And this kind of thing is generally more frequent in winter.

Because at that time, the grass in the steppe would wither, and some tribes that did not store enough food for the winter would starve.

In order not to starve their people, they will go to the border cities to plunder. Of course, sometimes there will be an ambush by the Ming army, and the whole army will be annihilated. But if they succeed, they can also get quite a lot of money.

Zhu Yunchang, who was once young, also encountered these Hu people who "hit the grass valley".

At that time, Zhu Yunchang had just taken over the position of King Yong, and his capital had just moved from Chang'an to Fengxiang, Zhu Yunchang at that time was far from being as calm and capable as he is now, he was young and vigorous at that time, after all, he was much younger than Lou Yun when he first became King Yong. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time.

At that time, he also got his concept of these nomads from books and historical materials. So the impression is more one-sided.

The history books focus on the crimes of the nomads, but there is no mention of their courage and discipline, whether it is the shame of Jingkang or the battle of Yashan, it only mentions the integrity of the Han people and the brutality of the Jurchen and Mengyuan.

There is no emphasis on the opponent's strategy and tactics, or even the application of weapons and the like.

Not only do those books not help people today, but they will make their opponents faceless. Leaving hatred behind also creates a gap in the understanding of the enemy. It's a terrible thing.

Zhu Yunchang once listened to the records in these books, and then suffered the loss of the Warat people.

At that time, Zhu Yunchang was young and vigorous, and he was training in the north. It was his first time in the military and he needed to establish authority, but the courtiers left by his father and eldest brother were very loyal to him. Cultivate him everywhere.

It was also a cold winter, and Zhu Yun often rode a white horse to the northland for military parades, and then commanded the sergeants to drill. It was supposed to be just a formality.

But there was an accident, that is, the cavalry of the Warat people came to the border city to fight the grass valley.

At that time, the Warats did not have many troops, only 500 cavalry.

Frontier Observation came to report this incident, because this was the first time to lead troops, and both Zhu Yunchang and his staff members thought that this was a good time to establish their prestige.

So Zhu Yunchang ordered all the soldiers and horses to gallop to help.

However, they arrived a little late, and the small village had already been plundered by the Warats, who had already counted the looted cattle and sheep, horses, cloth, grain, and women.

They cut off the heads of all the people and hung them on their horses. This is not only a method of calculating military merit for the Warat people, but also an honor for themselves.

The Mongol tribes had a habit of cutting off the heads of their enemies and wrapping them in silver to make wine vessels. They believe that drinking with such utensils will boost their guts.

The most famous one of the skull wine vessels is made of the head of Zhao Yun, the fifth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and this wine vessel has been used by the Mengyuan royal family for nearly a hundred years, until Zhu Yunchang broke through the capital, obtained this wine vessel, and then buried the emperor's head with the etiquette of a prince.

Genghis Khan of Mongolia also has a wise saying: "The greatest joy in life is to defeat the enemy, chase the enemy, and take all of it. ”

And Warat, as one of the Mongolian tribes, is naturally proud of this sentence.

However, Zhu Yunchang had already surrounded them, Zhu Yunchang led a 5,000-foot army, and 800 cavalry surrounded them.

According to the usual custom, the Warats will leave the grass valley as soon as possible. Because the border army of the Ming Kingdom may be killed at any time. After all, their Great Khan now did not have the ability to launch a large-scale attack on the Ming Kingdom.

Perhaps it was because he didn't expect that there would be a large army of the Ming army around this small village. Or maybe there are a lot of supplies that are hard to count. So delayed their time.

Zhu Yunchang led his troops to besiege them in the village.

And those Warat people also struggled to break through the siege, and Zhu Yunchang launched several attacks in order to destroy them, one of which included when the enemy was counting supplies.

However, those people are well-trained, and when they count the supplies, they will send special guard posts, and once they find that the wind and grass are blowing, they will gather immediately, and the abundant materials and beautiful women can no longer attract them.

It's just that this time Zhu Yun often came very quietly, perhaps because of the troops that Zhu Yun often bringed, he led 5,000 infantry and 800 cavalry that time.

And these forces are enough to form an encirclement outside the field of vision of the opponent's guard post, and finally slowly encircle the center of the circle. Until it was discovered by the other party's guard post.

But when the other side found out, it was already too late, because they were already surrounded.

Zhu Yunchang's step-by-step encroaching combat method was the most unexpected. However, although the cavalry of Warat was encircled, it was still a question of how to destroy them.

Because Zhu Yunchang had no experience in facing the enemy, he just made a face-painted understanding of Mongolian nomadism according to the records he saw in books.

In his impression, the other party is just a group of simple-minded, well-developed limbs, who only know how to rob and play with women.

So Zhu Yunchang made the first hasty decision in his life.

Zhu Yunchang's battle order was to take advantage of the enemy's looting of supplies and obscene ~ humiliation ~ women, and take the opportunity to kill them by surprise.

So he ordered his 300 cavalry and 500 infantry to kill him.

But what awaits these people will be death, because the soldiers of Warat did not do anything like that.

They had already mounted sentry posts on all sides, and if the enemy besieging them attacked, they would be reported immediately.

And they had already mastered the movement of the Ming army, and when Zhu Yunchang's troops attacked the outskirts of the village, what awaited them was cruel arrows.

The Warats grew up on horseback, and they excelled in archery, especially on horseback.

As the arrows of the opposing commanders are fired, the arrows of the soldiers will follow the direction of the arrows.

The Warats hid above their houses and used them as shelters. Zhu Yunchang's cavalry had a large target, and before they could see the enemy, they became a live target under the arrows of the Warats.

Those Warat cavalry are like gods, and they almost hit every shot. And the cavalry under Zhu Yunchang were all killed by arrows in the face, but the Warats did not hurt the horses they were riding.

After the Warats had eliminated the cavalry, the second echelon, under the cover of bows and arrows, rushed out on horseback and slashed the infantry.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunchang's infantry was well-trained and immediately responded. The rear team changed to the front pair, and the front pair the shield wall spears covered the retreat. Otherwise, the cavalry would have slashed the infantry, and it would have been as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

(End of chapter)