Chapter 996 Ability Limit
For Lin Danhan, this was undoubtedly an unprecedented gamble. This time, not only mobilized Chahar and Nekhalkar, but also took advantage of the great opportunity to form an alliance with Huang Taiji to force Tumot and Kalaqin and other troops to send troops with him, so that they could piece together such a cavalry.
If it weren't for the fact that several very reliable and powerful Shanxi merchants repeatedly assured him that even if he formed a temporary ally with the Later Jin Dynasty, the 40,000 taels of silver used by the Ming Dynasty to buy Lin Danhan every year would not be less, and Lin Danhan would not dare to make such a gamble.
This was definitely the biggest gamble in Lin Dankhan's life, so when he led tens of thousands of elite cavalry from Chahar's hometown, he passed through the entire Jin Kingdom and rushed into North Korea, the entire northern Seychelles were shocked. No matter what tribe it was, he did not expect that Chahar would have one day to form an alliance with the Great Jin Kingdom!
Both Chahar and the Great Jin Kingdom can be said to be extremely terrifying behemoths outside the Great Wall. After they formed an alliance, they were simply invincible in the world. Therefore, Lin Danhan felt that the Haibei Army would definitely be defeated this time.
There is only a big gap between "definitely defeated and defeated" and "definitely defeated and defeated". This is the problem that Lin Danhan is facing now. Although his collaboration with Huang Taiji now has caused the Haibei Army to face an unprecedented crisis, what Lin Danhan's cavalry is now getting is not just praise.
Amin Belle's first request for Lin Dan was to hope that they would attack Yuanzhou City, which was simply a joke!
Everyone knows that the armored soldiers of the Great Jin army were still hit by the heads and bloodshed and even killed and injured with the support of a large number of firearms and siege equipment. The tens of thousands of cavalry led by Lin Danhan were the most standard light cavalry. Even if there were a small number of heavy cavalry, the number was extremely limited. How could it be suitable to attack a strong city like Yuanzhou City?
After drinking a few glasses of wine and adding a few compliments, although Lin Danhan was not fooled, the Aohan tribe, who also belonged to Chahar, was fooled. He really thought that this Yuanzhou was like a piece of paper. The Mongolian cavalry could break through the city wall that the Jin army could not escape with countless casualties, and gathered several tribes and rushed over on horseback.
But they soon discovered that the light cavalry could not cross the city walls of Yuanzhou and could only ride on horseback and shoot against the Haibei Army on the city. However, this was the weakness of the Mongolian cavalry, not to mention that the Black Flag regiment also occupied the geographical advantage. No matter how these cavalry rode and shot, the infantry and cavalry were always at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, the Haibei Army did not transfer their most elite musket team to the first time, otherwise they would suffer a big loss. Even so, they would still lose dozens of cavalry. Then these tribes shook their faces to Lin Danhan, and they would definitely give him enough real money to continue fighting.
Where is this?
Lin Danhan felt that he was full of grievance. It was obvious that you didn’t obey the order and went to fight without authorization. As a result, after suffering a great loss, why did he still cause trouble for Lin Danhan? He, the contemporary Genghis Khan, had to show real benefits before he would continue to fight with Lin Danhan.
But this is the current Mongolian tribes. If Genghis Khan really wanted to see that his descendants were already embarrassed, they might be angry to death. Moreover, Lin Danhan did not have much gold and silver or the cloth materials that these tribes wanted most, so he could only find a way to ask Amin Beile for it!
Anyway, he also learned from these tribes to play rogue tricks with Amin. The Blue Flag did not distribute more than half of the spoils they got from North Korea and the food and grass to Lin Danhan, so Lin Danhan was ready to let go. Anyway, the Great Jin Kingdom and Lin Danhan were originally powerful enemies.
Therefore, Amin Beile knew that his behavior was purely a resource for the enemy, but he still pinched his nose and distributed almost half of the spoils he had worked hard to get during this period to Lin Danhan, and also told Lin Danhan: "This is just a little bit of the matter. After the Haibei pirates are solved, our Huang Taiji will still have a heavy reward!"
He had to make concessions. Now that the troops of the Inlaid Blue Flag are all bent under the city of Yuanzhou, the movements of Lin Danhan's cavalry have become the key factor in determining the outcome of the battle.
As long as Lin Danhan's tens of thousands of cavalry formed an alliance with the Great Jin Kingdom, even if the Haibei Army retreated to Pyongyang and could not stand firm, the Haibei Army would lose the Black Flag Regiment in Yuanzhou City. This was the first time in the history of the Great Jin Kingdom that annihilated a regiment-level unit of the Haibei Army.
Although in the Battle of Haigai Breakout, the Black Flag Battalion, the predecessor of the Black Flag regiment, suffered heavy damage from two red flags. Shishan even boasted that he had annihilated a total of 17 battalions of several Haibei Army regiments, the Beile and Taiji people of the Great Jin Dynasty knew very well that not only did they annihilate a regiment of the Haibei Army, but they had no entire battalion. The Black Flag Battalion not only broke through but also appeared on the battlefield again.
Therefore, Amin felt that even if he lost more of the Jurchen armored soldiers with blue flags, he would annihilate all the black flag regiments of Huo Qiu and completely set off the reputation of blue flags. Moreover, it would not be easy for the Haibei Army to rebuild the black flag regiment, let alone the combat effectiveness of the rebuilt black flag regiment and the old troops.
