Ming politicians

Hauge is still a little proud. The Jiangning battalion entered the grassland, starting from Datong, and did not enter the grassland from the east of Liaodong according to the previous analysis. This made Fan Wencheng very regretful. The army destroyed the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. After the camp, there was no delay, and they went directly to the camp of the Horqin tribe. The Chahar tribe had been destroyed by the army led by Su Tiancheng. The Tumed tribe and the Jungar tribe chose to move. Without judgment, Su Tiancheng's next step must be to conquer the Horqin tribe directly.

According to Fan Wencheng's analysis, Hauge led the army, retreated quickly, and made peace with the Horqin tribe. During this process, Hauge received a letter from Huang Taiji, and he believed in Fan Wencheng's judgment even more.

Fan Wencheng has also carefully analyzed what kind of combat method to use. On the huge grassland, it is very unlikely to set up an ambush against the army led by Su Tiancheng. Only face-to-face direct combat is the only way to analyze Su Tiancheng. Will choose Horqin When deciding which point of the tribe is the main attack direction, Fan Wencheng's judgment is the right-wing central banner, no matter in terms of the distance of the distance or the strength of the combat power, the right-wing central banner is the first to bear the brunt.

Based on these judgments, Hauge decided to wait for Su Tiancheng's attack and deal a devastating blow to the vanguard of the Ming army. Once the ambush was successfully set up, the army would come out in full force and fight with the army led by Su Tiancheng on the grassland.

After arriving at the Horqin tribe's camp, Hauge found that Dai Shan had also led the army, and according to Huang Taiji's request, the commander of the army was Dai Shan. Although Hauge was a little depressed about such an arrangement, Fan Wencheng comforted him in time. In Fan Wencheng's opinion, Prince Rui has experience in fighting the Jiangning camp and can effectively deal with the Jiangning camp.

The troops concentrated in the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner.It reached 8 people. This is a huge team, including 5000 people led by Haoge, 2 people led by Daishan, and 5000 people from the Horqin tribe.

Daishan is well versed in the sharpness of the artillery of the Ming army, when he was arranging troops.It is very important to note that the garrison of the Right Wing Middle Banner is the place where the army is concentrated, but the army is not completely stationed here, but scattered around to avoid being attacked by artillery. Some of the artillery captured by Hauge was transported to Shenyang. Some remained in the Horqin tribe.To deal with Su Tiancheng.

Daishan asked the army to hide and ambush, and gave the attacking Jiangning battalion a sudden attack, which severely damaged the spirit of the Jiangning battalion.

When the army led by Su Tiancheng approached the camp of the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner, Daishan even forbade the scouts to investigate, lest their whereabouts be exposed. The scouts' investigation on the grassland had too big a target.

Daishan's arrangement was correct, and the Ming army attacked.Sure enough, it was hit hard.

When the vanguard led by Mo Chuo rushed into the Right Wing Middle Banner's garrison.They were greeted by artillery. After several rounds of artillery bombardment, Horqin tribal sergeants dispatched, surrounded the vanguard, and dealt a devastating blow.

What Daishan was dissatisfied with was that the number of vanguard troops of the Ming army was too small.Moreover, they were all sergeants from the Xibe and Daur tribes, and no sergeants from the Jiangning battalion were seen.

The vanguard of the Ming army was almost wiped out. Seeing Hauge's happy expression, Daishan frowned.Feeling something was wrong, Su Tiancheng adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into an ambush, the purpose was not to massacre the old, the weak, women and children, and not to launch a large-scale bombardment of the garrison. Time to realize, I am afraid that the tactics will be changed, so the soldiers ambushing in the garrison are in danger.

The order to withdraw from the garrison had just been issued, and before the army had time to act, the artillery of the Ming army began to fire. Countless shells fell in all directions of the garrison, without a clear target, but it was this large-scale, indiscriminate attack. The targeted bombing caused considerable losses to the army, especially the sergeants of the Horqin tribe. Like headless chickens, they scattered and avoided in the garrison. Seeing the horses and sergeants being blown into the air, Daishan's face was ashen. In the second contest with Su Tiancheng, at the beginning, both sides suffered losses, and no one took advantage.

Huang Taiji asked Daishan to lead the army, mainly considering Daishan's experience, but Huang Taiji ignored a problem, that is, Haoge was a little afraid of the Jiangning battalion. When commanding the battle, he lacked aggressiveness and seemed a little conservative. All arrangements are based on the premise of preserving the strength of the army. In this regard, Hauge does not have too many worries. After all, he has not confronted Jiang Ningying head-on, so there will be no such fears. Neutralization is the best arrangement.

