The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 421
The fighting was not even a cup of tea, and the two sides were just fighting for a charge.

The casualties caused were the largest in the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars in recent decades.

The Tatar side suffered more than half of the losses. Under such a heavy casualty, even the self-proclaimed brave prairie eagle could not stand up, and no army could maintain the determination to fight bloody under such a tragic situation.

"Bang bang bang..."

Daming's firecrackers were still ringing.

Because the flint guns are used, the projectiles used are almost standard, but there are still cases of jamming, but it is still very convenient to replace. Even if the two bullets are fired, there is no need to change to bows and arrows or cold weapons to fight against the Tatars. When the Tartars fight, they can just ride their horses back, or simply replace the ammunition on the spot.

In this way, even if the Tatar cavalry had rushed into Daming's position sporadically, they were basically regarded as targets in close combat.

The bows, arrows and sabers that the Tatars rely on for survival, as well as their heavy armor, will be sieved at any time in front of the cavalry equipped with new firearms in the Ming Dynasty.

As the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty finished replacing projectiles, the two sides had entered into close-range combat, and the number of Tatar cavalry that could rush into the Ming camp was only 500.

Small groups of Tatar cavalry, including thousands of men in groups, are already retreating northward.

At this time, the Tatar army can no longer reach an agreement on the aspect of continuing to advance and fighting for their lives, or retreating for self-protection. As the saying goes, when they are victorious, they will swarm up and work together, and when they are defeated, they will go their own way and run faster than anyone else's horse. up.

"Clean up the mess! No need to chase!"

"Keep going west!"

After Wang Shouren led his troops to charge and stabilize the formation, he began to convey the military order immediately.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, he broke up the formation of the Tatars, leaving behind scattered corpses of Tatar cavalrymen and horses lying in disorder. Not all the Tatars were killed after falling off their horses. There were not a few of them, and the Ming side wanted to take advantage of the collapse of the Tatars to clean up the mess in front of them.

But unlike the previous two wars, ears were cut off and corpses were burned.

The most direct way is to continue westward and chase down the old and weak women and children among the almost "unarmed" Tatar tribesmen.

The rules don’t work here, and both sides know that it’s either you die or I live, and Daming doesn’t want to withdraw the question of seeking asylum at the pass, because they themselves are killing gods, and they can walk sideways on the grassland, seven thousand The best cavalry can be wiped out with a flick of a finger, so what is there to be afraid of?

The more than 1 cavalry in the rear?

Just ask them, do they still dare to kill them directly?
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The battlefield was cleaned up extremely quickly.

The hundreds of Tatar cavalry who rushed into the Ming's position also caused some casualties of the Ming soldiers, but the losses of the Ming side were still very small. In addition, before the horses were tripped by the horses, there were also casualties such as arrows and bombs. Two 30 people.

At the cost of two or 30 men, the Tatar [-] cavalry lost nearly [-], which only happened after a brief engagement.

The Ming soldiers led by Wang Shouren used real cases to teach the Tatars about the huge gap between the combat effectiveness of hot weapons and cold weapons in the two eras, and also let the Tatars appreciate the huge lethality of hot weapons in encounters.

When the Ming army gained a firm foothold.

Looking back at the Tatar pursuers who were only four or five miles away from the rear position of the Ming soldiers, they had already withdrawn six or seven miles away.

The Tatars pursued the soldiers and horses and fought timidly.

Even if they knew that Da Ming was chasing the old and weak women and children of their tribe, and knew that Da Ming would probably succeed, their human instinct told them that if they just rushed there, they and the [-] soldiers and horses would not suffer too much. difference.

It is very likely that the Ming army wiped out their two groups of soldiers and horses, and then continued to pursue...

At that time, the old and weak women and children of the Chahar tribe in the Tatar headquarters may really be taken over by Wang Shouren and Daming.

They seem to have understood the situation of the Huosi's Mengguoljin Department, and they also know the feeling that the main force in the front is looting in Ming Dynasty, while the rear is being targeted by the Ming army.

