Chapter 466: Thunder and heavy rain, North and South Liao

Humans are not machines, and livestock are not machines. Even people who are regarded as cannon fodder cannot practice and urge them without white and black. If they pass, they may backfire themselves.

In fact, after the Qing Dynasty soldiers drove the cannon fodders during the day, even Duoduo and Oboi were sweating in the end. Such madness could not only break down the fortifications, but also make the defenders in Seoul extremely embarrassed. If something was wrong, these crazy cannon fodders would counterattack and cause greater damage to themselves.

So after these cannon fodders were scared away, Duoduo hesitated and decided to quit today, charge according to this situation, and he could directly fight on the Tuwei side the next day.

The Korean garrison led by Wang Hai did not fight with the Tartar soldiers outside the city with real swords and guns, but everyone was extremely tired, but they could not relax at all. The enemy outside would know that the defenders were so tired, and they might arrange night attacks and steal camps.

So Wang Hai still left 20% of the troops to rotate and defend and stay at night. Although these officers and soldiers who were on guard were also exhausted, they yawned for two days.

The night was quiet, and in fact, both sides were exhausted during the daytime battle and were catching up on this time to rest.

What broke the silence of night was the few horses galloping from afar. The arrival of these horses made the Qing army camps and the Korean garrison in Seoul extremely nervous.

However, these cavalry finally rushed into the Qing Dynasty's military camp, perhaps because there was some news from the Tartars' base camp. It is now June 20th in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Time moved forward ten days. On the tenth day of June of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the commander of the Chahar tribe led more than a dozen personal soldiers, each with three horses, preparing to investigate the camp of the Tumote tribe.

If the cavalry of the Tumote tribe is powerful, then the governor will go to Shengjing to request reinforcements. If it is just a bluff of rumors. The governor will lead the local cavalry of the Chahar tribe and the Jurchen flag directors to personally defeat these Mongolian herders who are not aware of the high and thick sky.

The distance from the Yizhou Guard in Xingzhong is only more than a day. The horsepower is sufficient and these Jurchen spies who are familiar with the journey arrive at their destination in the early morning of the next day.

This place was originally a businessman and Mongolian, and the various Jurchen tribes in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. They were called Xingzhong Town. This place does not look like a grassland, but a town in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

There is also a reason why settlements were formed. Firstly, it is the banks of the Daling River, with sufficient water sources, and secondly, the surrounding terrain is relatively high, and there is a blockage in this area with strong wind and sand.

Such a terrain is very convenient for those who investigate. As long as you choose a place with a higher terrain and condescending survey, you can see some useful information.

These Qing generals guarding in Mongolia were not the kind of people who enjoyed their fortunes in North Korea. They were also proficient in bows and horses and were very vigilant.

They found a secluded place to tie the horses first, and then lurked to this place to investigate. When they walked outside the town, they could see the cavalry on guard in all sensitive places, and even some secret whistles were staring there in the hidden places. Fortunately, they were hunting in the old forest back then. There was still some alertness.

Finally, I found a low hill with an upper wind direction. The people who came from the low hill began to crawl at a distance of more than a hundred steps. After reaching the top of the low hill, they saw the scene in Xingzhong Town.

It was early morning, the darkest time of the day. The chief of the Chahar tribe thought he had to lurk in the daytime to see the specific situation, because at night, due to light and other reasons, he could not see anything.

Who would have thought that he would come to the top of the low hill? He saw a scene that stunned him. Even when camping at night, the lights were brightly lit everywhere in the funeral. From this end, there were all lights. This kind of scene can only be seen during some carnivals in Chahar.

By looking at the distance between the lights and the lights, you can tell that these lights should be used to identify the lighting in each camp area and at night, not intentionally. Then how many people are there in the land you see?

On the low mound, the wind was slightly stronger than on the flat ground, and a light breeze blew. A strong fishy smell was brought from another direction, which was the smell of cattle, horses and livestock.

The short hill was barely a dead corner. The governor dared to stand up boldly because the lights could not find him. The few followers beside him were frightened and thought his adult was crazy.

This is the general looking at the direction of the stench floating on the low hill. The lights and sparks there are also far away. The range can be seen clearly is very wide, but there is no place where livestock are kept.   The distance is so far and there is such a strong atmosphere, this must be a large-scale livestock herd.

