Wang Shouren led his troops into the grassland alone, without any backing, let alone people, animals and goods, even if it was the ruler of the Ming Dynasty's soldiers, that is, the enemy's head, he couldn't bring it back.

With him, most of them were the elite soldiers of the Jurchens who followed him to fight in Nu'er Gandusi, this group of people can be said to be the most experienced in actual combat in the Ming Dynasty, especially the most experienced cavalry in tackling tough battles and encounters, when Wang Shouren's military order was issued, this group of people can also be guaranteed to the greatest extent in terms of execution.

"Hoo ......"

Three thousand cavalry were in the vanguard, and when the sound of horses' hooves accompanied by the sound of the wind, the cavalry rushed down from the high slope, and the Chahar tribesmen in front of them were still in a state of panic.

No one would have thought that in the hinterland of the grassland, which is more than 2,000 miles away from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there will be cavalry formed by the Ming Dynasty.

Even if it is Weininghai, it is only about 400 miles away from the Guancheng of Datong Town.

So when the Ming cavalry launched a charge and was detected by the Tatars, they could not even form an effective organization and resistance...... There was a small bazaar in the tribe, almost bartering, and the men left behind in the tribe were in a hurry to find their weapons, and many of them could not even get to their stables in the first place.

They initially thought it might be another tribe attacking.

Those who dare to attack when the main force of the Chahar tribe goes out will inevitably encounter the retaliation of Batu Munk when they turn back, and they don't even think that any tribe has such courage.

"Bang ......"

But when the distance between the two sides was already two or three hundred paces, with the sound of firearms, and the men, women and children of the tribe were hit by the firecrackers and fell to the ground, they realized that this was not the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei or those small tribes at all, but the army of the Ming Dynasty.

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Three thousand cavalry charged into the clan territory without encountering any decent resistance.

There weren't even a few arrows fired from the other side.

Because this is the first battle after Wang Shouren led his troops into the grassland, the soldiers are also riveted and ready to do a good job, and there is no such thing as disarming and not killing, but anyone who can run and move, even if it is livestock, it will be slaughtered together, and the dead will be directly set on fire to burn.

A completely one-sided massacre, some of the tribesmen saw that they could not resist after getting on their horses, so they wanted to flee eastward, but the other groups of men and horses sent by Wang Shouren also completed the encirclement of the tribal territory, and with the blessing of long-range weapons such as flint guns, almost no tribal people could escape from the encirclement.

"Boom!"

With the artillery of the second line in place and the sound of artillery, about 100 Tatars who were ready to counterattack had formed on the edge of the tribal territory, and under the suppression of artillery fire, they almost collapsed instantly.

The Tatars were well trained, and they were limited to their ability to charge on horseback, and when confronted with the Ming Dynasty's almost unreasonable long-range firearms, all they could do was spread out as much as possible to avoid being wiped out...... And the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty immediately launched a frenzied pursuit and massacre......

The color of blood dyes the grassland red, and the sun shines on the blood-sprinkled meadows, and I don't know whether it is human blood or animal blood, the color is quite demonic.

And this battle didn't take half an hour, and the fire has been completely extinguished for a hundred years.

The living creatures that can still be moved in front of the Ming Dynasty are only some of the cattle that have not had time to be slaughtered, and the people have been served in a pot, and the remaining livestock will also be selected, and those who can be slaughtered alive will also use part of the meat as the army's food and grass, and complete the necessary reserves to feed the war.

"Major General!"

The generals Han Zheng and Guan Jing appeared in front of Wang Shouren's horse.

Guan Jing is a general who followed Wang Shouren in the first battle of Weininghai, and now follows Wang Shouren as the deputy chief of the Liaobei and Nuer Gandu Division, as for Han Zheng, he is a general brought out by Guan Jing, and the two are responsible for the battle of the grassland in the first battle.

"After counting, three hundred and fifty-two thieves were killed. None of our officers and soldiers were injured! Only one arrow! ”

Guan Jing mentioned this as if he was mentioning a very trivial feat.

In the past, this is a great merit, during the Chenghua and Hongzhi periods, only Wang Yue in his heyday had such a feat.

Not all of them were Tatar soldiers, and in the Ming Dynasty, even the heads of Tatar tribe babies could be used as military merits, but they just needed to be specially marked.

