By the Huolin River, in the cold wind under the night sky, bonfires were lit, and the Mongols drank while roasting meat, and then excitedly talked about what knighthood they could get and how much they could get in a year.

In the night sky, a hiss shattered the silence.

The countless horses in the camp were restless, and many of the horses stood up and neighed, and countless horses neighed after them. Loud hiss converged across the night sky.

"Damn, something happened!"

The experienced Mongolian soldiers woke up at once, and the war horses were very human, and they would be alert earlier than people when they encountered danger.

Countless war horses suddenly neighed in the camp, there was only one possibility, there was danger around.

Either a large number of wolves approached, or the enemy attacked at night.

And now this camp is the place where the four ten banners will meet, and more than 30,000 warriors of the ten banners will meet here, and no wolf pack will dare to come, there may be only one.

"Damn, it must be the Jurchens who are here, these **** people, I can't see that we are having a good time." A hundred households who had already decided in their hearts that after they had surrendered to Han, they could be named hereditary knights roared, lifted their scimitars, and ran towards the war horse.

Ukshan and Manzhu Xili were also awakened, they had drunk a lot of wine at night, and they had fallen asleep, but they were awakened by the neighing of horses.

The neighing of the horses in the camp grew louder and louder, and countless horses joined in the neighing.

At least thousands of horses were neighing, as if they were charging into battle.

The soldiers were all awakened, and everyone held torches high to comfort their horses, but the battlefield could not be pacified at all, they were like soldiers in the howling camp.

Immediately afterward, a horse was spotted breaking free of its reins and running around the camp.

"It's not good, there's a fine work!"

A bearded hundred-man shouted, and in the firelight, he saw someone untying the reins of the horse. Then he took a knife and slashed the horse's buttocks, and the horse ran wild in pain, neighing and screaming.

More and more people are discovering those fine works.

They didn't expect that someone would sneak into the camp of the Alliance and come in the middle of the night.

"Damn, the Jurchens have attacked the camp!"

Someone shouted.

There were shouts, and then the fire started. The horsemen had already begun to set fires everywhere, and they rode on their stolen horses and galloped through the camp.

"Jurchen Tartar!"

"Jianyu!"

Ukshan's head was still a little swollen, and he couldn't figure out the situation.

"Where are the Jurchens?"

"The meticulous work of the Jianyu is stealing horses. And arson! ”

Manzhu Xili rushed over bare-chested on a horse with a spear, "Big brother, where is Jianyu?" ”

Wu Keshan's mind had already cleared up a little, and he asked his brother, "What's the hurry, it's just a few small troubles in Jianyu." Even if the army of Jianyu comes, we don't have to be afraid. ”

"Settle down the camp, send all the banners and horses to the east, and set up the fence and antlers. Sprinkle the thistle terrestris and let the horse go! ”

Wu Keshan shouted loudly, the Jurchens are not as good as they were at the beginning, even if they attack. How many soldiers can they piece together? The entire Jurchen can't get together 100,000 people now.

If the Jurchens really attacked, Ukeshan believed that their soldiers and horses would not exceed 50,000, maybe only 30,000.

Thirty or fifty thousand people. They don't have to be afraid.

Put down the fence, keep the horse away, and put down the antlers. Sprinkle the thistle terrestris, even if the Jurchen Eight Banners are strong, don't want to break through their defense line easily.

"Go and put on your armor, what does it look like to be naked!" Ukshan shouted at his brother Manzhu Xili.

As soon as Manzhu Xili lifted the reins, the war horse turned and left, Manzhu Xili straddled the horse and kept shouting to the side, "Go to the east, go to the east, stop the Jurchens, and don't let them ride over." ”

Groups of Mongol soldiers turned on their horses, some of them had already run away, and they ran on foot to the east.

There were already simple fortifications such as fences and horse rejection in the east, and at this time, a large number of Mongol soldiers and horses arrived here and began to lay down arrays, waiting for the arrival of the Jurchens.

The chaos created by the meticulous work is gradually subsiding.

There was no neighing, no shouting, and gradually it calmed down.

It's the calm before the storm.

Wu Keshan and Manzhu Xili both put on their battle armor, held scimitars in their hands, and rode on their horses and quietly looked at the dark east, waiting for the Jurchen Eight Banners to come from inside.

To the west of the Holin River.

Babu and other Mongol princes stood quietly in the night sky.

"Staff Officer Liu, the Horqin camp has calmed down, we just missed one of the best opportunities to attack!"

"No, we have just successfully moved the enemy to the east, and now, tens of thousands of Korqin and other enemy troops have completely exposed their backs to us. Now is the real time to attack. ”

In front of the Mongolian princes, the young Han staff officer surnamed Liu smiled calmly.

"Can we attack?"

The former Prince Chahar, the current Marquis of the Han Dynasty, Ezhe, asked immediately.

"Of course, you can attack at any time."

That's what the princes were waiting for.

Chechen Khan shook the reins of his horse and raised his scimitar, "Then what are you waiting for, come with me, kill!" ”

Shuo Lei took the lead, and his son, Babu, who had just been promoted to one of the thirteen Mongolian princes at the Alliance, also drew his sword and rode his horse, following closely behind.

One after another, the Mongol princes rode their horses and galloped, not to be left behind. Behind these princes, countless knights and warriors wielded sabers and followed closely behind their lords.

