Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1702 Cutting the Yuan (Fifth and Sixth) Chaotic Battle

Gao Yushi, who was not personally on the scene, could only understand the battle situation at that time through the battle report. Generally speaking, Gao Yushi believed that the battle was extremely chaotic.Not only the herdsmen of the Chahar tribe fought chaotically, but also the Ma Chengen tribe and the Mongolian army who attacked them were chaotic.

Gao Pragmatism is basically certain that when Ma Chengen attacked the Chahar herdsmen, he obviously didn't take his opponents seriously. His formation was very casual and his tactics were extremely simple. Basically, he was planning to mow the grass.

But even so, since the opponent's striker had obviously not tasted the pain of the bayonet hollow phalanx, he chose to shake the infantry phalanx hard, and was defeated in one encounter.Immediately afterwards, Ma Chengen's half-dressed cavalry surrounded and outflanked from the west road was also very smooth, and the Chahar people were quickly divided into several isolated groups, and the victory was about to be won.

It's a pity that the Chahar Mongolian army arrived in time with the nine-fold white banner, completely disrupting Ma Chengen's original very crude combat intention.The Mongolian army first used a small number of troops to bully the infantry group with bayonets in the hollow phalanx at the rear, so as not to move around, lest the formation be damaged and be turned around to mow the grass, and then the main force assaulted the Ming army cavalry who had been out of touch with the infantry group.

The biggest problem here is that Ma Chengen himself did not stay in the infantry group to command the whole army.This young general soldier was extremely brave, and he personally led the cavalry to go out to fight - good guy, this is inheriting the mantle of his father Mafu!You know, Ma Fu was a typical fierce general brother before his death, invincible on the battlefield, but unfortunately died of "armour removal wind" in Yingnian.

The general who leads the cavalry basically needs to go into battle in person, or even lead the troops to charge. This can be seen from the fact that even Gao Yushi had to go into battle during the Battle of Lightning Lake.

However, the problem is that Ma Chengen never expected to be stabbed in the back, and it was too late when he found out that there was something different in the rear.The cavalry of the Ming army divided the Chahar herdsmen at this time, but it also meant that they themselves had dispersed into several branches, and it was very difficult to withdraw and gather.

At the same time, the herdsmen in Chahar also discovered the Nine-White Banner, and their morale was immediately boosted. They no longer fought like before, but began to concentrate their resistance under the command of the Mongolian army's banner (perhaps under the influence). At the same time, he tightly bit the Ming army cavalry who was fighting with him, preventing the Ming army cavalry from leaving calmly.

When Ma Chengen blew the assembly call, one of the cavalry of the Ming army had already fallen into the siege of the Mongolian army.Although they didn't seem to be in a panic, they formed a circular formation as quickly as possible to defend, but the cavalry was not an army good at defense in essence. This situation seemed to be a last resort, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as precarious—— The opponent could rush forward with speed, and could also shoot arrows from a long distance, but the Ming army had already used muskets at this time, and most of them did not carry bows at all, so they could only be beaten passively.

Ma Chengen saw that there was no way out, and he didn't care that the number of cavalry he personally led was not enough. At the same time, only one detachment managed to escape and rendezvous with him. friendly forces.

The Mongolian army didn't seem to expect Ma Chengen to be so arrogant, and the besieging troops were a little confused.The flag at the Nine Gates White Banner behind him flickered, and a new order was quickly issued. Another Mongolian army immediately followed up and collided head-on with Ma Chengen's troops.

The besieging troops who received the new order no longer shot arrows from long distances, and also launched a violent charge.The cavalry of the Ming army in a circular formation struggled to support them, but obviously they couldn't hold back the opponent's inertial advantage of charging into the formation, and soon fell into the unfavorable situation of chaotic formation and fighting on their own. They could only rely on their defensive advantages in equipment Resist as much as possible.

The confrontation between Ma Chengen's troops and the Mongolian army was probably the bloodiest battle in this battle. As the commander-in-chief, Ma Chengen was killed with blood all over his body.Although most of it was the blood of the enemy, he himself still had seven wounds on his back, and almost passed out due to excessive blood loss in a short period of time after killing the enemy.

It was later proved that the armor on Ma Chengen saved his at least five lives—five potentially fatal injuries were blocked by the armor, and even the breastplate on his chest was shattered.

However, even though it was extremely dangerous, Ma Chengen's round of charge still shattered the Mongolian army's attempt to defeat the Ming army's cavalry in one fell swoop, not only forcibly repelling the enemy in front of them with inferior forces, but also gave the besieged Ming army cavalry a great blow. Great encouragement.

Encouraged by him, the besieged Ming army broke out into a huge cheer of "the total army is victorious", and then resolutely launched a breakout, and forcibly broke through the encirclement to join forces with Ma Chengen.

At this time, Ma Chengen himself had just recovered from a burst of dizziness, relying on the massive adrenaline blessing stimulated by the cheers of his subordinates, he was sober and excited again, and he didn't even feel the pain of the wound at all.He suddenly raised his saber, ordered the cavalry around him to gather towards him, and then launched another counter-assault charge directly in the direction of Jiubaizhu without hesitation.

