Chaohua himself was captured, and the Chaohua department was suddenly leaderless.
At this time, Zai Sai stood up, shouted loudly, personally grabbed the flag from the flag bearer's hand, gradually gathered the remaining members of the Huahua tribe who had been in panic, and quickly retreated.
At this time, Ma Chengen wanted to pursue him, but the troops he led also fought fiercely for more than two hours. Now that he had the ability to capture the fried flowers, he pursued with more than a thousand men and horses, and there were still three to four thousand fried flowers.
The remnant seemed a little unreasonable. After thinking about it, he sneered and said: "They can't escape anyway. Let's wait until we have a rest and eat some solid food before we can reason."
Zhang Wanbang didn't care about this. He was leading infantry, and he wouldn't be the first one to chase him. When he did, it would usually be when the encirclement was final, so he had no objection. He just reminded Ma Chengen that no
You can chase, but you still have to send out scouting horses, lest someone kicks the camp in reverse and the success will be in vain.
Ma Chengen smiled and said: "Sanxi reminded me, naturally I will not forget this matter... Come and report to Shenrong, just say that fried flowers were caught here, please come and prepare a report."
Although Ma Cheng'en captured the man, the commander of this battle was Ma Dong after all. Without Ma Dong's consent, he might not have been able to appear here just now, so if the report was to be drafted to Gao Pragmatic, it had to be drafted by Ma Dong.
, this must not be overstepped.
Then the Ming army notified Ma Dong to come, and immediately Ma Dong began to write an urgent report to be submitted to Gao Pragmatic. By the way, everyone could have something to eat without going into details.
But let’s go back and talk about the Zai Sai who turned the tide after Frying Flowers was captured.
Zaisai is considered to be Chaohua's great-nephew. His grandfather was Su Bahai who was killed in the Monan War, and his father's name was Boyan.
Boyan died early, and Zaisai originally led his father's troops. However, after Su Bahai's death, the remaining troops dispersed. It was Zaisai who stepped forward, gathered most of them, returned to the old place of Taining, and gathered his troops to fight again.
He joined Chaohua and became an important part of the expansion of Chaohua's strength. At this time, he had about 5,000 troops.
The original main force of the fried flower department was only more than 20,000, but less than 30,000. The addition of Zai Sai was obviously an important force.
When going south this time, Chaohua, who originally planned to send 10,000 troops, saw that the number of troops sent by Tumen Khan was a little small, only 8,000, so he volunteered to add 2,000 troops to go south. These two thousand troops were from the slaughter, and
Led by him personally.
More than two hours ago, the main force of the Chaohua Department crossed the river, and the Zasai Department was the first batch of troops to cross the river. What should be noted here is that because Ma Dong implemented a highly pragmatic policy of "the Tatars crossed the river with seven or eight thousand people and then fought"
order, so the Zaisai Department was not attacked at first.
When the Chaohua tribe had about seven or eight thousand troops across the river, Chaohua himself had already crossed the river and headed south. At this time, the Ming army launched a parallel land and water attack. Chaohua Taiji immediately ordered to concentrate his troops. Since the Zasai tribe was the first to land, it was very difficult for them to do so.
Almost concentrated.
However, Chaohua Taiji had a total of more than 5,000 people gathered at that time. Since the two thousand people of the Zai Sai Department were not his direct descendants, they were placed in the rear formation to avoid ineffective command.
As a result, a problem arose that Taiji himself did not have time to think about at the time: when he fought with the Ming army, the soldiers and horses he lost were always his direct descendants, while the Zaisai tribe in the rear position suffered slight losses.
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After Chaohua hit Zhang Wanbang's iron plate, he was immediately captured by Ma Chengen who rushed out from the side. At this time, Ma Chengen was equivalent to engaging in a "decapitation tactic" and was still fighting the Chaohua Department.
The front line of the "Fried Flower Club" - the Fried Flower Club began to collapse after losing the fried flower Taiji himself. However, among the more than 4,000 people in the remaining "Fried Flower Club" at this time, Zai Sai alone had about 2,000 direct descendants.
, this is the main reason why he can temporarily take over the command of Chaohua Taiji.
Of course, military strength is the first element, and the second element is bloodline.
The so-called Three Guards of Wuliangha are not the original Three Guards of Wuliangha in the first place. They are actually occupied by the five tribes of Inner Khalkha. In the final analysis, the five tribes of Inner Khalkha are divided into five parts.
It is a state where the leader is the one with the strongest family.
The original strongest Subahai became a Chaohua after the Monan War, but no matter how he changed, he was still the blood of his family.
And Zaisai is the grandson of Subahai, and his bloodline is "noble" enough, so of course he can have such prestige.
However, after Zaisai gathered the remnants of the Chaohua troops and was about to think of a way to break out, an accident happened. Some people disagreed with his idea of breaking out.
This person's name is Nuantu.
Nuantu is the eldest son of Wuban, the third son of Hulahachi...forget it, this bloodline needs to be sorted out.
Hulahachi had five sons, namely Wubasai, Subahai, Wuban, Dabu, and Chaohua.
