Chapter 343 Time
Dayan Khan was also very cunning. Even when his army suffered heavy casualties, he still did not forget to set an ambush.

This time, nearly 10,000 Mongolian cavalrymen suffered casualties in the attack, and even his most powerful general was killed in the battle.

"The Ming emperor is so cunning that he can resist not pursuing us in such a situation!" Dayan Khan said angrily.

The remaining Mongolian generals remained silent.

"Khan, what should we do now?" asked Barsborot, the third son of Dayan Khan.

"Bring back all the defeated soldiers, and then we will go meet the Ming army." Dayan Khan said gritting his teeth.

The Mongolian generals exchanged glances in surprise, but still obeyed Dayan Khan's orders.

"Reporting to the mighty general, the scouts discovered a large number of Mongolian cavalry in a valley not far away, with a scale of more than 40,000. It seems that they are preparing to ambush our pursuing troops." He Song came to report.

Zhu Houzhao and Jiang Bin both gasped. If they were ambushed during the pursuit, they would probably suffer great losses.
"Thanks to Staff Officer Jiang's reminder!" Zhu Houzhao praised.

Others also praised Jiang Jiangong.

"Where are the reinforcements from Xuanfu?" Zhu Houzhao seemed to have thought of something.

"The reinforcements from Xuanfu encountered two days of heavy fog, which delayed their journey. We recently received a military report that they have now arrived in Datong City and will head south soon." Jiang Jiangong said immediately.

"Is that so?" Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, "Order the Xuanfu reinforcements not to approach this general, order them to go to the border of Datong Town, disperse to various checkpoints, and block the Mongols' retreat."

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Jiang Bin hurriedly stopped him, "The Mongols have not completely retreated yet. To be safe, you should send reinforcements. If all else fails, send the 10,000 new troops to help, and the Xuanfu border troops to various checkpoints."

Jiang Bin was also confused because of his concern.

"Call me the mighty general!" Zhu Houzhao emphasized.

"Safe! Safe! You don't think the Mongols are still capable of breaking our army, do you? These people are enough. Those reinforcements are all infantry. They have no ability to pursue cavalry. They will not be of much use even if they come. It is better to let them guard the various checkpoints and create new opportunities for battle." Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

"If I had listened to you and always sought to be cautious, I would probably still be stuck in Datong City and the Datong Army would have been wiped out by the Mongols, not to mention the victory we have now!" Zhu Houzhao rarely criticized Jiang Bin.

Jiang Bin turned pale and dared not say anything.

Jiang Jiangong carefully wrote down Zhu Houzhao's order, and he thought that Zhu Houzhao's order was very wise.

"General, I have something else I want to tell Your Majesty." He Song suddenly said.

"General He, please speak freely."

"Here's what happened. A few days ago, the cavalry returned from battle and brought back a young prisoner. At the time, we thought he was just a Mongolian nobleman, but after interrogation, we found out that he claimed to be the eldest grandson of a Mongolian prince."

"Is this true?" Everyone was shocked, and then fell into ecstasy. This was a great achievement! The eldest grandson of this little Mongolian prince should be the highest-ranking Mongolian nobleman captured in the last hundred years!
"Is this true?" Zhu Houzhao said excitedly.

"I can bring the person to Your Majesty for personal interrogation," said He Song.

The eldest grandson of the Mongolian prince was soon brought up. Facing Zhu Houzhao's interrogation, Buchi Borjigin answered honestly.
After a day of gathering, Dayan Khan gathered more than 80,000 Mongolian cavalrymen. He led his men to surround the Ming army again. The Ming army's formation was still so strict, as if nothing had happened. Only the pile of Mongolian corpses on the side reminded him of what had happened in the past few days.
He knew that the morale of his troops was low. After seeing the sharp firearms of the Ming army, not many people were willing to charge into the Ming army formation.
But he still led his men to surround the Ming army. He was really unwilling to accept this! He was really unwilling to accept this!
He had never suffered such a huge loss or suffered such a huge loss in his life!

The Ming emperor is in the lineup. If we miss this opportunity, there will be no chance to capture the Ming emperor in the future.

