Chapter 398: A Great Victory
With the passage of time, the Tatar army had marched less than ten miles from the town of Jizhou, and countless horses' hooves trampled on the ground, making a roaring sound.
In the distance, there is the faintly visible town of Jizhou.
Amgu looked at a depression not far ahead, turned around, and reminded Paoertu.
"Chief, not far ahead, is the encirclement we discussed with the Ming army earlier!"
Hearing this, Pao Ertu nodded violently, and then commanded.
"Everyone will listen to me later!"
"Yes, Chief!"
At the same time, Tumaihan, who personally led an army of 30,000 and had been following behind Ja'ertu, looked at Jizhou Town, which was faintly visible in the distance, and his heart became more and more anxious.
"As long as we can break through the defense of the Ming army, our 30,000 troops will be able to drive straight in, and at that time, no one will be able to stop Ben Khan's footsteps!"
"Hmph, you all wait for Ben Khan, none of them can escape!"
Immediately, I saw Tumaihan come back to his senses and give an order.
"Pass on the order of Ben Khan, and the whole army will speed up!"
"Yes!"
In this way, the distance between the two Tatar armies suddenly narrowed considerably.
At first, Paoertu thought that Tumaihan had found some clues, but later he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Tumaihan didn't have any other actions.
With the march of the troops, they finally came to the depression that they had discussed with the Ming army before, as long as they passed through this depression again, not far in front of them, it was Jizhou Town.
At this moment, I saw that the claw Tu, who was marching ahead and had already walked out of the depression, suddenly pulled out the scimitar at his waist and immediately gave the order.
"The whole army obeys the order and prepares for battle!"
As the words fell, the cavalrymen who had already prepared turned their horses, drew their bows and arrows, and aimed them at the Tatar army led by Tumaihan behind them.
"Put!"
I saw that the scimitar in his hand was swung down by Clawtu, and in an instant, I only heard the sound of 'whooshing' in my ears, and countless arrows were clustered in mid-air to draw a perfect arc, accurately hitting the enemy, and those who were hit by the arrows were planted off their horses in an instant, and were trampled into meat sauce by the horse's hooves later.
This sudden attack caught Tumaihan off guard, and the army led by him was also a little confused for a while and fell into chaos.
When Tumaihan received a report from his subordinates and learned that the attacker was the one who was in charge of leading the way, and the soldiers under his command, he was furious.
At this moment, Tumaihan had been carried away by a nameless anger, he had not suffered such an insult since he succeeded the Great Khan.
Although he knew very well in his heart, Paw Ertu had a strong hatred for himself, and he wanted to kill him as soon as possible!
But what he didn't expect was that Ja Ertu would dare to attack him with only three thousand cavalry in his hands.
It was precisely because he was carried away by anger that Tumaihan subconsciously ignored Paoertu's motives for doing so.
"Paw Ertu, Ben Khan must break your body into ten thousand pieces!"
After Tumaihan finished speaking, despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, he gave the order for the whole army to attack.
Just as the army under the command of Tumaihan was charging towards the 3,000 cavalry led by Jastu, only a dull horn sounded.
'Woo————'
When Tumaihan heard the sound of the horn, he immediately reacted and said loudly.
"It's not good, it's the Ming army, he is colluding with the Ming army, retreat!"
As soon as Tumaihan's words fell, I saw countless war horses surrounding the depression, and on the back of the horses, there were countless helmets and armor, robes and belts, and murderous Ming soldiers!
Tumai rarely saw this situation, and was immediately shocked and angry, and hurriedly issued an order, wanting to gather the army, rush out of the encirclement of the Ming army, and then seek a glimmer of life for himself.
At this moment, Yang Xuan was riding on the jujube red war horse from before, and the mane of the war horse was fluttering in the breeze.
Immediately, I saw Yang Xuan take out the short sword at his waist and give an order.
"Throw!"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
The generals beside him received the orders and quickly passed on the orders one by one.
Immediately, I saw countless Ming soldiers take out the grenade from their waists, light it with a fire fold, and then throw it into the depression with extra force.
The next thing Tumaihan saw was a picture of countless grenades, raining down on the Tatar army in the depression.
