The army was defeated like a mountain.
Although Heshuote's heavy cavalry, which was the decisive force in the battle, ran back to the central army and found that the injured National Guard Khan was still struggling to resist the attack of the enemy cavalry. However, the battlefield collapsed in an instant and there was no way to save it. He could only protect the National Guard Khan eastward. Evacuate.
Liu Chengzong ordered the pursuit as soon as the enemy army collapsed, and ordered the heavy Mongolian troops in the Daotang River and Nanshan Pass areas to join the battlefield and blockade the west bank of the Yellow River.
As Heshuote Baiji withdrew from the battlefield under night, tens of thousands of Han and Mongolian troops broke out on the west bank of the Yellow River in the largest melee in the entire campaign.
On this night, it seemed that with the main force of the Oirat coalition defeated in the Heka Grassland, all the reinforcements entering the battlefield became the straw that broke the camel's back.
Because the Heshuote tribe expected that the Junggar tribe that should have arrived on the east bank of the Yellow River failed to arrive as scheduled, more and more fresh troops from the Marshal's Mansion joined the hunt.
They set fire to the entire west bank of the Yellow River for 120 miles, and there was no ferry for the army to cross the river safely.
The pursuit efficiency at night was very low, but the fear of darkness affected both sides. Gunfire and hidden arrows flew everywhere on the battlefield. Heshuote's scattered and broken army panicked and did not choose the route while being pursued.
Some people abandoned their armor and jumped into the river, only to escape back to the east bank with their own lives; more people hesitated and stopped in front of the river, and then fled madly towards the mountains to the south.
The Chahar surrender army that had surrendered earlier also surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion after the collapse of Heshuote's army, while turning against Heshuote in droves.
The battlefield did not become calm until the early morning of the eighth day of June. One after another, the disarmed Heshuote teams were brought back by the Marshal's Army, and mountains of armor and weapons were transported to the iron factory and arsenal.
On the morning of the ninth day of June, Liu Chengzong was sitting in the Chinese army commander's tent, listening with interest to the commander-in-chief of the Bee Tail Needle Division's report on the combat situation of his troops.
Liu Shishi was in a good mood, not only because he had defeated Heshuo's special department, but also because Xie Erhu, the commander of the right brigade of the Marshal's Mansion, was leading the Mongolian cavalry across the river.
Although the encounter with the National Preceptor Khan occurred earlier than Liu Chengzong imagined, so that he and Yang Yao's tribe failed to make peace in time, forcing the Chinese army to fight a battle with fewer enemies and more enemies.
However, the Marshal's Mansion Central Army withstood the test from the Heshuo Special Department, and the tactics of separate attacks and combined attacks still worked.
Not only was the army gathering on Heka Beach half a day late, but also because Wang Wenxiu's troops became the enemy's backup force holding back the Muge Beach.
This difficult battle will be over soon. Tangqi from Wang Wenxiu's troops on the eastern front arrived at the camp this morning. He has already joined forces with the three battalions of Guitu Taiji, Ahai Daiqing, Daiqing and Chaharlindan. The main enemy force on the east bank of the Yellow River was besieged in Mugetan.
Through Tangqi's interrogation of the prisoners, it was determined that Batur Hutaiji of the Junggar tribe was in Mugetan.
Since the Junggar troops were well equipped with guns and artillery, the tactics on both sides of the Yellow River were completely different. On the west bank, the Imperial Preceptor Khan wanted to besiege Liu Chengzong, while on the east bank, Wang Wenxiu wanted to besiege Junggar.
Liu Chengzong had no objection to this. When the enemy forces on the west bank of the Yellow River collapsed and reinforcements arrived one after another, the Marshal's Mansion already had an absolute advantage in the overall battlefield.
The performance of Zhang Zhen's general headquarters with a total strength of 666 people in this battle was remarkable. At the cost of losing nearly 200 people, they successively captured Yangqu City and disrupted the enemy's forces. The main force caused the enemy's army to collapse. General Zhao Fuqian also launched an attack on Heshuote's central army, and it is said that he stabbed the national adviser Khan with a broken spear.
This matter has not been verified.
Because Zhao Changzhu only had one left hand, and many of the soldiers who followed him in the collision saw him, Zhao Changzhu was pushed off his horse by Heshuote warriors as soon as the battle broke out.
When the battle was over, Zhao Fushu was injured by two axes, seven arrows and a horse's hoof. After emergency bandaging, he was already lying on a small car and transported to Cowan for treatment. He would have to rest for at least a year and a half... Did he stab China? Shihan, I can’t even explain it myself.
Of course, compared with the outstanding performance of the headquarters in surrendering troops, the veterans, who were the mainstay, also did something particularly fucked. They actually dared to mutiny on the battlefield when Zhang Zhen had not made any mistakes, and dismissed General Zhang Zhen from his post. .
