After Zheng Jiwu flew to kill Zhumala, his servant jumped off his horse, cut off Zhumala's head with a knife and took it away. Then he got on his horse and followed Zheng Jiwu towards Zhumala's military tent.
The military flag of Zhumala stands there.
behead general,
Capture the flag.
Wherever this team of elite cavalry passed, no one could stop them. The Tatars, who had always been said to be elite and capable of fighting, could not stop their thunderous blow today.
The flag was cut down,
A servant captures the flag.
"The head of Zhumala is here!"
Countless servants shouted in unison.
"Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"
Zheng Jiwu rode non-stop, leading a group of armored heavy cavalry to rampage through the camp. One of his servants held high the head of Zhumala, and the other held high the general's flag of Zhumala.
Zheng Jiwu brought 3,000 Zhejiang cavalry. This cavalry was very mixed, including full-body cotton armor with bows, arrows, lances, and elite heavy cavalry with muskets and sabers. Even the horses had vests.
There are also cavalry battalions wearing cotton armor and equipped with bows, arrows and spears, as well as unarmored light cavalry, as well as armored and unarmored infantry on horseback and mules. They are collectively called the Zhejiang Army cavalry.
Such a mixed force of 3,000 people would definitely not be able to defeat the Zhumala 2,080 Banners head-on.
Of the two thousand people in Zhumala, not all of them were cavalry. There were about 500 heavy cavalry in horse armor, 500 light cavalry, and 1,000 armored horse infantry.
Five hundred horse armor is full cavalry, five hundred light cavalry is Mongolian soldiers, and one thousand horse and infantry armor is mostly full soldiers.
But regardless of whether they are vests or infantry, or whether they are heavy cavalry or light cavalry, these people are actually very well equipped, with a 100% armor coverage rate. Everyone has armor, mainly cotton armor and cloth armor, the cavalry mainly uses bows and arrows and lances, and the infantry
Then he has many muskets, shields, etc.
This is a battle-hardened elite. Even though they were harassed for half a month from Hangzhou to here, they still traveled hundreds of miles through the Ming army's occupied areas without being seriously damaged.
It's a pity that they didn't get through it after all. After all, they didn't expect that the super brave Duke Zheng Jiwu would be part of the Ming army.
There were shouts of death everywhere.
At this time, the Qing army, regardless of whether they were on horseback or on foot, could only dismount and fight on foot. The only good thing was that the two thousand Qing troops basically did not eat the food with added ingredients, and did not suffer a sudden collapse like Zhumala and their officers.
Condition.
But because Zheng Jiwu and others were friendly forces last night, they suddenly rushed in early in the morning. The incident happened suddenly and there was no time to prepare. Most of the Qing troops did not even have time to put on their armor.
Especially when Zheng Jiwu first came in, he didn't take action yet. He entered the center of the camp all the way, killed Zhumala and cut off the general's flag first, which further damaged morale.
Because it was just a temporary camp, there was no camp fence set up at all. Last night, Zheng Jun set up tents outside and Manchu troops set up tents inside. Zheng Jun set up tents around Manchu troops, saying they were guarding the camp. In fact, they had no good intentions. Now they take action.
There was really no chance of resistance.
One after another, the Qing troops were knocked away, cut down, and trampled.
The Tatar soldiers were desperate and furious.
They have never encountered such a thing, suffered such a loss, but their rage is just an expression of incompetence, and it cannot change the slightest fact, especially when the King Wu cavalry arrives, the overall situation is decided.
The cuirassiers and musketeers rushed into the camp and fired indiscriminately. The heavy dragoons rushed directly into the camp, then dismounted and formed a formation. They advanced alternately with three shots of muskets.
It was almost a massacre.
The massacre of two thousand Tatars by nine thousand Ming troops.
No mercy.
Muskets, sabers, and lances harvested ruthlessly.
Even if the fierce Tatars resisted desperately, it would be of no avail. They were scattered, cut, and surrounded, and were unable to effectively resist, let alone break through.
The fighting lasted until noon.
Two thousand Qing troops were completely defeated, with corpses everywhere, blood flowing all over the ground, and corpses strewn across the field.
The red hot blood melted the snow, making everything muddy and dirty.
