The Tatar Uketu Khan withdrew from the Tatar Khan in embarrassment, leaving only 20,000 iron horsemen with him.

When he appeared in the sweat tent, the 100,000 iron cavalry stationed here were in a commotion, and the 300,000 iron cavalry army only came back 20,000?!

On the same day, he gathered 100,000 iron cavalry, and gathered all the Tatar generals and leaders of the Khan tent, and announced in public that he had led an army of 300,000 iron cavalry to inflict heavy losses on the Tiance army, although the Tatar iron cavalry suffered heavy casualties, at least more than 100,000 horses, but the Tiance army also lost more than half, and could only be supplemented by the rest of the Ming army.

Such a declaration obviously could not satisfy and convince the many generals and leaders of the Khan Tent, when even if some leaders asked rhetorically, even if the 300,000 army lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but there should still be more than 100,000 horses left, why did 20,000 iron cavalry come back now?

Xiao Lai sneered and said: "Ben Khan has asked the rest of the iron cavalry to constantly harass the Tiance army in order to prevent the enemy from moving north, Ben Khan will return to the Khan tent to rectify the 100,000 iron cavalry here, and start the final decisive battle with the remaining Tiance army!" It won't be long before the iron horsemen of all the divisions will return to the sweat tent one after another. ”

After listening to Xiao Lai's words, everyone was puzzled, but seeing that Xiao Lai's face was very unsightly, they didn't dare to say anything.

On the same day, he rewarded the generals and leaders who stayed behind in the sweat tent in public, and finally appeased everyone temporarily.

That night, he secretly summoned his henchmen who had left in the sweat tent, and everyone discussed secretly all night.

Early the next morning, sporadic routs began to flee back to the sweat tent, and they understood that a large number of routs must have been on the way, and it would not be long before they would flee back to the sweat tent one after another, and the news of their defeat was impossible to hide!

So, he secretly ordered his henchmen to act according to the plan.

At this time, the whole Khan tent became restless because of the rout that kept fleeing, and the Uketu Khan was defeated by the Tiance army, and the Ming army soon spread in the middle of the army.

There are constantly leaders and generals who ask to see each other, and even some leaders with distinguished status and generals with outstanding military achievements are noisy and noisy, and there is a great posture of vowing not to give up without giving an explanation.

At this moment, the soldiers and horses in the sweat tent began to move continuously, not only the 20,000 iron horsemen brought back by the horse, but also 60,000 iron horsemen who were originally left behind in the sweat tent!

The leaders and generals who surrounded the big tent all felt the slightest bit bad, and they scattered one after another, wanting to rush back to their tents, no matter what happened, only in their own army was the safest.

"You and others collude with the Ming army to make trouble, and kill according to the order of King Uketu Khan, kill me!"

A general in heavy armor shouted loudly, and the iron cavalry army behind him rushed directly forward, those suspicious leaders and generals were suddenly frightened, and some people began to shout and curse, but they were immediately drowned by the iron cavalry army, and the hundreds of guards accompanying these people also died under the swords of the iron cavalry army, and none of them survived.

On this day, the Tatar Khan Tent was killed, and the Iron Cavalry Army was secretly mobilized, seven tribal leaders and twelve generals were killed, and the 40,000 Iron Cavalry Legion that was not directly under the Khan Tent was surrounded and disarmed.

The slain chiefs and generals immediately began to counterattack, but in the face of the superior forces of the Bads and the name of the Tatar Uktu Khan, these soldiers and horses were quickly defeated.

In one day's work, Xiao Lai commanded the army to kill more than 10,000 people, and the entire sweat tent was full of blood.

Immediately afterwards, he began to rectify the sweat tent and obtained more than 80,000 reliable soldiers and horses. After that, for six days, plus about 110,000 defeated soldiers who fled back one after another, the army of 200,000 iron cavalry was reorganized!

Of course, at this time, the 200,000 iron cavalry army was no longer the Tatar iron cavalry before the war, not only the morale of the army was very low, but even the weapons and armor were also lacking a lot, and even some soldiers who fled back lost their horses.

There is nothing they can do about it, so they can only do their best to rearm some of the trusted soldiers and horses.

At this time, the only thing he could count on in his hands was the 10,000 cowardly Xue army that he had worked so hard to build.

On the eighth day of escaping back to the sweat tent, he received an urgent report from the sentinels: the Tiance army is coming, ten miles away from the sweat tent!

After a few days of rest, the morale of the Tiance army was greatly boosted, and they pursued all the way north, and finally stopped at the Yinma River, which was more than ten miles away from the tent of the Tatar tribe, and set up camp on the south bank of the Yinma River.

Hearing this news, he couldn't help frowning, the name of the Yinma River in the Tatar Department is the Yimi River, the Ermin River, and it is a natural danger to the south of the Tatar Khan's tent.

The Yinma River originates from the southeast side of Lao Yeling, west of the Khaden Tent of the Tatar Department, flows eastward, and many Tatars and the people of the northern Ming Dynasty call it the Little Yellow River.

