Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 637 The meeting of the wind and clouds
On the western front, the cavalry unit led by E Zhe achieved brilliant results. They wiped out more than a dozen tribes around Wuhai in one go, and grabbed tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and thousands of horses. It is impossible to estimate the amount of fodder burned.However, they never found a large number of enemy troops.E Zhe tried to arch to the Urad Plain, broke into the Urad Plain for more than 100 miles, and robbed a ticket fiercely, and harvested more than 3000 horses and more than 500 camels—the Alashan grassland is definitely not enough for them to graze such a large of the herd.However, he still didn't find the enemy's large troops. Tens of thousands of excellent cavalry and archers in the large area of ​​Wuhai-Bayannur seemed to have disappeared from the grassland, and there was not even a shadow to be found.

Er Zhe was full of worries.This battle was also fought strangely, with a lot of loot looted, but few enemies were killed. Any mature military strategist should be vigilant when encountering such a situation.He is the prince of the grassland, and he is very clear about the habits of the Mongols. These herdsmen regard the herds as their lives, but now they are so happy to throw the herds to him, which can only prove that they have long been prepared. Maybe the huge nomadic cavalry It's waiting for him somewhere!
"I can't go any further!" After a small but fruitful battle, E Zhe looked up at the unusually brilliant clouds in the sky and said worriedly.

Several thousand commanders raised their eyeballs: "Don't go forward? The fight is so smooth, why don't you go forward? You must know that we can take advantage of the momentum to sweep across the entire Urad grassland and rob them of their cattle and sheep!"

E Zhe said: "It's because the fight was too smooth that we couldn't move on! Do you still remember how our ancestors dealt with the Han people? Now they are using the tricks they used to deal with the Han people on us!"

The captains looked at each other in awe!

The Mongols used two tricks to play against the Ming army who went to the fortress to conquer them. Either lure the enemy to go deep, exhaust the supplies of the Ming army, and then ambush the Ming army. The wolves surrounded the Ming army like a deer hunting deer. Bite until the Ming army completely collapses——This trick is generally used to deal with infantry, and it has been tried and tested; while the way to deal with super maneuverable cavalry is to throw a large number of herds to the Ming army. The advantage is that the Ming army is reluctant to give up. Once they rush with a large number of herds, the maneuverability of the cavalry to win is completely lost. However, the Mongolian cavalry, which has no burden at all, can be mobilized calmly, and finally completely submerged the opponent.E Zhe led all cavalry with super mobility, and using this trick to deal with him can be said to be the right medicine for the case.

After what Ezhe said, the national cavalry who had been blown away by the victory gasped.They all grew up on the prairie, and they know how terrible this land and the people on this land are. Their good luck will soon come to an end. If they continue to attack, the Urad grassland will soon be destroyed. It will become their burial place!Thousands of people quickly unified their understanding and slaughtered some weak cattle and sheep to supplement rations. The rear of the army changed to the front and turned back collectively, retreating towards Alxa.However, since they brought too many herds, they couldn't go fast at all. The cavalry of the subordinate country who were also herdsmen were reluctant to discard the spoils they had obtained. Much warning time.

E Zhe's judgment was fully fulfilled. As soon as they started to retreat, a large number of Mongolian scouts suddenly appeared around them. They did not attack, but wandered around the powerful security screen, as if they were looking for the weakness of the subordinate cavalry.The scouts sent by Ezhe tried to expel them, but these Mongolian scouts did not intend to have a fierce scout fight. Seeing the scouts of the vassal cavalry rushing over, they immediately retreated far away and waited until the scouts of the vassal cavalry rushed over. He stopped chasing, and was immediately hoisted up again. This feeling of being followed like a lingering ghost, hit but unable to hit is really maddening.Of course, if the vassal cavalry is aggressive and pursues desperately, they can still catch up with these damned scouts and beat them up, but Ezhe doesn't intend to do this, he doesn't want to see his troops Being led by the nose by a small team of scouts, he rushed into the ambush circle, and when the horses were panting for breath, the tragedy of ambushes happened.Therefore, he commanded the army to drive the herds and retreat in a calm and orderly manner. As long as the Mongolian scouts didn't take the initiative to attack them, he would ignore them, and follow if you like.If the Mongolian scouts took the initiative to attack...he said he was happy to hear it, just a little scout attacking the vassal cavalry with 5000 troops?He couldn't find any other words to describe this behavior other than courting death.

