"Your Highness! They burned the corn fields! ”

A few miles in front of the Vulyang Ha Bald City, when the Ming army, who was waiting for work, watched the soldiers under the command of Ha Ra Wu burn the corn fields, many of the soldiers were very painful.

It's just that Zhu Gaoxu is still calm about this, he turned his head to Zhu Quan and said, "Uncle Seventeen, this old slave seems to be preparing to flee north directly." ”

"Do you want to drive north?" Zhu Quan asked Zhu Gaoxu rhetorically, after all, in his opinion, the results of this exit have been great.

At the camp of Wuliangha, there were thousands of corpses lying horizontally and vertically, which means that the Bohai Navy led by Zhu Gaoxu beheaded at least thousands last night.

These thousands of people, plus the results of their two soldiers and horses along the way, killed eight or nine thousand people of Uliangha, to say the least.

For the Uliangha tribes, which have a population of only about 100,000 at the moment, this is already an unbearable pain.

However, in this regard, Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "It's a safari." ”

He regarded Haragu and the others as prey, and seemed to despise Haragu and the others.

It's just that he also knows that if Haragu really wants to fight with himself, then he may not be able to win.

After all, there were slightly more armor soldiers on the opposite side than them, not to mention the number of light soldiers.

If it weren't for the fact that Haragu couldn't bear too many casualties, I'm afraid he would have given it a go.

"If it had been before, I would have eaten them!"

As Zhu Gaoxu thought, before retreating, Haragu did put down cruel words to the 7,000 Ming army horse cavalry in front of him.

It's just that he also knows that more than 20,000 people are tied together by him with various interests, and if he really wants to fight hard, many leaders will leave with their own people.

Such a situation was caused by him, because last year's Jilin fiasco made him lose the trust of many leaders.

Of course, the culprit should be Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting in the formation of the Ming army.

He was powerless to fight with Zhu Gaoxu, and now what the Wuliangha tribes needed was to recuperate.

At this point, Harawu didn't stay any longer, turned his head and said to Tulu Kuchaer and the others: "Withdraw!" ”

At his command, all the Uliangha began to turn on their horses.

Many of them had bundles of harvested millet tied to their horses.

The corn was cut down and put into leather bags, and the straw was left behind to be used as hay to feed the horses.

Soon, they began to retreat northward, and Zhu Gaoxu and they also ordered to follow.

Haragu was very vigilant, from the light cavalry to the whole army, he used the first soldiers as the main men and horses, in order to prevent Zhu Gaoxu and them from taking the opportunity to raid.

However, his guard lasted for more than ten miles, and the Ming army did not launch a surprise attack, but followed closely one or two miles away from them.

This situation lasted for several hours, and because the Bohai Navy and the Ningfu cavalry captured a lot of horses, their mobility was not low, but even higher than the more than 20,000 people in Haragu.

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid the morale will be gone."

In the middle of the team, Tru Kucha'er glanced left and right with a solemn face, reminding Harawu beside him.

Haragu couldn't help it, the herd and the extra horses were carried north by the troops, and they could only maintain the situation of one person and two horses, and they didn't dare to take off their armor to rest.

He looked back at the ranks of the Ming army, but saw that there were many horses behind them, which made Haragu have a bad premonition.

The Ming army is short of horses, and Zhu Quan's army can have so many horses, which can still be said to be captured, but what about Zhu Gaoxu's troops?

"Could it be that this dog has robbed the herds of the north?"

Hara's angry teeth itched, he had known that Zhu Gaoxu could bring him so much trouble, and he should have raised all his troops and horses to fall Jilin City at all costs last year.

He was not angry when he was defeated in the hands of Zhu Di, but he was defeated in the hands of Zhu Gaoxu, a doll, and he was always unconvinced.

"The water is gone, do you want to go to the small river to the north to get water?"

The voice of Tarukchaer was heard again, and Haragu agreed to his suggestion.

After traveling seven or eight miles north, a small river with a diameter of a few feet appeared on the side of the northbound road.

Seeing this, Harawu ordered the soldiers to be stationed outside, and the light cavalry fetched water.

