The decisive battle between the Mongols and the Ming army was both accidental and inevitable, and the accidental factor was the Abahai incident, which was provoked by Abahai's Noyan Ezig for the sake of his grandson. It is inevitable that the Ming army and the Mongols will have a battle, because both sides are competing for the right to speak, and the Mongols occupy the advantage in numbers, so they naturally don't want to listen to the Ming Dynasty in everything after the alliance. And the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Hongsan said that he was used to saying the last sentence, and for the sake of future generations, Zhu Hongsan must control the Mongolian tribes in his hands. In this way, the two sides will not be able to talk about their core interests at all, and if they can't talk about it, they can only fight a war.

The commander of the Ming army was Han Sanqiang, and the tactics of the Ming army were very simple, that is, to form a large phalanx of anti-cavalry with regiments as units, rely on artillery to consume the living force of the Mongols, and then use heavy cavalry to make a final decision.

The Mongol tactics are simpler, that is, group charge, this tactic has been used by the Mongols for hundreds of years, and they are naturally very familiar.

The battle was lackluster, there was nothing to talk about, the Mongol nomadic cavalry had no possibility of surviving in the face of rapid-fire artillery, and a large number of cavalry were knocked down by shotguns five hundred meters before the Ming front. The shotgun of the artillery is not the lead bullet used for the musket, a shotgun has a total of one hundred and eight peanut-sized lead bullets, this kind of lead bullet can reach a high speed of more than 500 meters per second under the acceleration of the best proportion of gunpowder, and the kinetic energy carried by the lead bullet reaches more than 900 joules, which is seven or eight times that of the strongest bow and arrow in the era of cold weapons.

The scattering area formed by a shotgun is 30 square meters, and whether it is a cavalry or a horse wearing heavy armor in this area, there is basically no possibility of survival.

Zhu Hongsan went out of the customs this time, for the sake of his own life, and brought four divisions with a total of 60,000 troops, and the four divisions were 20 regiments, each regiment had 36 field guns, so that there were 720 artillery pieces. These guns killed more than 3,000 Mongol cavalry in the first salvo, and the next shot slaughtered the Mongol cavalry like wheat harvesting.

The Great Khan of the Khalkha Mongol Third Division, who was standing in the distance, originally wanted to see the excitement, but he didn't expect to see that it was indeed a one-sided massacre of the Mongols by the Ming army. Seeing that the artillery of the Ming army was so sharp, the three Great Khans were stupid, and now although it is the weather in September, the three Great Khans are all scared and sweaty.

Looking at the lively Khalkha Mongol Third Division, I thought that it would be very difficult for the Ming army to win even if it won, after all, the Mongols fought at home, and they were stronger than the Ming army in terms of numbers and morale. But I didn't expect the Mongols to lose so badly, in less than half an hour of fighting, the Mongols were killed more than 10,000 people, and more than 10,000 people were lying on the ground wailing, this was no longer a battle, it was already a massacre.

Tushetu Khan broke out in a cold sweat, and said to his son Zhanabazar beside him: "Son, you will go to visit the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in a while, and say that I, the Khalkha Mongols, have decided to follow the Ming Dynasty for generations!" After speaking, Tushetu Khan added: "Remember, the attitude should be respectful, and don't annoy the Ming Emperor!" ”

Khalkha Mongolia was frightened when they saw the excitement, and Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin Mongolia who was the person concerned, was even more frightened out of his body. Wu Keshan took his son to lead the squadron of his most elite cavalry to charge, but he didn't think that as soon as the cannon on the opposite side sounded, his cavalry was knocked down like cutting leeks, and his son Biertahar pointed

was hit in the back by a solid bullet, lost half of his body, and died tragically next to Wu Keshan.

Wu Keshan himself is also a battle-hardened person, in the past against the Chahar Department and against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wu Keshan has fought on the battlefield, and has also seen the bloody scenes on the battlefield, but the war of cold weapons has the horror of hot weapons.

Wu Keshan saw with his own eyes a black cannonball that broke his son next to him into two pieces, and the parts in Biertahar's stomach were sprayed everywhere, Wu Keshan was beside him, and a section of intestines even hung on Wu Keshan's body. Seeing his son's tragic death, Wu Keshan was stunned on the spot, followed by a burst of vomiting.

After Wu Keshan vomited, he looked up and saw that the Mongolian vanguard troops on the battlefield were all dead, Wu Keshan pulled the soldiers around him and said loudly: "Quick, give the order, let everyone retreat and retreat beyond the range of the Ming army's artillery!" ”

In fact, without Wu Keshan's order, the Mongols were not as effective as the Manchu army, and the rear team immediately withdrew from the battlefield after the forward encountered resistance. The Ming army on the opposite side saw that the Mongols had retreated, and did not send cavalry to expand the results of the battle, but stayed in place, and for a while the battlefield was very calm except for the shouts of the wounded soldiers.

According to the tactics of the Ming army, after the artillery stopped firing, the cavalry would begin to attack from the flanks to drive the fleeing enemy back, and then the infantry would form five columns and cooperate with the cavalry to kill and wound the defeated army in large numbers with muskets. However, just now the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Hongsan ordered Han Sanqiang not to pursue after repelling the Mongol cavalry.

Zhao Hu was originally ready, he was going to lead a coalition of 5,000 Ming cavalry and 10,000 Chahar Mongol cavalry to expand the results of the battle, but he didn't expect that the main general Han Sanqiang sent an order not to act. Zhao Hu was very puzzled, now that the Mongols were retreating, this was a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory and pursue, why did the main general stand still?

