The Northern Yuan military camp outside Chisha City, where the soldiers of the Great Horde were stationed.

"What, they want Ben to send troops to attack Chisha Mountain!" Inside a tent, a middle-aged general with brown hair angrily shouted at one of the guards kneeling in front of him, Prince Babud of the Great Horde.

Prince Babud was the younger brother of the Great Khan of the Great Horde, and this time he was ordered to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Horde to the south to assist the Northern Yuan in attacking the Ming Dynasty.

After a series of battles, only 60,000 of the 100,000 troops of the Great Horde remained, and in addition to the 50,000 under Prince Babd, 10,000 were in the Hetao.

Among them, the battle in which the Great Horde lost the largest number of troops was the Battle of the Ancient City of Dunhuang, in which more than 20,000 soldiers of the Great Horde died or surrendered.

Since the royal family of the Great Horde had intermarried with the local tribes for many years, Prince Babud, although he was a Mongol, was different from the pure-blooded Mongols like Tuhuan, and his facial features were generally darker.

Prince Babd was now very annoyed, he originally thought that with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan charging in front, this trip to the south would be smooth sailing, plundering a large amount of booty in the Central Plains and Jiangnan of the Ming Dynasty, and he never expected that the battle situation would become so complicated that he now had to flee for his life.

At this point, Prince Babd's only wish was to return to the Great Horde with his 50,000 horses, and he had no time to take care of the 10,000 horses in the Hetao.

However, just now, the Great Khan of Adai sent someone to give an order, asking Prince Babud to send 20,000 troops to assist the Ming army of the Northern Yuan in attacking Chisha Mountain, which was clearly to push the 20,000 soldiers of the Great Horde into the fire pit.

"Lord Wang, now is the time to be in the same boat, as far as I know, Dayuan has also sent a lot of people to attack Chisha Mountain this time, if we can't pass through Chisha Mountain, we will all be trapped here, once the reinforcements of the Ming army arrive, there will be no way out."

There were several high-ranking generals of the Great Horde Khanate sitting in the military tent, and a burly senior general saw the annoyance on Prince Babd's face, and after a deep groan, he stood up, bowed down and asked, "I am willing to lead the army to attack Chisha Mountain and open up a way for the prince." ”

"Brother, take care!" Although Prince Babud felt extremely annoyed in his heart, but the reality made him have to bow his head, and sighed helplessly before stepping forward and hugging the burly general, now Adai Khan and Tuhuan are ready to attack Chisha Mountain with all their might, he also has to send troops, after all, everyone is now in the same boat, if the ship leaks, no one will survive.

Seeing this, several generals on the side couldn't help but glance at each other, everyone knew that the burly general had gone to die this time, and it was estimated that he would never come back.

Over the years, these generals of the Great Horde and the Ming army are also considered to be unfamiliar with each other, the Ming Dynasty is different from the countries they have fought before, if other countries like the Ming have 500,000 main troops wiped out, then they will definitely disarm and surrender.

But the Ming Dynasty is different, it still has a strong combat capability, not only in the Guanxi and Northwest to lay heavy troops, making it very difficult for the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Coalition Army to move forward every time, but also inexplicably popping up a powerful Northern Expeditionary Army, which made the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan fall into the quagmire of war.

In the face of the Ming army, which was fighting more and more, and fighting stronger and stronger, the generals of the Great Horde had already felt bored in their hearts, so now returning to the Great Horde had become their urgent goal, and no one wanted to die here.

Chisha Mountain, the camp of the Ming army.

Niu Shihao, dressed in military uniform, summoned his generals to arrange combat missions in the big tent, although there was Chisha City in front, but he knew very well that the main target of the Northern Yuan who wanted to escape was Chisha Mountain, so there would be a tragic battle here.

It is precisely for this reason that Chisha Mountain will have more troops than Chisha City, and Niu Shihao is ready to meet the arrival of this big battle.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is the most tragic battle since our Northern Expeditionary Army set out, and it is also the battle in which we have made a name for ourselves, and it is also the last battle in Kansai and even the Western Regions, so this Hou hopes that you can work together to block the Northern Yuan at the foot of Chisha Mountain and complete the great cause of the prince to encircle and annihilate the Northern Yuan."

After arranging the combat mission, Niu Shihao looked up at the generals on the scene, and said in a loud voice, since he was defeated by the Northern Yuan a few years ago, he held back his strength and wanted to take revenge, and this time Li Yuntian gave him this opportunity, not only to wash away the shame of the past, but also to make great contributions.

Niu Shihao is now full of confidence, he not only has a brave and warlike army of 100,000 in his hands, but also the sharpest weapons of the Ming Dynasty - artillery and artillery.

Li Yuntian knew that Chisha Mountain would experience a bloody battle, so he transferred artillery and artillery to Niu Shihao, so Niu Shihao's strength was greatly strengthened, which shows that Li Yuntian attached great importance to the battle of Chisha Mountain.

In addition to muskets and artillery, another killer weapon in Niu Shihao's hands was the 50,000 cavalry composed of Mongol soldiers, Jurchen soldiers and Kwantan soldiers, and the cavalry contest would be a focus of this war.

"Don't worry, Hou Ye, we will go all out and live up to the prince's trust!" The generals at the scene straightened their chests and shouted to Niu Shihao in unison, and their spirits became excited when the war was imminent, which would be the most memorable battle in their lives.

Seeing this, the corners of Niu Shihao's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, he wanted to use the great victory in Chisha Mountain to wash away the shame of the past, only in this way can he be a man with his head held high in the future, otherwise the defeat of a few years ago will overwhelm him like a mountain.

