The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 368 Dayan Khan’s Cruelty
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Along with the desolate sound of the horn, the earth shook and the charging cavalry collided fiercely with each other, like a tsunami, changing the color of the sky and the earth.

Without seeing it with your own eyes, it is hard to imagine what a horrific scene it would be when a large-scale cavalry army rushes in like an overwhelming force.

Dayan Khan Batu Mengke had seen it many times.

He was carried to the battlefield by Manduhai when he was four or five years old, so killing was already commonplace for him.

What is the key to victory on the battlefield?

Many images emerged in Dayan Khan's mind.

War is often influenced by many political factors, as well as economy, culture, strategy, general trend, etc., such as the right time, right place and right people. Each factor will determine the outcome of a war!

But we have experienced so many wars.

Batu Mongke also possessed unimaginable military vision and strategic insights.

He has only one answer!
On the battlefield, the key to victory lies in strong soldiers and horses!
Just look at the left-wing confrontation in front of us.

Who wins and who loses,

Isn't it all about who has the stronger army and horses?
This time, the total force of the right-wing noble leaders such as Yibula and Mandulai was no more than 50,000!
But he had 70,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 auxiliary infantry under his command!
Strong soldiers and horses are a prerequisite!
Dayan Khan doesn't think he will lose!

What’s more, the right-wing Mongolians have been fooled!

The small group of Khorchin cavalry led by Burhai had been strangled by the right-wing cavalry.

The young leader of the Khorchin tribe, the eldest son of the leader Ordos Guhai and the future leader of the Khorchin tribe, was pierced through the heart by an arrow shot by Huoshai, then fell off his horse and was trampled into a pulp, dying on the spot.

After Burhai was killed, the eyes of Ordos Guhai, the leader of the Khorchin tribe, suddenly turned blood red. He led his tribe to launch an attack regardless of everything and fought a desperate battle with the 30,000 households on the right wing!
The same was true for the other two tribes.

From then on, all of Dayan Khan's plans were successful.

It has to be admitted that the Mongolian system itself has problems. The big lords command the small lords. Once a war breaks out, if they are not careful, these small lords will choose to abandon the war and flee in order to preserve the strength of the tribe.

But this battle was crucial to Dayan Khan and Mongolia as well.

So, Batu Mengke can't lose, he can only do this!

On the battlefield, dust was flying and the sound of horses' hooves was heard. There really was a majestic atmosphere of impending storm!

Facing the bow formation of the Mongolian right wing, Dayan Khan organized his troops into sixty-one groups and met the attack in the ox-horn formation.

At the same time, he ordered the Uriankhai army to form a separate battle array and placed his own Great Khan's banner in the middle of the battle array to lure the right-wing army to attack in the main direction.

Upon seeing this, Hua Dang, the leader of the Uriankhai tribe, couldn't help but hate Dayan Khan to the core.

Regardless of the outcome of this battle, the Wuliangha tribe was treated as a discarded pawn. After enduring the crazy attack of the right-wing Mongols, there was no telling how many tribal warriors would die in the battle. By then, the Wuliangha tribe would be completely destroyed! Damn Batu Mengke!
What an unscrupulous beast!
When Yibula and Mandulai saw Dayan Khan's banner, they immediately became excited.

They subconsciously thought that Dayan Khan was in the Uriankhai army, and immediately commanded their main force to launch a fierce attack on the Uriankhai army.

Just as Hua Dang expected, they were completely abandoned by Batu Mengke.

Faced with the frenzied attack of the main Mongolian force on the right wing, the warriors of the Uriankhai tribe suffered heavy casualties. They were unable to resist with the strength of one army and had to retreat strategically.

However, the main force of the right wing army also suffered considerable losses, their fighting spirit was lost, and their men and horses were exhausted.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dayan Khan raised the black banner representing the Khan, tightened the already tied pocket, and commanded the entire army to launch a fierce attack on the right wing army!
It was not until this moment that Yibula and Mandulai realized that they had fallen into Batu Mongke's trap again!

But now they were surrounded. The Khorchin tribe blocked Huoshai's Mengguolejin tribe, and Yibula and Mandulai's Yongshebu tribe and Ordos tribe were all trapped in it and were besieged by the three major tribes on the left!

"Lance, press!"

A left-wing centurion roared.

“Swish! Swish! Swish!!!”

The spearmen in the front row squatted down, raised the spears in their hands diagonally upwards, and rested the back ends on the ground.

This is the most common way for infantry formations to resist cavalry charges, and that is to use the lives of spearmen!
However, most of these left-wing spearmen are vassal troops, like cannon fodder, and no one will care even if they die!

These spearmen used their flesh and blood to build thorns, trying to use them to stop the right-wing cavalry from charging and breaking through the formation!

The spearmen in the back row held the spears in their right arms, and used their left hands to fix and adjust the direction, with the spear tips facing forward, waiting for the Ming cavalry to charge at them with their thunderous momentum!
The densely packed gun tips are the outer shell of the camp, a shell covered with spikes!
No matter how brave the right-wing cavalry is, if they want to break out of the encirclement, they must first pay a terrible price and shatter this thorny shell!
However, among these spearmen, many of them were already shaking in their hands and feet, with faces filled with fear.

Face the pressure of the cavalry's charge!
The feeling is just like if someone in later generations were standing there and seeing a motorcycle rushing towards you at full speed!
A motorcycle charging at full speed is enough to kill a person!

We are all human beings, who would want to die like this and lose their life in vain?

But these spearmen knew that as a vassal army, the probability of them surviving after a great battle was extremely low.

The so-called vassal army refers to those tribes that were wiped out and those small countries that were conquered during the Mongolian conquests. Their armed forces and young and strong civilians were reduced to slaves and servants, so that they could have cannon fodder to use when the Mongolian army was conquering cities and territories!
This is actually an old tradition of Mongolia and Turks.

In the past, when they went south to attack the cities of the Central Plains dynasty, they liked to drive the captured Central Plains people to rush to the front, consume the arrows of the city defenders, hit the morale of the city defenders, and shake the military spirit of the city defenders. It can be said that they were always successful!
Cannon fodder, cannon fodder, should play to their full potential!
Especially the spearmen in the front row. Even if their spears can pierce the enemy's horses, even if their spears can knock down the enemy's knights, the terrifying inertia carried by the horses can still knock them away!
Under such a violent collision, it would be a blessing if one could die directly on the spot!
What is the most afraid of?
It's the kind of person who has countless broken bones but is still alive!

In that state, every moment you survive is a moment of torture, and you may even be trampled into meat paste by the rebel army!
War is cruel and bloody, and cannon fodder has no hope of survival.

He led the army to charge many times, but couldn't get out at all!
Seeing this situation, Yibula had no choice but to give orders loudly to use the firearms and artillery provided by the Ming army!
Mandulai did not hesitate, and the Ordos tribal warriors immediately took out their muskets, and the thunderous sound shocked the whole audience.

Caught off guard, a hole was torn open in the left wing defense line!
Upon seeing this, Dayan Khan Batu Mengke became furious and immediately led the main force of Chahar Wanhu to pursue!

This time, he was determined to kill Yibula and Mandulai!
(End of this chapter)