In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 145 Swimming without attacking

"Report, Marshal, madam, there is an army of Jiannu in the east, and there are many Tumut cavalry following them, and they are heading towards us quickly."

"Report, Madam Marshal, the Tumut cavalry from the west is chasing us, with more than 1 troops."

"Rui Lang, it seems that we have completely aroused the public anger of the Tumut people, but I didn't expect the slave army to come so quickly."

There was a hint of bitterness on the corner of Namuzhong's mouth, as if she had expected this to happen.

"What are you afraid of? No matter how many cavalry there are, what can we do? Is it possible that they can still catch up with us?"

"Retreat, cross the river directly south!"

Lin Rui said nonchalantly, and immediately gave the order to run away, leading the army towards the south.

When Hauge led his army and Tumut's cavalry to the edge of the Yellow River, Lin Rui and the others had already crossed the Yellow River again and entered the inner sleeve.

At this moment, all the Tumote tribes in Wuyuan and Baotou came with their cavalry. In total, there were [-] cavalry. Counting the [-] slaves brought by Hauge, there were a total of [-] cavalry standing on the mountain. By the Yellow River.

Looking at the extremely angry Tumut leaders, Hauge couldn't help but want to laugh three times.

He didn't expect Namuzhong and the Han leader to be so stupid this time. Not only did they fail to snatch a person or a war horse, they also massacred two tribes in succession.

When leaving, they even set fire to both tribes and burned them completely, which was even more outrageous than what the Jurchens had done before.

Naturally, he wished that Na Mu Zhong and the Han leader would completely anger all the Tumut tribes, and it would be best to form a deadly feud.

Originally, Hauge had no intention of going to Neitao to storm Namu Zhong's camp, but now seeing more than 3 angry Tumut people and more than a dozen leaders asking him to make the decision, he did not hesitate to lead his army to pursue them. Go up.

Immediately, [-] to [-] cavalrymen from both sides started chasing each other on the vast Neitao grassland. However, the [-] Jiannu cavalrymen were fine, but the Tumut horses were very fat, and their speed was not even a little bit slow.

After all, Lin Rui's horses were carefully raised with grain and fodder this winter, and they didn't lose weight at all.

Lin Rui led the army and fled all the way back to the camp. He only rested for the night, replenished some food, left the wounded behind, and replaced some injured horses. The next day, he was resurrected with full health and went east again.

It was not until the afternoon that Hauge arrived belatedly with his army.

"Your Majesty, the other party's cavalry went east again this morning."

"These damn horse bandits are so despicable and shameless."

Seeing that they finally caught up with the camp, the other party's cavalry just rested for the night and headed east again. All the Tumut leaders gnashed their teeth angrily. Unfortunately, their horses were not up to par and they really couldn't catch up.

For this pursuit, almost all the tribes brought all the little food they had left.

"Everyone, we don't need to worry about their cavalry. We just need to stop their camp so that they can no longer obtain supplies. This river is their tomb."

Hauge was not very angry, but pointed at the camp in the distance and said.

Although he knew that Na Mu Zhong must have used a hood, he had no intention of chasing her. If he continued to chase her, he would only be led by the other party's nose.

"Yes, attack in and kill all the men inside!"

"No Han Chinese left!"

This time, the leaders of Tumut were really angered. They started shouting and gave up.

"Okay, their cavalry has gone far, and there are only a few large vehicles. I want to see how they can stop our brave Qing warriors!"

"Everyone, after the camp is broken, I am willing to share all the women, livestock and supplies with you!"

Hauge said again.

Sure enough, all the Tumut people's eyes were red.

Because everyone has clearly seen that there must be at least 8 people in this camp, and most of them are women. There is neither a wall nor a wooden fence, but it is surrounded by horse-drawn carriages.

Immediately, Hauge began to arrange his troops, with [-] cavalry on guard to prevent the opponent from returning their carbines, and the remaining [-] cavalry directly attacked the camp from four directions.

At this time, all the combatants in the entire camp were already ready, even the young and strong logistics soldiers took up weapons, and the Mongolian women also carried bows.

Of course, the main force of the defense is still 4000 infantry boys, [-] trapped camp, [-] longbow battalion, and more than [-] future heavy cavalry boys.

Although the [-] young men are all new recruits who have never been on the battlefield, after a winter of training, they have already transformed. They are all powerful and equipped with armor and weapons.

Under the leadership of the veterans, relying on the carriage, not only did they not have much fear, but they were all gearing up and waiting to kill the enemy.

At this time, the camp had turned into a large circle with a diameter of two and a half miles. Tents of different sizes were densely built in the camp, and all the carriages were scattered around the periphery.

Although people could turn and rush in through the gap in the carriage, or roll over from the carriage, they could not directly ride into the camp on horseback. "kill!"

Following Haug's order, [-] cavalry rushed up from all directions. Perhaps knowing that the opponent had longbows, Haug did not choose to shoot around the camp, but directly let Tumut's cavalry charge forward on horseback. Go up and fight the opponent in close combat.

"Fire arrows!"

The attacking cavalry were naturally baptized by more than 5000 longbowmen. Two or three thousand cavalry fell down before they finally rushed to the carriage. Some directly drove their horses in through the gap in the carriage, and some chose to go through the gap in the carriage. He jumped on horseback and climbed into the carriage.

