In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 80 Turn around and shoot
"Ohh Ohh ohh…"

Listening to the rapid and long sound of the trumpet, Namuzhong's expression suddenly changed, and he said anxiously to Lin Rui: "No, Rui Lang, there are a large number of cavalry coming from the north, at least more than ten thousand!"

"Fuck, the Jurchens must be here. Damn it, can't it be delayed a few more days?"

Lin Rui was so angry that he cursed. He had already expected that the Jurchens would come, otherwise he would not have focused his investigation efforts on the north. But he didn't expect it to come so soon. Even if it was three or four days later, he would The Khalkha tribe can also be solved.

Not long after, the group of Mongolian girls rushed forward, and the dozens of riders chasing them also stopped in the distance, but they did not leave immediately, apparently sizing them up.

"Report, report to the young master, after the Khan, a large number of Jurchen cavalry appeared in the north, with more than [-] troops, and they are less than a hundred miles away from us..."

The leading girl dismounted and said sweating profusely. The other girls were also in a state of embarrassment. Apparently they were discovered by the Jurchen scouts and chased for a hundred miles.

"Thank you for your hard work. You go down and have something to eat and rest for a while."

Lin Rui saw that they had not reduced their numbers, so he comforted them and let them go down to rest.

The reason why these Mongolian girls are responsible for inquiring about information is because they are light in weight and carry a small burden on their horses. With one person and three horses, it is impossible for anyone to catch up.

"Rui Lang, the Jurchen army is still a hundred miles away from us and should not arrive until tomorrow. Should we destroy the charcoal tribe first?"

Hearing that the main force of the Jurchens was still a hundred miles away, Namuzhong was not as nervous as before.

"It's no longer necessary. It's pointless to destroy the Qi Tan tribe now. Even if we destroy them, we won't have time to slowly trade people with other tribes."

Lin Rui waved his hand. His main purpose was not to destroy the Charcoal Tribe, but to use the women, children, and livestock from the Charcoal Tribe to exchange young people with other Khalkha Tribes.

"Then where should we go? We definitely can't go back to the north for the time being. Should we go directly to the Hetao?"

Na Muzhong thought about it and asked again.

Everyone else also looked at Lin Rui, and they obviously regarded Lin Rui as their backbone. After all, they were all young people.

"We can only go to the Loop first." Lin Rui nodded, then turned around with the army and headed south again.

The next day, Hauge led an army to pursue him.

"Reporting to Prince Su, that group of horse bandits is still fifty miles away from our army. Their number is between five thousand and their horses exceed fifteen thousand. They are escaping to the southwest."

After hearing the report of the scout, Hauge also frowned. He did not expect that in just one month, Namu Zhong would recruit so many Mongolian cavalry. The key is that the opponent also had one man and three horses.

Not to mention there is still fifty miles, even if it is close at hand, it is difficult to catch up with someone who just wants to escape. In this case, the only way is to bite the opponent and drag him to death in the end.

"Send the order, let the army rest on the spot for half an hour before continuing the pursuit!"

Then Haug gave the order to rest, obviously intending to maintain power and prepare for a long-term pursuit.

"Your Majesty, there must be many Han people among this group of horse bandits. The riding skills of those Han people are not as good as those of us Jurchens and Mongols. Why not let my slave lead a group of people to chase them?"

Sony thought for a while and suggested.

Hauge's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's right, I almost forgot about this. Sony, I will give you three thousand cavalry. Go after him immediately. Don't worry about the war horses!"

"Scum!"

Sony replied excitedly, and immediately ordered three thousand Jurchen cavalry, one man and three horses, carrying only three days' rations, and ran towards the south.

The fifty-mile cavalry really starts running, regardless of the horses. In fact, it won't be long before they even don't even need half a stick of incense.

.........

"No, sir, the Jurchens should be catching up, and they are very fast. They are not far away from us." Hubbell suddenly turned over and dismounted, put his ear to the ground, listened for a while and then said anxiously to Lin Rui.

"Send the order, speed up." Lin Rui also gave the order quickly, and then the bugler on the side blew the horns.

Not long after, the 1-strong army with more than [-] war horses also started running wildly, but half an hour later, Sony still led the men to bite the army's butt.

"Change horses!"

After running for thirty miles in one breath, they saw that the opponent was still pursuing them. All the Mongolian cavalry were on high-speed galloping horses, and they directly changed their horses with their bows on their backs.

Lin Rui and more than 300 veterans could barely manage to change horses by slowing down their horses a little. However, although the one thousand captives were good at horseback riding, they were unable to ride on another horse while running at high speed. What's more, Lin Rui didn't even give them any horses to change.

So when they saw Lin Rui and the Mongolians changing horses one after another and running wildly again, the prisoners became anxious, but they had no choice but to whip the horses under their crotches as hard as they could.

However, after galloping for another ten or twenty miles, the captives' horses began to exhaust themselves, foam at the mouth, and fall to the ground.

More prisoners chose to escape to the left and right.

But Sony was here to pick on the weaklings, so naturally he would not let go of the escaping people, and constantly sent out troops to pursue them. As for the horses that fell to the ground, they were directly killed by the cavalry who rushed up and slashed them.

Lin Rui was helpless about this. Anyway, these prisoners were not of the same mind. If they died, they would die, and he would not feel sorry for them.

"Fuck, these Houjin Tartars are crazy!" Lin Rui yelled angrily when he saw that these Jurchens didn't care about their horses at all and chased them desperately.

If he didn't want to preserve his strength, he would have really wanted to fight them head-on, because he found that there were not as many Jurchen cavalry chasing them as they were.

"Rui Lang, don't worry, they won't be able to hold on for long, let alone don't be afraid even if they catch up." Na Muzhong comforted him from the side.

"Okay, now it's up to you to take command!" Seeing her confidence, Lin Rui immediately handed over the command to her.

After all, this kind of cavalry battle was a battle where both sides were cavalry chasing each other. He really didn't know how to fight, so he might as well let Na Muzhong take command.

"Okay Rui Lang, then just watch it!"

Namuzhong smiled slightly, and then ordered the horses to slow down, and the army changed from columns to horizontal formations to escape.

As the horn sounded, more than 1 war horses began to slowly adjust their formation while running at high speed.

From just now, it was five or six miles apart from the beginning to the end, and the width was less than thirty feet. It became two or three miles from the beginning to the end, and one mile wide.

If the experienced Eight Banners generals saw the Mongolian cavalry in this formation, they would never pursue them directly. However, Sony lacked some experience, and his mind was full of pursuit. He saw that the opponent's horsemanship slowed down. , rushed forward directly.

However, some experienced Jurchen cavalrymen subconsciously slowed down their horses and kept a safe distance of two hundred steps from the Mongolian cavalry in front.

"Fire arrows!"

Seeing that the nearest Jurchen cavalry had approached about a hundred paces, Namuzhong immediately pulled out a loud arrow, turned around and shot it backwards, while giving a sweet shout.

call out…

The sharp and piercing whistle was the signal. Almost all Mongolians, both men and women, immediately bent their bows and nocked arrows, turned around and fired them in one go, without affecting the running of the horses under their legs.

shhhhhh…

"Quick, separate, pursue from both sides in a roundabout way..."

After a hail of arrows, more than 300 of the pursuing Jurchen cavalry fell, and nearly a hundred warriors were injured. Sony was so frightened that he calmed down, and quickly ordered detours from left and right, no longer daring to pursue directly.

(End of this chapter)