The Mongolian army originally thought that it would only take two or three days to capture the Qin King of the Ming Dynasty.

However, today is already the fifth day, and there is no hope of victory at all.

The Ming Dynasty suffered extremely heavy losses, but as the wall of corpses continued to thicken, the Mongolian army's losses became greater and greater.

Now in some small tribes, almost all the warriors are dead, and they are already retreating.

"Grand Master, this is not a solution. The leaders of the tribes now feel that the casualties are too great and they don't want to send any more people." Guilichi said to Aluta alone.

Aluta nodded and said, "I didn't expect the Ming army to be so difficult to break through. This wall of corpses completely blocks the advantage of our cavalry. The Ming people have a lot of experience in defending the city."

"We can't go on like this. The morale of the army is unstable now. We can only fight with all our strength. Even if the losses are greater, we must win."

"Don't worry too much. I see that the Ming army doesn't have many firearms left. They only started using firearms when my grassland warriors rushed to them today."

Guilichi also discovered this situation, so he wanted to talk to Grand Tutor Aluta alone.

Since the Grand Tutor had an idea, he would naturally support it.

Immediately afterwards, Aluta convened a meeting of leaders and decided to mobilize the entire army the next day to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

…

Zhu Chong’s situation here is very bad.

In the daytime war, even the commander-in-chief Zhu Chong went to the front line in person.

The army of 200,000 fought for five days and wiped out half of them.

Even among the remaining 100,000 troops, there are still a large number of wounded soldiers.

Just as Aluta guessed, Zhu Chong's gunpowder was basically gone.

Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that morale has not declined but has become even higher.

This is naturally thanks to Geng Bingwen.

He told all the soldiers that if the camp was breached, only the King of Qin would survive, and he and all the soldiers would become food for the Mongolian army.

"The King of Qin said that he will live and die with you all. If our camp is destroyed, he will not live in disgrace."

These words ignited the determination to die in the hearts of the soldiers who heard them.

The King of Qin, who is so noble, did not surrender. We are just insignificant soldiers. How can we not risk our lives and fight to the death?

In the Ming army tent.

Zhu Chong asked in a deep voice: "General Geng, how much gunpowder do we have left? Can we still fight tomorrow?"

Geng Bingwen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The army has run out of gunpowder. Let alone a battle, I don't know if we can use it even for two or three hours."

"I see that the Mongolian army is reorganizing its troops. They have suffered heavy losses in the past few days. It looks like they will have to send out the entire army tomorrow."

After the words were spoken, silence fell in the tent.

Zhu Chong looked fierce, and after a while he said, "If that's the case, then let's fight to the death. Tomorrow, after the first round of the Mongolian army's charge, I will personally lead my guards to fight them to the death."

The King of Qin said this, and the generals present immediately stood up and said, "As ordered."

The night passed quickly.

Tonight, the Ming army soldiers did not move the bodies anymore, but took a good rest.

It was like a dark cloud pressing down on everyone's head, and everyone was feeling very heavy.

When the King of Qin ordered that the bodies no longer need to be transported, all the soldiers understood one thing: tomorrow would probably be the day of their death.

The moonlight tonight is beautiful, illuminating the entire Hulunbuir.

It can be seen that some soldiers in the Ming army camp are wiping the blood off their bodies.

"Why are you wiping it so clean? You're going to die tomorrow, why do you care so much?"

"It's because I'm going to die tomorrow, so I have to be more respectable."

"No need. When the Mongolian army eats your flesh, they will definitely wash it clean. Why bother yourself?"

This made the soldiers nearby laugh.

After the laughter, there was silence again.

"Have you written a letter home?"

"I would like to write it, but do you expect the Mongols to send it back to you?"

"Maybe."

"Then I'll write one too. I thought I was going to make great achievements, but I didn't expect to end up buried in a foreign land."

"Do you hate it?"

"I hated it a few days ago, but now I don't hate it anymore."

"Me too."

"What a pity! When I graduated from the military academy, I thought I would have a bright future, but I didn't expect that. Maybe this is my fate."

In fact, in the first few days, many middle-level officers in the army, including grassroots soldiers, were very dissatisfied with Zhu Chong.

Because they understood that it was Zhu Chong's greed for merit and recklessness that led to the encirclement and suppression.

But today, I don’t hate it anymore.

Because the noble prince who made the mistake said that he would not surrender, but would die bravely like the peasants like him.

Naturally, I can't hate you anymore.

