My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 574 Traditional Mongolian warfare methods

Satsuma is located in the Plateau Empire hundreds of miles west of Tianfengling in the Western Region.

Here, the night is much darker than in the east.

According to the Eastern time, it is now Unity time, but the sky is still scorching hot here, and there is not a trace of cloud.

The mountains and rivers on the plateau are long and the pastures are abundant. The originally peaceful land is now agitated. The outline of a huge city in the distance, groups of soldiers carrying oval shields and medium-sized short spears, quickly leave the city in a queue. They are wearing half-body armor, all wearing half-length armor. Sewn for pig and sheepskin.

The team officer in front, riding a war horse, raised his voice and used vulgar words to urge his soldiers.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Son of a bitch!"

"Have you not had enough to eat?"

"Use all your strength to lie on a woman's belly!"

In the wilderness, there are also cavalrymen with short swords on their waists, spears, and iron helmets on their heads. They wear sleeveless personal armor. This light armored cavalry is called Salman Cavalry, which is a small country conquered by Olain. , and recruited all the cavalry in the country as servants.

After the singing and dancing subsided, O'Lain called the secretary who had information outside the door to come over and ask for the latest information.

The troops that were pulling out of the city came into view. O'Lain stood on the high platform in front of the palace and looked at it all.

Now O'Lain has an army that he can use.

O'Lain's bloated body stood on the high platform, holding his hands on the guardrail of the terrace, looking at the street scene in the city. In the main hall behind him, there was a red carpet. Several Satsuma women stepped on it gently with their bare feet, twisting their waists hard and trying to maintain their smiles. They probably didn't want the generals in the hall to be dissatisfied with them. , and then they were pulled out and thrown to the soldiers, or killed.

What was waiting for him was a roll of parchment and an order issued by the other party.

When the order from Holy Lothar came, he naturally felt that such an important task should be handed over to the Jinsa tribe.

He knew very well that once the Eastern Cavalry came here, it would be difficult for him, the governor, to survive. But the bad thing was that he still had two armies in his hands. There were about 20,000 people in the southeast of Satsuma, and the resistance of the Satsuma Empire fighting.

However, before reaching the east, in the huge mountain range to the west, I saw the heads of everyone in the Jinsa tribe, including the head of Sapo, the leader of the Jinsa tribe, placed on top.

He ordered an army to be sent to the east to explore the way to the east to see what the reaction was. Olain was the one who surrendered. In order to set an example, Holy Lothar promoted his position as marquis and became a grand duke.

In fact, he is not stupid. On the one hand, Holy Lothar promoted him, and on the other hand, he made him continue to take the lead in attacking cities and territories. It seemed that he was important, but in fact, he wanted to use the war to kill him.

But now, the Eastern Cavalry came over after only about a year.

The huge city of Satila changed from lifeless to noisy after the news came from the east. Of course, this was just the movement of the army. The Samoans in the city almost did not dare to come out.

"The cavalry from the East, why are you here at this time..."

Then, he summoned the herald and sent a horse to convey what he had just said.

More than 30,000 people from the Jinsa tribe were slaughtered by the Orientals, and their heads were all set up in Tianfengling. Don’t ask him how he knew. In the second half of last year, there was no news from the Jinsa tribe for several months. He sent several small teams Search in the past.

The Jinsa tribe was a barbarian tribe conquered by Holy Lothar. It seemed that they were not interested in this tribe. After surrendering, they handed it over to Olain. He was extremely generous to this tribe. They also contributed when they attacked Satila. most.

You can even use his death to put on another show.

"Send an order to the two armies in the southeast and ask them to come back immediately and leave the remaining Satsuma army alone. They can no longer overcome the storm."

When he heard the content reported by the great swordsman of the Inanimate Army who had escaped, he felt trembling. After capturing Satila last year, he originally invited Holy Lothar here to claim credit from him.

O'Lain, who turned around and walked in, waved angrily at the palace dancers, telling them to get out.

O'Lain was very aware of the tricks of the man named Lothar, but he couldn't get rid of it. Holy Lothar sent a group of five hundred swordsmen from the Inanimate Army. They seemed to listen to his movements, but in fact they were monitoring his every move. Once he appeared, he would be killed. If someone behaves suspiciously, the result will probably be beheading by this group of five hundred swordsmen.

The clerk stepped forward and bowed.

"The Governor does not have the latest information yet, but according to yesterday's news, after the cavalry from the East descended from the Amir Mountains, according to the time, they have entered the border of Satsuma Kingdom, or are stationed at the junction."

