In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 170 Tu Xie Tubu’s anger

Among the three major tribes in Mobei, the Chechen Khan tribe occupies the Alihun River Basin in the west, which has the richest aquatic plants, and the Zhasak Khan tribe occupies the Yinma River Basin in the east, followed by aquatic plants.

Only the southern area occupied by the Tushetu Khan tribe is the most barren. Although it is barren, the territory is the broadest.

At this moment, in the large tent of the Khan Court of the Tuxie Tu tribe, Temutuo, the great Khan of the Tu Xie Tu tribe, heard that a large tribe of 5000 people in the south had been wiped out by a group of unidentified people. He was shocked and furious at the same time.

"Tell me, where did that group of people come from? How many people are there?"

"Hui, Hui Khan, I don't know, they seemed to appear suddenly. When we found out, all the people in Larut's tribe had been killed. There should be thousands of them."

The messenger who came to report the news was frightened by Timur's appearance of wanting to eat people, and quickly replied.

"I don't know? Are you all blind? Tell me, is the other party a member of the Chechen tribe or the Zasak tribe?"

When Timuto heard that he didn't even know his opponent, he became even more angry. He twisted him up and roared.

There are a total of 5000 people in the Larut tribe. If it was really the Chechen tribe or the Zasak tribe who secretly sent people to do it, he vowed to make the two tribes pay a heavier price.

"Hui, Hui Khan, it doesn't seem to be the case, that group of people don't have many war horses..."

"Great Khan, the Larut tribe is located in the far south. Even if the Chechen tribe and the Zasak tribe want to attack our Tuxietu tribe, they will not attack them, let alone kill all the women and children. It should not be them. of."

An old man next to him was worried that the Great Khan would become angry and retaliate against the two tribes, thereby triggering a war, so he quickly stepped forward to speak.

"If it's not them, who could it be? There are thousands of people. They can't just pop out suddenly, right?"

Timur let go of the messenger who came to report the news, and calmed down a lot. Thinking about it, this was indeed the case.

After all, the Lalut tribe is not only the most remote location, but also has a large number of tribes to the east, west and north. It is impossible for the two tribes to bypass these tribes to attack the Larut tribe.

"Great Khan, Larut's troops are in the south. Could the enemy be coming from the south?" The old man thought about it and said again.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. It hasn't thawed yet. How could the enemy come from the Gobi in the south?"

"Unless they spend the winter in the southern Gobi, but this is even more impossible. No tribe can survive the cold winter in the southern Gobi, and even wolves cannot survive there."

Timur immediately shook his head and vetoed, saying that in two or three months, the enemy would come from the south.

But it is absolutely impossible now. Even the richest Tumut people in the Hetao area do not dare to cross the desert of Mobei in winter.

The old man and the other people in the big tent thought about it. They were confused for a moment and fell silent, not understanding where this group of enemies came from.

"Are they still staying in Larut's department and not leaving?"

Timur didn't care where this group of enemies came from, but gritted his teeth and asked the messenger again.

No matter who the other party was and where they came from, he dared to kill more than 5000 of them in one go, and was so insane that he even spared the women and children. It was really difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart without cutting them all into pieces.

"Back to the Great Khan, they have been staying inside the station and have never come out. They also built a snow wall outside. It seems they want to stay there."

"Hmph, that's too arrogant."

"Great Khan, we must not let these people go."

"We must avenge the people of Larut's tribe and kill all those damn butchers!"

Hearing that the other party not only refused to run away after killing someone, but also wanted to defend the headquarters of Larut's troops, everyone in the tent became angry and started shouting.

Timur was also furious.

Although the snow had not melted completely and was not suitable for fighting, the anger in his heart and the dignity of Tu Xie Tubu made him unwilling to wait any longer.

So the next day, they took three thousand warriors, pulled more than 100 carts of fodder, and rushed southward. At the same time, they also issued orders to all tribes to send troops.

The entire Tuxietu tribe, like other large Mongolian tribes, has a population of more than 1 under Timur's direct control, but there are more than ten tribes under his control, with a population of as many as 6000 and as few as two or three thousand.

This is also to facilitate management and grazing.

Not only did Timur lead his army all the way south, but a steady stream of cavalry came to join him along the way, and the same cavalry also used carts to pull large amounts of fodder.

Obviously, Mobei is too barren, and each tribe has almost no food. If they want to fight in winter, they have to drag a lot of fodder on the road, otherwise the war horses will starve.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, we will never fight in winter.

When the army of the Tuxietu tribe arrived outside the Lalut tribe's garrison, the number of cavalry had reached [-].

Apparently all the adult warriors from the entire Tuxietu tribe came, and in order to save fodder, almost all were one man and one horse.

When they heard that this group of enemies had killed all 5000 people in Larut's tribe, including women and children, everyone became angry, and the howling was loud for a while.

Especially when they found that there were a large number of corpses mixed in the snow wall, everyone's eyes turned red, waving their scimitars, wanting to rush in and chop up the people inside immediately.

"Commander, the opponent's strength is about [-], and the entire Tuxietu tribe's adult soldiers should be here. Judging from their reaction, I'm afraid they will fight to the death."

