Chapter 432: Dayan Khan at the Crow's Mouth
Dayan Khan was escorted by a group of personal guards and several tribal chiefs fled in the direction of the steppe, almost several miles away, and Dayan Khan ordered several tribal chiefs to begin to collect the fugitives who had collapsed after them.
The collapse of the Tatar army was like a torrent, led by Dayan Khan and others, and naturally there was a black torrent behind them, and these Tatar soldiers followed closely behind Dayan Khan.
For these soldiers, entering the grassland is like a fish returning to the sea.
A desolate trumpet sounded, and the Tatar soldiers, who knew only to follow the army by instinct like headless flies, seemed to wake up at once.
The desolate sound of the horn whined to convey the military order, and a group of Tatar soldiers who were burying their heads and rushing forward began to gather towards several very conspicuous banners.
These banners are the banners of the Tatar tribes and even Dayan Khan, and these Tatar soldiers may not know their tribal leaders, but they are no strangers to these flags that symbolize power and status on the steppe.
Chu Yi, who led thousands of cavalry to follow closely behind the rout of the Tatar army, watched from a distance as the Tatar fugitives looked at the Tatar fugitives from the beginning of their panicked appearance to the gradual emergence of order in the end, especially when Dayan Khan was about to erect a banner and prepare to collect the defeated soldiers, Chu Yi's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth showed a little sneer: "If you want to collect the defeated soldiers, where is it so easy!" ”
While speaking, Chu Yi nodded slightly to the excited and eager generals around him and said: "Several generals, each of you will bring five hundred men and horses to attack the Governor, but if there is any sign of convergence of the defeated soldiers of the Tatars, they will immediately disperse the Governor, and the Tartars will definitely not be allowed to collect the soldiers." ”
When several generals heard this, they immediately clenched their fists in response, and soon the thousands of troops divided into five teams, each team was about five or six hundred people, and then, under the leadership of one general, they rushed towards the Tatar team that had gradually gathered hundreds of Tatar soldiers under the banner that had obviously erected a few eye-catching poles.
There were still thousands of people behind Chu Yi, and the goal was to go straight to Dayan Khan's eye-catching banner.
Dayan Khan is naturally respected in the Tatars, and the banner is also the place that can gather the most attention and people's hearts, as long as the banner of Dayan Khan does not fall, then it will inevitably attract and gather a large number of Tatar soldiers to follow.
Especially now that Dayan Khan ordered his subordinates to blow the horn of gathering troops and horses on the steppe, the defeated soldiers who had instinctively followed closely because of the chaos quickly gathered under the banner erected by Dayan Khan.
It was just a blink of an eye, and nearly a thousand men and horses had gathered under that banner, especially as a large number of defeated soldiers chased after them and merged into them, and a group of men and horses gradually gathered around Dayan Khan.
Yue Buqun, as a brocade guard for thousands of households, has the responsibility of guarding Chu Yi's safety, and at this time he is following Chu Yi closely, seeing that the Tatar army in front of him is gathering under the banner of Dayan Khan, faintly forming a team posture, he can't help but squint his eyes and say to Chu Yi: "Grand Administrator, why don't you let the lower officials take people to disperse the men and horses under Dayan Khan?" ”
Chu Yi smiled slightly and said, "This governor will personally send one to Yan Khan!" ”
As he spoke, Chu Yi let out a long roar, and immediately led thousands of people who stretched out their hands to go straight to the direction of Dayan Khan's erected banner.
It was Dayan Khan who was under the banner that Dayan Khan had erected, not someone else.
In fact, Dayan Khan could have ordered others to erect a banner to attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty, but Dayan Khan did not do that.
Dayan Khan knew very well that his banner could definitely gather a large number of men and horses, while the banners of other patriarchs could only gather a small number of men and horses, and if he wanted to return to the steppe smoothly, then he must be supported by a large number of men and horses.
Therefore, Dayan Khan needs to gather people's hearts, so he must personally raise the banner, otherwise, if he does not have many people around him and returns to the grassland in a hurry, the devil knows what will happen.
It is also because of this that Dayan Khan insisted on erecting the flag even though he knew that it was likely to be targeted by the Ming army.
