Chapter 157: Siege

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The sky was bright.

The Mongol cavalry, recuperating overnight, poured up from all sides of the grassy slope.

The battle situation changed from a misty drizzle to a violent storm, the light cavalry was crowded, long arrows were flying all over the sky, and the cavalry of various units took turns to fight, no longer giving the Jurchen tired soldiers a chance to breathe.

Attacking fortifications is not the strength of the Mongol light cavalry, the Jurchens are constantly squeezed, and the deeper they go, the more tragic the battle becomes. The Mongols piled up their horses and the corpses of their soldiers, and the Jurchens would organize all sorts of small-scale counterattacks to prevent the Mongols from attacking indiscriminately.

In the battle of life and death, who dares to spare their lives? Die in battle, die without a fight!

The neat queue of Han cavalry in the Mongol army was an alien existence, and all the men and horses avoided it from afar, casting a look of surprise and contempt.

Zhai Zhe's armor is neat, and his eyes do not squint.

When the sun is in the sky, it's the hottest time of the day. The Mongolian herald galloped in hand with the command flag in his hand, and ordered loudly in front of Zhai Zhe: "The Han Department immediately goes into battle and takes the place of the Alukharka cavalry!" ”

The dense crowd slowly ascended the hill, the only men in the Mongol coalition armed with armor.

The Chechen Khan, with his shoulders bare, sweat sticking his rough yellow head into wisps, commanded the cavalry to retreat from both sides of the Han cavalry. He also wanted to see what kind of strength the Han cavalry who could kill two thousand Jurchens in the Tuoketo Grassland was.

"Rush!"

Zhai Zhe ordered, the horn sounded, and all the horses rushed together.

Although it is a back attack, the most advantageous way for the lancers to attack is to sprint. The Jurchens, who had just fought with the Mongol light cavalry, were caught off guard, and the dense spears that rushed in front of them made them dodge, and the soldiers scattered in front of the battle were fixed at \u957

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The tip of the gun hits back into position.

The Jurchens reacted quickly on the battlefield, and immediately mobilized troops and horses after a short panic!

"Spear forward!"

At the sound of shouting, the foot soldier stepped up from behind with a spear three or four feet long.

The spears were not very effective against the cavalry archers, and they were repelled by the Mongols with bows and arrows, but they were good at dealing with the sprinting cavalry ranks, and the dense cavalry queues on the opposite side allowed the foot soldiers to not have to look for a target at all, and they could be hit with a single stab.

Before the Han cavalry, a group of people were shot, the people turned on their backs, and the cavalry rushed slowly.

Zhai Zhe reined in the big black horse and ordered: "Fire gunner, release!" ”

The musketeers who followed closely behind the lancers stretched their ignited three-eyed guns along the shoulders of the cavalrymen in the front.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The sound boom was like thunder, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, making the heavens and the earth change color.

The entire battlefield was shaken, frightened horses jumped in all directions, and the armor on which the Jurchens relied was like papier-mΓ’chΓ©. The lead pierced through the flesh, and the armor in the front row looked down at the bloody hole in his chest in disbelief, and then fell to the grass like a stump.

The elite of the two white flags fought against the Guanning iron cavalry in Liaodong, but they never expected that there would be cavalry among the Mongols who abandoned bows and arrows and adopted clumsy firearms.

Dolgon, who was coordinating the battle on the high slope, was suddenly startled, and turned his head to see the smoke covering the battlefield in the east, and the smell of gunpowder wafting in the wind.

Dorgon took a few deep breaths, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and he quickly realized the crisis there.

The fire gun is the nemesis of the iron armor, the Jurchens are squeezed together, and the space for detours is extremely small, if the opponent uses the fire gun as skillfully as the Guanning Iron Horse, the lethality will be very amazing.

The Three-Eyed Gun can only release three leads.

In an instant, three lead bolts burst out, and the foot soldiers in armor blocking the lancers were solid enough to bear the three guns, and the spears lost control and fell from the air.

"Withdraw!" The herald shouted.

After unleashing their sharp weapons, the musketeers withdrew from the left and right.

"Packet Thrower!"

The banner was waved, and the cavalrymen in the rear with cowhide powder bags urged their horses forward, and at a dozen paces away, they lit the fuse with a fire rope and threw it into the rush to replenish the defense\u768

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4 Jurchen Front. This series of procedures has been practiced hundreds of times.

This time the sound was even better, and the air waves lifted the Jurchens on the war horses into the air, and the horses trampled on each other, making it difficult for the knights to control.

Even Dolgon had never seen such a weapon, and the Jurchen horses had long since grown accustomed to the loud sound of the three-eyed gun after many battles with the Guanning Iron Horsemen, but they could never stand the explosion of gunpowder packets around them.

"Withdraw!" The heralds shouted, and even the sound of the horn was drowned out by the sound of explosions.

After throwing the powder packs, the cavalry followed the musketeers from both flanks, and the lancers who held the line in the front also stepped back to make room.

The Jurchen position was in chaos, and the armor soldiers could only see five steps, and the war horses were crowded together.

"Rush!"

The big black horse neighs and jumps its hooves.

In the thick smoke, the three rows of lancers were divided into three parts: left, center, and right, and the tall Han cavalry stood out. Lei Yanqian's heavy cavalry was in the center, and Meng Kang and Zuo Ruo led the left and right flanks respectively, rushing towards the chaotic battlefield.

The Jurchens in the chaos couldn't resist it, and they broke down a hundred steps. Lei Yanqian's heavy cavalry pierced the armor and blunt weapons to thrash non-stop, and the left and right wings were centered on the heavy cavalry, trying their best to tear open the cracks in the battle formation.

