More than 20 miles northeast of Mingwei Fort, the Ming army intercepted the Ottoman Empire army that was detouring north.
At this time, the battlefield was still a plain area. Only to the east were hills, which eventually became higher and higher, and became the Ural Mountains.
When fighting on the plains, there are not many methods available. This also means that the next battle can only be a head-to-head duel based on strength.
In the past few days, such battles have occurred many times. Each time, the Ming army beat back the Ottoman army. However, it was inevitable that the Ming army suffered many casualties.
At this time, looking at the densely packed enemies on the opposite side, the morale of the Ming army was not very high. Because they know that this time there are more enemies than ever before. After this war, they don't know how many people they know will die here.
In this regard, some people in the Ming army have already complained.
"Why do we have to fight them head-on every time? They obviously have more soldiers than us. If this continues, we will all die here."
"Yeah, why not let them move east? Then we won't have to intercept anymore."
"Don't you know? My family is here. If possible, who would be willing to move eastward? It's not like I can't defeat them! Besides, what if they move eastward and Fort Mingwei is short of food?"
"Yes, Mingwei Fort is too small to protect the herd. But if we let them move far away, we will be short of food if the siege lasts for a long time."
"Stop talking, keep fighting and wait until the emperor arrives with the reinforcements. Then we will win!"
"You put it lightly. It has been so long. Where are the emperor's reinforcements? If we keep working hard like this, who can wait for the reinforcements to arrive?"
"You dare to question the emperor and rebel against you?"
"I was just talking, and I didn't say anything bad about the emperor. What's wrong?"
"..."
When the situation is bad and morale is low, there are more of these whispers.
Of course, these noisy voices are not found in the Ming Dynasty's local army, but mostly on the Gossart and Turgut tribes.
When he was about to fight the enemy, but he had no military discipline on his side, Zhu Zhongming, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty's local army, got angry and drove his horse over. Regardless of the opponent's title, he warned in a cold voice: "If you don't want to fight, just withdraw." Come on, the Ottomans passed by and killed your Gossarts and Turguts!"
He was originally just the commander-in-chief who stayed up all night. Following Emperor Chongzhen, he fought all the way to Bengal, and then fought all the way back to the west. He accumulated meritorious service and was promoted. He did not exchange his military exploits for his wife's money or anything. When he returned to Tianshan Luntai , it is already a guerrilla.
Later, he followed Hong Chengchou on the westward expedition and made military exploits in many battles. Now he has the rank of deputy general.
I have to say that as long as you keep fighting, if you are lucky, your promotion will definitely be faster!
Hearing his questioning reminder, Racine, although not happy, understood that what he said was reasonable, and shouted back to tell his people to shut up. Punchuk did the same, immediately rectifying military discipline and preparing for war.
But despite this, the soldiers of the Gossart and Torgut tribes no longer spoke, but their morale was obviously not high.
When Zhu Zhongming saw it, he understood that the reorganization of these tribal armies had not been completed. In addition, they had not fought with the emperor, and their own people had suffered many casualties, so they became afraid of the enemy.
He felt a little disdainful about this, so he deliberately said loudly: "In this battle, our army will be the vanguard, and you will be the rear!"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhongming drove his horse back to the main formation without caring about the expressions of Racine and Punchuk.
Being looked down upon by him in this way, Ayuqi became angry and immediately responded loudly: "Our Torgut tribe is not a coward!"
However, Zhu Zhongming ignored him and returned to the main formation. After giving the order, the five thousand cavalry responded in unison with a roar: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
The sound was so loud that even the Ottomans in the distance heard it and looked over.
Morale is contagious. When the other Ming army ministries saw him, they were bloody men. Of course they didn't want to be compared, so they responded with actions.
The Ming army finally started to move.
With Zhu Zhongming's troops as the spearhead, the left and right wings were occupied by Lasin's and Punchuk's troops respectively, and the remaining herdsmen troops were behind this formation.
[fo] After completing the formation, he began to slowly approach the enemy, preparing to launch an attack.
The Ottoman Empire army is of course also in formation, preparing to fight.
If nothing unexpected happens, a fierce battle will break out soon.
As the armies of both sides were at war, many people felt that something was wrong.
Finally, someone with sharp eyes saw the situation and immediately screamed.
The Ming army was ecstatic, pointing to the east and shouting: "Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming, the emperor is here..."
That's right, in the hilly area to the east, countless red knights seemed to emerge from the ground, endless and endless.
