stubborn thief

Chapter 394 Influence
The army was defeated like a mountain.

Although the Heshuo Special Heavy Cavalry, who was the decisive force in the battle, ran back to the central army and found that the injured Guoshi Khan was still struggling to resist the impact of the enemy cavalry, but the battlefield that collapsed in an instant was powerless, and he could only protect the Guoshi Khan and go eastward. evacuate.

Liu Chengzong ordered the pursuit as soon as the enemy army collapsed, and ordered the Mongolian soldiers in Daotanghe and Nanshan Pass to join the battlefield and block the line on the west bank of the Yellow River.

Following the retreat of He Shuotebaiqi from the battlefield under the night, tens of thousands of Han and Mongolian troops broke out on the west bank of the Yellow River, the largest melee in the entire campaign.

On this night, as the main force of the Oirat Allied Forces was defeated in the Heka Grassland, all the reinforcements entering the field became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Because the Heshuote Department expected that the Junggar Department, which was supposed to arrive on the east bank of the Yellow River, failed to arrive as scheduled, and more and more new troops from the Marshal's Mansion joined the hunt.

They set fire everywhere on the entire 120 miles of the west bank of the Yellow River, and there was no ferry for the army to cross the river safely.

The pursuit efficiency at night was very low, but the fear of darkness affected both sides. Gunfire and hidden arrows flew around the battlefield, and Heshuote's scattered and broken army panicked during the pursuit.

Some people threw their helmets and armor into the river, only to escape back to the east bank; more people hesitated in front of the river, and turned to flee frantically to the mountains to the south.

The Chahar surrendered army that surrendered earlier also surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion after the collapse of Heshuote's army, and at the same time turned to chase Heshuote.

The battlefield did not calm down until the early morning of the eighth day of June. Disarmed Heshuote teams were brought back by the Marshal's army, and mountains of armor and weapons were transported to the iron factory arsenal.

On the morning of the ninth day of June, Liu Chengzong sat in the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, listening with great interest to the commander of the Bee Tail Needle Department's report on the situation of his department's operations.

Liu Shizi was in a good mood, not only because he had defeated the Heshuo Special Division, but also because Xie Erhu, the commander of the Tuntian Right Brigade of the Marshal's Mansion, was leading the Mongolian cavalry across the river.

Although the encounter with Guoshi Khan was earlier than Liu Chengzong imagined, so that he and Yang Yao's troops failed to meet in time, forcing the Chinese army to fight a battle with fewer enemies and more enemies.

However, the Central Army of the Marshal's Mansion has withstood the test from the Heshuo Special Department, and the tactics of splitting up and attacking together still work.

Not only because the army gathered on Heka Beach half a day late, but also because Wang Wenxiu's troops successfully held back the enemy's backup troops on Muge Beach.

This difficult battle will soon be over. Tang Qi from Wang Wenxiu's department on the eastern front arrived at the camp this morning. He has joined forces with the third battalion of Jitutaiji, Ahaidaiqing, Daiqing and Chahar Lindan. The main enemy forces on the east bank of the Yellow River were besieged in Muge Beach.

Interrogating the captives through Tangqi, it was confirmed that Batur Huntaiji of the Junggar Department was in Mugetan.

Because the Junggar tribe had all the guns, the tactics on both sides of the Yellow River were completely different. On the west bank, Guoshi Khan wanted to besiege Liu Chengzong, while on the east bank, Wang Wenxiu wanted to besiege Junggar.

Liu Chengzong had no objection to this. When the enemy army on the west bank of the Yellow River collapsed and the reinforcements from the rear arrived one after another, the Marshal's Mansion already had an absolute advantage on the battlefield.

Zhang Zhen's headquarters with a total force of 660 and six men performed well in this battle. At the cost of losing nearly 200 men, they successively captured Yangqu City, disrupted the main force of the enemy army, and prompted the enemy to attack. The army collapsed, and the Baizong Zhao Kechang also launched an attack on the Heshuote Chinese Army. It is said that he stabbed Guoshi Khan with a broken spear.

This thing has not been verified.

Because Zhao Kechang only had one left hand, and many soldiers who followed him to charge saw him, so the first time the battle broke out, Zhao Kechang was pushed off the horse by the Heshuo special warrior.

When the battle was over, Zhao Keke was wounded with two axes, seven arrows and a horseshoe in the battle. After emergency bandaging, he was already lying on a small car and transported to Juerwan for treatment. He will have to rest for at least a year and a half... Did he stab China? Shihan, I can't even tell.

Of course, compared with the outstanding performance of dropping troops from the headquarters, the veterans who are the mainstay also did a particularly fucking thing. They dared to mutiny when Zhang Zhen didn't make any mistakes, and relieved the general Zhang Zhen from his post. .

