On the seventh day of the first month, the front, middle and rear banners of the right wing of Chahar were all defeated, Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu commanded the battle, and the requirements were the same, they must be completely annihilated, because this battle had a great surprise nature, although the right wing of the Chahar tribe received a warning from Huang Taiji, but because of the severe cold climate, because of the lack of understanding of firearms, because of excessive self-confidence, the tribe was not fully prepared, and was caught off guard, and the whole army was wiped out.

The Chahar tribe is known as the eagle of the steppe, claiming to have an army of 100,000, this time the right wing was completely destroyed, and the loss of sergeants was close to 40,000, so Su Tiancheng made a judgment, it seems that the Chahar tribe has a huge army, and it is really not boasting, generally speaking, the army on the left wing is generally stronger than the right wing.

According to the information collected by Qu Qingze, the strength of the Horqin tribe is more than that of the Chahar tribe, and the combat effectiveness is estimated to be comparable, which is also because the Horqin tribe has received the full support of Huang Taiji, and the speed of development is very fast, and the best grassland and the best hunting ground on the grassland basically belong to the Horqin tribe.

After winning the first battle, Su Tiancheng was a little worried, mainly worried about the subsequent expedition, once the grassland tribes began to pay attention to artillery, I am afraid that the fight would become more cruel.

Chahar's right flank was completely destroyed, the right flank was annihilated, this news will soon spread throughout the grassland, at this time, Su Tiancheng was unwilling to delay time, when the three armies converged, he issued an order to attack Chahar's left flank.

The problem was that the nearly 5,000 captives were captured, and the consumption of these captives was indispensable, and the sergeants were required to be in charge of guarding, and the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe were much more decisive when attacking, and they did not follow the order not to kill the surrendered sergeant. Basically, they all annihilated the opponent, regardless of whether the opponent dismounted and surrendered, they were ruthless when they moved, and even Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu, who commanded the battle, did not emphasize it too much, so there were few prisoners of the two tribes.

There are also problems with the elderly, weak, women and children of the Chahar right-wing tribe. Under the severe cold climate conditions in winter, it is difficult for them to survive without the young and strong of the tribe, but it is impossible for the Jiangning camp to take care of so many old and weak women and children.

The situation in the grassland is completely different from that in Guannei, and even different from Fuzhou and Xuanzhou, where the grassland tribes are accustomed to a nomadic life and rarely build cities to live in, which leads to their very fragile security system. Almost completely dependent on the weather for food, and in a year when a major natural disaster occurs, the tribe does not have enough reserves, and the population will be greatly reduced.

Su Tiancheng couldn't think of a good way, the only thing he could do was to prohibit the looting of the soldiers and leave all the livestock and grain to the old and weak women and children of the tribe. Let these people survive the harsh winter, at the same time. Su Tiancheng also made a move to save the right wing of the Chahar tribe, that is, all the old and weak women and children of the front, middle and rear banners of the right wing were concentrated in the original location of the right wing rear banner. It is precisely because of Su Tiancheng's move that the old and weak women and children of Chahar's right wing can barely survive this harsh winter.

As for the captured captives, Su Tiancheng resolutely decided after careful consideration. Let these captives go back to the tribe and take care of their families, but only select the officers and commanders among them and kill them without mercy. As for everyone's doubts, after these captives returned to the tribe, they were afraid that they would continue to fight, but Su Tiancheng ignored them.

Su Tiancheng would not have thought that his move would later have a huge impact on the grassland tribes, and everyone knew that the Jiangning Camp of the Dao Dao did not kill the old and weak, women and children, and did not kill prisoners, and was a respectable opponent, so that many tribes took the initiative to surrender. Those captives who were put back even felt that Su Tiancheng was the immortal heaven of the grassland, and he was specially here to rule the grassland, and if he continued to fight against Su Tiancheng, he would be killing himself.

After a short build-up, the three-way army set off again and swooped down towards the front, middle and rear flags of Chahar's left flank.

Mo Si and Tong Cha's confidence increased greatly, and the complete victory in the first battle made them see great hope, although Su Tiancheng had a requirement that they were not allowed to loot, but the tribe could still get some practical benefits, such as war horses, weapons, etc., these things are treasures on the grassland, and they are worth a lot of money.

It is precisely because of this victory, before the departure, there were some disputes about the deployment of the operation, and some officers believed that it was completely unnecessary to continue to adopt the method of luring the battle, and the Mongolian tribes were prepared, and this way of fighting was very likely to increase casualties, so they simply carried out artillery strikes on the tribal station, so that the casualties could be minimized and greater victory could be won.

