The battle in the camp ended quickly.
After seeing Puyan Duhan escape, the Yuan army completely lost their fighting spirit. Coupled with the Qi army's constant shouting, more and more people threw away their weapons and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
"Puyan Duhan has left the camp and ordered the horse army to harass him and drive him northwest!" Jia Hui ordered.
The trumpeters quickly sounded the tune ordering the cavalry to attack.
The sound of the trumpet spread throughout the camp, reaching Yoda's ears in the far north.
"All troops attack!" Yoda drew his horse bow and rushed northwest along the fence.
At the same time, in the Qi army's camp to the southwest, another horse army also surrounded them along the fence.
Since they were all horsemen and there were no carriages to drag them down, they quickly caught up with Chahar's remnants.
The Qi army did not attack, but kept firing arrows from both sides to harass. Whenever Chahar's troops wanted to turn, they would be immediately corrected back to the northwest by the Qi army.
"Qi Gou bullies people too much!" Ombu Chuhu'er scolded sadly and angrily.
The Qi people made it clear that they did not want the Great Khan to join Mantulu, and they also drove themselves northwest. This was to drive them towards the rebels in Mobei!
Combined with the outrageous moral standards of the old emperor of Qi people, Ombu Chuhu'er understood that the dignified Dayuan Khan had become an excuse to start a war.
But there was nothing they could do.
Ombu Chuhu'er looked around, looking at the team of up to three thousand people, and could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
There were tens of thousands of households in the central government, and the Chahar tribe, which a few days ago controlled 40,000 cavalry, withered away.
However, my Khan Court has been defeated, and you, Mobei, the chief culprit, will not have an easy time either!
"Master, where are we going?" The weak Puyan Duhan was shaken by the high-speed carriage and couldn't help but ask Ombu Chuhu'er.
"Don't worry, Khan, we are walking to Horqin!"
Fortunately among misfortunes, Horqin Hutaiji Ubashi is to the northwest of him. Although the Horqin tribe has been crippled by the Qi army in the past few years, they can still gather 20,000 regular soldiers. This time the Uzbekistan army Bash took 20,000 regular soldiers and part of Mantulu's tribe to confront Khalkha.
Chahar's two thousand and nearly three thousand cavalry were enough to maintain the dignity of the Great Khan.
After chasing for sixty miles and confirming that Chahar's remnants were desperately running northwest, Yoda ordered to stop the pursuit.
"Brother You, are the Chahar people really not going east to find Mantulu?"
Jiang Shichang was a little confused as he was the commander of the Datong Horse Army who was also chasing the remnants of the army. His father was Jiang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and he was very familiar with Yoda, who was also the son of the commander-in-chief.
"Otherwise? The general said that Ombu Chuhu'er is a wise and cunning man, and he will definitely be able to see what we are thinking.
This time our army's Northern Expedition, the final analysis is that Mobei can't defeat Monan, so they came to us for help. Do you think Ombu Chuhu'er can't hate Mobei so much? "
Yoda and Jiang Shichang looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
"All troops return to camp!"
Following the spears inserted all the way, the pursuing troops finally returned to the Chahar camp.
There were less than 3,000 troops left, and Jia Hui had already asked Yang Zhi to escort him back to the Xilinhot camp with 1,000 troops.
The entire camp has been repaired by the Qi army and looks like a military camp.
"General, the last general Yoda (Jiang Shichang) is here to return to duty!"
Entering the central tent, the two of them bowed to Jia Hui.
"Well, no courtesy, just come back. They have already run to the northwest?" Jia Hui put down the exotic golden teapot in his hand and looked at Yoda and the two.
"Yes, Chahar's remnant army originally wanted to run to the northeast, but after being corrected several times by our army, they accepted their fate and ran to the northwest."
"Huh, it seems that the hatred for our Qi army is far less than the hatred for the traitors. Ombu Chuhu'er really wants to take advantage of several tribes in Mobei."
Jia Hui sneered.
"General, next..."
"Calculating the schedule, we will meet Mandulu tomorrow. This heavy fog won't lift for a while, so we might as well lay an ambush. Shichang, go help me call the leader of Ye Bushou in."
"okay."
