Section 293
The Khalkha people are a little confused, with the division of Mongolia, the nobles are no longer afraid of the authority of the Mongolian Great Khan, as long as there is a population and grassland, they can do whatever they want behind closed doors, but for ordinary people, the ancestor Genghis Khan still exists like a god, and the Mongolian Great Khan, who has his lineage, naturally has the right to rule the steppe. Although Shuo Lei shouted loudly that the other party was a liar, the Khalkha people began to hesitate in their steps forward, and Gunbu and Subadi were not as bold as Shuo Base, and after they became Khan, they had a feeling of being a thief.
The Khalkha people moved forward in a hurry, Ma Guangyuan couldn't wait any longer, and ordered the artillery battalion to attack, Wu Laoba's ten eight-hundred-pound Franc machine camp guns fired at the same time, and ten three-pound cannons roared and smashed into the opponent's cavalry formation, jumping and splashing a piece of blood, and before the screams stopped, another round of artillery flew - it was terrible, the opponent's shadow had not been seen, and even dozens of people and horses were shattered, Shuo Lei and Jin Bing fought a few times, thinking that they had seen a big scene, but how could they have seen such a sharp blow, after five rounds of shelling, He was already lying on the ground with his head covered. This is not the end, the two battalions of Chahar iron cavalry on the left and right then attacked at the same time, they did not use the Mongolian cavalry's usual cavalry attack, but lined up two conical cavalry formations, directly crashed into each other, the Khalkha cavalry was instantly hit two big gaps, wearing iron armor, holding sharp blades Chahar iron cavalry wantonly slashed and slashed, rampage, the Khalkha people were poorly equipped, morale was low, and soon they couldn't stand it, screaming and turning the horse's head and running, Shuo Lei was also surrounded by slave soldiers and hugged the horse to flee for his life. The leading Shuo base led the troops to run backwards, and the Gunbu and Subati behind them were in chaos, and the Khalkha people trampled on each other and became a mess, desperately rushing to flee for their lives.
The Khalkha fled for ten miles before they stopped, and the three Khalkha Khans quarreled when they bumped into each other, Shuo Lei scolded Gunbu and Subadi for saving their strength and not saving them when they saw death, while Gunbu and Subadi blamed Shuo Lei for being cowardly and collapsing at the touch of a button, and the three of them quarreled enough, bargained again, and finally decided to go together, no one wanted to hide behind and watch the excitement.
The Fengzhou army was also arguing, Darhan and Martyrdom escorted thousands of prisoners, and returned to the camp triumphantly, and they bumped into Ding Qiming with a few battalion officers of the Artillery Association waiting for them.
"You two plan to eat alone, and if you don't blow the trumpet, you don't plan to withdraw the army?" Ding Qiming pointed at Darhan and shouted with a martyr's salute.
"You've got enough military merit, what are we going to do? The brothers have finally come here, and you can't go back empty-handed, but you will explain it to the brothers later. Jin Guoding also called.
"Who knew that the Khalkha people were so unbeaten, they really couldn't hold back." Darhan was embarrassed to argue.
Martyrdom also helped: "That's it, the brothers are addicted, we even shouted and shouted for most of the day to call people back, or else, next time you come to fight, we will help on the side." β
"And next time, what if they don't dare to come? Military merits must be shared equally by everyone," Wang Zongjie, the battalion officer of the right battalion of Bu Gong, shook his head vigorously, and pushed Wu Zhili, the battalion officer of the artillery battalion, "Wu Sancang, are you right?" β
"Without the help of my artillery, you wouldn't have fought so smoothly, anyway, you have to have a military merit in the artillery battalion." As soon as the cannon sounded, Wu Zhili was not in a hurry.
Several people were arguing about their work, the warning horn in front sounded, and Ma Guangyuan came over scolding: "The Khalkha people are coming up, all give Lao Tzu back to their positions!" β
Outside the camp, the Khalkha cavalry was black, their riding skills were excellent, and their formation could gather and disperse from time to time, and they didn't care too much about the tight cavalry formation, and the scattered men and horses were approaching with a howl. The artillery battalion opened fire again, but the effect was much worse than the last time, the Khalkha cavalry who had been beaten once had improved their ability to carry the attack, regardless of the people around them to turn over and rush forward, Wu Zhili's artillery was also weak - he had been warned to get closer to the opponent so that he could let the soldiers open the meat.
