Chapter 60 Flying Sand, Walking Through Stones, Breaking the Tartars (4)
Zhang Ping'an rode on the horse, drew his sword and waved his order, "All cavalry attacked in the order of attack arranged before the war! Sound the horn! Beat the drum!"
The low attack horn was accompanied by the intense thunder of war drums. The 20,000 cavalry of the Po Slave Army took the lead in attacking the Jurchen Mongolian coalition.
Taking advantage of the chaos of the Jurchen coalition, Chen Poe's cavalry smashed into the chaotic military formation like an iron hammer. Then the cavalry of Liu Chong's army also smashed over. Li Chen's army, who was eager to avenge his shame, cut through the right wing. The most cunning Hu Ming's army took advantage of the gap opened by the cavalry of Zhang Li's army and rushed forward. Zhang Li was so angry that he scolded Hu Ming for being unrighteous from behind.
With the full cooperation of other units, Chen Poe's cavalry finally broke up their formation after several repeated attacks on the Jurchen coalition. Looking from the air, the white ice field, a large round cake composed of various colors was gradually formed into an oval shape by several black hammers, and finally broken. The fleeing Jurchen coalition was like sand splashing on white paper, flooded by black ink.
When the formation of the Jurchen coalition was broken, Chen Poe ordered Xu Zhen to partially encircle the remaining coalition forces, and he led 20,000 cavalrymen of Li Chen's army, Zhang Li's army, Hu Ming's army, and Liu Chong's army to quickly pursue the enemy.
Zhang Ping'an ordered Xu Yi'an to lead the auxiliary troops to guard the military camp, and he led Huang Zhi's troops, Lu Deyin, a thousand personal soldiers, and five thousand horse-riding auxiliary soldiers to chase the main force of the Ponu Army.
Zhang Ping'an came to the main battlefield and did not stop much. He just ordered Huang Zhi's troops to fire a volley against the Tartars who were still fighting. After the fire of the musket, more than 600 Tartars who were still fighting were unwilling to fall to the ice field after the blood mist. Other Tartars in the encirclement saw such bloody slaughter and shot them to death. The other Tartars who were divided and surrounded completely extinguished their will to resist. According to the requirements of the Slave Army, they held their hands high and got off their horses and knelt on the snow.
Zhang Ping'an ordered that Huang Zhi's troops guarded the surrendered five thousand traitor prisoners, and he led Xu Zhen's troops and three thousand auxiliary soldiers to continue chasing the main force of the Ponu Army. Countless Wuma Tatars appeared along the way. They had just escaped the strangulation of the Ponu Army and were wandering around the snowfield aimlessly.
Zhang Ping'an had to order the auxiliary soldiers who accompanied the team to gather and surrender to the Tartars and take them to the Qing Fort. When he chased the Jurchen baggage camp, there was no auxiliary soldiers beside him except for a thousand personal soldiers and the cavalry of Xu Zhen. Finally, when he caught up with the main force of the Pou Nu Army, there were only more than one thousand people left in Xu Zhen's army.
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Back in Guangning City, northwest Yizhou Post, Amin commanded the Lan Banner and Mongolian cavalry, and ran quickly along the mountain road of Yizhou Post. However, he was more careful and sent two hundred scouts at the front, and his main force was one mile behind the Mongolian cavalry.
When he led his army to Yizhou Post and was still seven or eight miles away, he suddenly felt uneasy. He suddenly realized that this was his instinctive reaction to the battlefield for many years. The lesson he learned from his years of fighting on the battlefield was that when he felt this uneasy, he must carefully observe the surrounding situation.
He observed that the terrain was very unfavorable to him, and the surrounding mountains were silent. So he raised his right hand and stopped the troops from advancing. However, he was not very worried about ambushing here, because if the enemy ambushed from both sides, he could only send infantrymen, and cavalry would not charge from such a steep ridge. At this time, Batu, the commander of the Mongolian cavalry, came over from the Mongolian team and said, "Amin Beile! Why stop advancing?"
Amin looked at the mountains on both sides: "Batu, do you think the enemy will set up an ambush here?"
Batu shook his head and said, "No! If I were an enemy, I wouldn't! Because, for such a steep mountain, it would not be easy for infantry to charge down from the mountain, let alone cavalry!"
Amin nodded and said, "I think so too, but I am always uneasy!"
Batu said: "If Amin Belle thinks it is not down-to-earth, send a scout to take a look!"
Amin was about to send a scout, but then the scout who was exploring the way forward came to report: "The plain land is open nine miles ahead, and the seven thousand soldiers of the slave army lined up."
