Not long after Wu Sanfu and Tumote's troops set out, Obai led 80,000 cavalry to kill them.
Perhaps because he knew that there was no use in washing things up, Ao Bai chose two higher hillsides one hundred and fifty miles southwest of the main camp of the Ming army and stood ready.
In the Ming army camp thirty miles away, Wu Shanfu and Tugel were quarreling red-faced and incompetent.
"King Shunyi, don't you, the warriors of the Tumote Tribe, claim that you are not afraid of establishing slaves? Why are you pushing back now when the battle is about to begin, fearing war and death?"
Wu Sanfu had a look of disdain on his face. In his opinion, it was natural that the cavalry of the Tumote Department led the charge, followed by the chariots and the infantry behind them to cover up the attack.
But this guy actually wants their infantry to attack the mountain. When the opponent's cavalry charges, he then leads the cavalry of the Territorial Mert Department to attack the flanks of the Jiannu cavalry. It is a big joke. Do you think he is a fool?
The opponent's cavalry rushed down from a high position, with such power that even if the infantry formed a formation and were covered by chariots, they would still suffer heavy losses.
"Fart, when did I say that I was afraid of establishing slaves? It's just that the other side arranged their cavalry on the hillside, and the cavalry charged from bottom to top. Didn't this mean that the warriors of my Tumut tribe died in vain?"
Tugel snorted coldly, let alone Wu Sanhu, a general of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the little emperor was here, he would not lead the warriors of his clan to charge up the hillside.
"Thank you for having the nerve to say that a charge by cavalry will lead to death, let alone infantry."
"Then let's take a detour."
Both of them looked at Randall.
"Then let's take a detour!" Randall nodded. In fact, it was quite difficult for him to be caught in the middle.
The next day, the army did not continue to move forward, but began to turn south.
Obai had no choice but to lead his army to follow. On the third day, when the distance to the main camp of the Ming army was only about a hundred miles, Obai knew that he could delay no longer and finally launched an attack.
Eighty thousand cavalry rumbled over, with an earth-shattering momentum. Except for the 10,000 real Eight Banners, the rest were cavalry from the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Horqin tribe, while the 50,000 cavalry from Mobei stayed behind in Jian.
The slave camp.
Obviously Dorgun was not worried about the 50,000 cavalrymen in Mobei, knowing that those guys might not be able to fight a tough battle.
Facing the incoming Eight Banners cavalry, the Ming army reacted very quickly. The army immediately stopped advancing and began to form a formation. Two hundred chariots rushed forward.
The cavalrymen of Tugel and Tumote were a little panicked. They did not attack them immediately, but ran away directly to avoid the battle, preparing to start a wandering fight.
Apparently Tugel was reluctant to use his tribe's warriors to fight directly with Jiannu's cavalry.
"General, these Mongols are really unreliable. Damn it, let the chariot battalion get back quickly, otherwise we will suffer a big loss."
"What a fool. I know they don't dare to fight Jiannu. Quick, blow the trumpet and tell the brothers from the chariot battalion to move back."
Wu Sanfu was angry and anxious. Originally there were 200 chariots in the lead, followed by 50,000 Tumut cavalry. Even if they were defeated by the 80,000 cavalry of Jiannu, as long as they rushed forward and the two sides fought in a melee, the infantry could outflank them from both sides.
But now Tumut's 50,000 cavalrymen ran away directly. They were about to face a direct charge from 80,000 cavalrymen. He was not sure whether the temporarily assembled military formation could block it, so he was sweating anxiously.
As the head coach, Randall naturally stayed in the formation. When he saw his eldest brother running away with the warriors, he was furious. Then he realized that his eldest brother was not afraid of fighting but was not adaptable.
Tuhar was really not used to this kind of joint combat with infantry. When the Jiannu cavalry came, he subconsciously wanted to distance himself and launch a guerrilla fire.
It wasn't until he left with the cavalry that he realized what was happening, but by then it was obviously too late to look back.
