(If you are unclear about the intention and arrangement of sending troops to Mobei, please go back and read Chapter 957 and Chapter 958. The first is to solve the problem of inflation, and the second is to clear out Mobei and Lake Baikal.)
Zhuote Babatur's understanding of the Datong Army came from the Khalkha Mongols who were annexed by him.
He knew that the infantry of the Datong Army could form a vehicle formation, supplemented by muskets and artillery. Facing such a formation, no matter how brave the Mongolian cavalry was, they would not be able to rush in even if they risked their lives.
That's why Zhuote Babatour had to go around in circles to stretch out the supply line of the Datong Army, and the main force went around to cut off the grain road. The main force had to go to intercept the grain road. Small troops couldn't be effective, and the few teams he sent were all eaten by the Datong Army.
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Once the food route is cut off and it is known that the main force is heading south, the cavalry of the Datong Army will abandon the infantry and attack quickly.
Without the cover of infantry and vehicle formations, Zhuote Babatour did not think that the cavalry of the Datong Army was very powerful. In his opinion, the Han people only had fierce formations and firearms. In terms of cavalry combat, the Mongolian warriors were the most powerful.
As for forming a wall of cavalry to charge, such damn remarks were regarded as a joke by Drout Babatour.
It must have been that the Khalkha Mongols were frightened by the Datong Army for a long time, so they felt that the Han cavalry was pouring in overwhelmingly, like a moving city wall composed of countless cavalry.
Most of the most lush grasslands in Mobei are mountain pastures, and some are simply located in mountainous areas.
The current battlefield is a hilly area.
Further south are all mountains, and a tributary of the Selenge River passes between the two mountains. It was specially selected by Zhuot Babatur to ambush the Datong cavalry. Once they enter along the river valley, it will be difficult to escape.
Among the hills extending from the mountains, the trees are not very lush on the large and small hills, but green weeds can be seen everywhere.
These mountainous pastures can also be used for horse racing and grazing. But as a battlefield, the battle will be more complicated, unlike the plain grassland.
Seeing that Cao Bianjiao stopped escaping, Zhuote Babatur immediately sent out more than 10,000 light cavalry and went around several hills to outflank the retreat. He never thought that he would be defeated, so the first thing he did was to block Cao Bianjiao's retreat, thinking
Eat all the Datong cavalry in front of you.
After all, the Datong Army sent too many troops this time, and the Mongols simply couldn't afford it, so they had to do everything possible to annihilate them one by one.
The total number of Mongols in Mobei, including men, women, old and young, is just over 100,000.
The Khalkha Mongols had been at war with the Manchus before. Then they suffered a disastrous defeat against the Datong Army. Many of them froze to death and starved to death during the withdrawal. The Hugezai led the Zhungeer tribe to kill them, but they died in the battle again.
Shao. Then Hauge was murdered and Zhunge was split into two.
No matter how you piece together the Jungar tribe brought by Zhuot Babatur, plus the annexed Khalkha tribe, you can only make up 50,000 cavalry.
A few days ago, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu killed thousands of people!
It would be difficult for Zhuote Babatur to make a comeback, so he could only engage in an ambush and annihilation campaign. Once he saw that the situation was not good, he would run away immediately. Anyway, it would take a roundabout way until winter, and the Datong Army would naturally withdraw.
"The first regiment of knights is responsible for dealing with the enemies behind them."
Cao Bianjiao ordered.
The command flag was raised, Zhang Piao led more than a thousand riders, and turned to face the side and the rear.
The cavalry division commanded by Zhuoteba was adapted from Li Zicheng's Hetao cavalry. Half of them were officers, from the Xiaotong Army; the other half were officers, promoted from Li Zicheng's old troops.
Li Zicheng's adopted son Zhang Bo is currently in the army.
I went to Nanjing to attend a crash course in the military academy for two years, and then returned to Atao and directly served as regimental commander. This was to appease Li Zicheng’s old troops, because before the reorganization, almost all low-level officers were junior comrades. If Chuang Wang’s old troops were not satisfied, they would not be promoted.
Zhang Xun can stabilize the morale of the army.
"The 7th Cavalry Regiment, form on the right side of Yi Cavalry!"
