Ada Khan was stunned and turned to look at the soldiers from various tribes behind him. The soldiers with wrinkles on their faces looked at him innocently.
What are we doing? We were just sent to fight. How would we know if the tribal leader had a bird?
During this expedition, most of the tribal leaders did not accompany them, but only sent soldiers. Only the two closest to Amada Khan followed.
Anda Khan looked at the two leaders. The two leaders were as red as monkey butts. One of them whispered that he had forgotten it, while the other had an idea and remembered what Huhe Khan had just said.
"Khan, I originally wanted to give you a surprise. Then I would use my birds to help you bring out the Ming army and catch them all! That's why I didn't tell you yet!"
Anda Khan took a deep breath, knowing that these bastards wanted to save a hand. Even the two guys closest to him were obviously on guard against him turning ruthless and asking for help from the Ming army.
He was a heroic figure and quickly calmed down. It would be harmful rather than beneficial to dwell on this matter at this time. As long as I wipe out Huhehan's tribe with blood in this battle, those wallflowers will gather around again!
Thinking of this, he stopped talking nonsense, waved the long knife, and shouted: "Kill me!"
The cavalry on both sides speeded up together, shouting and quickly shortening the distance between each other. However, Huhe Khan's cavalry was more orderly, while Anda Khan's cavalry was divided into different levels.
Anda Khan's own 20,000 cavalry rushed in front, while the 20,000 cavalry from other tribes lagged slightly behind. I can't say whether it was intentional or because the men and horses were relatively old.
When the cavalry on both sides collided and started slashing at each other with their swords. Xiao Feng, who was standing on horseback in the distance and secretly watching the battle, put down his binoculars.
"If it's acting, you can't perform it to this level. Inform the cavalry behind you to move forward quickly! We must arrive within a stick of incense!"
The cavalry battle on the grassland was far more brutal than the battle between the Mongols and the Ming army.
Both sides are riders who grew up on horses. They both have a wild and fearless nature, and they are particularly ferocious and brutal when killing.
I replied that Khan had the upper hand due to his superior numbers, and victory was only a matter of time. But the time issue means that there is indeed a problem with time.
Just after the two sides fought for a while, a problem arose, and for Anda Khan, it was a big problem that he had to solve.
The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and then they saw an endless cavalry team.
The helmets were bright and the swords were as long as snow. The people in the front row held muskets in their hands, and a big flag floated in the middle of the team - "Qi"!
Qi Jiguang waved his hand, and the cavalry team formed a fan shape and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry in the melee. Huhe Khan, who was trapped in the middle, laughed.
"Da Ming is true to his word. Reinforcements have arrived. Warriors, we have won!"
Anda Khan gritted his teeth: "Dream! Leave a team of ten thousand people to continue to destroy them, and the remaining cavalry, turn around and meet them!
Today I want the blood of the Han people to become the rainwater that irrigates the grassland, and the meat of the Han people to become the fertilizer for the fertile grassland! "
Ten thousand cavalry continued to fight and suppress Huhe Khan's tribe. Thirty thousand cavalry turned and charged towards the Ming army. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards them, making the entire grassland tremble.
Qi Jiguang took the lead, raised his sword and shouted: "Shoot!"
A thousand muskets roared, and the Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses one after another from a long distance away. The horses that were shot fell to the ground, tripping up the charging cavalry behind them.
But in the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry, the loss of hundreds of people could not stop the iron hoof behind. The cavalrymen and horses who fell to the ground were instantly trampled to pulp and became fertile soil on the grassland.
A moment later, the roar of muskets sounded again, and hundreds of people fell off their horses. But by this time, the cavalry on both sides had already arrived within a stone's throw.
Qi Jiguang waved his long sword, and the flag bearer beside him waved the flag vigorously to send a signal.
The thousand-man musketeers at the front suddenly ran to both sides, ran in a wide arc, and retreated backwards. The cavalry behind them charged quickly, taking up the position of the musketeers and taking the lead.
Anda Khan had expected this move a long time ago. The musketeers were so precious and their lethality was so ferocious. The Ming army would never let them rush in front of them and use their muskets as clubs to beat them.
So he also issued an order for the cavalry at the front to divide into two groups, charge diagonally outward, and directly pursue the retreating musketeers!
Anda Khan hoped to take advantage of the faster speed of the Mongolian cavalry to catch up and kill the musketeers, even if it cost the sacrifice of two thousand people!
