The earth was not quiet, and the sound of wind was filled with horse hooves, shouts, and the noise of various drums and trumpets.
But when Adaihan rode a horse to a high ground, he stood for a while, and felt that there was a kind of silence between heaven and earth.
Perhaps because the smooth and undulating land is too vast, countless people are among them, as light as ants.
Adai Khan had talked a lot with his subordinates before, but at this time he talked very little.Many complex thoughts were suddenly cleared at this moment, and he just looked at the battlefield with concentration.
The Ming army's baggage convoy was very large, and it was placed on the ground in such a long dragon shape. It stretched very long and could not see the front and back at all, as if the entire land was divided into two sides.
The long dragon was filled with smoke, and the crowds in the distance were hazy.
They may have 20,000 to 30,000, or 30,000 to 40,000, but this is the case and cannot be estimated by Adai Khan.
The main force of the Korchin team's cavalry has not yet taken off, and the teams are gathering one after another on the open ground below the high ground.
In a dense place where the horses were dense, the ground was covered with a layer of dust, and the horse team seemed to be in the clouds.
The land here is not very good, there seems to be salt in the soil, and there are few grass and trees, which are easy to get dust.
The cavalry of the Urianha tribes had already begun to attack the enemy's long dragon before the news of the Khan's drum.
The Ming army is changing its formation and deploying defense, and the Urianha people should be worried that they missed the opportunity.
Even Adai Khan could see that many Ming army troops at the north and south ends were abandoning their vehicles and constantly gathering in the middle, trying to form a deeper array.
At this time, several Mongols came uphill.The high ground is very smooth and you can rush up by riding a horse.
One of the people who came was the leader of the Korqin tribe. He bowed with his hands and his chest and said: Report to the Great Khan, our people had seen that the Ming army knights rushed north and they had already gone to ask for help.
Adaihan nodded, pointed to the black smoke in the distance and asked: What is that?
The leader said: It seems that it was the tung oil contained in the car, and something else was added to it, which made it very smokey when it burned.
Adai Khan still looked at the thick smoke.
Seeing this, the leader of the tribe next to him said: The Ming army often used muskets, and the great sweat could still hear the sound of guns when they saw the flashes.Their long formation stopped in place, and the muskets could not stop the rushing cavalry.The Ming army at the forefront was not prepared enough and could not stop the Urianha cavalry, so they ignited the tung oil cart.The Ming army should have delayed the attack so as to gain time for the troops behind.
Adaihan looked carefully for a while and found that the Ming army, which was in the forefront, was retreating against the Mongolian army.
The Ming army convoy had roughly three parallel columns. Because the Mongolians attacked from the west, the Ming army and horses all faced the west.
The Urian Hama team that rushed to the front had already broken through the first convoy line of the Ming army.
The Ming army should have temporarily sprinkled caltrops and other things on the ground, and lit tung oil trucks. Sometimes, very large gunpowder could be seen igniting light, and then many infantry were retreating. Therefore, the Mongolians failed to take the opportunity to rush to the second convoy of the Ming army, and many people were dismounting and cleaning up something on the ground.
Someone around Da Khan said: Sooner or later, the long convoys of the Ming people will be divided and cut off. Then we will detour from all directions and find fragile places to rush into their infantry formations.
Adai Khan said: This is the Ming army's baggage camp. Are there too many people?
The person who spoke just now said: What the Khan said is that there are so many infantry soldiers in the back battalion of the Ming army.Maybe they were also wary of our detour in advance, with a large number of guards.
The Korchin cavalry are about to assemble.The gathering of horses was located nearly two miles away on the west side of the Ming army's long dragon, because the Mongolians knew that the Ming army had a gun that could hit a mile away.
However, there was no sound of cannons coming from the Ming army.
Their baggage may not have time to load cannons, and even if they load, they are more likely to release shotguns with many small iron balls to repel a charge of the cavalry; while the shotgun cannon has a range of up to dozens of steps and is useless against enemies in the distance.
