Chapter 459: Breaking the formation outside the frontier, the side master goes east

The Mongolian tribes on the grassland all regarded the Chahar tribe as orthodox. However, during the time of Lin Dankhan, the Chahar tribe gathered the tribes on the grassland and the Qing Dynasty's wars for years. Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness was too poor, and the Jurchens and other Mongolian tribes in the alliance were defeated.

Nowadays, Chahar Khan Ezhe is already a pure puppet, arranged near the Yizhouwei north of Shengjing, and to the east of the Tumote tribe, the owner on the grassland is actually the Korqin tribe.

The Korqin tribe was the Mongolian tribe that Nurhaci had formed an alliance with him when he was in the rebellion, and was the first Mongolian tribe to accept the division of the Jurchen League. Among the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, Nurhaci married the daughter of the Taiji nobleman of the Korqin tribe for himself and his son many times.

Huang Taiji's concubine, Concubine Zhuang and Dorgon's concubine were both princesses of the Korchin tribe, namely the sisters of Yu'er, and Beletulichen had just died in the Hejian Mansion of the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding the eastward movement of the Tumote tribe, the reactions of the Mongolian tribes on the grassland were different. People who were not clear-headed thought it was the Tumote tribe who came to surrender, while those who were clear-headed thought it was the Tumote tribe who was crazy.

The Korqin tribe is one of the few groups in Mongolia that have regular military training. His officers and soldiers are often trained in the Qing Dynasty, and they follow the Qing Dynasty to fight south and north, with rich military experience.

Moreover, because of the continuous annexation of small tribes by the Qing Dynasty over the years, the Korqin tribe can now mobilize nearly 40,000 cavalry. If the soldiers and horses served in the Qing Dynasty were included, there could be more than 50,000. As for the Tumote tribe, they have always been called vendors on the grassland by mean people. As a warrior in Mongolia, they do not have to plunder to enrich themselves. By becoming a second-hand dealer of Han merchants, they really lost all their faces. What kind of training and courage can the soldiers of Tumote talk about.

No matter how much you look down on me, a force of the Tumote tribe is moving eastward slowly, which will definitely erode the grasslands of the Halashen and Korqin tribes. It is spring now, and the grassland has just recovered, and the cattle, horses and livestock are at its thinner time. Just as we are about to replenish the forage, if the Tumote tribe is not eliminated and recuperate as soon as possible, if both sides continue to fight, they will definitely suffer losses and everyone will be in trouble.

The grassland looks extremely vast, but in fact, it is much easier to find the location of the large tribe than imagined. It’s nothing more, just go to the place with water.

Whether it is a human or a horse, they have to drink water, and the amount of water the horse drinks is still large. For the vast grasslands, there are not many places that can meet this condition, especially for large tribes such as Halashen and Korqin. Halahetao, a place that can be reached two days from Gubeikou, has become the place where the two sides fight to the decisive battle.

Since moving to this place from the north, Halashen has become a vassal of the Korqin tribe of the Qing Dynasty. This time, the Tumote tribe came to the east, and they alone could not fight such a large army. However, the Korqin tribe was not prepared to let the Tumote tribe continue to go east. Since it was the advantage of itself, it simply mobilized cavalry to station in Halahetao and prepare to fight the cavalry of the Tumote tribe to determine the world.

Even at the speed of the march on the grassland, the Tumote tribe's actions can be said to be rapid. In late April, the main force of the Tumote tribe had already arrived in the Halahetao.

You should know that in normal times, the movement of Mongolian tribes is very slow, because this is equivalent to the relocation of the entire tribe, and cattle, horses, livestock, and the elderly and young cannot get up.

But now, with the continuous logistics supply of Shanxi merchants, the speed is naturally much faster. Such a giant moves. It also has to follow the rivers and water sources on the grassland, and its traces cannot be concealed at all. Since about a hundred miles away from Xiaoxingzhou, there have been still a small group of cavalry troops surrounding the Tumote tribe for reconnaissance.

The guards outside the Tumot tribe were all responsible for the cavalry of the tribe. The iron-armored cavalry led by Chen Yongfu and the territory-soldiers led by Oman Garris were always among the large group of people, hiding well.

It is a bit pitiful. Xiaoxingzhou and Halahetao are only a hundred miles away from the border of the Ming Dynasty and dozens of miles away. In these places, the forces on the grassland gathered nearly 100,000 cavalry to fight, but they didn't care about the nearby Ming court at all. This was an extreme contempt.

However, the soldiers and horses in the Ming Shuntian Prefecture and Xuanfu border towns did not dare to mobilize them without authorization, and could only guard the border walls tremblingly, fearing that a great disaster would come south.