A close general of Dayan Khan obviously noticed that Chu Yi led thousands of cavalry like a sharp blade to split through the group of soldiers blocking the front, and went straight to the direction where they were, and couldn't help but say to Dayan Khan: "Great Khan, the Ming army is coming for us!" ”
Dayan Khan took a deep breath and said, "How many centaurs have gathered right now?" ”
The general roughly estimated and said, "Probably less than two thousand!" ”
Dayan Khan raised his eyebrows and said, "Enough! ”
Several generals couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, obviously they didn't expect Dayan Khan to say this, it's only less than 2,000 people, how can it be enough, obviously they don't understand what Dayan Khan means.
But soon Dayan Khan said to the confidant general: "Awumu, you immediately dispatch 1,500 men to stop those pursuers for me!" ”
The trusted general couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but his face quickly showed a bit of determination and said to Dayan Khan: "Awumu takes the order!" ”
Dayan Khan looked at Awumu and said: "Awumu, you only need to stop these people, and after returning to the grassland in the future, Ben Khan will allow you to go out independently and take a tribe for yourself, the name of the tribe, the Ebony Tribe!" ”
Ah Wumu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and his face was full of surprise.
If Dayan Khan's order for him to stay behind the palace made him feel abandoned, then now Dayan Khan's promise is to make Awumu feel like a chicken.
That's a tribe named after his name, he is just a general under Dayan Khan, and it is naturally nothing when facing those tribal leaders, it can be said that on the grassland, the tribal leaders are definitely standing at the pinnacle of existence, just like the princes with different surnames in the Central Plains Dynasty, the most important thing is that these tribal leaders are much stronger than the princes of the Central Plains, because these tribal leaders have independent military power.
It can be said that on the prairie, as long as you can become the patriarch of a tribe, it means that you have become a great nobleman and the most noble group of people on the prairie.
I have to say what kind of attraction Dayan Khan's reward has for these warriors on the steppe. Originally, when some of Dayan Khan's cronies and generals were named to stay in the palace, some people couldn't help but show a little sympathy in their eyes when they looked at Awumu, but at this time, it was Chi Guoguo's envy and jealousy.
Although it is said that there is a great possibility of losing one's life after staying, as long as you are careful, there may not be no hope of escaping, as long as you can get out and return to the grassland smoothly, then you will have a lifetime of glory and wealth to enjoy.
Ah Wumu's whole person was full of energy, like chicken blood, he suddenly pulled out of his war horse, and with a roar, he immediately led more than a thousand soldiers to turn around and go upstream, heading straight for Chu Yi and the others.
Many Tatar soldiers were actually in a state of panic at this time, and they gathered under the banner of Dayan Khan by instinct, but at this time they suddenly turned around, and many soldiers instinctively resisted, and the original team of more than 1,000 people, there were less than 1,000 people who really accompanied Awumu to turn around and meet Chu Yi and other thousands of troops who came from the fast horse.
"Immortal Heaven bless, warriors of the grassland, kill with me!"
Ah Wumu's eyes were full of madness, and he danced the scimitar in his hand and rushed towards Chu Yi and the others.
When Yue Buqun saw this, his face couldn't help but show a little excitement, for Yue Buqun, a Tatar general like Ah Wumu was a military merit.
Yue Buqun, who is bent on reviving the Huashan faction, is most concerned about military merits, as long as he can make military merits, then he can stand high enough above the court, as long as he has enough status and power, even if it is not impossible to ask the Son of Heaven to decree the sealing of the Huashan faction at that time.
The merit is higher than saving the driver, Yue Buqun asked himself if he might have the opportunity to save the driver, but he could give it a try if he made military achievements.
"Boss, these people ......"
Chu Yi smiled indifferently and said with a little disdain: "It's just a group of frightened birds, trying in vain to stop this governor." ”
As he spoke, he saw that the army of thousands of people with high morale, led by Chu Yi, suddenly crashed into the Tatar army led by Awumu.
Suddenly, the soldiers on both sides collided together, and many soldiers screamed and fell off their horses together, and Ah Wumu, with enough skills, actually dodged the first wave of arrow rain and appeared in front of Chu Yi.