If there hadn’t been such a thing, even if it wasn’t about Zhao Kechang leading troops into the battle, Zhang Zhen’s disturbing of the enemy would undoubtedly be enough for them to win the first victory in the battle. Those who are promoted can also earn hundreds of taels of silver.

Liu Chengzong can understand that veterans look down on bee tail needles, but if they don't look up to them, it doesn't mean that they can be dismissed from their posts if they don't look up to them. This kind of atmosphere cannot be left alone.

This matter is no less important than the summary of this battle.

Liu Chengzong observed in this battle that the low-level officers and soldiers performed exceptionally well, but the generals above the generals, including himself, were a little timid, and they were not used to it.

Unaccustomed to such a huge battlefield of [-] miles from north to south and [-] miles from east to west, the various ministries cooperated impeccably in small-scale tactical operations, but the generals did not realize that they were not bold enough in strategic mobilization.

No big mistakes, but no outstanding performances either.

Liu Chengzong felt that this was a good thing. They kept everything they had and survived. They worked hard to earn the opportunity to think about it after the war and became stronger.

At this moment, Tangqi, who was galloping back and forth on the battlefield for more than a hundred miles, brought Liu Chengzong a piece of gratifying news.

The sixth son of Guoshi Khan, Dorjitaiji of Heshuote was brought by Tang Qi. Including Guoshi Khan and [-] Heshuote princes and nobles, there are still more than [-] Heshuote soldiers hiding Mountains to the south.

Facing the difficult battle situation alone, Dorjitaiji, as a messenger, carried the white banner of Guoshi Khan and surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion on behalf of the Heshuo Special Department.

Dorjitaiji prostrated himself at the gate of Cheying, and a Mongolian-speaking soldier translated, "They are willing to disarm and go down the mountain to surrender. I hope the handsome man can distribute medicine and send doctors, and let them go back to Tianshan Mountain after the war."

Liu Chengzong squinted his eyes suddenly and returned to normal, distributing medicines and dispatching doctors?
I am afraid that this is not only because of the army, but at least the princes and nobles were injured. It is possible that Zhao Changchang's surprise attack worked, and he did stab Guoshi Khan.

Liu Chengzong asked: "Knowing today, why don't you come down early?"

Dorjitaiji was already full of anger, if it wasn't for the lunatic who used a big knife to chase him down and slash him, and let him disperse his followers, he would not be pushed out by a group of birdmen to surrender, and he would stand shirtless at the gate Kowtow down.

But at this time, he didn't dare to attack, he could only kowtow and say: "I don't know the might of the Heavenly Army, but I hope that the Generalissimo will have a large number, so let me go home."

Liu Chengzong shook his head.

One month before the start of the war, the Marshal's Mansion, which had just finished the Hehuang War and had no time to digest the results of the war, really didn't want to go to war with you, but at that time you didn't listen to the advice and didn't want to go back to Tianshan.

On the contrary, they want to occupy a large area of ​​Qinghai without bloodshed. After the war, they lose, and they want to stop the war and return to Tianshan without paying any price.

This is a disarmament and armistice, not a disarmament and surrender. You will take advantage of all the benefits. There is no such reason.

"If you said you wanted to go back to Tianshan before the battle, I would let you go back. At this time, as fish and meat, do you still want to return the whole teacher?"

Liu Chengzong shook his head, and then said: "You disarmed and surrendered, and the wounded soldiers will be healed. I can only guarantee that those who surrender will not be killed; you go back and tell the princes and nobles that Junggar in the east has been besieged, and the Oirat tribes will not be killed for three days. Surrender, don't blame the commander-in-chief for sending troops to wipe them out."

Liu Chengzong did not expect that Dorjitaiji could not hold his breath just by saying such a sentence, and raised his head and said: "Commander, I am waiting for my willingness to surrender. I just ask the commander's mansion to send a doctor quickly. There is no doctor and medicine. Father Khan can't last for three days!"

really!

Liu Chengzong frowned and asked, "Is the national teacher injured?"

Dorjitaiji nodded silently. He didn't want to talk about this at first. As long as he talked about it, they would have no room for surrender negotiations. But at this time, only the enemy commander in front of him could save his father.

Dolji said: "He was stabbed with a broken spear by the horsemen with severed hands under the commander's command. Our best doctor died on the battlefield, unable to operate."

Guoshi Khan was seriously injured.

The cavalryman of the Han army with the severed hand knocked over a Heshuo special heavy cavalry with the spear fixed to the side of his body at the first moment of impact.

Because he only had one hand, and he was holding a knife in that hand, his body could not be fixed on the horse's back, and he was thrown to the ground.

But the spear was fixed on the body, so that the broken riding spear stood on the ground and hit the side of the national teacher Khan. Although it did not receive the impact of the iron spear head, the broken pieces of wood passed through the lock under the ribs Armor, stuck everywhere on the fracture.

It's not that Pegatron's special department is incapable of treating this kind of trauma.

