Within three days, Liu Chengzong fought more defeats than in the past three years, and the same was true for the number of defeats he himself suffered.
This group of Khalkha people are too bully and afraid of the strong. When they see the cavalry of the Western Fan nobles pursuing them, they will turn around to pursue them even in a rout. When they see Ah Liu's army, they will harass them hard. When they see Gao Yingdeng and Zhang Tianlin's
The cavalry then ran away.
The tactics were very effective. Ah Liu and Gas's 1,400 heavy infantrymen were always in pursuit. On the first day they were fully armed, on the second day they took off their shoulder armor and rolled up their armor skirts, and on the third day they simply took off their armor skirts.
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It was only on the third day that Liu Chengzong realized that his heavy infantry had turned into light infantry with only chest and back armor. He called the two leaders and asked, but the soldiers could no longer bear it.
Gas's Changhexi infantry had never been trained for long-distance armed attacks. Half of their lives were lost during the march, and they were chasing in the river valley wearing armor. Even at night, they had to guard against sneak attacks by Mongolian soldiers, and they had no chance to rest.<
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Ah Liu's Yongning soldiers did have some training in running attacks, but the soldiers were getting older after all. The youngest soldier in the team was already twenty-eight years old, and the oldest veteran was even over fifty, and could not keep up with this kind of training.
High-intensity battles involving nearly ten times a day.
However, not many of their elite soldiers died in battle. Only about 40 soldiers were injured by stray arrows. They were all sent to the mountains behind and well bandaged, so it did not affect their morale. After all, the Mongols died more than them.<
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On the contrary, the nobles of Xifan began to doubt life.
They were obviously much stronger than the Mongols and had so much better equipment, but they were surrounded as soon as they were beaten, and they were surrounded as soon as they were beaten. Now there were more than 600 casualties, and more than 200 people were captured. The fear of war spread in the camp.
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Because the Mongols stripped all the more than 200 prisoners clean and tied their clothes to their spears as road signs. The arrows that killed them might have been shot with their bows.
The Mongolians are competing with them for patience and who can endure hardship more.
However, when Liu Chengzong analyzed this and told it to Basang through Awang, Basang looked confused.
That’s it?
It’s a matter of competition, who can endure hardship more?
While the morale of the elite soldiers was greatly reduced by the continuous fighting, Basang's people became more comfortable after several days of fighting.
The performance of the slave boys may not be as good as that of other soldiers, but they do not think that they are suffering. On the contrary, the vast majority of soldiers think that they are living a good life.
Advancing steadily in the river valley every day, forming formations to fight several battles with the Mongolian soldiers, and guarding against their sneak attacks, is no more tiring than the never-ending work done under the hands of nobles in the past.
In addition to the acceptable physical fatigue, fighting also brings endless spiritual satisfaction.
They had endless meat tsampa and horse meat burned on fire, wore armor removed from heavy soldiers, used Mongolian weapons, and had their own war horses. Some of them could follow the artillery and injure the enemy in close combat...
…This makes them feel powerful. The slave boys are stronger than ever before.
For the people of Basang, their biggest opponent is not the Mongols, but the diarrhea caused by eating meat.
When this situation happened, Liu Chengzong believed that it was entirely his own work error. He thought that the problem of Basang's soldiers eating grass had been solved.
There is no special treatment in the military rations issued to various ministries. They are all daily rations of three taels of dried meat, five taels of pasta, and one tael of pickles.
But when it comes to the soldiers in the Basang camp, they don't eat like this. Everyone agrees that meat is very precious and can be stored well. The soldiers in the Basang camp will save the daily dried meat and almost eat the tsampa on the march.
It’s over.
When the war came, they had only meat left to eat, not only for their own baggage, but also for the yaks and horses that had died on the battlefield and were disabled, so they couldn't even finish it.
Therefore, the stomachs of many soldiers are not used to eating meat, and they will suffer from diarrhea after eating it. After eating three meals a day, they will have diarrhea six times, and the whole person will collapse and lose combat effectiveness.
Liu Chengzong asked Huang Shengxiao from the rear to make statistics. Basang's soldiers lost nearly 30% of their numbers during the battle, and three-fifths of them lost their combat effectiveness due to diarrhea, which was more than those injured by arrows.
It's because of this that their morale is very good. They are not afraid of fighting at all, but a little afraid of eating.
On the fourth day of the battle, the Mongols were a little frustrated. The continuous fighting in recent days had caused heavy casualties to the tribesmen. Thousands of wounded soldiers were retreating from the mountain pass in the northeast of the river valley, which should be a very dangerous and safe area.
However, their wounded soldiers were ambushed by a group of soldiers who appeared out of nowhere at the mountain pass. They came and went in a hurry due to the overwhelming number of people. They attacked from the mountain in a roaring manner, and used three teams to attack the wounded soldiers from the mountain until thousands of them were killed.
