The leaders of the Aohan tribe and the leaders of the Zalut tribe looked down upon the Ming army. Now when the Ming army was about to start a fight, they took it more seriously. At that moment, they urged their horses to run forward to observe the Ming army.
There were probably less than a thousand people in the Ming army, all of them cavalry. They were wearing bright helmets and armor, and they were well equipped. They were flying the flag with the word "Cao". They had already spotted them at this time, and they stopped to watch.
The two of them looked at the equipment of the Ming army and were very jealous. The Mongolian brothers were poor and were blocked by the Ming Dynasty, especially iron items, which were strictly prohibited. Then there were natural disasters, and they were so poor that a sheep-killing knife cost a few
It has reached the point where every household takes turns using it.
Although it's an exaggeration, they are really poor, as can be seen from the fact that many of the arrowheads they use are made of bone.[
The two of them looked at the Ming army in the distance, thinking that the other party was dead, and began to bargain over the spoils of war, to the point where they would fight for every cent.
In the end, the two decided that whoever killed the Ming army would get the equipment. This was the fairest way to prevent anyone from being lazy and still getting the equipment.
After the two discussed it, they went back to their respective armies to announce the distribution plan of the spoils. Before they finished speaking, some people began to urge their horses forward.
When the tribesmen on both sides saw that the other side was trying to take the lead, and those who were willing to fall behind, they began to rush their horses to get ahead, as if the Ming army in front was really dead, waiting for them to pick up their equipment.
These Mongolian Tatars have never thought about other possibilities. The first is because when they followed the Jianlu invaders into the pass, they saw too many cases where the Ming army collapsed at the first touch. The second is that they have four thousand people.
The Ming army opposite had only a thousand men, so they would win no matter how hard they fought.
"General Xiao Cao, there are only about 4,000 Mongol Tatars, which meets the requirements." A member of the Ming Army said to the leading young general.
"I saw it, let's go." General Cao took the reins and started to turn, and then said: "Don't call me general, I'm just a thousand households."
After the Mongol Tatars saw their charge, the Ming army on the opposite side began to turn around and then ran away dragging the flag.
Sure enough, they were still as cowardly as the Ming army they encountered before. When the Mongol Tatars saw that the Ming army in front was about to run away, they were willing to give up and chased them even tighter.
Just like this, the marathon started.
After running for about twenty miles, they were about to catch up with the Ming army in front.
The leader of the Aohan tribe was older than the leader of the Zalut tribe, so he failed to outrun him and fell behind.
Suddenly, he realized that something was wrong. Four thousand Mongolian troops had been chasing them in a long line. The fleeing Ming army in front was leading them to run around the mountain. If there was an ambush on the mountain, the Ming army would rush down directly.
If you rob the Ming army's equipment, whether you can survive is a question.
But he also wondered whether he was being suspicious and wanted to exchange opinions with the leader of the Zarut tribe, but he couldn't. He was so angry that he cursed in his heart, why are you running so fast? I can't kill you if I grab you.
Perhaps God heard what he was saying, and the mountain on the left began to move, or began to vibrate.
Some Tatars who were chasing after them felt something was wrong with the mountain on the left, so they looked up the mountain. At this sight, they were so frightened that they almost fell off their horses. The Ming army all over the mountains and plains were rushing down the mountain without making a sound.
The speed is getting faster and faster.
More and more Mongolian Tatars found themselves in an ambush and didn't know what to do for a while. Some stopped in a hurry, some circled to look for the leader, some tried to turn their horses around to run back, and some wanted to stay away from the Ming army.
The soldiers fled to the right and became a mess.
Zhong Jinwei did not participate in the charge. Even if he wanted to charge, He Kegang and Cao Zhao did not dare to let him charge.
At this time, He Kegang was accompanying Zhong Jinwei, standing on the mountain, watching the battle at the foot of the mountain.[
Previously, Zhong Jinwei was quite worried. Firstly, he was worried that such a simple fraud strategy would be seen through by the Tatars; secondly, he was worried that the Tatars would be attracted too much and would not be able to eat, but would steal the chicken without getting a handful of rice.
Although He Kegang explained to Zhong Jinwei, and Cao Zhao had the same opinion as He Kegang, Zhong Jinwei had never experienced a war, let alone an ancient war, and was not familiar with the psychology of the generals of both the enemy and ourselves at that time, so he was always a little worried.
Now that I see that everything is developing according to plan, I feel relieved.
At this time, he was carefully observing this ancient war, which was much more realistic than watching war blockbusters in the cinema.
I saw that the "Cao" flag led the Ming army on the mountain to form a line, attack the side of the Tatars, and quickly approach the Tatar team.
When the Ming army was seventy or eighty steps closer to the Tatars, the Ming soldiers at the front lit the three-eyed blunderbuss in their hands.
Before the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty charged, they were ordered to twist the three leads of the three-eyed gun together and put two to three leads in each barrel.
When they were still thirty or forty steps away from the Tatars, the three-eyed blunderbuss held flat in the hands of the Ming soldiers went off, forming a sheet of rain and knocking down a large area of the Tatars who were busy adjusting their formation and trying to fight to the death.