If nothing like this happened, even if Zhao Fufu led his troops into the battle, just disrupting the enemy's army with the bee-tailed needles would undoubtedly be enough for them to win the first victory in the battle. At least all the officers would be promoted to one level and would not have their turn. Those who get promoted can also earn hundreds of taels of silver reward.
Liu Chengzong could understand that veterans looked down on bee-tail needles, but looking down on them did not mean that they could be dismissed from their posts. This kind of culture could not be allowed to go unchecked.
This matter is no less important than the summary of this battle.
Liu Chengzong observed in this battle that the performance of low-level officers and soldiers was particularly impressive, but the generals above the rank of general, including himself, were a little timid and they were not used to it.
Unaccustomed to this kind of deep battle with a huge battlefield three hundred miles from north to south and six hundred miles from east to west, the various ministries cooperated impeccably in small-scale tactical operations, but the generals' strategic maneuvers were later realized that they were not bold enough and can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
No big mistakes were made, but no outstanding performance either.
Liu Chengzong thought this was a good thing. They kept everything they had and survived. They fought hard to earn the opportunity to think about it after the war and became stronger.
At this moment, Tang Qi, who was running back and forth across the battlefield for more than a hundred miles, brought Liu Chengzong gratifying news.
The sixth son of the national advisor Khan, Dorji Taiji of the Heshuote tribe, was brought by Tangqi. Including the national advisor Khan and nineteen Heshuote princes and nobles, there were still more than 8,000 Heshuote soldiers hiding in the cave. Mountainous area to the south.
Faced with an unstoppable war situation, Dorji Taiji acted as an envoy, carrying the white banner of the national adviser Khan, and surrendered to the Marshal's Mansion on behalf of the Heshuote Department.
Dorji Taiji prostrated himself at the gate of the carriage camp, and the soldiers who understood Mongolian translated: "They are willing to disarm and go down the mountain to surrender. I hope that the handsome man can distribute medicines and dispatch doctors, and let them return to Tianshan after the war."
Liu Chengzong suddenly squinted his eyes and returned to normal. Distributed medicine and dispatched a doctor?
This incident may not only be because of the army, but at least the princes and nobles were injured. It may be that Zhao Fufan's attack worked, and he did stab the national adviser Khan.
Liu Chengzong asked: "Knowing today, why not surrender early?"
Dorji Taiji was already very angry. If the lunatic who played with a machete hadn't chased him and killed him, and ordered him to disperse his troops, he would have been pushed out by a group of birdmen and surrendered, shirtless at the camp gate. Kowtow.
But at this time, he did not dare to have an attack, and could only kowtow and say: "We don't know how powerful the heavenly army is, but we hope that the Generalissimo will come in large numbers and let us return home."
Liu Chengzong shook his head.
One month before the war started, the Marshal's Mansion, which had just finished the Hehuang War and had no time to digest the results of the war, really did not want to start a war with you, but at that time you did not listen to the advice and did not want to return to Tianshan.
On the contrary, they wanted to occupy a large area of Qinghai without any blood. After losing the war, they also wanted to cease the war and return to Tianshan without paying any price.
This is a disarmament and truce, not disarmament and surrender. You have taken all the benefits. There is no such reason.
"If before the war, you said you wanted to go back to Tianshan, I would have let you go back. At this time, as a fish, do you still want the whole army to go back?"
Liu Chengzong shook his head, and then said: "You disarm and surrender, and the wounded soldiers will be treated. I can only guarantee that those who surrender will not be killed. You go back and inform the princes and nobles that Junggar in the east has been surrounded, and the Oara tribes will not be killed for three days." Surrender, don't blame the commander-in-chief for sending troops to annihilate them."
However, Liu Chengzong did not expect that with just such a sentence, Dorji Taiji could not hold back his anger. He raised his head and said: "Commander, we are willing to surrender. We only ask that the commander-in-chief send a doctor quickly. There is no doctor or medicine. Father, Khan can’t last more than three days!”
really!
Liu Chengzong frowned and asked, "Is the Imperial Master injured?"
Dorji Taiji nodded silently. He originally didn't want to say this. As long as he said this, they would have no room for surrender negotiations. But at this time, only the enemy commander in front of him could save his father.
Dorji said: "He was stabbed with a broken spear by the commander's horse soldiers who had severed hands. Our best doctor died on the battlefield and could not operate."
National Preceptor Khan was seriously injured.
The Han cavalryman with a severed hand knocked over a Heshuote heavy cavalryman with the spear fixed on the side of his body at the first moment of the impact.
Because he only had one hand, and that hand was holding a knife, his body could not be fixed on the horse, and he was pushed to the ground.
But the spear was fixed to the body, so that the broken lance was propped on the ground and hit the side of the Imperial Guard Khan. Although it did not receive the impact of the iron spear head, the broken wood fragments passed through the lock under the ribs. Armor, pricked everywhere on the fracture.
It’s not that Heshuo Special Department is incapable of treating this kind of trauma.