"Overseer, there is urgent information!"

O'Lain, who was talking to the secretary, was interrupted by sudden words coming from outside the hall. A soldier hurried in and whispered a few words in his ear.

O'Lain's expression changed slightly at first, and then he quickly recovered. The generals in the Satsuma Palace also stood up and gathered around him.

"One of our troops was defeated by the Eastern Cavalry..."

O'Lain looked at the generals in front of him. The defeated army he mentioned, with a total of about 2,000 people, was not elite. It was just stationed there to monitor the Amir Mountains to the east.

"Recruit all troops immediately, the Eastern army comes with malicious intent!"

Last year, he led his army to take advantage of the opportunity from the north, destroyed the Satsuma Kingdom, and captured its capital Satira. After that, he reorganized the city-states around Satsuma and wiped out the remaining Satsuma army. At the same time, as the commander-in-chief, He was also always wary of the East.

He originally thought that the retaliation from the East would follow, but the strange silence over the past year almost made him forget about it, or let down his guard.

Now, he heard the news and made arrangements, but O'Lain didn't know who he was about to face, let alone how crazy and bloody the other party was.

……

An inconspicuous battle had already ended in Subutai Chutianfengling. When he came to station here, a commander under his command even presented him with trophies.

It was a piece of exquisite iron armor pulled from a dead man's body. Subotai stretched out his hand and touched the metal made of slender wires. He looked at it for a moment and asked the captain, "Whose is it?"

"The Western general shot by the cavalry below should be a general, or perhaps a noble."

"Wear them for the people below." Subotai grabbed the chain armor and threw it outside the tent: "My warriors charge into battle and need them. Any armor like this that is captured in the future will be worn by the soldiers. "

Years ago, he applied for a batch of fine iron from Su Chen to build Mongolian cavalry, but he could only barely equip the Qixue Army of about 10,000 people.

In other words, it is not enough to only make armor pieces for chest protection. Most of the Mongolian light cavalry below still use the original aged leather jackets as armor.

But just like that, in the first battle in the west, a group of two thousand Western barbarians was defeated and only a few dozen people escaped.

"Whether they are really weak or pretending, according to the previous plan, we will fight ours!" Subotai turned around and walked back to the mat to sit down.

The tent was covered with leather felt and animal hair, and the racks were decorated with bows, arrows, swords and guns, full of wildness and murderous intent. The surrounding Mongolian captains with tattoos on their faces, or wearing animal skins, and with copper rings hanging from their ears, laughed fiercely: "I hope they can come more, so that the killing will be satisfying!"

Over the past year, Subotai has trained them into butchers with bloody hands.

As the night deepened, it was still dark the next day. Figures walked out of the yurts and got on their horses. In the farther direction, several Mongolian light cavalry were running out with bows and swords on their backs.

The five thousand cavalry were divided into five groups and swept toward the west in a radial pattern, close to the Amir Mountain known to the Satsuma population as a sparsely populated place.

This place is not a common trade route for business travelers traveling between the east and west. There are many forests and hills, and the terrain gradually rises from east to west.

It already belongs to a high-altitude area. Fortunately, the terrain of Xirong Grassland is also high. The Mongolian cavalry who came here were a little uncomfortable at first, but they gradually adapted to it on the way.

It was getting brighter when they arrived, and the five Mongolian light cavalry had already swept more than 80 miles. There were occasionally a few scattered villages along the way, and there were not many people in the villages.

The Mongolian light cavalry who swept over did not say anything, rushed into these villages, directly set fire to kill people. As prairie people, they had only received Chinese education in recent years, and they still maintained their wild nature. The pressure of long marches, for them , extremely depressing.

More or less, they need to vent their desires, and fighting and robbing can only partially satisfy them. When they rush into the village, these cavalrymen will more or less snatch the women, drag them into the house, or have fun on the spot.

This is a common thing among the prairie cavalry. No one will dissuade them, and they will even join in.

The five groups of cavalry burned and killed all the way, spreading to the west as quickly as possible. When they reached the nearest city-state, they slaughtered all the villages around the city, and even defeated a Western army that went out to fight. The opponent's number was not high. There were only more than a thousand people, and they were defeated in less than a stick of incense. Most of them were shot one by one by the Mongolian cavalry who caught up in the rout.

The commotion became louder and louder, and beacon smoke was everywhere. Four armies sent by Olain, totaling about 27,000 people, came for reinforcements in the afternoon of October 20th.

