Chapter 703: Chasing the Dead and Chasing the North

At about the afternoon of the same day, the yellow banner of Haoge's headquarters and the Horqin army regrouped together, and the original 20,000 troops rode more, but at this time, under some counting, the total number of men and horses who retreated to re-encamp and form a formation was less than 20,000.

And there were more than 3,000 of them, who lost their horses in the process of attacking and retreating.

In the vast steppe covered with snow and ice in winter, once a cavalryman loses his horse, the consequences are obvious.

It was also at this time that Haoge, who was unruly and indifferent in front of the Ming army camp that had built permanent fortifications, realized why the veteran warrior Balaishan, who had been given the title of Baturu by the Mandate of Heaven Khan, would be the first to run back and say that he could no longer fight.

Although he didn't know what the mystery of this prosaic Ming army camp that seemed to be composed of retaining walls was there, he also recognized that attacking this camp would cause him more losses than attacking the tall and sturdy monolith fort.

Even so, Hauge refused to withdraw.

In his opinion, the loss of the yellow flag is so heavy, how can he give up!

Even if he can't take this big camp, he has to stay near this big camp, he doesn't believe that the Ming army in the big camp can hide in it for a lifetime.

After all, this big camp is not a real Ming army city.

In this way, nearly 20,000 people of the Yellow Banner and Horqin cavalry led by Haoge and Zhaisang fell into a stalemate with the Ming officers and troops of Rehebao, Jizhen, and the Mountain and Sea Battle led by Sun Chengzong.

Although Hadan Batel, the leader of the Duolun tribe in Duolunor's Tucheng, watched for a long time, he did not dare to go out of the city to fight after all, so he stayed in the city, quietly waiting for the arrival of the counterattack time that Sun Chengzong, the minister of the Ming Dynasty, had said before.

The moment was not long in coming.

A few days later, on the evening of November 27, when Hauge was angrily holding on to the vicinity of the Ming army camp outside the city of Duolunortu, and continued to wait for the opportunity to destroy the enemy, the Yellow Banner Protector waved his teeth and led a group of men and horses to find the Yellow Flag camp.

The arrival of He Luohui soon caused a panic and uproar among high-level figures such as Haoge and the ministers of the Yellow Banner, the left and right Gushan, and the Four Great Mellors.

Dajin Kingdom is defeated!

The army of Dajin Kingdom broke through the border and entered like a bamboo, and it was actually defeated!?

Not only the young flag owner Hauge with the yellow flag couldn't believe his ears, but even Yang Shu, Ba Laishan, Suo Hai and others, who were used to fighting in a hundred battles, couldn't believe that everything He Luo would say was true.

However, He Luohui brought the edict of Huang Taiji, the Tiancong Khan of the Dajin Kingdom, and they couldn't believe it.

By the night of that day, Haoge, Yangshu, Ba Laishan, Suo Hai and others, who had already believed that the news of He Luohui was true, left behind the grain, grass, and cattle and sheep in the camp and the cattle and sheep for food, and suddenly withdrew their troops to the west.

And Hadan Batel, the leader of the Duolun tribe, who was always paying attention to this large army, soon found signs that Hauge and others were leading their troops westward.

In the night of the same day, as soon as Hauge and the others led the army to leave, Hadan Batel rushed out of Duolun City with more than 3,000 cavalry and rushed to the Ming army camp more than ten miles away to report the news.

Sun Chengzong set up such a large camp of the Ming army near Duolun Nuoer, and left the Duolun people and horses in the city, which was to use Duolun City and the food and grass of the people and horses in the city as bait to lure the Jianlu Yellow Banner and the Horqin Mongol cavalry to attack.

Therefore, for Hadan Batel, the leader of the Duolun tribe who was willing to be a bait, Sun Chengzong did not accuse him of not sending troops from behind to help when Jianlu attacked the Ming army camp.

In fact, at that time, the people of the Duolun Department could not help much.

If they really want to send troops to help, it is very likely that they will be defeated by the Yellow Banner Guards, and thus lose the city of Duolun.

If this is the case, Sun Chengzong's various ideas of luring the enemy to attack will probably be all in vain.

In the winter dripping into the ice of the Sanbula River, there is no city to hold, and it is difficult for any army to hold on.

Hadan Batel's timely report relieved Sun Chengzong, the commander of the Ming army, who had been plagued by severe cold and frostbite, and the generals and commanders under his command, You Shiwei and Zhao Shujiao.

Early the next morning, the main force of 12,000 cavalry under the Sun Chengzong Police Station, led by Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhai Town, Cao Wenzhao, the guard of Rehe Town, and 3,000 cavalry from the Duolun Department as guides, pursued westward.

And Sun Chengzong himself took You Shiwei, the chief military officer of Jizhen Town, who was mainly an infantry army, and others to lead the rest of the army, with a group of wounded and sick soldiers, abandoned the gossip array in the wilderness, and stationed in Duolun City for rest.

As the so-called sharpening knives do not mistake woodcutters, the cavalry under the command of Zhao Shujiao, Cao Wenzhao and others, because they had rested for a long time in the gossip array before, and when they were ordered to leave the camp the next morning when the prisoners retreated at night, they were much faster than the cavalry who braved the cold overnight.

