Wunag, Chahara and other Houjin generals standing on the west bank of the Luan River were dumbfounded by what happened on the east bank of the Luan River, especially when the 36th Guanmen Department stationed on the hill changed the Ming flag and opened fire on their own troops under the mountain, which made them feel that what was happening in front of them was like a nightmare.

After many years of fighting, Wu Nag, who has always been fearless, felt as if his heart was frozen. More than 2,000 people who have crossed the river have almost accounted for one-third of the number of the army led by him, except for the 36 men and horses of the rebellious Guanmen, the men and horses who retreated under the drive of the Ming cavalry, from the Naiman and Ao Han tribes, and the men and horses of the Mongolian right battalion, about half each.

If the Houjin army that crossed the river was completely annihilated, then the Houjin army on the west bank of the Luan River would be dominated by the Horqin tribe. Without the deterrence of the Korqin tribe by force, will Tushetu Khan Obabel still endure the treatment of being placed under house arrest by them? Successive defeats at the hands of the Ming army, how will the Great Khan treat him?

Chahara's mentality was calmer than that of Wunag, who was desperate for a while, after all, he was only supervising the battle and not the commander of this army. No matter how much the Eastern Route Army lost its troops, the board would hit Du Du and Wu Nag first, and then it would be his responsibility as the minister of war.

Although the ambush of the Ming army this time caused a lot of losses to the Mongolian Ulut Banner and the Mongolian vassal tribes, Chahara was relieved that fortunately, the 5 Niu Lu Zhen Jurchen soldiers handed over to him by the Great Khan were fine. The Mongols on the steppe have the advantage that even if they lose all their Mongols when they enter the customs this time, they can still make up for the losses of the Mongols when they enter the customs this time by requisitioning troops from the vassal tribes after returning to Shenyang.

The Jurchens are different, even if they lose one, it will be difficult to replenish them after returning to Shenyang, and they need to rely on the war to capture the savage Jurchens to replenish the loss of Ding Zhuang of the Eight Banners. If the battle is won, then the lost Jurchen warriors, he can still say in front of the Great Khan. But if he loses the battle, he doesn't know how to explain these lost Jurchen warriors to Huang Taiji.

While Chahara was thinking in his heart, he suddenly raised his arm, pointed to the other side of the Luan River and shouted, "They blocked it, they finally blocked it." Wunaggu Mountain, we still have a chance to withdraw some of our men and horses. ”

Although Wu Nag's face softened a little, he shook his head and said: "You can't retreat, they are relying on a breath of support now, if you order a retreat, this breath will be relaxed." We had to cross the river to support them, and only by repelling the Ming attack could they safely return to the west bank. ”

Chahara hurriedly shook his head and said, "Now the only stone bridge in the vicinity is this one, and the opposite side of the stone bridge is blocked by our own people. We just want reinforcements on the east coast, and we can't get through it now. ”

Wu Nag observed the other side for a long time, and found that his troops were forced back by the Ming cavalry, and thus out of the range of the firearms placed by the Ming army on the hill. The Ming army charged from west to east, dividing the Houjin army into two parts, and the Houjin cavalry, which was smaller in the northeast, was quickly routed by the guns on the mountain and the Ming cavalry on the west.

The Houjin cavalry in the southwest was more numerous, and the Naiman soldiers who were resting outside the village resisted, giving this part of the Houjin cavalry a time to react. The Mongols who were resting in the village of Balipu finally came to their senses, and although they could not rush out on horseback, they all took their bows and shot the Ming cavalry from the village to assist the Houjin cavalry outside the village to resist.

The terrain of Balipu was not very suitable for cavalry to attack, and with the village to the west as a support, the plan of the Ming cavalry to drive the Houjin cavalry crossing the river to the Luan River was not so easy to realize.

Although the Houjin cavalry on the other side of the river looked like they had stabilized the situation, it was obviously not an easy task for the Houjin cavalry who were huddled together to attack the Ming cavalry array that surrounded them with their swords.

And the team with the cavalry of the Guards Division as the main force is obviously not those Ming troops who have been repeatedly defeated in Liaodong. The cavalry of the Guards Division, which was mostly from the cavalry division of the New Army, had strict training and adequate provisions, coupled with Chongzhen's special attention, so they did not lack courage and discipline.

Although after it was changed to the Guards Division, a lot of cavalry was transferred from the outside, but the skeleton of this army had been formed, and these foreign cavalry were basically absorbed by the Guards Division one by one.

Therefore, even when they encountered the bows and arrows of the Houjin cavalry in the village, the Mongols used not a powerful foot bow, but a short riding bow. Therefore, although the Mongols in the village worked very hard, and the arrows they shot were as dense as the rain, there were almost no people who could really break through the armor of the Ming cavalry, and there were only about a dozen Ming cavalry who were injured and landed.

As for the other Ming troops, those with a dozen or dozens of arrows on their bodies were still able to guard their positions and not give the Houjin cavalry any chance to break through the blockade of the Ming cavalry. However, the support in the village still had a certain impact on the Ming army, so that they could no longer attack the Houjin cavalry with all their strength as before.

