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In the early morning, when the sound of the Mongols sounded on the grassland, hundreds of Uliangha people were driving cattle and sheep to graze under the Uliangha Mountain.

On the grassland, the herdsmen returned to their horses and raised their whips, and they pulled out a crisp whip.

The autumn wind is strong, blowing across the prairie all over the mountains.

The grass is withered and the wood is yellow, and the depressed grassland faces this strong autumn wind, but it is just a battle and it is overwhelmed.

Soon, under the autumn wind, the yellow dust under the Wuliangha Mountain was full of sky, and the cooking smoke was long.

The sheep on the grassland are very united, like to huddle, and push forward one after another on this withered yellow prairie.

The sheep twisted its neck and bleated a few times, as if it had taken a new path, but was soon driven back by the Mongols' horsewhips and hounds.

In the face of the whip and the hound, the sheep were frightened, and could only chew the dry grass under the cold leather whip of the wrangler.

"This pasture is getting worse and worse, and if it goes on like this, the grass will be eaten up."

"Without grass, we won't be able to raise sheep, and the Taiji above will blame."

On horseback, a Mongolian in his forties sighed, while a young man in his early twenties next to him turned his horse's head and said viciously: "The southerners have been grabbing our pastures in the north, if it weren't for them, we could go to the south to graze." ”

"It's our place, they're just robbers!"

"Not only did they rob our pasture, but they also killed Abu (father)!"

Remembering his slain father, the young man shielded himself from the sun with his hands and looked at the sun through his fingers.

"One day, I'm going to go south and let the southerners return our pasture."

The Mongolian on the side of "Speedy Red ......" wanted to say something, but the hound in front of him suddenly barked like he had been stimulated by something.

For a moment, all the Mongols gathered together, and they looked vigilantly at the low hills ahead.

Soon, someone's face changed: "There is the sound of horses' hooves......"

"Did they come back from the south?" Su Mu Chi asked, and on the low hill in front of him, ten soldiers on horses and wearing armor suddenly appeared.

Seeing this, Sumu Chi didn't wait for the people around him to speak, so he took the initiative to move forward.

It's just that when he stepped forward, the team of soldiers suddenly took something out of their arms.

Without waiting for Mu Chi to react, an explosion suddenly sounded on the grassland.

"Bang!!"

Pupils constricted, and a pile of elderly Mongol hair stood on end, and they stretched their bows and arrows into the sky, shooting Ming Di.

"Quickaki! Come back! It's the Southern Soldiers!!"

Many people anxiously shouted and reminded him, and Su Muchi was not slow to react, and immediately turned his horse's head and retreated with a wooden whistle.

The hounds began to drive the sheep back and forth, and among the hundreds of grazing Mongols, a hundred young and strong Mongols unarmoured from the horses on the side.

Although it was only leather armor, at least it provided them with a sense of security.

"Old man Ulaanbari, what's going on? How did the southern soldiers fight here! ”

Su Mu Chi, who fled back to the team, asked nervously, and looked back at the more than ten Ming soldiers on the low hill from time to time.

"I don't know, anyway, let's withdraw to the tribe first, and then talk about ......"

Ulan Bari put on leather armor and looked back nervously at the Ming army.

The Ming army stationed at the horse dwarf hill, and after the signal was released, there was no pursuit of them, and they looked at them like this.

This is an endless grassland, and if you want to escape to a place that no one else can see, you need to run for at least a dozen miles.

The Ming army did not rush to pursue, but followed them unhurriedly.

Ulan Bari, who was a hundred households, broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this, he knew very well that this was just the Tang cavalry of the Ming army, and the real team was behind them.

Normally, the Tang cavalry of the Ming army will generally not break away from the three armies for more than 30 miles, and if it is a small group of burning wasteland in the northern patrol team, it is normally only more than ten miles.

"How did this southern soldier come here through the city of Uliangha? Were they defeated? ”

Ulan Bari was so uncertain that he could only grit his teeth and organize a retreat, but the herd slowed them down, and after half an hour, they only retreated eight or nine miles.

"Abandon the herd and retreat!"

Seeing the herd slow down so much, Ulaanbari could only survive with a broken arm.

