Harry was on the run, and the speed of his horse had been pushed to the extreme.
Slamu and Dovgang looked back and saw that Sergeant Daming had already occupied Harry's camp and was being chased by cavalry!
Xu Huizu killed the Qiangzhi Li, but did not stop. Instead, he led Tan Yuan, Qu Neng, Qu Tao, Xiong Wucheng and others to continue chasing Harry's cavalry. Iron Eagle Cavalry's Arslang and Lakshen were not willing to let go. The biggest piece of meat, in hot pursuit.
Zhu Di walked into Harry's camp. There were still a lot of supplies here, including a large amount of dried meat, and more than 8,000 mares that had not been taken away. Zhu Di was not surprised that Harry had so many war horses.
Not to mention Timur's army, that is, the Oara and Tatars. Their elites are equipped with two cavalry, and sometimes there are even three cavalry. Qiang Zhili died, Zhu Di didn't say anything, since he was killed on the battlefield anyway.
Yang Rong entered the camp and reported the specific battle to Zhu Di, with a sad expression on his face: "Although we haven't calculated the total yet, we have lost a lot of soldiers."
Zhu Di looked at Yang Rong and said solemnly: "Do you think we should use firearms to directly destroy these cavalry, instead of using human lives to resist the cavalry with infantry?"
Yang Rong lowered his head.
From a strategic perspective, hiding part of the strength in the snow, but exposing all the Ming army's trump cards prematurely, is the best way to deal with Timur, and it is also the key to ensuring that Timur can be completely defeated! Moreover, this is the Western Region, and it is very difficult to replenish firearms and ammunition. Once excessive use occurs, it will be difficult to fully replenish firearms and ammunition within ten days and a half.
There are gunpowder craftsmen in the army, but they are more focused on providing gunpowder for the Shenji Camp Fire Guns. The special gunpowder shells required for the Shenji Cannon and Tiger Crouching Cannon require a longer replenishment period and cannot be used unscrupulously.
There is a problem called gunpowder anxiety.
Of course, hiding firearms in the snow was more subject to strategic needs. It was impossible for Ming Dynasty to have to use all its trump cards just because Timur was a vanguard.
Furthermore, it was precisely because it was Harry who came, not Timur's main force, that Ming Dynasty had the opportunity and the possibility to train new soldiers and temper the Beijing army. If it was Timur's main force, Zhu Di might not even have the opportunity to train new recruits, nor would he be able to test various new tactics, and there would be no possibility of discovering problems in the tactics.
Harry is relatively weak, so Ming Dynasty needs a trial of blood and fire to ensure that the Beijing army will come out of the state of new recruits and the state of not knowing what war is, and become veterans!
Only in this way can Zhu Di use this group of people with confidence and be better able to face Timur, who is several times more powerful than Harry!
Zhu Di also feels distressed when someone dies. Who doesn’t feel distressed?
But this is a battlefield, and there are no immortals!
Whether it’s the age of infantry, the age of cavalry, or the age of firearms, the most important thing is people, isn’t it? Hasn’t Zhu Yunwen always emphasized this point?
Since the most important thing is people, then these people must go through the test of life and death, and must face the baptism of the battlefield!
If they only know how to stand at a distance and shoot without the courage to charge, then when the enemy really charges in front of them, they will still be a mob and vulnerable!
If they only know how to wield sabers but have never killed an enemy, then when they face the enemy, they will be so intimidated by the enemy's momentum that they dare not move and become lambs for slaughter!
If they only understand that the battlefield is the writing and drawing on paper, the deduction on the sand table, and the rough and tumble during the training of the Beijing army, they have never felt the temperature of blood splashing on their faces, and have never seen the blood of dead people. The ferocious and horrifying corpses, then what could they use to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds?
This is the battlefield, and it is also the actual battlefield of the Ming Dynasty’s capital army!
