Looking at the Datong military flag on the mound in the distance, Chahun Dorji couldn't say a word at this time.

The mound is not large, and the entire uplift area is less than 30,000 square meters, which is roughly equivalent to four football fields.

Such a point will definitely not be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people, not to mention the people and baggage. The chariot formations and thistles on the periphery, including pikemen, musketeers, and grenadiers, are mostly scattered around the mound.

The artillery was all on the dirt slopes, and many platforms were dug to place them, and the shells could fly over the heads of their own soldiers.

There were several divisions in the south that were used as bait, and only 500 dragoons were left in each division, and the rest of the dragoons were all in Li Zheng's hands. Including the dragoons of the two divisions of Liaoning, the number of cavalry alone was 15,000 - of which, 5,000 dragoons followed the main force of infantry. The remaining 10,000 dragoons have long since disappeared and are not near the battlefield at all.

Li Zhengwen is stable, but he not only knows stability, but also knows what it means to "win with righteousness and victory".

What are the 10,000 dragoons doing?

In search of the Mongol logistics troops!

Chahudorji conquered many tribes along the way, especially on this side of the Horqin steppe, capturing large numbers of people, livestock, and grain. In a continuous long turn, it is impossible to take all the animals with them, so the speed of the march is too slow. It is also impossible to leave it alone somewhere, it is very likely to send a cavalry escort, hiding somewhere at this moment.

The main Khalkha force in front of him only brought less than 100,000 cattle and sheep with the army. The livestock of the Horqin tribes is definitely more than a little bit, otherwise the Horqin tribe would have starved to death.

"Great Khan, the main general of the Han army is not easy to deal with." Darhan rode over.

Chahudorji seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was talking to others: "This is tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, some of which are still pulling carts, and the carts are loaded with a lot of grain. Why didn't the Han people chase after them? With so much livestock and food, how can anyone in the world endure it? ”

Darhan said: "This just shows that the military discipline of the Han army in front of you is too terrible. ”

And thinking about it from another perspective, Chahun Dorji can fully imagine what would happen to his army if he was lured just now.

Perhaps he himself was able to see through the plan and ordered all his troops not to pursue. But the tribal leaders under his command do not necessarily obey orders. To be precise, there must have been people who didn't listen to the order and rushed towards those cattle and sheep with red eyes. As long as one or two tribes rush out, the rest of the tribes will follow, for fear that if they run slowly, they will not be able to grab the loot.

Chahun Dorji's military talent is extremely high, and every time he fights, he will subconsciously empathize: I am the enemy's main general, what will I do. I'm an enemy general, what will I do?

That's why he decided to feint defeat and lure the Datong army to abandon their positions and chase after him.

He never thought that the Han army in front of him was different from his own army!

Not only are the equipment and tactics different, but even the binding force of the commander-in-chief on the troops is also different.

Morgan also rode up and said, "Great Khan, the Han soldiers are in such a chariot formation, and we have only one way to win. It was to surround them all the time, until they were cut off from water. There is no water here, and they may have plenty of food, but they will run out of water in a day or two. After two days there is no water, and they will last for another two or three days at most, and they will die of thirst! ”

Chahun Dorji said aggrievedly: "Then you will be in the scheme." The Han people just want to stall for time, and they wish we were around. Four or five days, enough time for the enemy's main cavalry to chase after them! ”

Durhan said: "According to the report of the sentinels sent out a few days ago, it seems that there are still Han reinforcements in the south, and the number is not as large as in front of us. We continued south to intercept the reinforcements of the Han Chinese. After we leave, if the Han soldiers here also move, then it depends on the situation to decide how to fight. If there is a chance in the south, go and fight in the south. If you have a chance here, come back and fight here. ”

Morgan said: "Yes, we are all cavalry, there is no need to attack the Han people's chariot formation. We Mongolian warriors are all fighting while walking, how can there be a reason to be around all the time? Fighting this kind of positional warfare is the strength of the Han people and our shortcoming. We can't use our weaknesses to test our strengths with the Han people. ”

"Then go further south!" Chahun Dorji clapped his hands and said.