Five days later, a dusty cavalry team entered the Chisha City area, and the leading general was Harbara, who was sent by Li Yuntian to assist Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao in the battle, leading 20,000 cavalry first, Li Yuntian and the large army were still a day's journey away from Chisha City.

"General, a cavalry has been found in the southeast, marching in the direction of Chisha City." Shortly after entering the Chisha City area, a cavalryman galloped in and whispered a message to Halbara.

"Southeast?" Hearing this, Halbara's brows first frowned slightly, and then his face was happy, "It's the cavalry of the northwest, the subordinate of the Duke of Zhongguo." ”

As he spoke, Harbara clamped his legs around the horse's belly and led the men to join the cavalry in the northwest, and the strength of the two sides would increase greatly after the combined forces.

As Halbara guessed, the cavalry from the southeast was the northwest cavalry sent by Zhou Zheng, with a strength of about 20,000 people, who came to support the Ming army in Chisha City and Chisha Mountain.

The reason why Li Yuntian and Zhou Zheng traveled one day away from Chisha City was not agreed by the two in advance, but a kind of military common sense, if the two were too far away from the cavalry, it would not be conducive to encircling and annihilating the Northern Yuan army, and the Northern Yuan army would probably choose to flee elsewhere, and they would definitely not be able to give each other this opportunity.

Outside Chisha City, the Northern Yuan military camp.

Adai Khan frowned and paced back and forth in the big tent, although after five days of bloody fighting, the Northern Yuan army failed to conquer the Ming defense line at Chisha Mountain.

Not only that, under the containment of the Ming army of Chisha City, he was no longer able to send reinforcements to Chisha Mountain, and the two sides set off two bloody and bloody fierce battles outside Chisha City and under Chisha Mountain.

What the Great Khan never expected was that the Ming army in Chisha Mountain was equipped with artillery and muskets, especially artillery, which caused heavy casualties to the attacking Northern Yuan army, and also brought a huge psychological deterrent to the soldiers.

Although the Ming army had the upper hand in the battle, it always maintained a defensive posture, and the Great Khan knew very well that the Ming army was waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

In the face of this difficult situation in front of him, the Adai Khan was helpless, and the strength of the Ming army on the battlefield was no less than that of the Northern Yuan army, and if they continued to consume it here, they would be wiped out.

"Great Khan, I found tens of thousands of cavalry of the Ming army, assembled in the rear of our army!" Just as Adai Khan was pondering the next battle plan, a Northern Yuan general rushed in in a panic and knelt down on one knee in front of him to pray.

"What!" Hearing this, Adai Khan was taken aback, stepped forward and glared at the Northern Yuan general and asked, "The cavalry of the Ming army is here?" ”

"Great Khan, according to the report of our army's exploration of Malay, the strength of the Ming army's cavalry is more than 30,000, and it is less than twenty miles away from our army's camp." The Northern Yuan general nodded affirmatively, with an anxious look on his face, "Please make a quick decision in the Great Khan." ”

"Go quickly, please Master." Adai Khan's face had turned pale, and he hurriedly said to the Northern Yuan general.

He knew the seriousness of the situation, once the tens of thousands of Ming cavalry joined the battlefield, then the Northern Yuan army would definitely collapse, after these days of bloody battles with the Ming army in Chisha City and Chisha Mountain, the physical strength and psychological endurance of the Northern Yuan soldiers had reached the upper line, like a taut string, and they could no longer withstand the impact of tens of thousands of Ming troops.

"Great Khan, reinforcements from the Ming army have arrived!"

As soon as the words of Adai Khan fell, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the big tent, and then the curtain of the big tent was opened, and Tuohuan walked in with a pale face, and he also got the news that the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived, so he hurriedly came to consult with Adai Khan about countermeasures.

"Taishi, the cavalry of the Ming army is only the vanguard force, and the brigade following behind is about to arrive soon, it seems that a melee is inevitable." Adai Khan groaned for a moment, and looked at Tuhuan with a serious expression, "According to Ben Khan's opinion, we should evacuate here separately, the number of cavalry on the other side exceeds 30,000, and we are no longer able to resist the impact of those cavalry." ”

"Great Khan, this is an open area, and we can't avoid them if those cavalry chase them." Hearing this, Tuhuan's brows furrowed, and he said to Adai Great Khan with an expressionless face, "The minister thinks that the only way to do this is to break through to the west and enter the mountains in the west. ”

"Mountains?" Adai Khan's expression became more and more solemn.

To the west of Chisha City is a mountainous area, which belongs to the same mountain range as Chisha Mountain, and although entering there can avoid the cavalry of the Ming army, it also means that they will not be able to continue north.

Because there was no exit to the north in that mountainous area, the Northern Yuan army could not smoothly cross the rugged mountains into the grasslands in the north, and could only go around in circles with the pursuing Ming army in the mountains, fight guerrillas, and then find other ways out.

However, Dumb Khan knew very well that Tuhuan would not play a game of hide and seek with the Ming army in the mountains, but wanted to enter the grasslands to the north through the mountains.

Although there was no northward exit in this mountainous area, one was still able to climb through those mountains to reach the steppes of the north, but in this way the large army had to be abandoned, and only a few people could leave, because the rugged mountain roads were obviously not conducive to the march of large troops, and the pursuing Ming army was obviously not going to let them march leisurely.

In other words, in order to get out of the encirclement of the Ming army and go to the grasslands in the north, Tuhuan was ready to use the soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty as cannon fodder to drag the pursuing Ming army, although this would lose a large number of Northern Yuan soldiers, but it undoubtedly created favorable conditions for Tuhuan's escape, so that there would be a chance to make a comeback, which made the mood of the Great Khan of Adai very conflicted.