Since the Tumubao Incident, the Han army has not set foot on the grassland for hundreds of years.
The Han cavalry was severely degraded and had no advantage against the Mongolian cavalry.
Li Chengliang from Liaodong?
That is His Majesty the Great Ancestor of the Qing Dynasty. What does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty?
Therefore, the upcoming war will be a new process in which the Han people re-enter the grasslands and use cavalry against cavalry.
Everyone in the Third Cavalry Division knew the significance of this battle.
Winning the battle means that from now on, the Mongolian grasslands can no longer stop the progress of the Han people.
Losing the battle means that the Han people are really inferior to the Mongols in the field of cavalry tactics.
Then this grassland will also become a natural chasm in the eyes of the Han people.
In view of this, Pan Zhengyang and others still acted cautiously despite their strong military strength.
All the cavalry were scattered out and began to fight desperately with the Mongolian cavalry on the vast flat grassland.
There is only one purpose.
It was to make Horqin's right wing blind and deaf, step by step into the battlefield preset by the Third Cavalry Division.
With every step forward, heavy casualties would be reported, making all the Mongolian princes tremble with fear.
"How about we camp on the spot and quickly send a message to Prince Yu Rui to ask him to make a decision?"
The dying Lama Shixi was really lifeless. When encountering difficulties, the first thing he thought of was to retreat.
Badali was very worried.
"This battle is related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty and our Horqin. If we shrink from the battle, where will our people end up?"
Baisgar had other ideas.
"The benefits are all for their left wing, but our right wing only suffers."
After Horqin Mongolia was divided into left and right wings, the left wing rose to an extraordinary position within the Manchu Qing's sphere of influence due to the emergence of several Huang Taiji's Fujins.
In comparison, the right wing is worse.
Just look at the divided territory.
The right wing's territory was further north and the environment was harsher, and it even had to act as a buffer between the Manchus and the Khalkha Mongols.
Therefore, it is impossible not to have resentment in the hearts of these right-wingers.
In the past, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were strong, and no matter how dissatisfied the right wing was, they could only keep it in their hearts.
Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in danger, many people have strange thoughts.
Badali sat in the middle, looking at the different thoughts of the princes, and couldn't help but be a little touched.
He thought for a while and said meaningfully: "We have to fight no matter what. What happens after the war will be decided after the war."
Everyone here is a human being, and they all understand.
For a time, everyone put away their complaints and concentrated on the battle in front of them.
Three days later, Horqin's right wing entered Hohhada.
The river here meanders gently, nourishing the pastures with abundant water and grass, which is just suitable for camping.
Badali decided to take a rest here first, and at the same time get in touch with Dorgon to see the situation in the middle before deciding where to go.
They can't go all the way without knowing anything, only to end up losing the other way.
In that case, wouldn't they be alone?
Badali and others did not know that at this time they had become fat in the eyes of the Third Cavalry Division.
After completing the battlefield shielding, the Third Cavalry Division quickly divided its forces.
The moment Horqin's right wing arrived at Hohhada, it was the signal to start the battle.
In the late autumn morning on the grassland, there will definitely be thick fog.
When the sun rises, the dense fog will gradually dissipate, bringing clarity to the world.
But this temporary thick fog has become the best cover for the Third Cavalry Division.
When the sun turned from red to golden, the Mongols in the camp blew their horns in panic.
On the lower reaches of the river, the heavy cavalry of the Third Cavalry Division, lined up in rows, were slowly pressing forward.
Next to the heavy cavalry, the light cavalry walked slowly and circled to protect the flanks.
Badali and others rushed out of the camp. Seeing the sudden appearance of the National Defense Forces cavalry, they could only quickly organize to fight.
Suddenly the exclamation sounded from behind again.
I saw another cavalry approaching from the direction they came from.
This cavalry was rather strange. They dismounted a thousand steps away and formed an infantry formation.
There is also a group of cavalry scattered on both wings, which plays a protective role.
Horqin Mongolia was unexpectedly attacked from both sides.
This arrangement of the Third Cavalry Division was fully considered.
Although the grassland is flat, it seems that there are passages everywhere. But in Hohhada, there are not many directions to choose from.
In addition to the two ends along the river, there is an endless stretch of large swamps to the northeast.
If Horqin Mongolia is willing to move there, Pan Zhengyang and others may be able to laugh out of their dreams.
In the southwest, there are some rolling hills.
When the Mongolian cavalry ran over there, they also gave up their own strengths.
Seeing the chaos in Horqin's camp, Pan Zhengyang was in high spirits.
He personally walked to the heavy cavalry formation, raised his saber high, and shook it back and forth three times.
The order for a full-scale attack was issued, and the orderlies waved red flags.
Among the various ministries, the horn of charge sounded.
The heavy cavalry began to accelerate slowly and headed straight for the Mongolian camp.
The light cavalry on both wings followed up slowly, but their burdens were heavy.
The first to show off were the dragoons who circled behind Horqin Mongolia.
While the infantry phalanx pressed forward, the artillery began to pour fire.
Cannonballs pierced the sky and hit the camp, causing confusion among the Mongols who were still adjusting their formation.
"Dorzi Seleng, rush over and destroy the enemy's artillery."
Badali was extremely anxious and quickly ordered his second son to go to war.
Dorji Seleng also knew that the situation was critical and immediately led three thousand cavalry to rush out of the camp.
Seeing the rigorous formation of the dragoons, the layers upon layers, and the dense muskets, it was very scary, and Dorji Seleng did not dare to hit them.
He led his troops towards the northwest to speed up their horses.
He planned to make a big circle, bypassing the dragoon musket phalanx, and then deal with the artillery of the Wehrmacht.
Seeing his actions, Wanyan Zhengbo, who was in charge here, immediately led the light cavalry regiment to greet him.
There will be a response from the Third Cavalry Division, and Dorji Seleng has already expected it.
His original plan was to go further around, put a certain distance between the Wehrmacht's light cavalry and the main formation, and then use the Mongols' skilled cavalry and shooting tactics to gain an advantage.
But seeing the formation of the light cavalry charging towards him, Dorzi Seleng couldn't help but have questions in his head.
The formation of the Wehrmacht light cavalry was actually not a wedge formation. Instead, they lined up in a row, crashing head-on like waves.
Dorzi Seleng, who has been fighting on horses since he was a child, really can't understand why he uses light cavalry in this way.
Aren't you afraid of being pierced by your own wedge formation?
But the reality did not allow him to think too much.
Because the light cavalry of the National Defense Force was lined up in a wall formation with a very wide front, the Mongolian cavalry had no way around it.
If Dorzi Selen still carried out the previous tactics, he would be bumped into the formation from the side by the light cavalry of the Wehrmacht.
He quickly turned his horse's head, using himself as an arrow, and rushed towards the Wehrmacht light cavalry.
Since it is inevitable, let the Wehrmacht light cavalry have a taste of the power of the Mongols.