"Brothers, military merits have been delivered to the door, don't pick up the blanks, fight well, go home and divide the land to marry a wife." Wang Zongjie ran back to the right camp and shouted, and the brothers all laughed and shouted, and walked to their places by the breastwork.
Wang Zongjie, a native of Henan Guide, belongs to the Fengzhou army without a sect of the alternative, originally in Changping Town as a capital division, as a deserter in the Gyeonggi War, bumped into the Fengzhou army in a daze, Bai Xianzhi heard that he had been a gun commander, it is not to be said that he was taken out of the customs, since then he has never left Fengzhou, and finally became a family in Fengzhou, his qualifications are not bad, but with several major factions of the Fengzhou army are not in line, very aggrieved to stay in the Wuxuan camp as an instructor, Fengzhou expanded the army lack of officers, he unexpectedly stepped up to the battalion officer, this position is too rare, his desire for military exploits far exceeds that of others.
Liu Shuangxi, the outpost commander of the right battalion of the lineage, also went to the side of the breastwork, and became the sentry commander of the capital division in his early twenties, and the villagers said that he was more promising than his brother Liu Shishi, and he could at least be a battalion officer in the future, and he himself was full of confidence, Hadari had already made the deputy battalion officer of the Flying Tiger Battalion, and the position of the deputy battalion officer of the right battalion of the Gun Association was still vacant, maybe this was specially reserved for him by the commander, and he must come on.
"All pay attention, check the sword, hand throwing thunder." Liu Shuangxi shouted as he touched his sword and two hand-throwing thunderbolts, and then leaned down on the chest wall to look forward.
The Khalkha cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the speed was getting faster and faster, ready to accelerate over the trench more than a zhang wide in front, when a fire suddenly appeared on the ground, and then the explosion sounded - the new mine was powerful, and Shi Lao Liu of the Ordnance Division was inspired by the Western table clock to improve the way of detonation of the fire rope, and installed a clockwork in the mine, and used external pressure to drive the spring to suddenly exert force, so that the hammer on the clockwork hit the flint, igniting the fire pool of the mine and causing an explosion, which was the first time it was used in actual combat, for the sake of insurance, The mines were also connected with paper ropes wrapped in gunpowder, and it only took one explosion to cause an explosion, and Shi Laoliu handed over this new gadget to the Xinghe Iron Works for production, which was originally intended to be used against the Jin army, but they were allowed to dodge, and it happened to be used on the Khalkhas.
In the fire one after another, the Khalkha cavalrymen turned over on their backs, the people who fell off the horse were still exclaiming, and the people behind them crashed into each other, and the whole formation was crowded together in front of and behind, and the war horses were also frightened and scurryed around, and some of them also took their masters and planted themselves in the trenches, and the attack momentum of the Khalkha people was completely chaotic. The infantry of the Toyoshu army lay behind the chest wall and took the opportunity to fire a continuous volley, knocking down the panicked Khalkha one by one. The Khalkha Khans were red-eyed, and led the slave soldiers to drive the Khalkha people to rush up, and lined up in an arrow array to fight back against the opponent, but the distance was too far and did not cause casualties to the Fengzhou army, and the artillery battalion was once again powerful, and ten chain bullets were thrown into the archers at the same time, and the flesh and blood flew in an instant.
"Listen to me, keep an eye on the front, and you will shoot wherever I shoot." Liu Shuangxi has changed into a pair of bows and arrows in his hand, and constantly shoots Ming Di to indicate the direction of the salvo, this cavalry style of play has long been familiar to the infantry soldiers, and the place where Ming Di swept was immediately shot fiercely, and the opponent fell down one by one.
The brave Khalkha people are still rushing forward, they are outnumbered and do not care about casualties, but there is a barbed wire fence across the trench - Xuande Iron Works after tackling key problems, finally able to pull out several zhang long iron wire, several twisted together can withstand the impact of war horses, can be used to enclose livestock in peacetime, and is a barrier to delay the enemy's attack in wartime. The Khalkha people stagnated in front of the barbed wire, which brought more opportunities for the guns to shoot, and the red-eyed Khalkhas simply dismounted and cut the wire with knives and axes, and after paying more casualties, some of the Khalkhas rushed to the breastwork along the gap cut out, but the Chahar cavalry would not let them go, the dense rain of arrows poured down, the Khalkhas' thin cloth clothes could not block the iron-headed arrows, and the corpses were covered all over the ground in a distance of more than a hundred steps from the trench to the breastwork.
