Chapter 172: The Grassland Changes Hands
The weather in September is crisp and crisp in autumn, with light clouds and a cool breeze on the prairie.
At this time, a group of men and horses were galloping on the prairie, and the leader was Jia Cong.
It has been two months since the end of the war, but Jia Cong has not rested for a moment.
After being promoted to general, there were 6,000 more infantry under his command, and after some rectification, all of them were lost to Zhang Dakui and asked him to supervise the training.
The duty of these infantry was to defend the city and to patrol the city.
Just took a breath and didn't have a good rest, when he received a letter of help from Wang Shun and Borchi.
After Hongtai withdrew his troops, he ordered more than 30,000 steppe cavalry to return to the steppe immediately to destroy the enemy who had broken into the steppe.
Borchi's tribe originally had only 10,000 cavalry, plus Wang Shun's 2,000 men, for a total of 12,000 people.
In the past few months, the two of them have not been idle, frantically annexing the Mongol tribes.
Borchi was originally a Khalkha, and he was originally of the same race as these Mongols, plus the Mongols have always admired the strong, and after defeating the remaining team, it was easy to annex the tribe.
During this time, Borchi annexed a dozen tribes, with a total population of nearly 200,000.
Since most of the young and strong were transferred to the Shenyang battlefield by Hongtai, Borchi only recruited a total of 20,000 cavalry.
Wang Shun's 2,000 cavalry, most of which were Khalkhas, were also easy to communicate, and during this time, he also gathered 70,000 or 80,000 people and recruited 10,000 cavalry.
The two divided half of the original Khalkha population, and if the war continued for a while, it is estimated that the Khalkha steppe would no longer be Hongtai's.
After the more than 30,000 Mongolian cavalry returned, half of them had no homes, and they immediately stopped doing anything, and directly launched an attack on Borchi.
When Wang Shun received the news, he immediately brought reinforcements, and the two sides were evenly matched.
Although there is Zhang Hu, a general, there are more people on the other side, and after a few battles, each has damage.
As soon as the other party saw this situation, he immediately returned to the tribe to recruit troops, and unexpectedly brought in more than 20,000 people.
This time, the number of opponents has reached more than 50,000, and the combined number of Borchi and Wang Shun is only 30,000, which is a bit difficult.
Seeing that he couldn't resist it, he thought of Jia Cong and immediately sent someone for help.
After Jia Cong received the news, he asked He Shiyuan for a period of leave, saying that he wanted to go to the grassland to relax, hunt, and play.
He Shiyuan didn't think much about it, thinking that young people loved to play, so he let him go, but just told him to be more careful.
Jia Cong led a hundred personal soldiers, and the special combat team of Tiezhu, drove a carriage loaded with grenades, and took a dozen hunting dogs, out of Guangning City, and rushed to the grassland.
Jia Cong also wanted to bring more people to help, so after thinking about it, he finally gave up.
The less people know about things on the grassland, the better, this kind of thing is originally taboo, after all, the grassland tribes have been hostile to Dachu for nearly a hundred years, and they often enter to loot.
As a border guard, he has a close relationship with the Mongols, and he will still provoke tongues.
What's more, it's to help fight the war, which makes people even more talkative.
These 100 pro-soldiers were all brought out from Linhe Villa and personally cultivated, and they have been with them for almost four years, plus the things on the grassland, they have also participated.
In addition to the ten personal soldiers, he followed Zhang Hu to Wang Shun's team and acted as a middle-level commander.
Zardan, with ten Mongol warriors, came in and replenished a hundred.
These people can be said to be loyal to Jia Cong, and Jia Cong is still very relieved of them.
Although there were few people who came this time, they brought all the grenades, which was enough to deal with the big battle in front of them.
In the past year or so, Jia Cong has only used a total of more than 500 grenades, and the most used one is the 5,000 Bayala against the old slave, and there are more than 1,400 left.
A day later, Jia Cong's team came to the camp of Wang Shun and Borchi.
When the two saw Jia Cong, they hurriedly greeted Zhang Hu together.
"My subordinates will meet Master Hou."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, let's talk about the current battle situation first, what is the situation now?" โ
Wang Shun said: "Master Hou, there are too many people on the other side, nearly half more than us, if it weren't for the support of the two thousand elites under me, we would have been unable to hold it a long time ago." โ
Bol Equator: "During this period of time, there were successive battles, both sides lost a lot, we originally had more than 30,000 people, and now there are more than 25,000 people, and the enemy on the opposite side is close to 50,000 people. โ
Jia Cong inquired again about the combat strength of the two sides and learned about the situation of the army on his side.
