Chapter 270 Is it really the golden belt of murder and arson
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Aluch and his group of more than a dozen people had already rushed out of the camp, but the shouts of killing could be heard clearly from behind. The personal guards following Aluch said to Aluch: "Sir, leave quickly. If you are targeted by the Ming army,
I'm afraid I won't be able to escape."
Aruch couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. The fear in his heart suppressed the anger in his heart. He took a deep breath, looked behind him, and said to several personal guards: "Let's go, let's go find him."
Patriarch, go find the Great Khan and be sure to inform the Great Khan about the Ming army rushing into the prairie."
As the think tank of the Suder tribe, Aluch saw clearly that if Li Huan was really allowed to lead the army to wreak havoc on the grasslands, no matter how much wealth Dayan Khan led the army to plunder in the Central Plains, it would not be able to make up for it.
The serious consequences caused by the massive destruction of the rear area by the Ming army.
More than a dozen riders rushed out of the station and galloped away into the distance.
Li Huan led his soldiers and horses directly across the entire Souder tribe's station. The soldiers who followed Li Huan were all covered in blood.
Xu Ying, who was shooting a Tatar who was rushing towards him, couldn't help laughing and said: "It's so happy, it's so happy. I never thought that I, Xu Ying, would have the opportunity to kill on this prairie.
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After hearing Xu Ying's words, the nearby soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all showed excitement on their faces. They couldn't help shouting: "The general is mighty, the Ming Dynasty is mighty!"
Xu Ying looked at Li Huan with great admiration, but Li Huan was looking far away at this moment.
Following Li Huan's gaze, Xu Ying saw at a glance Aruch and his group of more than a dozen people who had escaped hundreds of feet away.
Just looking at Aruch's clothes and the dozen or so personal guards following him, anyone can tell that Aruch's identity is definitely extraordinary.
Seeing Aruch's figure, Xu Ying couldn't help but said to Li Huan: "General, that person is most likely the leader and nobleman of the Sudel tribe. I will go and catch him."
When Li Huan heard this, he shook his head slightly and said, "Let him escape."
Xu Ying couldn't help being stunned when she heard this, and subconsciously looked towards Li Huan, her face full of confusion.
Li Huan just glanced at Xu Ying and then pointed at the Sudel tribe behind him who was sinking into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood and said with a smile: "You said we can really kill tens of thousands of people in the entire Sudel tribe.
Do you want to be clean and promise not to escape?"
Xu Ying shook her head without thinking: "How is this possible? There are so many people. Although we are in a surprise attack, it is good to be able to kill 80% to 90% of them. After all, these Tatars are not fools. It is impossible for everyone to kill them."
If you stay among the tribe and wait for us to kill you, many people will definitely escape in the end."
Xu Ying knew very well that they had limited manpower and could not truly seal off the entire tribe. In this case, even if they sent people to hunt down afterwards, they would not be able to kill all the Tatars who escaped, just like they were fleeing now.
There were hundreds of Tatars, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were busy chasing and killing the Tatars in the tribal camp, and there was no manpower available to chase and kill these people.
Li Huan said lightly: "So we have made it clear that it is impossible to kill all the Tatars. If we have time to hunt down these Tatars, we might as well raid the next Tatar tribe and try our best to
It would be better to inflict harm on the Tatars."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at Xu Ying and said: "The ultimate purpose of our entry into the prairie this time is to stir up the storm in Dayan Khan's lair in the rear area, disrupt the morale of Dayan Khan's troops, and inflict heavy damage to the Tatar Governor Wang Yangming.
Opportunity for Tartar’s army.”
Xu Ying understood immediately, glanced at Aluch and others who had fled away, and said: "The general will finally understand what he meant."
Li Huan shook the spear in his hand and pulled the reins violently, turned around and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to kill."
Following Li Huan's loud shout, the Ming army that had killed the Tatar tribe turned back to kill them again.
After almost an hour, the entire Suder tribe gradually fell into silence. Looking around, except for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were collecting trophies, there was almost no Tatar standing.
But at the garrison, countless Tatar corpses were dumped, and the blood dyed the grass red. The fire was blazing, and all the hay, fodder, food, tents and other items accumulated by the Suder tribe were burned to ashes.
Lin Pingzhi, with an excited face covered in blood, rushed towards Li Huan and said: "General, this Suder tribe is really rich enough. We have captured tens of thousands of war horses this time.
many."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This was almost as expected by Li Huan. As a large tribe adjacent to the border of the Ming Dynasty, the Sudel tribe was quite famous even in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Darulhua followed Dayan Khan to the Central Plains and took away many war horses, there were still not a few war horses raised by his tribe.
