Chapter 537 536 Intercept

Author: Guests in Parallel Space

Chapter 537 536 Intercept

In the Central Army's tent in the temporary camp of the Xuanfu Army, Ma Fang was looking at the war reports from all parties, and suddenly there was a news report outside the tent.

"Master General, the messenger from Master Wei's mansion in the capital is here."

Without looking up, Ma Fang only said, "Come in quickly."

The capital city of Wei is naturally where Wei Guangde is.

Now Ma Fang is holding the sign of Prince Yu's Mansion. In this era of superiority and inferiority in literature, ordinary civil servants really dare not underestimate him.

And all this was brought by him after he decisively surrendered to the Hanlin official.

As an official, you have to be on the sidelines.

If the team stands well, it is not only easy to be an official, but also a success is no problem.

And now, he fully enjoys these benefits.

Wei Guangde can see through the current situation, stand in a good position, and lead his subordinates as well.

Since he became effective, he has not only been promoted quickly, but even if he occasionally suffered a defeat in border conflicts, the court has just scolded him without any pain and scolded him, and did not allow him to enjoy the treatment of a lift.

The Ministry of War and the military preparation roads received food, salary and equipment, and were given priority to supply to Xuanfu.

Although Xuanfu itself is very high and its priority has not improved, it has given much more things than before, although this is all hard from other border towns.

Ma Fang didn't feel that she was sorry for others because of this, because it was all sent by the court.

Anyway, he got the benefit in fact, so his subordinates were more obedient and hardworking when doing things.

Soon the person was taken into the big tent, and Ma Fang recognized the person at a glance, very familiar with him.

I've seen it several times a year, can I not be familiar with it?

"Sir, let you come here overnight?"

Ma Fang thought of the letters he sent to the Wei Mansion, and then he calculated the time. It must have been after reading his letter that Wei Guangde arranged for them to leave the city, and it was very time-consuming.

"Master Ma has worked hard and has worked hard for days but has not rested. He is really a model for the court."

When the two soldiers of the Wei Mansion saw that Ma Fang did not rest so late, they were working, they hurriedly flattered him.

While speaking, a man on the right had already untied the bamboo tube behind him, took out the letter contained therein, and handed it to the hands of Ma Fang's personal soldiers who were walking over.

"Does Lord Wei have anything to say?"

Ma Fang was not in a hurry to read the letter, but asked.

"The master just said that he would ask the general to take action as soon as possible after reading the letter, and it would not be delayed for a moment. The Tartars should have to go to the grassland."

The man on the left immediately replied.

"oh?"

Ma Fang whispered, hurriedly put down the official documents in her hand, took Wei Guangde's letter from her personal soldiers, opened it and read it.

The letters were written on high-quality rice paper, and the mark of Prince Yu's Mansion was printed on the edges.

This was written by Wei Guangde in Prince Yu's Mansion, or because it was too late or to represent importance, he reminded him that this was what Prince Yu meant.

After reading the letters from beginning to end, most of them were analyzing recent battle reports and finally drawing conclusions. The main meaning was that Ma Fang also felt this way when reading the battle reports just now.

Of course, he saw Wei Guangde's request, light troops advanced eastward, intercepted one of the Tartars and annihilated it.

In fact, after entering Jizhen, the scouts of the Xuanfu Army had several contact battles with the Tatar whistle detectives. They had discovered that the other party's identity was from the Xin Ai tribe and the elite cavalry.

Thinking of the troops entering the pass this time, the Ministry of War now indicated that around 10,000 people were included in the Tang newspaper, which was basically consistent with the situation under Xuanfu.

Ten thousand elite soldiers, relying solely on Xuanfu cavalry, I really can't be sure to eat and live in field battles.

However, Wei Guangde did not ask him to wipe out the Tatars, but wanted to eat one of them, which could be done.

At least, in Ma Fang's opinion, it is not difficult.

This time, after receiving the imperial edict from the capital, Ma Fang did not gather the Xuanfu army to come to rescue.

The various parts are scattered in various places, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to draw them, and will lead to empty defense of Xuanfu, which is definitely not a good idea.

However, under Ma Fang's troops, he had a military force himself to train as the main force all year round.

When Xuanfu was invaded by Tartars, he personally led the troops to fight, and his combat power was also relatively strong.

This time Ma Fang brought all this troops.

There are not many people, nearly 20,000, or to be precise, more than 18,000 people.

Among them, there were five thousand cavalrymen.

The light army advanced and intercepted the tail.