The reason why it is called the Yinma River is because when it flows through the area of the Tatar sweat tent for a radius of 100 miles, most of the banks of the Yinma River are low mountains and hills, and the width of the river valley is only more than two or three miles at most, and the river channel is curved, the river channel is narrow and deep, and the bottom of the river is sand and pebbles, and it is very easy to break out in the rainy season.

After a deep groan, he gathered a group of his generals and prepared to lead the army south to meet the battle, and confront the Tiance army across the river!

A group of Tatar generals were suddenly divided into two factions, a few generals supported the horses, thinking that the area around the sweat tent was a flat river, and there was no danger to defend at all, especially the sharp firearms of the Tiance army, and the Tatar iron cavalry army did not have much advantage against it at all, so it was better to confront the Tiance army across the river, and there might be a chance of victory.

However, most of the generals expressed their worries about this battle, and most of them were not optimistic about this battle, thinking that the Tatar Department had lost 200,000 iron cavalry troops after several major battles, which could be said to have been greatly damaged, and if they continued to fight, even if they finally defeated the Tiance Army, the Tatars would no longer be able to dominate the grassland, and even turn their heads and be defeated by other Hu tribes!

These generals all believed that the Tatar troops should take advantage of the fact that the Tiance army had not yet crossed the Yinma River and moved north as soon as possible, retreating all the way to the depths of the desert, or even retreating all the way to Beihai!

As long as the Tiance army has the courage to catch up, there will definitely be a shortage of food and grass supplies, and as the supply line of the Tiance army becomes longer and longer, it will also create an opportunity for the Tatar army's fierce iron cavalry army to attack the supply line of the Ming army at will, and there will even be the possibility of a complete reversal!

At the beginning, the two sides were afraid of coming, and they could argue with each other, but in the back, the two sides began to quarrel, and even some of them were short-tempered, and they suddenly scuffled together, and there was chaos in the sweat tent.

Xiao Lai looked at everyone's farce coldly, to be honest, he still agreed with most people in his heart, and those who wanted to lead the army to continue to retreat to the north also understood that if they wanted to defeat the Tiance army, retreat was the best way.

But he also knew that this was no longer the time to go to war, and he could still use the prestige of the Great Khan to dominate the ministries and let the subordinates obediently retreat all the way north with him.

You must know that if you retreat to the north, not only will the Tiance army have to bear the danger brought by the long supply line, but the Tatar troops will also have to bear the serious consequences of the loss of livestock, property, and pastures.

At this time, the Tatars announced that they would retreat northward, and it was estimated that many tribes would flee from them, and even some tribes would flee on their own.

Such a consequence is no less than a fiasco!

Looking at the quarrel of everyone, his heart was also anxious, weighing the pros and cons left and right.

In the end, he still made up his mind to lead the remaining 200,000 iron cavalry troops of the Tatar army south to the north bank of the Yuma River and confront the Tiance army across the river.

"Even if he is doomed, Ben Khan will be defeated on the battlefield, not on the way to retreat!"

Xiao Lai roared angrily in his heart, and his eyes looking at everyone became extremely firm: "If the Drinking Horse River is lost, the sweat tent is destined to be lost!" Even if our Tatars retreat north, they will not be able to save the end of defeat. The Tatars, who have lost their sweat tents, are they still the overlords of the steppe! ”

In one sentence, everyone was asked, and everyone's eyes became hot and full of war.

"Pass the order! All the iron horsemen of the sweat tent went south to the Drinking Horse River, and at the same time gathered all the tribes and subordinates into the sweat tent, and gathered all the boys over ten years old, as well as all the strong women, to guard the sweat tent! This battle is a battle of life and death for our Tatar department, if we win, our Tatar department can take advantage of the situation to go south to attack Datong Town, defeated, our Tatar department will no longer have life! ”

The blood of all the Tatar leaders and generals was struck, and everyone was determined to fight to the death, because at this time there was no way for everyone to retreat!

The next day, he led an army of 200,000 iron cavalry to leave the tent of the Tatar tribe and arrived at the north bank of the Yuma River in the evening.

At this time, more than 120,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army were still stationed on the south bank, and they did not take the opportunity to cross the river to the north, which made Xiaolai breathe a sigh of relief.

After Liu Juntao received the report that he would not receive it at night, he led Hu Dexing, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, as well as the generals of various armies and officials of various shogunate departments out of the camp, and under the escort of 100 heavily armored guards, they came to the Yinma River to watch the battle.

I saw that the north bank of the Yinma River was waving flags, people and horses were boiling, and the vast grassland was full of Tatar iron cavalry armies, and everywhere there were endless Hu horses.

Hu Dexing frowned slightly, and said: "It seems that Xiaolai is preparing to fight to the death, there are at least a dozen or two hundred thousand iron cavalry troops here, and it is estimated that it is already the last strength of the Tatar Department!" ”

General Yan Hu also said with some regret: "If we knew this, we might as well cross the river in advance and occupy the north bank of the Yinma River first!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone also regretted it a little, at this time there were 200,000 Tatar iron cavalry on the north bank, and it would be even more difficult for the army to cross the river to the north.

Who knew that Liu Juntao looked at the sky, but laughed, and then without saying a word, he beckoned everyone to return to the camp.