3,300 musketeers were chased and killed by more than 7,000 Mongol cavalry.

It's a pity that under high-speed running, it is impossible to reload cardboard ammunition at all. It was impossible to completely annihilate them, so they could only catch some lonely kills, and chase them all the way to the Tumo River, when the sky was getting dark.

There are countless torches along the river and on the river, but it is the Mongols who are rushing to transport livestock.

The more than 3,000 horses and more than 10,000 livestock left by the Ming army could not be transported for a while and a half, and now there are still two or three thousand livestock left to cross the river.

Hearing the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, these people thought that the leader had returned victorious, and continued to transport there in a hurry. It was only when the fleeing cavalry approached that they heard the shout: "Go back quickly, ten thousand households are dead!" Go back quickly, ten thousand households are dead! ”

Ten thousand households are dead?

At first, I couldn't believe it, thinking that I had heard it wrong, and only then did someone shout: "Cross the river, cross the river quickly!" ”

The frightened Mongol cavalry scattered most of them halfway through. After being chased to the river, they were again forced to split into two groups and flee upstream and downstream along the riverbank.

Yuan Da shouted: "Lao Cheng leads a thousand horses to the left, Lao Liang leads a thousand horses to the right, and the rest stay with me to seize the boat!" ”

A thousand horsemen were divided from the left and right, and each continued the pursuit.

At this time, it could not be stopped, and the enemy still had more than 6,000 horsemen alive. If they give up the pursuit, they will slowly regain their organization, and it is estimated that they will be able to regroup some of them tomorrow. The longer the pursuit, the more the Mongol cavalry dispersed, and if they wanted to gather these thousands of cavalry again, it would take several days or even half a month.

Yuan Da led a thousand horsemen by himself, chased him to the river and immediately dismounted.

The boats on the river are frantically rowing to the other side. The Mongols, who had no time to leave the shore, rushed to seize the boat and fled for their lives, and simply jumped into the water when they could not get on the boat.

"Grab the ship!" Yuan Da shouted.

When the Ming army arrived, there were only a few boats left by the river, most of which were loaded with livestock. In order to gain time, they are too lazy to cherish their goods, sheep, ploughing cattle and so on, all of them are directly driven off the boat, and it doesn't matter if they fall into the river and drown.

Yuan Da personally led dozens of people across the river and shouted: "If you don't row a boat, hurry up and load your ammunition!" ”

The other side was already in chaos, a large number of livestock were crowded on the shore, and the Mongols left their livestock and ran to report the news.

After Yuan Da successfully crossed the river, the Mongol cavalry also came, and there were more than 4,000 horsemen.

Among them, 3,300 horses were left by the Ming army, and they were transported across the river as trophies. Not all the horses were young and strong, and many Mongolian old men and teenagers rushed over on the war horses of the Ming army. The remaining 1,000 Mongol horsemen were assembled one after another, and they came too late to follow the leader to fight, so they could only stay on the other side of the river and obey orders.

Dozens of infantry, against more than 4,000 cavalry, how should this be fought?

Yuan Da shouted: "Grab the boat and go back!" ”

There were more boats on the other side of the river, and dozens of people who managed to cross the river snatched the boats and rowed back.

In the midst of the panic, several people fell into the water. Fortunately, they live on the shore of the South Liaoning Sea, and they can basically swim, and they are pulled up by their comrades while lying on the edge of the boat.

It's just that the carry-on ammunition may be wet, and the lard on the paper shell may not be completely waterproof.

A large number of livestock by the river became a barrier, and more than 4,000 Mongolian horsemen could not rush away, so they could only watch Yuan Da grab the boat and leave.

After the return of the Ming army, more soldiers crossed the river by boat, and a boat could seat more than ten people, and more than 600 musketeers began to cross the river again.

"General Zhao, gather more than four hundred war horses." At this time, Liu Yu, the general of Wanquan, also returned, and his 300 cavalry from the border towns were arranged to clean up the battlefield along the way.