Here, Ao Bai was overjoyed to see the Tumed cavalry fleeing away. In fact, he was also afraid that the Tumut cavalry would rush up with the chariots.
Ao Bai saw that the Ming army responded quickly. A large number of carriages and artillery were deployed in front of each phalanx. The chariots also turned around and fled back. Instead of directly attacking the infantry phalanx, they tested it from the side and took the cavalry directly.
Went to pursue the Tumote tribe.
Because if the formation of the Ming infantry was not in disorder, if they charged directly, not only would they suffer heavy losses, but the Tumut cavalry would definitely turn around and come back, attacking the flanks or rear of their own cavalry.
But if they directly pursue the cavalry of the Tumote Department, the Ming army can only stare blankly. After the cavalry of the Tumote Department is eliminated, it will be much easier to turn around and deal with the Ming Army infantry.
Seeing that Jiannu's cavalry did not attack the Ming army directly, but actually chased them, Tugel was also extremely surprised, but he was not too nervous.
The Mongolian cavalry was specialized in turning around and shooting arrows to deal with the pursuing troops. Oboi naturally understood that he could not pursue the Mongolian cavalry directly from behind, so the army was divided into two, one on the left and the other on the right.
In this way, hundreds of thousands of cavalry on both sides continued to change their horses in pursuit on the vast grassland. Tugel tried to get closer to the Ming army several times, but was blocked by the cavalry of Jiannu, and his heart gradually sank.
Knowing that it would be impossible not to fight hard, otherwise once the horses' physical strength is severely exhausted, the situation will only become worse. After all, they carry nothing, and the tents, food and grass are all the responsibility of the Ming army.
The Jiannu cavalry consisted of one man and three horses. It didn't take much to think about it. They must have brought food and salt with them so that they could pursue and fight in the wild for a long time.
Wu Sanfu, on the other hand, laughed happily, simply camped on the spot and started making rice.
"General Wu, please send a chariot battalion to assist my elder brother and the others."
Ran Duo'er also knew that if the eldest brother and the others could not get closer to the Ming army today, it would definitely be a disaster.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to send a chariot battalion to respond, but without cavalry to follow, it's too dangerous to rely on chariots alone."
Wu Sanfu frowned slightly and could only explain.
The cavalry battalion has been transferred, and now he can say that he doesn't even have a single cavalryman on hand, so he is not willing to risk the chariot battalion at all.
"I know that General Wu is blaming my eldest brother for running away with the cavalry just now, but the way we Mongolians fight is mainly based on wandering fire. We usually don't charge directly until we have to. My eldest brother definitely didn't mean it just now.
Moreover, if Big Brother and the others are wiped out by the slaves, without the cavalry, we will be unable to move forward, let alone rendezvous with His Majesty and the others. In the end, I am afraid that we will be eaten alive by the slaves on the grassland."
"General, your Majesty is right. If you are dying, you must not save someone. In terms of military value, the 50,000 cavalry of the Tumote Department are more important than us. Without us, His Majesty can still defeat the main force of the slave establishment. But if there is no
With 50,000 cavalry, the outcome is really hard to predict."
"Yes, the imperial concubine is the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief's orders cannot be disobeyed. General, please obey the orders!"
Several senior generals who were former students of the Jiangwu Hall spoke quickly, and after speaking, they all stared at Wu Sanfu, as if he would immediately take down Wu Sanfu if he dared to disobey the order.
Wu Sanfu also bullied Ran Duo'er for not understanding the military laws and regulations of the Ming army. If Ran Duo'er gave the order directly as the commander, he would never dare to disobey it. Now that he saw these students being so rude, he was also very annoyed, but he didn't
Good Qi said:
"Have I ever said that you will not obey your orders? Didn't your Majesty just give the order directly?"
Several students were also embarrassed and speechless, speechless after being scolded. Just now they saw that Wu Sanfu directly opposed the empress, so they were rude. Now think about it, the empress did say please, not an order.
At this time, the cavalry on both sides had disappeared from sight, and Wu Sanfu had no choice but to let the chariot battalion catch up. The infantry would definitely not be able to support them.