In the faintly discernible sky, groups of cavalry figures suddenly appeared in the distance of the sight of the Mongolian soldiers guarding the Han camp. It was only then that they heard the faint sound of horse hooves. Needless to say, these incoming cavalry had their horses' hooves wrapped with cloth, and the horses' hooves were wrapped with cloth. After walking under the stars and under the moon all night, we finally launched a surprise attack on the Han army on the banks of the Xilamulun River when the sky was about to get dark!
Although the moment before the raid was about to begin, the horn of war preparations had already sounded in the camp of the Han Dynasty. But how fast can the herdsmen army that invaded the Han tribe respond? When the surprise enemy troops appeared, most of them were still in a daze and had just woken up! Only the night watchers and a few Mongolian warriors had reacted and were in position, relying on the Gulieyan chariot formation surrounding the camp. They were holding bows, arrows, swords and spears, and looked at the enemies who appeared in the haze with horror on their faces.
No one could see clearly how many enemy cavalry there were. They could only see a large, dark mass, like a wall and a forest, surging over like a flood!
As we got closer, we could finally hear the thunderous sound of horse hooves. It was as loud as muffled thunder, and it was impossible to tell the difference. It was just a rumbling sound... covering nearly 20,000 Han warriors by the Silamulun River!
All the Mongolians held their breath and opened their eyes wide, trying to see clearly who belonged to this enemy army that suddenly came to the door at night. How many are there?
Suddenly, a soldier from the Han tribe screamed: "The enemy is attacking! It's the Jurchens!"
In the haze, someone had already seen the various colored cotton armors of Houjin's Eight Banners soldiers!
More shrill shouts followed. As the enemy got closer and closer, the Mongolians with better eyes saw clearly that the enemy was not the Ming army, but the Houjin Eight Banners soldiers they feared most!
"It's the Eight Banners Soldiers!"
"It's the Jurchens! The Jurchens are here..."
"It's the Jianzhou soldiers... Huang Taiji is not dead, we have fallen into a trap!"
The shocked Mongolians quickly realized that a disaster was coming, and also realized that they had fallen into Huang Taiji's conspiracy!
Huang Taiji is definitely not dead. If he were to die, the Jin army would not come to attack him.
The Eight Banners Soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty certainly did not defeat the Ming army... Maybe the targets of the Later Jin Army from the beginning were the elite soldiers they inserted into the Han tribe and the tiger and rabbit Dunhan himself who could run better than a rabbit. !
The officers at all levels who had joined the Han Department finally reacted and began to call their subordinates at the top of their lungs. They took up their positions, bows and arrows drawn, and prepared for a desperate resistance.
Lindan Batur, who was already dressed neatly and came out of the sweat tent under the protection of Wu Yunna Fujin, also heard his men shouting "The Eight Banners soldiers are coming", and now he also panicked.
If it was Zhu Youjian who came, it would not be a matter of life and death, but a matter of whether or not he recognized his elder brother... The Mongolian Khan was able to bend and stretch, so he could be the King of Shunyi or King Zhongyi of the Ming Dynasty. No big deal.
If you don’t want to be a dog in the Ming Dynasty, you can just pat your butt and run away! Zhu Youjian has at most 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry, while Hutu Dun Khan has 20,000 cavalry on hand, plus the 20,000 cavalry from the nearby Aohan, Naiman, Bahrain, and Zalut tribes, for a total of 40,000 cavalry. If we really want to run away together, where can we catch up?
But the Jurchens are here to take their lives!
Because the four tribes of Aohan, Naiman, Bahrain, and Zalut had previously relied on Houjin, the army of Houjin could suddenly appear around Lindan Batur's army, and most likely had the support of the four tribes of Aohan, Naiman, Bahrain, and Zalut. cover!
There are tens of thousands of people in these four tribes. If you side with Hou Jin, the more than 20,000 people in the Han tribe will be unable to fly.
Gonchuktaji also reacted at this time, and loudly ordered in his already hoarse voice: "Tieshan Konot and Sumu are gathered on standby. Each person is equipped with two horses, and each person prepares three days of rations and two bags of arrowheads. .....”
He is planning to run away while protecting Hutu Dunhan!
Before he finished speaking, Lindan Batur roared: "Tieshan Konot and Sumu are going to supervise the battle...Inform all ministries that Ben Khan's military order is that anyone who takes a step back will be killed without mercy!"