Zhuoteba issued military orders again.
On the front are eight regiments of Yi cavalry, which cannot organize a wall charge.
On the left is the river.
On the right is a regiment of valiant cavalry.
Zhuo Teba led hundreds of cavalry as a reserve force for the Chinese army.
On the frontal battlefield, the two sides slowly approached.
The Mongols still used traditional warfare. Chang Yanda Cao transformed himself into a dragon and sent thousands of horsemen to shoot arrows from the front and right side.
"Blow the trumpet, the Yi Cavalry charges! The 7th Cavalry Regiment, speed up the retreat and help the Yi Cavalry drive away the enemy cavalry who are shooting arrows."
Zhuo Teba has been exchanging fire tests with Mongolia for a long time. I have more troops, so I must take it in one go.
The Mongolian cavalry who were sent out to test were still within shooting range. They saw 4,000 cavalrymen, arranged in a chaotic manner, and retreated. Moreover, the speed became slower and slower. They were only running fast after the end, and they said in a moment.
Also rush up.
Did Zhang Yuankuan transform into a dragon with a thousand mirrors? Although I could see the details clearly, the overwhelming momentum still made me not frightened.
At the same time, the 7th Cavalry Regiment rushed slower.
The commanding general is called Batur, a graduate of the seventh batch of Nanjing Military Academy.
Among the graduates of the military academy, there are less than ten who are regimental commanders and only eight who are brigade commanders. This is also the reason why Zhao Han started to reform the military system. He was afraid that the founding fathers of the country would interfere with the army, because in addition to low-level officers, there are also
There are not a small number of mid-level and senior officers who have graduated from military academies.
Those people have all received the education of loyalty to the emperor and love for the people, and they are not the personal soldiers of any general.
Batur followed more than a thousand brave cavalry, accelerated around the Yi cavalry, and rushed towards the enemy cavalry who was shooting arrows at the rear. While charging and shooting at each other, there were no casualties on either side, but the heroic cavalry were all wearing armor, and they were wearing leather armor.
Mongolian cavalry can compare.
Before a round of shooting, seeing Batur still rushing back, the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side consciously moved forward, got back to a certain distance, and then turned back to shoot arrows.
When the enemy's seventh round of arrows was fired, Batur had not yet raised his spear and pointed to the right. The trumpeter beside him immediately blew the trumpet, and more than a thousand cavalry all circled to the right, heading towards this
The Mongolian cavalry on the side rushed towards him.
The heroic cavalry gave way to the frontal battlefield, and the Yi cavalry in front speeded up again and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry who was leading them away.
This overwhelming momentum was such that the Mongolian cavalry was so shocked that they forgot to shoot arrows and calmly stepped aside to pursue Batur's troops.
"Block, block slowly!"
Zhang Yuankuan Cao turned into a dragon and shouted.
The main formation of the Mongolian cavalry was suppressed by thousands of cavalry. About 8,000 cavalry were equipped with iron armor, and the rest of the cavalry were all leather armor. At this time, the Zhungeer tribe was obviously still very poor.
Of the eight thousand armored Mongolian cavalry, half were commanded by Abalai.
This man had followed Gushi Khan on his expedition to Qinghai and Tibet many years ago. Historically, when the Tsarist Russian envoy Bayikov left the capital, I was not responsible for escorting him, and he was even rewarded by Emperor Shunzhi.
Abalai followed his armored knight and rushed back. It felt right when he got a little further.
The cavalry wall of Xiao Tongjun was arranged in a chaotic manner. If I rushed back, I would definitely get into a car accident. There was absolutely no chance of escaping. This cavalry wall was so dense that there was no room for me to dodge.
Abalai is a fool and I can fight to the death. I can take over.
Regardless of what happened to me, Abalai led the troops and ran to the right. I planned to avoid the wall charge, wait for Xiao Tong's cavalry to rush over, and then charge in from behind, following Chang Yanda Cao's transformed Chinese army.
Pincer attack.
Just as Abalai thought, the other Mongolian nobles were all moving to the right, willing to collide with a group of deadly lunatics.
As soon as we gave way, Zhang Yuankuan's Chinese army turned into a dragon and charged directly.
