Xiaoxingzhou was originally the hometown of the Ming Dynasty. There were five Xingzhou guards here. Zhu Di ordered all the soldiers and civilians to move inward, and most of them moved inward to Baoding Prefecture.
If you have friends from Baoding, Hebei, and it is said that your ancestors came from "Xiaoxingzhou, Shanxi", then your ancestral home must be Luanping County, Hebei.
After the Five Guards of Xingzhou moved inland for decades, the place was still desolate, and then the Duoyan Guards and Taining Guards came.
Currently, among the Mongolian tribes stationed in Xiaoxing Prefecture, one leader is called Jierpai (Taining Guard), one leader is called Mandu (Taining Guard), and one leader is called Bolaihan (Duoyan Guard).
Although this is the territory of Duoyanwei, there are more Tainingwei tribes in Xiaoxing Prefecture.
When they first moved to Xiaoxingzhou, the three tribes combined had only about 300 people. After decades of development, there were thousands of tribesmen and two to three thousand Han serfs - they only relied on themselves to survive.
, it definitely did not develop so fast, and herders from other tribes were gradually added.
"President Wang, it seems that the enemy has escaped." Zhu Fen said happily.
Zhu Fen was an eunuch who accompanied the army. He had fought with Zhu Houzhao and could barely be considered a knowledgeable soldier.
Wang Yuan was not happy: "I'm just afraid that they will run away."
After Wang Yuan arrived in Xiaoxingzhou, he realized why Zhu Di had abandoned this place. There were mountains everywhere, and only river valleys and valleys were suitable for large-scale living. It was difficult for the people living in the mountains to manage and collect taxes. In the face of the threat of aliens,
The central government must continue to transfuse blood here, and the transportation of supplies is very inconvenient.
Wang Yuan suddenly said: "Zhu Jianjun, you lead the army to garrison Xingzhou City and wait for the civil servants to lead the people to take over Xingzhou. Ten days later, you will lead the army to Daxingzhou (in Longhua County, Hebei Province). If you encounter enemy harassment
, no pursuit, only defense!"
Zhu Fen asked: "Where is Wang Shilang going?"
Wang Yuan explained: "The army is moving too slowly, so I only lead the cavalry to pursue it."
Zhu Fen was surprised: "But we only have a thousand riders!"
"One thousand riders is enough." Wang Yuan said with a smile.
The three Mongolian tribes in Xiaoxing Prefecture only had more than a thousand cavalry in total. The ratio between us and the enemy was nearly one to one. Wang Yuan was afraid that if he was slow, the enemy would slip away.
The cavalry in Wang Yuan's hands were all Beijing cavalry armed with muskets. They brought dry food and water and immediately began to pursue them.
There is no fear of getting lost at all, because there are mountains on both sides, and there is only a wide and flat valley where you can walk.
After chasing for more than half a day, a fork in the road suddenly appeared. The scouts carefully identified the traces and found that the enemy was heading east. After chasing for more than 20 miles, another fork in the road appeared. The enemy turned to the southwest, leaving many horse hoof prints and human footprints.
After chasing for another ten miles, I finally caught up.
In the wide and flat valley, the three tribes were divided into two piles, the Tainingwei group and the Duoyanwei group, where they were making fires for cooking.
There are all men, women, old and young, and there are even Han serfs. They are not luring the enemy in, but actually relocating their entire clan - If I can't defeat you, I will just leave. When your army withdraws, I will fight back with my entire clan.
"Father, there is another ranch ahead of us, will they accept us?" Huo Shaoer asked.
Ji'erbu said: "It's really no good, I can only rely on them."
These Mongols only want to survive, and they will rely on whoever is stronger. They rely on the Ming Dynasty, the Duoyanwei, and the right-wing Mongolia. They are willing to do anything as long as they can survive.
Huo Shaoer said: "Father, what exactly does the Ming Dynasty want to do by sending troops this time?"
Ji'er said next to him: "Maybe it's revenge. We often cross Gubeikou to plunder the peasants of the Ming Dynasty and make them slaves. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty can't lose face. I hope the Ming army won't stay too long. If they don't withdraw in winter, we will be frozen this year.
Many people and livestock died."
Suddenly, several sentries came and shouted: "The Ming army is coming!"
Zieerping quickly swallowed the cheese in his hand, turned on his horse and said: "Young and strong people, mount your horse to face the enemy!"