Jiang Shichang left the camp and went to find the commander of Ye Bushou.
Not long after, the two entered the camp.
"I don't accept the commander-in-chief at this humble position. I am codenamed Lingjiu. I want to pay my respects to the general!"
In order to ensure the safety of the Ye Bu Shus, in addition to the fact that the Fifth Army Governor's Office has real information about the Ye Bu Shus, even the scout camps in each border town only know their code names.
"Without courtesy, I remember that there are many Tatar soldiers who were naturalized from Chahar in our army, right?"
"Yes, after several Northern Expeditions, all tribes have surrendered troops to join."
"Okay, then you will take my order and go to each battalion to mobilize Chahar's Tatar soldiers to serve as scouts and guards. Do you know what to do with the rest?"
"I understand the humble position!"
Lingjiu accepted the promise and went out of the tent to make arrangements.
. . . . . .
The heavy rain that lasted for several days finally stopped yesterday evening.
Mandulu also breathed a sigh of relief. The anti-cold medicine smuggled from Liaodong was almost exhausted. If it rained for a few more days, I am afraid that nearly half of the people would catch a cold.
If we weren't going to march and fight, we would be exposed to the rain all day long. Otherwise, everyone could just stay in the tents to hide from the rain, and there wouldn't be so many things.
This is all money!
Fortunately, we will meet up with the Great Khan soon.
According to Chahar's messenger, the fourteen-year-old Khan was caught in the rain and cold, so the army had no choice but to stay in place and wait for him to lead his troops to join them, which would be only twenty miles away.
"Buri Gude, we are going to meet the new Khan soon. What's the point of meeting the new Khan?"
When Mandulu split his family and joined the Khan's court, Bilige Khan had already been the Khan for five or six years. Before that, Mantulu had never seen the Great Khan and didn't know any etiquette. He had no choice but to ask General Burigude who was from the Chahar tribe.
"Hey, I heard that Xinhan has caught wind and cold and is lying in bed. All etiquette is useless at this time. Besides, Xilinhot has been captured by Qigou. What's the use of more etiquette?" Burigude was not very interested. When he heard that the Chahar tribe in his hometown had suffered heavy losses, he almost fainted. From then on, he remained silent until Mantulu asked. Mantulu asked for trouble and stopped talking.
"Report! Huitaiji, the scouting horse ahead found a messenger from Chahar!"
"Bring it up!"
Mantulu ordered the whole army to stop.
Not long after, two detective horses came over supporting a man with a gray face and a few arrows stuck in his body.
The man raised his head tiredly and glanced at Mantulu on the horse. He suddenly became energetic and quickly knelt down on the ground.
"I visited Hutaiji. An hour ago, Qi Gou suddenly surrounded the camp and started to attack. The grand master sent several people, including the servants, to come out to ask for help from Hutaiji!
We broke through several times before a few people escaped, and in the end only one slave was left. Huitaiji, please save the brothers of the Great Khan and Chahar! "
"What? The Great Khan is surrounded by dogs? Brothers, come with me to save the Great Khan!" When Burigude heard that the Great Khan was surrounded, he immediately became energetic and took his own without even saying hello. The tribe rushed south.
"Hey, hey, Burigude!" Mantulu didn't hold him back, and could only watch Burigude go away with a bitter look on his face.
There is no other way. Among the generals under his command, Burigude is the most powerful. In almost all the wars he directs, Burigude is the vanguard. In addition, he is from the Chahar tribe and was sent to him by the Khan Court. Eyes and ears, Mantulu couldn't stop him from doing anything he wanted to do.
Mantulu looked at the messenger kneeling on the ground with suspicion. He always felt that there was something wrong with this messenger.
"Huntaiji, what's wrong? Aren't you going to support the Khan Court?" Mantulu's cronies stepped forward and asked.
"I always feel that this person's accent is wrong. Although he speaks with a Chahar accent, many of the words he speaks are the names from Ordos."
"Huntai Ji is worried, right? Maybe his parents are from Chahar and Ordos respectively. Besides, a few months ago, Bilige Khan summoned all the tribes to gather in Xilinhot. Maybe this kid is from Chahar and Ordos. You learned it after staying with the Ordos people for a long time, right?" The confidant thought this was no big deal.