Li Zheng stood on the mound, carefully observed with a clairvoyant mirror, and basically guessed the enemy's thoughts. This is the last thing he wants to see!

The enemy was all cavalry, and it was difficult to deal with it in motion. Under the continuous transfer and pulling, the infantry division of the Datong Army was very easy to expose flaws and be caught.

Li Zheng muttered to himself: "I made a mistake, I shouldn't have transferred the two divisions in the south as well." ”

Li Dingguo's battle plan was very risky, and Zhang Tieniu, who was in charge of making the decision, was a madman. Their intention was to throw four divisions out and block the enemy's westward escape. Li Zheng led two divisions and responded to these four divisions in the center. The remaining three cavalry divisions, chasing the enemy's main forces, moved according to the situation, and constantly compressed the enemy's combat space. Those four divisions are nails, and they can't be moved if they are nailed.

On the one hand, Li Zheng was worried that Wang Hui would be eaten, and on the other hand, he had greater ambitions, wanting to transfer the rest of the divisions to see if he could encircle and annihilate the enemy's main force while rescuing Wang Hui.

Now that there is a problem with the transfer of troops, Chahun Dorji did not attack Wang Hui to the death, and chose to go south to fight Li Zheng's reinforcements. I really couldn't move, so I continued to go south to fight the two divisions further south. If those two divisions were not careful, they would be eaten halfway. Even if it is not eaten, Li Dingguo's entire plan has been destroyed - the four passages that have been blocked, because Li Zheng moved without authorization, have already restored three of them. The main Khalkha force can pass through the remaining veins of the southern part of the Great Khingan Mountains at any time and escape back to the Mobei grassland without hindrance.

The enemies that Li Zheng fought in the past were basically infantry, even the Manchu Tatars.

He had not fought a large force of the whole cavalry, was disturbed by the mindset, and made a very stupid misjudgment about the subsequent reaction of the enemy army. This is similar to Chahun Dorji, who had never fought with the Han people before, and there were a series of miscalculations from beginning to end.

Li Zheng quickly adjusted his thinking, called a cavalry officer, and ordered: "You take five hundred horsemen to the north, go to contact Wang Hui, and let him stick to his camp." When I went to contact Zhang Dudu (Zhang Tieniu) again, I said that there were three divisions in the south, which were transferred away by my stupid brain, and the mountain passages in the south were all unguarded. ”

Li Zheng did not immediately go south to rescue, but asked the soldiers to rest first, and then move tomorrow after they had eaten and drunk enough.

Although Chahun Dorji went south with the main force, he left a cavalry behind to try to observe Li Zheng's movements. As long as Li Zheng shows his flaws, he will immediately kill them overnight.

Thousands of cavalry on both sides, on the vast grassland between the two armies, ran and entangled like that. They all restrained each other, did not fight to the death, and only occasionally released guns and arrows, the main purpose was to cover the battlefield and prevent the other party from detecting the movements of their main forces.

Evening.

Chahui Dorji received the news, Li Zheng actually didn't move, and suddenly became even more depressed: "The Han general in the north, it is estimated that he can't find a loophole to fight." After the sun comes out tomorrow, the main force will go south at full speed, don't care about that bastard anymore! ”

"Do you want to return overnight and take advantage of the night to raid the car formation?" Darhan asked.

Chahun Dorji said: "I don't go, it's useless to go, that kind of person doesn't know vigilance at night?" ”

On the second day, the main Khalkha forces accelerated their march to the south.

The two divisions in the south had already reached the Heimurong River and marched northeast along the riverbank. Hundreds of years later, due to over-farming, this area has been sporadically sandy, but at this time it is all black soil with grass and crops.

A division commander is named Wan Sitong, an old man from Jiangxi.

A division commander is named Zhang Wenyu, whose real name is Zhang Feng, and he was born as a slave. When the Datong Army sent troops to Hunan, Zhang Wenyu took the domestic slaves of the whole city and took the city of Hengyang in one fell swoop, and now he has finally become the commander of the division.

"Dada-da-da!"

