Chapter 129: The Crisis in Karaqin
In the thick snow, two small snow packets bulged upward, revealing two figures wearing white cloaks.
They looked at the thousands of cavalry rumbling by in the distance, as well as the Karaqin tribe that was still busy, then nodded to each other, and quickly disappeared in the snow in the other direction.
"Report, Khan, the enemy army is less than twenty miles ......"
"Lead the way." Subu shouted loudly, because only the farther away the Mingmeng coalition army from the retreating troops, the less easy it was to be detected.
And their actions were quickly discovered by the spies of the Mingmeng coalition army.
"There are only a few thousand people, and they dare to take the initiative to rush towards us, is it a fraud?" Xuanfu Chief Soldier Hei Yunlong said with some caution.
Gui Yingcha, who led the 8,000 cavalry of the Chahar Department to participate in the battle, said loudly: "If I am not mistaken, I should want to lure us away and give their troops time to escape." ”
Obviously, Guiying is more experienced with this.
Immediately, he added: "However, in case of fraud, we will send some more sentry horses to expand the scope of detectives." ”
Datong General Man Gui nodded and said: "Okay, these thousands of people, let's hand them over to this town first, please pay more attention to the two of you, and be ready to respond on both flanks at any time." ”
"Okay, just follow the order of Lord Man." Heiyun Long and Gui Yingcha hurriedly responded.
Because of this operation, coordinated by the Apocalypse, the nominal commander is Man Gui.
Even if the Black Cloud Dragon was dissatisfied, he did not dare to openly resist the order, mainly the Chahar Department.
Apocalypse agreed that when there was a major decision, the three of them needed to discuss it together, and Lin Dan Khan accepted it.
This is the first large-scale joint operation between the two sides, and Tianqi doesn't want the Ming army to drag its feet and make the cooperation behind full of suspicion, so he specially told Man Gui to take more responsibility, and try to take the lead when he has the opportunity.
Don't be afraid of losses, reasonable losses will be doubled to compensate you back when the time comes.
Man Gui is a fierce general, and his command is also an elite Liao soldier, and he is not even afraid of Jianyu, not to mention the relatively weak Karaqin Department, coupled with such a promise as Long live, this is obviously an opportunity to pick up credit, why wait if you don't rush?
However, the cavalry he led was only 6,000.
But even so, when Subu got the news, he immediately slowed down.
"The enemy cavalry is less than five miles away from me."
"Revisit."
……
"The enemy cavalry is less than three miles away from me......"
Subu immediately ordered to stop, and less than a quarter of an hour later, he saw the Ming cavalry two miles away.
He did not dare to delay, and as soon as he gave the order, he turned to the northeast and fled.
Man Gui naturally also saw the figure of the other party, but when he saw that they had not yet made contact, he turned around and left directly, and he was even more convinced that Gui Yingcha's guess was right, and the other party should want to lead him away.
"Lord Chief, do you want to chase it?" Adjutant General You Shiwei asked.
Man Gui sneered: "What are you chasing, find the location of their tribe, and rush over directly, they will naturally take the initiative to come back." Moreover, in this steppe, the Mongol cavalry wanted to escape, but it was not easy to pursue. ”
After saying that, he immediately ordered to slow down, and then sent the sentry cavalry to reconnoitre, and not long after, the few horses that had just been sent out brought back two people, confirmed that they were Jinyi Guard.
"Lord Bao, we have discovered the location of the Karaqin Tribe, which is in a valley less than fifteen miles away."
Man Gui couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard it, and said with a smile: "The people under Command Luo really have some ability to lead the way." ”
"Yes."
Man Gui instructed a few horsemen again: "You go to the rear and inform Hei Zongzhen and Gui Yingcha, so that they can come and join as soon as possible." ”
Su Budi had just run far before he noticed that something was wrong, the other party was not set at all, and he didn't have any intention of chasing after him.
At this moment, two sentry riders flew to report, and the other party went directly in the direction of the evacuation of the troops.
Su Budi's face changed, and he immediately turned his direction and led his troops to rush towards Man Gui's left flank.
After Man Gui discovered the traces of the other party, he immediately asked You Shiwei to lead 2,000 cavalry to monitor them, and then personally led the 4,000 main force to continue to advance unaffected.
Subu Di instantly felt the other party's difficulty, but he knew that if he didn't stop it, he wouldn't have any chance when the other party's reinforcements rushed over.
With a slight groan, Su Budi immediately ordered his generals to lead a thousand cavalry to kill them, while he himself led three thousand main forces to maintain a distance of about one mile to suppress the formation.
Because he still doesn't want a big war to really happen, he just wants to feint and attract the other party.
After Man Gui learned that the other party had launched an attack, he did not dare to delay, and hurriedly turned around and killed on Subudi's flank.
However, before he could lead his army to arrive, the Karaqin tribe quickly broke away from contact with You Shiwei's troops and began to flee, and the losses on both sides were very small.
Man Gui instantly understood that the other party was just a feint, and immediately ordered You Shiwei not to pursue, and then continued to advance as planned.
Su Budi saw that the other party was not fooled, and knew that his intentions had been discovered, but he was still unwilling, and continued to feint a few times.
But Man Gui didn't even look at it, and he had already made up his mind to pay attention, as long as the other party didn't really get into a war with You Shiwei, he wouldn't go to the rescue.
Moreover, he firmly believed that the 2,000 people under his command would not be so easily defeated in the hands of the Karaqin Tribe, and if there was any accident, he would have enough time to rescue.
"If the enemy has 10,000 cavalry reinforcements, we are less than eight miles away."
Subudi's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered: "Quickly send someone back to inform the news, and let Namuri divide the people into three branches, and evacuate to the three tribes of Naiman, Ao Han, and Tumut, and throw away all the things that can be discarded......"
After giving the order, he was ruthless, directly gathered four thousand cavalry, and then rushed towards You Shiwei without hesitation.
You Shiwei instinctively thought that the other party was feinting again, so he was a little careless, but after reacting, he immediately led his troops to kill the generals, after all, the three brothers of the You family are known for their bravery.
"Bang bang bang bang ......" The Ming army's three-eyed guns made a dense sound.
One by one, the Karaqin cavalry who rushed over turned over and fell off their horses, and the horses let out bursts of frightened neighing.
......The light arrows of the Karaqin cavalry flew like locusts, but their power on snowy days was obviously affected, and when they hit the target from twenty paces away, they often could not wear the armor of the transparent army.
However, this kind of long-range shooting was only an appetizer, and the Ming army could only barely complete one round of shooting, and each Karaqin cavalry could only shoot two or three arrows, and then collided together for a hand-to-hand engagement.
Although the Karaqin Department occupies a double advantage in numbers, it is a loss in equipment, they are almost all armoured, and the equipment of the Liao soldiers in the entire Ming army is good, and the elite under the command of Man Gui have armor.
In addition, the morale and combat quality of the Liao soldiers were even stronger than those of the Karaqin Division, so for a while, it was difficult for Subudi to gain any advantage.
He was anxious, but he was helpless, he was afraid of something, and the Ming army in front of him really turned back.