At this moment, no matter whether it was the Ming army, the Gossats or the Turgut troops, they all thought of the legend of the emperor. If it were not foretelling, it would be absolutely impossible for reinforcements to appear at this time.
As a result, the morale of these soldiers, who were originally not as good as the Ming Dynasty's cavalry, suddenly increased, and even faintly surpassed the morale of the Ming Dynasty's local soldiers.
Correspondingly, the Ming army immediately cooperated with the Ming army in the distance and launched an attack at the same time.
On the Ottoman Empire's side, they were dumbfounded.
The sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements was definitely a major blow to them who were preparing for battle.
There was a rumor about Ming reinforcements and the Ming emperor, and they immediately thought of it. It showed that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the real god. He knew that there was going to be a war from thousands of miles away and had already sent someone to notify him.
Previously, their Prime Minister made it clear that this was a conspiracy by the commander of the Ming Army. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the rumor spread widely and became known to almost everyone. For this reason, they all laughed at the Ming army soldiers for being fooled.
At this moment, all of them immediately thought of this rumor and were naturally dumbfounded when they saw the countless Ming cavalry emerging from the east. How could the impossible become possible?
So, they panicked!
This panic stems from the fact that the number of Ming cavalry troops appearing in the east was far beyond their expectations. Now that the Ming army is flanked from east to west and probably has more troops than them, how can it be possible to win this battle?
Another reason that naturally comes to mind is that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a living god. How can they, mere mortals, fight against gods?
These two reasons made the Ottoman army more and more panicked as the East and West Ming armies got closer and closer. Especially when those with sharp eyes discovered that there was actually a flag representing the Ming emperor in front of the Ming cavalry, they immediately collapsed.
This collapse began with a motley crew of Ottoman troops. Then, like dominoes, a chain reaction immediately started. In the end, this Ottoman army, even if many of them understood that they might not be able to escape if they did not resist, they could only escape with the defeated army.
The two Ming armies were already speeding up. After seeing the collapse of the Ottoman Empire army, they did not hesitate. They all increased their horse speed again and began their pursuit.
What was supposed to be a fierce battle turned into a one-sided pursuit because of the sudden appearance of Ming reinforcements. This is unexpected by everyone, but it is reasonable.
The Ming army generals, whether it was Zhu Zhongming, Rasin or Punchuk, were all excited to see Jia as soon as possible. However, Emperor Chongzhen's banner issued clear instructions to pursue the defeated soldiers and rush back to Mingwei Fort without giving them a chance to breathe.
Seeing this will, of course no one will violate it.
On the Ming army's side, they were all cavalry, while on the Ottoman side, most of them were infantry. On this battlefield, two legs cannot outrun four legs.
Originally, the most murderous scene on the battlefield was the chase. At this time, it was extremely easy for the soldiers of the Ming Army to harvest the enemy. It was only then that the soldiers of the Gossart and Turgut tribes truly realized that fighting could be so easy!
Those who knelt down and refused to surrender were basically stabbed in the back, then threw themselves on the street and fell to the ground. As for those who knelt down and surrendered, the roaring Ming army soldiers ignored them and just continued to pursue the enemies who were still fleeing.
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On the Mingwei Fort side and Koprulu's side, they were also fierce and were driving their men to attack the Ming army. Of course, his own troops will not be used as cannon fodder, but will only drive other troops to attack first.
His idea is very simple, just to waste human life. The Ming army that is wasted will make money, and the men that are wasted can save rations, killing two birds with one stone.
The Ming army did not let the herdsmen advance first. As a result, at the beginning of the war, the Ottoman army suffered more casualties. Koprulu didn't care at all about this. He believed that after a long period of time, the casualties of the elite Ming army appeared, which represented the emergence of a crisis on the Ming army's side.
Of course, people are not machines. If there are too many casualties, there will be problems with the motley crew of the Ottoman Empire army.
There is a saying that goes well, if an army can continue to fight despite 30% casualties, it is definitely an elite force.
The motley crew of the Ottoman Empire army could not reach 30%, so they did not dare to fight anymore and fled one after another. However, behind them were countless supervising troops. Those officers who dared to escape back were killed on the spot, and then the defeated soldiers were driven back to the battlefield.
Koprulu had anticipated this, cut off their escape route, and asked them to exchange their lives for their lives.
As a result, after a long time, the casualties on the Ming army finally began to increase.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou sent out new troops, hoping to replace his comrades who were tired from long battles. As a result, Koprulu sneered and finally sent out his elite troops. No matter what, the Ming army could not be allowed to go back to rest.
But at this moment, something happened.
