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Chapter 746 Soldiers? I'll hang you all up and beat you!
Tangtu's three hundred cavalrymen were ready for battle.
While Li Mingchen said that they should not underestimate their opponent, he couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.
The so-called battle preparations of Tangtu's three hundred cavalrymen were a joke.
My goodness! Not far behind the three hundred cavalrymen of the Tangtu tribe were the Tangtu tribesmen, and these three hundred cavalrymen were arranged in a classic elite formation.
This formation, which looks like an arrow from the air, is best suited for breaking through the enemy's military formation and is also a favorite offensive formation of the Hu Yuan army.
However, this elite formation required heavy armor and cavalry, and it was meant to break through the enemy's infantry formation.
Unarmored, light cavalry, arrayed in a sharp formation, then to break through the enemy's light cavalry.
A general who makes such a choice cannot be said to be brainless, but it can only be said that he has some serious illness.
Most importantly, at least your Tangtu tribe still has so many elderly, weak, women and children.
In a life-or-death crisis, why did the old, weak, women and children of the entire tribe not run away in advance, nor did they choose the young and strong to be used as infantry, but instead all cowered in the tribe?
Li Mingchen shook his head, called over several centurions including Morigen, and whispered, "Three hundred cavalrymen from Hulusitai's tribe will bypass the battlefield and stab Tangtu's tribe in the back."
“Bayan, Has, Suhe, Baiyin, each of you lead a hundred-man squad to flank Tangtu’s tribe from both sides.”
"Morgen and Batu, along with Uliji and Chaogetu, each of you will lead a hundred-man squad and work with me to draw the cavalry of the Tangtu tribe head-on."
"Pay attention, the goal is to hold back the Tangtu tribe's cavalry, not to engage them in a direct confrontation."
"..."
Following Li Mingchen's series of orders, Morigen, Batu, and the other eleven centurions each led their respective squads of one hundred men to begin operations.
The three hundred cavalrymen of Tangtu's tribe on the other side went completely mad.
Is it really necessary for the Tangtu tribe to form a battle line in front of their own tribe to meet the enemy?
No.
Tang Tubu had also considered finding out Li Mingchen's movements in advance.
However, by the time Tang Tu's troops learned of Li Mingchen's movements, Li Mingchen had already led his troops to wipe out the fleeing Tu's troops.
If they rashly charge forward to fight Li Mingchen, all three hundred cavalrymen might perish on the battlefield.
Faced with a huge disparity in troop strength, tactics such as delaying or kiting tactics were all rendered ineffective.
They couldn't even send someone to seek help from a larger tribe.
Because the only tribes near Tangtu were the Taojuntu, Hulusitai, and Zhaomaotu.
Therefore, the Tangtu tribe could only line up in front of their tribe to meet the enemy, hoping to use three hundred cavalrymen to fight a head-on battle against Li Mingchen's more than one thousand cavalrymen, and use a desperate fighting style of exchanging lives for injuries to force Li Mingchen not to kill the Tangtu tribe.
To put it bluntly, Tang Tu's troops were taking a huge gamble, betting that Li Mingchen didn't have enough troops and that Li Mingchen wouldn't dare to fight desperately.
If they win the bet, they can save the entire tribe.
If you lose the bet, you lose everything.
But to everyone's surprise, even with only a little over a thousand cavalry, Li Mingchen was shameless enough to use the tactic of splitting his forces to contain the enemy.
They didn't even have the slightest intention of launching a direct attack!
The three hundred cavalrymen of the Hulusitai tribe were the first to move. After breaking away from the main force, they circled around to the northeast. The three hundred cavalrymen of the Tangtu tribe also had to send out one hundred cavalrymen to circle around with the three hundred cavalrymen of the Hulusitai tribe, in case the Hulusitai cavalry suddenly launched an attack.
Then, the cavalry of Tangtu tribe saw that Li Mingchen had split off two more groups of cavalry to flank Tangtu tribe from the left and right.
The Tangtu cavalrymen were immediately caught in a dilemma.
With the departure of the hundred cavalrymen who were sent out, the entire Tangtu tribe now only has two hundred cavalrymen left.
Dividing the troops into two wings would be tantamount to exposing the entire Tangtu tribe to the iron hooves of the Ming army.
Not dividing the troops on both flanks would be tantamount to exposing both flanks to the iron hooves of the Ming army.
Without time to think, the cavalry commander of the Tangtu tribe, who was in charge, immediately dispatched another hundred-man squad to run to the two flanks.
Mo Rigen and the others who were with Li Mingchen were completely dumbfounded.
In war, shouldn't it be that our own thousand-plus cavalry charge at Tangtu's three hundred-plus cavalry, kill Tangtu's cavalry, and then rush into Tangtu's territory to kill and burn?
How come the lord casually divided his troops, and the Tangtu tribe on the other side also divided his troops, until the Tangtu tribe was left with only a hundred cavalrymen?
It went from 1,000 to 300 to 400 to 100.
Something feels off.
Morigen was bewildered again, but Li Mingchen smiled and ordered again: "Continue to divide the troops. Batu, you lead a hundred-man squad away from the battlefield to the southeast corner of Tangtu's territory."
Batu accepted the order and left, while the Tangtu cavalry on the opposite side stirred up a commotion.
They've split up again!
Tang Tu's troops no longer dared to send out any more troops to intercept them!
Seeing that the cavalry of the Tangtu tribe on the other side had begun to stir, Li Mingchen gently kicked his warhorse and began to lead Morigen and three hundred other cavalrymen toward the Tangtu tribe's cavalry.
The situation changed from 400 to 100 to 300 to 100.
However, the cavalry of Tangtu became even more nervous.
Whether light or heavy cavalry, a certain amount of preparation time is needed before charging.
The Ming official opposite him initially only urged his warhorse forward in small steps, clearly warming it up while conserving its energy.
This is a Ming Dynasty official who understands cavalry!
More importantly, the hundred cavalrymen who had been assigned by the Ming officials were keeping a watchful eye on the tribe from the southeast.
Once entangled by the three hundred cavalrymen led by the Ming officials, wouldn't those one hundred cavalrymen charge into the tribe without hesitation?
At this point, the cavalry commander of the Tangtu tribe had fallen into utter despair.
"Wait a minute!"
"Wait a minute!"
"My lords of the Ming Dynasty! Tang Tu's tribe is willing to surrender and accept your punishment!"
The chieftain of the Tangtu tribe, shirtless, emerged from the tribe behind the Tangtu cavalry with his hands raised high. A snow-white lamb was tied to the rope in his right hand.
Bare-chested, leading a sheep.
This is the only way to survive.
All eyes in the room turned to Li Mingchen.
When Li Mingchen heard the words "soldier," he almost fell off his horse.
Sir?
Li Mingchen will never forget the treatment he received after joking with Zhang Minghui and Geng Xingming during training and making them call him "Military Master".
The old man lifted him up with one hand, and with the other hand, he ruthlessly slammed the ruler down on his bottom.
"Sir?"
"Did I teach you all this knowledge so you could ride roughshod over the common people and become their lords?"
"If you dare joke about those two words again, I'll hang you up and beat you!"
After that beating, I couldn't get out of bed for a whole half day!
Li Mingchen unconsciously reached out and rubbed his still slightly aching buttocks, then reined in his horse and waited quietly for the leader of the Tangtu tribe to come over.