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Chapter 174 The end of the short-term peace (7)

"Ten thousand households, we have suffered more than 470 casualties." Jiang Guangtou looked anxious when he spoke.

Before releasing the prisoners, Jiang Guangtou felt that such a friendly action might get a kind response from the opposite Haidu army, and even Hai would come to express his surrender. Hao Renwanhu was ordered to expedition the west, not to completely eradicate Haidu, but to hope that the Ogedei Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate could surrender.

The result of such a friendly behavior was completely different from what Jiang Guangtou imagined. From the day after the prisoners were released, Haidu began to send a large number of light cavalry to harass Hao Ren's army. Hao Ren's ten thousand households were not showing any weakness and sent cavalry to fight against each other. In just three days, more than 470 people were injured and killed by Hao Ren's troops. For Hao Ren's 20,000 people, this was definitely not a loss that could be ignored.

Hao Ren just nodded and then asked to join the army, "Where will you set up camp tomorrow?"

Joining the army took out a map that seemed very inferior to the Song army's drawing department, and then pointed to a place above, "Prince, we are camping here."

“Why?”

“There is a source of water.”

While he was talking, a horse stud ran in panting, and after saluting, he immediately said, "Report to the prince, you have encountered the enemy brigade. There are Haidu Army and the army of the Chagatai Khanate on the banner. They are stationed thirty miles ahead."

Hao Ren's eyes lit up after hearing this. He looked back on the map. Thirty miles ahead, exactly where there was a water source that he had just joined the army. After confirming the other party's location, Hao Ren asked the horse: "How many people are there in the other team?"

"Looking at the camp, you have to have at least 20,000 yuan."

"Order, we go and fight. Get ready to march overnight."

That night, Hao Ren's brigade approached the Haidu Army. Haidu, who sent a large number of horses to explore, was woken up from his sleep. When he learned that Hao Ren was approaching, he immediately woke up.

The two sides did not clash in the following night. The next morning, Haidu talked about the next battle with the general of the Chagatai Khanate. He used a large number of light cavalry to attack Hao Ren's horses to create pressure on the Torre family, a witchcraft boy. Because the pressure faced by Haidu had reached its limit, the Torre family boy blocked Haidu's road to winter south, and Haidu did not dare to go south rashly.

The Mongolian army was gathered by various tribes. Once the Haidu army headed south regardless of the butt, each tribe would probably rush to the south. The Haidu army would instantly scatter. Only by defeating the Torre family's boys first can we move south calmly. Otherwise, the Torre family's boys might chase the Haidu troops all the way.

"Our two armies attack the Torre family's boy on both sides." Haidu said to Songshicuo, the general of the Chagatai Khanate. Although the other party was not a royal prince who could be equal to Haidu, it represented the Chagatai Khanate. The eight thousand cavalry in Songshicuo's guard were very important to the Haidu.

"Who is on the front? Who is on the back?" asked Matsushi Tso.

In order to create an opportunity for attack for the army on the back, the front-on attacking troops have to pay a huge price. Although I really want the Chagatai Khanate to chew bones, Haidu still responded cheerfully: "Of course, our army is fighting the front. We will send people to attack the back of the Torre boy with you."

"But we are in such a row, will the Torre family boy really face the challenge?" Matsushicuo expressed his opinion. For cavalry with mobility, he naturally did not want to fall into the situation of enemy attacks from front and back. Any battle is carried out on the default battlefield between both sides. For cavalry, they can still run if they can't beat them.

"The boy from the Torre family is very arrogant, he will probably face the challenge." Haidu replied.

The next day, the troops of the Ogedei Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate were posing as an attack on Hao Ren's army. Hao Ren did not run away. He just ordered to hold the camp. The sea was in front of the array, looking at the long spear formations outside Hao Ren's camp, and immediately lost the desire to attack.

Whether it is Haidu or the Chagatai Khanate Army, they have fought many battles with Hao Ren. Hao Ren's spear phalanx covers the musket phalanx, and Haidu and Chagatai Khanate have suffered heavy casualties in front of such a combination. Seeing such a formation again, Haidu no longer has the urge to try his life.

"Send someone to make a fight." Hai was weak and desperate.

When the envoy from Haidu entered Hao Ren's military formation, he saw the flag in Hao Ren's formation flying in the wind. It was a beautiful silk flag, which looked very new. It was far more glamorous than the felt flag on Haidu's side.