"The deputy sentry commander commanded the shooting to continue fighting, and the whole rear team got on the sword and followed me." Liu Shuangxi loaded the infantry with a sword, and led the rear team to rush over a group of Khalkha people who climbed over the wall, but before the opponent's feet could stand firmly, they were swarmed to the ground by the Fengzhou soldiers who stabbed him to the ground with a sword. Liu Shuangxi pulled out his sword, wiped the blood splashed on his face, and shouted to his subordinates, "Ignite the fire, throw thunder", and threw thunder at the enemy outside the wall, and then the Chahars poured a rain of arrows, and the Khalkha people who finally rushed close to the chest wall fell one by one.
The Khalkhas' attack began to slow down, and although they had the Great Khan's slaves behind them, they were really unable to attack, and their opponents were far superior to them, and no matter how many people they had, they could only die in vain. Derge broke out in a cold sweat when he saw it on the hill, he expected that his fellow countryman would definitely not be able to defeat the Fengzhou soldiers, but he didn't expect it to be like this, this was a one-sided massacre!
"Mazan, send a signal to the Great Commander, there are too many dead!" Derge trembled and begged Ma Guangyuan next to him.
Ma Guangyuan shook his head: "Wait a minute, the brothers are fighting hot, let's not pour cold water, it's good for them to bleed more, and they will be honest in the future." β
Derge lowered his head and left, finding a place where no one was and scolding: "The surname is Ma, you still believe in Western religion, I don't think you and Western religion are good things." β
From morning to afternoon, the Khalkha launched several attacks in succession, but the morale of the troops was low, the momentum of the attack became weaker and weaker, and some even became deserters. Gunbu and Subati don't want to fight, the other party is too strong, every time they attack, they don't get anything except a lot of dead people, this is a fart, but Shuo Lei wants to save face, insisting that he has a lot of people, and there will be a turnaround when it gets dark, they are arguing, and suddenly there is an urgent report, and a large number of Fengzhou iron horsemen appear on both wings, this time they don't quarrel, and they turn their heads and shout at the troops to withdraw quickly.
According to the prior plan, Ma Guangyuan commanded the artillery association and the left and right battalions of Chahar to defend to the death, attract the attention of the other party, and consume the opponent's strength as much as possible, while Li Yu led the Flying Tiger Battalion and the cavalry right association to hide in the big sand, as an ambush to wait for the opportunity to suddenly kill, and strive to defeat the other party in one fell swoop. Li Yu went to Dasha last night, and after dawn, he was waiting for the three puffs of wolf smoke of the old horse, but he didn't see a single smoke until the afternoon, listening to the sound from the battlefield, the sound of military horns and guns was always not chaotic, it should be that there was no danger on his side. Li Yu thought it was strange, and sent Li Xuan and Li Chage to bring a team of people to investigate, and these two people ran back not long after, and brought an infuriating news - Lao Ma and they were going to eat alone, so they threw us off and did it alone.
This was repaid, Meng Ke screamed and rushed out, Li Yu had no choice but to order an attack at this time, and the brothers of the Flying Tiger Battalion and the Cavalry Right Association scolded and went into battle. The elite armored cavalry appeared on the flank, the Khalkha immediately collapsed, no one wanted to fight this unlucky battle, those who could run immediately ran, and those who could not run surrendered on the spot, and the originally expected bloody battle turned into a rout battle - the artillery association, the two battalions on the left and right of Chahar did not let go of this military merit, rushed out of the camp and the Flying Tiger battalion, the cavalry right association together to attack the opponent on three sides, and the unlucky Khalkha people were killed all over the field.
The overall situation has been decided, Li Yu stands under the banner of the Flying Tiger and quietly observes the battlefield, the soldiers almost unscrupulously kill the killers, and the Khalkha people are still bleeding - the army he has built is getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming more and more bloody, will it be another golden army in the future? Derge ran over and quietly told Ma Guangyuan about his condition, and finally made an evaluation - "Old Ma looks very honest, but in fact, his hands are ruthless enough, really ruthless!" β
"Brother Dege, I'll give you a sentry flying tiger to ride, you hit the Chagan Sulu ingot to shout, the whole army immediately sealed the knife, no suicide is allowed, and all Khalkha people who lay down their weapons will be released home." Li Yu no longer hesitated, waved his hand and ordered Mozhige to take a sentry to follow Derge - the Hari Sulu ingot and the Chagan Sulu ingot are both Genghis Khan's battle flags, the former black tassel represents the god of war and strength, the latter white tassel represents peace and authority, and only Li Yu is qualified to use it after Chahar Khan's death.
