If the Southern Tang barbarians on the opposite side sent out a few thousand people, he would have to send more troops to chase and fight, but the Southern Tang barbarians on the opposite side only sent out a thousand horses.

There are fewer people sent out, and it is useless, but there are more people sent out, and it is easy to be confused.

You know, the main cavalry of the Southern Tang barbarians is on the opposite side.

Although his own strength was several times that of the Southern Tang barbarians, Altan Khan did not intend to underestimate the enemy.

The battle of the forward troops just now has proved that the Southern Tang barbarians on the opposite side are not a weak brigade, and the 10,000 forwards on their own side have failed to get benefits from the opponent's 7,000 horsemen, but still suffered a loss.

In this case, Altan Khan will not be underestimated!

If Altan Khan had underestimated the enemy so easily, then he would not have taken the territory of the Mert Department to unify the 30,000 households on the right flank, and then used the 30,000 households on the right wing to hang the Chahar Department and the Warats.

He attaches great importance to today's battle, and this will be a battle that will decide the ownership of the Tumo River and the Hetao region!

Perhaps in the seriousness of outsiders, the decisive battle between the two sides should be a decisive battle between Altan Khan and the main force of Deng Xide's Ninth Army, but in Altan Khan's opinion, this is not the case!

Although the tens of thousands of main forces of the Ninth Army were terrifying, in the eyes of Altan Khan, they were far less threatening than the fourteen or five thousand Tang cavalry.

Because he also knew that if he defeated the infantry of the Tang Army, they would be able to send more infantry when they turned back.

But if this cavalry is killed and the Tang Empire is given several years, there is no way to replenish the more than 10,000 cavalry.

Therefore, as long as this cavalry is killed, then the follow-up battles will be fought, and it will take him a few months, and the Tang Army will not be able to stand it and take the initiative to retreat.

He didn't believe that these Tang people could crisscross the grassland with infantry and guns alone.

Without cavalry cover, these infantry and artillery are living targets, and they can be consumed alive and dead.

With such an idea, Altan Khan planned this operation, and now he has finally blocked the cavalry corps of the Tang Army, so naturally he will not miss it easily.

The cavalry of a thousand Southern Tang barbarians harassed, but don't expect him to shake the military formation!

However, it was not a matter to always let these people dangle in front of him, so he still asked a general under his command to pursue and intercept with 2,000 cavalry, not to kill the enemy, but to drive them out.

As for the rest of the main forces, they will continue to rest in place, waiting for the outbreak of the big war!

But Altan Khan's idea was good, but things turned out differently than he expected!

The two thousand cavalry chased out, and the thousand Tang cavalry in front turned around and ran, but when the two thousand people on their side stopped pursuing, they turned around and shot with muskets.

This time and twice, there was nothing, only dozens of people were killed and wounded, but in the long run, there will be a lot of casualties, and it will make the troops lose morale.

In the end, Altan Khan couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately ordered: "Chase, keep chasing this king!" ”

Since you will be attacked if you stop, you can just keep catching up!

But when the two thousand Tatar cavalry continued to pursue, the cavalry of the 3rd Musketeer Regiment ran away again, and not to other places, but to their own main cavalry.

In this way, the pursuing Tatar cavalry had to stop, because if they continued to pursue, they would crash headlong into the main cavalry force of the Tang Dynasty, and their two thousand cavalry would rush in, and there would be no bones left to swallow.

They stopped, but the 3rd Musketeer Regiment also stopped, and it turned around very cheaply, and fired from a distance of seventy or eighty meters, not killing many people, but it choked those Tatar cavalry!

But no matter how angry you are, you won't rush forward rashly, because that's looking for death!

They were ruthless, and simply ran back, and then the 3rd Musket Regiment also pursued, and some cavalrymen with superb horsemanship also shot directly on horseback, although the hit rate was very pitiful, but occasionally they were able to hit a Tatar cavalry.

Seeing this scene, many Tatar generals in the rear couldn't help but curse.

These Southern Tang barbarian cavalry are too hateful!

Altan Khan did not have any obvious expression, and although this kind of thing looked disgusting, it could not shake the foundation of their main Tatar army.

Time passed little by little, and it didn't take long for most of the cavalry belonging to Altan Khan to have finished resting, and Altan Khan looked back at his own army of 40,000!

Then he said softly, "Let's start!" ”

As his words fell, the generals under his command also went to the front of the cavalry of the headquarters, ready to start the action with the cavalry!

The first to move was about 10,000 cavalry on one side, and I saw them slowly coming out, but instead of heading towards the front of the Tang Cavalry Corps, they were slightly facing east, looking like they wanted to attack the flank from the east.

At the same time, Kang Changning also gave the final mobilization order!

