"Drive the cattle and sheep to the north. Everyone squats in the tent. Once the Ming army armor comes forward, use bows and arrows to attack!"
At the Wuliangha camp, when Wuliangha returned here on horseback, he immediately drove the cattle and sheep north, and then ordered the soldiers and horses in the camp to prepare for an ambush.
They worked for a long time, and a large number of cattle and sheep were driven north by 200 ordinary Hu soldiers. In the end, more than 1,200 Hu soldiers were left.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Tulu Huchaer also took a shortcut back to the camp with 3,000 people.
After entering the camp, he immediately guessed Haragu's intentions, so he took the initiative to find Haragu.
"Are you planning to set up an ambush? I think there are only a few hundred soldiers from the South. Do you need to bring me back?"
Tulu Huchaer asked Haragu, but Haragu who was sitting in the tent eating meat was not in a hurry, but threw out a knife to signal him to eat.
Tuolu Huchaer was not in a hurry to get the answer, because at this moment he was indeed hungry and exhausted from climbing over the mountains and the surprise attack on the Ming army's western camp at Hadaling.
He sat down and ate the meat, and Nahalagu followed suit and explained: "There are hundreds of armored cavalry coming out this time, otherwise I wouldn't have called you back."
"Hundreds of armored cavalry?" Tolu Hucha'er was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "No wonder, but with just a few people like us, it's not easy to ambush hundreds of armored cavalry."
The concept of hundreds of armored cavalry may not be particularly clear, but if compared horizontally, this number is not a lot at all.
Those who can bear armor may not be able to ride, and those who can ride may not be able to bear armor. Even if they can ride and shoot with armor, they may not have horses that can carry them.
Even tribes like the Ulyanha herding hundreds of thousands of horses are not good at raising horses, especially military horses, because of insufficient bean feed.
Because of this, after searching the entire Wuliangha, there were only more than 400 armored cavalry. Even if the other two were included, at most 800 armored cavalry could be gathered.
Even the Oara and Tatars to the west of the Halawen Mountains dare not say that they can pull out more than 10,000 armored cavalry, and the Ming army only has a few thousand armored cavalry.
The reason for this involves economics. Oara and Tatar have enough horses, but they do not have stable bean fields to breed military horses.
The Ming Dynasty had enough bean fields, but they did not have enough horses.
Wu Liangha's problem is the same as that of Wala and Tatar, so they don't have many armored cavalry in their hands.
Because of this, Tuolu Huchaer and Haragu were surprised that the Ming army in Jixi Fort could pull out hundreds of armored cavalry.
Hundreds of armored cavalry, if used properly, can use infantry to break through the enemy's formation and charge through the army under the cover of infantry.
Even the Liaodong Dusi can pull out less than a thousand armored cavalry. This makes it difficult for Tolu Huchaer to associate these armored cavalry with the Liaodong Dusi.
"I didn't expect Liaodong to put so many armored cavalry in Jilin City. It seems that they have already made plans to march north."
"If we hadn't struck preemptively this time, I'm afraid we would have been pursued and intercepted by Liaodong and Peking once Zhaozhou was successfully built."
Tuolu Huchaer attributed the origin of the armored cavalry to Liaodong Dusi. After all, he did not think that Zhu Gaoxu could pull out so many armored cavalry in such a short period of time.
"So ambush of this armored cavalry is enough to severely damage the Liaodong capital." Haragu ate the meat unhurriedly and talked about his thoughts.
In response to this, Tolu Huchaer's expression also became solemn: "What do you need me to do?"
Seeing that he was serious, Haragu also put down his knife and wiped his mouth: "You lead the armored soldiers to ambush him. Once his position becomes unstable, I will lead the armored cavalry to attack across the board. You lead the armored soldiers and use guns to annihilate them all!"
"Okay!" Without any questions, Tolu Huchaer agreed directly.
Hearing this, Haragu also continued to eat meat with him and enjoyed the rest before the war.
Time is passing, bit by bit.
Zhu Gaoxu also led people to lead horses and walked slowly for several miles, stopping from time to time to rest.
