Chapter 216: Kaiping Wei's Great Victory
Judging from the offensive of the Eastern Tumuts, the Eastern Tumut attacked the middle of the Ming army, but when it was a few hundred meters away from the Ming army, Wenbu Chushu suddenly turned his horse's head and rushed to the left flank of the Ming army.
Wenbu Chuhuer wanted to take advantage of the advantage of cavalry, and when the left flank of the Ming army was fully engaged in dealing with Shanba, he and Shanba attacked the left flank of the Ming army, and took the opportunity to break through the left flank of the Ming army in one fell swoop and break the dilemma.
"The dragoons follow me." Zu Dashou didn't know if the left flank would be able to withstand the onslaught from both directions of the Eastern Tumuts, but he didn't dare to gamble, he knew that once the infantry phalanx was breached, all the soldiers in this phalanx would become lambs to the slaughter.
Zu Dashou's dragoons had just rushed out a hundred meters, and they saw the originally neat and uniform Dongtu Mot cavalry instantly fall into chaos, and then heard cheers from the Ming army.
"My lord, it seems that something happened to Wenbu Chuhuer!" The people around Zu Dashou reported.
Zu Dashou was also a little stunned now, he didn't understand what was happening on the battlefield at all, at this time, without waiting for Zu Dashou to react, Shanba reacted first, and he chose to retreat without hesitation and leave the battlefield.
"My lord, the Tumuts are running away."
"Order, the dragoons immediately launched a pursuit." Zu Dashou commanded. Although Zu Dashou didn't understand what was going on, he knew that the battlefield was changing rapidly, the fighter plane was fleeting, and his chance to win a big victory had come.
As soon as Shanba's army fled, the already chaotic Eastern Tumut Central Army became even more chaotic, and the Mongol Sadabe did not know what was happening, but their attack was completely stopped.
"My lord, Wenbu Chuxur was hit by a marksman, and his life and death are unknown." Soon someone sent the exact news.
Zu Dashou's army of 20,000 is equipped with a total of ten Apocalypse Spears, and those who can hold Apocalypse Spears are called marksmen in the army. Marksmen were generally placed on the flanks in the phalanx, and their duty was to snipe the officers of the enemy army.
When Wembuchulu turned his horse's head and charged towards the left flank of the Ming army, he came into the range of the marksman in just a few breaths. Within range, there were two sharpshooters of the Ming army. Wen Bu Chu Amber's performance is simply a skill of pulling hatred, and the two marksmen naturally target Wen Bu Chu Shuer.
The two marksmen shot almost at the same time, and they didn't know who hit Wembuchuor, anyway, I only heard the gunshots, and I saw that Wembuchuxor had been shot, if it weren't for the guards on the side, Winbuchuxur would have immediately fallen off his horse, and he might even be trampled by the army behind.
In an instant, the Mongol Sadabu also reacted, and they were immediately leaving the battlefield. The dragoons, on the other hand, had already rushed towards the chaotic Chinese army in Umbuchuor. The dragoons were each equipped with two carbines, and when they were at a distance, they would first use the carbine to shoot, but the range of the carbine was too short, but fortunately, the carbine was very light, so even if the left hand shot would not be affected.
It's just that in this war, the power of the dragoons can no longer be reflected, and the Eastern Tumuts have become a mess, and when they see the attack of the dragoons, some people will run away, and they will not be able to organize an effective counterattack at all.
The defeat was overwhelming, the Eastern Tumuts had been routed on all fronts, the soldiers fled in all directions, and the dragoons began to disperse in pursuit. At this time, the Eastern Tumert soldiers had completely lost the will to fight, and even a few dragoons could drive thousands of Eastern Tumert soldiers like ducks.
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In the first Northern Expedition of the Ming army, there were two battles in total, and both of them were a bit inexplicably victorious. In the decisive battle of Kaipingwei, the Ming army won the victory at the cost of only 177 killed and 565 wounded.
After this battle, the Eastern Tumuts had been completely defeated. Umbu Chushu was killed in battle, and his headquarters suffered the greatest losses of soldiers and horses, more than half of the 24,000 men, but the Mongol Zhenbu and Uliangha broke away from the battlefield very quickly, and the losses of both troops were not large. This battle also plunged the entire Eastern Tumut tribe into chaos, and the control of the Uliangha and the Sada tribe had been lost.
Wuliang Ha Sanwei, also known as Duoyan Sanwei, was the Ming Dynasty in history, and the Ming Dynasty was sentenced to fall from time to time, and was later conquered by the Tumut Department and became a part of the Eastern Tumut people. After this battle, Shanba once again thought of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.
However, after the decisive battle of Kaipingwei, the entire Eastern Tumut Department was faced with the choice of whether to make peace or withdraw, and it was necessary to make a choice immediately. After the defeat of the Eastern Tumut Division, the Ming army expanded the search area again, and there were already Ming army scouts not far from the Eastern Tumert Division, and it was only a matter of time before they were exposed.
Shanba suggested surrendering to the Ming army, the Mongol Zhenbu suggested migrating westward to Ordos and taking refuge with Jinong Eluchen, while the Eastern Tumut tribe wanted to move to Kuku and Tuncheng and took refuge in the Western Tumut tribe. The three parties expressed their opinions and could not reach an agreement, and as a result, no progress was made after a long day of discussions.
The Mongol Zhenbu withdrew westward despite the same day, while Shanba quietly sent an envoy to contact the Ming army. However, the peace talks between the two sides were doomed to be fruitless from the beginning, and Chen Si only put forward one condition, which made it difficult for Shanba to accept it for a while. Chen Si's condition was that Shanba's army must accept the reorganization of the Ming army.
Just when the two sides were just beginning to negotiate peace, the migration of the Mongol Zhenbu completely exposed the location of the Eastern Tumut Division, and Zu Dashou received a report from the scouts and led 5,000 dragoons to attack overnight, preparing to raid the Eastern Tumut Division.
When Zu Dashou led 5,000 dragoons to appear in the Eastern Tumut Division, the Eastern Tumut Division was preparing to move to Kuku and Tuncheng at this time.
"Enemy attack ......" Seeing Zu Dashou's dragoons, a large number of people from Dongtu Mut screamed.
The sudden appearance of the dragoons led by Zu Dashou made the Dongtumite people panic. The defeat of the decisive battle of Kaipingwei made the Dongtumute people completely lose their fighting spirit. On the contrary, under the organization of Shanba, the Eastern Tumut launched some counterattacks against the Ming army, but these counterattacks lacked unified command and could not stop the Ming army's attack at all.
The 5,000 Ming army kept interspersing the camp of the Eastern Tumut Department, cutting the entire camp into several pieces, and Zu Dashou led the main force to take the Golden Tent directly. When Shanba saw Zu Dashou coming straight to the Golden Horde, he chose to run away without hesitation.
The entire camp was in flames, and in this firelight, the former Eastern Tumut Department completely disappeared. In this battle, Zu Dashou captured nearly 30,000 people of the Eastern Tumut tribe, obtained tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, and countless other materials.
(End of chapter)