When the several Tatar generals on the side saw this scene, they all glanced at Cai Changming with a bit of disdain.
Perhaps Dayan Khan would look high on Ming scholars like Cai Changming, but for tribal leaders like them, weak scholars like Cai Changming were not taken seriously by them at all.
Humu looked at Rudar and said: "Chief, if you ask me, we will gather the defeated soldiers under Mutai and then swarm them. No matter how powerful Li Huan is, he only has one person. Even if we fight with our lives,
Even if you fight hard, you can fight him to death."
At first, they were shocked by the bravery displayed by Li Huan. Now that they came to their senses, these people couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry when they thought about it. The awe of Li Huan was no longer there, replaced by a strong murderous intention.
Only by killing Li Huan can they feel at ease. Otherwise, once they are targeted by such a brave man on the battlefield, wouldn't it be a dead end?
Rudar glanced at the generals around him, took a deep breath and said: "Blow the horn, gather all the defeated troops under Mu Tai's command, and prepare for war."
Upon hearing this, Hu Mu and others' faces suddenly showed expressions of excitement, and they passed on the order with excitement.
Soon they heard the sound of desolate horns. The defeated troops under Mutai's army, who were running around like headless flies on the battlefield, felt as if they woke up from a dream when they heard the familiar horn sounds.
Not to mention the Tatars on the grassland, at least their strength was not bad. After hearing the sound of the horn, they began to gather in an orderly manner.
Almost more than an hour passed, and the originally dispersed soldiers and horses were finally gathered together.
At the same time, after some inspections, Rudar also obtained specific information about these defeated troops.
Originally, Mu Tai had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. If we add in the personal guards and other private soldiers that Mu Tai maintained, there would be many more soldiers and horses.
However, after some statistics, Rudar found that there were only about 6,000 soldiers and horses left out of tens of thousands.
Although this number is large, in comparison, in less than half a day, only about half of the more than 10,000 people were left, and nearly 5,000 people lost their lives. This was completely beyond Rudal's expectations.
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Not only Rudar, but Hu Mu and other generals also looked in disbelief and said: "How is this possible? In just half a day, why did so many soldiers and horses be lost?"
Rudar gritted his teeth and said: "Mutai is a piece of trash. Our warriors on the grassland died because of his carelessness. I want to report to the Great Khan that the crime of this war is Mutai."
So many troops were lost in the first battle. Although most of them were from the Mutai tribe, as the vanguard appointed by Dayan Khan, Rudar still had to bear a certain responsibility. Now he was pushing everything until he was dead.
You can at least bear some less responsibility on the wooden platform, right?
Hearing this, Humu and others showed a somewhat solemn look on their faces. Dayan Khan was able to dominate the grassland relying on his overwhelming strength. Not one or two of the tribal leaders on the grassland died at the hands of Dayan Khan.
Even though Rudal had tens of thousands of soldiers and was an official of ten thousand households, there were few people on the grassland who could compare with him.
But if Dayan Khan is willing, he can crush his tribe and take his head at any time.
"Head of the clan, for the current plan, we must not only shift the responsibility to Mutai, but we must also have some merits that can be taken into account. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the Great Khan to explain."
Rudar nodded slightly, his eyes falling on Cai Changming beside him.
After glancing at Cai Changming, Rudar suddenly said: "Mr. Cai, in your opinion, what can the leader of this clan do to satisfy the Great Khan?"
Upon hearing this, Cai Changming hurriedly saluted Rudar and said: "Master Wanhu, with the precedent of Master Wanhu's defeat in Mutai, as long as Master Wanhu can win the battle against the Ming army, even if you can't take Li Huan's
As long as we can win with heads for a while, it will be enough to pay tribute to the Great Khan."
Rudar glanced at Cai Changming indifferently and said, "So sir, you also think that the leader of this clan should fight the Ming army?"
Cai Changming took a deep breath and looked around at the Tatar soldiers and horses who were low in fighting spirit and morale. He suppressed the idea of retreating and said to Rudal: "Such a major matter cannot be decided by Cai.
Please decide for yourself, Wanhu adults."
Hearing this, Humu on the side seemed to be quite satisfied with Cai Changming's attitude, and sneered: "Well, as a slave, you should have the consciousness of being a slave. Say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't.
How can you, a slave, interfere in the decision that concerns my Tatars?"
Cai Changming quickly lowered his head, subconsciously took a step back and nodded repeatedly: "What General Humu said is true."
