Based on the experience of the Mongolians in nomadic hunting on the grasslands, they attack on three sides to leave one side of the escape path, and then let the prey continue to consume physical strength while escaping. Finally, when the prey is exhausted, it can easily capture all the prey.
win.
Moreover, Saren Buhua soon discovered another weakness of Wang Baobao's army.
That is, the number of cavalry in Wang Baobao's army was less than 10,000, and there were also a large number of infantry.
Although the enemy has many horse-drawn carriages, the horse-drawn carriages can only be fixed on the battlefield and used as obstacles to resist horses. When fighting on the battlefield, the infantry still needs their legs to run. In this way, they will completely lag behind the nomadic army.
speed.
Taking advantage of the cavalry's advantage of fighting the slow, Saren Buhua almost saw that victory was beckoning to him.
However, Saren Buhua obviously underestimated his opponent. The infantry that Wang Baobao brought this time were definitely not simple infantry, but an elite group using muskets and artillery that he had carefully trained in Liaoyang.
These soldiers were basically selected from the Jurchen tribe in Liaoyang, and they were extremely good at fighting on foot.
Now with the bonus of firearms, Wang Baobao has a great chance of winning.
The Mongolian rebels led by Sarenbuhua immediately launched an attack from both sides. Wang Baobao commanded the army to fight in the center of the battlefield, with cavalry as the main defensive force on the two wings and infantry as the main force in the middle. The phalanx faced the outside and formed a huge hedgehog.
Formation.
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
Sarenbuhua commanded the Mongolian rebels and launched a surprise attack from both wings. Bows and arrows fell from the sky like raindrops, hitting Wang Baobao's army with a crackling sound.
However, most of Wang Baobao's troops were equipped with shields and armors. The lethality of these bows and arrows was really limited. They could only be used to disrupt the formation of Wang Baobao's troops and did not provide much damage.
Moreover, Wang Baobao did not send his cavalry to chase on both sides after being attacked as Sarenbuhua expected. Instead, he immediately beat the war drum, and the infantry in the middle moved slowly towards both sides, while the cavalry retreated.
Lived in the center.
After seeing this situation, the Mongolian rebels led by Sarenbuhua were all shocked.
"What is Wang Baobao doing? Is he planning to fight our cavalry with infantry?" Saren Buhua looked shocked.
Then they saw a scene that surprised them even more.
Wang Baobao's infantrymen arranged the accompanying carts into a circular array, blocking the Mongolian rebel cavalry in front of them.
"We are fighting one against the other. Ignore them and just charge forward!" Saren Buhua said without hesitation.
Woohoo!
As a dull and loud horn horn sounded, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry launched a decisive charge on the grassland. They charged towards Wang Baobao's infantry array like a huge war hammer.
"Wuzhenchaoha, listen to the order!" Wang Baobao yelled.
"The enemy will not open fire until they have reached fifty steps. Anyone who dares to fire in advance will be beheaded!"
These Jurchen infantrymen under Wang Baobao all used the latest muskets and artillery. Although they were not as powerful as the Ming army's new muskets and artillery, they were far more powerful than the previous iron cannons.
However, loading these new gunpowder weapons is also extremely troublesome. You can only fire one round before the enemy rushes forward.
Therefore, when to fire these firearms is the most critical link.
Wang Baobao trained them for many days so that they could obey orders completely on the battlefield and fire when they needed firepower the most.
The cavalry of the Mongolian rebels were like a black tide, charging towards Wang Baobao's army. When their forward troops rushed to a distance of about fifty steps, Wang Baobao gave an order, and the drums of the army beat in unison, and all the Wu Zhenchaoha got it. received the order to fire.
moment!
Streams of white smoke sprayed out from Wang Baobao's army position.
The originally powerful Mongolian rebel cavalry seemed to have hit an invisible wall in an instant, and large numbers of people and horses fell to the ground with roaring screams.
The cavalry behind the rebels were also blocked by the corpses in front of them, and the offensive that was originally like a tide stagnated in an instant.
However, there were still many cavalry who rushed to Wang Baobao's army from the gap. These Mongolian rebels used bows and arrows and spears and guns in their hands to attack Wang Baobao's army.
