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"Don't run away, kill back!" Nan Se personally slashed and killed the defeated soldiers on horseback, and the guards around him also started killing them.

After hacking and killing hundreds of people, Nanse finally stopped the collapse.It stopped, but morale had already plummeted.The Tibetan soldiers regarded the artillery as the anger of the Buddha, and they did not want to fight with the Han soldiers at all, but Nanse killed people behind them again, so they could only bite the bullet and charge forward.

"Get closer and hit again."

These Southwest Datong troops used a set of equipment for fighting in Burma and Vietnam, and wore cotton armor for fighting in Kham and Tibet.

When marching, let mules and horses carry it, and wear it when fighting.

After only two or three 10 minutes of wearing it, I was already sweating because the temperature at this time exceeded 30 degrees.

Seeing that the troops were approaching, Nan Se said to the herald, "Archers, stop shooting."

The herald immediately rushed out on horseback. These Tibetan troops in Kham didn't even have a flag order system, and the combat orders were all yelled by their mouths.

In fact, they don't need flag orders.

Usually, a battle involving thousands of people is considered a big battle, and it can be commanded verbally.

This time more than 1 Tibetans participated in the battle, and Nanse gathered troops with great effort to pull all the Tibetan nobles around Qamdo.The noble armies of Qiongbu, Leiwuqi, Luolongzong and other places have all been brought to the battlefield at this moment, and there are only so few people in total. If you want to expand the army, you must also count the slaves.

Moreover, the Mongols ruled for many years and repeatedly suppressed rebellions.

Not only were many Tibetan nobles killed, they were also ordered to pay tribute to war horses, which prevented the Tibetans in Kham from forming a large-scale cavalry.

The herald rode out and came up to the noble officer, who immediately beat the drum.The archers stopped one after another, but after advancing quickly, there was no formation at all, and they stood there in a mess.

It was too late to form a team, so they pulled the bowstring and shot randomly.

The Datong army carried the rain of arrows hard, and their formation remained motionless.

A full set of cotton armor, even a face helmet, they can shoot standing up, it doesn't matter if they are tied up like a hedgehog, anyway, there will be no heavy arrows in Tibet.

"kill!"

The officer who leads the elite troops is the eldest son of Nan Se.Also, the whole team didn't stop, rushing forward with a messy army formation.

With this kind of military capacity and discipline, it is no wonder that Handu only had a few thousand Mongolian soldiers, but he was able to re-strike Kham and suppress all the rebellious local nobles.The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan soldiers in Kham was similar to that of the Southwest Chieftains, and even worse than those Southwest Chieftains.

"Judging up."

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Tibetan soldiers rushing forward were only about ten meters away.Most of the Tibetan soldiers are at a distance of 30 meters.

A volley of guns was fired, and the whole world was clean.

Before the smoke dissipated, hundreds of grenadiers walked out, passed the flintlock troops, threw bombs at the remaining Tibetan soldiers, and then charged forward with their warhammers.

On the north side, [-] southwestern cavalry also rushed out when the fire commander raised his troops.They went straight to the outflanking Tibetan soldiers on the north side, just charging intimidatingly, then bypassed these enemies, and charged directly at the central army in the south from the side.

Nan Se only heard a burst of gunshots, followed by a series of explosions.The place where the battle was fought was filled with gunpowder smoke, and it was impossible to see clearly what was going on.More and more rout soldiers escaped from the smoke, and another [-] cavalrymen were killed diagonally, which made Nan Se feel a little dazed.

what's up?

There are only more than 100 Tibetan cavalry, which were assembled by several nobles

Seeing the infantry collapse, these nobles immediately fled with the cavalry, and no one was stupid enough to intercept the eight hundred Han cavalry.

With the charge of [-] southwest cavalry, the outflanking Tibetan soldiers in the north began to break up.On the flanks of the former Tibetan soldiers nearby, they saw the friendly army on the left fleeing, the friendly army on the right also fleeing, and hundreds of cavalry passing by, and they also dispersed in an instant.

"Stop the enemy!"

When Nan Se gave the order, he ran away and let his elite guards cover the retreat.

Those so-called elite personal guards are only two to three hundred people, and most of them are infantry.Seeing the 300 Han cavalry approaching, nearly half of them fled in fright, and the remaining half fought foolishly.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The eight hundred southwestern cavalry charged on horseback, raised their guns to shoot and then drew their sabers, not even bothering to use their cavalry guns.

After chasing for several miles, the valley became narrower and narrower.

Between the river and the cliff, only the ancient tea-horse road left by the caravans.In this kind of broken terrain, one has to be careful when traveling alone, but the Tibetan nobles and cavalry rushed over and fled in a swarm.

From time to time, nobles or cavalry fell down, some by accident, and some simply because they were pushed off their horses.

