Chapter 274: The Long Road of Blood

Morale collapsed, artillery fire rumbled, and defeat was like a flood bursting a levee. As Azig's forces slowly gained the upper hand, Holger could only retreat, and this retreat would no longer be able to reorganize the offensive.

Countless cannonballs poured down outside Guining City, and the firelight illuminated the heavens and the earth as if it were day. Azig ordered a cavalry to cut directly along the route of Holge's retreat, and at this time, the Khalkha soldiers outside the city had already been bombed, where could they stop it. In this way, the Khalkha who attacked the city were divided into two parts, one part was trapped on the city wall, and the remaining main force still outside the city had already given birth to the heart of retreat.

The morale of the soldiers and civilians of Guining City burst out with unimaginable strength, and when dawn came, they wiped out the remnants of the Khalkha soldiers who were trapped in the city wall.

The dawn of dawn sprinkled on the earth, bathed in warm sunlight, and the sound of trumpets sounded in the city of Guining. Counterattack, reversing all counteroffensives, Azig and the army and civilians of Guining City converged, and Guining City was as stable as a rock. The counterattack was fierce, the Khalkha were badly damaged by artillery, and the most terrible thing was that at this time the generals of the various departments no longer listened to Abadai, and they made different plans for the future of the tribes. At this time, who wants to stay and wait for death? As a result, the various divisions began to retreat in the northwest direction, and even if Abadai Khan asked them to stay and retreat in an orderly manner, it would be useless.

As the counteroffensive began, the prestige of Abadai Khan also completely collapsed. Previously, Abadai Khan used his strong wrist to subdue the various troops to storm Guining City, and the disaster was finally exposed.

The tide could not be reversed, and Holger and Ritu could only escort Abadai Khan and flee northwest with the rout. At this time, except in this direction, there is no other way to go, go to the east and north, which is to find death, and go to the south, which is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Retreat to the northwest, but the road ahead is still difficult, and no one will forget the army stationed in Juyanhai. They didn't move, waiting for this moment.

Just as Holge and others feared, at the moment when Angelica Ningcheng launched a counteroffensive, Liu Guoneng and others, who had already endured for a long time, immediately waved their troops north, and at the same time, Gushi Khan did not give up this opportunity to take revenge.

The rout, the real rout, the cavalry of the Han people pursued all the way, and the west and south of Guining City became the Shura field, and the corpses were lying on the ground, and many places were already charred and black. No one knows how many casualties were under Guining City, maybe the next moment, it was himself who lay down. The army of Guining City did not chase too far, not because they were unwilling, but because they were powerless.

After fighting for so long, even Azige's soldiers and horses fought fiercely for more than a dozen hours, and all of them were sleepy and lacking. After chasing ten miles, Azige's troops stopped. But for the Khalkhas, the nightmare had just begun, and after escaping for their lives all the way, after escaping forty miles, the army stationed in Juyanhai pounced. This new force, which has been holding back for a long time, is like a lion who has been hungry for half a month, and in the moment of contact, it killed more than 1,000 defeated soldiers who were closest to each other.

It would have been better if someone had organized an army to block it right away. But who still has this mind at this time?

They are also cavalry, but the situation is by no means the same, Liu Guoneng's department is recuperating in Juyanhai, and it is this moment that he is waiting for. And everyone in the Khalkha tribe is tired, and the war horses are even more tired, so no matter how you escape, you can't escape the fate of being slaughtered.

Ten miles north of the Juyan Sea to the Tula River, the long road of 100 miles has become a never-ending nightmare for the Khalkha people. The Han soldiers and horses were in hot pursuit, like a dogskin plaster. Under these circumstances, Ritu stepped forward, and he organized nearly two thousand of his cronies to form a line of defense in the steppe where the court of Warat was located.

Olg ordered the pursuit to be halted for the time being, and after half an hour he launched a fierce assault on the Ritu's headquarters. With the heavy rider in front and the chain horse behind, Rittal once again experienced a feeling of helplessness.

