The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

A bitter cold wind blew across the prairie about five miles apart between the two armies. Fu Kangan's army was ready for battle, but its weapons and equipment were obviously not as good as those of the Dashun army.

Fu Kang'an put down the telescope, his face full of arrogance.

He had a 90% chance of winning this decisive battle. They had more troops than the Han people, and they were all veterans who had experienced the baptism of war, especially the 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers, who were powerful and their weapons and equipment were not inferior to those of the Han people.

The only troops under Li Hu who could really fight were the elite battalion and the Han cavalry that was assembled here and there. As for the 20,000 serfs, to paraphrase a Han Chinese saying, "In my opinion, they are like chickens and dogs."

On his left, an old Mongolian nobleman spoke up: "The military formation is well-organized, and he can only be considered a qualified general." He looked at the Khalkha Prince, meaning that you were beaten and fled by such a person? !

The Khalkha Prince blushed.

The fourth prince's prince spoke up and said, "Khan, don't be fooled by Li Hu's tricks."

The old man waved his hand and said, "What a bullshit trick! What matters on the battlefield is absolute strength. I can cripple those serfs with just one charge." Then he said to Fu Kang'an, "General, let the warriors of our Tushetu Khanate take over the first battle!"

The old man was none other than Tushetu Khan.

"Good!" Fu Kang'an nodded in appreciation, and then said to Khan Saiyin Noyan: "Afterwards, after the Tushetu warriors fight with those serfs, immediately charge towards the Han artillery positions and wipe out their musketeers!"

King Sayin Noyan nodded.

Fu Kang'an glanced at the faces of the Khalkha Prince, the Prince of the Four Princes, the Prince of the Maoming'an, and the Prince of Chahar, and then said, "You attack the Han army from the left wing."

The four of them responded in unison: "Yeah!"

All four Mongolian tribes in the northern desert came except the Chechen Khanate.

Fu Kangan said to Zasaktu Khan: "Be prepared to provide support."

Zasaktu Khan nodded.

On the other hand, Li Hu was also paying attention to the situation of Fu Kang'an's men.

At this time, a guerrilla general came riding on horseback and whispered something in Li Hu's ear.

Li Hu listened and smiled, thinking that everyone was no longer a child, and Fu Kang'an was playing tricks on him. This decisive battle for the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain was destined to have no strategy at all, and it could only be a pure head-on confrontation to see who could fight better!

Thinking about this, Li Hu said to a personal soldier, "Tell Liu Xianglian to wear double armor."

The soldier nodded and rode away on his horse.

As if sensing the coming of a war, the big white horse snorted loudly. Li Hu stroked its neck and said to the messenger, "Tell all the serfs and herdsmen that after this battle, the land will be divided. In addition to the 20 taels of silver for the dead, each family will be given 10 sheep. Those who retreat will be beheaded, and their entire family will be demoted to mining slaves and will never be redeemed."

Galloping horses rushed towards the serf army formations on the left and right wings.

The serfs cheered thunderously!
A hint of admiration flashed in Huang Jinzhong's eyes.

The low horn sounded, wailing and shrill, like a low moan from hell.

Roars immediately rang out on the prairie. The cavalry of the Tushetu tribe moved, followed by the Saiyin Noyan tribe. More than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry from the northern desert launched a fierce attack on the 10,000-strong serf army on the right wing.

The war drums behind the central army formation sounded, and the gunners immediately adjusted their gun positions to aim at the charging Mongolian cavalry from Mobei.

The Mongolian cavalry from Mobei quickly rushed into the range of the artillery, and large balls of fire spewed out from the black muzzles of the guns.

One after another, shells trailing flames came whistling and hitting, accompanied by earth-shaking noises, the whole earth was shaking, and the heavy solid shells slammed heavily into the crowd of Mongolian cavalry in Mobei. Huang Jinzhong clearly saw through the telescope that blood mist was bursting up in the crowd from time to time. The shells left deep gullies on the ground, which were full of blood and water, and broken corpses were lying around them.

After two rounds of artillery fire, the gunners immediately replaced the shells with shrapnel shells and launched a more violent bombardment at the charging Mobei Mongolian cavalry, and countless cavalry were blown into the air.

Tushetu Khan was so angry that his eyes turned red: "You despicable Han people, if you have the guts, use real swords and guns. What's the point of using artillery!"

Suddenly, the gunfire stopped.

A command flag behind Li Hu waved forward, and the 10,000-man cavalry formations on the left and right wings were mobilized, rushing towards the Mongolian cavalry in the northern desert like a tide. Nearly 100,000 horse hooves stepped on the snow-covered prairie, like rolling thunder and roaring, which made Huang Jinzhong and the other barbarians' blood boil.

With a loud "bang", the two teams collided fiercely. The cavalry of the Tushetu tribe suffered heavy losses due to artillery fire. Several huge holes were torn open at the moment of collision. The two sides immediately engaged in a melee. There was a bloody close combat in the front and a rain of arrows in the back!

The Saiyinnuoyan tribe, which used the Tushetu tribe as a shield, started shooting at the 10,000 serfs on the left wing. There was no need to aim when drawing the bowstring or releasing the arrows. The overwhelming rain of arrows shot towards the enemy one after another. Soon the arrows on both sides were used up. The serfs roared and started a head-on battle with the Saiyinnuoyan tribe. Heads rolled to the ground, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and a fierce and cruel fight broke out on the battlefield that was several miles long!
Li Hu nodded with satisfaction, and Fu Kang'an's face turned unhappy.

