Although the Oara tribe suffered huge losses as soon as they fought, it did not shake Ugqi Hashha's will at all.
On the battlefield, as soon as a fight begins, both sides will have no way out. Unless Ugqi Hashiha wanted to abandon all his troops, he would not take a step back unless absolutely necessary.
Coincidentally, the Wala people also adopted the wall-mounting strategy. After the first batch of cavalry was defeated, the second batch of Wala cavalry arrived.
However, the encounter of this second batch was no different from the previous batch. Facing the artillery, they had no way to keep their charge formation intact. And once their formation is messed up, they are no match for the Ulyanha Cavalry.
This led to an endless loop. The second batch didn't last a few breaths longer than the previous batch before being wiped out.
The key thing is that this tactic is like a meat grinder. Once it is started, it will not only keep filling in, but also stop. Moreover, Wala had to continue to fill in. If Wala dared to withdraw its troops at this time, the Ming army would take the opportunity to charge and take away the entire Wala camp.
Han Du saw that Oarabu's energy was frustrated and his own morale was high. He immediately ordered: "Move the cannon forward five hundred steps and continue firing."
This has been replaced by the current light cannon, and with wheels, four people can push the cannon very fast, and it can be reached in less than a cup of tea in five hundred steps.
Without the support of artillery, the Walas cavalry could finally compete with the Ulyanha cavalry in an upright mounted shooting, which made Azashili feel a sudden increase in pressure.
Fortunately, the vigor of the Wala cavalry had been weakened, but the morale of Wu Liangha was at the peak, so it didn't take much effort to kill all these groups of cavalry.
The Wala cavalry did not hear the movement of the cannons, and thought that the Ming Dynasty's cannons had finished firing, so they quickly regrouped and boosted their morale to charge forward.
The roar of the cannon was like the death knell of the Walas, and it suddenly rang in their ears again.
The brutal fighting started when the sun rose and continued until the sun was about to set.
The wide and flat plain provided an excellent fighting place, or cemetery, for both sides.
In wall charges again and again, the Ora cavalry were beaten and retreated. But the Ming army moved the cannon forward again and again, constantly bombarding the Oara cavalry.
Seeing that the Ming army's advantage was getting bigger and bigger, even the cavalry on both wings began to outflank the Wala camp.
Although Ugeqi Hashha was unwilling, he had to admit that the battle was lost. The defeat was extremely disastrous, a complete defeat!
After being defeated like a mountain, after a whole day of fighting, the Wala people had long had a bone-deep fear of the Ming army.
Seeing that the situation was over, Uge Qiha Shiha, escorted by a group of soldiers, hurriedly fled with the remaining soldiers under the cover of night.
Seeing that King Wala had fled, the other Wala cavalry naturally took advantage of the cover of night and scattered directly.
On the second day, when the Ming army came forward to check again, they discovered that there was only an empty camp left here. Or maybe it's not even a camp, but there are some yurts there that haven't had time to be dismantled, showing that someone once lived here.
"I didn't expect that Uge Qiha Shiha would escape overnight. It was my miscalculation." Han Du looked at the empty camp with regret on his face.
I have fought hard, but I have gained nothing. It seems that I have lost some money in this battle. Azashili clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, Ugqi Hashha can escape, but he cannot take away the cattle and alpacas he brought with him. There are not a single cattle or sheep here now. It must be because they ran away unattended." We're out. As long as we look around here, we will find something."
Handu thought about it. Even if Ugqiha Shiha could take away the war horses, he would definitely not be able to take away the cattle and alpacas. The speed of these three livestock was far behind that of the horses. Even Uge Qiha Shiha may not take away the war horse. Since he is running for his life, he can't take much with him even if he wants to.
"You are right, Xu Chengfei, Azashili, you should immediately send people to search the nearby area carefully, and at the same time, beware of the Walas."
"Yes!" Both of them bowed to Han Du.
Han Du looked at the empty camp and sighed again, "This battle has spent most of the gunpowder and shells. If nothing is captured, it will be a huge loss. I hope it will be like Azashi." As mentioned in the book, let’s recover some of the losses!”
Xu Chengfei watched Azashili turn around and leave, but he did not move. Instead, his expression became solemn and he said to Han Du: "I wonder if you are willing to hand over all the command from behind to me?"
"Oh? What do you want to do?" Han Du asked with interest.
If ordinary people heard Xu Chengfei speak so directly, they would definitely think that he wanted to seize power. But Han Du's own family knew his own affairs. If it were a naval battle, Han Du would not be afraid of any opponent, but he still had no confidence in a land battle.
Even if he won consecutive victories, Han Du knew very well that it was not because of how awesome his command was, but because he was using the huge power of firearms to bully others.
Therefore, Han Du did not have the slightest objection to Xu Chengfei's request, but just wanted to know the reason.
