The fierce battle was raging, the fire was like a fire dragon, the dark night was shrouded in fire, and the fierce shouts of killing were intertwined, like thunder.
Yu Qian watched the battle situation attentively, his adrenaline surged and his brows furrowed.
Although he couldn't see the cruel and bloody scenes due to his vision, he could imagine how cruel the war was.
"Something's wrong."
A voice attracted Yu Qian's attention. Yu Qian turned his head and asked, "Li Shangshu, what's wrong?"
He saw that it was clear that the Ming army had the upper hand, and this advantage was still expanding little by little. As long as the current situation developed, within an hour, the battle situation would be completely controlled by the Ming army.
Li Qing said: "Tatars are definitely not the only ones here."
With that said, he took a few steps forward and walked to Zhu Di, "Your Majesty, don't you think there are a few Tatars?"
Zhu Di had discovered it a long time ago and hummed: "I don't know what the Tatars are planning, but it doesn't matter. No matter what their purpose is, they will be vulnerable to absolute strength."
Although he said this, Zhu Di still ordered: "Zhan Ji, you go and convey the military order, assemble 20,000 soldiers to be ready, and be ready for battle at all times."
"My grandson obeys the order." Zhu Zhanji cupped his hands, turned around and walked down the observation deck.
Li Qing hurriedly patted Yu Qian and said, "You go with the emperor's grandson."
Yu Qian cupped his hands and turned to follow Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Di didn't pay attention to this small detail and asked Li Qing, "What do you think the Tatar Ministry is doing?"
"I don't know." Li Qing shook his head, "But at least now we have the advantage."
"I have been a military supervisor so many times, but I have not made any progress at all." Zhu Di looked disgusted.
Li Qing scratched his head and said, "The emperor means this, do you see it?"
Zhu Di's face heated up and he hummed: "That's natural. Didn't you see that I have already made arrangements in advance?"
He was pretty good at pretending, it was clearly a routine arrangement... Li Qing curled his lips and continued to observe the situation.
To be honest, he really couldn't see the Tatar's purpose.
The number of people from the Tatar tribe who went to battle was not too large, but there were tens of thousands to several thousand people, and all of them were brave, and they were clearly elites.
Suppose they lured the enemy deeper, but they had already reached their camp, so why did they lure the enemy?
It may be said that they are looking for a breakthrough, but there is no sign of a breakthrough, and the sooner the better, the better.
The current situation is clearly a desperate posture, but since everyone is desperate, why not use all the strength, but only invest less than half of the troops?
Tatar's style of play is completely inconsistent with common sense, and Li Qing will not be able to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, do you think they did this on purpose to seize the camp?" Li Qing asked.
Zhu Di shook his head decisively: "As long as their brains are not broken, they will not use this trick."
He pointed to the elite soldiers and generals below, as well as the artillery and guns, "There are firearms, horse-repelling stakes, and a phalanx of shield soldiers. They can't rush over at all. And the battlefield is only five miles away. Our army can come back for reinforcements at any time."
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Zhu Di sneered and said, "As long as the Tatars dare to attack our central army, they will be attacked from both sides and die without a burial place."
Li Qing nodded slightly: "Then what do you think they have planned?"
"I..." Zhu Di was embarrassed and cursed, "Damn it, what the hell are the Tatars doing? They can't fight with all their strength, they can't break through. Do they want to use up their troops little by little and then lose to us?
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Li Qing wanted to laugh a little, but this was really the situation at the moment.
The war continues and intensifies. The situation is as expected, and the balance of victory is increasingly tilted towards the Ming army.
Li Qing and Zhu Di paid close attention to the battle situation. They knew that no matter what purpose the Tatars had, the moment of defeat was about to come.
As time passed, the Tatar counterattack became weaker and weaker, and even entered the stage of chronic death.
To the surprise of both of them, the Tatar tribe still didn't respond and seemed to be planning to sit back and watch.
The two looked at each other, and Monk Zhang Er was confused.
The situation seems to be exactly what Zhu Di said. The Tatars just want to use up all their troops and then lose to the Ming army.
It's so weird, so weird that it's unreal.
It's like two sworn enemies. One says to the other: I'll give you a knife and you can stab me to death!
Simply... outrageous!
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In the camp, changing cups and cups, it was so happy.
The three leaders of Wu Liangha had red cheeks and were already seventy percent drunk. Alutai also drank a lot, but their eyes were still clear.
Mu Zhuoer's little hands were oily, and from time to time he cut off golden pieces of meat from the mutton chops and put them into his mouth, with an expression of enjoyment.
The shouts of killing were loud outside, but inside the tent people were eating meat and drinking wine, as if the people fighting were not their own clansmen.
Another quarter of an hour later, the three leaders became even more drunk, but they still retained their consciousness.
"No more drinking, Taishi Hailiang, we are no match."
Arutai did not force himself, smiled and nodded, and was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted by a loud noise.
"Boom boom boom..."
“Hua Da Da…”
The explosion sound was less than a hundred meters away, and even the sound of the exploded objects falling was clearly audible.
At this moment, the three drunken Ulyanha leaders suddenly sobered up and said in horror:
"The Ming army is coming!?"
"It's not that easy, don't be nervous." Arutai reassured, but his reassurance was far less convincing than the Ming army's artillery fire.
The three of them were really panicked. They knew very well how powerful the Ming army was. The shells were all fired at them, which was enough to illustrate the problem.
One of them stood up and asked: "Master, have the Tatars really sent troops to support you?"