Dayan Khan succeeded to the throne at the age of seven and married his nominal grandmother, his grandfather's second wife, Manduhai, who was 33 years old at the time. Manduhai was a woman with outstanding political talent and extremely tough. She put her young husband in a quiver and carried him on the battlefield. She even wielded a sword herself and her helmet was chopped off during the charge.

With the help of his wife and grandmother Manduhai, Dayan Khan began to conquer the more powerful Oirat tribe before he took power. Then, Dayan Khan conquered the three guards of Doyan and united with them to defeat Yismain and get his biological mother back.

At this time, Dayan Khan was only thirteen years old.

He took power at the age of 14, abolished the Northern Yuan regime, and restored the old system of Genghis Khan. He then conquered the Ordos and Tumed tribes, and reunified Mongolia. He was regarded as the leader of Mongolia's revival, and everyone called him "the second Genghis Khan."

After marrying Dayan Khan, Manduhai gave birth to seven sons and one daughter.
Today, Dayan Khan is only 43 years old! Over the years, Dayan Khan has fought in many battles and never suffered such heavy losses as yesterday. Nearly 10,000 Mongolian light cavalry were either killed on the spot or died in the defeat. Even his best general was killed.

Dayan Khan could not swallow this bitter pill, especially since there was an emperor tempting him.

But what if I can't swallow it? Dayan Khan sighed in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao, who was standing on the high platform, observed the Mongolian army with a telescope and said excitedly: "The Mongolians are still unwilling to give up. It seems that this general has great charm!"

"But are they just going to surround this general like this? Aren't they going to attack again?"

"General, I don't think the Mongols will attack again." Jiang Jiangong also observed the Mongolian army with a telescope.

"What do you think about us provoking the Mongols?" Zhu Houzhao said as he put down the telescope.

"How exciting?"

"Didn't we capture the eldest grandson of the Mongolian prince?"

"The general means"

Dayan Khan watched in disbelief as his eldest grandson was escorted out of the Ming army's camp.

The other Mongolian generals were also in an uproar, as they all knew Buchi.
After explaining who he was, Buchi Borjigin started to curse at Dayan Khan, and the content of his curse made Dayan Khan dizzy.
"Great Khan, I will go over and shoot that criminal to death with one arrow!"

Other Mongolian generals requested to fight.
"No need, prepare to withdraw." Dayan Khan finally made the decision after a fierce ideological struggle.

He is worthy of being the leader of Mongolia's rejuvenation. He overcame his inner impulse and made the right decision.
Or maybe he made all the right decisions along the way, but still lost miserably.
"Withdraw?" Although the leaders of other Mongolian tribes were ecstatic in their hearts, they still had to pretend.

"Yes, withdraw. Our army is no longer able to fight." Dayan Khan said more firmly.

The battles in the past few days have caused more than 13,000 casualties in the Mongolian army. The reason why the Mongolian army did not collapse despite such heavy casualties was entirely due to Dayan Khan's outstanding prestige.
Everyone followed the order and left. Dayan Khan rode on his BMW and looked at the high platform and the big banner in the distance, dazed and wondering what he was thinking.
A drop of crystal rain passed through the dark clouds and hit Dayan Khan's face, breaking into countless smaller drops.
Dayanhan wiped his face with his hands in confusion and looked up at the sky. More raindrops fell from the sky one after another.
"It's raining?" Zhu Houzhao on the high platform stretched out his hand to catch the falling raindrops, his tone full of doubt.

"Yes! It's raining!" Jiang Jiangong said solemnly as he looked at the Mongolian cavalry in the distance.

Dayan Khan raised his head and stretched his hands into the air, enjoying the raindrops hitting his face.
"It's raining," he said softly.

Then his tone became more passionate:

“It’s raining!!!”

Originally, Bu Chi's ending was to be killed by Zhu Houzhao himself on the battlefield to provoke the Mongols, but when I wrote this, I suddenly realized that this way of handling it was not good and did not fit Zhu Houzhao's character and image, so I temporarily changed it to this. Anyway, he can be used in the future plot.

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