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"Kill the past!"

The cavalry division was divided into two and wandered on the edge of the grassland. At this moment, more than [-] people rushed out.

But the Tartars in front came from Yizhou.There are only 50 regular Eight Banners soldiers, plus the Thousand Banners troops, and the rest are all Tartar civilians.

"Run, the barbarians are coming!"

The Tartars panicked and did not run to the north, because the north is full of grasslands, and it is impossible to run past the cavalry.They abandoned their belongings and fled south into the mountains, maybe there is still a way out.

"Forgive me, forgive me!"

The Han people, Baoyi, did not escape, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

The Datong cavalry galloped with swords drawn, reaping their lives along the way, until no Tartar escaped.

"Teacher, there are more than 1800 prisoners, hundreds of them are coated." The law enforcement officer rushed over and said.

Wang Tingchen said: "Choose one hundred Tartar captives, let Baoyi stab them twice, and then let Baoyi take the captured luggage across the Great Wall to Yizhou City."

Wang Tingchen's cavalry division came to the grassland for a stroll, and originally had no logistics supplies, but the Tartars who moved from western Liaoning became his supply team instead.

There are quite a few such supply teams along the way, waiting for Wang Tingchen to receive them.

……

After Haoge and Mandahai crossed the Great Wall, they confiscated the leather armor and weapons of small tribes along the way, and even directly killed people and robbed food and livestock.

When the news of the defeat of the Manchu Qing came, these small tribes would rebel sooner or later, and it would be better for the Tartars to strike first.

In the ravines of the Yanshan Mountains, the main force of the Tartars plundered all the way, and soon reached the left-wing Mongolian territory of Karaqin.

They still wanted to plunder here, but who knew that they were in vain.Gurus Qibu, who killed his uncle, had evacuated his uncle's tribe and moved them all to the pastures in the north, and raided several small tribes by the way.

Taking advantage of the fact that the leader of the Horqin Mongols was conquering the tribes of Badali, Gurusqibu led troops to invade the Horqin Grassland and captured a large number of people and livestock.

The leaders of Horqin were furious, and returned to the army to fight Gurusqibu, but they were ambushed in Yuanbao Mountain.

Under heavy losses, Horqin Mongolia and Harqin Mongolia began to appear evenly matched.For the next few years, they will definitely conquer each other, and it will be nothing more than the end of one party conquering the other.

What's even more funny is that these two Mongolian tribes sent envoys one after another to profess their vassalship to Emperor Zhao in Nanjing.

Harqin Mongolia, originally a branch of the Yongxiebu tribe, moved eastward to occupy the territory of Duoyan Sanwei.

As for Yongxie Bubu, they had been fighting Chahar at the end of Ming Dynasty.Lin Danhan of Chahar formed an alliance with Ming Dynasty and wiped out Yongxie Bubu.As a branch of the Yongxiebu tribe, Harqin quickly fell to Houjin and became Nurhachi's help in attacking Chahar.

Gulusiqibu's ambition is to rebuild the Yongxiebu tribe, first make friends with the Chahar tribe, annex the Horqin grassland, and then unify the left-wing Mongolia as a great khan.

Hauge, who did not capture Karakin Mongolia, continued eastward and arrived at Xingzhong (Chaoyang City) to reorganize his troops.

The garrison here is only a few dozen people, but there are many bannermen and many Han people, who are led by Hauge to continue eastward, and no one is allowed to be left behind by the Datong Army.They even deliberately galloped their horses, trampling on the crops that could be harvested one month after the rainy season!

The next route for the Tartars is to walk along the periphery of the Great Wall of Liaodong, hoping to return directly to Shenyang from the edge of the Horqin Grassland.

It happened that Wang Tingchen's cavalry division was there.

Before even entering the grassland, just in the hilly area, the two sides collided head-on.

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West of Ulanmutu Mountain.

A group of Datong cavalry, who were scouting for the Tartars, rode up the hillside, intending to climb up and look far away.

A group of Manchu and Qing cavalry exploring the way also ran up the hill.

Before the two sides met, they heard the sound of each other's horseshoes and immediately accelerated to run towards the top of the slope.

After a fight, there were casualties for each other, and each went back to report the enemy's situation.

"What? There are Nanzi in front!" Hauge turned pale with shock, he already had a psychological shadow.

Man Dahai said: "This is outside the Great Wall. The Southern Manzis are busy capturing Western Liaoning. There must not be many people who have crossed the Great Wall. They are probably here to chase the people of Manchuria."

Hauge also met a lot of Tartar civilians who moved away from western Liaoning.

Coupled with the Mongols and Han people who were taken away along the way, Hauge's team once again reached 4000 people.About half of them have horses and weapons, but only a thousand or so are actually wearing armor.

"Then eat it!" Hauge also felt that there were not many Datong troops chasing the Great Wall.

The horseless Tartars walked slowly behind, and Hauge led more than 1 people on horseback in pursuit.