Mongolian medicine is very strong in surgery, especially in the treatment of bruises and arrow wounds.

Science and technology itself relies on the accumulation of human experience. The new generation consolidates old technologies and discovers new technologies on the basis of the predecessors.

On this basis, the larger the population, the higher the literacy rate, the higher the efficiency of culture and technology dissemination and learning, and the faster the iteration of new technologies, this is true for any subject.

Unless there is a cultural break and the literacy rate falls precipitously, this process will continue to repeat itself, leading to technological progress.

But the important problem facing Oirat right now is the dark age of culture.

There are only a few of their excellent physicians, who died on the battlefield, and the remaining physicians are hard to be trusted.

Dorjitaiji thought that he was more willing to ask Liu Chengzong to treat his father than those people.

Because he believed that with the surrender of the Heshuo Special Department and the abandonment of the request for Qinghai, the biggest conflict between the Heshuo Special Department and the Marshal's Mansion disappeared.

Although surrendering might be the worst outcome for them, their remaining troops were besieged to the mountains, and the princes and nobles lost their fighting spirit. Even if they launched a bloody battle, they might not be able to turn defeat into victory.

Liu Shizi was already happy in his heart, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded and said: "Okay, I will send a military doctor to accompany the surrendering army, but you'd better go back and discuss it with the nobles of Heshuote. This is a surrender." It's not a truce, you should be mentally prepared, if anyone refuses to obey orders, let alone the life of the national teacher, even you will not be separated."

Dorjitaiji kowtowed again and again, and retreated outside the gate to wait for the surrendering army to set off.

Only then did Liu Chengzong return to the tent, finally showing his excitement, clenched his fists tightly.

This is undoubtedly good news for him. The surrender of the Heshuo Special Department will provide support for breaking through the psychological defense of the Junggar Department.

This almost meant that it would bring disaster to the Junggar tribe who was waiting for help, and the only way to survive for Batur Huntaiji was to surrender.

In the afternoon of the same day, Feng Ru asked Tang Qi to report to the Chinese army the surrender of the Heshuo Special Forces. Twenty princes and nobles belonging to Heshuote and Duerbert had already set off to worship the Chinese army. More than [-] Heshuo troops The special surrender army has disarmed and surrendered, and asked the shogunate two questions.

The first question is the place where the Heshuo special soldiers will be resettled.

Liu Shizi's answer is still to settle on the sea, which is the easiest place to control the rebellion. There are fortresses and mountains on all sides, and there is a large lake navy in the middle. Even if there is real rebellion, there is nowhere to escape.

The surrender and captives in the earlier battles had already been sent there. As for the princes, nobles and generals, they were placed separately in Xining City, in case they took advantage of the empty rear to contact the old troops.

Feng Rou's second question was to ask Liu Chengzong if it was necessary for the national teacher to die in a medical accident.

Liu Chengzong had no such plan, and asked Tang Qi to tell Feng Ru whether the national teacher could survive to see his life, and he could treat him with all his heart, and sent him to Xining when the injury was stable.

They won the war, and there was no need to resort to such schemes and tricks. Even if Guoshi Khan was still alive and had no soldiers in his hands, there was no threat.

On the contrary, he needs Guoshi Khan alive.

On the way to lead the army east across the Yellow River, Liu Shizi wrote two letters, one for Tang Qi to hand over to Wang Wenxiu who was besieging Junggar in Mugetan, and the other for Xincheng to be handed over to his father who stayed behind.

The letter to Wang Wenxiu was to tell him to be careful of Lin Dan, Huduntu. This war has entered the final stage, and it is necessary to take precautions against Huduntu, lest it take advantage of the fight between snipe and clam to turn against it.

After all, both sides are exhausted troops who have fought repeatedly, but the Chahar army under Huduntu, who is very good at running, has slowed down.

The letter submitted to Xincheng was to ask his father to help him with his ideas.

If all goes well, the number of Mongolians who will settle in the west of Xining will reach nearly 15 in the future, and the population will be very young.

Although the Marshal's Office regards these Mongolian youths as farmers, herdsmen and fishermen, according to the standards of the nomadic khanate for recruiting herders, almost every male can ride a horse and shoot arrows, and they are all of war-age population.

This means that with a change in thinking, the Marshal's Mansion can pull out [-] nomadic troops. The Mongols under his rule are already one of the most powerful Mongolian forces in the world.

The number is so huge that Liu Chengzong can no longer remain indifferent. He must completely bring it under his own rule politically. Victory in this war against Oirat is the best opportunity.

Almost all the famous nobles in Oirat participated in this war, which means that if they did not die on the battlefield, they would bow their heads to meet each other in Liu Chengzong's camp.

Liu Chengzong wanted to reunify the titles, official positions, and titles of the Mongols with those of the Central Plains Dynasty, and rely on this victory to push his influence to the Tianshan Mountains occupied by Oirat!

　good afternoon!

　　
　
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