The three tribes automatically gathered their troops, which totaled about 1,800 horses. They blocked the road on horseback, and the tribesmen and serfs immediately packed up the iron pots, led the livestock, and fled forward with supplies.
Mandu, the leader of another tribe, is the brother of Zhi Er Pei. He looked fiercely and said: "The enemy has few soldiers and may be the vanguard. The warriors of our three tribes can defeat them in one fell swoop!"
"Destroy this Ming army vanguard, and maybe we can take the opportunity to kill them back." Bolaihan, the leader of the third tribe, said with a smile.
The valley here is very wide, enough for 1,800 Mongolian cavalry to deploy in formation. They waited for Wang Yuan to approach a certain distance, and immediately started charging with bows and arrows. Due to the terrain restrictions, they could not use any cavalry tactics. They could only ride and shoot and then raise
The scimitar rushes into battle.
"Withdraw!" Wang Yuan laughed.
The Beijing cavalry with a thousand fire guns immediately turned around when they saw the flag order, pretending to be cowardly and not daring to engage the enemy.
Ji'er laughed loudly: "The Ming army is so courageous. Every time they loot at the exit (Gubeikou), they always run away when they see us."
"Kill the vanguard of the Light Army!" Bolaihan shouted wildly.
The morale of the 1,800 Mongolian cavalry suddenly increased. They thought the Ming army was fleeing, so they accelerated their pursuit one by one, and gradually dispersed their formation.
After chasing and escaping, it is ten miles, and there is a triangular fork in the road ahead.
"Disperse!"
Under Wang Yuan's command, the flag soldiers waved their flags, and a thousand Beijing cavalry immediately dispersed and spread out in a fan-shaped area at the three intersections.
In this way, the formation becomes loose.
He was laughed out loud: "This Ming army forward general doesn't know how to fight on horseback at all. Warriors, don't worry about the two sides, just charge the front and defeat them!"
One thousand and eight hundred Mongolian cavalry were ready to use their horses to shoot an arrow at high speed. But before they could raise their bows, the enemy in front of them ran away again and fled directly into a valley with a forked road. Only elite cavalry can do this kind of trick.
Escape ahead of time with Mongolian bows and arrows within range.
As for the Ming troops on both sides, they were blocked by the mountain walls, making it impossible for the Mongolian cavalry to take aim.
Huo Shao'er exclaimed: "Father, be careful of an ambush!"
He was immediately alert and quickly blew the trumpet to retreat his troops. However, he accelerated his charge and found it difficult to hold back for a while. By the time all the cavalry had stopped, they were almost approaching the mouth of the valley.
Wang Yuan originally wanted to use the terrain of the Sanchakou to disperse his troops, and wait for the moment when the enemy troops rushed out of the valley, then launch a fan-shaped volley of muskets at the Mongolian cavalry from three sides. Who would have thought that the enemy would not be fooled, and would just forcefully attack the Mongolian cavalry when they were about to leave the valley.
Time stopped.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Wang Yuan asked the trumpeter to blow the trumpet to assemble, and took advantage of the chaos of the enemy's formation in the valley to seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
When the bugle sounded, Zie'er was immediately frightened and shouted: "The enemy has an ambush outside the valley, retreat quickly!"
It was purely a misunderstanding. This guy made up his own mind and thought that Wang Yuan had ambushed his army outside the valley.
Eighteen hundred Mongolian cavalry turned around and fled, while Wang Yuan led a thousand Beijing cavalry in pursuit.
After chasing for several miles, Wang Yuan ordered a stop. His troops ran for dozens of miles and were exhausted. They could not continue willfully and had to stop to regain their strength. The soldiers needed to eat and the horses also needed to be fed with salt water.
"Father, the Ming army has stopped." Huo Shao'er said.
Jie'er ordered the troops to slow down and said with a smile: "The Ming army is all cowards. They relied on ambushing the army outside the valley to dare to rush over and seduce us. Now that they are far away from the army, how can they dare to confront us head-on?"
Huo Shaoer asked: "Then how to fight now?"
Ji'erbu said, "If you don't fight, they will run away if you hit them. Why waste your energy? Just protect the tribe and speed up."
Wang Yuan surrounded the horse with beans and salt water and watched the Mongolian cavalry leave. After resting for thirty minutes, Wang Yuan got on his horse and said, "Chase the enemy!"
There is no pursuit at full speed, which always saves horsepower, but it is still faster than the Mongolian tribe dragging their families.