"I hope you are worrying too much. Come on, hurry up and support the Great Khan! Drive!" Mantulu stopped looking at the messenger, flicked his whip, and the pained war horse neighed and rushed south quickly. The people behind him also accelerated their horses and started running after Huitaiji.
. . . . . .
Burigude ran for ten miles and finally saw Chahar's camp. A group of Qi army's light cavalry were shooting arrows at the camp.
"Qi Gou, here comes Grandpa Burigude!" Burigude shouted this Chinese sentence he had practiced for many years in a straight tone. He picked up his horse and rushed forward. As one of the few in the Khan Court, A general who can make a fool of himself, he has absolute confidence in his martial arts.
"No, Yuan Gou's reinforcements are coming, retreat!"
The general of the Qi army who looked like the leader saw a group of Yuan troops coming from the north, and immediately ran south with the remaining horse troops.
Seeing this, Burigude slowly stopped in front of the northeast gate, and then Mantulu came over on horseback.
"Burigude, how are you?"
"Huntaiji, it seems that the Qi people have been fighting for a long time. They all ran away when they saw me rushing over." Burigude replied.
"But Burigu Detaiji and Mandu Luhuntaiji face each other?"
When he heard that the people inside lined him up behind Burigude, Mantulu frowned slightly.
Do these Chahar people really think that they are superior to others because they are members of the Central Ten Thousand Households?
However, Mantulu's doubts dissipated a lot.
"It's me!" Mantulu replied.
"You're so blind that you can't even recognize me? Which tribe are you from?" Burigude yelled angrily when he heard that the people inside doubted him.
The people blocking the door quickly pulled the carriages placed at the door to both sides of the door, walked out, and knelt on the ground.
"Taiji, spare your life, Taiji, please spare your life! I am also worried..."
"Fuck you, don't stop me from seeing Dahan!" Before the man could finish his words, Burigude kicked him to the ground. The man rolled twice on the ground, stood up and hid on both sides of the road.
Seeing this man's embarrassed look, the resentful Balhu reinforcements burst into laughter.
"This slave will lead the way for Taiji and Huitaiji."
As if he hadn't heard anything, the man still spoke to the two of them with a flattering look on his face, and walked in front without waiting for their reply.
"Hey, you kid..." Burigude laughed, shook his head and followed the man without saying anything.
Mantulu suddenly felt his scalp numb, as if he was being stared at by something.
No, that man had a Tumut accent in his words. Tumut and Chahar have been on equal terms for the past twenty years, so how could they get married!
He quickly looked around and felt his body became cold.
There were too few bodies near the camp, and it didn't look like the fight had been going on for a long time. Even the soldiers didn't come out many, which didn't match the number of tents!
The most important thing is, why does this blood taste like cow blood!
"Buri Gude, there is an ambush!"
Manduru shouted to Burigude.
For decades, Mantulu's habit of listening to Mantulu at critical moments saved Burigude's life. Burigude immediately jumped on his horse after hearing the sound, took out his meat-cutting knife and threw it, hitting the soldier who was running forward in the back of the heart. The soldier stumbled and fell onto the haystack.
In an instant, the soldier's body was broken into several pieces. A crossbow arrow as thick as an arm flew out from the haystack and shot past Burigude's horse, piercing several Yuan army cavalry in succession.
"Fuck, retreat!" Several Qi soldiers suddenly jumped out of the haystacks and ran back, waking up Burigude who was stunned in place.
"The whole army exits the camp!" Burigude and Mantulu shouted almost simultaneously. They were worthy of being the elites accompanying them. The Yuan army turned their horses in an orderly manner and broke out towards the outside of the camp.
The door curtains of several felt rooms on both sides were suddenly opened, and several crossbowmen operated crossbows and fired crossbow arrows at the same time. For a time, the Yuan army suffered heavy losses.
But it was not all bad things for the Yuan army. At least there were fewer people to squeeze in, and they could get out of the camp much faster.
"shoot!"
