The clairvoyant mirror is definitely a battlefield weapon.

The sentinels sent by Wang Yuan only need to choose a hilltop in the Gobi Desert to observe the situation of the Turpan troops from afar.

Therefore, Wang Yuan can always obtain information more accurately, and he is not afraid of sending cavalry to cover the battlefield at full speed.

When he learned that Mansuer had sent a large army back to Huozhou, Wang Yuan immediately burned down the city and retreated to Turpan with his goods and population. Anyway, he grabbed enough food, and if Man Su'er continued to march, Wang Yuan could even retreat to Yangji Bali City. At that time, Full Speed will be in a dilemma, and can only recover a blank field, and the longer it drags on, the more serious the internal contradictions will intensify.

As a result, he ran away at full speed, taking the people, livestock, goods, and food with him...... Heading towards Hami.

At the beginning, Wang Yuan also felt that Man Su'er wanted to attack Hami and come up with a set of tricks to "change homes" with each other.

But the more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes, even if Man Suer occupies Hami, he will be attacked from three sides in the future (the remaining side is the Gobi Desert and the desert), and generals with a slightly normal brain will not choose this.

Then you can only go north to the grassland and run to fight for territory with Xiaolie!

At the same time, he guessed the intentions of Man Suer, as well as Weng Gaocha, the heir of the Xiaolie Bald Department. He found Wang Yuan and said anxiously: "General Wang, please send troops to pursue immediately, you can't let Man Su'er escape into the grassland!" ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "I will definitely pursue." ”

More than 5,000 miscellaneous cavalry, to pursue tens of thousands of Turpan elite cavalry?

Wang Yuan is not mentally retarded!

His so-called leading troops in pursuit was just from a distance, sending sentry cavalry to observe the situation at any time with a clairvoyant mirror.

The Xiaolie Bald were pure lying guns, although a few decades ago they had often invaded Hami and occasionally crossed the gap in the Great Wall to plunder Gansu. But there is the persecution of the little Mongolian prince in the east, and the coercion of Turpan in the south, and the small column bald department has rarely provoked the Ming Dynasty now, and more often helps the Ming Dynasty to fight Turpan together.

This time it was the same, hearing that Wang Yuan was going to make a surprise attack on Turpan, Xiaolie immediately sent 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 war horses to follow.

The surprise attack was successful, and the small bald tribe was able to get a lot of loot. Who would have thought that Man Su'er would abandon his lair and lead his troops to the territory of Xiaolie's bald - the general of the Ming Dynasty beat you, what are you doing to fight Lao Tzu?

In the spring, it is good to look for small row bald parts, and definitely graze in the Pu Sea (Balikun Lake).

Man Su'er only needs to cross the Tianshan Mountains to drive away the small column bald tribes, and then occupy the most abundant grass in the Pu Sea area.

Under Weng Gaocha's constant anxious urging, Wang Yuan marched slowly and unhurriedly, because the full speed of moving in front of him was also very slow.

After passing through Chiting, Wang Yuan immediately sent a few cavalry to cross the Gobi Desert to Hami to report the news, and asked Li Ying to take the fire guns to the Tianshan Pass to set up an ambush.

It's not that I don't want to report in advance, but it's too far to go to the Gobi in the north, and I have to cross the Kumtag Desert in the south.

Even if the troops were sent across the Gobi Desert in Chiting to report the news, it would be a very uncomfortable thing because it would take a long way to walk along the Flaming Mountain.

It's the Flaming Mountain in "Journey to the West", not the Flaming Mountain attraction in later generations!

Until the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the flame mountain in the southeast of Chiting has been burning day and night, and it was probably completely extinguished in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty - judging from the geographical location, Tang Seng crossed the Mohe Yan moraine (known as the Sand River in ancient times, which is actually the Gobi Desert, that is, the Liusha River), and then inevitably encountered the Flaming Mountain.

That thing is actually a coalfield spontaneous combustion, located at the northern end of the Shaerhu coalfield, from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and was first seen in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness of the West".