Su Bahai had a son named Boyan, who was the father of Zasai, so Zasai would be called Chaohua "Fifth Grandpa" or Yao Grandpa according to the Han people; while Nuan Tu was the son of Wuban, and he was called Chaohua "Fifth Grandpa" or Yao Grandpa according to the Han people.
The saying goes that fried flowers should be called "Five Uncles".
Nuan Tu is older than his uncle and brother Boyan, so Zai Sai calls Nuan Tu uncle.
Okay, now that this relationship has been clarified, all readers will know that Nuan Tu’s plan to oppose Zai Sai’s breakout is a very troublesome matter.
But please note that this trouble is not only because Nuan Tu is Zai Sai's uncle, but also because of the forces behind them.
Why did Chaohua Taiji dare to mobilize more troops than the Great Khan of Tumen when he went south this time? Is it just because his own strength has greatly increased?
No, because he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Su Bahai, the previous de facto leader of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, had fallen sharply in strength to establish his authority as the new leader of the Inner Khalkha tribe. At the same time, because of Dong Hu and Chang Ang,
After his death, he changed his allegiance, and the tribes led by Wu Ban could only join his banner, so Chaohua's dispatch of troops this time, even from the perspective of the "Chaohua Department", was a "coalition" - Chaohua
The Flower Headquarters, Zai Sai Department, Nuan Rabbit Department and other departments are combined.
But now the situation has undergone unexpected changes: the Chaohua Department has suffered a great loss and the Chaohua himself was captured alive, the Zaisai Department has suffered very little losses, and Zaisai has jumped out to grab the command... What should Nuantu do?
In fact, Nuantu Taiji did not suffer a big blow on the south bank, but his unlucky thing was that he was originally arranged to be the last to cross the river inside the fried flower department, so most of the troops he brought this time were lost in the big river.
On the Liao River, only a small part of them struggled to reach the south bank - as mentioned before, this was because the Jinghua fleet moved its strike force away from the river and then moved it to the north bank to avoid accidentally injuring the friendly forces on the south bank.
So now when we count the number of people, we see that there are about two thousand remaining soldiers in the Fried Flowers headquarters, Zaisai also has about two thousand soldiers, and Nuantu only has a few hundred people.
But when Nuantu Taiji followed Zaisai to withdraw from the southern line of Hanjiawan and returned to the shore, he suddenly discovered that the previously dispersed troops were slowly gathering together - this was mainly because of the There is no place to run on this peninsula.
Nuantu Taiji took a rough look, and was surprised to find that after gathering these defeated troops, the number of troops under his command had increased to more than 1,500.
Since the Zasai Division was the first to land, it had already been concentrated from the beginning, so its current strength has not increased.
At this time, the strength ratio of the remaining Chaohua troops in Jizi Bay becomes particularly interesting.
There are currently about 2,500 soldiers from the Chaohua headquarters, followed by 2,000 from Zai Sai, and finally 1,500 from Nuantu, making the three families a total of 6,000.
The characteristic that the Mongols can be defeated but not easily annihilated is clearly revealed at this time: Ma Dong and Ma Chengen harassed them ten times, and Chaohua committed suicide and kicked Zhang Wanbang's iron plate, so that he could cross the river. Out of seven or eight thousand people, we only lost less than two thousand.
But trouble came. With the capture of Chaohua himself, the two defeated armies of Zaisai and Nuantu, whose strength was only about 500 men apart, actually had disagreements.
This may seem a bit suicidal, but it is actually an "unexpected and reasonable" situation.
Zaisai believed that he was the one who could turn the tide, the only savior capable of leading the Mongolian warriors to break through the siege in this precarious situation. Moreover, he was still young and energetic, so of course he would have the idea of "Who else would it be?" "heart of.
But Nuantu obviously would not obey him. He surrendered to Chaohua. Firstly, it was because the Chaohua department was now the strongest department in Nekalkha. Secondly, it was also because Chaohua was his uncle, so in Nuantu It seems that no matter in terms of current strength or lineage, there is no shame in following Chaohua Taiji's orders.
But if he was asked to obey Zaisai's orders, he wouldn't be able to bear it.
Why? I am your uncle, the person with the highest status here now. You don't obey my orders obediently, but you actually want to order me in return? You have the ability to dig your uncle out of the soil, I want to ask Ask him how he taught his son!
Besides, Su Jiahai himself underestimated the enemy and was incompetent, and was killed by Li Chengliang. You took the remnants of his defeat and surrendered to Uncle Chaohua in miserably, but I, Nuantu, are different. I came to surrender on my own initiative. , regarding the close relationship with the Fried Flower Department, I should be the one giving orders at this moment, how could it be your turn, little brat!
So the two got into a fight by the Daliao River. Both sides insisted on their own opinions and refused to give in to each other.
In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that although Chaohua Taiji had a higher seniority, because he was the youngest son, not to mention his age, he was not very lucky in terms of children. He had either given birth to a daughter or a son died young, until I didn’t have a son until I was in my thirties. Now my son is still young and it’s impossible for him to take charge.
