Chapter 1385 herdsmen
"Soldier Zhang." A staff officer advised: "It will take at least half a month for the main force of the army to arrive. Our mission is to detect and guide the way, and to threaten the enemy's retreat in the north. We play side drums as helpers. This play will have to wait for the main force to sing."
"The main goal of the Third Regiment is the Chahar people's side and back." Zhang Xianzhong said: "We are now in the territory of the Korqin people, and there is no conflict with the mission."
"The military department's goal of the Korqin people is to deter and suppress, not to eliminate them."
"Or what do you think I'm doing now?" A violent aura suddenly rose in Zhang Xianzhong's heart, and he wished he could whip the man with a whip.
Zhang Xianzhong held his anger and looked around and said, "Our military orders are to harass, deterrence, and cut off the enemy's back. If we don't fight, how can we be scared and afraid to run towards us? We will first raid on the periphery in this battle to attract the attention of the Korqin people. If they gather the main force, we will retreat. If it is a small group of enemies, we will beat them. Kill those who dare to resist, threaten and shock them with blood and fire. This battle must be fought, and we will definitely win!"
At present, Zhang Xianzhong feels very good, and he knows that his intuition is quite useful.
There are only large herds and small herdsmen in front of us, and they dare not fight like this. Is it because I worked hard to run thousands of miles to lead the way?
Other advance teams may be satisfied with opening up the road for the army, but Zhang Xianzhong will never be satisfied with this.
"What else can I say? Do it!"
The captain of the Hunting Cavalry Squadron took the lead in lifting his saber. After seeing Zhang Xianzhong's order, he immediately kicked the horse's belly and shouted: "Kill, follow me!"
The two wings have been spread out, all of them are foreign cavalry, and the middle are lancers and hunters.
The lances were not interested in killing a group of herders, and Zhang Xianzhong did not intend to ask the heavily armored cavalry to attack the herds. The hunting cavalry took the initiative and rushed out first.
The rogues on both wings also rushed forward. The formation was like waves, and thousands of people ran together. The sound of bronze trumpets also sounded, and the sound of people's shouts and horse hooves treading on the ground suddenly sounded!
Everyone felt the complete atmosphere of the battlefield at this time, and the passion on many people was ignited.
The long and arduous march made the body exhausted at this time. The soldiers only had targets not far away. The entire front line was opened because it was more and less, and they were targeting a group of herders. Although the other party also rode horses and had bows and arrows, there was actually no difference between them and civilians.
"Get up the courage!" Zhang Xianzhong rode his horse and ran left and right, shouting at the foreign cavalry officers and cavalrymen: "It's time for you to prove yourself!"
The cavalry may not know what the thin and thin officer was yelling, but the high spirits were still very obvious. The barbarity of these cavalry was aroused by Zhang Xianzhong and roared together.
Zhang Xianzhong laughed and rushed forward.
An excellent commander will definitely not be able to lead his subordinates, and he will use anything that can be used. More than 5,000 Fanqins are the main force this time. Along the way, Zhang Xianzhong has always been with several thousand officers, and insists on patrolling back and forth every day.
He did not deliberately act as a polite and polite person or polite soldier. On the contrary, he was very majestic and domineering and difficult to get close to.
The more this happens, the easier it is to get the recognition of these alien cavalry.
If time is enough, Zhang Xianzhong would not mind slowly training and win over these cavalry, but if he had to use these soldiers for his own use in a short period of time, he could only use the Hutchison behind him and his majesty to shock him!
Now it seems that the effect is not bad!
"kill!"
With the roar, the earth was shaking, and the large cavalry rushed towards the downstream like a flood when the flood was discharged.
A large number of Korqin herders grazed here, and their pastures have been here three years after Jiajing.
The original Fuyu Wei and Taining Wei herders either went west or integrated into it.
In the long river of history, it is not surprising that many small tribes either merge into most, unite, or new tribes appear.
The Korqin people are quite powerful, with a large number of men and soldiers, and the number of armored soldiers is among the nearby radius of thousands of miles.
They were originally only afraid of the Chahar people, but there were still frictions between the two majority, and there were often small-scale conflicts due to disputes on the ranch.
This dispute was not very strong during the Tumen Khan period, because Tumen Khan was very prestigious. During the Lindan Khan period, the Korqin people were highly oppressed by the Jurchens. They asked Chahars for help earlier, but they got nothing. Later, Korqin turned to the Jurchens, and the fight between the two sides increased a lot due to the ranch dispute.
Last year, Lin Danhan led a large army to attack Korqin. Bellmanguertai, the Jurchens, led the cavalry to help and drove away the Chahar people.