Nan Se stumbled, fell down and fell to pieces.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A nobleman on horseback shouted.

Nan Se struggled to get up and roared angrily, "I am Zongdui, give me your horse!"

The nobleman was forced to slow down his horse. Seeing that Nan Se came forward to ask for a mount, the guy drew his sword and slashed out angrily.He didn't want to come to fight at first, the Han people and the Mongols were on fire, what's the matter with them Tibetan nobles?The nobles were forced to participate in the war when Nanse forced the order to gather troops. It's okay to say that they won the battle, but Nanse was responsible for the loss.

Still want to ask for a war horse to escape?

Think beautiful!

The nobleman chopped Nan Se down with one blow, but was afraid that he would not be killed, so he got off his horse and went to make up two blows.Immediately, he dragged Nan Se's body away, mounted his horse again, and galloped wildly with his whip.

"Stop, stop chasing!"

The Datong cavalry stopped one after another, and they were also furious.

Although one cavalryman did not die, more than a dozen horses fell to the ground during the pursuit.

These war horses come from several southwestern provinces, and they are all selected from the best southwest horses.Although he has been running on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau for a long time and has gradually adapted to the environment in Kham, the sudden and violent running and pursuit still caused the horse to suffer from altitude sickness.

Among the dozen or so fallen war horses, eight of them stood up one after another, and their movements were somewhat inconvenient, and the remaining five might never stand up again.

In comparison, humans are more adaptable than horses.

"Lei Wu Qi Zongdui Xianba, bow down to the noble general!"

A nobleman who fell off his horse on the battlefield was prostrate in front of Ma Hongjie at this moment, and even crawled over to kiss his boots.

Zhang Wenchang explained in a low voice: "This man named Xianba is one of the four nobles around Qamdo. Although they also support monks, they wholeheartedly go to Handu, and all monks and lay officials sent from Lhasa will be expelled by them. The sect is different from that in Lhasa."

"Understood," Ma Hongjie said to Xianba with a smile, "The Tibetan soldiers here will be under your command for the time being. As long as they are loyal and obedient, the imperial court will definitely not treat them lightly."

Xianba looked around, except for those who jumped into the river to escape, and except for those who were killed on the battlefield, the Datong Army captured more than 4000 Tibetan soldiers.

Are these soldiers all yours?

Even if it's just a temporary command of troops, it's worth it. Xianba has never led so many troops.

Moreover, entrusting such an important task shows that the Han people are supporting themselves.Go to fucking Handu, go to fucking Nanse, from now on you will mix with the Han people, you will definitely be able to become a bigger official, and you will definitely be able to own a bigger territory!

Immediately, Xianba threw himself to the ground, and bowed three times to Ma Hongjie: "General, don't worry, from now on, I will be a member of the Celestial Dynasty when I am born, and a ghost of the Celestial Dynasty when I die."

Ma Hongjie asked Xianba to rectify the troops, and then told the adjutant: "The whole army drinks saffron tea, and the war horses also drink saffron water."

Taking saffron can prevent altitude sickness, this is information provided by caravan businessmen.

In order to go to Qinghai-Tibet, the Datong Army continued to purchase and reserve saffron for several years.The troops in Shaanxi were purchased from the Yarkand Khanate.The troops on the southwest side were bought from Tibet through caravans.

The troops continued to advance and came to Qamdo mightily.

The surviving local nobles had already packed up their belongings and fled, but the monks in the temple came out to welcome them warmly.

There are several ruins of ancient cities near Qamdo, and ruins can still be seen.However, the Mongolian and Tibetan nobles only raised money to build temples, and never thought about building cities.

Ma Hongjie came to a place where two rivers meet: "This place is suitable for building a city, and there are also the ruins of the ancient city. Qamdo is located in an important place, and we will definitely build a city and garrison here in the future."

Xianba, who took refuge here, is now very active.From among the captives, he selected guys who were landlords, and let these people bring a small number of Tibetan soldiers to return to their hometowns to declare the rule of the Chinese dynasty, while he stayed in the army and continued to be a hostage.

Those nobles who escaped from the battlefield were ordered to come back to visit, and they would be exonerated if they came, and they would be regarded as stubborn to the end if they did not come.

In a radius of two or three hundred miles, there is no need to fight anymore.

In Lhasa, according to intelligence, there is no need to call, because there is no

Mongolian garrison.Next, you can go north to join Huang Yao's troops, or

Those who seek opportunities to fight alone.

Chapter 907 [Defending the Grain Road]

By the Jinsha River.

More than 3000 Mongolian cavalry, one man and two horses, headed southeast along the river valley.

"The whole army dismounts!"

Handu gave an order, and the horn sounded.

