Three thousand three hundred musketry cavalry were captured and chased by more than seven thousand Mongolian cavalry.
Unfortunately, while running at high speed, it was impossible to reload paper shell ammunition. Total annihilation was impossible, so we could only chase down some isolated ones and chase them all the way to the Tumo River. By this time, the sky was gradually getting dark.
By the river, there were countless torches on the river, but the Mongols were rushing to transport livestock.
The more than 3,000 horses and more than 10,000 livestock left behind by the Ming army could not be transported in a while, and now there are still two to three thousand livestock that have not crossed the river.
Hearing the rumble of horse hooves, these people thought that the leader had returned victoriously, so they continued to carry out transportation there unhurriedly. When the fleeing cavalry approached, they heard the cry: "Go back quickly, Wanhu is dead! Hurry up.
Go back, Wanhu is dead!"
Wanhu is dead?
At first, they were in disbelief and thought they had heard wrong. After being stunned, someone shouted: "Cross the river, cross the river quickly!"
Most of the frightened Mongolian cavalry fled halfway. After being chased to the river, they were forced to split into two groups again and fled upstream and downstream along the river bank.
Yuan Da shouted: "Old Cheng leads Qianqi to the left, Lao Liang leads Qianqi to the right, and the rest stay behind and follow me to seize the ship!"
A thousand cavalry were separated on the left and right, each continuing the pursuit.
They cannot stop at this time. There are still more than 6,000 enemy cavalry alive. If they give up the pursuit, they will slowly recover their organization and it is estimated that they will be able to regroup tomorrow. The longer the pursuit lasts, the more the Mongolian cavalry will scatter. I think
It would take several days or even half a month to gather these thousands of riders again.
Yuan Da led a thousand cavalry and chased them to the river and immediately dismounted.
The boats on the river were rowing frantically to the other side. The Mongolians on the shore, who had no time to leave, scrambled to grab the boats and escape. If they couldn't get on the boats, they simply jumped into the water.
"Grab the boat!" Yuan Da shouted.
When the Ming army arrived, there were only a few boats left on the river, and most of them were carrying livestock. In order to buy time, they didn't bother to take care of their belongings, sheep, cattle, etc., they just drove them all out of the boats, and it didn't matter if they fell into the river and drowned.
Yuan Da personally led dozens of people across the river and shouted: "Those who don't have rowing boats should load their ammunition quickly!"
The other bank was already in chaos, with a large number of livestock crowded on the bank. The Mongolians abandoned their livestock and ran to report the news, howling.
After Yuan Da successfully crossed the river, the Mongolian cavalry also came, and there were more than 4,000 cavalry.
Among them, 3,300 horses were war horses left by the Ming army, and were transported across the river as trophies. Not all of them were young and strong on the horses. Many old Mongolians and teenagers rode over on the horses of the Ming army. The rest were
One thousand Mongolian cavalry were gathered one after another. They arrived too late and could not follow the leader to fight, so they had to stay on the other side of the river to obey orders.
How should dozens of infantry fight against more than 4,000 cavalry?
Yuan Da shouted: "Seize the boat and go back!"
There were more boats on the other side of the river, and dozens of people who successfully crossed the river grabbed the boats and rowed back.
In the panic, several people fell into the water. Fortunately, they lived on the coast of Liaonan, and most of them could swim. They lay on the edge of the boat and were pulled up by their comrades.
It's just that the portable ammunition may get wet, and the lard on the paper shell may not be completely waterproof.
The large number of livestock on the river side acted as a barrier, and more than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry could not rush through. They could only watch Yuan Da snatch the boat and leave.
After the Ming army returned, more soldiers crossed the river by boat. Each boat could hold more than ten people, and more than 600 musketeers began to cross the river again.
"General Zhao, we have collected more than 400 war horses." At this time, General Wanquan Liu Yu also came back, and his 300 border town cavalry were arranged to clean up the battlefield along the way.
Yuan Da said: "You stay and stick to it!"
