There are not many places on the grassland that can hide their tracks. With such a large scale of five to six thousand cavalry, it is difficult to cover up their tracks. The sentinel cavalry only needs to circle around for a while, and their tracks will be leaked.
Not long after Chahar's army walked out of the camp, they were spotted by the sentries of the Tiger Flag, and the news was immediately passed back to the warrior division behind them.
Immediately set up a vehicle formation and set up cannons.
Chaktai led two thousand-man troops to approach the Tiger Flag army.
A few miles is nothing to the cavalry.
After discovering the traces of the Tiger Banner army, more than two thousand Mongolian cavalry began to charge.
"Fire!" the artillery team captain waved his command flag.
Four-pound cannons and several six-pound cannons fired one after another, and the cannons rose into the air and fell towards the rushing Mongolian cavalry.
Zhang Hong only brought two military camps with more than 6,000 soldiers, but he brought sixty or seventy cannons.
The first round of shelling was more about testing the impact point of the artillery pieces. When the second round of shelling started, some people in the charging Mongolian cavalry team were constantly being hurt by the artillery pieces.
The solid cannon not only explodes when it hits the ground, but also bounces up after it hits the ground. Under the action of force, it continues to hurt more people.
The cannonballs fired by dozens of cannons made the sky densely filled with such solid iron bullets.
Every cannon that fell into the Mongolian cavalry plowed a trench of flesh and blood through the crowd, and the power of the cannon would kill or injure as long as it was touched.
Not to mention the rider on the horse, even a larger war horse cannot sustain a cannon shot.
After several rounds of shelling, Chahar's two thousand-man troops had already lost hundreds of people before they even got close, and they lost all their momentum after being shelled.
"Let Hutuke go around to the flank and attack the opponent in a sneak attack." General Su Yal saw that Chaketai's frontal attack failed and ordered Hutuke on one side to lead his troops in a sneak attack.
He used Hutu Ke to sneak attack on the Tiger Banner army. He wanted to gain an opportunity for Chaktai who was attacking from the front.
A Mongolian soldier broke away from the army and conveyed orders to Hutu Ke, who was ambushing one side of the Tiger Banner army.
kill!
The situation in Khutke was equally bad.
The cavalry of the Tiger-Character Banner came up from nowhere, and Hutuke and the thousand-man team he brought were all surrounded by the Tiger-Character Banner cavalry.
In the process of escaping from the siege, Hutu Ke came into contact with the cavalry division of the Tiger Banner.
The Mongolian cavalry used their proficient riding bows to continuously draw their bows and shoot arrows at the Tiger Banner cavalry, while the Tiger Banner cavalry mainly used cavalry muskets and used cavalry muskets to continuously shoot at the Mongolian cavalry.
The tiger-shaped banner cavalry that surrounded them numbered several thousand, and their number was several times that of Hutuke's troops.
People on both sides continued to fall.
The Tiger Banner cavalry had a numerical advantage and wore half-breastplates, which protected their vital parts very well. However, the loading of the cavalry muskets was not as fast as the Mongolian cavalry's bowstring.
But relying on the advantages of Jiawei and the number of people, the Mongolian cavalry suffered the most casualties.
Often the Mongolian cavalry would start to draw their bows and shoot arrows when they were far away, and they would be accurate. However, the power of the cavalry bows was not enough to shoot too far, and the Mongolian arrows had various errors.
There are not many real iron arrowheads, more bone arrowheads.
Such arrows are fine for missing prey, but on the battlefield, it is difficult to threaten armor-piercing enemies.
More and more Mongolians fell off their horses. The surviving Mongolian cavalry could not bear the mental pressure caused by too many casualties of their companions, and began to flee in rout.
As the general leading the army, Hutuke had already been unable to command the troops, and was forced to flee for his life among the broken troops.
After removing their firearms, the Tiger Banner cavalry put on their sabers and chased after the defeated Mongolian cavalry to reap the victory.
Relying on his riding skills, Hutuke escaped successfully.
"I didn't ask you to flank the Tiger Flag team, how could you end up like this?" Su Yaer said in a dissatisfied tone as he looked at Hutuke who had escaped and a group of soldiers around him.
Hutuke, who was breathing heavily, said: "It's a disaster. We are surrounded by the enemy. I bumped into the opponent's cavalry on the flank. There are thousands of them, and they are chasing us here."
"How come the enemy has cavalry!" Su Yaer exclaimed.
Hutuke said eagerly: "No matter how the enemy's cavalry appears, it will be too late if we don't leave."
At this moment, Chaktai, whose attack failed, also retreated from the front.
