"Warriors, the cowardly Han people have no power! Catch them! Kill them! Victory belongs to the Ordos tribe! As long as we kill the Han people's imperial envoys, the Qiyan leader will give us generous rewards!"
Sukhbalu took the lead in pursuing Zhao Junchen's team, and roared loudly at the Mongolian cavalry. His rough face looked extremely ferocious, and his momentum was as terrifying as a tiger or a wolf.
As Sukhbalu finished speaking, more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry also became energetic and shouted in unison: "Victory belongs to the Ordos tribe!"
For a moment, the Mongolian cavalry all whipped their whips vigorously, and their running speed increased a little again.
Money can always drive people's hearts. This is true for the Han people, and it is also true for the Mongolians!
Sukhbalu is one of the most famous warriors in the Mongolian Ordos tribe, and has always been deeply trusted by the tribal leader Qiyan Siqin.
This time, Qiyan Siqin gave Sukhbaru an extremely important task, which was to go deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and intercept and kill Zhao Junchen, the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty!
It's a pity that although Sukhbalu is a brave man, he has a somewhat reckless personality. After discovering Zhao Junchen's team, he did not use the tactic of ambush and sneak attack. Instead, he rushed directly to kill Zhao Junchen from a few miles away, but he also gave Zhao Junchen a life-saving attack.
Junchen's chance to escape!
But Sukhbalu was not worried. He had already confirmed with the Han guides in advance that this was a relatively desolate place in the Ming Dynasty. There were no Han cities within a hundred miles, and there were no strong garrison towns.
There were only a few village forts. Even if Zhao Junchen fled in a hurry, he wouldn't be able to escape far at all!
In the end, just as Sukhbaru guessed, the Mongolian cavalry pursued them all the way, and soon gradually closed the distance between the two sides!
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was only less than five miles, and it only took about half a stick of incense to catch up, Sukhbalu suddenly discovered that the team of Han imperial envoys had fled to the foot of a mountain, and were riding horses one after another.
Climbing the Tushan Mountain, it was obvious that they wanted to rely on the Tushan Mountain to resist the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry.
Sukhbalu sneered in his heart. How could the Han people stop the attack of the Mongolian warriors just by relying on an inconspicuous small mountain?
But soon, Sukhbalu discovered that things were not that simple.
Only part of the Han imperial envoy's team fled up the Tushan Mountain, while two to three hundred Han people stopped, gathered the team, rearranged their formation, and turned their horses to charge towards the Mongolian cavalry!
Seeing this scene, Sukhbalu was immediately shocked!
Although Sukhbalu looked down on the cowardice of the Han people, he had to admit that the private soldiers of the Han generals were better than the Mongolian cavalry in terms of equipment and martial arts. After dozens of miles of hot pursuit, the Mongolian cavalry was now in disarray.
, if you were to fight directly against the well-formed Han cavalry, you would definitely suffer a loss!
Today's Mongols are far less powerful than their ancestors. Although they have always looked down on the Han people on the surface, they have never taken advantage of the Han people since Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to fighting, they still dare not
If there is any slight, when the two sides faced off, the Mongols were better in terms of riding and shooting, but in terms of charging and killing, both sides were only half as good!
So Sukhbalu quickly shouted loudly: "Gather the troops! Outflank the left and right wings! Prepare to mount and shoot! Force them back! Don't let them charge over!"
Following Sukhbaru's order, the Mongolian knights adjusted their formations one after another, took out their bows and arrows, and sent out two to three hundred people on each side to outflank the Ming Dynasty cavalry who overestimated their capabilities.
Swallow it!
However, during all preparations, the speed of the Mongolian cavalry inevitably dropped a lot.
By the time the Mongolian cavalry were hurriedly prepared, the outflanking of the two wings was about to be formed, and the Ming Dynasty cavalry would soon be within the range of the Mongolian cavalry. They were preparing to speed up again, but they did not expect that this Ming Dynasty cavalry was like
As if foresight, he turned the horse's head again, avoiding the middle group of Mongolian cavalry, and charged towards the waist of the Mongolian cavalry's relatively weaker left wing!
At this time, the cavalry on both sides were only about a mile apart. When the Ming Dynasty cavalry changed direction, the Mongolian cavalry had no time to react at all!
Then, relying on their excellent armor, the Ming Dynasty cavalry actually withstood the rain of cavalry arrows from the Mongolian cavalry and rushed to the left wing of the Mongolian cavalry. They also took advantage of the Mongolian cavalry to close the siege and disrupted the left wing of the Mongolian cavalry.
Formation!
During this period, more than ten Ming Dynasty cavalrymen were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, and when they charged the left wing of the Mongolian cavalry, more than ten people were killed and injured!
However, the Mongolian cavalry did not take much advantage. The left-wing cavalry also suffered nearly 20 casualties in just a few moments!
