I have to admit that this guy is still very good at leading troops, but such a huge cavalry force is not chaotic at all, the formation is well maintained, and what is even more terrifying is that the morale of the whole team is high, which can be seen from the snow powder stirred up by the Houjin cavalry and their skillful equestrian movements, as well as the unruly confidence on their faces, fierce and firm eyes, even through the telescope, Guo Zhiyuan can feel a compelling murderous aura rushing towards his face!

At this time, Mang Gurtai also entered the valley, and at first glance he saw Guo Zhiyuan, who was inserted in the highest part of the hillside, and Guo Zhiyuan, who was standing on horseback, dozens of guards in front of Guo Zhiyuan held shields to protect him tightly, and in front of him was a neat infantry phalanx composed of more than 1,000 infantry of the New Army, they were half-squatting on the ground, holding a shield in one hand, and a flintlock pistol on the shield in the other, ready to shoot at any time, and a long cavalry spear was placed at his feet, which was prepared to prevent the opposing cavalry from charging directly into the formation. There were also a few rows of unfinished wooden horses in front of them, and it was obvious that the Houjin cavalry was coming too quickly, so the fortifications were very rudimentary. On the slopes on either side were the positions of the cavalry of the New Army, who rode their horses and stood solemnly, and the horses under them were gently stepping on the ground, ready to attack from above!

Mang Gurtai made a fierce throat-cutting motion towards Guo Zhiyuan from afar, and sneered: "I thought that the guy who dared to sneak attack the back of my Houjin Army had three heads and six arms, so he dared to be so bold, and it seems that it is nothing more than that, just such a few people and horses actually dare to fight head-on with my Houjin Iron Cavalry, it is simply self-defeating!" ……”

Seeing this, Maile Ezhen (deputy capital commander) on the side hurriedly took the initiative to ask for battle: "Sanbeile, the bold general is empty in front of the formation, it is better to let his subordinates lead the team to rush over directly and kill the bold general!" ……”

Mang Gurtai shook his head and sneered: "How cunning the dog is, if you rush directly to kill him, you will fall for his tricks, I dare to conclude that he must have dug a number of hidden trenches in front of the formation, and then our war horses will be trapped in the trenches, and the cavalry on both wings of him will rush over from top to bottom, won't our army suffer heavy losses?" ……”

As he spoke, Mang Gurtai raised his horsewhip and pointed at the cavalry of the New Army on the slopes on both sides, and sneered: "I have been fighting with Khan Ama since I was a child, how can I be deceived by him? Pass the order down, hit its wings first, and after breaking the cavalry of the Ming Dog, it is not too late to behead the bold general! ……”

Nameler was really bored, and hurriedly flattered: "It's still three Belles, and I can see through Minggou's tricks at a glance!" ……”

With the dancing of the Houjin banner, the huge Houjin cavalry suddenly divided into two torrents and rushed towards the cavalry of the New Army on the hillsides on both sides!

"Kill!" Thousands of weapons were waving together, and the faces of thousands of slightly hideous Houjin cavalry were full of excitement and crazy killing intent, as if they had seen their opponents rushed by the iron hooves of their war horses, and saw their opponents show a frightened expression under their raised swords, becoming ghosts under their swords!

But then the accident happened, the ancestors turned over the horse was actually the cavalry of Houjin, they didn't have time to start the first round of back shooting, the snow under their feet suddenly collapsed, no matter how superb the equestrian skills of the Houjin cavalry, it was impossible to control the galloping horses under them in the process of high-speed charge, and they could only watch one after another like rolling meat balls, even people and horses fell into the trench hidden under the snow, and the lucky ones were only broken hands and feet, and the unlucky ones went directly to see the king of Hades!

And the cavalry of the New Army naturally couldn't let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and without Li Guozhu giving them an order, the arrow rain poured down, reaping the lives of the Houjin cavalry who were already in chaos! After a few rounds of salvos, the cavalry of the New Army finally moved, and made an arc movement against the edge of the collapsed trench, and once again hit the Houjin cavalry with a rain of arrows, which was a tactic that the Houjin cavalry was good at.

Mang Gurtai was also stunned, he couldn't have imagined that Guo Zhiyuan did not dig a trench in front of his main formation, but dug a trench in front of the cavalry of the New Army, this is too unreasonable, digging the trench in front of the cavalry troops, how can the cavalry troops charge?

He didn't know that Guo Zhiyuan was not prepared to let the cavalry of the New Army and the Houjin cavalry fight a cavalry hedge war, this kind of thing of attacking the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings is of course impossible for Guo Zhiyuan to do, and Guo Zhiyuan knows that Mang Gurtai has rich combat experience, and he has not fought with the Ming army once or twice, and is familiar with the routines of the Ming army. On the contrary, the trench was dug in front of the cavalry of the New Army, and the snow was relatively thick, as long as the dug trench was erected with branches, and then the snow was sprinkled on it, sweeping away the traces, and if you didn't rush to the front, you couldn't find it at all, so it was no wonder that Mang Gurtai would be tricked!

"Bastard! Actually digging the trench in front of the cavalry formation, this dog thief is really too insidious! Mang Gurtai shouted angrily, eager to break Guo Zhiyuan's body into pieces, he has fought for so many years, and it is the first time he has encountered such an "insidious" guy!

Anger to anger, Mang Gurtai also knew that this battle could not go on like this, the Houjin cavalry's position was chaotic, and the damage would only be greater if it continued like this, so he hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and the whole army fought again, the Houjin cavalry was suddenly hit by a critical attack, and the morale was in chaos, so naturally he couldn't wait to retreat quickly, and immediately retreated like a tide when he heard Mingjin's order to collect the troops, and the cavalry of the new army did not pursue, so he took the opportunity to clean up the battlefield, and killed the wounded soldiers of Houjin who were not yet dead, and took away the uninjured war horses, so as to prepare for the next round of war!

Mang Gurtai gathered his troops, counted the battle damage, and almost vomited blood in anger, after the round of battle just now, the golden cavalry was injured more than 2,000 people, more than 1,000 war horses, and the new army was almost not damaged, such a result has never appeared in the battle between the Later Jin and Ming armies, it can be said to be a great shame!

Therefore, Mang Gurtai is also full of strength to win back a game, let the troops take a short rest and prepare to launch a second round of attacks, after learning a lesson, this time he is ready to personally lead the army to directly attack Guo Zhiyuan's main formation, as long as Guo Zhiyuan's main formation is broken, Guo Zhiyuan will not be able to play any tricks no matter how "insidious" he is.