The laws of the Later Jin Army were strict, and the leader would die in battle, and his subordinates would be killed if they fled. Not only that, but their families will also be punished.
Aibal's death directly forced the remaining Jiannu slaves to have no way out.
'Kill!' Many Jiannu shouted and tried their best to kill Mingren.
Although Zhu Wu led his soldiers to intercept him desperately, Jiannu still got close to him.
"Kill, kill this general, and the fault of the general's death in battle can be offset. Maybe you can still get a reward."
After saying "Qiang, Qiang" twice, the Jiannu looked at the chipped saber in his hand with a puzzled face. Aren't the armors of the Ming army all cut corners? How could it be so strong.
Zhu Wuke didn't give the opponent a chance to react. He made a fist with his right hand and used the speed of his horse to knock the Jiannu down with one punch.
"The general who established the slaves is dead, kill him!"
"Kill the Light Army and avenge the general!"
The two sides were completely involved in a melee.
A Ming soldier brandished a spear and penetrated directly through the chest of a Jiannu. Seeing this, the Jiannu next to him slashed at the opponent with a knife, but in addition to leaving a white mark on the Ming soldier's armor, there was no trace of it. No damage was caused to the Ming army.
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A quarter of an hour later, except for a few Jiannu who were frightened and ran away, there was not a single Jiannu standing on the entire battlefield.
The 1,000 heavily armored cavalry led by Zhu Wu had no other injuries except for a few unlucky ones who fell off their horses and were slightly injured.
The reason why such a great victory was achieved was not only that Zhu Wu's 1,000 heavily armored cavalry were well-trained and well-equipped.
Another important reason is that Jiannu came from afar and consumed part of his physical strength. In addition, Jiannu was careless and allowed Zhu Wu and the others to get closer to each other.
Otherwise, even if the heavy cavalry in heavy armor can penetrate the opponent's formation, they will not cause much damage to the opponent. After all, the opponent came here on horseback. If they can't defeat them, why can't they escape? Once the opponent is determined to escape, the heavy cavalry led by Zhu Wu cannot pursue them at all.
"Well done, but the way the heavy cavalry is used - charging is to break the formation, rather than stop and fight melee. If the enemy were not prepared and the armor given by His Majesty was good enough, your losses would not be small."
After the victory, after Yan Yingyuan praised the opponent, he changed the topic and directly pointed out the problems of this battle.
There are nearly 10,000 cavalry among the 50,000 soldiers in Youtun, most of whom are the elite cavalry of the Guanning Army who have been remixed.
Among the 10,000 cavalry, except for the 1,000 heavy armored cavalry led by Zhu Wu, the rest were all light cavalry.
Heavy cavalry has extremely high requirements for soldiers and horses. Although the Ming Dynasty had a horse policy and encouraged people to raise horses, after so many years, the horse policy has changed.
Otherwise, there would not be only 1,000 heavy cavalry in the important area of Youtun.
These heavy cavalry.
But His Majesty's treasure. It is the treasure of the Ming Dynasty and will be of great use in the upcoming war against Jiannu.
Yan Yingyuan will never allow these heavy cavalry to suffer unnecessary losses.
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The sun sets.
In a small valley 20 miles north of Youtun. Huang Taiji paced back and forth, looking extremely anxious.
"Why isn't that guy Aibal here? Even if he failed to lure the Ming army to pursue him, he should come back and report!"
"Isn't that Aibal fleeing when he saw the Ming army's strength?" Gututaiji couldn't help but sneer.
"It's getting late. If there is no more news about Ai Baer, I will take the soldiers to rest."
Although Mongolia and Houjin have united, the previous hatred is not so easy to eliminate. Although the latter was dominated by gold in this battle, Qututaiji did not obey Huang Taiji's orders very much.
This time Huang Taiji originally wanted both sides to send 500 cavalry, but Qututaiji refused to send troops on the grounds that "the soldiers were tired." In desperation, Huang Taiji could only draw 1,000 soldiers from Houjin's 1,000 soldiers to use as bait.
"No, Aibar will never run away!"
Later, the Jin army strictly enforced the law, and those who escaped from the battle were killed without mercy. It will also involve family members.
Aibal's family members were all in Shengjing, and he did not dare to escape. Even if he dared to escape, his soldiers would not agree.
"Then, it couldn't be that Bie Mingjun ate it! This is too much of a waste."
Ruitutaiji continued to taunt.
Although there were cavalry in the Ming Dynasty, they were not taken seriously by Qu Tu Tai Ji.
When it comes to riding and shooting, Mongolia ranks second, and no one dares to rank first.
As long as there are no terrain restrictions and the infantry makes dumplings, usually the cavalry can withdraw even if they suffer a big loss.
But on the other hand, if the infantry suffers a big loss, the entire army may be destroyed.
Although the terrain around Youtun is not flat, as long as the leader is not a blind man, the Ming army will not make dumplings.
This move by Ruitu Taiji was just an opportunity to ridicule the other party.
"Report, we have important military information to report. Ming,,"
The spy saw Qututaiji standing aside and saying hesitantly.
"Speak!" Huang Taiji, who was already impatient, ordered directly.
'Reported that Lord Aibar and the entire army of 1,000 golden warriors were destroyed. The Ming army hung the heads of Lord Aibar and the 1,000-year-old Golden Warriors on the city wall. "
The late gold spy said tremblingly.
"Get down!"
Huang Taiji waved the spy away.
"It seems that the guard of Youtun is not a person who is incompetent in fighting."
After being silent for a while, Tututaiji spoke.
Although Ruitu Taiji was already happy in his heart, Ruitu Taiji now acted very sad, as if the person who died was from his Chahar tribe. After all, we are all allies now, so we can't show it.
"Indeed, we underestimated the Ming army. Youtun is the Ming army's important food and grass area. How could we really send a small Dianshi to guard it? It must be a trap deliberately set by the Ming Dynasty to make everyone relax their vigilance.
Aibal must have underestimated the Ming army and fell into the trap..."
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"Woo, woo, woo." At dawn the next day, Huang Taiji led the 40,000 fierce gold coalition troops to the outside of Youtun City.
Looking at the closed gate of Youtun City and the heads of Houjin warriors hanging on the wall.
The anger in Huang Taiji's heart was ignited.
However, Huang Taiji was not an ordinary person after all. Although he was furious, he did not directly order an attack.
"Kututaiji, you Mongolians are good at riding and shooting. I see that most of the Ming army's equipment are fire guns. Next, let's test the defense of the Ming people."
"No problem, let me select 300 people who are good at riding to test it out."
After a while, 300 carefully selected Mongolians arrived in front of the formation.
Huang Taiji almost lost his breath when he looked at the old and thin men in front of him, as well as the men with missing arms and legs, the Mongolians who were good at riding horses.
"Look, this man is a famous warrior from the Chahar tribe. When he was young, he once guarded a large flock of sheep from the wolves. That man is a famous one-armed warrior from the Chahar tribe. He once... ...."
