalry, so I won't run to attack the city."
Upon hearing this, Altan Khan nodded with relief and said, "Well, just know, go."
By the way, did the Ming army really come to seek death?
If Qiu Luan was still the leader of Tongzhou City, the division of troops and attacks would be no different from seeking death, but it would be different if it were commanders of Yang Cong.
He has a deep way of fighting with gunpowder weapons, and his cooperation with tanks and gunpowder weapons was also his first. Under his command and dispatch, not to mention 20,000 infantry against 50,000 cavalry, even 20,000 infantry against 100,000 cavalry may not lose.
The reason why he divided his troops was actually because he was afraid of scaring Altan Khan away. After all, it would be quite scary for 40,000 troops and thousands of chariots to gather together. If Altan Khan turned around and ran away when he saw this scene, wouldn’t it be a big loss?
As for seeking death, it’s hard to say who seeks death!
Altan Khan didn't know that he was also told by Yang Cong that the reason why Yang Cong blocked the news was to prevent him from knowing that Qiu Luan was arrested was because he wanted him to bump up without knowing his life or death.
Cavalry and infantry fight in the field indeed have an absolute advantage, but it would be different if they were infantry protected by chariots. If these infantry had gunpowder weapons in their hands, it would be even more different.
Chapter completed!