Daryl's bravery is undeniable, but it's a pity that he ran into a monster like Li Huan. In the end, he only took a few blows at Li Huan's hands and ended up with no bones left.
The thousands of Golden Horde troops were not affected at all by Daryl's death, which is not to say that Daryl's death did not have an impact on thousands of Tatar elites.
In fact, these Golden Horde troops are indeed the elites carefully selected and built by Dayan Khan. Daryl's death only caused a slight confusion among thousands of Tatar elites, but this confusion was extremely small and soon disappeared.
No existence.
The soldiers and horses of both sides fought together, and the Ming army had the advantage of making the first move. With the impact of the charge, and the strong men in the army such as Li Huan and Xu Ying as the vanguard, the Ming army was able to defeat the Tatar army.
Cut a bloody path out of it.
Because of Daryl, the thousands of Golden Horde Khan troops did not exert their full strength, at least not like the Ming army, which could use the force of impact to run rampant.
However, after some troops were killed and wounded, relying on these sacrifices, the Ming army's charge was obviously delayed by the Tatars.
After all, these Golden Horde troops can be regarded as the most elite among the Tatars, especially when these Tatars are not afraid of death, which slowed down the impact of the Ming army's cavalry.
The shouts of killing were loud, the two sides were entangled, and soldiers from both sides could be seen falling from their horses everywhere.
Li Huan seemed to be a tireless killing machine. As he danced with the spear in his hand, everything that stood in his way was sent flying.
I don't know how much time passed, but Li Huan felt that there was a sudden emptiness in front of him. He actually cut through the Tatar team. Looking back, he saw that thousands of people were also killed, and many of them were covered with wounds.
, the blood dyed the armor on his body red, and at first glance, he looked like a group of demons coming out of hell.
Xu Ying stretched out her hand and wiped the blood on her face. She looked quite scary and said ferociously: "Damn it, it's really the Golden Horde that Dayan Khan used to intimidate all the grassland tribes. He really shouldn't be underestimated."
ah."
For Xu Ying to express such emotion, one can imagine how profound the impression these Golden Horde troops left on Xu Ying.
Ren Ping laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "The Golden Horde Army is indeed the elite of the elite. If it were a head-to-head confrontation, under normal circumstances, both sides would lose, but now these Golden Horde Army will be completely annihilated.
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Just as Ren Ping said, Daryl led the five thousand Golden Horde Army to stop Li Huan. Daryl was so confident. On the one hand, he was confident in his own strength. On the other hand, he was also confident in the strength of the thousands of Golden Horde Army.
With the same number, Daryl didn't believe that the five thousand Golden Horde Khan army he led could not deal with the Ming army's pursuers, even if the Ming army was led by a general with terrifying strength like Li Huan.
It's just that Daryl overestimated himself and underestimated the extent of Li Huan's influence on the Golden Horde.
The number of Golden Horde Khan soldiers who died directly in the hands of Li Huan was probably not more than 1,000 but also 800. It was true that Li Huan was too efficient in killing. At least several Tatars were killed in every attack. In a short period of time,
Inside, thousands of elite Golden Horde troops led by Li Huan suffered heavy casualties.
The Golden Horde Khan's army of more than five thousand originally had the strength to fight, but only two or three thousand were left. In just a short time of drinking tea, most of them were killed or injured.
After the five thousand fine cavalry brought by Feng Xiao joined Li Huan's hundreds of men and horses, their number was not much more than that of the Tatars. However, after a fight, it was obvious that there was a significant gap in the number of men and horses between the two sides.
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"kill!"
Li Huan looked at the thousands of Tatar soldiers who were already in a panic. Among them, there were still thousands of Ming troops entangled with the Tatars. Immediately, a murderous intention flashed in his eyes, turned his horse's head, and led his troops to attack the Tatars again.
Tartar.
By the time there was no more Tatar standing on the battlefield, the sky was already dim, the sun had set on the horizon, a breeze blew by, and the strong scent of blood hit our faces.
At this time, Feng Xiao looked a little excited and drove his horse towards Li Huan. He looked at Li Huan and said with a trembling voice: "General, except for dozens of horsemen who escaped, all the Tatars have been killed."
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Li Huan nodded slightly towards Feng Xiao, looked around at the scene of corpses lying on the ground, and suddenly sighed softly: "General Feng, how are the casualties of the soldiers?"
Hearing Li Huan's question, Feng Xiao, who was originally full of excitement, suddenly changed his expression slightly, took a deep breath, and then slowly said to Li Huan: "General, in this battle, we will suffer a lot of casualties.
Nearly two thousand people.”
Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they heard this, even Xu Ying and Ren Pingping also showed a bit of sigh and sadness.
