The vanguard regiment left the left wing and right banner of Horqin in a majestic manner, and on the first day, they ran north for more than 100 miles in one breath, singing military songs all the way.

The next day, after traveling more than 80 miles, the vanguard regiment encountered a group of Mongolian cavalry in the Xiliao River, fought a small battle, beheaded more than 30 ranks, and had more morale, feeling that there should be big fish in front.

However, on the third day, something bad happened to the majestic vanguard regiment.

Out of the meandering river and lush green Agoura grassland, the road is full of yellow sand, and the scenery is indescribably bleak.

Li Shaoyou, who had been singing all the way, stopped singing, and looked at a dilapidated wooden village in front of him, his face was blindfolded, and his eyes were full of sparse sand with grass and trees, and some Ao Bao made of stones and sand.

It was once an oasis, a tribal colony that grazed their cattle by the sea, but by this time the sea had dried up and the Mongols had already moved away in search of other ways.

Along the way, there was not only a bad environment, but also a small group of Mongolian cavalry ambushed from time to time, and many of them who went to explore the road did not collect at night and never returned, and were obviously ambushed.

Li Shaoyou was furious and sent cavalry to pursue, but the Mongol cavalry were all light cavalry, and most of the vanguard regiments of the Longwu Army were heavy cavalry with armor, and they were left behind in speed and maneuver, and they could only rely on Heding rifles to shoot some.

The Mongol cavalry was skillful in cavalry and archery, and their tactics were very flexible, and the vanguard regiment ran away once it was pursued, and it was difficult to be surrounded and annihilated.

Tasting the perverted range and accuracy of the Heding rifle, the Tartars who came to harass also became goblins, and as soon as they saw the vanguard group with guns, they dispersed, taking advantage of the gap in reloading to show off a wave of equestrianism again.

What made Li Shaoyou angry was that as the vanguard group marched, these Mongolian cavalry attacked more and more frequently, and sent more and more people.

From the first group of more than a dozen people, to a group of hundreds of people, they suddenly appeared to kill, and when they saw the vanguard group shooting with guns, they quickly ran away, back and forth like a swarm of flies, which made Li Shaoyou have a headache.

The vanguard regiment suffered a setback, and although there were few casualties, the pace of the march was curtailed.

The vanguard regiment of the 3,000-strong Longwu Army was too large in number, and it was heavily cavalry, and there was no water source to camp around, and sometimes it encountered sand and dust in the sky, and the marching speed was too slow, and I didn't know when we would find the enemy's lair.

"Damn it, these cowardly Mongolian Tartars!" Li Shaoyou shouted and scolded.

"General, if we continue like this, we won't have much military rations to carry."

"yes, they're so dirty, we're pestered all day, and we're on high alert all day long, we're going to be annoyed to death!"

Some battalion commanders and 100 generals were angry, and the Long Wu Army had never fought such a battle since its establishment.

Li Shaoyou, as the commander of the first army, although he was rude, but his military quality was not bad, he complained and immediately calmed down, looked at the surrounding battalion officers, and said: "Since the frequency of the enemy's appearance has increased, it also means that there must be a Mongolian lair or supply point around." ”

The eyes of several battalion commanders lit up and suddenly opened up.

Li Shaoyou pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Take the battalion as a unit, four hundred cavalry all the way, and the soldiers will reconnoiter the surrounding environment, as long as they encounter a river, they will march along the river to find the enemy's lair!" ”

In the vast grasslands and deserts, the same sight is everywhere, especially the sandy fields, where long stretches of sand from the foot to the horizon, creating a sense of despair.

One of the important factors why Hou Huo, the champion of that year, was able to accurately fight against the Huns was that the Han army found the Xiongnu lair along the river.

Li Shaoyou, who has studied at the Huangming Military Academy for two years, also knows that the Mongols also live in pursuit of water and grass.

"No!"

Zasak Urito on the side stopped: "General Li, don't divide your troops!" About two hundred miles away is the left flank central banner, with their tribe not having so many cavalry! ”

Li Shaoyou looked at this Tartar slave kneeling to welcome the Ming army suspiciously, and said lukewarmly: "What do you want to say?" ”

Urito hurriedly said: "There are so many cavalry, it must be that the jackal of Badali has learned the news of the Ming army's departure, and several major tribes of the Zhelimu League have united, if the general divides the troops, they will be surrounded and annihilated by their heavy forces!" ”

Li Shaoyou smiled: "General Ben is worried that they will not unite, and it will save General Ben from going to find them one by one!" ”

Uzhito explained: "If the Jelimu League unites and can make up 6,000 cavalry, they will not dare to attack easily, if you are separated, they will definitely be broken and annihilated one by one!" ”

Li Shaoyou sneered: "Hmph! The iron cavalry of my Longwu army can immediately rush, and the horses can fight on foot, and if you want to annihilate a battalion of 400 Longwu army, do you Mongolians have this ability! ”

He glanced at Uzhito: "I think you're afraid that we will find the nest of the rest of the Horqin banners!" ”

Urito was stunned, and hurriedly explained: "The general is wronged, I really want to make meritorious service ......."