The main force of the Korchin cavalry began to move forward slowly.But Adai Khan's decision to order an attack was delayed.
Many subordinates around him turned to look at Dahan, and some of them had confusion expressions on their faces.
Adai Khan's hesitation really made people confused.
Any military general with some experience can see that the convoy of such a long Ming army will be finished sooner or later.
Perhaps the Ming army's firearms, horse-repellent rifles, caltrops, etc. could block the cavalry for a while, and even provide great damage to some places; but this kind of infantry formation that lacks depth cannot stop the cavalry from rushing. Once the horses go up, the infantry holding the muskets will most likely collapse.
Wait a little longer.Adai Khan looked calm.
His mood was actually a little up and down.
Of course, he also hoped that everything would be expected.
After all, if this is a trap, no matter how Adai Khan does it, it will be irreversible and will suffer a great loss.
This is the case on the battlefield. If you make a mistake, you will be subject to restraint everywhere.
The Mongols were mainly cavalry, which was more flexible than the Han army, but they would also enter a passive situation.
Adaihan was reluctant to see this.
However, Adai Khan could not relieve the uneasiness in his heart. Intuitively, he always felt something was wrong, but he could not tell a truth with certainty.
As the smoke spread, a wave of Urianha cavalry began to attack the second convoy of the Ming army in the distance.Adai Khan looked away from the nearby herd of horses and stared at the scene in the distance.
There was thin smoke in the sky, and the smoke and dust in the battle place were even bigger, and the flames flashed every once in a while.
Adai Khan knew that it was the Ming army's muskets fired, and the Ming army would fire in a different way. Those muskets were equivalent to archery, but the firing speed was slow and more lethal to those in armor.
The Urianha people's attack did not go smoothly, and they were directly knocked back by muskets several times.
Once, some cavalry caught Zhangdang and rushed to the Ming army formation, but they were still unable to make a patrol. They ran in front of the formation for a while and retreated again.
At this time, several fast horses rushed up the uphill, and jumped off their mounts and sent a musket to Adaihan with both hands.
Adaihan reached out to take it and stared at it for a while.
The musket in front of him was very different from the muskets used by the Ming army before. He first discovered that this musket was longer and had a sharp knife in front of it. It was like a spear in his hand.
Then Adaihan discovered that there was no fuse at the tail of the musket, but a copper forged mechanism.
He looked at it for a while and handed it to the nobles around him.
No wonder the Urianha people in the distance did not make any progress when they reached the second line of defense, and some cavalry rushed to the front of the formation and did not dare to break the formation.
The Ming army's musket soldiers held this kind of spear, and the horses were reluctant to rush up. Moreover, the flashes of smoke and explosions emitted from the musket from time to time would also affect the courage of the war horses.
Perhaps the continuous charge of the elite cavalry can defeat the Ming army's military formation, but the cost is too high, which is very different from the combat habits of the Mongolian tribes.
Adai Khan watched the black smoke burning from tung oil again, and the Ming soldiers who were constantly retreating in the first Ming army chariot formation.
His face was pale and he finally spoke: Those people in front were cheating, this is a prepared trap.
An uproar was suddenly heard around, and then an angry and panic atmosphere spread across people's faces.
Adaihan immediately said: Send someone to order our cavalry not to advance and retreat immediately.The troops of Urianha also stopped attacking and were ready to withdraw.
The general holding the flag beside him bowed and turned his back onto the horse.
Adai Khan said again: Tell the leaders not to panic, and the horse team cannot be in chaos.The war is not over yet, we are going back to rescue the camps of various tribes.
The general asked: Khan felt that the Ming people were tempting us here, but the cavalry would attack our camp?
Adai Khan said: Otherwise, what did their cavalry do?
Suddenly someone showed a depressed look.
Adai Khan said again: The Ming army is not our opponent by vanguard cavalry alone. As long as we save our troops and withdraw, things are not too bad.Don’t panic, most of the Ming army here are infantry, as long as we are not deceived, they can’t do anything to leave.