The cavalry sent by Wang Yuan was roasted to death by the Flame Mountain, and finally crossed the Gobi Desert and successfully arrived at the Hami King City.

As a result, Li Ying had already led his troops to set off!

Zhang Wei sent another cavalry to report that at this time Man Suer was already close to Hami, and the herald quickly bypassed the Turpan troops to inform Wang Yuan of the military situation.

After Wang Yuan received the news, he instantly became confident and continued to march slowly. Not to mention Man Su'er's large army, he didn't even bother to contact the sentry cavalry that Man Su'er left behind to cover the battlefield, just to let Man Su'er enter the valley ambush zone with peace of mind.

When he came to Hami, Wang Yuan's troops became more than 6,000 horsemen, because the 1,000 Mongolian miscellaneous horsemen stationed in Hami also returned.

Wang Yuan immediately ordered: "Leave the baggage in Hami, bring only two days' rations, and pursue at full speed!" ”

After several days of slow marching, Wang Yuan had already figured out the speed of Man Su'er's march. This is a mathematical catch-up problem, A is moving at such and such speed, B is catching up at such and such speed, where can I catch up?

The answer is, just catch up in the valley!

It's a pity that the speed of Mansuer's march has increased, and Wang Yuan's pursuit has slowed down a little.

When Wang Yuan arrived at the mouth of the valley, he happened to see countless civilians rushing out of the valley, scurrying like headless flies in the vast Gobi. Many other cattle were also frightened and ran out of the valley.

These people and livestock, carrying hundreds of Turpan cavalry, had to be forced to withdraw from the valley.

"Kill!"

Wang Yuan led more than 6,000 cavalry and rushed towards the hundreds of cavalry.

The Turpan cavalry immediately fled along the Tianshan Mountains, towards the east and west. Wang Yuan sent 800 Mongol cavalry to chase after him, and he himself led a large army into the valley.

The civilians encountered along the way either knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, or ran frantically, or blocked the way and were hacked to death by Wang Yuan's troops.

But being delayed by the supplies and civilians in the valley, when Wang Yuan crossed the ambush area, Man Su'er had already fled with more than 7,000 cavalry.

However, the more than 7,000 Turpan cavalry are completely in the state of lost dogs.

In particular, the more than 2,000 horsemen at the front did not listen to the orders of Man Su'er at all, and no matter how they sounded the rallying horn, they only fled to the grassland with their heads down.

These cavalrymen, who had not been baptized with firearms, were first subjected to musket volleys, then bombardments, and hot air balloons that they could not understand. Although the cavalry killed by muskets and bombardment was only four or five hundred, it made these tens of thousands of Turpan cavalry on the verge of collapse!

In addition to firearms, ambushes were also an important factor, and the civilian riots caused chaos among the cavalry, and Wang Yuan led his troops to kill them as the last straw that broke the camel's back.

If Wang Yuan doesn't come, Man Su'er will lose at most one or two percent of his troops.

The cavalry units of both sides rushed out of the valley one after the other, and the distance was still relatively far.

Full Speed gradually slowed down his horse, and when he looked back at the enemy's situation, he found that the chasing cavalry was like that. Wang Yuan couldn't restrain his subordinates at all, those guys were already chasing crazy, and Weng Gaocha, who was eager to kill the enemy, led his troops to rush to the front.

The deserters fled in a mess, the pursuers chased in a mess, and each lost their proper formation.

"Woooooo

Full Speed blew the horn again, he wanted to kill the whole team back, to ensure that he could defeat these disorganized miscellaneous horsemen.

Unfortunately, only a few cavalrymen listened to the greeting, and the rest of the troops heard the horn and ran faster.

After blowing the horn for a while, only more than 3,000 horsemen were summoned at full speed, and the remaining 4,000 horsemen were all unobeyed.

"Stupid!"