"I have an idea..." After Xu Chengfei pondered for a while, he said: "When we were fighting yesterday, I noticed that artillery can easily disrupt the formation of the cavalry charge. Not only can it dampen the spirit, but it can also Easily tearing apart the cavalry formation is of great help to the cavalry fighting in the front. So I was wondering if I could use this strategy in the future: artillery can overcome difficulties and break the cavalry formation, while the cavalry is responsible for assisting in killing the enemy. And hunt down the enemy?”
This... damn, isn't this just cavalry and artillery coordination? How could Xu Chengfei have such thoughts?
Yesterday, Han Du didn't think so much, he just tried his best to bring out the power of the cannon.
Unexpectedly, it became a tactic in Xu Chengfei's mouth.
Seeing Han Du pondering without saying a word, Xu Chengfei thought Han Du disagreed and quickly asked: "What do you think of my idea?"
"Okay! Very good! Very good!" Han Du nodded repeatedly.
Then he laughed: "Hahaha, use the firepower of the cannon to smash the opponent's defense, and then use the cavalry to rush in and kill them. The division of labor is clear and they complement each other. There is no better way than this."
When Xu Chengfei saw Han Du's high regard, he suddenly felt weak and whispered: "I just want to give it a try, but I don't know if it will work or not!"
Han Du immediately clapped his hands and said, "You're right, you'll know if it works or not once you try it. Then it's up to you. You will be the one to command the army from now on."
"Thank you very much!" Xu Chengfei smiled and cupped his fists at Han Du.
...
The facts were just as Azashili expected. The cavalry only searched the nearby areas and captured a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and camels, but they did not see even a single living Wala man. With the addition of these 80,000 to 90,000 livestock, the Ming army once again had enough food.
And Han Du knew very well the truth that "if you kill a tiger, you will be troubled later". Since he has already started a war with Ugeqi Hashiha, he should take advantage of his illness to kill him and not give Ugeqi Hashiha the slightest respite. machine.
Therefore, Handu ordered the army to continue westward, chasing Ugqi Hashha all the way.
Of course, Uge Qiha Shiha was not willing to fail. After escaping, as soon as he settled down, he summoned tens of thousands of cavalry to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army to avenge his hatred!
In order to verify what he had in mind, Xu Chengfei commanded the army to fight Ugeqi Hashha three times in a row.
Three battles and three victories!
The last time, Ugeqi Hashha was even captured alive.
After the Oara tribe was defeated several times in succession, it can be said that they suffered heavy casualties. Even Mahamu died on the battlefield. The entire Oara tribe was beaten to pieces, losing its original unified tribe and turning into hundreds of scattered small tribes.
Originally, I just thought about conquering the Tatar tribe, but I didn't expect that I would also kill Oara.
Tatar and Wala, these are the two largest tribes on the grassland since the Northern Yuan Dynasty was defeated. Both tribes were wiped out, and there was no one in the entire grassland who could unify the grassland with a single call.
It can be said that since then, the threat of Ming Dynasty in the north has completely disappeared.
With such great news, Han Du naturally couldn't wait to report the good news to Zhu Biao.
After all, Zhu Biao had personally promised it before he went on the expedition. As long as he can go out and gain some credit, he will make himself the Duke of the country. And now that I have given him two such big surprises, let alone rewarding myself more, this position of Duke should not be lost, right?
Just when Han Du wanted to return to the court, Xu Chengfei walked in.
Han Du raised his head and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "Are you all ready? When you are, let's go back quickly. Speaking of which, it has been almost a year since we came out."
Xu Chengfei nodded and said: "Everything is ready. However, I got a piece of news."
"What news?" Han Du was a little surprised. He didn't know what kind of news could make Xu Chengfei's expression solemn when he won a big victory.
"The news I just got is that Ugqi Hashiha didn't catch Benya Shili at all." Xu Chengfei followed.
Han Du asked in surprise: "Where did Benya go?"
Xu Chengfei replied calmly: "He went west to join the Timur Empire."
"Went to the Timur Empire? Is the news reliable?" Han Du's face instantly turned ugly.
Handu has always been aware of Timur's empire's ambitions.
Originally, Handu wanted to use Tianfang and Hurumos to light a few fires on the back of Timur's empire. I didn't expect that the fighting power of the people there was so poor, and they were no match for Timur's empire. He was frightened by the successive achievements of the Timur Empire and did not dare to offend the Timur Empire.
The Timurid Empire was originally blocked on the Silk Road. While intercepting various goods from the Ming Dynasty at a very low price, it also sold them to Khrumos and Byzantium at a very high price.
Buy low, sell high, and make a lot of money.
However, since the Ming Dynasty opened maritime trade routes, countless Ming Dynasty goods have arrived at Khrumos by sea. Since the sea route saves time and has lower transportation costs than the land route, merchants who originally took the Silk Road tried to take the sea route.