All the Mongolian cavalry stopped advancing, not only dismounted themselves, but also removed the armor and food from the horses.The cavalry first fed the horses with salt and water, and when the horses were full, they took out dry food to fill their stomachs.

The dry food for the Mongolian cavalry is mainly dry cheese.The water taken from the Jinsha River is put into the skin bag, and it is not boiled, so it can be drunk at any time.

Handu has already confirmed Huang Yao's location, and has also confirmed that there are no heavy troops in the rear Liangdao.

He set off from Yushu and went south along the Jinsha River valley. When he reached Dengma, he could cut off the grain road.Deng Ma is near the later Deng Ke. According to archaeological findings, it is the site of the legendary King Gesar.

Some sentry cavalry had gone ahead to explore the way, while the rest of the cavalry sat dozing.

"Get on the horse!"

After an unknown amount of time, Handu gave the order to set off.

The armor and food were carried by one horse, and the Mongolian cavalry rode the other horse, and advanced quickly along the river valley.

There were still more than ten miles away from Deng Ma, and the sentry in front rushed back: "Taiji, the Han soldiers built a low wall at Deng Ma, and there is a beacon tower on the other side of the river.

We were separated by a long distance, and we were discovered by the Han soldiers, and then we lit the wolf smoke.We didn't see the beacon tower on the other side, but the Han soldiers on the other side saw us, and we didn't know why their eyes could see so far. "

Why do you see so far?

Telescope chant!

Han Du was a little depressed and said: "Han soldiers are in Zaquka (Shitang), there are Han soldiers in Dengma, and there are only Han peasants there! How high is the low wall built?"

"How tall is a person." The sentry replied.

"Is that called a low wall? That's a high wall!" Handu's lungs were about to explode, which meant that he probably made the trip in vain.

Moreover, Han couldn't figure it out anyway.

Half a month ago, he sent troops to investigate, and Deng Ma only had a grain and grass transfer station and a civilian husband.How come there is a high wall in the blink of an eye, and there is a beacon tower on the other side?

In fact, it is very simple, there is no beacon tower at all.Only a few sentries stood there, piled up firewood and yak dung, and covered it with a layer of tarpaulin to prevent it from getting wet.

If Handu wanted to surprise the grain road, he had to come along the Jinsha River. The sentinels on the other side of the river were easy to see.

There is no other shortcut to take, and you can take a detour if you want, at least for a month or two.

Why is Huang Yao clear?

There are guides in the army. This surprise attack route in Handu is exactly the ancient tea-horse road that caravans often take.No matter starting from Yunnan or Sichuan, if you want to do business in northern Tibet, you can follow this road. Caravans have been walking for hundreds of years.

As for a wall as high as one person, it is also easy to build. WZ5

Choose the narrowest river valley, use the sacks that have eaten the grain, fill the nearby soil and rocks, and carry them over by mules and horses, and the work will be completed after a few days of stacking.

Handu still didn't believe in evil, and continued to lead his troops to kill him. He believed that Deng Ma was only a civilian husband of the Han army.

It is true that there are only civilian husbands, but these civilian husbands are all recruited from farmers and soldiers.

"The Mongols are coming!"

The leader of the civilians guarding Dengma saw the cavalry of Handu, instead of being afraid, he became excited.

There are only 200 civilians guarding the earth and stone wall, but there are more than a thousand people a few miles behind them.Over there is the grain transshipment node. The peasants transporting grain from the southwest can rest for a day at the big station, while the peasants in the station continue to transport grain to the north. Anyway, the scale of thousands of people is maintained at any time.

The smoke rose quickly, and the food stations a few miles away also took action, leaving half of the peasants guarding, and the other half came to support.

"This time I finally succeeded!"

"Hey, if it was just a few years ago, now there is no division of land for military achievements."

"If you have money, you can get it. You still want to enjoy the fields?"

"As far as I'm concerned, money doesn't matter. If you make great contributions this time, Sichuan will be recruited in the future, and you will definitely be selected among us. If you become a member of the Datong Army, you will eat imperial rations. The Deng Liu in our village is not good at farming land, nor is he good at work. Hey, I don’t know a lot of big characters. Hey, he retired from the army, got mixed up and returned to his hometown, and was invited by the caravan to pledge the goods, and he could earn 16 taels of silver for a round trip!”

"Really or not, 16 taels for a trip?"

"I lied to you to get a hammer? Their caravan doesn't even need to go to India. They will come back when they arrive at Hanshegar (Dingri). They can make two trips a year."

"Running twice a year? Isn't that like getting 32 taels!"

"Don't be jealous. Deng Liu is very good. He learned archery from his comrades in the army."

"Just brag, the Datong Army has no archers for a long time."

"Hey, you still don't believe..."