The distance and taste determine the number of livestock, and the number of people in the camp was judged from the number of livestock. Based on experience, the Duke who roughly estimated a number of people. He stood there for a moment, and the personal soldiers lying beside him could not stand it and took the courage to pull the Duke down.

When the personal soldiers pulled the Dutong down, they were already ready to be scolded, but they found that Dutong did not say the same sentence, as if it was a piece of wood, and they were trembling like a thrust. They were trembling extremely violently. Seeing that there was a light in the sky, the Dutong reacted and said in a trembling voice:

"Let's go, go back to Chahar Golden Tent..."

"Master, let's take a closer look at how many enemies there are before dawn..."

"No...no need to look at it. The herders of Korqin and Halashen who came here did not lie to us. Tens of thousands of cavalry came to us!!"

The governor said in a panic and turned around and ran down the low hill. When he was about to run down the mountain, he could hear the noise on the back becoming louder. It was just morning, and there were such a loud noise. There were indeed a lot of people. After the group boarded the horse, they never dared to look back and hurriedly rode away.

Although each person brought three horses, the speed of the horse was guaranteed to be changed constantly during the marching, these three horses were galloping for more than a day and had to walk back in the morning, so their endurance and speed could not keep up. The Taoist priest who beat the horse was very fierce. But the horse's speed could never be raised.

After walking like this for two hours, when the sun just rose, I really couldn't walk anymore. Although I was anxious, the man also understood that if the horse ran away, it would delay the transmission of the news.

In desperation, the governor had to order the soldiers to dismount. Give the horse some hard materials such as bread and beans, so that the horse can correct it briefly, and then set off later.

The situation has gradually stabilized in recent years, and the Jurchen officers and leaders stationed everywhere on the border are actually quite relaxed.

Anyway, there is no threat from foreign enemies. You just need to draw people on time and plunder money to provide them to the hinterland of the mother country. On the grassland where the governor is responsible, even if it is a threat from foreign enemies, there is no need to consider it. Halashen and the Korqin tribe were allies of the Qing Dynasty.

From Yizhou to the west, the ground mountains nearly thousands of miles away were guarded by these tribes of the alliance. They were very safe, but suddenly, there were nearly ten thousand enemies here. And they were aggressive and aggressive.

Could it be that the regent ruled as soon as the emperor died? Huang Taiji defeated the Mongolian tribes on the grassland and led more than 10,000 troops. He dared to go from Liaodong to Hetao area. The tribes on the grassland were frightened and dared not approach. Why did the large brigade of soldiers and horses come here today?

The horse was exhausted, and even the people were extremely tired. After dismounting, they held a lehe stick (a kind of marching and hunting snack made of butter, flour and honey) and stuffed it. The water bags passed on to each other, and soon they drank the bottom.

Suddenly, someone in the Jurchen squad sat around here felt the ground trembling, and the people on the grassland were very sensitive to this tremor, because it often symbolized the attack of a large number of cavalrymen.

The governor immediately turned over and knelt on the ground and listened. When he got up, his face was already twisted and he shouted loudly:

"Room up! Get me on horseback! The cavalry of the Tumot tribe is here, and they are going to the location of Chahar's golden tent!!!"

It came so quickly that it saw the size of the night camp. Everyone was already frightened. I knew that with the current strength of the Chahar tribe and the soldiers stationed there by the Qing Dynasty, I would definitely not stop it. I would go to invite reinforcements when I went back this time. But I didn't expect that the other party would come so quickly.

From the scattered tribe herders' reports to the end of the investigation, it took less than five days from the arrival of Xingzhong to the dispatch of troops!

The information I heard from the trembling on the ground just now was that this cavalry was probably not worth thousands of people. The opponent was full of horsepower and his mount was exhausted. Can you go back in advance to make preparations and pass the news to the tribe?

At this time, no one cared about the fatigue of the horse. After getting on the horse, they tried their best to beat the horse and let the horse move forward. They could not support their mounts when they ran to the afternoon, and when they were running, there was a horse that was exhausted and was on the way to the running.

When it was dark, the ground shaking finally stopped. The large group of cavalry had to rest and the whole team at night. What made the Eight Jurchen Banners from the Chahar tribe embarrassed that their horses also had to rest. If they did not rest, they would walk back to the Chahar tribe the next day.