While speaking, the main force of the Korqin cavalry should have received the order, they stopped moving forward and began to turn around.
At this time, Adai Khan discovered the abnormal movements in the Ming army opposite, and the vehicles in the middle were changing. The faint shining thing attracted Adai Khan's idea.
After a closer look, he saw that the things covered in the carriage were removed, probably some felt, cowhide and other things.
After the cover disappeared, under the empty shelf, there were actually a smooth and reflective copper cannon.
The enemy did not lift the bronze cannons down. They directly adjusted the reverse direction and pointed the two-wheeled cannon trucks at the Korqin horse herd, and soon two balls of fire flashed.Then the huge sound of cannons broke through the air.
The cannons have been loaded with ammunition and are waiting there. Isn’t this arbitrary wait for the Mongolians to be deceived? What does it mean?
Cunning and treacherous Han people!Someone cursed and salied at the rows of cannon cars.
However, when this grassland was occupied by the Huns, the Mongols did not know where it was, and the Han people had already begun to fight against the grassland cavalry.They seemed to be more irresponsible than the Mongols.
Adaihan watched with a serious expression, without saying a word.
The roar of shelling first sporadic sounds one or two, and then became increasingly dense.The fire shines in the smoke of gunpowder, like thunder and lightning in the clouds.
Several shells hit the Korqin horse herd, and there was chaos inside, and the tragic neighing of the horse and the shouts of people came.
A black shadow could be faintly felt in the air, but people could not see the movement of the shells falling to the ground. When they came to their senses, they could only see people rushing over and over the war horses, and the shells had already jumped in the horses for a long list.
Adai Khan watched his cavalry on the high ground, feeling like frightened ant nests, with a large area of frightened horses and running cavalry constantly spreading around.
Judging from this situation, it is no longer possible to keep a complete and orderly team retreating.
The leaders of various departments were ordered to gather the cavalry again after retreating.Adai Khan gave another order.
But when Adaihan rode a horse to a high ground, he stood for a while, and felt that there was a kind of silence between heaven and earth.
Perhaps because the smooth and undulating land is too vast, countless people are among them, as light as ants.
Adai Khan had talked a lot with his subordinates before, but at this time he talked very little.Many complex thoughts were suddenly cleared at this moment, and he just looked at the battlefield with concentration.
The Ming army's baggage convoy was very large, and it was placed on the ground in such a long dragon shape. It stretched very long and could not see the front and back at all, as if the entire land was divided into two sides.
The long dragon was filled with smoke, and the crowds in the distance were hazy.
They may have 20,000 to 30,000, or 30,000 to 40,000, but this is the case and cannot be estimated by Adai Khan.
The main force of the Korchin team's cavalry has not yet taken off, and the teams are gathering one after another on the open ground below the high ground.
In a dense place where the horses were dense, the ground was covered with a layer of dust, and the horse team seemed to be in the clouds.
The land here is not very good, there seems to be salt in the soil, and there are few grass and trees, which are easy to get dust.
The cavalry of the Urianha tribes had already begun to attack the enemy's long dragon before the news of the Khan's drum.
The Ming army is changing its formation and deploying defense, and the Urianha people should be worried that they missed the opportunity.
Even Adai Khan could see that many Ming army troops at the north and south ends were abandoning their vehicles and constantly gathering in the middle, trying to form a deeper array.
At this time, several Mongols came uphill.The high ground is very smooth and you can rush up by riding a horse.
One of the people who came was the leader of the Korqin tribe. He bowed with his hands and his chest and said: Report to the Great Khan, our people had seen that the Ming army knights rushed north and they had already gone to ask for help.
Adaihan nodded, pointed to the black smoke in the distance and asked: What is that?
The leader said: It seems that it was the tung oil contained in the car, and something else was added to it, which made it very smokey when it burned.
