The exchange of troops was not enough time for tea, and the two sides were just pulling a charge.

The casualties caused were the largest in recent decades between the Ming and Tatar clashes.

The Tatars had suffered more than half of the losses, and under such heavy casualties, even the self-proclaimed steppe eagles could not parry, and there was no army that could maintain the determination to fight a bloody battle in such a tragic situation.

"Bang ......"

Daming's fire is still ringing.

Because the flint gun is used, the projectile used is almost standard, but there will still be a jamming situation, but it is still very convenient in terms of replacement, even if the two bullets are fired, there is no need to replace the bow and arrow or cold weapon to fight the Tatars, directly ride the horse back, or directly replace the ammunition on the spot.

In this way, even if the Tatar cavalry had sporadically rushed to the Ming position, it was basically regarded as a target for close combat.

The bows and sabers on which the Tatars depended, as well as their heavy armor, would be beaten into a sieve at any moment in front of the Ming cavalry, armed with new firearms.

With the end of the replacement of projectiles by the Ming Dynasty soldiers, the two sides have entered the close battle of the convergence, and the number of cavalry that the Tatars can rush into the Ming camp is only four or five hundred.

Small groups of Tatar cavalry, numbering in groups of thousands, were already retreating north.

At this time, the Tatar army could no longer agree on the continuation of the march and the retreat for self-preservation, as the so-called swarm and work together when victorious, and when defeated they went their own way, they ran faster than whose horse was the other.

"Clean up the mess! No need to pursue! ”

"Continue west!"

After Wang Shouren led his troops to charge and stabilize the formation, he immediately began to convey the military order.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, he broke up the formation of the Tatars, leaving behind scattered corpses of Tatar cavalry, as well as horses lying on their backs, not all of the Tatars had been killed after falling off their horses, and there were not a few of them, and the Ming side wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Tatars had broken up and cleaned up the mess in front of them.

But unlike the previous two wars, they also cut off their ears and burned their bodies.

The most direct way was to continue westward and pursue the elderly, weak, women and children of the almost "unarmed" Tatar people.

The rules don't work here, both sides also know that either you die or I live, and the Ming side doesn't want to withdraw from the pass to seek refuge now, because they themselves are killing gods, they can walk sideways on the grassland, and seven thousand cavalry can let it disappear with a snap of their fingers, what else is there to fear?

The more than 10,000 cavalry in the rear?

Just ask them if they dare to kill them directly now?

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The battlefield was cleaned up very quickly.

The hundreds of cavalry that the Tatars rushed into the Ming position, although they also caused some casualties among the Ming soldiers, but the losses on the Ming side were still minimal, plus the previous tripping horses and other fallen horses, as well as the casualties such as stray arrows and explosions, the number was only twenty or thirty people.

At the cost of twenty or thirty men, the Tatar cavalry of seven thousand lost nearly five thousand, and this was only after a brief engagement.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty led by Wang Shouren personally used living cases to teach the Tatars about the huge gap in the combat effectiveness of the two eras of hot weapons and cold weapons, and also let the Tatars appreciate the huge lethality of hot weapons in encounters.

When the Ming army gained a foothold.

Looking back at the Tatars who were only four or five miles away from the rear positions of the Ming soldiers, they had withdrawn six or seven miles away.

The Tatar pursuers were frightened.

Even if they knew that the Ming Dynasty was chasing the old and weak women and children of their tribe, they also knew that the Ming side was likely to succeed, but people's instincts told them that if they rushed over directly like this, there would not be much difference between them and the fate of the seven thousand soldiers and horses.

It is likely that the Ming army wiped out all their soldiers and horses on both sides, and then continued to pursue......

At that time, the old and weak women and children of the Chahar Department of the Tatar Headquarters may really be served by Wang Shouren Daming.

They seemed to understand the situation of the Menggol Jin Department of the fire sieve, and they also knew the feeling that the main force in front was plundering in the Ming Dynasty, while the rear was being targeted by the Ming army.

Now they should think about why they didn't let all the people follow Batu Munk to the north of Ningxia in the first place.