They are all Mongols, and the combat strength of the two sides is not much different, Wang Shun's 2,000 cavalry is the most elite, and the equipment is also the best, and the other soldiers and horses are a little worse.
The number of people on your side is too small, and if you continue to fight, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for your side.
Only a quick end to the battle is the most beneficial for yourself.
Quickly defeated them, annexed the remaining tribes, and began to reorganize the tribes, recruiting soldiers and horses, and preparing to deal with Hongtai's counterattack.
Jia Cong glanced at a few people and said, "I am going to raid their camp at dawn tomorrow and start a decisive battle with them, just like Bayala who raided the old slave at the beginning, first bombard it with earth-shaking thunder, and then launch a surprise attack."
However, there are too many enemies, the camp is too big, and the only places that can be bombed are the periphery, and the bombardment can only play the role of deterrence and fright, and it will not cause too much damage, and most of their war horses will definitely not be used, and we will use cavalry against infantry, which is the advantage.
Besides, let your people shout while fighting, let them lay down their arms and surrender, so as to avoid death, they are all Khalkha people, and in the disadvantage, they should surrender, in this way, we can not only reduce casualties, but also increase some troops.
If Hongtai gets the news, he will definitely not give up, and we will have to face Hongtai's counterattack next, and it will be more beneficial for us to have more manpower. โ
Wang Shun said with a smile: "Seeing that Hou Ye brought such a few people, I knew that Hou Ye was going to use the earth-shaking thunder, with the earth-shaking thunder, we will win this battle, I will go down to arrange manpower and let them rest in advance." โ
Bolchi also smiled: "Master Hou brought the earth-shattering thunder, I can rest assured when I go down, and I will go down to arrange it." โ
Jia Cong nodded and watched Wang Shun and Borchi leave the big tent.
Turning his head to Tie Zhu, he said: "Divide the special combat team into four teams, bomb together in four directions, each carrying ten grenades, strive to project them as quickly as possible, and then withdraw immediately, you must pay attention to safety, Li Biao has great strength, and he will go with him." โ
Tie Zhu hugged his fists and said: "Although Hou Ye can rest assured, it is not the first time that we have done it, and we will ensure that the task will be completed." โ
Li Biao also arched his hand and said: "The subordinates obey the order." โ
In the blink of an eye, Jia Cong gave an order, and all the horses quietly left the camp and went to the predetermined place to ambush.
Because they had to bombard with grenades, they did not dare to let their cavalry get too close, and they all waited for orders from five miles away, so as not to surprise their horses.
Tie Zhu led the special combat team members to quietly touch the enemy's camp, found the target of the attack, lurked, and waited for the dawn to come.
With the appearance of the first rays of light in the east, the explosion of "boom, boom" sounded instantly.
Then, a series of explosions resounded throughout the enemy camp.
For a while, the camp was filled with gunsmoke, and the sound of howls, screams, and neighing horses were intertwined, and in this silent dawn, it was even more terrifying.
Seeing that the explosion stopped, Jia Cong shouted loudly: "Borchi, take your people and launch a surprise attack from the west and north, Wang Shun, Zhang Hu, you two launch a surprise attack from the south and east." โ
"Subordinates obey."
Everyone agreed, dispersed, gathered their own ranks, and charged the enemy's battalion.
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
The sound of horses' hooves sounded quickly, the earth began to tremble, and more than 20,000 horses galloped, and the movement was too great.
At this time, the enemy camp was already in chaos.
The continuous thunder explosions frightened everyone, and they didn't know what was going on.
The screams of those who were injured and the panicked neighing of the horses made people even more frightened and panicked.
The sudden sound of horses' hooves and the tremor of the earth made these people's faces even more earthy.
They are all men who grew up on horseback, so they naturally know what this means.
With such a big movement, it is estimated that all the cavalry on the opposite side have been dispatched.
The enemy chose this time to launch an attack, and it must have been planned for a long time, and it seems that this time it is really troublesome.
The continuous earthquakes and blows made these people completely demoralized and had no intention of fighting.
Jia Cong stood on a high ground, looking at the battlefield below with clairvoyance.
The cavalry on his own side had already rushed into the enemy's camp, and in the face of the enemy who was fleeing in panic, he waved the butcher's knife in his hand, blood continued to splash, and human heads rolled to the ground.
