Wuhe lazily waved his riding whip, and together with several companions, drove back a few sheep that had strayed from the herd.
He is a herdsman from a small tribe, but this small tribe is dependent on the Horqin tribe. Since the Horqin tribe surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and several princesses in the tribe married into the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, the entire tribe began to live a prosperous life.
Good days.
In the past, Wu He could not imagine that his tribe would own so many cattle and sheep. Moreover, last year, Wu He also accompanied the Qing army into the pass. Although most of the looted things went to the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.
Several large tribes, but Wuhe himself also got a lot of good things.
What satisfied Wu He the most was the Han female slave in his tent. She had such delicate skin that even the leader of the tribe was willing to exchange it for two horses. So these days Wu He was wondering: should she do it again?
Just sleep for a few days and then change it, right?
However, Wuhe now has no shortage of cattle, sheep and horses. Because he joined the Qing Dynasty earlier, the Horqin tribe was allocated the most fertile grassland. Even the small tribe where Wuhe is located, the allocation is not bad. Therefore, the cattle supply every year
The number of sheep and horses is increasing.
However, as a person who relies on grazing for a living, Wu He does not dare to take it lightly now. At the beginning of spring, it is the time when cattle and sheep gain weight and reproduce, so Wu He must take good care of it and strive to increase his property again.
However, there is no danger in grazing during the day, there are no wolves to steal food, and there are no hostile tribes nearby, so Wuhe only needs to prevent the sheep from running away. Therefore, Wuhe now is a little half-hearted.
"Uh-huh! Don't work too hard at night. Looking at you now, you are about to fall off the horse." The companions on the side joked. This joke made several companions laugh.
"Go!" Wuhe was somewhat immune to this joke. He tilted his head to show his jealous disdain for them.
But when Wu He's eyes shifted to the river beside him, he suddenly became serious. Faint water ripples appeared on the surface of the river, and the water ripples became clearer and bigger.
"Shh!" Wuhe immediately put his finger on his lips, silencing his companions. Then he quickly got off his horse and lay on the ground, listening to the vibrations from the ground.
As soon as he lay down on the ground and listened, Wuhe knew that this was not his hallucination. He immediately jumped up from the ground and said to his companions: "A large group of people are coming. There are thousands of people. And they are walking very fast.
Facing the direction of our tribe."
"Huh?" Although they were a little surprised, Wuhe's companions didn't feel scared at all. They even started discussing: "Do you know the news? Is there an army coming across the border?"
Thanks to the Qing army to maintain order and the deliberate support of the Manchus, the Horqin tribe has become one of the largest tribes in Eastern Mongolia. What's more, most of the soldiers in the Mongolian Eight Banners are from the Horqin tribe. Those who have been trained by the Qing army
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers who have been strictly trained far exceeds that of the semi-professional troops of other Mongolian tribes.
So the current Horqin tribe, if they don't bully other tribes, would be very good, but no other tribes will take the initiative to provoke. With the support of the Qing Dynasty, if those tribes still want to find trouble, it is not the fault of the tiger.
Hair plucking - are you tired of living?
So Wuhe and the others were not worried at all. Moreover, they also learned from the leader that the Qing army was fighting with the Han people in the east. Maybe these troops were eagles carefully selected from various tribes, and they were going to
Heading east to join the fight.
Moreover, Wu He also had a small calculation in his mind: with so many people passing by, he would definitely kill a group of cattle and sheep to entertain them. But if he entertained the masters who led the troops and begged them to take him with them, then
In the future, I will also have the opportunity to make a career in the world, and even have the opportunity to be a leader.
The vibrations on the ground became louder and louder, and gradually there was a "rumbling" sound. A dark figure also appeared on the horizon. It was like a dark cloud, approaching them quickly.
Wuhe's companions were all whispering to each other, pointing in the direction of the army, and laughing. But Wuhe's heart suddenly felt a little hairy, and he always felt that something was wrong.
Suddenly, a shiver of fear immediately made Wu He's back turn cold, and he knew something was wrong.
Wu He had served in the Qing army and knew what the army on the grassland looked like. Generally speaking, the Mongolian tribal cavalry ran loosely, while the Mongolian Eight Banners were much better. The most organized troops were those of the Qing Dynasty.
They really obeyed the same rules when moving or retreating. The listener said: Genghis Khan, the pride of Mongolia in the past, was like this with the Mongol army he led.
As for the army in front of them, their formation was even more orderly than the troops of the Qing Dynasty. They were galloping in such an orderly manner. They looked so sturdy and murderous.