Since they were on the enemy's return route, none of them dared to take off their armor, so they could only rush to the Ulyanha camp slowly.
At this moment, they don't know whether Hadaling has been captured, or whether their traces have been exposed.
They only know one thing, that is, if the camp attack fails, regardless of whether Hadaling can be defended, the Bohai Navy will face catastrophe.
Only when the encampment is successful, the granaries of the Wuliangha people are burned, and the cattle, sheep and horses are released, Wuliangha will retreat due to lack of food, and the siege of Jilin can be lifted.
"Work harder, there are still two miles to go."
Zhu Gaoxu greeted the people around him, gritted his teeth, stood up, and continued walking with his horse.
I don’t know how much time passed, but when the fire in the camp in front of them became bigger and bigger, Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand: "Get ready to launch rockets around the camp!"
"Set off rockets?" Among the crowd, many soldiers looked at each other, and an official from a hundred households bowed uneasily:
"Your Highness, we are all armored cavalry with insufficient horse power. If we fire rockets around the camp, once the horse power is exhausted, it may be difficult to break through."
"Besides, shouldn't we go straight to the enemy camp? Let's fire rockets to prevent the soldiers from being prepared."
Baihuguan pointed out what everyone was concerned about, but Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice:
"Even you and I can't tell how many soldiers and horses there are in the enemy camp. What if there are so many soldiers and horses in the Hu barracks and you and I are behind bars?"
Zhu Gaoxu didn't know that Haragu was setting up an ambush. He was worried about the two teams that had evacuated the Urangha camp earlier.
During the day, Wu Liangha had already prepared to retreat, but at night he suddenly attacked Hadaling.
If the two soldiers and horses that had been withdrawn earlier were just a false shot, wouldn't they be surrounded by tens of thousands of people when they rush to camp now?
Five hundred armored cavalry can roam some battlefields, but only with infantry covering both wings.
At present, Zhu Gaoxu and the others only have armored cavalry and only one horse per person. If they fall into the camp, they will only regret it.
He cherished his life, and even more cherished the lives of all his brothers in the Bohai Navy, so he was unwilling to take risks.
Only by using rockets to test the number of soldiers and horses in the camp will he decide whether to rush to the camp.
This was Lao Zhu's method of surprise attack on the Yuan army in Hengshanjian. However, at that time, Lao Zhu was trying to intimidate the enemy and force the Yuan army to surrender, while he was using it to detect the number of Hu soldiers.
"Mount!"
Without waiting for the hundreds of officials to ask again, Zhu Gaoxu got on his horse. The double armor and weapons plus Zhu Gaoxu's weight weighed nearly three hundred kilograms on him. Even though Chi Huan was already an adult, he was still pushed back by the weight. Two steps.
"It's really hard on you..."
Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand to comfort Chi Huan's neck. He didn't know if he thought of the scene when Chi Huan shed tears last time when he was hit by an arrow. Zhu Gaoxu turned around and told everyone: "Be careful when Hu Bing chops the horse's leg."
"yes!"
The Ming army had its own methods on how to prevent the enemy from cutting off the legs of horses, but they were limited to holding guns and leg guards, plus some joint training with military horses on weekdays.
Just a few movements can remind the war horse to lift and retract its left and right legs, thereby reducing the embarrassment of having its legs chopped off.
But even so, when it comes time to really fight, there will still be people who fail to pay attention and suffer the consequences of the enemy.
At Zhu Gaoxu's call, the five hundred Bohai navy hung their spears on the victory hook, took out the unstrung cavalry bow, put the bow string on and pulled it for a try.
Afterwards, everyone got on their horses, placed ordinary arrows in the front of the quiver, and placed the rockets tied with guncotton in the back.
"superior!"
Without any other encouragement, Zhu Gaoxu took the lead and walked slowly towards the Ulliangha camp with his fine cavalry.
One mile, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps...
"Beep--"
When the Hu soldiers on guard blew the wooden whistle, Zhu Gaoxu held a six-foot-long spear in one hand and raised the only torch in the entire team with the other hand.