He was wary of the Ming army's sneak attack, and when Zhu Quan saw this situation, he also said to Zhu Gaoxu on the side: "This Harawu is not fooled, the march is step by step, I am afraid we have no chance to start." ”

"Really, not?" Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "Uncle Seventeen, don't worry, this group of nomadic Hu soldiers is not strictly disciplined, and they can't last too long with such a high-intensity march." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was right, in the face of the pressure of the Ming army plundering the formation and the possibility of war breaking out at any time, the elite Tanma Red Army of Wuliangha could still bear it, but the ordinary herdsmen did not bear it at all.

The morale of the Hu soldiers and the ranks were visibly low and loose to the naked eye, and even though the Haragu kept sending the Tanma Red Army to restrain them, they could not do anything.

Riding horses for long periods of time makes it impossible for the emaciated horses under their crotch to support them.

The Han Chinese commented that the Mongols could not raise horses, which was not arrogant, but an economic constraint.

If the Han people want to raise horses, whether it is forage or bean feed, they can basically be satisfied, and the horses they have cultivated are also strong and powerful, fat and strong.

On the other hand, the Mongolians raise horses, not because they don't know how to feed them, but because they can't take out the beans to feed too many horses.

Horses eat grass blindly, and it is difficult for them to grow fat and strong, so most of the Mongolian horses are thin and weak, not as strong as the Han horses.

Because of this, on the march, as soon as Zhu Gaoxu and his side found that the horses began to graze with their heads down and did not leave, they would immediately grab a handful of beans and corn and feed them to the horses to help them recover their strength.

But on the other hand, the Haragu were not short of corn, and they were not willing to feed the corn to the horses, at most they were feeding the corn straw.

However, just a little straw could not meet the consumption of horses for long-distance migration, and many light riding mounts were left alone because of lack of horsepower.

Whenever there was a light cavalry alone, Zhu Gaoxu and they would step forward to shoot him, and such scenes made the morale of the soldiers and horses under the command of Harawu drop even more.

Soon, night fell, and Haragu ushered in his most difficult time.

The Ming army went to the same place last night, extinguishing the torches so that the Mongols could not detect their traces.

Due to the light retreat, all the troops could only sleep in the open air, and there were only a few simple trenches dug out by the Haragu people on the periphery.

It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that these trenches can't stop the Ming army, because there are no suitable tools, these trenches are not deep, let alone wide and long.

Everyone was vigilant about the night attack of the Ming army, and there were indeed horse charges and shouts of killing all over the camp that night.

It's just that when Hu Bing was awakened and got up to assemble to prepare for battle, these shouts of killing suddenly disappeared, as if they had never existed.

When they went back to rest and fell asleep, the shouts of killing reappeared, and the disturbers were not tired of it.

For the whole night, the Hu soldiers did not get a good night's sleep, and as a result, everyone's eyes were bloodshot on the next day's march.

"It's not a way to go on like this, if the southern soldiers come to interfere with last night a few more times, I'm afraid that we will be collapsed before we reach Uliang Hashan!"

The bloodshot Taru Kucha'er reminded Haragu, but Haragu didn't know.

With red eyes, he asked Tru Kucha'er, "What can you do?" ”

"Fight them!" Tulu Kucha'er showed the courage to break the cauldron, and after hearing this, Haragu also glanced at the rest of the leaders.

Seeing that they all had this meaning, Tulu Kuchaer also reined in and said, "Good! In that case, then we will fight with them! ”

After that, the army was stopped, and the front army turned into a rear army, facing Zhu Gaoxu and their 7,000 men who were closely following.

But when they were ready for everything, the Ming army actually stopped, and there was no decisive battle with them at all.

"Rush!"

After waiting for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu told them not to come forward, and Haragu ordered the whole army to attack.

For a while, the sound of the horn resounded throughout the grassland, and thousands of troops and horses rushed in, and people's blood boiled.

It's just that in the face of such a scene, the Ming army actually turned around and retreated in front of all the Hu soldiers who were fully prepared.

"Good!!"

Many Hu soldiers who didn't know why thought that they had forced back the Ming army, and applauded happily.

But Harawu and Tulu Kucha'er were so dark that they could drip water, and they had already thought of how Zhu Gaoxu was going to deal with them.

As the secret of guerrilla warfare, the sixteen-character formula is actually a very early war, especially among some nomads.

Seeing Zhu Gaochu doing this now, how could they not know Zhu Gaoxu's intentions.

"This guy is going to drag us until we are sleepy and tired!"