The reason why Li Huan left those small tribes alone and went straight to the Sudel tribe as soon as he came out of seclusion was not only because almost all the strong Sudel tribe were annihilated along with the Darul Flowers, but the most important thing was that the Sudel tribe had enough
of war horses.
He only brought three days' rations with him when he left the customs, so he had to eat from the enemy, so Li Huan set his sights on the Suder tribe.
During the First World War, the grain, grass, war horses, etc. captured from the Suder tribe alone were enough for them to eat and drink for more than ten days.
Taking a deep breath, Li Huan said to Xu Ying, Lin Pingzhi and others: "Give me the order. All soldiers, one man and two men, must collect food and grass as soon as possible. After burning incense, the army will follow me to attack the next tribe."
With enough war horses, Li Huan can implement his plan.
When one person rides two horses, not only can the war horse carry a large amount of food and grass, but also the horse can be changed midway when the horse is tired to speed up the attack.
As Li Huan led tens of thousands of elites into the prairie, all the tribes targeted by Li Huan were suddenly attacked.
Even if Li Huan and others did not aim to annihilate these tribes, they would kill all the Tatars they saw. Even if some people from these tribes were able to escape, they would only be killed in a very small number.
Although I dare not say that there are only a few escapees, the people who can escape 10% still take advantage of the fact that the tribe is large enough and has many people.
Apart from eating and sleeping, Li Huan and his party spent almost the rest of their time traveling non-stop and attacking and killing Tatar tribes.
In just a few days, at least a dozen tribes, large and small, were massacred on the prairie. As the fleeing Tatars fled in all directions, Li Huan and the others were brought to their infamy.
among other tribes.
For a while, mentioning Li Huan's name on the grassland almost stopped the children from crying. Some tribes became even more vigilant, and some even moved quickly, fearing that they would be targeted by Li Huan.
It's a pity that these tribes are either too small and cannot gather many young men together, or the young men in the tribes have followed the leader to respond to Dayan Khan's conscription and went south to invade the Central Plains.
Therefore, even if these tribes were vigilant, they would not be able to gather enough strength to deal with Li Huan's surprise attack of tens of thousands of elite troops.
On this day, Li Huan and his party, who had penetrated nearly a thousand miles into the prairie, stopped at a place with abundant water and grass. The army was taking a rest.
After these days of long-distance raids, it can be said that all the soldiers seemed to have been transformed. Almost every soldier had personally killed several Tatars, and his temperament had undergone earth-shaking changes.
With the changes in psychology, temperament, and mentality, even if they were not elite originally, this troop can now be called the elite among the elite.
In addition to the tens of thousands of elites who accompanied Li Huan out of the customs, many young men and even women wearing furs could also be seen in the army at this time.
Needless to say, these people are naturally the saved Han people. These Han people were plundered by the Tatars from the Central Plains to the prairie and became slaves of the Tatars. They were forced to help the Tatars herd horses and sheep and were tortured.
and humiliation.
Except for a few weaklings who became traitors, almost everyone hated the Tatars.
If you do the math, there are almost three to four thousand Han people who were rescued alone, and because these people were forced to help the Tatars herd horses and sheep, even the women, each one had
Excellent riding skills and superb horse breeding skills.
Now these rescued Han people help Li Huan and others manage the many good horses that have been collected.
It cannot be said that war horses are in short supply in the Central Plains, but they are definitely not abundant. However, on the prairie, even small tribes can assemble hundreds or even thousands of war horses.
It can be imagined that Li Huan and the others slaughtered more than a dozen tribes, large and small, and the total number of horses they stole was thirty to forty thousand.
Li Huan had more than 10,000 men and horses under his command. Not counting hundreds of casualties, even one man with two horses could control more than 20,000 war horses. In this case, the usefulness of these rescued sons and daughters of the Han family was immediately highlighted.
It was precisely because of these rescued sons and daughters of the Han family that Li Huan and the others did not have to distract themselves from managing the 20,000 to 30,000 captured war horses, and were even able to use these war horses to bring enough food and grass.
It can be said that along the way, Li Huan and the others have not experienced any shortage of food and grass. On the contrary, they have accumulated more and more food and grass. If this continues, Li Huan feels that with the captured food and grass, they can gallop one or two times on the prairie.
Months of time are no problem.
Taking the water bag from Li Hu, he drank a few sips. Li Huan wiped the water droplets from the corner of his mouth and said, "Where is the front? Lin Pingzhi and the others should have found results after searching for information."
While they were talking, they heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. Li Huan and others looked up and saw who it was if it wasn't the dusty Lin Pingzhi.
If he is a relative of Lin Pingzhi, I am afraid that he will never recognize Lin Pingzhi when he sees his appearance. With his dusty clothes, red cheeks, and rough hands, at first glance, he looks like a man in his thirties.