Zhai Zhe secretly said that it was a pity, the angle of attacking the grass slope was not large, but it still greatly affected the impact of the war horse.

This series of attacks was like Cheng biting Jin's three-plate axe, killing the Jurchens by surprise, the Mongols had never used such a direct way to charge into battle, and the Han cavalry directly broke through the armor they relied on the most, so that he was caught off guard in a short time.

The fluctuations of the battlefield in the east expanded, and the Jurchens were defeated and retreated, and it was rare for them to panic.

At the top of the high slope, Dolgon forced his composure and hastily mobilized a reserve cavalry to support. They are not inexperienced in dealing with the firecracker cavalry, they have to attack instead of defending, disrupting the rhythm of the opponent's release, and with the accuracy of the three-eyed gun, only when the scale is formed can there be an amazing strike result.

Two thousand Jurchen cavalry gathered and waited for the rear of the smoke-shrouded battlefield.

"Rush!" The cavalry added, the horse took advantage of the slope and pressed towards the sprinting Han cavalry, this is the counterattack of the Jurchens!

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"Throw!"

Another wave of gunpowder packs was thrown, some falling on the grass, some exploding directly in the air, just in time to stop the charging cavalry.

"Withdraw!"

In the protruding smoke of gunpowder, the Han cavalry withdrew from the battlefield. After experiencing the fierce battle of the Tuoketo grassland, Zhai Zhe no longer wanted to let the Han cavalry and the Jurchens fight in close quarters.

Four or five miles away, the Chechen Khan was stunned, is this the sharp weapon of the Han people? If he had these things, why should he be afraid of the Jurchens? He forgot that the Han people had more than that, but they were most bullied by the Jurchens.

After the three-plank axe, Dolgon Company mobilized heavy troops and ordered a thousand heavy cavalry to wait behind, eyeing the eastern front.

The Han cavalry was scarce in number, estranged from the Mongol tribes, and could not get strong support, Zhai Zhe did not dare to risk advancing again, so he could only use firearms to try his best to kill and injure the opponent, and the eastern front was in a stalemate. After holding out for nearly an hour, the Jurchens were relieved when the Ombu Khan ordered that the Tumut cavalry come and take their place.

The battle passed one night, and another day. Both sides are gritting their teeth in support, and the Jurchens are tired, but the soldiers are good and the terrain is high. The Mongols almost traded their lives for the lives of the Jurchens in a desperate situation.

Ezhe patrolled the battlefield to boost morale, and cheers rang out everywhere!

This is the Great Khan of Mongolia!

For many years, the Great Khan of Mongolia pushed his will into the five major Mongol tribes.

Set up a powerful enemy, then lead the crowd to defeat him. If the Jurchen Western Expeditionary Army is wiped out in the Tuoketo steppe, Ezhe's prestige will reach its peak. After taking over from his father Khan in a difficult situation, he led the Mongol tribes to turn the situation around, and after this battle, more Mongols would join the Chahar tribe, and even those who had left would return.

After dark, the besieging Mongols finally retreated.

Ezhe slaughtered cattle and prepared sheep, and rewarded the people and horses of each ministry one by one, and he wanted to seize the opportunity to show the tribes the existence of the Mongol Great Khan.

The reaction of the Khan kings of the various tribes was cold, and the reaction of the people in the day made everyone vigilant. The Great Khan of Mongolia? No one wants to put a shackle on their heads, and Tushetu Khan's support for him is also for the sake of his fellow believers in the Red Religion.

The gates of the Han camp were closed, and the interior was as bright as stars, and they did not get a single attention when they shined in the daytime battles.

Zhai Zhe walked slowly among the wounded soldiers, and the soldiers were treating the wounds and bandaging them. The burning red soldering iron leaned against the wound, screams came and went, and the summer weather was hot, and the wound was very susceptible to infection and suppuration.

"Your Excellency!" Some people struggled to get up and salute.

Zhai Zhe stepped over and pressed it down lightly.

These people are his hard work, it is not easy to train a Han man into a soldier, and it took a few years to achieve such a strong army. In the past three or four days, there were two consecutive battles, and the Han cavalry lost three adult horses, which made him feel pain. The Han did not have enough soldiers in the grasslands, and after the chaos in the Central Plains, more hungry people fell into the arms of thieves, and fewer and fewer people went out of the fortress.

On a grassy slope.

The Jurchens lay on their backs, and their bodies were buried in several places.

Dolgon's eyes strove to see the endless array of coalition tents not far away, the occasional cheer under the grassy slopes, and the scouts who watched kept on horseback.

O united Mongolia! He sighed to himself.

He didn't close his eyes for a day and a night, and his body had reached the time when the oil ran out, and he was only struggling to support himself, and what was even more cruel was the despair from the bottom of his heart.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Jurchens lost more than 3,000 soldiers. Now that they were no longer short of food, the Mongols were very cunning, and they killed and wounded far more horses than men.

After a day and a night of fighting, both sides needed to recuperate, and Dolgon tacitly gave up the breakout, and the army lost thirty percent of its horses and could no longer escape through the vast grassland.

If he was doomed, he would also have to consume more of the Mongols.

When he had made up his mind, he felt a little more relieved. Back then, his father Khan used thirteen pairs of armor to raise troops, and now he has thousands of miles of land in Liaodong and millions of people, even if he is unfortunately lost here, with the wisdom of Tiancong Khan Emperor Taiji, he can lead the Jurchen out of the crisis. The Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and Mongolia got together unexpectedly this time, but the balance of power of the five tribes determined that they could only share hardships and hardships.

Looking up at the crescent moon hanging in mid-air, Dolgon took off his armor and sat on the grass, the evening breeze blowing, and the whole body was comfortable, I don't know if anyone in the Liaodong family is sharing this crescent moon with him at this time.