I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 528: The moment the thought of surrendering to the Ming arises, the world becomes wider

Gugeru led six thousand Mongolian warriors and suffered heavy losses in front of the camp of Song Yaoshituan, with nearly a thousand casualties.

They turned around and ran, and finally reached where Zang Ma was, but were hit by three rounds of rockets from the rocket artillery regiment waiting there. Nearly a thousand people were killed or injured, and the rest fled in all directions.

It was daybreak at this time. The Mongolian Left Wing Guard, which had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward and killed four to five hundred of these Mongolian warriors who were tortured to exhaustion. The rest all surrendered.

Only less than 600 cavalrymen escaped back to the Union base camp, bringing with them the bad news.

Gu Gelu did not worship Buddha before going out. When he was about to escape from the valley, he was hit head-on by a rocket, and both he and his horse became Zhazagu.

The first battle turned out like this, it was really demoralizing.

The Ming army was completely different. Its combat effectiveness increased dramatically, and many tribal leaders did not believe it at first.

The southern barbarians were such a mess, having been bullied by us Mongols for hundreds of years. How could they suddenly become so brave?
As a result, Gu Gelu educated them with bloody facts.

After consultation with Bodidala, Yeseng and others, Buyan Khan retreated 150 miles to temporarily avoid the attack of the Ming army.

You want to quit?

OK, Qi Jiguang ordered the Ming army's cavalry and infantry to begin implementing the established military strategy.

The infantry chose a suitable place to set up camp, while the Wing Guards spread out in all directions and plundered the tribes of Buyan Khan's alliance.

The farthest ones were two to three hundred miles away, and the closest ones were fifty to sixty miles away. All the men and women, cattle, sheep, and horses, as well as the felt-covered and high-wheeled carts, were packed up and escorted back and handed over to the infantry for custody.

According to the new military system of the Ming Dynasty, the six Mongolian left wing tribes, including Taining, Duoyan, Kaiping, etc., were named after their tribes. At least one cavalry regiment was also named after the division.

The six cavalry divisions of the Left Wing Guard had a minimum of 2,500 cavalry, which made up a cavalry regiment; and a maximum of 5,000 cavalry, which made up two cavalry regiments. They moved around in units of cavalry regiments.

In less than four days, they looted 21,000 people and 300,000 cattle and sheep.

Among them, nearly 3,000 troops put up a stubborn resistance, but were killed without hesitation by the Wing Guards.

We are not in the same group with you, so of course we will not be polite.

Buyan, Bodidala, Ye Deng and others couldn't stand it. What you are doing is very unethical!
When they felt uncomfortable, it meant that the Ming army had hit the Mongols' vital points.

Your Mongolian cavalry is erratic and we can't track you down. Don't worry, we won't play hide-and-seek with you cavalry. We will just raid your houses.

The various Mongolian tribes had to live near water and grass, with felt tents, cattle and sheep, and a lot of burdens. They could not move around like cavalry, so the Wing Guards could kill them all with ease.

They were all nomadic people, and they knew which places were suitable for grazing and living. These tribesmen could hide for a while, but not forever, and were finally caught and escorted to the infantry.

More than 20,000 people were looted in four days. Our population is probably only 400,000 to 500,000. If they loot for a month or two, we would all be wiped out.

Without followers and cattle and sheep, are we really asked to change our careers and become horse thieves and bandits?
But if you change your career to become a robber, you still need somewhere to rob!

Go south to resume old business?

How can we break through the tall and solid city walls of Datong and Xuanfu?
We were exhausted attacking the city from the front, and you outflanked us from behind, leaving us with nowhere to escape.

Go west to grab?
Sanniang's 10,000-plus cavalrymen are waiting there. I'm afraid they are preparing to attack from both sides?
How to do?
It's so deceiving!

Even though our Mongolian cavalry has declined, we cannot be bullied by you like this!

Buyan made up his mind and discussed with Bodidala, Ye Deng and others to fight another battle, take out all the belongings, fight a good battle, show our bravery and prestige! Let the southern barbarians know how powerful we are!

Buyan, Bodidala, Ye Deng and others gathered 26,000 cavalrymen. Instead of facing the Ming army's infantry directly, they went to attack the left wing guard army that was plundering everywhere.

