Chapter Thirty-Eight: Victory in the First Battle

This time to the south, Eris attacked the Xuanfu line, Yideri attacked the Datong line, and Aduqin attacked the Jizhou line. Originally, I thought that Aduqin's side was the easiest and most relaxed, but I didn't know that the first attack would be disadvantageous.

The Mongols had long been concerned about the dynamics of the Ming army's border, and knew that after the death of Wu Weizhong, the former general soldier of Jizhou, the imperial court appointed a new general soldier. The name of the new chief soldier is unknown, and they estimate that they are the related household of which senior member only came to Jizhou to take up his post for gold-plating. It's just that now it seems that this new general soldier has already had a countermeasure, and he has laid a trap and is waiting for them to jump inside!

Looking at his subordinates fleeing in embarrassment, Aduqin's heart was dripping with blood - this was his most elite cavalry, the former cowardly Xue army, the most frightening team under Genghis Khan, was destroyed in his own hands. If such an incident had been encountered in the past, Abduqin would definitely have been furious, and then personally led the army to find the field. But today, he didn't have the slightest idea of going back immediately, because the explosion like thunder and anger still echoed in his mind, like a lingering nightmare.

For the first time, Abdul Qin felt fear and despair, the fear came from the unknown, and he couldn't figure out what magic the Ming army had cast, causing the flat ground to explode continuously; The despair was because he knew that not only was he powerless against the new weapons of the Ming army, but he was even more likely to dare not face them again.

What to do? Abdul Qin was in trouble.

Diametrically opposite scenes appeared in the camp of the Ming army, and Cui Dazheng, who had returned in triumph, told the details of the battle just now.

"You don't know, when it sounded, even our own people almost peed our pants! My mother, why didn't I think the sound was so loud before, if we hadn't been mentally prepared, we would have been confused. ”

"That's right, we are separated by more than ten miles, and we all feel that the earth is shaking!" Liu Hu said loudly.

"Mr. Zhong, how did you do it?" Jing Tianchu was more concerned about the reason.

"To be honest, I didn't expect it to work so well. I only observed the first two experiments in the arsenal, and I didn't have time to pay attention to them after that, so I thought they had made such a big deal! Haha...... "I can't help Zhong Nan, these new firearms were developed under the guidance of his thoughts, and now the effect is unexpectedly good, no matter how you say it, it is a matter of glory on the face."

"I remember that when I was experimenting in the barracks, the power was not particularly outstanding, but in just a few months, it has increased several times, second brother, you are really a genius!" Chen Kepeng patted his brother's ass.

"Where, I just told the owners of the Hong factory at the time that they should try to compact * in the iron shell, so that the impact of the explosion is strong enough. It seems that the craftsmen of the arsenal not only understood what I meant, but most of them incorporated their ideas. This time I must give a great credit! ”

"Lord Commander, then we also have merit, right?" Liang Wengen asked with a grin.

"Of course, as long as the Mongol army is driven away, all the officers and men in the army will be greatly meritorious!" Zhong Nan waved his hand, and the aura of the king appeared.

"But I don't think the Mongols dare to attack for the time being, right?" Ouyang Shan guessed uncertainly.

"It's possible, after all, the psychological impact on them this time is too great, and the Left Route Army will not attack rashly until it is fully digested." Jing Tianchu uttered his analysis.

"I agree with Jing's guerrilla judgment!" Cui Dazheng continued, "When we pursued the defeated Mongol army, they didn't even have the heart to resist, and the cavalry that fell behind, after seeing us catching up, immediately stopped their horses, and then held their heads and let us cut and kill. If you weren't stupid, you wouldn't have been so scared! ”

"But they still have two armies in the middle and on the right!" Zhong Nan reminded his subordinates.

"Xuanfu and Datong are not so easy to capture, right?" Liu Hu was a little unconvinced.

"I also hope that the soldiers on the front line of Xuanda can block the Mongolian iron cavalry, but the specific battle situation is not clear at the moment." Zhong Nan said calmly.

"Then let's wait and see what happens!" Jing Tianchu proposed.

"That's all there is to it!" The crowd agreed.

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There are two flowers, and we will each show one branch. Erisi and Yidebia Duqin, who attacked Xuanfu and Datong, entered the battlefield first, and the two advanced step by step with the advantage of the number of people under their command.

Yu Yi, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and Ai Tianlun, the chief soldier of Datong, are also from the old army, but their men are overstretched, but the quota of more than 80,000 soldiers is actually only about 40,000, and more than half of them are paid. In fact, the two of them didn't know the consequences of doing this, but they were lucky, and now they really encountered a large group of enemy troops, and the bitter fruit they planted was only swallowed by themselves.

Yu Yi and Ai Tianlun are still holding on, but Aduqin can't hold on anymore. After five days of suffering, Abduqin finally made up his mind to return to the old lair of the Chahar tribe, he did not want the tens of thousands of good sons he had worked hard to train to be buried in the wasteland outside the Great Wall.