The Ming army began to clean up the battlefield.
The light cavalry were on the periphery searching for fish that slipped through the net.
Of the two thousand Qing troops, about 800 survived in the end.
One thousand and two were killed, five stopped and three stopped dead.
Among the remaining 800 Qing troops, the Mongols accounted for the majority. Most of these people were injured and had completely lost the courage to resist.
Especially the Mongols among them, many of them fought to the rear. Seeing that the situation was over and the Ming army was trying to persuade them to surrender, they simply threw down their weapons and surrendered.
The Mongols were once the most important enemies of the Ming Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu Chengzu went on an expedition to Mobei and chased people to the north. However, the Mongols later also captured the Ming Emperor alive and annihilated dozens of Ming troops during the Mutubao Incident.
Ten thousand of the main force even reached the gates of Beijing.
Unfortunately, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were also fighting among themselves. After Lin Dan Khan was defeated and fled to Qinghai to die of smallpox, Mongolia completely lost its backbone and became a vassal of the Qing army.
Of course, even at this time, there were actually many Mongolian soldiers in the Ming army.
Therefore, the Mongols actually have no psychological barriers to surrender. If they can't defeat them, they will join. They will respect whoever is stronger and there will be no shame.
They've always been like this.
A Mongolian military leader even claimed to be the cousin of Lin Dan Khan to Zheng Jiwu and Zhang Mingbin, claiming that he was the grandson of the 34th Great Khan of Mongolia.
Zheng Jiwu looked at this Mongolian collared man with small eyes and a big face. He was very strong. Moreover, instead of having a money rat tail, he had a shave in the middle of his head and braids on both sides, still retaining the traditional Mongolian hair.
Mode.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, the man still swore and swore there, saying that his name was Boljijin Zhe'ao, a descendant of the orthodox Mongolian Golden Family. He had fought with the Manchus many times with Lin Dan Khan, and after his defeat, he moved to Qinghai. Lin Dan
After Khan's death, he moved back to Hetao with his son. Twelve years ago, Dorgon and others made their third expedition to Chahar and surrounded them, and they were forced to surrender.
Zheng Jiwu didn’t believe this descendant of the Golden Family, who had been living with the Tatars for ten years before becoming a subordinate. But he said that he had been demoted many times because he offended Dorgon, and now he was only ranked as a subordinate.
position.
He also said that he hated Jianlu very much and was willing to join the Ming Dynasty and conquer the Jurchens for His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
Zhang Mingbin said disdainfully, "Lin Dan Khan is not a good bird. He invaded the Ming Dynasty and robbed my Han people. He is still a Tartar!"
Zhe Ao was a little embarrassed. Lin Dan Khan, as the last Mongolian Khan and a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, had always wanted to reunify the Mongolian tribes and ascended the throne at the age of thirteen.
Each tribe manages its own affairs, and he can only dominate the Chahar tribe in Hetao, and is only regarded as a nominal co-owner by the tribes in Monan.
Transkalkha in Mobei does not recognize the Mongol Khan as its co-owner, while Moxi Oirat is still an enemy of the Mongol Empire.
After Lin Dan Khan succeeded to the throne, his strength and prestige continued to rise. In addition to repeatedly invading the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi of the Later Jin Dynasty kept poaching Mongolia and marrying with Horqin and the Inner Khalkha tribes. This angered Lin Dan Khan and the two sides became enemies.
The Ming Dynasty took advantage of the Jin Dynasty to unite with the Western Mongols to control the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and used the barbarians to control the barbarians. Lin Dan Khan was greedy for the silver reward, and was already dissatisfied with the Hou Jin Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty formed an alliance with the Mongolia and fought with the Mongolian Jin Dynasty. However, the war against the Hou Jin Dynasty did not go well, and it was very difficult.
Soon after, Jin instigated Horqin and other troops to rebel against Lin Dan Khan in Mongolia.
Lin Dan Khan had to turn around to deal with the civil strife. Although Lin Dan Khan suppressed the right-wing tribes like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, this actually caused the tribes to completely fall to the Later Jin Dynasty, and led to the conquest of Huang Taiji from the north.
Lin Dan Khan was troubled by internal and external troubles, so he wanted to die and invaded the Ming Dynasty again. The reason was that after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he stopped rewarding Mongolia.