Almost all the spearmen were blocked in the gaps between the carriages, while the swordsmen and spearmen stood behind the carriages, forming a reserve team at the back.

For a time, the whole camp was surrounded by the sound of fierce fighting. One Mongolian cavalryman was stabbed to the ground next to the carriage, and some bravely jumped directly from the carriage into the group of Han soldiers to greet them. Theirs is also the sword and shield soldier and the hacking and slashing that falls into the camp.

Although many Han people were killed or injured and dragged away, the ratio of battle losses between the two sides was not proportional at all.

For every Han who fell, at least four or five Mongols and Jurchens were killed.

Even though both the Jurchens and the Tumuts were extremely brave, due to the unfavorable terrain, the difference in equipment, and the fact that both sides had similar strength, they failed to break into the camp after fighting for half a quarter of an hour. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, not to mention the leaders of the Tumut tribe, even Hauge was a little overwhelmed and had to order his troops to retreat, because he also sent five thousand Jurchen cavalry to fight.

After the attacking cavalry retreated, after some counting, all the Tumut leaders calmed down from their original anger.

After only fighting for a while, more than 6000 warriors were lost, including a thousand Jurchen warriors.

"Your Majesty, we can't attack like this. Otherwise, even if we finally attack, there won't be many people left."

"Yes, attacking like this is too much of a disadvantage. Most of the Han people are equipped with spears and spears. They hide behind carriages. Our cavalry has no way to deal with them."

"They also have a lot of archers, and they are very powerful. Unless we double the number of archers, it will be difficult to attack them and destroy them!"

The leaders of the Tumuts already want to retreat. After all, the opponent still has more than 1 cavalry who have not come. If the losses are heavy and the fight is really exciting, Namuzhong suddenly comes back with the cavalry, then everyone will be very happy. Maybe it all needs to be explained here.

Hauge was not willing to give in. Even though there was such a large piece of fat right there, he couldn't see it and couldn't eat it. However, after the trial just now, he also understood that if he tried to eat it forcefully, he would only get his mouth full of thorns.

In the end, Haug had no choice but to give up and continue to attack the camp, and invited the leaders to go out to chase the opponent's cavalry.

It's a pity that these Tumut cavalry didn't carry much food, and spring was about to start again. Moreover, they were worried that Namu Zhong would suddenly lead the cavalry to their hometown again, so they politely refused.

Hauge couldn't spare any extra grain to feed them. He wanted to take them to Shaanxi to thresh the grass in the valley, but he was worried that the whole Hetao would change when he came back, so he had to part ways with them in the end.

Hauge continued to pursue eastward with the remaining [-] Jurchen cavalry, while the [-] Tumut cavalry returned northward.

At this time, Lin Rui and Na Muzhong had led the cavalry across the Yellow River again and arrived at Qiantao.

They also picked a tribe to kill Liwei first, and then played a game of chasing each other with tens of thousands of Tumut cavalry on the vast grasslands east of the Yellow River, north of Datong, and south of Yinshan Mountain.

After Hauge joined with the Jiannu Cavalry, nothing changed. After all, Lin Rui and the others wanted to run away and never wanted to fight. They would kill to Yanghekou after eating up the food, or kill Hukou to exchange with Lu Xiangsheng.

This was agreed upon by Lin Rui and Zhang Han in advance.

The two sides fought hard for a month, torturing both the Haugs and the Tumuts almost crazy. It was not until the Yellow River thawed and the vast snowfields turned green that the Tumuts had to give up the pursuit.

Because spring has begun, grazing is needed, and both humans and livestock are multiplying.

But if Namu Zhong's more than 1 cavalry are not dealt with, they will not be able to graze with peace of mind.

However, after more than a month, it has been proved that they cannot catch up with each other, let alone eliminate them, so each tribe has planned to send envoys to negotiate.

After all, apart from directly wiping out one tribe at the beginning, Namuzhong never attacked other tribes. Even if some tribes were empty, they would just scare them when passing by and then leave directly.

Otherwise, in one month, they will kill many of the [-] Tumuts in Qiantao.

"Dear Queen Namuzhong Khan, as long as you don't attack and harass our tribe in the future, we are willing to coexist peacefully with you and never invade each other from now on!"

"This is not enough. After all, it was you who helped the Jurchens to fight us in the first place. If you want to coexist peacefully, you must first agree not to help the Jurchens fight us again, and then trade a group of people with us. We will exchange women for your tribe. The young men you choose will be replaced one by one. If you don’t agree, I will no longer be merciful, and don’t expect the Jurchens to protect you. They can’t even protect themselves now!”

Namuzhong said coldly, with a very tough and domineering attitude, but Lin Rui didn't show up at all.

The messenger was an old man, and he nodded in agreement after only a slight hesitation.

There was no other way. If they didn't agree, they wouldn't be able to graze peacefully. If they missed this spring, their tribe would be doomed.

Anyway, the Jurchens cannot protect them, nor can they destroy Namu Zhong. When the time comes that they refuse to fight again, the Jurchens have no reason to blame them.

(End of this chapter)