Chapter 75: Mongol Tribal War (Part II)

At the end of February, reinforcements from the tribes arrived, and a new war was about to begin, and this war would not stop without a winner. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first to attack were the Urat tribes, descendants of Genghis Khan's middle brother Habtu Hassar, who were known for their ability to make utensils and were named "Urat" (Mongolian for skilled craftsmen) by Lord Genghis Khan. The Urat tribe is the richest and most powerful of these tribes, and occupies pastures in the Hetao area on the north bank of the Yellow River.

There are 40,000 warriors in the front of Ulate, leaving 10,000 to defend the tribe, and the other 30,000 warriors and 40,000 reinforcements, a total of 70,000 cavalry, crossed the Yellow River when the ice of the Yellow River did not melt, and went directly to the Dalat tribe.

The Dalat tribe now has 30,000 warriors, plus 50,000 reinforcements, for a total of 80,000 cavalry.

When the allied forces of the Urat tribes crossed the Yellow River, the Dalat tribe knew the news of the arrival of the enemy.

Dalat means "Septuagint Division" in Mongolian, which refers to a tribe formed after the seventy warriors who charged for Genghis Khan, and here they guarded Genghis Khan's mausoleum, so the people of the Dalat tribe are known for their courage and good fighting.

The Dalat tribe is not afraid of the arrival of the Urat cavalry at all, not to mention that the cavalry on their side is more numerous, and it is in their main battlefield, they will definitely annihilate or attack the cavalry of the Urat tribe.

At this time, the people of the Dalat tribe still thought that the Urat tribe was here to help the Tumut tribe in the war, and they were particularly surprised when the two tribes had become so close. No matter what surprises and doubts there are, it's the enemy when it's coming, so let's destroy the enemy first.

The cavalry of the Urat tribe crossed the Yellow River from the Ulat Pass and traveled eastward along the south bank of the Yellow River, choosing this road mainly to facilitate the march.

The Dalat tribe learned of the marching route of the Urat cavalry and decided to ambush the Urat cavalry in the western gorge of the Zhaojun Tomb, and sent the cavalry to bypass the Zhaojun Tomb and run 60 kilometers to block the road for the retreat of the Urad cavalry in the western part of the canyon. The canyon in the west of the tomb of Zhaojun is more than 20 kilometers long, both sides are mountain cliffs and mountain ridges, there are hundreds of meters wide in the canyon, only a dozen meters in the narrow, after the large army enters the canyon, if the front and rear are blocked, there is only a dead end, both sides do not need much troops to hold the canyon, although there are a large number of troops in the canyon, but the geographical location is limited, only a small number of troops can be sent to fight each time, and more can not be used, can only surrender or be slowly consumed.

In the east of the canyon Dalat tribe cavalry, began to build the city wall in the narrowest part of the canyon, because the weather is still very cold, the surface of the land is still frozen, the Dalat tribe uses hot water to melt the surface frozen soil, dig down the soil, take stones from the mountain, the narrow part of the canyon is more than 10 meters wide, under the labor of tens of thousands of people, two days to build a city wall more than 10 meters high, this city wall is not a door, that is, it is occupied by the Urat tribe, and there is no way to transport the troops.

The 20,000 cavalry on the west side of the gorge were also prepared, and when all the cavalry of the Urat tribe had entered the valley, they would block the canyon and prepare to build a wall without gates. Moreover, the Dalat tribe has also made two preparations, what if the Urat cavalry does not all enter the canyon.

The cavalry of the Urat tribe reached the mouth of the gorge at noon, and their patriarch was not a fool, and after seeing the situation in this canyon, he stopped, and the patriarch ordered the troops to camp in the wide area in front of the canyon, and arranged for a team of 1,000 people to go to the canyon to reconnoiter the situation, to probe all the way to the exit of the canyon, and leave a guard at the exit of the canyon, and then send someone back to report.

A 10,000-strong chief in the middle of Urat said to the patriarch: "Patriarch, this is a pure waste of time, are the brothers in the front being scared by the Dalat tribe?" It caused a lot of laughter from the surrounding middle and rear people.

