Chapter 9 Battle of Qingcheng (2)

Lin Danhan also attached great importance to this competition between the two armies. The strength shown by Guanning Iron Cavalry in the previous stage also made him, who was arrogant and arrogant, put away his contempt. Guanning Iron Cavalry is definitely a well-trained army. Although there is still a certain gap with the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, if he is careless, the one who loses may be the Mongolian Iron Cavalry. What he wants is a victory. So as soon as Taisong left, Lin Dan sent someone to call the Mongolian Iron Cavalry leader Na Ge to his golden tent in this competition between the two armies and personally gave him the opportunity.

Brother, the Mongolian Qianhu, and Lin Dan personally trained the generals to give the prince Ezhe one of the trusted talents to be in power in the future. He has excellent martial arts skills, can penetrate the Yang in hundreds of steps, and has a unique skill of three arrows in a row. He is silent and unspeakable, and is loyal to Lin Dankhan and his son. Although he is only a small Qianhu, he is equivalent to Lin Dan's adopted son. Lin Dankhan sent him to the battle to show his importance to the military competition between the two countries.

Wu Sangui and Yan Peiwei were also nervously thinking about countermeasures. Although they could know through Taisong which general Lin Danhan would send and which army to fight, they didn't know what the other party was. Some of the news given by Taisong was only the situation three years ago. As for what it would be like three years later, Wu Sangui and Yan Peiwei could only infer it by themselves based on some of the news they learned about the Ming Dynasty's aid to Chahar Mongolia.

With the assistance of the Ming Dynasty, the equipment of the Chahar Mongolian army was much better than three years ago. The first thing we can see is that the weapons equipped with the directly affiliated Zhongjun Wanhu Army, but the armor has now been equipped to some second-class and third-class Zhongjun Wanhu Army. The equipment of the directly affiliated Zhongjun Wanhu Army is naturally much better. However, the Ming Dynasty has another advantage, that is, their equipment and armor come from the Ming Dynasty. Before coming to Mongolia, Wu Sangui deliberately checked the list of supplies and equipment that the Ming Dynasty aided to Mongolia over the past three years. Therefore, he can understand the equipment of the most elite cavalry in Mongolia, at least he is almost certain.

But everyone who leads troops knows that equipment can play a key role when its strength is similar. If one side is too strong, no matter how powerful the weapons and equipment are, it is not necessarily possible to win.

Yan Peiwei is more steady, but he is not enterprising enough, so he is still quite worried about this competition.

Wu Sangui was young and energetic, so he naturally did not fear any challenges. In his opinion, the Mongolian Iron Cavalry had already gone downhill, and the Ming Iron Cavalry was just like the Japanese side. In addition, he had won many times before, and his morale was at a high time. If the special forces team's combat effectiveness was added, he might not lose against two thousand Mongolian Iron Cavalry!

"Major General, our opponent this time is not simple. I think we should be more cautious." After reading the information about the main general of Mongolia this time that came from Taisong, Yan Peiwei felt that the opponent this time was very difficult and probably not so easy to deal with.

"Who is the other party's leader?" Wu Sangui knew Yan Peiwei very well. Under normal circumstances, he would not raise his newcomer so seriously.

"Brother, a young man about the same age as you, Major General." Yan Peiwei said.

"That brother, is that brother next to Prince Ezhe, Lin Danhan's adopted son?" Wu Sangui asked 'eh'.

"Yes, it's this brother." Yan Peiwei said while looking, "This brother is not simple. Although it's only a thousand households, his record cannot be underestimated. Dorgon of the Later Jin Dynasty has suffered losses under his hands, and his tactics are unconventional, especially at small troops to harass and fight, and never fight head-on with the other party. Dorgon has suffered a lot of losses under his hands. His thousand-person team was trained by him. Everyone is loyal to him, just like an arm envoy. If face-to-face confrontation, we may not be afraid of him, but this competition has no fixed rules. We decide how to fight. Moreover, we are still guests, time, place, and people, so it's hard for us to win."

"Yes, for someone we don't understand and are in a passive position, we are everywhere on their territory. But Brother Yan, have you ever thought that winning or losing is not important to us. What is important is whether we dare to face the challenge and our own confidence!" Wu Sangui said these words not because he was overconfidence, but because he was a mentality. He was afraid before fighting, which was a taboo in military strategists.

"Major General, do you know what the consequences would be if we lose? We represent the face of the court. Once we lose, how can we gain a foothold in the army in the future?" Yan Peiwei said worriedly.

"Haha, Brother Yan, you are serious. The Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the Iron Cavalry of the Mongolian. This is a recognized fact in the world. Even if we lose, it is nothing. There is no general who said that he has never lost a battle in his life. Therefore, although the court has lost its face, we may be punished by the emperor, but we can afford to lose, but some people cannot afford to lose. Do you understand this principle?" Wu Sangui explained with a smile.

Yan Peiwei did not see the political matters clearly at all. Wu Sangui could see that Chahar Mongolia was actually a strong man from the outside and the middle. Even if they were allowed to win once or twice, it would be irrelevant. Anyway, they had won many times before. In fact, Wu Sangui's mind was very complicated. The so-called companionship of the king is like a tiger. The halo on his head was too dazzling, so he should have lost the last time and dimmed.