The rolling cavalry was like a stream of iron, rushing forward.

In the dark night, the camp of the Jerim League was lit with fire, which was extremely dazzling.

And tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Zhelimu League, all of them mistakenly thought that it was the Qing army that attacked at this time, so they all concentrated in the east.

Unexpectedly, it was not the Qing army that was killed, but the coalition army of the Mongolian princes, and the 130,000 Mongolian coalition troops were like a howling cold wind, attacking from behind them.

"Korqin is finished, the Jerim League is finished!"

The staff officers of the Staff Advisory Group of the Headquarters of the Mongol Princes did not follow the charge, but rode leisurely on their horses, standing on a dirt slope, climbing high and overlooking the rolling iron stream.

"Horqin is the first rat at both ends, swaying, and wants to bet on both sides, and the result is naturally that he is not a person inside and outside, and he will be the first to kill him." A staff officer said.

"But these people are too careless, the princes' alliance army came all the way from Chifeng, hundreds of miles, and they were defenseless. Just now, the spies of the princes infiltrated the camp with ease and created chaos, but these guys still naively thought that it was the Jurchens attacking. ”

The allied forces of the Mongol princes came out from the west, and when they appeared behind the Korqin people, they still thought it was the Qing army.

"Damn, it's time to build a captive!"

Ukeshan was shocked, listening to the sound of the dense horses' hooves in the night, he knew that there were many cavalry behind.

"I'll come over to meet the battle, you guard this side, don't fall for the plan of Jianyu to attack the west." Manzhu Xili faced Wu Ke Shandao, and personally led his right-wing men and horses to turn around to face the battle.

In the eyes of the Han Army's staff advisory group who watched the battle, this was a battle without any interest.

Except for the chaos caused by the coalition army's detailed infiltration into the camp at the beginning, which was a bit interesting, the rest of the battles were not interesting. It was a very traditional cavalry battle, or a night raid dogfight.

Therefore, except for seeing the fire, shouting and killing in the sky, and then there is nothing else.

There was neither artillery support, nor infantry coordination, not even a formation, just the suicide of hundreds of thousands of Mongols, on the wide and flat steppe by the Huolin River, rushing left and right, and fighting in a melee.

From midnight until dawn.

After daybreak, the camp in Korqin was in chaos and littered with corpses on the banks of the Holin River, but the battle was far from over. After the defeat of the Korqins, they fled eastward, and the Mongol princes pursued them all the way.

According to the traditional methods of the Mongols, this chase battle may take three or four days, or even a month or two, until one side is defeated and surrenders, or the battle is fought to the last man.

When the report of the battle of Huolin River was returned, Emperor Liu Jun had already moved to Chaoyang.

Chaoyang, the capital of Liaoxi Province. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Chaoyang was also the center of western Liaoning. However, in the Ming Dynasty, Chaoyang became a place outside the Great Wall of Liaodong and had been occupied by the Mongols. After the surrender of the Zhubu to the Han Dynasty, Chaoyang was originally the jurisdiction of the Tumut Ministry.

However, now the Han Dynasty has moved Tumut north, and Chaoyang has been restored to the center of western Liaoning.

"Your Majesty, great victory!"

Fu Zonglong, the governor of Guanwai, trotted in excitedly to report the victory, this important minister of the former Ming Dynasty, in the early years of the peace of the rebellion, the Central Plains suppressed bandits, and the governor of the Guanwai Army, because he had partnered with Liu Jun, so in the new dynasty, he has always been able to be in the position of governor.

Now he is the governor of Guanwai, the governor of Liaoxi and Liaodong provinces, this time the emperor moved to Chaoyang, Liaoxi, as the governor of Guanwai, he is very clear that the emperor did not return to Beijing but moved to Chaoyang.

Once the combined forces of the Mongol princes defeated Horqin, there would be no more barriers between the Jurchens and the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Mongol princes' allied forces have won a great victory, on the banks of the Huolin River, they attacked the Horqin tribes at night and broke the enemy army. 8,000 were killed, and more than 50,000 enemy soldiers were captured, and more than 50,000 women and children were captured. ”

Liu Jun didn't need to look at this report to know that there was a lot of water in it.

The four divisions and ten banners of the Zhelimu League, all of which are estimated to have less than 500,000 people, and the six banners of Horqin have compiled nearly 200 cattle records, one cattle record is 300 dings, and the 200 cattle records are only 60,000 dings. Counting on this Dingkou, the total number of the six banners of Horqin will not exceed 300,000 at most, and the other four banners will not exceed 200,000.

And this time, it is impossible to uproot these ten flags in just one battle.

It is impossible to have 50,000 captured soldiers, 50,000 old and young, women and children, and 8,000 beheaded in a World War. It's still possible to get a triple discount.

However, after this battle, the Horqin people are definitely finished, and the next step is to let the princes continue to pursue and sweep, and to completely wipe out the four divisions and ten banners of this alliance in one fell swoop.

"Tell the princes that the court will fulfill the agreement, and every head and every captive will be purchased at the agreed price, and even cattle, sheep, horses, and camels can all be recycled, and the price is fair, and the children are not deceived."

"When the four departments and ten banners are completely wiped out, then we will talk about meritorious deeds and reward, and divide the fiefdom according to the level of merit."

(To be continued.) )