"Changshengtian!" Wuhe couldn't help shouting in his heart, "This is not the Mongolian army! It is the enemy army! It is the enemy army!"
In fear, Wu He turned the horse's head without hesitation and ran away. In a hurry, he only said one sentence to his astonished companions: "Run!"
Seeing Wu He's abnormal behavior, his companions were all confused. Some people murmured: "What happened to Wu He? Did he want to report to the leader earlier and receive some reward?"
The other person also couldn't understand Wu He's actions: "That's not right! If you want to report the news, you should go north. Our tribe is in that direction, but the direction Wu He ran should be west!"
Wu He was definitely not mistaken. There were only a few hundred people in his small tribe, and there were only seventy or eighty men who could lift swords and guns, not to mention that they couldn't gather together in an hour or three, so they absolutely couldn't block his eyes.
An army of tens of thousands.
Obviously, the target of this army is Wuhe's tribe. If Wuhe runs away alone, he may still run away; if he returns to the tribe to report? That is almost like sending death.
To be honest, the herdsmen on the grassland do have an instinct to escape once they encounter danger. But Wuhe's companions just relaxed their vigilance because they have been in peace for a long time.
But this relaxation of vigilance was fatal. The vanguard of the army could already be seen clearly. They were wearing black armor and had iron masks on their faces, as if they were a group of gods of death approaching.
Several herdsmen also discovered that something was wrong, and they turned their horses around with panic on their faces. Some of the herdsmen who reacted slowly were still muttering in surprise: "I must have gotten too many good things when I entered the customs last time.
Have we even obtained so many armors for our army?”
With a "bang", a flower of blood spattered from the chest of a herdsman, and then he fell straight off the horse.
The sound of the gunfire seemed like a signal, and it immediately frightened the other herdsmen and made them want to run away. But at this time, it was already too late to run away. The Daping Army cavalry who rushed at the front, holding their spears flat, moved at high speed.
The grass crisscrossed the ground and stabbed the herdsman in front of him.
By the time dozens of cavalry flew by, the Mongolian horses were already empty of people. And the sheep being guarded by the herdsmen also exploded.
Wuhe whipped the horse under him desperately, no longer caring about the horse power. When he heard the gunshots coming from behind, he felt even more frightened, and couldn't help but add a few whips to the horse's buttocks, causing the horse under him to lash.
The horses all neighed in pain.
Uhe couldn't care less about his favorite horse underneath him. There was only one thought in his mind: "Who are they? Run! Run!"
After listening to Ren Pojun's roar, the remaining Mongolian prisoners in the tribe all looked gloomy. Many prisoners could not help crying, but they did not dare to cry loudly. Even a few Mongolian children just let go of their voices,
The mother beside them immediately covered their little mouths tightly.
"Brother Ren! When you open your mouth, those Mongolians will wet their pants in fear. Are you trying to scare them?" the commander of the Cavalry Association who led the team joked.
"Who said that?" Ren Pojun replied confidently, "Grandpa, I told them: they must all be obedient. If they obey, every child will have candy. Who would have thought that they would be frightened when they heard that they were going to eat candy?"
I'm so pissed off. Can you blame me?"
"Hahaha——!" After hearing Ren Pojun's nonsense, everyone laughed.
In this decisive battle with the Qing army, the first one dispatched was the Pegasus Town of Zug. As soon as Pegasus Town returned from Ningyuan and Zhenyuan, they began to replenish horses and personnel, and the total strength reached three
There are 20,000 cavalrymen, equipped with one man and two horses, and the number of plate armor and horse armor has also been increased.
After a short rest, Pegasus Town went out again to directly attack the Mongolian tribes on the grassland.
For the Daping Army, it is not particularly important to invest more cavalry units on the frontal battlefield. This is because the six main towns of the Daping Army outside Shanhaiguan have already been equipped with enough cavalry to ensure the infantry and cavalry artillery formations.
The completeness of the formation. On the contrary, in the cavalry battle, the Daping Army could not match the huge cavalry army of the Qing Army. Therefore, it is better to let Pegasus Town perform some more important combat missions.
If the Pegasus Town's outbound campaign can deal a heavy blow to the pro-Manchu Mongolian tribes, then these Mongolian tribes will not send troops to reinforce the Qing army, and even some Mongolian soldiers who are participating in the battle will be transferred back
, in this case, the Qing army can be indirectly reduced in strength.
However, before setting off on the expedition, Zug and others had been mentally prepared for the difficulties they would face. However, they never expected that the expedition would go so smoothly and the results would be so brilliant.