Chapter 692: The Retreatment

In the wasteland on the north bank of the Lulu River, Qu Neng's troops were continuously attacked by Tatar cavalry.This is the third day.

The earth under the clouds is shrouded in smoke and dust, making it appear chaotic.There were cavalry rushing around, and the sound of horse hooves was extremely noisy.

A ditch wall fortification had been built in the middle of the formation, and the tents and horses were all inside the fortifications.However, the main force of the Ming army's infantry was still deployed around the fortifications and lined up outside.

The Ming army was stationed on site and did not try to move the large formation; the enemy attacked and shot repeatedly, but it was difficult to find an opportunity.

The battlefield that had been stalemate for a long time suddenly seemed to have lost patience!Outside the formation, several Tatar cavalry began to charge.

Dust filled the air, and the Tatar soldiers swept over.

At first, some Ming soldiers thought that it was another raid of enemy cavalry.

But the enemy was out of more than a hundred steps, and suddenly blocked the front of the urethra with a wooden shield and rushed forward at a speed!

The people in the military formation also saw clearly that most of the enemy cavalry did not hold bows and arrows, and were holding spears in their hands.

Rumble... The galloping horses rolled up dust and mist, getting closer and closer.

The generals in the Ming army formation suddenly shouted: The front row is ready to resist the enemy, get up!

Sergeant Zhang Yong was in the first row of the square formation at this time!

The sudden storm made him stunned for a moment.

Zhang Yong found that all the brothers around him stood up and placed the spear on the shield and aimed it in front of him. Then he hurriedly stood up straight.

The enemy cavalry ahead showed no sign of slowing down and detour!

Zhang Yong stared at the front with wide eyes, watching the huge cavalry and horses approaching.

In an instant, he felt his breathing suddenly stagnate!

Zhang Yong wanted to hide immediately, but there were people behind him, and it was too late!After a moment, bang!Clang... The loud impact was deafening, mixed with screams and horse neighing.

Several war horses knocked over two rows of gun shield soldiers in the Ming army and crashed into the musket queue behind.More Tatar soldiers collided into the Ming army's formation, with people everywhere rising and falling, and in chaos.

A war horse suddenly slowed down in horror in front of the square formation, and raised its front hooves and made a long neigh.

There was a loud buzzing in Zhang Yong's mind. When he came to his senses, he found that many soldiers around him were lying on the ground.

At this time, a cavalry rushed over and the spear was facing him!

Zhang Yong subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly realized that turning around would be assassinated by the fast-rushing cavalry!

He shouted in fear, held his shield to face the enemy cavalry, and saw that it was right and stabbed him with a shot.

Bang!Zhang Yong did not see the alternating weapons clearly, and only heard a sound, and then the spear in his right hand was out of the huge impact, and the man also fell to the ground.

The enemy cavalry seemed to be stabbed by a spear, and after a moment, it also rolled down and dropped off the horse.

Before Zhang Yong got up, he saw a horse fall to the ground with his men and horses. The war horse rolled forward on the ground, just pressing Zhang Yong down.

He screamed in pain and didn't struggle...

Some Tatar cavalry took advantage of the turmoil in the square and rushed into the Ming army's infantry formation.However, their speed had slowed down and they fought a regiment of melee with the Ming army infantry.

A cavalry stabbed the Ming army soldiers who turned to hide from a high place, but soon the surroundings were surrounded by several Ming soldiers with long spears.Ah!The enemy cavalry then screamed.

After another rider slowed down not far away, his left leg was suddenly grabbed by someone, and the Tatars on the horse were dragged down.

Several Ming soldiers rushed forward with swords and guns!

The enemy soldier screamed in a snarling voice, and in an instant, blood was splattered by swords and guns.

More Tatar cavalry rushed up and broke through to both sides of the gap.At this time, footsteps were loud not far away, and a stream of Ming army reinforcements rushed out of the fortification gap!The infantry holding a spear was running forward in line.

After a while, several Tatar soldiers could not avoid it and were immediately stabbed to the ground with their men and horses.

Seeing this, many enemy cavalry turned their horses' heads and retreated with swords and guns.The ground was in a mess, the war horses were struggling in pools of blood, and there were still people crawling in pain on the ground.

The fight faded from the Ming army formation one after another and soon spread out.A part of the Ming cavalry had already rushed out of the formation from the left wing and was counterattacking the repelled enemy cavalry.

All Tatar cavalry were retreating, but the Ming cavalry did not dare to chase and kill too far.The Tatars had more cavalrymen and might counterattack the siege and pursuers!

The fierce battle gradually began to calm down.Only the corpses on the ground were left, the wounded soldiers who moaned and asked for help, and the enemy soldiers who cried and called for mercy.

Two days ago, the Ming army's formation was continuously attacked by in-shot and cavalry, and suffered continuous casualties, but the formation was never shaken.Today, the Tatar cavalry rushed into the formation, and the battle suddenly became even more cruel!

At this time, the generals of the Central Army made suggestions.Because the Tatar army was almost all cavalry and had no heavy ordnance, there were generals who suggested to shrink the entire army into narrow fortifications.