Tulu Kucha'er gritted his teeth, and Haragu was even more angry.

They knew that the Ming army was well supplied, otherwise they would not have followed them north.

But in the current situation, more than 20,000 of them don't have so much food, grass and horses.

Yesterday alone, no less than 100 of them were killed because of lack of horsepower, and today the charge wasted another horsepower, and if they do not stop at the grazing to recover their horsepower, I am afraid that more soldiers and horses will be left behind today.

"Resident ......"

Haragu squeezed this sentence out between his teeth, and Tolu Huchaer could only do it.

Soon, the Hu soldiers began to scatter in all directions to restore the strength of the hungry horses.

But it did not surprise Haragu, and soon a dull trumpet sounded in the east.

The Ming army attacked from the east, and Harawu immediately led his Tanma Red Army to support.

On the way, they could see the tribes who were constantly fleeing on horseback, and they saw the tribes who were shot dead by the Ming army on the way to escape.

Harawu gathered a breath of anger and tried to release it on the thousands of Ming troops.

Just seeing them coming, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Quan immediately led their soldiers and horses to retreat, leaving only hundreds of corpses of Hu soldiers to Haragu.

"Keep marching!"

Looking at the Ming army like a mouse, Harawu let the whole army continue to march aggrievedly.

Although this avoided a sneak attack by the Ming army when they were stationed in the pastoral, it also made the stationing useless.

Many horses were forcibly driven off the road before they could replenish their horsepower, leaving more and more people behind.

In the face of the fallen Mongols, the Ming army still shot mercilessly, took the arrows inserted in the flesh, and fed the surviving horses to serve as their own horses.

Soon, the sky fell again, and the Ming army, with the cooperation of Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Quan, took turns to play the tactics of attacking the camp and harassing the enemy.

Haragu ordered a night patrol to be added so that the soldiers who did not have to be on duty at night could rest well.

"Gao Xu, it seems that this Haragu is a dead horse as a live horse doctor."

At night, knowing that the Hu soldiers had stepped up their night patrols, Zhu Quan knew that the Hu soldiers had reached their limit.

He looked at Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaochu was eating a piece of dried meat with a smile on his face:

"Don't worry, let them rest first, and after half an hour, please ask Uncle Seventeen to take the three thousand cavalry of the headquarters to attack at night."

"Now that Hu Bing is already a frightened bird, as long as you lead your troops to sweep the formation, they will pay attention to you."

"Harawu doesn't dare to let the light soldiers go ahead, so he will definitely take his headquarters armor soldiers to take the lead."

"At all times, I led the horse infantry cavalry of my headquarters to make a roundabout rear, and attacked the light soldiers from behind, and the light soldiers will inevitably be in chaos."

Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's words, Zhu Quan's eyes lit up: "In this way, it's time for us to attack back and forth, right?"

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu chuckled lightly, but he still reminded:

"Don't get entangled with the Hara vultures in this battle, and try to attack the light soldiers as much as possible."

"Why?" Zhu Quan was puzzled, after all, the armor soldiers were the foundation of Wuliangha, if the armor soldiers under the Halagu were really completely defeated here, then Daning and Bohai would really have peace of mind.

It's just that in the face of Zhu Quan's suggestion, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head.

He naturally knew that destroying Haragu would allow Daning and Bohai to sit back and relax.

It's just that, not to mention whether they can eat the more than 9,000 armor soldiers of Haragu here, just eating these 9,000 armor soldiers, how many casualties they need to pay is enough to make Zhu Gaoxu stop.

It is already September of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, and Lao Zhu's time is running out.

If you suffer a heavy blow here, it will be difficult for you to pull up a team in less than half a year.

Not to mention, if the Halagu are exterminated, then Daning can still deal with the Mongols in Mobei, but what about his Bohai Palace?

Use 8,000 armor soldiers to deal with the Jurchens in the Northeast? Lao Zhu would not do such extravagant things.

All the time left for themselves, they were either transferred to other fiefdoms, or a group of guards and horses were transferred.

It is impossible for Zhu Gaoxu to accept these two futures, so even if he hates Haragu no matter how much he hates him, he can't kill him here.

"Although the Hu soldiers have collapsed, there are still more armored soldiers than us, and the light soldiers are about three times as many as ours."