"It's been sent. There have been several waves sent. Didn't you all see it just now?" Arutai spread his hands and continued to comfort, "Don't worry, I am still here."
Hearing this, the three of them were slightly relieved, but the series of gunfire just now still frightened them.
"Why don't we retreat first? It's too dangerous here. Although the Tatar warriors are brave, the Ming army..."
Before he finished speaking, a man covered in blood suddenly rushed into the camp and shouted: "Chief, we have been deceived. The Tatars did not send troops at all. The brothers suffered heavy casualties. The Ming army is about to come in... Bah!"
A bright scimitar suddenly emerged from the man's chest and abdomen. The scimitar was red, and drops of blood formed a line and flowed down the tip of the knife.
"puff!"
The scimitar was suddenly withdrawn, and the man's body went limp, and he fell to the ground, thrashing, blood spurting out, his mouth opening and closing, and blood spurting from his mouth and nose.
The three leaders of Wu Liangha raised their heads in shock, and saw that the man who had drawn the sword was none other than Ab Zhiyan, who had been ordered to bring eight thousand Tatar warriors for support.
At this moment, no matter how stupid the three of them were, they could see that they were being used as guns, or in other words, it was more appropriate to be used as cannon fodder.
It's just that they don't understand yet. Didn't they agree to repel the Ming army and go to fight against Oara?
What good would it do the Tatars to trap them?
But they didn't care about thinking about this. If the three of them could get together with the leader, how could they be idiots? They immediately made a decision and rushed towards Alutai.
At the same time, the generals under the three men followed closely, and seven or eight of them all attacked Arutai.
"Innocent~!"
Arutai looked sarcastic and raised his arms. The next moment, crossbow arrows flew from his sleeves, and the two guards beside him fired their powerful crossbows at the same time.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!"
In an instant, five or six people were hit by several arrows and fell into a pool of blood.
When the few people at the back saw this, they immediately changed direction, slashed open the tent with their swords, and fled with their lives.
"Don't worry about them. It's better to leave a few alive." Mu Zhuoer, who had been quiet all this time, said, "It's almost time for us to break out."
Arutai nodded: "Abu is dying, how are your brothers preparing?"
"It has been prepared for a long time." Abu said with a smile, "I am just waiting for the king to say something."
Mu Zhuoer said decisively, "Break out immediately."
She looked at the direction where the Ming army was shouting to kill, with a hint of pride on her lips, and said to herself, "We will see each other again in the near future."
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"kill……!"
Another new force joined in, and the Ming army's advantage became more obvious, and it was already overwhelming.
Zhu Di chuckled and said, "All conspiracies and schemes will be vulnerable in the face of absolute strength. This time the Tatars are destined to fail!"
Li Qing also looked pleased, "The overall situation has been decided. Even if the Tatars show up with another 20,000 people, they will not be able to change the situation of the war."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was suddenly a loud shout of killing in the distance, and immediately, dots of flames connected into one, and they quickly fled to the rear of the battlefield.
A rough estimate is that there are no fewer than 20,000 people.
Zhu Di was shocked at first, then glared at Li Qing fiercely, and then he was relieved. It was only expected that the Tatars had so many troops, and even ten or twenty thousand more would not be surprising to him.
"Grandpa Huang, do you want to chase me?"
"How can you chase after someone who is blind?" Zhu Di shook his head, "Zheng Heng's five thousand cavalry are outflanking him, so don't panic; the Tatars fled in a hurry and couldn't take away the cattle and sheep they depended on for survival. They killed more than 10,000 people and looted them.
Their old home is enough."
Yu Qian asked softly: "Li Shangshu, can the five thousand cavalry of the Ming Dynasty stop the 20,000 Tatar cavalry?"
"Of course not." Li Qingyao said, "There is no need to block them. Blocking them is just to let them escape faster. Only by driving them away can we take over the whole place."
He said softly, "In fighting on the grassland, it is almost impossible to completely wipe out the enemy troops. Being able to kill more than ten thousand Tatar elites and raid their hometown is already a great achievement."
Yu Qian nodded happily. Even in history books, a battle in which more than ten thousand enemies were killed was considered a great victory.
Coupled with the Tatar cattle and sheep, this battle yielded a great harvest.
Today, the Ming Dynasty is undergoing a wave of land reclamation. Yaks on the grasslands can also plow the land and serve as plowing cattle.
Sheep can be sold for money, cattle can plow the land, camels can help people migrate... Yu Qian is very excited, these are real materials, not treasure money printed out of thin air.
These things are real wealth!
The fighting continued, but the enemy's ability to resist was getting lower and lower, and finally they surrendered.
Killing and surrendering are unlucky, and taking prisoners is also of great use.
Zhu Di was not in constant contact with spring, so he ordered the attack to be stopped.
At the same time, another 25,000 people were sent to surround all the prisoners.
After doing this, it was already midnight. After all, Zhu Di was old and lacked energy, so he left the matter to his grandson.
Zhu Zhanji is already in his twenties, and Zhu Di, Xiaopang, has taught him step by step since he was a child, and he has always done things safely.
Li Qing had nothing to worry about and was ready to return to camp to rest.
"Li Shangshu stays."
"What's wrong?"
Yu Qian pondered for a while and then expressed his doubts, "Li Shangshu, I feel that... the Tatar leader's brain doesn't seem to work very well."
What he wanted to express was not that the Tatar leader was stupid, but that there was something fishy about it.
Li Qing understood that, let alone Yu Qian, he also felt this way.
After thinking for a while, he smiled and said: "There are prisoners here. I'll find a prisoner who can speak Chinese tomorrow and I'll find out."