"Surround them, let's go kill the Torre kid first." The Great Khan of the Ögedai Khanate shouted to the leaders around him.

Some of the leaders had disapproving expressions on their faces, but Haidu didn't care at all. He continued, "How could these two-legged ones outrun our four-legged ones?" As long as we can kill the cavalry led by the Torre boys, we can come back when we want to come back and kill these infantrymen when we want. Don't you understand this? ”

After shouting, Haidu ordered his own soldiers and some leaders to be responsible for monitoring these infantry troops. He himself led his men and horses to the direction in which Hao Ren fought against the Chagatai Khanate. In the winter on the grassland, the cold wind blows on the face like a knife. Haidu wrapped his masked felt around his face and galloped through the cavalry brigade. Now this kind of front and back battle situation is already the most favorable one for him. Even if the guys of the Chagatai Khanate are very useless, as long as they can hold out until the sea capital arrives, the tide of the battle will become extremely unfavorable for the boys of the Torre family.

The army moved, and it took about an hour to run thirty miles, and they rushed to the battlefield. The Mongolian horses were spewing white gas in the cold wind, and the battlefield was already full of corpses. Apart from the wails of the wounded, the main force of the army was not seen on the battlefield. Haidu's subordinates dragged out a few wounded soldiers to inquire, and got the news that the Chagatai Khanate army was attacked by Hao Renjun's army, and a charge was beaten and unstable. Hao Renjun followed behind the Chagatai Khanate army and had already run away at this time.

Looking at the people on the ground, most of them were dead, and Haidu knew that this news should be correct. These people should all be alive when they land, but in the grassland in the middle of winter, the temperature is more than ten degrees below zero. If you can't get into a warm yurt and get medical treatment if you are injured, there is only one way to die.

The Haidu army then hurried towards the direction of the battle, and this pursuit took an hour and a half. Far away, Haidu saw the general of the Chagatai Khanate, Songsicuo Wanhu, gathering the defeated army. Before, Songsi Cuo Wanhu used to have 8,000 cavalry, and now there are about 800 cavalry left around him. I don't know how many of the rest ran away or were killed along the way.

When he saw the flag of Haidu, Songsicuo still couldn't believe it, and the two sides sent people to each other to carefully confirm that Haidu met with Songsicuo. As soon as the two of them said a few words, before they could ask Hao Ren how he fought this battle, Haidu's Tanma galloped over, and when he saw Haidu, Tanma immediately shouted anxiously: "Great Khan, Hao Ren suddenly returned to the army, and those who surrounded Hao Ren's infantry were surrounded by Hao Ren in turn!" ”

"What?" The sea is horrified. Now he kind of understands how the boys of the Torre family fought this battle, to put it bluntly, it is the old tactics of Genghis Khan, making full use of the mobile advantage of the cavalry to strike at the enemy's weak links. The only problem was that Hao Ren was always able to accurately grasp the weaknesses of the Haidu Army and the Chagatai Khanate. This is fatal to both the sea.

However, the news that Haidu got at this time was the old news from three hours ago, and the cavalry who had stayed to monitor Hao Ren's infantry saw that the large group of men and horses were coming, and where they dared to resist, they immediately turned around and ran. Hao Ren's army drove the defeated troops straight to the camp in Haidu. When the enemy fled into the camp, the soldiers of Hebei Prefecture controlled the Mongolian iron cannons on the cart to bombard the Haidu camp.

Those wooden fences could not hold back the shells of the two-pound guns at all, and some of the fragments that were hit were scattered. Hao Ren Wanhu watched the battle with a cold face. The soldiers and horses around him were tired enough, and when they saw Hao Renwanhu's straight figure, the soldiers also gritted their teeth to support it. Mongolian horses are native to the Mongolian plateau and are in a semi-wild state, they have neither comfortable stables nor fine feed, they sleep in the windy and rough on the steppes infested by foxes, endure the scorching heat of mosquitoes in summer, and can withstand the severe cold of -40 °C in winter. Hao Ren's side is already one person and three horses, such a hard-working Mongolian horse, braved the severe cold of minus 19 degrees and ran more than 100 miles, and there are still many horses tired and dead on the road.

Horses are already like this, and even humans, whose endurance is second to none among mammals, are almost as consumed. What has made Hao Ren's subordinates persist until now is the organizational ability of the army of Fu Bing. Under the successive victories, the soldiers of Hebei Prefecture can still desperately restrain themselves to complete the combat actions that they have trained many times.