"Kutuke, you lead a group of soldiers and horses to block the opponent's cavalry. I, the general, will lead the others and go first." Su Yal understood that it was impossible to capture the army with the tiger-shaped flag, so he directly ordered the troops to retreat.
In fact, before he could give the order to retreat, Mongolian cavalry had already begun to break away from the team and escape on their own.
Turning the horse's head, Su Yaer led the troops to retreat in the direction from which they came.
The only thing that could threaten them was the enemy's cavalry. As long as Hutu Ke entangled the enemy's chasing cavalry, he could safely retreat with most of the Mongolian cavalry.
As for the Tiger Flag infantry team that defeated Chaktai and the two thousand Mongolian cavalry, he was never worried.
The only thing that can block the cavalry's retreat is the cavalry. If the cavalry wants to leave, it is impossible for the infantry to catch up.
On the grassland, the Mongolian cavalry can come and go like the wind.
The total number of Mongolian cavalry lost by Chakhtai and Hutuke was less than a thousand. Including the Mongolian cavalry who were separated from the army during the retreat, there were only more than a thousand.
Most of the Mongol cavalry remained intact.
Suyar and Chaktai led the army back less than three miles. The Mongolian soldiers who were walking in front of the team quickly retreated and said anxiously: "General, we found a group of soldiers fighting with native soldiers two miles ahead. The cavalry under the banner of Mert's Department blocked our retreat, and there were five to six thousand men."
Su Yaer's expression suddenly changed after hearing this.
The Tumut tribe had already surrendered to the Tiger-Character Banner, so it was naturally impossible for them to be one of their own. It could be said that their retreat route had been blocked.
"General, what should we do?" Chaktai looked at Su Yar.
Normally, he would naturally not care about the thousands of soldiers and horses of the Tumed Department. However, he had just suffered a defeat, his morale was low, and there were pursuers behind him. Once he was entangled by the soldiers and horses of the Tumed Department, he would wait for them to take them. It is very likely that the entire army will be annihilated.
Su Yaer's face was very ugly.
In any case, he couldn't figure out why people from the Tumut tribe appeared in the rear.
Boom! Boom!
The thunderous sound of horse hooves came from a farther direction.
At this moment, Hutuke led dozens of Mongolian soldiers and caught up with Su Yar and others.
"Why don't you leave? The pursuers will catch up soon." Hutu Ke saw Su Yar and the stopped Chahar army and urged them to leave quickly.
Chaktai on the side said: "There are people from the Tumut tribe in front blocking the way of the army."
"Just rush over and survive as long as you survive." Hutuke looked back and glanced behind him. The chasing tiger cavalry was getting closer and closer.
"There are five to six thousand people in front of us, how can we rush over!" Chaktai waited for Hutuke to say.
Hutuke was stunned when he heard this, and immediately asked: "How come there are so many people, how did they get around to our rear, and why didn't they receive any news?"
"Ask me, how do I know?" Chaktay said angrily.
If he knew that his rear was blocked by the Tumut army, he would not fall into the encirclement set by the Tiger Flag.
"Those damn guys from the Tumut tribe, the descendants of Changshengtian, are willing to serve as hawks and dogs for the people of the Ming Dynasty." Hutu Ke struck the air hard with the whip in his hand.
Chaktai said: "It's time not to talk about these things now. The most important thing is to find a way to escape. We must not go to the east. There is a blister over there, and the army can't get through it."
"The cavalry of the Tiger Character Banner are chasing from the southwest, so we can't go from the west or south." Hutu Ke said with a dark face.
Having fought against the Tiger-shaped Banner Cavalry, he never wanted to fight against the Tiger-shaped Banner Cavalry again.
Facing the tiger-shaped banner cavalry who were armed to the teeth, the Mongolian cavalry suffered a lot. Even if the opponent did not use firearms, the saber in their hands and the half-body armor they wore were enough for the Chahar soldiers to drink. Of the pot.
There are not many armored soldiers in the entire Chahar tribe, but all the cavalrymen of the Tiger Banner wear half armor, and the weapons in their hands are all made of fine iron.
"Go north." Su Yaer said in a deep voice.
Chaktai frowned when he heard this and said, "The people in the north are all from the Tumut tribe."
"Then also go north." Su Yaer repeated again.
At this time, Hutuke said: "I also agree that it is better to go north and face the people of the Tumote tribe than to fight against the people of the Tiger Flag."
"Then go north." Both of them chose to go north, and Chaktai had no choice but to agree.
"I will send someone to tell the Khan everything you have done, Amin." Yue Tuo said expressionlessly.
