Lao Tong was the commander of Jinyiwei's sentry in Hexi, and his decisive results in the Battle of Guanzhong had proved that he was qualified to sit in this position. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info In order to contact the sentinels in front and the advancing army behind, the army naturally sent people to come with Lao Tong just in case.

After all, the reason why the battle of Guanzhong was won in the end was because Lao Tong played a key role in it. If Lao Tong at that time had run a little faster because of the slightest delay or negligence, and was surrounded and killed by the Mongols before Wu Chucai led his troops to arrive, I am afraid that the entire battle of Guanzhong would end with Da Ming letting the enemy go in a daze. At the same time, if the six doors themselves have no way to confirm their identities with the army, it is very likely to lead to accidental injuries, if it weren't for the fact that Lao Tong was originally born in a hundred battles, and Wu Chucai recognized him at first sight, I am afraid that Lao Tong would be interrogated as a spy first.

Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, after that, the sentries of the Six Gates and the army often carried out joint operations between the two sides, so as to avoid the occurrence of something similar to the battle of Guanzhong, which completely relied on the mandate of heaven. At the same time, the army will also send a sentry team to protect the sentry behind the six gates, which can ensure that the sentry retreats in time, and secondly, it can also avoid accidental injuries to the army, thus delaying the military aircraft.

Su Zhi, who had been in the west of the Dunhuang River for the longest time, volunteered to come directly.

Su Zhi came to Hexi this time in order to avenge the dead soldiers of Dunhuang City, but who would have thought that the Mongolian Tatars did not take a big move against Dunhuang, until the later battle of Dunhuang, Su Zhi slashed three Mongolian soldiers who killed the head of the city, and only then did he barely avenge this revenge. In the eyes of others, it may be enough, but Su Zhi is still very guilty in his heart, so he does not hesitate to take the initiative to participate in the battle of the Western Expedition.

Tang Zhen, Liang Yanwu and others all understood his thoughts, so naturally they did not refuse.

For this partner who has heard of it for a long time, Lao Tong also appreciates it very much.

"Kublai Khan's troops were personally led by Namuhan, and about 30,000 or 40,000 people were dispatched, which can be said to be the main force of all the Mongolian Tatars left behind in the steppe." Lao Tong handed the clairvoyance in his hand to Su Zhi, "It can be said that Kublai Khan's troops have made a desperate bet in this battle, which is indeed beyond our expectations." ”

Su Zhi nodded, because this style of play was actually not in line with Kublai Khan's character, Kublai Khan had always advanced with heavy troops, advancing head-on, and at the same time cooperating with a large number of cavalry to continuously attack the opponent's flank, and finally caused the opponent's entire line to collapse. In other words, it is to achieve absolute victory with superior forces. The reason why many people think that Ye Yingwu is Kublai Khan's nemesis is that Ye Yingwu is best at making dangerous moves and being outnumbered, so every time Kublai Khan will be defeated by Ye Yingwu's strange soldiers.

But the way the Mongols deal with Ba Ra in front of him, no matter how you look at it, it has some Ye Yingwu's style. Originally, several generals of the Shence Army and the Tianxiong Army in Dunhuang City thought that the Mongols would put the Ba Ra army into the grassland, and then concentrate their superior forces and use their familiarity with the topography of the grassland to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Now, it is clear that Kublai Khan was doing the opposite.

However, this style of play obviously surprised Yara, and the Mongolian cavalry that poured out from all directions continued to stab vertically and horizontally in the roaring sound of horns, cutting the panicked Yarabu infantry into areas one by one, and the foot soldiers pressed behind did not hesitate to swallow these small areas directly. Blood soon stained the Hongliu River, and the reddish water continued to go downstream.

Because there are too many corpses of people and horses silted upstream, the water level of the entire Hongliu River seems to have risen a lot.

