The battle was barely even over a cup of tea. The two sides just charged and fought.
The casualties caused were the largest in the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars in recent decades.
The Tatar side suffered more than half of the losses. Under such heavy casualties, even the prairie eagle, which prides itself on being brave, could not withstand it, and no army could survive such a tragic situation. The determination to fight bloody battles.
"Bang Bang Bang"
The Ming Dynasty's firecrackers are still ringing.
Because the flint gun is used, the projectiles used are almost standard. However, the shell may still get stuck, but it is still very convenient to replace. Even after two bullets have been fired, there is no need to replace the bow and arrow. Or use cold weapons to fight the Tatars, just ride your horse back, or just change the ammunition on the spot.
In this way, even if the Tatar cavalry had rushed into the Ming Dynasty's position sporadically, they were basically regarded as targets for close combat.
The bows, arrows and sabers that the Tatars relied on for survival, as well as their heavy armor, would be beaten to pieces at any time in front of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry equipped with new firearms.
As the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty finished replacing projectiles, the two sides had entered into close combat. The number of Tatar cavalry that could rush into the Ming camp was only four to five hundred.
A small group of Tatar cavalry, numbering in groups of thousands, was already retreating north.
At this time, the Tatar army could no longer reach an agreement on whether to continue to advance to fight for their lives or to retreat to protect themselves. As the saying goes, when they win, they swarm together and work together, but when they retreat, they go their own ways. Whose horse runs faster.
"No need to pursue after cleaning up the mess"
"Continue to the west"
After Wang Shouren led his troops to charge and stabilize the formation, he immediately began to convey military orders.
As soon as the two armies came into contact, he broke up the Tatar formation, leaving behind scattered corpses of Tatar cavalry and horses lying in random directions. Not all the Tatars fell off their horses. After that, they were all killed, and many of them were injured. The Ming Dynasty wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Tatars had been defeated to clean up the mess in front of them.
But unlike the previous two wars, they cut off ears and burned corpses.
The most direct way is to continue to the west and pursue the old, weak, women and children of the Tatar tribe who are almost "unarmed".
The rules do not apply here. Both parties also know that either you die or I live. The Ming Dynasty does not want to withdraw from the pass to seek asylum now, because they themselves are the gods of death and can Walking sideways on the grassland, seven thousand cavalry can be wiped out in a blink of an eye. What else is there to fear?
The more than ten thousand cavalry in the rear
Ask them how dare they do it now Are you going to kill me directly?
The battlefield was cleared up extremely quickly.
The Tatars rushed into the Ming Dynasty’s position with hundreds of cavalrymen. Although they also caused some casualties to the Ming Dynasty soldiers, the Ming Dynasty’sThe Ming side's losses were still minimal. In addition to the previous casualties caused by being tripped by horse ropes and others, as well as casualties caused by stray arrows and barrel explosions, the number was only twenty or thirty.
At the cost of twenty or thirty men, the Tatar cavalry lost nearly five thousand of its seven thousand. This only happened after a brief battle.
The Ming Dynasty soldiers led by Wang Shouren used living cases to teach the Tatars about the huge gap in combat effectiveness between hot weapons and cold weapons. They also allowed the Tatars to appreciate the importance of hot weapons in encounters. Huge lethality.
When the Ming army gained a firm foothold.
Looking back at the Tatar pursuing troops who were only four or five miles away from the rear position of the Ming soldiers, they had already withdrawn six or seven miles away.
The Tatars pursued the troops and fought cowardly.
Even if they knew that the Ming Dynasty was chasing the old and weak women and children of their tribe, they also knew that the Ming Dynasty side was likely to succeed, but human instinct told them that if they just rushed over like this, they and the seven thousand soldiers and horses would There won't be much difference in the outcome.
It is very likely that the Ming army wiped out both of their troops and then continued to pursue them
By that time, the old and weak women and children of the Chahar tribe of the Tatar headquarters may I really want to be beaten by Wang Shouren and Daming.
They seemed to understand the situation of the Mengoljin tribe who were sifted by fire, and they also knew the feeling of having the main force in the front plundering the Ming Dynasty, while the rear was being targeted by the Ming Dynasty army.
