Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 417 Destruction
Intertabunang never expected that the enemy would attack him from behind. How was this possible?

But the facts told Intertabunang that everything was true. Just to their east, more than 3,000 elite Mongolian cavalry led by Wang Hai suddenly appeared and charged towards this side.

"Where is my rear guard? Where is my rear guard?" Intertabunang cried out in grief, although his reason told him that his rear guard was finished. Not only his rear guard was finished, but even the cattle, sheep and supplies carried by his army had fallen into the hands of the enemy, otherwise there was no way the enemy would have been able to get ahead of him.

How did the enemy come? I'm afraid that the enemy had been hiding on the side when Intertabunang led the main force to Fengzhou. When Intertabunang's main force was disconnected from the rear team, the enemy rushed out from the darkness, swallowed up his two thousand cavalry rear teams in one gulp, and took away all the baggage and supplies.

After destroying the rear team, the enemy was not idle either. They followed Intertabunang's main force from a distance, waiting for the opportunity.

When Intertabunang suffered a crushing defeat due to his carelessness, the enemy no longer concealed their intentions and suddenly appeared at the most appropriate time and place, with the goal of targeting the defeated and fleeing Intertabunang.

"It's over... It's all over..." Intertabunang's face was pale and his hands and feet were cold. He originally thought that he could join up with the rear team to ensure the safety of the remnants, but now the sudden appearance of the enemy brought a cruel reality. With the deafening sound of horse hooves, well-equipped cavalry soon appeared in front of him. When those cavalry saw Intertabunang, they were like hungry wolves staring at lambs, and they pounced on him without any hesitation.

On the one hand, there were the elite cavalry who were as fierce as wolves and tigers and had been well prepared, and on the other hand, there was the defeated army who had fled all night and were exhausted. The result was obvious.

Now Intertabunang was doomed to fail, and he had no choice but to continue to flee. But where could he flee to? He was in the heart of Tumed, and because they had traveled light before, they only carried some dry food, which was not enough for them to escape back to Chahar.

What's more, since Lin Danhan decided to move westward, Chahar has actually been abandoned. Now Chahar has fallen into the hands of Huang Taiji and other tribes, and there is no way back.

In grief and anger, Intertabunang made his final choice. As a general under Ligdan Khan and a famous warrior on the grassland, Intertabunang wanted to wash away the shame of his failure with blood.

Drawing the long sword from his waist, Inttabunang's eyes turned bloodshot and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Warriors! Warriors of the Khan! The Eternal Heaven will protect us! Kill! Kill!"

Amidst the shouts, Intertabunang drove his horse and charged forward with his personal guards, killing the enemy instead of retreating. His courage also encouraged others, and the remaining soldiers and defeated generals burst out their last courage and followed Intertabunang in the counterattack, showing an indomitable momentum at this moment.

After less than half an hour, the battle was over.

As Intertabunang's body fell from the horse, his personal guards were also slaughtered by Wang Hai and his men. The remaining Mongolian cavalry completely lost the courage to resist, and the last bit of blood they had finally mustered was wiped out under the enemy's butcher knife.

Intertabunang defended his dignity with his life in the final battle. Wang Hai rode on his horse, silently looking at the corpse lying on its back on the grassland, and no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

"Sir, what shall we do with the prisoners?"

Coming back to his senses, Wang Hai raised his head and looked to the left. After Intertabunang was killed, his remaining cavalry collapsed and the battle was over quickly. No one escaped, and nearly a thousand people were captured. These captured Mongolian cavalry had been tied up, and they were dejectedly waiting for their final fate.

"Kill them all!" Wang Hai said in an emotionless tone.

"Yes!" the man responded and was about to turn around to deal with the prisoners, but at this time Wang Hai stopped him.

He pointed at Intertabunang's body and said, "Have someone collect him and bury him right here. He was a warrior, and a warrior should be treated as a warrior should be."

"Yes!"

The subordinates agreed without thinking and went to carry out Wang Hai's order.

After a while, desperate cries rang out one after another, and soon these sounds gradually stopped and finally returned to calm. In a blink of an eye, none of the remnants of Intertabunang were left, and all were sent by Wang Hai to see Changshengtian.

After dealing with the captives, Wang Hai's men simply collected Intertabunang's body, wrapped it in a piece of cowhide, and dug a pit to bury it. After burying it, Wang Hai took Intertabunang's long knife and personally stabbed it in front of his grave, which was considered the last thing he had done. Two days later, Wang Hai's troops joined Zhu Shenzhui's main force, and brought the news that Intertabunang and his remnants had been destroyed.

Since then, Intertabunang's 30,000-man army was completely wiped out, and even Intertabunang died in this battle. Except for a few thousand people who escaped, most of the rest stayed on the Tumote grassland.

The battle was won quickly and decisively, not only by defeating a larger force with a smaller one, but also by completely annihilating Ligdan Khan's southern army.