Zhu Yunwen needs a powerful Beijing army, a real veteran Beijing army, enough to support the peace of the Ming Dynasty in the next twenty years and shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the empire in the next twenty years!
In order to achieve these goals, Zhu Di sent soldiers to the battlefield in batches.
The price is heavy.
But these costs will be used to water the land of Ming Dynasty with blood, and bloom flowers that will not fade despite the wind and rain.
"Treat the wounded with all our strength, including prisoners."
Zhu Di issued a military order.
Ming Dynasty is short of manpower now. All kinds of mining require people. People are money and profits. But Zhu Yunwen's management was too strict, and he did not allow various places to harshly criticize the people, let alone buy and sell people, and traffic people to the mines. Accordingly, he issued laws and regulations to strictly inspect the mines.
Because of this, many people died.
Before Zhu Di went on the expedition, all the vassal princes' palaces sent messages, hoping that Zhu Di could kill fewer people and bring back more living people. The laws of the Ming Dynasty govern the people of the Ming Dynasty, but not the slaves. Even if the slaves die, no one will feel sorry for them.
The acting king Zhu Gui wrote to Zhu Di and directly stated the price. Aren't heads sold in the army? Twenty taels for a human head, what, bring back a living person, thirty taels for a slave...
Zhu Di was very tempted by this price, and Zhu Yunwen was also very tempted. If he really wanted to kill Timur's 150,000-strong army, the court would have to spend 3 million taels to reward the sergeants. With the court's current finances, Zhu Di was not sure that the Ministry of Household Affairs could get it. Gotta come out.
In this case, it would be better to get more prisoners and sell them to feudal kings, mines and merchants. The court can also make a fortune from them to make up for the huge expenses of the Western Expedition.
Even the captives were saved, and it was all money.
Harry ran away and took away five thousand cavalry, which was more than ten thousand taels of silver. How could he not keep them?
After Song Sheng captured Karachi in Beita Mountain, he arranged for people to clear the battlefield. He led Yuan Yue, Liu Qixia, Zhu Gaoxu and other cavalry out of Beita Mountain, and detoured more than 200 miles to Harry's rear, cutting off Harry's retreat.
Yuan Yue decided to meet Harry in person to see if he was really invincible.
Yuan Yue was a little dissatisfied with the battle at Beita Mountain, because the divine machine guns and muskets took too much of the limelight, resulting in the cavalry not playing a big role. The canyon terrain also restricted Karachi, which had nowhere to escape, and surrendered hastily. The war ended when the cavalry that Yuan Yue worked so hard and trained failed to show their combat effectiveness. This was not good.
Song Sheng admired Yuan Yue and gave him another chance.
Yuan Yue looked at the cavalry team rolling in front of him, knocked his horse, and the horse ran forward slowly. Liu Qixia put down the telescope and said to Yuan Yue: "Yes, it's Harry's army."
Yuan Yue picked up his spear and raised it high: "The General of the Expedition to the West has an order not to let anyone in Harry's army go! Now that Harry has led his troops to escape, he is an army in embarrassment. How can we allow him to leave? Brothers, follow I'll kill!"
The cavalry thundered, and the shouts of killing were everywhere!
Song Sheng watched Yuan Yue rush out with five thousand cavalry, and said to Zhu Gaoxu who was eager to try: "You'd better not get involved. The trapped beast is still fighting. Harry knows that if you can't escape, you will die. This group of people will fight to the death. I don’t want you to get hurt.”
Zhu Gaoxu pulled the horse's reins and said dissatisfiedly: "If I were afraid, I wouldn't come to the Western Regions."
Song Sheng smiled indifferently, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and then looked at Xu Kai: "Harry will definitely try his best to break out. You two each bring two thousand cavalry to prepare to intercept. Remember, if Harry can be captured alive, he will be captured alive. If not, he will be captured alive." , then we can only send him to see Allah."
"As commanded."
Zhu Gaoxu and Xu Kai took orders.