A large gap was made in the wooden fence, and the soldiers dismounted, clenched their spears and muskets, and prepared to storm into the camp through the gap. But as soon as the gate in front of the camp opened, someone came out of it with a banner of surrender.

Hao Ren looked at this change coldly, he knew that he was likely to win. But after running for more than a hundred miles in this weather of minus 19 degrees, Hao Ren had no feeling left. All he could feel now was the cold and tiredness, and he relied on the will to win. These heavy things and the joy of victory seem to be incompatible.

The Mongols were brought to Hao Ren with the banner of surrender, and they came up to kneel on one knee and then sang: "The stones depend on the mountains, the goshawks rely on the sky, and the trees rely on the forest." Hao Ren Wanhu of the Golden Family, you are the great hero......"

Hearing this, Hao Ren's nerves gave rise to the urge to laugh. He didn't expect to be called a hero in front of him for the first time, and it was in such a situation. And Hao Ren's brain has no interest in this kind of sycophancy, and Hao Ren now wants to be sure that it is the sincerity of those people who surrendered. At this time, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, it is most important to surrender quickly and occupy the camp of Haidu as soon as possible.

After patiently listening to the confession of the surrenderer, Hao Ren said: "Since you are willing to defect to me, I will protect your life." and your people will not be harmed. I, Hao Ren, am a Mongolian man, a child of the Immortal Heaven, and if I break my promise, I will be like this. ”

After speaking, Hao Ren stretched out his hand to the side and took it slightly missed. Hao Ren's army didn't use bows and arrows much, and after a little awkward waiting, someone ran over to get a few arrows. Hao Ren picked one up and held it high, then broke the arrow and threw it on the ground, indicating that his oath was bound by the Immortal Heaven. The faces of those who surrendered immediately turned judicious. On the Mongolian side, it is the rule to follow the strong. If you don't follow the strong, you can only be the strong yourself. The tribes that are not strong enough and are unwilling to bow to the strong have long since disappeared cleanly.

The basic covenant of surrender was completed, and Hao Ren began to take over the camp of Haidu in full swing. For those who refused to surrender and fled, Hao Ren did not pursue them. His troops no longer had the physical strength to pursue them.

That night, the Great Khan of Haidu, who was repairing in the camp of the Chagatai Khanate, learned of the latest movements. This news kept Haidu Khan awake all night, and after losing the camp, Haidu had no capital to continue fighting. Moreover, the tribal leaders who surrendered did not authentically arrest all the dependents of Haidu in the camp, and after making sure that Hao Ren really accepted their surrender, they dedicated all the dependents of Haidu to Hao Ren.

Unlike the painful torture that Haidu suffered, Hao Ren was in a deep sleep at this time. In order to win, he and his men ran about twice as many roads as the enemy in one day. How to solve the sea is a matter of tomorrow, and what Hao Ren and his subordinates need at this time is rest.

The next day, Haidu and Hao Ren repaired in their respective camps. Hearing the news that Haidu, who had not slept all night, had gone to sleep again in the morning, the tribal leaders who had just learned that the camp had been terminated were immediately excited. Haidu's family was in the camp, and the family of the tribal leader was also in the camp.

It is said that in ancient times, when the generals faced the tense battle situation, they would sleep peacefully in the big tent. also let the generals outside watch him sleep happily and sleep calmly. And the anxious generals will feel that the Lord is about to be in their chests, and the unfavorable time in front of them will be a momentary matter.

However, it was a Han Chinese general, and they were in command of a well-organized army. Now Haidu Khan is back asleep because of anxiety and can't sleep all night. As for the army under the command of the Great Khan of Haidu, it was a tribal alliance. The tribal leaders came to fight because it was profitable to win.

After successive defeats, their dependents who remained in the Haidu camp became hostages of Hao Ren Wanhu, and these people were even less in the mood to understand the feelings of the Haidu Khan, who was lying peacefully.

On the same day, hundreds of people came to the camp of Qianhai Capital, which Hao Ren Wanhu occupied. These people sent messengers in, and when they saw Hao Ren Wanhu, the messenger fell on one knee and sang in a loud voice: "The stones depend on the mountains, the goshawks rely on the sky, and the trees depend on the forest." Hao Ren Wanhu of the Golden Family, you are the great hero......"

