If the students of the Nanjing Military Academy were asked to analyze this military deployment, it was estimated that they would directly score a zero.

Two hundred miles north of Chifeng, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Xilamulun River.

Two hundred miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Heimulun River.

Eighty miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Uli Jimulun River.

Two hundred miles further north, 11,000 Datong troops were stationed on the banks of the Huolin River.

The 44,000 troops were scattered like that. It was no longer a long snake formation, but four biscuits were spilled, waiting for the Khalkha army to come and eat them one by one.

If Li Dingguo dared to put forward such a military plan, Zhang Tieniu really dared to adopt it and immediately implement it.

Li Zheng, who has a conservative personality, was speechless when he led the army to converge. He couldn't overturn Zhang Tieniu's arrangement, so he could only try his best to remedy it, personally led two infantry divisions, sat on another section of the Wuli Jimulun River, and could coordinate with other troops, and asked Wang Tingchen to lead a cavalry division to join forces with Zhang Tieniu.

Zhang Tieniu, Li Dingguo, and Wang Tingchen led mobile forces to continue the pursuit to the north. The Khalkha army is still retreating northward, and it is about to withdraw to the main vein of the Great Khing'an Mountains.

However, the younger brother of Chahun Dorji, Gulu Shixi, took 10,000 cavalry and a large number of livestock and went south to cut off the grain route of the Datong army.

When Gulu Shixi detoured from the direction of Tongliao to the Xiliao River, wolf smoke suddenly rose from the south bank. Immediately, every few miles, wolf smoke would rise, extending westward to the camp of the Datong army.

At each beacon point, there were only a few dragoons, and after setting off the wolf smoke, they immediately rode away without waiting for the enemy to cross the river in pursuit. On the river, there are occasionally some small boats, which are to deliver food to the beacon fire points along the river, and they quickly row and run away when they see the wolf smoke.

The grain road was further west, and when the grain transport team saw the wolf smoke, they withdrew to the nearest Datong military camp. All the departments took out all the dragoons as mobile forces to cover the grain transport team at any time, and if they did not retreat in time, they would assemble and fight according to the wolf smoke situation.

Gulu Shixi did succeed in cutting off the grain route, but he didn't even touch the shadow of the grain transportation team.

This cargo carried 10,000 Khalkha cavalry, and suddenly became a little confused, not knowing which way to run. He could have continued to hold on to the grain road, but he always felt like he would be surrounded, because he had taken too far away from the main force.

A few days later, the dragoons of six divisions, totaling 12,000 men, gathered in the territory of Kailu County in later generations, looking everywhere for traces of Gulu Shixi.

After two days of searching, I could identify the traces on the grassland.

Jiang Xuan, who was born in the Ming Dynasty, looked at the trampled and messy grass, and said depressedly: "This guy is running fast, it looks like he has been away for two or three days." There is no need to chase anymore, it is important to go back to cover the camp. ”

Further north, Chahun Dorji was unwilling to fight with the main force of the Datong army, and also seized the opportunity to choose to detour south. He divided a detachment of divisions, trampled the grassland back and forth, and guided Zhang Tieniu to pursue to the northwest. With the main army, he turned back to the south from the southeast, preparing to break through the camps of the Datong army one by one - each Datong army camp blocked his passage to Mobei.

When he returned to the western part of Tongyu County, wolf smoke was also lit by the river, and the wolf smoke exposed it one by one.

Chahun Dorji sneered: "What's the use of this method? Divide the troops and go south at full speed, harass every river, let the enemy all light the wolf smoke, so that the Han army does not know where we are attacking from the main attack. Then immediately come back to converge, and we will go to fight the Han army in the direction of the Huolin River! ”

Several rivers in the north and south, and in the next few days, wolf smoke rose everywhere.

