In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 172 The Battle of Survival
The cold wind was blowing gently, and on the snowfield with clear black and white, sleds were heading north quickly.

The small sleigh was crowded with people, making it difficult for the two horses pulling in front.

Of course, the main reason is that there is only a thin layer of snow on the ground, which increases the friction of the sled, but it also makes the four hooves of the war horse work harder without affecting the forward speed at all.

Thousands of sleds set off before dark, followed the marks all the way north, and finally arrived at the former Lalute headquarters in the middle of the night. One by one, fully armed soldiers jumped off the sleds and quickly entered under the cover of darkness. In the camp, no one spoke during this period.

However, so many people poured in at once, making the small camp immediately crowded.

"Commander, the general finally lived up to his command. He finally completed the task assigned by the commander and came back within half a month..."

"Okay, you came at the right time. Everyone, hurry up and eat and rest. There will be a fierce battle tomorrow!"

"It's handsome."

With the arrival of these 5000 people, Lin Rui's number of combatable soldiers has reached [-]. In addition, there are [-] war horses. He is full of confidence in the coming war. The only worry is The other party realized something was wrong and ran away.

Therefore, not only did they send people to sweep away the sleigh traces nearby overnight, but they also placed a large number of hidden sentries and cavalry sentries around the camp to prevent the other party's sentries from approaching.

Perhaps Timur believed that Lin Rui and the others could not escape. As the night failed to collect a lot of losses, he did not send more sentries to entangle the Lin family army's scouting horses. Instead, he waited in the camp for the weather to change. Warm, snow melts.

As for whether Lin Rui and the others would have reinforcements, they had never thought about it. After all, it had been so many days, and if the other party had reinforcements, they would have arrived long ago.

In addition, the more than 1 Lin family troops who had just arrived slept in the camp for a whole day, and the Tutu Department did not notice the change in the strength of the Lin family army until dark.

And those thousand sleds drove to the Gobi snowfield dozens of miles south and hid them overnight.

Lin Rui did not choose to wait any longer, but led the army on foot to the north as soon as it got dark.

Even if he is noticed by the opponent on the way, he will forcefully attack and fight decisively.

At this moment, on the snowy field, although the infantry boys were not arranged in a neat square formation, they were all marching forward side by side in battalion units.

Except for the 1000 people who stayed in the camp and the 1000 people who drove sleds to the south last night, Lin Rui took the rest with him, a total of [-] people.

Among them, 1 were Han soldiers, who were slightly organized into four infantry battalions, with 3000 men in each battalion. All of them were sword, shield and spear soldiers who were good at close combat.

The remaining 9000 people were Mongolian cavalry, but only 4000 were on horses. The other 5000 could only walk on foot carrying bows and knives. They were temporarily organized into four infantry battalions. This also resulted in the disparity of each infantry battalion. The number of people reached over four thousand.

The army's marching speed was neither fast nor slow, maintaining a speed of ten miles in an hour. The main reason for walking so slowly was to maintain physical strength at any time to deal with the possibility of the opponent's cavalry attacking.

Sure enough, the army was only halfway through the journey when it was discovered by Tu Xie Tubu. However, because it was night and the scouts did not dare to get too close, the specific situation of the Lin family army was not discovered.

All I knew was that the enemies in the camp to the south suddenly came and killed them overnight, and many of them were riding horses.

For the sake of safety, Timur did not lead the cavalry to fight overnight. Instead, he called up the warriors and gathered outside the camp to prepare, waiting for dawn to kill them.

And here, Lin Rui saw that the other party had noticed them, and simply didn't bother to carry out any night attack. Although the army was still advancing, the speed had slowed down, and he obviously planned to wait for dawn to have a fight with gongs and drums in front of them. .

In fact, Lin Rui has always been very repulsive to sneak attacks, especially night attacks. First of all, if the opponent is not stupid, it is generally impossible to get them by sneak attack. After all, these are not dozens or hundreds of people, but tens of thousands of people.

Secondly, attacking the opponent at night also carries huge risks. Once successful, the results will be huge, but if an ambush occurs and an accident occurs, the losses will be equally heavy, and the entire army may even be annihilated.

Unless it is absolutely necessary and there is really no certainty that they can defeat the opponent head-on, any more mature general will not choose to attack at night.

This time, the Lin family's army was not actually a night attack. It could only be regarded as a night march to avoid the advantage of the opponent's cavalry. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cover ten miles in an hour.

In the early morning, Lin Rui and his army finally slowly approached ten miles outside the Tuxie Tubu camp. In fact, they rested in place most of the time after being discovered.