Now they should think about why they didn’t let all the tribesmen follow Batu Meng to the north of Ningxia
Just because they thought it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to kill them. The hinterland of the grassland
Now the Ming army, led by Wang Shouren, let them know that as long as they have cavalry, light artillery, and firecrackers, the Ming cavalry can also walk sideways on the grassland, and they must not let the Ming cavalry The army has found their "weak spot", otherwise they will have to engage in this kind of encounter and blockade under pressure, and whoever gets there will die.
"Major General, it seems that the Tatars don't dare to pursue them. Why don't you rush over and hold them down?"
Guan Jing and other generals appeared beside Wang Shouren.
After completing a hearty victory, everyone in the army was in high spirits.
The only drawback is that most of the battles are completed in long-range shooting, just like playing games in the air. As the prescribed action ends, the enemy has fallen, and even the corpses are torn apart. , and there was no time to cut off their heads, not even their ears.
Wang Shouren waved the long sword in his hand and said, "Continue to go west, and within one day and one night, there must be a victory."
He set a time limit.
The remaining pursuit mission must be completed within one day and one night.
Otherwise, the 50,000-strong main force of the little Tatar prince will come back from Ningxia, and the Tatar troops from all walks of life, not only the Chahar tribe, but also other tribes, will be in Batu Monk. No matter how powerful the firearms of this group of people who gathered under the call of the nominal Great Khan of the Grassland were, they could not meet them all at once.Against nearly 100,000 Tatar cavalry.
The main reason is that there are not enough shells.
Furthermore, with 600 cannons and 4,000 flint muskets, it is just as easy to fight against 18,000 Tatar cavalry. However, if the Tatars are besieged from all sides and the opponent slowly advances with armored shields, etc., The weapons in their hands will appear to be stretched thin.
So before the main Tatar force is fully assembled, Wang Shouren must realize his ideal of ravaging the grassland.
The Ming army continued its pursuit.
When they climbed up the hillside where the Tatars were stationed, and looked to the southwest from the top of the hill, every soldier of the Ming Dynasty knew why the 7,000 men and horses had to fight to the death. .
Contiguous cattle and sheep, countless ordinary herdsmen, and a large number of moving carriages.
Looking from a distance, it seems that it is only twenty or thirty miles away, which is much closer than expected.
At this time, every Ming soldier has bloodshot eyes. They have just completed the killing on the battlefield, and now they are facing an undefended enemy camp that they can rush down. Casual fighting can even cause the Tatars to cut off their descendants.
"Kill"
When the military order was issued, the Ming Dynasty's cavalry divided into three groups.
The former army consisted of a thousand people, mainly responsible for driving away and killing the Tatar defensive cavalry, which was still a regular rule.
Two thousand people from the Chinese army rushed over in a pincer shape and were responsible for carrying out horizontal sweeps.
The rear army was the largest, with 3,000 men and horses. In addition to ensuring the necessary charging speed, it was also necessary to prevent the Tatars from behind.
After all, the Ming Dynasty had to complete the massacre of the enemies in the front with the absolute combat power of the Tatar chasing troops. Therefore, the most important thing to guard against was the gathering of more than 13,000 Tatars in the rear. of soldiers and horses.
The Ming Dynasty’s cavalry rushed forward quickly.
The ordinary Tatar tribesmen, especially the old, weak, women and children, already knew the defeat of their own side in the rear, and knew that their tribesmen were almost undefended in front of the Ming army, and they were allowed to be massacred by the Ming army. All that could be done was to abandon nearly all the cattle and sheep of the tribe.
Women and those who could mount a horse continued to run west on horseback. The children basically followed their mothers or the elderly on the horses. There were still many old women, old and weak, etc. who stayed behind to drive the cattle and sheep to block the way. The offensive of the Ming army.
The Tatars' temporary defense line could not stop the Ming cavalry's iron hoofs.
But one thing is that the tribesmen they rushed in front to escape, such as women with children on horses, basically moved faster than the Ming side, mainly because of the Ming army. There are also heavy loads here, as well as cattle, sheep, scattered Tatar baggage, vehicles, etc. blocking the road, making it impossible to sprint at full speed.
The distance of twenty miles was only an hour, and they had already caught up.
