Chapter 307 Attack on the Horqin Department again
Two months later, in May of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Guodong, who was in charge of Kulun, received military information that he would not receive and return at night: "I have contacted Ezhe, who has come to Donggui, and they are stationed in the Xinqinzhong grassland where Borjijin Ezhen is located."
The New Qinzhong Grassland was later Ordos Grassland, which was very close to the Hetao, which is currently controlled by the Jurchens. Fortunately, although the Jurchens were good at fighting, they were not good at searching on the grasslands, so it was difficult for them to find wandering Mongolians.
"Our people among the Tumotes secretly conveyed false information to Jiannu and disrupted Jiannu's audio-visuality. It was not a matter of time before they wanted to find Erzhe and Baobao. But we must take action, otherwise once Jiannu found Erzhe and grasped the Chahar tribe, the Tumotes would have to really surrender to Jiannu!" Li Guodong pointed to the map and said.
Three days later, Ezhe, Nangang and Wuyunna were taken back to Kulun in Mobei by Han Dashan and the others.
Chechen Khan Shuolei, Tushetu Khan Gunbu and Zasaktu Khan Suba all arrived in Kulun, and the three Khalkhakhans sat in the golden tent.
"The Mongolian Khan is here!" A long shout came from outside.
The three Khalkhans stood up, and the Xinchahar Khan Ezhe walked into the golden tent. The three Khalkhans put their right hands on their chests and saluted Ezhe. In fact, the three Khalkhans did not take Ezhe, a young child who was just in their early twenties seriously, just because he was the nominal Khan of the Sect Master, and he respected him on the surface.
Ezhe was almost crying: "Three great khans, please save our Chahar tribe! Our people hid in the Ezhen tribe, hiding from all over the world, for fear of being caught by the Jurchens. If you don't send troops, the Chahar tribe will be finished."
Nangang and Wuyunna also walked into the golden tent and begged to the three Khalkhakhs: "Three great khans, please save our Chahar tribe, otherwise we will be finished."
When the three Khalkhakhans saw that Nangang and Wu Yunna were beautiful, the three looked at each other, and Tushetu Khangun said: "I hope the Khan will rest assured! In the Chahar tribe, we will definitely help!"
Chechen Khan Shuolei looked at Li Guodong: "General Li, our three units have combined forces and are probably not the opponent of the Jurchens. Although we can attack the Jurchens' granary according to General Li's plan, we may not be able to break through the granary."
Suba said: "Even if we Mongolians are on the grassland, even if we lose, the Jurchens cannot catch up with us; if we win, the Jurchens cannot escape. But the Korqin people can chase us and fight, and they can entangle us; we are not afraid of the simple Jurchens; we are not afraid of the simple Korqin people, but if they are combined into one, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."
"You can win by chance! Jiannu's combat ability on the grassland is far inferior to you Mongols, and even worse than my Han cavalry! Their dependence on the grassland is the Korqin people. As long as we find a way to transfer the Korqin people and separate the Jurchens from the Korqin people, then the grassland is the world of your Mongols!" Li Guodong pointed to the location of the Korqin tribe on the map, "We can attack the east and west, send people to attack the Korqin tribe, and run away after fighting, forcing the Korqin people to return to rescue, so that the Korqin people and the Jurchens will be separated."
"What after separation?" Shuolei asked.
"As long as you separate, it will be easy. We are responsible for attacking the tough and attacking the Jiannu's grain camp; you will cut off the ferry and attack the Jiannu's grain transport team. Once Jiannu sends troops back to rescue, you will use your mobility to deal with Jiannu and create an opportunity for us to break through the Jiannu's grain camp. As long as the Jiannu's grain is burned, Jiannu will inevitably be in trouble without fighting. At that time, we will be able to wipe out the 50,000 Jiannu from Dorgon and Yuetuo's tribes! The Jurchen population is small. If 50,000 real slaves are lost at once, they will not be able to recover their vitality without five or six years. If this happens, they can keep the peace of Mongolian tribes."
"Attacking the Korqin tribe is a good idea, but the Korqin people are also Mongolians. We cannot do things like Lin Danhan, and we specifically aim the knife at our Mongolians themselves." Shuolei's face was gloomy and sunny.
Li Guodong knocked on the map on the table and said, "Attacking the Korqin tribe, this matter will be left to our Han cavalry! The Korqin tribe followed Jiannu to rob our Ming Dynasty twice, and they and us have long been mortal enemies! We can take action to deal with them! There is another thing, you send some people to follow us, we attacked the Korqin people, and the seized cattle and sheep cannot be taken away. You just send someone to take them back, just treat it as a gift to you."
Gunbu suddenly laughed: "I heard that General Li has taken a new concubine, or is he from Korqin?"
"This does not affect my attack on Korqin's troops!"
On May 8, Li Guodong left Kulun with his two thousand cavalry and two thousand two hundred camel firearm soldiers and rushed to the southeast Korqin grassland.
The 4,200 horses were dressed as Mongolians, carrying dry food and water bags, two thousand cavalrymen, one person and two horses, two thousand camels, a total of three thousand camels were equipped with three thousand camels. One hundred nights, the cavalry was responsible for exploring the way without stopping the mail at the front, followed by one thousand cavalry, three thousand camels in the middle, and nine hundred cavalry broke the rear. This mixed formation was raiding at a speed of 130 miles a day.
After the firearm soldiers were replaced with camels, their movement speed was also very fast, with a walking speed of fifty-two miles per hour, and could march 130 miles a day, which was equivalent to the long-distance raid of cavalry. The camels sprinted slowly than the cavalry, but they could also reach an instantaneous speed of forty kilometers per hour.
The sprinting speed of Mongolian horses is fifty kilometers per hour, and the instant sprinting speed of the Wuzhumuqin horse and the Hequ horse can reach sixty kilometers per hour, while the Arab warm-blooded horse is the fastest, and it can reach an instant sprinting speed of seventy kilometers per hour. Li Guodong's cavalry is still dominated by Mongolian horses, with only twenty Arab horses, more than two hundred Piwuzhumuqin horses, more than one hundred Pidon hippos and more than five hundred Hequ horses.
When marching, Mongolian horses with good endurance are used, and fast war horses will only be used during combat.
After a long-distance raid of fifteen days, on May 23, Li Guodong's cavalry attacked a Korqin camp at night, set fire to burn more than 300 yurts, beheaded more than 1,000 levels, seized more than 5,000 horses and countless cattle and sheep.
I had experience in attacking the Korqin tribe, and I was already familiar with the journey this time. That night, two thousand iron cavalry marched at night and attacked another Korqin camp fifty miles away, killing more than a thousand Mongolians, seizing more than 4,000 horses and countless cattle and sheep.
Two thousand cavalry and two thousand two hundred camel firearms attacked the Korqin grasslands. In five days, eight Korqin camps were destroyed in succession, killing more than 10,000 people. The captured horses, cattle and sheep have become flooded. Except for some cattle and sheep that were slaughtered as military rations, a large number of cattle and sheep could not be taken away, and they could only be temporarily thrown into the destroyed Mongol camp.
Chapter completed!