Only then did Gonchuk Taiji remember that it would not be easy for Hutu Dunhan to run away now, so he had to make plans to hold on first.
Most of the Gol Tuman soldiers behind Lin Dan Batur immediately loudly took orders to convey orders to various ministries. Lindan Batur, escorted by the remaining soldiers, strode towards the south of the camp. There were also several Mongol men who looked like iron towers, wearing four black banners symbolizing the military power of the Mongol Khan, and followed behind him. All the Mongolian warriors who saw the black banner felt a little relieved.
At least this time, their sweat didn't escape!
To the south of the Han camp, a bloody battle between the two sides is about to begin! This is a vast grassland with no danger to defend. The Mongolian camp was not as tightly built as the Ming army. It was just a circle of Gulieyan, and there was a shallow circle of trenches dug outside Gulieyan.
As the sky gradually brightened, I could finally see the attacking troops and horses of Houjin... There were no less than 10,000 men and horses in front of me! Not to mention that the follow-up troops are coming in a steady stream! This time, Hou Jin really launched an empty city strategy in the direction of Mameng Mountain, and used his main force on the grasslands on both sides of the Xilamulun River.
It's just that Huang Taiji, who is "smarter than Zhuge", didn't expect that Zhu Youjian was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who "knows cannons best"... Sima Yi didn't have cannons back then! Even if he had cannons, Zhuge Liang wouldn't dare to play the piano on the top of Xicheng City!
So the rabble led by the unlucky Mang Gurtai, with the Karaqin Mongols (known as the Eight Banners Mongols, but actually still the same) as the main force, exposed their secrets with a single blast from 36 3-pound cannons. Even Mang Gu Ertai himself was knocked off his horse by the air wave generated when the shells flew past him. He fell on the spot and suffered a concussion. He fled the battlefield under the protection of the white-armored soldiers of Zhenglan Banner (all wearing yellow armor)!
When Huang Taiji got the news of his defeat, he was leading an army of 15,000 Eight Banners soldiers and 5,000 coated slaves to march on the territory of the Naiman tribe - Huang Taiji's original plan was to let Mang Gurtai fight against his own Flag went to confront Zhu Youjian for a while. And he led an army of 20,000 to defeat Hutu Dun Khan's Han troops, and then went south to force Zhu Youjian back.
But he never expected that Mang Gurtai would be severely defeated in the old Hamulin River within a short period of time... The little emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really amazing at fighting.
However, Huang Taiji did not intend to change his plan and go south to find a venue. Because he knew that even if Zhu Youjian took full control of Yanshan, he would not be able to threaten the security of the core territory of the Jin Kingdom... and once Hutu Dunhan defeated the Horqin tribe, he would be able to re-establish prestige in left-wing Mongolia and Aohan, Naiman, Bahrain, and Zalut were all conquered. By then, Shenyang and Liaoyang of the Great Jin Kingdom would be under the sword of the Mongols at all times.
Therefore, Huang Taiji must concentrate his strength to give a fatal blow to the tiger and rabbit Dunhan who came through the pine forest thousands of miles away. At the same time, he also let Aohan, Naiman, Balin, and Zalut know how powerful the Kingdom of Jin is!
"Yue Tuo, Shuo Tuo!" After riding a tall horse and looking at the panic-stricken Han camp for a while, Huang Taiji said to the two filial sons of the Dai Shan family, "It seems that Lin Dan Batur doesn't want to run away. .....In this case, let’s end him on the banks of the Siramulun River! Today’s victory will go to the soldiers with the red flag!”
"In the direction of the Great Khan, my servant He Shuotuo will live up to the Great Khan's orders!"
"Khan, just look at it!"
Daishan's two sons readily received the general order and went to command the troops that had been prepared for a long time - because the two blue flags had been sent out to garrison, Daishan with the red flag was a great god, and the two yellow flags were great gods. Khan's personal soldiers. Therefore, Huang Taiji's most effective troops are the men and horses with two white flags and red flags.
This time, most of the soldiers and horses brought to Xilamulun River by Huang Taiji came from two yellows, two whites, and red ones. Among them, two white flags were ordered to detour to the west and north of the Han camp to ambush.
Of course, the first line of attack on the Han camp would be decorated with a red flag!
