Chapter Seventy-Five: Attacking Chifeng (Part II)
The pursuit lasted until dawn, and the KPA had dispersed into more than 10 pursuing troops, and only 3 routes returned, a total of 5 platoons, and the 3 warrior vehicles did not come back.
However, through the radio on the warrior's car, Ouyang Longxing learned that there was an army chasing all the way to Chifeng, and at this time, it was almost chasing to Chifeng. Bi Jing's current brigade of the People's Army is only more than 70 kilometers away from Chifeng, and if the cavalry marches quickly, it will only take two hours to reach it.
Even if the battle had reached this point, Ouyang Longxing also decided not to proceed step by step, and immediately ordered Zhang Zuolin to lead two battalions of troops to attack, rush to Chifeng, and cooperate with the cavalry to take Chifeng in one fell swoop.
After Zhang Zuolin received the order, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately set off as a whole army, because the army was lightly armed, so the speed of action was fast, although it was only a foot army, but still arrived at Chifeng at about 12 noon, and joined the cavalry of the People's Army. After lunch and a short rest, the KPA launched an attack on Chifeng at 2 p.m.
After separating from Baiyin Dajiao, Tao Ke Taohu led hundreds of cavalry troops to retreat in the direction of Chifeng, while the People's Army pursued closely behind, Tao Ke Taohu divided the team into several units on the way and fled separately, but the People's Army also pursued separately, so Tao Ke Taohu was never able to get rid of the pursuit of the People's Army.
Although some people suggested to Tauktahu that it was not too late to turn back and engage the KPA and annihilate the pursuing KPA before retreating, because the number of pursuing KPA cavalry was not more than the Mongol cavalry around Tauktahu, so many Mongolian cavalry thought that they could defeat the pursuing army.
But Tauktahu rejected the suggestion, because he had a deep fear of the KPA's chariots, and even though there were no chariots in the pursuing army behind him, Tauktahu was not reassured, knowing full well that such chariots could appear at any time.
So Tao Ke Taohu led the team and fled back to the camp in Chifeng in one breath, at this time there were only more than 40 people left around him, although at this time the men and horses had run sleepy and tired, but fortunately, because there were still bandits left behind in the camp, they were received, so the cavalry of the People's Army did not dare to attack the camp, but only lingered on the periphery of the camp.
Tauktahu was relieved by this, and let the soldiers dismount and rest in the camp, and he himself unarmed and rested in his tent. Then several cavalry teams fled back one after another, adding up to a total of nearly 200 cavalry, but at the same time, a considerable number of KPA troops rushed to the vicinity of the camp, and a warrior cart also came.
So Tao Ke Taohu's heart suddenly hung again, because it seems that the Chifeng camp today can not be held, but Tao Ke Taohu has never planned to defend the Chifeng camp, he was originally ready to give up the camp and escape after the People's Army arrived, so according to Tao Ke Taohu's idea, at this time should immediately evacuate the camp and continue to flee to the depths of Mongolia, but because Baiyin Da Yi has not returned to Chifeng at this time, although Tao Ke Tao Hu is very dissatisfied with Bai Yin Da Yan's murderous and murderous style, but after all, the two are companions who have risen together, and they have been born and died together several times, of course, they can't give up Bai Yin Da Yi and escape by themselves, so Tao Ke Tao Hu Caiyi stayed in the camp, waiting for Bai Yin Da to come back, he just ordered the soldiers to prepare the saddles of the war horses, hang up the weapons and other items, so that they can escape at any time.
As a result, they waited until the afternoon, and Baiyin Dacheng did not return, but the brigade of the People's Army rushed to Chifeng, and at the same time arrived at a warrior cart and launched an attack on the camp of Taoke Taohu.
Although Tao Ke Taohu did not want to give up Bai Yin Da Chen, at this time, he could not stay in the camp and wait for death, because he knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to hold the camp with such a small number of troops, so Tao Ke Taohu ordered to withdraw from the camp. Since the Mongol cavalry had long been prepared to flee, and the movement was very fast, they could leave after getting on their horses, and the horses were given a few hours of rest, and gnawed some grass, and their horsepower also recovered a lot, so Tauktahu led the Mongol cavalry to escape from the camp.
And this time, Tauktaohu's goal is his hometown, the former banner of the Jelimu League Golros. This time out of the army, Tao Ke Tao Hu can be said to have suffered heavy losses, now there are only more than 200 horsemen, it is definitely impossible to fight anymore, so now Tao Ke Tao Hu can go to the only place in his hometown, because he is still quite prestigious in his hometown, Tao Ke Tao Hu is confident, after returning to his hometown, he can also pull up another team with his own strength in his hometown, and obtain the financial support of the local Mongolian nobles, so that he can make a comeback.