After all, the patriarch is old, and the city government still has it, and these people are here to help, so it is difficult to say anything, so he had to respond in a low-key manner: "Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, the tribe's losses during this time are too great, and we can't do indifferent casualties anymore, and the tribe can't afford to lose." “

Seeing that the patriarchs of other families have said this, it is not good for those tens of thousands of chiefs to say anything, besides, the patriarch of other people is right, it is better to be careful, this is a war, and it is not a child's play, no matter how careful you are.

In the afternoon, when it was almost dark, the troops sent out to be responsible for reconnaissance fled back in embarrassment, and the number of people who came back was less than half of the time when they set off, and most of them were wounded, which shocked all the people at once, and they must have been ambushed, fortunately the old patriarch had foresight, otherwise he would have suffered a big loss this time.

The old patriarch first asked the soldiers to rest and bandage, and took the thousand people to his big tent, the thousand people were wounded by arrows, and now there is still half an arrow stuck in the back, the patriarch is busy ordering people to ask for a doctor, after the thousand people sit down, without waiting for the patriarch to ask, he began to tell his story.

It turned out that this canyon was more than 40 miles long, the road was narrow, the cliffs on both sides were forested, and when they were in the canyon, they were not attacked by the Dalats, and when they were about to reach the end of the canyon, the Dalat people found us, and we also found the Dalats, they built a city wall at the end of the canyon, the city wall did not have a city gate, and a number of arrow towers were built on the mountains on both sides of the city wall, and the surrounding trees were cut down, and the view was very good, and the valley floor was half surrounded, and when you entered the bottom of the canyon, you will be attacked by enemies on three sides; We just didn't find the enemy in time, didn't evacuate in time, were attacked by the opponent's archers, just a round of arrows fired, we lost a third of our men and horses, or we didn't see things well, and immediately retreated, or we lost a large number of men and horses, and only fled back to us; It seems that the enemy has known that we are coming, so the city wall was built to trap us in the canyon, and I feel that there should be Dalat people in ambush around here, and when we enter the canyon, they will block us from behind, otherwise, the city wall they built at such a high cost will be meaningless.

"You can see so many problems, it's really not easy, this time, thanks to you, the warriors who saved the entire tribe, there will be a lot of rewards when you go back."

"Patriarch Xie."

"Alright, you go down and heal, and the rest will be up to us."

After the thousands of people grow up, the patriarch is thinking, there will definitely be cavalry of the Dalat tribe monitoring him around, and the cavalry of his tribe will enter the canyon to cut off the retreat, this move is enough to damage, if the troops are withdrawn now, the other party will definitely follow and kill all the way, and it is difficult to say how many people can return to the tribe alive at that time, we must find a good strategy, we can't let the other party chase after it, and the cavalry of our tribe can return home safely.

The other side has built a wall at the mouth of the canyon in front, and there is no gate, so their main force will not be able to attack us, and now they are only facing the army arranged by the Dalat tribe around the current camp, and it is estimated that the number will not be too large; It's just that I don't know where the other party is ambushed now, and if I can attract the other party out and eat this force, I won't run in vain.

Since the enemy wants to trap himself in the canyon and destroy himself, then let's also find a canyon to catch the other party off guard, anyway, there are a lot of canyons on the way here, and there are many places to ambush them.

After thinking about it, the patriarch immediately ordered someone to find all the 10,000 chiefs and discuss countermeasures together.

After the personnel arrived, the old patriarch informed everyone of the results of the investigation, and the faces of several people in the middle and rear were red, this time I really admired the old patriarch, Jiang was still old and spicy, and hurriedly said: "This time I am fortunate that the old patriarch can be far-sighted, otherwise we will suffer a big loss, thank you very much for the old patriarch's life-saving grace to everyone." ”

"You're welcome, everyone, we are a family, and you are here to help us, thank you for being too late. However, we are not out of danger yet, if the other party follows us when we retreat, constantly harassing our broken rear troops, and when we return home, the loss will not be small, now we should think about how to return to the tribe safely, and by the way, we can also consume the strength of the other party. ”

"It's all up to the old patriarch."

"Since everyone trusts me so much, then I'm welcome, I think, we should do this,.........."

"Obey the orders of the old patriarch."

"Okay, let's go down and prepare, and we'll evacuate as soon as dawn tomorrow morning as planned."