As soon as he saw a large group of cavalry rushing over, the first reaction of the Korqin people was that the Chahar people were coming again!
Everyone was shocked and didn't react for a while.
"Protect the herd!"
I don’t know who called out, and the people of Korqin woke up one after another. If they just ran away like this, the herd would be completely ruined.
That was the herd, their most precious wealth, and there were many of the property of the Taiji nobles. If they were lost like this, the most severe punishment would be waiting for them.
Moreover, after many wars, the Korqin people were no longer afraid of the Chahar people, and the fight might not be very strong, and there would be no serious casualties.
Once the alarm is sent back, all the Taiji people will lead their troops to fight back.
The herdsmen boarded their horses, unloaded their bows, and rode their horses forward to meet them.
Everyone's eyes were filled with dust, horse hooves, running war horses, red war flags, dead grass trampled by horse hooves, and of course the shaking sabers of thousands of cavalrymen!
The shepherd who came to meet him immediately regretted it!
Countless foreign cavalry soldiers were already sitting upright on horseback and began to prepare to shoot arrows at the Korqin people.
The sweeping horse team was like a cracked mudslide. When both sides approached within a hundred steps, the sound of bowstrings instantly exploded, and countless arrows flew into the air at the same time.
The good and skillful movements of the bow and arrow were shaking. His body immediately seemed very straight, full of coordination between strength and beauty. After pulling the bow, there was a slight pause. If the force was insufficient, the bow and the human body would tremble, but the Muzi movement did not move at all, like a statue.
After a "bang", Na Mu looked in front of him. An arrow was inserted into a shepherd's chest and his body fell off his horse.
Na Mu snorted, as if he was satisfied, and seemed a little dissatisfied.
In terms of riding and shooting skills, these Sorens or Oroqen people are not inferior to the Mongols.
Now they have obtained armored and high-quality bows and arrows. Even the arrows are produced in the military department of Hutchison Lizhuang. The quality is high-quality. Compared with the bows and arrows originally used by these barbarian tribes, the Korqin people's bows and arrows are far inferior to those of them. That Mucuo should feel that they can do better!
As the arrows collapsed, a large amount of rain of arrows poured over to the shepherd who dared to rush over.
Countless people were caught in arrows and fell down. These shepherds were only wearing fur coats. When they dared to rush over, the people here thought that these guys were brave enough. However, after a few rounds of arrow rain, the shepherds made a terrified scream, as if they realized that the enemy in front of them was not easy to mess with. They quickly lost all their courage and went from rushing forward to escaping from both wings.
Because the rushing and defeat were too fast, the merchant army was shocked.
At this time, the dense sound of muskets sounded, and the hunting cavalry rushed directly from the middle and used muskets to hit the shepherds who had not yet reacted and ran away.
Countless people screamed and wailed, and many shepherds even lie on the ground and knelt down and begged for mercy.
The timid herdsmen hunting cavalry did not kill them all. They turned their horses and began to chase the fleeing enemies farther away.
Some people also left behind to start to trap those chaotic herds, which were strategic materials and were seized.
If the Korqin people surrendered after the war, the herd would give them a portion of it so that they could survive.
But more herds will be driven away and become one of the benefits of Hutchison.
War means that the strong are stronger, because the strong can take away the weak and be open and upright. If it is a robber or a thief, there will always be guilty or be careful of the government arrest.
However, the victor will take away everything, even life, of the loser. If the enemy's life is left and some leftovers are left, the loser will not only not resent, but will also be grateful to the victor's tolerance and generosity.
This is the world. The stronger the strong, the weaker the weaker.
Amid the sound of bowstrings and the blast of muskets, hundreds of herders left behind more than a hundred corpses and boundless herds, and the remaining people were missing in a short period of time.
This is why the merchant army must intersperse from the territory of the Baerhu people in the rear. They do not arrange powerful cavalry behind them. Once they fight, the Korqin people and the Chahar people will run north together in a short time, and flee to the dense forests in the north and further north.
Although regaining Nuer Gandusi must be Zhang Han and Hutchison's goal, he does not have enough power at the moment and cannot do anything like this.
Use small troops to slowly infiltrate the north first and capture some tribes as settlements, which may be at most in a few years.
This time, a number of advance teams were sent to take the foreign cavalry and cut from the side and back. It may also be a preview of the advance team's large-scale northward journey.
There will be many people who cannot adapt to the overly arduous natural environment, but there will definitely be quite a few good men who are willing to make achievements and stand up.
Chapter completed!