Chapter 320: A Great Victory over Arutai
The battle was intractable and extremely tragic.
From morning to afternoon, smoke billowed from the battlefield, and there was only endless fighting.
"Your Majesty." In the Chinese army, under the canopy, Chen Yuan saw Zhu Di's body trembling slightly, and subconsciously asked.
Zhu Di motioned for him not to approach, a pair of tiger eyes were very grim, staring at the battlefield deadly. The emperor was here, the morale of the three armies was high, and Liu Sheng, Chen Ying, Zhang Fu and others led the army to continuously enter the battlefield.
The exhilarating power of the emperor's personal expedition was immeasurable, and no one in the Ming army would retreat.
But after all, Zhu Di's body is already at the end of his crossbow, he hasn't eaten water and rice for a day, and he is dizzy, just holding on. Chen Yuan was secretly worried.
The sequelae of the pro-conquest are also very large, if Zhu Di leaves or falls at this time, then the Ming army will inevitably be affected, lose the backbone, and will be defeated, at this time, no matter what, it must be held.
The various tribes of Arutai also entered the battlefield, and Arutai's son also personally charged into battle before Polo, was hit by a cannonball, was seriously wounded, and was carried down, and Arutai's face turned pale.
He suddenly understood that, in fact, from the very beginning of this war, the Tatars were at a disadvantage. Because on the surface, it seems that both sides understand the situation in the other army, the Ming army turned out to be tired, and the artillery and muskets of the Ming army were also in his calculations. But when it really fought, Arutai found that it was not like that.
Because of Chen Yuan's proposal and Zhu Di's attention, the artillery and muskets of the Ming army's Shenji battalion were improved. The unit also conducted training in team combat.
So when this battle began, the cavalry of Arutai was stunned by the artillery and muskets for a while, and then felt that they were restrained everywhere, and the rhythm of the entire battlefield was almost completely controlled by the Ming army.
Because Arutai always thought that as long as they fought with the Ming army and made a mess, their artillery would lose its power. But I didn't expect the Ming army to be so difficult, and the troops were well-trained. Hundreds of thousands of troops could not be used at all, they were pinned down everywhere, the cavalry in the front row was entangled to death, and the cavalry and infantry in the back were severely hit by the artillery of the Ming army, and then charged by the Ming army. They were beaten to pieces, screaming incessantly, and the Tatar cavalry was somewhat frightened and began to retreat.
Arutai even killed a few of the fleeing people, but it was to no avail, and he couldn't stop those who wanted to flee. Even the chieftain, Toma, began to retreat.
Arutai hurriedly said: "Tomuhua, hold on for a while, hold on for a while, Zhu Di can't hold it anymore." As long as Zhu Di falls, we will win. ”
Tuo Muhua cried with a sad face: "Taishi, I see that Zhu Di has not fallen yet, we will finish the fight first, and more than ten of my subordinates and generals have died." You can also see that the artillery fire of the Ming army is too fierce. The Ming army didn't know what medicine they had taken, all of them were well-trained and desperate. ”
Jacocha's face was covered with blood, and he hung his head and said: "Taishi, let's withdraw, no wonder Zhu Di dares to recruit in person, let's underestimate the Ming army, if we don't withdraw, we all have to finish the game." ”
Arutai was also very annoyed when he saw the defeat on his side, as a descendant of the Golden Family, a careerist, he had never fought such a bad battle, and with his arrogance, he would never accept such a defeat.
"Those who retreat without permission will be killed!" Arutai shouted loudly, personally led the overseer team, and corrected the cavalry who wanted to escape on the spot.
Jacocha was furious: "Arutai, don't deceive people too much, I led my people to the Ming Dynasty to find a way to make money, not to ask for death, you dare to try my men." ”
Arutai was also furious: "If there is good, you will come, and if there is no good, you will run." ”
Jacocha refused: "I am responsible for my tribe." ”
"Boom." A cannon shot struck them, killing several of the Warlords, and there was a burst of screams. Arutai and Tomhua and Jacocha were covered in mud and coughing.
Taking advantage of Arutai's unpreparedness, Tumber and Jacocha immediately led their men to retreat.
"Waste." Arutai yelled at their backs.
But what's the use?
In the face of the continuous attacks of the Ming army, his own people continued to retreat, Arutai was dizzy and felt an unprecedented despair. He captured Xinghe with lightning speed and won a great victory. He was in high spirits and ready to calm the Ming Dynasty in one go.
There are two points that have not been taken into account, one is that Zhu Di is over sixty years old, and he actually dares to recruit in person, his calculation is that Zhu Di does not dare to come, and ordinary generals will not take it to heart. He has studied for many years, and he has long known that the famous generals who were martyred by Zhu Di are almost dead. Now there is only one Zhang Fu who can fight, and Liu Sheng is a big step behind, and as for the others, they are even more unknown. As for Chen Yuan, he is in his early twenties and doesn't pay attention to it at all.
The only thing he was afraid of was Zhu Di's personal conquest, after all, Zhu Di's combat command was very strong, and the emperor's appeal was too great, he didn't expect to be afraid of anything, Zhu Di really came.
Zhu Di is over sixty years old, and he has always thought that the end of the strong crossbow is the end, but before the end of the strong crossbow falls, his troops can't hold it.
Second, he didn't know how the Ming army in the center suddenly became so powerful. In the past, Zhu Di also fought in person, but his combat effectiveness was much weaker, and he never considered the possibility of his failure.