Rudar raised his head and looked at the fortress built with earth walls in front of him.
The first earth wall had almost been washed away due to the attack of the Mutai tribe, and the corpses of both sides could be vaguely seen behind the collapsed earth wall.
However, there is still an earth wall dozens of feet away, and it can be seen that soldiers of the Ming army are stationed behind the earth wall.
Thinking of the previous impact of the wooden platform on this seemingly inconspicuous earth wall, but Li Huan's men killed the people and suffered heavy losses, Rudar did not dare to underestimate the existence of this earth wall.
Originally it was just a wall of earth, it was nothing at all. As long as they were willing, they could tear it down.
The key is that Li Huan's existence has become a serious problem for Rudar. What he is worried about is that Li Huan will take the opportunity to attack. If the defeat of Mutai's troops is repeated, then he will really be unable to explain to Dayan Khan.
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His eyes crossed the earth wall and landed on the side of the earth wall. Suddenly, a bright light flashed in Rudar's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Since the Ming army is disadvantageous after attacking the earth wall, then why don't we go
To deal with those Ming army cavalry?"
As he spoke, Rudal laughed excitedly and said: "Sacking cities and plundering territories is not our specialty, but riding horses, archery, and cavalry charges are our strengths."
Humu and other Tatar generals looked surprised after hearing Rudar's words and said: "The patriarch is wise."
Rudar laughed endlessly and said to everyone at the same time: "Send my order, the army is ready to move out, follow me to surround and kill the cavalry team of Ming Dynasty."
Here, Li Huan had already retreated behind the second earth wall. Hundreds of cavalry surrounded Li Huan, facing the respectful gazes of the Ming soldiers.
Cao Xiong led a group of troops and strode towards Li Huan and others. When Li Huan and others came over, everyone, led by Cao Xiong, gave a military salute to Li Huan and shouted at the same time: "General
Mighty, Ming Dynasty is mighty!"
Thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison. Not to mention other things, the momentum alone was so amazing that the cavalry who had survived hundreds of calamities following Li Huan subconsciously straightened their backs.
Look at the figure walking at the forefront with a look of reverence.
Li Huan took a deep breath and shouted: "The Ming army is mighty, long live the Ming Dynasty."
"The Ming army is mighty, long live the Ming Dynasty!"
After this battle, the morale of the army was very high. Even these infantrymen who were originally selected from the local guards now seemed to have been reborn, and their momentum was somewhat different.
Li Huan cleaned up and washed away the blood on his body. He used several buckets of water to wash away the blood on his body.
After putting on their washed armor, Li Huan and Cao Xiong stood in front of the second earth wall and watched the movement of the Tatar army several miles away.
Li Huan put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "General Cao, what do you think the Tatars will do next after this incident?"
Cao Xiong pondered for a moment and said: "Returning to your lord, the Wanhu Guanmutai was beheaded by you, and his troops were completely defeated. It is said that the other Wanhu Rudar should retreat first to reorganize the army at this time.
, only after stabilizing the morale of the military can we consider other things."
As he spoke, Cao Xiong glanced at Li Huan secretly and found that Li Huan was not looking at him, but was looking into the distance with an indifferent expression.
Cao Xiong continued: "Now the Tatars obviously have no intention of retreating. Judging from the situation, the other side does not seem to be preparing to retreat. It is impossible to say that there will be a big battle waiting for everyone."
Only then did Li Huan look away, nodded towards Cao Xiong and said, "General Cao's words make sense. I will leave this place to General Cao to prevent the Tatars from attacking."
Cao Xiong couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said to Li Huan: "General, you..."
Li Huan smiled and said: "I will sit in the cavalry to prevent Rudal from causing trouble to our cavalry."
Cao Xiong was not stupid. He immediately reacted and said: "General, what you mean is that Rudal may attack the cavalry on the flanks, and most likely he will not initiate a frontal charge?"
Li Huan said calmly: "On the battlefield, everything changes rapidly and anything can happen, so we can only choose the best possibility to gamble."
After saying that, Li Huan turned around and walked not far away, then got on his horse.
As Li Huan got on his horse, Li Hu, Li Guo and other personal guards also got on their horses, and hundreds of surviving cavalry including Xu Ying gathered behind Li Huan.
Looking at Li Huan's retreating figure, Cao Xiong's eyes flashed with determination and he shouted at the generals beside him: "Cheer up, general, don't let the general underestimate us."
