The Ming army in the river bend also discovered this sudden cavalry.
Wang Chengen quickly took out the monocular telescope from the leather bag on his waist and handed it to Zhu Gaoyuan. This telescope was donated to Chongzhen by Tang Ruowang, the imperial eunuch. It is divided into three sections and can see farther and clearer than the common two-section telescope.
Zhu Gaoyuan took it and opened the telescope and began to observe carefully.
Gong Yonggu, Wang Jiayan and other dignitaries and officials also gathered around.
"Hey, do you think this cavalry was sent by Ping Xibo?"
"What are you thinking about? Ping Xibo doesn't know that the Holy Master is in the Chahar Grassland."
"I don't know if this cavalry belongs to the Guan Ning Army, but it is definitely not Mongolian."
"Well, most of the Mongols used Sulu ingots, but this cavalry used Da Bao."
"If it's not the Mongols, whose cavalry could it be?" The last person to speak was Wang Wei, who was being reviewed by the Hanlin Academy. After a moment of pause, he suddenly called out, "It shouldn't be the cavalry of the bandits, right?"
"You guessed it right, it's the rogue cavalry!" Zhu Gaoyuan put down the telescope and said.
The equipment of the bandits is relatively messy, which is very obviously different from that of the Ming army.
The combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's official army was sluggish, but their clothing and equipment were still relatively uniform.
After a pause, Zhu Gaoyuan said again: "They probably came to arrest me on the order of the intruders. The intruders really want to kill them all. I have already hid in the Chahar Grassland, and I still refuse to let him go."
"Are you really a thief?" Wang Wei said with a grimace, "Now we are in big trouble."
While the monarch and his ministers were talking, they saw two cavalrymen walking out of the bandit formation and running toward the Mongols.
"Hey, look, look." Xuancheng Bowei Shichun suddenly shouted, "There are two thieves running towards the Mongols. I guess they are colluding with the Mongols. They want to
They must unite to fight us."
"Ah? What should we do?" Hui'an Bo and Zhang Qingzhen were immediately frightened and turned pale.
On the contrary, Wang Jiayan, Jin Xuan, Meng Zhaoxiang and other civil servants all showed calm expressions.
It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty still retained some seeds of reading and the character of literati.
Zhu Gaoyuan glared at Zhang Qingzhen and Wei Shichun, and said with a snort: "Don't worry, the bandits and the Mongols can't come to an agreement, because I only have one head."
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The two sides really didn't reach an agreement.
After hearing Li Yan's intention, Boritiechi simply refused.
"This is absolutely impossible. This group of Ming soldiers massacred a settlement of our Gongtu tribe for no reason, and even caused huge losses to our Gongtu tribe in Wuling Valley, so we will not let anyone go!"
Li Yan frowned and said, "We only want the leader among them, and the rest belong to you."
"I said no, the eagle on the grassland will never share its prey with other animals." Boritiechi said angrily, "And you, intruding into the territory of our Gongtu tribe without any reason, this is serious
The provocative behavior requires you to withdraw from Chahar and the grassland within half a day, otherwise you will be responsible for all the consequences."
"Oh, what if we don't?" Li Yan didn't take Bori Tiechina's threat to heart at all.
It’s not like the Dashun Army had never fought against the Mongols. Aren’t Zu Dalue and Zu Kuan’s thousand Yiding soldiers Mongolians? Moreover, they were elites among the Mongolians. So what was the result?
It wasn't like they were beaten to ashes by their Dashun army.
Today's Mongolian cavalry is no longer the Mongolian cavalry four hundred years ago.
Today's world is no longer the world in Genghis Khan's time.
The glorious era of the Mongolian cavalry is gone forever.
"You are looking for death!" After hearing the interpretation of Li Yan's entourage, Boritie China was furious. He immediately took out his bow and arrow and shot Li Yan with one arrow.
Li Yan drew his bow to block it, and then shot an arrow with his backhand.
Bori Tiechi also dodged and was about to shoot the second heavy arrow at Li Yan, but found that Li Yan and Li Yan had already reined in their horses and galloped away towards the formation.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides had increased to thirty steps.
Boritichi shot the second arrow without hesitation, but unfortunately it failed to hit the target. The riding skills of the Ming Dynasty man opposite him were much better than he imagined, even as good as the warriors among their Mongolians.
Hai Rigu wanted to launch an army charge, but was stopped by Boritie China.
Because the position of the Gongtu cavalry was extremely unfavorable, right in the middle between the Hewan Ming army and the later Ming army, once they were attacked from the front and back, it would be in big trouble.
"Let's go to the southwest corner of Hala Hetao and set up camp first."
"Send people with Bogda Chechen Khan's golden arrows to ask for reinforcements from other tribes."
Not only the Boriti China and Gongtu tribes, but Li Yan who returned to the formation also realized that it would be difficult to break the current deadlock in a short time, so he decided to set up camp first and then send Feiqi to find Li Yan.