I can't defeat the Ming army, and I can't deal with you either!
When these wing guards saw the allied forces charging forward aggressively, they turned around and ran away.

No matter how the Allied Forces chased and intercepted them, these Wing Guard Cavalry Regiments were slippery and would not engage in battle with you at all. They would just turn around and run, running directly behind the infantry camp.

As he ran over, he shouted at the infantry.

"Bujun, come out to meet the guests!"

Buyan and others were furious!

You guys are Mongolians after all, where is your backbone? Where is your honesty?
How long has it been since he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty? How come he has become so bad?

Since the Wing Guards can’t attack, how about trying to attack the main force of the Ming Army’s infantry?
Buyan and others led 26,000 cavalrymen to the Ming army's infantry camp and were immediately dumbfounded.

The outer periphery is double-layer six-layer barbed wire, and the vans inside form a sentry post with a radius of more than ten miles. This is not a camp at all, it's a fucking moving castle.

Looking at the black muzzles of the cannons and the smoothbore rifles in the camp, Buyan and others became frightened and said, "Why don't we retreat a little bit?"

So they retreated another hundred miles.

Ever since the Battle of Moyuer Sea, when the Northern Yuan Dynasty was directly defeated by Lan Yu and turned into a Mongolian tribe, Mongolia has been sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

If a powerful leader emerges, such as Yesen or Altan Khan, who can unite most of the Mongols, he can roam the southern desert and defeat the Ming Dynasty.

But it is not so easy to produce a heroic leader. Most of them are made up teams, and there is always a lot of friction between the different departments.

In the past, they could still have face in front of the Ming Dynasty and could go south from time to time to make purchases for free. The main reason was that the Ming Dynasty's border troops were so weak that even the Mongolian makeshift team looked extremely brave.

But not anymore.

The Ming army was not fully paid, and now it was all about technology and hard work. After the death of Altan Khan, the leader of the Mongols, Buyan and others were just a makeshift team.

As one side gained strength, the other side lost. The strength of the two sides was completely different, and their tactics, military spirit and morale were not on the same level at all.

Buyan and others also fought their way out of the battlefield. Although they do not have great talent or strategy, they still have some intuition.

As soon as the allied forces retreated, the Ming infantry camp moved forward without hesitation.

The six cavalry divisions of the Wing Guard also became active again, plundering everywhere. In just three days, they had captured another 17,000 people and more than 200,000 cattle and sheep.

In the past, we were the only ones who were plundered like this, but now we are being plundered like this. How can we accept this?
We don't have the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, so we can survive a year or two of looting. If we are looted for another month or ten days, we will be finished!

The southern barbarians are really going too far!
We will fight him! Buyan and his men were determined. They stomped their feet and gathered 26,000 cavalrymen again. They drove away the Wing Guards, formed three formations, and slowly approached the Ming Infantry Camp.

Try to hit it first, and when you find its weakness, beat it to death. If you can't beat it, just run away.

The men on the grassland are so honest.

Buyan and Yeseng led 12,000 cavalry in the west, Bodidala and Shaxing Taiji led 9,000 cavalry in the northwest, and Darhanlab Taiji and Wusili Taiji led 5,000 cavalry in the southwest, advancing slowly and cautiously.

When Qi Jiguang saw that the main forces of the allied forces had all gathered together, he also let go.

This is a great opportunity. We may never get together like this again.

He ordered all the best things in the bottom of the box to be taken out.

The latest Longqing Type 3 army rocket has completely broken away from the historical model of the Conger rocket and is designed according to the real rocket model.

The single-stage propulsion unit has a warhead weight of fifty-six pounds and is loaded with twelve pounds of high-intensity gunpowder, with the rest being pre-fragmented shrapnel.

The maximum range is five kilometers. Not only does the missile body have three long wings, but there are also three spiral tail fins at the tail. In addition, the new type of propellant has very stable combustion, making the accuracy more accurate.

The army had just been equipped and did not even attend Zhu Yijun’s last military review at Xishan.

Following Qi Jiguang's order, the rocket artillery regiment fired 300 Longqing Type 3 army rockets in one breath, all of which hit the cavalry group of Buyan and Yeseng in the west, blowing them to pieces.

There were about a thousand casualties, but the morale was hit too hard, and a large number of war horses were frightened out of their wits by the sudden explosion and smoke.

