On the Monan grassland, the cavalry regiment led by Zhu Youxiao was making preparations for the war. Because there was too much movement in attacking the Haraqin tribe the day before yesterday, the surrounding tribes were already on guard.
As for Zhu Youxiao's new target, Weng Niute's troops defended it very cautiously, and even encountered a small group of their cavalry during the day.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Zhu Youxiao also advanced the attack plan and prepared to launch the attack in the latter half of the night.
"This battle is not about quick victory, only stability. The Wengniute tribe is different from the Karaqin tribe. This tribe is much stronger. When Lin Dan Khan went south, he only took away half of his knights."
"And according to the prisoners' confessions, Lin Dan Khan left a lot of troops in Chahanhot. There must be more than 10,000 people, led by an uncle of Lin Dan Khan!"
"The Kalaqin tribe is only 700 miles away from Chahanhot. I think they will get the news around noon tomorrow. Regardless of whether they come or not, we must rush ahead of them to deal with the Wengniute tribe!"
Li Songping cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty is right. We already have few troops. If these two groups of Mongolian cavalry are allowed to join together, it will be detrimental to us!"
Zhu Youxiao cast a look of approval and then said:
"Matsudaira is right. We cannot engage in a decisive battle with the main Mongolian force unless we are completely sure of victory. Our purpose in this battle is to find its weak points and then quickly deliver a fatal blow!"
"The Wengniute tribe has been shrinking other small tribes in the past two days, hoping to be no less than the army. Therefore, we have to change our tactics and take the initiative to attack, but not completely take the initiative!"
All the generals were said to be stunned. What does this mean? What is an incomplete attack? Is it necessary to fight a war that is completely incomplete?
Seeing their confused expressions, Zhu Youxiao explained:
"The so-called complete attack can be understood as a trick to lure troops!"
After saying this, the generals immediately realized that they had been really confused just now.
"If we continue to be like when we fought against the Karaqin tribe, even if our army can win, there will definitely be many casualties. So my intention in this battle is to make a mistake!"
"The error I call is because they only know that we all exist, but they don't know how many people we have, what kind of arms we are, and what kind of weapons we carry!"
The generals also vaguely guessed the emperor's thoughts, Chen Guang cupped his hands and said:
"Please give the order, Your Majesty!"
"Li Wensheng, in half an hour you will lead two thousand elite cavalry to raid their camp. You must penetrate the entire camp and mobilize all the Mongolians to create chaos!"
"Don't be too eager to fight. As soon as their cavalry reacts, they will quickly leave the battlefield. You can't get entangled with them, but you have to chase them while hanging on!"
"But in the dark, they may not come to chase you, so you can't show your intentions too much and just give up when you're ready!"
Li Wensheng cupped his hands and said:
"I understand!"
Zhu Youxiao led them to a small high ground and said:
"On the plains, there is no terrain and environment to take advantage of, so we can only fight with them with real swords and guns. At this time, the competition is to see who is more brave!"
"Chen Guang, Qin Bangping!"
The two of them knelt down and shouted:
"I obey your orders!"
"The place in front has a wide view, and the Shenji battalion formed a formation here. After Li Wensheng lured the Tartars over, he immediately launched the first wave of attacks on the Tartars with artillery and Shenji arrows."
"Then the heavily armored soldiers rushed into the formation on horseback and immediately counterattacked the Tartars. Li Wensheng quickly detoured to the left and encircled the Tartars. However, they were not allowed to fight in close quarters. They kept distance and used crossbows to consume them!"
Zhu Youxiao said again:
"Songping leads three thousand cavalry to surround them. When my arrows are fired, you will immediately rush out from behind and block their way back to camp. You must annihilate all the Tartars!"
"I obey the order!"
"Let's get ready and cheer up the soldiers. After this battle is over, our trip out of the border can be regarded as achieving our set goal!"
Zhu Youxiao has never thought of a decisive battle. Now that he has so many troops, that time will never come.
Sweeping away these two tribes was very difficult for Lin Danhan. He only had a few thousand households under his command?
Moreover, if he fails to achieve victory this time in the south, I am afraid that his position will not be secure. Those Mongolians who have lost their tribes may hold grudges against themselves, but they will only vent their anger on Lin Dan Khan.
When the time came, the two thousand cavalrymen led by Li Wensheng wrapped their horses' hooves with cloth and quietly advanced toward the yurt, trying not to make too much noise.
Although Wengniu's special troops were prepared, at this time, all the Mongolians who were on duty at night were lazy and went to sleep. The second half of the night on the grassland was not generally cold.
Even if they grew up here, they couldn't bear it at all. The Ming army was wearing a thick layer of cotton. Every once in a while, they would drink hot wine to keep their bodies warm. The wine naturally belonged to the captured Mongols.
After the Ming army removed the fence outside the camp, Li Wensheng shouted:
"rush!"
Two thousand cavalry lit torches and then quickly attacked the camp of Ongniute's tribe. Their purpose was very clear, and they specifically threw torches into the camp and where the forage was piled.
The yurt soon burst into flames, and many Mongolians were awakened by the brightness and temperature of the flames. But when they went out to check, what was waiting for them was the sabers and arrows of the Ming army.
"The Ming army attacked at night, the Ming army attacked at night!"
"Hurry up and follow me to kill all these Ming troops!"
A Mongolian head of a thousand households quickly gathered his troops and issued several military orders, ordering all units to stabilize their positions. He himself led more than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry to charge towards the Ming army.
Upon seeing this, Li Wensheng quickly ordered the troops to retreat and killed them directly from the original route, killing many Mongolians.
The Mongolian cavalry pursued them closely, and the leader of the Qianhu household roared angrily:
"Don't let these Ming troops go, kill them all!"
The reason why this head of a thousand households was so excited was because his wife was shot dead by the Ming army just after she poked her head out of the tent. He was furious at this moment, with only hatred in his eyes.
Seeing that they were indeed catching up, Li Wensheng ordered his troops to throw away all the torches and ordered two hundred cavalry to continue luring the enemy. Then the others sped up and quickly changed direction in the dark.
In the camp of Wengniute's tribe, the Mongols were cleaning up corpses and putting out fires.
"Leader, what's wrong, Zabu led more than 3,000 warriors to chase the Ming army!"
"What? This brainless thing, he is like the wolf whose eyes were poked blind by the hunter!"
The leader said angrily.
Chasing the enemy late at night is a lack of brains. What if you are ambushed by the Ming army?
With no other choice, the leader had no choice but to quickly gather the remaining Mongolian cavalry and then go to support Zabu himself.