Chapter 722: The Conquest of Mongolia (6)
Zhou Yuji laughed and got up, because he was not an old man of the Liu family, he only got an earl title when Liu Ximing was called emperor, it was when he was suffering from nowhere to make meritorious contributions, how could he let go of such a good opportunity now.
"The old man has been waiting for this day for more than a year, do you think I will let him go, I didn't say it, let's march north as soon as possible."
"Okay, give the order, and the army will start tomorrow."
The Han army knew how to spread scouts, and so did the Mongols, not to mention that this was still their main battlefield.
That is, the kung fu of the front and rear feet, Jebu Zundamba, Wu Keshan and others all knew that the Han army was coming.
On August 27, the second year of Yuanwu, on the prairie full of life, a great war was coming.
Because of the proper operation in Chifeng, Yu Chenglong was finally promoted to the rank of lieutenant as he wished, and officially led a regiment of soldiers and horses.
"Regiment commander, the governor has given an order, let me wait to go to the left flank to cover the battlefield."
On the morning of the 27st, Yu Chenglong received an order from the brigade headquarters that the 2nd Brigade of the 107th Division was responsible for covering the battlefield on the left flank.
In the huge Han army array, Jiao Min stood up and shouted.
"Brothers, come with me."
The 5,000 soldiers of the Second Brigade heard the sound and galloped towards the grassland on the left amid the roar of horses' hooves.
At the same time that the Han army moved towards Hulunbuir, the entire Mongol coalition army also began to move south.
Yu Chenglong and others stopped for more than 50 miles, and found that there were also traces of Mongolians on the horizon ahead.
"Stop, get back to horsepower."
Looking at the Mongolian vanguard 20 miles away, Jiao Mintong decisively gave an order.
The Mongol coalition on the opposite side had apparently learned from the experience of the Mongols, and the Mongols did not even dare to send scouts, but waited quietly to gather their men, intending to rely on a collective charge to deal with the Han army.
Yu Chenglong smiled and pulled the bolt of the riding gun in his hand a few times, until he confirmed that the bolt was working normally.
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade all rolled over and dismounted, taking out bean cakes from their bags to feed their mounts while preparing to count their ammunition and other equipment.
The Mongols moved quickly, and in about half an hour, the entire vanguard army of 50,000 people gathered and began to move towards the Han army on the left and right wings.
At this time, the two flanks of the Han army were only the strength of one brigade each.
Mu Jingna and Zhou Yuji also observed this situation and hurriedly sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to support.
However, the Han army front was stretched too long on the steppe, and the reinforcements could not arrive for a while.
Turning around and looking at the smoke and dust of the support troops in the rear, Jiao Min shouted with a relaxed face:
"Brothers, the support department is expected to arrive in half an hour, are you afraid?"
"I'm invincible"
There was a shout from the Han army.
"Hahaha, that's good, then let's go up and tell the Mongols on the other side that surrender and don't kill!"
"Hahaha"
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade burst into laughter.
The Mongol general Borot on the opposite side also shouted at the right time, "The descendants of Genghis Khan, for the glory of the steppe, kill all the Han people."
"Kill the Han people"
The 25,000 Mongol cavalry shouted, and finally began to charge the Han army with their horses in the belly.
The officers and men of the Second Brigade also completed their preparations at this time, and the team of 5,000 people began to mobilize.
Looking down from the sky, the cavalry of the Han army was like a small boat, facing the vast sea of the Mongols and began to charge.
"Four Hundred Steps"
"Three Hundred Steps"
"200 Steps"
"All turn right"
Jiao Mintong charged in the third column of the front army as the brigade commander, and when the Han army and the Mongolian army were about to make contact, the Han army suddenly began to turn.
The entire Han army, 5,000 troops, suddenly turned from a phalanx into a long snake and ran around the Mongol cavalry to the right.
At the same time, Jiao Mintong's password sounded closely.
"Shooting"
"Bang", "Bang"
The more than 1,000 Han troops lined up on the periphery rained down bullets, directly shooting the vanguard of the Mongols on their backs.
"Rush quickly, rush into the big array of Han Dog and win."
Borot's eyes were red and he kept shouting with his knife.
The entire Mongol army erupted in a ghostly scream.
But it's a pity that the Han army was waiting for work at ease at the beginning, and now it's running fast in circles.
The Mongol army was drastically reduced dramatically.
In the face of the Han army's tactics of constantly flying kites only by firepower, the Mongols had no choice.
Seeing that the Han army did not seem to have any plans for a head-on decisive battle in the future, Borot had to shout again, and the entire Mongolian forward dispersed at once, preparing to separate to encircle the Han army.
