When the dust settled, there were only more than 2,000 surrendered Tobo captives and corpses all over the south bank of the Black River.

Compared with the tragic situation of the Dubo Department, there were only more than 600 dead and more than 1,000 wounded on the Ming army's side.

The disparity in combat power was evident at such a time, which meant that the vanguard of the Ming army still had more than 16,000 troops.

"Your Highness, the old and weak women and children of the Dubo Department on the north shore really don't need to pursue?"

On the banks of the Heishui River, when the Ming army began to clean up the battlefield on the riverbank and took over the pasture land of the Dubo Department, Cao Wenzhao, who was stained with a lot of blood, came to Zhu Youzhen and asked questions.

"Old and weak women and children, don't worry about them, this battle is to fight the men of the northern captives, as long as the male is dead, even if the three captives flee north, they can only be annexed by the northern captives in other places."

"But this also enhances the strength of other northern captives in disguise, will it be ......" Cao Wenzhao wanted to speak and stopped, but Zhu Youzhen looked at the battlefield without squinting, and wrote lightly:

"How much more strength can you add? However, after they flee north, the martial arts of my Ming Dynasty will also be spread by them, and other northern captives will also be afraid at that time, and they can exchange for peace in the northwest for a few years. ”

After that, he turned his head to look at Cao Wenzhao and asked, "What is the cattle and sheep of the Dubo Department?" ”

"There were about 50,000 or 60,000 cattle, and the horses were ridden away, leaving only more than 20,000, but there were many sheep, and the captives said that there were more than 300,000." Speaking of the seizure, Cao Wenzhao laughed happily.

After all, the Dubobu is the most trusted tribe of Susang, so the pasture is very large, and it is natural that there are many cattle and sheep that can be owned.

Such a seizure made Zhu Youzhen sigh.

These hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, if transported to the Central Plains, can be sold at least a million taels of silver.

It's a pity that in history, the Ming Dynasty has not had a war with the Tumut Department after I answered the tribute, and the generals of the Ming army can't do it, otherwise it will be enough to earn back part of the military expenses by attacking Tumut once.

Since Zhu You's discovery of killing the tiger, he has encircled and suppressed four tribes, and the seized cattle, sheep and horses have approached one million.

The wealthy Tumut tribe allowed Zhu Youzhen not to worry too much about logistics along the way, and the Mongols of Ulut helped them guard the flock, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure that Datong had to bear.

"After Su Nang learned the news, it is estimated that it will come soon."

Thinking about this seizure, Zhu Youzhen took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and found that there was still an hour before it was dark, and after calculating the time of the battle between the two sides and the possible departure time of Su Nang, he calculated how long it would take for Su Nan to arrive at the pasture of the Dubo Department.

"Don't cross the river for the time being, observe the situation first, and remind the Long Xiang Guard in the rear and the rest of the cavalry of the Shangzhigong Guard Battalion."

Zhu Youzhen did not rush to cross the river, after all, if he crossed the river, Su Nang also crossed the river downstream, and then went to attack the Ming army's baggage line, the scattered more than 12,000 Ming cavalry may not be able to fight with Su Nang's tens of thousands of iron cavalry.

In particular, the more than 12,000 iron horsemen are still scattered on the road for more than 300 miles.

He will not cross the river for the time being, and he can still observe the situation, and if Su Nang tries to sneak attack, he can also turn back to protect the baggage line.

If Su Nang didn't try to sneak attack, then he could wait until Long Xiangwei arrived with artillery before crossing the river.

Su Nang has fought very few battles, and Zhu Youzhen knows very little about his fighting style, so there is no way to deal with him like he did with Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

However, on this front set of battlefields, the mobility of the Ming cavalry is not inferior to that of the Su Nang headquarters, and the quality is far beyond them, so as long as the opportunity is seized, the annihilation of the Tumut department is just a battle.

The army began to rest, those who fed the horses fed the horses, and those who cooked the rations boiled the rations.

Zhu Youzhen specially ordered the slaughter of a thousand sheep and asked the kitchen of the army to prepare the meal.

However, although the Chinese army was very relaxed, the Tang cavalry that was sent out was very vigilant.