It is said that one general can kill thousands of people. Relatively speaking, the number of men and horses on both sides was equal. After the first battle, they wiped out nearly 5,000 Tatars, and suffered nearly 2,000 casualties. This battle loss ratio is not unacceptable.
But for a while, some comrades who couldn't accept so many fell on the battlefield.
Even Li Huan was a little silent. To be honest, the bravery of these Golden Horde Khan troops really exceeded Li Huan's expectations.
Under normal circumstances, after Li Huan killed Daryl, the general who commanded the troops, the Tatars would have fallen into chaos and the army would have collapsed.
Once the army breaks up, if they continue to pursue and kill them, there will obviously not be any serious casualties, but who would have thought that these golden men would fight to the death and be so brave.
Even after Li Huan charged several times and annihilated all these Tatars, the Ming army also paid a heavy price.
At this time, Ren Ping said to Li Huan with some solemnity: "General, if the Tatars are so determined to fight and refuse to retreat, it will be difficult for us to keep Dayan with our remaining troops."
Everyone's eyes turned to Li Huan. Ren Ping's worries were not unreasonable. After all, Dayan still had at least 30,000 Golden Horde troops under his command.
And their current number of men and horses is only more than 3,000, and the difference between the two sides is ten times. Even if they catch up with Dayan's troops, they may not be able to do anything to the other side.
Li Huan saw the reaction of everyone in his eyes and suddenly couldn't help laughing.
Li Huan's smile made everyone a little confused, and some couldn't understand why Li Huan laughed suddenly.
Li Huan said slowly: "We are just the vanguard. Who said there are only thousands of us? If nothing happens, the Governor will soon lead an army to help us."
Everyone suddenly looked surprised when they heard this, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces.
However, they subconsciously forgot that they were just a small part of the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, and only thought that thousands of them could not be led by Dayan Khan.
Now that Li Huan had pointed it out, everyone was naturally excited to think that there were hundreds of thousands of Ming troops behind them who could come to help them at any time.
However, Li Huan changed his voice and said with a bit of solemnity: "But don't forget, everyone, the governor should be dispatching troops to wipe out all the Tatar troops and horses left behind, so after those Tatars were
Before total annihilation, we can only rely on ourselves whether we can keep Dayan and others."
With a bit of a smile on his face, Li Huan looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "Are you confident?"
Feng Xiao, Xu Ying, Ren Ping and others couldn't help shouting loudly: "Yes!"
Li Huan looked at the sky, then at the exhausted soldiers after a great battle, and immediately ordered: "Let's all have a good rest today, and we will pursue Dayan's troops after daybreak."
When Feng Xiao and others heard this, they all obeyed the order respectfully.
If possible, Li Huan would naturally want to lead an army to hunt down Dayan's men immediately, but Li Huan could see that after a brutal fight, the remaining people were in a terrible state both mentally and physically.
A state of exhaustion.
In this state, even if he ordered the army to forcibly pursue Dayan's troops, even if he really caught up with Dayan's troops, he might not be able to do anything to the opponent, and one careless move could lead to death.
As the saying goes, sharpening the sword will not waste time cutting firewood. Li Huan would rather let everyone have a good rest and regain their energy before pursuing the Tatars. He did not want his men to go to fight the Tatars in an exhausted manner.
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Langyakou
Thirty thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the small Langyakou. Although these 30,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not elite, they were not a mob either.
As the chief military officer of Shanxi Province, Zheng Guang looks quite old. He is nearly fifty years old and can be said to be a veteran.
Of course, Zheng Guang's ability is actually very average, but he can't stand up to the opponent. He is old enough. After several dynasties, he relied on his reasonable methods and his ability to maneuver. After decades in the army, he became the Ming Dynasty.
The chief military officer of a province can be considered a high-ranking official.
This time Zheng Guang took the initiative to ask for orders to lead his troops to guard Langyakou. I have to say that Zheng Guang was very careful.
After several battles with the Tatars, Zheng Guang felt quite unsure. He was quite afraid of fighting with the Tatars. In fact, Zheng Guang was not enthusiastic at all about leading a large army to fight against the Tatars.
In Zheng Guang's view, he was the commander-in-chief of a province, with a high position and great wealth. He had no eyesight on the battlefield. What would happen if he accidentally got injured?
If he were to die, the family fortune he had managed to accumulate and the dozen or so beautiful wives and concubines in his family would be taken advantage of.
Just thinking of these, Zheng Guang lost interest in fighting on the battlefield.
Therefore, not long ago, when Wang Yangming secretly summoned several of their general officers and asked who was willing to lead someone to guard Langya Mouth to prevent the Tatars from escaping through Langya Mouth, Zheng Guang stepped forward and accepted the task without even thinking.
