Su Nang also looked at Temulun.
Like Kancantada, he was concerned about how many reinforcements Temulun was bringing.
"Less than two thousand riders." Temulun said a number.
Kancantada twirled his beard on his chin with his finger and said thoughtfully: "Two thousand cavalry is not a small amount. It will take time for the ministries to come here. It is impossible to come here so quickly."
"Temulun, I'm afraid you can pull out nearly two thousand string-controlling warriors from your own tribe, right?" Su Nang looked at Temulun.
Temulun hesitated for a moment, thinking that this kind of thing could not be hidden from anyone, so he nodded and said: "Yes, there are more than a thousand string-controlling warriors in my tribe who ride horses and shoot bows and arrows."
"So you are the only one from the tribe who came from Qingcheng?" Su Nang asked again.
Temulun nodded and said: "As soon as the Great Khan received the news, he sent me to bring the warriors from the tribe to support."
"I remember that there are several small tribes near Qingcheng. They are closer to Qingcheng than your tribe. Do they have the courage to disobey Shitu's order and not go to Qingcheng?" Su Nang stared at Temulun's face. A pair of eyes said.
Temulun's eyes dodged, and he tilted his head slightly and said: "There are several small tribes that have camped near Qingcheng, but there are not many warriors in these tribes, so the Great Khan did not send them over, and only asked me to lead the people first. Come to your side, wait for several other powerful large tribes to arrive, and then send them over together."
At this time, he was still covering up Shitu.
Even if what Shitu did made him feel uncomfortable, Shitu was the great khan of Tumote, and when it was time to protect it, he had to maintain the dignity of Shitu as the great khan.
"Huh!" Su Nang snorted coldly.
As for whether he believed Temulun's explanation, only he knew.
Kankantada on the side intervened at this time: "The Great Khan's decision is correct. Several large tribes are relatively far away. Even if they receive the Great Khan's order, it will take time to reach Qingcheng."
The tiger-shaped flag army appeared too suddenly.
It was already too late for the various tribes to receive the news. If a large tribe like the Ulut tribe wanted to rush over, it would take less than ten days and a half to do so.
When these large tribes go out to fight, they need to take some of their cattle and sheep with them for food, leaving only a few women, old people and children on the pasture.
With the burden of cattle and sheep herds, the Mongolian armored cavalry needs to dedicate some people to take care of the herds, so it is difficult to march too fast. Of course, this discomfort is only compared to normal cavalry marching, and compared to infantry marching. Much faster.
"Temulun, you first arrange for the people you brought to camp. Su Nang and I have discussed it and prepare the river in front to block the Tiger Flag army that may cross the river at any time." Kankantada said to Temulun. Lun said.
Temulun nodded and said: "It will take a while for the warriors in my tribe to arrive. I was worried about the situation here, so I rushed here first. When I was in the Khan Palace, I heard that there were tens of thousands of tigers on the other side of the river. An army of Chinese flags? Is it true?"
"Is it true?" Kankantada said with a bad expression. "It has only been one winter, and the Tiger Character Banner actually secretly hid so many soldiers and horses on the grassland. It shows that they have long been willing to use force on the grassland."
Temulun sighed slightly and said: "We should have driven the Tiger Flag out of the grassland last year. Unfortunately, after this winter, the Tiger Flag has become more and more difficult to deal with."
"Actually, it's not too late? Although there are many soldiers and horses in the Tiger Flag, they are all infantry, and the real cavalry is not even a thousand cavalry? The reason why we lost last year? That is because defending the city is what the Han people are best at. Things are different now. The Tiger-Character Banner takes the initiative to invade. Without the fortress to rely on, our Mongolian cavalry is the nemesis of the infantry. In this battle, we Mongolians have the upper hand." Kankantada said.
He looked confident.
Temulun said: "Old Taiji is right, and I think so too. The grassland is the grassland of our Mongols. On the grassland, if the cavalry can give full play to its greatest advantage, we may not lose this battle. "
"Don't blame me for not reminding you, even if it's infantry, there are tens of thousands of them. It's not that easy for thousands of us soldiers to fight the tiger flag." Su Nang said, looking at the two people in front of him.
He had suffered losses from the soldiers of the Tiger Character Banner in field battles, and he knew in his heart that the soldiers of the Tiger Character Banner were different from the infantry of the Ming Army.
Kankantada looked at Su Nang and said: "In Chinese terms, you are afraid of well ropes once you are bitten by a snake for ten years. I know you have suffered losses at the hands of the tiger-character flag, but this time is different. We Occupying the right time and place, this battle is most beneficial to us."
"Why is it different? It's not like you have never seen the car formation of the Tiger Flag. Back then, the Qi Jiajun used the car formation to move in and out of the grassland unstoppable. Old Taiji, you should know this!" Su Nang said.
Temulun said: "Old Taiji, Su Nang is right. The Tiger Flag's vehicle array is really powerful. With the vehicle array, the Tiger Character Flag can use firearms to attack our cavalry, making it difficult for the cavalry to get close to the vehicle array for protection." Those foot soldiers."
After several battles, the Mongols also knew how powerful the car formation was.
"Don't worry, this time the Tiger Flag has no chance to use the car formation to block the charge of our armored cavalry." Kankantada said confidently.
Temulun asked curiously: "Does Old Taiji have a way to deal with the car formation of the Tiger Flag?"
Su Nang on the side also listened attentively.
"You only think that the Tiger Flag's vehicle array is powerful, but you have forgotten one thing. Between us and the Tiger Flag's army, there is a river." Kankantada raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the river outside the yurt.
Su Nang looked thoughtful.
"What's wrong with the river? Can this river block the Tiger Flag's vehicle formation?" Temulun frowned slightly, with a look of confusion on his face.
Kankantada nodded with a smile and said: "That's right. This river can easily block the tiger-shaped flag's vehicle formation. If the tiger-shaped flag's army wants to cross the river, they can only let the infantry cross the river first. , their chariot formation must either cross the river behind the infantry, or go around from a farther place. Without the chariot formation, no matter how powerful the Tiger-Character Infantry is, they are just lambs to be slaughtered.”
He said confidently.
"It seems that this river has helped us a lot." Temulun nodded in realization.
Kankantada looked at Su Nang again and said: "As long as there are thousands of horsemen guarding the river bank, once the tiger banner army crosses the river, they can use bows and arrows to shoot at the infantry in the river, even if some infantry cross the river. River, a charge by our cavalry can drive the infantry of the Tiger Flag back into the river, so as long as we hold on to the river bank, the Tiger Flag's army will have no chance to cross the river."
