In places with abundant water and grass, herdsmen’s yurts are always indispensable.
Because of the appearance of the Chahar army of five to six thousand people, herdsmen with a radius of hundreds of miles left the grassland with their families and their cattle and sheep.
"General, we have discovered the army of the Tiger Flag." A Mongolian soldier covered in blood came to the yurt.
A bearded Mongolian in the yurt frowned and asked: "How many are here? How far are they from the army?"
"Six to seven thousand people, all infantry, are about thirty miles away. However, the opponent sent many sentry riders. My subordinates risked their lives to find out the size of the enemy." The Mongolian soldier replied.
The bearded Mongolian nodded.
The Mongolian soldier who delivered the message was quickly taken away for treatment.
The bearded Mongolian is the commander of the soldiers around Hutuktu and the commander-in-chief of this Chahar army.
"The tiger-character flags are all infantry, and their number is about the same as ours. How do you think this battle will be fought?" Su Yal, a bearded Mongolian, asked several other Taijis and commanders in the yurt.
One of them, Taiji named Chaktai, was the first to speak: "They are just a few thousand infantry. Are we Mongolian warriors still afraid of them? This is a grassland and there is no city wall for them to rely on."
"You can't say that." Another Taiji Hutu Ke said: "The infantry of the Tiger Character Banner are different from the Ming army. They are not weak. Otherwise, the Tiger Character Banner's fleet has been robbed over the years. I don't know. How many times."
Upon being rebutted, Chaktai snorted and said, "That's because the warriors of our Chahar tribe didn't take action. Otherwise, there would be no Tiger Flag today."
When the Tiger Flag convoy traveled to and from the grassland, it encountered many robberies by horse bandits.
Among them were real horse bandits and horse bandits dressed as Mongolians. However, after none of these horse bandits succeeded, several powerful tribes on the grassland gave up the idea of plundering the Tiger Flag caravan.
There were too many casualties, and even if the convoy's goods were robbed, the gains would outweigh the losses for these large tribes.
"It's not like Horqin and Daikin didn't have the idea of a Tiger Flag team back then, and it's not like you don't know the final result," Hutuke said.
Chaktai curled his lips disdainfully and said: "The Horqin tribe is nothing. If it weren't for the backing of Dajin, our Chahar would have dealt with them long ago."
"Even if Horqin can't do it, don't forget that the Great Khan also sent people to deal with the Tiger Flag before, but he didn't get any benefits later." Hutu Ke reminded.
Not long after the Tiger-Character Banner occupied the Tumut tribe, Chahar used troops against the Tiger-Character Banner in the name of revenge for Bu Shitu, the leader of the Tumut tribe.
Chaktai said: "I know what happened last time. The people of the Tiger Character Banner relied on the forts to defend their defense. Now the infantry of the Tiger Character Banner are all on the grassland. There are no forts to rely on. How can we Mongolians The cavalry is still afraid that they won’t be able to deal with the thousands of infantry under the Tiger Flag.”
The two people started to argue over each other's words.
As the commander-in-chief, Su Yaer said: "Okay, don't fight anymore. Originally, we were ordered by the Great Khan to deal with the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag on the grassland. Now that the other party has taken the initiative to send troops, who will think about it anymore?" If you go back like this, even if I don't do anything to you, the Great Khan will never let you go."
As he spoke, he looked at Hutuke.
He was the one who kept clamoring about the power of the Tiger Flag.
Hutu Ke noticed Su Yar's gaze towards him and defended himself: "I didn't say that I wanted to retreat, I just wanted to get more information about the enemy. In the words of the Ming people, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle."
"Our scouts have made it very clear that there are only five to six thousand infantry in front of the army." Chaktai interjected.
General Su Yal said: "What Hutke said is not unreasonable. I will send more scouts around to find out the size of the Tiger Flag army in front of me and whether there are any reinforcements from them around."
"The Tiger Flag army is already under our noses. If we send out sentries to investigate the situation, it will waste too much time." Chaktai said with a frown.
"Geng Qianhu, Master Mantu orders you to kill him quickly." A flag soldier sent by Mantu came to bring Geng Qianhu Mantu's order.
Geng Qianhu looked at the flag soldiers with the white flag in front of him and said with a flattering look on his face: "Please tell Lord Mantu that the general will lead his troops out of the camp right now."
"You'd better hurry up, Lord Mantu's patience is limited." The flag soldier warned condescendingly, then turned and left.
Geng Qianhu kept sending the flag soldier away with his eyes before he withdrew his gaze.
He looked at the Han troops beside him and said loudly: "Brothers, if you want to survive, fight with me. If anyone dares to retreat from the battle, even if I don't move you, the flag soldiers will not let you go."
"We listen to the general and fight out."
"Yes, let's fight out together."
Several Han soldiers who had been placed in the crowd by Geng Qianhu started shouting.
Many Han soldiers were immediately bewitched and began to shout and rush out of the camp.
Seeing that his morale was ready, Geng Qianhu immediately raised his weapon and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me and kill!"
After saying that, he galloped forward and rushed towards the camp gate.
kill!
Hundreds of Han troops, led by their respective flag posts and small flags, rushed out of the camp and attacked the soldiers and horses with the tiger-shaped flag outside the camp.
"This Han general seems to have some skills." Mantu looked at a group of desperate Han troops rushing out of the camp, nodded with satisfaction, and then said to a few men around him, "Take the men and follow me. .”
He didn't care at all whether the Han army could defeat the enemies outside the camp.
These Han troops were originally used by him to consume the enemy's strength. Only then did he and the remaining flag soldiers have the opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's attention being attracted by the Han troops and kill them in one fell swoop.
As long as the enemy could not exert the power of firearms, he was confident that he would kill Nikan outside the camp with swords.
As long as he can rush to Nikan, he believes that the final victory belongs to Daikin.
As soon as the Han army left the camp, they immediately became the target of artillery fire.
However, the cannons brought by the Tiger Flag were not many, and the damage to the Han army was limited.
Even so, the Han army was almost defeated several times, but the Eight Banners soldiers who followed behind stopped the Han army that wanted to flee, forcing the Han army to continue to charge forward.
These Han soldiers must die in the way of blocking the Eight Banners soldiers who followed them.
The Han army suffered more and more casualties, but it was getting closer and closer to the front line with the tiger flag, and it was even less than a hundred steps away.
But there were still four to five hundred Han troops left, and the number of Han troops who were killed or wounded at the muzzle was only a few dozen at most, not even a hundred.
Mantu, who was following the Han army, looked happy.
Seeing that his plan was about to succeed, he raised the corners of his mouth and began to imagine the Eight Banners soldiers killing the Nikan army.