Some people rushed out of the tent in panic, and were directly knocked away by the charging war horses, breaking bones and tendons, and screaming again and again.
These enemies were screaming and screaming as they were killed, and they scrambled to flee to the rear.
lest he be half a step behind and be caught up and cut by the people behind.
"Put down your weapons, hold your head in your hands, squat on the ground, you can avoid death, stubbornly resist, and there is no mercy!"
"Put down your weapons, hold your head in your hands, squat on the ground, you can avoid death, stubbornly resist, and there is no mercy!"
"Lay down your arms, ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
At this time, continuous shouts rang out from all sides.
This also made those who ran for their lives see a chance to live, and many people laid down their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.
Seeing that someone was taking the lead, those who were being chased and had nowhere to flee followed suit, and chose to lay down their weapons and squat on the ground with their heads in their hands.
The role of example is huge, seeing that surrender can really live, the Mongols on the periphery of the camp have chosen to surrender.
Some of the men were left to receive the prisoners, while the others continued to charge inside.
"Brothers, everyone is a Khalkha, stop working for the barbarians, it's time to go home."
This trick really worked, more enemies chose to surrender, and the balance of war began to tilt to Jia Cong's side.
Although most of the people chose to surrender, there were still some people who chose to resist.
The great battle began at dawn and ended in the afternoon.
Jia Cong has never participated in the battle, and with Qingwen and others, and his own personal guards, he has been on the high ground, watching the battlefield below.
The scene of more than 80,000 people fighting is already a real big war.
Such a big battle is really very spectacular, but also even more tragic, the battlefield is full of stumps and broken arms, rolling heads can be seen everywhere, and the earth is dyed red.
It's really corpses all over the field, and blood is flowing like a river.
Next, the battlefield was cleaned up, and the loot was cleaned up until the next day.
Wang Shun, Zhang Hu, and Bolchi walked into the big tent with an excited face.
"Lord Qiqi, in this battle, a total of 20,000 enemies were killed, more than 30,000 enemies were captured, more than 50,000 war horses were captured, countless weapons and armor were captured, and a large number of cattle and sheep materials, this is really a bumper harvest."
Jia Cong said: "The results of the battle are indeed very good, and the harvest is also very rich, how about the casualties on our side?" โ
Bor Equator: "Back to Hou Ye, we have a total of more than 6,000 casualties here, which is already very good, Hou Ye, how to deal with these seizures?" โ
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "After this battle, the Khalkha steppe is ours, and the five Khalkha departments are also reunited, so many people are all under your management, it is estimated that you can't manage it."
You haven't managed a tribe before, and it's only been a little over a year since you were hurriedly supported, with such a big stall and so many people, it is impossible for them all to obey you, and once you don't handle it well, it will fall apart.
This time, the spoils of war, the captives, and the remaining tribes are divided into two, and you and Wang Shun are half of them, and after quickly digesting and absorbing, they will guard against Hongtai's counterattack. โ
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In fact, the two of them have already counted this result in their hearts, and there is nothing they are unhappy about.
After Borchi followed Jia Cong from a centurion, with his help, he reached the current leader of the party in a year, and he was even more powerful than the original Taiji.
This is something that I didn't dare to think of before, and naturally I won't have an opinion.
Next, the men and horses were recruited, the tribes were annexed, and the meritorious soldiers were rewarded.
By the time all this work was completed and completely stabilized, it was already a month later.
The herdsmen under Borchi reached 300,000, and a cavalry team of 30,000 men was formed, and if it developed for a period of time, once there was a war, another 20,000 could be transferred.
The herdsmen under Wang Shun and Zhang Hu also reached more than 200,000, nearly 250,000, and formed a cavalry of 20,000 people, these people are relatively elite, and 10,000 can be transferred if there is a war.
Originally, I just wanted to come to the grassland to do business, but an unintentional move actually made myself the master of the grassland.
If this is said, I don't think anyone will believe it.
It's just that as a Han person, he doesn't belong to the prairie after all, and Shenjing City is the place where he will live in the future.
It's late October, and the weather on the prairie is getting colder, and heavy snow can fall at any time.
Once it snows, Wang Shun and Borchi can spend a winter in peace, and they can also use this winter to absorb and digest the harvest of this time.
Jia Cong also left the steppe before the snow fell and returned to the city of Quang Ninh.