Lin Dan Khan is the 23rd grandson of Genghis Khan, the 8th grandson of Dayan Khan, the leader of the Mongol resurgence, and a direct descendant of the Golden Family.
However, at this moment, he is only the nominal co-owner of Monan Mongolia, and the Horqin, Neikalkha, Tumut, and Ordos tribes in Monan are in charge of their own affairs.
Lindan Khan can only control the Chahar tribe in the Liaohe and Hetao areas, which is divided into Haqit, Naiman, Keshiketeng, Ujimqin, Sunit, Aohan, Alakzhuote and Zhuxitiba An Otok.
Originally, the five tribes of the Inner Khalkha, headed by Chao Hua, had already obeyed Lin Dan Khan's orders. However, Zasai's strength continued to expand, causing Chao Hua to gradually lose control of the Inner Khalkha.
So even if he didn't have Nurhaci's three thousand taels of gold, he would still take action against Zasai.
According to the intelligence, the armored cavalry that Zaisai relied on the most was no longer in the camp.
Although he still has eight thousand riders, his strength cannot be underestimated.
But at this time, Lin Dan Khan had 20,000 coalition troops and still had an overwhelming advantage against Zaisai.
Chahar and the cavalry of the Chaohua Department attacked the Zasai Department like an overwhelming force.
Twenty thousand cavalry galloped on the grassland, causing the whole earth to tremble slightly. Looking at the dense mass of cavalry, there was no end in sight.
The dust raised by the horses' hooves covered the sky and blocked the sun, and there was a strong momentum of "black clouds pressing down on the city and threatening to destroy it".
Faced with such an attack, the Zaisaibu's momentum was already a bit weaker.
Soon, 20,000 Chahar coalition troops divided into three groups and attacked Zasai's camp.
Among them, the front is the main force of 10,000 Chahar tribe, and the left and right wings are the 5,000 cavalry of the Chaohua tribe and the other 5,000 cavalry of the Chahar tribe.
At this time, the cavalry of the Zaisai tribe were already arrayed in front of the camp, although they were outnumbered by the enemy. However, they did not panic and still waited quietly for the arrival of the enemy.
Lin Danhan, who was watching the battle from a distance, had not noticed anything strange yet, but was a little surprised by the "immovable motion" of Zasai's cavalry!
Zaisai's ability to be so calm naturally relied on something. At this time, the forty Franco machine guns hidden in the camp were ready.
Tang Ruowang helped improve the wheeled artillery carriage of the Franco machine gun, making it much lighter whether it was towed by horses or pushed by infantry.
This batch of Fran machine artillery is a field artillery specially designed by Han Gonggong. It is an iron breech-loading smoothbore cannon.
The whole gun consists of three parts: barrel, belly and sub-cannon.
When firing, first fill the gunpowder pellets into the sub-cannon, then load the sub-cannon into the barrel, ignite the sub-cannon fire door and fire.
Each Fran machine gun is equipped with 3 sub-cannons, so it is a rapid-fire cannon that can fire 3 shells continuously in a short period of time.
In order to meet the needs of field operations, Eunuch Han redesigned the length of the gun body to make it easier to transport.
In addition, this batch of Franco machine artillery weighs only 600 kilograms, but its range still reaches about 750 meters.
Due to the emergence of explosive ammunition, this kind of rapid-fire gun has also been used in actual combat.
This was the first time that the Kaiyuan Ming Army used artillery to cooperate with cavalry in field battles, and it was also the first time that explosive ammunition was used in actual combat.
Everyone is looking forward to the effect of this artillery shooting.
Mao Wenlong even personally directed the artillery firing as a staff general.
Following his order, the Ming army's rear runner quickly lit the rear fuse.
Then with a deafening roar, 40 Franco machine guns roared at the Chahar cavalry in front at the same time!
The Chahar cavalry who launched the charge were waving their sabers and shouting slogans as they rushed forward.
At the forefront are two thousand heavy armored cavalry wearing iron armor. This is also Lin Danhan's trump card. He followed the example of the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry" and concentrated the use of heavy cavalry.
These two thousand people basically wore heavy cloth armor, and some even wore piercing armor.
He believed that this elite heavy cavalry would be able to overwhelm the Zaisai cavalry in one fell swoop.