On the way to the west, he kept encountering the armor bannermen who had fallen behind with the yellow flag.

These bannermen in vests lost their horses, and in the winter savannah, which had long been deserted, they basically lost their way to live.

What's more, they were followed by a total of 15,000 pursuers.

Zhao Shujiao, who served as the vanguard, let the cavalry of the Duolun Department go first, and he took his men and horses Cao Bianjiao, Tang Jiuzhou, Bagen and other troops to kill these bannermen who had fallen behind along the way.

The main cavalry of Zhao led the sect, which was several miles away from the north and south, and also encountered many Yellow Banner Bannermen and Horqin people who were left behind because of the loss of their war horses or because of injuries.

In this way, Lin Lin finally came down, on the way from Duolunuoer to Kuku and Tun, Zhao Shujiao and Cao Wenzhao gained more than 3,000 levels just by killing the captured horses that were left behind or abandoned.

In the evening of the same day, around the time of Shenshi, the gloomy day on the grassland was over, and it was about to enter an even colder night, and the cavalry of the Duolun tribe finally caught up with the main force of captives led by Haoge and others at the junction of the western part of the Sanbula River and the eastern edge of Dashawo.

Unlike the previous cowardly situation when facing the Jianyu army, he retreated in the city and did not dare to attack, this time, knowing that there was a few miles behind him the cavalry brigade of the Ming army guarding the palace of Rehe Town, the leader of the Duolun tribe, Hadan Batel, sent a messenger to report the news back, and rushed to the rear of the army with the yellow flag without hesitation.

The tribes of the steppe have always worshipped the strong, and the Duolun tribe is no exception.

If Hauge crushed the Ming army's large array near Duolunor, then Hadanbaatl would also take the young cavalry of the Duolun Division, riding fast horses and brandishing scimitars, and did not hesitate to rush towards the defeated and fleeing Ming army.

This time, the Jurchens who fled first, then of course they had to follow the victorious Ming army and slash the scimitar in their hands to the Jurchens.

It is very difficult for the galloping horse team to turn around, even if it is a well-trained cavalry like the Jianyu Yellow Banner and the Horqin people, and the horse team of thousands and miles stretching, it is not easy to quickly turn around in the westward gallop and eliminate the pursuers.

Even the ranks that lagged behind were overtaken by the enemy's pursuers, so that the fight was so difficult that the front army, which was miles ahead, was likely unaware.

Of course, such a situation does not exist in the army of the Yellow Banner under Hauge's department.

As soon as the cavalry of the Duolun Department appeared behind the Yellow Banner Cavalry Brigade, they were ordered to lead the left flank of the rear team, Gushan Balai Mountain, and sent people to speed forward and report to Hauge.

And Hauge was also very decisive, and immediately ordered Balai Shan to lead the broken rear team, and immediately turn back to eliminate this Duolun cavalry that didn't even dare to show their faces before.

Therefore, Ba Lai Shan immediately led the five Niu Lu of the Jiala Ezhen Ahanikan Department around him, quickly turned around, and then attacked the Duolun cavalry from the side, and the two armies were immediately entangled together.

Whether it is Balai Mountain or Ahanikan, they are all well-known warriors in the Yellow Banner and even in the entire Eight Banners of Jianlu.

As the saying goes, what kind of general brings what kind of soldiers.

Although there were many Mongols who followed his ancestors to naturalize the Jianzhou Jurchens, after shaving their hair and braiding and making a money rat tail like a pure Jurchen, it was as if they had been enlightened and blessed by divine power, and they became very brave.

The 1,500 cavalry of the Jianyu and the cavalry of the more than 3,000 Lunbu fought evenly between each other, and after a few rounds of collision and slashing, they actually gained the upper hand.

However, just as the Duolun cavalry saw the increase in casualties, the leader of the Duolun tribe, Hadan Batel, was timid, and the cavalry team under his command was also on the verge of collapse, the Rehe Fort cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao roared and surrounded the Balai Mountain and the Ahanikan Division.

It didn't take long for the main cavalry led by Zhao Shujiao to rush to this battlefield on the edge of Dashawo.

When night fell, and the heavens and the earth were dark, Balai Mountain and Ahanikan finally fell under the heavy siege of the Ming army, and died under the dense cover of muskets, grenades, and arrows.

Those who died together with the left wing of the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Balai Mountain and Jiala Ezhen Ahanikan were surrounded by the Ming army, as well as the one Jiala and the five Niulu they led, and the 1,500 armored cavalry with the Yellow Banner were killed.

However, after Zhao Shujiao and others eliminated this group of captives, sent people to clean up the battlefield, and cut off the scalp of the money rat tail, the main force of the Yellow Banner and the remnants of Horqin led by Hao Ge had already rushed into the big sand nest in the west in a panic and disappeared.

At this time, night fell, it was already dark, Zhao Shujiao, under the advice of the leader of the Duolun tribe, Hadan Batel, temporarily gave up entering the Dashawo pursuit, and under the guidance of Hadan Batel, found an abandoned camp nearby that originally belonged to the Monan Mongol Yongshebu Department, and then set up camp for the night.