The five Mongolian light cavalry did not engage in the battle, but continued to harass, detour, or shoot at the cavalry sent by the opponent for a while, and then withdrew from the battlefield.

Tonino, Olein's adjutant who came to supervise the battle, was so angry that he cursed the Eastern cavalry for being cunning. However, he was not angry enough yet. Knowing that the other party's cavalry and archery were powerful, he immediately set up camp on the spot and mobilized his soldiers to dig trenches. To block the harassment of the opponent's cavalry.

At the same time, a request for help was also sent to the rear, asking Grand Duke O'Lain to send another army to cooperate with him to find a way to trap these Eastern cavalry.

After O'Lain received the news that his adjutant Tonino had stabilized the front and blocked the Eastern Cavalry, he soon sent three more teams of 6,000 people there one after another. At the same time, he also sent troops from Satsuma to the other side. More than 10,000 people who returned from the southeast rushed directly to the east to help Tonino encircle and kill the Eastern cavalry.

Looking down from the sky, armies gathered from west to east towards Hasai City. The army led by Tonino held back the Easterners, and then formed an encirclement, forming a major battle to annihilate the opponent.

Even if they lose, they can retreat to Hasai City to protect themselves. Do you not believe that the cavalry can still be strong enough to attack the city?

As for Hasai City, five groups of Mongolian cavalry have been combined into a cavalry group of 5,000 people. They are running through the wilderness in a mighty manner. It is impossible to hide them, but they will come and ride almost every once in a while. Shoot harassment.

Tonino, who had fought more than ten major battles with the Archduke of Orlaine, also had his own opinions on this matter and held a parliament overnight.

"The Eastern Cavalry has been harassing us. In fact, they are testing our weak defenses and trying to lure us away from our fortifications and fight them outside!"

"But I won't fall for such a crude plan."

"Besides, our reinforcements will arrive. According to the plan, they will be here to surround this cavalry!"

Tonino drew a circle somewhere on the map with a short stick in the large sunshade tent that was open on three sides, and said this to the generals under his command in the tent.

Outside, it was getting dark.

Hundreds of miles to the east, on the gradually darkening wilderness, were groups of cavalry, divided into dozens or hundreds of queues and moving slowly forward.

The Mongolian Rangers with keen intuition have spread to twenty miles away.

In a mighty team marching in the darkness, Subotai was riding on his horse against the evening wind, holding the sword head with one hand and holding the reins with the other. Occasionally he raised his eyes and looked to the west.

He whispered softly: "There should be enough people gathered."

Dozens of captains lined up behind him, urging their horses to move slowly, grinning sneer.

The five thousand Mongolian light cavalry to the west are actually just bait, constantly causing chaos and killing in order to make the army here come in large numbers.

Only in this way can we defeat the opponent in one go and achieve the strategic goal.

As for all this, Tonino, who had his own guesses, was immersed in his own strategic goals. He looked at the map with the identities of the armies marked one after another, and showed a rather proud smile.

He turned around gracefully and said to everyone in the tent: "If the Eastern Cavalry slows down a little bit, the entire army will soon be annihilated."

However, not long after he finished speaking, Tonino was awakened by the soldiers in the middle of the night, who brought some frightening news.

Several armies that came for reinforcements were ambushed by the Eastern Cavalry at the same time less than twenty miles away from Hasai.

Tonino opened his mouth slightly, and after a long while he managed to say, "Huh?" in a confused tone.

A few miles away in front of his camp, Subotai stroked his horse's mane and took the time to look up at the slightly bright sky.

This military god who once straddled the eastern and western worlds slowly raised his palm in the dark night.

"Give them the final blow and send the order to the Red Army!" He urged the horse to take a few steps forward and pressed his hands into fists. "Charge the formation and disrupt the square camp. I want to capture their general alive!"

In the night, the trumpet sounded.

Dense torrents began to rush across the wilderness——

……

"Wonderful!"

Seven days later, the battle report from the front was sent over Tianfengling and into Su Chen's hands. The camp at this time was exactly what Subotai left behind when he left.

"It's really fun to have a general with experience in the Western Expedition play as a forward."

Su Chen put down the battle report in his hand and walked out of the tent, "Tell the whole army that the front has won the first victory, and we will continue to climb over the mountains!"

On the southern route of the Western Region, several armies on the left flank, more than 100,000 people gathered into a huge ocean, and the movement under their feet shook the morning like thunder.

Countless sword lights, flags, and countless figures are rushing out of camp, spreading over the mountains ahead.

(End of this chapter)