Under the heavy cavalry collision, many Khalkha soldiers were knocked off their horses, and in just a moment, the formation was scattered. Ratto roared angrily, revealing a beastly gaze, "Olg, traitor to the Immortal Heaven, I'm going to kill you!" ”

Rittal didn't think about leaving, and since he stayed, he couldn't go. From the very beginning, I have a heart of death, and when I die, I will also pull a cushion on my back. In the face of Ritu's madness, Org was not timid, and hit his horse forward, his scimitar glowing with a cold light, "Ritu, give you a chance today, you want to kill me, come on!" ”

Scimitar to scimitar, one is fighting to the death, and the other is not chaotic. Rittu was already at the end of his crossbow, and even if he used up his last strength, he couldn't be Org's opponent after all. Finding an opportunity, Org slashed through the opponent's neck, ending the battle that had already been doomed.

The troops of Tuo Buhua and Liu Guoneng quickly caught up, and the three soldiers and horses converged and began to chase again.

On the other side, the Khalkhas, who are desperately fleeing, have a really bad fate. Swift temporarily stopped his pursuers, but the Khalkhas, who were fleeing for their lives at the front, were caught off guard by an uninvited guest. After seeing the other party's situation, Holger's thick eyebrows rose upside down angrily, and he scolded, "Goodler, you, the general of the defeated army, are so shameless." ”

Goodler looked at Holger with cold eyes and smiled disdainfully: "Holger, why do you say something stupid? If you come across such an opportunity, will you let it go? Without further ado, come on, the pain inflicted on my Warats, Lao Tzu will return it to you twice. ”

Once a defeated subordinate, but it has become a roadblock. Goodler has always thought about the shame in his heart, so he fights very bravely. He didn't care about the other defeated soldiers, he just stared at Holger's struggle, and he knew that Abadai Khan must be by Holger's side.

Although there are not many people under Goodler's command, this kind of stalking method will not be able to deal with him for a while. Holger became more and more flustered, he was not afraid of Goodler, but of the pursuers behind him. Rittal couldn't stop it for too long, and this short escape time was created by Rittal with his life. Someone has to stop Goodler, and if he continues to fight like this, no one will survive.

"Great Khan, you go first, once you are bitten by Goodler, it will be trouble!" Holger looked at Abadai with a bitter face, and at this moment, Abadai's heart was as sad as water. The resoluteness on Holger's face was like a sharp sword, piercing Abbada's heart. In just a few days, the three tiger generals who are proud of him are going to fall one after another?

Abadai didn't say anything, just nodded desperately, he thought about dying, but if he died, wouldn't Rita be dead in vain? Grasping the reins of his horse, Abadai led the remnants of his army north in a panic. Holger stopped Goodler, and at this time, he was the only one who could stay to protect Abadai.

Boom, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and when Liu Guoneng's main army arrived, more than 1,000 people under Holger's department were like dead grass in the autumn wind, and they were crushed in an instant. In the face of absolute power, a person's bravery is so fragile. Holger died, at the hands of an unknown creep, and his eyes glared angrily, as if full of unwillingness.

The pursuit continued, a hundred-mile-long road, a blood-colored river. A day later, I saw the Tula River flowing slowly, and the water shone with a strange brilliance in the setting sun. The fiery red of the sky is not only blood, but also clouds.

Twenty miles away from the Tula River, Liu Guoneng finally stopped the pursuit, and the Khalkha finally got a brief respite. Countless Khalkhas, like war horses, lay limp on the ground, breathing air. Their hearts are still pounding, and they finally pick up a life, but no one is happy. Turning his head, there were few familiar people around, many of them were unfamiliar faces.

Fleeing for their lives all the way, how many familiar people fell on that road, and when they closed their eyes, it was a terrifying scene, and the miserable howls of those people kept ringing in their ears. Broken limbs, gushing blood, war horses that fell to the ground.

"Ah, Guining City, Lao Tzu took it, this is Guining City, who dares to kill him, I will kill him"

An abrupt roar sounded, and when I turned my head to look over, a young Khalkha brandished a scimitar, he seemed to be drunk, laughing constantly, and his steps were a little vain. The people around them automatically retreated, and no one dared to approach.

He went crazy, although he picked up a life, but his heart was broken, and the whole person became crazy. I don't know that the leader of the tribe came over with a cold face, slashed down with a knife, and took the poor man's life. There is no sympathy, no language, there is only depression.

Even an ordinary soldier felt a little different. The sky in Khalkha is about to change, the battle of Guining City is over, and we have survived, but the war within Khalkha has just begun. The old Great Khan is gone, and the new Great Khan will be born out of the scimitar and blood. The Great Khan of Mobei, only those who are victorious and alive are qualified to serve.