The Mongols on the grassland still maintained their bravery. Xiao Ying was good at fighting. Facing the powerful Mongolian rebels, Wu Zhenchaoha also panicked. Wang Baobao immediately noticed this situation, and he immediately ordered to fight again. The war drums were sounded and strict orders were issued. Anyone who dared to take a step back would be immediately killed by the Mongolian war supervising team. In the face of cruel military law, these Wu Zhenchaoha, composed of Jurchens, fought against the oncoming Mongols one after another. The rebels launched a bloody battle.
"artillery!"
"Blow the command! Let the artillery array attack."
Wang Baobao saw that the battle line was in a state of panic and the rebel troops were densely packed in front of his formation, so he immediately ordered artillery bombardment.
Pity the rebels on the grasslands, they don't know the power of these new artillery.
With loud rumbling noises, dozens of artillery pieces in Wang Baobao's army sprayed out flames of death.
The rebels from Beiligutai and other tribes fell into a pool of blood.
The Uzhenchaoha Infantry Army, dominated by Jurchens, immediately took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Later, Wang Baobao ordered his younger brother Aru Timur to lead the cavalry to counterattack the Beligutai tribe from both wings.
The rebels could not stop them at all, and they immediately fell into chaos.
It took almost no time for the rebels, who were originally so powerful, to be defeated immediately.
The entire battlefield was filled with the roaring sounds of muskets and artillery, as well as the desperate screams of the rebels fleeing.
"Charge and kill!"
Aru Timur brandished the spear in his hand and led the cavalry to launch a desperate counterattack against the Mongolian rebels.
The Mongolian rebels were bombarded by Wang Baobao's muskets and artillery. With the bows and arrows in their hands, the spears could not stop them. The warriors of the Beligutai tribe were the first to be defeated. Then other tribes saw this scene and immediately rushed towards them in panic.
Fleeing north.
After another half-day pursuit, the entire rebel resistance force was wiped out by Wang Baobao. Only a few lucky ones escaped their pursuit and fled north along the vast grassland and Gobi.
In this battle, not only did the leader of the Beligutai tribe, Sarenbuhua, be killed, but most of the leaders of other rebel armies were also captured or killed.
Wang Baobao gave these captured rebel leaders a very tolerant policy.
He adopted the method of recruiting and appeasing these rebel leaders mainly and killing them as a supplement.
Most of the rebel leaders immediately expressed their loyalty to Wang Baobao and expressed their willingness to support the orthodoxy of the Yuan Dynasty and support all decisions of Wang Baobao, the crown prince and grand master of the Yuan Dynasty.
The leader of the Beligutai tribe, Sarenbuhua, had already been killed in the rebellion.
There are no more powerful figures on the grassland who can organize opposition.
Wang Baobao then released most of the prisoners. After all, they were all Mongols. He did not want to kill them all. He just killed some of Sarenbuhua's confidants, and then escorted the captured rebel leaders back to the capital.
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After returning to the capital city, the news of victory made everyone in the Yuan Dynasty feel happy.
The Yuan Dynasty had such thunderous methods in dealing with rebellions, which made all the Mongolian noble officials seem to see the hope of the Yuan Dynasty rising again.
When Wang Baobao returned victoriously from the grassland, Empress Dowager Dayuanqi immediately led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him personally outside Dadu City. Emperor Aiyou of the Dayuan Dynasty specially issued an imperial edict to give Wang Baobao a guard of honor, a golden ax, etc.
"From now on, the grand master holds the sword as if I were here in person! He will chop off the emperor's relatives in the stomach, and chop down the corrupt officials and the people. There is no need to ask for my instructions."
The little emperor Aiyou, who was just ten years old, naturally couldn't think of these words. His words were taught to him by the Empress Dowager Qi.
Now the entire Yuan Dynasty regarded Wang Baobao as the final savior.
Give Wang Baobao the right to Shang Fang's sword, and no one dares to stand up and oppose it without knowing the current affairs.
"Now that I, the Great Yuan, have regained the power of Heaven, can I go south to destroy those red scarf thieves?"
"Master Wang is mighty, my Great Yuan is victorious!"
All the civil and military officials in the capital city were full of hope for Wang Baobao. Many people felt that the Meng Yuan army was now strong, and they wanted Wang Baobao to continue to fight the rebellion southward and did not want to withdraw from the capital city.
But Wang Baobao's subsequent words interrupted all of their illusions.
Wang Baobao reported to Empress Dowager Qi and the young emperor Aiyou.
Now that the rebels of each tribe in the grassland have been defeated, and the leaders of each tribe have sworn their loyalty to the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the original uneasy factors on the grassland have been completely eradicated, and the time is right for the Yuan Dynasty to move north to the grassland.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately received exclamations and objections.
