Chapter 393: A Killing That Could Have Been Avoided
The battle lasted less than two quarters of an hour, and the Mongol cavalry, which had been pierced by muskets, could not stop the powerful red-clothed attendants at all.
The cavalry on both wings lost contact with the generals of the Chinese army, and in a panic, they had to continue to spread out, trying to lure the red-clothed attendants out, use their best horsemanship and cavalry to deal with the pursuers, and then make a detour back to strangle a small group of red-clothed attendants, or cut into the main battlefield, or attack and cut on the periphery.
However, the red-clothed attendants on both flanks did not pursue at all, but suddenly turned in a different direction and outflanked the Mongols in the center.
At the same time, the red-clothed squire in the middle, the sword and shield man, also suddenly picked up speed and launched a charge towards the Mongols.
Ingurt was taken aback, and hurriedly asked his men to dismount and form a formation with bows and arrows and shields.
In the face of a three-sided encirclement, if you rush over, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and you may not be able to break through the opponent's encirclement.
He could only hold on to it.
The most effective way to face the encirclement and charge of the cavalry is to form an infantry formation, with bows and spears to fend off the cavalry.
When the Mongol cavalry on both flanks returned in a roundabout way and outflanked the flanks and rear of the red-clothed squires, he would not only be able to resolve the crisis, but even turn defeat into victory.
However, the red-clothed cavalry on both flanks did not charge at them, but turned in another direction, passing past the Mongols who had not yet formed their formation, and then continued to rush to the flanks, continuing to pin down the Mongol cavalry on both flanks and prevent the other side from coming back to outflank them.
Their goal had been achieved, to force the Mongol Chinese army to dismount and form a formation, preventing them from escaping on horseback.
At the same time, the 800 infantry of the Chinese army in red were rapidly approaching the Mongols in formation, and even if they were within range of the opponent's rifles, they were still advancing at a high speed.
The red-clothed attendants were the most well-equipped troops in Emperor Guan's army, all wearing iron helmets, a layer of cotton armor and a layer of cloth iron armor, with a cowhide wrapped wooden shield, and they were not afraid of bows and arrows at all thirty paces away.
As soon as they entered the distance of thirty paces, the well-trained red-clothed attendants, under the cover of their shields, raised their javelins one after another and threw them with all their might.
Seeing the javelins roaring from the sky, the Mongols present changed color.
They were all too familiar with the javelin, and in addition to mounted archery, the Mongol warriors also had another weapon that terrified their enemies: the javelin.
Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the Mongols used their bows and arrows and javelins to conquer Western Liao and Khorezm, allowing the Mongols to level the far western regions.
It wasn't until they were driven back to the prairie by Zhu Yuanzhang and lost their iron source that their javelin tactics declined.
Because they lack iron, the iron needed to make a spear head can make more than a dozen arrowheads.
The rest of Chahar was even more short of iron, and during his exile in Qinghai, he could only rely on looting the Ming border to obtain pitiful iron tools, so he was naturally reluctant to use them to make javelins.
In contrast, Qinchuan has so much iron that it can't be used up at all.
Therefore, Qin Chuan has very strict requirements for the production of equipment for the Guan Emperor Army, and it is never allowed to cut corners and make shoddy products, including low-cost javelins, which must also be made of repeatedly refined iron, and the spear head made of a series of treatments such as carburizing, annealing, tempering, and quenching is extremely sharp, and it can easily penetrate cotton armor and iron armor at a distance of thirty steps, and its power is far better than that of armor-piercing heavy arrows.
When 800 javelins roared in, the Mongols were on their backs, and the remnants of the Chahars, who lacked armor, could not stop the sharp javelins at all, and fell in large swaths like wheat harvesting.
Under the command of the big and small leaders, the surviving Mongols had just fired a wave of heavy arrows when the second wave of javelins from the red-clothed squire arrived.
Immediately afterwards, the red-clothed attendant who was approaching suddenly picked up speed and pounced on the remnants of the Mongols.