Chang Yanda Cao's eyes widened as he transformed into a dragon, and for a moment he knew what to do. Before I gave the order, his two sons led their troops to escape, and the rest of his generals also led their troops to disperse.
The Yi Cavalry's wall charge was more refined than after practice.
The cavalry battalion at the innermost side of the row dispersed little by little during the charge, and then those close to this battalion followed suit. In a short period of time, there were not even half of the Yi cavalry, and they changed from a wall charge to a traditional charge. The dispersed cavalry moved towards
He calmly dodges the enemy cavalry and kills them. He cuts through more than 2,000 enemy cavalry at the waist.
Chang Yanda, Cao Bianjiao, was also on the run, and was separated from his two sons. I only had a thousand or so direct troops left with me.
The Mongolian cavalry on the side gradually felt that they were right. In the blink of an eye, they saw that the commander had run away. We were either from the Khalkha Mongolia, or we were not the old troops of Huge. We had no loyalty to Zhang Yuankuan and Cao Bianjiao. Zhang Yuankuan and Cao Bianjiao all fled, so we
A spanking?
Group after group of Mongolian cavalry turned their horses and fled the battlefield. Batur led a regiment to pursue them madly.
As the commander-in-chief, Zhuo Teba saw the enemy's troops dispersed, so he immediately ordered his reserve team, turned around and charged forward. I wanted to help Kan Zhang Bo to attack the enemy cavalry that was encircling them.
Chang Yan, with more than a thousand cavalry, was shooting arrows at the surrounding thousands of cavalry under a grassy hill. Before shooting an arrow, he immediately swooped up from the hill, left the battlefield and went to the seventh hill.
The enemy Zhang Bo faced was obviously planning to fight tooth and nail, but wanted to wait for the winner to be decided on the frontal battlefield.
To put it bluntly, the enemy's troops are of one mind.
It’s the Khalkha tribe, and the Zhungeer tribe, and the old tribes outside the Zhungeer tribe that haven’t been enlarged yet. We don’t have any deep grudges against each other. It’s only because Zhang Yuankuan and Cao became Jiao Xiaosi and enfeoffed the pastures that we enfeoffed those
The chaotic forces merged together.
If we lose a small number of troops, even if we win this battle, our pastures may be swallowed up.
Just to conserve our strength, less than 10,000 people surrounded and killed more than a thousand small soldiers, but they were almost completely surrounded before attacking.
The two sides were gradually approaching the main battlefield, and Zhang Yuankuan's Chinese army had not yet broken up. Seeing this, the ten thousand Mongolian cavalry turned around and fled. Zhang Yuankuan and the approaching Zhuoteba pursued them at full speed.
As he was running away, the Mongolian noble suddenly thought of nothing and drew his sword: "You have contacted the right villain, and you can become a protector if you join the Celestial Empire. Kill as you please!"
It was a Khalkha troop, led by Mongolian nobles, and they violently attacked the "friendly troops" who were fleeing in the distance. We had no blood feud with the Jungar tribe, so we turned against each other and fought, not only to avenge our clansmen, but also to obtain gains.
Appreciated by heaven.
There was no old army that hated them, so they turned to attack friendly forces.
Very slowly, these few thousand Mongolian cavalry formed a group, and it was unclear who wanted to join the Chinese Empire.
Anyway, those who win are not eligible to submit.
After that, let go and take revenge, we have long seen each other as satisfied.
"Then...who should you help?"
Zhang Chen was confused when he looked at the messy battlefield.
Zhuo Teba smiled bitterly and said: "Let us fight. You also know who to help, just like we go to chase the defeated troops head-on."
Zhuo Teba took Zhang Bo and turned around to pursue him on the frontal battlefield.
After only running a few places, there were no ordinary Mongolian cavalry, who all mounted their horses and knelt behind them. A Mongolian youth in his seventies held up Zhang Yuankuan's head and said, "Chang Yanda, the rebel general of the Celestial Dynasty, has not been captured yet."
You killed it!"
Chang Yanda was very unhappy, and personally helped the man up, then asked him about his identity, and immediately said something.
The person who killed Zhang Yuankuan and Chang Yanda was none other than Zhang Yuankuan and Chang Yanda’s biological son!