Wounded soldiers are defeated and killed.
The two sides met head-to-head. When Lao Qijia led his team over the mountain, he witnessed the first defeat of the Mongolian soldiers. At that time, he believed that the Mongols would not be able to sustain the commander's attack for too long, so he gritted his teeth and advanced in the rain to complete the mission. However,
Due to the rainy weather, his 1,200 soldiers fell behind and suffered many casualties. In the end, only about 400 of them reached the mountain pass at the expected time.
When they arrived at the east side of the mountain pass, the wounded Mongolian soldiers were retreating from the west side of the mountain pass to the east, and there was this ambush that shocked the Mongolian army.
This was even greater than the shock caused by successive head-on defeats by Liu Chengzong.
There are strong enemies in front of us, and the way back is blocked. The most important thing is that the rain has stopped.
In the end, the Mongolian army failed to win the battle of patience and began an unprecedented rout. When the troops from the rear joined the frontline battle again, all the tribes they encountered collapsed at the first touch, and even Liu Chengzong was unable to fight in the infantry line with them.<
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Two luxury RVs belonging to Mongolian nobles joined Liu Chengzong's offensive sequence.
On two carts dragged by twenty yaks, all the heavy noble felt tents and sundries were unloaded and placed on the two wings. Each carried twenty gun bearers and ten gun bearers. Under the protection of the horse team, they headed towards the river valley.
Frontal assault on the grassland.
The assault speed of this thing is slightly faster than that of infantry, but it is more reliable. As long as it does not turn around or encounter ditches, the gunmen can easily fire volleys and reload ammunition from it.
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To the south of the mountain pass, the two carts were like terrifying behemoths crisscrossing the battlefield. Bursts of gunpowder smoke followed the solid footsteps of the yaks, sweeping forward the lion troops and attacking the enemy's flank.
Liu Chengzong, who was escorting the Chinese army in pursuit, could see clearly with his binoculars. Since the enemy troops were not in formation at all, it was difficult to achieve any results by raising their guns. However, the momentum was amazing, and he directly drove the Mongolians who gathered at the mountain pass to break through the barrier to the snowy mountains in the northwest.
Go up and chase them away.
Many people gave up their horses and risked their lives to escape towards the snow-capped mountains. The tribesmen surrounded by the cavalry surrendered in droves. There were even more people who fled northwest along the Qinggen River, discarding their helmets and armor along the way.
Leave the Lele cars and various supplies that can be seen everywhere in the river valley.
When it was time to pursue, the Xifan nobles, who were psychologically traumatized by the false defeat, learned the lesson. Gao Yingdeng had already chased him out. Instead, they chased him for a few hundred steps and then returned obediently. Liu Chengzong was so angry that he shouted to the guards.
Urging them to pursue, they all galloped out.
The Chinese army was stationed at the mountain pass, and the pursuing cavalry pursued them from dusk to the afternoon of the next day. Gao Yingdeng's men returned one after another with loot and prisoners.
"Commander, there are more than five hundred prisoners."
Gao Yingdeng was in high spirits: "We surrendered one after another this time, and there were two to three thousand prisoners captured... I even killed a big one."
As he spoke, several horsemen brought a well-equipped corpse. Gao Yingden said: "The prisoner said that this man's name is Guyang, one of the two leaders in this battle, the right-hand man of Chuck Rabbit, and
The bald man ran towards the snowy mountain and failed to catch up."
Liu Chengzong took one look at the corpse, nodded in approval, and then waved the guards to go check out the loot and praised: "Well done, how many people did the remaining bald man take away?"
"A hundred or ten people?" Gao Yingden was not sure, so he explained: "They divided into more than ten groups and ran up the mountain. There might be two or three thousand people running."
Speaking, Gao Yingdeng added: "But the people who ran away didn't have many weapons and armor left, and the horses were all abandoned on this side of the mountain. I saw two people holding a little lamb. As long as the people on this side were surrounded at the foot of the mountain, the two behind them would
There will definitely be people who surrender in three days, and many people will die just by crossing the snow-capped mountains."
Liu Chengzong sighed with satisfaction: "Okay, you can look down the mountain from the north. I'll have someone send you a tent later. Be careful of them coming down the mountain to attack at night."
Gao Yingdeng clasped his fists in response, turned around and left, then stepped back and stepped back, asking with embarrassment: "Commander, when we return to Juerwan, can you ask the craftsmen to make this for my horse team?"
Bang bang bang, awesome."
He was talking about the Mongolian big tent ox cart, but it was obviously not just an ox cart, but a chariot carrying a gun.
Liu Chengzong was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Huang Shengxiao and smiled.
It was a complete coincidence that these two large vehicles participated in the battle. After the rain stopped, Huang Shengxiao rushed to the front line with his gun and artillery troops. He saw two large vehicles on the road and felt that this flat plate structure was both high and stable, so he unloaded the supplies and carried the gunners.