But when Timur was about to lead his cavalry to charge forward, he found that there were far more than a few thousand people coming, which shocked Timur and all the leaders.

"Khan, this...this, how come they have so many people at once?"

"There are twice as many people as us. Where did these people come from?"

"I thought about it. They must have come from the south, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to discover it. Damn it, how did they manage to spend the winter in the Gobi?"

At this time, everyone realized that this group of people must have spent the winter in the Gobi to be able to kill them at this time, but they still couldn't figure out how they survived the entire winter. After all, the cold wind in the Gobi was definitely not The tent can hold it.

"Great Khan, they have nearly [-] cavalry alone and almost [-] infantry. Do we want to continue the attack?"

Obviously, in the face of strong strength, hatred can only be placed second. All the leaders have retreated. After all, they have seen the strength of this group of people, and they are really not sure of winning this battle.

Timur sat on his horse and stared straight ahead, his face uncertain. Finally, he compromised and sent an envoy over, ready to question why the other party wanted to attack their Tuxie Tube.In fact, in this situation, whichever party sends the envoy first is already suspected of showing weakness. If Lin Rui intends to negotiate, he will definitely take advantage of it.

But now, the more than [-] Lin family troops can be said to have reached the point of life and death. There is a lack of food, a shortage of supplies, and a large number of pregnant women who are sick and disabled. They are facing the threat of annihilation of the entire army at any time, so they cannot afford to delay it.

A small tribe of 5000 people cannot solve the crisis of the entire Lin family army at all. Only by completely occupying the entire Tuxie Tu tribe can the Lin family army survive the current crisis.

Therefore, this war is destined to have no justice and evil, but only a life-and-death battle for survival.

As for negotiating and discussing with the other party, you are seeking your own death.

Because if it takes too long and the other party knows the true and false status of the Lin Family Army and unites with the other two tribes, in the end, the Lin Family Army of more than [-] people may become lambs to be slaughtered.

So when faced with the messenger sent by Timur, Lin Rui didn't say a word. He either put down his weapons and dismounted and surrendered, or he started a fight to the death.

"Khan, the other party is too arrogant, let them see the bloody nature of our Tuxie Tubu warriors!"

"Great Khan, they are like a pack of hungry wolves. We must kill them all, otherwise not only will we be killed by them, but our cattle, sheep, livestock and women will also be taken by them!"

Seeing that the other party had no intention of negotiating at all, almost all the leaders of the Tuxie Tubu guessed the other party's situation, and determination showed on their faces.

Because no one knows better than them how terrifying and terrifying a group of wolves that are going crazy from hunger are and they will never be able to feed them enough.

They also know that such a battle for survival on the grassland is the most cruel. There is no retreat for either side, and the losing party is destined to disappear completely on the grassland.

"Warriors of the Tuxie Tu tribe, I am your Great Khan Timur. Do you see the enemy in front of you?"

"This is a group of desperate wolves. If we don't kill them, our cattle, sheep, our pastures, our women and children will become lambs in their mouths. Warriors, are you willing to let this group of evil wolves occupy us?" A place of survival?”

"No! No!"

"Kill them all!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

As Timur rode his horse and ran in front of the team while shouting tragically, more than 1 warriors of the Tuxie Tu tribe had blood-red eyes and roared.

"Warriors, behind us is our home, where are our women, children, cattle and sheep..."

When Timur said this, he pulled out his scimitar with a choking sound. Everyone also pulled out their scimitars in unison, including the leaders.

No adult man can retreat from this kind of war.

"Follow me and kill all these intruders!"

"rush!"

"kill!"

As Timur's scimitar pointed forward, more than 1 cavalrymen rolled forward like a flood from a dam, rising from slow to fast.

After a while, the sound of horse hooves rumbled, and the earth shook for a moment, and the murderous aura soared into the sky.

"Warriors, for the sake of your women and the children in your belly, come against me!"

Takuyan also shouted, and with four thousand cavalry, he rushed up against the opponent's cavalry without hesitation.

Obviously, in this kind of unreserved life and death battle, with cavalry, Lin Rui could not let the infantry face the cavalry charge, especially in the absence of spears and longbowmen.

"Huang Ben, you lead a battalion to attack from the right flank!"

"Zhou Meng, lead the second battalion to attack from the left flank!"

"The third and fourth battalions follow me to attack from the front!"

"go ahead!"

Seeing Takuyan rushing forward with four thousand cavalry, Lin Rui also pulled out the long knife at his waist and gave the order to attack.

Immediately, the four square formations began to move quickly, the two on the edge began to circle around to the left and right, and the two in the middle quickly advanced towards the front.

(End of this chapter)