The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 315 Shooting yourself in the foot

The Chechens fled without a fight. It was impossible to hide such a big movement from the Ming army in the south and the Zasak troops in the east.

Almost on the second day when the Chechen Ministry began to migrate, Huang Degong, who was hundreds of miles away, received the news. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't care much.

In the past half a year, from the mouths of the Tuxietu people, he has a general and thorough understanding of the geographical environment of Mobei and the habits of the Mongolians.

Knowing that the Chechens choose to migrate now, they can only migrate to Beihai. The place is relatively warm except in June and July, and it is impossible to survive at other times.

They don't need to fight or chase at all, they just need to wipe out the other Zasak tribe. This winter, the Chechen tribe can only stay in the North Sea and wait to die except for returning to surrender.

And this time they have carried more than a year's worth of grain and grass, plus occasional grazing, which can last until April and May next year.

So he was still hoping that the Chechen Ministry would run away, so that they would only have to clean up the Zasak Ministry, otherwise the combination of the two would take a lot of effort, but now it is much simpler and less laborious.

"General, the Chechens are afraid of my great power, and have already run away. It is a good time to hunt down and kill them."

"That's right, General, if you don't chase after them and wait until they escape into the mountains, you'll be in trouble."

The leaders of the Tumed tribe began to boo again, wanting to beat the dogs in the water. This kind of hunting and killing of migrating tribes is what the Mongolian cavalry like to do most.

"No need, as the saying goes, don't chase the poor, the Chechens are no longer a concern. Next, our army should focus on the Zasaks. I ordered that the army set up camp in three days and target the Khans of the Zasaks." where the account is located."

Huang Degong waved his hand, then stood up and ordered that after three days, the army would rest for almost ten days. Although the soldiers were still affected, he no longer planned to wait any longer.

at the same time.

When Zah learned that Yatov fled directly with his people, he almost didn't drop his jaw in shock. After the shock, he began to feel a little anxious and panicked.

Because he already understood Yatov's plan, not only did his original plan come to naught when the Chechen army ran away, but it was their turn to face the army from the south with the Zasak army.

Although Zahir was so angry that he wished to tear Yatov into pieces, he knew that it was useless to say anything now. By the time he assembled the army and chased him, the Chechen troops had already entered the mountain. The army in the south was eyeing it covetously, and he didn't dare to chase the Chechen army.

Although in the future, the army from the south is likely to come to trouble Zasak's department, but Zahe is not very worried.

He knew that the reason why Yatov chose to escape was not because he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the army in the south, but because he was worried that his strength would be damaged after a battle and he would be robbed by their Zasak troops, so he did not hesitate to risk huge losses. to migrate.

After all, the loss of the migration is only some old, weak and livestock. Although this year's reproduction will be delayed, as long as the warriors in the clan are kept and they move back before winter, they will always slowly recover in the future.

Thinking of this, Zah also scolded Yatov for being cunning. What annoyed him even more was that the Chechens could move to the North Sea, but their Zasaks had no place to migrate.

The only place they can go is the Horqin Grassland in the southeast, but facing the powerful Horqin tribe, going there is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. It is better to stay and negotiate with the army in the south, after all, the other side is only four 5 people, so Zah immediately sent an envoy, ready to find out first.

Because there were too many Mongolian cavalry in the Ming army, Zah, like Yatov at the beginning, suspected that it was the Tuxietu tribe who had migrated back. As for the Han people and carts in the team, they only thought it was Tuxietu The Ministry made a fortune in Daming last year, and then ran back in a hurry for fear of Ming Dynasty's revenge.

This cannot be blamed on Zah and Yatov, because under the vigilance of the Tushetu and Tumot cavalry, the scouts sent by the two could not approach at all, and at most they were far away in the mountains. Waiting and watching, only the Mongolian cavalry came into contact with, so there was such a misunderstanding.

So four days later, when the envoy sent to negotiate came back, Zah's reaction was the same as Yatov's at the beginning. He was shocked and finally understood why Yatov chose to run away without hesitation.

But when they learned that the other party was really coming towards their Zhasak tribe, Zah and all the clansmen panicked, but they had to urgently gather up the scattered clansmen.

At this time, even if the Zhasak department wanted to run, it was too late. What's more, the Chechen department had already entered the mountain, so even if they had time to run, they didn't dare to run.

The opponent has more than 2 Mongolian cavalry, and there is no need to guard against the sneak attack of the Chechens, so they can chase and kill them unscrupulously.

At this time, Zah could only actively prepare for the war, while sending envoys to negotiate with the Ming army again, and at the same time sending envoys to chase the Chechen Ministry and the Horqin Ministry in the southeast to ask for help.

The Khan tent of the Zasak tribe is located at the foot of Kent Khan Mountain, on the north bank of the Yinma River, which belongs to the Heilongjiang River Basin, and is only more than [-] miles away from the later Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar.

Looking at the army on the south bank of the Yinma River at this moment, Zah's intestines are full of regrets. He did not expect the attitude of the Ming army to be so tough, and there is no room for negotiation. If it is not across the river, the other party may have directly killed him. up.

But he knew that it was impossible for this small Yinma River to stop the Ming army.

All the Zhasak people, as long as they can ride horses and shoot arrows, regardless of men, women, old or weak, are also riding horses at this moment, and follow closely behind their sweat.

Looking at the army on the south bank, everyone had dull depression on their faces, and they clearly understood that their Zhasak troops had reached the moment of life and death.

"Zhatuo, you don't need to join the war. Once we lose, you can take those children and flee to the mountains to keep the fire for our Zasak tribe. The Han people can't stay here forever."

Zah told his youngest son with grief and indignation that he didn't expect the Ming army to come so fast, they killed the Yinma River in just five days, and they couldn't count on the Horqin Ministry to rescue him.

The envoy sent to chase the Chechen tribe finally returned, but Yatov, like him at the beginning, was unwilling to come to the rescue.

The place where the two sides confront each other is located in the upper reaches of the Yinma River. The river is only [-] feet wide, and the deepest part is nowhere near the calves of the horses. However, in order not to affect the speed of the chariots and horses, Huang Degong still ordered a temporary road to be built upstream. The dam temporarily holds back the river water for a period of time.

Building a dam on a small river with a width of only [-] feet is a piece of cake for the logistics soldiers of the Ming army, and they only sent a thousand firearms soldiers, a thousand archers, and a thousand logistics soldiers.

There were so many empty sacks for grain, and within half an hour 1000 people took soil to fill [-] empty sacks, and then began to block the river under the cover of firearms soldiers and archers.

(End of this chapter)