However, after all, Bara is still a hero who has been crisscrossing the Western Regions for many years, and he is the vanguard of the Haidu Department, in the previous conflicts with Kublai Khan, Bara has shown his extremely high command ability and army deployment ability, and conquered Hotan in a war, forcing Kublai Khan's Ministry to shrink his defense line to the east of Xingxing Gorge and completely withdraw from the Western Regions.

So after a brief panic, Ya Ra quickly ordered all his troops to assemble in their positions in the middle army. Bara knew very well the composition of these armies under his command, and the tribal armies loyal to the khanate, large and small, might be able to unite in the face of a tailwind, but under such a sudden encirclement, once they were left to fight separately and break out, it could easily lead to the collapse of the whole line. So instead of giving the order to break out, Yarak ordered the troops to be assembled.

Perhaps it was because of the brilliant victories of the Eight Tribes that were placed here, or perhaps because of his fierce reputation that these tribal leaders did not dare to make a mistake, so all the Eight Horse Infantry Riders were desperately trying to stabilize their positions and constantly converge in the direction where the Eight Tribes were located.

After all, the cavalry of Kublai Khan's department is cut from the outside to the inside, so there are actually not many cavalry in the inner layer, and there is no way to stop the contraction of the army of the Eight Rakhans.

"Namuhan is still young and vigorous after all, and it is expected that he will be slightly inferior in this battlefield battle." Su Zhi raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice.

Lao Tong nodded, Na Muhan is the youngest son of Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan usually dotes on him, so he has never gained experience in fighting horses. The real first expedition was the Battle of Sichuan and Shu following his brother Prince Zhenjin, but in the Battle of Sichuan and Shu, Zhang Jue and Gao Gao held Chengdu to the death, and there was artillery as support, and the Mongol army had to retreat. As soon as he arrived in Hanzhong, Prince Zhenjin died, and Namuhan, as the only prince in the army, naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of commanding the whole army.

I have to say that the battle of Guanzhong under his command was still fought impressively. If it weren't for Lao Tong discovering the problem at a critical time, I'm afraid that the Shence Army would have really watched Namuhan take the main force of the Mongolian army away from under his nose. In fact, although the main Mongol army lost most of its foot soldiers, the cavalry, as the core, returned to the steppe.

Perhaps it was because he took a fancy to Namuhan's talent in the Battle of Guanzhong that Kublai Khan let him take command to deal with Bara.

And the ambush set up by Na Muhan on the bank of the Red Willow River obviously even caught the way, but it is a pity that in terms of the fire and skills of the unified army, Na Muhan still fell behind. Obviously, according to his plan, after the cavalry stabbed and divided the encirclement, the various divisions of the Eight Tribes would definitely be like frightened birds, scattering and breaking through, so that the Mongol infantry cavalry that was naturally constantly pressing up on the periphery could easily wipe them out.

However, the Eight Rak did the opposite, and the Eight Rats gathered around the Eight Rak Daxu stepped more and more, defending them in all directions like iron buckets. In the chaos just now, the Eight Tribes lost at least five or six thousand people, but Rao still had more than 15,000 soldiers to fight, plus the bows and crossbows and trebuchets that followed the Chinese army's movements, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a hedgehog curled up.

And the soldiers and horses under the command of Namuhan, after losing most of the interspersed and divided cavalry, are actually only more than 30,000 people, and most of them are foot soldiers who are lagging behind, and their combat power is not high. In addition, this army abandoned the homeland behind it to set up an ambush, and its morale was not high, so in the face of such a difficult bone, there were not many chances of winning.

"If Na Muhan wants to fight hard, this battle may still be able to be won." Lao Tong put down his clairvoyance and said in a deep voice, "But if this is the case, it means that the last strength that the Mongolian Kublai Khan Department can now use to deal with the Bara will be exhausted, and the forward and two wings of the Bara Department that are still in front will be like no one, completely destroying the prestige of Kublai Khan's domination in the western and northwest grasslands of Mongolia, and the battle line will be directly pushed to the Hetao and even further east." ”

Su Zhi just silently looked at the battlefield in the distance that gradually divided into obvious confrontation lines. Now there is no doubt that Namuhan has lost the initiative, and his army has no way to continue to besiege Bara, and if it is forced to attack, it is not in the interests of Kublai Khan's army.