Just because you think it is impossible for Daming to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to kill the hinterland of the grassland?

Now the Ming army led by Wang Shouren knows that as long as there are cavalry, light artillery, and firearms, the Ming cavalry can also walk sideways on the grassland, and don't let the Ming army find their "soft underbelly", otherwise this kind of encounter must be carried out under persecution, and whoever goes up will die.

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"Major General, it seems that the Tartars dare not chase after you! Do you want to rush over and hold them down? ”

Guan Jing and other generals appeared on Wang Shouren's side.

A hearty victory was completed, and everyone in the army was in good spirits.

The fly in the ointment is that most of the battles are done in long-range shooting, as if playing a game in the air, by the end of the prescribed action, the enemy has already fallen, and even the corpses are torn apart, and there is no time to cut off their heads, not even their ears.

Wang Shouren waved the long sword in his hand and said: "Continue to the west, within one day and one night, there must be a victory!" ”

He set deadlines.

Complete the rest of the pursuit in one day and one night.

Otherwise, the 50,000 main forces of the little Tatar prince would return from Ningxia on horseback, and the Tatar men and horses from all walks of life, not only the Chahar tribe, but also other tribes, would gather under the call of Batu Munk, the titular steppe khan...... No matter how powerful the firearms of their men and horses were, they couldn't face nearly 100,000 Tatar horsemen at once.

The main thing is that there are not enough shells.

Moreover, with 600 cannons and 4,000 flint guns, it is the same as playing with 18,000 Tatar cavalry, but if the Tatars are besieged on all sides, and the opponent is slowly advancing with iron armor and shields, etc., the weapons in their hands will be overstretched.

Therefore, before the main Tatar forces were fully assembled, Wang Shouren wanted to fulfill his ideal of ravaging the steppe.

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The Ming army continued to pursue.

When they climbed the slope of the hill where the Tatars had been garrisoned, and looked from the top of the hill to the southwest on the other side, every soldier of the Ming Dynasty knew why the previous 7,000 men and horses had fought to the death.

Patches of cattle and sheep, countless ordinary herdsmen, and a large number of moving wagons.

Looking at it from a distance, it was only twenty or thirty miles away, far closer than expected.

At this time, every Ming soldier had bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and he had just finished killing on the battlefield, and now they were facing an undefended enemy camp, which could rush down and fight casually, and even cut off the Tatars.

"Kill!"

When the military order was issued, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty divided into three routes.

The front army numbered 1,000 men, and was mainly responsible for driving and sniping the still regular Tatar defensive cavalry.

The 2,000 Chinese troops rushed over in a pincer shape and were responsible for carrying out a flat push and sweep.

The rear army, on the other hand, was the largest, with 3,000 men, and in addition to ensuring the necessary speed of the charge, it was also necessary to prevent the Tatars in the rear from covering up.

After all, the Ming side completed the slaughter of the enemy in front when there was an absolute combat effectiveness of the Tatar pursuers, so the main defense was more than 13,000 soldiers and horses after the Tatars in the rear were assembled.

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The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty advanced rapidly.

The ordinary Tatar people, especially the old and weak women and children, already knew the defeat of their own side in the rear, and knew that their clansmen were almost defenseless in front of the Ming army, which was equivalent to letting the Ming army slaughter, and all they could do was to give up almost all the cattle and sheep of the clan.

Women and those who can generally get on the horse continue to run westward on horseback, and the children basically follow their mothers or old people on the horses, and there are still many old women, old and weak, etc., who are responsible for staying behind to drive cattle and sheep to block the offensive of the Ming army.

The temporary defensive line of the Tatars could not stop the iron hooves of the Ming cavalry.

But there is one point, that is, the tribesmen who rushed in front and fled, such as the women who took the children on the horses, basically marched faster than the Ming side, mainly because the Ming army also carried loads, as well as cattle and sheep and scattered Tatar baggage, chariots and other obstacles, and could not sprint with all their strength.

Twenty miles away, but only an hour, they have already caught up.

