Chapter 67: Cut off Dayan's head
"Command the whole army, press up!" Wang Shouren said with a little excitement, and suddenly pulled out his long sword, Wang Shouren said loudly: "Meritorious service is rewarded, just today, everyone cheer up, this battle, get promoted and make a fortune!" ”
With Wang Shouren's shouting, the surrounding soldiers also shouted: "Get promoted, get rich, get rich!" ”
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The army began to engage in battle, the earliest was naturally the battle of scouts and rangers, the two sides strangled each other's scouts and rangers on a large scale in the combat zone, as soon as the battle began, the battle entered the white heat, and both sides obviously did not want to leave room for it. Daming can delay, but Wang Shouren doesn't want to delay, he wants to give Dayan Khan a hard time, and Dayan Khan's side can't afford to delay.
When the grassland tribes go to war, logistics are already a problem, and if they can't grab things back in the first war, then this winter will be difficult. The expedition will consume grain and grass, and if nothing is gained, then the battle will be lost. In many cases, although the grassland tribes did not suffer losses, they would turn around and come to ask for surrender and trade, for this reason.
If you can't win the battle and don't grab anything, then you will have a hard time, so you can only ask to open the market and exchange your war horses, cattle and sheep for food and materials for the winter.
Of course, if you win the battle and grab something, then you will naturally not talk about opening the market, and besides, if you can grab it, why exchange it for your own things? Under such circumstances, Dayan Khan's side wanted to quickly defeat the Ming army in front of him, rather than delay with them here.
Wang Shouren knew that since he had bitten it, it was just right to drag it down, and when the Tartars couldn't hold it anymore, the cavalry would bite it, and it would be a big victory.
However, in many cases, fighting a war can not only simply pursue victory, Wang Shouren wants to defeat Dayan Khan head-on, shock the surrounding grassland tribes, and at the same time boost the morale of the Ming Dynasty and enhance the prestige of His Royal Highness the Prince, so this battle cannot be delayed. So the two sides began a large-scale battle, which can be called the largest battle between the Ming army and the Tartars in recent years.
Of course, they couldn't fight before, the Ming army didn't dare to go out of the city, and the Tartars came, so they could only rely on the city wall to defend.
The garrisons of the two sides, the scouts fought, and there were also skirmishes during the period, and the Ming army invested 5,000 men to defeat Dayan Khan's 10,000 cavalry, which gave a psychological advantage.
In the big tent, Wang Shouren's eyes swept over the faces of the generals, and he said expressionlessly: "Tomorrow morning, the rice will be cooked, the army will be pressed with all its might, and the commander will break the enemy in one battle." Ladies and gentlemen, what does this battle mean, this marshal will not say much, after this battle, I hope that you can all be rewarded for your meritorious service, and you can all get the medal personally awarded by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
"Obey your orders!" Everyone stood up and said loudly with fists clenched, with a determined look on their faces.
Early the next morning, the Ming army began to cook on this side, and after breakfast, the army pulled out, and the cavalry pressed directly towards the Tartar camp.
In fact, after several battles in the past few days, Dayan Khan completely put away his contempt for the Ming army, and it was obvious that the defeat of the fire screen was not because of the sneak attack of the Ming army, but really because it could not be defeated. Then at this time, there is a dilemma, whether to continue to fight, or to withdraw. Withdraw, there is no face, and there is no place to make up for the consumption of this battle!
However, the strength of the Ming cavalry far exceeded Dayan Khan's expectations, although after the defeat of the fire screen, Dayan Khan also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry as much as possible, but in the end he found that he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.
"Father Khan, the Ming army's brigade is pressing up!" Tuluborot walked in quickly from the outside and said with a look on his face.
The people in the tent were stunned, and they still didn't react for a while, after fighting for many years, the Ming army pressed the whole army first, this is the first time. Immediately after that, everyone's faces became ugly, because the Ming army clearly looked down on their own people, and everyone's eyes were focused on Dayan Khan.
"Great Khan, let's fight!"
"Great Khan, teach the Ming army a lesson."
The tent was full of clamoring for a battle with the Ming army, but Tulu Borot, the eldest son of Dayan Khan, could see his father's hesitation, and he knew why his father hesitated. Once this battle starts, then it will be a decisive battle, and if it is won, it will naturally be easy to say anything, but if it is lost, I am afraid that this sweat position will be unstable.
Dayan Khan's gaze swept over the faces of the people below, he didn't know what these people were thinking in their hearts, but he knew that if he didn't fight, then these people would be suspicious.
"Fight, annihilate the Ming people, we have to let them know that Ben Khan is invincible." Dayan Khan said loudly: "Tuluborot, you lead 10,000 horsemen as the vanguard and send troops!" ”
The news of Dayan Khan's troops soon spread to Daming's side, and after listening to the report of his subordinates, Wang Shouren sat on his horse, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Zhang Biao, you lead 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and the commander supervises the formation for you, rushed up and cut off the head of the old thing in Dayan." ”
"Cut off the head of the old thing in Dayan." Zhang Biao raised the horse chopping knife in his hand and said loudly: "Sons, come with me and cut off Dayan Khan's head!" ”
The two armies rushed in one direction, naturally they met quickly, Zhang Biao looked at the Tartar cavalry coming from the opposite side, and directly put down his face armor, without any nonsense, and rushed towards the Tartar directly with his sword. Behind Zhang Biao, the soldiers of the Black Dragon Army also began to speed up, and the horses galloped to the final speed, and then went straight to the Tartar army.
Tuluborot looked at the rushing Ming army, he also knew that there was no retreat in this battle, if he could defeat the Ming army in front of him, his father Khan would be able to take advantage of the situation to cover up and defeat the Ming army in one go.
Tuluborot also began to pick up speed, and the Tartars behind him followed suit, and the speed of the horses on both sides soon reached its peak, and then they collided hard.
Wang Shouren held a telescope in his hand to observe the battlefield, such a battle, basically whoever shows the decline first, then whoever has to increase the army, otherwise it will usher in a rout. Once the vanguard is defeated and the rear army is overwhelmed, and the enemy army is pressing, there is basically no fighting. However, the increase in troops not only reduces the momentum, but also means that your vanguard cannot defeat others.
"Ready, as soon as the Tartars show their decline, we will press the whole army." Wang Shouren put down the binoculars in his hand expressionlessly and said to the herald beside him.
A Tartar soldier was cut down with a knife, Zhang Biao led people and rushed directly towards the Tartar generals led by him, capturing the thief and capturing the king first.