Friends and Gu Kecheng.
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However, the two reinforcements were not the first to arrive.
In addition to the Gongtu tribe and Li Yan's troops who had arrived at Hala Hetao, a thousand Yidin led by Hu Xinshui had also tracked the Wuling Valley that Boritiechi had mentioned.
Moreover, Hu Xinshui and Hu Guozhu, father and son, have already completed the survey of the battlefield.
Facing her eager son, Hu Xinshui asked with a smile: "Boy, tell me what you discovered."
"Yes." Hu Guozhu responded and said, "Abba, the Ming army fought a battle with the Gongtu tribe here, and before the Gongtu tribe's cavalry arrived, the Ming army had built a protective wall in advance.
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"The Ming army's protective walls were temporarily built with grain bags, saddles and wood."
"Abba, look at these marks. There are holes left by two rows of wooden stakes."
"There were grains scattered in the middle of the wooden piles, which shows that the Ming army used grain bags to build protective walls."
"In this battle, the cavalry of the Gongtu Tribe must have suffered a heavy loss. Many people died."
"Looking at the horse manure left on the ground, judging from the freshness, there should be three groups of people."
"These fine horse dung should be left by the Ming army. These rough horse dung are from the Gongtu tribe's war horses. The freshest horse dung seems to have been left just last night. It may be other horses invited by the Gongtu tribe."
Horde reinforcements."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a pause, Hu Guozhu pointed to the vast mountains to the west and said: "Finally, the Ming army went west, but the cavalry of the Gongtu tribe
And the subsequent reinforcements, but I don’t know why they pursued them in the wrong direction.”
"Haha, you've made some progress, kid." Hu Xinshui rubbed Hu Guozhu's head and said, "What you said before is correct, but the last sentence is wrong. The Gongtu cavalry and subsequent reinforcements did not pursue the wrong direction."
"How come?" Hu Guozhu said, "Abba, look at the horse dung and horse hoof prints on the ground?"
"Boy, sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true." Hu Xinshui's expression became serious and he continued, "Do you know the origins of the ancestors of the Gongtu tribe?"
Hu Guozhu said: "It seems like a slave of our Golden Family?"
Hu Xinshui said: "To be precise, they are the hunting slaves of our Golden Family. They are responsible for hunting for our Golden Family. The greatest skill of their tribe is to track prey. As long as they are targeted, no prey can escape, even if it is prey.
Several days have passed, and they can still distinguish the smell of prey and the exact direction of escape from the remaining breath in the air, so no one can escape the tracking of the Gongtu tribe, whether they are hiding in the mountains or escaping into the desert
It’s no use.”
Hu Guozhu said: "Does this mean the army really went north?"
"Yes, we went north." Hu Xinshui said, "Your father and I grew up in the Gongtu tribe. We learned prey tracking from the previous generation of the Gongtu tribe for more than ten years. We can definitely make no mistakes.
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After saying that, Hu Xinshui shouted again: "Let's go!"
"Let's go!" Hu Guozhu quickly followed.
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Zhu Gaoyuan's brows were already frowning.
Because more than 2,000 cavalrymen of the Gongtu tribe had already set up camp in the southwest corner of the river bend, and more than 2,000 bandit cavalrymen who arrived later also set up camp in the northwest corner.
The distance between the three camps is only more than a thousand meters. It can be said that chickens and dogs hear each other.
Whenever there is any trouble in one house, the other two will immediately discover it.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to break through from the front, and if they break through the river from the east, it will be difficult to hide from the Gongtu tribe and Liu bandits who are not gathering at night. Now the two sides have already posted scouts on the other side of the river.
When the time comes, the Mongolian cavalry and the rogue cavalry will outflank them from both wings, and the more than a thousand cavalrymen will be chewed to pieces.
The reason is very simple. If the Ming army does not move, the Mongolian cavalry and the rogue cavalry will be wary of each other and will not act rashly. But once the Ming army cavalry moves first, the Mongolian cavalry and the rogue cavalry will definitely put aside their hostility and unite.
Stop these more than a thousand Ming army cavalry.
But we can't drag it out forever.
The bandits will not only come with two thousand cavalry. If nothing else, these two thousand cavalry are just the vanguard. There will definitely be a large group of bandits behind them. Even if the bandits don't come, this is Chahar Mongolia after all. Others
Mongolian cavalry from each tribe will most likely arrive within a few days for reinforcements.
By then it will really be dead.
The situation seems to have reached an impasse again.
Even worse than in Beijing eight days ago.
Because Beijing is a large city, there are nine city gates in the inner city alone.
Moreover, Zhu Gaoyuan knows what will happen next in Beijing, so he can respond in advance.
But now, trapped in this small river bend with an unobstructed view, every move of the Ming army is under the surveillance of the enemy, and they have also lost the advantage of foresight. They don't know what will happen next.
At this time, Zhu Gaoyuan was also at a loss.
At this moment, a group of bandits came slowly over.
