In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 135 The Jurchens are really here

"Husband, the Jurchens are really here!"

"The minimum number of troops must be [-]. We crossed the Yellow River two days ago. We will arrive here in two days at most..."

On this day, Na Muzhong and Lin Rui were reading and drinking wine in the big tent as usual. Just as they were chatting with each other, Hubbell suddenly rushed in with a roar.

Both of them were shocked and stood up immediately.

Then Namuzhong was surprised and said: "Belle, what are you talking about? Thirty thousand Jurchens came? So, the Tumut people also came with them?"

"Yes, sister Namuzhong, the Jurchen cavalry only accounts for a small half, most of them are Tumut cavalry!"

Hubbell nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice.

In my heart, I also envied Sister Namuzhong very much. She could stay with her husband every day, read books and talk freely.

In fact, she also wanted to cuddle up in her husband's arms every day, but she couldn't read, and her husband seemed to like Sister Namu Zhong more.

"Did they bring a carriage?" Lin Rui did not care about how many horses came, but only cared about whether there was a carriage.

Because it is useless no matter how many war horses come, they cannot carry much food and grass. If there is not enough food and grass, the more cavalry there are, the faster they will be defeated in the vast Ordos snowfield.

"No, not a single one. They are all war horses. They are so overwhelming that you can't even see the end."

Hubbell quickly suppressed the thoughts in his mind and replied.

"Haha, it seems that Hauge wanted to fight quickly this time, but I just didn't like him and refused to fight with him."

Lin Rui chuckled and immediately guessed Hauge's plan.

"Rui Lang, how should we respond?" Originally, Na Muzhong was a little nervous when she heard that [-] cavalry were coming. But now when she saw Lin Rui's appearance, she was not only relieved, but also full of expectations for the next battle.

"No need to deal with it, our arrangement is already very good. Just wait until they come and you can lead the cavalry out of the camp, so as not to make unnecessary moves now and scare them away from coming." Lin Rui waved his hand.

Their current arrangement is to use nearly [-] large and small carriages to form a large camp in the four directions of Ye He's tribe. The gap between each camp is less than [-] steps.

If Jiannu wanted to rescue Ye He's tribe, he had to either pass through the gap in the camp or attack a camp from the front. Otherwise, he had no other choice.

Sure enough, when Hauge arrived with his army two days later, he was dumbfounded.

The leaders of the Tumut tribe were even more stunned.

"Prince Su, is this what you said about only five thousand cavalry and less than ten thousand infantry?"

"Hmph, I'm afraid there are 8 or [-] people here, right?"

"And there are estimated to be more than 1 carriages."

"I can't stop watching."

"This battle can't be fought. Let's leave quickly while it's not snowing, otherwise we will have to explain everything here!"

Everyone felt that they had been deceived by Hauge, and they started arguing.

He didn't even want to give it a try, he just wanted to go home directly.

"Everyone, I did not expect that this group of horse bandits would recruit so many people in just two months. However, most of them are Han people, so there is no need to worry about them being new recruits. Let's just fight the cavalry and don't worry about it. Those Han people in the camp.”

Hauge quickly explained.

Then he pointed at the cavalry brigade led by Na Mu Zhong not far away.

At this time, Namuzhong had already led all the adult Mongolian cavalry and lined up more than ten miles away, totaling more than 9000 people.

This made Hauge, who had also planned to return home, inevitably have the idea of ​​​​wiping out all these cavalry.

As for Ye He's life and death, after seeing those four camps, he no longer had any hope.

Everyone looked at the cavalry waiting in the distance. Their strength was only about [-]% of theirs, but they did not refuse directly.

"Everyone, if we don't deal with these cavalry now, until the spring of next year, all the tribes in the Hetao will not be able to graze in peace. You have also seen that they have brought so many carts with them, and they must have sufficient food, so there is no need for grazing at all. "

"Prince Su, what do you think we should do? As long as we don't attack those four camps, we will listen to you."

Sure enough, after Hauge finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed, and they felt the threat of the cavalry in the distance.

"Kill them directly, don't give them a chance to hide in the camp!"

Hauge choked and drew out his long knife.

"it is good!"

Everyone also drew their swords to respond, obviously intending to charge directly with the cavalry led by Na Muzhong and have a showdown.

"kill!"

"Warriors, charge..." As the rumble of horse hooves sounded, Haug led the cavalry like a flood to avoid the camp in front and rushed towards the cavalry led by Namuzhong in the south.

However, the Mongols did not have much chivalry, and Namuzhong had no intention of fighting them head-on. Instead, the rear team changed to the front team and ran towards the south.

Hauge was naturally in hot pursuit, and kept trying to divide his forces to intercept him in roundabout ways, but of course he stopped Lonely.