Pingyu Ridge
As a hill in Qingyang Prefecture, it is not very famous, but at this moment, tens of thousands of troops are stationed there.
Under the cover of night, by the firelight, you can clearly see the word "王" on the high-flying banner with the word "handsome".
Needless to say, the commander of this army was Wang Yangming, the emperor who was appointed commander-in-chief of the three armies by Li Huan.
To be honest, it is very rare for Wang Yangming to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army as a pavilion elder.
Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in camps that stretched for more than ten miles. If it were an ordinary general, he might not be able to set up a reliable camp.
Generally speaking, if a civilian like Wang Yangming controls the army, some of the generals in the army will definitely be dissatisfied.
After all, as a military man, but being led by a civilian official who is not familiar with martial arts, anyone would have objections.
This was noticed by Wang Yangming when he took over the new army left in Shaanxi by Li Huan.
That is to say, Guan Zheng, who was the commander of the army, and some generals left by Li Huan fully supported Wang Yangming because of their trust in Li Huan, which allowed Wang Yangming to control the army.
Otherwise, if Wang Yangming suddenly entered the army, he would really not be able to control tens of thousands of troops for a while.
Although they had great trust in Li Huan, generals like Guan Zheng still felt a little guilty about the elegant-looking Wang Yangming as the commander-in-chief of the army.
It is a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of troops. If Wang Yangming, as the commander-in-chief, is not reliable, all those in the army will die, and even generals like them may not be saved.
However, after Wang Yangming took over the army, he was very good at marching and setting up the army. Although he was a little unfamiliar at the beginning, Wang Yangming seemed to have a natural talent for military affairs and he was very relaxed.
Then he dispatched tens of thousands of troops and commanded them like an arm.
Whether it is marching formation, setting up camp on weekdays, or dispatching troops and horses during the march, such complicated things seem so easy in Wang Yangming's hands.
It can be said that in just a few days, Wang Yangming conquered these military generals with his own ability and charm, and gained the recognition and support of these military generals.
In the handsome tent, Wang Yangming was sitting in front of the desk. In front of him was a map spread out.
The map is densely covered with traces of drawings. Needless to say, these must have been left by Wang Yangming in his daily life.
There was a sound of footsteps, and a figure was seen walking into the commander's tent. It was Guan Zheng, the commander who had been left by Li Huan in Shaanxi to train troops.
Guan Zheng walked into the big tent and saw Wang Yangming looking at a map there. Guan Zheng seemed not surprised by this situation.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Wang Yangming took over the army. Every time he set up camp and came to report the military situation, he would see Wang Yangming sitting there, either scribbling on the map or reading military books.
To be honest, at first, Guan Zheng thought that Wang Yangming was a person who talked about war on paper like Zhao Kuo. Even if he was proficient in the art of war, he would definitely be unable to mobilize troops and control the army if he really wanted to.
However, Wang Yangming convinced Guan Zheng with his own abilities, so now that he saw Wang Yangming sitting there looking at the map, Guan Zheng stepped forward and saluted Wang Yangming: "I have met you, sir."
Wang Yangming raised his head, glanced at Guan Zheng, waved his hand and said, "Commander Guan, there is no need to be polite. Has the camp been set up?"
Guan Zheng said sternly: "Back to your lord, everything is set up according to your instructions. Whether it is an open sentry, a secret sentry or even a ranger, we have sent it out. There will be no accidents in the safekeeping."
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Commander Guan personally supervises the operation, so I can rest assured."
Wang Yangming motioned Guan Zheng to sit down and said, "I just took a look and found that Pingyu Ridge is almost a hundred miles away from Luming Town. According to the current marching speed, if nothing unexpected happens, we should arrive at Luming in three days."
town."
Guan Zheng nodded and said: "What your Excellency said is true. With tens of thousands of troops and a large amount of labor and food, it is not too slow to travel thirty or forty miles in a day."
Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said: "It is indeed not slow anymore, but the speed is not fast enough."
After being slightly startled, Guan Zheng said subconsciously: "Sir, could it be that something happened to the general?"
You must know that since Wang Yangming took over the army with the imperial edict, the march along the way has been neither hasty nor slow, everything is stable, showing stability and maturity. It is precisely because of this that Wang Yangming conquered these generals in the army.
After listening to Wang Yangming's words, Guan Zheng naturally guessed whether something happened to Li Huan. Otherwise, why would Wang Yangming sigh like that?
Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said: "Just now, the sentinel we sent out brought news that during the day, two Tatar officials with 20,000 households and 20,000 troops arrived at Luming Town, and one of them faced the mighty giant.
The general's headquarters launched a fierce attack."
After hearing this, Guan Zheng's expression changed slightly and he exclaimed: "General, are you okay?"
No wonder Guan Zheng was so worried, but he knew that the only real combat power under Li Huan's command was the more than 10,000 cavalry who accompanied Li Huan on the expedition.
Even the more than 10,000 cavalrymen dare not say that Guan Zheng can compare with the same number of Tatar cavalry.
After all, the Tatar cavalry are all real prairie men, skilled in bow and horse. However, the cavalry under Li Huan cannot compare with the Tatars in terms of bow and horse skills alone. They rely more on the armor on their bodies and the skills in their hands.
The advantages of weapons.
Once there was a fight, Guan Zheng didn't think Li Huan could get any advantage.
Glancing at Guan Zheng, Wang Yangming chuckled and said: "Commander Guan, you can rest assured. Not only is the general safe, he even killed the Tatar vanguard Wanhu Guan Mutai in one battle, and defeated Mutai's soldiers in one battle.
Horses, annihilated thousands of enemies, which greatly frightened the morale of the Tatar army."
Guan Zheng stood up suddenly, with a look of astonishment on his face, and then he realized what he was doing and couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, okay, I know that the general will not disappoint."
Wang Yangming stroked his beard and chuckled.
After venting the excitement in his heart, Guan Zheng gradually calmed down, looked at Wang Yangming and said seriously: "Your Excellency just lamented that our marching speed is not fast enough. Could it be that we are going to help the general?"
Wang Yangming looked serious and said: "If my prediction is correct, most of the Tatar troops will arrive at Luming Town tomorrow. By then, the pressure on the general will inevitably increase sharply, and he will even be in danger.
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Exclaiming in surprise, Guan Zheng couldn't help but look at Wang Yangming and said: "Then what should we do? Mr. Wang, you must find a way. The number of combatable soldiers under the general's command is only ten thousand, so how can the Tatar army number in the tens of thousands?"
opponent."
Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said solemnly: "We are marching urgently. The only solution for now is to order the army to abandon their baggage and march lightly, and rush to join the general as quickly as possible!"
The sky is getting brighter and it’s a new day
On the left side of the fortress built with earthen walls, smoke curled up from cooking stoves, and a group of soldiers were busy eating. Suddenly, a sharp and sharp sound of chiming came.
The sound of the roar spread in all directions, alarming almost all the soldiers.
"Quick, quick, enemy attack..."
Almost as soon as the sound of the dynamite was heard, the military generals shouted loudly.
Countless soldiers wolfed down their food, grabbed their weapons and ran towards their horses.
Li Huan strode out of the big tent wearing armor. Li Hu, Li Guo and others also gathered around Li Huan and climbed onto their horses.
Xu Ying rushed over and shouted to Li Huan: "General, the sentry sounded the warning, the Tatars are coming."
Li Huan's expression looked extremely calm. Hearing this, he just nodded towards Xu Ying and said: "This is expected. Send the order, and the army will assemble with me to fight."
Xu Ying nodded excitedly, cupped her fists and saluted, "The last general will take your orders."
Obviously, everyone in the army had expected the Tatar attack. Therefore, even after receiving the news of the Tatar attack, there was no chaos. Instead, all the soldiers assembled in an orderly manner at an extremely fast speed.
It was just a matter of minutes, and tens of thousands of cavalry had already gathered in one place under the restraint of the generals.
Li Huan took the lead and several generals from Xu Ying stood at the forefront of the army. In particular, Li Huan's flag appeared at the front of the army, fluttering in the wind.
When all the soldiers saw the flag flying at the forefront, they recalled what Xu Ying's soldiers told yesterday about the pursuit of the defeated Tatar troops under the leadership of Li Huan. For a moment, many people's minds were shaken by this.
, although Li Huan could not be seen, the morale of the army was high as long as he saw the handsome flag.
As the Tatar army approaches, the earth shakes, and the sound of thousands of horses galloping forward is extremely frightening. If ordinary people are timid, just such a movement can make people tremble and panic.
Li Huan watched from a distance, with a sneer on his lips, and murderous intent in his eyes. Since the Tatars chose to attack the flanking cavalry, Li Huan was not afraid. The worst he could do was to fight head-on.
