The battlefield was easy to clean. There was nothing valuable on the Mongols. The most valuable things were the war horses. However, most of them were killed or injured. There were not many intact war horses. I simply gathered them together and took them all. return.
There is no need for treatment for some Mongolians who were injured but not dead. In this era, it is unlikely that the Mongolians who survived were hit by bird cannons. It is impossible for the Tiger Character Banner to consume medicinal materials to treat them. It is a direct blow to these Mongolians. When a person is happy, he can save himself from continuing to suffer.
Some of the useful things on the battlefield were simply put away and all moved onto the four-wheel vehicle with the tiger character flag.
Although the Mongols are short of iron, the soldiers under Taiji's tent all use uniform iron arrowheads. This kind of iron arrow tiger-shaped flag does not look down on itself, but it can be sold to other Mongolian tribes.
For many Mongolian nobles, both iron arrowheads and leather armor are good things.
After cleaning the battlefield, Pan Yi ordered the convoy to continue on its way and reach the next resting point suitable for camping before dark.
Nowadays, the entire Monan Mongolia has been mapped by the cartographers of the Tiger Banner. Pan Yi has such a map in his hand, which marks several places suitable for camping on the way to Baicheng.
The convoy only needs to follow the route marked on the map.
Just as Pan Yi and the Tiger Flag convoy were on their way to Baicheng, Burigude and Baiyin had already returned to Horqin with the remaining Mongolian cavalry.
Upon their return, the two of them went directly to Obataji's yurt.
"Ebug."
"I've seen Taiji."
The two people saluted Obaateji at the same time.
"Sit down!" Obataji said, taking a sip of the butter tea in the cup.
Burigude and Baiyin walked behind the two low tables under Obataji and sat down cross-legged.
"Did Fan Ji's team bring it back?" Obateghi asked in a calm tone.
Baiyin lowered his head and said nothing.
Burigude glanced at Baiyin and said to himself: "We will be late when we return to Ebuge. By the time we arrive, Fan Ji's people have been killed, and even Fan Ji's goods have been robbed. Walk."
Obateghi frowned slightly and asked, "You just came back like this? Do you know who did this?"
Baiyin said respectfully, "Baiyintai Ji and I also led people to chase, and those who robbed Fan Ji's motorcade couldn't have walked too fast with the goods."
"So you have caught up, and Fan Ji's goods have been snatched back." Obataji picked up the iron pot of butter tea and refilled his cup.
Baiyin didn't answer and looked sideways at Burigude on the other side.
Burigude had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Let them run away."
"Did the person run away, or did he not even bring the goods back?" Obateghi asked, holding butter tea in his hand.
"No, none of them were caught." Burigude said with a stutter.
Obataji raised his head, first looked at Baiyin, but saw Baiyin lowering his head, then turned to look at Burigude, and said: "Isn't it that I have already caught up with him? Why did he still run away? Could it be that the other party is not Ordinary horse bandits, and with a large number of people, can the three hundred cavalry you brought with you be no match for the enemy?"
Burigude hesitated for a moment and then said: "The other party only has more than three or four hundred people, and they are all infantry."
"What's going on?" Obateghi showed a hint of anger on his face.
Burigude lowered his head and said: "The people who robbed Fan Ji's convoy were from a Ming Dynasty company called Tiger Flag, and they brought cannons. Before our cavalry could get close, dozens of people were killed by their cannons. .”
"There are cannons!" Obataji was stunned at first, then frowned and scolded, "How can a group of horse bandits have cannons? I think this is an excuse you two made for your incompetence."
"I would never dare to deceive Erbug." Burigude hurriedly defended, "They really have cannons, and they are not the clumsy cannons like the Ming Dynasty defenders. Their cannons can be pulled by a horse and can be used on our grasslands. Take an easy walk.”
"Tiger crouching cannon?" Obataji said.
As far as he knew, only the Tiger Crouching Cannon in the Ming Dynasty was light and the other cannons weighed at least several hundred kilograms. It was very troublesome to carry. Even the Ming Dynasty troops were unwilling to take them out for field battles, and most of the time they were placed on top of the city.
Burigude shook his head and said: "The opponent also has tiger squatting cannons, but there are also four cannons equipped with windlass. The threat is similar to the general cannons of the Ming Dynasty, and the range is one or two miles away."
"Four general cannons!" Obataji repeated, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Three to four hundred people brought four general cannons, and it was difficult just to travel. Not to mention the horse bandits dressed up by a Ming company, even the Ming army itself would not carry a general cannon on the road.
Baiyin said: "Taiji, Burigude is right. The opponent did bring four cannons, but they were not general cannons, but their power was not weaker than the Ming Dynasty's general cannons, and the opponent's cannons were easy to carry. , there are two wheels under the gun body, and it can be pulled by only one horse."
Obateghi’s brows knitted together.
He might be suspicious of Burigude's words, but he knew Baiyin well and knew that the other party would not tell lies. Then the tiger-character flag might have really brought four generals, or cannons with about the same power as the generals.
Burigude quickly echoed: "Ebuge, everything I said is true, not a single lie. The other party not only had cannons, but also used blunderbuss to kill dozens of our Horqin cavalry."
Obataji's face darkened and he said, "So not only did you fail to recapture Fan Ji's robbed goods, but you also lost the lives of many of our Horqin warriors?"
Burigude and Baiyin lowered their heads.
Obataji asked in a deep voice: "How many casualties are there among the people you brought?"
"Eighty-nine people were killed, and 17 others were injured and brought back." After saying that, Burigude lowered his head again.
"Okay!" Obataji slapped the low table in front of him and said angrily, "I asked you to do such a small thing, but you ended up doing it like this and costing hundreds of lives. This is what you did. .”
Burigude and Baiyin lowered their heads.
Crash... A low table was overturned by Obaateji.
Burigude and Baiyin shrank back.
After venting his anger, Obataji took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Baiyin, you take out 300 sheep, 50 cows, and 20 horses to compensate for those who died in the battle. Herdsmen.”
"Everything follows Taiji's instructions." Baiyin bowed.
Obataji turned to look at Burigude and said, "You do the same, bring out the same number of cattle and sheep."
"Yes." Burigude hurriedly agreed.
After punishing the two people, Obataji said again: "Where are those Jurchens? Why didn't you see them?"
Burigude said: "When we returned to Ebuge, all the Jurchens were dead, and their Jia La Ezhen also died in the hands of the Tiger Flag people. The few Jurchens who went with us later wanted to do something for them. They took revenge and were beaten to death by the people of the Tiger Flag."
"Is that so?" Obataji looked at Baiyin.
Baiyin said hurriedly: "Reporting to Taiji, it is indeed the case. Those Jurchens were eager for revenge and rushed to the front, but were killed by Han Chinese cannons and muskets."
"Well, if you die, just die. This time we in Horqin also lost a lot of people." Obataji sighed, and then said to Baiyin, "Since you brought the Jurchens there, Houjin also It’s up to you to go there in person and bring them the news that our Jurchen here in Horqin is dead.”
"Yes." Baiyin agreed.