Because of the recovery of his physical strength, Hao Ren Wanhu finally showed a slight smile on his face this time. After completing a set of surrender ceremonies, Hao Ren asked the two tribal leaders who had surrendered to Cheng to talk. During the banquet, he asked why they were so happy to run. The chief replied, "Ten thousand households, the sea cannot trust us, and wants us to offer our dependents to him." Now that our dependents are in your hands, we are naturally going to join you! ”

"Is it possible that other tribes have defected as well?" Hao Ren asked. Even if he can pull half of the tribes in the Haidu army, Hao Ren doesn't have to worry about the strength of Haidu.

The leader of the tribe who surrendered said: "Wanhu, some people say that you have killed many tribes in the south. ”

"Whose nonsense is this!" Hao Ren's reflexive rebuttal. After shouting, Hao Ren also felt that he was a little cheap to speak like this, and he explained in a calmest tone as much as possible, "Those tribes have gone to the south to spend the winter, and our army has not made any ......mistakes in autumn."

Listening to Hao Ren tell some things that were difficult to understand in his not very good Mongolian dialect, the tribal leader cut straight to the point, "In that case, why don't you call some people from the wintering area." As long as the people of those tribes can prove that you protect the tribes, they will naturally leave Haidu. ”

After listening to the words of the Mongolian tribal leader, Hao Ren Wanhu began to feel that although the language was incomprehensible, the basic concept was no different. Whether it is in the Han land or in the grassland, everyone hopes that their safety and property can be guaranteed. Whoever can provide such a guarantee will gain the right to rule.

Just as Hao Ren Wanhu was thinking about the question of the big strategy, one of the tribal leaders of Toucheng said tentatively: "Wanhu, we heard that you have a divine stone here that can see the sun on a cloudy day?" ”

"Divine Stone?" Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, then understood, and he replied confidently: "Indeed." This is the gift of immortality. ”

Hao Ren Wanhu was deeply influenced by Han culture, and he didn't have a good impression of strange things. This so-called sacred stone was imported by him from the Southern Song Dynasty at great expense, and it was one of the many surveying tools made by the Zhao official family to guide navigation.

At the beginning of the war in various parts of Mongolia, Hao Ren Wanhu did not want to pretend to be a ghost. But the reality made him realize that in this Mongolian steppe, pretending to be a ghost is much more effective than promoting science. In Hao Renwanhu's view, science and culture are glorious, great, and correct. However, in the eyes of the people of the steppe, this kind of thing, which is said to be mastered by everyone, should be bad. If it's not bad, why can everyone master it. Those things that only noble people can grasp, and those things that ordinary people can have, are really good things. If these things are given by the immortal heavens and possessed by nobles, then they are even more of an artifact admired by thousands of people.

At this time, Hao Ren was so confident, and the leader asked tentatively, "Wanhu, can you please let us see?" ”

"This needs to be done first. Go and burn incense. Hao Ren Wanhu said calmly. If it was before, when Hao Ren Wanhu said such a thing, he would feel red and hot, and his heart would be extremely ashamed. Confucius said that shame is almost courageous, and it is this sense of shame that pushes people to progress. Shame makes people feel what they can and can't do.

But reality is reality, and no matter how shameful it is, it is better than death. And what these leaders need to see is a miraculous phenomenon that they cannot understand. As for the reason behind it, they will only attribute it to the gift of the Immortal Heaven. And deeply satisfied with such an explanation.

Wait for the leader to burn a few sticks of incense, and watch the shaman cast a spell around the transparent calcite measuring instrument. It was getting dark, and the leader was brought to the instrument to observe the night sky. With the naked eye, when the sun goes down, the sky is dark. The sky seen through transparent calcite is different, and when the angle is adjusted, the light passing through the sky is clearly visible. The light source is naturally the sun, which has already set. With the naked eye, when the sun goes down, the sky is dark. The sky seen through transparent calcite is different, and when the angle is adjusted, the light passing through the sky is clearly visible. The light source is naturally the sun, which has already set.

The two leaders saw the light reflected in the calcite that could be discerned by the naked eye, and then left the calcite and looked at the sky with the naked eye. It was two worlds that looked completely different, one world was normal, a dark sky, and there was nothing but stars. The other world is the world they have never seen before, where mysterious light flows in the sky, guiding the general direction of the world.