The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 379 He Must Have Never Heard of Murong Chui
Listening to the occasional series of explosions and the complaints of the soldiers who were awakened in the tents, Timur's face was so gloomy that water could drip out.

After so many years of fighting on the battlefield, this was the first time he encountered such tactics.

No, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.

It's a bummer, but very effective.

Even though they didn't sleep well the night before, the soldiers were still able to hold on thanks to their strong bodies.

But what if there is another brutal fighting the next day?
The consequences of staying up late will be magnified.

After the truce, the soldiers who were ordered to rest fell asleep without even eating.

However, the battlefield is the battlefield. No matter how sleepy or tired you are, you must remain vigilant as long as you don't want to die.

The first explosion tonight still woke up most people.

However, with yesterday's experience, everyone did not panic and quickly regained their composure.

But the second time, the other party disguised it as a night attack, which forced them to be cautious.

It's very simple. What if the enemy disturbs the enemy and then turns the virtual into real to launch a real night attack?

Although it was finally confirmed to be a false alarm, most people were unable to sleep because of the noise.

After all this trouble, more than an hour had passed.

I thought the harassment tonight was over, but the other party was like crazy.

A few firecrackers were set off every once in a while.

Moreover, they were set off all around the camp, trying to wake up as many people as possible.

It’s hard to say whether the people were woken up or not, but the warhorse was really frightened and was sneezing nervously.

Timur tried to send people to chase them, but the other side had fewer people and immediately withdrew when they saw the movement.

The key is that we cannot take this kind of harassment completely lightly, because what if the enemy turns the false into the real?

If you are caught off guard, you're really done for.

Faced with such a tactic for the first time, Timur was helpless.

He could only order half of the soldiers to rest and the other half to stand guard.

This also means that at least half of the people will not be able to participate in the attack tomorrow.

Faced with this situation, how could Timur not feel heavy-hearted?

Osman's eyes were bloodshot due to lack of sleep, and when the torch shone on them, they felt sore and painful that he cursed in anger.

"Grand Emir, we can't go on like this. The soldiers need to rest and recover their strength... Send the cavalry to chase them."

Many people supported his proposal, saying that they couldn't continue wasting time like this.

Shaharu objected, "No, it's too dangerous to fight at night."

"And the Qin cavalry has not yet shown up. What if they deliberately lure us into an encirclement?"

Now everyone was really helpless.

The Qin army had only two thousand cavalrymen, and including the six thousand soldiers gathered by the Arabs, there were only eight thousand people in total.

At first, they didn't take those cavalry seriously at all...mainly, they didn't take the Arabs seriously.

What era is it now? The Arab Empire was destroyed eight generations ago.

The ruling class of the Mamluk Dynasty of Egypt was the Turks, and the Arabs were the ruled, with a status equivalent to that of slaves.

Timur's family were Turkified Mongols, the White Sheep and Black Sheep States were established by Turkmen, and the Ottoman Empire was established by Turks.

It can be said that the Arabs today are the younger brothers among younger brothers, and no one takes them seriously.

However, now, this cavalry that they had never taken seriously has become a fatal hidden danger.

No matter how low the combat effectiveness is, it is still combat capable.

Especially at the right time, it can often produce several times the effect.

Chasing after the firecrackers in the middle of the night is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

And now they have to worry about another problem. Will this cavalry launch a night attack when they are tired and off guard?

This is also the reason why Timur did not dare to order the entire army to cover their ears when sleeping.

At this time, Osman had another idea in mind:

"How about we go and harass the Qin army camp as well..."

Timur shook his head and said, "We don't have gunpowder weapons, and a feint attack can't make such a loud noise."

"If we really launch a night attack, the enemy will certainly be prepared, and we will be the ones to suffer."

"Besides, the soldiers are exhausted. Forcing them to fight might cause unrest."

A night attack is not that easy, and there is a high probability that you will end up killing people.

Zhu Chong only dared to use small-scale cavalry to carry out harassment tactics.

The reason why the effect is so great is actually due to gunpowder.

After a few years, when gunpowder became popular in the West, this tactic would hardly have such a good effect.

Neither left nor right can do it, Osman's mentality is a bit broken:

"What should we do? We can't just wait to die."

Shaharu frowned and scolded, "King Aries, don't be disrespectful in front of the Grand Emir."

The others also glared at him.

Osman came to his senses instantly and apologized.

Although Timur was unhappy, he knew that now was not the time to pursue the matter, so he comforted the other party with a few words.

But things have to be resolved.

In fact, there is a suitable solution, which is to withdraw the military camp for a distance.

The danger of night attacks applies to everyone. Once the military camps of both sides exceed a certain distance, the Qin army will not dare to send people to harass them easily.

But withdrawing the camp at this time would deal a heavy blow to morale.