Now they should think about it, why didn't all the clansmen follow Batu Mengke to the north of Ningxia?
Just because he thought it was impossible for Daming to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to reach the hinterland of the grassland?
Now Wang Shouren personally leads the Ming army, let them know that as long as they have cavalry, light artillery, and firecrackers, the Ming cavalry can also walk sideways on the grassland, and don't let the Ming army find their "weakness", otherwise Under persecution, it is necessary to carry out this kind of encounter blocking battle, and whoever wins will die.

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"Major General, the Tartars don't seem to dare to chase after them! Do you want to rush over and hold them down?"

Guan Jing and other generals appeared beside Wang Shouren.

A hearty victory was completed, and everyone in the army was full of energy.

The fly in the ointment is that most of the battles are completed in long-range shooting, just like playing a game in the air. With the end of the prescribed actions, the enemy has already fallen, and even the corpse is torn apart, and there is no time to cut it. Cut off their heads, not even having time to cut off their ears.

Wang Shouren waved the long sword in his hand and said: "Continue to go west, within a day and a night, there must be a victory!"

He set a deadline.

The rest of the pursuit mission must be completed within one day and one night.

Otherwise, the [-] main force of the little Tatar prince will come back from Ningxia Kuaima, and the people from all walks of life in Tatar, not only the Chahar tribe, but also other tribes, will sweat profusely in Batu Mengke, the nominal grassland Gathered under the call... No matter how powerful their firearms are, they can't face nearly [-] Tatar cavalry at once.

The main reason is that the ammunition is not enough.

Moreover, with [-] cannons and [-] flint blunderbuss, fighting eight thousand Tatar cavalry is like playing games, but if the Tatars are besieged on all sides, and the opponent slowly advances with iron armor shields, etc., the weapons in their hands will be used again. Look stretched.

Therefore, before the main force of the Tatars is fully assembled, Wang Shouren must complete his ideal of raging the grasslands.

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The Ming army continued to pursue.

When they boarded the hillside where the Tatars garrisoned, and looked from the top of the hill to the southwest direction on the other side, every soldier of the Ming Dynasty knew why the 7000 troops had to fight to the death.

Contiguous cattle and sheep, countless ordinary herdsmen, and a large number of moving carriages.

Looking at it from a distance, it was only twenty or thirty miles away, much closer than expected.

At this time, every Ming soldier's eyes were bloodshot, and they had just finished killing on the battlefield, but now what they were facing was like an undefended enemy camp, they could rush down to fight casually, and even let them The Tatars lost their children and grandchildren.

"kill!"

When the military order was issued, Ming's cavalry divided into three groups.

The former army consisted of 1000 people, and was mainly responsible for driving and sniping the Tatar defensive cavalry, which was still in regulation.

The 2000 people in the Chinese army rushed to the past in a pincer shape and were responsible for flat pushing and mopping up.

The rear army is the largest, with 3000 troops. In addition to ensuring the necessary charge speed, it is also necessary to prevent the Tatars from the rear from hiding and killing.

After all, the Ming Dynasty completed the massacre of the enemies in front when the Tatars had absolute combat power to pursue them, so the most important thing to guard against was the troops of more than 3000 Tatars assembled in the rear.

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Daming's cavalry rushed forward quickly.

Ordinary Tatar tribesmen, especially the old and the weak, women and children, already knew the defeat of their own rear, and knew that their people were almost undefended in front of the Ming army, which was tantamount to letting the Ming army slaughter them. Almost all the cattle and sheep of the clan were abandoned.

Women and those who can mount horses continue to run westward on horseback. Children are basically on horseback with their mothers or old people. There are still many old women, the elderly and the weak who are responsible for staying behind to drive cattle and sheep to block the offensive of the Ming army.

The defense line temporarily arranged by the Tatars could not stop the iron hooves of the Ming cavalry at all.

But there is one thing, that is, the clansmen they rushed forward to escape, such as the woman with the child on the horse, basically moved faster than Daming's side, mainly because the Daming army also carried heavy loads. And there are cattle and sheep, scattered Tatar baggage, vehicles, etc. blocking the road, and it is impossible to sprint at full strength.

