All Mongolian males over the age of seven were waiting in line to be stabbed. Some had expressions of horror, some were full of anger, and some were actually happy...the reason why they were happy was because they finally saved their lives.
Wang Yuan did not want to kill too much this time, but he had to guard against future rebellions by the Mongols.
Therefore, all captured Mongolian men had their left thumbs chopped off!
It's just the loss of the left thumb. Apart from being unable to draw the bow, there is not much impact on other aspects. Wang Yuan was very kind and did not even cut off the right thumb to preserve their labor force as much as possible.
Wang Yuan, the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes here, would bring them back to the capital as prisoners, leaving ordinary tribesmen to raise horses and graze. In the future, they would supply war horses to the imperial court, provide wool to Shanxi factory owners, and guide them to learn Chinese and become Han people.
The pastures were given to Mongolian herdsmen, while the planting areas along the river were left to the Han people.
Along the Tumo River, there are about 50,000 Han people, most of whom are serfs, and now they are all liberated. There are also tens of thousands of Han serfs on the Ordos side. These are the population base for the Ming Dynasty to rule the Hetao.
"ah!"
One hand was held down, cut off with a sterilized steel knife, and the thumb of the left hand was quickly chopped off. There was a jar of plant ash next to it. Grab a handful of ash to paste the wound, and then simply bandage it with a cloth strip.
What should I do if I get an infection?
I'm sorry, you're just unlucky.
All the weapons of the Mongols were confiscated and distributed to 5,000 auxiliary troops to defend the city. Wang Yuan led the remaining troops across the river to kill Ordos.
As for Yuan Da's three thousand cavalry, they did not follow them across the river and continued to stay in the territory of the Tumut tribe. The first was to mop up the remaining soldiers of the Tumut tribe who had escaped, and the second was to prepare for the Yongxiebu tribe further east to come to the rescue.
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Dongsheng Youwei City is located in Dongsheng District, later Ordos City. This city is also extremely strong.
The outside of the city wall is made of rammed earth, and the inside of the city wall is also built with blue bricks. Historically, the Qing Dynasty reinforced it again and built a layer of green bricks in addition to the rammed earth.
Leaving the Yellow River, the transportation task of nearly 400 cannons became heavier because ships could no longer be used for water transportation.
These light artillery can be lifted by two people. But if you want to move fast, four people must lift the body of the cannon, and two people must lift parts such as wheels. But there are also cannonballs, all of which are solid iron bullets.
The animals came to pull, but fortunately many animals were captured in Tuotuo City.
From Tuotuo City (Tuoketuo County), the whole road is a grassland area, and it was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that deserts began to form.
Halfway through, Zheng Hu rode over with three thousand people: "Wang Shangshu, the Etodos tribe and Babaishi are all hiding in the city and dare not come out!"
Zheng Hu was the powerful martial arts examiner. He failed the examination and was recruited into the Leopard Room by the emperor. He then followed Xi Shu to Datong to rectify military affairs. He took three thousand musketeers and cavalry and set out from Piantou Pass to harass the Ordos tribe.
Allow the Ordos Department and Babaishi to evacuate northward smoothly.
Wang Yuan asked: "What was the result of the battle?"
Zheng Hu replied: "These tribesmen and Babaishi were escorted by only 5,000 Mongolian cavalry. When I came, they were migrating north. We fought several battles back and forth, and I killed more than 1,000 cavalry.
We captured some Mongolians and livestock. All the Mongolian prisoners were killed, some of the livestock were slaughtered for military rations, and the rest were thrown into the grasslands to graze themselves."
"Well, good job." Wang Yuan nodded in approval.
Zheng Hu's three thousand musketeers may be pursued by tens of thousands of troops at any time. Killing the prisoners and throwing away the livestock is the right thing to do. They must maintain sufficient mobility.
After another half day, Wang Yuan's troops came to the city and chose to besiege rather than attack.