He walked around to the side of the team and raised the torch. The elite cavalry behind him mobilized their horses, holding rockets in one hand and bows in the other. While passing by him, they used the rockets in their hands to pass through the flames of the torch in Zhu Gaoxu's hand.
Rockets were ignited one after another, and then the bow and arrows were drawn, all in one go.
Rockets fell into the Ulyanha camp like meteors. For the Ulyanha camp, which used animal skin tents, the guncotton arrows soaked in kerosene were undoubtedly fatal.
The animal skin tent was instantly ignited. Although it burned slowly, it frightened many Hu soldiers hiding in the tent out.
"Khan, they are setting off rockets!"
A Hu soldier hurriedly ran to the main tent and informed Haragu of the latest news.
Haragu's face was very ugly, and he turned to look at Tolu Huchaer beside him: "I didn't expect the southerners to be so cautious."
"There are no sentries along the way, so we must be cautious." Tuolu Huchaer responded, and at the same time asked: "Do we still want to wait and see?"
"No!" Harawu shook his head: "I will lead the armored cavalry and go out from the main gate to stop him. You lead the light cavalry to chase him."
"Okay!" Tolu Hucha'er nodded, then put his hand on his mouth and began to chant wheat.
Not long after, thousands of people walked out of the camp, and many armored soldiers gathered with spears in hand.
"I'll leave the retinue with you, I'll take a thousand armored soldiers to mount the chase." Tulu Hucha'er told Halagu next to him, and then led his troops to the stables at the rear.
Upon seeing this, Haragu also began to summon armored cavalry and retinues. Soon he mounted his horse with 400 armored cavalry and 4,000 retinues, ran out of the main camp, and blocked the retreat of the Ming army.
"Your Highness! Hu soldiers came out of camp and blocked our retreat."
After shooting arrows around the camp, Zhu Gaoxu and many armored cavalry reined up their horses and stopped, clearly seeing the more than 4,000 cavalry led by Haragu in front.
They did not launch an attack. Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu probably guessed what he was thinking and said decisively: "Everyone dismount and restore their power!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, everyone got off their horses and rested, feeding beans and water to the horses.
"Great Khan, why didn't they retreat when they saw us?"
When Zhu Gaoxu ordered everyone to dismount, a Qianhu next to Harawu asked doubtfully, but Harawu narrowed his eyes:
"The person leading the army is a good soldier. I'm afraid he wants to hold us back here so that the flames in the camp will explode and attract the soldiers and horses on Hadaling Mountain to withdraw."
"Then let's..." Qianhu wanted to say more, but Halagu raised his hand and said: "Send someone to tell the attacking troops at Hadaling that no one can return to the camp without my order."
"He wants to entice me to withdraw my troops, but I won't let him!"
"It doesn't matter if he has hundreds of armored cavalry. I don't believe he and his men can fight one against ten."
Halawu sent an order to Qianhu, who heard the news and sent people to inform the attacking troops on Hadaling Mountain.
Time passed little by little, and after about an hour was consumed by both sides, the dull and dense sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind the Bohai Navy.
"Mount!" Hearing the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, Zhu Gaoxu's heart tightened and he immediately ordered the troops to mount their horses.
Without a moment's hesitation, everyone got on their horses, hung their long bows on the side of the saddle, and took out the four-foot long spear on the victory hook.
Zhu Gaoxu put the Zhangliu iron gun aside, took out a piece of coarse cloth, covered it with the torch, and tied it tightly.
After a while, the torch went out, and he inserted the torch back into the side of the saddle and pulled out an iron gun.
"The front army turns to the rear army, raise the flag, and follow me to kill the enemy. We will fight to the death!"
Zhu Gaoxu sang loudly while leading five officials from hundreds of households to the rear army.
After listening to his words and seeing him personally leading the charge, the brothers in the army became more confident.
A Baihu officer hung his spear on the Bohai Navy flag and consciously adjusted his position to the rear of Zhu Gaoxu.
Everyone in the Bohai Navy knew very well that only behind His Highness was the safest place and the place that could best support him in time.