On the Mongolian Plateau, the ground seemed to be closer to the clouds. Under the dark sky, Hao Renwanhu heard the news of the appointment of Haidu's troops, and just replied coldly: "If Haidu has the courage, let him come over. I'll wait here for them to attack from the front and back."

"Why are the prince so brave, are you afraid to move forward a little longer?" The messenger tried to use the provocation technique.

"I came from afar, and I fought against two, but you didn't dare to attack. Doesn't the sea have the courage?" Hao Ren laughed at each other with a smile. The Western Expedition Army imitated the long spear formation and musket formation of the Song army. The formation of Kublai Khan's corpses that he had killed was also applicable to the Mongolian army on the grassland.

The two sides laughed at each other over and over again, and the messenger said to the generals behind Hao Ren: "You are also good men in Mongolia, so no one dares to make a difference right away?"

The generals around Hao Ren were basically all the soldiers of the government, and most of them did not understand Mongolian. Those who knew Mongolian were also very uncomfortable with the local accent of the Ogedei Khanate. Moreover, the soldiers of the government were not Mongolians themselves, and they traveled here thousands of miles to fight for victory, rather than to show off their heroes. The envoys of the Ogedei Khanate were useless.

Finally, the envoy left with the suggestion of 'both fighting head-on and using cavalry hedging means to decide the outcome'. As soon as the envoy left, Hao Ren shouted loudly to the generals of the palace in fluent Northern Chinese dialect: "Everyone, as we expected, the thief army has gathered in front of us. Their troops are divided into two groups, and they are more than 30 miles apart. The Ogedei army in front is more than 10,000, and they are prepared. The number of Chaga Taiwan troops behind is less than 10,000, waiting for Haidu's orders. The time to defeat the thief army in one fell swoop has come. I personally led 15,000 troops and horses to attack them, and it is possible to win. The remaining 5,000 troops are enough to restrain the Ogedei army. The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again. Please do not hesitate at all, and you must capture the enemy in one fell swoop."

At this time, the Chaga Taiwan Army was waiting for news from the Ogedei Army, and they were still more than ten miles away from the Hao Renjun. Although Hao Renjun's probation had already seen the location of the Chaga Taiwan Army, the Chaga Taiwan Army was still a large earth slope away from the Hao Renjun. This is the case, leaving space for the enemy and letting the enemy have the idea of ​​defeating each. As long as Hao Renjun and the Ogedei Army enter a fierce battle, the Chaga Taiwan Army can be dispatched.

These days it has been cloudy and the wind is still strong. Song Sicuo, the general of the Chagatai Khanate, tightened his collar and waited for news of a war to appear in front of him. In the local area, the Chagatai Khanate is located in the Uyghur and the Ogedei Khanate is north of the Uyghur. After Hao Ren came, the first attack was the Chagatai Khanate.

At that time, the Chagatai Khanate had not experienced the power of the firearms personally. Under the fierce fire shooting of muskets, the chargers of the Chagatai Khanate suffered heavy casualties. The Chagatai Khanate who continued to advance with bullets were poked down by Hao Renjun's spearmen. Just as the attacking Chagatai Khanate was about to retreat, Hao Renjun's army was in large formation, and cavalry flocked out, using their number to completely defeat the Chagatai Khanate.

In the field, the Khanate of Chagatai had to defend the city. Hao Ren dragged out his artillery and fired suppression at the city, and asked the soldiers to take earth to build a mountain of earth higher than the city wall. The musketeers shot against the archers on the mountain of earth. After suppressing the army at the city, Hao Renjun attacked the city with a long ladder, and the city of Chagatai was easily captured by Hao Renjun.

Song Sicuo was just an ordinary general before, but now he was able to become a commander general because the generals and leaders who were older and more famous than him have lost all their losses in repeated battles. In other words, Song Sicuo did not understand Han culture. If he understood, he would probably use "There is no general in Shu Liao Hua as a pioneer" to mock him.

Waiting anxiously for news on the front battlefield, Songsicuo felt that it seemed dawn. When he looked up, he saw a gap in the clouds in the gloomy sky, and the blue sky was revealed. Before Songsicuo could come to enjoy such a scene, he saw a horse exploring his horse running towards him in the distance.

Could it be that the Ogedei army has begun to fall into a fierce battle with Hao Renjun? Song Sicuo was happy.

After another moment, the sky became brighter and brighter. The cavalry riding horses rushed to him. In the cold wind, the face of the horse's probing horse was red in the cold. He didn't even get off the horse and stammered: "Qianhu, Hao Ren is here!"