More than a dozen dragoons rushed back in a panic, and some of them were still wounded, and they knew that something was wrong at a glance.

"There's an enemy ahead?" Vance asked.

The dragoons, who were the first to rush back, said: "There is the main force of the enemy army in the north, it is coming too fast, and you will rush up and kill it!" ”

Zhang Wenyu asked, "What about the others?" Why are there more than 10 of you? ”

The dragoon shook his head and said, "I don't know, anyway, we have suffered heavy casualties!" ”

Vance shouted: "The whole army is by the river, forming a chariot formation!" ”

About eight miles to the north.

Due to the concentration of the dragoons at the disposal of Li Zheng, there were only 1,000 cavalry left in these two divisions, and all of them were scattered out to explore the road, and in the morning they collided with the Khalkha pathfinders.

After many engagements, the Khalkha cavalry also became more refined.

They gradually became familiar with the routines of the dragoons, and when they saw each other, they scattered in formation and rushed forward, carrying the damage of the bullets and holding on to the dragoons. As long as the first two waves of damage are passed, the dragoons cannot reload.

On the west bank of the Black Mulun River, there are hundreds of dragoon corpses along the way. In order to delay the formation of the main force, the dragoons did not flee back the same way, but galloped to the east at full speed.

Chahun Dorji sent 3,000 cavalry to pursue the remaining 800 or so dragoons.

Then he ignored it and led the main force quickly to the south, and finally saw the two large synchronous divisions that had formed a formation by the river. Due to the rush of time, the food in some chariots had not yet had time to be moved, so they were directly in front of the battle.

"It's another car formation, it's another car formation!"

Chahun Dorji was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and the car array in front of him was even more interesting, next to the Heimulun River, and he didn't even lack drinking water. And there is no need to defend the side by the river, there are more troops to hold the car formation.

He thought that a hard attack could be defeated, but it would cost many casualties and it would take several days. What he lacks most now is time, for fear that the cavalry division of the Datong Army will chase after him. The cavalry divisions of Zhang Tieniu, Li Dingguo, and Wang Tingchen were all one man and two horses. One horse was used for riding, and the other was used to transport armor, and the equipment was scary to look at from a distance, and Chahun Dorji did not want to engage the cavalry division of the Datong army.

"The Great Khan, the fire of the Han people."

It was left behind by the dragoons who were killed, a total of 174 flintlock muskets.

Chahun Dorji studied for a while, and finally understood how to shoot, and immediately sighed: "This is a good gun, much better than the Rakshasa ghost's firecracker, and there is no need to carry a long fire rope." If the Han infantry used this kind of firearm, the Mongol warriors would never be able to charge head-on. ”

Darhan looked at the chariot array in front of him, sighed and said, "Great Khan, go back to Mobei, the Horqin grassland can't be occupied." ”

At that time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Ling led 5,000 infantry out of Juyan, but was besieged by 80,000 Hun cavalry due to the lone army. Li Ling didn't have guns and artillery, so he relied on the baggage carts to form a formation, fought with the Xiongnu with bows and crossbows for eight days, shot and killed more than 10,000 Hun cavalry, and finally was captured and surrendered because of the exhaustion of ammunition and food.

Besides, in history, the Eight Banners Army fought with Zungar, and 4,000 Qing troops were besieged by Zungar cavalry. Fu Erdan, the chief general of the Qing army, also used a chariot formation to resist, and he was able to maintain the chariot formation, and broke through the siege all the way. In the end, the chariot formation of the Qing army was routed because the Junggar cavalry had large bird guns, which could be chased on horseback and fired with heavy muskets. The chariot array of the Qing army failed, not by the Jungar cavalry, but by the heavy muskets of Jungar.

From ancient times to the present, as long as there are elite infantry formations, it is difficult to force them through by cavalry alone.

The Hun cavalry won the attack, provided that Li Ling's arrows were exhausted, and more than 10,000 Hun cavalry used their bodies to catch the arrows.

In front of him was the turtle formation, behind him was Li Zheng, who was even more tortoise, and further north there was the Datong cavalry division chasing after him.

Chahun Dorji clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to Mobei!" ”

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