In fact, even if the camp was broken, Zhu Chong still had a chance to survive.

Whether he surrendered or was captured, he would never say that someone killed him. As the second son of the current Ming Emperor and the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were also worried that killing him would cause the Ming Emperor to go crazy.

Besides, the living King Qin of the Ming Dynasty is obviously more valuable than the dead King Qin of the Ming Dynasty.

They could use him to exchange for the Ming army's withdrawal, or they could use him to exchange for a large ransom.

However, no matter how cruel and inhumane Zhu Chong was, or how absurd he was, his pride would never allow him to surrender or be captured.

Especially in the current situation.

This solitary expedition was entirely Zhu Chong's own will. He went against the plan made by his father and greedily wanted to gain greater merit and even be granted the title of Duke of Juxu.

In fact, this behavior is the same as other princes, including Zhu Gang or Zhu Di, who want to prove their abilities to their father.

As princes, they enjoy wealth and luxury, and have no worries about food and clothing. However, proving themselves to their father is the desire of almost all of them.

This is just like the second generation of rich people in later generations, who could have never worried about food and drink for the rest of their lives, and could not spend all the family’s money even if they lived a life of luxury, but they still chose to start a business.

In history, Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang died early, but Zhu Di, who seized the throne, did the same.

For example, the five expeditions to the northern desert, the compilation of the Yongle Encyclopedia, Zheng He's voyages to the West, etc.

These costly actions are exactly the same as what Zhu Di is doing now. Zhu Di wants to prove to his father that he has made great achievements and is capable of being a good emperor. He also wants to have the face to give an account to his father after he dies.

Therefore, if he suffered a great defeat, Zhu Chong would feel that he would not be able to face his father again, not to mention as a prisoner.

If that were the case, he would rather die in battle than do it with a little more honor.

Unfortunately, the Mongolian cavalry had too great an advantage in field battles on the grasslands.

Especially with a death charge like this, which simply costs lives, the camp will be breached in less than two or three days.

Although he felt that he would have reinforcements, Zhu Chong himself didn't believe that the reinforcements could really arrive in just two or three days.

So he gave Geng Bingwen an order to gather food and fodder and burn it immediately if the camp was breached.

And he himself will lead his personal guards to launch the final charge against the Mongolian army.

At this moment, in the Mongolian camp.

The tribal leaders' faces showed both joy and sorrow, with complex emotions changing back and forth on their faces.

Upon seeing this, Aluta spoke.

"According to today's fighting style, it will only take two days, at most three days, for our army to capture the Ming army camp."

"I know that everyone has suffered heavy losses today, but their sacrifice will not be in vain. Everyone has seen on the battlefield today how abundant the Ming army's armaments and firearms are. As long as we capture the Ming army's main camp, all these things will be ours."

"They still have plenty of food and fodder. These food and fodder will be enough for us to deal with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and for us to survive this winter."

"I hope that tomorrow, you will not be stingy with your troops. Whoever contributes more will get more spoils afterwards."

"Think about it, everyone. The Ming army has hundreds of thousands of sets of armor alone. Although we have suffered heavy losses, these sets of armor can completely make up for our losses. And in a battlefield like this, those who can survive are all grassland baturu."

As the Grand Master, Aluta's words were recognized by dozens of tribal leaders in the big tent.

For them, eating this Ming army would be a huge piece of fat meat.

"Grandmaster, our warriors are not afraid, it's just that the Ming army's artillery is too powerful. Many warriors were killed by the Ming army's artillery before they could even get close to the enemy. Although the war horses' ears and eyes are covered, they are still frightened."

The leader of the Sunite tribe complained.

Because on today's battlefield, the warriors of their tribe were the most unfortunate, and the Ming army's artillery killed the most people from their tribe.

So much so that later on, cavalry from other tribes stayed away from the Sunite tribe, as if getting close to them would bring bad luck.

Alutai said: "Please rest assured about this matter. Didn't you notice that when it was almost sunset, the Ming army's artillery no longer sounded."

"There is a limit to the number of artillery bombardments. The artillery we captured also exploded due to the continuous bombardment. These were originally the artillery of the Ming army, so the artillery in the Ming army camp must be the same."

"Besides, they have fired so many cannons that they have used up all their ammunition. So even if there are cannons tomorrow, it will never be like today."

From the Yuan Dynasty to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and then to today's Tai Shi.

Aluta is obviously very experienced and has sufficient understanding of all aspects, which is completely different from ordinary grassland people.

In the big tent, although Guilichi was sitting at the first seat, it was obvious that Aluta was in control of the entire situation.

This is because the three leaders of the Oirat Mongols were at odds with Guilichi, and Aluta was obviously more suitable to act as a middleman.

There was undisguised murderous look in Mahamu's eyes when he looked at Guilichi.