After yesterday's battle, the Tatars numbered more than 10,000 men and horses. Moreover, affected by the deaths of thousands of official mutais and the casualties of thousands of Tatar soldiers, the morale of the Tatar side was sluggish, while the Ming side's cavalry also numbered more than 10,000.
Although the number of people is a bit lower, the morale is still high.
If they dare not fight the Tatars head-on under such circumstances, I am afraid that the high morale will collapse accordingly.
Looking at the black mass of the Tatar army in front of him like a torrent, Li Huan roared loudly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy, the Ming Dynasty is mighty, the Ming Dynasty is mighty."
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty and the generals are invincible!"
Xu Ying shouted loudly, and then the hundreds of cavalrymen who fought bloody battles under Xu Ying's command also shouted, and then the entire army cheered.
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty and the generals are invincible!"
As Li Huan took the lead, the tens of thousands of cavalry began to speed up. As the horses under him galloped forward, the sound of wind and the shouts of the soldiers were heard in their ears.
As the distance between the two parties got closer, Li Huan laughed loudly and said to Li Guo beside him: "Come on the flag!"
Li Guo directly handed Li Huan a large flag several feet long in his hand. The flag weighed hundreds of kilograms, so only a good soldier like Li Guo could carry it.
But such a big flag was as light as nothing in Li Huan's hands.
The flag fell into Li Huan's hand, and he saw the flag waving in Li Huan's hand, making a loud sound in the air.
"shoot!"
As both sides entered the shooting range, archers from both sides suddenly fired a salvo.
It can be imagined that thousands of cavalry fired arrows one after another. The two sides had not yet collided with each other, but the arrow rain had already covered the sky, and the sky was filled with darkness.
Li Huan swung the flagpole in his hand violently, and all the arrows that originally fell like a rainstorm were instantly blocked by Li Huan's flagpole.
The screams of soldiers from both sides falling to the ground came from all around, but no one cared about it at this time. They just pressed their body as close to the horse as possible, trying to make themselves less conspicuous, so as to reduce the risk of being hit by arrows.
The probability of a shot hitting.
But with such a dense rain of arrows falling, no matter how hard you dodge, you can only leave it to fate.
To be precise, under the first wave of arrows, very few people could survive in the area covered by the arrows.
The men and horses on both sides fell in an instant. Under this wave of arrows, both the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty suffered hundreds of casualties.
However, under this rain of arrows, there was an area in the Ming army with very few casualties, which was exactly the area where Li Huan was located.
Most of the arrow rain in the air was blocked by Li Huan with the flagpole. Even if some of the arrows fell, they only caused very weak casualties.
"kill!"
As the two sides collided, the collision of blood and flesh, the collision of weapons and flesh, screams, shouts of death, and the neighing of horses were mixed together, intertwining into a bloody battlefield scene.
Li Huan took the lead. The flagpole in his hand was several feet long. When he danced like this, the Tatar soldiers who bumped into Li Huan were naturally unlucky. Let alone bumping into Li Huan, even if they used all their strength
Throwing out the mace, scimitar, and hammer in his hand was of no avail.
The several-foot-long flagpole was spread out in Li Huan's hands like a long dragon. Wherever the flagpole passed, large swathes of Tatar cavalry were swept off their horses.
In such a chaotic situation, once felled, the possibility of survival is extremely slim.
Some of the soldiers following Li Huan opened their eyes wide and looked in disbelief at Li Huan's heroic and heroic appearance sweeping across all directions.
After coming back to their senses, they all rushed forward, howling as if they had been given blood, and attacked Li Huan from both sides with Li Huan as the center.
Like an indestructible arrow, Li Huan led a group of men and horses into the Tatar army. It looked like the posture was really capable of cutting through the Tatar army.
Among the Tatar army, Rudar, Humu and other sharpshooters selected from the Tatar army watched from a distance as Li Huan's flag penetrated the army for more than a hundred feet, although he dare not say that he penetrated it alone.
, but also fell into the siege of the army.
Normally, the enemy commander would be extremely happy when he was surrounded.
However, Rudar, Humu and others all looked solemnly and looked at Li Huan who was rampaging among the army with fear on their faces.
"Damn it, this Li Huan is not a monster. Why does he have such terrifying force? He is like one man against ten thousand troops. I'm afraid even Agula next to the Great Khan, and the two of them, Risong, may not be his match."
Even though I had seen Li Huan's heroic appearance killing everyone before, it was still extremely shocking to see him again.
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