Chapter 170: Negotiation of peace
Altan Khan watched the battle on his horse, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead! The first wave of 4,000 iron cavalry attacked thousands of Ming infantry head-on, and fell nine out of ten before they rushed to the opposite side! Those firearms of the Ming army are simply like divine weapons descended from the immortal heavens to the world!
Originally, Altan Khan also hoped that Zhena's cavalry would break through the opponent's flank. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info I didn't expect the attack on Zhena's side to go well! Now the spearmen of the Ming army on the flanks have been completely lost. The Tatar cavalry, which could attack head-on, has also been lost! The Ming army in front can completely free up their hands and turn the guns and artillery to deal with Zhena on the flank!
In just half an hour, the 4,000 cavalry attacking on the front were all wiped out, and the cavalry attacking on the flanks also lost 1,000 men. Altan Khan is distressed! These are all his own cavalry!
The Flying Tigers can't stand the attrition, and neither can the Tatar cavalry!
You know, there are many contradictions between the various tribes in Mongolia. It took Altan Khan twenty years to develop to this 40,000-strong cavalry! At the same time, it also took him twenty years to sit in the position of Tatar Khan!
If the cavalry of this division suffered heavy casualties in the territory of the Ming Dynasty and returned to the Mongolian steppe, those tribes who were eyeing him would definitely raise their sabers to his cavalry without hesitation! The grassland is originally a place where the jungle eats the strong!
In this battle at the moment, if you send a team of 4,000 people to attack the Ming army, you will still be wiped out by the sharp firearms of the Ming army! He can't afford such casualties!
Altan Khan is not a reckless man, this man can unify the fragmented and contradictory Tatar tribes in twenty years, and he does have some brains! Seeing that the attack was not going well, he did not attack again, but ordered the cavalry to retreat ten miles, and at the same time ordered Zhena to return to the headquarters with the cavalry under his command!
In the first battle with the Tatars, the Ming army won a great victory! Chen Di couldn't be happy. More than 100 people were killed in the Flying Tiger Army, more than 200 people were killed in the Franc Mercenary Army, and more than 1,000 people in a flank spear team led by Qi Jiguang were all wiped out! Qi Jiguang's whereabouts are unknown.
Chen Di ordered that Qi Jiguang must be found, and he must see people in life and corpses in death!
Chen Di was hesitating whether to continue to meet the enemy in the field, or retreat to the capital to defend. Yu Dayou said to him with a crying voice: "Third brother! The brothers pulled the second brother out of the pile of the dead! ā
Chen Di asked anxiously, "How is Second Brother Qi?" ā
Yu Dayou said: "There are more than ten wounds on the body!" Fortunately, my life is safe! ā
Chen Di let out a long sigh of relief. Qi Jiguang is a rare general. Although he is only his deputy's deputy now, in time, he will definitely be able to stand alone!
Tang Shunzhi asked Chen Di: "Metropolitan Governor, what should we do now?" ā
Chen Di pondered for a moment and said, "Although the Flying Tiger Army and the Franco Mercenaries have casualties, the casualties are not large, and the ammunition is sufficient!" Queue up here! Half of the spearmen on the south side are transferred to the north side! If the Tatars continue to attack, we will come and cover the water! If they don't attack in the evening, we'll retreat to the capital and make another plan!" ā
In the big tent of the Chinese army of Altan Khan, a Tatar cavalryman who escaped from under the mouth of the Ming army was kneeling on the ground: "Great Khan, the opposite side is not the Ming army, but the devil's army!" ā
I replied to Khan, "You coward!" Was he stupidly frightened by the Ming army's firecracker, so he said such crazy things? ā
The Tatar cavalry said: "Immortal Heaven testifies!" If I say half a crazy thing, I will be struck to death by lightning! I was only more than 20 steps away from the Ming army, and I could see it clearly! Those Ming soldiers threw iron balls like thunder in their hands! What is not the devil? ā
Altan Khan naturally knew that the Ming army was not a devil, and it was only by using sharp firearms that he suddenly became so powerful. In fact, he attacked the capital, not to occupy it for a long time. When the Yuan Empire swept the world, the military was so powerful, and in the end, was it driven back to the grassland by the Han people? He knew very well that his strength was far inferior to that powerful Yuan Empire army! Attacking the capital is just trying to blackmail some more property from the Ming Kingdom!
