The entire Mongol army finally completely dispersed.

Countless banners were discarded, and there were no formed teams at all, only a small number of armored soldiers gathered around Taiji, all of whom were desperately trying to break through to the west and north.

The merchant soldiers were still chasing after each other, and Xi Lingse and others ran for half a day, and when they ran forty miles away, many horses were tired and died, so they stopped and rectified slightly.

At this time, everyone looked around, there were only more than a thousand scattered cavalry, more than a dozen Taiji and Xi Lingse gathered together, more people ran away without knowing where to go, and from time to time there were scattered knights running around like headless flies.

Xi Lingse forced his composure and said: "There are more than 20,000 horsemen led by Baiyin Taiji in front, quite a lot of elites, let's gather with them and talk about it." ”

Everyone thought that there were more than 30,000 people just now, and there were two or three thousand elite armored cavalry, but they were beaten and fled at once, and the 20,000 people in the front team were useless.

At this time, no one said that they were discouraged, and everyone sat cross-legged on the ground to rest, and at this time it was not obvious that it was the noble Taiji or the lowest herdsmen, and everyone gulped the water in the water bladder.

There is not much drinking water, many people's water bladders are empty, all around are grass and sand, there is no shadow of the water source, you have to run far to the north to have a small river, if you go more than 30 miles to the south is the small black river, but no one will go there.

The people swallowed their spittle and forbade their thirst, and of course the nobles and generals had water to drink, and their guards were careful to preserve the water bags.

Xi Lingse's throat was dry and smoking, and he felt a little better after drinking wildly, and the horses were also thirsty, and they bowed their heads and chewed grass to quench their thirst.

Someone had already sent a sentry horseman, ordering them to go west to find Baiyin Taiji and others, and called the front team to come and answer, there must be more than 1,000 people in front of them, although there was a fiasco just now, but more than 30,000 people ran indiscriminately, and Yusheng's cavalry couldn't chase and kill too much even if they chased.

I am afraid that a large number of herdsmen will be forced to flee to the north, and I am afraid that it will take a long time to wander and return, and the herdsmen are the foundation of each Taiji, and if they are damaged too much, they will become rootless trees, and their strength will be greatly affected.

Many Taiji began to sigh and sigh, they followed Xi Lingse also because of the large number of people, and it was unlikely that they would be chased and killed by He Yusheng, but they were beaten like this, which made them feel that their choice was very wrong.

Xi Lingse's complexion began to be difficult to see, his right outpost force was already very weak, and there were very few remnants of the troops and horses led by Su Nang at the beginning, and now he can grasp the power by taking advantage of the situation, if his prestige falls, it will be all over.

"There are soldiers and horses with Yusheng ahead!"

The sentry who had been sent to find Baiyin Taiji came in a panic and shouted from afar.

Everyone stood up with an incredible look on their faces.

"Impossible!" One Taiji shouted: "I know that He Yusheng has two divisions of cuirassiers, less than two divisions of ironclad cavalry, how can they still have manpower to set up an ambush in front?" ”

"Not cavalry." The sentry shouted, "It's infantry!" ”

"How many are there?"

"About two thousand five hundred."

"!" One Taiji said angrily: "Are they crazy, we have tens of thousands of people, and more than 2,000 infantry have come to trouble us?" ”

"Baiyin Taiji has been defeated by them......" The sentry said with a cry: "and Yusheng's infantry and chariot formation, cut off our road to Qingcheng, Baiyin Taiji and others saw that they were only more than 2,000 people, so they led the force to attack, the result was repeatedly rushed, they used the chariot formation, rejected the horse pile, spears stuck in the ground as a defense, every time our cavalry approached, the opposite side was a fire, the lead fell like a torrential rain, after a few rounds, the ground was full of corpses and cross-flowing blood, the cannon of the merchant soldiers hit too fiercely, Our cavalry suffered too many casualties, their morale fell, and then they counterattacked, and the entire front team was scattered. ”

Xi Lingse's eyes straightened, he couldn't believe that there might be four or five thousand soldiers in the merchant regiment, half infantry and half cavalry, with artillery, vehicle formation, firearms, and sabers, and just like that, the Mongolian cavalry of more than 50,000 people in the front and rear teams were crossed?

The casualties may not be very serious, after all, the Mongols are all cavalry, but you can imagine how heavy the losses will be, how many people give up everything and run away, weapons, war horses, horses, felt bags, military items, herds, just now Xi Lingse and others have discarded these when they fled, and the same is true of the front team, so the losses can no longer be described as heavy.