However, as the Ming army's artillery shells fell into the formation, Lin Danhan's facial expression instantly became distorted.
When the cannonball fell into the middle of the advancing cavalry, it exploded with astonishing power.
The strong shock wave knocked the surrounding soldiers to the ground, and just one cannonball brought down more than ten surrounding riders.
Dust was flying in the air waves, and the battlefield was filled with the screams of knights and the neighing of horses.
Even these Chahar cavalrymen wearing heavy armor still could not resist the attack of artillery shells. Dozens of artillery shells fell, causing nearly 300 casualties in an instant, making the entire cavalry team in chaos.
Not only Lin Danhan, but everyone except Li Xianzhong was dumbfounded. Is this the power of explosive bullets? After a while, the second round of shelling came as expected, and soon it was the third round.
After being baptized by three rounds of artillery, the 10,000 Chahar cavalry responsible for the frontal attack were completely in chaos.
Although the actual number of casualties caused by the three rounds of artillery was only eight or nine hundred, which was less than one-tenth of their total number.
But the panic caused by explosive shells and continuous shelling had plunged them into complete chaos.
Especially the 2,000 armored cavalry who attacked the head suffered heavy casualties.
Zaisai seized the opportunity and quickly commanded his tens of thousands of cavalry to charge against the enemy.
As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, waves of arrows continued to fall into the formations of both sides. From time to time, some cavalrymen were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Zaisai's front line was also composed of a thousand heavily armored cavalry. Thanks to the 500 pieces of armor previously obtained from Fan Yongdou, Zaisai's cavalry became famous among the Mongolian army.
At this time, Chahar's army was in great disarray and was naturally no match for Zasai's cavalry. It didn't take long for Chahar's cavalry to show signs of retreat.
The shelling that Chahar's troops encountered on the front naturally caused some panic on the left and right wings.
The five thousand Khalkha cavalry led by Chaohua were responsible for outflanking the left wing. Although the sudden appearance of artillery made him feel that the situation was not good, the Ming army must have supported Zaisai.
However, Li Xianzhong's main force is currently fighting Nurhaci in Jianzhou, and he must have supported a group of artillery.
Although the Chahar cavalry suffered heavy casualties in the frontal attack, as long as they could break into the enemy's camp from the left and right wings, they could destroy the Ming army's artillery and win the victory.
As they get closer to the camp, Chaohua becomes more convinced that the final victory will belong to him.
Artillery can only attack long-distance targets. They are only 500 steps away from Zaisai's camp, and they have already exceeded the minimum shooting distance of artillery.
At this time, a proud smile appeared on his face, and his mind even began to picture the scene of recruiting the Zasai tribe to reunify all the tribes in Inner Khalkha after winning.
But the scene before him soon made his smile stop abruptly.
Thousands of Ming soldiers suddenly appeared from behind the tents in the Zasai camp. They were wearing masks and armor. The spears and steel knives in the hands of the Ming soldiers were emitting bursts of cold light under the sunlight, making people shudder.
He couldn't be more familiar with this cavalry. It must be the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry"?
At this moment, his heart collapsed. Was he fooled by Li Xianzhong again?
Could it be that his ultimate goal in making such a big move against Jianzhou was to lure himself and Lin Danhan into action?
But how can there be such fishing in the world?
The bait was spread in Gule Village thousands of miles away, but the fishhook was placed in Zaisai's camp.
If he chooses to retreat at this moment, at most his tail will be bitten by the Ming army, and the main force will definitely be able to retreat safely.
Heavy cavalry like the Liaodong Iron Cavalry could not catch up with his Mongolian light cavalry.
But in this way, the Chahar cavalry, which was still in a stalemate, will be completely wiped out.
He cannot leave his Mongol Khan behind and survive alone.
He had participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Li family's Liaodong cavalry more than twenty years ago. He wanted to see how good this "Liaodong cavalry" was?
For the galloping cavalry, a distance of several hundred steps was reached in an instant, and soon the Mongolian arrows hit the Liaodong cavalry.
For the Liaodong cavalry equipped with armor, unless ordinary bows and arrows can penetrate their face armor, it will be difficult to cause substantial damage to them.
Even armor-piercing heavy arrows can only cause certain damage to them within twenty or thirty steps. Such long-distance projectiles do not pose much of a threat!
Soon the two sides entered into a close-quarters battle.
