Chapter 103: Confrontation (3)
Of the 6,000 Mongol cavalry sent out by Dordor to pursue the thieves, less than half returned, and many were wounded and demoralized. The Mongolian Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen Balgen who led the team was hit by six arrows in his body, and his life and death are unknown. The rest of the five commanders who led the team were killed, two were wounded, and only two came back in a hurry.
Originally, I thought that these Mongolian cavalry would bring back the enemy's head, but they did not expect that they would bring back their own dying general.
Duoduo's face was as dark as ink, glowing with an eerie cold glow in the light of torches.
He thought it was just a boring method of the enemy, as long as the Eight Banners cavalry came out, this group of thieves would only have the share of fleeing in a hurry, but he didn't expect that the reality would soon give him a hard slap, and it was the kind that slapped his face.
This made Duoduo feel the urge to kill at the moment, but he didn't know who to kill?
Did you cut down this fool whose life and death are unknown? I can't live like this.
"Say, what's going on?" Duoduo's grim gaze looked at the two surviving Mongol commanders.
The Mongols were originally brave men, but these people were afraid of the Manchurians, and they also knew that His Royal Highness the King of Yu in front of them was really a ruthless person, so the two thousand commanders were sweaty and stammered: "Lord, the thief cavalry is real, it's really hard to deal with." ”
Under the stammering narration of the two Mongol commanders, Dordor finally understood why his side had suffered so much.
According to the Mongols, as soon as the thief cavalry saw them catching up, they turned around and ran. Their horses outpaced the Mongol cavalry, so the Mongols were never able to catch up with them.
Moreover, these people were all elite archers, running in front of them, and at the same time turning back to fire arrows at the pursuers, and many Mongolian cavalry were shot and fell from their horses.
However, whenever the Mongol cavalry wanted to return the color of the arrows to them, the speed of the opponent's horse increased sharply, and the distance was widened at once, so that most of the arrows of the Mongol cavalry missed.
In this way, between chasing and fleeing, they chased out a long distance, but they never caught up with each other.
Although the Mongolian cavalry is not very bright, it can be seen at this moment that this cavalry is not easy to mess with, the horse is faster than himself, and the ability of this horse archery is no worse than his own side.
But as soon as the Mongol cavalry turned around and walked back, the thief army chased after them again, and the horses were fast, chasing after them and constantly firing arrows, so that the Mongol cavalry lost a lot again.
This kind of kite flying tactics turned out to be the Mongols' forte, but I didn't expect that the cavalry I met today played this hand better than them, and the horses of the people were faster, and the armor protection on their bodies was better than theirs, which made the Mongols really hold their breath.
And Bargan was provoked in this situation and then rushed back with people to fight hard with others, but was surrounded by a large team of people, and when he desperately fought out of the encirclement, he also became a hedgehog, and the people and horses he brought out also suffered heavy losses.
In this way, they were chased behind their butts and fled back in embarrassment, if it weren't for the other party's fear of the tight defense of the camp, they probably all followed.
After listening to this, in addition to scolding this group of Mongols for having muscles in their heads, his heart became more dignified.
He didn't really care how many Mongols died, and even if they died, he could recruit more people from the steppe to join them.
He suddenly felt that the enemy he had to deal with this time didn't seem to be as vulnerable as he thought, and his combat effectiveness was still okay. However, this did not make him afraid of war, but made the war spirit in his heart burn.
An opponent of enough weight will not make people feel bored, and if they are defeated, they will also be able to make a heavy mark on their brother's achievements in the rise of the Qing Dynasty.
Wanting to hit here, Duoduo waved his hand and said coldly: "Carry this idiot down and find a medical officer to show it." “
After finishing speaking, he ordered the generals behind him: "The front army is on alert, and the rear army will be changed in the middle of the night, and the Chinese army will not move." However, if there is a thief attack, it is okay to repel it, and it is strictly forbidden to pursue. After dawn, the camp set out as usual. “
The generals behind him roared in unison: "Huh! ”
Without even looking at Balgan on the ground, Dodor turned and strode towards his tent.
The night was like ink, not far from the Qing army camp, a team of cavalry stood silently in the night, there was no sound at all, only the occasional snort of the war horse sounded.
Ran Wu sat upright and immediately stared at the Qing army camp in the distance like a hideous giant beast, his eyes were focused, his face was like water, and after a while, he resolutely ordered behind him: "Withdraw, there is no chance tonight."
After using the archers to lure out the Mongol cavalry of the Qing army, they gave full play to the advantages of the fast speed of their own horses, and used various methods to break the Mongol cavalry to suffer heavy losses and chased them all the way here.
At first, Ran Wu did have the idea of taking the opportunity to steal the camp, but soon he knew that he had no chance of stealing the camp.
First, his side is full of archers who are not good at close combat, and secondly, the formation of the Qing army camp is obviously already prepared, and his own men and horses will definitely be killed in vain.
The night battle was not conducive to the cavalry, so after weighing it, Ran Wu decisively gave the order to retreat.
From the time he set off with five thousand archers, the lord told him to wait for an opportunity to find a fighter, fight if he can, retreat if he can't, and definitely not be tough with the Qing soldiers.
Their task was to delay the clearing of the troops and disturb their morale. Inflicting massive casualties on the enemy is not their main task. At best, they could only be regarded as an appetizer for the Qing soldiers from the lord.
Five thousand bows retreated silently in the darkness of the night, as if they had never come.
Duoduo slept until dawn, as if he was not at all worried about the enemy returning in the middle of the night to steal the camp. Cong jumped up on the couch and looked energetic.
The little servant with him brought a basin of water for Duoduo to wash up with a tired face, and accidentally yawned.
"You minion, why are you so tired?" Duoduo saw it and scolded casually.
"Back to the prince, the slave didn't dare to sleep last night, for fear that the thief army would come to steal the camp, and when the prince got up, the slave was good to serve the prince in clothes and armor, so he was sleepy." The little maid said with a well-behaved smile, and put the copper basin and towel containing the water on the wooden shelf beside him.
"Fool, you see that this king sleeps soundly all night, has he ever gotten up at night? There is a camp where the king sits, and if the thief army dares to come and steal the camp, it is definitely the way to die. Duoduo looked at the little servant with a sleepy-eyed look and laughed loudly.
"The prince is really wise, the thief army did not steal the camp last night, but it is a pity that the slave has a good night's sleep." The personal guy lost no time in smiling and sending a blow to the sycophants that were self-defeating.
"You slave, you were born with a good mouth. Hurry over and wait for the king to freshen up. Duoduo laughed even more heartily at the little guy, and scolded with a smile.
After the Qing soldiers had breakfast, the whole army pulled out the camp and soon set off again.
In order to prevent the recurrence of yesterday's incident, Duoduo asked his subordinate Gushan Ezhen to bring 3,000 cavalry to drive away the cavalry of the Jiang family army who came to harass. And it is strictly ordered to pursue, as long as it is driven away.
In this way, Ran Wu's harassment strategy was ineffective. After one or two tests, he knew that it would be difficult to find the fighters, so he resolutely withdrew north.
The reason for retreating to the north was because Jiang Chuan gave them another task, which was to pursue and kill the remnants of the fleeing army after the Qing army failed to attack the city.
Of course, Jiang Chuan actually didn't have the idea of keeping some seeds for himself. After all, anything can happen in war.
Even if you have nine points of certainty, you have to consider the risk of having one point left.
Without the attack of the enemy cavalry, the Qing army's march speed was much faster, and in the afternoon, the vanguard of the front army of 5,000 men and horses had already arrived under the fortress of Erlong Valley.