In addition to the Ming army led by Han Jinggui, there were also 20,000 Ming army cavalry led by Han Jinggui's general Zhong Xuemin.
Zhong Xuemin joined forces with the 10,000 cavalrymen from Tata'er's tribe, and headed north to meet the enemy. They encountered more than 30,000 tribesmen from the forest heading south, plus about 150,000 tribesmen. , with great momentum.
Just like the self-awareness of Wanggu's cavalry, the more than 10,000 guys who were beaten by the forest tribe's cavalry had completely lost their will to fight and only dared to go north with the company of Daming's father's cavalry.
Zhong Xuemin also saw the uselessness of this cavalry, so he decisively made the same decision as Han Jinggui.
Before the battle, Zhong Xuemin asked them all to retreat and not to get in the way, and then led 20,000 Ming army cavalry to face the 30,000 nomadic cavalry head-on.
The cavalry of the Tatar tribe seemed to have received an amnesty, turning like the wind and disappearing in a flash. They can be described as "magic soldiers of the grassland".
With no more obstacles in his way, Zhong Xuemin slowly pulled out the sword from his waist and looked at the allied tribal forces in the forest that were gradually approaching the Ming army's formation with fierce and firm eyes.
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!!!"
He gave the order to march.
The Ming army cavalry suddenly dispatched and faced them head-on without any fear.
The result was similar to Han Jinggui's.
After two sticks of incense, the two sides fought bloody battles, and the allied forces of the tribes in the forest began to retreat. After another stick of incense, the Ming army bypassed their retreat, surrounded them, and then executed the tactics of division and encirclement, beating all the 30,000 coalition cavalry. The army was destroyed.
The superior equipment and sophisticated training of the Ming army laid the foundation for victory. Facing the overwhelming superiority of the Ming army, the allied forces of the forest tribes were defeated like a mountain. Their previous momentum was all gone, and they only had the strength to escape.
After the victory, Zhong Xuemin did not stop attacking.
Like Han Jinggui, he continued to advance north and discovered the tribal alliance members following this group of cavalry. He rushed up with all his strength and used cavalry throwing firearms to turn them upside down. He charged and beat them all the way without mercy. Just kill people.
After a bloody day and night of fighting, the Ming army killed more than 10,000 coalition cavalry, captured more than 130,000 forest tribesmen, seized more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, and obtained countless other trophies.
Zhong Xuemin did not stop there, and immediately organized 5,000 elite cavalry, one man and three horses, carrying a large amount of dairy products, dried meat and large pancakes, and pursued them all the way north in the cold wind, vowing to eliminate all those who escaped. .
Beat them until they are exterminated, and they will not dare to invade the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence again in their next life.
Around December 27th of the ninth year of Hongwu, the two cavalrymen made the same choice and attacked north together. They continued to kill the escapees they encountered along the way and used the nomadic tribes they encountered along the way as supplies. , eliminate them on the spot, and replenish supplies and livestock on the spot.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the 10th year of Hongwu, because they marched too far north, the weather was too cold. Groups of cattle and sheep accompanying the army froze to death. Both Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin felt that they could no longer endure, so they decisively stopped. Expedition to the north and returned home.
This time in the Northern Expedition, they did not reach the legendary Beihai where Su Wu shepherded sheep.
However, they left their marching marks and memorized the marching route. They are planning to apply for a Northern Expedition after the weather gets warmer in the spring this year, wipe out the nomadic tribes not found along the way, and actually reach the North Sea.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Hongwu, news of the unprecedented victory of both cavalry groups was sent back to Zhongdu.
Su Yonglin was overjoyed and immediately ordered the matter to be made public so that the people could be happy together.
Immediately afterwards, Su Yonglin learned that the two armies of Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin had launched a further Northern Expedition. He expressed some concern about this. He was worried that the too cold weather would cause unexpected losses to the elites of the two armies. For this reason, he was very worried.
But soon, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Hongwu, he received news that the two armies had returned safely.
The two armies lost some cattle, sheep, and horses, as well as some war horses, and some soldiers suffered frostbite, but overall the losses were not much, and the main force of the Northern Expedition was generally preserved.
Moreover, in this Northern Expedition, because the enemy's main force was overconfident and too close to the Ming army's assembly point, the Ming army was able to easily annihilate them all, including their own troops.
The Ming army's battle losses were quite small, at least compared to the huge results.
In the bloody battles and the Northern Expedition, a total of 657 cavalry were killed, and more than 3,000 were injured, with more than 3,000 casualties varying in severity, and more than 3,000 horses were lost.
The result was that more than 40,000 forest tribe alliance cavalry were killed in hand-to-hand combat and pursuit, more than 250,000 people were captured, and more than 300,000 cattle, sheep, and horses were obtained.
It means that the battle loss ratio between the Ming army and the forest tribe alliance cavalry has surpassed the battle loss ratio after the Tang Dynasty's heyday when it won foreign wars, reaching a whole new level.
Basically, with such a battle loss ratio, it can be concluded that the Ming cavalry is also at the level of dimensionality reduction against nomadic cavalry.
This battle gave Su Yonglin great confidence. He firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty cavalry had made a further leap in combat effectiveness through training and technology, and could fight beautifully even against the legendary Xiliao cavalry. loss ratio.
This battle started in mid-to-late November and ended in the middle of the first month. It lasted for two months and consumed a lot of grain and grass materials. It basically consumed 77% of Datong Province's many years of reserve materials.
However, the results were greater, and such a large result was enough to make up for the consumption of this battle.
Moreover, greater results have not yet been obtained.
Su Yonglin patiently waited for news of greater results.
Then, on the twentieth day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin got the news he wanted.
After the war, at the thanksgiving celebration banquet attended by all the big-name accountants of the Wanggu tribe and the Tata tribe, Han Jinggui and Zhong Xuemin joined forces to kill all the big-name accountants of the two tribes at the celebration banquet.
The big dogs didn't resist at all. When the Ming army moved, they were so drunk that many of them didn't even realize that they had become prisoners and would always be prisoners.
After the leaders of the big dog households were taken down, the Ming army cavalry who had finished their rest quickly moved to the headquarters of the two tribes as quickly as possible and successfully captured them, who had been severely weakened.
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The whole process is not dangerous.
Having lost their unified command, they seemed at a loss when faced with Ming's father's sudden rebellion. However, the Ming army did not kill a large number of people. Instead, they asked them to put down their weapons and surrender, actively cooperate with the Ming army, and not resist, so that they could save their lives.
Except for a very small number of people who felt that they could not resist drawing the sword, most people actually did not dare to resist.
There were too few people who dared to resist, and they were killed by the Ming army in one or two strokes. After these people were killed, the remaining people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Two days later, the Wanggu tribe and the Tata'er tribe all became historical terms.
The Ming Dynasty had about 650,000 more prisoners.
Together with the approximately 250,000 prisoners of war captured in this war, the total audience gained exceeded 900,000.
Moreover, the Wanggu tribe and the Tata'er tribe are not as poor as the tribal alliance in the forest. With so many tribes, they only have 300,000 cattle, sheep and horses together.
They were extremely rich and had extensive property. The leaders were all wealthy people on the grassland. For this purpose, the Ming army obtained more than one million cattle, sheep, and horses.
This operation was almost bloodless due to the excessive cooperation between the Wanggu tribe and the Tataer tribe. The Ming army successfully achieved its strategic goal, and Su Yonglin was very happy for this.
