On the grasslands west of Liaodong.
Batu, who had fled Jinzhou, was retreating towards the grasslands with his tribe, You Chu who had been taken hostage, and his remaining forces.
You Chu looked at Batu, who was leading the tribe in retreat, and walked over to him, saying:
"Chief Batu, what are we doing? Li Ze's reinforcements have arrived."
Shouldn't we be heading to meet up with Khan Lingdan Batur as soon as possible?
"meet?"
After the translator beside him finished translating, Batu said directly:
"Did you go to Zero Order Batur to ask him to deal with me?"
Anyway, once I got back to the grasslands, which are vast and separated by the desert, he couldn't do anything to me.
After You Chu heard Batu finish speaking, he was stunned. He already knew that the Tatars were a loose tribal alliance.
But he never imagined it would become this lax.
The prestige of the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur was completely ineffective in intimidating them.
It should be noted that Batur was hailed as the most prestigious Tatar Khan in decades.
He was unable to control the chiefs of the tribes under his command.
How loose must the Tatar Khan and the Tatars on the steppe have been before?
No, I need to get away from them as soon as possible; I can't go back to the grasslands with them.
Otherwise, he would miss the decisive battle between the Tatar army and Li Qin.
Wasn't his reason for contacting the Tatars this time precisely to quell the Li Qin Rebellion with the help of the Tatars?
You Chu returned to his remaining troops, intending to withdraw, but then he saw a large cavalry army appearing in the distance.
Moreover, many people have the hairstyle of shaving their heads into a rat's tail.
Jurchens? How could that be?
How could the Jurchens have come from the west? Wasn't Li Qin's army in the east?
Caught off guard by the sudden appearance of Jurchen cavalry, the Tatars were thrown into chaos.
The Jurchen cavalry, who were on a rampage, were quite surprised to encounter the Tatar army.
Because they were unprepared to encounter the Tatar army here.
At this time, many of them weren't even wearing armor.
Zhou Wentong, who was in the team, was also surprised, but he could see that the Tatars on the other side were obviously unprepared.
They also fell into panic.
He keenly realized that this was a war opportunity that he absolutely could not miss.
If they don't want to wear armor, then so be it. In a narrow encounter, the brave will prevail. While they are in disarray, let's take advantage of the situation and crush them in one fell swoop.
He then decisively led his cavalry in a charge, heading straight for the chieftain of the Tatar tribe.
Faced with a sudden cavalry force, the Tatar army, which already lacked professional organization and training and was poorly equipped, fell into chaos.
Faced with the charge of Zhou Wentong's elite Jurchen cavalry and Liaodong cavalry, they immediately began to scatter.
Batu wanted to unite the people of his tribe, but he failed in the chaotic battlefield.
Just as he was about to escape, an elite Liaodong cavalryman stabbed him off his horse with a spear.
With the chieftain's death, the Tatar army began to completely collapse.
After defeating the Tatar army, they captured prisoners.
Zhou Wentong learned that Li Qin had led his army on a rapid march to Jinzhou.
Meanwhile, the Tatar army was in Liaodong, and it was very likely that they also knew that the superior had brought reinforcements.
They should be on their way from Liaodong to Jinzhou now, having left behind the vast Liaoze, which is absolutely not a battlefield.
Their marching route was already very clear.
He then immediately ordered that all captured Tatars be killed, except for a few usable ones.
Take away all their horses and usable supplies.
The army then marched north, and then south.
And now the newly formed army will definitely march from Jinzhou from south to north.
They attacked the Tatar army from both north and south, flanking it.
He originally didn't have enough supplies, and during the long march over mountains and valleys, many of his warhorses were lost.
Taking a detour to the north now is definitely not enough.
However, after eliminating this Tatar tribe and seizing their warhorses and supplies intended for their return to the grasslands, they had enough supplies for their detour.
After killing the captured Tatars, he immediately set off north with the supplies and horses he had seized from them.
You Chu, who had narrowly escaped death, looked around at his old subordinates, only to find that there were very few left.
He could only first gather his scattered old troops and some scattered Tatars to accumulate strength.
Otherwise, with his current small group of people, he could be killed at any moment.
On the Liaohe Plain.
Li Qin's reinforcements finally clashed with the Tatar army.
Li Qin's scouts were the first to discover the Tatar army.
After the report, Li Qin immediately ordered the army to prepare and form ranks to guard against a surprise attack by Tatar cavalry.
He knew very well that the Tatars were mostly cavalry, while his own men were all infantry.
On this Liaohe Plain, I am at a great disadvantage.
On the plains, infantry can only withstand Tatar attacks by forming ranks.
Thanks to regular training and ample military pay, Li Qin's army immediately began using wagons, shields, and other equipment to build a defensive line in front of and around the main force to resist cavalry charges.
If you have enough time, using antlers or similar materials is actually the best option.
If positioned correctly, it will be very difficult for enemy cavalry to reach your army's front lines during their charge.
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