This three-barreled gun has a short range and poor accuracy. But its advantage is that it is powerful when released at close range. The three-barreled gun can be fired individually or together. The optimal range is thirty or forty steps.
distance, capable of breaking through armored targets.
But now, not many of the Tatars in front of the Ming army are wearing iron armor, at most they are wearing leather armor.
After the Ming soldier finished shooting, he quickly turned around with his three-eyed gun. A spearhead was added to the back of the three-eyed gun. When he turned around, it was used as a spear.
The Ming army, which had been chased by the Tatars just now, also turned back and fought under the leadership of the "Cao" flag.
Zhong Jinwei only saw a row of smoke rising on the mountain, and then heard a burst of gunfire. Many Tatars, including their horses, fell down, and then the first row of Guan Ning's cavalry rushed through the thin Tatars in one go.
Team.
Immediately afterwards, the Ming army in the second echelon repeated the actions of the Ming army in the first echelon. With each echelon passed, the Tatar team became much thinner.
When Zhong Jinwei saw this, he knew that the Ming army would win. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the battlefield to calm down.
He Kegang waited until the safety flag was sent from the bottom of the mountain before accompanying Zhong Jinwei down the mountain.
The four thousand Tatars were basically wiped out.
Such an ending should be something that these Tatars had never expected before they came. Afterwards, the tribal leaders who were scrambling to annihilate the Ming army but failed to do so were secretly glad that they had not fought against Ao Han and
Zarut Department.
Zhong Jinwei, accompanied by He Kegang and escorted by Gu Baichuan and others, came to the battlefield in high spirits.
No one expected that when they first arrived at the battlefield and saw the torn corpses and the blood flowing all over the ground, the supreme leader of the victorious side and the supervisor of King Daming Qin's army vomited.
War is indeed cruel, and life will not be respected in any way.
Although Zhong Jinwei knew about these corpses lying on the ground, he had committed countless sins after entering the prison, and he deserved this end. However, the physical reaction still made him vomit everything he had eaten, and it would also cause him to suffer many consequences in the future.
I am vegetarian every day, or only eat fish, but not meat anyway.[
He Kegang and others knew that it was the first time for the supervisor to go to the battlefield, so they all understood. Even if they didn't understand, they didn't dare to laugh.
Zhong Jinwei knew that in ancient times, especially in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, he might see this kind of scene frequently in the future, so he gritted his teeth and vomited while inspecting the battlefield. He believed that getting used to it would get better. This would be better than motion sickness.
Easier to overcome.
The young general who pretended to be defeated before saw the supervisor inspecting the battlefield, so he came to pay homage and presented him with a trophy, a golden helmet. It was said to be the helmet of a Tatar chief in green robes who was killed by his own hands. After interrogating the prisoners of war, he learned that
He is the leader of the Zarut tribe.
Zhong Jinwei looked at this general who was younger than himself and admired him very much. He asked him to report his name. This time he attracted the Tatars to ambush, so he should be credited with his first contribution.
"The last general, Cao Bianjiao, now has thousands of households in Cao's guerrilla army." The young general's voice was loud.
He Kegang also introduced with a smile: "He is Cao Youyi's nephew."
In fact, Zhong Jinwei does not need to be introduced by He Kegang. Generals Cao and Cao were also famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty. Anyone who knows a little about the history of the late Ming Dynasty knows them.
Just when Zhong Jinwei was about to praise him, Cao Zhao, who was chasing the Tatars who fled back, came back and reported to Zhong Jinwei: "The last general returned without meeting Jianlu, and only let a few Tatars go.
A Tatar chief wearing a green robe and a golden helmet."
It seems that these two uncles and nephews are destined to meet the Tatar chiefs. They can both meet the Tatar chiefs, but the difference is that one is killed and the other is released.
At the moment, everyone stopped talking nonsense and quickly gathered the troops according to the pre-planned plan. About twenty injured soldiers returned to the capital by detour, while several comrades who died in the battle found a place to bury them on the spot for disposal after the war.
Everyone else was waiting to move immediately to prevent Changli's Tatar army from surrounding them. Prisoners of war? How could they take prisoners of war with them when they were about to escape themselves?
At noon, Zuo Yingxuan, the magistrate of Changli County, had not heard the bell of the Tatar attack on the city. He didn't think it was a bit strange, so he went up to the top of the city to have a look.
Unexpectedly, I happened to see a few Tatars abandoning their helmets and armor, coming from the west and heading towards the Tatar camp.
Zuo Yingxuan recognized the Tatar in green robes who had just returned. He was one of the Tatar chiefs who happily led his troops westward in the morning.
Zuo Yingxuan saw thousands of Tatars going out and a few people coming back in such a mess. A surge of ecstasy rose from the bottom of his heart. The imperial court sent a large army to rescue Changli. But he was also a little worried. There were still people outside Changli City.
With less than 40,000 Tatars, can the imperial reinforcements defeat them?