Tonight is very long and very short.

When the first ray of sunlight broke through the sky, the sound of a horn was heard in the distance.

The Ming army knew that was the sound of the Mongolian army's impending attack.

Immediately afterwards, drums sounded in the Ming army camp, and the soldiers picked up their swords and spears and ran forward.

This time the Mongolian army came out in full force, and at first glance it looked like a huge wave surging on the grassland.

They howled and rushed directly towards the wall of corpses of the Ming army.

The Mongolian cavalry at the front forced their way into the wall of corpses, and the Ming army's muskets fired out clouds of smoke.

The two sides started the most brutal fight.

At this time, Zhu Chong, with the remaining 10,000 cavalry, was already waiting for the opportunity in the rear.

In less than half an hour, a large gap appeared in the wall of corpses.

After all, it was just a pile without any materials to reinforce it. When the Mongolian cavalry rushed forward, many of them simply dismounted and dragged the corpses directly.

As long as the height was lower than the waist, the Mongolian cavalry could leap in directly.

Zhu Chong looked at the collapsing battle line in front of him, raised his long sword high, and shouted: "My lords, follow me and fight to the death!"

“Kill, kill, kill!!!”

These are the only 10,000 or so cavalrymen left in Zhu Chong’s camp.

This time, Zhu Chong, fully armored, rushed to the battlefield himself.

As Zhu Chong shouted, loud drumbeats rang out throughout the Ming army camp. All the Ming army soldiers turned from defense to offense and charged towards the Mongolian cavalry.

Although the Mongolian army was extremely large in number, it was impossible for them to rush over all at once because of the Morigele River blocking their way.

In terms of armaments, the Ming army was superior to the Mongolian army, and in such close combat, the Ming army had a great advantage.

However, the Mongolian army continued to surge in numbers, and due to their absolute numbers, the balance of victory slowly tilted towards the Mongolian army.

Seeing that the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty had personally gone into battle, Baturu, the most powerful general on the Mongolian side, also attacked.

If anyone could capture the King of Qin alive, it would be a great achievement.

The leaders also explained that the King of Qin could only be captured alive and not killed.

This made many Mongolian warriors hesitate, for fear that they would accidentally kill the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, those who were able to rush to the side of the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty were all powerful warriors who were famous on the grassland. Zhu Chong had a large number of personal guards around him.

During the fight, these guards swore to protect the King of Qin until his death.

The Ming army fought to the death and was even more tenacious than Aluta had imagined.

The battle lasted from early morning to noon, more than two hours, and they were still resisting stubbornly.

But that's all.

After two hours of high-intensity fighting, the Ming army was already struggling to survive. Not to mention the men, even the horses had lost the strength to run.

In contrast, the Mongolian army had been fighting in rotation. After a while of fighting, they would turn around and let others fight against the Ming army.

A look of death emerged in Zhu Chong's eyes. After he killed a Mongolian cavalryman with his last blow, his horse fell to the ground with a bang, wailing incessantly.

Zhu Chong also rolled off the horse.

His helmet fell off, and Zhu Chong, covered in blood and with disheveled hair, held a knife on the ground and struggled to stand up.

Even if I die, I will die standing.

"My Lord, I will go first."

"Your Majesty, please take your time."

"Your Majesty, I will go to Huangquan to explore the way first."

“Your Majesty…”

“Your Majesty…”

The personal guards around Zhu Chong shouted loudly and rushed into the enemy army, but were hacked to death by the Mongols.

They are the royal guards, and it is their duty to die before the prince.

Perhaps his fate today was determined from the day he became the personal guard of Prince Jin.

No matter how cruel he was, or how indifferent he was to life and death, at this moment Zhu Chong watched his guards die one after another, with tears streaming down his cheeks.

It was at this moment that Zhu Chong realized that he couldn't even call all the names of those extremely familiar faces.

Just when Zhu Chong was preparing to face death, he suddenly discovered that the Mongolian army in front of him was in chaos.

"Reinforcements, yes reinforcements, our reinforcements have arrived."

Because the Mongolian army blocked his view, Zhu Chong didn't know what was happening for the time being. However, the Ming army soldiers on the edge saw the flag of the Ming Dynasty in the distance and immediately shouted loudly.

This loud shout was like a life-saving rope grabbed by a drowning person, and the Ming army's originally exhausted bodies regained strength.

The reinforcements really have arrived.

On the left wing of the Mongolian army, a Ming cavalry force of tens of thousands charged directly into the battlefield.

