MTL - I-Chapter 1000 996【One-shot】
Chapter 1000 996 [Big effort]
(If you don’t know the intention and arrangement of sending troops to Mobei, please go back and read Chapters 957 and 958. One is to solve inflation, and the other is to clean up Mobei and Lake Baikal.)
Zuot Babatur's understanding of the Datong Army comes from the Khalkha Mongols who were annexed by him.
He knew that the infantry of the Datong Army could form a chariot formation, supplemented by muskets and artillery. Faced with such a formation, no matter how brave the Mongolian cavalry was, they would not be able to charge in even if they risked their lives.
That's why Zhuote Babatur had to go around in circles, stretching the supply line of the Changtong Army, and cutting off the food road after the main force circled around. The main force had to go to intercept the grain road, and small groups of troops couldn't work. The few teams he sent were all eaten by the Datong army.
Once the grain road is cut off and it is known that its main force is heading south, the cavalry of the Datong Army will inevitably abandon the infantry and come quickly.
Without the cover of infantry vehicles, the cavalry of the Datong Army, Zhuote Babatur didn't think it was very powerful. In his opinion, the Han people are only fierce in formation and firearms, and the Mongol warriors are still the most powerful in cavalry combat.
As for what to line up the cavalry wall to charge, this kind of **** remark was taken as a joke by Zhuote Babatur.
It must be the Khalkha Mongols, who were frightened by the Datong Army, so they felt that the Han cavalry was pouring in, like a moving city wall composed of countless cavalry.
Most of the most lush grasslands in Mobei are mountain grasslands, and some are simply in the mountains.
The current battlefield belongs to the hilly area.
The further south is full of mountains, and the tributary of the Selenga River passes between the two mountains. It was specially selected by Zhuote Babatur to ambush the cavalry of Datong. Once they enter the valley, it will be difficult to escape.
Among the hills extending from the mountains, the large and small hills, the trees are not very lush, but green weeds can be seen everywhere.
These mountain pastures can also be used for horse racing and grazing. But as a battlefield, it will make the battle more complicated, unlike the flat grassland.
Seeing that Cao Bianjiao stopped fleeing, Zhuote Babatur immediately dispatched more than 10,000 light cavalry, and circled several hills to outflank the rear. He never thought that he would be defeated, so at the first moment, he wanted to block Cao Bianjiao's retreat, and wanted to eat all the Datong cavalry in front of him.
After all, the Datong Army sent too many troops this time, and the Mongols couldn't afford it, so they had to do everything possible to annihilate them one by one.
The Mongols in Mobei, men, women, old and young together, have only a little over 100,000 left.
Before Khalkha Mongols had been at war with the Manchus. Then he was defeated in the face of the Datong Army, and many of them froze to death and starved to death on the way to withdraw. Sengge led the Zhungeer tribe to kill them, and many died in battle. Then Sengge was murdered, and Zhungeer was divided into two.
The Zhungeer tribe brought by Zhuote Babatur, plus the annexed Khalkha tribe, can only make up 50,000 cavalry no matter how they are put together.
A few days ago, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu killed thousands of people!
It is very difficult for Zhuote Babatur to come back, so he can only fight an ambush and annihilation battle. Once he sees that the situation is not good, he will run away immediately. Anyway, the Datong army will naturally withdraw its troops if it drags on until winter.
"The first regiment of Xiaocavalry is responsible for dealing with the enemies behind." Cao Bianjiao ordered.
The command flag was fired, Zhang Nai led more than a thousand riders, and turned to face the side and rear.
The cavalry division led by Cao Bianjiao was reorganized from Li Zicheng's Hetao cavalry. Half of the officers were from the Datong Army; the other half were promoted from Li Zicheng's old department.
Li Zicheng's adopted son, Zhang Nai, is currently in the army.
He went to Nanjing to study a two-year crash course at the military academy, and returned to Hetao to directly serve as the regiment leader. This was to appease Li Zicheng's old army, because after the reorganization, almost all the senior officers were from the Datong Army, and Chuang Wang's old army must be dissatisfied, and promoting Zhang Nai can stabilize the morale of the army.
