Text Volume XII, Chapter 1, Section 12 Flooded Tartars
The night was dark and the wind was cold.
The Mongolian camp of the outer domain stretched for more than ten miles, and eight large camps were set up, which were not too far from each other, and these eight large camps were all on the west bank of the Luan River, so that the 190,000 army and more than 300,000 war horses could use water conveniently.
At this time, due to the civil strife, there was a gap between the armies of the outer Mongolian tribes, especially for the Khalkha tribe, the Saiyin Noyan department, and the Chechen Khan department, and more than a dozen Mongolian tribes of all sizes could not believe it in their hearts.
In the night, although the 190,000 Mongol troops of the foreign vassals were stationed on the banks of the Luan River in a group, they were wary of each other, and the leaders of each department mobilized a lot of soldiers and horses to guard everywhere, so that it was already dawn, and the Mongol army had not completely rested.
And this situation has lasted for a few days, and in the past few days, not only has the morale of the Mongol army of the outer domain declined a lot, but the energy of the iron cavalry army has also been very consumed. What's more, the entire Mongol army has lost the basis of fighting side by side, and not only can they not advance and retreat together, but they have to watch out for each other!
In this way, before dawn, the night on the steppe became darker and darker, and even among the large camps of the outer Mongolian domain, if it was not relatively close to the bonfire, it would not be able to reach out to the five fingers.
A Khalkha commander was finally able to return to his own yurt and sleep comfortably when it was time to change shifts. When he walked to the bank of the Luan River, he was about to pee on the river, but suddenly found a question: when did the water in the Luan River become so small!
Suddenly, a few words came to the commander's mind: Ling Xun!
Thinking of this, the commander was shocked into a cold sweat all over his body, and he didn't care about letting water pee at this time, so he hurriedly put on his pants and ran towards the tribal leader's Chinese army tent.
However, before the commander of the thousand men ran to the door of the big tent of the Khalkha Central Army with both hands and feet, he suddenly heard a loud rumbling noise, and looked in the direction from which the sound came, and it was the upper reaches of the Luan River!
Seeing this, the commander's face immediately turned bloodless, and he shouted on the spot: "Ling Xun is here!" ”
At this moment, the entire battalion exploded, and the soldiers who heard the sound and walked out of the yurt to check the situation, as well as the soldiers who were on guard, were all frightened by the word "Ling Xun".
You must know that these Mongolian Tatar soldiers have lived on the steppe all their lives, and they are very clear about the power of the flood on the steppe, which is enough to flood the entire grassland and make a small tribe completely disappear overnight!
Almost instantly, the entire Mongolian camp of the outer domain was lively, and the news of the outbreak of the flood in the Luanhe River spread throughout the army in a very short time. The Tartar soldiers who had escaped from the yurt were skeptical at first, but when they heard the roar coming from the upper reaches of the Luan River getting closer and closer, they had to believe it, and they scattered and fled, and began to scramble for their horses to flee for their lives.
The leaders and generals of the various departments tried their best to stabilize the army, but it was impossible to achieve it, the 190,000 army had been frightened by the upcoming Lingxun, where could it be easily controlled?
The power of nature is not something that human beings can compete with, maybe these 190,000 Mongolian iron horsemen of the outer feudal domains can fight hard in the face of an unfavorable battle situation, but in the face of Ling Xun, who has the power to destroy the world, the only thing they can do is to step on the war horse and flee for their lives!
Seeing that the armies of all the tribes had lost control, the leaders of the 18 tribes, including the leaders of the Khalkha tribe, the Saiyin Noyan tribe, and the Chechen Khan tribe, had already given up their plans to reorganize the army, and fled one after another under the leadership of their own soldiers, rushing out towards the vast grassland west of the Luan River.
And the iron cavalry armies of the various divisions also scattered and fled, fleeing towards the depths of the grassland that was still shrouded in darkness.
At this moment, the water level of the Luan River, which was already about to bottom out, suddenly soared, and almost in the blink of an eye, it turned from a trickling stream into a raging river. The water of the Luan River gushed out of the riverbed in an instant, breaking through the camp wall of the Mongol camp in one fell swoop, and the turbulent river water poured down along the west bank of the low-lying Luan River, completely submerging the Mongol camp that stretched for more than ten miles in an instant.
At this time, more than half of the 190,000 Mongol army was still in the camp, and in an instant, it was swallowed up by the icy river along with the camp.
Almost all of the Mongol Tatar soldiers from the outer domains were landlubbers, not to mention the freezing cold water of the raging river, even those Mongol soldiers would be frostbitten or even frozen to death. Moreover, there are large and small ice blocks in the river, and among those ice blocks, the larger ones are so powerful with the help of the impact of the river that they can break their bones and tendons and kill them on the spot; And those small pieces of ice, driven by the river, are like extremely sharp blades, which can disembowel Mongolian Tatar soldiers and cut off their heads when they are unconscious!
