Horqin steppe

Under the fanatical gaze of Yingordai, the Longmen caravan and the Khalkha five-party alliance army slowly entered the battlefield.

Seeing that the five-party coalition forces had cautiously opened the battle formation, they had inadvertently dispersed into four different clusters with distinct gaps. A slight smile appeared on the corner of Yingordai's mouth.

Even though they are all Mongols, the Mongolian tribes of all sizes in the steppe have never been able to twist into a rope. This is the real reason why Yingordai has fewer enemies and more enemies, but is still full of confidence.

The Mongols are really weakened now!

Looking at the obviously unfamiliar gap between the enemy's clusters, and looking at the banners of each cluster, Ying Ordai was reassured.

Looking at the familiar four flags, the smile on the corner of Yingordai's mouth deepened.

Sure enough, it was the remnants of the Khalkha tribe who were holding their heads last time.

Easily took a rough look at the Khalkha military formation, and Yingordai's gaze finally focused on the largest cluster under the banner of the Zalut Department. Based on past experience, Inordai has already identified his true opponent this time.

Come to think of it, as long as he defeats the Zarut tribe this time, the Khalkha Mongols will collapse again and flee.

It is not surprising that Ingordai can easily recognize the Zarut tribe as the head of the Khalkhas.

After the five-party coalition army entered the battlefield, unlike the three small clusters formed by the natural dispersion of the three tribes of Bahrain, Hongjira, and Bayout, the Longmen caravan did not separate from Zalut. The Dragon Gate Caravan and the Zalut Division were closely intertwined, forming a large cluster that far surpassed the other three.

In addition to the large number of people, the location of the Zarut cluster also clearly shows their intentions.

The military formation opened by the Zarut cluster was on the sortie line of the Yingordai Division. It can be said that if the Zalut cluster goes to that station, if the Yingordai Department wants to attack the other three, it must first defeat the Zalut cluster.

Looking at the three Khalkha tribes scattered around, and at the Zalut cluster that confronted them and faintly restrained them, Yingordai's face showed a bit of disdain.

"Khalkha has spotted the weakness of our small number of people, right?" Ying Erdai thought with some disdain: "You want to use the Zalut Department to entangle my three thousand elites, so that the other three departments can rush into the grain team to plunder?" ”

"The tactics are good." The frenzy in Yingordai's eyes was even stronger: "It's just that the Zalut Department can really entangle my three thousand elites?" ”

The last Khalkha tribe to face the Houjin Bingfeng was still their main unit, the Uqiyat Division. Most of the tens of thousands of horsemen were easily broken by the yellow flag at that time.

The three thousand elites in his hands are a little worse than the Zhenghuang Banner under the direct jurisdiction of the old Khan Nurhachi. But in the face of the Zalut Division, which did not exceed 10,000 horsemen at most, Ying Ordai really didn't pay attention to it.

What is that?

Seeing that the Zalut tribe that was stuck in the formation began to drive out of the carriage, Ying Ordai's disdainful gaze couldn't help but stare at it.

Carriages, carriages?

No wonder the Zarut Department dared to come and fight against him, it turned out that the fight was to rely on the chariot formation to entangle us.

Seeing the strange-looking carriages being driven to the front of the battle one after another, Ying Ordai's brows furrowed.

If the Zalut Department successfully formed a car formation, then he would really have to work hard to defeat the Zalut Division.

Raising his hand, he was about to take the lead in attacking, but in a blink of an eye, Ying Ordai withdrew the order.

Rush to attack now, once the main force of his archers and armor is really entangled by the Zarut department relying on the carriage, and the other three Khalkha divisions are launched, he will only use 1,000 cavalry to drive out the other three, and the strength is indeed a little weaker. If the three departments rushed into the grain team, the loss...

After thinking about it again and again, Ying Ordai still suppressed the desire to attack, and still maintained his troops.

The messenger he had sent to the Korqin tribe for help had already departed. It's a big deal, he completed the Zalut Department on the opposite side, and let his Zalut Department successfully form a car formation. The rook formation has always been good at defending and not attacking well. The Zalut Division, which formed a car formation, could not completely contain him. He could have left Zarut behind and attacked the other three parts of Khalkha.

"When your Zarut formation is about to be formed, I'll put on a turnaround, oh, just the Bahrain Division. At that time, it's up to you Zarut to respond. ”

With a budget in his heart, Ying Erdai, who had calmed down, watched the Zalut Department keep driving out of the carriage from the formation, and a little joy sprouted in his heart.

It's really good that the Zalut Department is going to form a car formation. With this car formation created by his Zalut department, it is much more reasonable for Daikin to delay the attack.

As long as the other three divisions did not move, Yingordai was ready to delay until the reinforcements of the Horqin Department arrived, and then attack and defeat the Zalut Division. At that time, he will be able to wipe out the Khalkha Ministry.

One by one, the carriages were driven to the front of the formation, and the pack horses pulling the carts were unloaded one by one, but the carriages were never connected to each other.

Looking at the Zhenghuang Banner military formation that had been standing quietly in the distance, Zhang Yunyi sighed regretfully.

It seems that the Tartars will not take the initiative to attack for the time being. The best-case scenario they had envisioned did not materialize. Time is limited, and if the mountain doesn't come, I will have to go to the mountain.

With the help of the telescope, once again confirming that the Tartar army formation did not mean to move, Zhang Yunyi took a deep breath: "Prepare to attack." ”

As Zhang Yunyi's order came out, the carriage that came out immediately moved again. The pack horses, which had just been unloaded, were put on their panniers again. It's just that, unlike the previous one, it was the pack horse that happened to fall in a different direction. That is to say, the pack horses were carts, and now they have been changed to carts.

Looking at the busy carriage, Zhang Yunyi was sorting out his equipment and armor, but he was extremely nervous in his heart.

Zhang Yunyi really didn't know whether the decision he made was right or wrong, everything could only be decided by the outcome of this battle.

led the youth team to attack the Houjin Grain Protection Team, Zhang Yunyi actually did not have Zhu Youzhen's authorization.

Zhu Youzhen's secret order to the Longmen caravan was to take advantage of the emptiness within the Later Jin to woo or hire the Mongol tribes to plunder under the rule of the Later Jin when the main force of the Later Jin attacked Ningjin.

According to Zhu Youzhen's secret order, according to the understanding of Zhang Yunyi and the old shopkeeper Zheng Ming, the Longmen caravan should have used commercial methods such as buying Han slaves to lure the Mongols to spontaneously go to Houjin to plunder.

But Zhang Yunyi and the old shopkeeper Zheng Ming's idea was opposed by the youth team.

The youth team believes that last year, when the Mongolian Khalkha Department took advantage of Nurhachi's attack on Ningyuan, they went to Houjin to loot on a large scale. Although the Khalkha tribe had a lot of gains at that time, at the end of the year, it was met with deadly revenge from the Houjin, and the entire tribe was on the verge of collapse. If it weren't for the help of the Longmen caravan, I was afraid that the Khalkha Ministry would not even be able to hold out that winter.

With the miserable chicken of the Khalkha tribe in front, it is difficult for other Mongolian tribes to dare to go to Houjin to plunder again. Relying only on commercial means will certainly not be able to achieve the goal of cracking down on Houjin.

The maturing junior team made a seemingly daring proposal.

The Longmen caravan took the initiative to attack Houjin.