Ma Fang did not consider whether the strategy was correct at this moment, but how to do it.

After all, this order is the shadow of Prince Yu's mansion, and the matter must be done well in accordance with Prince Yu's requirements.

Even Ma Fang had already had a scheming in her heart.

Even if we enter Pinggu this time, it is too late to go up, so we will continue to chase north, and even chase the Great Wall and enter the edge of the grassland, we will bring back the heads of the Tartars.

The five thousand cavalry must be taken away, and the speed must be fast.

Even if the other party is an elite Mongolian army, if there are these soldiers who are trained by themselves, they can fight the same number of elite Tartars.

"I won't reply. You can go back and tell Lord Wei that Ma will set off tonight."

After speaking to the messenger of the Wei Mansion, Ma Fang immediately sent two personal soldiers, one responsible for notifying the cavalry commander, one sergeant general and more than ten guerrilla generals, and the other was to arrange baggage.

When cavalry dispatched, the dry food and bean cakes that must be brought with them must not be missing.

Without these things, it is impossible for war horses to have the strength to exert combat power in subsequent wars.

When the two messengers were sent out of the Xuanfu Army camp, the entire Xuanfu Army camp was already in full swing.

A large number of torches were lit, and the cavalry camp was crowded with people, so the cavalry had been awakened. At this moment, they were waiting for their generals to come and arrange tasks.

Working in Ma Fang's subordinates is much better than before.

Not only do you eat enough, but you also have a lot of rewards to win battles, and you don’t have to owe you. Although there are deductions, there are clear rates.

Therefore, after a battle, the soldiers knew how much reward they could receive, unlike in the past, and they could not even think about it.

The people above were very dark, and they ate them all, and if there was any surplus, they would fall into their hands.

That is, they are just satisfied with the top, and they are not satisfied with the bottom.

Now that Ma Fang is the general of Xuanfu, it is clear how much they can get below, and everyone has hope in their hearts.

Basically, after going out to the camp to fight, you will start to report your merits on the way. When you return to the camp, you will get as much as the soldiers should give away.

Therefore, the soldiers of Xuanfu are still very enthusiastic about participating in the war, which means you have money to make money.

This time, I rushed from Xuanfu to the capital. I heard that there was a conflict between the whistle cavalry along the way. They didn't even see the shadow of the Tartars, so many people thought that this time it was a waste of time. Unexpectedly, they were suddenly called out from their sleep. It is said that there might be a big war, so they kept talking to each other.

No one wants to go for nothing, let alone be afraid of war.

For those who live in border towns, they seem to be unable to escape from war since they were born.

After entering the Wei Su, their lives are actually not fate, and no one knows when they will die.

Therefore, they don’t care about their lives, and just hope to earn more money for their family before they die.

The opportunity I didn’t have before is different now.

Following Ma Fang, you can earn money and bring a lot of things to your family. So now you are not thinking about the dangers of war, but how many Tartars can be killed in the battle formation and how much silver you can get.

The wheelbarrow ran back and forth in the military camp, transporting the dry food and bean cakes that the cavalry needed to distribute when they went on expedition.

This is a sign before the war breaks out.

As the general accepted the order from the central army tent and returned to his military camp, the news of sending troops to Pinggu quickly spread in the camp.

When a ray of sunrise appeared in the eastern sky in the early morning, a long cavalry team had already passed through the Miyun border and drove straight to Pinggu in the east.

At this time, Pinggu County was also in a panic. Although more than a thousand Ming troops had resisted the county, countless Tartar cavalry swarmed into the surrounding areas and filled the villages and towns around Pinggu.

The magistrate and other officials could only wait on the city wall in a panic and look out through the battlements.

Teams of Tartar cavalry passed by and advanced to the north.

Although they knew they were going back to the grassland, they could only watch and dared not do anything.

Even, for fear of making a sound to the enemy cavalry outside the city discover them, they then gave up traveling north to attack the city.

Although Pinggu is an important defense zone along the Great Wall and is affiliated to one of the four counties in Jizhou, there are not many people in the county.

The garrisons in Pinggu were actually on the Great Wall of Pinggu section to the north of the county town. It was the defense area of ​​Zhenlu Camp. There were more than 2,000 soldiers and guarding five gates in Pinggu. They had no spare time to support Pinggu County.

In fact, during this period, the Ming army units in the Great Wall were also extremely nervous because they did not know where the Tartars would break through the wall and return to the grassland.

Of course, none of them wanted their defense zone to be selected by the Tartars.
To be continued...