Yuan Da said: "You stay and hold on!" ”

Dozens of boats rowed to the opposite shore, and 4,000 Mongol cavalry guarded the shore. The moonlight is good today, and even if you don't light the torches, you can still see where the enemy troops are.

"Listen to me, raise your gun!"

"Shoot!"

"Woo~~~~"

The herald beside Yuan Da immediately blew the horn. More than 600 musketeers sat on the boats, firing at the enemy on the shore, and the Mongols kept falling from their horses.

The Mongols also fired arrows on the shore, but the range of their bows and arrows could not withstand the Ming soldiers at all.

After dozens of people were shot and killed one after another, the Mongol cavalry hurriedly retreated, retreating far away to wait for the Ming army to land and die.

Yuan Da did not choose to land, at this time the livestock on the shore had been driven away, and when he landed, he would inevitably be crushed by thousands of cavalry.

Keep grabbing the ship!

The Mongols had more than 200 boats, and the 8,000 cavalry of the old commander had relied on these boats to cross the river before. Now, there are still many floating on the banks and rivers of the river, and Yuan Da asked some soldiers to board the boat and row back to continue transporting friendly troops.

More than a thousand musketeers, even three hundred border troops were on board dozens of them.

"General Zhao, how to fight?" Liu Yu asked.

Yuan Da said: "I will bring a thousand firecrackers ashore, and you go back to transport the war horses and transport all our horses." Also, blow the trumpet and assemble and call back the 2,000 horsemen who were in charge of chasing the enemy. ”

Liu Yu exclaimed: "It's dark on the other side, I see that there are a lot of cavalry, and a thousand firecrackers can block it?" ”

Yuan Da pointed obliquely: "Yes, go over there!" ”

During the day, when he was chasing Mongolian herdsmen, Yuan Da was constantly observing the terrain along the river, and he had long taken a fancy to a "U" shaped river beach.

The local terrain there was narrow, and the number of Mongol cavalry could only line up two or three hundred horsemen.

The flotilla rowed to the vicinity of the "U" shaped river beach, and Yuan Da shouted: "If you don't have ammunition filled, shout!" ”

"I haven't filled it out yet."

"Wait, it's dark, and the boat is still shaking."

“……”

It wasn't until everyone was filled that Yuan Da ordered: "Dock, don't get off the boat for the time being." ”

Seeing that the Ming army was on the shore, the thousands of Mongolian cavalry immediately rushed towards this side.

"Raise the gun!"

"Shoot!"

A volley of guns fired over, again repulsing the Mongol cavalry, leaving several corpses along the way.

Yuan Da shouted: "Reload!" ”

The Ming sergeant sat on the boat and loaded the ammunition like this, and was not in a hurry to land on the shore. Thousands of Mongolian cavalry can only follow and wait, if the Ming army does not go ashore, they will not be able to rush, even if they can rush over, the Ming army rowed and ran.

There was something weird about this scene.

The boat kept shaking, and the Ming army had no torches, so they could only use the moonlight to load ammunition by feeling. After a long time, the Ming army loaded the ammunition and almost killed the enemy on the shore.

Yuan Da was still not in a hurry, he commanded the landing order on the ship, and he quickly lined up as soon as he had to go ashore.

"Ashore!"

Hundreds of musketeers jumped out of their boats and quickly lined up in three rows on the "U" shaped beach in the order just mentioned.

And Liu Yu, the general of Wanquan, rowed back with dozens of subordinates to pick up the remaining musketeers and war horses.

The enemy's thousands of Mongol cavalry, mixed with a large number of old men and teenagers, plus it was night, it was obvious that the command and organization were not enough, and they were uneven when charging in formation.

"First row, raise the gun!"

"Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The Mongolian cavalry instantly turned on their backs, and the terrain here could not be lined up, resulting in a relatively dense cavalry formation, and there were several rows in front and back. A wave of guns came over, and in an instant people turned on their backs, and many bullets missed the first row, but very unfortunately, they hit the back rows.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The second and third rows of muskets fired in volleys, rifled muskets were much more accurate. In particular, the third row of volleys, because of the very close distance, was like an invisible sledgehammer, overturning all the front rows of the Mongol cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry was completely in disarray, and the rear row could not rush, and the front was full of the corpses of their comrades. Some of the horses were wounded and were still on a rampage there, disrupting the subsequent charge.