He was hostile to the Ming Dynasty and continued to arouse the dissatisfaction of the Mongolian tribes. This gave Hou Jin an opportunity to attack Lin Dan Khan again and finally defeated him. He was forced to leave Qinghai and eventually died of smallpox in a foreign land when he was in his thirties.
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In Zhang Mingbin's eyes, Lin Dan Khan was an aspiring monarch, but he had great ambitions and little talent, and he ruined his country by doing nothing.
Especially since he was already in exile in Qinghai, and he looted Mingbian five times within a year. No one could save him from such a desperate attempt.
Since Zhe Ao is a descendant of Genghis Khan who followed Lin Dan Khan all the way to war, and is also Lin Dan Khan's cousin, he must have participated in the plunder and harassment of the Ming Dynasty. He had to emphasize that he had sworn hatred with the Manchus, etc.
, and also said that his wife was snatched away by Duduo.
"I only heard that Duduo robbed the wife of the great traitor Fan Wencheng, but I didn't expect that Mongolian wives were also robbed?"
"Those Tatars are the most shameless. They like to steal wives and daughters. Huang Taiji had previously forced Lin Dan Khan's wives and concubines into the palace. Many of our Mongolian nobles' wives were snatched away by Manchurian Tatar princes."
Zhe Ao himself was a Tatar, but he still wanted to call himself a Manchu Tatar. This fact made Zhang Mingbin and Zheng Jiwu quite satisfied.
"You speak Chinese quite well!"
"I used to have a Han teacher who taught me Chinese books for several years. I even went to Beijing several times to pay tribute." Zhe Ao said with some pride.
"Let me believe that you are Lin Danhan's cousin, but you are just a newly subordinated commander now."
Zhe Ao hurriedly said, "Although I am only an assistant leader, the Mongolians here obey me. I am willing to lead them to fight for His Majesty the Ming Emperor and swear loyalty to the death!"
"Oh, really?" Zhang Mingbin smiled and pointed to the Manchu soldiers among the prisoners, "Although these Jianlu soldiers were captured, most of them still refused to surrender. You lead the Mongolian soldiers to kill them all. Demand
Every Mongolian has to take action, okay?"
Zhe Ao immediately patted his chest and said, "We, the warriors of Chahar, Mongolia, have had a deep hatred for these Manchu Tatars for a long time, and we have long wanted to kill them."
"Then go ahead."
Eight hundred prisoners, surrounded by the Ming army, began to kill each other.
In fact, the Mongols massacred the Manchu soldiers. Nearly 600 Mongolian soldiers were given a sword each. However, of the 200 Manchu soldiers, except for a few dozen who were timid and fearful of death and wanted to surrender, there were more than 100 left who were wounded all over their bodies but received a sword.
Facing six hundred Mongolian soldiers with bare hands.
Give an order.
Zhe Ao slapped his chest and roared loudly, as if venting the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart, and then shouted loudly to a group of Mongolians in Mongolian.
Some Ming soldiers who understood Mongolian translated it to Zhang Mingbin and Zheng Jiwu. The general meaning was to take revenge on the Tatars, pay with blood, and show loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.
The Manchu Tatars cursed the Mongols in horror and anger.
After the two sides exchanged blows, Zhe Ao took the lead and rushed over with a knife. This guy looked to be in his early forties. He was indeed very fierce. Even though he only raised a knife, he still had an unstoppable momentum. He was big and carried a knife.
He slashed left and right with his sword, killing several people in a row.
The Mongols were just like chopping melons and vegetables. They each had a knife and chased the Tatars to chop at random.
It won't take a moment.
Bloody and bloody.
More than a hundred Manchu soldiers were killed by 600 Mongolian soldiers, and the Mongols stood covered in blood among the corpses of the soldiers.
"Hard enough!"
Zheng Jiwu sighed, and Zhang Mingbin said, "These people are quite talented. Can Admiral Zheng give me these Mongolians to add to my Jinwu Cavalry Army?"
Zheng Jiwu nodded. Although he also wanted these Mongols, Jinwu Town was, after all, the imperial camp, and the imperial guard of the imperial camp.