This means that after Chaohua himself was captured, Chaohua headquarters is now ownerless!
If it was during the Anping era, then it would be okay. After all, it is not like there was no Hatun in Chaohua. It would be fine if Hatun held power for a few years and then handed it over to his son.
But things are different now. The location of the Fried Flower Department was originally the Liaohe River Loop, which is equivalent to the situation of inserting a nail straight from north to south in Liaoning Province in later generations - in other words, it is located in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning. Under attack from two sides.
In the past, Chaohua was still there, and the Ming army might not be interested in abandoning the Liaohe defense line and the protection of the Liaodong border wall to attack the Liaohe Hetao. But now that Chaohua himself has been captured, this time the troops were sent out and it was another big defeat. It is estimated that even Tumen Khan, after two consecutive defeats, it is impossible for him to still be able to help the speculation department secure the Liaohe Loop!
It can be said that after this morning, the fried flower department is now facing disaster!
At this moment, no matter what Hartun thinks, the first thing she must do is not let the flower department split. She must find a way to suppress and bridge the split.
But what can Hatun do? If the Fried Flower Department is going to split, the two most powerful dependent tribes, the Zai Sai Department and the Nuan Rabbit Department, must be divided first. All Hatun can do is win over one of them, and then Force the other one.
The way to win over is simple, just remarry - didn't Tumut just do this? Anyway, Mongolian Hatuns don't have to worry about seniority issues when they remarry, as long as Hatun thinks it's suitable.
Both Zai Sai and Nuan Tu know this truth very clearly, so they must fight for it now, because only by winning the command right to lead the remnants of the Fried Flowers Department to break out of the encirclement today can they be in Hatun's heart. Establishing the image of a strong person made her feel that she was the great hero who could help the Huahua Department get out of the shadow of failure and continue to be the leader of the five inner kalkha groups.
Of course, if the breakout is successful, it will also make the warriors of the Huahua HQ convinced of themselves and be grateful, which will also be very beneficial to their future rule.
When the two sides were quarreling fiercely, and even gradually showing signs of developing into a full-scale martial arts affair, the little leaders of the Fried Flowers headquarters suddenly couldn't hold it back any longer. One of them jumped up and pointed at the river and said loudly: "Taiji, can you say goodbye first?" There's a quarrel! Look at the river, the Ming fleet has turned, and they are coming towards the south bank! If you continue to argue like this, we will be shot in a stick of incense at most! Are you gathering the rafts to take advantage of this? Cross the river randomly, or go to the southern front and try your best to break the siege. Can you make a decision earlier?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When he said this, another small leader of the Hua Hua Headquarters couldn't help but said: "Yes, yes, Amutu is right, no matter if it is taking advantage of It’s better to cross the river and go to the southern front to fight the Ming army than to sit here and wait to be bombarded!”
"That's right, make up your mind quickly!"
"That's right, we can wait until we break out of the encirclement to talk about anything. Now we have to get back alive first!"
Everyone said something to each other, expressing their boredom with the two Taiji's endless arguments and their worries about the Ming army's fleet coming in the opposite direction.
Nuantu Taiji hurriedly said: "Let me just say that crossing the river is not reliable. Now that the Ming navy has begun to come back, crossing the river is even more dangerous. We can only go to the southern front to look for opportunities! I, the Mongolian warriors, dominate the world, can't they still be defeated? Is the Ming army’s siege successful?”
"Ha, that's easy to say!" Zaisai Taiji sneered: "Under the personal command of Nuantu Taiji and Chaohua Taiji, we also lost our teeth on the southern front. If you go now, can you beat us? Do you think you are better than Chaohua Taiji?"
This is a bit heartbreaking. Nuantu Taiji now needs the support of the fried flower headquarters. How can he accuse the fried flower himself? Even if he really feels that he is better than the fried flower in his heart, he can't say it to his mouth now!
"Child Zaisai, don't come here to sow discord..." Nuantu Taiji was so angry that he opened his mouth to curse.
Zaisai sneered and said: "Can't you see it now? The Ming army dared to set up an ambush here, which means they have enough troops on the southern front to block us here. If we go to the southern front now, we can only compare with speculation. Huataiji's fight was even worse! We, the warriors of the Great Mongolia, never compete for the gain or loss of a city or a land. As long as we can keep this useful body, we will have many opportunities in the future to avenge today's revenge!"
This sentence seems to be in line with the thoughts of the small leaders of the Fried Flowers Headquarters. They were also stunned by Zhang Wanbang's wave just now. They thought about it in their minds. In front of that kind of bayonet array, musketeers and palm thunder, they should rush over. It's really too difficult. On the contrary, all the Ming Navy's navy is now at the "Yiheng" position in the north of Jizi Bay. According to Zasai Taiji's wishes, let's quickly gather the rafts, whether from the east or the west. When crossing the river, at least half of the people can escape...
Several people looked at each other and suddenly said at the same time: "We are willing to follow the fate of Zai Saitaiji!"
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