Amin turned around and walked to the commander's seat in the commander's tent and sat down, and said at the same time: "Whatever you want, but Yue Tuo, don't forget that the affairs of Dajin are not decided by the Great Khan alone. Although I, Amin, am not a Dajin Khan, but has the same deliberative power over Dajin as the Great Khan.”
"The Great Khan is always the Great Khan." Yue Tuo emphasized.
Amin stared at Yue Tuo and said in a serious tone: "As the deputy commander, Yue Tuo, you must obey my commander's orders. Otherwise, don't blame me for punishing you for disobeying military orders."
"I can do as you say, but you can't stop me from sending people back to Shengjing." Yue Tuo bargained with Amin.
Before Amin makes a serious decision-making mistake, the army will only obey the orders of Amin, the coach. As the deputy coach, he can have very little control over Amin.
Therefore, Amin decided to take action against Pidao, knowing that he could not stop it.
"Whatever you want." Amin said nonchalantly, and then said to another Beile next to him, "Jilharang, go to Iron Mountain yourself and collect more ships. I will lead the army there later."
"Hey." Jierhalang nodded.
At this time Yue Tuo said: "It's better for me to go."
"You have other things to do. It's enough for Azig and the others to have Jierhalang over there." Amin directly rejected Yue Tuo's request.
Yue Tuo was left uneasy about the attack on Pi Island.
In the past three days, Azig and others managed to scrape together enough boats and rafts for thousands of people.
The power of command of the Eight Banners soldiers who followed Azig to Iron Mountain has been transferred from Azig to Jierhalang.
No matter how unwilling Azig was, he would not dare to disobey Amin's order.
"Let the Han army go in front by boat, and the Eight Banners soldiers go in the back." Jierhalang ordered.
Compared with the Han army, the Eight Banners soldiers were less suitable for fighting on water.
The ships and rafts collected in the past few days were used to transport the Han army and the Eight Banners soldiers to Pi Island opposite Tieshan, where they would fight the people of the Tiger Flag.
The chaotic Han army began to board the ship.
This time there were no soldiers to follow, so the Han army and the Eight Banners soldiers had to rely on the Han army and the Eight Banners soldiers to go ashore to kill the enemy. The soldiers with only one or two simple weapons in their hands may not be able to stop the people on the island from counterattacking after they get ashore.
One by one, small boats and rafts were pushed into the sea, slowly leaving the shore and rowing slowly towards the opposite island.
The first ships to go into the sea were full of Han troops, and all the crude rafts were taken down to the sea by the Han troops. Those ships that looked better were left on the shore of Tieshan.
These ships were used by the Eight Banners soldiers.
There were five to six hundred Han soldiers who went to sea, and there were dozens of boats and rafts on board. Some small boats were even more crowded with people.
"There is a boat, there is a boat." A sharp-eyed person on the shore pointed at the sea and shouted loudly.
Jierhalang, who was on the shore, looked over.
I saw several large ships coming from the direction of Pidao, all of which were from the Ming Navy. Any one of them was much larger than the ships they prepared themselves.
boom! boom! boom!
The ships on the Tiger Flag side began to fire, and the target was the Han troops at sea.
The huge iron ball smashed into the sea water, splashing towering water columns.
"Baylor, the enemy's bombardment is too strong, can you let the people on the ship retreat first?" The Han army general came to Jierhalang and asked him to allow the Han army at sea to retreat.
After hearing this, Jierhalang said expressionlessly: "Don't worry, the enemy only has a few ships, but your people have dozens of ships and rafts, so don't be afraid of them."
"This is different!" The Han army general looked bitter.
There are many ships on our side, but they can only transport troops to the opposite island and cannot engage in naval battles at all. The other side's ships look like warships commonly used by the navy.
When they come across each other, they have no power to fight back.
Jierhalang's face sank and he said coldly: "No one can retreat without my order. If anyone wants to order the retreat privately, don't blame me for practicing military law."
He looked at the Han army general in front of him.
As long as he could land on the opposite Pi Island, he didn't care how many Han troops died.
After a round of bombardment tests, the warships on the Tiger Flag side began to use ship cannons to continuously bombard the small Han boats on the sea.
If a cannon falls on a ship, a whole boatload of people will fall into the sea.
The ships sent out from Pi Dao were all warships that had captured the navy that had boarded them. There were only a few cannons on board, and they fired several shots. At most, one shot hit the target.
This is because the sea surface between Tieshan and Pi Island is relatively calm, otherwise there will be fewer cannons that can hit the target.
The cannons were fired many times, but most of the Han troops and the ships and rafts on which the Han troops rode were still intact.
When the Han army general on the shore saw this scene, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as most of the Han troops can successfully land on the island, he can tolerate the death of some Han troops.
