Section 18 (I)
On the day of the Mongol raid, the cavalry of the Han army immediately launched a counterattack, Zhao Liangdong drew a large number of guides from the new annexed army in Jing County anyway, and then completed the formation of the cavalry brigade, two thousand Han army iron cavalry under the leadership of Mu Dongcheng, the reckless direction of the state capital of the dynasty broke through, and suddenly appeared in Dou Village, Dongye, not an hour, Jungger stayed at this transit station more than 300 garrisons were surrounded by the cavalry brigade, and the Han army after the small victory did not stay here for a moment, Mu Dongcheng ordered to kill all the enemy prisoners and wounded, After driving the villagers out of their homes and burning this important transportation hub to the ground, he led his army into the Wuniu Mountains.
The Mongolian cavalry who received the battle report immediately reacted, and the Said's troops of the Eastern Route Army, which were originally guerrilla on the periphery of Jing County, immediately returned to the army, divided thousands of cavalry into several units, and dragged the net to search repeatedly in the rear, the war quickly spread from Jing County, and several towns in the Daizhou capital that sat and watched were immediately involved in the war, and the next day, a Mongolian army that was ordered to search encountered the cavalry brigade, and then launched a fierce battle, the Mongolian army was divided into scattered cavalry, while warning in a high place, while desperately entangled and fighting, biting the cavalry brigade to the death, However, because the Han army occupied the numerical advantage, this small Mongolian army was annihilated by the Han army in a very short period of time, under the cover of night, Mu Chengdong personally led the team to break off, and heard the news of the Mongolian army to come to the aid of the large force in a circle, fortunately the guide was familiar with the terrain, until midnight, the rear guard of the cavalry brigade did not disengage from the enemy.
The two sides launched a fierce battle in this small theater of operations, the other advanced and I retreated, I advanced and retreated, the encounters and battles of small groups of cavalry occurred almost every day, the fanatical fighting spirit of the Han army dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Mongolian army, in contrast, although the Junggar army was also brave and good at fighting, but compared with this army that was stunned by hatred, it was still dwarfed by the army, from the beginning of the war until now, the Mongolian army and the Han army had dozens of battles, but the Mongolian army had not yet obtained a prisoner, because Gao Shiqi compiled historyThe deeds of the Mongol army's massacre of prisoners are well known in the Han army, so sometimes the Han cavalry often fights to the last soldier even if they are left behind, lost, and surrounded, and because of the flow of external battles, the cavalry brigade also does not leave prisoners in every battle, and even the wounded and injured horses of the other side are slaughtered.
In order to provide the cavalry brigade with supplies and facilitate passage, Zhao Liangdong issued a large number of letters of appointment, appointing a large number of gentry, landlords and green forest robbers in the Daizhou theater as local officials of the Han government; On the contrary, in order to quickly eliminate and expel the cavalry units of the Han army, the Mongol army must also obtain the intelligence support and political attitude of the local forces in Daizhou.
Under the command of Major Ni Yicheng, these professional agents disguised themselves as homeless people, hawkers, merchants, scholars, and so on, and dispersed and infiltrated various provinces, prefectures, counties, townships, villages, and even various mountaintop villages in the northwest of Shanxi Province, to win over the powerful factions in Shanxi, monitor the march of the Mongolian army, and provide intelligence support for the military operations of the cavalry brigade.
The situation of the Daizhou gentry who have always pursued the strategy of wall-to-wall grass is grim, they have never encountered this situation, in the past experience, the large armies go back and forth, most of them will not be embarrassed by them, and even the victors of the war, in order to settle the newly conquered land, will show enough goodwill to them, but this time is different, the Han and Mongolian armies do not have a good stubble, in this war, they must show their political attitude, put all their wealth on one side, so as to survive.
It was the Fifth Army Cavalry Brigade that changed this pattern of covert warfare.
Since the cavalry brigade assaulted Dou Village, the "new annex army" that had been moving in the direction of Jing County all stopped together, sat and waited and refused to intervene in the battlefield, at first, the Junggar East Route Army did not urge, in fact, the Mongolian generals were absolutely not ignorant of their mentality, and the so-called preservation of strength was not the exclusive style of the warlords of the Central Plains. The weak tribes of the steppe desert also did this, so the Mongolian army showed a certain understanding of the choice of the traitors, and because of the relationship between Shanxi, these Mongolian troops were extremely confident in their own combat effectiveness, and at the same time they did not look down on these bandits-like rabble, in the battle plan of the Eastern Route Army, these people's task was to escort the baggage for the army, and if necessary, they could also serve as victims of siege warfare.
