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Liu Chengzong's rocket.

Not to mention the Eight Banners were afraid, even the Marshal's Army itself was afraid.

No one has a good way to defend against this kind of weapon.

Although this thing is demanding to use and costs a huge amount of money, and if you set off a small number of them you can only see a large firework display, but if you set them off in large numbers in clusters at the right time, it can disrupt the organization of the front-line troops in an instant.

This is the situation in the Kulun Gobi Desert at this time.

When hundreds of rockets crossed the battlefield and evenly hit the Han and Mongolian flag lines, the flag army formation, which had never seen such an offensive method, collapsed in an instant and was trampled and killed by the cavalry of the First Brigade.

Even the entire battlefield, the three wings of Dai Qing were all panicked by the waterfall of saltpeter created by the flying rockets.

The two red flags in the third line of the central army collapsed first, and then the three battalions of Zhenghuang, Hujun and Vanguard were forced to retreat under the order of Huang Taiji. The cavalry on the right wing who were scattered in the melee saw the central army collapse and also fled.

On the contrary, the last battalion on the left wing, the Korchin army was still fighting fiercely with the Mobei army.

This was mainly because Prince Manzhu Xili's reputation as a fierce and warlike man weighed on people's minds. Secondly, they were fighting on the flank and had no time to see the tragic situation of the central army after being plowed by rockets.

To them, rockets were not as scary as He Huchen, who was advancing rapidly with sand rolling.

He Huchen led the Shuofang Camp to sweep the Tianyou Army eastwards. The moment he turned south, the military formations of Manzhu Xili and Subadi collapsed at the same time.

The situation of the two armies confronting each other changed completely.

The First Brigade attacked like wolves and tigers, making the Eight Banners Army on the front line like encountering a torrent. When the peak of the flood came, those who turned around and fled were unable to avoid it, and those who fought against the trend were also smashed to pieces and were all devoured and swallowed up.

The rout was so massive that no one could stop it.

Gao Yingdeng and Li Hongsi led the Second Battalion of Zhengqi to chase the two red flags. When the two red flags were in chaos, many people fled directly to the south. The Second Battalion of Zhengqi did not even look at them. Only a few teams of people with blood-thirsty eyes chased after them, and more cavalry followed the Emperor Chongde's procession to the southeast.

The enemy troops they were chasing threw away their armor and weapons, and they also kept throwing things on the way, including daily necessities such as felt blankets on the horses' buttocks, knife oil, whetstones, arrowheads, armor pieces and other personal belongings. They threw away everything they could.

Almost everyone had only quivers, bows and swords left on their horses, and of course bags with silver bars stuffed into the horses' hips.

Yue Tuo was fleeing surrounded by two red flags. Before he could catch his breath, he saw Manzhu Xili leading the defeated troops fleeing towards him not far away, and behind them was the Shuofang camp, which was chasing them frantically but with insufficient horsepower.

When they were chased away, they were so panicked that they dared not fight back and could only turn around and continue to flee.

However, the Marshal's Army did not pursue the enemy in full force. In fact, apart from the Second Battalion of the Zhengqi Division of the First Brigade which was ordered to attack and the support from the Shuofang Town which came from the west, only the Cavalry Battalion of Zuo Guangxian, which also belonged to the First Brigade, joined the pursuit.

The Cavalry Battalion attacked because it was under the command of Gao Yingdeng. Since both battalions of the First Brigade attacked, he naturally had to follow suit.

The reinforcement battalion was simply unable to catch up. Tang Tong's army had suffered repeated attacks from the enemy earlier and had fought for a long time. Now they saw the enemy retreating. Only a few hundred cavalrymen mounted their horses and chased for two miles. Seeing that there was no hope of chasing the enemy, they withdrew one after another.

The Beiyuan and Yanmen battalions waited until the First Brigade had chased for a while and received Liu Chengzong's order to attack and pursue the enemy before they recovered from the shock of the rocket explosion and sent out their troops.

The other camps did not move.

This does not mean that all the battalions of the Marshal's Army can obey orders. In fact, Liu Chengzong knows his battalions very well. He estimates that after the enemy army is defeated, all battalions will advance together to compete for military merits and defeat the enemy who is down and out.

It was like this in the past, for example, when Xie Erhu led the Mongolian Brigade, when the battle broke out and it was a stalemate, if the Mongolian soldiers did not leave work early, they would be beaten away by the enemy in the first place.

When the Marshal's regular troops gained the upper hand, the nomadic cavalry with inferior weapons and armor would run back to the battlefield frantically and show their prowess in the battle to pursue the remaining enemies.

But this time is different.

Because He Huchen has already demonstrated his prowess.

The clan camp did not move. Sun Long from the Liaoyang camp begged for help. He almost knelt down to Jin Chanzi. He grabbed the sleeve of Jin Chanzi's python robe and demanded that the clan camp should not charge without the order of the grand marshal.

Because all his soldiers had bald heads and pigtails, and they wore the armor of the Eight Banners Army.

Only when he was among the Flying Fish and Bull Fighting and Dragon Robe gang in the clan camp did he look like a decent person.

