Zhu Di led the front army and arrived at Tieshan at dusk. Encouraged by the great victory, the soldiers chased for a hundred miles. At this moment, they finally felt a little tired. Zhu Di ordered everyone to eat a handful of fried noodles quickly and wait for the large army to arrive.
Arrive, launch an attack immediately
"Your Majesty, the soldiers are all exhausted..." Liu Jiang, the former military commander, had to advise: "It is better to rest for the night and attack again tomorrow morning."
"No," Zhu Di said flatly, "We can defeat the enemy tonight, but we won't be able to capture it tomorrow."
The generals were stunned, only to hear the emperor say in a deep voice: "Firstly, our army is fighting and chasing death to the north. We can persist without rest. If we rest for one night, we will be even more tired tomorrow. Secondly, the opponent has already become
A frightened bird will collapse at the slightest fright. But this effect can be achieved only when it is dark and they can't figure out our reality and they still stay on the impression of hundreds of thousands of troops to attack. Once it dawns tomorrow, they will see our number
There are no more than them, and they will become much calmer." After a pause, he said: "Three of them, they are condescending, and each of them is a sharp archer. If we attack at dawn, won't the soldiers become living targets? We can still use the darkness of night to attack.
Covering the attack can greatly reduce casualties."
After listening to the emperor's reasons, all the generals were convinced, and they went back to mobilize their soldiers and began to prepare for the attack. Zhu Di stood on the mountain with a sword in his hand, looking at the setting sun on the horizon like blood, with a face blackened by gunpowder smoke.
It was perseverance, and only Wang Yan, the chamberlain who was closest to him, could see the anxiety in the emperor's eyes.
As a personal eunuch, Wang Yan knew that Zhu Di was so desperate because the Ming army had no choice but to win quickly and decisively... Even if the Oara people lost the battle this morning, they could still adopt defensive and guerrilla strategies.
Seeking an unbeatable draw. But for the Ming army, a draw means failure. Because of logistical problems, they have no capital to confront the enemy. If they withdraw without solving the enemy by then, then what will happen to the Ming army on the vast prairie?
The journey back thousands of miles will be the end of the soul for most of the Ming army.
This statement is not an exaggeration at all, because it is difficult for the Ming army to safely withdraw from the battlefield while the Wara army still has combat effectiveness. Because of the difficulties in communication between armies in this era, any retreat in front of the formation is difficult to be an orderly evacuation... Of course, it is customary
The Mongols who fled were an exception. Even if the well-trained Ming army could barely maintain order, if they came for an expedition and retreated without winning, it was undoubtedly a failure in the minds of the soldiers... Once the morale of the military was shaken, the Mongols would bluff even once.
Any impact may cause a major rout in which everyone is scrambling, such as the Battle of Feishui.
Therefore, there is only one way in front of Zhu Di, which is to quickly defeat Oara in order to safely evacuate the Mongolian grassland.
It was precisely because he understood this that he personally took up the sword and went into battle to kill people, and then personally led the team to chase them hundreds of miles away. Now he was going to launch an offensive all night long, just to defeat Mahamu completely in one go.
Don't give him a chance to recover and turn around
It is said that good military strategists are all well versed in psychology. Zhu Di is an example. He has a keen insight that Mahamu has been immersed in the dream of sweating and cannot extricate himself. Although he suffered a defeat today, the main force is still there.
It is impossible to change gender immediately. You will be like a gambler, losing your mind and eager to make money.
Once he gets through this night and wakes up, he may forget the dream of sweating and realize that he is a bandit. That will be the nightmare of the Ming army.
That's why Zhu Di said, victory is only tonight. After tonight, victory will be slim...
Before the attack, the biggest problem the Ming army encountered was the lack of major generals... This is not surprising. Pursuing death and chasing north, there is no formation at all. It is normal for some troops to even pursue in the wrong direction. By the time of Youshi
At the end of the day, the Ming army finally gathered 20,000 horses. Zhu Di said that it was almost done, so he used 20,000 people to attack. Later, he told them not to dismount and prepare to pursue.
This time, the generals tried hard to persuade the emperor, but finally persuaded him and asked him to watch the battle from the rear and let them organize the attack. Although Zhu Di was a desperado, he would not take risks in vain. Attacking fortresses is no joke, then
He was taking human lives to fill it, and no matter how many guards he had, it would be useless. Moreover, he was doing it in the dark, and the soldiers could not see him, so the effect of motivation was greatly reduced. Why take the risk? So he agreed to the request of the generals and asked the King of Han to replace him.
Go into battle.
In any case, Zhu Gaoxu is a fierce general. He suffered from hypothermia in Hulanhu earlier. He led his men to kill seven in and seven out, smashing the enemy's left wing to pieces. Now he is covered in blood, and he looks like a human under the fire.
Li Gui. He and Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao divided their troops into two groups. Chen Mao led 3,000 men on the left to feign attack and support, while he concentrated his forces to attack the right side of the Wala camp.
The torches in front of Wala's camp were shining in the sky, as bright as day, and knowing that they were close at hand, everyone was on alert. No one would sleep at all, so the Ming army had no chance of a sneak attack and could only attack by force. Under the command of His Highness the King of Han, ten of them
One group, holding shields high and holding logs, rushed towards the enemy's camp wall.