The Mongols around them quarreled when they heard this: "I don't know how many southern soldiers there are behind, if there are not many of them, we give up the herd, and they will be reduced to slaves!" ”

The Mongols have a strict hierarchy, and if they are reduced to slaves, they will never want to turn over in this life without military exploits.

"They're all here, do you think they don't have a big army to come?!"

Ulan Bari cursed back, and by this time the sound of horses' hooves could be heard behind them.

Everyone looked back and saw the yellow dust rising.

In the yellow dust, as far as the eye can see, there are hundreds of Ming troops wearing Ming armor, not to mention places that cannot be seen.

"Withdraw!!"

At this moment, without being reminded by Ulaanbari, everyone waved their horsewhips and fled to the west at a faster speed.

The Ming army pursued them closely, stopping only for a moment as they passed by the herd.

"The horse infantry stayed in the herds! The rest of the people continue to pursue! ”

On the chase road, Zhu Gaoxu, who was wearing armor, commanded with a gun, and Zhang Chun and Lin Su beside him successively reduced their horse speed.

At this time, the cavalry of the Bohai Navy had fallen hundreds of paces away from the horse infantry behind them, and the horse infantry riding horses could not keep up with the footsteps of the cavalry riding military horses.

Only by leaving them in the pastor can the benefits of this operation be maximized.

"Chase!"

Shaking the reins, Zhu Gaoxu led 2,000 cavalry to bite tightly behind Ulaanbari and the others.

Fat and strong military horses can often easily catch up with the Mongol horses at such times.

Without Zhu Gaoxu's orders, the 2,000 cavalry divided into hundreds of cavalry, one on the left and one on the right.

Soon, the Ulan Bari group had to slow down because of the emaciation of the horses, and they were surrounded by the Ming army in less than an hour.

They were fenced off, and the Bohai Navy gradually narrowed the circle around them.

"Old man of Ulaanbari......"

Fearful, he put his hope in Ulaanbari, but now there is nothing he can do.

He had been on the battlefield, and he knew very well that the soldiers in Ming armor were the elite of all forces, and now they were surrounded by these two thousand Ming armor cavalry, and they could not break through with their strength at all.

Whether it's horses, weapons, or armor, the gap between them is too great.

"Do you want to be taken prisoner?"

Fu Rang, who was stationed outside the encirclement, asked Zhu Gaochu on the side, although Zhu Gaoxu's face was calm, he was also beating a drum in his heart.

Does he want to capture this group of people?

Although he had already done psychological construction when he came, when he could decide hundreds of lives with one sentence, Zhu Gaoxu still hesitated for a moment.

He glanced at the hundreds of Mongols who were surrounded with fear on their faces, many of them young children, some fourteen or fifteen years old, others as young as eleven or twelve.

At such an age, if you are in Jilin City, I am afraid you are still studying in school.

"Take it prisoner......"

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu didn't speak for a long time, Fu Rang seemed to guess his thoughts and tentatively said the answer.

But in the face of his words, Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, turned the horse's head and ordered with a cold face: "Don't leave a single one!" ”

His words made Fu Rang stunned for a moment, but soon Fu Rang nodded his head, and stepped forward and pulled out the long knife:

"Shoot the arrows and avoid the horses!"

As he blurted out, several hundred household officials who followed him picked up wooden whistles and blew them, and the soldiers of the Bohai Navy also opened their bows and arrows one after another, and began to fire arrows at a distance of less than fifty paces.

"Uhh

"Fight!!"

The besieged Ulaanbari and the rest began to counterattack, but their counterattack was so powerless in the face of the Bohai navy, which was several times larger than them.

Zhu Gaoxu heard the sound of a wooden whistle, but he did not look back, but calmly rode back to the captured herd.

"Your Highness!"

A quarter of an hour later, seeing Zhu Gaoxu coming back on a solo ride, Lin Su hurriedly brought someone to ride a horse, and complained: "Your Highness, you must at least come back with an escort, this one, in case ......."

Lin Su's incessant talk distracted Zhu Gaoxu's attention, and he chuckled: "How many cattle and sheep there are in that herd, can you see it?" ”

"No less than a hundred cows and three thousand sheep!"