Adrenaline is actually the BUG-level hormone of human beings. It is a chemical substance secreted when people experience some huge stimuli, such as abnormal excitement, fear, tension, etc.It can make people breathe faster, provide a large amount of oxygen to the human body instantly, and at the same time accelerate the heartbeat and blood flow, dilate the pupils, provide more energy for physical activities, and make the whole person react more quickly.

At this time, Ma Chengen was in this semi-superhuman state, not only painless, but also extremely clear minded.He knew that he wanted to complete the assembly of the entire army at this moment—no, the assembly of all the cavalry was already impossible. As long as the reaction was a little slower, the Mongolian cavalry would be divided and annihilated in turn.

He clearly realized that there was only one way to solve the crisis at this moment: directly take the enemy's nine-pronged white flag.As long as the Nine-White Banner falters, whether it is retreating or avoiding, it will seriously attack and weaken the morale of the enemy and create opportunities for the army to gather and fight again.

The Mongolian army really did not expect that Ma Chengen not only did not retreat at this moment, but instead killed him like a god of war possessed.Although there were more than [-] Mongolian elite cavalry near Jiuzhaibaizhu, they lost to the Ming army cavalry, which was less than [-] after a small-scale assembly.

At this time, the leader of the Mongolian army was none other than Burhatu, who was in power of the Mongolian Khanate.Although the Mongolian wise general who made Daming Mengyuan economic strategy so high and pragmatic a few days ago was almost deflated, although his personal force is not bad, but he is good at resourcefulness after all. sudden.

Although Brihatu knew that it was not the best policy to retreat at this moment, he also knew that the Mongolian army could not bear more casualties. Therefore, after a quick balance, he issued an order to raid and rescue the herdsmen.

This order said to save the people first, but in fact it was nothing more than to avoid Ma Chengen's edge.In this way, Ma Chengen achieved his goal, and soon the banner of "Da Ming Xuan Mansion Commander Ma" was displayed on the position where the nine white banners were flying before, and the morale of the entire Ming army was greatly boosted. The cavalry of the Ming army also got rid of the desperate entanglement of the herdsmen in Chahar, and began to gather at the banner of Ma Chengen's general army.

It's a pity that the duration of a bug like adrenaline is quite limited.Seeing that the most dangerous moment for the Ming army had passed, Ma Chengen's spirit relaxed, and his adrenaline immediately waned.

Thanks to the fact that the soldiers around him were old subordinates who had followed his father back then, although they didn't know about adrenaline, they clearly understood the situation. Hold him up, and deliberately make a look to check his injuries.

This move successfully deceived everyone except Ma Chengen's personal guards. Both the Ming cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry were too far away to detect the anomaly.

Although everyone vaguely saw the guard next to Ma Zongrong supporting his body, seeming to ask and check his injuries, but seeing that the guard beside him looked and behaved normally, no one went too far in other directions. I thought—it is common for the general who leads the cavalry to be injured on the battlefield. Since he did not retreat, it must be nothing more than a minor injury, which is nothing serious.

At this time, the forms of both parties have undergone major changes.Under the command of Buri Hatu, the Mongolian army has already taken over its own herdsmen. Now the herdsmen are at the back and the army is at the front. The herdsmen are gradually retreating. The army is still eyeing the Ming army, but it seems that they have no intention of taking the initiative again. The meaning of attack.

On the side of the Ming army, the infantry has already advanced to the battlefield on the basis of maintaining the lineup, and the cavalry has already assembled around Ma Chengen's general banner, and even spontaneously formed a conical formation, as if they were only waiting for Ma Chengen With one order, they will start to charge again.

The conical formation is one of the typical formations of the cavalry. The cavalry of the Ming army were beaten very passively by a surprise attack just now. Now they are forming this formation, which obviously intends to avenge their hatred. Therefore, from Brihatu's point of view , this cavalry is obviously the elite of the Xuanfu - it is very likely that it is the cavalry trained by Ma Fang back then, the trump card of the Ming army that could fight Altan Khan back in the heyday, and is known as "cavalry controlled by cavalry" Horse cavalry.

Brihatu is the grandson of Alta Khan (his father Xinai is the eldest son of Alta Khan), and he grew up under the aura of Alta Khan's invincibility.For an elite Ming army that was able to beat Al Da Khan back when the entire Ming army was in decline, even a wise general like Burihatu felt a little apprehensive at this moment.In addition, the purpose of Brihatu's visit here was to save people, so he really didn't want to get entangled with them.

The two sides just stared at each other for a long time.On the part of the Mongolian army, Buri Hatu wanted to cover the retreat of the herdsmen in the headquarters, and at the same time he was unwilling to fight head-on with the elite cavalry brought out by Ma Fang; on the part of the Ming army, the ordinary cavalry did think of it out of anger, but they couldn't hold back Mr. Ma Rong didn't give an order for a long time, so he could only forcibly restrain his impulse.