But Qi Jiguang did not give him such a chance. The flag waved again, and the two thousand cavalry continued to spread outwards, turning into two open arms, blocking the retreating musketeers behind them, and met the cavalry who were catching up in a diagonal stab. Mongolian cavalry.
The cavalry brigade of the Ming army and the Mongols were like two people with open arms, embracing each other passionately. The four arms touched earlier than the body. In an instant, the long swords were waved, blood splashed, and the sound of killing was loud.
A moment later, the main formations of both sides collided head-on. The dull sound of the war horses hitting each other at high speed was like a huge war drum beating between heaven and earth!
The cavalry on both sides were not square formations, but horizontal charging lines, colliding with each other like waves.
More than a dozen thousand-man teams were like swimming dragons, advancing in the waves, hoping to disrupt the opponent's formation and divide the opponent into pieces, forming a local situation where more people would fight less.
The Mongolian cavalry were far more skilled than the Ming army in this type of cavalry battle tactics on the grasslands. They could divide each 10,000-man team into ten 1,000-man teams to make perfect coordination.
Although the Ming cavalry had practiced drills, after all, they had too few opportunities for actual combat on the grasslands. They always seemed unfamiliar and suffered a lot at the critical moment of life and death.
Therefore, although the Ming Dynasty's cavalry had an advantage in terms of numbers, they could not gain the upper hand in this fierce fight, and the casualties were greater than the opponent's.
However, Anda Khan did not dare to relax, because he saw the thousand-man musketry team shamelessly running back from the back of the formation, aiming at the thousand-man team interspersed by the Mongols from a distance, and started firing.
The Mongolian cavalry kept falling, and Anda Khan was so angry that he sent thousands of troops several times to chase down the musketeers.
However, because the musketeers were far away from the main battlefield, the Mongolian cavalry would be stopped and killed by the Ming army's thousand-man team before they could catch up.
Relying on their long range, the musketeers were like flying kites, running around constantly, shooting at the Mongols in the battle formation, to help relieve the pressure on the Ming cavalry.
After two hours, the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand. The numbers of both sides were decreasing, but the number of the Ming army was obviously larger. And the further back, the more obvious the advantage of the musket.
Seeing that Anda Khan could no longer withstand it, he immediately ordered half of the ten thousand troops besieging Huhe Khan to come to his aid. In fact, the team of ten thousand people only had five thousand people left at this time. Of Huhe Khan's eight thousand cavalry, less than three thousand were left.
After half of the enemy army was divided, Huhe Khan's number was actually more than that of the enemy. He shouted loudly, cheered up, and led his men to start a counterattack.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and finally Anda Khan couldn't stand it any longer. Of his 40,000 cavalry, less than 10,000 were left, and most of them were from other tribes.
His own 20,000 elite men had been lost, and the Ming Dynasty's cavalry had suffered even more deaths, but there were still 20,000 men left, and together with Huhe Khan's remaining men and horses, he had the absolute upper hand.
The most terrible thing is that except for two of the musketeers who got too close and were shot to death by arrows fired by the Mongolian cavalry, a thousand muskets were almost intact.
If this battle continues, both myself and the people I brought will die here! An Dahan felt desolate in his heart. He knew that after today, the grassland might no longer be his.
In just three years, the grassland that he had worked so hard to unify was about to fall apart. The Ming Dynasty became stronger, not only because of their muskets, but also because their internal hidden dangers were gone.
Without the threat of the White Lotus Sect and the Miao border, the threat of the Japanese pirates has become very small. Not only can the pirates not be a threat, but they have become the navy of the Ming Dynasty.
So they dared to send so many soldiers and horses to Datong unscrupulously, dared to intervene in the civil war on the grassland so arrogantly, and dared to attack the once invincible Mongolian cavalry so forcefully!
All of this is because of that bastard Xiao Feng! Ada Khan suddenly felt an extremely strong sense of regret.
When Xiao Feng was caught by me, why didn't I kill him with one knife?
Because you want the secret recipe for gunpowder? Because of "Cangjie Heavenly Book"? It's all because of that bastard Xiao Qin, he has too many ideas!
Thinking of Xiao Qin, I should have actively participated in Xiao Qin's several rebellions!