Fu Kang'an did not expect that Li Hu would play against the rules and let the serfs on the left and right wings attack at the same time, and he did not expect that these serfs would fight so desperately!
At this time, the artillery fired again, and immediately countless Mongolians from Mobei were blown flying into the sky above the prairie.

The Saiyin Noyan tribe was entangled by the serfs and was unable to destroy the Han artillery.

Fu Kang'an looked at the four Khalkha princes and said, "Go, destroy the Han people's artillery!" The Khalkha princes looked at each other and could only bite the bullet and lead the last 10,000 cavalrymen to charge towards the artillery positions.

The thousands of cavalrymen under the Four Princes seemed to be unable to keep up with the team and gradually fell behind.

Li Hu held up a telescope and said, "Let Zhou Xun lead the cavalry from Datong and Xuanfu to attack."

The heavy sound of war drums sounded again, and as a red flag was waved, Zhou Xun led 6,000 cavalry from Datong and Xuanfu to charge forward.

Li Hu put down the telescope, quickly scanned the entire battlefield, and said loudly: "First, concentrate artillery fire on the remnants of the Ulanqab League to ensure the safety of the artillery positions."

A burst of rapid trumpet sounds were heard, and several messengers simultaneously sent flag signals to the artillery positions.

Looking at the flying shells, the Fourth Prince greeted Li Hu in his heart, then led the cavalry into the gap between the main battlefield and the right wing battlefield, just running back and forth without participating in the fighting.

Seeing that Fu Kang'an did not move, Li Hu spoke up: "Let the Jizhou cavalry go up and defeat the remnants of the Ulanqab League."

A flag representing the Jizhou cavalry was waved, and the 5,000 Jizhou cavalry, who had been prepared long ago, launched a charge towards the flank of the remnants of the Ulanqab League.

The artillery fire stopped, and the Jizhou cavalry, relying on the advantage of weapons and equipment, instantly broke into the army formation of the remnants of the Ulanqab League. They were unstoppable and killed them with heads rolling to the ground and blood flowing like a river. They cooperated with the Datong and Xuanfu cavalry to divide and surround them.

The Khalkha Prince roared and screamed, trying to regroup his troops into a military formation. An arrow shot out and accurately hit his throat. His eyes were full of unwillingness, and he fell off his horse while covering his neck!

Zhou Xun set his sights on the Prince of Chahar. He swung the spear in his hand like lightning, stabbing the guards beside the Prince of Chahar off their horses, and then stabbed the Prince of Chahar with his spear. The Prince of Chahar blocked with his sword, and at that moment, the cluster of red tassels at the part where Zhou Xun's spear tip connected to the spear shaft suddenly turned into a red flower as big as a head.

The Prince of Chahar only felt a sea of ​​red in front of his eyes, his mind was dazed for a moment, the scimitar in his hand slowed down for a beat, then he felt a pain in his chest, and then his whole body flew up.

Huang Jinzhong, who had been paying attention to the battlefield, cheered: "Well done!"

Li Hu smiled, and Zhou Xun's spear pierced the chest of the Chahar Prince and lifted him up high. The scream attracted the attention of many people.

The morale of the government troops was greatly boosted, while the Mongols turned pale and began to retreat.

Fu Kangan was furious: "Waste!" He then shouted to the Zasaktu Khan next to him: "Go, kill all the Han people!"

Zasaktu Khan suddenly pulled out the scimitar from his waist with his right hand and shouted loudly: "Warriors, pick up the scimitars in your hands, kill all the Han people, and take back our land!"

Zasaktu Khan's confidants took the lead and led more than 10,000 cavalrymen into the battlefield.

Li Hu smiled and said, "Let the 5,000 new soldiers go up and train behind the Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhou cavalry. Also, let the 3,000 Hetao cavalry support the right wing and stabilize the situation."

As the command flag was waved, only 500 scouts and Liu Xianglian's 5,000 cavalry were left behind Li Hu.

Fu Kang'an was left with only a group of Mongolian nobles and several thousand Eight Banners soldiers.

Fukangan's face turned pale. The intelligence was wrong. They had no advantage in numbers. He also underestimated the fighting power of those serfs. They fought back and forth with the two main cavalry units of Tushetu and Saiyin Noyan, and were not at a disadvantage at all!

The three Mongolian Khans in northern Mobei also looked unhappy.

An Eight Banners general spoke up: "General, the whole army should attack."

Fu Kang'an was about to speak when the sound of hurried horse hooves came over. Everyone looked over.
A group of more than twenty riders came galloping towards this side.

Fukang'an's eyes flashed. Yellow jacket?
The group of people rushed straight to Fukang'an and dismounted from their horses.

The Jurchen man in a yellow jacket took out Qian Xiaosi's handwritten order from his bosom and announced loudly: "Your Majesty's order! Fu Kang'an and all Mongolian officials, please accept it!"

Fu Kang'an and others hesitated for a moment, then knelt down one after another.

After listening to Qian Xiaosi's instructions, Fukang'an raised his head with a confused look on his face.

The Jurchen rolled up the imperial edict and handed it over: "Receive it."

Fu Kang'an took the imperial edict in confusion and stood up.

The Jurchen woman smiled and said, "Okay, hurry up and sound the retreat. I still have to go to the Han people to explain the situation." After saying that, she jumped on her horse and galloped towards Li Hu with a white flag.

A Jurchen general was indignant: "What kind of war is this!"

The Mongols looked even uglier. They had lost so many people, and they stopped fighting after just one sentence? Why?

A cold light flashed across Fukang'an's eyes. He knew that it was Hong Zhou and Yong Yan who had taken action again. He cursed Qian Xiao Si in his heart and thought to himself that you forced me to do this! (End of this chapter)