At this time, the sky was not clear, the shouting of killing in front was faintly heard, and the light of the torch was suddenly faintly reflected on the distant earth. An army of countless torches is encircling another team. The torches of this team are like a manic fire dragon, biting at the enemy in the middle, and the surrounded team, the torches are scattered and clumsy, and it seems that it is already the end of the strong crossbow.

What is surrounded in the middle is obviously the "bait" that Chang Mao and others have sprinkled. In order to attract the main Tatar force, this bait must not be too weak, lest Benjamin and Arutai be able to eat it by sending only partial divisions; It can't be too strong, so as not to scare away this cunning Mongolian bandit army. Therefore, after discussion, the number of the army of this group of "Li Chenggui's remnants" remained at 3,000 as a whole.

It is enough to fish out the main force of the Tatars, and at the same time, it has a certain ability to protect itself, and can ensure that the army that supports the Daning Dusi will come to the rescue......

It turned out to be a very well-developed plan, but now it seems that there is still a bit of a difference: the Tatar team is stronger than expected, and this "bait" team has suffered far more damage than expected, and it should have the power to protect itself, but now it seems that it is already struggling to support.

Chang Mao saw it on the dirt slope, and was in a hurry, estimating that the cavalry on the left and right flanks had already completed the bag in the night, and hurriedly ordered: "Raise fire!" Beat the drums! ”

"Annihilate the bandit army!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! The earth-shattering drums suddenly exploded, and the heralds on the hot air balloons in the sky waved torches and played the "flag". As if echoing the sound of drums and flags, the two sides of the two warring sides suddenly lit up with a fire that was enough to cover the sky. The firelight was so wide that even the night was illuminated in an instant, Zhu Xiongying couldn't open his eyes by the sudden firelight, but he was reluctant to miss any twilight of the battle between the two armies, squinted his eyes and continued to look carefully.

"Sun, Moon, River and Mountain!" The silence of the grassland at night was suddenly dispelled by the shouts of tens of thousands of people.

In Zhu Xiongying's eyes, it was obvious that the Tatars in the middle had stopped moving for a moment, and then they immediately gave up on continuing the attack, instead shrank back, and began to retreat at a rapid pace.

The speed of the change of formation is staggering.

"Bird Tartar, what a quick reaction." Chang Mao also saw the retreat of the Tatars, and he hurriedly asked the heralds to wave torches that served as command flags, and pointed out the enemy's movements in order to block the two wings of the Tatar army's cavalry. The cavalry on the two wings, which had slowly gathered around, suddenly increased their speed, and each wing separated from a fire cone composed of torches, and stabbed towards the Tatar formation.

There are cavalry on both sides, one side wants to suppress, the other side has to escape, even if you watch from a distance, you can feel the race against time and the wind and lightning on both sides. Zhu Xiongying saw it in his eyes, his eyes did not blink, and his heart pounded like a drum. Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, closer, and finally, they finally joined together.

"Kill!" Even the rear army could hear the shouts of killing and the sound of gold and iron clashing that were suddenly many decibels.

The three torches collided into a ball for a while, the distance was too far, and he didn't know who had the upper hand in the battle array, Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but be anxious, and wanted to ask his uncle Chang Mao, but seeing Chang Mao's eyes widening like copper bells, he still didn't dare to divide his mind after all. This slaughter lasted for half an hour, and at last, a group of men and horses broke out of the chaos and began to flee north.

"The bird tartar gecko has a broken tail, and it is about to slip away." Changmao Road. He slammed his fist: "Block them!" ”

The hot air balloon in the high altitude has a wide field of vision, and it has long seen the movement of the Tatars. The cavalry of the Ming army on both sides had already completed the encirclement at this time, and several Ming armies separated from it and began to pursue this team.

The scene suddenly became even more chaotic, outflanking, covering, and pursuing, mixed together in the night of the grassland, and became a mess. Zhu Xiongying tried hard to determine the situation, but the more he looked, the more he felt that there was chaos in front of him, and he only felt that the sound of drums and shouts of killing was also mixed in his mind.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard someone shouting, "The Tartar has run away!" ”

Zhu Xiongying hurriedly followed the sound to see, and saw that in the chaotic battle array, there was a group of men and horses who had broken through the encirclement of the Ming army at some point, and were fleeing rapidly in the northwest direction.

But it was too late, and several Ming armies tried to catch up with the fleeing Tatars and slaughter them, but the Tatars were even faster, and in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared into the skyline.

"These bird thieves!" Chang Mao punched hatefully, and his eyebrows were full of unwillingness. "Teach him to escape again!"

"Uncle." Zhu Xiongying stepped forward at this time and asked, "Isn't this a big victory for only this one team?" ”

"Hmm...... His Royal Highness the Taisun doesn't know. ”

"This flock of bird tartars, that is, rats. Once it grows up, after a few days, it will give birth to a few more litters......" As he spoke, he explained to Zhu Xiongying the origin of this Tatar rebel army.

The soul of these Tatar rebels was the Arutai of the Azot Division. Arutai was the leader of the Asot tribe, and his ancestors were the Azo people who migrated eastward with the Mongol army on the western expedition, and the Asot tribe was a very prominent and influential tribe among the Mongol tribes at that time. However, the main force of the Tatar rebels was dominated by Mongols and other herdsmen.

The Ming Dynasty entered the grassland, strictly speaking, this is the first time that the Central Plains Dynasty has tried to take the vast grassland as its own. Among the steppe tribes, there are naturally many people who are disgruntled. It's just that the Northern Yuan court has been broken up by the Ming Dynasty, and the Wara Han Dynasty also died at the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many tribal leaders who are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, they are leaderless and do not form a climate.

Arutai is one of them.

Until, when Benjamin "returns from Samarkand", the clever Arutai immediately captures Benjamin's strange place to live. With the help of the name of Benjamin's "Golden Family", he quickly united a group of grassland tribes who were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, and began to play the banner of "Recovering Mongolia", attacking the roads, pastures, and farms of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland.

Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty fell, Genghis Khan's influence in the steppe was still unparalleled. The Golden Family, because of Genghis Khan, has long been deified by many low-level herdsmen on the grassland. As long as the banner of the golden family of Benjamin does not fall, there will naturally be a steady stream of herdsmen to join the Tatar ranks.

"That group of thieves and Tartars, after fighting to use so many people, must also protect this group of men and horses to break out...... If you think about it, Benjami and Arutai must be among them. Chang Mao said indignantly.

(End of chapter)