Li Zheng, who was in the center, kept receiving similar news, and his brain was almost dizzy, and he couldn't figure out the real situation of the enemy at all. He ordered: "All the dragoons are scattered, each not too far apart, and the direction of the enemy's main force must be detected." Also, go to the north and inform Zhang Dudu that the main Khalkha force must be in the south, so that they don't chase further north. ”

At the beginning of the tenth lunar month, the weather suddenly turned cold, and there seemed to be signs of imminent snowfall.

The 10,000 cavalry of Gulu Shixi finally successfully joined up with Chahun Dorji, and the main Khalkha force suddenly rushed along the Huolin River. Along the Huolin River, beacon fire and wolf smoke were once again ignited, and it was clear that it had become the target of the enemy's main attack, but the friendly forces in the north and south were still 200 miles away.

The Datong garrison there, the main will be Wang Hui, a native of Hunan, and the deputy will be Huang Fei, a general of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, the strength of 11,000 people was transferred, and 2,000 dragoons were transferred, but now there are only 9,000 people left, and there are only more than 10,000 people including the people.

The main force of Chahun Dorji is more than 90,000 people.

"Before the enemy comes to the rescue, quickly level this place!" Chahun Dorji ordered.

These guys don't have a claircase, so they can only climb the nearby dirt slope and get a general view of the battlefield. Then the rider ran over and got closer to observe the details.

Soon the Khalkha cavalry returned, reporting: "Great Khan, all the deep ditches around the enemy camp have been dug. ”

Tsahun Dorji said, "Let Lama Shishi's cavalry dismount and go and fill in the deep ditch there!" ”

Lama Shishi was very unhappy, but whoever let him take refuge halfway could only send soldiers as cannon fodder to fill the trenches.

"What's that?"

At this moment, above the camp of the Datong Army, a hot air balloon suddenly rose.

Lama Shixi felt that his opportunity to perform had come, and he quickly galloped and said, "Great Khan, that is the magic weapon of the Han people, which can ascend to heaven to observe the battlefield. ”

Chahun Dorji said, "This is a good thing. I was standing on a dirt slope and couldn't see the whole picture clearly. The enemy ascended to the sky, and how I arranged my troops, they all saw it clearly. ”

Lama Shishi also said: "When the Jurchens fought with the Han people, the Han people liked to dig ditches. Great Khan, the Han artillery is powerful, and when we fill in the ditch, the reinforcements of the Han are almost arriving. I don't think we should storm here, but we should go and fight for reinforcements from the Han Chinese. Divided 30,000 cavalry, hid in the nearby mountains, and waited for the reinforcements of the Han people to come, rushed out and killed him by surprise! ”

"I think so too," said Tsahudorji with a nod of his head, "and then withdraw the camp, divide the troops to the mountains to the south at night, and start filling in the trenches tomorrow morning!" ”

Datong military camp.

Lookouts on hot air balloons constantly relay messages through flags.

Adjutant General Huang Fei said: "The enemy army has retreated, it should be seen in the trench, and he is not ready to attack directly, and he will attack slowly after setting up a large battalion." Do you want to go out and raid the camp tonight? ”

"No need," Wang Hui shook his head, "Most of the dragoons of our army have been divided, and only five hundred cavalry remain. There are many enemy cavalry, and if the night attack does not go well, it will be us who will suffer. Hold slowly, drag the enemy here, and wait for friendly forces to come to the rescue. ”

Huang Fei worried: "We didn't block the passage into the mountain, what should we do if the enemy's main force flees west along the river valley?" After crossing the river valley, they will be able to return to Mobei. ”

Wang Hui said with a smile: "Can the enemy cavalry escape, so many cattle, sheep and grain can also be taken away?" Without enough food and baggage, they encountered heavy snow on the way, and all of them had to freeze to death and starve to death on the grassland. ”

Wang Hui squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, and said with emotion: "There is also black soil here, I heard the Han people over there in Chifeng say that this kind of black soil is very good for growing grain, and there is no need to compost it." I had to go to the imperial court, and many immigrants came over, and occupied all the places with black soil. ”

In the vast Horqin grassland, there are a large number of river plains, and many of the flat lands along the rivers are black soil.