Although many of the Mongol cavalry were not hit, they were unable to slow down in time, and one by one they crashed on their backs. The Mongol cavalry who successfully braked were also frightened, throwing indiscriminately at the Ming soldiers, and then turned around and fled on horseback.

"Kill, take the horse!"

In the darkness, it was impossible to reload ammunition at all, Yuan Da threw down the musket, drew his knife and killed it.

This thing slashed to death the enemy who wanted to get up, and slashed to kill the wounded soldiers who were struggling, found an ownerless war horse, turned over the horse's back and carefully killed it.

More and more Ming troops grabbed war horses, and once again formed a cavalry team of more than 200 people. Their 200 horsemen pursued and killed with 3,000 Mongol horsemen, and they would never allow the enemy to calm down and regain their organization.

Liu Yu, who went back to transport people and horses, stood on the boat to observe the battle situation. Although he couldn't see the specific situation clearly, he also knew that Yuan Da was chasing and killing the enemy army. He swallowed his saliva, held the hilt of the knife and said, "General Zhenfei, being able to follow him is a great pleasure in his life!" Hurry up and row, let's go and pick up General Zhao (Yuan Da)! ”

At this moment, Bansheng City was already in chaos.

As early as the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao set up Yunzhong County, and Bansheng City was under the jurisdiction of Yunzhong County. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a city here, Tang Taizong defeated the Turks here, Tang Zhongzong set up a surrendered city here, and the Liao State named this place Fengzhou.

The ancient city of Fengzhou, which has not been repaired for more than 100 years, is now called "Bansheng City" by the Mongolians.

There were quite a few Mongols inside and outside the city, but the walls were full of gaps, and they couldn't hold on to them.

What's more, people's hearts are scattered!

The veteran who was killed on the battlefield was actually not old, he had just turned twenty years old, and he was only the leader of the Karaqin Mongols before.

After Ji Nang was beheaded by Xi Shu, his second brother Altan succeeded him as Deputy Khan, personally ruled the Ordos Department, and held the power to sacrifice to Genghis Khan. The four elder brothers ruled the Tumut Department and were Tumut Wanhu. The sixth uncle, Bodi Dara, ruled the Yongshebu tribe, and the Karaqin tribe was also under the administration of this person.

The old general, 20-year-old Wanhu, suffered a defeat in Datong three years ago, and last year he did not believe in evil and went to suffer defeat again, so frightened that he did not dare to go south to plunder this autumn.

What prestige can this have?

What's worse is that the eldest son of Lao Jiangdu is only four years old, and he is now dying in battle, leaving orphans and widows who can't cover it at all.

The city didn't know what was happening outside, only that Wanhu had died, the Ming army had crossed the river, and the friendly army had suffered another defeat by the river. When it was transmitted to the orphans and widows, it directly turned into a surprise attack by the tens of thousands of Ming troops, and the guards hurriedly escorted the wife and the young master to escape.

In fact, there were more than 600 Ming troops who crossed the river, and only more than 200 people grabbed war horses.

More than 200 cavalry took advantage of the chaos to rush and kill, chasing more than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, and instantly brewed the momentum of a night attack by tens of thousands of troops.

The Mongol nobles ran to the orphans and widows to confuse, only to find that they had already run away. Immediately afterwards, they heard that the army had been killed in the city, and in a panic, these Mongolian nobles also packed up and ran away.

The leaders of the various tribes, who came one after another with their troops, were even more confused about the situation, and immediately turned around and ran away without waiting for them to approach.

By the dawn of the day, near Fengzhou, all the Mongols who had horses ran cleanly.

Yuan Da's task was to be responsible for attacking and harassing the Tumut Department and preventing the Tumut Department from rescuing the Hetao. This guy only took one day and one night to kill the leader of the Tumut tribe, and by the way, he took the old nest of others.