The flag is the most important thing in the army. It is the most important at the moment and can only be placed here.
At the same time that he arrived at this location, many fires appeared in front of him. They were numerous and densely packed.
"superior!"
Without many words of encouragement, Zhu Gaoxu rode a thousand horses and killed all who came and went.
All the soldiers were speechless, but only followed him to charge, and then he showed his true colors as a husband.
The hoofbeats were rumbling and the fire was shining brightly. Tuolu Huchaer did not expect that the Ming army would dare to kill him, but he was not afraid either.
"Carry a spear and charge into battle!"
Tuolu Huchaer raised his spear and gave orders to the hundreds of households around him, who then passed on military orders. Soon more than a thousand armored light cavalry began to carry their guns on their arms, and launched an attack on the Ming army that was charging towards them.
"kill!!"
On the wide plain, there are burning camps on one side and dark hills on the other.
The two soldiers and horses did not show any fear. Everyone roared and thrust their spears into the sky with ferocious faces.
Zhu Gaoxu put on his visor and took the lead, one horse equal to a thousand.
The distance of more than a hundred steps came in an instant. At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu and everyone in the Bohai Navy could clearly feel the number of Hu soldiers, and felt a heavy sense of oppression from their armored bodies.
When the two armies were about to collide, the memories in my mind seemed to go through them in a flash. Maybe this was the first battle, but it might also be the last battle.
This feeling was something Zhu Gaoxu had never experienced when he rode straight towards the Hajia soldiers in Xiyang.
For just that moment, Zhu Gaoxu almost thought he was dead, but soon, Hu Bing's killing cry woke him up.
He was not timid, but anger arose out of thin air in his chest: "Come on!!!"
"bump!!"
"kill!"
"Xilulu!!"
"Uh-huh!!"
In an instant, the two armies collided head-on. The six-foot long spear in Zhu Gaoxu's hand knocked away the Hu soldiers who were fighting him, and fell into the crowd of horses, trampled by thousands of horses.
Before the collision, Zhu Gaoxu thought he could protect the brothers around him. However, when the actual collision began, he realized that he could not even protect himself.
Personal force seems so weak in the collision of thousands of troops.
Even while he was breathing, he was stabbed by several spears, causing physical pain.
The pain did not scare him, but stimulated him. Qi and blood rushed straight to his forehead. The pain subsided instantly and was replaced by inexhaustible strength.
"Come and fight!!"
He took off the rein with one hand, clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and freed his hand to grab a spear that was stabbing him. In an instant, he grabbed the spear in his hand. The man and the horse fell down, but he pulled him back. Guns Flower, holding a gun with both hands, stabs left and right.
Wherever he passed by, the armored soldiers fell off their horses and forcibly carved a path among the thousands of troops and horses, opening up a way for those behind him to survive.
This scene was seen by Tolu Huchaer in the army, and his scalp was numb.
"It's him!" Although he had never seen Zhu Gaoxu, Tuolu Huchaer judged the identity of the man in an instant.
"King of Bohai, Zhu Gaoxu..." He suddenly lost strength, but it was not fear, but excitement.
Over the years, the Mongols who were driven back to the grasslands had never captured or killed a second-level official of the Ming Army, but now, a high-level vassal king was right in front of them!
In an instant, he pointed his spear at Zhu Gaoxu: "The general holding the two spears is Zhu Gaoxu, King of Bohai. Kill him and you will be rewarded with thousands of cattle and sheep, and you will be promoted to an official of thousands of households!"
"Wow!!" After hearing Tuolu Huchaer's words, the nearby Mongols became excited, passed messages to each other, and mobilized their war horses to launch an encirclement and suppression of Zhu Gaoxu.
Some Mongolians who had missed it also turned their horses around when they heard the news, trying to encircle and suppress Zhu Gaoxu.
For a moment, Zhu Gaoxu's pressure began to increase sharply, but now he was furious.
Between the left and right stabs, several people fell off their horses. Not only did they not get Zhu Gaoxu's head, but they themselves lost their lives.
