Wang Cong asked, and Li Yuan, the general of the third road pioneer elite cavalry, was also wary and asked: "Since Benjamin has fled west, you are a member of his headquarters, why are you still here?"
Uliang Hatai said angrily: "If it weren't for the disagreement between the Great Khan and the Grand Master, we would not have fled here a long time ago, and if that were, we wouldn't have fallen into your hands."
As for scattering, it was originally the habit of my grassland tribes to migrate, a large team, the speed of travel must be slow, and even if it is the season of abundant water and grass, a grassland can not meet the needs of so many tribesmen, so it is natural to travel in batches. ” Speaking of this, he said dejectedly: "And I stayed here, there was originally another purpose, but it's a pity" Wang Cong asked vigilantly: "What purpose?"
Uliang Hatai hung his head and said: "Originally, I was ordered by the khan to stay, I wanted to make some traces to come out, so that the disaster could lead north, but who expected that you suddenly traveled much faster than what we had originally detected, so that the success was lost."
If he hadn't insisted on throwing off the brigade and riding lightly, wouldn't he have sat back and watched the Tatar Khan flee and strayed into the wrong way, and was led to chase and kill Arutai, and fell for Benjamin's murder plan with a knife.
Although it is said that Arutai is the actual ruler of the Tatars, and he has taken the most people and horses, but Benyasuri is the Tatar Khan, the person of the Golden Family, he is the spiritual leader of the Tatar tribes, even if Arutai is strong, he also needs to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes" to order all the Tatar tribes, in Qiu Fu's heart, whether it is status or influence, including the size of the military exploits, the capture of Benyasuri is undoubtedly more important than Arutai.
He immediately asked, "Where is Benjamin now?"
Wuliang Hatai hesitated for a moment before he said: "Drinking horses to the west of the river, thirty miles away, I was originally waiting for my department to accompany me." ” "Thirty miles west of the Drinking Horse River" Qiu Fu was overjoyed when he heard this, he had just interrogated the captives, and he already knew where he was, and the Yinma River was also called the Yuqu River, which was not far from here.
Qiu Fu hurriedly said: "How many soldiers and horses does he have now?"
Uliang Hatai said: "There are only 15,000 elite horsemen in the headquarters of the Great Khan, including 10,000 people who escort the family and baggage, and only 5,000 elite horsemen remain, and I have taken out 1,500 horsemen, and there are only 3,500 horsemen around the Great Khan."
Qiu Fu was in high spirits when he heard this, and said: "Are you willing to lead the way for Ben Shuai, as long as you capture Ben Ya, it will be a miracle, and in front of the emperor, Ben Shuai can also speak for you."
Seeing that Wuliang Hatai hesitated slightly, Qiu Fu laughed and said: "Wuliang Hatai, you are a Mongolian man with a happy surname, why can't you think so much that you have confessed, will Ben Yali let you go, if he flees to the west, Warat will not be compatible, if Ben Shuai captures him, it is equivalent to saving his life, you can rest assured, once a character like him is arrested, he will be a guest of my tomorrow, and he will definitely not hurt his surname."
After hearing this, Wuliang Hatai thought for a while, stomped his foot, and said, "That's it, I would like to listen to General Qiu's orders."
Qiu Fu immediately said: "Ben Ya lost Li is close at hand, capture the thief and capture the king, the opportunity must not be lost Wang Cong and Li Yuan, quickly gather the people and horses of the department, and follow Ben Shuai to drink the horse river, only Ben Ya lost Li was captured in one fell swoop, and the overall situation was decided."
When Wang Cong heard this, he hurriedly said: "General, Benjamin is a Tatar Khan, but he took the risk of breaking off, and there are not many followers around him, and some of them are quite suspicious.
According to the general, it is better to dispatch scouts, first to spy on the movement, let's immediately call the follow-up men and horses to hurry up, wait for all the soldiers and horses to gather, and find out the truth of what Uliang Hatai said, and then it is not too late to enter the army."
Qiu Fu laughed and said: "Benjamin has not many soldiers in his hands, he wants to keep more people and horses, and he has to have soldiers to succeed."
As for his risky break, this is just an act to invite people to buy people's hearts, haven't you heard that he wants to design and lure Ben Shuai to fight Arutai Hey, as long as Arutai is hit hard and his strength is weakened, and he invites enough people's hearts, he will have the opportunity to take back the power of the Tatars, although the Tatars have been hurt by this, but only in this way can he be a real Tatar Khan hum This is just a means of self-sustaining death and resurrection, listen to the orders of the Ben Shuai, and immediately assemble the people" Li Yuan is also a relatively calm person, he feels that what Wang Cong said is reasonable, and since he takes the initiative in his own hands, there is really no need to take risks with Benjamin, and he is busy and comes forward to admonish, Qiu Fu is furious and reprimands: "Confused just recruited by Wuliang Hatai, didn't you hear that Benjamin was looking forward to exhausting our army and retreating without a fight."
We have been in the desert for nearly two months, and we have not achieved an inch, and we cannot even find the main force of the Tatars, and now that the opportunity is in front of us, we are afraid of the tail, and we miss the opportunity to listen to my orders, gallop and drink the Horse River, capture Benjamin alive, and those who violate my orders will be beheaded" Wang Cong and Li Yuan had no choice but to gather their headquarters and join forces with Qiu Fu, leaving a small number of soldiers to take care of the Tatar tribesmen who had been invited, and then sent people back to Tong'an Hou Huozhen and Jing'an Hou Wang Zhong, and told them to hurry to respond.