Speaking of the seizure, Lin Su's saliva was about to flow down, and Zhu Gaoxu saw this and ordered quickly: "Slaughter two hundred, the brothers have been tired during this time, and they will eat better today." ”

"What about the rest?" Lin Su glanced back at the herd that was slowing down the march.

Faced with this problem, Zhu Gaoxu said lightly: "Send the ploughing cattle to the east, let the boats and boats go south, and leave the sheep behind, and hand them over to the hundreds of good herders in the army to slowly follow the nomadic behind the army." ”

Zhu Gaoxu wants to sweep Wuliang Hashan, and after the sweep is completed, he will lead his troops south, so that there will naturally be no enemy behind him, and the soldiers can graze with peace of mind.

As for Haragu, he probably doesn't know that he has made a detour to Uliang Hashan, and he is probably still busy mobilizing troops and horses to retreat to the south to protect the troops.

"It's still forty miles from Urraha Mountain, which is very close, and tell the brothers that smokeless stoves must be done according to standards."

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaoxu explained everything to Lin Su, and returned to the herd after explaining.

They rolled over and dismounted, sat down, and watched as the soldiers dragged more than 100 sheep out of the herd, and then boiled water to slaughter them.

After about two quarters of an hour, the western sky began to hear the sound of horses' hooves, and Fu told them to finish off the hundreds of Mongols and return.

He looked for Zhu Gaochu to ride a horse, and when Zhu Gaochu saw it, he just asked flatly: "The corpses are all solved?" ”

"It's all buried, this place is empty, and burning it will cause Hu Lu to notice." Fu Rang dismounted and said to Zhu Gaoxu:

"When I came, I saw the dung of this group of Hu soldiers grazing, and I should be able to find their grazing place directly by looking for the dung."

Searching for enemy tracks with feces is a common means of searching for enemies in this era.

It's not so easy to put the finishing touches on, not to mention the nomads, and even the Han generals may not be able to do it well.

The more well-known one should be Li Guang of the Western Han Dynasty.

Li Guang of the Western Han Dynasty never restrained the convenience of the soldiers when he marched, so the soldiers under his command were often convenient not far from the team as soon as they were uncomfortable.

This not only made the road and urine, but also made it very convenient for the Huns to search for his traces.

The officials of the Western Han Dynasty were very unaccustomed to this barbaric behavior of Li Guang's generals and often impeached Li Guang.

Even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued three orders and five orders, Li Guang still could not restrain his subordinates, which made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty very angry.

Even Sima Qian, who was partial to Li Guang, had no way to cover up the record of this matter, but tried to whitewash it as much as possible.

For example, in the "Historical Records", Sima Qian wrote to Li Guang with his troops: "If there is no army to carry out Chen, he will be good at water and grass, give up, everyone will be at their own convenience, and he will not fight with knives to defend himself.

It can be seen from the text that Sima Qian was very dissatisfied with the lack of discipline in Li Guang's army, and one of them was that everyone was self-defecate, which can show that Li Guang's army was very casual about defecation.

Even in the Sui and Tang dynasties and the Song and Song dynasties, it was not uncommon for generals who could not restrain their soldiers.

Zhu Gaoxu made a lot of rules for the Bohai Navy's march, so many that it took ordinary people a few days to memorize them if they wanted to write them down.

Almost every one of these regulations has been put into practice.

Because of this, Zhu Gaoxu and the others were not found along the way.

Now that this Mongol army has left them traces of marching, then Zhu Gaoxu and they can follow the vine.

"You send someone to grope through and see how many Hu soldiers and subordinates are stationed in Uliang Hashan."

"If there are not many Hu soldiers, we will grope for them at night, wrap them around, and have a good night's sleep."

Hearing such good news, Zhu Gaoxu naturally would not sit idly by and wait for the traces to be worn away by time.

Regarding his words, Fu Rang bowed: "I have already asked people to find it, and I think I should be able to come back before dark." ”

"Good!" Zhu Gaoxu shook his head.

Fu Rang is still very relieved, which can be seen from the construction of Andong City and Zhaozhou City.

Half an hour after the two of them finished talking about this, the smell of mutton began to waft through the air.

Lined up, the soldiers of the Bohai Navy who went out this time finally had a good meal.

