Eighty miles north of Weizhen, Ningxia, Daming, Wuhai Ferry.

Wuhai Crossing is located in the west by the Yellow River, the Wuhai Lake in the south, and the Gandel Mountain, which is dozens of miles north-south, can be described as a dangerous place on three sides and a must-fight for military strategists.

This land was originally a fertile land, but because the Tatars had been plaguing the frontier for years, after all the Great Walls under the Ningxia Wei territory were completed during the Chenghua period, the Wuhai area became an unmanned area outside the border wall. In addition to the Tatars who invaded the frontier and the whistling rangers, this fertile land was deserted.

Today, there is a well-equipped army stationed on the east bank of Wuhaidu, with about 2,000 people, setting up camps by the Yellow River. There are trenches outside the camp, and several simple arrow towers are built, with three or five musketeers on each building.

Three miles away from the north and east of the camp, there were dense yurts, and from time to time, groups of Mongolian cavalry roared and moved, showing off their might from outside the camp by the river, and exuding their power to curse and ridicule.

But the army in the camp ignored these arrogant Mongolian cavalry, and did not see any soldiers and generals coming out of the battle, nor did they hear any shot or shot.

This situation has been going on for nearly half a month.

Until a horse came from the west, several soldiers left on the west bank took rafts to send them to the east bank and quickly sent them to the camp.

Soon, the whole camp started to stir.

Three young generals with distinctive armor climbed up to an arrow tower, and the leading young man who was only sixteen or seventeen years old but calm and sophisticated quickly took out a monocular lens to see the movements of the Mongolian cavalry in the distance.

He is Li Dingguo.

Qin Chuan asked him to lead 2,500 troops to guard the west bank of Wuhai Ferry and prevent the Mongolian tribes who had already surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty from sending troops to chase him.

Sure enough, shortly after Qin Chuan led his main force to leave, a sentry came to report that a large number of Mongolian cavalry, about five or six thousand, were crossing the east bank of the Yellow River to Wuhai.

Li Dingguo, who had crossed the west bank of the Yellow River and was about to camp, took out the map and looked for a while, and then made a bold decision: cross the river and go back to the east bank to camp.

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, who were left behind, were shocked. Returning to the east coast meant that they would inevitably be surrounded by Mongolian cavalry. If they were not careful, they would be wiped out and the lives of 2,500 Guandi Army were destroyed.

They could clearly occupy the west bank and confront the Mongolian cavalry across the river, which could prevent the enemy from crossing the river and chasing. Why did they have to return to the east bank to put 2,500 soldiers in danger?

Li Dingguo said: There is only one Yellow River ferry hundreds of miles north of Zhenyuan Pass. When the general returns, he has to cross the river through this place. If they block the enemy on the west bank, thousands of Mongolian cavalry will definitely set up defenses on the east bank to prevent the general from crossing the river.

When crossing the river, the strong attack will inevitably suffer huge losses.

Moreover, if Jiannu wanted to return to Liaodong, the shortest journey would have to cross the river through here.

If the general defeated Jiannu and captured the remaining troops of Chahar, and escorted thousands of old and weak Chahar, his marching speed would naturally not be as fast as the Jiannu defeated soldiers. The first one to arrive at Wuhaidu would be the Jiannu defeated soldiers.

If the Jiannu defeated troops were large, they would inevitably seize the Wuhai Ferry.

Li Dingguo knew that Jiannu's infantry battle was powerful, and as long as his troops exceeded him twice, his 2,500 Guandi Army might not be able to stop it.

Because he had no artillery under his command, there were only two hundred muskets.

In contrast, the Mongols were good at horse fighting but not in infantry battles. Instead of facing an unknown number of Jiannu, they were better at facing thousands of Mongolian cavalry directly.

As long as you set up a camp and can't stand it, the Mongolian cavalry will not do anything to him.

At that time, he can still stop Jiannu from crossing the river on the east bank and respond to the general.

After hearing this explanation, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi suddenly realized.

The facts are just as Li Dingguo expected.

Those Mongolian cavalry could not do anything to them.

On the first day, more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry arrived at the Wuhai Ferry and walked around a few times outside the camp. Seeing that the Guandi Army was prepared for a long time, they did not dare to attack at all. They only set up camp three miles away and sent people outside the Guandi Army camp to challenge the battle, sarcasm and insult them.

Li Dingguo and his 2,500 Guandi Army were unmoved at all.

In addition to daily exercises, Li Dingguo also asked these soldiers to start practicing water quality and even practice water warfare.

The Mongols were very arrogant and vicious in scolding. When the young and energetic Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were scolded and angry, and were aroused to go out of the camp, Li Dingguo told them: The general said that marching and fighting should not be quick for a moment, and do not seek immediate victory. Everything is the ultimate strategic goal.

