(If you are unclear about the intention and arrangement of sending troops to Mobei, please go back and read Chapters 957 and 958. One is to solve inflation, and the other is to clear Mobei and Lake Baikal.)
Zhuote Babatur's understanding of the Datong Army came from the Khalkha Mongols who were annexed by him.
He knew that the infantry of the Datong Army could form a chariot formation, supplemented by muskets and artillery. Faced with such a formation, no matter how brave the Mongolian cavalry was, they would not be able to charge in even if they risked their lives.
That's why Zhuote Babatur had to go around in circles, stretching the supply line of the Changtong Army, and cutting off the food road after the main force circled around. The main force had to go to intercept the grain road, and the small troops could not be effective. The few teams he sent were all eaten by the Datong army.
Once the food road is cut off and it is known that its main force is going south, the cavalry of the Datong Army will inevitably abandon the infantry and come quickly.
Without the cover of infantry vehicles, the cavalry of the Datong Army, Zhuote Babatur didn't think it was very powerful. In his opinion, the Han people are only fierce in formation and firearms, and the Mongol warriors are still the most powerful in cavalry combat.
As for what to line up the cavalry wall to charge, this kind of damn remark was taken as a joke by Zhuote Babatur.
It must be that Khalkha has been in Mongolia for a long time, and was frightened by the Datong army, so I felt that the Han cavalry was pouring in, like a moving city wall composed of countless cavalry.
More than half of the most lush grasslands in Mobei are mountain grasslands, and some are simply in the mountains.
The current battlefield belongs to the hilly area.
The further south is full of big mountains, and the tributary of the Selenga River passes between the two mountains. It was specially selected by Zhuote Babatur to ambush the cavalry of Datong. Once they enter the valley, it will be difficult to escape.
Among the hills extending from the mountains, large and small hills, the trees are not very lush, but green weeds can be seen everywhere.
These mountain pastures can also be used for horse racing and grazing. But as a battlefield, it will make the battle more complicated, unlike the flat grassland.
Seeing that Cao Bianjiao stopped escaping, Zhuote Babatur immediately dispatched more than 10,000 light cavalry, and went around several hills to outflank the rear. He never thought that he would be defeated, so at the first moment, he wanted to block Cao Bianjiao's retreat, and wanted to eat all the Datong cavalry in front of him.
After all, the Datong army sent too many troops this time, and the Mongols couldn't afford it, so they had to do everything possible to annihilate them one by one.
The Mongolians in Mobei, men, women, old and young together, have only a little over a hundred thousand left.
The previous Khalkha Mongols had been at war with the Manchus. Then he was defeated in the face of the Datong Army, and many of them froze to death and starved to death on the way to withdraw. Senggezai led Zhungeer's troops to kill him, and many died in battle. Then Sengge was murdered and Zhungeer was split in two.
The Zhungeer tribe brought by Zhuote Babatur, plus the annexed Khalkha tribe, can only make up 50,000 cavalry no matter how they are put together.
A few days ago, Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu killed thousands of people!
It is very difficult for Zhuote Babatur to come back, so he can only fight an ambush and annihilation battle. Once he sees that the situation is not good, he will run away immediately. Anyway, the Datong army will naturally withdraw its troops if it drags on until winter.
" The first regiment of the Xiaocavalry is responsible for dealing with the enemies behind. "
Cao Bianjiao ordered.
The command flag was played, and Zhang Tiao led more than a thousand riders, turned around and faced the side rear.
The cavalry division led by Zhuo Teba was adapted from Li Zicheng's Hetao cavalry. - Half of the officers, from the Xiaotong Army; the other - half of the officers, promoted from Li Zicheng's old department.
Li Zicheng's adopted son, Zhang Zhu, is currently in the army.
I went to Nanjing to study a crash course in the military academy for two years, and returned to Atao to directly serve as the regiment leader. That was to appease Li Zicheng's old army, because before the reorganization, the low-level officers were almost all junior soldiers. If Chuang Wang's old army was not satisfied, promoting Zhang Xun could stabilize the army's morale.
" The Seventh Regiment of the Xiao Cavalry, line up on the right side of the Yi Cavalry! "
Zotba issued another military order.
There are eight regiments of Yi cavalry on the front, and they cannot organize a wall charge.
On the left is the river.
On the right is a regiment of brave cavalry.
Zhuo Teba led hundreds of cavalry as the reserve force of the Chinese army.
On the frontal battlefield, the two sides are slowly approaching.
The Mongols still use the traditional method of warfare. Chang Yanda and Cao Bianjiao sent thousands of cavalry to shoot arrows from the front and right.
" Blow the horn, Yi cavalry charge! The Seventh Regiment of the Xiao Cavalry stepped back and helped the Yi Cavalry drive away the archery enemy cavalry. "
Zhuo Teba is trying to shoot each other with Mongolia for a long time. I have more troops, so I must take it all at once.
The Mongolian cavalry who were sent out to test were still within range, and there were 4,000 small cavalry, arranged in a chaotic order.Our pastures may also be swallowed.
This is to preserve strength, 10,000 people besieged and killed more than 1,000 small fellow troops, and it was so slow that they had to be completely surrounded before they fought.
The two sides gradually approached the main battlefield, and Zhang Yuankuan and Cao Bianjiao's Chinese army had not yet disintegrated. The 10,000 Mongolian cavalrymen turned around and fled when they saw this, Zhang and Zhuo Teba rushed to chase and kill them at full speed.
Fleeing and fleeing, suddenly no Mongolian nobleman thought of anything, drew his sword: Xiao shouted: "You have made contact with the right villain, and you can be the guardian if you join the Celestial Dynasty." Kill as you please! "
It was a Khalkha army, led by the Mongolian nobles, violently killed the "friendly army" who was fleeing in the distance. We have no blood feud with the Zhungeer tribe, so we can avenge our clansmen and win the appreciation of the heavenly court by turning against each other.
There is no old army that hates the situation, and it also turns to attack and kill friendly troops.
Very slowly, the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalrymen became a group by themselves, and it was completely unclear who wanted to take refuge in the Celestial Dynasty.
Anyway, those who win the battle are not eligible to take effect.
After that, let go of revenge, we have long seen each other is full.
"Then who should you help? "
Zhang Bing looked at the messy battlefield without any hesitation.
Zhuo Teba smiled bitterly and said: "Let's fight, you also know who to help, so let's chase down the rout soldiers head-on." "
Zhuo Teba took Zhang Zhu, turned around and went to the frontal battlefield to hunt down.
After only running a few miles, there were no ordinary Mongolian cavalry, who got on their horses and knelt behind them. A Mongolian youth in his seventies held Zhang Yuankuan and Cao Bianjiao Jiu's head and said: "Chang Yanda, the rebel general of the Celestial Dynasty, has not been killed by you yet!" "
Chang Yanda was very upset, he helped this person up himself, then asked his identity, and immediately said yes.
It was Zhang Yuankuan and Chang Yanda's own son who killed Zhang Yuankuan and Chang Yanda.