Zheng Guang did not think that the Tatars would choose Langya Pass as a breakthrough point, because Langya Pass was really not suitable for tens of thousands of troops to leave the pass.
Even after Zheng Guang received Wang Yangming's order, he secretly mocked Wang Yangming for making a fuss out of a molehill. How could the Tatars choose Langya Mouth as a breakthrough point?
Zheng Guang led his army to Langyakou a few days ago. He saw with his own eyes the steep and narrow road at Langyakou, and became increasingly certain that the Tatars would not choose such a steep and difficult pass to retreat to the grassland.
Therefore, after Zheng Guang led his troops to Langyakou, he simply made arrangements and stationed the army at Langyakou.
It's a pity that Langya Mouth is too small and cannot accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Under normal circumstances, Zheng Guang should have set up camp with tens of thousands of troops according to the terrain near Langya Mouth to guard against the Tatar attack.
But Zheng Guang didn't believe from the bottom of his heart that the Tatars would come to Langyakou, so Zheng Guang didn't pay any attention to it at all.
Zheng Guang himself hid in the largest courtyard of Langyakou to rest. As for the fact that his soldiers and horses were stationed in front of Langyakou without any order, Zheng Guang didn't pay attention at all.
On this day, Zheng Guang was in the courtyard and cursed angrily at his soldiers: "What a waste, what a waste. I asked you to find some beautiful girls for me, so you can get some for me."
A rough-and-tumble village girl..."
Several soldiers were kneeling there in fear, and beside them were kneeling several women who were extremely frightened. Just by looking at these women, one could tell that several of them must have been arrested. There were still tears on their faces.
Eyes are red.
One of the soldiers said in a trembling voice: "Sir, how can this remote and borderland place be compared to the beauty of Taiyuan City? We have already tried our best."
Hearing this, Zheng Guang couldn't help but waved his hands and said, "Okay, let's all go down. I'll just take care of a few."
While speaking, Zheng Guang's eyes fell on the panicked women and said: "Why are you crying? If you cry any more, I will chop off your heads."
Seeing Zheng Guang, who stood up and walked towards them with a fierce look on his face, the women couldn't help but change their faces with fear, but they had to work hard to suppress their cries. They were obviously frightened by Zheng Guang's words about killing them.
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The few soldiers who had just been reprimanded had already voluntarily exited the courtyard and stood guard at the entrance of the courtyard. Soon they heard Zheng Guang's excited shouts and exclamations coming from the courtyard.
, begging for mercy, begging for mercy.
Rumbling, the earth shook, as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, and a black torrent roared in front of Langya Mouth.
The soldiers of the Ming army who were originally stationed in front of Langyakou appeared to be extremely unorganized. After all, with the commander-in-chief not paying attention, the generals at the bottom were even more unprepared.
When Dayan Khan led the army to rush towards the Langya Mouth non-stop under the cover of night, because Zheng Guang, the commander-in-chief, was too lazy to let out the sentry, this led to the Ming army noticing that Dayan Khan's troops were
When they arrived, Dayan Khan's tens of thousands of troops were already less than a mile away from the Ming army's camp.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack... The Tatars are coming. Go and tell the commander-in-chief that the Tatars are coming..."
When some generals at the bottom saw the black torrent roaring under the night, they couldn't help but exclaimed.
At this time, the sky was not completely dark, and then the gray light came on. Dayan Khan decisively ordered the army to attack Langyakou without any pause.
If possible, Dayan Khan naturally hoped that the soldiers under his command who had traveled for more than a day could take a good rest, and then attack Langyakou with the corner of his mouth and full of energy.
But this is simply unrealistic, and it does not mean that the main force of the army may pursue it again at any time. Once the fighter plane is missed, there will be no such opportunity to seize it again.
Dayan Khan could tell at a glance just from the Ming army's reaction that the Ming army had no psychological preparation for their arrival, which was why it seemed so chaotic.
Under Dayan Khan's order, tens of thousands of Golden Horde Khan troops roared in and crashed into the Ming army's camp in front of Langyakou. Suddenly, flames shot into the sky, and there were shouts of killing in the surrounding area.
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Just as soon as they fought, the troops and horses under Zheng Guang's command fell into chaos. It was getting late and all the soldiers were ready to take a rest. In this case, how could they be the opponents of so many Golden Horde Khan troops? They were directly defeated.
Confused.
A guerrilla general looked at the Tatars rushing into the camp in the distance and couldn't help but look panicked. However, this man did not lead the hundreds of soldiers and horses gathered around him to greet the Tatars who entered the camp.
, but said loudly: "Hurry up and follow this general to protect the commander-in-chief!"