"Once those 9,000 or so armor soldiers find out that our target is them, then they will be trapped and fight us like crazy."

"At this time, if the light soldiers come to their senses and assist the armored soldiers to surround us, we may not be able to win all, and even if we win, I am afraid that more than half of them will be killed or wounded......"

Zhu Gaoxu came up with his own words, and Zhu Quan glanced at Liu Zhen next to him after hearing this.

Although it was dark, Zhu Quan saw his thoughts through the small movements of Liu Zhen's hands.

"Good!" Zhu Quan responded and asked Liu Zhen to command the soldiers and horses to prepare.

Time passed little by little, and from the time it was completely dark, many Hu soldiers held on and did not sleep, because they were afraid that the Ming army would attack the camp.

But this kind of torment made many people unable to support it, and gradually those Hu soldiers who couldn't sleep began to fight with their eyelids, and finally fell asleep unconsciously.

The Hu soldiers who were guarding the periphery tried their best to keep watch outside, but they had already set up a sentry two or three miles away from the main formation, but they still did not find any trace of the Ming army.

Because the scene of the lone soldier being shot and killed during the day was vivid, they did not dare to go out to guard again, so they were confined to the patrol range of about three miles.

In the middle of this formation, Haragu and many Taiji and the head people lay down and slept around the campfire, but even they woke up from time to time.

Under Zhu Gaoxu's tactics of retreating and advancing, and the enemy stopping and disturbing, many of them were on the verge of collapse.

They haven't been able to get a good rest for two days and two nights, and everyone regards having a good rest as the biggest luxury at the moment.

Right now, they still have two and a half days to go from the city of Uliangha, and no one knows how to spend these two and a half days.

Even while they were asleep, they did not dare to take off their armor, and they took off their saddles, and their hands were tightly clenched on their sabers, and they were extremely vigilant.

Under their vigilance, Zhu Quan and Liu Zhen made a move!

In the night, the dull sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and the thousands of Uliangha sentinels patrolling the periphery had become accustomed to it.

They were vigilant, but did not actively search for the sound of horses' hooves.

Because according to the experience of the previous two nights, the Ming army will only release cold arrows at night, and will not easily attack in hand-to-hand combat.

However, this time, the Hu soldiers on the periphery miscalculated.

"Kill!!"

The shouts of killing suddenly sounded in the night, and the sound of horses' hooves became louder and closer, and gradually someone noticed that something was wrong:

"Blow the trumpet!"

"Woo woo woo ......"

A dull horn sounded, but this time many Taiji, the headmen, and Hu soldiers in the camp only opened their eyes and closed them again.

They were too tired, and according to the experience of the previous two nights, the Ming army was only pretending to attack, and would not really attack.

With such thoughts, many people did not open their eyes, let alone get up.

But Haragu is different, he knows Zhu Gaoxu's intentions very well, and he has also heard similar stories about the wolf.

The horror of the wolf's tactics is not when the wolf comes, but the process of waiting for it to come.

The night before, they thought that Zhu Gaoxu would do it, but Zhu Gaoxu did not.

Last night, they thought that Zhu Gaochu would do it, but Zhu Gaochu didn't either.

The two nights of waiting have drained most people's energy and physical strength, and Haragu can understand it, but as the main general, he can't be like everyone else.

He braced himself to his tired body, and even though his brain was groggy and his headache was splitting, he still listened to the sound of the horn with his ears.

Gradually, he sensed that something was wrong......

"Hurry up! Hurry up!! ”

"Wake up the whole army at night! Fast! ”

Halagu went crazy and woke everyone around, and commanded the Tanma Red Army to wake everyone up.

Just as he was reacting, the sentry cavalry in front was attacked by the Ningfu cavalry.

They rushed out of the night, bent their bows and arrows, and rode abruptly in a short distance with short bows and hard arrows, and for a time there were countless arrows in the face.

When they rushed into the flames, they immediately beckoned with spears and short hammers, and the sentinels retreated in defeat.

"Chase! None of them! ”

Zhu Quan held a short bow in his hand, and between the left and right bows, he commanded the army in an orderly manner, and the Tang cavalry informed the army of his military orders, and everyone chased after the group of sentinels who tried to escape.

The shouts of killing from both sides woke up the sleeping Hu soldiers, and the Tanma Red Army continued to run around the camp, and soon the entire camp became lively.