Just like this, because of the Ming Dynasty cavalry's improvised tactics, the formation of the Mongolian cavalry was completely messed up! But after the Ming Dynasty cavalry broke out of the encirclement of the Mongolian cavalry, its own formation was also much messier.
The general who led the Ming Dynasty cavalry was obviously a man who was proficient in the art of war and knew how to prioritize advance and retreat. After seeing this situation, he did not hesitate at all. He whistled directly and led the Ming Dynasty cavalry to escape into the distance. He had no intention of staying and continuing to fight.
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Seeing that he clearly had the advantage of troops, but suffered a small loss due to the opponent's calculations, Sukhbalu was naturally furious. He did not feel that his command was wrong, he only thought that the Han generals were too cunning, and for a moment he was
Forgetting the Ming Dynasty cavalry who had fled to Tushan Mountain, he planned to lead the Mongolian cavalry to pursue this Ming Dynasty cavalry, and he must kill them all before venting his anger!
"Despicable and cowardly Han thieves! Warriors! Follow me to hunt them down! Kill them all! Leave no one behind!"
However, just when Sukhbalu was preparing to organize his team to chase the opponent, a person next to Sukhbalu suddenly said: "General Sukhbalu, don't lose your cool because of some tricks of the other party! Let's
The target this time is not just a few hundred Ming Dynasty cavalry! Intercepting and killing the Ming Dynasty imperial envoy Zhao Junchen is our most important thing at the moment!"
Although the speaker is dressed as a Mongolian cavalry, his skin is fair, his temperament is shrewd, his expression is sinister, and his facial features are more like those of a Han Chinese.
Hearing this man's dissuasion, Sukhbalu glared at him and asked angrily: "Are we just going to let this Ming Dynasty cavalry play tricks on our Mongolian warriors? Besides, who knows if the Han imperial envoy was among this group?"
Among the cavalry! How can we let them escape!"
The sinister man shook his head and said: "Zhao Junchen is a civil servant, and he is also a treacherous official who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He will never go into battle in person to fight. He does not have the courage. Now he must be hiding on that mountain and waiting for help! Su He
General Balu, don't forget what the order from the leader of your tribe is! Even if you kill all Zhao Junchen's guards, as long as Zhao Junchen escapes with his life, your and my mission will be a complete failure! At that time,
General Sukhbalu, I’m afraid you won’t be able to escape punishment either!”
Sukhbalu snorted angrily, as if he was very dissatisfied with the sinister man's attitude, but he hesitated for a moment, and finally followed the sinister man's suggestion, threatening: "In this case, I will lead people to attack that mountain!
But we have agreed beforehand that if the Han imperial envoy is not on the mountain, I will cut off your head immediately!"
After hearing Sukhbalu's threat, the sinister man's eyes shrank slightly, but he regained his composure in an instant and said: "My head is on my neck. If Zhao Junchen is really not on Tushan, then let Su
If General Hebalu cuts it off, I will never have any resistance!"
Sukhbalu snorted again, becoming more and more dissatisfied with the attitude of this sinister man, but he also knew that he had no right to deal with him, so he just led the Mongolian cavalry to move forward, and soon caught up to the foot of the mountain!
Under the counterattack led by Mao Jiadong, the Mongolian cavalry's pursuit was delayed for a long time. When they surrounded Tushan, they found that Zhao Junchen's team had all fled to the top of Tushan, but they had not yet had time to set up a defense line!
Sukhbalu finally saw the detailed landforms of the mountain, and he couldn't help but look solemn, but he still didn't think that a mere small mountain could withstand the attack of the Mongolian warriors.
Therefore, after surrounding Tushan, Sukhbalu organized a team of seven to eight hundred people, intending to capture the Tushan in one fell swoop before the opponent could gain a firm foothold, and intercept and kill the Han imperial envoys as soon as possible!
However, Sukhbalu had just gathered his manpower and was preparing to attack Tushan. The Ming Dynasty cavalry that had fled far away actually returned and charged towards Sukhbalu's team with great fanfare!
Seeing this situation, Sukhbalu was shocked again and quickly prepared to meet the enemy.
Sukhbalu never expected that this Ming Dynasty cavalry would have the courage to come back even though they had already escaped!
However, Mao Jiadong once again played tricks on Sukhbalu. The Mongolian cavalry had just adjusted their formation and were about to charge forward, but the Ming Dynasty cavalry suddenly changed direction and fled away again.
Obviously, the charge just now was just a harassment, and the purpose was to disperse the power of the Mongols so that they could not concentrate their full strength on attacking Tushan.
When the Mongols just breathed a sigh of relief, Mao Jiadong turned his team again and charged towards the Mongolian cavalry, which caused another chaos among the Mongolian cavalry.
In the end, Mao Jiadong led the cavalry under his command and kept wandering three to five miles around the Mongolian cavalry. The provocation was very obvious.
After being teased continuously, Sukhbalu was already furious. Seeing that he was about to act impulsively again, the sinister man quickly suggested: "This cavalry is obviously to delay our attack. This proves it even more."