However, Tao Ke Taohu took away only the Mongolian soldiers, and the bandits who stayed in the camp did not bring, first, there were not so many horses, the Mongolian cavalry had only more than 80 extra horses, and the bandits who stayed in the camp had nearly 300 people, it was impossible to let all the bandits who stayed in the camp escape on horseback, and secondly, Tao Ke Taohu never regarded these bandits as his subordinates, but only accepted them by the way when he was sheltering the remnants, and he only made up the number of people who stayed, so now Tao Ke Taohu wants to return to his hometown, and he gathered people in his hometown to fight against the Qing courtThe "reclamation" plan to safeguard the interests of the Mongols, of course, cannot take these Han people with them, throw them away, and let them fend for themselves.
Originally, the bandits did not have any will to fight, as soon as the Mongolian cavalry withdrew, they were even more unintentionally in love with the war, if it was in the northeast region, the bandits might scatter in a hurry, fleeing into the deep mountains and old forests, but at this time it was in Mongolia, the place was unfamiliar, and there were no horses, and no horses in the Mongolian steppe was equivalent to no half life, and the People's Army had cavalry, so even if it escaped, it was a dead end. So the bandits could only curse the Mongols who had thrown them down, and at the same time give up and surrender to the People's Army.
In the end, the People's Army occupied the bandits' camp almost bloodlessly and captured Chifeng. By the evening of this day, the battle was almost over, and the pursuing KPA cavalry also returned one after another, and brought good news to Ouyang Longxing, one of the leaders of the Mongol army, Baiyin Dajiao, had been killed in the battle, and the body had been confirmed by the other prisoners.
He was killed by the People's Army in battle, which is of great symbolic significance, indicating that although the People's Army did not completely annihilate the Mongolian cavalry, it also inflicted heavy losses on them.
Although Chifeng has been taken, the fortress along the way still has to continue to be built, after all, Tao Ke Taohu has fled, from his command in the Mongolian region, he is absolutely capable of pulling up another team and making a comeback, so this supply line from Chaoyang County to Chifeng must ensure safety, and the fortress that should be built naturally still has to be built. However, Ouyang Longxing did not need to wait at the place where the fortress was built, so early the next morning, Ouyang Longxing left only one battalion of troops to continue to supervise the completion of the construction of the fortress, and Ouyang Longxing led the rest of the men and horses to Chifeng to join Zhang Zuolin.
Although Chifeng belongs to the Mongolian region, but the history is quite long, as early as the late Warring States period, the Yan State in the south of Chifeng to build the Great Wall of Yanbei, in order to prevent the invasion of Donghu, and set up the right Beiping County; in the Song and Liao period, the Chifeng area was the Liao Dynasty politics, The economic and cultural center, its two major capitals, Liaoshangjing and Liaozhongjing, are set up near Chifeng, so although there is no city wall facilities in the Chifeng area now, there are a large number of people to settle in this area, and build a large number of houses, and there are also a large number of herdsmen living a nomadic life in this area, it can be said that the Chifeng area is a place where people settle down and wander together.
When Tao Ketaohu, Baiyin Dajiao, Du Lisan and others were stationed in Chifeng, they set up their tents to build a camp, and now this camp has been occupied by the People's Army, and the People's Army also plans to garrison here for a long time, so Ouyang Longxing decided to build a large-scale fortress based on this camp for the People's Army to be stationed.
And three days later, Ouyang Longxing received an order from Qin Zheng to submit an announcement to the Mongolian leagues near Chifeng: Zhuosuotu League, Zhaowuda League, Zhelimu League, and Xilin Gol League, announcing to them that the People's Army had defeated Taoketaohu, killed Baiyin Dajiao, and had occupied the Chifeng region. It does not want to go to war with the Mongolian alliances, but to live in peace and mutual benefit, and declares that the Mongolian region is China's inalienable territory, and any attempt to separate Mongolia from China or promote the **** will not be recognized by East China, and will be regarded as an enemy of East China. At the same time, it is hoped that all alliances will send people to Chifeng to talk with East China ** to discuss the peaceful coexistence of the two sides.
The submission of this announcement means that East China will officially extend its power into the Mongolian region, and the banner is clearly against the ****, that is, there are threats and warnings, which has brought great shock to the Mongolian leagues, although the Mongolian region is backward, but it is not a completely closed, the news of the People's Army's defeat of the Russian army, more or less has also spread to the Mongolian leagues, of course, some leagues know more, some leagues know less, and the news that the People's Army defeated Tauk Taohu and killed Baiyin Dalai is basically spread in the leagues.
The attitude of the Mongolian leagues to the announcement is also different, some are very angry at the announcement of East China, thinking that this is the threat of force, and there is no need to hold talks with East China at all, but the alliances will unite to form a coalition army and fight to the death with East China; some think that the current East China ** troops are too strong, and even Russia is not the opponent of East China**, even if the Mongolian leagues are united, the chances of winning the showdown with East China ** are not great, it is better to fight East China ** first Hold talks to see what they're going to do before making a decision.
After the announcement was issued, East China did not care about the reaction of the leagues for the time being, but carried out the construction wholeheartedly, and waited until all the fortresses were built, as long as the People's Army could maintain its presence in the Mongolian region, there was no need to worry about the attitude of the leagues.