Chapter Seventy-Four: Pursuing the Remnants

The more than 10,000 Mongols who were ambushed in the northwest side had no intention of fighting after escaping, although there were still a lot of men and horses left, but the only grain, grass and ordnance were occupied by the enemy, how to fight this battle, so they galloped to the north, where there was the main force of the three troops of Warat, they ran for two or three hours, reined in the horses, and fell to the ground tiredly, at this moment the sky was already a little cloudy, everyone did not eat all night, and they were busy running all night and now they were even more hungry,

They turned over and dismounted, this way galloped wildly thinking that the Ming army would not catch up, and wanted to take the opportunity to rest and find some food to replenish some water sources, and the people on horseback were naturally familiar with this kind of hunting, and also sent more than 100 people to fetch water, ready to continue to the north, because there is no direct drinking water source for hundreds of miles to the north, it is good to be stationed here, there are mountains and rivers and some people can also rob it, but in case the Ming army is bloody, and it will be a big bad thing to push forward and kill again, Or withdraw as soon as possible to find the main force to the insurance, soon someone called a few hares, this is not easy, the army of animals have dodged, can hit the prey is already the elite of the hunters, such good things ordinary soldiers are not blessed to enjoy, naturally to honor the general, several generals on the fire peeled the skin and roasted it on the shelf,

Just as several generals were waiting for the hare to be roasted while discussing, suddenly a soldier put his ear to the ground, and then suddenly jumped up and shouted: "The Ming army is chasing, the Ming army is chasing." The commander of the army slashed the soldier with a knife and scolded: "The crime of disturbing the morale of the army should be beheaded." But he did not deny the conclusion of the soldiers, because they also heard the sound of the coming horses' hooves of the Ming army, so he waved his hand and ordered: "The army continues to march north." ”

It is more appropriate to say that it is better to enter than to escape, the unroasted hare is not daring to ask, and the team that did not return to fetch water is not waiting, turning over and running fast on the horse, so there is a look of losing the armor, leaving a lot of ordnance on the ground that has not had time to put away, and the soldiers threw away more, when fleeing, bring a little less to run faster, of course, only the military flags of the various departments have not been discarded, but there is still a trace of the sense of honor of the soldiers,

In less than two teas, Zhu Jianwen led the crowd to arrive, he reined in the horse and turned down, picked up the hare meat inside the barbecue with a tree branch and said: "Look, these Mongolian turtle sons have even prepared food for us, come on, take it, let's eat while walking, hahahaha." When they heard this, they burst out laughing.

Although the army kept quiet as much as possible, the sound of the horses' hooves alone was noisy, and now there was no whole team in a row, so naturally the sound was louder, but Chao Xing still heard the sound in the distance, and hurriedly said: "There are more than 100 people running from the east, but they are not moving fast, I think it may be an escort or something." ”

Zhu Jianwen nodded and sent a thousand cavalry out to intercept it, but the one who surrendered without resistance, the Mongolian soldiers of 100 people went to get water, in order to reduce the burden on their bodies, they brought a lot of water, they didn't take any weapons, and were surrounded by more than 1,000 elite cavalry of the Ming army.

Zhu Jianwen sent troops to escort the captives back, and then used the water to make supplies accordingly, still unhurried forward pursuers, the Ming army's team is very distinctive, the front brigade of cavalry horses and whips although not in a hurry but not slow chase, behind are thousands of carts, the car is a whole piece of wood chiseled on the axle and hung on the wheel, although simple but extremely spacious, the car sat on the Ming soldiers, those soldiers are like "uncle" in general, weapons thrown on the car, drinking, chatting and bragging, the order does not look like a war at all, Behind the cart there are some empty horses that do not bear weight and do not ride people, these horses will inevitably be considered wild horses if they do not have saddle horses and horse chews, where are there such casual people and horses, is this still a war?

Behind the cart, is the neat Ming infantry, their task is not to charge, but to collect the Mongols who were captured in the encounter and the Mongolian cavalry who were driven by the vanguard cavalry after running away, and then tie them up and send them back to the camp for custody, although they are very tired when marching on their legs, they are not as good as the group of "uncles" and the cavalry in front of them, but there is no danger in this kind of work, and there is no need to deal with the fierce Mongolian iron cavalry head-on, so the soldiers are happy, and they don't feel really tired when they walk,

The Mongols' ability to run is terrifying to the Ming army, not to mention that now it is a run for their lives, eating, drinking, sleeping and grinding teeth on horseback are commonplace, and now although they are tired and hungry, they still have this ability, and they keep running until the war horse falls to the ground and spits blood from their tired mouths.

The Mongols have many horses, a horse is generally equipped with two or three horses, you can change the ride, the fallen horse separates the neck to drink the horse blood, and the horse meat can also be eaten, but the problem is that every time the food is not prepared properly, the Ming army will kill it slowly, as if tireless,

Horse blood is hot and dry, can only quench the thirst of the moment, the horse meat is half-cooked to the stomach, even if the Mongolian athlete's stomach is good, it can't last long, except for a few people, most of them are lying on the back of the horse with a sickness, looking half-dead, they can't understand, when the cavalry and cavalry of the Han people became so powerful, and they are still so energetic under the pursuit for so long, just like that, the Mongols gradually can't support it, those who fall on the road, run away, and go to make a living by themselves abound, Even if the centurion killed a lot of deserters, he was repeatedly banned, but in the end fortunately he didn't care, otherwise this embarrassing scene would make the soldiers unhappy again, and if there was a lesion, it would be more than worth the loss, and when the time came, I was afraid that I would have to give my life to the commander on the road.

Three days later, Zhu Jianwen woke up from the car, stretched his waist and yawned, and then twisted his neck with his fingers, obviously he didn't sleep very comfortably, everything was simple on the march, he didn't put on any shelf, and Chao Xing Shi Biao and five or six generals were squeezed in a car It was indeed a little crowded, after all, they were all men with big shoulders and round waists, but thinking about themselves being so tired, the Mongols were even more conceivable, Zhu Jianwen couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this,

Don't look old at Chao Xing, but his spirit is booming, he woke up after sleeping for more than two hours, and now he looked at Zhu Jianwen while eating, Zhu Jianwen straightened his armor, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle Chao, I slept well yesterday." ”

Chao Xing nodded and poked Shi Biao next to him, and then said, "I slept okay, but this kid snored too loudly." Shi Biao didn't sleep deeply, he was poked and suddenly jumped up, and in a fit of rage, he saw that it was Chao Xing, and he was not angry for a while, laughing and taking the water and dried meat handed by Chao Xing, and said while eating: "Speaking of which, the trick of the king is really high." ”