Chapter 1122 Redemption
The 10,000-man cavalry team led by Wanhu Turjiang, the left wing of Chahar headquarters, heading north from Baichengzi, received an order from Batumonk halfway.
Originally, their marching route was to march north along the edge of the Mu Usu Desert, go straight to the plateau, and meet with the main force of the Taurus cavalry. Such a marching route was more than 180 miles away from the bank of the Yellow River, and would not be found by the Ming army fort on the east bank of the Yellow River.
However, Batumonk sent an order to inform Tuerjiang and others that some of the trapped Ming army might be fleeing to the south, and the main cavalry was surrounding and annihilated the remaining Ming army, so Tuerjiang led his troops to block the route to Daming border town in the southeast, find the escaped Ming army, and drag them down, or annihilate them.
After receiving the order, Tuerjiang and others immediately changed their marching route, approaching eastward, and heading north along the Yellow River bank. The purpose of this was to ensure that the route of the escaped Ming army could be blocked and surrounded them from the front of their escape route.
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It is also because of this that the soldiers and horses were too close to the bank of the Yellow River, and within dozens of miles of the Ming army's Qianli Mirror observation range, they were found by the scout team of the Bietouguan Guard.
In fact, Tuerjiang didn't care that the Ming army knew the movements of his troops, because he knew that there were not many Ming troops east of the Yellow River.
Most of the tens of thousands of Ming troops annihilated in Baichengzi this time were Ming troops in Datong Town. The killed deputy general named Li Junqing was also the deputy general of Datong Town.
From the prisoners, I even learned that Datong Town had drawn 50,000 troops to participate in the attack. All this shows that the remaining troops in Datong Town are up to 50,000 or 60,000 troops. These 50,000 and 60,000 troops do not have the ability to attack at all. Because of such a long border and so many forts and cities that require garrisons, they have no other troops to call.
But Tuerjiang had no idea that the 40,000 cavalrymen of the Ming Dynasty were in Datong Town, and they came over as they smelled the smell.
Tuerjiang did not even do too much alert and reconnaissance to prevent it. He did not even recover the seven or eight alert forts on the bank of the Yellow River that were pulled out when the Ming army crossed the river and attacked Baichengzi on the right. Therefore, he and his soldiers knew nothing about the news that the Ming Dynasty had 40,000 cavalry crossed the river.
The soldiers of Turjiang quickly discovered the traces of the Ming army's deserter. They were a army composed of tens of thousands of infantry. They were marching to the southeast with exhaustion and were about to walk out of the Ordos grassland and arrive on the Gobi Desert.
Turkjiang originally planned to block and delay according to Batumonk's orders and adopt harassing tactics. But he soon discovered that the Ming army was in a mess, everyone was exhausted, and looked dejected, and there was no soldier who should have looked like he was.
Only then did Tuerjiang realize that this was a defeated soldier and deserter. They were short of food and water and fled out of the depths of the grassland day and night. They were already exhausted and had no combat power. With more than 10,000 cavalry in his hands, how could he feel fear of these Ming dynasties? This was a fat sheep that came to his door.
Tuerjiang immediately ordered the soldiers to rest in the distance and wait for the dark to launch an attack. He knew that the troops were not far away, and they would definitely stop and rest after dark.
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Everything was as expected by Tuerjiang. After dark, Tuerjiang's troops slowly approached and found that the Ming army was camping on the grassland without any alertness or any defense measures. They didn't even have any manpower on the side of the night.
So, a rapid attack began.
The 10,000 cavalry in the Turjiang River were divided into three routes and swept over. When the Ming army's outer guard post issued a warning, the Taurus cavalry had already approached the surrounding area. The extremely tired Ming soldiers who fled day and night were still lying on the grass to sleep. They stood up in a hurry and fought in a turbulent manner, the Taurus cavalry had already rushed into the camp.
The entire camp quickly fell into a chaotic and bloody battle.
Yang Yiqing had just lie down and ran continuously for two days and two nights, which made him unable to support him. After all, time is unforgiving, and he is also a fifty-year-old, and he can't withstand such hardships. Even if he rides on a horse, he can't stand it.
I was desperate for the past two days and two nights, and I walked nearly 300 miles away. Today I was almost approaching the edge of the grassland and reaching the Gobi Desert. That means I was about to approach Datong Border Town.
Yang Yiqing thought to let the soldiers rest for a night tonight and raise their energy. Tomorrow, everything will be fine. The soldiers' food and water are gone, and some dirty water found in the grass pit on the road were drunk by the soldiers. The hungry soldiers pulled out the grass to eat. These scenes made Yang Yiqing both painful and helpless. In the past two days and two nights, Yang Yiqing regretted his mistakes, and at the same time left Zhu Hui's move and guilt in resisting the enemy. In two days and two nights, Yang Yiqing's face was as thin as a skeleton, and his black hair was half white.