Dozens of boats rowed to the other side, and four thousand Mongolian cavalry were guarding the shore. The moonlight was good today, and even without lighting torches, one could still see the shadows of the enemy troops.
"Listen to my order and raise the gun!"
"shoot!"
"Woo~~~~"
The herald beside Yuan Da immediately blew the horn. More than 600 musketeers sat on the boat and fired at the enemies on the shore. Mongolians kept falling off their horses.
The Mongols also fired arrows on the shore, but their bows and arrows could not reach the Ming soldiers.
After dozens of people were shot and killed one after another, the Mongolian cavalry retreated hurriedly and waited far away to wait for the Ming army to land and die.
Yuan Da did not choose to land ashore. At this time, the livestock on the shore had been driven away. His hundreds of people would be crushed by thousands of cavalry if they landed.
Keep grabbing the boat!
There were more than 200 Mongolian boats, and the 8,000 cavalry from the old capital used to cross the river on these boats. Now, there were still a lot of floating water on the river bank, so Yuan Da asked some soldiers to board the boats and row back to continue transporting friendly troops.
Not only a thousand musketeers, but also dozens of three hundred border troops boarded the ship.
"General Zhao, how do we fight?" Liu Yu asked.
Yuan Da said: "I will bring a thousand musketry troops ashore. You go back to transport the war horses and transport all our horses. Also, blow the trumpet to assemble and call back the two thousand cavalry responsible for chasing the enemy."
Liu Yu was surprised and said: "It's dark on the other side. I see there are a lot of cavalry. Can a thousand firecrackers stop them?"
Yuan Da pointed diagonally: "Yes, go over there!"
While chasing the Mongolian herdsmen during the day, Yuan Da kept observing the terrain along the river. He had already spotted a "U" shaped river beach.
The local terrain there was narrow, and the number of Mongolian cavalry was limited to two to three hundred.
When the fleet rowed near the "U"-shaped river beach, Yuan Da shouted: "If you haven't filled the ammunition, just shout!"
"I haven't filled it out yet."
"Wait a little longer, it's all nonsense, the boat is still rocking badly."
"..."
It wasn't until everyone had finished filling that Yuan Da gave the order: "Dock to the shore and don't get off the boat for the time being."
Seeing the Ming army approaching the shore, the thousands of Mongolian cavalry immediately rushed towards this side.
"Raise the gun!"
"shoot!"
A volley of gunfire fired and the Mongolian cavalry was pushed back again, leaving several corpses along the way.
Yuan Da shouted: "Load!"
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty just sat on the boat and reloaded, not in a hurry to land. Thousands of Mongolian cavalry could only wait blindly. If the Ming army did not go ashore, they would not be able to rush over. Even if they could rush over, the Ming army would row away.
That’s it.
This scene is a little weird.
The boat kept rocking, and the Ming army had no torches, so they could only use the moonlight to load ammunition by feel. It took a long time before the Ming army loaded the ammunition, almost killing the enemies on the shore.
Yuan Da was still not in a hurry. He directed the landing sequence on the ship and lined up as soon as he had to land ashore.
"Ashore!"
Hundreds of musketeers jumped off the boat and quickly lined up in three rows on the "U" shaped river beach in the order just mentioned.
General Wan Quan, Liu Yu, rowed back with dozens of his subordinates to pick up the remaining musketeers and horses.
The enemy's thousands of Mongolian cavalry were mixed with a large number of old people and teenagers. In addition, it was night, and their command and organization skills were obviously insufficient, so their formation and charge were uneven.
"First row, raise the gun!"
"shoot!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The Mongolian cavalry was instantly overturned. The terrain here was difficult to move, so the cavalry formation was relatively dense, and there were several rows in front and back. A volley of guns fired at them, instantly causing the people to be on their backs. Many bullets missed the first row, but it was very unfortunate.