After Wunag calmed down, he regained a lot of observational skills. After observing the battle situation on the other side, he subconsciously instructed one of the guards beside him: "You lead the horse to the river south of the stone bridge to see how the ice on the river is frozen." ”

After sending the guard away, he instructed the generals on the side: "Go and cut some branches and bushes nearby, not too thick, but there must be more of them." ”

Chahara and the other Houjin generals looked at Wu Nag inexplicably, not knowing what he was doing. Wu Nag did not explain to them, but only closely followed the situation on the other side.

After a while, the soldier who had gone down to survey the thickness of the ice ran back and made a report to Wunag, except that the ice in the middle of the river was not strong enough, and the ice near the shore was already very solid.

Wu Nag immediately continued to order him: "You take a group of people, take those cut branches and spread them on the ice, and try to see if you can cross the river with the help of those branches." ”

After the soldier went down to carry out his order, Wu Nag explained to Chahara: "If you can go directly from the ice, then the two Jurchen Niulu beside you will also lend me them, and I will take them across the river to help the other side, as long as we can repel the Ming army, we will have a choice whether to continue to advance or withdraw our troops." ”

Chahara looked at the two Jurchen Beiyu beside him, and couldn't help but reply with some hesitation: "Isn't this too risky?" Now the ice on the river is not strong enough, if those branches have no effect and the ice cracks, will we not let the soldiers die in vain? At that time, I am afraid that the army on the other side of the strait will collapse faster. ”

Wu Nag hesitated for a moment and said: "If we don't do anything, it will be equivalent to giving up the soldiers on the other side, and after losing one-third of the men and horses who crossed the river, will our army still have the morale to fight against the Ming army?"

At that time, not only will the Santun camp city on the opposite side be lost, but our army will also be bitten by the Ming army. If we retreat, we can only retreat to Zunhua, which is more than 60 miles to the west.

Since the founding of the post-Jin Dynasty, how have we ever fought such a defeat? If the Great Khan and the other Baylors knew that we would sit idly by and watch our subordinates being slaughtered by the Ming army and remain indifferent, do you think anything good will happen to us? ”

Chahara opened his mouth, but finally changed his words: "Even so, the men and horses of those vassal tribes should be transferred to cross the river first. Otherwise, if your way of crossing the river is not good, wouldn't you have damaged my Eight Banners first. ”

Wu Nag shook his head and said: "There are only a few places that can choose to cross the river, if the people and horses who cross the river first can't open the situation, the Ming army will inevitably block the river, and the people and horses on the river will be the most dangerous at that time."

The men and horses of those vassal tribes fought a good fight, or fell into a desperate situation like the Naiman tribe on the other side, and maybe burst out with some combat power. But let them bear such a difficult task, I am afraid that they will be driven back by the Ming army before the situation is opened.

If you want to rescue the troops on the opposite side, you must ask me to lead a daring army to cross the river to open up the situation, and you can arrange the army to cross the river in order in the rear, and slowly force the Ming army back is the best policy. And after I cross the river, I will be able to reorganize the troops on the other side to counterattack, so that they will not continue to be so chaotic.

In addition, in order to be able to cross the river safely, all soldiers had to remove their iron armor and carry only bows and arrows and weapons. ”

A white flag guard standing beside Chahara finally couldn't help but say, "Take off the iron armor? Without the iron armor, how can we shoot against those Ming troops..."

Wu Nag unceremoniously interrupted him and said, "I will stand with you, if God bless me and wait, even if we don't have armor, we will not die under the arrows of the Ming army." If God doesn't bless us, what's the use of putting on iron armor? In the past, the Zhengbai Banner was the army led by the first Khan, and the first Khan was gone, so could the Zhengbai Flag not be on the battlefield? ”

The Imperial Guard looked at Wunag and snorted twice in his throat, but finally did not argue with Wunag any more. Chahara watched the group of soldiers who crossed the river below smoothly walked through the river, until they were close to two-thirds of the way before returning from the original way, after they came back unharmed, Chahara let out a long breath and said: "Just do according to the advice of Wunag Gushan, but the Eight Banners are the foundation of my Houjin country, I hope that Wunag Gushan can cherish them, if you can't do anything, or go back first." ”

Wu Nag didn't reply to him, but just hugged his fists and saluted him, and then went down with his personal guards and several Jurchen generals to prepare. Wu Nag laid two branches on the river south of the stone bridge, and smoothly approached the opposite bank with three Jurchen Niulu, and for the safety and concealment of crossing the river, they not only unloaded their iron armor, but also did not bring their horses.

Wu Nag's plan was successful, and it was not until they approached the east bank of the Luan River that the Ming army discovered the move of the Later Jin army. Although some Ming cavalry launched an attack of their own accord, wanting to drive these Jurchen Tartars on foot back.

However, the power of the infantry bow used by these Jurchens is much greater than that of the Mongols, and the charge of 2 or 30 Ming cavalry rushed to the Jurchens with less than one-third left, although the losses caused by the remaining Ming cavalry to these Jurchens were about the same as the losses of the Ming cavalry, but when this wave of Ming cavalry was annihilated by the Jurchens, Wu Nag finally set foot on the land on the east bank of the Luan River.