The one who led this army was none other than Prince of Jin, Zhu Gang.

In fact, Zhu Gang's Ye Bushou had already discovered the situation two days ago.

And he promptly informed Zhu Gang of the intelligence about this place.

The reason why it was delayed until today was that there were too many Mongolian cavalrymen, and in Zhu Gang's hands, all the cavalrymen added up to a number of more than 40,000, and this was only possible because a large number of war horses were captured from Mongolian tribes.

If they rashly attacked the Mongolian army, even if Zhu Gang joined in, it would not change the situation of the war, but would be a loss instead.

If they want to successfully rescue the second brother, the infantry must also come along.

The distance from Arshan to Hulunbuir is nearly 500 miles. Cavalry can attack quickly, but infantry cannot.

It was impossible for Zhu Chong to just stand by and watch him die.

He left more than 10,000 men to march slowly with food and fodder, and then ordered the other soldiers to march quickly immediately.

He led his cavalry to approach Hulunbuir.

After receiving the news that the Mongolian army was moving out in full force, Zhu Gang knew that he could not wait any longer.

The infantry had just arrived at this time, and they were already exhausted because of marching day and night. However, the situation on the battlefield was urgent, and Zhu Gang didn't care about so much.

The appearance of Zhu Gang dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Mongolian army.

Leaders such as Aluta, Guilichi and Mahamu could never have imagined that the Ming army would receive reinforcements in just five days.

"How could there be so many Ming troops?"

From the Mongolian perspective, there was yellow sand all over the sky in the distance and flags everywhere, just like the Ming army covering the mountains and plains.

In addition to tens of thousands of cavalry, there were also countless Ming army infantry.

The energetic Ming cavalry penetrated into the Mongolian army like a sharp knife. Smoke filled the air. Zhu Gang's Ming army had plenty of gunpowder, and large numbers of Mongolian troops were immediately defeated.

In such a large-scale battle, there was no need to aim the matchlock musket carefully; it was easy to hit the enemy's horse.

At this time, Zhu Gang was actually a little nervous.

Tens of thousands of cavalry could not turn the situation around, so he deliberately carried a large number of flags to pretend that he had more soldiers and horses.

"Master, what should I do?"

Guilichi asked irritably.

The cooked duck is about to fly away.

The most important thing is that they had no idea how many Ming troops had arrived.

Aluta actually wanted to turn to warfare, but the leaders of the various tribes were unwilling to do so.

Especially the Mongolian cavalry who were fighting, their morale dropped rapidly when they saw the Ming army reinforcements.

Aluta had no choice but to order a withdrawal of troops first, and then send people to investigate the situation of the newly arrived Ming army.

He didn't know that this retreat gave the Ming army a chance to catch their breath, but they would never have another chance.

Zhu Gang won the bet.

When the Mongolian army was retreating, Zhu Gang pursued and killed them for a while before stopping.

The Mongolian army felt that they were fearless.

But Aluta had no idea that it would take more than half an hour for the infantry to arrive.

By the time Aluta learned that he had been deceived, Zhu Gang's infantry had already arrived at the battlefield.

If Aluta had sent troops to encircle and suppress Zhu Gang as soon as he appeared, Zhu Gang would have had no choice but to run away.

And then, Aluta missed another opportunity.

Because the sun was about to set, Zhu Gang's artillery was dragged over.

Zhu Gang's army had long been out of touch due to the rapid march, and the soldiers were tired and their combat effectiveness was low.

However, after fighting with the soldiers on the side of the King of Qin, the Mongolian army subconsciously thought that the Ming army's reinforcements were the same.

This results in missed opportunities.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the lack of cooperation from the tribal leaders. Even if Aluta wanted to fight, the other leaders were unwilling to let the warriors of their tribe die when the situation was unclear.

Unfortunately, a raging fire had already broken out in Zhu Chong's camp. When Zhu Chong led his personal guards to move out, he had already ordered people to set fire to the food.

The soldiers on Zhu Gang's side carried dry food for several days, and the logistical supplies were still on the way.

The Mongolian army is sending people to investigate the situation, and to a large extent, the crisis has not been resolved.

But for now, at least Zhu Chong's life was saved.

“Second brother!”

"Third brother!"

Zhu Gang dismounted from his horse and was startled when he saw his second brother covered in blood and with disheveled hair.

Fortunately, he arrived in time, otherwise my second brother would have died here later.