The attitude of the ministers and the various ministries and subordinates under his command who were in front and behind, and on the left and right wings, was not firm in their attitude towards Qin and Chu, half-heartedly, and submissive to the Jurchens.

However, when the victory or defeat of the Ming and Jin sides was not yet clear, they still won the consent of Abatai, placed the troops accompanying the army, and then only took the cavalry under their command and followed Abatai and others to the direction of Kuku and Tun.

At the same time, Li Banghua, the elder of the Ming Dynasty cabinet and minister of military aircraft, was also taking several chief military officers under his command all the way to the west.

On the morning of the 12th of December, north of the city of Bauktu, a field covered with layers of snow, there were heavy lead clouds, cold winds howling, dripping into ice.

The Datong Town Sentinel Cavalry led by Zu Keyong encountered the advance of the Horqin Right Wing Cavalry under Kong Guoer here.

The number of people on both sides was not large, and the right flank of Korqin was a little more numerous, but the battle was extremely fierce.

On one side is the right-wing Kol cavalry who had just chased Lin Dan Khan into the sky and into the Ming Realm not long ago, and it was not yet known that Huang Taiji had returned from defeat.

On the other hand, Huang Taiji did not dare to look south, and had just recovered Guihua City, and at the same time was eager to make the first contribution to the cavalry of Datong Town.

Although it was only a sentinel battle, it was intractable, and no one would take the lead in retreating, and after a few rounds of hedging, both sides left more than a hundred corpses.

It was not until some time later that Kongol arrived at the battlefield with the cavalry of the Korqin brigade on the right flank, and Zukeyong led his troops to retreat.

The scale of this sentinel battle was not large, but it aroused a high degree of vigilance on the side of Abatai and Li Yongfang.

The appearance of the Ming sentinels north of Bauktu meant a very serious problem for them.

Either Kuku and Tun have been lost, or they have fallen into the encirclement of the Ming army.

When Abatai learned from Kongor's mouth that the Korqin people had encountered the Ming army north of Baoketu and that there had been a fierce battle, he was shocked and immediately gave up his plan to camp in the Tucheng of Baoketu to rest and hide from the wind and snow, but immediately ordered his army to turn around and go north, not to the east.

For him, the sudden appearance of the Ming army's sentry cavalry north of Baoketu was not within his consideration.

At this time, whether Huang Taiji was in Kuku and Tun, or not in Kuku and Tun, Abatai didn't want to risk this team under his command anymore.

In fact, deep in Abatai's heart, he didn't care about Huang Taiji's life or death, not only did he not care, but deep down he even vaguely looked forward to the news of the fall of Kuku and Tun and the death of Huang Taiji.

Although he could never say this, he could make a choice with his feet.

At noon on the same day, Abatai ordered the whole army to divert to the north, asking the whole army to avoid Baoketu, make a detour north of Daqingshan (Yinshan), and rush directly to Erenhot, where they had stopped to rest.

Huang Taiji sent out to find Abatai's Zhenghuang Banner Swing Tooth Bull Lu Zhen Zhun Tower, not from the clan, although he won the trust of Huang Taiji, but in front of Abatai is a minion, there is no room to speak, and he can't dissuade Abatai's approach.

In this way, when Abatai realized the huge risk that he might encounter by going to Kuku and Tun, he decided to turn around and go north.

And Li Banghua also received the news that Zu Keyong brought back.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, encountering Jianlu and Mongol cavalry in the wilderness has always been something that the Ming army tried to avoid.

But this time is different from the past, after discovering the situation of the enemy, whether it is Zu Dashou, Zhao Shujiao or Cao Wenzhao, they are all overjoyed and eager to fight.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Ming cavalry of Datong Town, led by Zu Dashou, rushed to the vicinity of Baoketu, and after some searching, they found that Jianlu and his Mongolian servant army had gone north, so while sending people to report to the main force led by Li Banghua, he immediately led the army to chase north along the road left by the Jianyu cavalry on the snow-covered wasteland.

At noon on December 13, in the area south of Damiao Wusutuzhao at the southern foot of Daqing Mountain, the cavalry of the border army of Datong Town under Zu Dashou finally caught up with the rear cavalry of the Ordos Division, which was dragging and reluctantly following Abatai northward.

This time, the cavalry of the border army of Datong Town led by Zu Dashou totaled more than 6,000 people.

If the Ordos tribes can fight hard, or if the more than 30,000 cavalry under the command of Abatai can work together to fight back, then the more than 6,000 cavalry of the border army of Datong Town may be unlucky.

However, just as the Ordos Department reluctantly followed Lin Dan Khan to move west, this time, he reluctantly followed Abatai to the north and also played the role of a pig teammate.

In the face of the pursuing Ming cavalry, the cavalry of the Ordos Department scattered in a hurry and fled towards the west, without even waiting for Abatai's order to come.