Rich young man.
Lin Pingzhi turned over and dismounted, strode towards Li Huan and said: "General, we have found out clearly that the Tatar Iliha tribe is stationed ten miles ahead..."
Before Lin Pingzhi finished speaking, Xu Ying couldn't help but exclaimed: "The Iliha tribe is one of the three major tribes of Tatar. The Iliha tribe is Dayan Khan's right-hand man. It is said that there are as many as 80,000 tribesmen.
With so many people, we can mobilize 10,000 to 20,000 elites at any time, or even more."
A general said in shock: "Have we gone so far into the grassland? We have actually reached the Yiliha tribe. This Yiliha tribe is no better than other small tribes. There are so many of us who are afraid that we will not be able to eat the prepared Yiliha tribe."
Habu."
Now that they know the strength of the Yiliha tribe, everyone is naturally unsure. After all, they are fully prepared, and including those rescued Ming people, they only have 13,400.
As far as they knew, in order to support Dayan Khan, the Iliha tribe had dispatched a total of 15,000 elites to accompany Dayan Khan on his expedition south.
Putting these 50,000 elites on the prairie is indeed an astonishing number, and it may take more than a dozen tribes, large and small, to come up with it.
But for the Yiliha Tribe, this number is not too much, which means that the Yiliha Tribe can still raise another 10,000 to 20,000 troops.
Lin Pingzhi's expression was full of solemnity and he said: "We have captured several sentinels from the Yiliha tribe and have inquired clearly. Not long ago, the Yiliha tribe spent all their resources to recruit from the tribe.
Twenty thousand strong men are ready to send out troops to keep us on the prairie."
Li Huan couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this: "As expected of one of the three major Tatar tribes, when they heard the news of our arrival, they not only did not flee like those small tribes, but they actually wanted to gather soldiers and horses to fight us.
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Xu Ying looked at Li Huan and said, "General, what should we do?"
The Yiliha tribe actually gathered 20,000 elites, which made many generals calm down.
They were almost blinded by the killing before, shouting to kill a tribe when they encountered it, but this time it was different.
The strength of the Iliha tribe is too strong. Knowing that there are more than 20,000 elites waiting for them, it would not be a wise choice to rush forward and fight for their lives.
Li Huan saw everyone's reaction in his eyes, smiled slightly and said: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Ying just pondered, and said with a somewhat solemn look on his face: "The general thinks that we should avoid a head-on fight with the Yiliha tribe. After all, our purpose of going deep into the grassland this time is to get as far as possible
Raid Tatar tribes, large and small, rather than fight against the Tatars."
Xu Ying glanced at Li Huan as he spoke, and seeing that Li Huan's expression remained normal, he continued: "After all, so what if we defeated the Yiliha tribe in one fell swoop, we will definitely suffer heavy losses after the battle. Obviously, the gains outweigh the losses."
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The rest of the people also agreed with Xu Ying's words, obviously agreeing with what Xu Ying said.
Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "Xu Ying, what you said is indeed reasonable."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. They were really worried that Li Huan would lead them to fight with the Yiliha tribe. It was not that they were afraid of the Yiliha tribe, but they just felt that it was not worth it.
But Li Huan changed his voice and said with a bit of solemnity and solemnity: "Your worries are not unreasonable, but have you ever thought about it? Even if we don't look for trouble in the Yiliha tribe, Yiliha will
Will Habu let us go?"
After speaking, Li Huan glanced at Lin Pingzhi and said: "Pingzhi also said just now that the Yiliha tribe has recruited a large army and threatened to leave us on the prairie. You said that we can escape on the prairie.
Can you survive the other party's pursuit?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
After all, this prairie is more familiar to the Tatars. They really turned around and fled, but they really couldn't escape the other party's pursuit.
After understanding this, a fierce look flashed in Xu Ying's eyes and she said to Li Huan: "In this case, we will destroy his Yiliha tribe."
"Yes, destroy the Yiliha tribe!"
"Since they themselves want to die, even if their vitality is seriously injured, they still have to teach the Yiliha tribe a lesson."
Suddenly all the generals were shouting to fight with the Iliha tribe.
Although the Iliha tribe had a large number of troops, almost twice as many as them, it was not like they had never fought against the Tatar army.
Weren't Mutai and Rudar defeated by them before? Since they were able to defeat Mutai and Rudar under the leadership of Li Huan, the invincible god of war, they could defeat the Yiliha tribe.
In an instant, all eyes fell on Li Huan, looking at Li Huan expectantly.
Xu Ying looked at Li Huan with expectant eyes and said: "General, please give the order. We are willing to fight with you."