"Those who go along are born, and those who are against them die!"
On the battlefield where the screams and the sounds of fighting were intertwined, the roar of the red-clothed squire still resounded in the sky.
Soon, the Mongols were completely defeated.
As soon as the Mongol cavalry on both flanks came back, they found that the general trend had gone, and they suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and they fled away from home.
The red-clothed attendant behind him did not give up and chased after him closely.
Qin Chuan didn't want to let these routs escape, because they would definitely switch to Houjin.
The horses of the rest of the Chahar army lacked beans and other fine materials for a long time, and after a winter, they had already lost weight, and the horsepower was not long-lasting, and no matter how good their riding skills were, they could not run much faster.
And the war horses of the red-clothed squire are fed two or three catties of concentrate every day, and each horse is fat and strong, and it is not difficult to catch up with those routs.
The battle outside the camp was soon over, and Ingurt fled back to the camp with less than two hundred remnants of his soldiers, while the red-clad squires pursued them and rushed in with a thud.
Soon, the battle in the big camp was over.
Qin Chuan rode a snow-white horse, stepped over the corpses everywhere, and stepped into Namu Zhong's camp.
Namu Zhong stood outside the largest and tallest yurt, holding a baby in her arms, flanked by Orzhetu and Ingult, and dozens of guards covered in blood with weapons in their hands.
Not far from them, there were red-clad attendants who were surrounded by water.
The red armor, all stained with blood, looked like an army of demons from hell, making the guards around Namu Zhong shudder.
Qin Chuan rode his horse and walked in, looking at Namu Zhong condescendingly.
"It was a killing that could have been avoided."
Qin Chuan said expressionlessly.
Namu Zhong trembled slightly, and the expression on his face was very painful.
"Aqi Tumen Wanhu Hulu Duo is willing to serve as the general as Khan."
After struggling for a moment, Namu Zhong finally knelt down, bowed his head and said humbly.
Seeing this, Orzhetu on the side also hurriedly knelt down.
"Ketulu Tumen Wanhu Huluduo is willing to serve the general as Khan."
Ingurt and the surrounding guards also put down their weapons one after another, bent down and knelt down in front of Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan didn't have the slightest surprise, and didn't let them get up, he just said expressionlessly: "I will still treat your people kindly, and give them a piece of land with abundant water and grass for them to graze and cultivate with peace of mind." ”
"But from today on, the Ten Thousand Households of Asu Tumen and the Ten Thousand Households of Ketulu Tumen no longer belong to you, the two palace guards of the Puru Duo are officially disbanded, and those who want to continue to gallop on the battlefield, or those who want to eat military salaries, can sign up to join the Guan Emperor Army when the conscription order is issued, and I will treat the Mongols and Han people equally."
"As for you ......"
Speaking of this, Qin Chuan's gaze looked at Namu Zhong and Orzhetu again.
"I'll send you back to Lou Fu and make arrangements later."
Hearing Qin Chuan's words, Namu Zhong trembled slightly, but still lowered his head and said, "Thank you, General." ”
Qin Chuan stopped talking nonsense with her, pulled the reins of the horse, and went to inspect the battlefield.
In fact, before he finished speaking, he would break up the remnants of these Chahars, and resettle a small part of them in the Qiantao and Ordos regions, and most of them would be sent back to Hequ, Baode Prefecture, Qilanzhou and other places, so that they could learn to cultivate and settle down on the land of the Han people.
For the Mongols, the best way to manage it is to intermarry and assimilate.
Many of the men of the remnants of this Chahar army were killed in battle, and there were many widows and children left, and Qin Chuan would let Emperor Guan's army and the people under his rule marry those widows and adopt those children.
At the same time, he will immigrate in large numbers to the Hetao area, which is a fertile land suitable for farming, and it will not be a problem to bring a hundred and thousands of Han people.
When the Han and Mongolian people live together, and then use language, cultural customs, and production techniques to assimilate the Mongolian people, it will not be long before they will have a sense of belonging, and it will not be difficult to manage.