"This battle is related to the safety of the northern part of the empire, and I hope that all the monarchs will fight bravely to repay the king's kindness!"

Immediately, he rode forward, holding his command knife high and shouting: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

Kang Changning did not divide the left and right Chinese armies into multiple ways like the Tatars, because his troops were originally small, so naturally he would not easily divide his troops, and he was very aware of his disadvantages and advantages.

The disadvantage is that they have fewer troops and poor individual ability, and if they have the advantage, they are stronger in collective combat than the Tatars.

Therefore, he simply started with the 6th Cuirassier Regiment directly, and the other cavalry units followed, directly twisting into a rope to attack!

Yes, he will take the initiative to attack, and not wait for the Tatars to kill!

In addition to the 3rd Musketeer Regiment, about thirteen thousand cavalry remained, and the divisions were combined with each other to form a huge arrow!

At this time, his cavalry did not let the horses run, but walked slowly, because the distance was still relatively far at this time, and too early acceleration would cause the horse's physical energy to be consumed prematurely.

Slowly, although the speed was not fast, but a whole tight and huge phalanx pressed over, making many Tatar generals on the opposite side frown slightly.

Such a tight formation is not easy to deal with!

But at this time, the Tatars also have no other good choice, although there are all kinds of schemes on the battlefield, but on an occasion like today, the two sides are already face to face, at this time, the emphasis is on the hard power of both sides and the command of the battle, and other conspiracies and tricks are no longer of much use.

Altan Khan waved his hand, and suddenly, the main force of the Chinese army of about 25,000 horsemen behind him also slowly came out, and at the same time, the other 5,000 horsemen also headed towards the west.

His tactical intent was very obvious, with 25,000 cavalry in the middle of the army against the 13,000 enemy cavalry on the opposite side, while the cavalry on both sides attacked the flank, blocking them at the waist.

Then leave these more than 10,000 Tang cavalry behind!

The cavalry on both sides began to move!

The speed is not fast, they all walk slowly, and even some cavalry lead the horses directly in order to save the physical energy of the horses.

However, it didn't take long for the Datang cavalry to hear a burst of horns, which was an order to speed up, and suddenly, the Datang cavalry were urging the horses to trot.

The cavalry phalanx that trotted up was still not fast, but the momentum was already more terrifying than before.

The knights rode on horseback, holding the reins in one hand and a saber in the other, the back of which was resting on the shoulder.

The morning sun shone on their sabers and on their various types of plate armor, emitting a dazzling chill.

Coincidentally, the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side also began to pick up speed.

But the acceleration of the two sides is to see the gap between the two sides, the Tatar formation began to scatter, and even gradually there was no formation, the cavalry ran on their own, basically did not maintain consistency with their comrades.

On the side of the Tang cavalry, they maintained a unified pace, and the knights of the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment in the front row, while maintaining a tight formation, the formation was also very neat.

If you look at it from the side, you will find that the cavalry in the front row are almost all in the same straight line, and even the pace of the horses is the same.

The soldiers in the front row are the elite of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment, and these cuirassiers are equipped with heavy cuirassiers, and the defensive area of these heavy cuirassiers is very large, which is not comparable to the light cuirassiers equipped by the light cavalry.

Strictly speaking, in fact, the cuirassiers of the Tang Army, the heavy cuirass he is equipped with, is a miniature version of the half-body armor, and the protection is quite good.

And the elite of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment in the front row, their horses were covered with a layer of light plate armor for horses, and the horses they belonged to were also the best Central Asian horses, otherwise they would not be able to support the weight of the armor.

The cuirassiers behind them were not equipped with war vests, but only heavy cuirassiers.

They continued to move forward, while the Tatars on the opposite side were ready to strike first, and about 3,000 Tatar cavalry began to speed up, and then broke away from the main formation of the Chinese army, but they were not armed with sabers, but all of them were armed with cavalry bows!

Seeing the cavalry bows in their hands, Kang Changning knew that they were going to play cavalry archery, just like the Mongols fought the cavalry of the Europeans back then.

But there's more to your cavalry than just sabers and armor!

Immediately, with a wave of his hand, the cavalry troops in front of him all pulled out their pistols!

It didn't take long for the Tatar cavalry running at high speed to reach fifty meters, and then began to circle and continue to approach, and when they got close to about twenty or thirty meters and were ready to shoot arrows, the Tang cavalry, which had already been prepared, fired first.

Although the range and power of the Suifa pistol are far inferior to those of the Suifa pistol, there is still no problem at a distance of twenty or thirty meters!

After the smoke passed, a large number of Tatar cavalry were shot before they had time to shoot arrows, and many Tatar cavalry also began to shoot arrows.

It's a pity that they met the 6th Cuirassier Regiment!