As soon as this opinion emerged, it was severely reprimanded by Su Tiancheng, who said very politely, if anyone wants to take the form of wanton and indiscriminate bombing, regardless of the casualties of the old, weak, women and children of the grassland tribes, just for the sake of unscrupulous means to achieve victory, he will be held responsible, and he will never be polite, as for the contest between the armies, there are certain circumstances, and they will not be held accountable for the time being. Su Tiancheng said very harshly, although some people found it difficult to understand, but they still had to carry out the order.

On this matter, Su Tiancheng has an almost stubborn way of thinking, and he also knows that the following kind of suggestion has the right aspect, how to reduce their own casualties is a problem that commanders at all levels need to consider first, as for the casualties of opponents, including the casualties of civilians, that can be considered in the next step. Su Tiancheng, who is familiar with history, hates the practice of not caring whether ordinary people live or die in order to achieve the means. Some of the massacres in history, as well as many massacres, are all anti-human practices, and no matter what excuses there are, they are difficult to explain.

For the Mongolian steppe tribes, Su Tiancheng is not particularly disgusted, before the crossing, he had been to the Mongolian steppe, the hospitality and boldness of the Mongolian men, left a deep impression on him, in the face of the Mongolian tribes, it is not the best way to kill them all, the war should not affect too many ordinary people, sometimes, I would rather pay some sacrifices than hurt the ordinary herdsmen of the tribe too much.

As for the contest between the armies, as well as some acts of beheading prisoners, Su Tiancheng will not particularly emphasize, just remind me that we need to pay more attention, the practical problems in this exist well, plus the battle between the Mongolian tribes, has some habits of its own, the sergeants of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe are not willing to have too many prisoners, and they can't be too forceful, but the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion must strictly carry out the order, and they are never allowed to kill the Mongolian soldiers who have surrendered.

The army marched fast, and the weather slowly became much better.

Although Qu Qingze is fully prepared, the intelligence obtained is still limited, this is also because of the special environment of the grassland, in the process of the march of the army, there is no one to see all day long, and there is no yurt, there is snow and grass everywhere, and there are even deserts.

Grasping the preparations of the various tribes in the grassland, as well as the fact that the Jiangning camp entered the prairie to conquer, whether it was completely leaked can only be based on their own analysis, in this case, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze jointly analyzed, relying on the experience accumulated in ordinary times, and made corresponding judgments.

Qu Qingze believes that although the Jiangning battalion, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe sergeants have exterminated the army of the right wing of Chahar, it is impossible for this news to be widely spread in the grassland, because of the climate, the vast majority of the herdsmen in the grassland cannot take action at this point in time, at this time, the army still has to seize the opportunity to launch an attack on the army of the left wing of Chahar at the fastest speed, and it is estimated that after the army of the Chahar tribe is wiped out, it is impossible to continue to conceal the news, that is, When the next expedition to the Horqin tribe, the Tumut tribe, and the Jungar tribe was encountered, the situation encountered was different, and as for the situation of the Houjin Tartars, they still needed intelligence to support it.

Su Tiancheng agreed with Qu Qingze's analysis, believing that the grassland tribe may not know that the Jiangning camp of Ludao has entered the grassland and started a large-scale expedition, and it can seize the opportunity to completely wipe out the army of the Chahar tribe in the shortest possible time, which has a huge advantage for the subsequent expedition.

As for Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu, they were mainly responsible for commanding the operation and successfully exterminating the army on the right wing of the Chahar tribe, they were very happy, the sergeants of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe still had good combat effectiveness, and the Datong border army was also very good, and it was not too difficult to command such an army to fight and achieve victory.

After understanding the reunification, the movement of the army was much smoother.

The distance between the right wing and the left wing of the Chahar tribe is not very far, and among the grassland tribes, there are not many tribes with such a complete structure, among which the Horqin tribe, the Tumut tribe, the Jihan tribe, the Khalkha tribe, etc., are also the targets that the Jiangning battalion needs to focus on.

In just four days, the three armies arrived at their destinations.

A new round of fighting is about to start, this time the deployment has been adjusted, Hong Chengchou commanded the Xibe tribe sergeants, part of the Datong border army, attacking the left wing rear banner of the Chahar tribe, Qin Liangyu commanded the Daurian tribe sergeants, part of the Datong border army, attacking the left wing front banner of the Chahar tribe, and the Jiangning battalion still attacked the left wing of the Chahar tribe.

The mystery in this is very simple, because Houqi is a logistics station, and in the last round of attacks, the Daurian tribe has more or less received some supplies, and it is the turn of the Xibe tribe to benefit from such benefits. (To be continued......)