271 [The Chieftain of the Enemy Asks the Guilty Before the King]
Hundreds of years later, the area of Barkol Lake was only 112 square kilometers.
In the Ming Dynasty, Barkol Lake covered more than 500 square kilometers, and during the Han and Tang Dynasties, it even covered more than 800 square kilometers! Therefore, in the "Book of the Later Han", it is called the "sea", Pulei Sea.
Xiaolietu's pasture is more than a hundred miles away from the Tianshan Pass. By the time Aji Buliu arrives with his cavalry, it is estimated that the battle will be over long ago.
As luck would have it, during their march, they encountered the Turpan cavalry who had fled before.
There were more than 4,000 cavalrymen who did not listen to Mansuer's call and just ran away deep into the grassland. After ensuring that they were safe, these cavalrymen began to gather in groups, but they did not dare to go back and face Wang Yuan's troops.
Further north, belonging to the Oara headquarters, the dead camels were bigger than the horses, and they also did not dare to touch the tiger's butt.
And to the east is the territory of the little Mongolian prince, who is now the overlord on the grassland. Because of their differences in beliefs, these cavalry did not dare to seek refuge, so they had no choice but to go west and attack the lair of Xiaoli Tubu according to the original plan.
They rested for a while to restore the strength of their war horses, and then led by the fireman Ma Hemu, they went straight to Barkol Lake - grabbing pasture, grabbing people, and grabbing food.
He ran excitedly to help Wang Yuan fight against the small column of bald troops that were full of Su'er, but he bumped into the four thousand cavalry on the way.
The battle situation was very embarrassing.
Although the strength of the two sides was not far apart, the small column of bald troops was routed, and was chased all the way back to their hometown by the remnants of Turpan... The terrible combat effectiveness was simply touching.
Historically, Turpan had serious internal strife and its national power was constantly weakened, but it was still possible to beat the small tribes to give up their pastures. They could only flee to the west and live under others' fences, becoming other people's subordinate tribes, dormant for hundreds of years before they could make a comeback, and finally developed into a tribe similar to Kangxi's.
The Zhungeer tribe who divided the world equally.
Today's Xiaolie Tu, it's hard to put it into words, he was beaten by four thousand Turpan remnant soldiers until he couldn't take care of himself.
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Mansu'er was not as majestic as his subordinates. He would run away if he chased Wang Yuan, and he would chase him if he escaped.
Although most of Wang Yuan's men were miscellaneous cavalry, their morale became higher and higher as they fought because they had more soldiers and were hunters.
The morale of Man Su'er's troops plummeted. Their old nest fell and they were forced to move north. They were ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Now they are being toyed with by the pursuing soldiers, and they cannot rely on anyone due to their differences in beliefs. As long as Wang Yuan sticks to him, sooner or later,
It was also a dead end, but Wang Yuan didn't give them a chance to fight!
They chased and fled from noon until evening. The men were tired and the horses were tired.
When Wang Yuan saw that Man Su'er had stopped again, he also smiled and asked the troops to stop the pursuit and dismounted for a short rest, but he did not dare to take off the harness.
"Sutan, let's surrender." A lord said.
The leader of Mansuer's personal guard also said: "Sutan, we have lost our women and children, as well as food and livestock. If there are no pursuers behind us, we can naturally grab it on the grassland, but we can't grab it now.
! Sutan, surrender."
"Sutan, surrender." More and more people expressed their opinions.
Mansuer was furious: "How many people have we killed in Hami? We have different beliefs from them. Can we survive after surrendering?"
The leader of the personal guard pointed into the distance: "Didn't Ya Mulan and his cavalry also surrender?"
Man Su'er subconsciously raised the scimitar, but slowly put it down, and said in frustration: "If I don't surrender, will you chop off my head and take it to the Han generals to ask for merit?"
No one answered, but everyone held a scimitar in their hand.
Man Su'er took a deep breath: "I will not surrender, but I can't force you to fight. Go over and tell the Han general that even if I, Man Su'er, die, I will die on the way to charge. If he is a warrior, Come out and challenge me. If I win, let us go; if I lose, you surrender!"
The personal guard who was named by Man Su'er immediately rode towards Wang Yuan and dropped his weapons on the way to show that he had no hostility.
"What do you want to say?" Wang Yuan asked with a smile.
The guard said: "Sutan wants to duel with the general. If Sutan loses, he will lead his troops to surrender."