The sun is gradually sinking, and along with the beautiful Tula River, the Khalkha people slowly lick their wounds and calm their fearful hearts. When night fell, the preliminary statistics came back. Although it had been expected, after getting the approximate data, these people who survived were still shocked.

In the first battle of Guining City, more than 37,000 people were killed and countless people were wounded. There were less than 20,000 people who were able to escape to the Tula River, that is, the Khalkha tribe poured out, but left most of the people's lives in the city of Guining.

Khalkha is completely finished, losing 40,000 combat power, how can it dominate Mobei? In an instant, the anger of many people was aimed at Abadai, it was him, and without him, the Khalkha Ministry would not have ended like this. However, Abadai has already left and returned to his own tribe. The more so, the more angry I became.

Abadai has returned home, but most of the people on the Tula River have not yet been able to do so. Many people's homes are in the east, not far from Urge. At this time, it was suffering from the poison of the Han people, and thinking of this, their hatred for Abadai deepened.

"Abadai, you are my Khalkha sinner," a rugged man roared angrily to the sky, venting the depression in his heart.

In the northeast of Wolf Mountain, on the territory belonging to Khalkha, a strong army of soldiers and horses is attacking. They were like no one, setting off a bloody storm on this grassland. The main forces of the Khalkha tribes have been transferred to the vicinity of Guining City, and those who remain, even if they are all organized, will not be able to stop this wolf-like Han iron cavalry at all.

The most terrible thing is that a hiding force to the east of Urg Hasler took the opportunity to move westward, and the two sides turned the East Khalkha Department upside down.

Finally, there were some small tribes that could not bear it anymore and chose to surrender. For these surrendered tribes, Zhou Dingshan naturally let go, and in this way, in a few days, the East Khalkha Department was no longer what it was before. Zhou Dingshan and Hasler rushed to kill, coerced and lured, and divided the entire East Khalkha into several pieces.

At the beginning of March, the remnants of the defeated soldiers returned to the tribe, but by this time, they realized that everything was different from when they left. Some tribes became vassals of the Han Chinese, some tribes were conquered by Hasler, and some tribes temporarily united to lick their wounds. The choices are different, but one thing is predestined.

After this battle, the powerful Mobei tribes were completely split into two parts. One West Khalkha, one East Khalkha. Eastern Khalkha will remain a vassal of the Han Chinese for a long time, and Western Khalkha will not be peaceful either.

Abadai Khan's prestige plummeted, and Holga, Witu, Maguire and others were killed in battle. Abadai can no longer cover the sky with one hand like before, and at this time, some people want to replace him.

On the fifth day of the third month of the third year of Chongzhen, the good news spread to the Forbidden City. After Tiemo took over the Xuanfu, he achieved a great victory, which was of great significance, not only ensuring the smooth trade route between the north and the south, but also liberating the border troops of Xuanfu and Datong to the greatest extent.

In the first battle of Guining City, all the departments of Xuanfu fought bravely and bloodily, and in the case of more than 10,000 casualties, they severely damaged the Khalkha Department and killed nearly 40,000 people. The Xuanfu soldiers crossed the Wolf Mountain and pointed directly at the East Khalkha Department, and at the same time, under the fear of the Warat Troops, they also resubmitted the documents like the Ming Dynasty, indicating their submission.

With such a big victory, Chongzhen was overjoyed and strictly ordered to send an official document to celebrate with the country. It can be said that this victory injected a shot of strength into the Ming Dynasty.

Under the great victory, Chongzhen naturally did not hesitate to reward him, and immediately mentioned Tiemo as the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and hung the title of the right attendant of the military department. At the same time, the generals of the Xuanfu also had their own rewards, the most prominent of which was Chen Yaofeng, who was promoted to guerrilla general by Tiemo, and became the third person who was promoted the fastest after Zhou Dingshan and Ruan Sangou.

Tie Mo had such an earth-shattering feat, Qian Qianyi and the others couldn't find a reason to stop it. Seeing that Tie Mo was firmly in the position of the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, the most terrifying thing was that this guy was still hanging on the position of the Yunfu garrison. Now, who doesn't know how important Yunfu is? Now the territory of Yunfu is larger than that of Xuanfu.

Tiemo is so young, with heavy troops in his hands, and with the cooperation of Hou Shilu and others, will he still be able to restrain this person in the future?