Some more Qi army crossbowmen ran out of the felt bags, carrying various crossbows and shooting at the Yuan army indiscriminately. It was okay for Mantulu to be wrapped up by Qixue, but Burigude would have been miserable. If he hadn't picked up two If someone came to block the arrows for himself, he might be shot like a hedgehog. Just like that, the horse under his crotch was also hit by more than a dozen arrows and fell down unwillingly.
Burigude dismounted his horse, took off the horse before the horse fell to the ground, picked it up and rushed out of the door.
Boom!
The scalp-numbing sound of the crossbow reached Burigude's ears. He suddenly leaned forward, and another crossbow arrow flew past Burigude's scalp, knocking off his helmet. After shooting several people, he was nailed to the camp door.
God bless you forever!
Burigude glanced at the bed crossbow directly in front of him. Those Qi soldiers who had run away ran back again and were being cocked now!
Burigude rolled and crawled towards the camp gate!
Fortunately, the Yuan army quickly withdrew without taking a few steps after entering the door. Burigude also rode on a horse and ran towards the headquarters.
Mantulu rushed out the door, feeling half-hearted.
Yaoshou, where did these Qi Jun guys come from?
I saw two cavalry armies of about 20,000 people rushing towards my own formation, and they were about to shoot at my own army!
Mandu Lu kept whipping his horses anxiously, and finally, the few who survived entered his army before the Qi army entered the shooting range.
"Huntaiji, did Qi Gou occupy the big tent, or did he build a special camp to deceive us?" Burigude became more and more panicked.
"If it is false, where is the big man now?" Mantulu asked Burigude, but Burigude remained silent.
"Now is not the time to worry about where the Khan is. We must first defeat the Qi people!"
After saying that, he went to arrange military affairs. Burigude stamped his feet fiercely and rode on the good horse brought by his Qixue.
. . . . . .
"Tsk, how did you reveal the secret? Although the arrangement was a bit hasty, didn't you, Lingjiu, choose a eloquent person to distract their attention?"
"This... I don't know what a humble position is!" Lingjiu knelt on the ground, sweat dripping from his sides and dripping from the tip of his nose.
"Let the infantry come out, let them go to the designated camp gates to defend themselves, and then each bring five crossbows! Damn it!"
Jia Hui looked ahead.
"Also, let them fight for about five rounds and then retreat. We are the only ones who have information about the Meng Yuan Great Khan. If Mantulu wants to know this information, he will definitely try his best to break in."
"Yes!" The messenger agreed and ran to the drummer to deliver the order.
"General, why are you so sure that Mandulu will attack? To him, Mandulu, the Meng Yuan Khan doesn't seem that important, right?" Jiang Shichang couldn't help but ask.
Jia Hui looked at him, and Jiang Shichang quickly lowered his head.
"The Great Khan of Mengyuan is indeed not that important to Mantulu, but don't forget that the team he started with was sponsored by Bilig Khan. They were all Chahar people and loyal to the Khan's court! He conquered the south and the north After so many years of fighting, these people have become important figures in his army, so Mantulu wants to know and must know the news about their Khan, otherwise, huh."
The tribes that arrived when Mandulu was separated can only be described as crooked melons and cracked dates. As a last resort, he took a gamble and used the loyalty of himself and his descendants to borrow troops from Bilig Khan. Unknown to Bilig Khan, Whatever he was thinking, he agreed to his request.
However, Mandulu also showed his value, and now he has become the only pillar of the Yuan Dynasty and the savior of the court.
But it is the same with success, and it is also the same with failure. Today, Mantulu has been set up by Chahar's generals. If he slacks off at all, his head will be chopped off by the red-eyed Chahar generals.
Jia Hui glanced at the vulture kneeling on the ground.
This person is a good person when it comes to intelligence, but he is too petty. He only put three ballistas there. If he had put a few more, maybe he wouldn't have this trouble.
But having said that, three of them didn't kill either of them, so it seems that they underestimated their skills.
"Who are you kneeling there to look at? Why don't you go check it out for me!"
The spirit vulture promised again and again, and quickly got off the high platform and rushed towards the northeast gate.
. . . . . .
The casualties of the army were counted.