But he didn't know that in order to give his children and grandchildren a stable country, Zhu Di was resolute and would go to the battlefield even if his ministers were against it.
And in order to fight the Tatars, after two years of preparation, Chen Yuan, a future person, appeared, which influenced Zhu Di and enriched the treasury, so that Zhu Di could have the money to vigorously run the Shenji Battalion. Moreover, Zhu Di's training team combat method proposed to the Han King was also well promoted by the Han King in the army.
Arutai never dreamed that he would be defeated so completely, the 100,000 Tatar cavalry did not even shake the Ming army's position, his side had already suffered heavy casualties, and the morale of the soldiers was completely lost, and they fled one after another.
Defeated, he Arutai was defeated, and he fought and was defeated in one battle. The defeat was the desire to recover the capital, and the defeat was the ambition to unify Mongolia.
"How can this be, how is it possible, why is the strength of the Ming army so strong?" Arutai looked at the rapidly deteriorating battle situation, and at this time he also muttered to himself with a desperate face, looking incredulous.
"Impossible, impossible."
"Marshal, go quickly, the Ming army is going to chase after you."
Seeing Zhang Fu rushing over with his troops, his subordinates hurriedly dragged Arutai to retreat.
Zhu Di had been nervous, and finally showed a little smile, this is a confident smile, a winner's smile.
He immediately ordered Li Ying of the Shenji Battalion to stop running, pressed all the troops, and dealt a fatal blow to Arutai.
With his order, the Ming army moved the mountains and rivers, as if destroying the withering and decaying, and the Tatar soldiers who had already lost their will to fight were defeated and retreated.
Arutai was defeated on all fronts.
"You resist me, give me up." Arutai also wanted to resist stubbornly.
"Taishi, let's retreat, there is an old saying in the Central Plains, leave the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, and if we continue to fight, we will all have to finish playing."
Under the persuasion of his subordinates, Arutai was like an initiation, yes, now they have all run away, and most of their own tribes are left on the battlefield, and if they don't retreat, they will be eaten by the Ming army, and the position of the leader of their tribal alliance will be difficult to protect, and Zhu Di, who is standing tall, will spit fiercely and have to order a retreat.
However, the cavalry of the Ming army took advantage of the situation to cover up, and in the end, Arutai had to keep surviving, and abandoned the rear army to cushion the rear, and finally broke away from the battlefield.
After the war, Arutai counted the soldiers and found that after this battle, the 200,000 army directly lost 30,000. In the era of cold weapons, such losses were immeasurable. Because he brought out the elite of almost all the tribes, and if the losses were too much, the tribes would no longer be able to make strong men, and they would be finished with Tatars.
In this case, Arutai lost the courage to confront the Ming army head-on, however, the ambition did not die, and the army was scattered, as long as the Ming army pursued, he could fight a battle.
Because he is a veteran who has fought for many years, today he has seen the power of the Ming army's artillery muskets, as long as the Ming army pursues, the muskets carry very little ammunition, and the cannons are more difficult to move. At this time, the cavalry still found their home field.
It was getting late, and on Zhu Di's side, Liu Sheng, Zhang Fu and others asked for pursuit.
Zhu Di looked at Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan muttered for a while: "Your Majesty, although Arutai was defeated, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, they are well-trained, they can still reorganize their formation when they retreat, and they still have combat effectiveness." Our main victory today lies in the power of artillery, and the fighting quality of the Ming army is still worse than that of the Tatars, and the physical strength and quality cannot be compensated. If we pursue, we will inevitably lose the cover of artillery, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable. ”
Zhang Fudao: "Your Majesty, the ministers are opposed, our cavalry is not weak, although the artillery can't keep up, there are muskets, although the pursuit can't win a big victory, it can also hit Arutai, can't let them ease up, and the future is endless." ”
Chen Yuan frowned, Zhang Fu is a generation of generals, he knows the loopholes in his speech, and he can see the fighter, but he will not observe small problems. Of course, it is better to take advantage of the victory to pursue and not let Arutai have a chance to breathe, but Zhu Di's body is almost unbearable, they attack, once Zhu Di is in chaos here, the army's heart will be shaken, and the consequences will be out of control.
Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize the camp and take it step by step.
The Arutai invasion will inevitably want a quick decisive battle. And the Ming army was on the defensive, and it was a protracted war.
Fighter planes and strategy should naturally be based on strategy.
Zhu Di waved his hand and said tiredly: "Poor Kou Mo chase, the truth since ancient times, Chen Yuan is right, although we won, it is the victory in Arutai who underestimated us, I have fought with him for many years, this person should not be underestimated, he will not give up easily, his troops can still be quickly assembled, it is their advantage, so they must not pursue, all departments guard the big battalion, strictly patrol, I have my own dispatch." ”
Zhang Fu and other generals were very puzzled, and they didn't know why Chen Yuan would listen to whatever His Majesty said. But Zhu Di had already given the order, and they couldn't refute it. Only comply.
Zhu Di was helped by Chen Yuan to the Chinese military tent to rest, and as soon as he arrived in the tent, Zhu Di fell softly.
Chen Yuan was shocked, Zhu Di would not die at this time. There's still more than a year left in history. However, after his arrival, the Ming Dynasty has changed a lot, such as the promotion of sweet potatoes and Champa rice, such as the relatively stable stability of Annam.
He is like a butterfly, which has produced an effect, so will Zhu Di also die early?
Is the history of the future still the history of the original?