When he saw Chu Yi, Ah Wumu's eyes couldn't help but light up, although he couldn't tell Chu Yi's identity clearly, but if he still had a little bit of eyesight, he could see at a glance that Chu Yi was surrounded by a group of soldiers, needless to say that his identity was naturally extraordinary.
Aiming at Chu Yi, Ah Wumu gave up the scimitar, and smashed the mace in his hand towards Chu Yi.
Seeing this, Yue Buqun sneered, slapped the war horse under him, and the whole person jumped high, and saw a dazzling sword light drowning Ah Wumu.
When the sword light dissipated, Awumu, who was originally brave, was cut into several pieces, and his body was scattered under the horse.
Many of the Tatar soldiers who followed Ewumu only felt that the blood that shot from the sky was spilled, and then saw that Awumu's burly body was actually cut into several pieces by Yue Buqun, that kind of scene was too exciting, and suddenly several Tatar soldiers let out a frightened cry, and instinctively turned around and fled.
Originally, these soldiers were frightened defeated soldiers, who were forcibly gathered by relying on the prestige of Dayan Khan, and then relied on Awumu's bravery to gather people's hearts to try to stop Chu Yi and others, but it was a pity that Awumu was killed by Yue Buqun with such exciting means, which suddenly made the hearts of the people who had been gathered with great difficulty fall into collapse.
I saw that the thousands of Tatar soldiers gradually became chaotic, and then soon began to collapse under the impact of the army, but in a blink of an eye, the Tatar soldiers who stopped in front of Chu Yi and the others dispersed in a hurry.
In any case, Ah Wumu also stopped Chu Yi and the others from almost a cup of tea, and tens of thousands of troops collapsed, at this time, there were at least forty or fifty thousand Tatar soldiers who fled from the encirclement, and forty or fifty thousand horses were scattered on the grassland.
Just like now, several tribal patriarchs have relied on their own prestige, most of them have even gathered two or three thousand people, and there are more than a thousand people at the less, and the most eye-catching is naturally Dayan Khan, and at this time, Dayan Khan has gathered thousands of people again.
"Great Khan, it's not good, Awumuta...... He failed to stop the Ming army, and the Ming army caught up again! ”
Dayan Khan originally expected Awumu to be able to hold back the Ming pursuers for a period of time, but he didn't expect Awumu to be so careless, and it was only a long time, and he was already defeated.
"Waste, what a waste, thousands of people can't even drag each other!"
While riding his horse and galloping, Dayan Khan looked around, his mind turned, and suddenly, he saw Dayan Khan's gaze condensed, and he could see hundreds of zhang away from a distance, a group of nearly 2,000 people appeared in his sight.
Dayan Khan's eyes narrowed, staring at the eye-catching flag, which was the flag of the Chahar tribe.
After Dayan Khan unified the Tatars, he divided the entire Tatar into six tribes, of which the Chahar is one of them, and it can be said that on the steppe, the Chahar tribe is definitely a powerful tribe on the steppe.
At this time, the patriarch of the Chahar tribe was able to gather nearly 2,000 people in such a short period of time.
Dayan Khan relied on his own prestige to remove the fact that he was targeted so that many soldiers took the initiative to avoid it and did not gather, Dayan Khan only gathered more than 2,000 horses, and at this time, the patriarch of the Chahar tribe gathered so many people and horses, how not to let Dayan Khan look sideways.
Taking a deep breath, a chill flashed in Dayan Khan's eyes and he said to several guards: "A few of you go to see Aru Mengtai quickly, and let him bring someone to Ben Khan to stop the Ming people's pursuers!" ”
The guards were slightly stunned, and hurriedly took the order, whipped the war horses under them, and went straight to the direction of the banner of the Chahar tribe.
At this moment, Arumontai is trying to gather people, after all, Arumontai knows very well in his heart that the battle within their grassland is also very tragic, this defeat is already a foregone conclusion, with Arumonte's knowledge, he can naturally realize that the Tatars are afraid that they will be slumped from now on, in this case, even if he can return to the tribe this time, then what he will face next is all kinds of battles and even external pressure from within the tribe.