"The only way is to withdraw the troops." The old boy shook his head.

Before the words fell, the sound of the horn sounded again. Su Zhi hurriedly looked up, and the Daxu representing Namuhan was still fluttering, but the cavalry of Kublai Khan's army, which was constantly wandering outside the defensive formation of the Eight Rakbu Division, had begun to slowly retreat, and those foot soldiers had also begun to cross the Hongliu River in turn.

"The clarion call for the withdrawal of the Mongol Tatars." The old boy suddenly lifted his spirits.

"Then Muhan really wants to withdraw his troops?" Su Zhi asked in a deep voice.

Lao Tong gritted his teeth: "Look, not necessarily. ”

Although Su Zhi is only a middle-level military attaché, he can be selected to serve as the commander of the escort team of the Dunhuang City Bo Division, as the head of the military attache of the Dunhuang City Bo Division, which shows that his personal ability is still recognized, but he lacks some experience and experience. So as soon as Lao Tong said it, he vaguely understood.

For Namuhan, in addition to withdrawing troops, there is actually another option, which is to take risks.

An army is often the weakest when it retreats, and the enemy also likes to take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, especially with the character of Ba Ra, who has suffered such a big loss before, he is definitely not willing to watch Namuhan take people away like this, and it is almost inevitable to send troops to pursue.

In this way, it is equivalent to the eight tribes that were originally curled up with a hedgehog and covered in thorns, and will unfold their original defenses and stretch the team again, and the cavalry under the command of Namuhan, who retreated at this time, will naturally find an opportunity to divide and surround the enemy again.

After all, there are not many troops in the Eight Tribes, and once they are divided and surrounded like this again, I am afraid that the entire army will really collapse.

Before Su Zhi could figure out the various links in this, Namuhan's Daxu began to slowly retreat from the Hongliu River to the east. At the same time, the defensive formation of the Eight Tribes was suddenly dismantled, and the cavalry of the Eight Tribes of the Brigade roared from both flanks to the enemy in front, and the infantry of the Brigade also pressed forward in the middle.

"I've been tricked." The old boy smiled bitterly. Na Muhan's Da Xuan didn't move at first, which obviously made Ba Ra suspicious, but as soon as Da Su moved, Ba Ra really couldn't bear it, after all, Da Xu's movement basically meant that the enemy planned to really retreat.

Su Zhi also nodded helplessly, obviously if Na Mu Han's Da Xuan continued to move just now and the Eight Rak Division did not attack, then Na Mu Han could lead the army to retreat successfully. And now that the Eight Tribes have caught up, Namuhan can continue to implement his own tactics.

Regardless of whether the Eight Tribes attacked or not, the initiative on this battlefield was actually in the hands of Namuhan. And this also means that Yara has to pay for it.

"Namuhan is worthy of Kublai Khan's trust in him. Whether it is the battle of Guanzhong or the battle of Hongliuhe, and no matter what the victory or defeat, Namuhan has indeed shown the ability to be a general. When Lao Tong saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The cavalry of the Namuhan tribe had once again instigated their horses, and one after another the cavalry directly inserted into the gap between the cavalry and the foot soldiers of the Eight Rak tribes, and slammed into the infantry formation. Those Eight Tribes infantry obviously didn't expect that they would face a sudden cavalry spur, and they immediately fell into a panic. And the cavalry of the Eight Tribes on both flanks had not yet come to their senses, and the infantry under the command of Namuhan of the brigade had already been killed, and along with them, there was a group of light cavalry that had never been dispatched.

"Namuhan's personal guard cavalry has been dispatched." The old boy muttered.

