"The entire army attacks the bandits from the south and will definitely defeat them in one go!" Liu Mingzhao said.
Hearing Liu Mingzhao's words, the generals who followed the expedition this time nodded slightly. Liu Mingzhao was neither timid to protect the safety of Her Highness the Princess, nor did he act rashly in order to show off in front of Her Highness the Princess. This was very safe.
But Yunzhi thought for a moment and finally shook her head: "Since the bandits still don't know anything about our army's arrival, why should they be so cautious?"
"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Liu Mingzhao asked.
"The troops were divided into three groups, attacking the bandits from the south, west, and east at the same time, disrupting them in one fell swoop; then chasing them one after another, and annihilating them all." Yunzhi said firmly.
"Your Highness, this is difficult for me to do." Liu Mingzhao said after careful consideration: "It is easy to disrupt the bandits, but it is not easy to annihilate them all. Even if we have horses, the soldiers are usually infantry after all, and there is only one cavalry
Thousands of households; and the bandits are accustomed to riding horses, except for the cavalry, Qianhu may not be able to catch up. However, if there is only one cavalry, Qianhu, if they always stay together, they will not be afraid of the bandits, but they will not be able to annihilate them all; if they are separated, tens of thousands of bandits will be killed.
Even if we are scattered, we can still form a group of three to five hundred people, even if we have hundreds of soldiers, we may not be able to get a good deal."
In addition, Liu Mingzhao also had another doubt. Pu Bing, who ran back to the city to deliver the official document, did not have much experience. He had fought in a war before and felt that although the people in front of him had various clothes, tents and weapons, they were still setting up camp.
But it is quite organized, and the personnel also have a military spirit. They are not like bandits, but more like an army with a certain degree of organization. Facing such a group of people, he has to be even more cautious.
"This is the same." Yunzhi turned back and glanced at the army behind them. It was easy to defeat the bandits, but it was not easy to annihilate them all.
She secretly regretted her impulsiveness. "It would be great if I reported it to the emperor and asked him to mobilize all the cavalry in the city." But then she thought about the fact that there was only one Lanzhou Guard in the city and only a thousand cavalry, which added up to only two thousand people.
It may not be possible to annihilate all the bandits, so I feel relieved.
"In this case, we don't insist on annihilating all the bandits, but we still rush in from three sides at the same time and kill as many of them as possible!" Yunzhi finally said.
"Yes, Your Highness." After receiving the order, Liu Mingzhao first assigned two hundred households to be responsible for protecting Yunzhi's safety. Then he arranged for several other thousand households to be ready. When he gave the order, he rushed out and rushed to
In front of 'robbers'.
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"Run!" Arutai shouted loudly.
After all, he has been fighting for many years. He only glanced at the people who rushed into the camp and knew that they were the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. He was a little negligent. His warriors could not form a defensive formation at all now. It was no longer possible.
Blocked the Ming army.
While he was greeting his two to three hundred trusted warriors, he turned his head towards the tent and let Tuohuan run away. The power of the Wala people far exceeded that of his tribe. If Tuohuan died here, Mahamu would not dare to deal with the Ming Dynasty.
There will definitely be trouble for him after returning from Samarkand.
Tuohuan was a little stupid at this time. Although he was very smart and loved by Mahamu, he was still young and had experienced few things. He had never faced such a situation and was at a loss at this moment. Hearing Arutai's words
, as if he had received an order, he stood up and shouted, "Run, run!"
"Little prince, immediately summon the warriors of the Wara tribe who are following you to escort you out!" Arutai said again. At this time, he had no idea of having sex, so after hearing his words, he immediately sent his own guards to pass on the order.
After a while, the disgraced guards came running over with one or two hundred men. Although the warriors under them were unprepared for the Ming army's surprise attack, they were not wooden people after all. They would still resist when the sword came to them, and the horses of the Ming army could not run.
, so they haven’t reached here for a while, and they still have a chance to escape.
"Grand Master, will the Ming army arrange an ambush at the north exit?" Everyone got on their horses and were about to retreat when Tuohuan suddenly said.
"No." Arutai was a little surprised that he could still think of this at this time, but it was just a fleeting thought and was immediately thrown aside. He explained: "I have inquired about the guards in Lanzhou City.
Not much, even less cavalry, and now we have seen a lot of cavalry attacking our camp from the south. There are no more cavalry to ambush us in the north. If infantry is used, such a wide passage in the north must be arrayed to block us.
.Now that the battle formation has not been set up, it can be seen that the generals of the Ming army have no intention of ambush in the north."
Tuohuan listened to Arutai's words very seriously. He led his troops and fought countless battles with the Ming army. Although most of them were small battles with less than 10,000 people on both sides, such experience is worth learning.