For a while, the Mongolian camp that had been completely submerged turned into a vast ocean, and the water was still bright red, and the Mongolian soldiers struggled, screamed and wailed in the water, and it didn't take long for them to turn into a series of splashes and disappear.
At the same time, the Mongolian iron cavalry who escaped from the camp still did not dare to delay in the slightest, because these Mongolians knew very well in their hearts that the advance speed of the flood was very fast, and the spread would be very broad, even if they rode on a war horse and galloped, they might not be able to escape!
Therefore, the tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen who were lucky enough to escape from the camp did not relax in the slightest, and all of them rode their horses and galloped wildly, running for more than ten miles without the slightest stop. Some of the Mongolian iron knights were unable to ride their horses because they had only grabbed one pack horse in a hurry, so they found new water marks on the ground not long after they ran out, and the water trails on the ground were still increasing rapidly, and they were immediately frightened and screamed.
At dawn, the eastern sky was already glowing with fiery red, and the tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen who had been running for half the night stopped for a while, and gradually gathered around the leaders of the Khalkha tribe, the Saiyin Noyan tribe, and the Chechen Khan tribe.
After a little inventory, the leaders of the three tribes were shocked to find that only 60,000 remnants of the 190,000 Mongolian iron cavalry were left, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were estimated to have been buried in the flood. Even most of the leaders of the various tribes died, and there were only seven leaders of the large and small tribes left around the leaders of the three tribes!
At this point, the Khalkha leader said to the other tribal leaders in an almost desperate tone: "What the hell is going on? Why is our luck so bad? It broke out in the middle of the night! ”
The head of the Chechen Khan also looked incredulous, and said in extreme frustration: "Even if there will be a flood in the river this season, it will never break out such a large-scale flood!" Could it be that we led our army south against the will of the Immortal Heaven this time, so the calamity that befell us? ”
At this time, the leader of the Saiyin Nuoyan tribe seemed to have thought of something, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Do you think this Ling Xun will have anything to do with the Ming army!" ”
The leaders of the Khalkha tribe and the head of the Chechen Khan tribe were shocked when they heard this, and their faces were filled with fear, and they were speechless for a while. And the seven tribal leaders next to him were even more frightened.
Suddenly, there were bursts of war drums from the west of the Mongol army, which were the war drums of the Ming army, and for a moment all the Mongols had a desperate look on their faces. The leaders of the various tribes shouted loudly, and reprimanded the iron knights under their command to immediately mount their horses and prepare for battle.
However, these 60,000 Mongolian iron horsemen who survived the catastrophe were not only ragged and incomplete, but also had already fled for their lives in the middle of the night.
Escape!
Almost at the same time, this thought flashed through the hearts of all Mongolians!
However, only a moment later, when more than 7,000 iron cavalry soldiers from the Huben camp of the Hanwei army and 3,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Tianxiong army appeared in front of the Mongol army, all the hopes of the Mongols were completely dashed.
At this time, if the whole army fled for their lives, it is estimated that even one person will not be able to escape, and all the Mongols will be bitten to death by the Ming army's iron cavalry!
"Warriors! Fight! Fight to survive! ”
The leaders of all the tribes began to mobilize urgently, and the 60,000 Mongolian soldiers also saw the crisis, and all dragged their tired bodies to meet the battle.
However, can you face the battle without dying?
All the Mongols did not dare to think about it!
West bank of the Luan River.
Just before dawn, just after Wen Poyu ordered the sluice gates to be opened and the water was released, the water of the Luanhe River instantly flowed downstream, causing the water level in the upper reaches to drop sharply in a short period of time, and even showing a state of imminent drying up for a period of time.
Wen Poyu was overjoyed when he saw this, and took this opportunity to lead more than 40,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to directly cross the river on horseback, and rushed from the east bank of the Luan River to the west bank. After that, Wen Poyu did not rush to march into the army, but ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate in the upper reaches of the Luan River, and only after the sky turned bright did he lead the army south to the already messy Mongolian camp.
At this time, although the water level of the Mongolian battalion has receded a lot, it is still as high as a calf, but fortunately, the soldiers of the Changshui battalion are equipped with war horses, and the soldiers do not have to wade into the water.
Wen Poyu looked at the devastated camp, and said with a smile to Hua Tulong, the general of the first battalion: "Slaying dragons, how is this spell in this town?" ”
Hua Tulong said with a look of admiration: "General Town, the last general is really convinced, and when he goes back, the last general will lose a year's military salary to General Town!" ”
The crowd burst into laughter.
Wen Poyu smiled and said: "Although this flood has severely damaged the Mongolian army of the outer domain, there must be a lot of Mongolian iron cavalry who have escaped, and our army must take advantage of the victory to pursue!" ”
Therefore, Wen Poyu ordered Ye Bushu to go west and south to investigate the situation, and then led the army of the Changshui Battalion all the way to the west, preparing to join the Huben Battalion and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army.