The distance of twenty miles, but only an hour, has been chased.

The white flock of sheep intersected with the [-] pioneers of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty used firecrackers and long spears to kill a gap in the flock of sheep. When the cattle and sheep were scattered, the troops of the Ming Dynasty followed up and killed the Tatars. The leftover cars and tents were swept away to facilitate the follow-up pursuit.

The Tatar side also began to set fires everywhere.

What was set on fire was their own belongings, but in order to slow down the pace of the Ming cavalry's charge, they didn't seem to care.

There were even many old and weak people who directly set themselves on fire, trying to rush towards the Da Ming cavalry when the Da Ming cavalry approached them, and wanted to provide a little help to protect the clansmen before they died.

But what the cavalrymen of Ming Dynasty remembered in their hearts was that the Tatars had plundered and slaughtered at the border of Ming Dynasty. Facing such a group of old and weak women and children, no one seemed to feel pity.

In an era where even survival is a problem, any benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust are based on the foundation of Wang Hua. There seems to be an innate hatred between Daming and Tatars. This hatred is engraved in the bones, even Wang Shou Ren did not regulate his army with benevolence and righteousness. His purpose was no longer to fight the regular Tatar army, but to clear the grassland.

To inherit the behest of his idol Wang Weining, at the same time, this is also the lifelong dream of the emperor Zhu Youtang, and it has also become his ideal Wang Shouren.

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The pioneers of Ming Dynasty completed the task of opening the road excellently, but there is no guarantee that the follow-up troops can pass through in every direction.

The more than 3000 soldiers and horses pursued by the Tatars were actually watching helplessly as the Ming army, which had less than half of its own soldiers and horses, was attacking their clansmen, the old, the weak, women and children, but they were unable to charge directly.

Because the army of Ming Dynasty still maintained the complete formation at this time, the main artillery and other firearms basically remained in the rear army, and the vanguard troops mainly used firecrackers, bows and arrows, and cold weapons, which were still able to complete the task well.

The Ming army chased and killed all the way, and walked for two hours. The number of Tatar tribesmen who were hacked and killed by the Ming soldiers along the way has exceeded a thousand.

The number of cattle and sheep lost on the Tatar side has exceeded [-].

The Tatars were using their own wealth to block the unstoppable force of the Ming army, and achieved certain results. At least the Ming side did not catch up with the backbone of the Tatar tribe, or their most……

"Major General, Tatar reinforcements have been seen from all directions, front, rear, left, and right. It is estimated that the number of soldiers and horses is tens of thousands."

"Report! The main force of the Tatars has been found ahead, and it is already fifty miles away!"

When Wang Shouren boarded the next high slope, he used a telescope to examine the surrounding situation, and with the map in his hand, he knew that the Tatars were still free from the risk of a "genocide".

It has been nine days since they completed the first battle and appeared in front of the main force of the Tatars. The Tatars began to gather all kinds of troops to encircle and surround them. And successfully drove the Tatar tribesmen to a dead end, and also completed a hearty encounter victory.

But it also delayed some time because of this. The Tatars also blocked their progress by sacrificing the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as the cattle, sheep and goods of the headquarters.

The Tatar people from all walks of life finally gathered together, and it seemed that they were about to complete their strangulation!
"Stop chasing before sunset, stay where you are and rest!"

Wang Shouren issued a new military order.

The soldiers were actually surprised when they heard this order.

If you want to chase, keep chasing, if you want to retreat, continue to retreat, if you want to chase until dark, but stay where you are, is it equivalent to saying that you can't catch up with the enemy and wait to be surrounded and die?
In the past, some people must have doubted the correctness of Wang Shouren's military orders.

But now, Wang Shouren's military orders are like imperial edicts, and no one doubts his authority in commanding operations.

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The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty chased the Tatars for hundreds of miles along the route that the Tatars fled in all directions.

After dark, the people from all walks of life still hadn't completely withdrawn.

Judging from the battle reports compiled...just chasing the Tatar tribesmen, more than 4000 Tatar populations have been successfully strangled, plus more than 5000 people completed before, and the first two battles completed...killed the enemy Ten thousand.

