The Ming Army's sudden attack caught the Northern Barbarians unprepared. At this moment, not only the musketeers and cannoneers, but the cavalry also charged past the captives. The Ming Army suddenly began their general attack.
Such a sudden attack made the Northern Barbarians dizzy. When the leader of the Northern Barbarians saw that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the hostages and the occupation. He quickly led his troops and ran. He thought that the Ming Army's reinforcements had arrived. In the end, the Ming Army chased him for a long distance before the Ming Army finally retreated.
He counted the number of casualties and gloomily discovered that he had lost a few hundred of his clansmen. Not only did he not manage to save those he should have, he had also lost a few hundred of his clansmen. He couldn't help but feel gloomy. He didn't even know how to explain this to the Great Leader.
However, he couldn't not go back. Thus, he could only dejectedly lead his troops back. Before he reached Yanghe City, he encountered the Great Leader who was leading a large army.
"Defeated?"
"Yes."
"Are there any pursuers?"
"After chasing for a while, they stopped."
"Is it the main force of the Ming Army?"
"There are cannons, musketeers, cavalry and infantry. They even despicably used our captured clansmen as hostages. They were behind us while our clansmen were in front. This subordinate really didn't know what to do. Then, the Han suddenly used the cannons and the cavalry charged over. I couldn't hold them off. Great Leader, it might be the Ming Army's reinforcements."
He originally thought that he would be scolded. Who knew that the Great Leader would actually stroke his beard and laugh.
"As expected, it seems that the Han have reached their limit."
"Ah?"
The Little Leader had a puzzled expression.
"Don't you understand? If the Han have not reached their limit, why would they use our people as shields to force us to retreat? If they have reinforcements, why didn't they directly charge over? Why would they retreat?
There is only one answer. The Han are deceiving us, making us mistakenly think that they still have a large number of troops in their hands. This is so that we don't dare to take the initiative to attack, so that they can wait for the real reinforcements. Now that the Han are at their weakest, if we don't charge over now, when will we? "
The Great Leader made a prompt decision —
Gather the main force of forty thousand people and kill their way over, annihilate the entire Ming Army in one fell swoop, snatch Da Tong back, and save all the clansmen. It did not matter to the old guys, but it was still very important to have strong young men who could raise the next generation. They could not be abandoned carelessly.
The others looked at each other.
At that time, they had won the battle but were unwilling to send troops. Now that they had lost the battle, they were willing to send troops. The attitude of the Great Leader made the junior leaders feel that it was amazing. However, they were used to listening to the arrangements of the strong.
With a single command, 40,000 Northern Barbarians charged towards the direction of Datong, following the same path. They had to be fast and ruthless!
This was the Great Leader's decision. They had to kill their way over as soon as possible, and let those foolish and arrogant Hans think that they had been intimidated and didn't dare to come. In truth, the strongest elite forces had been brought over, and their goal was to wipe out the entire Han army and take this land for themselves!
On such a cold day, of course, they had to live in the city or in their houses. Wouldn't they die of cold if they stayed on the grassland every day?
As for how the Hans managed to fight their way to Datong …
Previously, his trusted aide had mentioned it, and he had thought about it. He also wondered if there was a problem with Lalik, and whether he should go back.
However, on second thought, so what if there was a problem with Lalik?
This was the place that Lalik had allocated to his tribe before he went south. Could it be that he had to give up and return to the snowy grassland?
The grassland was too cold, and the living here was too comfortable. He could not bear to leave such a comfortable place. It was not just him, the entire tribe was unwilling to give up such a comfortable place, and give up the pleasure of having so many Han slaves serving them wholeheartedly.
This thought stimulated him. He knew that the Hans might come north in large numbers for revenge, and the Hans might gather a large number of troops to attack them, but …
So what?
If Lalik was done for, then it would be his turn to defend, and we could just continue fighting. No matter how many Hans came, we would fight them all. Lalik had only taken 50,000 people with him, and Tumut still had many strong youths who could participate in the war. This was the confidence of Tumut, and also the confidence of the other four tribes.
If this was not enough, then it was fine. Anyway, more tribes had already received the news and planned to go south. There were already eight tribes that had clearly decided to go south, and the closest one had already arrived at Guihuacheng, and would soon go south.
Even if Lalik was done for, they had the advantage in numbers. Even if the Hans wanted to go north, they would still have to fear them. Even if they could not continue to go south, it would not be a problem to occupy Datong! There were so many cities, so many fortresses, and so much food. Why couldn't people live there?
Therefore, they had to fight the frontlines well, and fight back the Hans' counterattack. They had to let more people live in the grassland, and make the Hans retreat, and make the Hans admit defeat, and make the Hans have no choice but to accept the fact that Datong was actually occupied by more than a dozen tribes, and become everyone's territory!
With this thought, the Great Chief was no longer at a loss.
The cavalry's speed was very fast. In just half a day, they had already rushed to the Ming Army's original first line of defense. There was no Ming Army here, and the second line of defense was also not defended by the Ming Army.
The Great Chief ordered the entire army to cross the long valley and enter the small flat area. At this moment, the sentries reported that they had discovered a group of Ming Army troops setting up camp. It was a mixed group of cavalry and infantry. They did not know the exact number, but it did not seem to be a lot.
The Great Chief had a 'as expected' smile, and boasted to the small chiefs beside him, "The Ming Army has no way to continue attacking, and can only turn to defense. They have deployed troops here to defend. They probably think that we have been successfully deceived, so they are still making preparations. Let's kill our way over. In the words of the Hans, we will catch them off guard!"
Only then did the small chiefs understand what he meant, and they all laughed together.
"The Hans can no longer hold on! This is the best time for us to take back Datong. I order, immediately launch an all-out attack, and completely destroy the Hans! "
The Great Chief immediately gave the order to attack.
The two brothers, Li Rubai and Li Rumei, who were pretending to set up camp on the small flat area to defend. Previously, they had followed Xiao Ruxun's instructions, and won battles after battles. They did not understand why they had to fight in this way, but it looked like a high-level battle tactic that they did not understand, and Xiao Ruxun was right every time.
This time, Xiao Ruxun said that the main force of the Northern Barbarians would attack, and that they should pretend to resist in the small flat area, fire a few cannons and fire a few shots, and then quickly run away, luring the Northern Barbarians into our ambush circle.
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