During these five days, the entire Left Army collapsed, more than half of the 10,000 cavalry in the first wave of the attack were lost, and the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape even slept became a luxury. As soon as they lay down, they would recall the tragic scene of that day, and the scene would be vivid in their minds - even Mongolian veterans who were accustomed to seeing bloody scenes could hardly help but be afraid.

The cavalry who fled back that day showed how powerful the army's weapons were; Others say that it was not a weapon, but a rolling thunder from the "Immortal Heaven" to punish them as invaders. Either way, it made the Left Route Army disheartened, and even if Aduqin wanted to take revenge and go back, not many people were willing to follow him.

What is even more puzzling is that from the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers in the barracks fell ill without warning, and their conditions varied, some vomited and diarrhea, some had itchy and ulcerated skin, and some even coughed up blood in serious cases. The first to have the above symptoms were all cavalrymen who fled for their lives on the first day, and then the officers and men of other battalions gradually developed various diseases.

In the early morning of the third day, a small number of sick soldiers died because they could not receive effective medical treatment, which blew up the camp. Although Abduqin forced the generals at all levels to block the news, there was still a news in the barracks: because the "Immortal Heaven" was dissatisfied with her people going south to attack the Ming Dynasty, they first rained thunder, and then sowed the seeds of "plague". At present, some people have been summoned back by the "Immortal Heaven", and if the Chahar Department is still obsessed, there will definitely be more serious punishments to come.

Originally, there were rumors that on the first day of the war, "Changshengtian" punished the Chahar cavalry with "heavenly thunder", so after this news spread throughout the military camp, a considerable number of people were convinced of it. Even many middle-level generals felt that the news was not groundless, and on the third and fourth days, there were soldiers who died one after another, and the whole Aduqin began to wonder if it was really "Immortal Heaven" who was going to abandon his Chahar Department!

On the fifth day, the most important middle and high-ranking generals under Abduqin gathered in the Shuai camp, and they strongly demanded to return home.

"Great Khan, we must return immediately, there is no way to fight this battle!" Captain Uni was in a hurry.

"Yes, Great Khan, now it is spread throughout the army that if we don't stop going south, the 'Immortal Heaven' will abandon her Chahar people!" Another captain, Batu, also advocated a retreat.

"Then how do you explain to the Tatars?" Abdul Qin remained hesitant.

"Hmph, tell me something! Their Tatar tribe and our Chahar tribe belong to the three major tribes of Mongolia today, isn't Eris just relying on a large number of people, if he fights early, the sons of the Chahar tribe may not be afraid of him! The hot-tempered captain Haigura said loudly.

"That's right, if we really bury all the cavalry in Jizhou, Chahar will definitely be swallowed by the Tatars, Eris is a vicious wolf who eats people and does not spit out bones!" Uni shares this concern.

When Abduqin heard the words of his subordinates, his already unfirm thoughts were dismantled more quickly. Batu's next words were like adding another fire, "Great Khan, our reliance is on the iron cavalry of the Chahar Department, and with these we can gain a foothold in the steppe. Otherwise, even if we take Jizhou, what's the use, it's impossible to set up camp in Jizhou, right? ”

"Great Khan, you must not be fooled by the bread painted by Eris, our roots are in the steppe!"

Batu's last sentence finally made Abduqin understand that they were not Han Chinese, and even if they entered the Beijing Division, they did not want to return to the grassland. In that case, why take a huge risk to cooperate with the Tatars, if there is no iron cavalry to protect the Chahar, what awaits them is likely to be a disaster for the extermination of the race.

"In that case, then we will retreat tomorrow!" Abdul Qin slapped the board, "As for Erisi's side, we told the truth that if he doesn't believe it, he can personally go to understand the power of the Ming army!" ”

On the sixth day, the Left Route Army retreated in an orderly manner in full view of everyone. Zhong Nan and the others who got the news were all incredulous, and Jing Tianchu still suspected that it was a plan of the Mongols, and bluntly said that they should not be gullible.

"Not necessarily, maybe I was frightened by the scene a few days ago, and I knew that I couldn't beat it, so what could I do if I didn't withdraw it." Liu Hu felt that Aduqin was really retreating.

In the Jizhou barracks, a group of generals discussed word by word, and Zhong Nan did not stop everyone. Seeing that neither the two factions could convince each other whether they judged that the Mongols were really retreating, or that they felt that there was another conspiracy, he stretched out his hands and made a quiet gesture, and suddenly the camp was silent.

Since the first day of the battle, the generals of Jizhou have all bowed to Zhong Nan. Such a boss who has no shelf, treats his subordinates like his own brothers, has good personal martial arts, and has studied firearms, even if he is not proficient in the art of war for the time being, he is not inferior to the world's famous generals in strategy. As long as he goes through the baptism of a few wars, he will definitely be a first-class general of the dynasty, not to mention that this general soldier is also quite valued by Emperor Wanli, and he must be rich and glorious with him, so why do you have no reason not to accept it!