The Ordos tribe and Babaishi are now trapped in the city. I must lead the main force to rescue them. What a good target for siege and rescue.
However, Ida returned the troops very quickly. Before Wang Yuan could finish setting up camp, tens of thousands of Ordos cavalry had already arrived.
"The enemy's main force has arrived!"
"The enemy's main force has arrived!"
The scout quickly ran back to report the news, and Wang Yuan immediately ordered: "Stop camping and form a formation!"
I replied that there were also telescopes in the army, but I don’t know who sold them to the Mongols.
The Mongolian sentries observed that the Ming army was setting up camp and quickly went back to report. Ida immediately ordered: "While the enemy's camp is not stable, rush them all!"
These more than 50,000 Ordos cavalry traveled nearly 200 miles day and night, with only a few short rests along the way. Young people and young adults could still bear it, but there were many old people joining the army, and they were almost exhausted from the toil.
Even the horses under their legs have lost their weight. Many of them will die suddenly after this battle.
"kill!"
More than 50,000 cavalrymen attacked overwhelmingly, and there were more than 3,000 cavalrymen left in the city who also took the opportunity to rush out and circle directly towards the back of the Ming army.
In just an instant, Wang Yuan's main force was surrounded.
The Ordos troops were all exhausted, and the Ming army was not much better either.
In order to gain time, Wang Yuan was always on the road. The animals responsible for transporting grain, grass, and artillery shells were whipped from beginning to end. When they were exhausted, they were killed for meat.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had not slept a wink all day and night.
The auxiliary soldiers were even worse. They worked hard all the way and had to set up camp when they arrived outside the city. When the auxiliary soldiers were setting up camp, all the regular soldiers fell to the ground to sleep. After hearing the order, they were forced to get up and form formation.
The livestock were all gone, and the chariot soldiers quickly built a barrier, and the auxiliary troops and supplies were enclosed in the hollow formation. Zheng Hu's 3,000 musketry cavalry went to harass the more than 50,000 enemy cavalry, buying time for the friendly forces to form formations.
After Ida drove away Zheng Hu's cavalry, he quickly surrounded the Ming army's formation, but by this time the chariot defense circle had been completed.
Those auxiliary soldiers who had worked so hard were really tired and sleepy. Surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, they all lay in the hollow formation, falling to the ground one by one and unable to sleep.
The regular soldiers were also so sleepy that they had trouble reloading ammunition. They just wanted to sleep now, but they had lost the fear they should have.
"Don't be afraid of death, charge on all sides!" Ida conveyed the military order, and the horn sounded.
The exhausted main forces of both sides met in a hasty manner and then engaged in a hasty decisive battle.
"Boom boom boom!"
Nearly four hundred artillery pieces fired first, mainly aiming at the east, west, and south sides, ignoring the more than three thousand cavalry in the north.
Iron bullets were shot out at an angle, and the unlucky ones were directly smashed into pieces. After the shells landed, they still bounced and rolled on the grassland. As long as they hit the hoofs of horses, they would fall to the ground with both men and horses.
These Mongolians were really crazy. They were all Genghis Khan's mourners. They wanted to protect Babaishi, but they braved the roaring shells and risked their lives to charge forward.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Two consecutive volleys of gunfire finally made these fanatics wake up, followed by endless fear.
As they charged, they found that their comrades were gone, and the cavalry charge formation was disrupted by guns and cannons.
Since we left the Yellow River and abandoned the grain-carrying ships, there were far more auxiliary troops and supplies on the battlefield than when we attacked Duoduo City. The hollow formation also had to change because of this. There were only three rows of musketeers and 18,000 smoothbores.
There are two circles outside the pike platoon, and one circle in the middle of the nine thousand rifled pike platoon, so as to protect one's own artillery, auxiliary troops and supplies. Moreover, the north has the least number of troops because there are fewer enemies there.
The riflemen in the inner circle fired first, followed by the musketrs in the outer circle.