Although the cavalry under Chaohua also have rich combat experience, the Mongols have never been good at heavy cavalry.
After the encounter, the Mongols were soon at a disadvantage. In just one encounter, hundreds of Mongolian knights were killed by the Liaodong cavalry, while very few Ming troops fell.
Just as the Ming army was preparing to continue to expand their victory, they discovered that the Mongols had retreated.
Chaohua used the ranger tactics that the Mongols were best at.
Just use the speed advantage of the light cavalry to continuously attract the opponent's heavy cavalry to pursue them. When the opponent's heavy cavalry is exhausted, you will attract them into your ambush circle and use the iron cavalry to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.
In Europe, the Mongols relied on this kind of ranger tactics to slowly drag down and annihilate the heavy armored cavalry in Europe.
With the current strength of the Chaohua Department, even if they could attract the Liaodong Iron Cavalry like their predecessors, they would not have the strength to destroy them.
Zha Zhongwen knew very well that the reason why Chaohua did not choose to evacuate the battlefield directly was to delay himself and buy time for Lin Danhan on the front battlefield.
But he ignored that it was already the age of firearms. Although the Liaodong cavalry gave up the inefficient three-eyed blunderbuss, one-third of the three thousand cavalry still carried Lumi blunderbuss.
The original Rumi gun was a matchlock gun. It was too troublesome for the cavalry to light a fire on horseback, so the previous Liaodong cavalry did not carry Rumi gun.
However, as the Rumi gun was transformed from the original matchlock gun into a Suifu gun, the cavalry was again equipped with Rumi gun.
And in order to make it easier for them to aim and shoot while moving, these Rumi guns were also equipped with a wooden butt.
Of course, these cavalrymen carrying Rumi guns are not "dragon cavalry".
Because although the Rumi guns in their hands can be fired while traveling, they cannot reload ammunition on horseback.
If they are in motion, their Rumi gun can only fire once, and then they still rely on the saber they carry for fighting.
But at this time, the Rumi gun came into play. In order to attract the enemy to pursue Mongolia's ranger tactics, even if the opponent stopped, they would repeatedly come forward to harass them.
"Bang, bang, bang"
As a burst of white smoke rose, the Mongolian Qingqi who came to tease them soon paid a heavy price.
The Rumi gunfire had a range of 120 steps, so that the Mongolian cavalry had no time to bend their bows and arrows before they fell to the Ming army's gunfire!
This was also the first time that the Mongolian cavalry saw the ultra-long range of Lumi gun.
When the Ming army's fire cannons punched bloody holes in the chests of the Mongolian cavalry who came to tease them, Chaohua understood that the era of Mongolian light cavalry was gone forever.
At this time, he quickly ordered a retreat. If they continued to struggle with the Ming army, they would have to be wiped out.
And this kind of sacrifice cannot buy Lin Dan Khan much time.
Zha Zhongwen did not choose to continue chasing Chaohua. He understood that the Liaodong cavalry could not catch up with the Mongolian light cavalry. The hit rate of Lumi gun on horses was really pitiful.
So the Liaodong cavalry was ordered to turn around and attack the main force of Chahar cavalry, which was struggling with the Zaisai tribe.
On the right wing, the five thousand Chahar cavalry responsible for the attack were not so lucky.
They faced the three thousand assault battalion led by Zhao Lijiao, although the assault battalion was not as famous as the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.
But they also wore heavy cloth masks, and their protective power was much stronger than those of the Mongolian cavalry wearing leather armor.
Nowadays, heavy cloth armor has become the main armor of the Kaiyuan Ming Army. Cloth armor can also achieve about 80% of the defense of pierced armor, but it will be much lighter.
A set of pierced armor weighs forty or fifty kilograms, while heavy-duty cloth armor usually only weighs about 26 to 30 kilograms.
Moreover, the cost and manufacturing cycle of cloth armor are only half that of pierced armor, so they are obviously at a disadvantage compared to pierced armor.
If the protective power is not as good as the armor, it is only for cold weapons. The protective power of the cloth mask against fire guns is obviously better than that of the armor.
Now, except for the heavily armored cavalry of Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the Kaiyuan Ming Army no longer equips them with armor.
Chahar's main forces were concentrated on the front, and the cavalry responsible for attacking on the right wing was not strong.