This was the enemy who murdered his father. Being able to avoid taking action in a big tent was already his bottom line.

Guilichi was also very clear about this, so he simply chose to remain silent.

At this time, after the leaders of several small tribes talked to each other, the leader of the Abaga tribe stood up.

"Grandmaster, I, along with the Abahanaer, Sizi, Maoming'an, and Ulat tribes, are responsible for cutting off the support of the Ming Emperor in Daqingshan. However, the war is happening too fast now. Please allow the warriors of our tribe to join the team attacking the Qin King of the Ming."

In fact, no one expected the situation on the battlefield today to be like this. According to the original plan, we would first surround it.

However, the food and fodder brought by each unit was in short supply, and the Ming army, which had captured a large number of cattle and sheep from the Hulunbuir grassland, was able to hold out for a long time.

In this way, the several tribes responsible for the rear-end ambush suddenly found that they might not get any share of the meat.

Even if some is shared, it will definitely not be too much.

Besides, Grand Tutor Aluta had said before that the Ming army’s artillery was no longer useful, so the casualties would not be as heavy as today. They must intervene.

Only by participating can they legitimately get more spoils.

Which tribe doesn’t like the armor of the Ming army?

The Abagha tribe's request was rejected by several tribal leaders before Alutai expressed his opinion.

They believed that so many warriors of their tribe had been killed or injured, and that the joining of several tribes of the Abagha tribe at this time was like picking peaches.

The Abagha tribe felt that it was not because their tribe did not participate, but because they had received the task of ambush the Ming army reinforcements, not because they were afraid of death.

You say you are right, and I say I am right, and immediately we started arguing in the big tent.

In the end, it was Aluta who spoke.

The quarrel was stopped only by asking the Abaga tribe to take 20% less of the spoils. Otherwise, if it was allowed to continue, they would really start fighting.

In fact, Aluta was hoping that they would fight, but the Ming army camp had not been breached yet. If civil strife broke out at this time, it would not be a good thing.

The Mongolian tribes today have long since become a loose group, and they no longer have the cohesion that Genghis Khan had in his past.

For their own interests, each tribe can pick up scimitars and bows and arrows to fight against other tribes.

When Genghis Khan ruled Mongolia, he ordered that no matter who got the spoils, the Golden Family would only take 10%, and the remaining 90% would belong to the tribe.

This made almost all the tribes fight for Genghis Khan.

Now, it is no longer what it used to be.

In order to be able to participate in tomorrow's war, several tribesmen of the Abagha tribe sent their members to report the news overnight and transfer all the tribesmen who were in ambush.

However, what they didn't know was that it was because of this action that a huge mistake occurred.

Prince of Jin Zhu Gang led an army of 200,000 and marched straight towards Wala.

However, halfway through the journey, Ye Bushu discovered traces of the Mongolian tribe's march.

This made Zhu Gang hesitate slightly, and then he decided to give chase.

The news of the Ming army's attack on the grassland had spread long ago. At this time, the tribes on the Wala side did not gather together, but instead went towards Western Mongolia. This was obviously an unusual situation.

The tribe that Zhu Gang was tracking was none other than the Maoming'an tribe, which was responsible for ambushing one of the Ming army's reinforcements.

The Maoming'an tribe lived near the Oirat and was considered a member of Eastern Mongolia. They were descendants of Hasar, the eldest brother of Genghis Khan, and were an important part of the Khorchin Wanhu.

Zhu Gang, who was following the Maoming'an tribe, discovered that not only the Maoming'an tribe, but also several tribes were actually united together. It was obvious that they were preparing some conspiracy, so he sent Ye Bushu to monitor the movements around the clock.

Zhu Gang didn't know that his second brother Zhu Chong had run away to the Hulunbuir grassland, so he didn't think much about it.

Because he was worried about being discovered, Zhu Gang kept a certain distance.

The fact that several tribes set out in the middle of the night was naturally discovered by Ye Bushou, who immediately rushed back to Zhu Gang's camp to report.

"So they went north?"

When Zhu Gang heard the news, his brows frowned slightly.

According to the simple map, Hulunbuir grassland is to the north.

"It seems that they want to gather together and unite to fight against our Ming Dynasty."

Hulunbuir grassland is the ancestral land of the Mongolian people. In Zhu Gang's opinion, a large number of grassland tribes may have gathered there.

This speculation made Zhu Gang somewhat excited.

He certainly would not have thought that there were hundreds of thousands of cavalry gathered there, but he thought that a large number of Mongols would definitely be found.

The most troublesome thing about fighting the Mongols is that we don't know their location. Now that we have a direction, there is nothing to worry about.

Zhu Gang immediately ordered all the Night Guards to start tracking immediately.

