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Controlling Suiyuan Chapter 15 Suppressing Bandits 5

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    Zhao Yuan's 1st Infantry Battalion received fire support, the situation immediately improved, and the formation was quickly stabilized.  The soldiers of the first and third battalions gathered together and, under the cover of heavy machine guns, began to conduct appropriate assaults. Taking advantage of the scattered characteristics of the Mongols in the city, they slowly advanced the offensive and removed the enemy's strongholds one by one.  The heavy machine guns moved along with the infantry. The infantry and machine guns looked after each other and gradually took control of the situation.

    The same scene also appeared in several other places in Datong City. After entering the city, Hua ordered the heavy machine guns to be dispersed among the battalions for use. Official machine gunners appeared on several commanding heights in the city. Where there were many Mongolian insurgents, heavy machine guns  The firepower was fired in that direction.

    With the firepower superiority of the official army coming into play, the situation of the Mongols in the city became more difficult. Fang Hua suppressed all the remaining battalions except Shen Feng's 1st Cavalry Battalion and Li Liqun's 2nd Cavalry Battalion.  The Mongols in the city finally couldn't hold on any longer and were forced to retreat steadily.

    "Sini Lama, the brothers below can't hold on anymore, let's retreat quickly." Batu is the leader who is responsible for protecting the safety of Sini Lama. At this time, he naturally has to escort Sini Lama away first.

    Lama Sini glanced towards the place where gunshots were still ringing in the city, sighed, and then said: "Leave the city, notify the brothers to retreat, arrange the rearguard, and be sure not to get entangled by the officers and soldiers."

    Then the Sini Lama found several brave leaders and ordered them to lead their men and horses to continue to hold on in the city for a while, and wait until the people in the city were almost evacuated before retreating. After the instructions were completed, the Sini Lama was escorted by a large group of troops.  He rode out of the city from the north gate and ran towards Guisui Road.

    The general fled, and the other Mongols who were still fighting gradually lost their will to fight and rushed to leave on horseback.  Although the few leaders who remained in the city wanted to control the situation, few of the originally ragtag Mongolian cavalry obeyed the orders. They just mounted their horses and fled towards the north.

    The movement on the Mongolian side was immediately noticed by Zhao Yuan, Sun Yong and other soldiers fighting on the front line. Naturally, they would not give up this opportunity and commanded their soldiers to launch a full-scale attack. The actions of the officers and soldiers further increased the Mongolian attack.  Human chaos.

    When Fang Hua received the news that Lama Sini had escaped, he immediately sent out the first and second battalions of the cavalry, which had been holding down the formation, to pursue him. Even if Lama Sini could not be left behind, he still wanted to keep as many of his men as possible.  As for the remaining Mongols in the city, Zhao Yuan, Zhang Erhu and others can deal with them. At this point, the overall situation of this battle can be said to have been decided.

    The fighting in the city lasted until about two o'clock in the afternoon and ended. Zhao Yuan, Zhang Erhu and others led troops to sweep the city twice to make sure that all the stragglers had been cleaned up.  As for the cavalry troops of Shen Feng and Li Liqun, they pursued for more than 200 miles and drove Lama Xini to the grassland of Guisui Road. Then they led their troops back and met Fang Hua in Datong Mansion.

    In the evening, more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry galloped on the grassland in embarrassment. The leader was Xini Lama, who had just been expelled from Datong Prefecture. He glanced back and ordered: "Stop, take the time to take a rest.  Count the number of people, and send someone to search the surrounding area to gather all the separated brothers."

    Sukhbalu licked his dry lips. He had been running away from noon to now, without even a drop of water. Now he was very thirsty. After drinking a few large sips of water, he asked: "Lama Sini, look at the officers and soldiers."  The posture is to kill us, what should we do next?"

    Lama Xini was also thinking about this question. Before he could answer, Batu rushed over and reported: "Lama Xini, the number of people has just been counted. Only the more than 1,200 people behind us are left who escaped with us.  Even if there are still people scattered outside, there will not be more than 1,500 people."

    Lama Sini looked solemnly at the men and horses sitting on the ground in twos and threes resting behind him. He felt bitter in his heart. When he was in Datong Mansion, he had more than 5,000 cavalrymen, but now there were only more than 1,000 men and horses left around him. I really didn't expect that.  He actually ended up in this situation.

    "Lama Sini, we'd better continue on our way, lest the officers and soldiers behind us catch up again. Our current troops can't stand the torment." Sukhbaru looked behind with lingering fear. On the way to escape, he was overtaken by officers and soldiers.  Each time, we had to abandon some troops before we could escape.

    Lama Sini was worried about the loss of a large number of men and horses. Hearing Sukhbaru's words, he became very angry and asked coldly: "Hurrying? Where are we going? Are we just going to flee back in despair?"  Wushen Banner, don¡¯t forget that the Mongolian princes over there can¡¯t tolerate us, otherwise how could we capture Datong Mansion in Shanxi.¡±

    Sukhbalu is a man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. How can he answer where to go?His face turned red, but he still couldn't say a word.

    Batu didn't dare to let this scene continue to develop. Now is the time when we are unanimously speaking to the outside world, and internal strife cannot occur, so he interrupted: "We don't have to be in such a hurry, we have been running away all day, and even we are exhausted. What's more,  Forget about those Han people, this is grassland, even if they catch up, we can get rid of them."

    Lama Sini did not intend to target Sukhbaru, but he was angry and did not take action. This time, he used Sukhbaru as a punching bag.  After Batu's interruption, Lama Sini calmed down and said after thinking for a while: "The nearby Ulanqab is Babu Zhabu's territory. Hasn't he always wanted to unite with us? Let's go to him.  "

    Batu was shocked and said: "Lama Sini, we have rejected him before, but now our strength has been greatly reduced. If we send him to your door now, I'm afraid we have to look at his face."

    Lama Sini sighed and said: "There is no other way for the time being. My lips are dead and my teeth are cold. Babu Zabu is not an idiot. He will not make things difficult for us. Now our common enemy is the officers and soldiers of Shanxi. When we get to Ulanqab,  Let's spend time with the officers and soldiers on the grassland. One day I want them to look good."

    Batu and Sukhbaru could not come up with any better suggestions, so Lama Sini gathered fifteen or six hundred horses and rushed towards Urachab on the Chahar grassland.

    By the time Lama Xini arrived, Babu Zabu must have received the news of the army's suppression campaign and Lama Xini's defeat in Datong Mansion, so he came out to greet them personally, ushered the group into the tent, and separated them.  Some cattle, sheep and tents were used to supply the men and horses under the Sini Lama, and they agreed to jointly deal with the officers and soldiers in Shanxi's suppression campaign.
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