Zhu Di is not an immortal who cannot make mistakes, at least he is a little bit wrong... Under the illumination of countless pine torches, the Wala people's bows and arrows are like locusts. Although the range is far less than that of daytime, because it is denser and closer, it is still
Being condescending, the lethality is greatly increased, and can even penetrate the shield of the Ming army.
Although Oara's camp was ridiculously simple in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, even worse than the big camp they set up during the march, don't be dissatisfied. Just this simple camp wall cost the Ming army a huge price.
, the soldiers rushing in front fell down one after another after being hit by arrows. Almost in the blink of an eye, Ming soldiers who had been hit by arrows were lying in front of the camp wall of the Oala Army. However, the rain of arrows from the Oala Army showed no sign of stopping. During the day,
The archery skills they had no chance to show off were finally unleashed at this moment
Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were red, and he personally led his troops to rush forward, but it was still to no avail. If his own soldiers had not fought to protect him, His Highness the King of Han of the Ming Dynasty would have died in this scene.
Zhu Di watched the battle from afar anxiously, and sent a thousand soldiers around him. Under the leadership of the commander Lu Xing, these soldiers approached the Oara camp, and then took off their weapons from their backs - they were all uniformed.
After loading the standard firecracker, aim and shoot skillfully
When the intensive sound of firecrackers sounded, the Mongols were stunned. Wasn't the Shenji Battalion of the Shenji Army still far away? Mahamu obviously didn't know much about the Shenji Battalion and didn't know that there were a thousand cavalry in its establishment.
This ignorance caused great harm to the soldiers of Wala. Hei Gulongdong could not see how many Ming troops there were. They thought that the opponent was still firing thousands of guns. In the daytime, the men were just like mowing grass. The terrifying scene suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
, fear suddenly enveloped the camp. The Wala people no longer thought about shooting arrows, and they all lay down to avoid the hail of bullets from the Ming army.
In fact, it was so dark and the distance was so far that the Ming army could not kill a few Wala people, but the impression in the daytime was too deep and frightened them all to the ground. This is what Zhu Di called a frightened bird.
The Ming army seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and rushed to the base of the camp wall without holding a shield. When the Wala army reacted and stood up again to shoot arrows, it was already too late... The log crashed into the fragile
On the camp wall, the Mongolian civil engineering was obviously not strong enough, and a hole was opened immediately. As more logs hit it, the entire camp wall was crumbling, and the Oara soldiers could no longer shoot arrows on it.
They jumped down one after another.
As the impact became more and more fierce, the camp wall finally collapsed, the Ming army swarmed in, and the Ora army's defense line was completely lost. However, the Ora people had realized that if they retreated any further, they would be completely defeated. The three leaders also learned from the Ming Dynasty
The emperor took the lead and led his men to fight tenaciously with the Ming army in the camp.
The sound of killing in the Wala military camp was loud, and soldiers from both sides were fighting in a melee. Whether it was a place with bright torches or a dark place without light, soldiers from both armies were fighting hand-to-hand everywhere. Many of them were even accidentally killed by red-eyed friendly soldiers.
The battle has become fierce. In this foot battle with red bayonets, the Ming army's maces are obviously not as effective as the Oala army's sabers. The Ming army suffered heavy casualties. The commander-in-chief Ma Ju was injured, and all senior generals such as Manduli were commanded.
They all died in battle, let alone ordinary soldiers...
Zhu Di's cavalry has moved to the front line. This war genius actually took advantage of the enemy's capture of the periphery and brought a thousand cavalry, and even heavy cavalry, up the mountain... In previous observations, he had keenly discovered that the Oala military camp was suitable for
Horse racing is a condition for launching a cavalry attack.
Seeing that the battle situation was in a stalemate, Zhu Di immediately led the heavy cavalry to attack in person. His judgment this time was completely correct. The level of the Oala army's camp was really not to be praised. There were not even basic measures to prevent the cavalry from entering the camp. When a thousand heavy cavalry charged
When he got up, he could no longer stop him. Like a hot knife cutting butter, he rushed straight into the depths of the camp. Any soldiers who dared to block him were knocked away. Of course, some Ming soldiers were unable to dodge and were accidentally injured. But this is a battlefield and the situation of the battle
It comes first, the life and death of officers and soldiers is not important
The Ming army had heavy cavalry, which was like having a backbone. The soldiers followed the heavy cavalry and fought in and out. Any Wala army collapsed at the first touch, and all defense lines were lost. The Ming army took the opportunity to launch a general offensive and attacked them across the board.
Under this situation, the Oara army could not resist, and was about to be surrounded and annihilated. The three leaders saw the opportunity quickly, and turned around and ran away. When they saw that the leaders had all run away, what reason did the Oara army have to persist? The entire army immediately collapsed and dispersed.
At this time, Zhu Di waved his flag, and the cavalry troops who arrived at the battlefield immediately set off. After they bypassed two high mountains, they had an encounter with the Oara Army who had just mounted their horses and regrouped. The courage of the Oara Army's company in this battle was
None, almost collapsed at the first touch.
The Ming army pursued them all night and killed the fleeing Ora army. Marquis of Fengcheng Li Bin and others pursued them all the way to the Tuchi River, where they captured thousands of Ora soldiers alive and captured tens of thousands of Ora war horses...