Chapter 139 Lin Danhan's Plan, a Disastrous Attack and Retreat

The next day, Wang Dahu, who had rested for a night, led 5,000 cavalrymen.

One man and two horses, they began to gallop on the grassland outside the Great Wall, rushing towards Jiayuguan at the western end of the Great Wall, preparing to attack the rear of the Turpan army.

As for where the 5,000 cavalrymen came from.

They did not capture many Mongolian cavalrymen, but they seized a lot of war horses.

After all, after the death of the war horse owner, the war horse will not keep running away.

Therefore, Wang Dahu and his men actually seized nearly 10,000 war horses.

With horses, it is still easy to form cavalry in terms of the physical fitness of the rescue army.

What's more, horses are a tool for them to travel and chase the enemy.

After catching up with the enemy, even if it is infantry against cavalry, they are not inferior at all, and can even easily kill them.

Therefore, Wang Dahu dared to take 2,000 veterans, plus the newly formed 3,000 cavalry, to attack the Turpan army directly.

This time, the journey outside the grassland was just a new cavalry training.

When they really arrived at the rear of the enemy, they would dismount and fight, and they would have the confidence to win the battle.

After all, the army of Turpan was only 20,000.

At the beginning, Wang Dahu led hundreds of people-saving soldiers and dared to charge back and forth in the tens of thousands of troops led by Yang Jiamo, let alone now.

The enemy army was only 20,000, while the people-saving soldiers he led had reached 5,000.

And this was the effect after the formation magic reached the third level, including 5,000 subordinate soldiers, connecting the power of everyone.

Even every soldier could mobilize this powerful force.

However, it would be limited by the limit of the body, and could only exert the true qi power that the body could bear the limit of control.

That's right, after several months of uninterrupted practice, Wang Dahu's formation magic finally reached the third level.

Thanks to this, and the practice of others, Wang Chao's main star of the formation magic power integrated with spiritual power has reached the peak of level three, and there is a possibility of breaking through to level four at any time.

By then, the power of the magic power will exceed the level of level three magic power, and will once again exceed Wang Chao's own realm.

However, Wang Chao is now on the verge of a breakthrough, but I don't know who will break through first.

Of course, whether it is the magic power that breaks through first or the realm that breaks through first, it will greatly increase the power of Wang Chao.

Wang Chao is looking forward to this.

While Wang Dahu and his men were traveling day and night to Jiayuguan, Lin Danhan, who had already penetrated deep into the grassland, had stopped running and gathered some of the defeated soldiers.

After counting the number of people, Lin Danhan almost fell down.

Of the 50,000 troops that attacked Shandan Weicheng, there were less than 3,000 left, which was less than the number of people captured by Wang Dahu and his men.

Originally, the number of casualties was only more than 20,000 at most, even if the number of prisoners captured by Wang Dahu and his men was included, it was only 23,000 or 24,000.

Lin Danhan and his men should have at least 20,000 people left.

But at that time, Wang Dahu and his men were chasing closely, and many Mongolian cavalry had already fled, and many of them even ran towards their own tribes, and they had never thought of returning to Lin Danhan's account again.

Lin Danhan led them to lose soldiers and generals, and they were already considering whether to be loyal to him.

Joining the Ming Dynasty, joining the Later Jin, or joining the Salvation Army, is what they need to consider.

Therefore, the number of defeated soldiers that Lin Danhan finally gathered was less than 3,000.

Among them, the number of soldiers and horses that truly belonged to the Tumed headquarters was only 1,000.

The other soldiers and horses were all coalition forces from other tribes.

But things have already happened, Lin Danhan is angry, but he can only vent his anger and start thinking about what to do next.

He didn't dare to attack the Salvation Army again.

The image of the Salvation Army's crazy killing, with people and armor chopped in half with one sword, has been deeply imprinted in his heart, so that he can no longer raise the slightest resistance.

Now he can only return to Tatar Tumed and reorganize an army to deter the Mongolian tribes that are attached to Tatar Tumed, so that they dare not rebel.

While he was thinking, a tribal leader asked.

"Khan, should we inform Turpan King Abdullain about our situation here?"

At this moment, when he looked at Lin Danhan again, he had lost a lot of awe in the past, and his tone was much more casual.

After hearing the question, Lin Danhan's eyes flashed, notify Turpan King Abdullain?

Why should he inform?

Their Tumed suffered heavy losses, so Turpan would not be better.

On the grassland, it is a naked law of the jungle.

If their Tumed declines, and Turpan does not suffer much, or even becomes stronger, it is a threat to their Tumed tribe.

Therefore, Lin Danhan shook his head directly.

"No need!"

At the same time, he also noticed the change in the tone of the tribal leader just now.

However, he did not get angry immediately, but issued orders to everyone.

"Now that we have been defeated by the people's rescue army, we must return to our headquarters as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

When everyone went down to prepare to set off, a cold light flashed in Lin Danhan's eyes. When he returned to the Tumed headquarters and reorganized the army, he would definitely eliminate these tribal leaders who were slack to him one by one.

But now is not the time to get angry.

Although he is a bit of a bully, he is not really stupid, otherwise he would not be the Khan of the Tumed tribe.

Although his wife also helped him a lot.