Because Namuzhong and the others are also one person and three horses, and they carry less food rations, they are naturally much faster. On the other hand, Hauge and the others have been traveling all the way, they are tired, they are exhausted, and they are carrying food. How can they catch up?
"Prince Su, we can't chase anymore. They are clearly deliberately walking us and want to drag us to death here."

The leaders of the Tumut Division were very aware of this tactic, and they only reacted after chasing it for an afternoon.

After being reminded by them, Hauge also woke up and secretly said that he was careless again and almost got himself killed.

Unfortunately, it was getting dark now and the wind was strong at night, so the army had to camp where they were.

When camping at night, all the horses are tied together tightly. Although the outermost horses will freeze to death, the horses inside will be safe and sound.

As usual in the past few days, only more than 1000 war horses were reimbursed in one night. At dawn the next day, after a hasty breakfast, Hauge led the army back directly to the north, not caring about Namu Zhong at all. led the cavalry.

Naturally, Na Muzhong would not give in, and chased after him with his cavalry.

Originally, Lin Rui planned to use the cavalry led by Na Muzhong as bait to attract the Jiannu cavalry to chase them, and then delay them until it snowed, then they could easily clean up. However, it turned out that the Jurchens only retreated after chasing for a long time. , also frowned.

Although the weather is cold now and there is a lot of snow on the ground, the impact on the cavalry is not too serious. If the other party wants to leave, it may be difficult to stop them with the cavalry led by Na Muzhong alone.

After all, in order to avoid a head-on confrontation with the opponent's cavalry, it was impossible to directly intercept them from the front, and the entire Ordos was flat and there was no terrain to use.

"Husband, what should I do?"

"Commander, are we just going to watch the Jurchen cavalry escape like this?"

Everyone was very unwilling.

Lin Rui was also unwilling to give in, and after a moment's thought, he ordered: "Order all the infantry battalions and longbow battalions to assemble, have everyone take measures to keep warm, and then select four thousand strong horses to come out, all covered with thick fur coats, Let’s chase it all night long!”

He knew that the Jurchen cavalry and the distance they traveled south yesterday, before dark tonight, the opponent's camp should be the closest to them.

It will definitely not be more than fifty miles away. If they chase it overnight, they will definitely be able to catch the opponent off guard.

And if you miss tonight, you will never catch up.

In this kind of weather, he believed that the opponent would never dare to march at night, but he could give it a try. At worst, he would freeze to death on the road and hide in the sled.

As Lin Rui's order was issued, the entire camp became busy. First, the women carefully dressed up the war horses. Except for the four hooves, eyes, mouth and nose, almost all other parts were tightly wrapped.

The eight thousand young soldiers and the five thousand long archers were no exception. Each of them was given half a jug of wine and three kilograms of charcoal.

Two thousand sleds were also temporarily modified, and tarpaulins were used to make a windproof carriage.

Lin Rui took advantage of this time to deal with Ye Hebu.

In fact, it was very simple. They just asked them to tie up Ye He's whole family, and the others were spared death and allowed to submit.

Originally, when the Jurchen army arrived, the people of Ye He's tribe still had a glimmer of hope, but who knew that the Jurchens did not come to rescue them at all, and even went back to the north today, so they chose to sell the Ye He family without hesitation. , chose to surrender directly.

After all, everyone has long had enough of these days of fear and fear. Being able to surrender is a psychological relief for everyone.

Everyone is Mongolian and from the Chahar tribe. The trouble was all caused by Ye He alone. He couldn't kill everyone, right?

After finishing their work here, it was almost dark. Lin Rui hurriedly told Hubbell and Zhou Meng to take good care of the house, and then he took more than 3000 people directly onto the sleigh and headed north. .

Each sled only had six or seven people on it, and was pulled by two horses, so it was very fast at first. But as it got dark, the temperature gradually dropped, and the north wind blew, the speed couldn't help but slow down.

And in the middle of the night, the war horses began to fall down continuously, and the soldiers hiding in the carriage were also shivering, hugging each other, and taking a sip of strong wine from time to time.

Whenever the war horse couldn't hold on and fell, the soldiers would stab the butt hard with the tip of the knife to squeeze the horse's potential and continue to move forward.

It can be said to be extremely cruel. A Mongolian who loves horses very much would never do such a thing.

But Lin Rui had no psychological pressure. As long as they could get close to the Jurchen camp, sacrificing four thousand strong Mongolian horses would be nothing at all.

"Big, handsome... look, we are finally here..."

Lin Rui lifted up a corner of the oilcloth and stuck his head out. He immediately felt like a knife had hit his face, but he still saw clearly a large group of dark shadows in the white world ahead.

"Just stop here and start again when daylight comes!"

This time can be said to be the lowest temperature period. If you go out for a sneak attack, you will probably be frozen into popsicles, so Lin Rui planned to wait until dawn before killing him.

And as the sleigh all stopped, all the horses fell to the ground, not a single one was left.

The soldiers in the sled also took out clay pots and lit charcoal, preparing to survive the coldest period.

(End of this chapter)