As he followed the enemy, Sun Long was really afraid that others would treat him like an Eight Bannerman and attack him.

Under Subadi's command, the Mobei Army withdrew more efficiently.

When He Huchen's army turned south, Manzhu Xili's Khorchin army collapsed and fled. Subadi also blew the Mongolian horn and ordered to withdraw from the battlefield.

It looked like the two armies collapsed at the same time.

Compared with the Khorchin Banner Army, Subadi's attention was always distracted by He Huchen.

Firstly, He Zan's bare-bottomed soldiers were still chopping off heads. Secondly, Subadi saw that after He Huchen's cavalrymen's mounts were hit by arrows or wounded, or could no longer run or fell off their horses, they would also chop off heads as long as there were no enemy troops around.

He couldn't figure out He Huchen's character.

Now that he saw the Daiqing army retreating, he felt that he had done his job and did not want to continue to take the risk of fighting... What if these people were the Ming army who came to chop off the captives' heads?
Not only did Liu Chengzong win the battle, but they also lost their own lives.

When the fleeing soldiers and the pursuing troops left the scene one after another, Subati, who was gathering the troops, dismounted from his horse, grabbed a handful of blood-stained sand in his hand, and looked towards the dusk battlefield not far away which had found a moment of peace, his heart still trembling in his chest.

Gunbu Khan, Babu Taiji of the Chechen Khanate, and Erdeni of the Tohuit Tribe, several Mobei nobles, gathered around Subadi and could not help but look at the dusk battlefield where corpses were scattered for miles and the blood-stained yellow sand.

Stunned.

Their spirits have not yet recovered from the overwhelming rocket explosions.

In the end, the Mobei nobles cast complicated glances at the marshal's banner standing proudly in the army.

It was a look filled with shock, envy, fear, admiration and fear. Everyone had the same look except Erdeni.

Erdeni Hun Taiji's eyes were much simpler and clearer.

Very clear.

After a long while, Subadi was the first to come back to his senses. He let out a long breath and realized that the nobles of the three tribes in Mobei were all in a daze. He coughed and asked, "What are you all thinking about?"

The young Gunbu Khan looked unhappy: "Liu Chengzong has such troops, I am afraid... Alas!"

Subati and Babu looked at each other, and there was sympathy in their eyes.

They both knew that Gunbu really wanted to unite the three tribes, and even bring in the Oirats to form an alliance, so that they could form their own faction and dominate the desert to resist all invasions by foreign forces.

Although Babu and Subadi each had their own positions, from the Mongolian perspective, even if they did not admire Gunbu's ideals, they would not ridicule him either.

But that's not realistic.

Babu shook his head regretfully: "If this battle was not led by the Khitan Khan, and my Chechen army of 40,000 soldiers fought against the 60,000 soldiers of Tiancong Khan, what would Tushetu Khan think?"

Gunbu was speechless.

Babu was reminding him that Liu Chengzong was not the only one with strong troops and horses.

Compared with their army, what difference was there between the Dai Qing army and monsters? An army of 50,000 or 60,000 was suddenly attacked while marching. The attacked troops ran a few steps, cut off their braids, and turned back to fight to the death. The army calmly changed its formation, spread its wings and rushed forward to fight again.

After being hit by muskets and cannons whose roar shook the wilderness, they simply withdrew their troops and regrouped to fight again. When they could not break through the chariot barrier, they withdrew and replaced their men to fight again. It was not until they rushed into the chariot barrier and were forced to use their hammers that they began to show some fear.

Babu thought to himself that if it were the Chechen Khanate, they would probably not dare to charge forward even if they had the opportunity to attack the flank.

Even if they really charged, they might not be able to break through even one flag. When the white-armored soldiers cut their braids and fought back, they were defeated.

After all, the soldiers of Taiji Qintu had one set of iron armor for every two horses; the soldiers of Wu Sihu had one set of iron armor for every one horse, and some of them even wore chain mail underneath; the Daiqing army had four or five people in one set of iron armor in this battle, while their Mobei army had twelve or thirteen horses for one set of iron armor.

The reason why Liu Chengzong's two battalions were able to withstand the recoil was that the arrows shot at the enemy either did not penetrate their armor, or if they did penetrated their armor, they would only cause flesh wounds.

If it were the Mobei Army, they would be shot to death or injured.

If the fighters in this battle were changed, who could defeat Huang Taiji even if a surprise attack was launched?

Babu's position was that he was more or less unwilling to fight against the Later Jin Army on his own.

Subati's position was even simpler. He advised Gunbu: "If there was no Khitan Khan, the Tiancong Khanate would invade the west. Would Chechen Khan fight or surrender? Regardless of whether he fights or surrenders, the next one would be the Tushetu Khanate."

What this means is that every wrong has its perpetrator, and it was Tiancong Khan's Mongolian relatives who kept invading the south of the desert. Don't blame the Khitan Khan.

Gunbu raised his hand and stopped the two from trying to persuade him.

He knew these principles very well, but understanding something he was unwilling to accept did not mean that he would feel better.

The feeling of powerlessness only becomes stronger.

Seeing him like this, Subati stopped trying to persuade him and just smiled and said, "At least the Khitan Khan really let you take home the things you robbed in Shengjing."