The Eluchen, who was reluctant to stay away from the Hetao, also took this opportunity to quickly lead the Ordos troops to break away from the Jianyu brigade and fled regardless of it.

The escape of the Erdos tribes not only messed up the morale of the Abatai troops, but also exposed the troops of the Jianyu tribes who had rushed to the vicinity of the Wusutuzhao Temple to rest and recuperate, exposing them to the Ming army of the Zu Dashou Division.

Zu Dashou's troops, who were originally at an extreme disadvantage in numbers, actually fought evenly with the remaining army of more than 15,000 people under the command of Abatai.

Around the time of Shen Shi on the afternoon of December 13, the sky was dark, and night was about to fall, just when Zu Dashou's troops were gradually surrounded by the Jianyu cavalry, the cavalry of Zhao Shujiao and Cao Wenzhao finally arrived at the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, Sang'er Zhai, one of the ten sumu of the Chahar Iron Lance Konot, who had just joined the Jurchens, saw that the situation was not right, and first led the army to evacuate.

Subsequently, the right-wing Korqin Belle and the Jurchen die-hard Konggol also led their men and horses to flee north.

In desperation, Abatai had no choice but to flee the Usutuzhao area in a hurry under the escort of Li Yongfang, Li Shutai and his sons, as well as his two own sons Yue Le and Bolo.

By the time Li Banghua came to Usu Tuzhao with the escort of the Chinese army, it was already dusk, and the big temple of Usu Tuzhao (the so-called Qingyuan Temple in later generations) built by the north and south and by the mountain was already brightly lit.

The snow field under the mountain where the temple is located is a mess, and the originally pure ice and snow are covered with blood stains and corpses of people and horses.

The cavalry of the border army of Datong Town, which had been chased to Wusu Tuzhao in advance and immediately put into battle, including Zu Dashou, were wounded and killed more than 2,000 people, while Abatai, Konggol and others suffered even heavier casualties.

After some counting, there were more than 6,000 severed heads with money rat tails alone.

On the night of the same day, the living Buddha who presided over the temple of the Usutuzhao Lama, the great lama Samuteng Osir, who had been named "Chahar Diyanqi" by Lin Dan Khan, had just respectfully welcomed the entry of Abatai on the first day, and once again led the lamas of Usutuzhao to respectfully welcome Li Banghua, the cabinet elder and minister of military aircraft of the Ming Dynasty.

Usutu is a Mongolian word meaning place with water.

Zhao means temple, and in the Mongolian steppe it mainly refers to a lama temple.

Usutuzhao is a lama temple built in this place of Usutu.

Regarding the power of the Lama Temple, Li Banghua, as the Minister of Military Aircraft, naturally will not underestimate it.

As an orthodox Confucian scholar, he certainly did not believe in the gods and teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, but he was well aware of the role that these lamas could play in the process of subduing the Mongolian and Tibetan regions.

Therefore, after Li Banghua settled in Usu Tuzhao and met with the living Buddha Sam Teng Osir of Usu Tuzhao, he soon issued an order, ordering the whole army not to dismantle the wood of Usu Tuzhao and its attached pavilions and pavilions to make fires, nor to rob the gold, silver and bronze utensils in the Buddhist hall of the Usu Tuzhao Temple.

Naturally, the lamas in Usu Tuzhao were also very knowledgeable, and soon they were able to provide food and drink to the pursuing Ming soldiers as they did for the army of Abatai's army.

The living Buddha of Usu Tuzhao, Samteng Osir, is a great lama of the Yellow Sect from Tibet, who originally had a very high reputation in Monan, especially among the Ordos tribes, when the Shunyi king of the Tumut tribe controlled Kuku and Tun.

But after Lin Dan Khan came to Monan, his status naturally plummeted, and Lin Dan Khan only gave him the title of Chahar Diyanqi.

Not a national teacher, let alone a living Buddha, just a Zen master.

Because Di Yanqi is the meaning of Zen master in Mongolian.

This greatly disappointed the living Buddha Samteno Osr.

Therefore, when Lin Dan Khan moved west, Samteng Osr was not only indifferent, but also hoped that he would leave Monan.

When the Jurchens came to Monan, their attitude towards the Yellow Sect made Samuteng Osr very satisfied.

He was originally going to Kuku and Tun to meet Huang Taiji, but Huang Taiji's stay in Kuku and Tun was too short, and before he could go, Huang Taiji led his army south to attack the Ming Dynasty.

This had left him with regret.

However, more than a month later, when Huang Taiji returned to Kuku and Tun again, the living Buddha Samteng Osr no longer wanted to see him, and he still needed to wait and see.

Now, he watched more than 6,000 Ming cavalry march on ice and snow to launch a frantic attack on the Jurchen and Mongol coalition forces of more than 30,000 people, and persevered until the arrival of reinforcements, and won the final victory.

This made him immediately change his position, and he was going to choose the Ming Dynasty.