In the several rounds of shooting with the Qi army, everyone was wearing armor and there were not many casualties, but he himself was miserable. Nearly 8,000 people died in the battle, and the distressed Mandu Lu shivered.
"Huntaiji, just now I saw that Qi Gou only placed three bed crossbows at the northeast gate. Could it be that they only have these three left? Otherwise, if we put a few more at the door, we might be alone. I can’t get out either!”
Burigude suddenly talked nonsense towards Mantulu.
"so?"
"Huntaiji, let me lead someone to charge!" Burigude stared at Mantulu closely.
The surrounding Chahar generals also turned around and stared at Mandulu silently.
Damn it, I almost forgot that Qi Ren still had the whereabouts of the Khan!
Mantulu looked around.
This group of people are die-hard loyalists of the Khan Court. Whenever the word "no" comes out of their mouths, they will definitely hack themselves to death first, regardless of whether they can defeat Qi Ren. Thinking of this, Mantulu started talking nonsense.
"Since you want to give it a try, fine, I see that Qigou's offensive is weakening and it looks like he is about to run away. Go get ready and follow my orders when the time comes."
Everyone went to find their respective troops, except Burigude who stayed where he was.
Not long after, the Qi army retreated.
"Huntaiji?" Burigude looked at Mantulu.
Mantulu ignored him.
"Send my order, target the camp gate directly in front, and advance the entire army!"
Mantulu believed that instead of dividing his troops to gamble on the illusory number of ballistas, it would be better for the whole army to attack only one gate. This was not a serious city, just a simple camp made of wood.
Naturally, we have to divide our forces to attack the city, but forget about the camp. As long as we rush up and overturn the fence, will the Dayuan cavalry kill the Qi army's infantry without protection?
Moreover, the commander of the Qi army is most likely on the high platform in the camp. At that time, I only thought it was a watchtower. After all, the camp was not big, but now that I thought about it carefully, that high platform was really too spacious!
Therefore, Mandulu felt that the generals of the Qi army were watching his own jokes from this high platform!
. . . . . .
Following Mandulu's order, the entire legion moved.
The infantry of the Chinese army formed a military formation and moved forward. The cavalry troops also started running and divided into two waves. The first wave rushed up early and surrounded the camp and fought with the two cavalrymen of the Qi army outside. , the other wave walked slowly behind, waiting to rush to the front of the camp to suppress the Qi army.
"Hey, the whole army is pressing in. We are going to fight in one place. Send an order to have Yuda and Lin Jin each send back 5,000 men, and then hold back Mantulu's Qingqi!"
The messenger hurriedly went out from the south to deliver the order.
Just then, the spirit vulture came back.
"General, my humble position has been found..."
"Huh? What's going on?" Jia Hui was also curious.
"This...I heard from Mantulu Qingxue who didn't run out that the eloquent person I found for my humble job had a wrong accent, with a Tumut tone..."
"So what?"
"Because Ombu Chuhu'er often harmed Tumut's interests to support the Khan's court for a period of time. Although he was still friendly and kind on the surface, secretly Tumut had not been with Chahar for nearly twenty years. Intermarrying…”
"That is to say, the bird boy you are looking for is the child of two tribesmen who have surrendered to our dynasty more than 20 years ago?"
"…yes…"
Jia Hui was speechless for a while. Since it was a matter of accent, there was nothing we could do about it. Almost all Tatar officials in Daqi got married and had children across tribes, and their accents were all mixed up. They were so used to hearing it that they couldn't notice it, but in those grasslands To the person's ears, it would be too obvious.
Not long after, a total of 10,000 people returned to the camp.
"They say they are targeting one spot, but the Qingqi wandering outside suddenly rushes in both directions, causing trouble.
Let them each send two thousand men to supply the infantry in the four directions! "
Jia Hui ordered.
"You guys should go down too. Didn't Lingjiu say that Mantulu smuggled some heavy armor from Liaodong? It's time for you to appear, hehe, Shui family."
Jia Hui said to Lin Chong, who had been standing beside him.
Lin Chong agreed and got off the platform holding his helmet.
I've been waiting for a long time. I came back late today, and here's my 6,100 words!
By the way, do you prefer reading large chapters of five to six thousand words or small chapters of two to three thousand words?
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