Ma Yunjiu led the cavalry division and fought with the eight thousand cavalry of the Chahar tribe.
The Chahar cavalry, which had the advantage in strength, relied on the cavalry bows in their hands, which caused a lot of trouble to the cavalry division. However, as the distance between the two sides became closer, the advantage of the Tiger-shaped Banner cavalry division's armor was revealed. .
More and more Chahar cavalry were killed by muskets and sabers, while the cavalry division suffered fewer and fewer casualties, and it slowly began to overwhelm the Chahar cavalry.
At this time, Harbala arrived with thousands of cavalry from the Tumut tribe and strangled the Chahar tribe from the rear.
The Chahar cavalry, which was already on the verge of defeat, finally couldn't hold on anymore as they were attacked from the front and back, and began to flee in all directions, even killing their own comrades in order to escape.
Ma Yunjiu left the pursuit of the defeated troops to the men of Harbala and Tumote. He led the cavalry division to support the Chinese army, which faced tens of thousands of Chahar cavalry alone.
The sound of firecrackers and cannons resounded continuously around the Chinese army.
When Ma Yunjiu rushed over with the cavalry division, the last Chahar cavalry had already begun to collapse.
What he did was lead the cavalry division to pursue Chahar's defeated troops.
However, because the Chahar troops were all cavalry, they all lost their armor when they fled. Moreover, they had grown up on horses and were very familiar with riding horses.
The company chased them for more than ten miles, but in the end the cavalry division and the Tumut cavalry combined only brought back five to six thousand prisoners.
Although the infantry of the Chinese army did not pursue the enemy, they swept the battlefield.
After the First World War, not only people from the Chahar tribe died on the field, but also the Tiger Banner and Tumote tribes suffered over a thousand casualties, most of them wounded. The number of dead was less than 300, most of them. It was the cavalry, but the two combat battalions of the Chinese army had the least casualties.
Harbala, who had returned from chasing the enemy, came to Zhang Hong with excitement and said happily: "This battle was really enjoyable. We killed and captured eight or nine thousand people from the Chahar tribe alone." , I am afraid that in the end, less than 5,000 people managed to escape back to Chahar alive.”
"The Tiger Flag soldiers who died in the battle will be cremated in a while. How do you arrange the deceased in the Tumut Department? Should they be cremated together or take the bodies back." Zhang Hong could not see any excitement on his face, but asked The problem of the warriors who died in Harbala.
Halbala put away the smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "The warriors of the Tumut tribe should be cremated like the warriors of the Tiger Flag. I will take the ashes of the warriors back and give them to their relatives."
"You compile the list of the dead and injured, and pensions will be paid to them." Zhang Hong said.
Harbala hesitated for a moment and said: "There is no need to pay any pension. If they can defeat the Chahar tribe and defend their own grassland, they will be considered worthy of death."
"Since you died fighting for the Tiger-Character Flag on the battlefield, whether it is the soldiers and horses of the Tiger-Character Flag or the soldiers and horses of the Tumote Department, they will receive pensions and will not be treated differently." Zhang Hong said to Harbala. .
After hearing this, Harbala saw that the other party really wanted to provide compensation for the fallen warriors of their Tumut tribe, and was not just talking about it, so he agreed to go back and prepare a list of the fallen.
After the battle with the Chahar tribe, the battle process and results were sorted out and sent to Datong Town by fast horse as soon as possible.
The journey was originally five or six days, but because there were forts along the road where horses could be exchanged without changing people, the box containing the secret message took only three days to be delivered to the main town office in Datong Town.
There is no general affairs department in Tiger Character Banner, but secret letters from various places will be sent to the escort team, or directly from the Intelligence Bureau to Liu Heng's desk.
The secret letter of the battle with Chahar's Ministry did not go to the Intelligence Bureau, so it was sent to the attendant team. Through the attendant of the attendant team, he immediately took the box containing the secret letter to the signing room where Liu Heng's office was held.
"Lord, this is a secret letter from Qingcheng." The attendant placed the box containing the secret letter on Liu Heng's table, then stepped aside and stood with his hands down.
Liu Heng unfastened the seal on the box containing the secret letter, opened the box and took out the letter with the intact lacquer seal.
Pulling out the letter paper inside, Liu Heng read the contents.
After reading it, a smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "The worries of the Chahar Ministry are finally relieved, and now I can concentrate on dealing with the Ming Dynasty."
After speaking, he put the secret letter back into the envelope, handed it to the attendant, and said, "Take it back and file it."
"Two Lords of Beile, let's have something to eat. It looks like the Nikan outside will not come to attack our camp for a while." A Niulu Erzhen came to Dorgon and Duoduo with food.
Duduo was not polite, took the food from the other party's hand and ate it.
"Mantu, you have followed Ama and fought with the Ming army many times before. Do you have any way to deal with the firearm used by Nikan in front of you?" Dorgon asked Niu Lu Ezhen in front of him.
Mantu, who was asked, thought for a while and said: "The Ming army also encountered a lot of firecrackers slaves, but they were easy to deal with. Every time there was a battle, the Ming army had already fired the firecrackers before the Eight Banners warriors approached. This kind of The reloading of the thing is very complicated. After firing one shot, it becomes a useless stick. Once our warriors rush over, they will only run away and rarely have the chance to fire the second shot."
"I asked you to tell me how to deal with the firecrackers in the hands of these Nikans outside the camp. I didn't ask you what the Ming army's firecrackers looked like. It's not like Ben Beile and Brother Fourteen have never seen them before." Duduo glared at Niu Lu Ezhen. Take a look at the full picture.
Although he and Dorgon had never led armies alone in battle, when the old Khan was still there, they had followed him to the battlefield and had seen the soldiers of the Ming army using firecrackers. What did they think of the Ming army's firecrackers? Naturally clear.
"Fifteen Baylor's lesson is right." Mantu bowed to Duduo to admit his mistake, and immediately said, "There are still some differences between the firecrackers used by Nikan in front of me and the firecrackers of the Ming army. They are more powerful, and the firecrackers with explosive barrels are more powerful." There are not as many firecrackers as the Ming army, and I didn’t even see a firecracker exploding.”
Dorgon nodded in agreement and said, "Continue."
"And the most important point." Mantu looked up at Dorgon and said, "The Ming army's firecrackers will fire before we get close, so they don't pose much of a threat to our people, but these ugly people are in front of us. The difference is that they always hold back the firecrackers and do not fire the cannons until our people are within a few dozen steps. In this way, the full power of the firecrackers is revealed, and the accuracy is guaranteed."
"You bitch slave, you have said so much, but you still haven't said anything about how to guard against these Nikan's firecrackers." Duduo looked unhappy.
If Dorgon hadn't been there and it wasn't his turn to make the decision, he would have been unable to resist waving the whip and lashing out all over the map.