Mongolian medical skills are very strong in surgery, especially in the treatment of bruises, fractures and arrow wounds.
Science and technology itself relies on the accumulation of human experience. The new generation of people consolidates old technologies and discovers new technologies based on their predecessors.
On this basis, the larger the population, the higher the literacy rate, the higher the transmission and learning efficiency of culture and technology, and the faster iteration of new technologies, and this is true for any subject.
Unless there is a cultural epoch and literacy rates fall off a cliff, this process will continue to be repeated, leading to technological progress.
But the important issue facing Oirat right now is precisely the dark age of culture.
Only a few of their excellent doctors died on the battlefield, and the rest were doctors who were generally not so worthy of being appointed new.
Dorji Taiji felt that he was more willing to ask Liu Chengzong to treat his father than those people.
Because he believed that as the Heshuote Ministry surrendered and gave up its claim to Qinghai, the biggest conflict between the Heshuote Ministry and the Marshal's Mansion disappeared.
Although surrender may be the worst outcome for them, their remaining troops were besieged on the mountain, and the princes and nobles lost their fighting spirit. Even if they launched a bloody battle, they might not be able to turn defeat into victory.
Liu Shishi was already happy in his heart, but he thought about it for a moment before nodding: "Okay, I will send military doctors to accompany the surrendering army, but you'd better go back and discuss it clearly with the nobles of Heshuote. This is surrender. This is not a truce, you should be mentally prepared, if anyone disobeys the order, let alone the life of the national master, even you will be inseparable."
Dorji Taiji kowtowed repeatedly and retreated outside the camp gate to wait for the surrender of the army to set off.
Only then did Liu Chengzong return to his tent, finally showing his excitement and clenching his fists tightly.
This is undoubtedly good news for him. The surrender of the Heshuote Department will provide support for breaking through the psychological defense line of the Junggar Department.
This almost meant that it would bring disaster to the Junggar tribe who were waiting for help, and the only way to survive for Batur Hutaiji was to surrender.
In the afternoon of the same day, Feng Ru asked Tang Qi to report to the Chinese army on the surrender of the Heshuote troops. Twenty princes and nobles belonging to Heshuote and Dulbert had already set off to pay homage to the Chinese army. More than 8,200 Heshuo soldiers The special surrender army has disarmed and surrendered, and asked the shogunate two questions.
The first question is where the Heshuote troops will be placed.
Liu Shizi's answer was still to locate the sea, which is the easiest place to control the troops and rebels. It is surrounded by fortress mountains on all sides, and there is the Great Lakes Navy in the middle. Even if there is a rebellion, there is nowhere to escape.
The surrenders and prisoners from the earlier battles have been sent over. As for the princes, nobles and generals, they were placed separately in Xining City to prevent them from taking advantage of the emptiness in the rear to contact the old troops.
Feng Yu's second question was to ask Liu Chengzong whether it was necessary to let the imperial master die in a medical accident.
Liu Chengzong had no such plan, and asked Tang Qi to tell Feng Rui that if the imperial master could survive to see if he would survive, he would just treat him as best he could, and send him to Xining when his condition stabilized.
They won the war and no longer needed to play such tricks. Even if the national advisor Khan was still alive and had no soldiers, there was no threat.
On the contrary, he needs the national teacher Khan to be alive.
On the way to lead his army across the Yellow River eastward, Liu Shishi wrote two letters. One was for Tang Qi to give to Wang Wenxiu who was besieging Junggar in Mugetan, and the other was sent to Xincheng to be handed over to his father who was left behind.
The letter to Wang Wenxiu asked him to be careful of Lin Dan's tiger and rabbit. This war has entered the final stage and he needs to be prepared for tiger and rabbit to prevent him from switching sides while the snipe and clam are competing.
After all, both sides are tired troops from repeated battles, but the Chahar army under Hu Duntu, who is very good at running, has slowed down.
The letter submitted to Xincheng was to ask his father to help him come up with ideas.
If all goes well, the number of Mongolians settling west of Xining will reach nearly 150,000 in the future, and the population composition will be very young.
Although the Marshal's Office regards these young Mongolians as farmers, herdsmen and fishermen, if the standards for recruiting herdsmen of the Nomadic Khanate are followed, almost every male can ride a horse and shoot arrows, and they are all of war-age age.
This means that with a change of thinking, the Marshal's Mansion can pull out 70,000 nomadic troops. The Mongols under his rule are already one of the most powerful Mongolian forces in the world.
The number was so huge that Liu Chengzong could no longer remain indifferent. He had to completely bring it under his rule politically. Victory in this war against Oirat was the best opportunity.
Almost all the named nobles in Oirat participated in this war, which meant that if they did not die on the battlefield, they would meet each other in Liu Chengzong's camp.
Liu Chengzong wanted to reunify the Mongolian titles, official positions, and titles with those of the Central Plains dynasty, and rely on this victory to push his influence to the Tianshan Mountains occupied by Oirat!
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