After the Datong General Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun and others discussed, the local marching did not use any tricks. They used cavalry to protect the entire tribe and moved forward. If the other party fled without fighting, the Tumote tribe could calmly occupy those rich water and grasslands. Although the other party did not fight, the herdsmen and livestock would definitely suffer huge losses due to evacuation. If they wanted to send a small group of cavalry to harass them, the only possibility of such a huge thing was to be eaten, so the Tumote tribe would only keep going east.

These tribes in the east must send their main troops to fight to the decisive battle, which is exactly the effect Chen Yongfu and others want to achieve.

On April 29, the 17th year of Chongzhen, just thirty miles west of the Hala River, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers on both sides preparing to start the war.

Cavalry has one or another method against infantry, and cavalry's advantages against cavalry offset each other's strengths, and the tactics are also quite boring.

There were only a few of Tumote's cavalry wearing armor, while the combined cavalry of the two tribes, Korqin and Halashen, had much more armor than the Tumote tribe. This was because they were close to the Ming Dynasty and were easier to obtain various supplies from the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the two divisions often followed the Qing army and horses to enter the pass to rob, and there was also a lot of soup to be moistened.

At least in front of the Korqin tribe, there were more than a dozen cannons placed there. This was a rare thing on the grassland. In many remote places, when the cannons fired, even herders fell down from their horses and kowtowed, thinking that it was the gods who thundered.

There is another advantage of the artillery of the grassland tribe. When it is fired, even if the target is not hit, the loud noise of the artillery can disturb the horses. The cavalry brigade is galloping. As long as there are horses in the team jumping around, it will definitely cause great chaos and chaos. There is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

According to the rules of starting a war on the grassland, the head coach's central position is on a huge ox cart. If necessary, he can even place the tent on the ox cart and move with it.

Chen Yongfu, Zhang Kun and Aerseleng were standing on the ox cart and looking at the Korqin army formation opposite. Chen Yongfu was a little clumsy and slowly turned his direction to scan the Korqin's team of troops.

A scattered area of ​​cavalry from the Tumote tribe surrounded by a large cart. Although this Qianlijing is a rare thing, there are also sea trade routes in the Qing Dynasty. No one knows whether the joint cavalry of Halashen and Korqin on the opposite side will have similar things. Therefore, Chen Yongfu and his Han generals were all wearing armor of Mongolian nobles. It seemed that the Wanhu and Qianhu of the Tumote tribe were supervising the battle.

"It's more organized than Tumot. Looking at the formation in addition to the cavalry array, there are also archers waiting behind the wooden fence. It is estimated that they are waiting for the large group of people to charge."

Chen Yongfu said in a deep voice. Zhang Kun was handing the Qianli Mile Mile in his hand to Yang Chengzu next to him, and replied with a smile:

"Sir, it's okay to say that the archer is here. The trouble should be those dozen cannons, even though they are stupid guys. But they can still kill people. Other things are not worth worrying about."

The white bearded Alslen is the oldest in the cart, but he has the least say. He can understand Chinese, but he also knows that this scene is not his turn to speak, so he keeps listening with a smile. Chen Yongfu pondered for a while and said:

"The opponent's running is much worse than ours. Let Mr. Oman mobilize his troops and fight for a while first, and then we will fight the next step."

This was a complete move. Yang Chengzu, who was next to him, he hesitated for a moment, and interrupted in a muffled voice:

"When our earth-shaking artillery bombarded us, I am afraid that the Tartar brigade on the opposite side would have dispersed. At that time, we would know how powerful we were, or we would run around, or we would just call the Tartar reinforcements, which would be a problem."

Yang Chengzu was a refugee, and Chen Yongfu was a military officer. Both sides could not see each other. Although Yang Chengzu was relatively low, he was not afraid. Anyway, he did not surrender to the officers and soldiers, but to Li Meng, Duke of Qi. He did not know who is higher and who is lower in the future, so he did not care about his words.

As a general of Datong, Chen Yongfu, has been a general in one side for a long time and has always made a decision alone in speaking. However, Yang Chengzu, the thief, only brought more than 600 cavalrymen, and his official title was lower than his, but he talked so hard on this side, which made people unable to bear the pressure.

However, looking at Zhang Kun's smile, Chen Yongfu could only bear this tone and asked in a stern voice:

"What good strategies does General Yang Shen have? Even if you say it."

Yang Chengzu did not look at the military formation opposite with the Qianli Miles Miles. He glanced at the judging officer Aer Silen standing beside him, lowered his voice and said:

"Since the cannon on the opposite side is a stupid guy, it must not be our weapon. I guess it will not be able to load it up for a long time. As long as they fire this cannon, the cavalry and horses will rush in front of you."

