Chapter 264: The Mongol Raid

"The Mongols are here again!" As soon as the sky darkened, the Qing army and the clothed minions, women, children, old and weak who had retreated north with the army were just about to set up camp when they heard someone shouting loudly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than 1,000 Khalkha Mongol cavalry appeared on the steppe, and the Mongols shouted and whistled in their mouths, circling around the periphery of the Qing army camp. More than 1,000 Mongols are like a thousand bloodthirsty wolves; The huge Qing army was like a clumsy and huge bison, surrounded by wolves. Wolves look for the weakness of their prey and can go up and bite whenever they find an opportunity.

"Over there, the Jurchens are relatively weak, on!" The Mongol commander pointed to the weak northeast corner of the Qing army and shouted.

More than 1,000 Mongolian cavalrymen galloped and quickly rushed forward.

Seeing the Mongols rushing over, the Qing infantry immediately raised their spears and shields and rushed to the northeast corner.

The Mongols did not come closer, but reined in eighty paces away from the Qing army, and all the Mongols dismounted, took out their bows, stretched their bows and arrows, and shot a row of light arrows at the Qing army.

The heavily armored Eight Banners heavy infantry did not have time to make up for it, and the light arrows fired by the Mongols fell in the crowd of clothed minions and Green Battalion auxiliaries. The locust-like arrows that fell were a disaster for those clothed minions and Green Camp auxiliaries who didn't have any armor on them! Dense arrows fell, and a burst of blood splattered in the crowd, accompanied by a scream, and the clothed minions and green battalion auxiliaries fell like peeled onions, and the fallen people became hedgehogs.

The Mongols drew their bows and arrows again, and another volley of arrows shot out.

"The Jurchens are coming up, let's go!" The captain shouted.

The Eight Banners Heavy Infantry had already caught up and raised their shields. The archers of the Eight Banners behind took out their strong bows one after another, stretched out their bows and arrows, aimed at the Mongolian cavalry who turned around, and the speed had not yet increased, shot a row of random arrows.

The "whoosh" feathered arrow flew into the sky, pulled out an arc, and fell behind the retreating Mongols. A rain of arrows pierced the crowd of Mongol cavalry, and dozens of unfortunate Mongol cavalrymen were hit by arrows. These Mongols did not have thick armor on their bodies, most of them only had a sheepskin jacket, the better ones had a leather armor, and only centurion and above had cotton armor. The Mongols, who had very poor protection, were hit by arrows, and a group of people screamed and fell off their horses.

Despite the loss of a few dozen men, most of the Mongols left intact.

The Qing cavalry pursued them from both flanks, and the Mongols galloped back to the dark steppe. The Qing cavalry pursued them for some distance behind, but because of the gap in horsemanship, the Qing cavalry failed to catch up with the Mongols. Although those Qing cavalry are also Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry, but they have been in the customs for a long time, riding skills have long been degraded, if it is not for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army was forced to fight year after year, these Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry may have long degenerated to the point that the horseman fell to the ground and missed the arrow. The Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry, who were forced to regain their riding skills, still had a big gap with the Mobei Mongols in terms of horsemanship.

"Stop the pursuit! Remove! The Qing army counselor said.

The cavalry of the Qing army suffered several losses from the Mongols before, and each time they chased the Mongols, and as a result, they were introduced by the Mongols into the ambush circle of a large number of Mongols.

The Mongols have superb riding skills, but it does not mean that they do not know how to fight when they get off the horse, a few days ago, the Mongols set up ambushes many times, arranged tripping ropes in the grass, tied horse nails, and a part of the Mongolian cavalry dismounted and ambushed in the grass. When the Qing army caught up, the Mongols pulled up the stumbling rope and caused the Qing army to suffer heavy losses. Then the Mongols on foot came out and greeted them with arrows and spears. When the Qing army's formation collapsed, the Mongol cavalry turned around and chased after them.

The cavalry of the Qing army, which had suffered several losses, did not dare to pursue rashly, and after chasing for a while, they turned back.

In the middle of the night, the Mongols reappeared. In the face of the Qing army, which had already set up camp and was heavily defended, the Mongols naturally could not storm the Qing army camp, so they could only surround the Qing army camp, ride their horses around in circles with torches, shout in their mouths, or blow horns, and sometimes shoot a few arrows from a distance to harass the Qing troops who were camped and resting.

The Qing army with combat experience was not afraid of such harassment, they had long been accustomed to it, no matter how noisy the Mongolian cavalry outside was, making all kinds of harsh noises, and even harassing with archery, the Qing soldiers could still sleep with their heads buried in their heads, as long as the sentry at night stared at the Mongols. However, those clothed servants, women and children, old and weak, palace maids and eunuchs, civil officials, and pampered royal family members who had never fought before, listened to the noise outside, were so worried that they could not sleep at all, fearing that the Mongols might come in at any time, and did not sleep all night.

Kangxi, known as the wise and martial emperor, and the unparalleled Ming Jun Kangxi in the world of cultural governance and martial arts, did not fall asleep. The Mongols harassed outside all night, and Kangxi heard the noise coming from afar, and he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at all. I was so sleepy that I just squinted my eyes and woke up from my sleep.

The sky gradually brightened, and Kangxi, who hadn't slept well for a few days, had already boiled into panda eyes, with a short pockmarked face, and blue and black eye circles, it was a perfect match.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go!" A eunuch walked in.

Kangxi yawned, stretched, dragged his limp legs, and walked onto the carriage parked outside the big tent. Then there were auxiliary soldiers and clothed minions who folded the big tent where Kangxi lived at night, put it away, and placed it in the car.

The Qing army left the garrison and set out on the journey again. Someone had already made breakfast and sent it to Kangxi's carriage.

"The emperor is asleep, put it next to the car first." The personal eunuch who followed Kangxi's car said.

Kangxi, who was sitting in the car, had already fallen asleep, and in a daze, he saw that his team was being chased and killed by the Mongols all the way, and the number of people in the team was getting smaller and smaller. Seeing that they were about to arrive in Beihai, the Qiongzhou army with a big red flag suddenly came out and surrounded the Qing army. The opponent was well-armed, the soldiers were strong, and the remaining Qing army was not an opponent at all, and they surrendered one after another. Kangxi rode a horse and tried to escape, but was shot with an arrow and fell off the horse.

"Ahh Kangxi screamed and suddenly opened his eyes, only to realize that he had just had a nightmare.

"Your Majesty! Emperor! What's wrong with you? The carriage stopped, and the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground.

"It's nothing, I just had a nightmare." Kangxi lifted the curtain and said.

The personal eunuch led by him raised his hand and slapped himself: "It's all slaves who deserve to die, they didn't take care of the emperor and let the emperor suffer on the way." ”

"Alright, get up, and keep going!" Kangxi raised his head, looked at the sky and said.

The sky on the grassland is very blue, there are a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, and the grass on the grassland that has entered the summer has grown to half a human height, and the scenery is extremely beautiful, but Kangxi's mood is getting heavier and heavier.