At that time, there were White Lotus Sect, Japanese pirates, pirates, Miao border, and the Mongols. Even if they could not succeed, they could still kill half of Ming Dynasty!
It's too late to think about this now! If God can give me another chance and let me do it again, I hope to say to Xiao Qin, do it!
If I must add a time to this sentence, I hope it is, do it now! Stop fucking inking!
Anda Khan withdrew his troops and fled in embarrassment with the defeated generals with 10,000 remaining soldiers. Qi Jiguang took a breath and looked at Xiao Feng, who was riding up from behind leisurely.
"Brother Xiao, what should we do next?"
Xiao Feng looked at Anda Khan's retreating team with a complicated expression: "A thousand people were left to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers. The rest marched towards Anda Khan's territory.
Inform the tribal leaders who did not attend the meeting of Ada Khan to join us. It is best to bring more troops. I will hold this grassland meeting for Ada Khan. "
Qi Jiguang hesitated for a moment: "We only have 20,000 people. Although Anda Khan was defeated, he is still capable of fighting when he returns to his own territory. Isn't it a bit risky?"
Xiao Feng nodded: "It's a bit risky. But Anda Khan is not a fool. This time, I used the threat of food shortage and used myself as bait to let him take risks outside the customs.
The failure outside the pass and the possibility of division on the grassland made him take risks again and rush to attack Huhehan. Now that he has lost two games in a row, this is when his prestige is at its lowest.
As long as he comes to his senses and makes a decision before taking action, he will still have a great advantage on the grassland. In fact, those tribal leaders haven't come back to their senses yet.
A few imperial edicts cannot really divide the grassland. Only the balance of strength is the key to division. We must make Anda Khan disappear among everyone as soon as possible. "
Anda Khan ran back to his territory and immediately took action, asking all the men in the tribe who could ride a horse and hold a sword to quickly form a new cavalry team.
And he issued the most severe notice, requiring all tribes to send troops and form a coalition. The Ming cavalry has already arrived on the grassland, why don't you do your best and wait to die?
But those tribes fell into greater hesitation than before. Anda Khan was once an invincible Khan on the grasslands. In the battle with the Ming army, except for the exchange of trades, which was considered a draw, he also had the advantage at other times.
But now, the defeat outside Shanhaiguan could no longer be concealed. This time, they tried their best to defeat the Huhe Khan tribe, but failed. Is the overlord of the grassland gone?
With this hesitant cooperation, Ada Khan was not able to rebuild the army quickly. When Xiao Feng arrived with half of the tribal leaders who had not come to the meeting before, Anda Khan could only gather less than 30,000 people.
Behind Xiao Feng, in addition to the 20,000 Ming army cavalry, there were also about 10,000 troops brought by the leaders of other tribes. The two sides were evenly matched.
After all, these tribes were in the minority, and they did not dare to completely believe in the Ming Dynasty, so they did not bring out many people. Hesitation is the common mood of all tribal leaders at this moment.
The tribes that supported Amada Khan and the tribes that favored the Ming Dynasty met on Amada Khan's territory. An Dahan looked at Xiao Feng coldly, with veins popping up on his neck.
"Master Xiao Tian, you are so brave, you dare to come to my home. Why didn't I see you in Huhehan's territory?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "The battle to aid Huhe Khan was commanded by Qi Jiguang. I don't want to interfere with him. The Ming Dynasty needs every general to be able to command the musketeers and cooperate with the cavalry."
"Master Xiao Tian, are you here to fight to the death? Are the tribes behind you determined to be the dogs of the Han people and betray this grassland and the Heaven of Immortality?"
The tribal leaders behind Xiao Feng glanced at each other and said nothing. They were also watching.
Xiao Feng represents the Ming Dynasty. Whether this Ming Dynasty is worth relying on and whether it can keep its word is a wise move until the situation is unclear.
Xiao Feng smiled: "What? If you don't listen to your words, is it betraying the grassland and betraying Changshengtian? When did Changshengtian give you this grassland to manage?"
An Dahan said angrily: "This is a matter on my grassland. I don't care who becomes the emperor in your Ming Dynasty. Why does the Ming Dynasty care who becomes the Khan in my grassland?"
Xiao Feng said in surprise: "You mean, as long as there is grass, it is your grassland?
There are also grasslands in the lands outside the Pass, and there are also grasslands in the Central Plains. Are these your grasslands? "
An Dahan sneered and said: "Why do you have to argue? I didn't say that where the grass grows is my grassland. But where my Mongolian people are, it is naturally our grassland!"