Once the two sides fought, the Chahar cavalry quickly retreated.
When the Liaodong Cavalry turned to the frontal battlefield, the assault battalion had already defeated the enemy on the right wing and rushed towards the front.
Lin Danhan saw that the situation was over and quickly ran away.
As a result, this large-scale cavalry battle that took place in the hometown of Fu Yuwei ended in a disastrous defeat for the Chahar coalition.
The main force of the 10,000 Chahar cavalry responsible for the frontal attack suffered the most casualties. As they were encircled and suppressed by three enemy armies, they were almost completely wiped out. In the end, only a few hundred cavalry escaped.
In this battle, Lin Dan Khan suffered heavy losses. Chahar sent 15,000 cavalry, but in the end nearly 13,000 cavalry were lost, while Chaohua only suffered casualties of more than 800 cavalry due to his timely retreat.
The main force of the Zaisai Department that carried Chahar head-on also lost nearly 3,000 cavalry. The Liaodong cavalry suffered only dozens of casualties. The assault battalion defeated the 5,000 Chahar cavalry on the right wing and suffered only more than 300 casualties.
Zaisai seemed very excited about this "Fuyuwei War" because his biggest enemy Lin Dan Khan has been completely defeated.
He almost became the strongest force in Monan Mongolia.
He said excitedly: "Now that Lin Dan Khan's vitality is seriously injured, I ask Uncle Ning Yuan to help me again. The Ming army's artillery is so powerful that as long as Lin Dan Khan's Chahanhot City is conquered, I can dominate Monan."
"Once I become the Great Khan, I will definitely help you destroy Jianzhou with all my strength!"
Li Xianzhong thought to himself: This Zai Sai is indeed inflated, but after winning a battle, he tried to succeed Lin Dan Khan as the Great Khan of Mongolia.
Lin Danhan had no fewer than 30,000 cavalry in his hands, and even with this huge defeat, he still had more than 17,000 cavalry.
Although Zaisai won a great victory, he also lost 3,000 cavalry. Although he captured some equipment, he only had 7,000 cavalry left in his hand. He also wanted to use his own artillery to capture Lin Danhan's lair for him.
He really dares to think!
Li Xianzhong intervened in grassland affairs, partly to make money, and most importantly to prevent Lin Dan Khan from growing bigger and keeping Monan Mongolia in a state of fragmentation. It was not to create a new Mongolian Khan to replace Lin Dan Khan.
He said: "Although Lin Dan Khan is defeated now, he still has nearly 20,000 troops in his hands. It is not the best idea to attack Chahanhot City at this time."
"What I brought this time is only the Fran machine artillery for field use. The 6-pound light artillery cannot hit the city."
"Besides, if Nurhaci learns that my main force is now on the grassland, he will definitely attack the Ming army in Gule Village in a large scale. By then, I will not be able to take care of both ends."
Zaisai was a little embarrassed by Li Xianzhong's remarks, so he said: "It was my lack of thinking that delayed Ning Yuanbo's expedition to establish the state. Zaisai will remember the kindness of helping him this time."
"After all, Lin Dan Khan is the Great Khan of Mongolia and is very powerful. The so-called 'centipede is dead but not stiff'. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat him for a while."
"However, there are not many soldiers and horses left in Chaohua this time. I want to take my place and officially become the Lord of Inner Khalkha. Don't worry, Uncle Ning Yuan, your Liaodong cavalry can return to Gule Village. Now I have got a lot of armor , and after a little reorganization, we will conquer the big camp of Hua Hua, and I will send people directly to Kaiyuan for the materials obtained by then."
At this time, Master Liu on the side said: "Chief Zaisai is indeed far-sighted. Indeed, with your strength, you can't defeat Lin Danhan now. After all, he still has the name of the Golden Family."
"But Uncle Ning Yuan has come all the way to the grassland. We can't let him come back empty-handed."
Seeing that there was something in Master Liu's words, Zai Sai said, "Uncle Ning Yuan is not an outsider. If you have any bad ideas, please tell me quickly."
Master Liu said with a wicked smile: "We can surround the city of Chahanhot. Chahar is newly defeated, and its morale will definitely be low; although it will still be difficult to capture this city."
"But it is not difficult to bombard the city and scare Lin Danhan, forcing him to sign an alliance under the city and hand over some money."