They were out for thirty miles, constantly roaming, for fear that Su Nang would escape with the captives from some corner they had neglected.

Time passed little by little, and Zhu Youzhen was also sitting in a tent in the pasture, holding a bowl of hot haggis soup in his hand, and a roasted leg of lamb was placed in front of him.

There were still most of the generals of the Ming army sitting in the tent, they ate happily, grabbed the leg of mutton and chewed it, and only Zhu Youzhen still had the leisure to use a knife to slowly cut the meat and eat it.

In such an atmosphere, no one seems to take the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Suba's eyes.

However, as time continued to fade away, finally the sound of arrows sounded on the north bank of the Black River, and rang out every mile, constantly coming to the rear.

When the sound reached the south bank, the general of the patrol came to the big tent on horseback, and then knelt down on one knee outside the tent, and said:

"Your Highness, there is the sound of arrows on the north bank."

As soon as he said a word, all the generals closed their mouths and turned their heads to look at Zhu Youzhen, who was still eating meat slowly.

Zhu Youzhen also said calmly: "Since you are here, let's prepare for it." ”

"The last general commands!" The generals in the tent responded one after another, and after saluting, they got up and walked out of the big tent, and each organized various troops and horses to line up on the south bank of the Black River.

The grassland on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is even colder than in the previous life, even if it has already started spring, the temperature is still below zero.

As the sky grew darker, the temperature around us became colder.

It's just that the Ming army has already made a lot of preparations for sending troops in winter, and the triple protection of cotton clothes, cotton armor and cloth armor allows the cold to be driven out of the body.

Horses develop fluff during the winter months to keep out the cold, and the only thing to be aware of is that horses sweat after a fight, which can cause them to catch a cold if they don't clean up as soon as possible.

In short, the Ming army was well prepared, and compared to them, Tumut's cavalry was trapped in a lack of materials and could not meet the Ming army's cold protection standards.

The army was arrayed, and Zhu Youzhen also finished eating, walked out of the big tent, turned over his horse, and rode his horse towards the outside of the garrison pasture.

When they came to the army formation and were in the middle of the army, Daxu was raised, and Cao Wenzhao also said:

"Your Highness, it is the soldiers and horses of Su Nang, according to the return of the Tang cavalry, there are more than 40,000 horses in total, more than 20 miles away from our army, it seems that they are pouring out."

"Looks like he's trying to capture me alive." Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at Sun Shoufa and Saihan, Cao Wenyao and the others smiled, and the generals also laughed when they heard this.

"At this time, the safest way is to send troops to attack the grain road, and as a result, this Su Bao actually faces it head-on."

"Lone Count knows why the third lady would rather give the Khan King to Bu Lost Rabbit than give him Su Sao."

Zhu Youzhen ridiculed Su Nan, and also had an explanation in his heart why a rookie like Lin Dan Khan could drive Su Nan to the Loess Plateau to eat sand.

That is, Su Nang is really not as powerful as some of his Ming courtiers think, he is just gold and jade on the outside, and he is just defeated on the inside.

"The army retreated ten miles, give him a chance to cross the river, and see if he would cross the river."

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and gave way to the Shili River beach on the south bank of the Heihe River.

He wanted to see if Su Nang would be stupid enough to cross the river, after all, ten miles was enough for him to organize a large army to cross the river.

The ice of the Heihe River is very thick, and if you cross the river carefully, it will be enough for 40,000 people to cross the river in a quarter or two of hours.

"Bell...... Bell ......"

With Zhu Youzhen's order, the sound of gold began to beat rhythmically, and thousands of households heard the sound, the front army turned to the rear army, and the rear army turned to the front army and began to retreat.

The Ming army was retreating, and Su Nang was rushing towards the garrison with 40,000 Tumut iron cavalry, and at the same time released sentry cavalry to explore the location of the Ming army.

The sentinels and the Tang cavalry on both sides were constantly in contact, colliding, and fighting, and most of the people who fell off the horse were on the Tumut side, but Su Nang relied on the large number of people, constantly squeezing the range of the Ming army's Tang cavalry.

Eventually, the Ming army retreated to the south bank of the Heihe River, and two quarters of an hour later, Su Nang also drank the north bank of the Heihe River.

"Sigh the law ......"

