Chapter 183: Stop
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However, the great array did not stop, after the victory, Ma Wu did not intend to wait for the enemy to attack, and in the rhythmic drum beat, the main phalanx began to stride forward.
The phalanx is like a mountain, like a forest, like a wind, like fire, spears, knives, firearms, all the weapons point forward, one after another, large and small, seemingly endless.
The sound of drums and trumpets was loud and exciting, flags were fluttering, and the gray phalanx was rushing forward like a torrent.
"Buddha, what kind of army is this......"
"Is this the Ming Forbidden Army?"
"Altan Khan once led us deep into the Ming Kingdom and attacked the foot of its capital division, how have we ever seen such a strong army?"
A group of old Mongols with white eyebrows rode horses to watch the battle from a distance, by this time they were already dumbfounded, their mood was extremely complicated, they were all from the nearby tribes, there were many young herdsmen who wanted to trade with the Han people, the Han people's canned food was very popular, and some herdsmen had already made a good idea to trade with the Han people.
Most of these old nobles are disgusted and look down on the Han people, the Han people in their memory are still in the state of two-legged sheep, their youth is just the heyday of Altan Khan, in addition to the Chahar and Oirats, Altan Khan can command the entire steppe, the strongest few troops are dispatched 400,000 Dingkou, which is almost the entire steppe for the Mongols Every tribe is involved.
Altan Khan did not disappoint people, in Jiajing, Longqing, Wanli these three dynasties, Altan Khan led his people countless times to break in, twice besieged the capital of the Ming Kingdom, if it were not for the Mongols were not good at attacking the city, maybe the Beijing division of the Ming State had been captured, and as long as the Ming State Beijing Division was broken, at least the entire North China was owned by the Mongols.
Everyone still remembers the situation of that time, the soldiers crossed the mountains and the Great Wall, killed and looted in the villages and towns of the Han people, watched those Han people kneel on the side of the road and begged for their lives, but they still killed most of the Han people, especially the elderly and children, they would take the young men and women by their side, with the looted grain, grass and all kinds of good things, over the mountains and mountains back to the grassland, everyone walked all the way and sang all the way, and at night in the starlight with the Han women for fun...... It has been decades since that kind of situation, and the grassland has been peaceful for decades, and they have forgotten what it was like to rob the Han people, but what they never expected was that the Han people actually killed them!
The most intolerable thing for the old men is that the Han people appear on their own territory in a grand manner, although they have heard about the affairs of Mobei, and know that the three Khalkha Khans have made an alliance with the Han people, saying that it is an alliance is actually surrender, when they think of this, their hearts are unquenchable anger, the dignified Mongol Khan actually surrendered to the Han people, can the Han people really threaten the Mongols?
In the words of the old people, the Mongols lived well when there was no trade, without those useless things, the Mongols were more simple and brave and warlike, these decades of horse market trade, everyone looked forward to the Han people to enjoy a bowl of rice to eat, and there was no longer the blood and courage of the ancestors, this is a great nation that conquered tens of thousands of miles of land on horseback, and is a descendant of Genghis Khan, How can you lose your pride so easily?
The old men admonished the young people: "Whoever dares to trade with the Han people will take away his pastures and sheep, whoever dares to call the Han people brothers and sisters will be driven out of the tribe, and whoever attacks his brother tribe on behalf of the Han people will have his thumb cut off and let him wander from pasture to pasture like a horse thief, and finally be torn to pieces by wolves." ”
Now at this time, these stubborn, indulged in the good old days of the old men are finally speechless, all the insistence has become so ridiculous, everything old is smashed by the facts in front of them, they hide their eyes and don't want to see, but everything in front of them has been seared in their minds, some old men have lost their teeth, but they still cry out with their mouths open.
The heads of several tribes immediately announced that they could trade with these Han people, and warned the people that they must be respectful, the Han people said how to change, the cattle and sheep of each family can be exchanged for canned food, and they can also be exchanged for tea, it is best to tell those Han people to exchange grain and kimchi, midsummer is very short in the grassland, everyone should take advantage of this time to raise the herd fat and strong, store enough meat and milk, but if there is more food and tea, it will be even better.
The army was forward, the red banner pointed forward, and unsurprisingly, the Mongolian array on the opposite side sounded a trumpet, and everyone turned their horses and retreated.
After losing the confidence to organize and fight the decisive battle, the originally neat cavalry formation instantly turned into a chaotic cavalry composed of a group of headless fly-like shepherds, the whole grassland was full of fleeing herdsmen and a small number of armored cavalry, there should be some nobles such as Dataiji in the cavalry array, even if they were running chaotically, there were still many cavalry guarding the nobles to retreat, and in less than two quarters of an hour, all the people of the Chotu Khan tribe on the opposite side ran cleanly, leaving only a messy turf.