Make arrangements to go all the way to the front line.
But generally speaking, the shortcomings of this thing are very obvious. Firstly, it is bulky. Secondly, it can only be used on flat ground and cannot cross ravines. It is also extremely slow to adjust the direction.
However, on the flat grassland, it has some use in conjunction with the gun. However, compared with the wood and livestock used, this structure is actually not economical, but it is more useful as a mobile tent for the leader.
Having just won a big victory, Liu Chengzong was in a good mood and immediately responded: "I made a note of it. I will make two smaller ones for you when I go back. This one is too big and it will be troublesome to walk."
After saying that, he turned around and said: "Huang Xiao, think about it, a chariot suitable for carrying a gun would be best if it could be pulled by a camel in the Gobi."
Gobi?
Camel?
Huang Shengxiao's head was buzzing. What does the commander mean? Is he planning to start a war with Turpan?
Liu Chengzong just casually said that as long as he could walk in the Gobi, walking on the flat grasslands would not be a problem. This condition was mainly added to reduce the size of the vehicle. In fact, he thought that one vehicle could carry two guns and no more than three guns.
It's the best.
A big car like this is equipped with ten guns and it looks mighty when used for shooting, but except when fighting, it is very uncomfortable at any time.
Liu Chengzong stood on the cart and lightly stamped his feet. He turned around and looked at the mountains of captured soldiers and armor. He said to Huang Shengxiao: "The chariot must be eight feet long and five feet wide. It is best to hit people with the buttocks and sides.
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While they were talking, the guards who were counting the war profits reported the news one by one.
Fan Sanlang took the summary form and said: "Commander, in this battle, 1,154 people were killed and missing, and 807 were injured and sick, of which 740 are no longer seriously injured."
Hearing this casualty situation, Liu Chengzong couldn't help but wink. How outrageous, there were more killed than injured.
"Two thousand one hundred and eighty-eight enemy soldiers were captured, and they were being escorted by General Zhang to dig pits and bury their bodies. The bodies in the valley have not yet been counted. It is roughly estimated that there are enemy corpses including the retreating wounded soldiers killed by Lao Qijia.
There are more than 3,000 bodies. In addition, there are more than 1,000 corpses that have been pushed into trenches and buried by wounded soldiers."
Liu Chengzong had a relatively good idea of the approximate number of his own soldiers who died in battle, mainly focusing on the Xifan nobles who were besieged and killed in a false defeat. Many of them died sadly.
They are superior to the enemy in skills and equipment, and have repeatedly made military exploits in pursuit, but their main achievement is to defeat the enemy, and the enemy's attack on them comes from rapid encirclement and annihilation.
The missing soldiers are the reason why Liu Chengzong will not continue to advance for the time being. At least 400 of the mountain-crossing troops led by Lao Qijia are still on the snowy mountains. This is the time when rescue is needed.
Overall, this battle caused very little loss to the main force. It also tempered the soldiers who came from all over the country, and also made the Xifan nobles suffer enough from disobeying orders and attacking without permission.
They seized a huge amount, thousands of large and small felt tents, more than 800 two-wheeled carts with various weapons and equipment, more than 30,000 cattle, sheep, and horses, as well as countless gold and silver utensils. These Khalkha
The people took away Huo Luochi Guru's livestock baggage, only passed it through his hands once, and then fell into Liu Chengzong's hands.
The livestock was divided by Liu Chengzong, and each participant received a war horse. Basang's slave boys also underwent a radical change after this battle, and they became a fully armed Mongolian fanzi camp.
Liu Chengzong attaches great importance to the Basang unit. Although their combat skills are not satisfactory, the soldiers have shown great endurance and potential. In time, they can become the mainstay of the battle.
He has sent a message to Kang Ning to announce two orders in Kang Ning Mansion.
The first is the family members of the garrison in Kangning Mansion. Those who purchase rations at the Kangning Mansion for less than twenty-four dan per year will enjoy a 20% discount on the price, thereby increasing the garrison's advantage in marriage matters.
The second is to make an iron medal with the word "brave" for the Western soldiers who participated in the battle, and announce that the family members of the iron medal holder will enjoy the same preferential treatment in purchasing rations as a reward for this battle.
In addition, there is also a letter to Cao Yao, asking him to consider Kangning Mansion's remaining grain reserves and recruit another 3,600 free serfs as field soldiers at the right time, with a little training to serve as future reserve soldiers. p>
However, there is a prerequisite for training soldiers this time, which is to provide them with a slight increase in meat rations in their meals to make up for the disadvantage of the serfs being vegetarians all year round.
The army rested in the valley for three days. Liu Chengzong led his army to pay homage to the fallen soldiers in the valley, organized the prisoners into the Basang Camp, and then marched north to the Heka Grassland.