If Chang Ao abandoned the women, children, and livestock and ran away, then Zhang Weixian would definitely not chase after him.
After defeating the Duoyan Tribe this time, the imperial court would definitely build a city in the grasslands. There was no doubt about this.
In the past, they did not build a city in the grasslands because there were no benefits and the imperial court did not have the money to supply them.
However, it was different now. There were many benefits in the grasslands. Whether it was grazing or horses, it was all money.
Zhang Weixian did not doubt the ability of merchants. Zhang Weixian even heard rumors that someone wanted to give land to meritorious officials in the grasslands.
Honours of the Daming Dynasty did not have land, nor did they have hereditary dukes. They only had tax-free fields.
Once the imperial court gave land to meritorious officials in the grasslands, then building a city in the grasslands was an even more important step.
Ma Dong and Ma Lin did not know or understand these things. Ma Dong and Ma Lin's thoughts were not on these things. Their minds were now filled with how to fight their way over and how to get rid of Chang Ang.
After defeating Chang Ang and destroying the Duoyan Tribe, the merits of the two would be in their hands.
Once this merit was achieved, Ma Dong's title would definitely be promoted. It would not be a problem for him to get a title of Earl.
Even if he could not get a title of Earl, this merit would be recorded. The next time he made a contribution would probably be enough.
"Don't worry, Commander. The two of us will definitely not disappoint you."
Ma Dong and Ma Lin left with their men. Twenty thousand cavalrymen charged directly towards the Duoyan Tribe's tent to attack Chang Ao.
While Zhang Xueyan was arranging for a surprise attack, Li Chengliang in Jinzhou also made the same arrangements.
The army was led by Xu Wenbi. He personally led the surprise attack.
Among the three Duoyan Tribes, the strongest was the Duoyan Tribe, followed by the Fuyu sect Tribe, and the weakest was the Taining Tribe.
Li Chengliang did not care about the Taining Tribe at all. Twenty thousand cavalrymen split into three groups and attacked the various tribes of the Taining Tribe.
Unlike Zhang Weixian's steady attack, Li Chengliang was prepared to give the Taining Tribe a good beating and destroy them in one battle.
Unlike the Liao Army and the Capital Army, the Liaodong Army had not been idle all these years and had been fighting.
After becoming stronger in the past two years, it was common for the Liaodong Army to go out of the fortress. There was nothing to feel uncomfortable about at all. Li Chengliang did not take the people of Taining Peace Tribe seriously at all.
Sweep across and cripple them. Li Chengliang's battle strategy was very simple.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen attacked, directly pouncing towards the various tribes of Taining Tribe.
Qi Jiguang, who attacked from Shenyang, made the same choice as Li Chengliang and Zhang Weixian. He sent out twenty thousand of the thirty thousand cavalrymen from the capital camp and swept across.
Compared to Li Chengliang and Zhang Weixian, Qi Jiguang was more confident.
The Capital Camp had more men, and their weapons and equipment were better. They could just fight their way over.
At the same time, Qi Jiguang also sent five thousand cavalrymen to the north. The purpose was very simple, that was, to guard against Horqin.
Different from the Fuyu sect, Horqin was very strong. Once they sent out their troops, Qi Jiguang did not want to be caught unprepared.
Although the commanders of the three armies of Daming had not discussed it, they unanimously chose the same strategy.
On the morning of the 16th of March.
Zhang Ang was in a bad mood these days. Some people in the tribe were missing, including herdsmen and his men who went out to patrol. This made Zhang Ang feel that something was going to happen.
"Alegu, have you found out what happened?"
Zhang Ang had just gotten up and called his men to ask questions before he had even eaten.
In fact, Zhang Ang was not prepared for Daming's surprise attack at all. Although the Ming Army often went out of the fortress, most of them were from Liaodong Army, and basically returned after a few dozen miles.
Although the Daming had been hoarding provisions for the past two years and had put on a posture of a northern expedition, there had been no movement in the grasslands for more than three years.
Zhang Ang had thought that someone might want to attack him, but he had never thought it would be the Daming.
Speaking of which, the Duoyan Tribe had been too comfortable these past few years. They had forgotten the majesty of the Daming in the past.
Although Wala had been attacked, the Duoyan Tribe was still not vigilant.
Another key factor was that the Duoyan Tribe was too close to Daning.
A distance of one hundred and fifty miles could be covered by cavalry in a day. If the cavalry was equipped with three horses, they could reach in half a day.
Under such circumstances, it was difficult for Zhang Ang to react.
When Alegu heard Zhang Ang's question, he bowed and said, "Great Khan, I have already sent out scouts before the sun rose. I believe there will be news soon."
Zhang Ang nodded lightly and frowned. "Pass down the order, let all the tribes be ready to face the enemy."
"Tell the people below to be ready to move at any time. Also, send out more scouts."
Alegu quickly replied, "Yes!"
He turned around and was about to leave, but before he could walk out of Chang Ang's tent, a rumbling sound came from outside.
As the Great Khan of the Duoyan Tribe, Zhang Ang knew this sound very well.
It was the sound of cavalry charging, a large-scale cavalry charge. Zhang Ang immediately stood up in shock and rushed out of the tent. What he saw was something he would never forget for the rest of his life.
On the grass not far away, a group of cavalry wielding long swords were charging towards his tribe.
Zhang Ang's vision darkened. He looked around and saw that he was surrounded by cavalry. Of course, he recognized them. They were the cavalry of the Daming.
It's over, it's all over. This was Zhang Ang's first thought.
Then, Chang Ang suddenly shivered and shouted, "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy!"
In fact, it was already too late.
The people Ma Dong and Ma Lin brought were all cannon cavalry, but they had given up on firearms. They were going to charge into the camp, and the firearms weren't as fast. They weren't as useful as sabers.
The Great Ming Dynasty's new cavalry saber was definitely a sharp weapon for killing.
"Kill!"
Ma Dong waved the long sword in his hand and shouted, "Capture Zhang Ang alive. You will be promoted three ranks and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"
Behind Chang Ang, the Ming army waved their long swords and roared as they charged into the camp.
To the Ming Army, these people weren't people. They were moving silver coins. Forty silver coins per head was money.
Ma Dong chopped off the head of a Duoyan tribesman with a single slash of his saber.
The battle didn't last long, and Zhang Ang's side wasn't prepared at all.
When Zhang Ang shouted out of the camp, only the people with horses resisted, but there were only a few of them. It wasn't enough for the Ming Army to kill.
Soon, the Ming Army occupied the entire camp and killed everyone who resisted.
When Zhang Ang was captured, the entire battle was over.
"Big Brother!" Ma Lin excitedly walked to Ma Dong's side and said with a laugh, "We are rich this time!"
In this battle, not only did they capture Zhang Ang alive, but they also seized all of Zhang Ang's belongings. This was the rhythm of getting promoted and getting rich.
Ma Lin looked around and said to Ma Dong, "Are they chopping off some heads?"