In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 173: Occupying the entire Tuxietu Department in one fell swoop

The two armies were not far apart, and the cavalry was very fast. In just a moment, the two cavalry forces, numbering more than 1, collided head-on at high speed.

For a moment, the horses of both sides passed each other, and the entire battlefield was flashing with sword light and bloody swords. The fallen knight was like a dumpling, falling continuously, and then was trampled into a pulp by the galloping horses.

The speed of the cavalry battle was very fast. After both sides penetrated each other's formation head-on, the round was over.

The place where the cavalry passed by was filled with corpses. Horses that had lost their owners and had stopped wandered around the battlefield with their heads lowered.

In just one round, the two sides lost a total of 5000 to [-] men, which shows the brutality of the cavalry confrontation.

Life and death are often only the moment of swinging the sword.

The cavalry of Tu Xie Tu did not turn around and fight again, nor did they choose to take a roundabout shot. Instead, they did not slow down and rushed directly towards the infantry who were not far away.

It was obvious that he really planned to fight for his life until death.

There is nothing that can be done about it. It's not that Timur doesn't want to stray, but there are three tribes stationed nearby, and his Khan Court is only a hundred miles away from here.

Once the opponent is not completely wiped out during the day, the opponent will definitely attack the nearby tribes and their camps at night, so the only choice is to rely on the advantage of the cavalry to wipe out the opponent during the day.

Timur and a group of leaders had just fought with the cavalry and ran into the two infantry phalanxes of the Lin family army behind them.

If Takuyan hadn't led the 4000 cavalry to charge ahead, and in the absence of longbowmen and spearmen, the [-]-man infantry square might have been directly crushed by the [-] high-speed cavalry. And passed.

However, although the speed of the cavalry has not slowed down at this moment, the formation has become much more sparse and chaotic. In addition, the Mongolian cavalry behind the square formation fired two more rounds of arrows, so the cavalry only rushed halfway into the square formation and could no longer rush. , fell into the quagmire.

Although the two infantry phalanxes suffered heavy losses under the high-speed impact of the cavalry, the cavalry behind them had lost their speed. The two infantry phalanxes on the left and right wings suddenly rushed up from the sides.

At this time, Takuyan also turned around again with more than a thousand cavalry, and each one covered in blood rushed up from behind the Tuxie Tubu cavalry team.

The entire battlefield was completely plunged into a melee. No matter it was the Lin family army or the cavalry of the Tushetu Department, no one chose to escape. They were all fighting desperately.

In fact, when Tuxietu's cavalry could not directly crush the two infantry phalanxes on the front, the victory or defeat was already decided.

The only difference lies in the proportion of casualties on both sides, and whether the cavalry of the Tuxie Tu tribe chose to escape.

However, Timur and the leaders did not choose to escape, because even if they fled back to their respective tribes, they would eventually be chased by the other party and blocked in their residence.

At this time, it was too late to ask for help from the Zasak and Chechen tribes, and it was impossible for them to abandon the cattle, sheep, women, children, and supplies in the tribe and escape alone with the warriors.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour. In the end, no one of the more than [-] Tuxie Tu tribe's cavalry escaped. Including the Great Khan Timur and all the tribal leaders, they all died in the fierce battle, leaving only the last ones. More than a thousand people were surrounded by the cavalry and infantry of the Lin family army.

Although these men were still riding horses and holding scimitars, their horses were already close together and could not move.

In fact, they had a chance to escape on horseback just now.

"stop!"

At this moment, Lin Rui was also covered in blood. Seeing that these cavalry were completely surrounded, he shouted loudly.

The surrounding Han soldiers, who had already become red-eyed, stopped and did not continue to wave their swords and guns at the Tuxietu people riding horses.

"You are all real warriors. Stop making unnecessary resistance. As long as you are willing to put down your machete, dismount your horse and surrender to me, I swear in the name of the King of the Grassland, you and your family can survive. Will become a slave!"

Although it was easy to kill the last 1000 people, Lin Rui still gave them a chance to choose. After the battlefield calmed down, he spoke loudly in Mongolian.

Takuyan and a group of Mongolian cavalry also repeated Lin Rui's words loudly.

Listening to the opponent's leader's assurance, the surrounded one thousand cavalry looked at me and I looked at you. Finally, they got off their horses, held a bloody scimitar, knelt on the ground on one knee, and expressed their surrender.

They could fight to the death for their homeland, but now that they have lost, the Khan and the leaders have all died in the battle, they will not continue to resist in vain and die in vain.

This is the biggest difference between Han people and Mongolians.

If it were the Han people, the army that could fight to this point without escaping, even if only the last man was left, probably would not surrender to the enemy.

For example, Qi Jiajun back then.

But the Mongols would not do that kind of thing.

Lin Rui also kept his promise and did not massacre the 1000 people or even tie them up. He only confiscated their weapons and horses and let them rest aside. Then he began to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded.

"Huang Ben, tell the brothers not to pull out each other's clothes and shoes."

Looking at the battlefield that had been stained red with blood, Lin Rui was quite touched and said slowly to Huang Ben.

"Yes!"

Huang Ben's tone was also a little low, and then he conveyed Lin Rui's order.Although they won the battle and almost wiped out the opponent, the battlefield at this moment was very depressing. No one, whether they were resting on the side or cleaning the battlefield, could laugh.