Although Modong in this era was not rich in water and grass due to overgrazing by the Mongols, 200 sheep could still meet the needs of three catties of mutton per person.

Soon, everyone was immersed in the fragrant aroma of meat, even if these mutton did not put any seasoning except salt crystals, but it still made everyone gobble up.

"Kill!!"

"Wow!!"

As Zhu Gaoxu said, the current Haragu has indeed gathered soldiers and horses, and has already exchanged hands with Zhu Quan.

At the foot of Checher Mountain, on the grassland, 3,000 Ming cavalry and tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry suddenly fired arrows at each other, and the soldiers who accidentally broke away from the team immediately grabbed the long soldiers and fought with the surrounding Hu soldiers.

Both sides charged, and when they were more than ten steps away from each other, they opened their bows and arrows, aiming at their heads and firing arrows.

Some were unlucky, fell with arrows, or were taken away from the battlefield by war horses.

Some were lucky enough to have never been hit by an arrow several times in a row.

In such a face-to-face battle, Zhu Quan was very cautious, even if his side had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat, he would not let the army break into the Uliangha formation, but chose to use the method of riding and shooting the face to kill the cavalry under Harawu's command little by little.

His decision proved to be a good one, for at this moment Haragu was not in the army, but was leading three thousand armored cavalry to wait for a breakthrough in a col in the Checher Mountains.

"It's a pity that my armor was crushed by Zhu Di's madman, otherwise where would it be the turn of Zhu Quan, a little doll, to show off her power in front of me!"

Listening to the news coming back from the front, the Kharagu sitting on the horse was very angry.

In the past, Zhu Quan didn't dare to go deep alone, but now that he has the military horses rationed by the Ming Court, he dares to come to his realm to show off his might.

In the past, Haragu could raise all his strength and lead 30,000 elites dressed in armor to fight against Zhu Quan.

But since the defeat in Jilin last year, there are less than 24,000 soldiers left in the tribe, and they are still scattered in the hands of the Taiji.

Knowing that Zhu Quan was provoking, he could only notify the troops to go north in a hurry, and he took 3,000 armor soldiers from his headquarters to the south.

His original intention was to use the tens of thousands of light horsemen in front of him to attract Zhu Quan to the north, and then go out of the Cheer Mountain himself to cut off Zhu Quan's supplies from the rear.

It's just that Zhu Quan's guy has learned to be smart with Zhu Di's guy, no matter how they fight, no matter how big the results are, they will never easily abandon the people to pursue, which makes Haragu have no strength.

"If you continue to grind like this, not many of his 3,000 armored soldiers will die, but many men will die on our side."

When the familiar voice sounded, the figure of Tarukchaer also appeared beside Haragu.

At present, he is still sitting next to Harawu, and can open his mouth to give advice, which shows that his casualties in the battle of Jilin are not large, but Haisa Nan Daxi and Azashiri do not say a word, and their status has dropped a lot, and they have obviously suffered a lot.

Not only the two of them, but also many small tribes of Taiji were also much more honest, and the reason why they were honest was that they bore most of the casualties of the Jilin fiasco.

Although Haragu also lost a number of armored cavalry and a lot of armored soldiers, he had the support of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in his early years, and his family foundation was much thicker than that of everyone else, so he could withstand the defeat of Jilin a few more times.

But it's one thing for him to be able to bear it, it's another thing for him to bear it.

Zhu Quan has plundered and slaughtered many small tribes and grazing Uliangha people in the south these days, and the losses of all the tribes are not small.

Now he has reached the south of the Checher Mountain, and three hundred miles further north is the city of Uliangha.

The fields over there in Wuliang Ha Bald City have not yet harvested grain, and if Zhu Quan runs there, then the departments will not want to spend the winter well this year.

Because of this, Kharagu began to sit still under the reminder of Tulu Kuchaer.

"Pass my order to send troops and drive this group of southern soldiers back to the south!"

At the sound of Haragu's order, the 3,000 armored soldiers hidden in the col began to turn over and get on their horses, and walked out of the col in an orderly manner, galloping towards the southeast.