Holding on to the spirit, many Hu soldiers began to assemble, and Haragu also brought hundreds of Tanma Red troops to the front of the formation to suppress the formation.

When he came to the front, he easily saw the centaurs who were entanglement and fighting on their side.

"It's finally done!"

Haragu waited for two days and two nights, and when the Ming army finally made a move, he was not so nervous.

"All the Tanma Red Army gathered in front of the formation, I want to see how this doll Zhu Gaoxu dares to confront us head-on!"

Haragu cheered up and commanded the elite armor soldiers in the army to assemble.

Within two words, Zhu Quan and the sentry cavalry were entangled to a position less than three hundred paces away from the front of the formation.

When Zhu Quan saw that Harawu was mobilizing the army, he no longer continued to pester this sentry horse.

With his loose hands, the sentry finally escaped back into their own position, but they were less than a third of their pre-battle number, and suffered heavy casualties.

"How? See how many of them don't? Did Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Quan show up? ”

Seeing the sentry cavalry fleeing back to his own position, Haragu immediately found the thousand households who led the team, and the thousand households were still frightened, and only replied after Haragu's repeated questioning:

"There are too many people, just one round of impact, we will be defeated, the number is many times ours, it should be all counted."

When he reported, his body trembled uncontrollably, which showed that he was frightened by the charge of the Ming cavalry.

"Should?" There was some hesitation on Halagu's face.

If he can't be sure that this team of people and horses is Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Quan's whole army, then he may not be able to break the cauldron and go out of the battle, after all, their horsepower is not as good as the horsepower of the Ming army, and every time they go out at will, it is a waste for horsepower.

He was still hesitating, but Tolu Kuchaer made up his mind for him:

"It should be the whole army up, they are looking for it!"

Following the words of Tulu Kucha'er, Haragu really saw the Ming cavalry that lit torches and approached them step by step.

Haragu scanned the battlefield, and although it was night, there were thousands of fires.

From this, it can be inferred that this should indeed be the number of cavalry of the Ming army.

At present, the distance between the two sides is only a hundred steps, as long as the Ming army takes a few dozen steps forward, then even if they want to escape, they will not be able to escape the pursuit of the headquarters.

Thinking of this, Harawu drew his sword and waited quietly, until the Ming cavalry walked into a distance of fifty paces, and he raised his saber:

"Sons! Kill with me!! ”

"Woo-woo-"

"Kill!!"

The Red Army of Tanma, who were holding back the fire in their bellies, began to charge at the sound of the horns, and they wanted to wash away the anger of the past few days with the blood of the southerners.

Thousands of troops leaped out and killed the fire in the darkness.

"Withdraw!"

Zhu Quan saw that he had attracted the Tanma Red Army, and immediately began to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to retreat, fighting while retreating.

In just a dozen breaths, the two sides rushed out of a distance of more than 100 steps.

In the rear of the Tanma Red Army, the 20,000 Hu soldiers who were grinding hard also began to charge.

But as they chased after them, they suddenly felt that the sound of horses' hooves was not only around, but also behind.

A Hu soldier turned back curiously, only to see a fire dragon galloping towards them hundreds of paces away.

"Back! There's an enemy behind you! ”

"Beep-beep-"

The whistle sounded in the rear in an endless stream, stopping many Hu soldiers who were charging in the rear.

When they turned their horses' heads and waited for the battle, a familiar banner suddenly appeared in the firelight.

Although he didn't know Chinese characters, that character brought painful memories to too many Uliangha people.

For a while, many Hu soldiers were stinging and sweating.

"It's Yan! Zhu Di is here!! ”

"Run!!"

When a "Yan" Mansion Banner that was deliberately placed in front of the battle appeared in the dark night, Hu Bing's psychological defense line was completely broken.

They began to turn their horses' heads and flee north.

The news of Zhu Di's "coming" spread like a plague among the Hu soldiers, causing more people to flee to the north.

They are not afraid of Zhu Di personally, but every time Zhu Di goes on a northern tour, he leads tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Originally, they were oppressed by the thousands of cavalry of Zhu Gaoxu and other two kings, but now that they suddenly saw the Yanfu banner, where did they still have the idea of resisting, and they began to flee one after another.

"Run!!"

Let's see if we can make two more voice code words at night.

(End of chapter)