The war horse was sweating and panting constantly, while Su Nang sat on the horse's back, looking at the Heihe River, which had been frozen for more than two months, and kept beating drums in his heart.

"The whole army will change horses first!" Su Nang gave the first military order, ready to wait for the return of the sentinels in front.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen also got the news that Su Nang had arrived on the north shore.

However, he did not make a sortie, and did not even give the order to attack halfway.

For him, it was not a good idea to attack half-crossing, because it meant that the iron cavalry would rush to the ice, and the cavalry on the upper straight had never been trained to march on the ice.

Although the Heihe River is only a small river, it is also more than 20 zhang wide.

In the unlikely event that the cavalry slips and falls, it will cause a chain reaction of dominoes falling.

Waiting for the sac to retreat, or waiting for the sac to go down to the south shore is what he has to do.

At this time, Cao Wenyao, who was in charge of leading the rear army, rode a horse to the Chinese army and said:

"Your Highness and Long Xiangwei have escorted the artillery to twenty miles to the southwest."

"Okay, order Long Xiangwei to divide the troops into 1,006, escort the artillery people to the north, and leave 4,000 troops in place." Zhu Youzhen instructed Cao Wenyao, and then turned his head to look at Sun Shoufa, Cao Wenzhao, and Saihandao:

"You beat my big high to attract the attention of Su Sac."

"Sun Shoufa, you lead the three thousand cavalry of Tiancewei to go south with me, and take a detour to cross the river in the lower reaches of the Heihe River."

"Your Highness, do you mean to oversee the army from the end of the world?" Cao Wenzhao understood what Zhu Youzhen meant.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to keep Daxu here to attract Su Nan's attention, and he took the cavalry of the 3,000 Heavenly Guards and the 4,000 Dragon Xiang Guards to go downstream and make a detour to attack Su Nang.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Zhu Youzhen took away 3,000 Tiance Guard cavalry, Long Xiangwei divided 1,000 troops to come, and Cao Wenzhao still had about 14,000 troops here.

Su Nang only knew the approximate number of the Ming army, and the Ming army had a bloody battle, with a strength of 14,000 plus thousands of civilians escorting artillery, which was enough to make the fleeing Toban cavalry undetectable.

When the two armies fought, Zhu Youzhen led his troops to make a detour to attack from the rear, and he was able to collapse the Su Bao in an instant.

Isn't this a method used by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di to fight the cavalry of the Southern Army many times in the Battle of Jingyan......

"Your Highness, please rest assured, the end will attract Su Nan's attention!"

Thinking of this, Cao Wenzhao responded, and after Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, he also took advantage of the fact that Su Nang's sentry had not yet seen the army, and led 3,000 troops south with Sun Shoufa and Saihan.

When they led their troops south, the 40,000 iron horsemen of Su Nang's department successfully changed horses.

"Send an additional 1,000 sentry cavalry to cross the river to find out the location of the Ming army."

"Great Khan, why don't you just cross the river?"

"Yes, Great Khan, we are twice as many as the Ming army, so don't be afraid of them."

"The elite of the Ming army is a minority, if you can catch Zhu Youzhen, you can force the little emperor of the Ming court to recognize your identity."

Su Nang's words actually caused a large number of Tumut nobles to not understand, and if you look closely, most of these nobles are thirty or forty years old.

In other words, the few major battles they experienced were basically civil wars within Tumut, and they basically did not fight the Ming army.

Even if the envoys who went to kill the tiger's mouth told them about the situation of the Ming army, they also thought that the number of such elite cavalry would not be much.

After all, the Ming army they have seen for so many years is indeed a group of elites with a large group of rags.

Su Nang was already a little cautious, but at the instigation of the nobles below, he was still worried that his authority would be questioned.

With low self-esteem, he was not a real Tumut Khan after all, so he was eager to prove himself.

Just as Zhu Youxiao needed to repeat the First World War to continue to strengthen the imperial power, and Zhu Youzhen needed to repeat the First World War to alleviate the population pressure in northern Shaanxi, Su Nang also needed to prove his authority with the First World War.

All in all, if you want to try to strengthen your own majesty, implement your own policies, and use war to promote and stabilize it is an indispensable means.

