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Chapter 858: The decisive battle on the grassland

Mongolian commander Erke Kongguoer Ezhe forced the elite to attack tens of thousands of cavalry in Esrege Mountain. Although the cattle tributary helped, it not only consumed a large amount of ammunition from the Pou Nu Army, but also won the gap for the weapons of the Pou Nu Army to be intermittent. Even so, the Mongolian cavalry was still besieged by the Pou Nu Army. Even a strong grassland army like the Pou Nu Army was very afraid of being besieged from three sides on the battlefield. The Pou Nu Army, which fought with the Mongolian cavalry, always used muskets to kill the enemy at a long distance.

He maximized his advantages in his weapons and completely suppressed the Mongolian cavalry and could not make a strong counterattack. Looking at the narrowing encirclement, Zhang Dashuai, commanded by Erskeg Mountain, stood up and looked at the sun that was gradually sinking, and said thoughtfully to the Chief of Staff Gu Xin: "Among the prisoners captured after the war, I will select a few thousand or hundreds of households to come, and let them send a message to Erke Kongguoer Ezhe, saying that he would use 30,000 taels of gold to redeem Lin Danhan's commander seal and the gold medal for the dispatch of troops."

This unintentional sentence from Marshal Zhang made Gu Xin feel stunned. It took him a long time to realize the real purpose of Marshal Zhang's intention. It seems that the Possess Army cannot complete the battle goal today. Marshal Zhang wanted to use this high-value object to keep the Mongolian army led by Erke Kongguoer Ezhe on the Ezhe grassland. Since Lin Danhan was surrounded by Erke Konger Ezhe, he has not issued an order. After Lin Danhan cut off the Sulede battle flag and led his troops to surrender, all his seals and gold and silver medals for the dispatch of troops were naturally in the hands of the Possess Army. Although Prince Erke Kongguoer Ezhe is now acting as the Khan throne, he lacks these letters that represent the symbol of the Khan's rights and is not tough when speaking.

Zhang Ping'an understood Erke Kongguoer's mind very thoroughly. It was unrealistic to always seduce Erke Kongguoer's Erk. After all, the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses in today's battle. Whether it is Erke Kongguoer's Erk or military advisor Arslen, they must have the idea of ​​retreating. Only this Khan's seal can attract the attention of Erke Kongguoer's senior Mongolian leaders. Only with these key objects Erke Kongguoer's orthodox status can the orthodox status be established. After thinking clearly about the causes and consequences, Guxin said that the first thing to do is to prepare a gold medal for Mongolian troops, while asking the staff who can write Mongolian language to write documents and stamp them with Lin Danhan's golden seal.

"What are you thinking about? The gold medal used by Lin Danhan is an old object used by Mengge Khan. This gold medal can mobilize thousands of Mongolian households. I plan to spread such valuable objects! This silver medal can only mobilize less than a thousand households according to the Mongolian ancestral system. We can not only prove that we have real things in our hands, but also seduce Erke Kongguoer Ezhe. You can find a silver medal with bad quality to deal with it. By the way, let the prisoners who are put back look at Lin Danhan's real guy before leaving, and don't say that we can fool people with fake goods."

In Gu Xin's opinion, the current war is so tense, and this boss Zhang still does not forget his shameless nature of taking advantage of big things. It is indeed feasible to deal with Erke Kongguoer Ezhe according to the strategy formulated by Zhang Dashen. Gu Xin plans to arrange this matter personally. Before leaving, Gu Xin gave Zhang Ping'an a wink and said, "Qu Dutong has been here for a long time. It seems that there may be new intelligence!"

Gu Xin reminded that Zhang Ping'an saw Qu Guozheng holding a stack of newspapers behind the Taishi Chair. Just now, Zhang Ping'an was too concerned about the battlefield at the foot of Esrege Mountain and did not pay attention to Qu Guozheng's arrival at the command platform. Judging from Qu Guozheng's failure to disturb his command of the battle, there was probably no urgent battlefield intelligence. Zhang Ping'an did not stand up but pointed to the horse letter beside Qu Guozheng and signaled him to come and sit. Then Zhang Ping'an picked up the tea bowl and slowly drank a few sips of green tea to moisten his throat, and took the intelligence handed over by Qu Guozheng. This was an urgent report from the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The Korean King Li Yu was a little anxious when he did not receive a clear reply from Ponuhou. He wrote a memorial and submitted it to the Ming court again, begging Emperor Chongzhen to issue an edict to urge Ponuhou to send troops.

He was very upset when the Korean King Li Yu was constantly entangled with Zhang Ping'an. He said to Qu Guozheng with an unpleasant expression: "North Korea really treats itself as a root. Zheng Tai directly talks to Jiannu as the leader Yan Zhuocheng. Give Zheng Tai a bottom line and ask Huang Taiji to give us 50,000 taels of gold, and he will solve the North Korean affairs by himself. If the court mentioned the rescue of North Korea in official documents, he would submit a memorial to the Ming Dynasty court, saying that my slave army is fighting the Mongolian Lindan Khan army on the Esrege grassland. This battle is related to the life and death of my slave city Xuanwei envoy. It is impossible to have extra troops to fight this battle that has little to do with us!"