The Khalkha army, carrying its baggage, gradually retreated to the west, relying on a mountain ridge and camping. If they don't continue to fight, they can burrow into the mountains, run through the mountains along the river valley, and then return to Mobei without hindrance. However, the river valley meandered for more than 200 miles, marching with a large number of logistical baggage, and the speed was not fast at all, and it was easy to be caught up by the Datong cavalry.

At night, more than 30,000 Khalkha cavalry, crossing the upper reaches of the Khorin River, hid in the mountains of Khanula.

If the Datong army in the south comes to the rescue, these Khalkha cavalry hiding in the mountains will be killed, and it is very likely that they will attack the Datong army from the rear.

Until now, Chahun Dorji has not decided whether to quickly eat the Datong army in front of him, or whether to change the combat goal to encirclement and send reinforcements.

Day 2.

Lama Shixi's Korqin soldiers were sent out to fill in the trenches. It was all fertile black soil, which was not used to grow crops, but became material for filling the trenches.

"Boom, boom!"

The artillery of the Datong army took turns, and the Horqin soldiers, carrying the mud on their backs, rushed forward with shells.

rushed to rush, and fled one after another.

These Korqin soldiers did not want to fight at all. To be precise, they don't want to fight for Khalkha, they live well here, and somehow follow the leader to join Khalkha, and now they are being used as cannon fodder to fill trenches. Who is willing?

Several times in a row, Chahun Dorji finally became angry and called Lama Shixi: "If your soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death, I will deal with them by military law." You...... Go and oversee the battle yourself! ”

In desperation, Lama Shihe could only bite the head and personally command the people to fill in the trenches.

Chahun Dorji thought about it and felt that he couldn't catch Lama Shixi and bully him alone. As a result, the conquered tribes from the Hulunbuir grassland were also organized to fill in the trenches.

Immediately afterwards, several thousand Khalkha cavalry were sent to stand in the rear to supervise the battle, and whoever dared to retreat would immediately shoot arrows.

The morale of the overseers was obviously "boosted", and there were really more than 2,000 Mongolian soldiers, who rushed dozens of meters outside the trench with shells.

"Tiger squat cannon, all reload!"

After the reform, the Datong Army was equipped with a lot of tiger squat artillery. Although most of the dragoons of this division were transferred, the Tiger Squat Artillery remained.

With the sound of cannons, countless tiny cannonballs were fired. Iron eggs, lead bullets, and even stones, like scattered flowers from the heavenly maidens, were thrown at the Mongols at close range, and the smallest cannon was only the thickness of a thumb.

"Ah, my legs!"

"I've been punched in the belly!"

"Run!"

Chahun Dorji looked at the battlefield from afar, and said dumbfounded: "Why do the Han people have so many artillery? Call Lama Shishi back! ”

He also had artillery, which he bought from the Cossacks. But only a few were bought, and the barrel was only calf thick, and two people could carry it around. Even so, due to the lack of gunpowder, those small cannons were spared, and were generally used as secret weapons to deter other tribes.

Lama Shishi, who was personally supervising the battle, quickly rode back.

Chahun Dorji asked, "Why do the Han people have so many artillery?" ”

Lama Shixi replied helplessly: "Great Khan, I have long said that the Han people have a lot of artillery, more than the Jurchen artillery. There are not only artillery, but also countless firecrackers, which can be fired from afar. ”

"Bastard, you only said that there are many artillery, not so many!" Chahun Dorji scolded, "The other armies of the Han people also have so many firearms? ”

Lama Shishi nodded and said, "It's all like that." ”

That's a fart!

When Chahun Dorji realized that things were wrong, he called the chiefs of the tribes: "Send all the slaves you have captured to fill in the trenches." It only lasted two days, and if it couldn't be fought in two days, it would immediately enter the mountains and withdraw the troops! ”

"The Great Khan, the slaves he took from Horqin, many of them were Han Chinese who could farm...... said.

Chahun Dorji interrupted: "Shut up, it doesn't matter if he can farm or not, now it's going to be a war!" ”