Adai Khan still looked at the thick smoke.
Seeing this, the leader of the tribe next to him said: The Ming army often used muskets, and the great sweat could still hear the sound of guns when they saw the flashes.Their long formation stopped in place, and the muskets could not stop the rushing cavalry.The Ming army at the forefront was not prepared enough and could not stop the Urianha cavalry, so they ignited the tung oil cart.The Ming army should have delayed the attack so as to gain time for the troops behind.
Adaihan looked carefully for a while and found that the Ming army, which was in the forefront, was retreating against the Mongolian army.
The Ming army convoy had roughly three parallel columns. Because the Mongolians attacked from the west, the Ming army and horses all faced the west.
The Urian Hama team that rushed to the front had already broken through the first convoy line of the Ming army.
The Ming army should have temporarily sprinkled caltrops and other things on the ground, and lit tung oil trucks. Sometimes, very large gunpowder could be seen igniting light, and then many infantry were retreating. Therefore, the Mongolians failed to take the opportunity to rush to the second convoy of the Ming army, and many people were dismounting and cleaning up something on the ground.
Someone around Da Khan said: Sooner or later, the long convoys of the Ming people will be divided and cut off. Then we will detour from all directions and find fragile places to rush into their infantry formations.
Adai Khan said: This is the Ming army's baggage camp. Are there too many people?
The person who spoke just now said: What the Khan said is that there are so many infantry soldiers in the back battalion of the Ming army.Maybe they were also wary of our detour in advance, with a large number of guards.
The Korchin cavalry are about to assemble.The gathering of horses was located nearly two miles away on the west side of the Ming army's long dragon, because the Mongolians knew that the Ming army had a gun that could hit a mile away.
However, there was no sound of cannons coming from the Ming army.
Their baggage may not have time to load cannons, and even if they load, they are more likely to release shotguns with many small iron balls to repel a charge of the cavalry; while the shotgun cannon has a range of up to dozens of steps and is useless against enemies in the distance.
The main force of the Korchin cavalry began to move forward slowly.But Adai Khan's decision to order an attack was delayed.
Many subordinates around him turned to look at Dahan, and some of them had confusion expressions on their faces.
Adai Khan's hesitation really made people confused.
Any military general with some experience can see that the convoy of such a long Ming army will be finished sooner or later.
Perhaps the Ming army's firearms, horse-repellent rifles, caltrops, etc. could block the cavalry for a while, and even provide great damage to some places; but this kind of infantry formation that lacks depth cannot stop the cavalry from rushing. Once the horses go up, the infantry holding the muskets will most likely collapse.
Wait a little longer.Adai Khan looked calm.
His mood was actually a little up and down.
Of course, he also hoped that everything would be expected.
After all, if this is a trap, no matter how Adai Khan does it, it will be irreversible and will suffer a great loss.
This is the case on the battlefield. If you make a mistake, you will be subject to restraint everywhere.
The Mongols were mainly cavalry, which was more flexible than the Han army, but they would also enter a passive situation.
Adaihan was reluctant to see this.
However, Adai Khan could not relieve the uneasiness in his heart. Intuitively, he always felt something was wrong, but he could not tell a truth with certainty.
As the smoke spread, a wave of Urianha cavalry began to attack the second convoy of the Ming army in the distance.Adai Khan looked away from the nearby herd of horses and stared at the scene in the distance.
There was thin smoke in the sky, and the smoke and dust in the battle place were even bigger, and the flames flashed every once in a while.
Adai Khan knew that it was the Ming army's muskets fired, and the Ming army would fire in a different way. Those muskets were equivalent to archery, but the firing speed was slow and more lethal to those in armor.
The Urianha people's attack did not go smoothly, and they were directly knocked back by muskets several times.
Once, some cavalry caught Zhangdang and rushed to the Ming army formation, but they were still unable to make a patrol. They ran in front of the formation for a while and retreated again.
At this time, several fast horses rushed up the uphill, and jumped off their mounts and sent a musket to Adaihan with both hands.
