Chapter 141: War of Atrition

"Kill, kill, kill......"

Derge, Dolgon and the others, who had finally broken through, had no intention of fighting, and fled westward frantically.

Behind them, the morale of thousands of Ming soldiers was greatly shaken, and regardless of the exhaustion of their bodies, they rode their horses behind them and frantically covered up.

A Jianyu soldier kept waving his horsewhip and whipping the horse, urging it to continue to speed up, in case it was caught up by the Ming army, which would be a dead end.

But the war horse was already overwhelmed, and kept snorting, getting weaker and weaker.

Suddenly, its two front hooves went limp, and it fell forward fiercely, and under the action of inertia, the soldier fell out of his horse and slammed into the ground.

However, because he was wearing heavy armor and fell on the snow, he himself was not injured and quickly got up.

He didn't even look at the war horse that had accompanied him for many years, and a pair of fierce eyes stared at a Mongolian cavalryman who was fleeing in terror.

It was too late, but it was too fast, and he rushed forward, and the sword in his hand swung out violently, and with a single sword, he cut off the allies who had fought together before.

He quickly caught up with the war horse that had lost its owner and slowed down, turned over, and continued to run away.

A similar scene is played out everywhere, and it has become a rare spectacle.

Because it is not uncommon for Jianlu to chase the defeated Ming army to cover up and kill frantically, but it is rare to see Jianlu being killed so embarrassed by the Ming army.

The chase and escape of the two sides continued until the evening, and the Jianyu was so glad that the night came so timely, because the crazy pursuit of the Ming army finally came to an end, and many people could not get up after falling to the ground.

The Ming army was also very tired, but it was very happy, and it had not been such a happy battle for a long time.

Even Zu Dashou, who participated in the Battle of Ningyuan and the Battle of Ningjin, although he defeated Jianyu, Jianyu was still the attacker, and he was a strong attacker, and he retreated calmly after defeat, how could he have a hearty time this time?

The next day, when the defeated Derge tribe finally joined up with Zilharang, the remnants of the gathered army were less than 1,000 Jurchen soldiers, and the Mongol soldiers were only about 2,000.

You must know that when they set out, there were 3,000 Jurchen soldiers and 6,000 Mongol cavalry, with a total strength of 9,000 people, and now only about 30% are left.

When he learned of such a result, even the forbearant Zilharang couldn't bear it, and whipped Derge a few times.

Not to mention the Mongol soldiers, the Jurchen soldiers alone lost more than 2,000 people, how can they explain themselves to the Great Khan?

Moreover, Azigbel was also blind in one eye, and was in a very bad state at this time.

The only fortunate thing is that Derge, Azig and Dolgon are still there and did not fall into the hands of the Ming army, otherwise the consequences would have been more serious.

However, at this moment, Zilharang also knew that it would be difficult for him to complete the task assigned by the Great Khan, let alone avenge the Karaqin Department, and he might be planted in the hands of the Ming army if he was not good.

In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain the facts of this defeat to Huang Taiji, and asked Huang Taiji to send reinforcements to support, while he himself gathered his headquarters and continued to march west.

Because it is definitely not possible to retreat like this, it will not only lose the face of Huang Taiji, but also affect the majesty of the entire Jin Kingdom, thus shaking the trust of the allies.

The Ming army also made some strategic adjustments, Man Gui, Zu Dashou and Yang Zhaoji continued to look around Jianyu to attack and harass, while Zhao Shujiao quickly returned east, and then attacked other parts of the Mongolian left flank, forcing Zilharang to return as soon as possible, so as to create opportunities for Man Gui and others.

As a result, a new round of tired enemy tactics was in full swing.

On the one hand, Zilharang had to deal with the repeated attacks of the Ming army, and he had to deal with the constant requests for help from the Mongolian left wing.

The real battle was not fought once, but it was just miserable, and it was much harder than fighting a big war.

The Mongolian left wing could not wait for the support of Zilharang, so they could only gather the soldiers and horses of each department to act together, because they had been transferred a lot of troops, and now there were not many troops that could fight, and they fought alone, and no one was the opponent of Zhao Shujiao.

But Zhao Shujiao did not fight hard with their main force, and through the intelligence of Jinyiwei, he interspersed from time to time to attack the camps of various departments.

The tribes were also miserable, and the Naiman tribe also followed in the footsteps of the Eastern Tumut tribe, and had to let the tribes move north to avoid being wiped out.

And in Shenyang, Huang Taiji was shocked after receiving Zilharang's letter, and even attracted the dissatisfaction of Sanbeile Mang Gurtai, because Derge was his younger brother, and this time it was also his Zhenglan Banner that suffered a large loss, so he had to suspect that Huang Taiji wanted to use Jierharang's hand to weaken the strength of the Zhenglan clan.

Mang Gurtai was originally a rough man, and he was not very used to hiding his thoughts, so his dissatisfaction was quickly expressed.

Huang Taiji listened, did not back down in the slightest, and was also very angry, because Mang Gurtai was undoubtedly saying that he Huang Taiji would weaken the Zhenglan Banner regardless of the interests of the entire Jin Kingdom, if he didn't show enough anger, what would this make Da Bel Daishan and Erbei Amin think?

Huang Taiji loudly reprimanded Mang Gurtai for being disrespectful and creating disharmony within the Jin Kingdom, Dai Shan and Amin hurriedly acted as peacemakers in case things got bigger, and reprimanded Mang Gurtai, which brought this matter to an end, but the contradiction between Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai was further deepened.

Subsequently, the four major Baylors discussed and continued to let Zilharang be the main general to make meritorious contributions, and requisitioned another 10,000 elites to carry chariots, artillery and other weapons to support, so as to supplement the lack of pure cavalry under Zilharang's command.

Half a month later, the Jianyu reinforcements converged with Zilharang, ending his ordeal.

Through Jinyiwei's reconnaissance, the Ming army also knew about the appearance of Jianyu's reinforcements, but they did not retreat, because as long as they did not engage Jianguo head-on and did not let Jianguo catch up, it would be useless for Jianguo to come.

As a result, the Ming army continued to practice the battle of tired soldiers, and through the cooperation with Jinyiwei, it first mastered the movement of Jianyu, and then advanced and retreated freely.

The large team of Jianyu chased after them, ran, and when they encountered small shares, they took advantage of the opportunity.

At night, I continued to think of various ways to harass and tease.

Jianlu thought of all kinds of ways to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, but the Ming army did not accept the invitation at all, and Jianlu did not dare to be too far away from the Mongolian left flank, otherwise the Ming army would sneak attack the left wing and beat the minions in front of the master, which not only made the minions panic, but also made the master very faceless.

It was not that Zilharang did not want to go over to attack Lin Dan Khan and attract the Ming army to save him.

But he has already learned that the old and weak women and children, cattle, sheep and horses of the Chahar Department have been transferred, and the cavalry of the Chahar Department led by Lin Dan Khan is still on the right side of Mongolia.

Therefore, the huge Mongolian steppe has become a racecourse, the two sides chase each other, and the exhaustion of you and me gradually evolves into a logistical war of attrition.