It's like when the Tatars plundered the frontiers, they didn't show any mercy because they had old and weak women and children in front of them.

But Wang Shouren was not proud of this, he said: "Many of the military exploits won are old and weak, women and children. The left and right ears were cut off at the same time, the young man was on one side, and the rest was on the other side, sealed with lime, and left for detailed verification after returning to the pass! ”

Wang Shouren's tactic was not to leave any prisoners, "As for the knives, armor, tents, wooden objects, etc. in the enemy camp, they will be destroyed on the spot, and the valuables can be selected and taken away, and the rest will be left in the wilderness without having to be packed!" ”

Guan Jing asked, "The body is not buried?" ”

"I don't have time to take care of it!" Wang Shouren wiped the sword of Wang Weining, which he cherished, before returning it to the sheath, "Leave a few horses to carry and continue to march northwest!" ”

Not only to the west, but also to the northwest, which is far from the direction of the Ming Dynasty.

Han Zheng said: "It seems that the Tatar scouts on the side have escaped and have not yet been recovered. ”

"Don't force it." Wang Shouren didn't seem to care too much, "If you come, you are not afraid of others knowing, you don't have to be demanding that you can take advantage of it in every battle, but you want to let the entire grassland know that my Ming soldiers can also shock the grassland, and use this as a paddock for Ming soldiers to hunt!" ”

"Order!"

Guan Jing and Han Zheng were very encouraged after hearing this.

As a general of the Ming Border Army, in the past, he could only stay in the Guansai every time, and watching the Tatars wreak havoc outside the city, that feeling was still very aggrieved.

Now they can not only compete with it head-on, but also take the initiative to kill out of the grassland, and even go deep into the grassland for 2,000 miles.

"Camp and rest, and continue westward in an hour!"

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Wang Shouren's department had just completed the first battle, and then on the same night, it encountered the second battle.

Before nightfall, the scouts found out the location of the Tatar camp, and when the Tatars began to move their tribe north, Wang Shouren ordered the vanguard of 3,000 soldiers and horses to pursue quickly, and it was bound to catch up before dawn.

The battle during the day was just an appetizer for the Ming soldiers.

Six thousand people could not cope with three or four hundred Tatars, many of whom were old and weak, women and children, and it would not be much glory to win.

This time, the pursuit was a relatively large branch of the Chahar Division, and the number of the opposing tribe was more than 1,000, not counting the herdsmen who could wander around the perimeter without gathering, and the cavalry they sent out to patrol around.

Wang Shouren had planned to catch up with the Tatars before dawn.

But the Tatars were dragging their families with them, and they also had to bring all the livestock and goods, and the speed of movement was obviously not comparable with the lightly armed Ming light cavalry, and it was not yet midnight that day, and the three thousand cavalry of the vanguard were less than three miles away from the Tatar tribal camp.

"One charge is all it takes."

Wang Shouren did not sit in the Chinese army, and his character was to rush to the forefront in a tough battle.

At this time, some light could be faintly seen in the distance, not fire, but as if someone was lighting the grass along the way to disturb the sight and sound, but because of the scouts' exploration, the direction of the main force of the Tatar tribe could be determined.

"Report! Hulu gathered people, there were hundreds! ”

"Kill!"

Wang Shouren was also not polite.

At this time, if you have to take the initiative to attack, if you are beaten by hundreds of people on the other side, you will rush to your own side first and disrupt your own formation, even if you do not cooperate with the Tatar reinforcements, the loss of the Ming side will be much greater than expected.

Wang Shouren now not only wants to win, but also to win a big victory, and to fight with the power to achieve as few casualties as possible, because he knows that it is absolutely impossible for his side to have reinforcements, and all the living forces will lose one of their combat effectiveness if they are injured, and even if they die, they may not be able to bring back the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

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"Boom, boom!"

The sound of artillery pierced the silence of the long night.

The main battlefield was that the Tatars gathered four or five hundred cavalry to engage in a head-to-head battle with the Ming side, while on the other side, the Tatar tribesmen were still struggling to flee in the northwest direction, and they had to get as close as possible to the larger tribes in order to escape before reinforcements arrived.

The vanguard of the Ming Dynasty is also divided into three ways.