The white flock of sheep and the Ming Dynasty 1,000 pioneers intersected, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty used firearms and spears to kill a gap in the sheep, and the cattle and sheep were scattered at the same time, the follow-up men and horses of the Ming Dynasty swept away the Tatar cars and tents left behind, providing convenience for the follow-up pursuit of people and horses.

And the Tatar side also began to set fires everywhere.

It was their own belongings that set fire, but in order to stop the pace of the Ming cavalry's charge, they didn't seem to care.

There were even many old and weak who directly ignited themselves, trying to rush in the direction of the Ming cavalry when they were close to them, and wanted to provide a little help to protect the clan before they died.

But what the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty remembered in their hearts was that the Tatars had looted and killed at the border of the Ming Dynasty, and in the face of such a group of old and weak women and children, no one seemed to have pity.

In an era when even survival is a problem, any benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith are based on Wang Hua, the Ming and the Tatars seem to be a natural grudge, this hatred is engraved in the bones, even Wang Shouren did not go to the benevolence and righteousness to regulate his army, his purpose is no longer to fight with the regular army of the Tatars, his purpose is to level the grassland.

Inheriting the legacy of his idol Wang Weining, this is also the lifelong dream of Emperor Zhu Youji, and it has also become his Wang Shouren's ideal.

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The pioneers of the Ming Dynasty have done a great job of opening the way, but there is no guarantee that each direction will allow the followers to pass through.

The more than 13,000 soldiers and horses pursued by the Tatars were actually watching the Ming army, which was less than half of its own soldiers and horses, attacking their people, the elderly, weak, women and children, but they could not directly charge up.

Because the army of the Ming Dynasty still maintained the completion of the formation at this time, the main artillery and other firearms were basically left in the rear army, and the spearheads, bows and arrows and cold weapons mainly used by the vanguard were still able to complete the task excellently.

The army of the Ming Dynasty chased and killed all the way, and walked all the way for two hours, and the number of Tatar people who were cut down by the Ming soldiers along the way has exceeded 1,000.

The number of cattle and sheep lost on the Tatar side has exceeded 100,000.

The Tatars used the wealth of their own clan to block the unstoppable momentum of the Ming army, and they also achieved certain results, at least the Ming side did not catch up with the backbone of the Tatar people, or most of them......

"Major General, Tatar reinforcements are coming from all directions, and the number of soldiers and horses is estimated to be in the tens of thousands."

"Report! The main Tatar force was found ahead, and it was fifty miles away! ”

When Wang Shouren climbed the next high slope, examined the surrounding situation with a telescope, and with the map in his hand, he knew that the Tatars were still exempt from the risk of "extermination".

From the completion of the first battle, in front of the main Tatar force, the Tatars began to gather men from all walks of life to encircle and besiege them, and it had been nine days before and after, in these nine days, although they had completed a thousand-mile pursuit and successfully forced the Tatars to a dead end, they also completed a hearty encounter and a great victory.

But because of this, there was some delay, and the Tatars also stopped their progress by sacrificing the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as the cattle and sheep of their headquarters.

The Tatars from all walks of life have finally gathered, as if to complete their strangulation!

"Stop the pursuit before sunset, and stay where you are!"

Wang Shouren issued a new military order.

When the soldiers heard this kind of order, they actually thought it was strange.

If you want to chase it, you will continue to chase, if you want to retreat, you will continue to retreat, and if you want to chase until dark, but you will be stationed in the same place, which is equivalent to saying that if you can't catch up with the enemy, you will wait for the surroundment on the spot, and then wait for death?

In the past, some people must have doubted the correctness of Wang Shouren's military orders.

But now, Wang Shouren's military orders are like holy decrees, and no one doubts his authority in commanding operations.

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The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty followed the route of the Tatars who scattered and fled, and chased them all the way for hundreds of miles.

After dark, the men and horses had not completely withdrawn.

Judging from the battle reports that have been sorted out...... The pursuit of the Tatars alone has successfully strangled more than 4,000 Tatar people, plus more than 5,000 people who have been completed before, and the first two battles have been completed...... Killed more than 10,000 enemies.

Although nearly half of them were killed by "civilians", such a record can no longer be described as an ordinary victory.

