Chapter 26 The Tumet Cavalry
Li Laoer, who had been watching for a long time, finally understood why the Mongols could not defeat the Jurchens, mainly because their equipment was too poor. If the Mongolian cavalry used the method of dealing with the guards of Shanxi merchants to deal with the Jurchens, they would probably be shot to pieces by the Jurchen archers when they were harassed around the Jurchen formation.
Lin Danhan, who was riding on a sweat-blooded horse, had not moved, and observed the formation of the Shanxi Merchant Guard from afar. After the Chahar Mongolian cavalry harassed seventeen consecutive times, Lin Danhan found that the formation of the Shanxi Merchant Guard had begun to be in chaos, and the 200 Jurchen archers mixed in the Shanxi Merchant Guard had also begun to exhaust themselves. Lin Danhan knew that the opportunity had come.
Looking at the Shanxi merchant transportation team in front, there were thousands of pack horses. The caravan of this size also had at least four or five thousand stones of grain, as well as countless important materials such as iron, cotton, tea, salt, etc. As long as we took this caravan, Lin Danhan would not have to worry about how to spend this winter.
"Report!" Just as Lin Danhan was about to order a fatal blow to the Shanxi merchant guards, a Chahar Mongolian scout cavalry galloped over, turned over and dismounted in front of Lin Danhan, and knelt on one knee to report, "Khan, Tumot cavalry appeared in the northwest of our army! There were about five or six thousand people coming towards us."
"Tumot people!" Lin Danhan said gritting his teeth. He did not expect the Tumot people to come so quickly. Lin Danhan drew out his golden sword and pointed the Mongolian cavalry on the grassland in the northwest. "Sons, rush over and kill them!"
The more than 5,000 Tumot cavalry who came to welcome the Shanxi merchant caravan were all the most elite Mongolian cavalry of the Tumot tribe. When the Chahar Mongols came to intercept the Shanxi merchant caravan, the Tumot scout cavalry who were moving nearby discovered the situation and immediately returned to naturalization, reporting the situation to Bu Shituhan, the leader of the Tumot tribe.
Bu Shitu heard that the Chahar people were going to grab the gifts given to him by Yuetuo, and was furious and immediately sent troops to rescue the Shanxi merchant caravan. Yuetuo bought the caravan's goods to give to the Tumote people, which was the food and cotton that were urgently needed for the winter.
In recent years, the year has not been good. The Mongolians used all the grasslands they could use to raise sheep, so fewer horses. The merchants who went to the west liked the most were horses, and the selling price was also very high. However, the Mongolians could not bring so many horses to exchange for goods, and the harvest in the pass in the past few years was not good. Moreover, those people were all profiteers, all of whom were the ones who set prices on the ground. Now the grain and salt have increased a lot, especially salt, which has increased by more than three times.
It's already very cold in September. Judging from this situation, I don't know how cold it will be this winter. At that time, I don't know how many tribesmen will freeze to death and starve to death.
In this case, Huang Taiji sent Yue Tuo to help the Tumotes in time, but the Chahar Mongols made a stumbling block to steal the goods from them, which made Bu Shitu really unbearable.
"Lin Danhan is rebellious and extremely cruel. They are determined to annex our Tumote tribe. Now they have sent people to attack the caravans that are naturalized, trying to steal the food that should belong to us! This matter is absolutely unbearable!" Bu Shitu ordered the troops to be sent.
Lin Danhan discovered the coming Tumot Mongolian cavalry. He ordered that the 10,000 cavalry under his command be divided into two parts, one of which is 4,000 troops, and continue to restrain and harass the Shanxi merchant caravans, and the other is 6,000 troops, to fight the Tumot cavalry.
"Kill!" Tashhai waved a scimitar, shouted, and rushed to the first one.
Thousands of Chahar Mongolian cavalry followed closely behind the Tash Sea, and six thousand cavalrymen galloped at high speed on the grassland, facing the Tumot Mongolian cavalry.
Two Mongolian cavalry collided on the grassland, like two thunderbolts colliding head-on, with scimitars slashing and stabbing. Countless cavalry on both sides were dropped, and their iron hooves trampled on their bodies and screams quickly disappeared. When Tashhai rushed past a Tumot cavalry, the scimitar in his hand cut through the neck of the Tumot man, and only saw a head flying into the sky. The Tumot cavalry turned over and fell off, and then was trampled into meat paste.
The Tumots flocked to him surrounded Tashhai, and they were circling around him like a lantern. The scimitar kept greeting him, making Tashhai unable to resist the power of the fight.
At this moment, a large group of Chahar cavalry behind rushed over and dispersed the Tumots surrounding the Tash Sea.
The cavalry of both sides hurried past, leaving corpses everywhere. There were suddenly many ownerless war horses on the grassland. After running for a few steps, they stopped and stood on the side and ate grass leisurely.
In the first round of confrontation, the Chahar Mongols lost more than a thousand cavalry, while the Tumots suffered slightly greater losses. After all, the Tumots were not the opponent of the Chahar Cavalry.
Just as Lin Danhan looked at his cavalry proudly, intending to make the Tumot cavalry completely disappear on the grassland with another round of impact, another Mongolian cavalry appeared in the northwest, with a large number of people, with about tens of thousands of horses.
"Damn it, Tumot's reinforcements have arrived!" Tashhai cursed.
Although the Chahar Mongolian cavalry is powerful, it is difficult to deal with the Tumots who are much more than themselves.
At this moment, a team of cavalry appeared on the grassland in the northeast, rushing towards Lin Danhan. Seeing the cavalry flag appearing in the northeast, Lin Danhan knew it was his reinforcements, and he felt relieved: "Okay, our reinforcements have also arrived!"
A melee broke out on the grassland, with horse hooves, shouts of killing, bowstrings, screams, and war horse neighing, mixed into a majestic symphony. Countless cavalrymen were caught on both sides. On the grassland, corpses were everywhere, and the air was filled with pungent blood.
"The Khan, you can attack, and the Shanxi merchants can no longer stop it. If the Khan launches an attack, the grass people are willing to take the lead!" Li Laoer immediately stepped forward and suggested to Lin Danhan. What Li Laoer thought was not to grab a lot of food, but to completely annihilate the Shanxi merchant guards in this battle, it would be best to take the opportunity to kill several Shanxi merchant leaders and give them a heavy blow.
As long as the Shanxi merchant line is destroyed, Huang Taiji's strength will be severely hit. After Li Laoer finished this vote, he had to return to his Dadongyugouling mountain village immediately and wait for Huang Taiji there. He planned to save a group of Han people who escaped from Da'ankou. If possible, he also planned to rescue Zhao Rujiao, who was ambushed by the Later Jin army.
Lin Danhan also found that the Shanxi Merchant Guard had been defeated, so he turned to his personal soldiers and said, "Shake the flag and beat the drum! Attack!"
Li Laoer took the lead with a horse, and the 18-foot-long horse lance in his hand was erected forward, followed by more than 3,000 Chahar Mongolian cavalry and his own seven hundred cavalry.
The war horse galloped, and the Shanxi Merchant Guard's horse-rejecting rifle in front was getting closer and closer. The tip of the gun was flashing with dazzling light under the sunlight, which made the war horse hesitate and timid. The speed of running slowed down and he didn't dare to rush forward. The knight on the horse keenly noticed the strangeness of the horse, either strangling his legs or directly stabbed the spurs on his boots towards the horse.
Chapter completed!