"Why are you rushing to the front? General Yang Shen, don't forget that there are archers in the front line?"

Chen Yongfu also interrupted coldly. Yang Chengzu grinned, waved his hand at the bottom, and said with a smile:

"So much cannon fodder can be used, are you still hoping that these horse farming places will attack cities and capture villages? This is the time to use it."

Speaking of this, everyone suddenly realized that this method was often used when the Mongols attacked the city, and now the Jurchens attacked the city. They drove the local people as the front-end, consumed the weapons and energy of the defenders, and took another fatal blow when the other party was tired. This is also the so-called signing army.

It was also a turn of feng shui. Today, it turned around. For a while, the few people on the cart completely forgot about the unhappiness just now. They looked at each other and only thought the plan was quite interesting and laughed. Of course, Alslen, the official of the Tumot army, who was in charge of affairs, understood it, and felt very uncomfortable, but the death of those cavalry cannon fodder had nothing to do with him. Anyway, he and his family's glory and wealth should not be affected.

Zhang Kun nodded and said to Chen Yongfu, the general of Datong beside him in an inquiring tone:

"Mr. Chen, what do you think about this?"

Datong General Chen Yongfu nodded with a smile and said:

"Since this idea was proposed by General Yang Shen, we must ask General Yang Shen to supervise the future of the war personally and the army will support him."

He had just lost face and always had to find something else. What Yang Chengzu wanted now was to seek meritorious service. Looking in person was dangerous, but it was also a good opportunity to make meritorious service. He personally killed Tumot Khan's head the day before yesterday. Such achievements had been rushed to Shandong by the fast horse. Now he should be the one who strikes while the iron is hot.

Hearing Chen Yongfu say this, Yang Chengzu bowed and clasped his fists, shouted and took the order, turned around and walked out of the ox cart. He got on the horse and mobilized the troops.

Looking at the back of Yang Chengzu, Datong General Chen Yongfu's eyes twitched, but he swallowed the words "rabbit" he wanted to say back into his stomach. Zhang Kun next to him seemed to know what he was going to say, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Chen, we are here to fight on the grassland in order to achieve fame and fame and lay a foundation for future glory and wealth. We must cooperate sincerely. If it weren't like this, wouldn't it be better for us to stay in the Central Plains and wait for big things to start? Lord Chen should not be angry!"

This made Chen Yongfu say so shockedly and was sent to the grassland. Naturally, it was different from the two prefectures in Jiangbei, Northern Zhili, and Shandong bases. If you want to make great contributions, of course, you have to be by the Duke of Qi and have made great contributions to conquering cities and territory within the Ming Dynasty. Being sent to the grassland was originally treated as a partial teacher.

Otherwise, why would all the surrendered generals recruited bandits and rising stars come here? They mainly rely on herders and cavalry as the main force?

Of course this is also very good. At least it is left with a chance to make contributions. If these people in the queue cannot even seize these opportunities, there is no help and they will be destined to be low in the future. Zhang Kun understands this truth, Chen Yongfu must also understand that Zhang Kun just wants to emphasize it.

Chen Yongfu is also a smart person. Zhang Kun said so clearly that he also knew how to do it. He just silently clasped his fists as a courtesy and said with a smile:

"Since that's the case, let's go and arrange it!"

Zhang Kun also took the order with a smile. He put on his helmet and walked out of the ox cart. At this time, the horns of the Kharchen and the Korchin coalition forces on the opposite side were clamoring. It was already time to take action.

But this time, the cavalry of the Tumot tribe adopted a completely different battle style from the cavalry and herdsmen on the grassland. They set a distance far enough from the enemy on the opposite side. Looking at the dozen or so guns on the opposite side were not fired, it means that they were always outside the range.

Moreover, it will never launch an attack easily. The Korqinhalashen's coalition has sent several teams to cruise around the Tumot army.

It is to spread the large array where the Tumote tribes gather together, then find a gap to break in, or eat the part that is drawn out.

But the Tumote tribe completely shrank its head. As long as it was close to the cavalry, it would be archery attacks and would never move lightly. When they shrank like this, the other party had no choice. The situation in the area was indeed a little different. The coalition of Korqin and Halashen both knew about it. The headquarters of the Tumote tribe was at Xiaoxing Fort thirty miles away from the battlefield.

This is quite similar to the Mongolian expedition in the west. The cavalry was in front and the large tribe behind were used as logistics. However, this proves from another perspective that the idiots in the Tumote tribe were behind, which means that the family and relatives of the Tumote cavalry were all thirty miles later. If they were defeated, they would be a complete defeat.

The nobles of Halashen and the Korchin tribe were thinking about how much population and livestock they should annex in the next victory.