By noon the next day, the governor could already see the smoke and dust in the sky behind him, and the distance between the two sides was even closer.

Finally, he returned to the Chahar tribe, but the time left for them would not exceed half an hour. The only thing this governor could do was to bring Chahar Khan, the nominal heir of the noblest bloodline on the grassland, to the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty. With this status, everything was easy to say.

Unexpectedly, the more than a thousand Jurchen flag ministers here had not yet been summoned, but someone came to tell him that Chahar Khan Ezhe had just taken advantage of the chaos and perhaps he had gone to the large Mongolian tribe over there.

When the Jurchen commander heard this news, he felt his whole body softened and sat on the ground all of a sudden. The personal soldiers beside him helped him up and arranged for someone to pursue him, but the Jurchen commander was stopped weakly and said:

"If the little prince runs away, we will be killed by a living when we return to Shengjing. If we lose Chahar, we will not get any benefits after we go back. Let's gather the troops and fight against the people on the other side!!"

The significance of the Chahar tribe in the Qing Dynasty was not only the population and livestock of this Mongolian tribe, but also the legal system of the grassland power. Although Ezhe, who enjoyed this right, was like the jade seal of the Central Plains. It was a symbol. Some orders from the Qing Dynasty were still issued in the name of this little prince. If such an important person was lost, the Jurchen general knew that there would be no good things.

The original Chahar tribe had long disappeared under the continuous attacks of the Qing Dynasty. Now this tribe was built by the Qing Dynasty using many small tribes.

So the army that was summoned to fight could actually have about 4,000 cavalry. What made the governor jump and scolded was that Ezhe threw his wife and mother at the golden tent. He only took his two young sons and a group of confidants to the opposite side.

This little prince is not a fool. Here he is a puppet of the Jurchens, and opposite is the Tumote tribe. That is the 30,000 households left by Chahar at that time. It is definitely much better to be a puppet there than here, and there may be a day of turning the tables again, where to go. It is easy to choose.

When the Jurchen commander pulled out more than 4,000 cavalrymen, the Tumote cavalry brigade was only about 400 steps away from the golden tent of Chahar.

The smoke and dust in the sky have settled down, and the grassland is also extremely quiet, but this silence represents unknown and death.

Looking at the scattered and noisy appearance on the opposite side, many herdsmen were surrounded by the front. This was indeed the herdsmen's cavalry. From a distance, there were about ten thousand people, which were the brigades of the Tumote tribe. The Jurchen commander led more than a thousand Jurchen flags and thousands of unrunning cavalry to run out from the golden tent of Korqin to line up.

After a moment of pause, a cavalry jumped out of the formation and ran towards the Tumot. While running, he took off the ground hat in his hand and waved it in his hand. This is the rule on the grassland. This cavalry is an envoy. If the other party abides by etiquette, he cannot shoot or block.

The cavalry ran to the front of the Tumot formation dozens of steps and shouted at the top of his throat:

"The Tumot tribe is a minister of the Chahar tribe, and Taiji of the Tumot tribe is a reward from the Chahar Khan. Now, he is attacked by treason. Such behavior will be punished by immortality, and the Buddha will also punish you!!"

The formation of the Tumote tribe was silent, and occasionally there were a few laughs in the back line. The cavalry sent by Chahar swallowed and spitted. They shouted like this on weekdays. As long as it was a tribe on the grassland, even if it did not respond, there would be great commotion and chaos, and this kind of silence was not common.

In desperation, the envoy had to shout again at the top of his voice:

"This is already the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Under the protection of the great Bogda Chechen Khan, you will attack rashly, which means you will violate the authority of Bogda Chechen Khan. Can you resist the warriors of the Qing Dynasty?"

The shouting was made in Mongolian. Zhang Kun, wearing a leather robe in the first row, understood part of the other party's words, and asked a Mongolian Qianhu next to him with some confusion:

"What kind of khan is this Bogda Chechen Khan, which tribe is from?"

