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Su Tiancheng's overly cautious attitude did not attract the attention of Mo Tuo, Tong Cha and others. He completely defeated the Chahar tribe, which was an unimaginable victory for them. The sergeant still believes that the Horqin tribe can be easily defeated. Once the Horqin tribe is completely defeated, the situation on the grassland will undergo major changes. The next conquest will become much easier. The Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe will dominate The time for the prairie has really arrived.

The army was facing the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner, which was the elite force of the Horqin tribe. This time Su Tiancheng did not adopt the method of dividing the troops to fight. I don't know if it was some premonition or other considerations. Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu did not mention it either. The opinion that came out to divide the troops into battle, acquiesced in the form of unified battle of the army.

Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner has not been vigilant all this time, nor has it taken any defensive measures. At least the army did not feel the slightest while marching. The tribe will never be so big. It is possible for such a situation to occur before the Chahar tribe was wiped out, but the current situation is not normal. The relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Houjin Tartars is extraordinary No matter what angle it is from, Huang Taiji will not sit idly by.On the one hand, there is a reminder from Houjin, and on the other hand, the Chahar tribe has encountered the fate of being wiped out. Under such circumstances, there is no reason for the Horqin tribe not to arouse vigilance.

The 25th of the first month.

The army was only thirty miles away from the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner station.

The army is ready and is about to launch an attack.

How to launch the attack, the opinions of the people are not very consistent. The combat method of leading the snake out of the hole is the method that most people agree with. When facing the Chahar tribe.The army was completely victorious.But this time, Su Tiancheng hesitated, mainly because he felt that the form was too weird, and the post-gold Tartars led by Hauge did not know where they were.There is also no intelligence to show that if the Houjin Tartars and the Horqin tribe unite, their combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced. Under such circumstances, adopting a combat method that lures the enemy into depth is likely to cause heavy casualties, and may even lead to the death of the army. rout.

Su Tiancheng didn't know why he had such an idea. It is said that there was no special situation, so this kind of worry was a bit abrupt.The army has already set up a battle, and it is impossible not to attack.

The idea of ​​the battle is very clear. Although the Horqin tribe is very powerful, and with the support of Hou Jin, it can be regarded as the largest tribe in the grassland, but Su Tiancheng believes that it is still not possible to kill innocent people, and it is not possible to attack the Horqin tribe. The old and the weak, women and children.If shelling the garrison of the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner would inevitably cause heavy casualties.Cannonballs have no eyes. To complete such a combat deployment, the only way is to lure and ambush.

After serious consideration, Su Tiancheng still decided to use the combat method of luring the enemy to go deep.

The sergeants in charge of luring Horqin Right Wing Central Banner were [-] sergeants from the Xibe and Daur tribes, led by Mo Tuo himself.The main task is to lure the sergeants of the Horqin tribe to leave the station and enter the place where the army is laying an ambush, but this time the task has changed, that is, the sergeants who are responsible for the lure do not need to undertake particularly difficult tasks.They didn't need to start a fight, they entered the Right Wing Middle Banner's garrison, and let the sergeants of the Horqin tribe find out that they were attacked, they could retreat.

Even though the arrangements were sufficient, Su Tiancheng was still worried and reminded Mo Chui repeatedly that if he found something was wrong, he had to retreat voluntarily. It didn't matter if he couldn't complete the task, and don't sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain.

Mo Chui agreed very readily, but the more readily Mo Chui was, the more worried Su Tiancheng became.

The mission has already been arranged, and it is impossible to make changes, especially for the grassland tribes, temporarily changing the deployment and asking other soldiers to complete the mission of luring the enemy is to look down on this tribe.

The time for the attack was originally set at Maoshi, but after Maoshi arrived, Su Tiancheng did not give an order to attack.

The scouts had gone to investigate several times, and found nothing unusual. The station was quiet. Even Hong Chengchou, Qin Liangyu and others felt strange. They didn't know why Su Tiancheng didn't give the order to launch an attack.

Launching an attack after dawn is definitely not good for the vanguard troops that lure the enemy, as casualties will increase, and the vanguard troops are in danger of being wiped out after encountering an attack.

A few minutes later, Su Tiancheng finally gave the order to attack.

Mo Chuan led the sergeant, and had been waiting for the order to attack. After Su Tiancheng gave the order, Mo Chuu did not hesitate, and rushed to the Horqin Right Wing Central Banner without hesitation.

When the attack started, Su Tiancheng stood up and walked around in the tent of the Chinese army, looking very uneasy, Qin Liangyu felt a little strange.