"Once Lin Dan Khan signs an alliance with us, he will not dare to send troops to rescue us again if we attack Chaohua."
Master Liu is now the head of the Grassland Station of the Intelligence Department. Naturally, Li Xianzhong came up with this idea.
How could he put so much effort into nothing?
This is not in line with his consistent thinking of "the thief never cheats".
But he couldn't say this well himself, so if he said it through Master Liu's mouth, Zai Sai wouldn't doubt it.
Sure enough, Zai Sai said: "I am indeed confused. How can I let Uncle Ning Yuan return empty-handed? I must give Lin Dan a good deal. Don't worry, all the gains this time will belong to Uncle Ning Yuan!"
Chahanhot City is located on the plain of Shanyang in Abagahan Mountain and is also known as White City.
This was once the capital of the Liao Kingdom, Shangjing Linhuang Mansion. It is said that Chahanhot City was built on the ruins of a Liao Dynasty fortress.
The ruins of the ancient city of Chahanhot are composed of inner and outer double-layered city walls with a height of about 4 meters.
The length of the east-west wall of the outer city of Chahanhot is about 500 meters, and the length of the north-south wall is about 980 meters. The inner city is square with a circumference of about 250 meters. There are gates on the south and east sides. The inner side of the wall is built with adobe, and the outer wall is made of Green bricks for reinforcement.
In fact, it is not difficult to attack here with the strength of the Ming army, but Lin Danhan's instant collapse is not in Li Xianzhong's interests.
Five days later, 10,000 Ming troops and the coalition forces of the Zaisai tribe surrounded the place.
At this time, Lin Dan Khan had not had time to gather all the Chahar garrison from various places into his capital, so there were only more than 10,000 people in the city.
Facing the fierce coalition forces that came, he instantly gave up.
Soon the Ming army tried their best and directly used Folang machine artillery to bombard the North City, killing hundreds of defenders on the city.
Soon Master Liu came to the city as an envoy to negotiate.
Lin Dan Khan took the initiative to attack the Zai Sai Department, causing them huge human and economic losses.
Now Lin Danhan is required to compensate 150,000 taels of silver, 5,000 cattle and horses, and 20,000 sheep.
Master Liu was not in a hurry and gave Lin Danhan three days to think about it.
Although Lin Danhan begged hard, Master Liu only had one tael of silver and not one sheep to budge.
In the end, Lin Danhan reluctantly signed this alliance.
And he was officially canonized as the Khan of the Five Inner Khalkha Alliance in the name of the Great Khan of Mongolia, named "Tel Khan"!
Zaisai soon ordered the tribesmen to sacrifice cattle and sheep in the name of the Khan of the five inner Khalkha tribes.
The speculators refused, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
At this time, the battle on the grassland also affected Nurhaci's heart.
There was a lag of several days in getting the information, but they got the news quickly.
Although they knew that the Chahar tribe was launching a massive attack on the Zasai tribe, Li Xianzhong would definitely mobilize the Ming army from Gule Village to assist in the battle.
But who would have thought that Li Xianzhong would directly dispatch all the main cavalry of the Ming army to participate in the battle?
The "Fuyuwei Battle" was the largest cavalry battle that took place this year, with both sides investing a total of 36,000 cavalry.
Huang Taiji said with regret: "Li Xianzhong was so courageous that he actually threw all the Liaodong cavalry on the grassland thousands of miles away. Unfortunately, Lin Danhan was defeated in one day. We knew it too late. At this time, the Ming army The main force must have been rushing back to Gule Village day and night."
Just when everyone was still upset about missing this good opportunity when the Ming army was empty of troops, Fan Wencai ran over and said: "Good news, great news!"
"The Ming army surrounded Chahanhot, the capital of Lin Dan Khan!"
Nurhaci couldn't believe his ears, because Chahanhot City was further away from Gule Village, so Li Xianzhong's main force would definitely not be able to come back!
The Jianzhou Army had at least several days to drive the Ming Army out of Gule Village.
Nurhachi said: "Li Xianzhong is greedy and this is a God-given opportunity. We just go out with all our strength to relieve the siege of Gule Village."
In the end, Nurhaci left Azig's blue flag to guard Hetuala, and led the main force of more than 30,000 people with two yellow flags and white flags to attack Gule Village!
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