After all, the Black Flag Regiment is now in an isolated situation, and the North Korean Servant Army and North Korean Niu Lu have consumed most of the Black Flag Regiment's sharpness and ammunition. As long as Lin Danhan can perform well, it is only a matter of time before the entire Black Flag Regiment's entire army is gone, and the entire Black Flag Regiment's entire army will definitely cause an unprecedented blow to the Haibei Army.
Of course, annihilation of the Black Flag Regiment is just Amin's small goal. If Liu Peng prepares to lead the Changfeng Brigade and the main northern aid of the Haibei Army, it will be the best ending. At that time, Lin Danhan's tens of thousands of cavalry will definitely fight with the Haibei Army to lose both sides. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Jin army.
It is precisely because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the Great Jin Kingdom that Amin not only distributed half of the seized spoils and food to Lin Danhan, but also was willing to hand over a Han army gunner and a Korean bird gunner to Lin Danhan for command.
However, Lin Danhan was very suspicious of Amin and the Great Jin Kingdom. He was not interested in the Korean and Han soldiers, but he asked Amin for command of several Mongolian Niulu, the Inlaid Blue Flag. For Amin, this was an unacceptable condition.
These Mongolian cow records are all private money that Amin has worked hard to form over the years. Not only is the combat effectiveness not much different from the Jurchen cow records, but it can even fight independently from the Jurchen. It can be said that Amin is extremely proud of, but once it is handed over to Lin Danhan, it will definitely be a meat bun to beat the dog without returning.
It was precisely because of this that Amin put forward his own conditions: "You have no problem asking me to have these five Korean Niulu in my hands, but you have to help me solve the Haibei pirates in the south of the city. If you don't solve these Haibei pirates, I will never give the Mongolian Niulu to your command."
Lin Danhan naturally thought it was simple: "Isn't it just more than a thousand Han soldiers, and they are all infantry and have been tired after a long battle. It's not a problem for me to charge!"
Although Lin Danhan was the most important ally of the Ming Dynasty in the northern border, before the rise of the Great Jin Dynasty, Lin Danhan was the most terrifying enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Lin Danhan broke through the pass more than once and plundered the Han area and defeated the Ming army. Therefore, he had rich experience in how to deal with the Ming army.
It was just that Lin Danhan thought it was too simple. Not to mention that he spent most of his day convincing the Mongolian Beile who followed him to Yuanzhou, the Taiji people made them willing to follow him south to solve the Ming army outside Yuanzhou, and the Ming army outside Yuanzhou far exceeded Lin Danhan's expectations.
According to Amin Beile, the Great Jin Kingdom, this Haibei Army was originally the Haibei Army in Yuanzhou City, so it has been fighting fiercely with the Inlaid Blue Flag for several days, with a total strength of only nearly a thousand people. However, after Lin Danhan joined the army, he made a completely different judgment immediately: "There are at least two or three thousand people!"
Nearly a thousand people and two or three thousand people have completely different concepts. In the subsequent battle, although the Mongolian cavalry led by Lin Danhan fought bravely, the combat effectiveness of these Ming troops exceeded Lin Danhan's expectations. Therefore, Lin Danhan had to annihilate nearly a thousand Ming troops by paying more than a hundred casualties.
However, although these Ming troops were annihilated by Lin Danhan, they merged together to form a cluster of nearly 2,000 infantry and cavalry and rely on villages and forts to defend the defense line.
Lin Danhan's cavalry rushed several times and killed dozens of people, but they could not break through the defense line they laid. Lin Danhan was so angry that he cursed Amin Beile for being uneasy and kindly lied about the military situation. There were at least 3,000 Ming troops in front of him, and Amin only said nearly a thousand people.
Amin didn't believe that Lin Dankhan had wiped out nearly a thousand Haibei pirates in one battle. He yelled at Lin Dankhan: "These two Haibei pirates are only more than a thousand, at most 1,200 people. There are really three thousand people who have rushed into Yuanzhou and joined Huo Qiu. I believe that you have killed nearly a thousand Haibei pirates! Besides, you are the descendants of Genghis Khan after all. After tens of thousands of cavalry killed or injured one or two hundred people, they stopped attacking. This is also called Genghis Khan's descendants!"
This talked about Lin Dankhan's real pain point. He shouted: "I am not the descendant of Genghis Khan, who is the descendant of Genghis Khan? Could it be that your great Jin Kingdom is not successful!"
However, Lin Danhan was not allowed to admit that these belles under his command were suspected of liars and preserving their strength: "Besides, we have indeed wiped out many Haibei pirates, which I saw with my own eyes. However, Haibei pirates are guarding the village and we are not good at attacking the toughest!"
For the current Mongolians, due to the comprehensive degradation of handicrafts, they could be said to have lost almost all their ability to attack and even handed over the siege equipment to them. These Genghis Khan's Zihan would not manipulate these overly complex siege equipment.
The defense line built by the Haibei Army based on villages and forts looks simple, but it embodies all the experience of the Haibei Army in countless wars over the past decade, which really exceeds the limits of the ability of these Mongolian cavalry.
Chapter completed!