A big tree attracts wind, and he doesn't want to be the target of public criticism.

In fact, the win or loss in this big competition between the two armies is no longer a matter of Wu Sangui and Na Ge. It has long been on the stage of political strength between the two countries. Even if Wu Sangui can easily win the other party, if Zhu Yinglong came out with an imperial edict and let him lose, he would have to lose, not because of what, because of the need.

Lin Dan knew these higher-level things in his heart, Zhu Yinglong also knew in his heart, Huang Taiji also understood that winning or losing is fake, and what purpose is real to achieve.

People who play chess can control the chess game, but chess pieces cannot.

That brother is Lin Dan's chess piece, but he is just a ignorant piece that can only execute orders. Wu Sangui and Yan Peiwei are Zhu Yinglong's chess piece, but Wu Sangui is a bit smart. He has seen his identity, but he has to accept this identity. The chess piece is always in the hands of people who play chess. Once the chess piece backfires, the master will destroy the chess piece at all costs. Wu Sangui clearly realizes that he does not have the ability to jump out of the chess game, and it seems that it is impossible to jump out. Everyone wants to control his own destiny, but destiny is not something that everyone can control.

Even if you are making a chess piece, you must make a useful chess piece. Only by letting the owner feel his importance, then you will be as stable as Mount Tai and will continue to be prosperous.

Lin Danhan's scheming and intention came to Zhu Yinglong's ears as the news of the two armies competed.

I have to admit that Lin Danhan still has some skills, but just pretending to be like this, Zhu Yinglong felt very uncomfortable. He could not control the unpleasant intentions of his subordinates, but used others as a gun. If he had not asked him to restrain the Later Jin and prevent the Later Jin from taking the opportunity to annex the Mongolian tribes to grow and grow, Lin Danhan used his mentality to have the capital for negotiation. Now he is even more overwhelmed not only to use himself to increase the capital for negotiation, but also to kill two birds with one stone, showing force to suppress his internal opposition voices. His practice of drinking poison to quench his thirst really annoyed Zhu Yinglong.

Lin Danhan first ordered a dozen unobedient Wanhu to send people to compete with the two thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry who escorted Taisong back to Mongolia. They all lost one by one to show that I, Lin Dan, have strong allies. Don’t have any other intentions anymore, otherwise you can destroy you. Then, defeat the Guanning Iron Cavalry with the elite Iron Cavalry of Wanhu, the army of Wanhu, and once again indirectly warns and shocks those disobedient Wanhu and tribes, which not only improves their prestige and shows their strong strength. His idea of ​​playing with the Ming Dynasty in his palm made Zhu Yinglong feel extremely disgusted with Lin Danhan.

But is he so confident that his subordinates can easily defeat the two thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry commanded by Wu Sangui and Yan Peiwei?

OK, since you, Lin Dan, treat me as a gun envoy, don’t blame me for plotting against you, Chahar Mongolia!

So three secret orders were sent from the study room of the Yangxin Palace, one was sent to Wu Sangui who was in the Hanhaote, and the other was sent to Liaodong and handed to Mangui. After Mangui received the secret order, he immediately secretly left Liaodong on the grounds of his illness at home. At the same time, the remaining 18,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry disappeared from the training base, and the other was sent to Lu Xiangsheng, deputy commander of the Northwest Military Region. After Lu Xiangsheng received the secret order, all the Northwest Military Region secretly moved to level 2 combat readiness, and at the same time, all the war horses were concentrated, as if a war had happened.

True and false, false, false and real.

Just when Wu Sangui received Zhu Yinglong's secret order, it was only one day before the two armies' competition, but what no one expected was that Wu Sangui actually ran over to see Lin Danhan himself and proposed three conditions for the competition between the two armies. The first was to allow the Guanning Iron Cavalry to rest for another half a month, because the wheel battle that Lin Danhan had done in the past period made the Guanning Iron Cavalry soldiers very tired, and many were injured and had not recovered. In addition, they were not adapted to the local conditions, and many soldiers fell ill.

It takes longer to adapt. Second, the location of the competition is designated by the Ming Dynasty. As long as it is within the sphere of influence of Chahar Mongolia, Wu Sangui has the right to designate a place as the location of the competition. Third, the lottery is the first, the winner cannot be without the lottery. After the Ming Dynasty loses, he will provide Mongolia with more weapons, armor, food and cloth every year, and lose to Lin Danhan for 100,000 taels of gold at one time. Similarly, if the Ming Dynasty wins, he will also need to pay so much gold, and all assistance will be exchanged for war horses in the future.

First, if Lin Danhan does not agree, even if he wins, he will be pointed at by others. He wants to win brilliantly, and he has to agree to this condition. Second, the competition is picked out by himself. Even if he doesn’t fight, he has no choice. He is within his control. He has no choice but to refuse to agree. This condition is not too much. Otherwise, this is not a victory. Third, he is confident that his elite cavalry will win, and it is not his turn to give him 100,000 taels of gold. Obviously, he is very clear about giving him a lot of wealth. How could he not agree?

As a result, Lin Danhan agreed very happily to the three conditions proposed by Wu Sangui, and gave him five more days in a reasonable manner.
Chapter completed!