After the Ming army withdrew, it was stationed in the camp left by the Tatars, and according to Wang Shouren's orders, the yellow powder and artillery brought with them were scattered around the camp, which was to prevent the Tatars from attacking the camp at night.

"Major General!"

"Uncle!"

After the generals who pursued from all walks of life came back, they all asked Wang Shouren for his life with excitement on their faces.

Many of them hoped to continue to chase and chase overnight, as if life was already out of reach for the Ming soldiers.

Enough killing.

6,000 people killed more than 10,000 Tartars, and it is best to bring a few more people to accompany them before they die, so that even if they die on the grassland, they can go down in history.

Wang Shouren said: "Order the three armies, have a good rest tonight, there is still a tough battle to fight tomorrow." ”

"Order!"

As soon as the soldiers heard that there was a battle to be fought, they didn't care whether they were surrounded by enemies or not, even if they were all enemies on all sides.

On the first day of entering the grassland, I knew that such an outcome was possible.

Now even if you are tired for a few days and get a good night's sleep, you can sleep soundly, but the big deal is to wait for the day, and then kill after dawn.

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It was surprisingly quiet in Daming's camp that night.

None of the Tatar people dared to approach within twenty miles of the Daming camp.

When the Tatar people had successfully fled westward, even the more than 10,000 horses pursued by the Tatars were relieved, and they withdrew from the Ming army twenty miles away, and also stationed in the distance, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to observe the situation of the camp on the Ming side to ensure that the Ming army was really stationed in place.

They were also afraid that the Ming army would rest until midnight and continue the pursuit......

One night down.

The grasslands were dead silent.

After dawn and when the sun rises, the Ming army has already begun to bury the stove and cook, which seems to be the most relaxing day after they enter the grassland.

Everyone talked and laughed.

Talking about yesterday's bloody battle, I can't care who killed a few, unlike the previous cold weapon combat first merit that is easy to calculate, now it doesn't matter who killed the person, victory is the entire army, it is a collective honor, and individual honor is to be a participant in a big war, and at the same time in the big war did not flinch, and completed the task brilliantly in the pursuit.

"Yesterday, I caught up with a little girl and cried at me, that's called an ugly, I went down with a knife and cut her neck!"

"Didn't you want to pull it back to be your brother's daughter-in-law? I heard that your brother is still a young child. ”

"It's too ugly to look at! Who knew she was talking about a birdball? ”

"Hahaha......"

Everyone had breakfast.

The meeting of Wang Shouren's Great Tent had ended, and military orders had begun to be issued throughout the army.

"The major general ordered to clean up the battlefield today and cut off all the ears that can be cut! After cutting, go south, and if you encounter a Tartar, you will fight to the end, and if you can't meet it, you will find a gate to enter the pass! ”

"Is that the end of it? We haven't had a good time yet! ”

"Save your strength and kill next time! Do you know that Grass Valley? In the past, it was the Khitan, Tatar, and Jurchen who fought us in the grass valley, but now it's our turn to fight them! ”

"Commander, I'm afraid that next time we come, we won't find where their grass valley is fighting!"

"There is Lai Guogong's clever calculation, and General Wang Shao's command is determined, I'm afraid that your credit will not be achieved without you? Do you want to go back to reunite with the girls and babies at home? ”

"Yes, this time, take it back and change it for a few eldest sons, I'm afraid it won't be spent in a few lifetimes!"

"I'm afraid that if you want to go back, the Tartars won't be happy! On the way back, there are a few fights to see who wants the corpse here! ”

"Look who's a bad seed!"

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In front of Wang Shouren's tent, the soldiers had already begun to pack up their belongings, and at the same time, they were also preparing to start cutting off their ears.

"The soldiers who were killed and wounded yesterday, no matter how difficult it is, will be brought back and cannot be left on the grassland." Wang Shouren said to Guan Jing.

Guan Jing asked, "What if the Tartars are attacking?" ”

"Divided into three ways, ready to fight! However, it is expected that unless the little Tatar prince returns to the army, he will still maintain the situation of the previous few days and hold each other without attacking. There are still regrets in this battle! ”

(End of chapter)