At this time, the big camp sent someone to tell him that the Qierji Lama was comingβthis road through the mountains and forests and through the sand was extremely difficult, and the old man who was almost seventy years old, why did he also come? Li Yu hurried back to the camp to greet him.
The Erji Lama is old, and he rarely goes out of the gate of the Silver Buddha Temple, and suddenly heard that the Fengzhou army went north to Khalkha, and he was immediately startled - he went to Khalkha when he was young, where the roads are difficult and sparsely populated, and the army may encounter accidents if he is not careful, and it is indeed necessary to solve the problem of the division of the desert between the north and the south, but it must not be used as a means of war, and he is also worried about his old friend Maidali Nomenhan, and he will go to Khalkha no matter what, if Maidali is still alive, they will join forces with the two Lamaist leaders of the north and south, It will certainly promote the peaceful reunification of the desert.
It is a big deal for the old lama to go far away, the general palace panicked, and specially sent Namur with three hundred iron horsemen to escort him, after arriving at the Sanbula River, Sun Tingyao will not let go of the opportunity to have close contact with the top figures in Fengzhou, insisted on sending two hundred merchant army horsemen, and personally accompanied the waiting, and the group stumbled for half a month, and finally arrived at Salonor Lake.
"Have you had enough? Do you want to continue fighting? When the old lama saw Li Yu, he asked with a straight face, Li Yu hurriedly shook his head, and glanced at Ma Guangyuan by the way, the old horse's face immediately turned red, and the old lama continued to preach without raising his eyes, "Khalkha is very big, it's not that you can solve the problem with a knife in your hand, Altan Khan once vowed to turn the sea of blood into a sea of milk, and now it's time, the blood of the Mongols can no longer be shed, I want to talk to them." β
The battlefield had calmed down, the Fengzhou army lost 300 men in this battle, more than 2,000 were killed, the living Khalkha people saw the Chagan Sulu ingots as if they saw a savior, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and five or six thousand prisoners gathered on the shore of a sea in Lake Salenor. The old lama told the captives that Li Yucha, the great Jinong, was ordered by the Mongol Great Khan to rule the grasslands, he was the reincarnated king, carrying Tengri's will to save the world, and no one could defeat him, so you all go home and spread Li Yucha's kindness to all directions, and the Mongolian grasslands will turn the sea of blood into a sea of milk from now on.
"May the great Jinong be auspicious!" The captives shouted excitedly and followed the Lama to the north, followed by Derge and the Khalkha merchants, and now was the best time to return to Khalkha, not only to write off the old accounts of the leading party, but also to become heroes in the eyes of the Khalkhas.
In less than two days, Derge returned with the Khalkha envoy, a young man in his twenties with a beautiful face, who knelt down and kowtowed when he saw Li Yu.
"Get up quickly, we don't kneel in Fengzhou." Li Yu stretched out his hand to pull the speed cloth platform, this young man looked handsome and capable, which made him feel a little good.
"Merciful Dajinong, do you remember the Xilamulun River four years ago? At that time, I was on an envoy to the Inner Khalkha tribes, and I encountered Chahar Khan's sweep, and several other envoys were captured and killed, and I hid in the lama's temple, but fortunately I was rescued by you and fled back to Khalkha, I still remember the Buck brother who sent me away, he is also my savior, I must kowtow to you and thank you. Subutai insisted on kowtowing a few times before he was willing to get up.
Thinking of this, Li Yu politely said a few words, and asked why the Qierji Lama didn't come back. Subutai immediately became resentful, Maidali Normenhan died of illness last year, Gunbra and a group of Khalkha princes helped, and confirmed his son Zhanabazar, who was born only this year, as the reincarnation of the spirit child, inheriting the mantle of Maidali, the Dharma name Lobsang Dambe Gyaltsen, Gunbu This guy is too much, Shuolei and Subadi are very dissatisfied, and the Gurji Lama is also indignant after hearing about it, and wants to convene the lamas of the major temples in Khalkha to discuss this matter, and the old man can't take care of it for the time being.
It's better for me to take care of the internal affairs of the Lamaist sect, Li Yu shook his head and continued to ask: "Do you Khalkha still want to continue fighting?" β
"Don't dare to fight, the Khalkha people are afraid of being beaten by you, my cousin and Gunbu and Subati want to talk to you, but they are afraid that you will investigate the matter of their self-establishment as Khan, so I want to bow down with you as an answer." Su Butai said and secretly glanced at Li Yu.