Behind them, hundreds of corpses and more than 100 war horses were thrown behind, discarded flags and weapons were thrown all over the ground, when the infantry passed through the hedge battlefield, people saw that the long grass was stained with blood, human blood and the blood of war horses, a few drops of blood remained on the tip of the grass and did not fall, the green grass tip was coagulated with human blood, shining like a ruby in the light, this scene was quickly destroyed, and the military boots trampled on the battlefield ruins and continued to move forward.
"Alright, it's time to stop." Ma Wu couldn't see the enemy's trace with a telescope, and ran quite quickly on the opposite side, and after the heavy cavalry was defeated by a small number of lancers, all the spirit and confidence of the Mongols on the opposite side were crossed.
It may be that they have never encountered such an opponent, and it may be that in their previous history of conquest, the heavy cavalry can play a decisive role, and the first time they found that their heavy cavalry was completely vulnerable in front of the opponent, they simply could not reach those spear-like infantry formations to try to break the formation, and they were defeated by the same heavy cavalry with fewer people than themselves.
There is no trick, it is hard against hard, and it is defeated by hedging.
The Mongols hated the Han people's excessive rhetoric and many tricks, but they also admired the warriors, and when the Han won the battle against the man, their confidence collapsed directly, and no one dared to try to fight the Han army again, and those with a little intelligence knew that it was impossible to win.
"The Khan is still very strong." Ma Wu ordered the phalanx to pause, all the soldiers sat down on the spot to rest, and the chasseurs all went out to pursue the enemy's cavalry flank, in case the other side repeatedly, and at the same time he also untied the kettle to drink water.
The soldiers in the entire array, whether they are officers or soldiers, are drinking water, all the war horses are behind the formation, if Ma Wu wants to expand the results of the battle, he will order the soldiers to pursue on horseback, of course, with a complete military formation to pursue a group of excellent equestrian Mongols, and in the vast grassland, Ma Wu will not be stupid to waste his efforts.
"Hmm." Lin Nanxing said thoughtfully: "No wonder I have been listening to Mobei and the people of the tribes along the way, but the Tu Khan Department is quite strong. ”
Xu Zhen wiped the water droplets on his beard and said with a smile: "They estimate that there are one or two thousand 'heavy cavalry' in armor here in Mobei, which is indeed quite a strong force. It seems that Tu Khan has ambitions, but it's a pity that he met us. ”
"They came to fight us with a partial division, and the main force must be the main force, but Tu Khan wants to knock us back at once."
"Ambitious and bold, no wonder he dared to turn his face with the three Great Khans back then."
"I think if it weren't for us, this guy would have become a big disaster sooner or later."
Although Ma Wu did not know that the Khan would go south in the future, occupy Qinghai, and reach the Western Regions and Tibet, occupying one-fifth of China's territory, affecting the history of the next hundred years, it was much stronger than the three Khalkha Khans who were like waste snacks, but it did not prevent them from making a pertinent evaluation based on the current performance of the Khan tribe.
Relatively speaking, the Chotu Khan has the memory of the Han people to the Mongols in the past, fierce, brave and tenacious.
"Are you worried about the Northern Route Army?" Nie Lei first walked around the military formation, boosted morale, and urged the military doctor to quickly heal the wounded lancers, and finally rushed over to attend the officers' post-war meeting.
"Are the military officers worried?" Ma Wu did not answer, but instead commanded an army.
"I don't have the slightest concern." Nie Lei said with a smile: "If one squadron of my army faces more than a hundred Mongols, I will worry that the young men will have too many casualties." If our army is 1,000 against 1,000 enemies, I am afraid of unnecessary casualties, and in the process of victory, I must prevent the radical lads from spraining themselves. If our army is 5,000 people, even if the enemy is 50,000, the victory will be ours in the end, and the only thing I worry about is the placement of prisoners...... That's what we're most worried about. ”
Many of the officers burst out laughing.
"Look." Nie Lei looked at the shepherds who were faintly visible several miles away, and he said: "This battle will spread like the wind blowing, thousands of miles around, I have a hunch that our future days will be very easy." ”
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Chotu Khan was only thirty-five years old, he was in the prime of life, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, he had grown up, he was a tall man rarely seen among the Mongolian nobles, and he rode on a green horse, and his legs hung down a lot. He looked around to the right and left, and there were no side to see at all, and everywhere there were men with weapons, and his famous son, who had been imprisoned* twenty years later, was still a minor boy, but he was already riding in the army.
All the nobles gathered around Chotu Khan, and the lamas dressed in red chanted sutras and prayed for victory in the great battle ahead.