116 Falls Short (I)
I saw that on the gently undulating hills in the distance, the white sheep flocks were like floating clouds in the sky, one after another, spreading from one hill to another, and they were wandering leisurely and freely. And from between the hills, there were countless white felt tents, one after the other, obviously much larger than the camp after the day before.
Wan Yan Changzhi nodded with satisfaction, asked Yile Chitai beside him, and said, "It seems that this is the main camp of Mongolia on the fishing seaside." ”
A look of hatred shot into Yile Chitai's eyes, and he said, "Back to the emperor, this is where the main camp of our Tatar tribe used to be, but now it is occupied by the Mongols and has become the main camp of Temujin. Not only our Tatar tribe, but also the Mi'er beggars, Tai Yichi and other ethnic groups, now the scriptures do not exist. ”
Wanyan Changzhi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry!" After defeating the Mongols, I will definitely help you Tatars to restore their tribes, and when the time comes, you will be the great pollution of the Tatars, and you can once again graze and camp on the seashore of this fishing area. ”
Yile Chitai's eyes showed a look of longing, and he said in a low voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
"The Mongol camp has appeared, let's go back quickly." ”
The two walked down the hillside, and more than ten golden soldiers who were guarding around also surrounded Long, and finished their faces: "Let's rush back to the camp immediately, and the troops will attack here immediately." ”
And they got on their horses, and they struck like flies, and ran in the southeast direction. After walking for about ten miles, in the recess of a mountain, I entered the camp of the Jin Army hidden here.
Because the current national strength of the Jin State is insufficient, this time Wanyan Changzhihui and the servants of the Zhongyi, Su Shi Lie Zhishou, Shi Mo Yanshan, Pu Cha Dingzhu and other generals from the capital, only brought 80,000 horses to Huanzhou, of which only 30,000 cavalry, the remaining 50,000 are all infantry troops, but all branches of the army are available. Among the 30,000 cavalry, there were 3,000 Tiefutu and 5,000 Broken Arrows. Other generals include Wulintai, Wuyan Tuochi, Huleshu, Shulu, Wanyanting, Wanyanchong and others, all of whom went to battle with the army.
Sure enough, as Yelu Chucai expected, Wanyan Changzhi certainly knew that in the face of the three-way attack of the Mongol army, his 80,000 horses would not be able to do it at all if they wanted to put up frontal resistance. You have to be a surprise to win.
Among the Dajin, Wanyan Changzhi was the first to be wary of the rise of the Mongols and to attach importance to the iron and the truth, so he has been paying attention to the dynamics of the steppe. Since it was the Song and Mongolia who joined forces to destroy the Western Xia, Wanyan Changzhi was even more pure, and the feud between Jin and Mongolia was like a sea, and now Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty were allied, so there will be a war between Jin and Mongolia in the future.
After the southern expedition, although Wanyan Changzhi had been sitting in Nanjing, he did not relax his attention to Mongolia, and took advantage of the time when Temujin swept away Mongolia, and sent people to the grassland to recruit the remnants of the Tatar, Mierqi, Taiyichi and other ethnic groups, so that the Arrow-breaking army also expanded to more than 7,000 people, and was divided into three teams, Yile Chitai was the commander of one of the teams.
At the same time, Wanyan Changzhi sent people to survey all parts of the grassland and drew a detailed map of the grassland. In addition, the soldiers of all ethnic groups in the Jin Kingdom who surrendered have lived in the grassland for a long time and are familiar with the terrain, so they can use this seemingly risky, but very effective strategy.
After the brigade arrived in Huanzhou, Wanyan Changzhi left Pucha Dingzhu to lead 20,000 horses and horses to guard in Huanzhou as a backup, and personally led Fusan Zhongyi, Sushi Lie Zhishou, Yang Woyan, Shi Mo Yanshan and others to lead an army of 60,000 to meet Temujin's Mongol Middle Route Army.
Temujin fought and retreated, and he was also in the arms of Yan Changzhi, so he led the army to pretend to be fooled, and pursued Temujin without hurry, and on the other hand, he sent Yang Woyan and Shi Mo Yanshan to lead 10,000 horses and a large number of convoys and supplies, and rushed to the lake in the upper reaches of the Ulu Gray River to carry the lake to the lake. They also carried a large number of sacks, filled with earth and gravel, to take the timber. At the same time, dozens of rafts were set up so that the army could pass through the lake.
And Wanyan Changzhi himself led a large army and entangled with Temujin's men and horses. When the other two Mongol armies also arrived, Wanyan Changzhi immediately led the army to turn around and rushed to the lake in the upper reaches of the Ulu Gray River. The servants Sanzhongyi and Yang Woyan took Hu Leshu, Shulu, Wan Yan Ting, Wan Yan Chong and others and a large team of men and horses to garrison here. He and Sushi Lie Zhining led 5,000 arrow-breaking troops and 3,000 Tiefutu with Wulintai and Wuyan Tuochi, one man and two horses, and left the camp first, hiding in the nearby mountains to observe the movements of the Mongol army.