Zhu Di would not give the order "Don't hurt Harry". Harry is the enemy. If you can capture him alive, capture him alive. If you can't capture him alive, kill him. The purpose of capturing Harry alive is to stimulate Timur, lead him to the decisive battle, and at the same time exchange for the Ming Dynasty. Envoy, this is purely because he is seeking death...
Harry changed his horse midway. It was not a problem for two grown men to ride on one horse. Looking at the numerous Ming cavalry in front of him, Harry's face turned gloomy. It was indeed the Ming army, and their number exceeded 10,000!
After running away all the way, Harry finally figured out that the Ming army appeared in the rear. The only explanation was that Karachi was killed or captured, which meant that his 15,000 cavalry had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty.
Karachi's younger brother Adan reported the old letter. He was injured at the time, but he didn't think much about it. But looking back now, Adan is a liar and he lied!
You must know that Adan is Karachi's close guard, and Karachi is a stable general. When he is rarely charging at the front of the military formation, he is often in the middle or rear position to command operations.
Since Karachi cannot charge into battle, why does Adan, a Karachi guard, look hurt?
Harry was so angry that Karachi had betrayed him, or Adan had betrayed him! No wonder there was no obvious disturbance in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, no wonder Zhu Di's Chinese army was always as stable as a rock!
The current situation is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will become a prisoner of Ming Dynasty!
Harry spurred his horse to charge and shouted, "Follow me out of here!"
Slam and Dovgang didn't listen to Harry at all. Slam looked at Dovgang, gritted his teeth and shouted, "The rest will be left to you, we must let Harry return to the Sultan!"
Dovgang's heart was heavy and he said painfully: "Don't worry! I swear on my life that as long as I am alive, I will protect Harry."
Slam smiled, took a thousand cavalry, and faced Yuan Yue!
Dovgang took Harry's guards and Harry, forcing him to change his marching route and go straight to the northwest. Dovgang did not choose the southwest. The southwest direction was along the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain to the west.
Dovgang was almost certain that the Ming Dynasty would definitely arrange troops there to block Harry's retreat, so by choosing the northwest by surprise, the Ming Dynasty must not have expected it and would not fall into a situation of interception from both front and rear.
Song Sheng watched as a thousand cavalry from Harry's army stopped Yuan Yue and many other cavalry. These people tried their best to stop Yuan Yue from chasing Harry.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu laughed and led the cavalry to pursue Harry's army. Dovgang left 500 cavalry behind, blocked Zhu Gaoxu's fierce attack, and then ran away with Harry and 3500 cavalry.
Song Sheng turned his horse's head and pursued Harry on multiple routes with Xu Kai. Dovgang knew that Harry would not be able to leave here unless he got rid of the Ming army, so he had to divide his forces again!
Running all the way, when he couldn't see the shadow of the Ming army, Harry looked back and saw that there were only more than a thousand cavalry left!
When the spirit is high, 50,000 elites fight in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains!
When starry night is in trouble, a thousand deserters shed tears in the cold wind and grass!
Dovgang looked back, not daring to delay: "We are not safe enough yet, we must leave here immediately, the further away the better."
Harry lamented, nodding sadly.
Now that things have come to this, we can only go back to Grandpa Timur. It is better to be embarrassed than to lose our lives.
"Let's go."
Harry led the cavalry to continue fleeing westward, not even daring to enter the stone city they had captured not long ago, for fear that Ming troops would arrive here.
It's getting daylight.
Harry looked at the extremely tired sergeants and the exhausted horses, so he had to find a pasture to rest temporarily.
A horse emerged from the grassland in the distance and walked slowly towards the pasture. Harry didn't mind, it was just a man, he would kill him as soon as he got close, and he would never let him reveal his location.
Suo Jing yawned, looked at the sun, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "We agreed on night, why did we change it to day? Zhu Di, you don't keep your word..."
