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  Chapter 794 Chapter 791 [Stable as an old dog]

   "Where are... Han people?"

   "No matter who it is, if you want to fill the trench, you will be shot. Give me a blast!"

   Not only Han Chinese slaves, but also the Horqin tribe, were all forced to fill trenches with soil. Around the Datong military camp, there are dense trench-filling troops everywhere, and it is obviously not enough to pull out all the artillery to bombard.

  In one morning, nearly 2,000 people were killed or injured by the cannon fodder responsible for filling the trenches.

   Many casualties, even on the side of the trench. They had poured the earth into the trenches, and then they were shot by muskets, fell in large numbers, turned and fled after their morale collapsed.

Darhan found Chahun Dorji again: "Khan, if you keep filling it like this, you will definitely not be able to capture the enemy camp in two days. According to the report from the soldiers who filled the trench, the Han army poured a lot of iron nails behind the trench ( After the iron nails, many horses and chariots were launched. Even if these are broken, there are still wooden walls of the Han army. In three days at most, the reinforcements of the Han people will definitely arrive.”

   Chahun Dorji hesitated, he already felt that the camp in front of him was very tricky.

   It is mainly a matter of vision. These Khalkha Mongols used to live along the Halaha River (the border river between Inner Mongolia and Mongolia). About a hundred years ago, they moved to Mobei one after another. Although they went south several times to plunder, the targets of the robbery were all the Mongolian tribes in Monan. They had not fought against the Han people for nearly a hundred years.

  In Chahun Dorji's established thinking, fighting is nothing more than those few tricks. Even if they fought against the Manchus, the Manchus would take the initiative to attack every time, and it was impossible to bring too many chariots and chariots to fight in positional warfare.

   This is the first time in the past hundred years that Khalkha Mongolian cavalry has taken the initiative to go south to confront the Han people.

   Trench? never seen it.

  Cannon? Firearms? I've seen it, but never this dense.

   Caltrops? What is that?

   As for the formation of chariots to block the cavalry, Chahun Dorji has never heard of it.

   If the attack continues like this, even if the Han army camp can be breached, the Han reinforcements will come and surround him.

  The four biscuits thrown out by Zhang Tieniu and Li Dingguo are each bait. There are nothing more than two purposes, one is to block the enemy's escape to the west, and the other is to hold the enemy back and wait for reinforcements.

After careful consideration, Chahun Dorji said: "Tomorrow, we will continue to fill in the trenches, leaving some cavalry behind for a feint attack. The rest of the elite main force, as well as the troops in ambush in the mountains, will all go south to intercept and kill the reinforcements of the Han people. All of us They are cavalry, they cannot fight the camps of the Han people, they should fight the Han people on the open grassland!"

  …

  Southern reinforcements are moving very slowly, because they are scattered everywhere and need time to gather.

  Li Zheng couldn't wait for all the troops to assemble, so he only took three divisions of infantry and several divisions of dragoons, and rushed north at a moderate speed.

   This battle is still so cautious, infantry and logistics troops, marching carefully in the middle. More than 10,000 dragoons spread out in all directions, searching for traces of the enemy everywhere.

  With Li Zheng as the lead general of the reinforcements, he may not be able to save in time, but he will definitely not be ambushed.

  About 300 miles northwest of Tongliao in later generations, the pathfinding cavalry of the two armies collided. There were not many people, there were several hundred each, and the first reaction was to send someone back to report the news, while the rest began to approach cautiously.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  The Datong dragoons fired their guns first, then turned around to distance themselves.

  The Khalkha cavalry was shot and fell down more than a dozen people. Surprised and angry, they immediately pursued them. After chasing for three or four miles, the nearby dragoons came to support when they heard the gunfire, and the Khalkha cavalry fled quickly when they saw this.

  This is an appetizer and can be ignored.

  Both sides found out the approximate location of each other, gathered troops and gradually approached, and finally met in the territory of Zhalut Banner.

  The terrain here is not flat, the grassland is undulating. There are many grassy mounds, and occasionally small hills can be seen, but on the whole it is conducive to cavalry charges.

  The reinforcements led by Li Zheng were besieged on a mound.

  The headquarters is located on the mound, and the artillery is distributed on the slightly outer slope, condescending to fire towards the battlefield. The logistics civilians and civilian staff were all protected in the middle. The outer periphery is the infantry, besides the infantry there are chariot defense arrays, and outside the chariots are refusal horses and barbed wire.

   Looking at the turtle array in front of him, Chahun Dorji had a headache.

  Eighty years ago, Qi Jiguang was ordered to be the commander-in-chief in Jizhen. He was on the original tortoise formation of the Ming army and increased the number of firearms troops by a large amount, which made the Mongols over there completely lose their temper. Now, the Datong Army has not only learned it, but also continues to increase the proportion of firearms troops.

   "Khan, are you still fighting?" Morgan asked.

   Chahun Dorji said: "You have to try, call Lama Shixi!"

   Lama Shixi galloped to him, got off his horse and knelt down.

   Chahun Dorji pointed to the tortoise array in front of him and asked, "Do Han soldiers fight like this?"

   "Yes." Lama Shixi replied.

   Chahun Dorji asked: "How to break through?"

Lama Shixi said: "The cavalry is invincible. It is necessary to make a chariot. The Jianzhou Jurchen used a chariot to cover the soldiers to advance. When they got close, they shot arrows to disrupt the formation of the Han soldiers. Then they went to pick up the iron chariots. Caltrops, those caltrops are strung together with ropes, and you can pick up a large piece of them. After clearing the caltrops, and pushing the horses and chariots away, you can rush in and fight with the Han soldiers."

   "So troublesome?" Chahun Dorji said.