Qiu Fu used soldiers and liked to take risks, he was like to take risks when he was young, and he still does this now.
At the same time, the family members and clansmen of Wuliang Hatai were in his hands, and he expected that this Wuliang Hatai would not dare to deceive him, and then he went deep into the desert, and he had been trekking hard in this snowy field for nearly two months, and he had no gains.
If he continued, he would neither be able to please the Son of Heaven and return to the center, nor would he be able to help the second prince fight for the throne again, he would have already been impetuous, and naturally believed in what Wuliang Hatai said.
Of course, there is a bigger reason, but even he is not aware of it.
He felt that his judgment and decision were only based on the objective results of the Tatar situation and corroborated by the confession of Uliang Hatai, but he did not know that from the time he learned that Benjamin was drinking the Horse River, his rapid dispatch of troops was inevitable At the beginning, Xia Xun annihilated tens of thousands of elites in the first battle of the Yinma River, killed the Khabara of the Privy Council of Tatars, and made great contributions.
Now he is still in this place, if he can capture the Tatar Khan Benjamin alive, how can Yang Xu's junior compare these two military exploits with him, one in the sky and the other in the ground, there is no way to compare.
Where will Yang Xu catch another khan and come back humming As long as this battle is fought, he will be pressed on Yang Xu's head for the rest of his life, so that Yang Xu will never be able to turn over again.
Such a great opportunity is in front of you, you tell him to wait, how can he wait.
If it is because of this delay that Benjamin discovers that the Ming army has arrived and flees immediately, it will be too late to regret it.
At Qiu Fu's insistence, the Ming army of the three routes gathered in one place, except for the soldiers who died in battle and left behind to guard the prisoners of war, only more than 2,000 horsemen, and hurried away in the wind and snow.
According to the confession of Uliang Hatai, Benjamin's guards numbered more than three thousand five hundred, but he believed that his elite soldiers were no inferior in combat strength to the Tatar cavalry; Second, the other party is on the run, and he is chasing, and the morale of this army is very different; With his many years of experience in fighting with the Mobei army, once those steppe cavalry won the battle, they were all like wolves and tigers, as long as they showed a slight defeat, they would immediately scatter the sand, so there was nothing to fear.
Sure enough, when Qiu Fu's cavalry suddenly appeared on the bank of the Yuqu River, the Tatars who were camping there were killed by surprise, they didn't expect the Ming army to come so quickly, let alone expect the Ming army to brave such a heavy snow and still march.
Fortunately, it was the garrison of the Tatar Khan, and it was heavily defended, and the sentinels were ten miles away from the camp, so they spotted their traces early.
Benjamin, not knowing how many of them there were, immediately abandoned the camp and fled.
Qiu Fu saw the wolf's head banner in Benjamin, but unfortunately chased all the way, or did not catch up, Qiu Fu was more and more excited by his prey, but the chase was relentless, and the army behind was ordered to speed up, but the Ming army of 100,000 troops, it was a mixed group of foot and horsemen, and the speed was originally slow, so many people and horses, people must carry a certain amount of baggage to eat and feed the horses, and the speed could not keep up at all, and the result was not only not to meet them, but was pulled farther and farther away.
For a few days, Qiu Fu tiptoed Benjamin, every time there was a small gain, but he never caught the cunning Benjamin like a fox, this day chased to a rolling slope, Li Yuan looked at the surrounding environment, more and more felt that it was inappropriate, so he said to Qiu Fujin: "General, this is the territory of the Tatars, Benjamin is very familiar with this, and they are good at riding and shooting, since we can't make a surprise attack, it is not easy for him to escape away, but seeing that he is always leaving these days, the last general feels that there is a deliberate show of weakness to lure me deeper."
According to the general, it is not advisable for us to pursue it again, and if we do not return immediately, we should also camp on the spot, one to rest the soldiers, and the other to wait for reinforcements. ” Wang Cong also said when he heard it: "General, what Li Yuan said is very true, and the last general also feels that Benjamin seems to be deceitful, let's return immediately, and join the main force, if not, it is okay to camp on the spot, after all, our soldiers are not grassland men who have lived in saddle horses all their lives, these days it is said that the wind and snow are blowing, and the night is climbing the ice and lying in the snow, and the combat power is greatly reduced.
Qiu Fu was furious, pointed the horse whip forward, and shouted angrily: "Benjamin is in front, at this time, we want to collect the troops, how can we chase after me, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded" said that a whip was whipped on the horse stock, and rushed out first, and the left and right soldiers were afraid that the commander would lose, and immediately followed, Wang Cong and Li Yuan glanced at each other, helpless, so they had to chase after them with a long sigh.
I don't want them to just chase a snowy slope in front of them, galloping into the trough, the steep killing sound is everywhere, looking around, on the undulating snow slopes, and I don't know where the ambush of thousands of troops and horses, suddenly appeared, swooped towards them, on this white snowfield, those Tatar cavalry are like a raging wave, irresistible Qiu Fu was shocked and remorseful when he saw this, Le Ma looked back, pressed the knife and glared at Wuliang Hatai, and shouted: "Good thief, dare to scold me" Wuliang Hatai looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahaha, Qiu Fu, Qiu Fu, take my life in exchange for your third prince, although you have no regrets in death" To be continued: