In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 141
It wasn't until the battlefield was cleaned up and those who should be killed in the gathering area over there were killed and those who should be tied up that a reinforcement force returned from the south.

The one coming was from another Huihui tribe in the south, which was only forty or fifty miles away. However, it still took an hour to receive the news, gather the troops, and then rush here.

Hui Hui's reinforcements only came with five thousand cavalry. They were shocked to see that the other party had wiped out the tribe that asked for help in such a short time. Especially when they found that almost all of the people lying on the battlefield were their Hui people.

They saw that the other party was well prepared and had completely controlled the gathering place, with much more troops than them. The [-] reinforcements only lingered nearby for a while and then went back directly.

However, Namuzhong did not intend to let them go, and led the army to kill them south early the next morning.

Only [-] female cavalry, [-] logistics troops and [-] trapped troops were left to guard the prisoners and captured supplies, as well as take care of the injured.

After forty or fifty miles, the army arrived at noon on horseback and sleighs.

This Huihui tribe is obviously slightly larger than the one that was destroyed, but there is also only a foot-high earth wall on the outside.

Perhaps they already knew that the coming group of Tatars was not simple and extremely ferocious, so the tribe did not come out to fight, but chose to stick to the gathering place and wait for reinforcements.

"Sister, don't worry, there are only two Huihui tribes in the north, and the rest are all in the south. Including the time to gather people and horses, it will take at least three days to arrive, which is enough for us to destroy this tribe. "

Seeing that his sister had a tendency to retreat, Ebutu immediately explained that of course it would be unrealistic for the Mongols to attack the earth wall, so they had to rely on the Han people.

Na Muzhong heard that it would take three days for the other reinforcements to arrive, so she gave up her worries. She looked at Huang Ben and said, "General Huang, are you sure you can attack them? Of course the casualties cannot be too great."

Rui Lang had set standards for her when she came. The Han soldiers' casualties could not exceed a thousand, and the Mongolian cavalry could not exceed [-].

The number of Han soldiers killed and seriously wounded in yesterday's battle had reached [-], and the number of cavalry killed was close to [-]. Therefore, the losses in the attack on this tribe must not exceed the last time.

"Madam, please rest assured. The enemy abandons their horses and defends, and our casualties will only be smaller. It's just a wall of earth, and the general will be able to attack it in an hour."

Huang Ben said confidently.

To be honest, he would rather the opponent hide in the gathering place and defend instead of charging forward with his horse, because this way they can attack calmly and completely control the initiative.

"Okay, then it's up to you."

Namuzhong was also relieved and completely handed over the command to him.

Huang Ben didn't hesitate. He ordered people to cut down some logs nearby, then sharpened one end and started the attack.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, the young and strong logistics soldiers work in groups of ten and directly carry the wood against the earth wall.

The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers were covering the side, and a thousand Mongolian cavalry with good archery skills dismounted and fired arrows from forty steps away to suppress them.

Hui Hui was originally good at riding and fighting, but not good at defense. In addition, the earth wall was low. Faced with countless spears thrust under the wall, Hui Hui stood behind the wall and wanted to throw rocks and wood. All of them were stabbed by the spears. Fell down.

Similarly, the archers were suppressed by the Mongolian archers behind and did not dare to raise their heads. The long archers were not idle either. From time to time, they would throw a wave of arrows towards the back of the wall. With each salvo, there would be a wave of arrows behind the wall. There was a panicked scream.

"One two, hey!"

The more than a hundred logistics soldiers paid no attention to the arrows coming and going from both sides, and the screams. They kept their heads buried, shouting slogans, and kept hitting the earth wall.

If someone is hit and falls down, they will be dragged away immediately, and new support soldiers will be added to continue carrying the wood and hitting them.

The earth wall was only three feet thick. As dozens of logs lined up side by side continued to hit each other, a large amount of earth would fall down with each hit. Cracks appeared after just a hundred hits. The logistics soldiers were even more energetic. .

And when Hui Hui looked at the crumbling wall, he was also very anxious, but the area behind the wall where he was hit was so big. No matter how anxious most people were, they could only stare. Not only could they not help, they would also be easily attacked by the other party. Hit by a hail of arrows thrown in.

boom!
In the end, it only took more than a quarter of an hour to hit, and an earthen wall collapsed directly, leaving a hole one foot wide.

The other logistics soldiers fought hard and finally collapsed all the walls here, and the gap expanded to more than ten feet.

"kill!"

The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers immediately stepped on the scattered clods of soil and rushed in. The Hui Hui inside had already prepared for melee combat. A large number of Hui Hui shouted and rushed towards the gap from three sides.

puff puff...

Hui Hui mostly used sabers and wore leather armor. Even if they rushed up from three sides, they were still stabbed by the spear soldiers and fell down in pieces, constantly retreating, while the sword and shield soldiers only needed to protect the long spear soldiers. The spearman can just be on his side and there is no need to kill him at all.

As the spearmen continued to advance and the territory they occupied expanded, more spearmen and sword and shield soldiers rushed in and began to cooperate with the steady advance.

Although Hui Hui was not afraid of death and wanted to fight for his life, facing the rows of spears and short spears, he had no way to backhand him. He had to be driven back continuously. Along the way, there were corpses stabbed to death by spears and spears. .

In the end, those who were driven out had to hide in the house.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry and trapped soldiers also rushed in and began to encircle and suppress them one by one. The entire gathering area fell into a big melee, with shouts and cries everywhere.

Many times when he saw that the situation was not good, he wanted to take his wife and children and mount his horse and escape, but as soon as he rushed out of the gate, he was shot into a hedgehog by the longbowman blocking the gate.This time, because many Huihui used their houses to resist, the battle lasted for more than an hour before it ended. However, the casualties of the Lin family army were even less than yesterday.

Because it was really difficult to fight, the Mongolian cavalry and border soldiers did not attack by force, but directly set fire to the house.

Obviously, both the frontier troops and the Mongols are very good at doing this kind of thing. They are much more experienced than the young infantrymen, and they don't have the slightest psychological burden.

"Sister, it's so enjoyable. It's so enjoyable. Why didn't we know before that we should unite with the Han people to rob it together?"

"Sister, there are at least nearly [-] Huihui in the south. Let's continue to kill them and kill them all at once, right?"

Ebutu shouted excitedly.

The other Mongolians were also red-eyed.

In the past, they did not dare to attack the Huihui tribe like this. Who would have thought that after uniting with the Han people, they could take it so easily with very few casualties.

"The reason why we went so smoothly these two times is because we caught them off guard. We must be prepared for Huihui in the south. Once they unite, we may not get an advantage. Besides, there are still a large number of Ming troops in the south. See Okay, just take it away, load the things into the car quickly, and we’ll evacuate tomorrow!”

Namuzhong was not carried away, but decided to run away. After all, the two tribes had captured more than 3 women, tens of thousands of stones of grain, [-] to [-] war horses, and a large number of weapons and iron tools.

Therefore, the top priority is to bring all these things back instead of continuing to attack other tribes in the south.

"Okay, but sister, what should I do with these sheep? Are we just going to throw them away like this?" Ebutu could only nodded, and then he blamed the sheep with a look of reluctance.

There are few cattle in the two tribes, but there are many war horses and sheep. Food and other things can be loaded on sleds. If they cannot be loaded, they can be directly carried by the war horses.

But the sheep are very troublesome. It's too slow to drive them and they can't be loaded. It would be a pity to abandon them directly.

Looking at the tens of thousands of sheep, Namuzhong also had a headache. Finally, she had no choice but to say: "First load the grain, iron, cloth, and then kill the sheep. Take as many as you can, and don't let go of the ones that can't be carried."

Everyone had no choice but to work as instructed. In the end, more than 2000 sleighs were fully loaded, and the extra horses were also loaded with women and dead sheep.

The Han soldiers had no choice but to walk, and no one complained. Fortunately, the snow on the ground was only about a foot thick, so they could barely keep up on foot.

After just resting for a night, the next day after meeting up with the remaining troops in the north, the army headed east in a mighty manner.

By the time the Huihui army from the south caught up, the team had already crossed the Yellow River.

Seeing that there were more than 2 Huihui cavalry chasing them, Na Zhongzhong was not reluctant to fight. Instead, he asked Huang Ben to take the loot first, and he led the Mongolian cavalry to intercept on the east bank.

Returning to the reinforcements, they saw the Mongolian cavalry waiting on the east bank. Even if their eyes were spitting fire, they did not dare to dismount and cross the river directly. Instead, they chose to go around from upstream and downstream.

As a result, the cavalry on both sides were separated by a Yellow River, and they kept fighting until dark. Only then did Namu Zhongzhong lead the cavalry to withdraw and pursue them.

When the Huihui cavalry took the opportunity to cross the Yellow River at night and chased them to the gap in the Great Wall the next day, Namuzhong and his men had disappeared into the snowy field, leaving only a long trace of the passage of the carriages and horses.

This time they came in a hurry, and the cavalry returned with only six days of rations. After some struggle, they finally did not dare to catch up, so they had to return unwillingly, and finally vented their anger on the Han people along the way.

Although the temperature was much higher when we returned, due to the women carrying a large amount of supplies, it took the same amount of time to return to the station.

When I returned to the station, it was already early February.

Looking at the fully loaded team, both Han and Mongolian people were cheering, but Mrs. Lu and her three hundred young ladies and maids were the only ones complaining terribly.

But I had to work hard to count all the supplies, livestock and women that were seized. It took three days to count all the materials, livestock and women. I was so tired that my back ached before I finally finished the count.

But in the past three days, Lin Rui and Na Muzhong had a grand celebration banquet and didn't care about anything.

For three days in a row, the whole camp was filled with the sound of drinking and eating meat.

"Master Lin, this is the list of seizures..."

"Read it to me."

Lin Rui was holding a wine glass in one hand and a piece of mutton with a knife in the other. He had no time to take the account book.

The other people in the big tent also ate with their mouths full and their hands full of oil. There were two whole sheep on the charcoal fire in the middle, and the clay pots filled with wine were warm on the sides.

Those who could come to drink with Marshal Lin in the handsome tent were all people above the battalion commander level. Seeing the dignified and beautiful Mrs. Lu, Huang Ben, Zhou Meng and more than a dozen Han people were okay, but Ebutu and Takuyan were not. I couldn't move my eyes away, and I suddenly felt that the girl I was assigned this time was not very good.

Mrs. Lu was so stared at that she had goosebumps all over her body, but she had no choice but to open the book and read.

(End of this chapter)