"The second regiment of the Xiao cavalry, line up on the left side of the Yi cavalry!" Cao Bianjiao issued the military order again.
On the front are three regiments of Yi cavalry, which can organize wall charges.
On the right is the river.
On the left is a regiment of cavalry.
Cao Bianjiao led hundreds of cavalry himself as the reserve team of the Chinese army.
Facing the battlefield, the two sides are slowly approaching.
The Mongols were still fighting traditionally, and Zhuote Babatur sent thousands of cavalry to shoot arrows from the front and left.
"Blow the horn, the Yi cavalry charge! The second regiment of the Xiao cavalry, speed up and help the Yi cavalry drive away the archery enemy cavalry."
Cao Bianjiao didn't try to shoot each other with the Mongols. He had fewer troops and had to win in one go.
The Mongolian cavalry that was sent out to test had not yet entered the range, and saw 4,000 Datong cavalry, lined up neatly and marching forward. Moreover, the speed is getting faster and faster. At the beginning, I only jogged, but I rushed up in a short while.
Zotbabatur didn't have a telescope. Although he couldn't see the details clearly, the overwhelming momentum still made him a little scared.
At the same time, the second regiment of the Xiaocavalry rushed faster.
The commanding general is called Zhang Yuankuan, a graduate of the second phase of the Nanjing Military Academy.
Among the graduates of the military academy, there are already more than a dozen regiment commanders, and three brigade commanders. This is also the reason why Zhao Han embarked on the reform of the military system. He is not afraid that the founding officials will interfere with the army, because in addition to senior officers, there are also a large number of middle and low-level officers who graduated from military academies.
These people have all received the education of being loyal to the emperor and loving the people, and they are not the private soldiers of any general.
Zhang Yuankuan led more than a thousand Xiao cavalry, accelerated to bypass the Yi cavalry, and rushed towards the enemy cavalry who were shooting arrows in front. While charging and shooting at each other, both sides suffered casualties, but the Xiao cavalry was fully armored, which was not comparable to the Mongolian cavalry in leather armor.
After a round of shooting, seeing Zhang Yuankuan still charging forward, the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side retreated subconsciously, retreated a certain distance, and then turned back to shoot arrows.
Wait for the second round of arrow rain from the enemy army, Zhang Yuankuan had already raised his spear and pointed to the left. The trumpeters around him immediately blew their horns, and more than a thousand cavalrymen circled to the left in unison, rushing towards the Mongolian cavalry over there.
The Xiao cavalry gave way to the frontal battlefield, and the Yi cavalry behind them sped up again, rushing towards the Mongolian cavalry who were drawing their bows.
The awe-inspiring momentum made the Mongolian cavalry forget about shooting arrows, and hurriedly stepped aside to chase Zhang Yuankuan's troops.
"Block, stop!" Chot Babatur yelled.
In the main formation of the Mongolian cavalry, thousands of cavalry pressed up. About 3,000 cavalry are equipped with iron armor, and the rest of the cavalry are all leather armor. At this time, the Zhungeer Department is obviously still very poor.
Half of the more than 3,000 armored Mongolian cavalry were led by Abarai.
This person followed Gushri Khan on expeditions to Qinghai and Tibet in his youth. Historically, he was responsible for the **** of the Tsarist Russian envoy Baykov to Beijing, and he was also rewarded by Emperor Shunzhi.
Abalai led his armored cavalry to charge forward, but he felt something was wrong before he charged far.
The cavalry wall of the Datong Army was lined up neatly. If he rushed forward, there would be a 100% accident. There is absolutely no possibility of escape, the cavalry wall is too dense, and there is no room to dodge.
Abalai is not a fool, he cannot take over a battle that must die.
Having nothing else to do, Abarai ran to the left with his troops. He planned to avoid the wall charge, wait for the Datong cavalry to rush over, and then charge in from behind, flanking Zhuote Babatur's central army back and forth.