The key point is that being forced to retreat was tantamount to admitting tactical failure and was also a major blow to Timur's prestige.

Once the head coach is questioned, the battle will become more difficult.

If Timur was commanding his elite troops at this time, it would not be a big deal.

However, five years of war with the Golden Horde left his elite troops exhausted.

The army he brought with him on this expedition was a hastily assembled legion, half of whom were from the Aries Kingdom.

These people were more in awe of him than worshipping him.

If the war goes well, everything will be fine.

Now that the war is going badly, all problems are magnified.

Timur was in a difficult situation.

It's not that some of his subordinates had thought of this, but no one dared to bring it up.

If we retreat and successfully defeat the Qin army, everything will be fine.

If the war still doesn't go well, he will be the scapegoat.

How could Timur himself not know this? He was also struggling fiercely in his heart.

Or retreat a distance, rest and then fight again.

But the consequence is that it will have a certain impact on military morale, and his own prestige will also be damaged.

Or just keep on wasting time and see who can last to the end.

After two days of harassment, the soldiers were no longer so sensitive to the sounds of explosions.

And he also has some experience with this tactic.

In fact, the prevention method is very simple. Leave 10,000 people to work the night shift, and the rest can just sleep peacefully.

It doesn’t matter if I’m woken up by the explosion, I can just turn over and continue sleeping.

The Qin army had limited bombs and could not set them off all night long.

Thinking of this, he finally made up his mind not to retreat.

Afterwards, he told everyone his way of dealing with the situation and arranged the duty order on the spot.

Regardless of whether it works or not, everyone was encouraged to see that the coach had come up with a solution.

After dawn, Timur rarely ordered his army to attack.

He just ordered the cavalry to take turns to attack and launch feint attacks and harass the Qin army's chariot formation.

Zhu Chong used a telescope to observe the enemy camp and found that only about half of the people on the opposite side were active. He immediately guessed something.

"Timur has reacted. The harassment tactics are no longer effective."

Tang Wei said disappointedly: "Ah, what should we do then?"

Zhu Chong put down the telescope and said, "Send a message to Xu Yingxu, he can come out now."

"At the same time, tell him one more thing, Murong Chui's method of defeating Huan Wen."

Murong Chui defeated Huan Wen?

Tang Wei figured out what was going on after a little thought.

Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was unsuccessful in his northern expedition against the State of Yan, and on his retreat he was constantly harassed by Murong Chui's 8,000 cavalry.

Later, Murong Chui launched a general attack in Xiangyi, but Huan Wen was defeated and lost more than 30,000 men.

"But... Huan Wen had no cavalry at the time, but Timur had 20,000 cavalry."

Zhu Chong pointed to the opposite side and said, "Do you think that only humans need to rest, but not horses?"

Tang Wei suddenly realized that, yes, the war horses were the most sensitive to the sound of explosions.

People can cover their heads and sleep soundly, but war horses cannot.

They will be terrified.

War horses that have been trained with bombs can adapt and will not panic when they hear the explosion.

However, Timur's army's war horses had obviously not received any training in this area.

After all this, your physical strength will definitely be greatly affected.

Moreover, Zhu Chong also specifically emphasized that Murong Chui defeated Huan Wen, which meant that he first used harassment tactics and kept dragging the opponent without letting them rest.

Wait until they are dragged down and then launch a decisive battle.

After thinking it through, Tang Wei no longer had any doubts and immediately sent someone to pass on the message.

The messenger rode at full speed and soon found Xu Yingxu.

Xu Yingxu was waiting more than sixty miles away from the battlefield and was naturally very anxious.

During this period, people were sent to investigate the situation on the battlefield.

Yesterday, when he learned that the chariot formation had been broken through by the enemy several times, he wanted to rush over to rescue them immediately.

But thinking of Zhu Chong's order, he could only hold back.

He was overjoyed when he received the military order at this time.

As for the story of Murong Chui's defeat of Huan Wen, he naturally knew about it and immediately understood Zhu Chong's meaning.

He first led the cavalry to twenty miles from the battlefield, and then divided the army into two.

One thousand Qin troops and three thousand Arab cavalry formed a team - the Qin troops were the sharp knife and the Arab cavalry were responsible for assisting.

Then he led one of them to the battlefield, while the rest stayed where they were and waited for orders.

Four thousand cavalrymen ran, the sound of their hooves was like thunder, and soon Timur got the news.

When he saw the enemy's hidden cavalry appear, he was not worried but instead showed a look of joy.

I am not afraid of a head-on confrontation with the enemy, I am just afraid that the enemy is hiding in the shadows.

He immediately ordered the cavalry to assemble and prepare for battle.

When the battlefield was only seven or eight miles away, Xu Yingxu ordered the entire army to speed up and charge straight towards the enemy formation.

Timur's cavalry also began to speed up.