"Is there anything you are worried about, Commander?"

Su Tiancheng looked at Qin Liangyu and sighed.

"General Qin, to tell you the truth, Mo Chui seems overconfident, but the combat deployment is like this, and I can't change it. If we say that we attacked the Chahar tribe and won a complete victory, many tribes on the grassland should have It is impossible to be indifferent to those who are alerted. Both the Tumet tribe and the Zhungeer tribe have migrated to avoid being hit. Could it be said that the Horqin tribe has such great self-confidence? They are not worried at all and have no deployment. It's too abnormal."

"Commander, this issue has also been considered by the subordinates. The commander is overthinking. If the army of [-] is assembled, even if all the soldiers of the Horqin tribe fight, I am afraid that they should not expect a good ending."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"It was also because of this thought that I decided to launch the attack according to the original deployment. We conquered the grassland and won a major victory. Does it seem a little too confident? After all, the tribes in the grassland still have a certain fighting power. , they won’t wait for us to wipe them out, and leave if they can’t win, they won’t understand such a simple truth.”

"The commander-in-chief said, but the previous investigation did not find any abnormalities. The subordinates thought that under such circumstances, it would not be a big problem to launch the attack according to the original deployment, even if the vanguard could not lure Sergeants of the Horqin tribe, the army can still attack."

"General Qin, I'm really worried. The army has entered the grassland, and they can hardly get any valuable information. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy is invincible. We are not the masters of the huge grassland, and it is difficult to get it. Intelligence, under such circumstances, we must be more cautious."

While speaking, the sound of artillery suddenly came from the direction of Horqin's right-wing middle banner station.

Su Tiancheng, who was pacing back and forth, changed his complexion and became a little pale. This is a rare situation.

The faces of Qin Liangyu and Qu Qingze also changed. Normally, the Mongolian tribes could not have artillery, and the attack had just begun, and the artillery battalion would not attack so early.

Without hesitation, Su Tiancheng spoke to the messenger beside him.

"Go and inform Master Hong, and order the vanguard to withdraw quickly, no matter how much the price is..."

The messenger hurried out, Su Tiancheng looked at Qin Liangyu and Qu Qingze and spoke.

"My prediction was not wrong. The Houjin Tatars joined the Horqin tribe. The Horqin tribe has no artillery. It is impossible for the guns to sound at this time. Remember, Hauge led the Houjin Tatars to attack the Xibo tribe's garrison. We got a lot of cannons, and the sound of cannons appeared in front of us, which means that Hauge brought the cannons here, unexpectedly, this time, Hauge also set a trap, waiting for us to get in."

Qu Qingze was not too anxious, after all, the vanguard only had 2000 people.

"My lord, my subordinates think that even if Hauge is well prepared, the problem is not too big. Since the later Golden Tatars came to the grassland, we will fight them hard on the grassland. The Jiangning battalion wiped out Zhenghongqi , Now that the Zhenglan Banner is here, don't think about leaving the grassland easily."

It is of course a good thing for Qu Qingze to have such self-confidence. If you come here, you will be safe. If you meet the Empress Jin Tartar here, it is tantamount to fighting a big battle. The larger the scale of the battle, the greater the result. of brilliance.

At this time, Su Tiancheng will not continue to be pedantic.

"Okay, then let's fight a good battle here, and pass down the order to order the artillery battalion to start shelling the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner garrison. Don't save shells, blow them hard."

A quarter of an hour later, the deafening sound of cannon came.

Su Tiancheng's expression became calm, and he regained his usual composure. Now that the previous speculation has been confirmed and he knows the whereabouts of the Houjin Tartars, there is no need to worry too much. At this time, the two sides will show themselves strength.

Soon, several soldiers came over carrying stretchers, and He Renlong hurriedly followed into the tent of the Chinese army.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the vanguard troops were attacked by artillery and suffered heavy losses. Mo Chuo, the leader of the Xibe tribe, was seriously injured. Master Hong asked if the army started to attack after the artillery attack."

Su Tiancheng looked at Mo Chuai on the stretcher, his face was covered with blood, he was unconscious, obviously seriously injured.

"You must heal Mo Chuai, the military officer. You go and tell Lord Hong that the army should not attack for the time being. Order the scout battalion to start an investigation. You must find out where the Houjin Tartars and Horqin tribe sergeants are. If my prediction is correct, the right wing The Zhongqi station is about to become the most important battlefield.” (To be continued..)