Xiao Feng pointed to the west: "There are Mongols in the northernmost part of the desert. Why are they also under the command of your Anda Khan? Are they also your people?"
Anda Khan was at a loss for words. His sphere of influence had not reached the northernmost point. If he insists on saying that those people are his people, the tribe in front of him will naturally think that he is bragging.
"The grassland is huge and boundless. I only care about the land of the people under my tribal alliance.
When Mongolia was at its peak, it was divided into several khanates, each with its own great khan. Is it any wonder? "
Xiao Feng nodded: "In other words, the place where your people are is your grassland, and the place where your people are not, such as the Mobei grassland, although it is also inhabited by Mongolians, is not your grassland. "
An Dahan nodded: "Of course it is, so if you, Ming, extend your hands to my grassland now, aren't you being nosy?"
Xiao Feng shook his head: "If Daming cares about your grassland, then he is nosy.
Kehuhe Khan asked for the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. His tribe wanted to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to eat the food of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to attend the schools of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty agreed.
The Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world and nurtured all nations. How could anyone want to learn loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness but not accept it, and want to be a subject but not accept it?
Since you agreed, this is Ming Dynasty’s business. I'm sorry, Ming Dynasty doesn't care about your grassland. But you cannot attack the grasslands of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you will declare war on the Ming Dynasty!
Anda Khan was furious: "The grassland belongs to the Mongols. Where did the Ming Dynasty get the grassland?"
Xiao Feng patiently helped him recall: "I just said that there are grasslands in Liaodong outside the Pass. You said that it does not count as your grassland because it is not inhabited by Mongolians, right?"
An Dahan's heart skipped a beat and he glared at Xiao Feng, gritting his teeth and saying nothing.
"Then I talked about the Mobei grassland, which is where the Mongols live. You said that it doesn't count as your grassland because it's not inhabited by people from your tribal alliance, right?"
An Dahan gritted his teeth. If it weren't for his lack of strength now, he really wouldn't want to talk nonsense with Xiao Feng, because he obviously couldn't defeat him.
"So in other words, the grassland is not someone's grassland, it depends on whose people live in it. Where your people live, it belongs to you, and when the people of Ming Dynasty live there, it belongs to Ming Dynasty.
Now the Huhe Khan tribe is willing to become the people of the Ming Dynasty. The place where their tribe is located is the grassland of the Ming Dynasty. If you attack the grassland of the Ming Dynasty, what is it but a declaration of war? "
An Dahan said coldly: "They are all Mongolians, descendants of the Changshengtian. How can they be the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "The Miao people are the descendants of Chi You, and their ancestors fought to the death with the Yan and Huang emperors, so they can still be the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The Jurchens founded the Jin Dynasty and killed many Han people, but they are still able to be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
Tibetans, Hui people, including the Khitans, Xiongnu, and Dangxiang who have integrated with the Han people, can all be subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
As a Mongolian, why do you discriminate against your compatriots so much and think that Mongolians are not worthy of being subjects of the Ming Dynasty? "
An Dahan said angrily: "It's not that we don't deserve it, it's that you don't deserve it! Why should the Mongols be the subjects of the Han people? How are the Han people better than the Mongols?"
Xiao Feng looked at Anda Khan: "How are you better than Huhe Khan? Why can you be his Great Khan? Why can you be the Great Khan of these tribes?"
An Dahan was stunned. It was really hard to say. Could it be that he was a genius and that he was better than them all? Did you say this yourself?
"It is brothers from all tribes who admire this Khan's character and courage and jointly elect me to be the Great Khan to help everyone unite and fight against foreign enemies!"
These words are as weak as the kidneys. Who doesn't know that the overlords on the grassland are all fought with real swords and guns? But Anda Khan couldn't say that they were all defeated by me at this time.
Not only are the Han people proud of themselves, but the men are also uncomfortable hearing these words. Today is a situation that could fall apart at any time, and An Dahan doesn't dare to speak arrogantly.
Xiao Feng suddenly realized: "So that's it. Since the tribes admired the Great Khan, they jointly recommended the Great Khan to help each tribe.
So now some tribes suddenly no longer admire the Great Khan, and don't want to accept the Great Khan's help. I wonder if that's okay? "