Zhao Hu rode to the Chinese army to find Han Sanqiang: "My lord, why don't you pursue?" ”

Although Zhao Hu is under the management of Han Sanqiang, he is a concubine after all, and Han Sanqiang is still good to him: "Zhao Hu, Your Majesty has a will, suspend the attack!" And His Majesty asked you to pick out 500 cavalry and escort Meng Meiren to the opposite Mongolian army formation! ”

Meng Meiren is Zhu Hongsan's little wife, Wu Keshan's daughter Meng Guqing, Zhu Hongsan named Meng Guqing a beauty when he left Beijing for this trip to Mongolia, and she can be regarded as the wife recognized by Zhu Hongsan.

Zhao Hu didn't know why the emperor wanted to send Meng Guqing, but he didn't dare to disobey the emperor's holy decree, Zhao Hu had no choice but to give up the order, and then rode back to his own team.

Adjutant General Zhu Yi stepped forward and asked, "My lord, how is it?" Why don't you fight? ”

"Hey, the main general Lord Han said, it's His Majesty's order, and let us send five hundred cavalry to protect the harem Meng Meiren to see Wu Keshan!"

Zhu Yi was in a hurry when he heard this, he was fighting at this time, and he had killed more than 10,000 Mongolians just now, what was he sending a woman to do at this time?

"Your Majesty, why is this so? Isn't it a death to send a woman to the war right now? ”

Zhu Yi, as a foreign minister, didn't know what Meng Guqing's identity was, but Zhao Hu, as Zhu Hongsan's son-in-law, still knew, but he wasn't ready to explain to Zhu Yi*, because more things are better than less, and Zhu Yi knew less about those bad things in the harem, which was good for him.

Zhao Hu's eyes widened and he scolded: "I."

How do you know? Your Majesty has a holy decree, why don't you hurry up and prepare? What are you doing with so much nonsense! ”

Zhu Yi had no choice but to go down and prepare when he heard Zhao Hu say this. To escort the harem concubines, of course, the best cavalry should be selected, Zhao Hu selected five hundred cavalry from the heavy cavalry, put on a full set of protective gear, and each brought two guns, and then Zhao Hu personally led the team and escorted Meng Guqing to see Wu Keshan.

At this time, Wu Keshan gathered the Mongolian cavalry that fled back five miles away, and lost more than 20,000 people on his side in the battle of less than half an hour just now, although the Mongols still had more than 100,000 people, but Wu Keshan saw the frightened eyes of his subordinates, and knew that although his side had the advantage in numbers, it had been defeated.

Zhao Hu took 500 cavalry to surround Meng Guqing in the middle to protect, leaving the Ming army's main team is a five-mile-wide battlefield, and 300 meters away from the Ming army's main team is a large number of Mongolian wounded soldiers and corpses. The Mongolian steppe was already very cold in September, and it had snowed a few days ago, and the ground was very wet and cold, and a large number of Mongolian wounded soldiers were lying on the ground wailing.

The 100 cavalry led by Zhao Hu were all veterans who had accumulated years of experience, and they were used to seeing this kind of killing, so they walked past these wounded soldiers with expressionless faces. But Meng Guqing had never seen it, where had she, as a woman, seen such a bloody battlefield, and she was so frightened that she couldn't stop vomiting.

One mile away from the Ming army's main team, this place has been out of the scope of shotguns, and the Mongolian wounded soldiers on the ground have also been greatly reduced, but the tragedy here is no less than just now.

Because the effective range of the shotgun was already exceeded here, the Ming army used solid ammunition. There is still the possibility of survival under the cover of shotguns, after all, peanut-sized lead bullets can still leave a life as long as they are not hit in a fatal place, but under a solid bullet, even if they hit a person's arm, under the huge kinetic energy, half of the body will be knocked off, so there is basically no hope of survival if a solid bullet is hit.

A mile away from the Ming army's main team, there was no longer the wailing of the wounded soldiers just now, but there were pieces of corpses that had been beaten into sections all over the ground, and there were fragments of war horses and people. Zhao Hu had seen this kind of tragic situation of being hit by a solid bullet in the Northern Expedition, but now he still felt a little sick to his stomach when he saw it again. Zhao Hu couldn't stand it, let alone Meng Guqing, who came with him, and vomited even more in the dark, Zhao Hu saw that there was no way to lead the cavalry to speed up the horse and get out of this bloody battlefield as soon as possible.

At this time, the Mongols were like frightened birds, and when they saw a hundred Ming cavalry coming in front of them, they were in chaos, forgetting that there were still 100,000 people on their side, and there were only a few hundred Ming cavalry coming.

Zhao Hu led the cavalry to a stop a hundred meters in front of the Mongols, and then shouted loudly: "Mongol Tartars, let your Wu Keshan come out to speak!" After Zhao Hu finished speaking, the cavalry of the hundred Ming Army repeated it loudly.

The Mongols couldn't understand Chinese at all, and they had been beaten into frightened bows by the artillery of the Ming army just now, and when they saw the Ming cavalry coming to their eyes, they all retreated, and then Meng Guqing stood up from the team and said in Mongolian: "Fellow Mongolian warriors, I am Meng Guqing, the daughter of Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin, and I want to see my father!" ”

Meng Guqing was only ten years old when she left the Horqin Ministry, and now she is twenty-four, and there is still anyone there who recognizes her? However, Meng Guqing's Mongolian language was still understood, and the Mongolian side was in chaos for a long time, the team separated from the middle, and Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin, appeared in front of the military formation.

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