However, the change of the war situation, so that the Mongolian army had to change this attitude, thousands of Han army iron cavalry shuttled through the Daizhou Mountains, during this time, they sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, left and right rush, caused great losses to the Eastern Route Army, because of the unfamiliar terrain and the relationship between the intelligence lag, the Saied troops who pursued the Han cavalry were never able to seize the main force of Mu Chengdong, and could only be forced to engage in a local tug-of-war with the Han army. At this time, the Mongolian army deeply felt the embarrassment of the troops, in order to consolidate the front, the 15,000 Mongolian army was divided into two parts, and the Khalkha troops were in charge of the main general Eight Thorns, monitoring the main force of Zhao Liangdong in Jing County; Said, on the other hand, led 6,000 Hui troops to deal with Mu Chengdong. Compared with the cavalry brigade, Saeed undoubtedly has a strong army, but Mu Chengdong has always refused to make direct contact with him, and always leaves as if he is leaving, fighting in this rugged mountain area.
What's even more terrifying is that in terms of the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers and small units, whether it is mounted archery skills or the ability of grassroots officers to master the troops, the Mongolian army is actually much inferior to the Han army, and the Han soldiers' will to fight similar to mental patients is even more frightening, so after suffering several big losses, Said no longer dared to split his troops to encircle and suppress them in multiple ways.
In order to "boost the morale of the army", the commander of the Junggar East Route Army, the Eight Assassins, led 2,000 iron cavalry to rush back from the front line of Jing County, forcing the traitor troops to move, and as a last resort, tens of thousands of "new annex troops" had to march in the direction of Jing County.
The large-scale movement of tens of thousands of troops, of course, could not hide from the generals of the Han army. After getting the news that the traitor army was advancing eastward, Zhao Liangdong immediately gave Mu Chengdong an order to attack. The Han army iron cavalry assembled overnight, starting from the southwest of Daizhou, marching around the Wuniu Mountain trail, suddenly appeared on the Tieling line at midnight, two thousand cavalry held torches high, shouted loudly and broke into the enemy's flank, there was chaos in the night, the Han army iron cavalry was like lightning, and broke into the core of the camp within half an instant, while slashing and slashing and driving away the panicked enemy troops, while throwing torches indiscriminately, burning the camp tent and baggage, under the sudden and ferocious blow, the 20,000 troops on the left side of the new annexed army bombed the camp in an instant, heard that the Han army was killed, and the big and small leaders took the lead in seizing their horses and fled, No one dared to meet the battle with the whole army, and the chaos spread from the core of the camp to all corners like a plague, with heart-rending shouts and shouts, and the iron cavalry that shattered the sky and the earth shattered, and I don't know how many people were killed in the chaos, and I didn't know which direction to resist. Tens of thousands of people fled from the camp with 2,000 cavalry, abandoning all weapons, armor, and baggage, and after defeating the enemy, the Han cavalry brigade once again divided its troops to chase and kill, and often hundreds of iron cavalry rushed into the enemy army several times their size, desperate for a fierce assault.
The enemy army is full of liver and gall, tens of thousands of people dare not turn back, the rout soldiers all over the mountains trample on each other, desperately running everywhere, the ferocious Han army iron cavalry will be dying ** wounded soldiers into flesh and mud, biting the tail of the rout, refusing to surrender any prisoners, killing all the stragglers, lone enemy soldiers, under the crazy killing of the cavalry brigade, the corpses east of Tieling are everywhere, and the yellow official road is dyed scarlet.
After the dawn, the 20,000 troops on the left flank of the new annex army no longer existed.
The fleeing soldiers were scattered, and the news of the rout of the left flank of the new annexed army quickly spread throughout the entire northwest of Jin, and the other two traitor troops immediately stopped when they heard the news, and retreated to defend themselves, no matter how the Junggar Prison Army with the army urged and coerced, they would never take a step forward.
This time, the Mongol army no longer urged and forced the new annexed army to follow the action, and the commander of the Junggar East Route Army, the Eight Thorns, recalled the Said's troops who were pursuing the cavalry brigade, and abandoned the Daizhou counties that were fighting with the Han army.