Adaihan reached out to take it and stared at it for a while.
The musket in front of him was very different from the muskets used by the Ming army before. He first discovered that this musket was longer and had a sharp knife in front of it. It was like a spear in his hand.
Then Adaihan discovered that there was no fuse at the tail of the musket, but a copper forged mechanism.
He looked at it for a while and handed it to the nobles around him.
No wonder the Urianha people in the distance did not make any progress when they reached the second line of defense, and some cavalry rushed to the front of the formation and did not dare to break the formation.
The Ming army's musket soldiers held this kind of spear, and the horses were reluctant to rush up. Moreover, the flashes of smoke and explosions emitted from the musket from time to time would also affect the courage of the war horses.
Perhaps the continuous charge of the elite cavalry can defeat the Ming army's military formation, but the cost is too high, which is very different from the combat habits of the Mongolian tribes.
Adai Khan watched the black smoke burning from tung oil again, and the Ming soldiers who were constantly retreating in the first Ming army chariot formation.
His face was pale and he finally spoke: Those people in front were cheating, this is a prepared trap.
An uproar was suddenly heard around, and then an angry and panic atmosphere spread across people's faces.
Adaihan immediately said: Send someone to order our cavalry not to advance and retreat immediately.The troops of Urianha also stopped attacking and were ready to withdraw.
The general holding the flag beside him bowed and turned his back onto the horse.
Adai Khan said again: Tell the leaders not to panic, and the horse team cannot be in chaos.The war is not over yet, we are going back to rescue the camps of various tribes.
The general asked: Khan felt that the Ming people were tempting us here, but the cavalry would attack our camp?
Adai Khan said: Otherwise, what did their cavalry do?
Suddenly someone showed a depressed look.
Adai Khan said again: The Ming army is not our opponent by vanguard cavalry alone. As long as we save our troops and withdraw, things are not too bad.Don’t panic, most of the Ming army here are infantry, as long as we are not deceived, they can’t do anything to leave.
While speaking, the main force of the Korqin cavalry should have received the order, they stopped moving forward and began to turn around.
At this time, Adai Khan discovered the abnormal movements in the Ming army opposite, and the vehicles in the middle were changing. The faint shining thing attracted Adai Khan's idea.
After a closer look, he saw that the things covered in the carriage were removed, probably some felt, cowhide and other things.
After the cover disappeared, under the empty shelf, there were actually a smooth and reflective copper cannon.
The enemy did not lift the bronze cannons down. They directly adjusted the reverse direction and pointed the two-wheeled cannon trucks at the Korqin horse herd, and soon two balls of fire flashed.Then the huge sound of cannons broke through the air.
The cannons have been loaded with ammunition and are waiting there. Isn’t this arbitrary wait for the Mongolians to be deceived? What does it mean?
Cunning and treacherous Han people!Someone cursed and salied at the rows of cannon cars.
However, when this grassland was occupied by the Huns, the Mongols did not know where it was, and the Han people had already begun to fight against the grassland cavalry.They seemed to be more irresponsible than the Mongols.
Adaihan watched with a serious expression, without saying a word.
The roar of shelling first sporadic sounds one or two, and then became increasingly dense.The fire shines in the smoke of gunpowder, like thunder and lightning in the clouds.
Several shells hit the Korqin horse herd, and there was chaos inside, and the tragic neighing of the horse and the shouts of people came.
A black shadow could be faintly felt in the air, but people could not see the movement of the shells falling to the ground. When they came to their senses, they could only see people rushing over and over the war horses, and the shells had already jumped in the horses for a long list.
Adai Khan watched his cavalry on the high ground, feeling like frightened ant nests, with a large area of frightened horses and running cavalry constantly spreading around.
Judging from this situation, it is no longer possible to keep a complete and orderly team retreating.
The leaders of various departments were ordered to gather the cavalry again after retreating.Adai Khan gave another order.