Wang Shouren charged from the middle with 2,200 cavalry, while the other 400 cavalry outflanked from both flanks.

The number of artillery pieces called in this battle was less than a hundred.

In Wang Shouren's view, before the main Tatar force is really encountered, artillery shells can still be saved, and artillery shells are also strategic resources that cannot be replenished on the grassland.

In his opinion, it will always be the next battle that will be more important than the current one, and more strategic resources will need to be mobilized.

They can't show all their strength at the beginning, and they always have to give the remnants of the Tatar army a false impression, that is, "the Ming army is nothing more than that."

The war is on.

Because the Tatar side has long known the power of the Ming artillery and firearms, even when their cavalry charges, they no longer swing the long snake array to attack, so as to achieve the greatest dispersion, and prepare iron shields, plus the blessing of iron armor, to resist the artillery and firearms projectiles fired from the front.

But the artillery on the Ming side basically fell from the top of his head.

Even if the two sides launched a confrontational offensive posture, the Ming side was still light cavalry, and it seemed that as long as the Tatar cavalry could rush closer, the two sides would engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the Tatar side would regain the advantage.

But this so-called "opportunity" is just an illusion.

Wang Shouren also knows where the disadvantages of his side are, if it really wants to go to the point of hand-to-hand combat, then what do you need artillery and flint guns?

"Boom, boom...... Bang bang bang ......"

The artillery fire was more intensive, and when the Tatar cavalry had already rushed to the range of 200 paces, and before they were within the range of the Tatar bows and arrows, the muskets of the Ming side had already been fired.

The impact of the firebolt projectile, even if it can't directly penetrate the Tatar shields, their horses don't have enough shield protection, and the powerful impact will make many Tatar cavalry directly turn on their horses, not to mention the huge impact caused by the fall of the artillery shotgun shells in mid-air, which makes them unable to parry.

Because the number of centaurs on the side of the Ming Dynasty occupies an absolute advantage, and the pioneers are all equipped with flint guns.

So much so that the Tatar side knew that there was no chance of winning this battle.

Their purpose may just be to delay the pursuit of the Ming army, but it is clear that they also misjudged the strength of the Ming side.

Firearms played a huge role in this kind of head-on combat, as the Tatars fell to the ground in pieces, Wang Shouren also ordered the herald to fire signal flares, when the red signal flares pierced the night sky, the three thousand Ming soldiers who followed up could already directly bypass the battlefield and rush to the Tatar headquarters less than three or four miles away.

Wang Shouren rode in the formation.

The vanguard of the Tatar cavalry, when he was the closest, was not even fifty paces, and was completely within the range of the Tatars, but Wang Shouren was not afraid at all.

Because of this kind of sporadic Tatars who could rush at him, at such a close distance of fifty paces, the projectiles of the fire guns no longer just shot at him from one direction, but formed a trap trend......

When Wang Shouren rode forward and cut off the head of a Tatar who was still crawling on the ground, this disparity in strength was so great that it could be said that there was no comparison in the war, and it was almost the end of it.

The rest, too, were just slaughtered.

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Another slaughter.

It was dawn.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have cut off the ears of more than 400 Tatar cavalry corpses, along with more than 600 tribesmen...... They were also slaughtered together, and the last remaining cattle were cut down with the Tatars' own knives, even so, to kill so many animals at one time also made the Ming soldiers feel tired.

Later, a circle was simply formed, and all the surrounding fires were lit to drive all the cattle in, and then the fire circle was gradually reduced, and all the animals were burned to death.

"The meat is quite fragrant!"

The Ming soldiers did not lose their appetite because of last night's bloody killing.

This is also the difference between a veteran and a recruit.

The soldiers on the side of the Ming Dynasty followed Wang Shouren to fight in the south and the north, and experienced many fierce battles, even if they had not killed the Tartars with their own hands before, they could be regarded as having seen the pile of dead people.

In order to quickly replenish his strength, face the main Tatar forces that may attack at any time, so that he will not become a member of the pile of dead people, even if some recruits are not used to the bloody scene and the smell of burnt corpses, they know to eat a few more bites of food and drink a few more sips of water.

"Ten miles to the west, there is a river, go to the bank of the river and be stationed at any time!"

Wang Shouren is different from ordinary generals.

