Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Battle of the Prairie

When Bahar was dying, he didn't know who was going to attack his tribe in this icy and snowy place. When the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was dying, he was still worried about this young grandson, and at the same time secretly hoped that after his sons returned from the expedition, they would be able to find the murderer to avenge themselves and the tribe. It's a pity that his two sons, Harba and Tuerba, have already died at the hands of Ziren and Li Runan.

The tribesmen heard Bahar's cry and hurriedly got up to prepare for battle. Unfortunately, as soon as he got out of the tent, the enemy's second wave of arrows flew in again, and there were countless casualties for a while. There were only a handful of men left behind in the Baja tribe, and a few who could take the bow and arrow had long since forgotten their wounds after two waves of attacks. The few who survived had just begun to draw their bows and arrows when they were killed by another wave of arrows from the enemy.

The rest of the old and weak women and children knew that they were powerless to resist, so they could only hide in their tents and wait for fate to come. Fortunately, on this grassland, the annexation of small tribes by large tribes happens from time to time, and they generally do not drive out the other party.

It's a pity that it was not the Mongolian tribes that attacked this time, but the Ming army led by Shen Yourong and others. Seeing that the other party had given up resistance, Yang Shaoxun commanded everyone to kill them. This time, Shen Yourong, Yang Shaoxun, and Li Dequan joined forces, with nearly 4,000 troops. Dealing with a small tribe of less than 100 people, he took advantage of a sneak attack, and wiped out all the opponents without much effort.

In order to avoid revealing his whereabouts, Li Dequan ordered no one to live, regardless of the old and the young. Everyone knows that this trip is dangerous, and if they leak their whereabouts, it will be worth the loss, so they will not stop it. Yang Shaoxun originally proposed to reward the captured Mongolian women to the soldiers, so that everyone could enjoy them and then kill them. However, Shen Yourong and Li Dequan thought that there would be a fierce battle in the future, not to mention the physical strength of this man and woman, and the more monks and less porridge led to the soldiers to scramble, which was easy to disturb the morale of the army. Seeing this, Yang Shaoxun had no choice but to give up.

In the past few days, with the help of Li Dequan, the Ming army avoided the larger Mongol tribes on the Liao River. The march was nearly 60 miles a day, and it was very hard to eat and sleep in the open along the way. Seeing that there were still twenty miles to reach the border wall, I happened to meet such a small Mongolian tribe. The generals decided to raze it, thinking that they would seize some cattle and reward them.

After everyone counted the battlefield, they found that this small tribe was poor and pitiful. The grain seized was less than ten stone, and there was not much gold or silver. There are less than 50 cattle and sheep and more than 10 horses, and most of them are thin. Waste fodder and slaughter all of them for the soldiers to beat. At the same time, many heads were won in this battle, and the commander-in-chief had to discuss how to distribute them.

Ziren has been following the cavalry team as a sentry on the periphery in this battle, but the enemy is too weak. None of them escaped the encirclement of the army, so they did not make any effort. I was quite unwilling to fight with the enemy, so I hurriedly ate a few bites of meat, and then took Ding Shoutie and the Wang brothers out to inspect.

After some discussion, the generals felt that this way was thanks to Li Dequan's good way. Moreover, in this battle, the hundred people under his command did not collect the strength of the night, so it was decided to count half of the heads under his name. The rest of Shen Yourong and Yang Shaoxun were divided equally. Li Dequan was quite happy to see this, and remembered that this time it was thanks to Ziren that he had invited him to fight together. He also walked out of the tent, ready to go and chat with Ziren.

Seeing that Ziren was leading his men to stand guard on the hillside not far away, Li Dequan hurriedly slapped his horse and said, "Ding Ziren, you kid don't eat meat, what kind of sentry are you running here!" Are you not happy if you didn't get the merits? It's okay! My brother has won a lot of heads this time, so I will divide a few of you. ”

As soon as Li Dequan's words fell, Ziren pointed to the distance and said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Li for your kindness." But if you look at the distance, there are a lot of heads sent to the door this time, and the eldest brother is interested in going with me to get them. After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance.

Li Dequan hurriedly looked into the distance, only to see a group of Mongolian cavalry approaching a few miles ahead. The black pressure is pressing, and it seems that there are no less than a thousand people. Finding that the enemy was coming, Li Dequan immediately sent a few of his men to report the news. At the same time, he drew his saber and ordered his subordinates to get on their horses and prepare for battle.

On the side of the Mongol cavalry, the leader of the troops was Chang Ang, one of the ministers of Duoyan. This time, the Tuban Department and Duoyan Sanwei jointly sent troops, and this person only sent his eldest son to lead 5,000 old and weak men and horses on the pretext of being unwell. He secretly took 3,000 elites and took advantage of the prime of the other tribes to lead the troops to plunder. Changang is cunning by nature, and he knows that he sends troops to plunder Liaodong every year, and the Ming people have long been on guard.

Although Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was reluctant to fight, he had a large number of soldiers and horses, and the fortress of Yizhou was dense, and the Ming army still had the ability to defend the city. Moreover, the barbarians have always regarded themselves as Mongolian Hans, and if they encounter any tough battles in this dispatch, they will definitely take the lead in the three guards. He didn't want to damage the clan's Ding Kou too much, so he secretly preserved his strength. At the same time, take this opportunity to annex some small tribes that have no one left behind, so as to expand their own strength. Rihao competes with his uncle Dong Fox for the leadership of the Duoyan Department.

Along the way, there were many small tribes that were poisoned by Changang. Seeing that there were a lot of livestock and horses captured in this expedition, he carelessly did not send scouts for a while, not knowing that the Bahar tribe had been exterminated by the Ming army.

Ziren and Li Dequan saw that the other party was menacing, and immediately decided to take advantage of the terrain of the small hillside to block the other party. In order to give the army behind him who is resting, to buy time to regroup. At this time, Shen Yourong, Yang Shaoxun and others received the report and had already begun to command their subordinates to reorganize their armies for battle. At the same time, Shen Wansan was ordered to lead the cavalry team to help in the battle.

Shen Wansan led his men to hurry to the hillside. After meeting with Ziren and the others, they hurriedly untied the three tiger squat cannons on horseback and began to load them nervously, while the rest of the riders also began to reload the bird guns. More than 100 of Li Dequan's subordinates were not collected at night, and at this time, they also lined up, and only took the main general to order the battle with the enemy.

At this time, Yang Shaoxun also ordered his subordinate Yang Yuan, the general manager, to come with more than 100 cavalry. After some discussion, everyone decided: Shen Wansan led Ziren and the cavalry team to center and set firearms to stop the enemy. Li Dequan and Yang Yuan led the troops and guarded the two wings. If the enemy approaches, fire a bow and arrow to stop him. We have few people, so we only need to slow down the enemy's momentum a little. After the two battalions behind him had finished forming a formation, they withdrew to the formation.

At this time, Chang Ang also found that the Ming army was forming a formation on the hillside, and he didn't understand the details of the opponent for a while. He immediately called his confidant Boduer and gave him 300 men to go to the test. He led his troops to form a formation two miles away from the opponent, and at the same time divided his men and horses to guard the back road, so as not to be attacked by the opponent's troops.

Bodu means strong in Mongolian, this life is tall and burly, and he is a tiger general under Changang. In his heart, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he didn't care that the Ming army on the hillside had already formed a formation, and rushed over.