The tactics of nomads are somewhat similar to wolves besieging reindeer.The reindeer is ten times the size of the wolf and has sharp horns. If the wolf wants to attack hard, it is easy to be kicked or put on top of the antlers, and it will die.Therefore, the wolves will never attack the strong reindeer head-on. They will observe patiently, find out the weakest one, attack it, and keep walking around the reindeer to make noise. When they see the opportunity, they will rush up Take a bite, create a bloody wound on the reindeer, and then run away quickly. When you find the opportunity, you will rush up and take a bite, so that the reindeer will always be in a state of panic and blood loss, and the cycle will start again and again. No matter how strong the reindeer is, it will soon die Collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, and then, the killing began.This cunning and rogue tactic is simply incomprehensible for infantry. Two-legged infantry can never catch up with four-legged horses. Although infantry phalanxes can effectively resist cavalry attacks, infantry cannot They are lined up in square formation 24 hours a day, and their helmets are in full swing, which means that those nasty cavalry can always find a chance to bite them hard. This kind of fierce bite is quite deadly, and often it has not waited In the final decisive battle, the infantry had already collapsed.However, this set of tactics is useless against the cavalry of the subordinate countries. Some of them are rangers with outstanding mobility. It's useless to play this game with them!

Therefore, those Mongolian scouts could only watch the vassal cavalry retreat with tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses swaggeringly, hating their teeth but having no choice.In order to stimulate them, whenever they camped, the national cavalry slaughtered fat lambs in front of them, roasted them on the fire until they were sizzling, and sang loudly to thank those stupid tribes for sending so many fat cattle and sheep. gave them.Seeing these guys unceremoniously chomping on the cattle and sheep that they had worked so hard to raise for a year, those Mongolian scouts were so angry that their eyes were red, and they wanted to rush over and kill these bastards!However, there were strict orders from above, so they did not dare to act rashly. They could only gnaw on the jerky that was as hard as a iron plate, and watched angrily as the cavalry of the vassal state sang and danced for barbecue, feeling extremely angry in their hearts.

Boctus asked, "Where is their army?"

E Zhe said: "Although I can't see them, I can tell that they are nearby, not far from us."

Baoketu was puzzled: "Why don't they do anything?"

Er Zhe said: "They want to wait until we are tired and panicked before launching an attack. Unfortunately, they can only be dreaming!"

E Zhe's judgment was right again. When the Mongolian scouts were harassing the subordinate cavalry in vain, a Mongolian army with a strength of more than 2 people was lurking nearby, staring at them, anxiously waiting for the order to attack.The richness of the Yinchuan Plain made the Mongols who were struggling in poverty red-eyed. The food, coal, vegetables, ironware, etc. produced there were priceless treasures for the Mongols. Unfortunately, because they were close to the gold, Without the qualifications to enter the border market, there is no way to obtain these precious materials.Fortunately, the Mongols still have war horses and scimitars, which cannot be obtained through trade, so ride a horse and bring a sword and bow to grab them!

But Daming didn't seem to be reconciled to being robbed by them, the damned Tianxiong Army actually marched into the grassland and attacked them first!It's the other way around, Mongols are wolves, Han people are sheep, it's only natural for wolves to rob sheep, sheep rob wolves...that's okay!The most pitiful thing is that the cavalry who attacked Wuhai were all defected from the Mongolian side. This made all the Mongolian nobles think it was a shame and shame, and vowed to kill all the accomplices of the Han people!Therefore, the Ordos, Harqin, Tumed, and some relatively small tribes on the grasslands all sent a large number of fierce fighters, put together a whole [-] troops, fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and left a large number of herds to lure the enemy deep, ready to let the front Zhe looks good!However, Ezhe followed Lin Danhan after many battles, and he saw through their meeting at a glance. After robbing tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, he rationally chose to retreat, and the attempt of the coalition forces to encircle and wipe out the cavalry of the subordinate countries was completely bankrupt. up.There is no way, we can only use all the troops and rely on strength to force ourselves!
It is worth mentioning that the Mongolian tribes received assistance from Houjin in this battle, and obtained a lot of sophisticated weapons and equipment from Houjin, which made their combat effectiveness a higher level, and it was the emperor who commanded this army. The eldest brother-in-law of Tai Chi, the elder brother of Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Chen, Wu Keshan!
Wu Keshan was quite surprised by E Zhe's vigilance and calmness. He had been defeated and fought many battles, but he had also honed his skills.Seeing E Zhe leading the army to retreat unswervingly, he smiled and said, "Aren't you fooled? Then let's not waste time with him. The whole army will attack and kill them!"

With an order, there was a violent wave on the grassland. Countless cavalry emerged from the meadow behind the hills, waved their bows, and formed a terrifying torrent, shouting like wild beasts from their mouths. Or blowing the swan whistle, sweeping towards the retreating national cavalry all over the mountains and plains!Their strength was so huge that the entire grassland was filled with their figures, and the dust raised by the horseshoes covered the sky, and E Zhe's worries suddenly became reality!
After the East Route Army was in trouble, Ezhe's West Route Army also encountered big troubles, and their troubles were much greater than the East Route Army.The East Road Corps is at best in a dilemma, but they may be overwhelmed by the rolling iron cavalry in minutes!
(End of this chapter)