  Lama Shixi also said: "There is another way, gather a large number of artillery, and use shells to blow up the formation of the Han soldiers."

   Chahun Dorji did not have chariots, nor did it have a large number of artillery.

Lama Shixi continued: "The chariots of the Han army can also transport luggage when marching. Food and armor can be transported away on the chariot. When fighting, unload the luggage and push the cart. With so many chariots now, the Han army probably has sufficient food and grass, and it is impossible to run out of food for ten days and half a month after encircling them."

   Surround the spot to fight for aid, you have to be able to fight.

  The ancestors of Chahun Dorji suffered a lot from Zhu Di when faced with this kind of routine.

  At that time, Zhu Di didn’t have so many chariots, nor did Zhu Di have so many cannons. But the infantry formed a chariot formation, bombarded the charging Mongolian cavalry, supplemented by shooting with bows and arrows and firecrackers, messed up the formation of the Mongolian cavalry, and the Ming cavalry took the opportunity to rush out again. The Ming army dealt with Mongolia's tortoise array, and it was just like that at first.

  However, Karka Mongolia does not compile history books, and there are no relevant detailed records. Two or three hundred years have passed, and Chahun Dorji can only feel the helplessness of his ancestors if he experiences it himself.

   "Try it first," Chahun Dorji ordered, Mo'ergen went to the east, Darhan to the west, Gulushixi to the south, and I personally led the army to the north. Attack on all sides in turn, shoot a lot of arrows, and see if they can disrupt the formation of the Han soldiers. Don't be afraid of death, if you die a lot, just pretend to be defeated and run away to lure the Han soldiers out of the chariot formation! "

Standing on the hill, Li Zheng watched the mobilization of Mongolian cavalry around him. He said to the messenger: "Tell all the ministries that no pursuit is allowed. Without my order, the enemy's army cannot be chased even if they are scattered. Our task is not to annihilate the enemy, but to It is to rescue the friendly army and hold the enemy. Whoever dares to pursue without authorization, I will cut off his head!"

  Mergen and Darhan obviously have the idea of ​​preserving their strength.

   Instead, I went to Gulu Shixi in the south, which is a bit of a head. He circled the farthest, but was the first to attack. More than 3,000 cavalry formed a loose formation to charge.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  Conventional field guns start firing shells at a distance of five or six hundred meters. The battle was quite large, but the damage caused was limited.

   About 300 meters away, the tiger squatting gun also fired shotguns.

   Going forward, there is a round of firecrackers firing three times.

  These Mongolian soldiers who were tentatively charging couldn't bear it before they rushed to the range of the bow and arrow. They all took the initiative to slow down and swept past the front of the Datong army, leaving more than 300 corpses on the grass.

  Gu Lu Shixi's eyes widened, and he was dazed for a while before he said: "Don't rush, go back and report profusely, and say that this kind of car formation can't move!"

   There is no need for him to report the battle situation, Chahun Dorji has already tried it.

Chahun Dorji said: "It seems that a hard charge can't be done. It can only lure the enemy out. Let all the ministries attack fiercely, kill a few more people, and then the whole army will be defeated. If you throw tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, I will not believe in Han The soldiers can resist not chasing them. As long as the Han soldiers dare to chase, I will wipe them all out!"

  The real battle has finally begun.

  The small tribes incorporated along the way, even the small tribes of Khalkha Mongolia, were ordered to launch a suicide charge.

   Being defeated again and again, charging again and again.

   Gulu Shixi became very popular, and even led the headquarters to attack. Of course, he was still a little rational, and he rushed to the gap between the firing of the artillery, and rushed to the barbed wire area, and then there was the chariot formation, and there were pikemen behind the chariot formation.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

   "Boom boom boom!"

   Not only the firecrackers were firing in salvo, but even the grenadiers went into battle, throwing bombs at the rushing cavalry.

  In just a split second, Gulu Shixi's troops were completely defeated. The cargo was lucky, and it was not injured, but it was also sobered by the bombing, and it quickly slowed down and wanted to escape from the battlefield.

   "Hiss!"

  The war horse under Gulu Shixi's crotch suddenly let out a mournful cry, but the horse's shoe was pierced by a barbed caltrop.

  The younger brother of Khalkha Khan was thrown away by the war horse and landed **** two barbed thorns. A barbed thorn pierced his lower back; another barbed thorn pierced the back of his head.

  As soon as the main general died, the army fled immediately.

   It's not a feigned defeat, it's a real defeat.

  The Datong Army defending in the south, however, obeyed Li Zheng's order and stood still and did not pursue at all.

  The Mongolian cavalry on the other sides also paid a heavy price and fled in a panic under the leadership of the general. In order to perform realistically, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were thrown near the battlefield—this kind of luring tactic was tried and tested against Mongolian tribes. No tribal leader could resist the temptation of tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.

  To tell the truth, if Zhang Tieniu or Huang Yao is replaced by the general of the Datong army, there is a great possibility that they will take the risk of chasing and killing them.

   It happened that they met Li Zheng, a guy who would rather miss the opportunity than lead the army into danger.

   Chahun Dorji led the army to "escape" for several miles, looked back, surprised and angry, and said, "Did the Han soldiers come after us?"

   Stationed in the horse to observe for a long time, and confirmed that the Datong army was not pursuing, Chahun Dorji gathered the army again, and went back to pick up the cattle and sheep he had left behind.

  He sent sentry cavalry closer to observe, and the sentry cavalry came back to report: "Khan, the Han army not only did not pursue, but also dug trenches outside the chariot formation."

  Hearing this, Chahun Dorji was so depressed that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

   It's disgusting enough for you to set up that turtle formation, and you still have to dig ditches on the outside? Do you want to spend the winter in this **** place?

  (end of this chapter)