After Zhang Damasan's order, Qu Guozheng immediately understood Zhang Ping'an's final bottom line. The situation of North Korea's destruction was about to appear. After reading the following few messages, Zhang Ping'an had a headache. The North Korean government's yamen stationed in the capital jumped up and down and found Sun Chengzong, the former Minister of War who had retired and returned to his hometown Gaoyang. This old man who could not stay idle also wrote a letter to Yang Lian, the governor of the Judicial Affairs Office of Ponucheng. Zhang Ping'an did not need to guess more. The content of the letter would definitely explain the pros and cons of Zhang Ping'an to send troops to rescue North Korea. However, Zhang Ping'an is no longer the past, and the strategy he set will not be easily changed due to persuasion by others.

Taking back his worries, Zhang Ping'an looked up at the battlefield. The formation of the middle front surround was already prominent, and the left and right wings was almost a defeated battle. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Ping'an, as the head coach of the Slave Army, had to think about a question related to the progress of the battle, that is, whether to continue the night battle. From Zhang Ping'an's heart, he did not like night battles. However, today's large-scale corps did not achieve the battle goal. The left and right wings almost defeated the Mongolian cavalry group wolf tactics and pushed forward and did not annihilate the main force of the Mongolian cavalry. The siege of the middle attack continued. Zhang Ping'an could see the chaos and despair of the Mongolian cavalry during the battlefield confrontation from the mountain. However, Du Liang's cavalry still did not intersperse, and about 20,000 Mongolian cavalry escaped from the battlefield.

Almost all Mongolian cavalry left in the middle battlefield were wounded, and there were no standing war horses on the wide battlefield. The Mongolian cavalry that once traversed the ground was curled up by the fallen horses to avoid the lead bullets flying on all sides. The artillery crossbows of the Pound Army repeatedly shelled on the battlefield, and the explosion knocked the horses and human bodies to pieces. The Hell of Shura Field made the remnants of Mongolia lose the courage to continue fighting. Many brave Mongolian soldiers knelt down and prayed to the heaven of the Great God to take them out of the sea of ​​suffering. Cleaning up the remaining enemies is the strength of the Pound Army. With the order of Huang Zhi, the command of the middle road commander, the artillery and the crossbows stopped the shelling, and hundreds of teams of the Pound Army formed a formation like a black ant colony to eat the blood of the battlefield.

Just as Zhang Ping'an was thinking about the next step of the battle, his close-fitting cook Ma Wu brought supper. Zhang Ping'an, who was not in the mood to eat, waved his hand impatiently to signal Ma Wu to take away the rice. Gu Xin knew that the battle was at a critical moment, and Zhang Dashen was the one who should have been determined to fight. In response, Gu Xin took the supper tray from Ma Wu, raised his leg and kicked Zhang Shangwu's little butt by the sand tray, and waved his head to drive the little guy to Shuai's account to have dinner first. After all, he quickly returned to Zhang Ping'an and waited for Zhang Dashen's latest instructions. Gu Xin saw that Zhang Ping'an seemed to have the idea to stand up from the Grand Master's chair, and sat back halfway. Gu Xin guessed that Zhang Dashen was struggling about the battle.

Soon, Zhang Ping'an stood up again, and he ordered Gu Xin: "Each unit is out of contact with the Mongolian army and rests on the spot. The left and right wing legions retain a war barracks to be responsible for the front line, and the rest of the units set up camp to clear away the remaining enemies."

"Master, aren't you going to fight at night?" Gu Xin was a little unsure. He believed that continuous combat could at least maintain contact with the main force of Mongolia, so that the Mongols would not escape from the battlefield.

"Oh! Let's take a gamble! If we force Erke Kongguoer's letter to him too quickly, even if we sell Lin Danhan's seal, Erke Kongguoer's letter will definitely not believe this. Such a major battle will be fought in a moderate manner. Even if Erke Kongguoer's Eze wants to lead the main force to run, he must resist the attack of our slave army first. The Mongols did not withdraw the old and weak in the rear first, and these cavalrymen were not settled well, and the Mongolian cavalry under Erke Kongguoer's Eze would not have the intention to fight. By the time, the mountain troops led by Tian Peng would have long arrived in Helin City. As long as Tian Peng and his others captured Helin, they would completely cut off the retreat of the Mongolian army. As long as they annihilate the main force in front of the Mongolian, the battle behind would be easy to fight!"

After arranging the next battle, Zhang Ping'an planned to go back to Shuai Chan for dinner. He paused after just two steps, pointed to the battlefield at the middle road at the foot of the mountain and said, "Hurry up and ask someone to escort the prisoners to clean up the dead gangsters, tell the commanders of each war barracks to eat less food and eat more meat to replenish the strength of the brothers! His grandma, so many dead oxen are enough for us to eat for a few days! Mingrong, you send me a few people down the mountain for me, I want seven beef tongues, and ask Ma Wu to choose the best meat and cut it into thin slices, hey...hey...hey! I want to burn the hot pot!"

After hearing this, Gu Xin felt disgusted, that is, the soldiers of the Pou Nu Army did not pay so much attention to it. The body of this person and the blood of the cow corpse were mixed together. If the person was a little more particular, he would vomit. Since Zhang Dashen was about to eat hot pot and the soldiers of the Pou Nu Army were not taboo, Gu Xin also began to discuss with the staff to arrange some details about the war. Zhang Ping'an hoped that the mountain troops would launch an attack on Helin, and Tian Peng, who was thousands of miles away, seemed less urgent. The sudden appearance of the Pou Nu Army from the north completely shocked Wanhu Qinggeertai (Mongolian: Joy).
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