In just two quarters of an hour, Khara Wu arrived at the battlefield with 3,000 armor soldiers, and saw for the first time many Mongol corpses lying on the ground.

The anger did not overwhelm Kharawu's mind, and he commanded Azashri and Tulu Kuchaer to each bring a thousand cavalry, one after the other to encircle Zhu Quan's headquarters, and he himself led troops to cut off Zhu Quan's connection with the people.

"Beep!!"

"Your Highness, Hu soldiers are coming from the northwest, and they all look like armor soldiers, we should withdraw!"

In the midst of the chaos, Liu Zhen, who had been observing the surroundings, grabbed the sovereign who was about to turn back and signal him to look northwest.

Zhu Quan has followed Zhu Di on many northern tours, so he is naturally not a reckless man.

Seeing that Uliangha was coming, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

"Bell, bell!!"

Under the transmission of more than ten Chinese army Tang cavalry, the news of the retreat began to spread among the Ming army.

They followed Zhu Quan's Wang Xuan and began to retreat south, and Haragu also grabbed the reins and raised his hand to stop the advance of the soldiers behind him.

"General, aren't we chasing?"

A thousand households asked if they didn't understand, but Harawu said calmly: "This Zhu Quan dares to go so deep this time, there must be a helper to help." ”

"Although Zhu Di went to Kaipingwei, Daning's soldiers and horses cannot be taken lightly."

"Don't chase them, escort the herd north first, if Zhu Quan still dares to pursue, we will return to the army to repel him."

After all, Harawu was cast a shadow by last year's Jilin fiasco, and now he doesn't dare to go all out like attacking Jixi Fort, but take one step at a time.

The subconscious in his heart told him that Zhu Quan must have deceived if he dared to go deeper, otherwise he would not have been able to provoke himself with three thousand cavalry.

Harawu turned the horse's head and was not greedy to defeat Zhu Quan.

As for the lost cattle and sheep, he was powerless to recover them......

When he thought so, Zhu Quan also led his troops to retreat to the south for more than ten miles, and it was not until he could no longer see the cavalry such as Haragu that he raised his hand and ordered the three armies to stop.

Turning the horse's head, he looked at the hills and meadows behind him from a distance, and Liu Zhen on the side also turned the horse's head and came to him:

"This group of Hu soldiers, if they were placed on the northern patrol of the Sandu Division cavalry led by King Yan, they would run faster than rabbits."

"Now that we only have 3,000 men, they dare to chase after us."

Zhu Quan bowed his head, and at the same time took out the marching formation map of the Bohai Navy and looked at it: "Calculating the time, Gao Xu should be about to arrive at the south of Wuliang Ha Mountain." ”

"This Haragu is here with 3,000 armored soldiers, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to expand the results of the battle."

"How many cattle, sheep and horses did we find when we went north this time?"

He asked Liu Zhen, and Liu Zhen replied without thinking: "There are about 1,000 horses, no less than 500 cattle, and the largest number of sheep, about 5,000." ”

"It's not too little" Zhu Quan nodded, but still said regretfully: "It's just that it's too much less than originally expected." ”

"No way." Liu Zhen also sighed and said: "No one would know that Haragu would be able to gather three thousand armor soldiers to go south in such a short time, our capture this time is not big, but His Royal Highness the King of Bohai is afraid that he will return with a full load." ”

Zhu Quan and Liu Zhen both knew very well that at least one-third of the armor soldiers of the Wuliangha tribes were here, and the remaining two-thirds were still distributed in the vast grassland.

Now as the backbone of Uliangha, Haragu is in the south, and there are no big leaders and Taiji in the north, once Zhu Gaoxu sweeps from north to south, then when Haragu reacts back, maybe Zhu Gaoxu's people will run away.

Thinking of this, Zhu Quan couldn't help laughing, causing Liu Zhen next to him to wonder: "Your Highness, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I'm ......" Zhu Quan paused, and then said with a smile: "I'm wondering, Gao Xu, did he know that there were many soldiers in the south, so he deliberately took a detour to the north." ”

"This time, we can be regarded as turning the main attack into a secondary attack."

Zhu Quan looked at the north, and his words were a little embarrassed: "I don't know how many cattle and sheep Gao Xu can seize this time......

(End of chapter)