Immediately afterwards, there was a continuous sound of explosions, and the ceramic fragments sputtered by the explosion of the grenade produced great lethality in the dense crowd, and each grenade explosion would take away a large number of soldiers.
However, most of them did not die, but were struck by the ceramic shards contained in the grenade, and they wailed in pain, unable to get up again.
Just as Tumaihan was stunned, he saw several grenades coming in the direction he was.
"Great Khan, be careful!"
Immediately afterward, Tumaihan only felt his body sink, and then he fell heavily to the ground, followed by a continuous explosion sound.
"Ahh
With a scream, a broken hand fell in front of Tumaihan from mid-air, still exuding a lingering smell of burning.
When Tumaihan reacted, he suddenly discovered that the guard who had protected him had already been killed by the ceramic fragments that flew everywhere when the grenade exploded.
In the depression, the stumps were everywhere, blood was splattered, and everywhere were Tartar soldiers lying on the ground wailing, and only the last breath remained.
In the air, a disgusting smell of blood permeated, and even when you stepped on the ground, it would make a 'click' sound, a scene of purgatory on earth.
Soon, as the casualties increased, the Tatar cavalry surrounded by the Ming army in the depression inevitably fell into chaos, and their morale continued to fall.
At this moment, there is only one thought in their hearts, and that is - escape!
Flee to a place where there is no Ming army, and for this reason, these remaining Tatar cavalry, like headless flies, are scurrying around, trying to escape and seek their own lives!
And the rout of this part of the people caused by the turmoil is very terrifying.
There are those who push each other, those who cry bitterly, those who kneel and beg for mercy, and even more so, those soldiers who see no hope of escape, begin to curse wantonly, and even start killing each other.
Immediately afterwards, I saw Yang Xuan swing the short sword in his hand vigorously and said in a deep voice.
"Pass on the officer's order, the whole army attack, kill!"
The voice fell, and in response to Yang Xuan, there was a deafening shouting of killing.
"Kill!"
Immediately afterwards, those Ming troops, like a sharp knife, disemboweled the Tatar cavalry in front of them.
Those Tatar cavalry, who had long lost their fighting spirit, were the opponents of these well-equipped Ming troops in front of them?
Therefore, those Tatar cavalry, with only one face, were cut down to the ground by the Ming soldiers, and their lives were easily ended.
Wang Shuo, one of the many Ming soldiers who participated in this battle, at this moment he has long been numb, just mechanically raised the Yanling knife in his hand, and then fell, every time the Yanling knife in his hand is waved, it will take away a fresh life.
And this made Wang Shuo have a ridiculous feeling that he was not killing people, but harvesting wheat stalks with the Yanling knife in his hand.
In this way, Wang Shuo licked his chapped lips and continued to kill with a knife.
As the casualties reached a critical point, the morale of the surviving Tatar soldiers had completely fallen to the bottom, and they threw away their weapons one after another, and fell to their knees, muttering incomprehensible words in their mouths, begging the Ming army to spare them.
However, a considerable number of them were easily solved by the red-eyed Ming soldiers.
As early as before the Ming army officially launched the attack, more than 3,000 cavalry under the command of Claw Ertu had already been in close contact with the army under the command of Tumaihan.
However, despite this, the Tatar cavalry that survived still suffered huge losses, and the surviving Tatar cavalry, seeing that they were not the opponents of the Ming army, seemed to be crazy, and attacked wildly in the direction where the claw was located, in a vain attempt to break out of the siege from the claw.
However, thanks to the pressure, the Tatar cavalry did not break through, but despite this, the Tatar cavalry still lost more than half of his troops, and even Amugu, who was loyal to him, died in the battle.
Looking at the Tatar cavalry who were driven out by the Ming army in the distance and panicked, his heart was full of resentment, and he immediately waved the scimitar in his hand and gave an order to the remaining cavalry under his command.
"Warriors, kill with me and avenge the dead brethren!"
"Kill!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw the cavalry under his command waving the scimitars in their hands and rushing forward.
When the enemies saw each other, they were very angry, so the battle between the two sides can only be described as tragic.
The battle continued into the evening, and everywhere the eye could see, there were corpses everywhere, and the smell of burning was in the air.