It was almost evening when we caught up with the enemy again, and the terrain there was more open and could accommodate tens of thousands of troops to fight in formation, and there was another Duoyanwei tribe stationed here.
The tribes communicated with each other, and the Mongolian cavalry increased again, totaling about 2,500 cavalry.
Ji'er immediately relaxed. Their strength far exceeded that of the "forward troops" of the Ming army. They only needed to be careful at night to prevent enemy night attacks. The rest of the time, they were not afraid of fighting at all.
In order to prepare for the Ming army's surprise attack, the four Mongolian tribes began to mobilize their tribesmen to move rocks and wood, trying to set up a barrier to block horses in the middle of the road. Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry relied on their large numbers to block the front, for fear of the Ming army's attack.
Horse people.
Wang Yuan did not wait for the night attack, but took the opportunity to charge.
"Mount!"
The Mongolian cavalry were startled, and when they saw the Ming army rushing towards them, they all got on their horses and rushed towards the Ming army.
Wang Yuan led the team to charge halfway, and suddenly slowed down and stopped. He dismounted and raised the blazing gun to take aim.
The horse bow has a much shorter range than the infantry bow. The effective range of Mongolian mounted archery is about 50 meters, but it requires at least 25 meters to become accurate. The effective range of the flintlock gun is 80 meters, and the accurate range is 50 meters. In actual combat,
Will put the enemy within 50 meters.
"boom!"
As soon as the Mongolian cavalry raised their bows, the Ming cavalry fired a round of fire, knocking down more than ten cavalrymen rushing in front.
"boom!"
The second row fired a volley, knocking down more than 40 horsemen.
"boom!"
The third round of volley fired, directly knocking down more than a hundred riders.
The three hundred cavalrymen who fired in the first round mounted their horses immediately after firing their cannons. When the friendly troops finished the third round of volley, they rushed forward brandishing their sabers.
How could the 2,500 Mongolian cavalry have ever encountered this kind of tactics?
Although they only had less than 200 casualties, the formation was already partially in chaos. Some timid ones were frightened and subconsciously began to curb their horses' speed. As a result, the chain reaction caused the formation to become chaotic, and the overall charging speed had slowed down.
Most of the Mongolian cavalry were shooting arrows randomly. But the three hundred Beijing cavalry who rushed forward greeted each other with a round of hand crossbows. The range of this thing is about the same as that of a horse bow.
He raised his scimitar and shouted: "Don't panic, kill them! Their muskets are useless...ah!"
"Father!" Huo Shao'er shouted.
Wang Yuan put away his rhinoceros bow, led the remaining cavalry, and charged forward with his sword.
Four Mongolian tribes, two of them are related by blood, and the last one joined the battle temporarily. How can they work together?
After being fired upon by three rounds of musketry, the last tribal cavalry to join all deliberately slowed down. Their idea was simple, let other tribes charge and fight while they stayed behind to conserve their strength.
Wang Yuan shot another arrow to death, and his tribe was in panic. The remaining two tribes had different intentions, and the leader of the tribe with the smallest number, Bo Laihan, fled with his tribe - as long as he could outrun the friendly troops.
If you act quickly, you can avoid the biggest losses.
Ah Hei has stayed at Yuanma Temple in Liaodong for his retirement. Wang Yuan is currently riding Ah Hei's son Wu Yun.
Although he was inferior to Ah Hei, Wuyun was still a BMW and quickly caught up with the three hundred Beijing cavalry who rushed at the front. Then, Wang Yuan took the lead, broke into the enemy's formation with his sword, and killed several people in succession, and even more
Mandu, the tribal leader who rushed in front, was hacked to death.
The coalition forces of the four tribes collapsed in an instant. When they fled, they even ignored the tribesmen who were setting up a barrage of horses, trampling and killing countless of their own people alive.
About four hundred horsemen escaped, and the rest either surrendered or were killed on the spot.
All the prisoners were tied up, including thousands of young and old, as well as nearly 3,000 Han serfs, as well as many livestock and grains.
Wang Yuan only had a thousand cavalry, and the army was still a hundred miles away. Moreover, he had to continue his raids, but he could not spare any time to take care of so many prisoners.
Ordering someone to bring a calf, Wang Yuan closed his eyes and took a breath, pointed at the calf and said: "The Han people will stay, the women will stay, and anyone taller than the calf's back will be killed!"