Chapter 680: It's Not What It Used To Be
The order given by Sun Chengzong was very simple......
"Kill all the Tartars in the tribe who show signs of resistance, rob all the tribe's finances and livestock, and leave no way for this Tartar tribe to survive......"
Therefore, after the battle, except for the Han slaves, who numbered less than 2,000 people, walked out of the tribe with a face full of fear and survived. Almost 8,000 people of Tartars, full of calculations, only a hundred or so and young women who reacted quickly survived......
As the commander-in-chief of the 20,000-strong army, although Sun Chengzong knew that this result was intentionally caused by the soldiers under his command. However, he does not intend to hold accountable. In the words of Wang Ye Wei Zheng, the life of the Tartar is the life, and the life of the Han people is also the life...... When the Tartar dies, he dies, do you have to let the well-trained soldiers pay for their lives......
Besides, if one more Tartar dies on the battlefield, the strength of the Tartar will be weakened by one point.
In the future decisive battle, it is possible that the Tartars will have one less soldier who can participate in the battle...... "order...... All the musketeers who did not participate in the attack, entered the Tartar tribe to clean up the battlefield...... Within the tribe, all the livestock and finances were brought out...... The Tartar corpses, also all piled together, were ready for sparks...... Ben is going to burn this place to the ground today......"
Although Sun Chengzong's order was full of murderous aura, the results and losses were very amazing......
The direct loss was less than a hundred, and he successfully ate a medium-sized tribe of Tartars, and also made all the soldiers under his command see blood.
More importantly, he has seized more than 50,000 heads of various livestock in this tribe.
Not to mention more, just the sheep in these livestock can make 20,000 soldiers under the command of Sun Chengzong. Eat for a whole month.
With food. Coupled with the high morale of the Haw Par Army after the victory in the first battle.
Sun Chengzong, who is full of confidence. Under the guidance of several internal guards, they directly defeated the four Tartar tribes in succession, with more than 25,000 people......
And it was only at this moment that the Tartars finally discovered that they didn't know when it began, and a tiger and leopard army with a size of more than 20,000 people had penetrated hundreds of miles deep into Houjin, and several tribes of Houjin had been bloodied......
Facing this ordinary Grim Reaper. Wherever you go, there is a corpse of the Haw Par Army.
The Tartars, who had already fallen into chaos due to lack of salt, fell directly into a panic......
In particular, after the strong combat effectiveness displayed by the Tiger and Par Army on the battlefield once again came to their minds, the Tartars scattered among the various tribes directly lost the courage to continue fighting......
So, the Tartars, who had just returned to their tribe for less than a few months, began a large-scale migration again.
However, the Haw Par Army at this moment is no longer the Haw Par Army they encountered half a year ago.
Plus they migrate to migrate. It was not like the last migration, and tens of thousands of Jin Tieqi were placed behind them after being commanded by Huang Taiji. Keep them safe......
Their migration and retreat were doomed to very heavy losses.
Compared with the Haw Par Army from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, the Fifth Army of the Haw Par Army, which was directly adapted from the imperial border army, can not only be more adapted to the environment. Moreover, because they fought against the Tartars for a long time and lived at the border.
Of the 20,000 soldiers of the Fifth Army, except for the cavalry division, which is very good at cavalry shooting, the remaining two infantry divisions are not far behind.
Although it is not possible to fight on horseback, there is absolutely no problem in riding a war horse and galloping quickly.
In addition, the Fifth Army at this moment, because it successfully destroyed several tribes of the Tartars, captured a large number of war horses.
In addition to the cavalry division, which was originally equipped with war horses, the other two infantry divisions have reached one person and one war horse, which can carry out rapid maneuvers on the battlefield.
On the other hand, even if they have lived on horseback since they were children and retreated one step ahead, they could not avoid the pursuit of the cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army.
Because, in addition to the Tartars themselves to retreat, their cattle and sheep that they can endure to survive also have to retreat.
Otherwise, even if they escaped the pursuit of the Tiger and Leopard Army, they survived for a while. After losing their cattle and sheep, they will be starved to death and frozen to death in the vast mountains without food......
Therefore, they are not so much retreating as moving, carrying a large number of cattle and sheep to migrate......
In the headquarters of the Fifth Army of the Haw Par Army, after listening to the scout's report on the Tartars.
Sun Chengzong's face directly showed a smile full of mockery. Then, he said to himself: "I know now that it is too late to retreat......
"Unless they give up all the cattle, sheep and livestock they have worked so hard to raise, and all the gold and silver they have accumulated over several lifetimes, to give them to the Tiger and Leopard Army, they may still have a way to live. However, judging from the investigation, these tartars are obviously reluctant to give up these things outside their bodies......"
"In that case, then don't blame me for being rude...... and shall not take away their cattle, their flocks, their livestock, and their goods, which they cannot give up, and they shall kill their men......
"Commander, give the order...... We will fight as you say...... All along, it was the Tartars who chased us to fight, and now, it was finally reversed, and we must not let go of such a good opportunity......" A regiment commander from the border army of the imperial court, after listening to what Sun Chengzong said, a pair of eyes had already spewed out two scorching gazes, and he shouted without thinking about it......
As soon as the words fell, another regiment commander from the border army of the imperial court followed and chimed in: "Yes, you must not let go of these Tartars, let these Tartars also taste the taste of being hunted down......
As the former commander of the border army of the imperial court, Sun Chengzong understood the thoughts of these people very well.
With a wave of his hand, after everyone was calm for a while, he decisively opened his mouth and ordered...... "Cavalry Division, set off immediately and pursue the Tartar migration tribe...... Two infantry divisions, maneuvering on war horses, followed in pursuit......"""After catching up with the Tartar tribes, if the Tartars abandon their livestock and finances, the cavalry divisions continue the pursuit, and the two infantry divisions will be responsible for receiving these livestock and finances...... If the Tartars dare to counterattack, all the cavalry division needs to do is to leave one behind, entangle these Tartars, and wait for reinforcements from two infantry divisions. As for the rest of the cavalry units, continue the pursuit......" "The Tartar tribes in front of us are moving and retreating to the rear, and we must take advantage of the high mobility of the cavalry to stop them more and increase their losses......"
The eyes of several division commanders lit up, and under Sun Chengzong's gaze full of hot eyes, he opened his mouth without thinking about it......
"Please rest assured, general, we will kill the Tartars, so that the Tartars want to cry without tears when they think of our tiger and leopard army, and their hearts will drip blood ......" (to be continued......)