"Only detours can be made further north." A Taiji hung his head and said: "We can't walk slowly to collect the remnants, and when we return to Qingcheng, I don't know how many people we can come back." ”

Another Taiji said: "Qingcheng originally had 30,000 people, and they controlled all the way to Xiaohehe Fort, and when all of us go back, I'm afraid there will only be 50,000 or 60,000 people at most. ”

"It was their raid." Xi Lingse felt like a person who was sinking under the water, even if there was a straw, he had to pull it desperately, he sank his breath and said: "Also, quickly send Tangma to inform the rear team and Ah Cheng, and tell them to make a detour further north." He Yusheng's soldiers can rely on their military fort piers to ensure grain and grass within a range of hundreds of miles, so let's simply go further! ”

"God...... a Taiji raised his hands and shouted: "Why don't the damn Han people go to fight Ah Cheng in the back of the palace, but they work hard to make a detour to beat us!" ”

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It was already two days after Ah Cheng knew the news, he and his subordinates became extremely nervous, the front fifty or sixty thousand people were crossed by thousands of merchant soldiers, and the thousands of people behind their palace were simply swept away, because they were too nervous, they abandoned the herd and some military supplies with the army, and the whole army began to streamline its equipment and began to go north, and walked for more than three hundred miles until it reached the semi-grassland and half-Gobi zone before reassuring, if it went further, it was already the territory of the Tushetu Department and the Zasaktu Department.

Everyone is very hard, it doesn't matter if the food is insufficient, the Mongolian herdsmen can survive by eating a few mouthfuls of dry cheese every day, the embarrassment is the serious lack of water, not only the water of the people is insufficient, but also the horses have no water, two days later Ah Cheng ordered the whole army to save the water for the war horses to drink, including himself, can only drink a few small sips of water every day, and not be thirsty to death.

The conditions were very difficult and the morale was very low, but when Ah Cheng led his troops to the north of Qingcheng less than 100 miles, the army of five or six thousand people not only did not shrink, but expanded to nearly 20,000 people.

Although there are constantly people falling down from horses, and then they can't stand up, and there are also war horses that keep lodging, this team still survived, and because this is the only formed army within a radius of hundreds of miles, quite a lot of herdsmen and armored cavalry who followed Xi Lingse before, and now fled to supplement the team, they are shocked, and they still have palpitations when they talk about the situation when they were defeated by the merchant soldiers that day, but with more and more people, as soon as the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is boundless, and they can't see the heart of the team at all. People's minds have settled down, and they don't feel as lonely and scared as they were when they ran away.

When they found a small sea several acres in size, everyone rejoiced.

The whole army lined up to drink the horses first, and at the same time filled their own water bladders while drinking the horses, many people drank too quickly, and there were one after another choking coughing sounds by the sea.

Ah Cheng and a group of Taiji led the horses to the side, and their water supply has never been cut off, so they are not as thirsty as the soldiers, and the Taiji people have a lot of discussions, and the most talked about topic is the fiasco of Xi Lingse.

"Xi Lingse told me before," said Batu with a haggard face: "Ah Cheng Taiji's command is weak, resulting in the ineffectiveness of the old teacher, if he is in charge of the overall situation, he will never ask the Han people to bargain." What was the result, after a battle, tens of thousands of troops scattered. No matter how Ah Cheng Taiji is, he has come and gone with the merchant soldiers. ”

Another Taiji agreed: "Ah Cheng Taiji is an experienced Taiji after all, and Xi Lingse is too young. ”

At this time, each Taiji seemed to suddenly remember Xi Lingse's age, everyone's faces were serious, and the expressions looking at Ah Cheng were also obviously flattering, as if they had forgotten that ten days ago, everyone still regarded Ah Cheng as a national thief.

The facts are obvious, the people who Ah Cheng has gathered are full of gratitude to him, more than 20,000 people are already a very strong force at this time, plus Ah Cheng's original allies, Ah Cheng's strength has overwhelmed Xi Lingse.

Ah Cheng listened to everyone's words, and said quietly: "Xi Ling Setaiji is in charge of the left and right posts, this matter has been decided by Baihong Dataiji and Mobei Zhutaiji when they were there, and I will still serve Xi Ling Setaiji after I return to Qingcheng." Although he is young, we can help him, not tear down his platform. ”

After talking about everyone, Ah Cheng continued to patrol forward, and on the way he met with several batches of Tang horses, knowing that Xi Lingse and other Taiji finally entered Qingcheng with more than 10,000 people, plus the people left behind and his people here, the 12 Tumut Divisions now add up to more than 70,000 people, and it may take a long time to collect all the 100,000 people.

Thinking of this, Ah Cheng's face was worried, now this number is the number of all men, there are very few men left behind in the pastures, most of them are herdsmen under the age of fifteen or over sixty, among which a considerable number of sturdy herdsmen in their twenties to thirty are either armoured soldiers, or they are also taken by the Taiji, these people are the biggest losses, this time the Tumut Department is not only a fiasco, but seriously injured, if there is another internal fight, it will bleed, and people will die!

Ah Cheng thought about it, thinking about the future prospects, he felt that he needed to send heavyweights like Taiji, or Xi Lingse to the set of departments for help, to Mobei for help, and even to the Inner Khalkha Fifth Department and the Chahar Department for help, the current situation was already very sinister, not only Tumut could not fight inwardly, but also had to step up to expand his own strength!

Ah Cheng suddenly remembered something and said to the human: "Call Tabu Bag over." ”

Tabu Sang was originally a sharp whistle commander, but Ah Cheng didn't use him in the recent period, and Ta Bu Nang's subordinates also told him to scatter and disrupt, not to let Ta Bu Nang continue to lead, and now Ta Bu Nang is in charge of the rear team, and he is idle every day, and he immediately rushed over when he heard the call.