"Don't say much, listen to me."

Su Nang rarely toughened up in the face of dozens of leaders, and although the dozens of leaders were dissatisfied, they still didn't refute him.

After all, the war is imminent, and the infighting must wait until the fight is over.

So the Tumut cavalry on the north bank quieted down, and a thousand sentries began to cross the river cautiously, reaching the south bank in a quarter of an hour.

By this time, it was already getting dark, and it would be dark in another hour at most.

However, if it was dark, it would have become the home of the Mongol cavalry.

The glow of the Ming army's firearms would become a conspicuous target in the dark night, and the Mongol cavalry had repeatedly used this to sneak attack the Ming army.

Therefore, everyone waited for news from the Sentinel, and the Sentinel moved quickly.

After crossing the river, they dispersed in different directions in groups of ten people, but soon they found the main force of the Ming army in a neat formation ten miles away.

Some of the sentinels began to organize their men to return to the north bank, while the rest of the sentinels continued to explore around the Ming army.

They bypassed the main force of the Ming army and explored ten miles south, but because Zhu Youzhen had people tie straw bundles to the tail of the horse and return along the way they came, the Tumut sentinel did not find anything wrong.

After cruising for a long time, they began their return journey, and made a return to the specific number of Ming troops, as well as the location of the garrison, as well as the surrounding conditions and terrain.

Su Nang, who got the news, also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and began to order: "The army crosses the river. ”

Su Nang had just ordered to cross the river, but he didn't want to cross the river in a hurry and run over, which made his heart tighten.

All the nobles held their breath and waited for the sentinel to return, and when the sentry came, he simply said:

"Great Khan, thirteen miles south of the Ming army, there is a cavalry of less than two thousand, escorting chariots and more than 4,000 people to the north."

"It should be artillery, Great Khan, we can take people to deal with the artillery first." Hearing the words of the sentry knight, some nobles took the initiative to speak, and Su Nang also smiled when he heard the news:

"If the artillery of the Ming army has already arrived on the battlefield, it means that there are no reinforcements, and their artillery in the past was put last."

"Chagatai, you take a million households to attack the Ming army escorting artillery, and the rest of the people will surround the main force of the Ming army with me."

"Yes!" Many of the Tumut nobles who heard the news responded, and the Tumert cavalry, of more than 40,000 people, also began to cautiously try to cross the river.

Fortunately, the ice of the Heihe River is very thick, and even if the 40,000 troops crossed the river one after another, there were no cracks or damage.

The thick ice surface of the Heihe River made Su Nang also prepared for retreat, and made two sets of plans in his mind, one was to successfully defeat the Ming army, and the other was to retreat after a stalemate.

After all, it is the front set of grasslands, even if it is the first month, but at night, the temperature on the grassland is still more than ten degrees below zero, enough to freeze people and horses to death.

Either they won the battle and went to the pastures of the Tobobu to take refuge from the cold, or they stalemate and then retreated to the valley on the north bank to stay overnight.

In short, although Su Nang has never fought with the Ming army, after all, he still led troops to fight, and there is no problem with basic coordination.

Similarly, when he arrived on the south bank with his troops, he did not easily go to fight the main force of the Ming army, except for ordering Chagatai to lead his troops to leave Long Xiangwei behind.

He also asked Chagatai to test first to see if there were any Ming troops from other directions who would come to support after the Ming artillery unit was attacked.

The Ming army attached great importance to artillery, and once the artillery was attacked, all units would be dispatched, even if it was a pre-prepared ambush.

If this is the case, and there are no Ming troops from other directions, then at that time, you can start sending troops to the main force of the Ming army.

Su Nang thought everything very well, and at the same time, the Tang cavalry of the Ming army also found out that they had crossed the river, and divided their troops to prepare information for a roundabout.

Tang Cai returned the information to Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao was the one who had led the three battalions of Duogan after all.

Even if there were not so many people in the third battalion of Duogan, all he had to do was to lead the troops to hold on, which greatly reduced the requirements for the general's ability, so after the information returned, he knew that Su Nang was going to attack Long Xiangwei.

"Wen Yao, take the two thousand and six heavenly guards to the south, go to support Long Xiangwei, let Long Xiangwei set up a camp to hold on, and drag the trapping."