Not only Abarai thinks so, other Mongolian nobles are all dodging to the left, and no one wants to collide with a group of desperate lunatics.
As soon as they gave way, Djotbabatur's center charged directly.
Babatur's eyes widened, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Before he issued an order, his two sons led a team to escape, and the rest of the generals also led their troops to disperse.
The Yi cavalry's wall charge is more subtle than before.
The outermost cavalry battalion of the platoon spread out a little during the charge, and then those who were close to this battalion followed suit. Not long after, half of the Yi cavalry changed from wall charge to traditional charge. These scattered cavalry rushed towards the dodging enemy cavalry, and killed more than 2,000 enemy cavalry right in the middle.
Zot Babatur also fled, and was separated from his two sons, leaving only more than a thousand direct troops around him.
The Mongolian cavalry on the side gradually felt that something was wrong, and in a blink of an eye, the coach ran away. They are either from Khalkha Mongolia, or they are the old tribe of Sangge, and they have no loyalty to Zhuote Babatur. Zhuotebabatur has escaped, and they are still playing?
Team after team of Mongolian cavalry, reining in their horses and fleeing from the battlefield, Zhang Yuankuan led a regiment in frantic pursuit.
Cao Bianjiao, as the chief general, saw the enemy army crumbling, and immediately led the reserve team, turned around and rushed to the rear. He wanted to help Zhang Nai meet the enemy cavalry who circled behind.
Zhang Nai led more than a thousand cavalrymen, and was on a hill covered with grass, shooting arrows at the encircling ten thousand cavalrymen. After shooting an arrow, immediately dive down from the hill, leave the battlefield and go to the second hill.
The enemy Zhang Nai was facing obviously did not intend to fight desperately, but wanted to wait for the frontal battlefield to determine the winner.
To put it bluntly, the enemy soldiers are not in harmony.
It is the Khalkha Department and the Zhungeer Department, and the Jungar Department also has the old Sangge Department. They have a deep hatred for each other, and it was only because Zhuote Babatur wantonly divided up the grassland that these chaotic forces were combined.
If anyone loses a lot of troops, even if they win this battle, their grassland may be swallowed up.
Then save your strength, more than 10,000 people besieged and killed more than a thousand Datong troops, and it was so slow to completely surround them before fighting.
The two sides gradually approached the main battlefield, and the central army of Zhuote Babatur had already collapsed. Seeing this, more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalrymen turned around and fled without saying a word. Zhang Nai and Cao Bianjiao chased and killed them at full speed.
Fleeing and fleeing, suddenly a Mongolian nobleman remembered something, drew his sword and shouted: "I have contacted Mr. Zuo, and I can be the guardian if I join the Celestial Dynasty. Let me kill!"
This is a Khalkha force, led by Mongolian nobles, violently attacking the fleeing "friendly army" nearby. They had a blood feud with the Zhungeer tribe, and turned against each other to fight. They can not only avenge their clansmen, but also gain the appreciation of the heavenly court.
Another Seng Ge's old troops also turned to attack and kill friendly troops.
Soon, the more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalrymen were in a group, and it was impossible to figure out who was going to join the Celestial Dynasty.
Anyway, only those who win the battle are eligible to take effect.
Before that, let go of revenge, they have long been dissatisfied with each other.
"This... who should we help?" Zhang Nai looked at the messy battlefield in a daze.
Cao Bianjiao smiled wryly and said: "Let them fight, I don't know who to help, why don't we go and hunt down the defeated soldiers head-on."
Cao Bianjiao took Zhang Nai and turned around to hunt down the frontal battlefield.
After running for a few miles, a group of Mongolian cavalry dismounted and knelt in front of them. A Mongolian youth in his twenties held up the head of Zhuote Babatur and said: "I have killed the traitor of the Celestial Dynasty, Zhuote Babatur!"
Cao Bianjiao was very happy, he helped this person up himself, and then asked his identity, he was speechless for a moment.
It was Zhuotebabatur's own son who killed Zhuotebabatur!
(end of this chapter)