"As long as thirty steps, as long as thirty steps can enter the range of the bow and arrow, give me a quick charge!"
Borot, the Mongol general from Khalkha, was about to burst out of his eyes with anger.
Seeing the Han cavalry in front of him scurrying around like rats, Borot was so angry that he yelled wildly.
Just when the Mongols were at a loss, reinforcements from the Han army also arrived.
"Kill"
Guo Minliang, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 107th Division, waved his cavalry gun, and the 5,000 soldiers who had just arrived rushed towards the Mongols, who had already become a scattered formation.
Jiao Min saw this situation, and immediately commanded his subordinates to turn around and start charging.
This time the Mongols finally had the opportunity to fire arrows at the Han army.
However, their loose array could not gather enough coverage strength, and when a bow and arrow came down, there were very few Han soldiers who were actually shot.
"Bang", "Bang"
However, at this time, the Han soldiers had already rushed to the front of the Mongols, and in the face of the Mongols who hurriedly set up their bows, the Han people's cavalry spears were obviously more powerful.
Just by the face of the battle, the Mongol front army lost more than 3,000 people.
"Kill"
At the same time that Jiao Min and others were caught in a fierce battle, the Mongol army on the frontal battlefield finally arrived.
Facing a local team of up to 150,000 people, Mu Jingnan and Zhou Yuji did not hesitate to give the order to charge.
"Doodoo~~"
The sound of a clear horn sounded in the Hulunbuir steppe, and Han soldiers in red uniforms charged at them as if they did not know the number of Mongols.
In the Mongolian array, Jebuzundamba and Wu Keshan were dumbfounded.
"The situation has changed," Wu muttered to himself.
"Big brother, what are you talking about?"
Wu Keshan's younger brother Manzhu Xili shouted anxiously.
"I said that the situation has changed, once the Han people start to be fearless to death, it will be difficult for my warriors on the grassland to be their opponents."
Wu Keshan let out a long sigh, "I hope today will not be our sacrifice day." ”
Manzhu Xili was suddenly angered by Wu Keshan's words, "Our grassland sons and daughters must be more brave and good at fighting than the Han people, and our army will win today!" ”
After speaking, Manzhu Xili urged his war horses to gallop out.
"Shooting"
As the two armies approached, the Han army once again resounded with dense gunfire.
The momentum of the Mongol army was directly defeated.
The entire Hulunbuir grassland is full of desperately fighting Han cavalry and Mongolian cavalry.
Although the Mongols suffered a great loss with their sharp guns, the Chinese army led by Mu Jingnan and Zhou Yuji was only 40,000 after all.
In the face of the Mongol 150,000 troops, the Han army's large array began to gradually become overwhelmed.
Just when Mu Jingnan was in a hurry, there was a burst of chanting on the battlefield on the left flank.
"Han Army, forward!"
The left flank cavalry led by Jiao Mintong and Yu Chenglong successfully broke through the left flank of the Mongols and directly killed the frontal battlefield in Jiaozhong.
A smile flashed at the corner of Mu Jingnan's mouth.
That's why he sent the left and right wings.
He was familiar with the situation of his own army, and knew that as long as the ratio of numbers did not exceed 1:3, the Han army could generally end the battle quickly.
Sure enough, after losing more than 10,000 people, the cavalry formed by herdsmen on the left flank of the Mongols finally could not withstand the casualties.
The remaining nearly 10,000 herdsmen began to flee in all directions, crying for their fathers and mothers.
Jiao Min and others paid little attention to these deserters, and the Han soldiers, who had a strong will to fight, began to charge again against the same crumbling Mongol army.
The Mongol army, which was already showing signs of fatigue, began to waver under the influence of this.
When the Han cavalry on the right flank broke through the barrier and rushed into the battlefield, the situation on the entire battlefield suddenly got out of control.
The more than 50,000 cavalry of the Han army directly pressed and beat the more than 100,000 remnants of the Mongols.
Even with the name of Jebtsundamba, the Mongol army was still inevitably defeated.
"Hooray, hooray"
In the afternoon, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded on the Hulunbuir grassland, and the Han army directly defeated the Mongol army into a rout.
The 200,000-strong Mongol army vanished.
In this battle alone, the Han army killed and wounded more than 80,000 Mongols, while its own losses were less than 10,000.
Among the deserters of the Mongol army, Wu Keshan looked back at the cheering Han army like ashes under the escort of a group of personal guards, his lips moved but only a few words were spoken.
"Let's go, go to Beihai, the farther away from the Han army, the better."