As he said this, he looked at his great vassal Erdeni and asked, "What's wrong?"

Erdeni Hun Taiji's eyes had never been so clear, full of gratitude for his own choice and gratitude to Lord Subadi.

Hearing Subati's question, he immediately bowed and saluted: "If it weren't for Zasaktu Khan's dissuasion, I would be leading my people to attack the Temeng Khanate right now!"

Erdeni made almost no contribution in this war. He just watched the battle and was endlessly shocked.

He didn't care about Liu Chengzong's Marshal's Mansion at first, but he didn't want to reject Lord Subadi's wish, so he came to take a look in person.

But in fact, as an independent lord, he did not care that much about his overlord Subadi, and did not obey his orders... because Subadi did not help him fight against Oirats.

However, he is surrounded by people who are afraid to help him fight against the Oirat.

He has a close relationship with the Tohuit tribe and the Rakshasa Kingdom. The two sides have been dealing with each other for nearly twenty years and have a deep trade and diplomatic foundation. The Rakshasa people need to learn about the situation in the Ming Dynasty through him, and he needs the Rakshasa Kingdom to help him deal with the Oirats.

Then the relationship between the two parties became stuck.

Since Luosha refused to help him fight against Weiwuer, he provided Luosha with a lot of true and false information about the Ming Dynasty.

Sometimes the Ming Dynasty was a terrible country with only one huge city with a big river in it, and huge ships sailed out to sea from the city loaded with silk, velvet, and satin; sometimes the Chahar Khan conquered the Ming Dynasty by digging tunnels.

In short, it is just a fantasy that can be broken at any time to make up for the Rakshasas. If you want to go, hurry up. If you want to go, I will escort you there.

But there was a requirement. The Khan of Moscow must issue an order to all the subjects of Tomsk, Tobolsk and Tara, ordering all the troops to cooperate in the attack on Kharakula Taiji.

This Halahula Taiji is Batur Huntai’s guitar father.

How could the Rakshasa dare to do that? As a result, Erdeni became anxious and said, "You must station an army of 8,000 to 12,000 people in Tomsk. When I need this army, I will inform Tomsk."

Otherwise, you won't take care of me, and I won't let your envoys pass through my territory to the Ming Dynasty.

It wasn't until we stormed Tomsk on Sunday and established the Taimeng Guard and the relationship between the Tohuit tribe and the Russian Empire that there was a breakthrough... The reinforcements from the west didn't come, but the Russians east of Tomsk couldn't return home.

They made various wishes in order to ask Erdeni to fight back to Tomsk.

Now, Erdeni has witnessed the war with his own eyes, and his mind is filled with fear.

Subati was overjoyed to see him bowing.

Ever since Erdeni inherited his father's Hotohuit tribe, no one has ever paid him such a sincere tribute.

All this is due to the prestige that comes from joining the Grand Marshal... The Zasaktu Khanate is moving on the right track!

This scene made Subati feel very happy. He smiled and asked, "Are you not going to listen to the advice of the Russians and send troops to attack the Temeng Khanate?"

Erdeni couldn't help but laugh unhappily: "The Khan has already said that the Temeng Khanate is his vassal."

After that, he raised his finger and pointed at his nose: "Me?"

Then he pointed to the large banner in the distance that represented Liu Chengzong and said, "Hit him?"

Erdeni laughed sarcastically and shook his head decisively: "Am I tired of living?"

He was now eager to return home, and decided to express his gratitude to his leader Subati here. He would find a way to borrow some spoils from Subati, buy some weapons and armor in Guihua City, and then recruit those Rakshasa envoys and soldiers as his followers when he returned.

Those people are his old friends, and this is for their own good.

Forget about going back to Russia or fighting back to Tomsk.

People from the west can never come back.

Given the combat effectiveness of Daiqing Khitan Khan, even if Luoshacha Khan really sent 12,000 people to Tomsk, he would still be defeated if they faced him.

Erdeni has gained so much knowledge!
Hundreds of field artillery roared as they fired in unison, thousands of rockets flew indiscriminately, and 90,000 troops, with an average armor ratio of two people per set of armor, fought a battle in the desert.

Every Khan and Taiji of Siberia would never have this kind of experience of watching a battle in his entire lifetime!

The Khitan Khan's 6,000 cavalry charged the 60,000-strong army, but Tiancong Khan cut off his arm and changed the formation. The Khitan Khan advanced with both wings, but Tiancong Khan spread out both wings to block them... This is called war!

Erdeni is practical.

Although Tiancong Khan was also very powerful, Liu Chengzong, who won the war, was obviously the only god in Erdeni's heart.

No wonder Batur Hun Taiji of the Dzungar Khanate was so convinced after his defeat in the battle during his trip to Qinghai.

Anyone who doesn’t accept this is a fool!
He has already decided.

After returning and gathering the Rakshasas, he handed over the management of the Hotohuit tribe to his son.

He led several thousand troops south to help in the war and joined the Khitan Khan as a general.

This is the battlefield a real man should fight on, and those red-armored cavalry are what an army should look like!
In the past, damn... I lived in vain! (End of this chapter)