The Southern Army was gone, and Lin Dan Khan's strength was greatly damaged, especially the death of Intetabunang, which made Lin Dan Khan heartbroken. When the news came to Lin Dan Khan along with the remnants who had finally escaped to Fengzhou, Lin Dan Khan could not believe his ears. He could not accept this fact at all.

Thirty thousand elite soldiers! And his trusted general, Intertabunang, was gone just like that?

In a rage, Lin Danhan brandished a whip and beat the fleeing people, cursing and asking them what happened and how Intertabunang was defeated. It was clear that Bu Shitu's main force was on the opposite side. With the troops in Intertabunang's hands and his rich battlefield experience, how could he end up like this?

Fake! Everything is fake!

Lin Dan Khan was unwilling to believe the facts, but all those who escaped back gave the same answer: the Southern Army was indeed gone, and the whereabouts of the main general Intertabunang and the remnants were unknown, and they were probably killed on the battlefield. As for how they were defeated, there were all kinds of statements, and the messy information was contradictory. For a while, Lin Dan Khan was unable to judge, but one thing was certain, that is, the enemy they encountered was extremely elite and had a large number of firearms.

Firearms? Could it be the Ming army? Did Bu Shitu join forces with the Ming? Did the Ming send troops?

Subconsciously, Lin Danhan suddenly thought of this possibility and became alert.

As soon as this idea came up, Lin Danhan thought about it and felt that it was very likely. After all, Bu Shitu was the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty, and it was possible that he would join forces with the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty intervened in their fight, then this matter would be very troublesome. Even if Lin Danhan was arrogant, he could not ignore the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that didn't the emperor of the Ming Dynasty just die? The new emperor just ascended the throne. Wasn't the Ming Dynasty busy with the transfer of power and unable to take care of other things at this time? How could it suddenly intervene in the civil war between him and Bu Shitu? This is really a bit strange.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Danhan's small brain capacity and his mind paralyzed by alcohol for a long time could not come up with any result. He could only comfort himself that maybe it was not the Ming Dynasty that took action, but Bu Shitu was desperate and bought some firearms from the Ming Dynasty with gold and silver. If the Ming Dynasty intervened in their civil war, he should not have received any news.

Although the destruction of the southern army made Lin Danhan furious, and the disappearance of his chief general Intertabunang made him heartbroken, he still had to fight the war with Bu Shitu.

This time the decision to move the entire tribe westward was made by Ligdan Khan. At present, the Mongolian headquarters has all moved westward to the Tumed Steppe, and their original nest, Chahar, has been lost.

It is impossible to turn back now, and Lin Danhan is not sure that he can defeat the coalition forces of Huang Taiji and other Mongolian tribes. If he had the ability, Lin Danhan would not have decided to move westward. Wouldn't it be better to continue staying in his hometown of Chahar?
Now that they have arrived at the Tumote grassland, they can only continue to follow the previous plan. In order to gain a foothold here, reorganize the Mongolian headquarters, and continue to command the various tribes in the name of the Mongolian Khan, Lin Danhan must first capture Bu Shitu.

The original plan was to let the southern army advance in a roundabout way, with their main force to contain Bu Shitu, while Intertabunang would wipe out Bu Shitu's forces in Tumed and strike at the various Tumed tribes to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle.

Once the southern army of Intetabunang arrived and joined the main force, the two forces would join together to attack Bu Shitu. It should not be difficult to win this battle with their own powerful military force. But who would have thought that the southern army was suddenly gone, which made all of Lin Danhan's arrangements fall through. What's more terrible is that until now Lin Danhan has not guessed where Bu Shitu's strong army came from to eat up his southern army in one bite? Is the main force of Bu Shitu who is confronting him now really his main force? Could it be that Bu Shitu, the old fox, played a conspiracy and tricked him, using a small army to pretend to be the main force, and led the main force to quietly go south to eat up his southern army first?

The more he thought about it, the more hesitant he became. For a moment, Lin Danhan didn't know whether he should go to war with Bu Shitu right away? Or should he send scouts to find out the situation and find out Bu Shitu's real arrangement before making a decision?
At this point, Lindan Khan, who was supposed to attack immediately, suddenly paused his attack. On the opposite side, Bu Shitu, who was already prepared for a decisive battle, saw that Lindan Khan suddenly had no intention of attacking immediately. At first he suspected that Lindan Khan was plotting something, but soon he got the news that Lindan Khan's southern army was annihilated. When the news reached his ears, Bu Shitu was first surprised, and then ecstatic.

"God bless you, may God bless you!"

Bu Shitu danced with joy, and the wrinkles on his old face, which looked like orange peel, were smoothed out. This was the best news he had heard so far. The destruction of Lin Danhan's southern army, the 30,000-man army, gave Bu Shitu, who was suffocated by Lin Danhan's main force, hope.

(End of this chapter)