The Ming army obtained the right of passage of the right wing of the Chahar Department with goods worth 8,000 yuan, and received a hundred sheep in return. The Ming army marched west from the front of Chahar's right flank troops, and Nataiji looked at the Ming army's horseback and said, "We can fight ten such Ming troops at a time." All the Mongols burst into laughter, expressing their contempt for the Ming army.

Zhou Yuji said: "Chahar is the headquarters of Lin Dan Khan, and I can't imagine that I can borrow a few thousand yuan of goods. The strategy developed by the General Staff really worked. Along the way, we need to publicize this matter and let the other Mongol tribes know that Chahar is supporting our crusade against the Ordos tribe. In this way, other tribes will naturally centrifuge. ”

The Ming army advanced rapidly and arrived at the Junggar tribe two days later, Zhou Yuji ordered a quick crossing of the river, and then Wang Zuomin directly attacked the unprepared Jungar tribe. And Du Guangting Xiang led a division to the north, pointing directly at Sanniangzi City.

The Ming army easily defeated the Jungar tribe, and then rendezvoused with Zhang Xinchen's troops in the south of Wanhu in Ordos and Zhenqiangbao, which was only eighty miles away from the Ordos tribe.

According to the Hanwu Action Plan of the General Staff, on 24 March, a division of the Northern Military Region was to be stationed in the western part of Sanniangzi City (naturalized) to prevent other Mongol tribes from supporting Ordos. Another division and Zhang Xinchen's division were to prepare for an attack in the south of Ordos, a division of the Northwest Military Region was to participate in the attack in the western part of Ordos, and another division was to approach Yunnei Prefecture and attack the Tumut tribes in this area.

I don't know if the plan of the General Staff was a little conservative, or if the Ming army was too lucky along the way, but now it is only the 23rd, and all parts of the country have already reached the attack area, but they dare not attack. This was the first time that the General Staff Headquarters had formulated an overall tactic, so Lu Xiangsheng repeatedly stressed that it was necessary to march according to the plan formulated, and Jinyiwei specially sent several high-ranking commanders or acquaintances to supervise the various departments to ensure that the generals would strictly implement the action plan.

So the 23rd became a rest day for the troops, and the guards had no way to deal with the cattle and sheep sent by the Mongols or looted by the guards, so they could only find some Mongols to help. Killing cattle and sheep is an old practice of the Mongolians, and when they cook beef and mutton, they are cut into large pieces and directly put into the pot to cook, so that the cooked cattle and sheep taste very good. So at noon on the 23rd, the soldiers of the Guards ate with great praise, and many people finally knew what it meant to eat meat in a big mouth, although there was no big bowl of wine.

In the afternoon, all the units began to carry out intense pre-battle preparations, the number of shells, the amount of ammunition each soldier carried, the arrangement of the medical team, and the distribution of horses, all of which were quite well organized under the arrangement of the logistics department, and the mobilization of the fighters and the emphasis on discipline were different in each unit.

Sun Fumin's mobilization was very simple: "Yunnei Prefecture is the homeland of China, and there was a surrendered city in the Tang Dynasty, so this place must be recovered." The reason why we will attack tomorrow is because the General Staff Headquarters wants us to attack at the same time, so that there is no way for the Mongol reinforcements to be dispatched. ”

"We have a very favorable condition, that is, the cooperation of thousands of households in the speed. We must believe that we can't discriminate against the Mongolian brothers in Rasuri, and think about the Duoyan Sanwei back then, and they can also fight for the Ming Dynasty. We may not be able to create a new Duoyan Sanwei. I won't say much about battlefield discipline, everyone knows what time it is, and General Manchu will not spare anyone who violates military orders. ”

Xue Boling is simpler: "Whether it is the Guards or the Mongolian friendly army, dare to fight and kill the former!" Those who dare not listen to the command will be killed! Dare to rape and captive, behead! In short, violating military orders, chop, chop, chop! ”

And Zhou Yuji recalled the glorious history of the Guards with everyone, used the glory of the past to inspire everyone to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and read out the emperor's holy decree, telling everyone how much advantage the Ming Dynasty will achieve after the victory, the Han people living outside the Saiwai can live a peaceful and joyful life, and the soldiers will also get their own glory and awards.

Different incentive methods achieve the same effect. At seven o'clock in the morning of the 24th, the general offensive of the Hanwu operation finally began.

A reinforced division of Zhang Xinchen was on the left, and a division of Wang Zuomin was on the right, and at the same time launched an attack on Wanhu in Ordos. The method of attack was the same, riding to the front of the enemy five miles, dismounting and starting to line up, followed by six columns, silently moving forward.

In the middle of the first two rows of infantry was the artillery unit, which had dismounted, but the artillery was still on horseback. It was only when the Mongol horse corps in front began to charge that the artillery was removed and the shells began to be loaded.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the infantry at the front crouched down, ignoring the horses that were close in front of them. Shells whistled out, and powerful explosions sounded like thunderbolts, mixed with the shouting of people and horses, and the stumps and broken arrows.

After the artillery finished firing, they did not look at their own results at all, and began to clean the barrels. The infantry crouching in front had already stood up, and after firing a round of firearms, they crouched down again and began to reload, and the sound of firearms in the back sounded one after another.

The phalanx of the second row continued to move forward, and the sound of fire continued to sound at the commander's starting whistle, and the soldiers who had finished firing immediately stopped reloading, and those behind fired past them. This is a rolling attack method discussed by Zhou Yuji, Zhang Xinchen and others, which requires a high degree of formation change ability of soldiers, and the Guards Army happens to be a unit that spends a long time in formation drills and has a very high formation change ability.

The soldiers were like layers of waves, the soldiers in front of them were constantly changing, and bullets erupted from the tips of their firearms and shot at the horses in front of them, the Mongols. Finally, as the formation approached the fallen Mongols, the commander's whistle changed slightly, and some of the Guards soldiers gave up their reloads, their bayonets popped out, and they began to stick two stabs into all the Mongols on the ground who might not have died.

Ordos Wanhu Erjin Erphochen looked at the battle scene in front of him, he didn't expect the Ming army to dare to attack the Ordos tribe, Lin Dan Khan's envoy didn't say that the Great Khan thought that the Ming army didn't dare to enter the grassland at all, but just wanted some benefits, and then just give some places that are not suitable for grazing to the Ming people.

And the Great Khan said that if the Ming army really wants to send troops to the steppe, it will be an enemy of the entire Mongol ethnic group, and then it will cause a major war between the Ming army and the Mongols. However, the Ming army had already attacked in front of him, but he could not hear even a single message from the other Mongolian tribes around him. What about the big war, is it going to watch Ordos and the Ming army fight, and the Great Khan actually wants to watch from the wall?