The Korchin coalition was launched first, but saw nearly 10,000 cavalrymen leaving the brigade and heading in a more biased direction. Judging from the trend, they were heading towards Xiaoxing Fort.

As long as it is not a blind man or a fool, they know that this is the coalition forces going to copy the Tumote territory camp. Whether the cavalry of the Tumote territory moves or does not move. Even now, the number of cavalry of the grassland coalition forces is still more than that of the Tumote cavalry. If the troops are divided to rescue, they will be defeated one by one. If they are not rescued, what should I do?

Sure enough, after the coalition forces made this move, the line that the Tumot troops had been unable to move finally moved, and the sound of whimpering horns sounded, and the gang of cavalry in front of the coalition forces began to move forward.

On this side, Tumot's cavalry team moved, and the grassland coalition's main formation began to give loud orders. The artillery in front of the dozen artillery began to prepare nervously. A large number of archers came down from the horse and walked to the front of the array. Any charger would be covered by the long-range strike firepower of the grassland coalition's territory.

There was no unexpected move, the cavalry formation of the Tumot troops slowly pressed forward, and the cavalry were all restraining the horses under their crotch. Let the mount not run too fast.

In order to avoid the range of the opponent's artillery, the distance between the two armies was long enough. The horses ran. At such a long distance, they would have a period of exhaustion. The reaction was slow. The horse's speed must be allocated reasonably to avoid being unable to rush up during charge.

Among the cavalry of the Tumote tribe, there are many levels. In addition to the cavalry at the front, they are cannon fodder, and the back is the supervising team, and then they supervise and monitor it layer by layer.

If a cavalry wants to escape at the last minute, the first attack he will suffer is the scimitar from behind, not to mention that their family is still in Xiaoxing Fort 30 miles away.

I am willing or not, such a cascading monitoring mechanism is very efficient. Please give me a command. Even though I know there is a sea of ​​swords and fire in front, the cavalry of the brigade began to rush forward.

Even in ordinary grassland wars, there will be cavalry attacks. Everyone knows the tactics of the opponent's dismount to shoot and block the enemy. When the cavalry attacks, they must evacuate as much as possible. On the one hand, it is to minimize the opponent's long-range fire damage, and on the other hand, it is to increase the distance. On the other hand, it is to let the horse run the fastest, so that the speed of the impact is the fastest.

However, today the Tumote tribe made a series of tricks, and the cavalry had already rushed to the range of artillery ground, but the formation was still not spread out, and it was very close.

The commander of the Grassland Alliance was quite calm. He had seen the use of this artillery in the Qing Jurchens. Although it was powerful, it was not very reliable. If you want to have greater damage, you must be close.

"Don't light the fire, put the person on the other side closer!"

The attacks of thousands of cavalrymen, the sound of horse hooves falling to the ground alone was earth-shaking, but the commanders of the coalition forces still made loud orders at the top of their lungs. The archers also put the arrows in their hands on the bows and were ready to shoot the arrows. According to the shooting distance, it is estimated that after the artillery is fired, the bows and arrows will be shot in turn.

The closer you get. The formation of the Tumot cavalry in front of you is still tight. Since you are looking for death, others don’t want to pity you.

"fire!!"

The Mongolian command was shouted out at the top of his lungs, and more than a dozen artillery pieces of different sizes fired in sequence. The momentum was really amazing, no less than the charge of thousands of troops on the opposite side.

But the lethality is really not as powerful as this one. More than a dozen metal projectiles of varying sizes roared into the next cavalry array and smashed the horses and human bodies. The person who was the first to be hit was indeed unlucky. The hot projectiles flying at high speed directly penetrated the people or horses in front of them.

After the piercing is broken, the speed slows down, but the people or cavalry behind are also unlucky, and they are also destined to be broken. However, the cavalry also rushed forward on horseback and collided with each other, which would consume a little momentum of the shells. After passing by about ten people, they would no longer have power.

At best, these dozen shells caused about 200 casualties and brief chaos in the stormtroopers, and had almost no impact on the great impact of the thousands of cavalry.

When the commander of the coalition forces ordered the firing of artillery, the distance between the two sides was already very close. The officers between the archers ordered that this distance was within the range of the bow and arrow, and it was too close. The fastest bow and arrow could only shoot two more rounds. The most spectacular war on the grassland was nothing more than two items, with thousands of horses galloping and arrow raining everywhere.

The short moment when the bow and arrow were shot out, the sky darkened. After thinking about the whistling wind, the Tumoth cavalry rushing in front fell to the ground, with their men and horses. The archers nervously pulled up the cluster of arrows inserted into the soil in front of them, repeated the action of placing the bow and placing the arrow, and shot another arrow.
To be continued...