The cavalry of the Ming army brought out by Ma Fang is very aggressive, but Ma Fang, as a general who went all the way from the grassroots to the top position of the left governor, obviously attaches great importance to military orders, so Ma Chengen's order can't be issued, and everyone really dare not make it Second-rate.However, Ma Chengen's anomalous delay in giving orders still puzzled them, and many people couldn't help but look towards the position of Zong Rong's banner.

At this time, the old guard Ding, who was supporting Ma Chengen, was also sweating on his forehead, for fear of being spotted by others—it doesn't matter if his own cavalry sees the clue, but the enemy army will spot it, that would be really bad extreme.

Fortunately, Ma Chengen's physical fitness has inherited his father's toughness, and he woke up leisurely at this moment, but his eyes were a little dazed, obviously he has not recovered, and the whole person is still relying on the support of his old man, which is obviously the result of the previous Intense fighting and massive blood loss lead to loss of strength.

But an excellent general is not comparable to ordinary people after all, Ma Chengen's mind quickly recovered, his eyes became brighter, he quickly looked around, and immediately understood the general situation.He took a deep breath, forcibly sat up straight, and ordered: "Send the order, the infantry will press up, and the cavalry will follow me to the right flank of the infantry!"

Finally, the order was issued, and the doubts of the Ming army cavalry disappeared immediately. Although they were still somewhat puzzled by the order, an order was an order, and it was immediately carried out. The whole army immediately began to move slowly.

This order is very particular, and it also means that Ma Chengen, who has come to his senses, really knows himself and the enemy.He did not continue to maintain the strong attacking posture spontaneously formed by the Ming army, in order not to overly stimulate the Mongolian army, so as not to cause the enemy to counterattack-at this moment, the Mongolian army has an advantage in strength, and they have just completed the task of rescuing their herdsmen. Also considered expensive.

At the same time, Ma Chengen has fully considered that his current physical condition is still dangerous, and it is impossible to say whether he will faint again, so he wants to take the cavalry to the flank of the infantry, and let the infantry group's bayonet hollow phalanx act as a front to deter the enemy. , making it afraid to attack easily.

This adjustment of the Ming army also secretly relieved Brihatu, who had been watching them closely.After the infantry phalanx of the Ming army came up to the top, Brihatu immediately ordered a slow retreat, and at the same time deliberately kept the whole army brazenly holding their bows, obviously warning the other party: I have prepared Mangu Evil, if you have the ability, you to chase.

Of course Ma Chengen couldn't chase now, he even almost fainted when he shifted the position of the cavalry just now, he bit the tip of his tongue hard to hold on.When the Mongolian army retreated for about ten miles, the Ming army cavalry was obviously a little dissatisfied, and some people even started clamoring - they had always thought that their side wanted to "revenge", but the result was that the enemy army retreated, which was naturally unacceptable.

However, Ma Chengen just wanted to appease and explain, who knew that the retreat of the Mongolian army still made him relax his guard, his vision darkened, and he passed out again.This time was different from the previous time, the old man did not deliberately support his young marshal, but let him lie down in his arms, while shouting, "Where is the military doctor?"

At this time, the cavalrymen of the Ming army knew that Ma Zongrong was seriously injured. They probably didn't want to pursue him, but they were really powerless. Then they all extinguished their dissatisfaction and began to worry about Ma Zongrong's health.

Fortunately, the Mongolian army has retreated a little far now, and it is impossible to see the details of the Ming army.In addition, Brihatu is a commander with a clear goal. He is here to meet the tribes who migrated. Even if he knows that Ma Chengen has passed out, he may not be tempted. He will only withdraw faster—after all, he The big plan of the Chahar Mongolian army requires the Chahar Mongolian army to maintain its combat power as much as possible so that it will not continue to weaken. There is really no need to spend it in continuing to fight the Ming army.

In this battle, the Ming army captured quite a few heads. Afterwards, more than 700 heads were counted, but the vast majority of them belonged to herdsmen. Although they were also reported, how will Jinglue Xingyuan remember the merits? But it's hard to say.

At the same time, Ma Chengen's loss this time was not small. The whole army killed 510 and seven people on the spot, including 460 and nine cavalrymen, and more than 100 people were seriously injured, all of whom were cavalrymen. Overall, it should be regarded as the party that suffered.

Ma Chengen, who woke up after sleeping for a full day after the war, was annoyed and regretful, but he didn't dare to hide the situation of the battle from Gao Jinglue, so he had to write a private letter of guilt and send it to Gao Jinglue while sending the battle report. , and then began to wait distraughtly for the disposal of Jingtai, and the whole person was a little depressed.
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PS: After struggling for several days, I decided not to describe Qi Jiguang’s big victory positively. The reason is quite simple...Qi Jiguang’s historical record is too exaggerated, and it can even be said to be bizarre. Level.I'm afraid that my direct description will either seem too fake or not exciting enough, so let's just come from the side.

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