During this period, Zhu Gaoxu was also stabbed by a spear, but the double armor protected him greatly. Only the momentum made his skin and flesh hurt, but this was just irritating him.
Even though there were hundreds and thousands of cavalry, those who stood in front of him were always those few people. It was just a few people, so what did he have to fear!
"Come again! Come on!!"
Under the visor, his expression was almost crazy, and his eyes were red.
At this moment, the dead and injured soldiers in Jixi Fort appeared in front of him. It seemed that with every kill, the shadow in front of him was reduced by one frame.
"Your Highness..."
"Your Highness..."
Someone seemed to be calling him, and he was about to turn around when he saw four or five spears stabbing him.
"Kill the King of Bohai, reward thousands of cattle and sheep, and seal thousands of households!!"
The Mongolians around him were shouting words that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't understand, but at this moment he was not afraid of the four or five spears. He just flicked the heavy iron spear in his hand and instantly smashed away all the spears that were stabbing him.
The sight of such bravery frightened all the Mongols who tried to besiege him.
Under the firelight, the iron mask on Zhu Gaoxu's face looked horrifying: "Come again!!"
His roar came from the iron mask, almost breaking down the psychological defense of the hundreds of Mongolians who besieged him.
At the critical moment, an arrow hit his chest. Everyone looked subconsciously, only to see Tuolu Huchaer on the periphery holding a bow with a livid face: "What are you afraid of! No matter how brave he is, there is only one person! But we It’s an army of thousands!”
As if in response to his words, the sound of horse hooves began to be heard from the direction of Jixibao, very intensively.
Many people looked back and saw that Haragu, who had been standing, saw that the Tanma Red Army could not take down the Ming army, so he personally led more than 4,000 light cavalry to kill them, led by the 400 armored cavalry.
"They have armored cavalry, and so do we!" Tolu Huchaer wanted to shoot another arrow, but saw a black shadow flash past and suddenly hit his crotch at the neck of the army horse.
The men and horses fell down, and a spear pierced the army horse, and even stabbed Tolu Huchaer in the chest.
Although he was fine, the sudden spear still frightened him.
He struggled to get out from under the horse corpse, his legs swaying uncontrollably, obviously frightened by Zhu Gaoxu's blow.
He looked up in horror, only to see that Zhu Gaoxu had already held a gun in both hands and was about to charge at him.
"Your Highness!!"
Suddenly, when Zhu Gaoxu was about to move, Mandarin came from behind him.
He looked back and saw that the armored cavalry were being surrounded by more probing Red Army troops due to lack of horsepower. They tried their best to charge but could not increase their horse speed because the distance was too short.
"drive!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Zhu Gaoxu charged towards the Tanma Red Army. When the surrounding Tanma Red Army saw him charging towards him, they subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Idiot, kill him! He's running out of power!"
Tuolu Huchaer, who got rid of the fear, became angry and roared loudly, waking up some of the Tanma Red Army who had stopped because of Zhu Gaoxu.
"kill!"
Gathering up their courage, they attacked Zhu Gaoxu again.
At the same time, Haragu also led the cavalry to kill.
The Tanma Red Army made way for them to charge, but in just a moment, the four hundred armored cavalry almost penetrated the Bohai Navy's armored cavalry.
Nearly a hundred Bohai troops were overwhelmed by these thousands of cavalry. Upon seeing this, Tuolu Huchaer also shouted: "Dismount! Surround and kill them!"
Hundreds of red troops who were exploring horses dismounted and began to surround the Bohai Navy with long spears. Haragu cooperated very well and led the light cavalry led by the armored cavalry through the long spear formation and ordered the light cavalry to also dismount and form a spear formation.
Soon, thousands of Uuliangha people formed a spear formation and surrounded the Bohai Navy's heavy cavalry. Their spears were like a curtain, pressing forward step by step, restricting their space and preventing them from breaking out of the encirclement.
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, we have caused trouble for you!"
"pain……"
"Uh-huh!!"