But it is undeniable that Lin Danhan is still very capable.

Naturally, he can restrain his anger at this time.

He will not get angry at this time when he is the weakest.

Who knows what those tribal leaders think? If they all turn their troops around and besiege him, he will inevitably fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

So, even if he is angry, he will have to wait until he returns to the Tumed royal court and reorganizes a new army before settling accounts with them for despising the Khan's majesty.

On the other hand, Wang Dahu and others traveled day and night, and finally arrived outside Jiayuguan three days later.

At this moment, the Turpan army outside Jiayuguan has actually reached its limit.

They have launched several attacks in more than three days, but they were repelled every time. Not to mention breaking through Jiayuguan, they couldn't even climb up the city wall.

The arrows of the Salvation Army were too sharp. When they were 400 meters away from Jiayuguan, the defenders on the city wall began to shoot, and the longest range was even nearly 500 meters.

It directly covered a 100-meter range between 400 and 500 meters.

In just a moment, a large number of soldiers died tragically.

Ordinary leather armor could not stop an arrow from the Salvation Army.

And as the distance got closer, the power of the arrows continued to increase.

When they were less than 100 meters away from the city wall, many arrows could even pass through the body and kill the people behind them again.

Moreover, the arrows of the Salvation Army seemed endless. From the first day of the attack to now, as long as they launched an attack, the Salvation Army would continue to shoot arrows, and they would not be reduced at all until the end of the battle.

Even if they rushed to the bottom of the city wall, there were not so many soldiers to climb the city, and they would soon be shot and killed by the Salvation Army.

Well, since it is impossible to manufacture firearms in large quantities in later generations, the dynasty naturally has to maximize the advantages of the Salvation Army.

The power of strength allows the Salvation Army to draw three-stone and four-stone longbows.

The power of walking will not only increase their speed, but also enhance their eyesight and nerve reaction.

These two combined, even without the blessing of archery, can make them the best archers.

With such conditions, the dynasty will naturally manufacture bows and arrows in large quantities.

Since the Salvation Army was established and had the ability to manufacture bows and arrows, the dynasty has ordered the weapons manufacturing department to work overtime to manufacture bows and arrows.

Moreover, the bows and arrows used by the Salvation Army do not need to consider whether they can be drawn while increasing the range like ordinary people.

Ordinary bows and arrows do not have such a long range, so they are thickened and enlarged, and all made into iron-framed bows.

In short, you only need to consider the range, and you don’t have to consider whether the bowstring can be drawn.

Naturally, the manufacture of the Salvation Army’s bows and arrows is much simpler.

Therefore, among the Salvation Army today, there are not many other things, but there are many bows and arrows, which are absolutely so many that people doubt their lives.

Therefore, the Salvation Army rarely engages in direct hand-to-hand combat in battles. That is a choice they will make only when they have no choice.

When the Salvation Army fights, they often greet with bows and arrows first.

Until the end, when the enemy army is close to collapse, the Salvation Army will launch close combat, not to mention defending the city.

The endless rain of arrows can definitely suppress the enemy army under the city, making them doubt their lives.

Especially for important cities like Jiayuguan, after several months of accumulation, the arrows are even more massive.

Even continuous shooting is enough to guarantee three days of supply.

What's more, it is impossible for the Turpan army to attack continuously.

Moreover, Jiayuguan is the most important pass on the westernmost side of the Great Wall. The high walls and strong walls make it difficult for them to climb.

So until now, they have not even climbed the city wall.

But they have suffered heavy casualties, and have lost nearly 10,000 before and after.

They had not even attacked the city wall, but they had already lost more than half of their troops. This made them doubt their lives from top to bottom, from generals to soldiers, and they had no desire to attack the city at all.

In the central army camp, the atmosphere was extremely depressing. Turpan King Abdullain looked gloomy and spoke coldly to the generals below.

"A bunch of trash, a group of rebels from the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiayuguan, and you can't even attack it."

The generals below had dark faces and lowered their heads silently without saying a word.

But in their hearts, they couldn't help but secretly complain.

We are all trash, so why don't you lead the troops to attack the city?

At the very beginning, some people would take the initiative to invite the battle.

But without exception, all died at Jiayuguan.

Now, no one of the remaining generals dared to lead the troops to attack the city.

Even if Abdullain gave the order, they would only command the soldiers to attack the city from the rear, but they would not charge themselves.

Looking at the performance of the generals below, Turpan King Abdullayin became even more angry and said angrily:

"Who below is willing to lead the troops to attack the city again?"

The generals looked at each other, and then they all lowered their heads.

"Humph!"

Turpan King Abdullayin snorted coldly, sat down slowly, and after a flickering look in his eyes, he immediately said:

"What should we do now? What can you teach me?"

And his tone had softened unconsciously.

The generals looked at each other and could see the understanding in each other's eyes.

Obviously, there was no need to continue the war at this point.

And the King of Turpan, Abdullain, had already thought of retreating.

However, as the King of Turpan, he led the troops to the battle this time.

If he suffered heavy losses and gained nothing, and returned in disgrace, it would be embarrassing and would attract a lot of criticism.

Therefore, the King of Turpan, Abdullain, now needs someone to give him a way out.

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