Although nearly half of them killed "civilians", such a record cannot be described as an ordinary victory.

After the Ming army withdrew, they stationed in the camp left by the Tatars. According to Wang Shouren's instructions, the yellow powder and artillery they brought were scattered around the camp. This was to prevent the Tatars from coming to attack the camp at night. .

"Major General!"

"Uncle!"

After the generals who were chasing from all walks of life came back, they all went to Wang Shouren to ask for orders with excited faces.

Many of them hoped to continue chasing them, chasing and killing them overnight, as if life was already a matter of disregard for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Enough to kill.

6000 people killed more than 1 Tartars. It is best to bury a few people with them before they die. Even if they die on the grassland, their names can be left in history.

Wang Shouren said: "Order the three armies to rest well tonight, there is still a tough battle to fight tomorrow."

"Order!"

As soon as the soldiers heard that there was a battle to fight, they didn't care whether they were surrounded by enemies, even if they were surrounded by enemies in all directions, so what?
On the first day I entered the grassland, I knew that there might be such a result.

Now even if he has been exhausted for a few days, he can still sleep soundly if he takes a nap.

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That night, Daming's camp was surprisingly quiet.

None of the Tatar troops dared to come within twenty miles of the Daming camp.

After the people of the Tatar tribe fled westward smoothly, even the more than 1 horses pursued by the Tatars felt relieved and withdrew from the Ming army twenty miles away, stationed at a distance, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to observe the Ming Dynasty The situation of one side of the camp to ensure that the Ming army is really stationed in place.

They were also afraid that the Ming army would rest until midnight and continue to pursue...

Come down overnight.

The prairie was dead silent.

After dawn, when the sun rose in the east, the Ming army had already buried the stove to cook. This seemed to be the most relaxing day after they entered the grassland.

Everyone was talking and laughing.

We are talking about yesterday's bloody battle, and there is no way to care about who killed how many. Unlike before, it was easy to calculate the first victory in a cold weapon battle. Now it doesn't matter who killed who. The victory belongs to the entire army and is a collective honor. Personal honor is to be a participant in a big battle, and at the same time fight against the enemy in the big battle without flinching, and to complete the task well during the pursuit.

"Yesterday, I chased after a little girl and cried at me. That was ugly. I went straight down and chopped her neck down!"

"Didn't you think of pulling her back to be your sister-in-law? I heard that your brother is still a baby."

"It's too ugly, I don't like it! Woohoo, who knew she was talking about a bird ball?"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone had breakfast.

The meeting of Wang Shouren's big tent has ended, and military orders have begun to be issued to various places in the army.

"The major general ordered to clean up the battlefield today and cut off all the ears that can be cut off! After cutting off, go south. If you meet the Tartars, you will fight to the death. If you don't meet them, you will find Guancheng and enter the pass!"

"That's the end? We haven't had enough killing yet!"

"Keep your strength and come back next time! Fighting Caogu, do you know? In the past, Khitan, Tatar, and Jurchen attacked our Caogu, now it's our turn to fight them!"

"Juntou, I'm afraid that next time we come, we won't be able to find where their Caogu is fighting!"

"With Duke Lai's ingenious plan and General Wang Shao's command, I'm afraid it won't be possible without your contributions? Do you want to go back and reunite with the wives and children at home?"

"That's right, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the credits this time, if I bring them back to exchange for a few older sons!"

"I'm afraid that if you want to go back, the Tartars won't be happy! On the way back, there will be a few fights to see who wants to have a dead body here!"

"Look who's a coward!"

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Wang Shouren stood in front of the army tent, and the soldiers had already started packing up their belongings, and at the same time were about to start cutting off their ears.

"No matter how difficult it is for the casualties yesterday, they should be taken back and cannot stay on the grassland," Wang Shouren said to Guan Jing.

Guan Jing asked, "What if the Tartars come to harass you?"

"Divide into three groups, and fight at any time! However, unless the little Tatar prince returns to the army, he will still maintain the situation of the previous few days, stalemate and not invade. This battle is still regrettable!"

(End of this chapter)