Unfortunately, such a possibility does not exist.

Because Daishan had arranged for it long ago, the artillery of the Ming army did not cause too much damage. After a short period of panic, the army began to withdraw from the station in an orderly manner.

Hauge admired Daishan very much. When Daishan arranged for the army to be stationed, he arranged the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner and the Bordered Red Banner on the periphery of the right-wing Middle Banner station. The Han Eight Banners and the Han army were close to the middle. In front of this arrangement, there is a certain degree of selfishness, but judging from the current situation, the Manchu Banners have not suffered the slightest loss.

The cannonade finally died down.

The firing time of the artillery was only a quarter of an hour. Daishan felt strange. According to the occurrence pattern of the artillery of the Ming army, it was at least half an hour. Could it mean that the army was short of ammunition? The army entered the grassland to fight, and the ammunition must be sufficient.

When the sound of rumbling drums came, Dai Shan suddenly realized that it was the Ming army that launched an attack. Su Tiancheng would really seize the opportunity to launch an attack immediately while the army was still organizing a retreat, with the purpose of gaining an advantage.

Daishan was not in a hurry, and his order was quickly conveyed. The [-] sergeants of the Horqin tribe, as the vanguard, fought against the Ming army. The Han Eight Banners and the Han army assisted. Don't attack, wait for the opportunity, and give the Ming army the heaviest blow.

In a similar way, Su Tiancheng also ordered the soldiers of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe to launch an attack, and the Datong frontier army assisted in the attack. A total of 5 people launched the attack.

Fighting on the prairie is different from inside the pass. There is no siege of cities and villages. They are all fighting on the vast prairie. Strategies can play a certain role, but after the two armies start fighting face to face, they rely on their strength. At this time, Whoever is more brave will be able to win the final victory.

The brutal fighting began.

Nearly 3 soldiers from the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe launched a charge. They were greeted by more than 7 soldiers from the Horqin tribe, the Han Eight Banners, and the Han army. More than [-] people fought, which is estimated to be the largest on the grassland Biggest battle yet.

There was a dull crash of gold and iron horses, and occasional screams could be heard. The two torrents met, and the momentum was indescribable.

Su Tiancheng's Chinese army account has moved forward.

Holding the binoculars in his hand, Su Tiancheng watched the fighting of the army motionlessly.

Liu Tiehan, He Renlong, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and others had strange expressions on their faces. They looked at the fight ahead, showing anxiety, and wished they could join the fight right away. In the battle, the army on my side has a slight advantage in numbers. The Horqin tribe sergeants who can recharge their batteries, as well as the Han Eight Banners and the Han army also showed strong fighting spirit. When the two armies met, they were inseparable.

At this time, if a large army joins, the situation on the battlefield can be reversed immediately, but Su Tiancheng has not given the order for a long time, and Liu Tiehan and others have no choice but to watch the large-scale fight ahead.

Cruel fighting, in the eyes of Su Tiancheng and others, is nothing. Conquests are like this. There is a poem written well. Once the victory is complete, the bones will be destroyed. Victory is accumulated with the lives of soldiers.

Su Tiancheng can hold his breath, so can Dai Shan.

Both sides discovered that the sergeants participating in the fight were mainly soldiers from the grassland tribes. In other words, the most elite troops of both sides had not yet been dispatched. Although the large-scale fight seemed to represent the victory or defeat of the two armies, But both sides understand the secret here.

The fight in this battle is very crucial. Whoever can grasp the advantage and force the opponent's main force to come out to fight, will be at a disadvantage and lose to the opponent in terms of momentum.

Half an hour passed, and the fight began to stalemate.

Su Tiancheng's eyes began to narrow. The soldiers of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe must have lost a lot after this battle, but the main force is still there, so the problem is not very big. In his heart , some ideas have changed, thinking that in the shortest possible time, the possibility of completely conquering the grassland is not very high. Judging from the current situation, if the grassland tribes suffer a devastating blow, Huang Taiji will definitely do his best Rescue, that is to say, the decisive battle between Daming and Houjin may be launched on the grassland. If such a situation occurs, the number of soldiers led by him is insufficient. It seems a bit difficult to prepare a large number of soldiers in a short period of time. insufficient.

But the situation in which the Houjin Tartars controlled the grasslands must be changed. More Mongolian tribes must be made to submit to the imperial court.

It is the most stupid way to rule the grassland only by fighting. It is the best policy to hit some of them severely and then fight for some of them.

But no matter what, today's battle must be won. Under such conditions, we can talk about deterring the grassland tribes. After defeating the Golden Tartars on the grassland, this impact was decisive. (To be continued..)