On the battlefield, Abunai, who was watching the battle, was a little uneasy.
He looked towards the northeast from time to time, fearing that his nest would be attacked by the Ming army.
"Report!" A scout ran to Abunai and said, "Our troops were ambushed by the Ming army and suffered heavy losses. The two thousand reinforcements were also defeated and are retreating here!"
"What?" Abunai hurriedly picked up his clairvoyance and looked towards the southeast.
Wherever he looked, he saw the shadows of the Ming cavalry.
They were in neat formation, with bright armor and sophisticated weapons, and were chasing the defeated Chahar troops at full speed.
Abunai roughly counted and found that there were at least ten thousand people in this Ming army!
broken!
Abunai's face was as pale as paper.
Twenty thousand against three thousand cannot encircle and annihilate them, so twenty thousand against thirteen thousand has no chance of winning at all.
"Inform all units to retreat immediately!" Abunai made the decision in the blink of an eye. "Also, notify all herders on the ranch to pack up their tents and drive their cattle and sheep to flee north immediately."
"No..." Abunai suddenly changed his words: "Escape to the east! The Eight Banners reinforcements are coming from the east."
As Abunai issued the military order, the situation on the battlefield changed suddenly.
The Mongolian cavalry, who were originally in an encirclement, retreated from the battlefield and rushed back with the bodies of their companions.
The surrounded Li Xingzhong hesitated for a moment, but only after seeing the flag of the friendly army did he let down his guard and joined forces with Tang Tong, Cha Binxun, Li Shunzu and others who came to support him.
The sound of bowstrings was like war drums, and arrows flew like rain.
The Mongolian cavalry fled in droves.
However, the Ming army did not gain much during the pursuit, because the Mongolian cavalry had more than one horse, attacked quickly, and fled even faster.
With the advantage of horse power, they quickly left the Ming army far behind.
"Hahaha, so what if the Ming army wins? The grassland is the world of the Mongolian cavalry. We can attack when we advance and run when we retreat!" The Mongolian cavalry was not sad because of the failure, but laughed as they retreated.
"That's true! If I were the Ming army, I would be so angry that I would die!"
"Stop laughing, something's wrong!" A Mongolian cavalryman roared as he looked at the thick smoke rising in the distance.
The others also realized that something was wrong and stopped smiling.
That is definitely not cooking smoke. Cooking smoke is not that thick.
"Quick, go back and check!"
"Everyone, follow closely, something's happening!"
......
The grazing area of Chahar headquarters.
Except for a few women who were packing their luggage, most of the women were sitting outside the tents holding their children, waiting eagerly.
Twenty thousand versus three thousand, they thought the outcome would be a foregone conclusion.
"They're back! Our people are back!" Dozens of children who were practicing horse riding saw the dust flying in the distance and shouted.
The women all raised their heads and looked into the distance.
Because they didn't have the good eyesight of the children and couldn't see the situation in the distance clearly, they asked, "Is the marching team in a panic?"
The panic of the marching troops indicates that there are pursuers behind them, and thus it can be inferred that they have been defeated.
On the contrary, it means a victory.
The children looked into the distance. Although they could not see the specific appearance of the cavalry, they could see the outline of the shape.
"The marching team is not chaotic at all, it's just that the marching speed is a bit fast," the children replied.
"He must be too tired from fighting and hungry, so he's in a hurry to come back for dinner!" The women picked up the children and walked to the fire and added a new piece of charcoal. The mutton on the fire sizzled and the aroma of meat filled the air.
After hearing this, the children immediately whipped their horses and rushed forward.
As the two sides got closer, the child discovered something unusual, "No, they're not our people, they're the Ming army!"
"Run! The Ming army is coming!"
"Everyone, run separately, don't let the Ming army wipe you out all at once!"
The children fled in all directions on their war horses.
The Ming army did not split its forces to pursue, but instead accelerated towards the Chahar camp, which was their ultimate goal.
"Kill!" When they were three hundred steps away from the camp, one thousand Ming troops launched a charge.
Armed with a variety of long- and short-range weapons, they attacked the unarmed herdsmen like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey.
It’s not that Chahar’s main force had no soldiers left, but there were still more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people.
These people might be able to deal with the wild beasts that hunted cattle and sheep, but they could not deal with these Ming troops who were armed to the face.
After a symbolic resistance, more than a thousand old, weak and sick people fled to the north, while others went south to deliver a letter to Abunai.
The Ming army successfully broke into the Chahar headquarters camp.
There is no mercy or softness, only simple and brutal massacre!
After the Chahar tribe surrendered to the Jiannu, they followed the Jiannu into the pass several times, looting and killing countless Ming people.
The Ming army simply used their own method to retaliate.
After the swordplay, the Chahar headquarters camp was engulfed in flames.
One thousand Ming troops attacked from the southwest and attacked from the northeast.
The herdsmen either died or fled!
The campsite that was filled with laughter and joy the moment before turned into a hellish battlefield the next, with broken limbs and coagulated blood scattered all over the ground.
"Commander Wang, where are we going next?" asked a Ming army soldier.
Admiral Wang chuckled and said, "Let's go back to the Mongolian camp to replenish our arrows and find food."
"We should eat our fill and feed our horses as quickly as possible. If nothing unexpected happens, the Mongolian cavalry will come back to support us. We should wait for them and beat them up!"
The soldiers around were slightly stunned at first, and then they sincerely admired this amazing decision. "Commander Wang is right, beat him up!"
More than a thousand Ming soldiers rushed back to the camp again, sat in front of the campfire and ate the roasted beef and mutton.
Not long after the meal, the cavalry on guard outside brought news: the main force of more than 15,000 Mongolian cavalry were marching towards here at a high speed.
The soldiers' faces turned pale when they heard this number.
One thousand versus fifteen thousand. It cannot be said that there is no chance of winning, but it just means that the possibility of winning is almost zero.
Admiral Wang wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth, stood up and said, "Brothers, why do you think the Mongolian cavalry suddenly came back?"
"Because we lost the battle and are being chased by enemies!" someone nearby answered.
"That's right," Admiral Wang laughed, "Who do you think is chasing us?"
"It's our Ming Dynasty's cavalry!"
"That's right," Admiral Wang drew his sword and pointed it at the sky. "Don't be intimidated by the number of Mongolian cavalry. Numbers are never important in war. If numbers were useful, the Mongols would have no chance. Cattle and sheep would have dominated the grasslands long ago!"
The soldiers burst into laughter, and the fear in their hearts was instantly diluted by the laughter.
Seeing this, Admiral Wang raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, follow me to mount the horse and meet the enemy!"
Led by Lieutenant General Wang, a thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the camp like the wind.
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