Moreover, since the capture of Datong, the Tatar army has attacked all the way and plundered all the way. The looted property was filled with thousands of carts! Of the 40,000 Tatar cavalry, now 10,000 have to guard and transport those goods! The combat power has been greatly reduced!
If you continue to storm the Ming army on the opposite side, the gains outweigh the losses! If he really consumes more than half of his troops and horses, and returns to the grassland, he will be threatened by other tribes!
Also, the land of the Ming Kingdom is dozens of times that of Mongolia, and if the capital is not attacked for a long time, the Ming Kingdom will definitely mobilize reinforcements from all over the country! Then he will be under siege! Of course, Altan Khan overestimated the strength of those Qinwang's guest troops from other provinces!
Altan Khan pondered for a while: "Zhena! In the name of the peace envoy, go to the Ming army and tell their commander! I'm willing to make peace with them! ā
Jena took the order and left. With a blue flag on his body, he rode towards the Flying Tiger Army.
Yu Dayou said to Chen Di: "Governor, the Tatar has a blue flag on his body, which means that he is the messenger of the Tatars!" ā
Chen Di said: "The musketeer is not allowed to shoot, let him come forward to see what the Tatars want to do!" ā
Zhena dismounted and was led to Chen Di's side.
Zhena said: "I am Wanhu Zhena of the Tatar department. ā
Chen Di said: "What are you doing in my formation?" ā
Zhena replied: "We Altan Khan intend to make peace with you!" ā
Chen Di said: "Peace? Tell me what the conditions are? ā
In fact, if the conditions proposed by the Tatars were not harsh, Chen Di would be happy to negotiate peace with the Tatars. The number of the Flying Tiger Army is limited, and at this time it is fighting to the death with the Tatars, if the Tatar cavalry really fights hard, exchanging ten lives for one life of the Flying Tiger Army, the Flying Tiger Army will definitely not escape the annihilation of the whole army. As soon as the Flying Tiger Army is destroyed, the Furlong Mercenaries will definitely disperse in a hurry, and the capital will still be unsafe at that time!
If he can negotiate peace with the Tatars and give him a year of peace, he promises to create a Flying Tiger army of thousands or even tens of thousands! When the time comes, not to mention the defense of Tatars, even if you hit the Mongolian steppe, seal the wolf Juxu Mountain, and drink Lake Mabaikal!
Zhena replied: "We have not yet decided the conditions of the Great Khan! If you have an idea of peace, I can go back and tell us about the Great Khan! ā
Chen Di nodded: "Okay, I agree that we can negotiate peace!" Go back and negotiate terms with your Great Khan. ā
Two hours later, Zhena came to the front of the Ming army again: "Our Great Khan said, in the center of the two armies, set up a tent. Two hours later, the commanders of the two armies, without any escort, negotiated the terms of peace in their tents! ā
Chen Di said: "Okay! Ben Governor agreed! Go back and report your Great Khan! ā
Tang Shunzhi stopped Chen Di and said, "Be careful, this is a trick of Altan Khan!"
Chen Di said: "It's okay! At the beginning in Zhejiang, I single-handedly approached the widow's den and negotiated with the dog cattle road and returned safely? Besides, the Tatar envoy just said clearly, the tent for peace talks is set up in the middle of the two armies! Neither side is escorted by any escort! ā
Chen Di is an arbitrary governor, how can Tang Shunzhi and others stop him?
Tang Shunzhi had no choice but to hand Chen Di a handcuff: "The gun is already filled with medicine!" If Altan Khan plays tricks, you just jump on him! ā
Chen Di nodded: "Don't worry, it has always been the governor of this capital, and the person who can be the governor of this capital has not been born yet!" ā