On horseback, Zhu Gaoxu listened to the guilt and cries of pain from his brothers. He was angry for no reason and pulled off his iron armor: "My Ming Dynasty is good at spears. If you don't have armor and cavalry, you won't dare to charge. Don't do it." Said he was my brother!”
After saying that, Zhu Gaoxu took the lead to get off his horse and stuck the Zhangliu Iron Spear on the ground.
Although there is only one person, it is like a thousand troops standing here.
"Gather up a formation and let these maidservant Hulu know how we Han people drove them back to their hometown!"
"Yes!!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the Bohai Navy, who usually listened to the story of how the old Ming army attacked cavalry with infantry, became excited.
Even the wounded soldiers formed a circular formation with long spears. Zhu Gaoxu glanced at it and saw that the 500 brothers who had set out on the expedition were now less than two-thirds.
Such casualties made him feel sad and angry. Even though his arms were numb, he still stood in the vanguard position.
Zhu Gaoxu admitted that he made a mistake in judgment this time and did not expect that there were armored cavalry and armored soldiers in the Wuliangha camp.
He pulled out the spear on the side, surrounded by his brothers, and on the outside, thousands of Ulyanha soldiers and horses had reduced their space, and the spears of both sides had collided.
Even in this situation, Zhu Gaoxu still did not believe that he would fail.
"Do you believe me or not!" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly shouted such a sentence.
"Long live the Bohai Navy!"
"Long live the Bohai Navy!!"
Voices of trust came from all directions, along with majestic roars calling for long live the Bohai Navy.
"Believe me..." Zhu Gaoxu clenched his hand with the six-foot-long iron gun and stared at Hu Bing, who was approaching him step by step, with a calm gaze: "Then I will take you home!!"
"Go home?" Behind the spear, Haragu and Toluhuchaer, who understood Mandarin, sneered.
"kill!!"
The more than 300 remnant soldiers roared loudly. This roar made the smiles of Haragu and Tolu Huchaer freeze, but it was not because of the Bohai Navy.
"Back there!!" Haragu reacted the fastest. When he turned around, what he saw was a fiery red.
"kill!!"
On the pitch-black hills, dots of firelight rushed towards this direction, and the trampling sound of the army horses far exceeded the momentum of Halagu's charge.
The army rushed to kill, and the dark man with the big beard waved his sword and roared loudly.
Behind him, thousands of armored cavalry charged, shaking the Songhua River.
"Kill me!!"
"Bohai Chronicles": In the spring and April of Guisi, the 29th year of Hongwu, the Yuan general Ha Lawu surrounded Jilin with 30,000 troops. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians refused. After three days of continuous fighting, the Yuan soldiers were defeated and many died.
Three days later, Yuan general Halawu made a trick to attack Hadaling at night. He led 500 cavalry out of the city to fight. Halawu ambushed thousands of troops.
Among the rebels, armed with long spears, they fought hard from left to right, killing dozens of people, and dozens of arrows in the middle. After fighting, they were surrounded.
That night, Taizong led his light cavalry to come to the rescue. Yuan soldiers rescued him, and he was rescued again.
Taizong led his cavalry to chase them away, and all the Yuan soldiers crossed the river. They captured three thousand horses and killed thousands of enemies.
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"Records of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty": In the spring and April of Guisi, the 29th year of Hongwu, the Yuan general Ha Lawu led an army of 100,000 troops to invade the border. He refused with three thousand soldiers. After three days of continuous fighting, the Yuan soldiers were defeated and many died.
At the end of the day, Yuan general Halawu planned a night attack on Hadaling, and led a hundred cavalry out of the city to fight.
Thousands of soldiers from the Yuan Dynasty were ambushing them. They knew what they were saying to their left and right, "Why are the Hu soldiers so timid?" They entered the formation with long spears and attacked vigorously, killing more than a hundred people. Then they reentered the formation and killed dozens of enemies, including stray arrows.
The Yuan general Ha Lawu was afraid of the enemy and wanted to retreat, but Taizong led his light cavalry to help, and the enemy pursued him.
In this battle, 30,000 people were beheaded and thousands of horses were obtained.
(End of chapter)
