When the Mongolians learned that Yang Hong's life and death were unknown, they also realized that they ran away.
But they were a step too late. They had just broken camp and were about to retreat to the grassland, when their retreat was cut off by Li Wensheng.
Li Wensheng took advantage of the fact that the Mongols were unprepared and personally led his eight thousand cavalry to launch a fierce attack.
Andai and other tribal leaders were completely stunned and had no idea where this Ming army came from.
But now, they have no way to retreat and can only choose to fight head-on to find a way out.
There are not many Ming troops coming. As long as they can defeat the Ming cavalry on the opposite side, they can return to the grassland with the looted materials.
As long as they have food and supplies, they will not panic. At worst, they will run to a safe place and hide, and the Ming army will not be able to do anything to them.
But they really overestimated themselves. Although the cavalry of the Xiaoqi Battalion were not as good as the Mongols in terms of equestrian skills and mounted archery.
But when it comes to close combat, the Mongols are still far behind.
Apart from anything else, the weapons and armor alone are not of the highest quality.
The Mongols were extremely short of iron and had no good armor at all. It was not easy to wear crude iron armor or leather armor.
The cavalrymen in the Xiaoqi Battalion all wore two layers of armor, with iron armor on the outside and chainmail armor on the inside. They were armed to the teeth.
Although their sabers were sharp, the iron used was of too low quality and could not break through the armor worn by the soldiers of the Yulin Army.
As for the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion, one strike directly broke their flesh and bones, which was simply a dimension-reducing blow.
Moreover, the Mongols have never been good at close combat. Although they are physically stronger than the Han people, they have no skills and tactical coordination at all.
They couldn't use the kite tactics they were best at, and they were no match for the Ming army.
Li Wensheng led 8,000 cavalry and defeated more than 20,000 Mongolians into a chaotic mess.
Not long after, the two thousand pursuing Ming army cavalry also arrived on the battlefield, and they immediately charged straight towards the rear of the Tartars.
Their target was the command center of the Tartar Chinese Army, which was extremely tightly guarded.
Seeing that they were being attacked from both sides, Andai and the others knew that something was wrong, so they could only regretfully abandon the supplies they had worked so hard to rob.
If something is gone, you can grab it again, but if they die, there will be nothing left.
"Warriors, don't be reluctant to fight, retreat quickly."
As soon as the horn sounded for the Mongols to withdraw, the battlefield situation instantly turned into a massacre. Those Mongols who were already trapped in the melee and unable to retreat were quickly killed by the Ming army with great momentum.
Without the heavy supplies, the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry were immediately apparent.
Their equestrian skills were superb, and their mounted archery was even more impressive. They fired arrows while running, which indeed caused a lot of obstacles to the pursuing Ming army.
Naturally, the cavalry speed of the Xiaoqi Battalion cannot be compared to the Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongols are all light cavalry, while the soldiers of the Ming army are all wearing heavy iron armor. The weight of the war horses is extremely stressful, and therefore the endurance is far less than that of the Mongolian cavalry.
As a result, the distance between the two parties was slowly widened.
But Li Wensheng still pursued relentlessly.
Your Majesty has issued a death order and must annihilate all these Tartars.
Moreover, there were soldiers and horses intercepting and encircling him in front. Even if the distance between him and the Mongols was widened, he did not panic at all.
The leaders who were running at the front glanced at the Mongolian cavalry behind them. There were already less than 20,000 people.
At this time, they were extremely regretful. They should have left directly if they had known earlier. Their greed led to the loss of the lives of thousands of warriors here.
But before they could take a breath, they were as powerful and fierce as tigers. They were intercepted in front and pursued by soldiers behind them. The Mongols were already unable to escape.
Although they were also Mongolians, the tigers were so powerful and fierce that they were so fierce when they beat them, without any thought of any comradeship.
In this era, there was no so-called concept of national justice, whether it was the Han people, the Mongols, or the slaves.
Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty's Nine-Border Army Town and the border army generals would not have so many Mongolian servants under their hands.
Before Lao Nu unified Jianzhou to rebel, there were many Jurchens, Jianzhou people and other ethnic minorities in the Ming army in Liaodong.
The backbone of the eight thousand servants Li Chengliang rode across the land of Liaodong were basically Mongolians, Jurchens, and other ethnic minorities.
With the same number of troops, the Mongols simply couldn't resist, and they were unable to fight back when beaten by the Ming army's cavalry.
Under heavy siege by the Ming army, it was impossible for the Mongols to escape.
Seeing the Ming army's cavalry and flags everywhere, these Mongols suddenly panicked.
No matter how the leaders shouted or blew their trumpets and issued orders, it was all in vain.
Because these Mongols now only have fear and no military morale at all.
The Ming cavalry rushed over quickly. The Mongols were in chaos and didn't know what to do.
As the saying goes, they were defeated like a mountain. They were no match for the Ming emperor. The Mongolian cavalry they were proud of were defeated at the first touch of the Ming army. How could they fight?
Andai and other leaders decisively fled with their own tribe's soldiers.
The nearly 20,000 Mongolian cavalry were on the verge of collapse. Facing the murderous Ming army, they had no ability or courage to fight.
The leaders all ran away, and they even got a slap in the face and immediately dispersed, all running away.
But the encirclement of the Ming army was like a dragnet. Even though these Mongols had war horses, they had nowhere to escape.
The encirclement of the Ming army was slowly shrinking, and the four cavalry units of Li Wensheng, Hu Dawei, Mengruhu, and Cao Wenzhao were all in place.
But they did not choose to attack. They were waiting for the Shenji Battalion to bring artillery and firearms to support.
In today's battle, the two pro-army forces suffered considerable losses, and Zhu Youxiao felt distressed.
In this situation where the victory was already determined, he didn't need to rush for success at all. He just waited for the cannon to arrive and blast the damn thing.
Mao Yuanyi, the forward battalion who arrived first, had been besieged by the Mongols for so long, and he was holding a breath in his heart.
And why are his three thousand soldiers not like this?
After being in position, Mao Yuanyi set up the cannon as quickly as possible, aiming at the densest place. The gunpowder had been loaded and he was waiting for the emperor's order.
Zhu Youxiao had been observing with a telescope. Looking at these panic-stricken and overwhelmed Mongolians, he was not moved at all.
He will never keep these people. The more than 20,000 Mongolians are his best opportunity to establish his authority. He wants to make the tribes in the grassland understand.
If you dare to invade Ming Dynasty, be prepared to die on Ming Dynasty territory.
"Bang..."
With the sound of the first cannon, nearly two hundred artillery pieces of various types from the Ming army began to pour gunpowder on the Mongols.
Under such a blow, the besieged Mongols felt deep despair.
In the end, some people chose to fight hard, while others chose to surrender.
But even so, the siege still lasted for a full hour.
If Zhu Youxiao hadn't finally ordered the cavalry to harvest, it would have taken at least a quarter of an hour to finish them off.
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