The Mongol army pursued the lake in the upper reaches of the Ulu Gray River, and sure enough, thinking that the Jin army was trapped, they camped in front of the Jin army and launched a fierce attack on the Jin army's position.
When one of the Wanyan chiefs saw that Temujin had been deceived, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately led his men and horses to fly to the fishing sea.
The main goal of this battle was to destroy the Mongol camps, eliminate the Mongolian left-behind personnel, and livestock, so along the way of Wanyan Changzhi's march, two small-scale Mongol camps were destroyed in succession, not only sparing not only the women, children, old and children in the camp, but also the cattle, sheep and livestock except for the horses were killed, and then a fire was set on fire to burn all the grain and forage in the tent.
In this way, when the surprise attack team of Wanyan Changzhi walked to the fourth day, they finally came to the fishing beach.
In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Wan Yan Changzhi first set up the people and horses in the mountain recess, and took Yile Chitai, who originally belonged to the Tatar Department, to inspect, and now this is indeed the main camp of Mongolia, not only covering a very wide area, the population left behind is large, and the cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock in the camp are even more effective, but now most of the camp are women, children, old and young, defenseless, and vulnerable at all.
Wan Yan Changzhi couldn't help but be overjoyed, if this camp was destroyed, the blow to Mongolia would be very heavy, and it would be difficult to recover from it for at least five or six years. During this time, Dajin will be able to extricate himself from the threat of the north, and free up his hands to deal mainly with the Song Dynasty in the south, and the pressure will be much less. At the same time, as Zhang Hu said, he can also accumulate and implement the reform of the new tax system, so that after Dajin's treasury is abundant, he can calmly face the attacks from both the north and the south.
Therefore, when Wan Yan returned to the camp, he immediately gathered men and horses and prepared to attack. After the soldiers of the Jin Army learned of these circumstances, they also rubbed their fists and prepared for battle. Since it was the Broken Arrow Army, their tribes were all wiped out by the Mongols, most of the clansmen were killed, and the rest were merged into the Mongols, and they were even more hateful to the Mongols, and they all gritted their teeth, hoping to kill all the Mongols in the camp immediately.
But at this moment, a spy suddenly came to report that a detachment of Mongols, about 5,000 men, was rushing towards this side, less than ten miles away from him.
When Yan Changzhi heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, it was difficult to say that Temujin saw through his strategy and led the army to kill him? Or is it just an army that returned to the camp by chance.
He thought for a moment, and decided that if this was just an army that had returned to the camp by chance, it would not matter the overall situation, and after defeating them, it would not be too late to attack the camp. Because they have more men and horses than this Mongol army, the certainty of defeating them is still quite large. If it is the return of the Mongol army, then this must be the vanguard, and after defeating them, it is better to lead the army to retreat. On the contrary, if you still attack the Mongolian camp now, you will definitely be attacked by this Mongolian army in the back. Therefore, it was decided to return to the army first to meet the battle and defeat this Mongol army.
This Mongolian army was 10,000 horses led by Borshu, Mu Huali, Chilaowen, and Borhu sent by Tie Yuzhen to return to the camp.
However, Mu Huali was afraid that he would not be able to return to the reinforcements, so he divided the army into two, with Borshu and Borhu as a team, and he and Chilaowen as a team, each leading 5,000 men and horses, and returned to the camp separately, and tried his best to find the whereabouts of the Jin army on the way.
The group of Mongolian troops that were now the spies of the Jin army is the 5,000 men and horses led by Mu Huali and Chi Laowen, and they are also one person and two horses, because the wreckage of the Mongolian camp is now washed in the blood of the Jin army on the road, so the Mongolian army does not dare to stay, and after galloping for two days and two nights in a row, more than 1,000 horses are tired to death. Because they finally caught up with the Jin army near the camp.
Although it could be seen that the Jin army was significantly outnumbered by himself, Mu Huali and Chi Lao Wen were very happy, because at least they could save the camp. And the Mongol soldiers also knew that this battle was not for themselves, but to protect their relatives who remained in the camp, and said that nothing could make the Jin army continue to advance, so although everyone was tired and tired at this time, they still mustered up the courage and rushed forward to the Jin army.
Wanyan Changzhi led the Jin army to kill, led by the Broken Arrow Army, and Yile Chitai and another commander of the Broken Arrow Army, Tali Wuti, led the soldiers full of hatred to kill the Mongol army. A fierce battle immediately ensued.
There are 8,000 people in the Jin army, of which in addition to the Broken Arrow Army, the other 3,000 are the most elite Tiefutu of Dajin, although they have all taken off their heavy armor at this time, but their combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Broken Arrow Army. At the same time, after arriving here, the Jin army also rested in the mountain recess for nearly two hours, and the physical strength and spirit of both the soldiers and the war horses were fully recovered. In terms of morale, breaking the army is also revenge.
The Mongolian army is only 5,000, and the number of people is much inferior, and it is a long way, even after two days of travel, there is no rest for a moment, and the scriptures are extremely tired, although they have the belief of defending their relatives, but the spiritual strength can not make up for other gaps after all.