These grassland war horses, which had never been habitually trained in using artillery and muskets, were naturally afraid of loud noises and flames, so they turned around and ran away, and their owners couldn't stop them.

Then, the 42 64-jin mortars directly under the right heavy artillery regiment fired at the Bodidala and Shaxing Taiji cavalry groups in the southwest direction.

The 64-jin mortar, as the name suggests, fires a shell that weighs 64 jin and is a high-explosive shell that can explode a large area.

One high-explosive bomb after another flew over a distance of more than five miles, landed in the middle of the Southwestern Cavalry Group, and then exploded one after another.

After only three rounds of mortar fire, the western cavalry group was shattered by 300 rockets. The morale of the cavalry, which was already low, turned their horses around and ran away, and soon their entire line was defeated.

The northwest cavalry group was affected here, and the team, which was shaken by the artillery fire, immediately collapsed and began to flee in defeat.

The Wing Guard cavalry, who were watching closely from the side, rushed forward and beat the fallen dog.

The southwestern cavalry group, Darhanlab Taiji and Wusili Taiji, seeing that the situation was not good, ran away first.

The allied forces fled for nearly a hundred miles in one breath, and only stopped at Jiujiuquan. Buyan gathered his troops and burst into tears. Only less than 14,000 cavalrymen were left out of the 26,000 cavalrymen.

More than a dozen leaders including Shaxing Taiji were either killed or captured.

The rest were either killed or captured by the Wing Guards, or fled and disappeared.

The troops of Buyan, Bodidala and Yeseng suffered the heaviest losses, while Darhanlab Taiji and Wusili Taiji suffered almost no losses because they ran fast.

The allied forces were stationed in the Jiujiuquan area, and the people were in panic and thinking about change.

Daerhanlab Taiji and Wusili Taiji got together to discuss the future and prospects.

Darhan Labu Taiji was the son of Altan Khan's second brother, Labuk, and Wusi Li Taiji was the son of Altan Khan's fifth brother, Talahai Taiji. They had no hope of competing for the Khanship, and they had previously thought of dividing their tribes and occupying more pastures, but now they just wanted to keep their existing wealth.

"Wusili, now that the war has become like this, what do you think we should do?"

"What can we do? The Ming army is different today. The rabbit has turned into a tiger. After one battle, not only can we not defeat them, but we are becoming more and more desperate."

"What can we do? We can only sit back and watch them slowly plunder our people, cattle and sheep. If we lose these, the five thousand cavalrymen we have will be dispersed sooner or later."

"How about we head north?"

"We know what's going on in the north! In recent years, the snow in the north is several feet thick in winter, and it's dry and rainless in spring and summer. How many people are left in Mobei? If we go north, I'm afraid we won't even have grass to eat.

And I heard that the Ming army has also sent troops to fight against the Khalkha tribe. Are we going north to fall into their trap?"

Darhanlab sighed, "I can't go north, and I don't dare to go south, so I can only go west."

Wu Sili asked in return: "Go west and surrender to Sanniangzi and Bingtu?"

"Their troops are stationed in the west, only a hundred miles away from us. Even if we want to escape to Jinshan Wala, we have to get through them first.

If you don't surrender, will you let us pass?"

Wu Sili's eyebrows jumped: "Darhanlab, since you are surrendering, why don't we sell it for a good price?"

Darhanlab's eyes lit up: "Wusili, do you mean to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Sanniangzi and Bingtu are still under the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. They are the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty. Instead of surrendering to the henchmen, we should surrender directly to their master."

It has been a thousand-year-old tradition on the grassland that the strong prey on the weak. When encountering a truly fierce and powerful enemy, kneeling down and surrendering is not a humiliation but an honor.

Darhanlab clapped his hands and praised, "What a good idea! And we can also go big."

"Let's play a big game?"

"Dong Huli, Ge Zhiwen and the other six were not as good as us before, but now they have been granted titles of nobility and become the captains of the Left Six Wings of Mongolia. Why?"

Wu Sili understood immediately.

why?
Because Dong Huli, Ge Zhiwen and six others turned to the light in time, they dealt a heavy blow to the Chahar tribe and Tumen Khan, and thus redeemed themselves for their crimes.

If they can do it, why can't we?

Darhanlabu and Wusili looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

As soon as a thought arises, the world becomes vast!
(End of this chapter)