"What?" Matsushi Tso Chihu didn't understand what was going on. It stumped Hao Ren defeated the frontal Haidu Army so quickly? This was impossible.

There is no need to explain next. A large number of cavalry figures appeared on the top of the large earth slope in front. Matsushizuo looked up and couldn't help but squint his eyes. Matsushizuo's position was just in the direction of backlight. When he raised his head, what caught his eyes was the sun exposed after the dark clouds dispersed. Even though the sun in winter was far less fierce than the sun in summer, Matsushizuo could not look directly.

At this time, Hao Renjun at the top of the hillside was backlit. The sunlight shone from behind them, and in front of them were the golden family's flag and Hao Renwanhu's flag. The long sword held high in the front of the array flashed silver light in the sun, as if it was made of fragments of the sun.

The kind-hearted sword swung down, and the generals took the lead in urging the war horses to rush out. The cavalry then followed the generals to gallop. The tide-like cavalry rushed down the hillside, holding their sabers and holding their cavalry lances tightly.

Opposite the attacking Hao Renjun, the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate dismounted and hid behind the horses in order to avoid the invasion of the cold wind. The clever guys climbed onto the mounts in a hurry. Those who were not smart enough didn't know what was going on, but just waited for the leaders of various tribes to issue orders. As for those who were smart, they couldn't help but shouted at the leaders of their tribes, hoping to get the orders.

Although it was far below the level of 500 ducks with only three people, it seemed that there were more than 200,000 ducks on the position of the Ogedei Khanate. In such chaos, Hao Ren's cavalry had rushed to the army of the Ogedei Khanate and began to kill.

The Song army measured that Mongolian horses could run 60 kilometers in eight hours. For more than 30 miles, the cavalry would take about one hour to run. Haidu Dahan, who was considering how to break through the Hao Ren musket formation and extended spear formation, learned that Hao Renjun's cavalry was launching a surprise attack on the Chaga Taiwan army, and he felt a sense of joy.

The current situation has become that the Chagatai Khanate Army undertakes head-on combat, and the Ogedei Khanate Army is in a back-attack position. The Khan of Haidu immediately ordered the troops to attack Hao Renjun.

The Haidu Army had just taken action, but saw that the infantry array of Hao Renjun on the opposite side had also taken action. They moved towards the direction of the Haidu Army's advance, and actually blocked the Haidu Army with a slender array.

Thousands of infantry were lined up, and each of their military formations was about fifty to eighty meters away. The four military formations formed a two-mile-long array. Although the Mongolian grassland was relatively flat in theory, it was only in mountainous or hilly areas. The terrain on the grassland was quite complex, and this military formation was stuck in an easy-to-pass position. The Haidu Army found that if they detoured, they had to pass through a difficult-to-pass position.

After licking his lips, Haidu ordered viciously, "Encircle. Kill these people!"

More than 10,000 cavalrymen were dealing with three or four thousand infantrymen, and Hai felt that he had a chance of winning.

The cavalry rode their horses and surrounded the infantry in less than half an hour. Hao Ren's infantry quickly adjusted their queues at this time, and changed from four horizontal arrays side by side to one square array. The so-called four directions of this square array are composed of eight spear arrays. The eight spear arrays occupying eight directions are four sides of the musket array. Outside the square array, there are six artillery guns in front of each direction. In the bright sunshine, Hao Renjun's gunners fired fiercely at the Mongolian cavalry of the Haidu Army without hesitation.

The rapid wind blew away the thick smoke from the gun mouth. The gunners quickly cleared the barrel, loaded gunpowder and projectiles, and then continued to shoot.

Haidu originally wanted to squeeze a soft persimmon, but he didn't expect that what he could squeeze was a difficult hedgehog. In a blink of an eye, there were 100 casualties, while Hao Renjun was unscathed. Mongolia was a tribal society, and the number of Khan's personal soldiers accounted for at most 20% of the Khan's personal soldiers. The others were princes under Khan. Most of the troops were composed of tribal leaders and soldiers of thousands, thousands, and hundreds of households.

Although more than 10,000 people were dealing with 4,000 people, after being hit by a head-on attack, the tribe leaders retreated one after another. At this time, the backbone needed to show their style.

Genghis Khan once said, if I lead the crowd to escape during a war, you can cut off my legs; if I put the spoils into my private bag, you can cut off my fingers. This great Khan did not turn the entire Mongolia into a centralized country. He was able to gain strength entirely because of his personal ability and charm, which made the Mongols feel hope and make them think they will win.
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