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While he was listening, Arutai suddenly said: "Little prince, we will talk about other things later. Let's evacuate first."
"The Grand Master is right." Tuohuan agreed and began to withdraw with his troops. Arutai also led his troops to leave together.
After crossing the flat road, Tuo Huan saw that there was no ambush and no one was chasing after him. The people nearby were all lucky enough to escape to heaven by being arranged in the north. He breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered what his father's most trusted person had said before, and he
Feeling a little sad, he asked Arutai: "What should we do now?"
"Although the loss this time was not small." Arutai estimated that about half of the people were killed or captured by the Ming army. The remaining people following them are only more than a thousand people. The rest of them ran back to their tribes. I don't know how many people will pass.
time, this time it was really a waste of time.
Arutai's heart was bleeding. At first, because Lanzhou was south of the Yellow River, they could not threaten Lanzhou City if they were stationed in the north of the Yellow River. There were not many people nearby. They thought the Ming army would not react so quickly, but they did not want to be discovered by the Ming army anyway.
, a loss of three to four thousand people at a time. The loss of three to four thousand people, their Asut tribe was not strong in the first place, this has already hurt their bones and bones for their tribe, and he has long regretted coming to the north of Lanzhou City.
However, he did not show any signs of it in front of Tuohuan, and continued: "But my strategy was successful. Guilichi will definitely fall into the trap, and the Beggar Jisi tribe will also be divided. Our pressure is still much lighter."
Then he half-jokingly said: "The Oara tribe is so powerful, can't they not even be able to afford the loss of these two or three thousand people?"
"We in Wala now have one hundred thousand warriors (including those recruited during this period), and we have also received many rewards from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, we cannot afford to lose two or three thousand people!" Tuohuan said loudly first, but then his voice became deeper:
"But I know many of them. How will I explain to their families when I go back?"
"Little Prince, there is a saying among the Han people: Compassion does not lead to troops. It means that those who lead troops should not cherish the lives of their warriors too much, otherwise it will be difficult to win the battle; these warriors died to protect the little prince and the rear, so they died a worthy death.
Don't be too sad, little prince." Arutai comforted him hypocritically, but mentally he despised the idea of having sex: 'As a Mongolian, you are worried that you can't explain it to your family?'
"If we had a big battle with the Ming army and snatched back a lot of things, it would be worth dying. But if I was killed in a sneak attack by the Ming army, I can't explain it." Tuohuan thought to himself. He had seen dead people since he was a child.
Many of them were aware of life and death, but this time they were attacked by the Ming army and couldn't bring back any trophies. The warriors under him died in vain. Their families must be dissatisfied, so he felt that he couldn't explain it.
But he didn't say these words. Tuohuan had already noticed that Arutai despised him because of his young age, but this was not necessarily a bad thing for him. If he despised him, he would not be too defensive. He might know some secrets.
matter.
So he said instead: "..., I must bring the remaining less than a thousand people back safely."
Arutai was even more contemptuous, and was about to pretend to comfort him again, when suddenly there was the sound of rapid horse hoofbeats from behind. When he looked back, he saw a thousand cavalrymen with the Ming flag coming towards him.
"Let's go!" Arutai shouted loudly. Although he and Tuohuan now led more than a thousand people, the Ming Dynasty had just defeated Timur, who was invincible in the West. He did not think that with these people in his hands, he could
If you can defeat the Ming army, you'd better run away.
The group of them immediately accelerated, whipped the horse's buttocks and fled as fast as possible. The Ming army chasing behind also accelerated their speed.
After chasing for five or six miles like this, Arutai looked back, took a breath and said to Tuohuan: "Little prince, don't worry too much, the Ming army can't catch up." At this time, all the pursuers behind him were gone.
Half a mile behind, this distance is already a safe distance.
Tuo Huan also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The remaining troops finally escaped."
"The little prince should go to my tribe to rest first, and then return to the west." Arutai said: "It's not close to where the Taiping commander's troops are stationed from here, so it's better to rest first before going there."
"Then thank you so much, Grand Master." Tuohuan also had this intention. The place he wanted to return to was not Taiping's tribe, but his father's tribe. He had suffered such a big loss this time, and Taiping and Batu Polo would definitely fight against each other.
Taking the opportunity to attack, he had to go back and discuss with his father's cronies on how to deal with it. His father's tribe was far away from here, and he had to get enough food and rest his horses before he could go back.
But at this moment, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly came from directly in front. The sound was not loud, but Arutai instantly judged that there were at least two thousand men and horses, but the sound was not loud because of their slow speed. He raised his head and saw
Ahead, a sun and moon flag was slowly appearing.
Hearing a "yuda" sound, the riding crop in Arutai's hand fell to the ground.