He didn't go to any last battle or wreck, because he led his troops into the grassland, and he had no way out, so he didn't have to be afraid that the Ming soldiers would become deserters.

Dying in the grassland is much more beautiful than escaping back, and not everyone is qualified to follow Wang Shouren deep into the hinterland of the grassland.

What he wants to pursue now is to ensure the survival resources of the soldiers, and in the grassland, water resources are the most important to be guaranteed, and they are also the ones that need to be replenished at any time and are prone to major strategic problems...... Because it is impossible for the team to carry more than two days of water in order to travel quickly, the reserve of water resources is a weakness compared to grain and grass.

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The battlefield has just been cleaned up, and the Ming soldiers are about to set off early in the morning.

When they had not yet reached the riverbank, there were scouts on the front line who reported the battle, and Guan Jing personally reported to Wang Shouren: "Major General, yesterday's two battles have alarmed the Tatar forces, and there are at least three Tatar reinforcements rushing to this side before dawn, but after our victory, they each retreated. It is not known how many main Tatar forces there are, but it is expected that they will not be under 5,000 soldiers! ”

Wang Shouren rode on a high hill, took out his binoculars, and looked at the direction in which the Tatars had withdrawn all the way, and the distance was at least ten or nearly twenty miles.

Wang Shouren said: "This place is close to the Khan Court of the Chahar Department, if they can't gather troops and horses by now, it can only mean that their defenses are too empty." We can kill it here, enough to scare the Tatars! Garrisoned on the riverbank, the company battalion is two miles, and the artillery is ready to deal with the incoming enemy at any time. ”

Guan Jing asked: "There are at least 2,000 Tartars in the west, do you want to gather men and horses to pursue?" ”

A pursuit battle last night made Guan Jing's blood boil until now.

Killed more than 300 during the day and 1,000 at night...... This way of obtaining military merit is too enjoyable.

What's more, this is a feat accomplished in the hinterland of Tatar, if you can return to the Ming Dynasty alive, this awesome can be blown up, and everyone in the army will really be dissatisfied in the future.

"You don't have to chase it." Wang Shouren said, "They don't have any worries, and once our side pursues with light troops, there will be a situation of losing sight of the beginning and the end, and the elongation of the battle line will give them a chance to divide and dissolve." From this moment on, people from all walks of life must not be more than five miles away from each other, and they can respond to emergencies at any time, and reinforcements from all places will cooperate. ”

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Wang Shouren was undaunted when he found out that the Tatar tribes were beginning to assemble on his side.

Because he knows.

No matter how many Tatars there were, there were only 40,000 or 50,000 people and horses left, and they were still scattered within a range of several thousand miles, and most of them were still wandering around the Daming Pass in the south, so it was impossible for them to gather more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time and return to the hinterland.

If the Ming side is 6,000 to 10,000......

With Wang Shouren's self-confidence, the victory rate of the Ming side in this battle is almost more than ninety.

It doesn't matter what the time, place and people are right, the most important thing is one...... We have enough artillery and shells, from platoon guns to platoon guns, we can continue to fight in rows.

As long as the formation is maintained, you Tatars will come and attack as you please.

There is a more than ninety percent chance of winning a battle, so what are you worried about?

Then they will send a great army to your hinterland, and whoever dares to go up will fight him, and ask you Tatars who dare to be tough and tough?

It was also as Wang Shouren expected.

When the army of the Ming Dynasty set up camp on the bank of the river and walked leisurely, the Tatar reinforcements were also very knowledgeable and withdrew thirty miles away.

And it's five miles back on one road, and ten miles back on the other road...... Faster than who retreats more.

It doesn't matter if the Tatars are greedy for life and afraid of death, because they also noticed that the Ming side did not only come with one or two thousand men and horses, which could be handled by them at will, but there were six thousand regular troops, and the number of artillery and guns was so large that they did not expect...... The leader of the troops was still known for his ferocity and ruthlessness......

In the first battle of Weininghai, Wang Shouren had 2,000 men.

Now give him 6,000 soldiers and horses...... The number of artillery and guns has increased several times......

Whose damn loss is going to belong to? Cheap and ambitious Dayan Khan Batu Munk?

Probably unless the little Tatar prince Batu Munk personally brought his troops back, it seems that no one would dare to fight Wang Shouren head-on.

(End of chapter)