None of the civil and military officials in the capital city wanted to give up their comfortable life in the Central Plains, and no one wanted to go to the bitter cold land of the grassland to blow the cold wind.
However, these objections could not stop Wang Baobao's decision at all.
Even the Empress Dowager Dayuanqi and the young emperor Aiyou did not want to move the capital, but Wang Baobao firmly vetoed the move.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty! What I can rely on to defeat Sarenbuhua this time is the new artillery and artillery in the army. These artillery and artillery are extremely rare and precious weapons for us in the Yuan Dynasty, but for the Ming army, they are already
Normally, they have several times as many guns and artillery as we do, and their troops are ten times as many as ours. If we insist on defending the capital city, once they complete the encirclement, we will not be able to escape even if we want to."
"And once the situation becomes critical, even if we are lucky enough to escape to the grassland, we will not be able to take away a lot of gold, silver, baggage, food and population. Without food, grass and population, we will never have a chance to regain our strength on the grassland.
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"Now that the Ming army has not launched a full-scale offensive, there is already a stable environment on the grassland. It is the best time for us to take advantage of the opportunity to retreat north. We first move the grain, grass, baggage and population to the grassland, and then lead the troops, civil and military forces
Hundreds of officials migrated."
"Take away everything that can be taken away, and take away all those who are willing to follow. If you can't take away anything, kill it and burn it."
Wang Baobao's strategy is to take away everything that can be taken away and destroy everything that cannot be taken away.
This move can be said to be very cruel.
If the Yuan army took everything away when they retreated, and then destroyed all the cities and villages in Dadu, Liaoyang, Shanxi and other places, then even if the Ming army occupied these places, it would definitely take a long time to do so.
Restore the population and strength to attack the Mongols on the grasslands.
Wang Baobao carried the power of victory and did not allow anyone to question his decision.
After all, he knew the strength of the Ming army very well. Once the Ming army launched a full-scale attack on the Yuan Dynasty, they would really be helpless.
Under Wang Baobao's tough attitude, officials of all sizes could only follow Wang Baobao's arrangements to arrange for their subordinates and families to prepare to retreat to the grassland.
The news that Wang Baobao defeated the grassland rebels at lightning speed made Zhu Han's impression of Wang Baobao even higher.
Especially according to the spies' reports, Wang Baobao was able to defeat the Mongolian rebels on the grasslands this time, mainly relying on the Jurchens' firearms army - Wu Zhenchaoha.
"What does Wu Zhen Chao Ha mean?" Zhu Han asked the spy.
"I also tell His Highness the King of England that Wu Zhen Chao Han is a heavy soldier in the Hu language, which means heavy infantry."
As an intelligence agent in the capital city, he naturally knows a lot about the Mongolian Jurchens.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Chongbing, I understand. Wang Baobao seems to really want to learn from us. He defeated the Mongolian rebels this time, which makes me appreciate him as a good student.
Zhu Han said with a smile without caring.
"Your Highness, aren't you worried that the Hu people will take advantage of this opportunity to grow stronger and cause trouble for our Northern Expedition in the future?" Liu Bowen, the governor of Shandong Province, who was sitting aside, said.
Hearing Liu Bowen's words, Zhu Han didn't take it seriously.
"Mr. Bowen, to be honest, not only am I not worried, but I am also very happy, because this shows that muskets and artillery have an absolute advantage over the Mongolian nomadic cavalry. People like Wang Baobao, who are like us, can learn from us.
Defeat these Mongolian rebels, and when the day comes when our Ming army attacks the grassland, our Ming Dynasty's strength must be more than ten times that of Wang Baobao. It will not be a problem to deal with the nomadic army on the grassland." Zhu Han is very confident.
said.
Liu Bowen frowned, still a little too relieved.
"Your Highness, since ancient times, the tribes on the grasslands have been very difficult to tame. Your Majesty once made some inquiries in the Mongolian court and learned about some of the cunning methods of the Hu people. Once a large army attacks in the Central Plains, the Mongols can run away.
We disappeared without a trace, allowing the Central Plains army to consume food and grass, but could not kill a few Mongolian herdsmen. Even if we have muskets and artillery, if the Mongols avoid fighting, wouldn't they return in vain?"
Liu Bowen said with some worry.
Liu Bowen's words are very insightful.
Historically, the Central Plains dynasties have always been unable to completely solve the threat to the nomadic tribes on the grasslands.