By the time the musketeers in the middle circle fired a volley, the remaining Mongolian cavalry had already rushed thirty steps away. Under the full charge of the opponent, they could not stop at all. Even if they were afraid of death, they could not immediately stop the momentum of the charge.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The third round of volleys was fired with muskets, but the distance was too close, and the Mongolian cavalry fell like wheat.
After one round of artillery and three rounds of muskets, there were nearly 60,000 Mongolian cavalry, and only more than 20,000 were still standing. Moreover, many Mongolian cavalry were not directly hit by guns, but bumped into friendly troops and fell down during the charge.
fell, or tripped over the corpse of a friendly soldier.
Inflicting more than half of the casualties in an instant was enough to awaken these guardians from their frenzied state and restore them to their proper human emotions.
Even Anda, the deputy Khan of Mongolia, was scared to death. He had never fought such a battle. In the Battle of Datong three years ago, as long as the Mongols worked together, it was possible to defeat the Ming army. But this
The firepower they faced this time was even stronger, and they were not given a chance at all. All they could do was to die.
Of the more than 20,000 remaining Mongolian cavalry, a few could not hold back their momentum and crashed into the chariot defense circle with their men and horses. Some lost their minds and forcibly reined in their horses to stop charging, and were directly thrown off their horses by inertia. Some cavalrymen subconsciously turned around.
direction, trying to escape horizontally to avoid the battle, but collided with friendly troops who were charging straight.
The Ming army's guns did not continue to fire, but the Mongolian cavalry became even more chaotic. The more than 20,000 cavalry who were still standing trampled and collided on their own, and there were various car accidents. At the scene of various car accidents, only more than 10,000 were left in confusion.
"Fire the bayonet and kill!"
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who were so sleepy that they just wanted to sleep, were already excited. After buckling their bayonets, they crossed the chariot defense circle and rushed towards the enemy quickly.
Many Mongolian cavalry fell to the ground due to pure car accidents. Fortunately, they only suffered minor injuries. However, what they were about to face was bayonets. As long as they were still moving, Ming soldiers rushed up and stabbed them wildly.
There were more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry left, and they could only flee in all directions.
Zheng Hu's 3,000 musketry cavalry and the 1,500 border town cavalry brought by Wang Yuan took the opportunity to pursue them after the war.
Many Mongolian cavalry wanted to escape back to the city, but how could the Mongols in the city dare to open the door?
As they ran away, the horses under the Mongolian cavalry began to foam at the mouth. They had marched for hundreds of miles, and then immediately charged into battle. They even whipped their whips wildly to escape, and the horses couldn't bear it at all.
Although the 4,500 cavalrymen of the Ming army were marching in a hurry, they followed the infantry and always maintained the physical strength of the horses. It was extremely enjoyable to pursue them.
Feeling the condition of their horses, many of the Mongolian cavalry who were chased behind them chose to dismount and surrender.
But the Ming cavalry didn't care about this. They chased more than ten thousand with a few thousand, and there were already some shortages. They couldn't spare the manpower to accept the surrendered prisoners. Facing the enemy who knelt down and begged for mercy, the Ming cavalry did not slow down and slashed through them with a single blow.
, and then continued the pursuit on horseback.
An Da has been targeted by Zheng Hu for a long time. No one cares about this guy, and he will bite me to death.
After chasing for more than 20 miles, the BMW under my crotch finally couldn't hold on anymore, and my front hoof gave way, causing the Mongolian Deputy Khan to fall off.
Ida was smashed to pieces, and the scimitar in his hand was missing. He staggered and just got up, when his clothes were suddenly grabbed by Zheng Hu, and his whole body was lifted directly, just like lifting a chicken.
Zheng Hu, a martial arts expert who could wield a hundred-pound sword, was holding the Mongolian Deputy Khan with one hand and laughed loudly: "I'm going to be promoted!"