Therefore, Aru Mengtai worked hard to gather people, hoping that his strength could be stronger, not to mention the rest, at least a group of people and horses in hand, so that he could return to the tribe in the future and not be harmed by others.
Arumontai glanced in the direction of Dayan Khan's banner, especially the Ming army chasing soldiers behind Dayan Khan, Aru Mengtai shook his head slightly, and at the same time secretly rejoiced, thanks to Dayan Khan's help they attracted the attention of the main force of the Ming army's pursuers, only a small Ming army was eyeing them, otherwise, how could they collect so many defeated soldiers.
Suddenly, Arumontei noticed several familiar figures coming straight in his direction, and when he saw those figures clearly, Arumonte's eyes flashed with hesitation, struggle, and fierceness.
The guards of Dayan Khan saw Arumontai from a distance, and their faces showed a little joy, and one of them was about to open his mouth to convey Dayan Khan's military orders to Arumuntai, but suddenly his face was full of horror as if he had seen something terrible.
Arumontai clenched his fists and said viciously to several cronies beside him, "Shoot them for me!" ”
Arumontei is surrounded by Arumontei's cronies, and it can be said that these people, even if Arumuntai asks them to kill Dayan Khan, these cronies will not hesitate at all.
I saw arrows shoot out, and in the blink of an eye, just rushed to the front, and before they could speak, several Dayan Khan's personal guards were shot and killed on the spot one by one.
Arumontai glanced calmly in the direction of Dayan Khan, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go, go northwest!" ”
Soon, Arumontai led the gathered more than 2,000 men and horses to turn sharply and headed straight for the northwest.
After Dayan Khan sent his own soldiers to give the order, although he said that he was running away, most of his attention was on the Chahar tribe who came to him, and when the Chahar tribe suddenly changed the direction of escape, how could Dayan Khan and other heroes not understand Arumuntai's choice.
"Hahaha, what an Arumontei, you really lived up to Ben Khan's expectations......"
However, if someone who knows anything about Dayan Khan sees Dayan Khan's expression at this time, they will definitely be able to see that Dayan Khan is an angry reaction.
Even Arumonte, who looked loyal to him in Suri, chose to abandon him at such a moment, and the anger in Dayan Khan's heart can be imagined.
On the vast land, the two sides chased and fled, but for dozens of miles, the speed of a large number of Tatar soldiers who fled suddenly slowed down, after all, war horses also have limits, and it is impossible to be as tireless as machines, and it is not easy to escape for dozens of miles after a scuffle.
Dayan Khan had gathered nearly 4,000 defeated soldiers around him at this moment, and it can be said that apart from the three major tribes of Khalkha and Ulianghai, who had fled like the Chahar tribe, Dayan Khan became the most conspicuous team in the defeated army.
On the one hand, Dayan Khan's banner is the most eye-catching, and on the other hand, such a rout army of thousands of people is also very eye-catching, and it can be said that most of the Ming generals who have caught up have stared at Dayan Khan and chased after him.
Almost half a day passed, whether the two sides were chasing or fleeing, they were very tired, on the other hand, Chu Yi looked extremely relaxed, unhurried, and followed Dayan Khan almost a mile away, which not only kept a certain distance, but also brought great psychological pressure to Dayan Khan.
There was a sound of rushing water ahead, and it was a river three feet wide, and a lonely bridge crossed it.
Dayan Khan's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he said with great joy: "Immortal Heaven blesses, we are saved, hahaha......"
Seeing this, several cronies and generals also looked at the small bridge with a happy face, and heard one of the generals say to Dayan Khan: "Great Khan, we quickly crossed the river, and then destroyed the small bridge, with this river to block, even if the Ming army rebuilds the bridge, it will be enough for us to get rid of the Ming army's pursuers!" ”
Dayan Khan laughed, stroked his beard and said: "If this Khan is Chu Yi, he will definitely bury an ambush here, and keep anyone with wings and difficult to fly, Chu Yi miscalculated, immortal heaven blessed, and we are expected to get out of trouble......"
However, at this moment, a sudden roar came from the front, and then Dayan Khan's eyes widened, and the whole person seemed to be choked by the neck, and his face was blue and purple.
[Well, continue to go back to the hospital to accompany my girl to open the stay up mode! ] 】