It hit a few rows behind.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The second row and the third row fired volleys of rifled muskets with much higher accuracy. Especially the third row of volleys, because the distance was very close, was like an invisible sledgehammer, knocking over all the front row of the Mongolian cavalry.
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The Mongolian cavalry fell into complete chaos. The rear row could not charge forward, and the front row was full of corpses of comrades. Some of the horses were injured and were still running rampant, disrupting all subsequent charges.
Although many Mongolian cavalry were not hit, they were unable to slow down in time and were knocked off their feet one by one. The Mongolian cavalry who successfully braked were also frightened and fired randomly at the Ming soldiers, then turned around and fled on their horses.
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"Kill people and seize horses!"
In the darkness, it was impossible to reload the ammunition. Yuan Da threw down his musket, drew his knife and fought out.
This fellow slashed to death the enemy who was trying to get up, and then slashed to death the struggling wounded soldier. He found an ownerless war horse, climbed on its back and carefully killed it forward.
More and more Ming troops grabbed the horses, and once again formed a cavalry team of more than 200 people. These two hundred cavalry actually chased 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, and never allowed the enemy to calm down and restore organization.
Liu Yu, who went back to transport people and horses, stood on the boat to observe the battle situation. Although he could not see the specific situation, he knew that Yuan Da was chasing the enemy. He swallowed, held the handle of the knife and said: "The true flying general is also
, it will be a great joy in life to be able to follow him around! Hurry up and row, let's go to meet General Zhao (Yuan Da)!"
At this moment, Bansheng City was in chaos.
As early as the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao established Yunzhong County, and Bansheng City came under the jurisdiction of Yunzhong County. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a city here, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks here, and Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty established a surrender city here. The Liao Dynasty named this place Feng.
state.
The ancient city of Fengzhou has not been repaired for more than a hundred years and is now called "Bansheng City" by the Mongols.
There were quite a few Mongols inside and outside the city, but the city wall was full of gaps and it was impossible to hold on.
What's more, people's hearts are scattered!
The old commander who was killed on the battlefield was actually not old, he had just turned twenty. He used to be just the leader of the Karaqin Mongolia.
After Ji Nang was beheaded by Xi Shu, his second brother Anda succeeded to the throne of deputy khan, personally ruled the Ordos tribe, and took control of the power to sacrifice to Genghis Khan. His fourth brother, Laobadu, ruled the Tumote tribe and was responsible for thousands of Tumote households. The sixth uncle
Didara ruled the Yongxiebu tribe, and the Karaqin tribe was also managed by this person.
Wan Hu, a twenty-year-old man from Laobadu, suffered a defeat in Datong three years ago, and suffered another defeat last year. He was so frightened that he did not dare to go south to plunder this fall.
What prestige can this have?
What's worse is that Lao Badu's eldest son was only four years old. Now he died in battle, leaving an orphan and a widowed mother who could not take care of them.
The city had no idea what was happening outside. It only knew that ten thousand households were dead, the Ming army had crossed the river, and the friendly forces were defeated again by the river. When the news reached the orphans and widows, it turned into a surprise attack by tens of thousands of Ming troops, and the guards hurriedly
Escort the madam and the young master to escape.
In fact, there were only more than 600 Ming troops who crossed the river, and only more than 200 captured the horses.
More than two hundred cavalrymen took advantage of the chaos and rushed to kill more than three thousand Mongolian cavalrymen, instantly creating the momentum of a night attack by tens of thousands of troops.
The Mongolian nobles ran to consult with the orphans and widows, but found that they had already run away. Then, they heard that the Ming army had entered the city. In a panic, these Mongolian nobles also packed up and ran away.
The tribal leaders who came with their troops one after another were even more confused about the situation and immediately turned around and ran away before approaching.
At dawn, all the Mongolians with horses in the vicinity of Fengzhou were able to run away cleanly.
Yuan Da's mission was to harass the Tumut tribe and prevent them from rescuing the Hetao. In just one day and one night, this guy killed the leader of the Tumut tribe and took away his home at the same time.