Su Zhi hurriedly fixed his eyes to catch up with the fast-moving figures. Namuhan's personal guard cavalry is the elite of the cowardly Xue army personally drawn by Kublai Khan, and it is also the absolute elite of the Mongolian cavalry, before the Ming Dynasty fought against the cowardly Xue army, if it were not for the sharpness of the firearms, I am afraid there was no way to resist it, Rao is so, in fact, the Ming and the cowardly Xue army fought several times, it can only be said that both sides were defeated.

This light cavalry directly cut through the two hundred cavalry teams of the Eight Raka Division, and then killed among the Eight Cavalry Cavalry, Lao Tong and Su Zhi only understood at this time that the main task of the previous Namuhan cavalry was not to assist the infantry to divide and surround the Eight Cavalry Division, but to open a road.

Dig a road for this elite cavalry, all of which were composed of the sons and daughters of the powerful men of the Mongolian Western Expedition back then, a road leading directly to the place where the wagon of the king of the Ba Ra Zhong Army was located!

Namuhan's Daxu returned to the bank of the Hongliu River, and a general flag symbolizing the Mongolian prince also fluttered in that light horse, directly indicating that this team was led by Namuhan, the king of Mongolian Bei'an.

The cavalry rushed very quickly, and all the foot soldiers who tried to step forward to block were killed by the cavalry who opened the way in front of them, and the light cavalry behind could almost be said to be unimpeded and attacked forward. It wasn't until the cavalry that opened the way in front was stopped by the returning cavalry of the Eight Tribes that this light cavalry finally faced the enemy for the first time.

A flag that was larger than Namuhan's flag danced, and the eight sledgehammers in his hand rode his horse to his own flag. In front of him and behind him, the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate tightened the reins of their horses, watching the enemy who was getting closer and closer.

Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king.

As long as you can catch the opponent's boss, then this chaotic battle can be over!

"Kill!" Namuhan Huoran raised his saber!

"Kill!" The copper hammer in Yara's hand was raised suddenly!

Two elite Mongolian cavalry roared and killed each other.

The Mongolian soldiers on both sides who were fighting on the rest of the battlefield obviously heard this earth-shattering killing sound, and they all roared and chased after Brother Paoze. Flags came and went in the warm spring breeze, and the Hongliu River, which had a small current, has completely become a river full of mud and blood.

The soldiers on both sides fought desperately on both sides of the Hongliu River, and the blood stained the red land over and over again, and also stained the red willows in the wind.

"The woe is within the walls." Su Zhi slowly put down his clairvoyance. There is nothing to see in this battle, and which side of Daxu falls in the end means which side loses. And such a big big dragon stands in the wind, and you don't need clairvoyance to see it clearly.

Lao Tong said with a smile: "When we were in the Hundred Battles Capital, Your Majesty once told us that all the strong fortresses in the world were actually attacked by our own people inside. When it is strong enough, it will inevitably face division and turmoil. ”

Su Zhi shivered lightly and looked at the two Mongolian tribes fighting by the Hongliu River in the distance.

I wonder how Genghis Khan's spirit in heaven would feel when he saw his descendants so desperately pouring out their anger on other descendants?

Everything in the world, the victory is the decline. Mongolia once reached its heyday after the Southern Song Dynasty entered Luo, but now it is undoubtedly moving towards complete decline step by step.

Su Zhi subconsciously looked at Lao Tong, obviously what he wanted to ask was, Mongolia is like this, what about Daming?

Lao Tong did not avoid his eyes, and said lightly: "At that time, His Majesty also said that the world is so big, there are not many places that have been conquered by us. There may be places that are extremely poor and cannot be reached in their lifetime, so as long as our children and grandchildren will set their sights on farther places, all the way outward, and then outward, and plant the banner of the Ming Dynasty in every inch of land that has not been explored, then how can the disaster start from the Xiao Wall? ”

After a pause, Lao Tong blinked: "What's more, now that the Ming Dynasty has not defeated Mongolia and has not reached its peak, what do we want to do with so many things after our death?" Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so let them go! (To be continued.) )