Li Shaoyou didn't bother to pay attention to him, and waved his hand and said: "Divide the troops to attack, and if you find the enemy's lair, you will immediately send a signal!" ”

"Yes!"

The six battalion commanders immediately received the order and set off separately with their respective battalions to drive away the Mongol cavalry who were still wandering and harassing on the periphery.

On the second day, the 1st Battalion of the Pioneer Regiment found a river and went north along the river, but Mongol rangers continued to appear, following them from a mile away, like wolves.

It seemed that the Mongols were impatient, and hundreds of people rushed up and rushed towards them.

A cold light flashed in the eyes of Fan Sheng, the commander of the first battalion, he had already accumulated strength, waiting for a blow.

When this group of Mongolian cavalry rushed within 100 paces, Fan Sheng gave an order, and the first battalion quickly launched a round of shooting.

"Kill! The whole battalion is in pursuit! ”

Fan Sheng let out a loud shout, and then the whole battalion set out to pursue the Mengqi who was about to flee again.

With a long roar, the attacking Mongolian soldiers hurriedly withdrew, and Sahuan ran back, some of them even ran away with the dry food on their bodies.

"Chase!"

The first battalion of the vanguard regiment, which had been harassed many times, pursued it fiercely, and vowed to inflict heavy losses on this unknown Tartar soldier.

Along the way, they slashed and killed a dozen Mongol soldiers, and when they reached a high ground thirty miles away, they heard only an arrow rise, followed by the sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of hooves on the hillside rumbled, countless wolf flags swept in, and thousands of Mongolian cavalry rushed in an arc-shaped formation on a wide front.

Fan Sheng looked at the surrounding Tartar cavalry, his face changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "It's not good, I fell for the trick!" ”

He suddenly remembered that a chan in the army had said that the nomadic Hu people on the steppe were best at luring the enemy to ambush, which was called the Rawa tactic, which was a cavalry tactic invented by Genghis Khan Temujin.

They first lured the enemy with their advance team, and after luring them to the assembly area of their main force, they launched a frontal onslaught with all their horses, and then outflanked them on both flanks or rear, and won a great victory every time.

Seeing more and more Mongolian light cavalry surrounding, Fan Sheng knew that his heavy cavalry would not be able to run away, and he would not have time to dismount and form a musket formation, so he immediately said sharply: "Horn, charge!" ”

If they will die in battle after all, then Long Wujun would rather die on the road of charging!

"Hoo ......"

The Mongolian light cavalry was extremely fast, and the whistling sound of fierce arrows came densely like rain, and many cavalry of the Longwu Army were shot and fell off their horses.

The rate of fire of the Mongol cavalry was extremely fast, wave after wave, and these heavy arrows were very penetrating, and those who were hit by the arrows were injured one after another, and even killed on the spot.

The whole strength of the cavalry was concentrated in the charge, and the actions in the battle were mainly white-knuckle combat, shooting only occupied a secondary position, and cold weapons were the main weapons of the cavalry.

The dragon army was armed with a fire dragon spear or a saber, and frantically charged the dense Mongolian cavalry, and the two sides quickly collided together, fighting fiercely.

"Kill!"

Fan Sheng's fire dragon spear stabbed into the chest of a Mongol, instantly knocking him away, and thick and warm blood spurted out of his mouth and splashed all over the place.

The iron cavalry of the Longwu Army's four hundred men was also a powerful force under the charge, which exerted tremendous pressure on the Mongolian light cavalry on the opposite side, which was nearly seven times the strength of the troops.

The small Ming army in front of them is clearly a hard one, so they are not interested in filling in human lives again.

A whistle sounded, and the Mongolian light cavalry in the melee immediately withdrew, and quickly opened up the distance to form a circle, describing the Long Wu army with a great advantage in maneuvering and shooting arrows.

The 400 Longwu troops also fought back with handcuffs, but the disparity in numbers was too great, and in the end, the Longwu army became smaller and smaller, and the number of personnel was rapidly reduced.

A small Mongolian leader looked at the Longwu army who was fighting the trapped beasts with hatred, he found Fan Sheng in the cavalry of the Ming army, and immediately drew an iron arrow, walked wide and squatted at the waist, squinted slightly and suddenly pulled the bow and shot out.

"Whoosh!"

With a sharp sound, the iron arrow pierced Fan Sheng's throat, and he staggered backwards and fell off his horse.

Fan Sheng struggled to get up from the grass, shook it for a while, and still fell weakly on the grass.

The leader rode his horse and cut off his head with an axe, shook it in his hand in a bloody hand, and then hung it on his waist excitedly.

A group of Mongolian cavalry howled wolf and cheered, and continued to besiege and kill the few remaining first battalions of the pioneer regiment of the Longwu Army.

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