Because the infantry was too slow, Zhu Gang was worried that these guys would run away again and delay the opportunity to fight. So the next morning, Zhu Gang immediately decided to personally lead 30,000 cavalry to attack first.

The place where several tribes of the Abaga tribe ambushed was near Arshan.

When a large army is marching, the first thing they need to consider is water sources. Arshan has virgin forests and is hidden enough. Otherwise, how could tens of thousands of people be hidden in the vast grassland? They would have been discovered from a distance.

It is about five hundred miles from Arshan to Hulunbuir grassland, which is nothing for the grassland cavalry.

They marched in the middle of the night, and most of the tribal soldiers were able to sleep and rest on horseback, so that they could almost participate in the war the next day.

It was getting light.

The Mongolian army launched a new round of death charge.

The reason for such a rush was that many tribes wanted to break into the Ming army camp before the Abagha tribe arrived, so that even what had been agreed upon before would be of no use.

After all, the Ming army camp has already been breached. What's the point of you rushing over?

However, the situation in the Ming army camp the next day left the Mongolian army dumbfounded.

They saw that in front of the Ming army camp, at the gap in the Morigele River, a large number of corpses, both human and horse, were piled up to form a wall of corpses more than one meter high.

It turned out that this proposal was put forward by Geng Bingwen yesterday evening.

Geng Bingwen initially defended Changxing and made the greatest contribution. Zhu Yuanzhang ranked the meritorious officials and put Geng Bingwen and General Xu Da in the first class.

In himself, Geng Bingwen was not an invincible general like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, but his greatest strength was defense.

He can be said to be the best defender of the Ming Dynasty.

Yesterday, when Zhu Chong was in low spirits and ordered the gathering of food, Geng Bingwen saw the countless corpses on the grassland and immediately thought of a strategy to deal with the Mongolian cavalry.

He told Zhu Chong about this plan and immediately received Zhu Chong's strong support.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, a large number of Ming soldiers entered the battlefield to carry corpses and pile up a wall of corpses.

During this period, most Mongolians suffered from night blindness due to malnutrition.

Moreover, they surrounded the Ming army camp and did not think that the Ming army could launch a surprise attack at night.

In fact, the Mongolian cavalry on night duty made some discoveries, but they thought that the Ming army was only collecting the bodies of their own soldiers. Anyway, the Mongolian army had guarded all the exits, and so many Ming troops could not escape.

So when some abnormalities were discovered, they were not reported.

Zhu Chong sent out more than 20,000 soldiers, who moved secretly overnight. During this period, he was very worried that the Mongolian army would discover their movements, so he specially prepared cavalry and infantry to provide cover at any time.

As it was almost dawn, there was no response from the Mongolian army, so they felt relieved.

"Write down their names. If I can return alive, their parents, wives and children will all be taken care of by me."

Zhu Chong's words boosted the morale of the Ming army camp.

Of course, such a promise was not thought up by Zhu Chong, but was suggested by Geng Bingwen.

Geng Bingwen, who had spent his entire life in war, knew very well how to boost the morale of his soldiers.

At this time, Zhu Chong was very grateful for his father's arrangement.

If Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, had not been there, he would probably not have seen even a glimmer of hope of survival.

And with the wall of corpses blocking the way, it means they can hold out a little longer.

One more day means one more hope.

Although the wall of corpses is only one meter high, or even less than a person's height, you can still see the other side when standing next to it. However, such a defense is a very good means of restricting the Mongolian cavalry.

You have to know that the original Qin Great Wall was only about one meter high, which was a big obstacle for horses.

Although the wall of corpses was not tall and its structure was not strong, it was enough to stop the horses, thus preventing the cavalry from attacking quickly and allowing the Ming army's muskets to be effectively used.

The appearance of the wall of corpses gave the Mongolian army a headache. They had thought they could easily deal with the Ming army, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen suddenly.

But there was no other way but to charge forward.

Because of the forced march, the Mongolian army did not prepare siege equipment.

The Northern Yuan Dynasty did have some siege machines in the hands of the Tatars, but who would want to drag siege machines across the grasslands? Anyone who made this suggestion would definitely be ridiculed by all the grassland people.

Similarly, the artillery they had previously captured could no longer be used.

There was nothing to make in the vast grassland.

Although the battle on the second day was still brutal, the Ming army, with the wall of corpses as cover, still held its defense line firmly.

At dusk, when the Mongolian army retreated, they could only watch helplessly as the Ming soldiers ran out again to drag the corpses.

Aluta immediately ordered the cavalry to shoot arrows, but everyone was not blind. As soon as the Mongolian army moved, the Ming soldiers ran back.

When the Mongolian army retreated, they continued to run out and drag the corpses.

The Mongolian leaders were speechless as they watched the wall of corpses that they had finally broken through become thicker again.

Alutai was so angry that he cursed: "These despicable Ming people are shameless!"