After all, the nomadic tribes in these grasslands have no fixed settlements and can wander around with their cattle, sheep and horses.
As soon as the army from the Central Plains came, they ran away cleanly.
When the Central Plains army retreats, they will follow them back.
In this way, after repeated efforts two or three times, the grain and grass reserves of the Central Plains Dynasty will be completely consumed, and it will even cause a depression where the people are unable to make a living.
This can be said to be a thousand-year problem that has troubled the Central Plains dynasty.
But for Zhu Han, this is no longer a problem that is difficult to solve.
"Sir, times have changed!"
As Zhu Han spoke, he took out a beautifully crafted musket from his waist.
"Today, our Ming army has been equipped with more and more muskets and artillery. With these things, we can build a strong fortress on the grassland with a very small number of troops. Once this fortress is completed, it will have a radius of hundreds of miles.
The nomadic tribes can no longer graze in peace and contentment. Apart from surrendering to us, the only thing left is death."
Zhu Han already had a complete strategy on how to conquer the grassland tribes.
"The threat of the Mongols, whether now or in the future, has been under the control of the Ming Dynasty. When we pacify Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan, we will have enough manpower and material resources to build fortresses on the grassland.
The nomadic tribes are completely under the control of my Ming Dynasty."
Southwest, Guizhou.
Buffalo Village was originally the village of a Guizhou chieftain. Under the repeated attacks of the Ming Dynasty army, the Guizhou chieftain immediately fled without a trace.
The Ming army set up the Guizhou Left Guard here.
Luo Guanzhong, a cadet of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military School who had made many military exploits before, was promoted to artillery captain, Guizhou Zuowei Qianhu.
After the Ming army arrived, they divided the land among the local tycoons.
A lot of land that originally belonged to the chieftains was distributed to the people of Guizhou.
For a time, both the Han people and the mountain people on various mountains expressed their strong support for the arrival of the Ming army.
Now the Ming army has been fighting in Guizhou for more than half a year, and the Ming army in various camps are already a little tired.
As the commander of the chieftains in Guizhou, Tang He ordered all the ministries to rest collectively, leaving only a few elites to fight on the front lines and monitor the movements of each chieftain.
As the representative of the new army of the Ming Dynasty, Guizhou Zuowei, where Luo Guanzhong was located, naturally shouldered this important task.
Shuiniuzhai is located in the middle of northern Guizhou. To the east is the original territory of the Yang family, the chieftain of Banzhou, and to the west is the territory of the Shuixi chieftain.
The Yang family in Bozhou was defeated and fled under the Ming army's attack. The chieftain led his subordinates to flee to the Shuixi chieftain's territory.
Now that we have entered the autumn and winter season, it is cold and damp in the mountainous areas of the Guizhou Plateau, and basically there will be no major wars.
The Ming army stationed here at Buffalo Village was led by Luo Guanzhong, but there were only five hundred.
Behind Buffalo Village there are two other camps of the Ming Army.
These three camps formed a horn-like relationship with each other. Once one party was in war, the other two camps could provide support.
"Sir Qianhu, Phoenix Ridge should have sent someone to deliver salt and sugar today, but no one came. Should you send someone to take a look?"
A member of the Ming army said to Qianhu Luo Guanzhong, the commander of Buffalo Village.
Luo Guanzhong wrapped himself in a thick military cotton coat. The winter here in Guizhou is much colder than in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if he wears more clothes, he always feels like the chilly air will penetrate into his body.
In order to resist the cold in winter, the soldiers of the Ming Army would be equipped with a certain amount of brown sugar in their daily meals, and specially cooked brown sugar ginger water for the soldiers to ward off the cold.
Therefore, for the Ming army in Buffalo Village, salt and brown sugar are very important strategic materials.
Fenghuang Ridge, located behind them, is on the only way for baggage transportation.
"Huang Shan from Qianhu in Fenghuangling is a prudent person. No matter what he does, he never makes mistakes. Why haven't he arrived to deliver supplies at this time today?" Luo Guanzhong immediately wondered when he heard the report from his subordinates.
Get up.
We must know that among the three camps of the Ming army in Zuowei, Guizhou, Shuiniu Village was at the forefront facing Shuixi Tusi. It not only served as a warning outpost, but also served as a warehouse for future attacks.
So since the Ming army stopped attacking and resting.
The operation of transporting supplies to Buffalo Village from behind for hoarding has never stopped.