There are indeed not many Datong troops in the vicinity.

The main reason was that Wang Tingchen succeeded in killing them, and divided the cavalry division of 1 people into five teams, and scattered them out to look for the migrating Tartars.

And these five cavalry teams continued to divide their troops after they dispersed.

Facing Hauge's pursuit, the Datong cavalry had no choice but to flee, while blowing horns along the way to warn.

After chasing for more than ten miles, Datong cavalry gathered more and more, and there were already three or four thousand cavalry.On the way, Hauge also rescued a group of Tartar civilians, more than 800 people.

"Sure enough, they are here to arrest our Manchurians," Man Dahai called a captured Eight Banners soldier and asked, "How many Southern barbarians are there?"

The Eight Banners soldier said, "At least two or three thousand."

Hauge asked: "Do you still want to chase?"

Man Dahai said: "If you don't eat these southern barbarians, they will definitely keep harassing us on the way back to Shengjing."

"Then chase!"

Haug made a decision and led the cavalry to continue chasing eastward.

Finally, the main forces of the cavalry from both sides met.Hauge has more than 1000 cavalry, while Wang Tingchen has gathered more than 8000 troops.

"So many barbarians?" Man Dahai was surprised.

Hauge said: "We can't do without fighting. They are blocking the front, so we don't even want to go back to Shengjing."

Man Dahai said: "Our entire army has no armor, so we are not afraid of their firecrackers. Once the battle starts, the whole army will charge regardless. As long as we get close, we will not be afraid of the southern barbarians' firecrackers."

Hauge picked up the binoculars and asked doubtfully, "Why are these Southern barbarian cavalry different?"

Man Dahai also held up the binoculars, observed for a while and said: "These are the cavalry of the southern barbarians, not the dragon cavalry. Some wear cotton armor, and some have iron armor on the chest. It's very strange. Let's send three thousand cavalry first." Let’s try it out, and let’s talk about the enemy’s style of play.”

The cavalry on both sides gradually spread out, and this place belongs to the hilly area.

There are many mountains, but not high, and many hillsides can be ridden on horseback.The respective cavalry is divided into two teams of 3000 people, and the cavalry formation is expanded as much as possible.

Three thousand Tartar cavalry stepped forward, and the rest spread out to occupy the nearby hillside, intending to charge down at any time from a high position.

Datong cavalry went to fight, but there were only 3000 people.All of them wear breastplates, and are all clothed from the waist down, and the horses are not very strong.

The Tartar cavalry also wanted to try out archery and formed a loose formation of traditional cavalry.

However, the Datong cavalry gathered more and more together, cavalry next to cavalry, and war horses next to war horses.

Man Dahai said with a smile: "These southern barbarians, apart from riding a horse and shooting guns, probably don't even know how to fight on horseback. The formation is so tight, once someone falls off the horse, they will immediately fall into chaos."

The cavalry sent by the two sides to fight had gradually approached, and the scene made Hauge feel very strange.

The spear is raised, the horse is accelerated, and the cavalry of Datong, the wall charge!

Chapter 571 [Cavalry Battle]

The general who led the [-] Datong cavalry to charge the wall was the notorious "horse kite" and "living Lu Bu" Wang Fuchen in history.

This man was born as a bandit in Shanxi, he likes to gamble, and he often loses like a pair of pants. . .

Facing the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, he first took refuge in Jiang Guan, and then surrendered to the Manchu Qing with Jiang Guan.Then, Jiang Guan rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Wang Fuchen was defeated and surrendered to Azig, and became Xin Zheku's coated slave.Because of Kong Wu's strength and might, he was promoted by Shunzhi to be a first-class bodyguard, and then to be the chief soldier of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

He entered Burma with Wu Sangui, captured Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was transferred to be the admiral of Shaanxi.

Wu Sangui rebelled, Wang Fuchen first helped the Manchus, then took refuge in Wu Sangui, and then chose to surrender to the Qing again.

Lu Bu was just a family slave with three surnames, and Wang Fuchen jumped six or seven times!

Shunzhi's evaluation of him is: He who has heard of horse kites is a warrior.I don't know where it is now, so I can use it for my own sake.

Kangxi's evaluation of him was: If there are military officials like this, why should I worry about it?

This guy is not only tall and mighty, but also handsome.His complexion is fair, his eyebrows are like lying silkworms, like a portrait of Lu Bu handed down from generation to generation.

According to the historical records: Bravely crowning the three armies, you can't do what you want... As a man, he respects things, treats friends with trust, treats others leniently, and treats subordinates strictly.However, meritorious service must be rewarded. Although strict, scholars are happy to use it.

Wang Fuchen surrendered along with Jiang Yu. At that time, he was inconspicuous. He was just a middle-level officer who had voted over, and he could not be compared with Huang Fei, Yuan Shizhong and others at all.