Li Huan laughed loudly when he heard this, and said proudly: "Okay, since the Yiliha tribe is seeking death themselves, then we will do as they wish."
"Report, the Yiliha tribe has sent out troops, and the army is rushing towards us."
At this moment, a sentry rushed over and shouted loudly.
Li Huan and others were refreshed upon hearing this, and Xu Ying and other generals also looked at Li Huan.
Since it can't be avoided, let's fight it with ease.
Li Huan said in a deep voice: "Give me the order and everyone will mount their horses immediately and be ready to fight."
At the same time, Li Huan said to someone: "Li Qi, I have a task for you that is almost a narrow escape from death. Do you dare to accept it?"
Li Qi was a Ming citizen who was rescued by Li Huan and others from the Tatars. However, Li Qi was quite brave and had a high prestige among the rescued Ming people. Therefore, he was valued by Li Huan and appointed him.
The leader is responsible for the people who have been rescued.
Li Qi looked at Li Huan and saluted: "If the general has any orders, just say it bluntly. The lives of the grassroots and others were saved by the general. Even if you want the grassroots and others to die, they will not hesitate to die."
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Li Huan took a deep breath and said: "This general needs you to select more than a hundred warriors who dare to die, and then select 10,000 war horses, drive these horses towards the Yiliha army, and give me the formation of the Yiliha army.
Disruption, do you dare to do it?"
Li Qi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with excitement on his face: "General, are you telling the truth? Do you really want the common people to drive their horses to attack the Tatar army formation?"
In Li Qi's opinion, Li Huan should attach great importance to those war horses. Now that Li Huan asked him to lead people to drive the horses to attack the Tatar army formation, Li Qifei did not feel afraid, but felt a sense of excitement.
Li Huan smiled and said: "If we can defeat the soldiers and horses of Yiliha in one battle, are we still afraid that we will have no horses?"
Li Qi said happily: "The common people will make arrangements now, and they will never let the general down."
These people know the temperament of the war horses best, and they know even better how to stimulate An Xie's war horses to go crazy. Li Huan left such a thing to them, but it was absolutely foolproof.
Xu Ying stood aside and looked at Li Qi's retreating figure, with a look of surprise on his face and said: "It turns out that you, General, have a plan, but it's a pity for those war horses. I'm afraid it would be good if half of these war horses can survive.
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Li Huan chuckled and said, "It's worth spending thousands of horses to win this battle."
Xu Ying nodded and said: "Yes, as long as we can defeat the Yiliha tribe, it will be worth it even if all the war horses are killed."
In the Yiliha tribe, the high priest Hariman can definitely be said to be one of the most powerful figures in the Yiliha tribe.
Especially now that the head of the Iliha tribe is leading a large army to follow Dayan Khan south, Harriman, as the high priest, dare not say anything in the Iliha tribe, and there are very few who can compare with him.
At this time, Harriman was wearing a gorgeous robe, riding on a tall horse, and said to several Buddhist monks and tribal dignitaries beside him: "Everyone, Li Huan, the mighty general of the Ming Dynasty, dared not to live or die.
They went deep into the prairie and wantonly killed my people on the prairie of Changshengtian. Now they even want to take advantage of our Yiliha tribe. Do you think we can agree to this?"
The people's eyes flashed fiercely and they shouted: "No, no, no."
Harriman nodded and said: "Yes, we don't agree. This time we are going to chop off Li Huan's head to avenge the tribesmen who were massacred by him."
"Revenge, revenge."
Under Harriman's instigation, almost all the young men of the Yiliha tribe were exhausted, and an army of 20,000 people rushed over as soon as they discovered the whereabouts of Li Huan's troops.
Twenty thousand troops roared in, the earth shook, and an overwhelming momentum could be felt from a distance.
Any casual person would be frightened to death if they saw such a situation, but the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who had been prepared for a long time clenched their weapons one by one, looking into the distance with blood and murderous intent faintly reflected in their eyes.
of billowing smoke.
Li Qi, who had already selected more than a hundred people who dared to die according to Li Huan's instructions, now followed Li Huan's order and drove his frantic horses to rush forward.
Driven by these people, even though these war horses went crazy one by one, they relied on their instincts to face the elite soldiers of the Iliha tribe who were rushing towards them.
The elites of the Iliha tribe who were galloping on horseback let out excited roars and howls, and kept waving the scimitars in their hands.
But soon Harriman and other generals from the Iliha tribe saw the black war horses coming madly.
"not good!"
As a grassland man, I knew what was going on just by seeing those ten thousand horses galloping wildly, but I didn't know that this must be the Ming army's method.
They could also make their war horses go crazy and then drive them into enemy formations, but out of love for their horses, they would hardly do such a thing. They never expected that the Ming army would do such a thing.