My father is Jiajing

Chapter 148 I Need an Explanation

Shixiaying is the base of the invading Anda army.

At this time, Anda's face was obviously not very good. He had completely lost the heroic spirit he had at the beginning, when he wanted to attack the Great Wall and show off his power in front of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

He sat in the makeshift tent that had just been set up and looked coldly at Yingke, the leader of the three Duoyan guards, who was at the bottom of the attack. "Yingke, I need an explanation."

Anda's cold voice also made Yingke tremble, but as the one who suffered the most damage this time, Yingke was also full of grievances.

Originally, he had good intentions in giving advice to Anda, so he decided to launch a surprise attack from Pigeon Cave, then cross Huangyu Valley, and then go south to cross the Chaobai River. In this way, he would have gained the initiative in this battle.

But who would have thought that the Pigeon Cave was just a cover and Huangyu Valley was a trap?

Moreover, after arriving at Huangyu Valley, the three guards of Doyan were the ones who suffered the most injuries and losses.

When I first arrived at Huangyugou, I thought it was just a formality to explore the route. As long as we passed Huangyugou smoothly and reached Shixiaying, everything would be fine.

As a result, when they were just halfway into Huangyu Valley, rolling stones and logs came crashing down like a torrential rain, making the Doyan Three Guards cavalry led by him suddenly unable to advance or retreat.

They wanted to run but couldn't because the road in Huangyugou was rugged, and the nightfall also blocked their vision, so they could only passively take the beating. They wanted to retreat but couldn't because Anda's army was also rushing over from the direction of Pigeon Cave, directly blocking the way back.

So faced with such a dilemma, Yingke could only grit his teeth and order his troops to rush out of Huangyu Valley quickly. However, before they could rush out, the forest fires on both sides of Huangyu Valley suddenly spread like wildfire and burned all over the hilltops on both sides in an instant. The shrill screams coming from the mountains made Yingke feel nervous again.

Because he knew that the people going up the mountain at this moment must be the elite troops under Anda. As a result, this elite force was burned when they reached the mountain, and the burn was so terrible. The screams were even more miserable than when he led the three guards of Doyan to be ambushed in Huangyu Valley.

But this is not the end yet. What's even more infuriating is that when Yingke thought he had finally led his cavalry across the Huangyu Valley and could speed up to pursue the insidious and cunning Ming army, the road the cavalry had passed was blown up again.

The blows one after another also made Yingke feel terrified, because he knew very well how strong he was. The entire Duoyan Three Guards could only gather 10,000 troops. However, he lost 1,000 to 2,000 troops in Huangyugou alone, and then the terrifying ground bomb behind Huangyugou caused him to lose another 1,000 to 2,000 troops. These two consecutive defeats had already seriously damaged Yingke's vitality.

He never dreamed that he would suffer such a great defeat one day, but now Anda looked at him with distrust, which made Yingke tremble with fear and feel extremely aggrieved.

When Yingke, with his arms and head bandaged, faced Anda's questioning, he stood up and replied aggrievedly: "Khan, I didn't expect the Ming army to be so cunning. Who could have thought that they would set such a trap in Huangyugou? Most of my Doyan tribe members were killed or injured. Khan, you must avenge my Doyan tribe!"

Yingke started to sob as he spoke. Anda looked at Yingke's miserable appearance and listened to what Yingke said about the battle losses of the Doyan tribe. He knew that this mistake could not be blamed entirely on the Doyan tribe and Yingke, but as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, someone had to be held accountable for such a huge defeat.

Otherwise, how can the army be stable?
Anda said: "This battle started badly, and the Liaoyang Army (Doyan) is the main culprit. This Khan will consider that you are also ignorant and suffered heavy losses, but you can be forgiven for the major crimes, but you can't escape the minor crimes. From now on, the Liaoyang Army will serve as the general vanguard and continue to open up the way forward for our army to make up for the mistakes. If there is such a failure again, this Khan will kill you without mercy!"

Anda's order also made Yingke feel bitter. He asked them to be pioneers and explore the way. Isn't this just asking them to continue to be cannon fodder?
In this defeat at Huangyugou, they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, and didn't even know who the opponent's general was.

Such a bleak future could really cost lives. But Yingke, who was under someone else's roof, had no choice but to bow his head.

Because once they returned to the grassland, they would continue to face the heavy pressure from Anda, and the Ming Dynasty would never lend a helping hand to them again.

By then, perhaps the entire Doyan Three Guards would be swallowed up by Anda, and then taken as slaves, rewarded or sold to other tribes. In this way, the Doyan Three Guards that had been passed down for hundreds of years might be wiped out forever.

So even if Altan Khan put more pressure on him this time, Yingke had no choice but to bow his head and accept his fate.

Yingke replied: "Don't worry, Khan. My Doyan tribe will never disappoint you again. We will open up new opportunities for you and offer you the capital of the Ming Dynasty."

Anda hummed and stopped paying attention to Yingke.

Anda looked at the others and asked, "How is the cleanup of the Ming army behind us going?"

Jamsu replied: "Don't worry, Khan. The Ming army in Pigeon Cave is vulnerable and has been repelled by us."

After hearing Zhamu Su's answer, Anda felt relieved. He was afraid that he would be blocked here and unable to move forward or backward. As long as there was no obstacle in the rear, they could retreat calmly even if they suffered a great loss this time.

Anda said: "We can't take the Pigeon Cave direction lightly. Although the strength of the Ming army there is average, the one in front of us is an elite force that we have never seen before. This time we suffered a great loss at their hands, but our main force is still there, and there is not much loss. Therefore, the plan remains unchanged."

Then Anda said, "After a day and night of hard fighting, we have finally arrived at Shixiaying to camp. Pass on the order of this Khan, the whole army will rest for a day. Tomorrow morning we will capture Miyun and give the Ming emperor a little shock."

After hearing what Anda said, all the generals in the tent bowed in unison and said, "We obey your orders!"

Anda nodded, "Let's go, get enough rest, we will let the Han people see how powerful we, the descendants of Genghis Khan, are! Back then, Taishi Yesen could march to Beijing, today we can do the same!"

At the end, Alda did not forget to encourage everyone and asked them to regain the glory of the descendants of Genghis Khan!
Just as Anda was encouraging everyone and trying to calm the morale of the army, two cavalry units had already galloped for dozens of miles and circled around the two sides of the Shixia Camp. They were the assault team that was ordered by Zhu Zaigui to harass and attack the bandit camp.

At this time, the two teams were making final preparations. They let the horses rest for about two quarters of an hour, and fed them some grass and water they carried with them. When the horses had recovered most of their strength, they mounted their horses according to the established combat plan and prepared for a sneak attack!

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There is another chapter in the afternoon

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