Now Amin and Batu finally felt at ease. Amin immediately sent 500 Jurchen cavalry as vanguards. He was afraid that the Mongolian cavalry would not be able to stop the attack of the Ponu Army and blocked them in the valley. At the same time, he asked Batu to divide the Mongolian cavalry he led into three teams to pass quickly. He himself led the team to the front of the Jurchen cavalry.
Under the clear blue clearing, the white ice field, the black army, and the slave army led by Huang Wei finally waited for the Jurchen Mongolian coalition that was interspersed. Huang Wei looked at the black-armored soldiers eager to try and felt deeply moved. When he was fighting with Zhang Ping'an, Zhang Ping'an predicted that they could all become leaders and even called himself the leader. He now has really become the commander of the thousands of soldiers. He didn't understand how nice the general sounded, why Zhang Ping'an liked to call him the leader.
More than ten days ago, Zhang Ping'an made a special trip to him and brought dozens of firecrackers, ordering him to set off in the horses every day. At first he didn't understand, but later Zhang Ping'an ordered people to dig a pit and bury coffin at the snow and valley exits on the mountain, and he completely understood that Zhang Ping'an was a great gift for the young man to die for the Tartars.
When Huang Wei saw the 500 Jurchen cavalry, he was about to leave the mountain pass, so he ordered loudly: "Start the cannon!"
Zhang Ping'an, who had already been hiding in the snow pit, was responsible for ignition, and the personal soldiers of Zhang Ping'an, first spread a small crack in the camouflage white cloth. When he saw the Jurchen cavalry, he was in the bombing spot. After hearing the gunshot signal, he immediately made a starting gesture. The other three people immediately ignited the fuse, and with a magnetic sound, a burst of white smoke filled the cover. Yang Wei and the others then hid in the back room of the bunker, leaned against the rock wall, covered their ears with their hands, and opened their mouths. When they heard the explosion sound, they shouted desperately as the commander asked.
Even so, they were dizzy by four huge explosions. Yang Wei stood up with difficulty, pushed away the disguised white cloth, and looked at the battlefield. He was stunned by his masterpiece. The huge explosion made all the Jurchen cavalry lie on the ground, and half of a Jurchen man's body was two steps away in front of him. He looked behind him and was even more shocked and sweated.
No wonder the general kept emphasizing the need to stay away from the gravel on the mountain when he chose their bunker. The explosion just now caused the gravel on the mountain to collapse, and it was only 1 zhang before burying the bunker. More explosions came, and Yang Wei knew that this was the brother who made an avalanche on the mountain. After hearing their explosion, he lit the coffin that made an avalanche. Then a creepy rumbling sound made the noisy people in the valley shout Ma Ming and were swallowed in an instant.
When the explosion sounded at the top of the mountain, Huang Wei led his team to the mountain pass. He knew that the cavalry was useless. Not only did the cavalry disappear, but he became the auxiliary commander. His current job is to clean the battlefield and try to capture as many prisoners as possible.
So he first collected the Jurchen prisoners at the mountain pass. Huang Wei saw that most of the Jurchens survived, and almost 400 people. But when he looked into the valley, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. As Zhang Ping'an expected, the valley was covered with heavy snow. There was basically no one person, only a few black spots.
Fortunately, they were prepared, so the troops led by Huang Wei became a rescue team. The soldiers of the Po Slave Army were wearing super large snow ropes and mesh shoes, in groups of three, one with a five-meter-long wooden probe pole, one with a rope, and one with a knife to guard the buried horses and the Tartars.
Because Zhang Ping'an believed that horses were more important than Tartars. Huang Wei saw with satisfaction that because the war horses were tall, it was relatively easy to rescue. More than 7,800 good horses were rescued. Less than 2,000 living Mongolian Tartars dug out from the snow.
In the final stage of the rescue, Huang Wei knew that he had won the jackpot today, and he caught the big man who had only breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know who this person was. Judging from the armor and clothing, this person must be the commander of this army. Maybe he was still a Baylor.
When Huang Wei was a slave to the Jurchens, he knew that the military flag they had just dug out was the military flag of the blue flag. The flag owner of the blue flag was named Amin. So he interrogated other Jurchen prisoners on the spot and quickly confirmed that this person was the flag owner of the blue flag Bele Amin.
Huang Wei was stunned by this sudden happiness. But he also knew that it was all Zhang Ping'an's credit, he was just an executor. But this good news could not be passed on for a while. He could only use the road from Yizhou to Taipingbao.
Chapter completed!