However, not long after, something incredible happened!The Tatar army, which had been besieging for three days, actually gave up this place and began to retreat to the northeast.

Qu Neng immediately sent scouts and messengers to advance to the southern bank of Luyuan River to convey the message to the Central Army.

...That night, Zhu Gaoxu received a report from Qu Neng in the Central Army camp.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu could almost confirm from the movements of the Tatars everywhere: the previous speculation was not wrong!

The first large-scale conflict between the two sides was over.However, the battle did not follow Zhu Gaoxu's vision, and it seemed that the Tatars did not get what they wanted.

First, the Tatars seemed to have planned to withdraw the main force of the tribes from the southern part of the grassland, causing the Ming army to march from a long distance, and almost nothing was found.All the generals of the Ming army were eager to fight.

Then the Tatars threw out a bait in the southern bank of the fishing sea, which was Prime Minister Tuohuan.

Tuohuan deceived the Ming army and lied that Benjali had lost his khan's tent and was near the Lulu River.The Tatars seemed to want to lure the Ming army to pursue them with cavalry vanguards, and then send troops to ambush and destroy the Ming army!

However, Zhu Gaoxu realized that this was a trap, so he used the trick to seize the opportunity to fight.So Qu Neng's troops, who were prepared, had 20,000 troops, pretended to be a cavalry vanguard, marched north of the Lusheng River.

At that time, the strategy of the central army of the Ming army was to attract the main force of the enemy and delay the time; wait for the main force of the Ming army to arrive, and the two sides would fight.

Later, the situation did not develop according to Zhu Gaoxu's idea!He was still influenced by his experience in the civil war and his mind unconsciously thought about large-scale battles.

Instead of putting the main force on the north bank of the Lulu River, the Tatar Army appeared in the east of the central army of the official army; intending to harass the army of the sluggish officials and gain time for the Tatar Army to consume, drag down and annihilate Quneng.

Unexpectedly, the main force of the Tatar Army suddenly suffered a head-on attack from Liu Sheng's troops on the right wing of the official army, and the entire army fled!

The Tatars on the North Road had lost the opportunity to drag down Quneng's troops and there was not enough time; so the enemy on the North Road tried to fight to the decisive battle, but failed to succeed in the battle and immediately gave up the battle...

In the central army's tent, the generals who returned to the camp from all over the place were coming to congratulate the victory one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu sat in the upper position, looking thoughtful, but he didn't react much, and had been distracted just now.

He knew that this game was undoubtedly won and won a lot; however, the results of the battle were still far behind his expectations!

He also realized that on the grassland, it seems that the Battle of Crime could not occur, and a battle could eliminate and capture 100,000 enemy troops!

Not long after, Liu Sheng walked into the big tent.Zhang Fu took the lead and said: Congratulations to An Yuanbo.Everyone looked at each other and focused their eyes on Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng stepped forward and said, "I will pay homage to the Lord."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head when he heard the sound and looked at Liu Sheng with praise.

He pondered for a moment, then said: The power of our official arms is different from the past, and the Tatars do not know it.An Yuanbo was able to accidentally seize the right fighter and give the enemy a blow, which was indeed a talent for the general.You are the first achievement of this Northern Expedition.

Liu Shengdao: I am the priest, and this is all my duty.

Everyone congratulated each other, and the tent became much more lively for a while.

At this time, Qi Tai, the Minister of War, stepped forward and bowed: I would like to report to the emperor!

Zhu Gaoxu said: Qibutang asked for advice.

Qi Tai said: In recent days, since the war broke out, the horses of various armies have fed a large number of excellent horses in order to accumulate horsepower.The increase in military ration consumption can no longer last long; only when we withdraw our troops at this time can we maintain the return journey.Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's official army has won a great victory in this battle... I believe that after Qu Neng's troops meet, the emperor should go back to the court today!

After Qi Tai said that, he bowed and stood there.The noise of the crowd gradually subsided and no one raised any objections.

Zhu Gaoxu remained silent and did not answer Qi Tai immediately.

After a while, he spoke: Order the left whistle to march northwest early tomorrow morning and first respond to Qu Neng's troops.Let the matter of withdrawing troops and discuss it later.

Qi Tai was stunned for a moment and said, "I will receive the order!"

It was already late at night, and Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and asked everyone to return to the camp to rest.The generals bid farewell to each other and left the tent.

With the help of Cao Fu and several others, Zhu Gaoxu also took off his armor and put his wool coat outside the martial arts uniform.

He walked out of the tent and looked northeast in the cold air.He subconsciously pulled the collar to cover his chilly neck.

There was a fire on the nearby Central Army camp, but it was pitch black in the distance.There are clouds in the sky tonight, the stars and the moon are invisible, and the light is very dark.At this time, he looked into the distance and naturally saw nothing.

Zhu Gaoxu saw nothing, so he had to guess: In the depths of the north of the Lake of Sea (Hulun Lake) and on the surrounding grasslands, there may be a large number of winter supplies hoarded by the Tatars.

But the place was too vast and the main force of the Tatar Army was not completely annihilated; in a short period of time, it seemed difficult for the Ming army to do more.

After winning the battle, Zhu Gaoxu's mood became a little complicated at this time.