But this person is really excellent, he knows how to deal with things, obeys his words, abides by military discipline, unites his comrades in arms, and is also a champion of the three armies.

He even actively learns cultural knowledge and recognizes characters at a very fast speed. He has learned more than a thousand characters in a year, and he can learn several on average every day.

Promotion all the way, smooth sailing!

Just like in history, the promotion speed is very fast, from a slave to a first-class bodyguard, and then quickly promoted to the chief soldier.At this time, Wang Fuchen had been promoted from a soldier to a cavalry commander.

"Da da da!"

Wang Fuchen held his spear straight, looked at the Tartars in front of him, and led his troops to rush forward without hesitation.

Once the wall charge starts, the general will lose the ability to command troops.Because the crowd was too dense, it was impossible to change formations. Even if there was a cliff in front of them, they could only bite the bullet and rush over.

The general of the Qing army is Nikan, the grandson of Nurhachi.

Nikan met Li Dingguo a few years ago and was killed and fled.Now not only is he living well, but he has also been promoted to be the king of the county.

He rode his horse and galloped for dozens of steps, intending to get close to the archery, and first fought with the Datong cavalry to figure out the tactics of this strange cavalry.

But the closer the distance between the two armies, the worse Nikan felt.

The Nanmanzi had such a dense cavalry formation, and they were not fully armored, so it was obvious that they would be shot at as targets.But why don't they disperse?Why don't they disperse, are they fools?

When the distance between the two sides was thirty steps, Nikan placed the arrow on the bowstring, and only let it go when it was within range.But suddenly he didn't dare to wait anymore, he shot the arrows indiscriminately, and shouted at the orderly: "Scatter to both sides!"

Without Nikan's order, the Manchu cavalry fled spontaneously.

At such a short distance, the Datong cavalry was actually accelerating their charge, and the Tazi cavalry knew what this meant.

It means that if they dare to shoot arrows after entering the range, they will be hit by the cavalry wall in an instant.At that time, no matter who wins or loses, there will be a large-scale car accident scene, and who can survive the car accident depends entirely on God's will—Imagine, treating cavalry as motorcycles, thousands of motorcycles lined up, all speeding up and hitting you .

"Accelerate, accelerate!"

Wang Fuchen roared and shouted, and the spurs on his heels kept galloping his horse.

Man Dahai stood on the hillside, watching the scene with binoculars, already in a dazed state.

How can you fight like this?

If both sides charge intensively, isn't that a collective death?All the cavalry in the front row must be killed!

Although the formation of the three thousand Manchu Qing cavalry was loose, it would take time to temporarily change formations and avoid them.However, under the frantic acceleration of the Datong cavalry, the cavalry wall was crushed in a blink of an eye. The situation can be described as devastated.

Of course, the Datong cavalry was also knocked over a lot.

Fortunately, after the two sides approached, the horses of the Datong cavalry slowed down automatically out of instinct, and the momentum of the high-speed charge naturally slowed down.

"Scatter to kill the enemy, hahaha!"

Wang Fuchen felt that such a charge was very exciting, and he practiced it countless times, but this was the first time it was used in actual combat.

The Manchu and Qing cavalry were not considered fleeing, but they were indeed fleeing, mainly to avoid the cavalry wall.When they ran, they turned into fleeing instead of fleeing, and the enemy in front was chased and killed by Datong cavalry.

The Datong cavalry on both sides began to stretch out, and the dense formation gradually became looser.Wang Fuchen overturned the Tartar with one shot, and just about to overthrow the second one, he was killed by the soldiers around him first.

Nikan couldn't care about anything at the moment, he only knew how to run for his life.

"Hurry up and respond!" Hauge roared.

Lausa immediately brought thousands of Manchu cavalry and charged from another hillside.

Wang Tingchen, the head coach of the Datong Cavalry Division, waved the command flag quickly when he saw this, and the nearby cavalry troops went to intercept Lauza.

On the side of the Datong Army, there are so many generals with similar names, Wang Tingchen, Wang Yaochen, Wang Fuchen, Li Dingguo, Li Fuguo...

One hair can move the whole body, and Nikan's defeat caused the cavalry from both sides to join the battlefield one after another.

You know, Hauge threw away his armor in order to withdraw quickly.Today, only a few cavalry wear armor, either snatched halfway or picked up from the Eight Banners soldiers along the way.

"Bang bang bang!"

Some cavalrymen of the Qing Dynasty fired on horseback, and hundreds of Datong cavalrymen were hit one after another.

But that's all, they have too few dragoons, and the impact on the battle situation is negligible.

Lausa collided with another group of Datong cavalry, this time there was no wall charge, because the time was too short to line up.The two sides hedge against each other in a traditional loose formation, and each other enters the gap in the opponent's formation.As long as the Datong cavalry did not fall off their horses, most of them were wounded and survived. The death rate of the unarmored Manchu cavalry was much higher!

Wang Fuchen took the lead and chased after Nikan.