The white sheep met with a thousand pioneers of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty used firecrackers and spears to kill a gap in the sheep herd.In the gap, while the cattle and sheep were scattered, the Ming Dynasty's subsequent troops swept away the Tatars' abandoned vehicles and tents, making it easier for the subsequent troops to pursue them.
The Tatars also started setting fires everywhere.
The things they set on fire were all their own belongings, but in order to hinder the charge of the Ming cavalry, they didn't seem to care.
Many old and weak people even set themselves on fire and tried to rush in the direction of the Ming Dynasty cavalry when they approached them. Before they died, they wanted to help protect the tribe.
But what the Ming Dynasty’s cavalry remembered was that the Tatars had looted and killed at the Ming Dynasty’s borders. Facing such a group of old, weak, women and children, no one seemed to feel pity.
In an era when even survival is a problem, any benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust are based on the king's foundation. There seems to be a natural hatred between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars. This hatred is engraved in Deep down, even Wang Shouren did not regulate his army with benevolence and righteousness. His purpose was no longer to fight the Tatar regular army, but to level the grasslands.
Inheriting the legacy of his idol Wang Weining was also the lifelong dream of Emperor Zhu Youtang, and it also became his ideal of Wang Shouren.
The Ming Dynasty’s pioneer troops accomplished the task of opening a road well, but there was no guarantee that subsequent troops could pass through in every direction.
The more than 13,000 soldiers and horses pursued by the Tatars actually watched helplessly as the Ming army, which did not even have half of their own soldiers and horses, attacked their tribesmen, old, weak, women and children, but still There is no way to charge directly.
Because the Ming army still maintained a complete formation at this time, the main artillery and other firearms were basically left in the rear army, while the vanguard mainly used firecrackers, bows and arrows and cold weapons. , can still complete the task well.
The Ming army chased and killed them all the way. After walking for two hours, the number of Tatar tribesmen killed by the Ming soldiers along the way exceeded one thousand.
The number of cattle and sheep lost by the Tatars has exceeded one hundred thousand.
The Tatars used their own wealth to block the unstoppable force of the Ming army, and achieved certain results. At least the Ming side did not catch up with the backbone of the Tatar tribe. strength, or most of them
"Major General, Tatar reinforcements are coming from all directions, front, rear, left and right. It is estimated that the number of troops is tens of thousands."
"Report that the main force of the Tatars has been found fifty miles away."
When Wang Shouren climbed to the next high slope, he used a telescope to examine the surrounding situation, and combined with the map in his hand, he knew that the Tatars were still there. Avoiding the risk of "genocide".
It has been nine days since they completed the first battle and appeared in front of the main Tatar force. The Tatars began to gather various people to encircle and surround them. During these nine days, Although they completed a thousand-mile pursuit and successfully forced the Tatar tribe to a dead end, they also completed a hearty fight.Li's encounter was a great victory.
But this also delayed some time. The Tatars also blocked their progress by sacrificing the old, weak, sick and disabled as well as their own cattle, sheep and property.
The Tatars finally gathered together and seemed to be finishing their stranglehold.
"Stop the pursuit before sunset and stay where you are to rest"
Wang Shouren issued a new military order.
When the soldiers heard this order, they actually felt strange.
If you want to pursue, continue to pursue. If you want to retreat, continue to retreat. If you want to pursue until dark, but stay in the same position, it is equivalent to saying that if you cannot catch up with the enemy, you will just wait to be surrounded and then die
In the past, some people must have doubted the correctness of Wang Shouren's military orders.
But now, Wang Shouren's military orders are like imperial edicts, and no one doubts his authority in commanding operations.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty chased the Tatars for hundreds of miles along the route they took to escape.
After dark, all the people still had not completely withdrawn.
Judging from the compiled battle reports, the pursuit of Tatar tribesmen alone has successfully killed more than 4,000 Tatars. In addition to the more than 5,000 people completed previously, there are still more than 5,000 Tatars killed in the first two battles. Completed over 10,000 kills.
Although nearly half of those killed were "civilians", such a record could no longer be described as an ordinary victory.