Looking at the lack of many familiar faces around them, everyone knew the price paid for this battle.

"Commander, the statistics have been calculated."

Huang Ben walked slowly to Lin Rui, followed by Takuyan and Zhou Meng, both of whom had red eyes.

"Go ahead, I'm mentally prepared!" Lin Rui waved his hand.

Huang Ben took a deep breath before saying: "Commander, our army has been killed in this battle...more than [-] people, including more than [-] Mongolian soldiers, nearly [-] Han soldiers, and only a handful of wounded!"

After hearing this, Lin Rui also took a deep breath and was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "Clean up the remains of all the fallen brothers, dig holes and bury them. In the future, if conditions permit, I will erect a monument here to commemorate them." Carve all the names of the other party, and burn the other party’s body in the Mongolian way!”

This battle was really tragic. Nine thousand enemies were killed and seven thousand were lost. It was almost a life-for-life.

If he hadn't been forced into a desperate situation and had no choice, Lin Rui would never have fought such a battle.

That night, almost all the Lin family soldiers had not yet recovered from the tragic scene during the day.

There are many people sobbing secretly at night, many people are suddenly awakened by nightmares, and many more cannot sleep.

Among them was Lin Rui, who stayed up all night.

It wasn't until breakfast the next day that the depressing atmosphere in the army began to ease. Although I wanted to rest for a few more days, time waited for no one.

Lin Rui also deserves to let Takuyan take all the cavalry and go straight to the Khan Court of Tuxie Tubu to prevent the other party from escaping.

Then he led the infantry and a thousand prisoners, pulled the captured carriage tents and a large amount of horse meat, and advanced on foot.

In yesterday's battle, thousands of war horses were captured, so that all the Mongols who came this time had war horses. Therefore, even if more than 3000 cavalry were killed in the battle, Takuyan still had [-] cavalry.

At this time, the Khan's residence in the Tuxie Tube had already turned into a mess, and everyone looked panicked.

Although there are nearly 1 people left, almost all of them are old, weak, women and children. Although many boys, girls and women who are about to become adults also have a certain fighting capacity, it is a pity that Mobei is too poor.

These people have no fighting power, but no weapons.

Different from the Monan tribes who calculate whether they are adults and can go to war based on their age, Mobei calculates based on whether they have weapons or not.

For example, some teenagers are over 14 years old, but there are no extra weapons in the tribe, so they cannot be counted as combat power and cannot go to war. As for women, it is even less possible.

In this case, the limited weapons, bows and arrows, naturally have to be equipped for use by the bravest warriors in the tribe.

So when Takuyan arrived with five thousand cavalry, these old, weak, women and Confucians did not resist at all and surrendered directly.

Two days later, Lin Rui arrived with his army.

This time Lin Rui did not kill these old, weak, women and children, but only rewarded the young and beautiful women among them to the Mongolian cavalry who excelled in this battle.

All of Timur's wives, concubines, and daughters were also rewarded to his generals, especially Takuyan, who was brave in this battle. Lin Rui not only gave him Timur's wife, but also two concubines. , as for the two daughters, they were rewarded to Zhou Meng and Huang Ben.

Originally, according to the rules on the grassland, all of Timur's wives, concubines, and daughters should belong to Lin Rui, but this time Takuyan will definitely be promoted to a general.

Lin Rui was naturally reluctant to reward him with the maid, so he rewarded Timur's wives and concubines as compensation.

As the wives and concubines of the great Khan of Tuxie Tubu, she was naturally pretty, and there were three of them, so she was so happy that Takuyan's mouth was crooked, so naturally she wouldn't have any objections.

In the next few days, the Lin family's troops divided into several groups and successively conquered more than twenty tribes under the Tuxie Tubu.

These two dozen tribes also had only old, weak, women, children and a few warriors left, so they did not dare to resist at all. It only took the Lin family army less than a month to completely occupy the entire Tuxie Tu tribe.

By this time, the snow had completely melted, and the entire land was green. There was not much fodder left in the tribes' stores. The cattle, sheep, and horses were all starved and emaciated. The little lambs that had finally survived the winter finally survived. Headed.

In this case, Lin Rui could only choose to send envoys to negotiate with the Zasak tribe and the Chechen tribe. No one would attack anyone, and everyone would happily graze together.

At this time, the Zasak tribe and the Chechen tribe also knew that the Tuxie Tu tribe was occupied by others. Without knowing the truth and falsehood of the other party, and it was spring, they agreed to Lin Rui's suggestion without hesitation. .

There is no way, no one can afford to fight at this time, we all need to herd separately. If you sneak attack on me today, I can sneak attack on you tomorrow. The final result is that no one can graze happily. Either everyone will starve to death together, or they will fight against each other in front of each other. Fight to the death.

After reaching an agreement with the two tribes, Lin Rui reorganized the remaining 5 old, weak, women and children of the Tu Xie Tu tribe into twenty tribes.

Then twenty Mongolian generals and twenty Han generals were sent to these tribes to serve as leaders and deputy leaders. Each leader and deputy leader only brought [-] Mongolian cavalry and [-] Han soldiers each.

As for the [-] adult warriors who were captured, Lin Rui stayed in the Khan Court and also brought their families over.

(End of this chapter)