Before lying down, he was still thinking that as long as he could bring these 40,000 soldiers back to the Ming Dynasty alive, he would have redeemed his sins and lived up to Zhu Hui and the soldiers who remained in the deep grassland. He must complete this matter. After returning to the court, he would be apologizing for his crimes. No matter how the court punished him, he would not feel that it would be an exaggeration. Moreover, from now on, he would not leave the house to face the wall and use his repentance for the rest of his life to relieve his sins.
The sudden attack of the Tartars made Yang Yiqing panic. When he got out of the tent and saw that there was already a melee in the northern camp and the black Tartar cavalry rushed in like a bamboo shoot, Yang Yiqing felt cold.
Finally, they came, and finally they could not escape the pursuit of the Tartars. The pursuit of the Tartars soldiers and horses also meant that Zhu Hui and the others were finished.
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The 200,000 army was destroyed in his hands.
"Sir Yang, the north can't stand it anymore. We are no match for them at all."
"Mr. Yang, the brothers were killed and injured. General Dou Yuanheng and General Ma Mingcai were all killed."
"Mr. Yang, the Tartars are about to attack here. Come on, get on your horse and leave, and I will wait until you can escort you away."
"Mr. Yang..."
Bad news came one by one, and the guards beside him were anxiously urging him. Yang Yiqing stood there, his hair was scattered, as if he was stupid. He saw the battle situation in the north. Although a large number of Ming soldiers reinforced the camps in the north, under the sword of the Tartars, the Ming army fell to the ground one after another and was clearly seen by the situation of rushing all the way.
The Tartar cavalry had approached about a mile below the small slope, and their harsh laughter and shouting were clearly heard. The screams of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were also clearly heard.
Yang Yiqing stood there, for a moment, and didn't know where he was, but felt that all this was dreamy and unreal. Why did he come here? How did things turn out like this? Everything was like a nightmare. I wish I could wake up suddenly and find that it was just a false dream.
"Sir, go quickly. It's too late to go." The guard beside him shouted anxiously.
This shout woke Yang Yiqing up, but he still didn't move at all.
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"Let's go? Where can I go? No, I can't. I, Yang Yiqing, have made a big mistake, how can I leave a bad reputation today? Today, I am no longer faceless and go back to the Ming Dynasty, let alone fleeing in a hurry? What's the fear of a real man's death? But I can't die at the hands of the Tartars." Yang Yiqing murmured to himself, suddenly pulled out his sword from his waist and spread it across his neck.
The personal guards beside him were shocked and shouted in panic: "Master Yang, no."
A personal guard reached out to grab Yang Yiqing's wrist and grabbed the knife hard. Yang Yiqing shouted loudly and said, "Be arrogant, don't you let go? Do you want me to be captured alive by the Tartars? Let go!"
The personal guards refused to let go. Yang Yiqing was not strong enough and only cursed.
At this moment, I heard the loud horn on the flanks of the military camp. On both sides of the camp, two cavalrymen rushed out of the hazy moonlight, like a rushing river to the north.
Yang Yiqing and others were shocked and stayed there.
"Has the Tartars been encircled?" An idea flashed through Yang Yiqing's mind.
"It's my cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Yang, our reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived. Look, it's our Ming Dynasty's dragon flag. Listen, it's our war drums." Everyone around them suddenly shouted in surprise.
Yang Yiqing grabbed the Qianli Miles and looked carefully. He saw the torrent of the cavalry flying on both sides under the moonlight, and a huge dragon flag fluttered in the wind. Under the flames, the golden flying dragon on the flag was like flying in the clouds.
Yang Yiqing's hand began to tremble in surprise, and he couldn't even grasp Qianlijing. With a snap, Qianlijing landed on the ground, and Yang Yiqing also sat on the ground.
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"kill!"
"Reinforcements are here! Brothers, kill."
"Kill, kill, kill the dogs and tatars."
When they learned that the Ming cavalry reinforcements had arrived, the border troops who had already collapsed were greatly energetic. The power from somewhere caused them to be full of enthusiasm and began to fight back.
The two cavalry teams of the Ming Dynasty also quickly joined the battle. For a moment, firearms roared, muskets roared, and the shouts of killing were shocking.
The flanks of Turjiang were charged by the Ming cavalry, and the main force was entangled by the Ming soldiers, and soon the formation was in chaos. In addition, there was no idea how many Ming cavalry were coming. The number of 10,000 cavalry on his own was several times smaller than that of the opponent. In addition, the formation was cut off and intercepted, and the flanks were cut in by the local area, so they could no longer fight.
Tuerjiang made a quick decision and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops. The Taurus cavalry behind turned around and fled, but the Taurus cavalry rushing into the barracks could not escape. The Ming cavalry launched a crazy pursuit and chased them dozens of miles away. Fortunately, the Tartars were fast, Tuerjiang took about 3,000 defeated soldiers to escape from the depths of the grassland.
The battle ended at dawn. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty cheered and were very excited, completely forgot about their fatigue.
By chance, the Ming army also achieved its first brilliant victory since the war began. Zhu Lin completed his own battle of redemption.
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