Zhao Gongwei hurriedly said: "We are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and we raised the flag in Liaodong before. He endured the pain and took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it over, "This is the letter of appointment given by Lord Zhu, the Admiral of the Water Division. ”

Several officers and soldiers of the White Pole Army took it and opened it, and inside was a piece of brushed paper, on which Zheng Chenggong's print was clearly visible.

They hurriedly summoned doctors to treat Zhao Gongwei, and then took the appointment certificate to report to their superiors.

In the afternoon, the battlefield was roughly cleaned, and Qin Yiming and other generals came to Zhao Gongwei's tent.

When the latter heard the identity of Qin Yiming and the others, he struggled to get up and salute, "The villain greets General Qin!" If it weren't for the general's troops, the villain and his brothers would have been harmed by the Tartars......"

Qin Yiming hurriedly asked him to lie down, "Zhao Qian is always injured, don't move lightly." We also happened to pass by, so why worry about it. ”

Qin Zuoming on the side said with a smile: "It is also Zhao Qian's auspicious nature, if it weren't for Gunbu's rush to die, we might still be fighting with the Khalkha Department at this time." ”

It turned out that the White Pole Army had gone north out of Yanmen Pass, and not long after entering the Chahar realm, the Khalkha people got the news.

Tushetu Khan Gunbu suggested that the Ming army should quickly seek a decisive battle while the Ming army was on a long journey and its foothold was unstable, and wipe out Teng Jisi and the Ming army together. Both the Zasaktu and Chechen divisions agreed with his strategy, and the next morning, more than 20,000 Mobei troops launched a general offensive from the west and north.

However, most of the time on the way north was by wooden rail car, and only the last seventy or eighty miles deep into the grassland was on horseback, and there was almost no physical exertion.

Coupled with the strict regulations of the Ming army, the camp was very well defended by three layers and three layers outside.

It was the army of the Tushetu and Chechen troops that attacked from the west as if they had been kicked to an iron plate, and they were bombarded by artillery two miles away. When they rushed to the front of the Ming army camp with more than a dozen cannons, they saw a large number of iron rope nets, horses and trenches, and nearly 4,000 rifled guns were waiting for them.

The terrifying firepower was something Gonbu would never forget.

Only then did he finally believe that the original Manchurian defeats were not because they were too weak, but because the Ming army was too violent!

The 15,000 Mongol soldiers on the west side held out for less than half an hour before they could no longer hold on and began to flee one after another. On the battlefield on the north side, Teng Jisi had a bitter battle with Zasaktu.

Qin Yiming did not go to reinforce Teng Jisi, but only asked people to pursue the Tushetu Department and the Chechen Department that attacked from the west, and captured all the Khalkha people who could catch up, and then turned his head to help the Chahar Department.

At this time, Teng Jisi's men and horses had lost nearly forty percent. However, the Zasaktu tribe was no better, and when the White Pole Army appeared behind them, it immediately collapsed.

The three tribes of Mobei Mongolia lost a total of 15,000 troops, especially the Tushetu tribe, which rushed the most, and only fled back with more than 1,000 people.

At the same time, more than 4,000 people were killed and wounded in the Chahar tribes, and since then, there has been no force in the whole of central and northern Mongolia capable of provoking a major war.

Although the battle lasted only one day, the impact was enormous. For example, due to the great loss of the strength of the Tushetu Division, it was encroached upon by the other two divisions, and the Moxi Mongols began to advance eastward into Khalkha and so on.

Zhao Gongwei heard Qin Zuoming talk about the battle of Chahar, and he was also afraid, "It's really our luck, if the army is delayed in Chahar for half a day, we will not be able to escape today." When he said this, he raised his head again and said, "Why did General Qin lead a large army to this vast desert......

He suddenly got up, hurriedly waved his hand and said ashamedly: "I shouldn't ask about military affairs, and ask the general for forgiveness." ”

Qin Yiming said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, we are here to attack the Horqin Department, and then take advantage of the situation to enter Liaodong." Ah, I wonder if Mr. Zhao Qian can know the location of the various departments in Horqin? ”

The Mongolian steppe is vast and sparsely populated, and although each department has a general range of activities, they have to live in pursuit of water and grass, and there is often a large migration in a few months, and the specific location is really difficult to find.

Zhao Gongwei immediately patted his chest and said: "In the past half a year, we have not been able to defeat the Tartars, so we have to hide around on the grassland, but we have been in contact with many Tartar tribes, and I am very familiar with the road!" ”

Qin Yiming was also overjoyed, "So good!" When Mr. Zhao Qian's injuries are better, I have to ask you to lead the way for the army. ”

"What's that injury?" Zhao Gongwei slapped the arrow wound with a big grin, grinning in pain, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Let's leave tomorrow, I have long wanted to clean up those tartars!" ”

With the Righteous Army as a guide, the efficiency of the White Pole Army's attack on Horqin was simply multiplied. Especially when the rebels escaped the pursuit of the Mongols, they used their lives to make many small roads and shortcuts, some of which even the Mongols did not know.

Qin Yiming divided the army into three teams and besieged the Horqin grassland from three directions: northwest, northeast and southeast. As for the other directions, to the south is the Great Wall, to the north is Siberia, which freezes to death every minute, and to the southwest, the Chahar Department. It can be said that there is no way back for the Horqin Mongol tribes.

Horqin was previously plundered by Teng Jisi, and then at the request of Hauge, the main force was sent to the Songjin area for reinforcements, and there were only more than 2,000 soldiers left in the entire grassland, and now nearly half of them were annihilated by the White Pole Army.

At this time, the remaining of the sixteen tribes of Horqin were basically old, weak, sick and disabled. Therefore, the progress of the White Pole Army was extremely fast, and Qin Zuoming's team only took half a month to attack the core area of Hulun Buyuer, almost all the way through.

Qin Zuoming's troops, who were the slowest, closed up to Qiqihar a month later. Qin Yiming's 1,600 men and horses had already arrived in Tongliao, and in front of them was the "royal city" of the Korqin Darhan Banner.

It is said that it is a royal city, but in fact, it is a large area of slightly more beautiful felt tents, and there are more cattle and sheep, but it still looks like a wild place.

The Manchu canonized Prince Zhuoliktu, that is, Xiaozhuang's elder brother and Huang Taiji's son-in-law, Borzigit Wu Keshan, is living here.

He had received news that the army had gone deep into the steppe to attack, and he didn't pay much attention to it at first. After all, in the vast grassland, marching and logistics are extremely difficult, and the Ming army may not be able to find its own big tent.

Therefore, although he ordered the men of his tribes to be requisitioned as defensive troops, he did not do anything beside him.

But what he didn't expect was that in just over 20 days, a group of Ming troops dressed in black and holding blue flags appeared on the high ground three miles away.

The course of the battle was very short.

The main force of Horqin had already gone to Songjin, and Wu Keshan tried his best to finally gather more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, including nearly half of the recruits who had just been recruited.

Qin Yiming's troops scattered Wu Keshan's troops with just one charge. Wu Keshan didn't run away, and when Qin Yiming rushed into his big tent with his guards, he pointed to the wine and meat that had already been prepared, and said very politely: "Please take a seat, general." ”

(End of chapter)