The Qianhu from the Tumote tribe smiled bitterly, but he still bowed and replied:

"When I say that, Bogda Chechen Khan was the honorary title of the 16 Mongolian tribes in the south of the Moon, eight years ago, and the 49th Khan of the Qing Dynasty gave the Qing emperor Taiji in Shenyang. He said that Nurhaci's ancestor was Mengge Timur, commander of the left guard of Jianzhou, the Ming Dynasty, and was also a descendant of the noble man, so he got this title."

This Qianhu Chinese is a good Chinese saying, otherwise it would not have been arranged by Zhang Kun. However, the introduction was clear, but Zhang Kun was confused and did not understand at all that the Mongolian tribes on the grassland valued bloodlines the most. If they were born as nobles, their descendants would be nobles. Huang Taiji was also the descendants of nobles, so he had the right to be a great Khan of the Mongolians.

What Zhang Kun understood was the Qing emperor Huang Taiji. After thinking about it, he spitted on the ground and cursed:

"Isn't it the Emperor of the Tartars? I just understand that Huang Taiji is useless to do so."

He ignored it. The Tartars scolded the Mongolian households around him. Zhang Kun then turned his head and said to a personal soldier:

"Don't let this person get irritable, beat him down!"

After his order, three musketeers in the back row jumped off the horse with muskets. After loading the ammunition, they opened fire directly behind the first row.

Although the messenger was preparing for it, he still stood outside the range of the bow and arrow. However, what he did not expect was that the Tumote tribe would have fired a further fire gun.

The two armies confronted each other on the grassland. The sword was tense, but it was very quiet. They were listening to the Mongolian cavalry's call, but suddenly the musket fired, and the envoy struggled a few times on the horse and fell down.

The landing of the messenger seemed to be a signal, and then the whimpering horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Tumot army on the opposite side began to move.

It seems that it will be impossible not to fight. The Jurchen commander on the Chahar tribe looked gray, but he still forced a calm order and said:

"It's just a scattered sand, and the eight banners are all gathered together. We will go straight to the central army. If we can kill Wanhu Nayan, who leads the team, these herders who grazed and raised horses will definitely be dispersed."

Tens of thousands of cavalry moved forward together, and the momentum was really amazing, not to mention that the two sides were so close. In it, the ground was trembling. At the beginning, the horses could not run hard. The cavalry in the front rows had already taken off their bows and arrows, and the weapons were slightly checked.

The first move was the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in the Chahar tribe. The soldiers of the Eight Jurchen Banners naturally gathered together and rushed forward in the middle. The two wings were the Eight Mongolian Banners in the Chahar tribe, and the rest were the scattered soldiers of the herdsmen. It seemed that the momentum was not weak.

However, when they ran over a hundred steps here, the Chahar San cavalry who were following the side ran towards the two wings of the battlefield. This was not to attack the enemy's flanks, but to face such a calm army, they felt frightened and hurriedly retreated to both sides.

In the past, when the cavalry fought in the grassland, the cavalry hedged. The horses had to be let go of their horses to run wildly, but the Tumote tribe had obviously improved and had always controlled the horses to move forward.

The brigade of cavalry suppressed their speed and made small steps not only save horsepower, but also became more disciplined. This slow action also made the enemy opposite them feel more pressure. Progress slowly like this. Even if you draw a bow and shoot an arrow on the horse, you will have a correct head accordingly.

There were a distance of more than 100 steps. The speed on Chahar was already at its fastest, and it was too late to turn. A few sharp whistles sounded, and the first and second rows of the cavalry of the Tumot team suddenly separated from the middle, revealing the iron-armored cavalry behind.

The two rows of light cavalry in leather robes turned into two teams, and quickly rode the cavalry of Chahar from both wings. The Jurchen commander ran in the front and could see the opponent's central army, the cavalry in iron armor, were covered with mud on the armor, so that the armor would not shine in the sun.

The iron-armored cavalry ran very slowly and the queues were very uniform. Many of these cavalrymen were holding muskets in their hands and were preparing to shoot immediately.

No wonder they had to run so slowly. The Jurchen commander immediately understood, but the one in front of them did not dare to slow down the horse speed, otherwise they would be trampled to death by the horse behind them. The one behind them looked at the movement at high speed in front of them, and they continued to run. The only hope was to get closer. The enemy had no accurate heads, and the enemy's musket was a bird gun of the Ming Dynasty, and the armor on them could resist it.
To be continued...