The imperial envoy Zhao Junchen is on this mountain! General Sukhbalu, your immortal achievements are right in front of you. Don't be distracted by some clowns! If we pursue this cavalry with all our strength, not to mention the delay, Zhao Junchen might
I’m going to take the opportunity to run away!”
Sukhbalu said angrily: "You make it easy! These two times were just harassment and feint attacks, but the next time it might be a real attack! Then we will be attacked from both sides! If the damage here is too serious, we will
I don’t even have the strength to return to the grassland!”
After the sinister man pondered for a moment, he thought that Sukhbalu's statement was indeed reasonable, and suggested again: "This cavalry dares to fight directly with the Mongolian cavalry. It must be the most elite guard under Zhao Junchen. In other words, Zhao Junchen is currently leaving
The guards around him are all incompetent and timid... General Sukhbalu might as well arrange for two hundred Mongolian soldiers to stay here. If the Ming Dynasty cavalry harasses them again, they will be responsible for the harassment and arrange another hundred
Mongolian warriors rode around Tushan to prevent Zhao Junchen from escaping. The remaining 700 Mongolians attacked Tushan with all their strength and killed Zhao Junchen as soon as possible. Then, general, you can concentrate your forces to destroy the Ming Dynasty cavalry."
After hearing the sinister man's suggestion, Sukhbalu snorted: "Why do you need to suggest this method?"
That being said, Sukhbalu finally fully adopted the sinister man's suggestion and left two hundred Mongolian cavalry to guard against Mao Jiadong's harassment. He also arranged for a hundred Mongolian cavalry to patrol around, and then sent the remaining Mongolian cavalry to guard against Mao Jiadong's harassment.
The cavalry all gathered together and prepared to attack Tushan with all their strength.
However, because Mao Jiadong led the troops to harass him twice in a row, he bought a lot of time. When Sukhbalu was finally ready, under the command of Zhao Dali, the team on Tushan finally arranged the defense line.
It's time to be ready.
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At the same time, Zhao Junchen had taken off the official uniform of a second-rank official in the imperial court and put on the attire of an ordinary soldier. He stood on the top of the mountain and observed the changes in the situation below, with a vague expression of surprise.
Mao Jiadong led the cavalry in constant guerrilla harassment, and understood the essence of "the enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy retreats and we advance", he was like a hungry wolf looking for flaws in his prey. Once he found a flaw, he would pounce on it and bite him hard. If he couldn't find it, he would pounce on it and bite him.
When you find a weakness, you will continue to harass and entangle, distract the enemy's attention, and consume the enemy's physical strength.
Although Mao Jiadong's leadership ability and cavalry tactics were admirable, Zhao Junchen had already been mentally prepared and was not too surprised.
What really surprised Zhao Junchen was that the performance of the Mongolian cavalry and the Ming Dynasty cavalry was so poor! This battle was far from as fierce and suffocating as imagined. If it were not for Mao Jiadong's commanding ability, this battle would not even be possible.
Any redeeming qualities!
From the perspective of the parties involved, the fighting between the two sides may have been fierce, tense, and suffocating, but when Zhao Junchen looked at this series of fighting between the two sides from a high position and looked at it from an outsider's perspective, it was a different scene.
Although Mao Jiadong's cavalry performed bravely, when they attacked the left flank of the Mongolian cavalry with strong attacks and weak attacks, they clearly had the advantage of strength and were caught by surprise. However, they quickly messed up their formation and almost had to fight independently, and were defeated by the Mongols.
The cavalry surrounded...
Although the Mongolian cavalry was coming with force, their response and coordination were too poor. When the left and right flanks outflanked the Ming Dynasty cavalry just now, there were more than 300 people on the right wing, but less than 200 people on the left wing, and the formation was extremely loose.
Mao Jiadong found the flaw easily...
When Mao Jiadong continued to harass the Mongolian cavalry, some of his cavalrymen kept falling behind. In just one stick of incense, after two consecutive turns, more than ten cavalrymen ran away without knowing where they were. Mao Jiadong's orders were not followed at all.
to correct execution...
When the Mongolian cavalry was riding and shooting, most of their arrows had no accuracy. Whenever the Ming Dynasty cavalry showed up to harass, it took a long time to arrange the formation. Most of the time, it was a mess.
It's like everyone is a headless fly...
Perhaps because he had seen the neat discipline and well-trained training of the modern army, after Zhao Junchen saw the real situation of ancient war for the first time, he was full of surprise and faintly disappointed.
Then, Zhao Junchen discovered a good news and a bad news.
The good news is that if the Mongolian cavalry attacking you are Mongolian elites, then the threat from the Mongols is far less terrifying than imagined.
The bad news is that the Ming Dynasty's elite army does not seem to be any more sophisticated than the Mongolian army.
In short, Zhao Junchen found that the war he would face in the future might be essentially just a fight between rookies. Such a war would still be cruel and bloody, but it would not change its clumsy nature.