"Yes!" Cao Wenyao did not delay, but decisively accepted the order, and then led the remaining Tiance guard cavalry south.

As a result, the troops under Cao Wenzhao's command were only the dissatisfied Xiaocai Guards and Yulin Guards, with a number of more than 10,000.

In other words, on the local battlefield, Su Nang's strength was three times that of Cao Wenzhao.

However, Cao Wenzhao was not worried about this, but continued to complete the task of luring the enemy, and ordered:

"The army marches south, the rear army turns to the front army, and the front army turns to the rear army."

Under his order, the Ming army began to form a formation and slowly move south, and the news of the Ming army's redivision of troops also passed back to Su Nang's ears through the sentry cavalry.

"The Great Khan and the Ming army first divided about 3,000 troops to the south, and then the army formed a formation to go south."

The sentry returned the information he knew, and this time it also made Su Nanhu suspicious.

"Could it be that the Ming army really has no reinforcements? But didn't the Ming army that killed the tiger's mouth have 30,000 people? With the addition of the men and horses of the capital, there should be half of the soldiers and horses. ”

Also when he was suspicious, some of the lords who were a little older and had participated in the marriage with the Khan of Alda spoke:

"Great Khan, the Ming army must ensure their baggage, and the Zasak and Wuye gangsters also need to garrison troops, which should be most of the Ming army's strength to kill the tiger's mouth."

The old lord's words succeeded in shaking Su Nang, so he finally asked the sentry:

"Whose flag is the Chinese army of the Ming army hanging?"

"It's the banner of Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qi." The sentry cavalry responded without thinking, and after confirming that Zhu Youzhen was in front, many Tumut nobles became excited.

"Great Khan, don't wait any longer, send troops, Zhu Youzhen is the only younger brother of the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty now, and catching him is more important than breaking into Guanzhong."

"One Zhu Youzhen can exchange at least 10,000 sets of iron armor."

"Great Khan, I am willing to be a pioneer."

Many Tumut nobles rushed to grab the position of the vanguard, just to capture Zhu Youzhen alive.

Zhu Youzhen was also smart and knew his importance, so he deliberately left his own Zhongjun Daxu to attract the Tumut nobles.

Also for his own safety, he chose to let Sun Shoufa and Saihan leave with him, so that he could be removed from the main battlefield.

The two sets of operations not only kept the attention of the Tumut nobles on Cao Wenzhao, but also ensured their own safety and gave the Ming army a chance to attack from the north and south.

All this is unknown to everyone, and Su Nang also couldn't help it after hearing about Zhu Youzhen's existence.

"The army set off, surround the main force of the Ming army before dark, and don't let Zhu Youzhen go."

"Yes—"

Su Nang's military order made everyone excited, and everyone cheered up to prepare, and it didn't take long for Cao Wenzhao to get the information from the sentry cavalry.

Su Nang led 30,000 iron horsemen to rush towards them.

"The army stopped, Yulinwei dismounted and changed their steps to form a formation, Xiao Cavalry guarded the left and right, and Ulut guarded the war horse!"

Cao Wenzhao, who learned that Su Nang was going south, did not panic and ordered the army, and at this time, the usual positive step training also had an effect.

The tens of thousands of troops did not panic at all, and began to change their formations little by little.

However, in the time of a cup of tea, the Ming army completely changed its formation successfully, and after learning the lesson of Juniper in Liaodong, in the face of the increasingly dark environment, Cao Wenzhao did not let people ignite.

The upper straight cavalry each carries a rifle, and at this time, the cavalry guards do not need a rifle, which means that Yulinwei has tens of thousands of rifles to use.

When all the rifles were loaded with bullets and gunpowder, the rumbling of horses' hooves was heard in the north.

From the dim sky, the black Tumut cavalry attacked the Ming army like a black wave.

When Cao Wenzhao saw this scene, his hand also subconsciously touched the handle of the knife.

Similarly, when Su Nang saw the Ming army and saw the Chinese army hunting in the air, his whole person became excited.

"All the departments listen to the order and capture Zhu Youzhen!"

"Kill—"

I have to go to the hospital after lunch, and I may be late for the afternoon update, but I won't be absent

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