Man Su'er was furious and roared: "We are full of enemies on the grassland, and if we blindly escape, we will die sooner or later, and the only way to defeat the pursuers behind us is to defeat them!" Kill me back! ”

Seeing this, Wang Yuan also shouted: "Weng Gaocha, Yibuci, you two quickly withdraw and form a team!" ”

Yibuci belonged to the old fritters, and was chased and killed by the little Mongolian prince from Hetao to Ningxia, and then fled from Ningxia to Gansu, and fought guerrilla attacks with the seven guards of Guanxi into Qinghai. This guy fought thousands of miles and knew how to preserve his strength, and when he saw the whole team counterattacking at full speed, he immediately led his troops back to join the large army.

Weng Gaocha lost his mind in pursuit, because there was his tribe ahead, and he couldn't let Man Su'er lead his troops to occupy his pasture. He led a thousand cavalry to chase the deepest, completely out of touch with Wang Yuan, and was killed and scattered just after the battle.

"Retarded."

While Wang Yuan complained, he also felt very relieved. Because Weng Gaocha is the successor of the Xiaolie Bald Division, and even the first heir to the throne of the Khan of the Ross, such a brainless guy is not afraid that he will lead troops to invade Hami in the future.

Man Su'er defeated Weng Gaocha's 1,000 cavalry, and did not chase those routs, but continued to kill Wang Yuan's headquarters.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Shoot arrows all the way and retreat to the valley, we have firearms to sweep the formation!" ”

The offense and defense switched instantly, and Wang Yuan was chasing at full speed, and Wang Yuan chose to escape.

Thousands of improvised motley cavalry, in the process of escaping, from time to time turned around and released cold arrows. Full Speed is also releasing arrows, but they belong to the pursuing side, and they will definitely suffer a loss if they shoot at each other.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Yuan had already led his troops back to the valley.

"Withdraw!"

Full Speed was so angry that his head was smoking, but he could only choose to retreat. He did not dare to pursue into the valley, where there were firecrackers in ambush, and if he had eaten a few more aerial bombardments, the rest of the army would have to be scattered.

"Sons, kill the enemy with me!"

Seeing this, Wang Yuan shouted, and once again led the motley cavalry to rush out of the valley.

Full Speed was about to go crazy, so he directly reined in his horse and turned around, waiting for Wang Yuan to rush over with his troops.

Wang Yuan raised his hand to signal, Yuan Da immediately blew the horn, and thousands of miscellaneous horsemen also stopped, and the two sides confronted each other more than a hundred paces apart.

Man Su'er rushed out of the array and scolded: "Han general, you are a coward!" You don't dare to fight me head-on, you only dare to attack my hinterland. Now that you have more soldiers and I have fewer soldiers, don't you dare to shoot a real sword? ”

"What?"

Wang Yuan shouted: "The wind is too strong to hear!" ”

Man Su'er raised his scimitar: "If you are a man, you will fight with me on the grassland!" ”

Although Wang Yuan couldn't hear it clearly, he also understood the meaning and said with a smile: "I'm not stupid. Yibuci and Bu'er, you two lead your troops to the left flank; Lord Wang, Ya Mulan, the two of you lead the troops to the right flank. Don't take the enemy lightly, but do what I tell you to do. ”

"Yes!"

The four immediately led their troops to outflank them.

Man Su'er sneered and waited for the enemy to expand the formation, and suddenly led his troops to the left flank. The two thousand Ordos cavalry immediately retreated, releasing cold arrows as they retreated, while Wang Yuan's main formation and right flank also pressed their horses to catch up.

On the vast prairie, Full Speed is like a prey being played. He is a fierce tiger, but several hunters go around in circles with him, and his sharp claws are useless.

After being killed, Weng Gaocha returned to the Xiaoliebald tribe with the remnants of his army, and met his father Khan on the shore of Lake Balikun.

"Father, Man Su'er was defeated by General Mingguo, and came with thousands of cavalry to occupy our pasture!" Weng Gaocha said anxiously.

Ah Buliu was so shocked that he couldn't stand still: "What about the army of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Weng Gaocha said: "I am fighting with Man Suer on the grassland, and Man Suer's troops are in a weak position. ”

Ah Bu Liu immediately ordered: "Gather all the warriors of the tribe, follow me to help the general of the Ming Kingdom, and be sure to kill Man Su'er and protect our pasture!" ”