"President Wang's system is absolutely unacceptable!"
Once this was translated, everyone tried to dissuade him.
Zhu Dangqi said: "Xueshi Wang, we have the advantage, why should we pay attention to such words. If we chase him in the middle of the night, the Turpan barbarians will definitely collapse!"
Wang Yuan got on his horse and said leisurely: "I want to capture this man alive. Destroy the barbarian country, seize the enemy chieftain, sacrifice the prisoner under the palace, and hold him accountable before you!"
These words made all the Han people excited, but they still opposed it because there was no need to take risks.
But Wang Yuan insisted on doing this, and no one could stop him.
Zhu Dangqi admired Wang Yuan's heroic spirit and took the initiative to say: "Xiao Wang is holding the horse for Bachelor Wang."
Wang Yuan did not refuse.
The setting sun slanted down and fell on Tianshan Mountain.
The sky in the west was covered with sunset, and the grassland was also reflected in a golden red. The vassal king of the Ming Dynasty held the reins and accompanied Wang Yuan slowly towards the enemy. The shadows of people and horses stretched long on the grass.
Man Su'er smiled coldly and rode forward slowly. He stopped dozens of steps away, pointed his machete at Wang Yuan and said, "You are indeed brave. You are a warrior. You dare to accept my challenge." .Come on, warriors of the Ming Dynasty, let us decide life and death with our swords!"
Wang Yuan couldn't understand what the other party said at all, so he took off the rhinoceros bow, threw it to the ground, and raised the long knife in his hand.
Man Su'er understood and threw away his bow and arrow.
Zhu Dangqi rushed back to the formation, and if an accident occurred, he would immediately lead his troops and rush out.
"Da da da da!"
The war horses began to run, running faster and faster, passing each other, and both sides raised their swords at the same time.
"when!"
The Longque Saber and the Scimitar collided and then separated.
Wang Yuan reined in his horse, slowed down, turned its head, and said with a smile: "The knife is pretty good."
Man Su'er's right hand was trembling. Wang Yuan's sword was too fast, so he could only use the knife to block. But when the weapons connected, even though the force was released to the side, Man Su'er still almost lost his grip and bent. knife.
"drink!"
Mansuer lay down on his horse and chose to charge again.
When the two horses were about to cross each other, Man Su'er suddenly turned over, hiding most of his body under the horse, stretched out his arm and slashed Wang Yuan's calf with a knife.
Wang Yuan also rushed forward quickly, retracted his right leg, and lay on the horse's back, with only his left foot still in the stirrup.
brush!
The sharp machete cut through the stirrup leather strap and cut Wang Yuan's trouser leg, leaving a bloody trail.
If Wang Yuan's reaction had been slower, his right leg would have been completely destroyed.
It was so close that Wang Yuan broke into a cold sweat and turned back to look at the opponent again.
Man Su'er's scimitar had fallen to the grass. Just when he cut Wang Yuan's calf, the Longque knife also cut through, cutting off Man Su'er's right thumb.
Wang Yuan originally wanted to cut off his entire hand, but in his haste, he failed to do so and only cut off one finger.
Man Suer slowly raised his right hand, looking at the blood and mutilation, a wry smile appeared on his face.
If the Warriors lose their right thumb, what’s the value of their existence?
"ha!"
Man Su'er charged again with his bare hands. When the two horses were about to cross, he suddenly closed his eyes and could only be struck by the opponent's long knife.
The knife didn't come, but the head was still there.
Man Su'er felt like he was soaring in the clouds and suddenly flew up, but Wang Yuan grabbed him by the collar and lifted him off the horse.
Wang Yuan rushed towards the enemy line with Mansu'er like a chicken: "Your Sudan has been captured, why don't you surrender quickly?"
Nearly three thousand Turpan cavalry all threw away their weapons, dismounted, and knelt before Wang Yuan.
Under the setting sun, Wang Yuan, carrying Man Su'er, rode back to the formation on horseback. The sunset covered his body with a golden glow, as if he was the invincible God of War from heaven.
More than two thousand Han cavalry shouted in unison: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious, and the generals will be victorious!"
The Mongolian cavalry also shouted together and looked at Wang Yuan with inexplicable awe.
"Kill me, kill me quickly!" Mansuer wanted to die.
"Noisy!"
Wang Yuan threw the guy to the ground and ordered: "Tie him up and gag him to prevent him from committing suicide."