After the Ming Dynasty's army withdrew, they stationed themselves in the camp left by the Tatars. According to Wang Shouren's instructions, the yellow gunpowder and artillery they brought were scattered around the camp. This was to prevent At night the Tatars came to attack the camp.
"Young General"
"Uncle"
After the generals who were pursuing from all directions came back, they all came to Wang Shouren with excitement on their faces to ask for orders.
Many of them hoped to continue chasing and kill all night long, as if life was no longer a concern for the Ming soldiers.
That’s enough.
Six thousand people killed more than 10,000 Tatars. It is best to bury a few people with each person before dying. Then even if he dies on the grassland, his name will remain in history.
Wang Shouren said, "order the three armies to have a good rest tonight. There will be a tough battle to fight tomorrow."
"Get the order"
The soldiers heard that there was a fight. If you want to fight, it doesn't matter whether you are surrounded by enemies or not, so what if there are enemies on all sides?
I knew on the first day I entered the grassland that such an outcome would be possible.
Now even if I have been exhausted for a few days, I can still sleep soundly if I take a nap. The most important thing is to wait for the day and then kill again after dawn.
It was surprisingly quiet in Daming’s camp that night.
No one from the Tatar army dared to come within 20 miles of the Ming camp.
When the Tatar tribesmen had successfully fled westward, even the more than 10,000 troops pursued by the Tatars felt relieved. They withdrew the Ming army twenty miles away and stationed themselves far away. At the same time, they also sent A large number of scouts came to observe the bigThe situation of Ming Dynasty's camp was clearly revealed to ensure that the Ming Dynasty army was really stationed in place.
They were also afraid that the Ming army would rest until midnight and continue the pursuit
all night long.
The grassland was completely silent.
When the sun rose after dawn, the Ming army had already started cooking in stoves. This seemed to be the most relaxing and comfortable day since they entered the grassland.
Everyone was talking and laughing.
We are talking about yesterday’s bloody battle, and we can’t care about who killed how many. Unlike in the past when cold weapon warfare was easy to calculate, now it doesn’t matter who killed the person. Victory is the whole The military's honor is collective, and personal honor is being a participant in a great war, and at the same time not flinching from the same enemy in the war, and completing the mission brilliantly during the pursuit.
“Yesterday, I caught up with a little girl and screamed at me. She was called ugly. I just slashed her neck and pulled it down.”
“I didn’t even think about pulling her. When I go back to be your sister-in-law, I heard that your brother is still a baby.”
“It’s so ugly that I can’t stand it. Who knows what she’s talking about?”
"Hahaha"
Everyone had breakfast.
The meeting in Wang Shouren's camp has ended, and military orders have begun to be issued throughout the army.
"The Major General ordered us to clean the battlefield today and cut off all the ears that can be cut. After cutting off, we will go south. If we encounter Tatars, we will fight to the death. If we don't meet them, we will find Guancheng and enter."
"That's it. We haven't had enough killing yet."
"Save your strength and come back to kill Caogu next time. Didn't you know that it was the Khitans, Tatars, and Jurchens who attacked us in the past?" Now it’s our turn to fight them”
“Commander, I’m afraid that next time we come, we won’t be able to find where they fought Caogu”
“You Lai The Duke of the country has a clever plan, and Major General Wang is commanding Ruoding. I am afraid that without your contribution, I will not be able to do it. Do you want to go back to reunite with your wife and children at home?"
"That's right. The credit for this time will be with me. If you go back and exchange for a few big bucks, I'm afraid you won't be able to spend it all in a few lifetimes."
"I'm just afraid that if you want to go back, the Tatars won't be happy yet. On the way back, there will be a few fights to see who wants it. The dead bodies are lying here"
"Look who is the coward"
Wang Shouren stood in front of the military tent. The soldiers had already begun to pack up their belongings and were also preparing to cut off their ears.
"No matter how difficult it is for the soldiers who were killed or injured yesterday, we must take them back and not stay on the grassland." Wang Shouren said to Guan Jing.
Guan Jing asked, "What if the Tatars come to invade?"
"There are three groups of troops, ready to fight at any time. However, it is expected that unless the little Tatar prince returns, the previous few troops will remain the same." Japan's situation, we should stay in a stalemate without attacking. There are still regrets in this battle." Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft