The transport troops of the Datang Army did not stop, they continued to advance, although it was said that they had already put up a defensive formation, and the speed of the march was not fast, but after all, they did not stop!!

And when the Tatars really charged, they stopped, but after they stopped, the Tatars would not really charge, but chose to withdraw, even the Tatar generals also knew that they would not be stupid enough to attack the infantry phalanx of the Tang Army until they had to.

But to the annoyance of the Tatars, after the Tatars did not charge but chose to retreat, the southern barbarians continued to advance in battle formation.

This is not really rushing forward to fight, don't expect to stop this transport force.

So, a few Tatar generals discussed, and then the four thousand cavalry began to list the real stormtroop formation!

Their task is to intercept the grain route, Altan Khan's order to them is to never let a grain of grain pass, at this time, they have no choice, they must fight, they can't expect to scare and scare the Tang Army on the side, they can stop the advance of this transport force, and the Tang Army is not frightened.

At this time, they were also forced to a dead end, except for a real battle, they could not completely stop the continuation of this transport force.

Just like the transport troops of the Datang Army, although they know that they are very dangerous and can collapse at any time, they have no other way but to continue to move forward!

At this moment, the troops on both sides have been forced to a dead end, and there is no room for relaxation at all except for a battle!

Seeing that the four thousand cavalry on the opposite side finally couldn't help but start arraying, Colonel Liu Mengyang, the commander of the 13th Baggage Regiment, looked back at Cao Guangtao, and then said: "Brother Cao, it seems that a battle is inevitable today!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Cao Guangtao said: "This is natural, we can't expect them to do nothing and let us go." ”

Liu Mengyang smiled and said, "That's right!" ”

Then, on horseback, he turned to the adjutant beside him and said, "The order is given, the transport regiment continues to march, and the combat troops march in formation!" ”

Even if you want to prepare for war, you can't stop, because the Tatars on the opposite side just want them to stop, as long as they stop, the Tatars on the opposite side will not attack, but if they stop, then it means that the mission has failed.

The combat strength of the transport troops, originally more than 2,000 people, plus Cao Guangtao's more than 600 support troops, nearly 30 million, surrounded the more than 500 two- and four-wheeled carriages in the transport troops, and listed a number of huge hollow phalanxes.

But these hollow phalanxes continued to move, and the open grassland gave them the space to keep the formation moving!

When the Tatars on the opposite side saw that the southern barbarians on the opposite side were still moving, they also knew that if they didn't rush forward to fight, it would be impossible for these barbarians to stop obediently!

So it didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard in an instant, and the four thousand cavalry rushed towards the transport troops like a torrent!

As for Liu Mengyang, he pulled out his command knife, and then said, "Order the whole army to fight!" ”

Then he turned back to Cao Guangtao again and said: "Liu stepped forward to meet the enemy, and I asked Brother Cao to take care of these burdens."

Cao Guangtao said expressionlessly: "Brother Liu, meet the enemy with peace of mind, I, the six hundred soldiers of Nanlimburg, will not let these Tatars find a vacancy!" ”

Liu Mengyang laughed: "Okay! ”

Then he rode his horse and walked slowly to the north, the red dragon sword military flag held by the guards beside him fluttered high in the autumn wind, and behind the red dragon holding the sword flag was a number of hollow phalanxes composed of two thousand soldiers of the thirteenth heavy regiment!

The sound of artillery rang out, and the artillery units that had always been prepared stopped and fired at the first time, and when they opened fire, they didn't even have time to maneuver and set up any special artillery positions, because it was too late.

Liu Mengyang rode a horse, watched the cannonballs fly towards the Tatar cavalry and exploded, and then overturned the Tatar cavalry one by one, and after taking a deep breath, he raised his command knife and said: "Ready!" ”

Many officers also shouted their tactical orders, so that the soldiers were ready to prevent the impact!

The infantry is facing a cavalry attack, and all they can do is defend passively!

The soldiers in the front row, with their bayonet rifles stuck diagonally on the ground, and then crouched down themselves, and at the same time turned their heads and bowed their heads, looking only at the ground, not at the cavalry roaring in front of them!

And the soldiers in the second and third rows, on the other hand, raised their muskets, and they did not bow their heads, but were ready to fire at any time!

Shells flew out one after another, raising clouds of white smoke in the Tatar cavalry, but the Tatars who launched the charge did not stop, they continued to charge!

This is just a battle involving thousands of people, and it will be directly related to the strategic victory or defeat of both sides.

If the transport troops of the Tang Dynasty can block it and transport the materials to the location of the main force of the Ninth Army, then it means that the Tatars will not be able to cut off the grain route of the Ninth Army of the Tang Army, which will also mean that the Tatars will completely face strategic passivity!

On the contrary, if the 13th Heavy Regiment fails in this battle, it means that the plan for maintaining the logistics line specified in advance will not work, and the logistics supply line cannot be maintained, leaving Deng Xide with only one choice, that is, retreat!

The Tatars are getting older and closer, five hundred meters, three hundred meters.

Closer, closer.

When these Tatars rushed to a distance of about 100 meters, Liu Mengyang could clearly see that many Tatar cavalry were still wearing plate armor produced by the Tang Empire, and a few Tatar cavalry were still holding arquebuses in their hands.

In recent years, the Tang Empire has exchanged a large number of horses from the Tatars through plate armor, arquebuses and other ordnance.

The trade of weapons for horses on both sides is basically the sale of daggers capable of killing themselves to each other!

The Tatars got a lot of plate armor and arquebuses, and the Tang Empire got a lot of horses, and as for who you said took advantage, that's a matter of opinion, at least so far, both sides feel that they have taken advantage of a certain amount of cheapness.

A distance of one hundred meters, for a cavalry charge, it will not take a few seconds at all, but this does not mean that the infantry of the Tang Dynasty do not have time to shoot, in fact, they will have a lot of time to shoot!

Because in all probability, it is impossible for the Tatars to rush up directly!

According to the experience of the Tang Army and the Tatars in recent years, the Tatars still like to use typical cavalry and archery tactics, that is, rushing to a distance of tens of meters and starting to turn, while bending the bow and shooting arrows, killing and injuring the enemy with a dense rain of arrows.

At this time, it is also the best time for the infantry of the Tang Army to shoot!

At that time, in fact, the two sides are shooting at each other, competing for the ability to withstand casualties!

The flintlock pistols of the Tang Army are naturally shot by cavalry, but the frequency of shooting is somewhat low, and the amount of bullets delivered in a short period of time is not as good as that of bows and arrows.

In addition, the power of the Tatar bow and arrow to the Tang Army is not a small threat, although the infantry of the Tang Dynasty is generally equipped with cuirass, but the protective area of the cuirass is limited, and the Tatar arrow rain is very dense, so the casualties caused to the infantry of the Tang Army will not be small.

This is actually why the Datang Army is equipped with flintlock pistols and howitzers, but it is still generally equipped with armor, even if it is an ordinary infantry, it is also equipped with cuirass, and at the same time, these armors are also equipped with light plate armor, the biggest reason is that their opponents are generally equipped with cold weapons, and light armor is enough to deal with these cold weapons.

If it was a war with the Portuguese and Spain, the Tang Army would dare to throw away the armor directly, because the armies of these foreigners were generally equipped with arquebuses, and the number of bows and arrows was very small.

But the face of the Tatars, armor is still able to play a great role!

The Tatar cavalry, as they expected, rushed into a distance of 100 meters, they actually began to turn, high-speed cavalry turning, also need space, they can't rush to forty or fifty meters and then turn, that will crash into the infantry phalanx of the Tang Army.

100 meters to start turning, and when they continue to turn to a distance of thirty or forty meters, they can basically complete high-speed turning and maintain a short parallel state, at that time, they will bend their bows and shoot arrows, and immediately leave at high speed after shooting arrows.

At the same time, this kind of impact of the cavalry is not all rushed up, but is divided into multiple consecutive waves, about hundreds of cavalry is a wave, each wave of cavalry is tens of meters apart, with a steady stream of this impact to cause damage to the Tang Army.

When the Tang Army could not support it in the rain of arrows, it was the time when they launched the final charge and entered the phalanx for hand-to-hand combat.

Liu Mengyang is very clear about the Tatar routines, and in the same way, he also knows that the Tatars on the other side know their tactics.

These basic tactics of both sides are almost transparent, and it is unlikely that there will be temporary changes, because these tactics are actually an optimal plan for both sides.

If we want to change, we must completely innovate tactics and weapons and equipment, and in a short period of time, don't expect any innovation.

The first wave of cavalry of the Tatars rushed up, and they completely completed the turn at a distance of forty or fifty meters, and then one by one the cavalry bent the bow and shot arrows on horseback, this ability to bend the bow and shoot arrows on horseback is enough to make the cavalry generals of the Tang Army envious, but here in the Tatars, it is a necessary skill for almost all cavalry.

Just as they started shooting arrows, the infantry of the Tang Army, who were also officers, pulled the trigger!

The speed of the bullet is far faster than that of the arrow, so that many Tatar cavalry did not complete the action of drawing the bow and shooting the arrow, or they were hit and planted headlong, so that the first wave of cavalry instantly killed and wounded many people, but it did not bring many casualties to the Tang Army.

However, at this time, the second wave of Tatar cavalry also rushed up!

They were not disturbed in any way, the Tang infantry who had just finished firing were loading, and the artillerymen were also loading!

So they can calmly bend their bows and shoot arrows!

A wave of dense arrow rain flew towards the policy of the 13th Heavy Regiment of the Tang Army, and dozens of people fell in an instant, all of whom were soldiers who were hit by arrows in the dense arrow rain and hit the unprotected parts.

Bullets can kill, and arrows can kill too!

The comrades next to him fell, but the remaining musketeers were not moved in the slightest, they continued the stereotypical reloading, and after loading, under the orders of the officer, raised the guns, took aim, and pulled the trigger!

And so, another line of Tatar cavalry swept at high speed in front of them and fell from their horses!

This battle was shown to be extremely cruel from the beginning!