For light cavalry, speed is everything. If they can't run fast, they will be slaughtered.

The two cavalry units charged towards each other and soon met.

However, just as the two sides were about to collide, Xu Yingxu, who had been prepared, adjusted his direction and rushed over from the diagonal direction.

The cavalry on Timur's side did not expect the other side to do this and did not make any preparations in advance.

By the time you realize something is wrong, it's too late to adjust direction and you can only keep charging forward.

The two sides just passed each other like this.

Until this moment, Timur's side still hadn't noticed anything unusual.

After passing the enemy cavalry, Xu Yingxu rushed towards Timur's camp.

They circled the camp and fired several rounds of arrows.

He made preparations to attack Timur's infantry camp.

Timur did not dare to be careless. He immediately sent people to defend and ordered the cavalry to split into two.

One part went to pursue, the other part to surround.

The soldiers who were resting in the tent were also awakened.

The sound of more than 20,000 cavalrymen running was louder than a bomb, and the vibration caused was especially terrifying.

Damn if they could sleep at all.

But Xu Yingxu had no intention of fighting head-on. He just walked around the camp and left.

Looking at his own soldiers who were on high alert, and the horses that were panting as if they had been fished out of the water, Timur could not help but groan.

At this point he knew that this was another tactic of the other party to tire out the enemy.

It was a head-on battle, but the opponent treated it like a game of house. The most important thing was that he had no way to deal with it.

This made him extremely irritated.

He wished that the entire army could attack and cut Zhu Chong into pieces.

But he knew that doing so would only make his defeat even worse.

And he knew that the rotation rest plan he had previously formulated had failed.

His original plan was for half of the people to rest during the day.

At night, 10,000 people are selected from this half of the staff to work the night shift, while the others continue to rest.

I'll be almost back to normal by tomorrow.

However, all this was discovered by the enemy, who directly sent out cavalry to harass.

Now there are 80,000 soldiers in the camp who are seriously sleep deprived...

The war horses also did not get any rest.

If I still dare to set up the camp here, I will definitely be ambushed tonight.

It's very simple. The soldiers had not had a good rest for two consecutive days and had experienced a great battle, so they had little fighting power left.

The enemy is well-rested and it is enough to launch an attack at night when everyone is resting.

Timur had never expected to be forced to this point.

This cannot go on.

He took a deep breath, summoned all the generals and issued an order: "Withdraw the camp thirty miles."

When hearing this order, no one objected, and many people even felt relieved.

It's really unbearable.

When this order was passed down, as expected, morale was greatly affected.

Doubts arose about Timur's power.

With superior military forces, they dared not even stay in the camp when forced to stay. Is this the nature of the overlord of the Western Regions?
However, Timur's reputation was not accumulated in a day, so naturally it would not be completely shaken by this incident.

Despite their doubts, the soldiers still carried out his orders steadfastly and carried out the relocation work in an orderly manner.

From this we can also see that Timur's army had strict military discipline.

No wonder he was able to dominate the Western Regions for decades.

The movement of the army could not be concealed at all. Zhu Chong said happily:

"Quick, tell Xu Yingxu to attack, attack, attack... I want him to completely destroy Timur's cavalry in one battle."

Tang Wei did not ask any more questions and immediately issued the new order.

Xu Yingxu was also overjoyed when he received the order. He immediately reorganized the formation and all 8,000 cavalrymen attacked.

He arranged the entire army into a cone formation, with the two thousand Qin troops as the tip of the cone and the six thousand Arab cavalry as the tail.

There is actually no choice but to do this.

Let’s not talk about the Arabs’ fighting spirit. They are okay in a favorable battle, but they are really not trustworthy in a tough battle.

In a cone formation, the Qin army tore through the enemy formation in the front, and the Arabs followed behind to widen the gap.

Instead, it can unleash its full combat power.

The eight thousand cavalrymen began to jog to warm up, and when they reached a range of ten miles, they began to accelerate, causing the earth to tremble.

Timur's face changed drastically while he was moving. As a veteran, judging the number of enemies based on the sound of hooves is a basic skill.

He immediately knew that all 8,000 Qin cavalry had been dispatched.

This also means that the other party is serious.

The timing was so accurate, King Qin Zhu Chong was indeed a master of tactics.

However, he was not panicked. When he decided to move the camp, he guessed that the other side might send cavalry to attack.

Already prepared.

Although their soldiers and horses were very tired, they still had 20,000 cavalry.

The enemy only has 8,000 cavalry, 6,000 of which are Arabs...

If the other 8,000 were all Ming people, he would definitely not dare to do so, but the Arabs... hehe.

Not only he thought so, his subordinates thought so too.

Therefore, when he confirmed that the Qin army's 8,000 cavalry were attacking, his men couldn't help but be cheered up.

Damn it, after all this time I can finally have a real head-on battle.

(End of this chapter)