When Takuyan saw the reaction of the Tu Xie Tu tribe people outside, he felt a little frightened and said worriedly to Lin Rui.

"I just want them to fight to the death and attack like crazy!" Lin Rui's expression was dull. The reason why he wanted to kill all the people in this tribe was because there was not enough food.

Secondly, he wanted to completely anger the Tuxie Tubu and make them attack at any cost, so he only built a half-man-high earth wall to lure them to attack.

There is no way. Without war horses, lack of mobility, and insufficient troops, if you want to defeat the Tuxie Tube quickly, you can only let the Tuxie Tube take the initiative to attack without giving the other two big tribes a chance to react. , or attack at all costs.

In this way, a large number of the opponent's adult warriors can be killed at once, and then when the second batch of armies arrives, they can easily deal with the opponent.

"Warriors, charge at me! Kill all the enemies inside!"

"Use their blood to pay tribute to the tribesmen who died tragically! Kill them!"

"Kill!"

Fifteen thousand warriors from the Tushetu tribe, led by Timur, the Great Khan, and a group of leaders, each one like an angry bull, rushed towards the half-man tall monster from all directions. Snow wall.

"Fire arrows!"

"Shhhhhh..."

This time the longbowmen did not come, and the five thousand Mongolian soldiers were responsible for the main long-range attack. Looking at the enemy cavalry rushing towards them, all the Mongolian soldiers fired arrows desperately.

However, due to the limited power of the cavalry bow, and the charging Tuxietu people hiding under the horses' bellies, the number of cavalry horses that were shot down was very limited.

The snow wall that is half a man's height can be easily jumped into with a single leap of horse. However, the inside of the station is not all flat. It is also filled with snow walls.

These snow walls were also only half a person high, some were a foot long, and some were only half a foot long. They were arranged in a disorderly manner. Almost all the sword, shield and spear soldiers were squatting behind the wall.

This caused the cavalry of Tuxie Tubu to rush into the station, but they all bumped into the snow wall.

Even if someone controls the horse to jump over two snow walls in a row, the horse will have to be stopped. At this time, the sword and shield soldiers and spear soldiers will stand up and take the opportunity to attack and kill.

"kill!"

For a time, the two sides were killing each other in rivers of blood in the small camp. The Tuxietu people on horseback not only failed to take advantage of the cavalry, but instead sat on the horse and looked down, becoming a target for the pikemen.

The spear soldiers stabbed people, the sword and shield soldiers slashed the horse's legs. Some Mongolian soldiers fired arrows for sneak attacks, and some carried swords and relied on the snow wall to fight with the Han soldiers.

On the other hand, the cavalrymen of the Tu Xie Tu tribe had to control their horses to turn and look for a way out, and at the same time they were swinging their swords. They were beaten in a hurry, and some even jumped off their horses in a hurry and rushed towards the Han soldiers behind the snow wall.

Although war horses continued to fall, the cavalry of Tuxie Tubu were still controlling the horses in a steady stream, rushing towards the camp from all directions until the small camp was filled with horse and human corpses, making it difficult for the following war horses to It was almost impossible to start, so Timur in the distance gave the order to blow the trumpet to stop the attack.

After the warriors all returned, they saw that there were a thousand warriors missing. Timur and all the leaders' scalps felt numb.

"Khan, the other party's losses must be more serious than ours!"

"Not bad!"

Because the battlefield was too chaotic, the Lin family troops hid behind the wall, standing up and squatting down again.

Therefore, Timur and the leaders almost don't know the specific losses of the other party, and now they can only make self-comforting estimates.

However, almost everyone knew that attacking like this would not work and that they had to find another method, otherwise they might not be able to destroy the opponent.

"Khan, there are snow walls everywhere inside, and the horses can't run at all. Why don't we let the warriors dismount and attack?"

"I think it works, and many of these people look like us Mongolians."

"No, I think they look like Han people. Many of them carry spears, shields and knives."

The leaders here started arguing as they talked.

The Lin family troops stationed in the camp were busy cleaning the battlefield and treating the wounded. Almost all the corpses of the enemy soldiers were plucked out and thrown out of the wall.

The corpses of the war horses were carried to the middle and piled together, while the intact war horses were led to the stables and locked up.

"Commander, the results of the battle have been calculated. In the battle just now, nearly a thousand enemy troops were killed. Our army suffered less than 100 casualties, and only more than [-] intact horses were captured."

After studying for a whole winter, Huang Ben was finally able to produce a detailed battle report.

"Hey! The place is still too narrow, and I can't use it! Otherwise, the result will definitely be more than this!" Lin Rui sighed secretly.

"Yes, Commander. Although the fight was fierce just now, many brothers could only watch and had no chance to show off." Huang Ben nodded and agreed.

After resting for half an hour, the people from the Tu Xie Tu tribe launched another attack.

This time I had to be much more cautious, and didn't have the delusion to rush in and kill everyone inside like the first time.

Instead, they only dispatched three thousand cavalry, who raced around the outer snow wall and fired arrows into it.

The Han soldiers naturally squatted behind the wall and ignored them, while the Mongolian soldiers relied on the snow wall to fire back from time to time and started shooting.

For a while, both sides were shooting arrows at each other, competing in archery skills.

(End of this chapter)