Their goal is to block the enemy and to support the general.

Although Li Dingguo was young, he had already followed Qin Chuan and experienced dozens of battles, and was promoted with real military achievements. No one dared to act rashly under the 2,500 Guandi Army below.

In the following days, some Mongolian cavalry arrived one after another. It should be from small tribes with few troops. They dared not to come after receiving the orders from the Later Jin Dynasty, so they had to come late.

In the end, nearly 8,000 Mongolian cavalry gathered on the east coast of Wuhaidu, and surrounded the 2,500 Guandi army of Li Dingguo tightly.

Although the opponent had a large number of troops, he did not dare to attack. In addition to taking turns to curse, these Mongols brought a large amount of wood from Mount Gander every day, part of which was used to build large shields and other siege equipment, and the other part was used to build rafts.

They should be looking for other sections of rivers with slower flow, or preparing to use them to pick up Jiannu.

After half a month of garrison, Li Ding's country's food and grass were gone.

But he knew that the general was coming back soon.

Sure enough, a cavalry came out of the world, bringing good news from the general and news that four thousand Jiannu were approaching quickly towards Wuhai Cross.

The Mongolian cavalry on the east coast obviously also received news that Jiannu was approaching. The yurts connected together soon became lively, and eight thousand Mongolian cavalry were gathering.

"Prepare for war!"

After putting away the telescope, Li Dingguo simply said two words.

The military camp heard one after another, and the two thousand five hundred Guandi army quickly assembled and rushed to various defense lines of the camp under the leadership of their respective generals.

The defense tactics have been practiced countless times, and the entire assembly and defense process is in a calm and orderly manner.

Hundreds of Guandi troops did not enter the defense line, but gathered towards the river bank behind the camp.

Most of these Guandi Army were picking up a piece of wood pulp on their hands, while the remaining people were holding muskets on their hands.

There were hundreds of rafts with airbags on the bank of the river. They were built by Qin Chuan when he led his main force to cross the river westward and used them to build a floating bridge. When Li Dingguo set up camp on the east bank, he asked someone to demolish the floating bridge and dragged all the rafts to the ashore to dry.

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Jiannu came very quickly. As soon as the Guandi Army completed its defense, a ray of smoke and dust appeared on the other side of the river.

That was Dorgon and Ajige who returned in a disastrous defeat.

Dorgon knew that the Zhengbai Banner and the Inlaid White Banner of the three brothers were finished.

There are more than 12,000 warriors, only more than 4,500 people left.

Among the warriors who died in battle, except for a small number of Mongolian soldiers, most of them were from the two hundred flags, and the main ones were the white flags.

A crushing defeat made Dorgon very angry, but his troops were insufficient and he was no longer able to deal with Qin Chuan again.

Therefore, after evacuating the battlefield, he rushed to meet with Ajige without hesitation, and then crossed to Wuhai without looking back.

He had already received the inquiry report that Wuhaidu was blocked by the Guandi army.

The Wuhai Crossing River has a narrow surface and a gentle water flow. It is the most suitable place for crossing the river among the hundreds of miles of Yellow River. After crossing the river through Wuhai, you can go straight to Ordos and take the shortest journey back to Liaodong.

Similarly, the best route for Qinchuan to return to Loufan also needs to pass Wuhaidu.

It is no easy task to cross the river with a large army, transporting war horses, livestock and supplies across the river is a big problem.

The river section with gentle water flows often has spacious river surfaces, and crossing the river slowly and prolongs the day and lasts, and is prone to attack by enemies. The narrow river surface often flows fast. If there is a lack of large ships, crossing the river in such a place is a desperate situation.

After Qin Chuan surrendered to the remaining Chahar's remaining troops, he had more than 15,000 people and more than 20,000 war horses. As well as a large number of cattle, sheep and supplies from the remaining troops of Chahar, it would probably take several days to cross the Yellow River.

Under such circumstances, Qin Chuan would definitely choose to cross the river in Wuhai.

Therefore, Dorgon wanted to seize Wuhaidu and block Qinchuan on the other side to avenge his previous shame.

He collected a lot of wood along the way. As soon as he arrived at Wuhai and crossed the west bank, he immediately made a raft and killed dozens of war horses to let the warriors eat and drink to accumulate energy, and prepared to cross the river and eat more than 2,000 Guandi Army on the other side.

At the same time, the Mongols on the east bank also pushed the already-built rafts into the river, avoiding Wuhai Ferry, and sending the rafts from the vast river surface upstream to the other side to meet Dorgon.
Chapter completed!