In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 18 Attack of the Tartars
While Lin Rui and the others were actively preparing for the battle, Hutch and Hubbell also returned to their base.

"What? The Chak tribe's territory was occupied by a group of Han people?"

Old Chatu was so shocked that he almost jumped up.

"Yes, Abba, they said that the Chak tribe was driven away by them last year, but I guess they were wiped out."

Hubbell said.

She didn't believe that the Chake tribe would move away obediently. If the people of the Chake tribe were not dead and were bullied by the Han people, they would definitely come to them for help.

"That's for sure. So they also robbed the caravan that came to the Fan family?"

Chatu waved his hand.

He didn't care much about the life and death of the Chak tribe. Chak had never asked him for help anyway, and the other party didn't fight openly. He only received the news now, so he couldn't blame him.

As for revenge, you have to weigh the strength of the other party.

"Well, the Han leader said that this is their Han people's own business and has nothing to do with us. He also said that he is willing to live in peace with our Chahar tribe and not invade each other."

Hutch nodded and then said.

"Have you ever found out how many people they have?" Chatu asked, this was the question he was most concerned about.

After all, the other party is only about a hundred miles away from their tribe. If it is strong, the threat will be too great.

"They said there were more than 300 people, all of whom were border troops. But the Han people have always been cunning, so we definitely can't believe it. However, the dozen or so people we saw were all veterans who had seen bloodshed, and they didn't look any different. Our warriors are poor.”

After Hutch said this, there was a hint of solemnity on his face. If the other party really had 300 people, and they were all as he saw, then they might not be able to defeat them.

After hearing this, Lao Chatu also became cautious. He stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps. After a final thought, he looked at Haqi and said, "Aren't the Kashgar tribe going to fight them? Let them try that group of Han people first." Okay, then you will also bring a hundred warriors over to watch the battle. If the Han people are vulnerable, you will immediately kill them and share the spoils. But if the Kashgar tribe can't do anything to the Han people, don't act rashly, you know?"

"I understand, Abba, but the Kashgar tribe doesn't know the identity of that group of Han people yet. If I take people there, they will definitely misunderstand. What should I say then?"

"Don't tell them the identities of those Han people yet. Just say that although the Chak tribe was at fault first, it was our Chahar tribe who went out after all. You brought people there not to stop them, but to ensure that the Kashgar tribe does not kill indiscriminately." Women and children.”

After Chatu finished speaking, a sly smile appeared on his face.

Apparently they planned to use that group of Han people to consume the strength of the Kashgar tribe, and then reap the benefits.

at the same time.

Manager Liu also returned to the Kashgar tribe with injuries. After hearing what happened, the Kashgar clan leader felt happy. Early the next morning, he ordered all the warriors from the tribe to fight against the Chake tribe with Manager Liu.

After something like this happened, Liang Na Lao Chatu had no shame in meddling in other people's affairs.

If he insists on interfering, he will definitely become enemies with Shanxi merchants in the future.

With the rules set by the Jurchens, Kashgar was not worried about other tribes taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack, so almost all the adult men in the tribe were brought along, a total of nearly three hundred warriors.

It took only half a day for one man and two horses to reach the vicinity of Lin Rui's camp.

At this time, Lin Rui had already moved his station into the earth wall. The small earth wall was crowded with carriages, and forty prisoners were tied up and stuffed under the carriages.

Lin Rui, 16 other people, and the twenty surrendered prisoners came to the steps behind the earth wall and stood ready.

If it were purely a Tatar invasion, Lin Rui would dare to let other prisoners defend together, but now the Fan family manager must be among the Tatars. He would never dare to take the risk, so it would be safer to tie him up.

As for the ditch dug outside the earthen wall, it has already been covered with thin wooden sticks and cowhide, and then covered with a layer of turf. It is no longer much different from the surrounding grass.

"This...this Chak tribe actually built an earth wall? Don't they plan to nomadic anymore?"

Looking at Tuweizi not far away, Kashgar and all the Tatars were dumbfounded.Although each tribe has its own fixed pastoral area, for convenience, the camps move with the cattle and sheep and are not fixed in one place.

Manager Liu was also a little surprised.

"No wonder Chak is so bold. It turns out that he relies on the earth wall and thinks that others can't do anything to them. It's so stupid, haha!"

Kashgar laughed loudly after saying that. The earthen wall was not much higher than a horse's back. How useful could it be?
"Chief of the Kashgar clan, my third son is still in their hands after all. It's better to send someone over to negotiate first!" Manager Liu wanted to be polite first and then fight.

"Alright."

Kashgar immediately sent a warrior to shout. As a result, as soon as the warrior approached the earth wall and before he could open his mouth, he was hit by an arrow in the face and fell off his horse.

"what!"

"Damn it, this Chak tribe actually doesn't follow the rules and shoots the negotiators. No one in the world will spare them."

"Warriors..."

Kashgar and the Tatars were furious at this scene. Just as they were about to launch a direct attack, the person in charge of the alert reported that a group of troops was coming from the east.

Only then did Kashgar suppress his anger. When he learned that the people coming were from the Chatu tribe, Manager Liu immediately went to question them. He was relieved when he learned that the other party was not here to stop them.

Although Kashgar was a little annoyed that the Chatu tribe was meddling in other people's affairs and getting in the way, at this moment he was completely irritated by the Chake tribe, and seeing that only about a hundred people came, he stopped caring.

"Shtom, you lead two hundred warriors to kill us."

"It's the patriarch."

"Kashgar warriors, follow me and kill!"

"Pit down the Chak tribe!"

Led by the bravest warriors from the Kashgar tribe, two hundred Tatars shouted and rushed towards the earth wall.

However, after the Tatars arrived, they did not directly attack the earth wall.

Instead, he was riding a horse and circling the earth wall, while bowing and shooting arrows inside.

For a moment, the hoofs of the horses rumbled, and the arrows were like locusts.

Most of the arrows were fixed on the wall, and a few of them hit the carriage inside, frightening the prisoners hiding under the carriage to the point of trembling.

"Buzz!"

Lin Rui and the others were not beaten blindly. The twenty prisoners held spears and clung to the wall to hide. However, Lin Rui and the others were carrying crossbows and would show up to fight back from time to time.

At this time, the advantages of the crossbow can be seen.

For a crossbow, you can hide behind a wall, string it and load the arrow, then look through the hole to see the right moment, quickly get up and fire, then hide back and load the arrow again.

In addition, after thousands of trainings, the 17 people were almost able to aim and fire, and they did it in one go, so that the Tatar archers had no time to react.

On the other hand, the Tatars were riding on horses, bending their bows and setting arrows, but their entire bodies were exposed. Therefore, even seventeen against two hundred, they suffered a big loss, and were shot down by Lin Rui and the others in a short time. More than a dozen people.

Kashgar, who was watching the battle from behind, was so distressed that he was bleeding. He immediately shouted anxiously: "Tell Shtom to stop shooting arrows and rush forward to kill all the people in the Chake tribe."

Although there are only a hundred people in the Chake tribe, the old people and children in the Chake tribe can still hide behind the earth wall and shoot arrows. This would be too disadvantageous for shooting. But as long as the warriors rush up and jump into the earth wall, the old people, children and women in the Chake tribe are like lambs.

In fact, there was no need for an order from Kashgar, and Shitom was not planning to shoot at each other. With the order, all the Tatars put away their bows and arrows, pulled out their scimitars, turned their horses' heads, and were ready to run along the wall and jump directly into the melee.

(End of this chapter)