Countless Ming soldiers were holding torches and long knives in hand, searching for the survivors and mending the suffering of the Tatar soldiers who were still dead.
And those Tatar soldiers who had already surrendered had long since lost their fighting spirit, and even only four or five Ming soldiers were needed to escort seven or eight hundred Tatar soldiers.
At this moment, Yang Xuan, who was riding on a horse, heard a report from his subordinates.
"Your Excellency Governor, we've captured Tumaihan!"
Hearing this, Yang Xuan's face was full of excitement, and he immediately said in a deep voice.
"Bring him to the officer!"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
Yang Xuan looked at his subordinates who had left quickly, and a heroic feeling filled his chest, he knew that he had made immortal contributions!
Today's battle is destined to go down in history, he Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, not only annihilated the 30,000 Tatar army that came to invade the Ming Dynasty, but also captured the fifth grandson of Dayan Khan, the eldest son of the grandson, and now Zasaktu Khan!
Just as Yang Xuan was still in reverie, the subordinates who had just left had already escorted the embarrassed Tumaihan up.
Following the light of the torch, Yang Xuancai barely saw Tumaihan's face clearly, at this moment, Tumaihan had long lost the momentum of being a great sweat, only to see his expression languishing, bowing his head, and not saying a word.
Yang Xuan just glanced at Tumaihan, then lost interest, and immediately waved his hand and commanded in a deep voice.
"If you take it down and keep it under strict guard, you can't go wrong, understand?"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
The subordinates on the side received the order, and in this way, Tumaihan was soon escorted down by more than a dozen personal guards of Yang Xuan.
It was late at night, the battlefield had been cleaned, and the corpses were gathered and burned together.
The smell of burnt meat and the lingering smell of blood mixed together to make it quite unpleasant.
Just as Yang Xuan was about to leave, he saw a subordinate hurriedly run in front of Yang Xuan and said respectfully.
"Your Excellency the Governor, there's a Tatar chief over there who says he wants to see you!"
When Yang Xuan heard this, he already had a rough conjecture in his heart, and immediately came back to his senses and commanded.
"Well, bring him here!"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
Soon, the claw diagram was brought to Yang Xuan's side, and the two sides glanced at each other, and they both saw an inexplicable meaning in each other's eyes.
For a while, no one spoke, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly fell into stagnation.
I don't know how long time passed, but in the end, Yang Xuan was the first to speak, breaking the silence: "You are the claw map, right?" ”
Hearing this, Claw Tu nodded, and then responded in the half-baked official language of the Ming Dynasty: "Well, I am Claw Tu!" ”
Yang Xuan turned his gaze to the hill in the distance, which was piled up of corpses, and said slowly: "If you come to me now, aren't you afraid that the official will regret it and take you down together?" ”
When Yang Xuan said this, he retracted his gaze, and then said with emotion: "I can resist the enemy army that is several times larger than myself and fight to the death with only three thousand cavalry, if I let someone like you grow up, it will definitely become a big trouble for my Ming in the future!" ”
Yang Xuan's face was cold, his eyes were full of cold killing intent, and as soon as his words fell, the personal guards on the side pulled out the Yanling knife from their waists one after another, and quietly sealed all the retreats of the claw diagram.
As long as Yang Xuan gives an order, they will step forward and deal with this Tatar leader!
Suddenly, there was no surprise on Paw Ertu's face, as if he had expected all this, and immediately, he saw that his expression was calm, and he turned his gaze to Yang Xuan and spoke.
"Amugu is dead."
"Hmm."
After that, neither side spoke again, and the atmosphere fell into the initial stagnation again.
I don't know how long time has passed, Yang Xuan seemed to have made up his mind, and immediately said in a deep voice.
"To be honest, before this, this official was going to wipe out all of you."
"But now, this official has decided to keep his previous promise, you can go!"
When Paw Ertu heard this, he did not refuse, but only turned around and left after saluting Yang Xuan on horseback quite solemnly.
After this, I saw Yang Xuan retract his gaze, turn around, and command to his subordinates on the side.
"Pass on the officer's order, withdraw the troops!"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
(End of chapter)