The two armies have a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the Datong army even has one man and two horses. Many of the Khalkha cavalry also brought two horses, many of which came from looting.
In addition, there are more than 100,000 livestock.
Originally, there were more livestock, but some were thrown out when they made a detour to the north, luring Zhang Tieniu to go north. When the troops were withdrawing, they threw some more, and continued to confuse the slow Datong army. I have been consuming and eating a lot along the way. There were still some who got lost on the way, and they were in a hurry to withdraw and didn't bother to find them back.
So many soldiers, war horses, and livestock are scattered on the battlefield endlessly.
Both sides were forming troops, Fei Ruhe rushed to Zhang Tieniu: "I have never commanded so many cavalry in battle, and I have not brought a hot air balloon, so I can't see the overall situation of the battlefield clearly."
"I haven't directed before." Zhang Tieniu said.
Fei Ruhe said: "I used to study military books and formation diagrams, and I have learned the cavalry tactics of the past dynasties. But at this time, commanding in front of the battle is not the case at all. I am afraid that I will make a mistake in command. This battle, you do it. The coach, or am I the coach?"
"You can be the coach." Zhang Tieniu didn't fight because he also lacked relevant experience.
Fei Ruhe said: "I returned to Beijing to report on my duties half a year ago. Every night I read military books, and I also specially read related history books. The Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu fought against Mobei. The Han army dispatched more than 100,000 soldiers and more than 200,000 horses. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's soldiers marched in two directions, and more than 90,000 Huns' troops were wiped out. At that time, Wei Qing led the chariots and formed a chariot formation to stabilize the main formation. Knowing how to run long distances, killed more than 70,000 enemy troops, and obtained most of the results alone"
Zhang Tieniu felt that these were all nonsense, so he interrupted: "Let's talk about how to fight first."
Fei Ruhe said: "All the Xiao cavalry are arranged to serve as the central army, and the dragoons are sent out to outflank and harass. The Mongolian cavalry from Chahar, Horqin, and Bahrain are also responsible for the outer harassing. Keep the distance between the Khalkha ministries as far as possible and give the Xiao cavalry The soldiers created an opportunity to directly attack the enemy's commander. The leaders of Khalkha's tribes are not necessarily united. There are also other tribal armies, some of which were forced to go out, and they are not of one mind with Khalkha. Dragoons and tribal cavalry, scattered Go to the periphery to fight in melee. The more chaotic the better, when it is really chaotic, the enemy troops will not fight to the death to protect each other, they must find ways to preserve their strength. When the whole battlefield is chaotic, our Fang Xiao cavalry can launch a decisive charge."
After a lot of talk, Zhang Tieniu concluded: "You mean, if you are unable to control the battlefield, then you simply can't control it. Throw out all the dragoons and Mongolian cavalry to fight. If you want to mess with everyone, let's Chaos, the enemy is also in chaos, the commanders of both sides can't command. Then our Fang Xiao cavalry took advantage of the chaos to charge?"
"Yes!" Fei Ruhe said.
Zhang Tieniu turned around and asked the general: "What do you think?"
Wang Tingchen said with a smile: "This is very good."
Li Dingguo said: "Fei Dudu's clever plan, there is no better way to play than this."
What formation, what tactics, all go to one side.
Fei Ruhe is not capable of commanding large-scale cavalry operations, so don't think about how to command. Mess up the enemy's troops, bring the enemy's command ability to the same level as your own, and then defeat them with rich experience in chaotic warfare!
This style of play actually tests the basic quality of the army.
Everyone is in chaos, and whoever has better basic military literacy will have a better chance of winning. What's more, the Datong Army is a whole, and it will try its best to support it when it becomes chaotic. Khalkha is a mess, and when it gets chaotic, they fight on their own, and even betray their allies.
On Chahundorji's side, troops are also forming formations.
The main force of his own headquarters is naturally placed in the Chinese army. Darhan Nuoyan, Moergen Nuoyan, Dalai Nuoyan, Kundu Lunuoyan and other leaders each led their troops to the two wings. The rest of the small tribes were scattered further outside to fight.
I don't know when the battle started, and both sides started to move.
Including the dragoons of the four cavalry divisions, together with the dragoons of the infantry divisions, there were a total of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. With the cavalry of Chahar, Horqin, and Bahrain, they successively carried out large-scale outflanking. The one who ran the farthest even outflanked the center of the battlefield three or four miles away, and the enemy general Chahun Dorji couldn't see the situation clearly at all.
Cao Bianjiao, who was originally sent to receive Li Zicheng's troops, also went out with Fei Ruhe because of the temporary battle.
More than 5,000 dragoons led by Cao Bianjiao rushed to the enemy's left flank first. More than 5,000 dragoons were divided into three teams. The first team of more than a thousand people went straight to the front of "Kundu Lunuoyan" Tumonken.
Tumonken led his troops to fight. The distance between the two armies was about 100 meters. The thousand-odd dragoons began to slow down.
At about seventy or eighty meters, Cao Bianjiao blew a short command.
"Bang bang bang bang!After a while, Zhang Tieniu put down his binoculars and began to unleash fifteen thousand melee cavalry troops.
Chahun Doerji felt that his opportunity had come, and said to "Zhasak Tuhan" Wangshuke: "You take your brothers to meet and lure these enemy cavalry to the two sides, and I will lead the main force to go straight to the opponent's coach! "
The main forces of both sides have finally been dispatched.
The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded, and the entire grassland seemed to be shaking.
"Hiss!"
Maybe it was summoned by some kind of spirit, the BMW under Fei Ruhe's crotch suddenly raised its premise, trying to rush out with its master on its back.