The course of history is often fraught with fortuitous elements.

No one could have imagined that a major war in which the two sides mobilized a total of 70 million troops for four years, with about 800 to 10 million killed and at least 20 million wounded, was the shooting and killing of Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian student and Serbian youth who belonged to the Serbian "Mafia".

A 17-year-old hairy boy who is still a middle school student in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, Gavrio? Unbeknownst to Princip, when the pistol bullet he fired pierced Ferdinand's neck and his wife's abdomen, two streams of blood erupted and a war began that would involve the whole world. Princip became a figure in the annals of history,

He and his companions, this rash behavior destroyed the four empires of Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Ottoman Turkey in one fell swoop, leaving John Bull and Gallic Chicken also dying, and only creating a chance for the Bald Eagle and the Wa Shorty.

This unexpected ambush at Fort Sipinh is very similar to Princip's assassination.

On the great plains of the Liaoxi Corridor, the field of vision is wide and unobstructed, and with the help of the clairvoyance in their hands, Ma Ke and Wu Biao can easily see the Jiannu cavalry in the distance.

Wu Biao raised the telescope again and carefully observed the smoke and dust in the distance, as the smoke and dust got closer and closer, in the clairhandly mirror, their outfits could be seen more clearly.

I saw that most of these Qing horses were wearing heavy armor, and the outer part was the Nanzhong cuirass shining in the autumn morning sun, and the inside was covered with yellow cotton armor nailed with copper nails. The lightning rods on their helmets were erected high, and the red tassels fluttered, which were very eye-catching, and they were the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Banner of the Tartars, and they were all the kind of horse armor elite riders.

In the smoke and dust, you can still see several people with black tassels on their helmets, and the flags behind them, but they are their specialists, Pashiku, or Pashiku and other officers.

And that's not all. These slaves are riding. There are also more than a dozen people with shining light on their armor, but it is the kind of bright armor with exposed armor. They have long tails and red tassels on their helmets, and they have oblique flaming flags on their backs, but they are the bayala of the yellow flag.

To Mako's attention, there were one hundred and ten helmets in the Jiannu cavalry with carved otter tails stuck in them. The guy with the two-foot flying tiger fox tail flag behind his back. They are equally armoured. In his demeanor, he was even more fierce than those bayalas.

Ma Ke's personal general, Ma Zhiren, leaned into Ma Ke's ear and whispered: "Dashuai, it is Emperor Jiannu's personal army. Ge Bush Xianchao Ha Battalion! ”

The voice was not loud, but it was within a range that could be heard clearly by Wu Biao and Ma Ke. Ma Ke nodded slightly, he knew that when the slave chief Huang Taiji was proclaimed emperor, in order to weaken the strength of the banner owners and strengthen the imperial power, he specially set up the Bayala Battalion and the Gebush Xianchaoha Battalion, and used the Bayala of each Niu Lu in a centralized manner. The virtuous soldiers of Gebush even selected those with outstanding skills from among the Bayala or nurturing soldiers, and the total number of the whole battalion was less than 2,000. This Ge Bush Xianchao Ha battalion, as Huang Taiji's pro-army, is also the only one he can use.

Because of the name of the Bayala camp and the Gebush Xian camp, the Ming army called these people the guard battalion and the forward battalion, and called the Aliha Chao battalion the Xiao cavalry battalion.

The Tartars of these forward battalions were generally only used as outposts for the slave chieftains, but in large-scale wars, they also went out with the Tartars of the guard battalion to spy and even break through the formation. Their combat power is also higher than that of the Tartar Protectors.

Ma Ke's mind was racing, could it be that the Buddha opened his eyes and let me meet Huang Taiji to come out to inspect? Wrong! Huang Taiji came out to inspect, it should be in the direction south of Quang Ninh, and it is impossible to have only these people around to escort him, but he can have the soldiers and horses of the forward battalion around him, and he is also an important person.

To fight, or not to fight?

Marco is hesitating.

"Ma Dashuai, you take your brothers to hold down the position for me behind the flank, and cruise around the periphery to be on guard, so that no Tartar escapes through the net. I'll take my brothers first! ”

Wu Biao didn't remember the earnest teaching of the "people who came over" from Fang Cai Ma Ke, what rafters rot first, what preserves strength, etc., he knows that the more your troops can fight, the more you have the ability to bargain with your superiors. Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, it will just be a bunch of wine bags and rice bags when eating!

With a long roar, hundreds of cavalry of the Model Brigade galloped from Xiping Fort to the men and horses guarded by the forward battalion.

By the red sun in the southeast, most of the soldiers of the Model Brigade could clearly see the appearance of the Jiannu elite cavalry on the opposite side, and under the painted copper and iron helmets, there were a pair of violent eyes, they held all kinds of weapons, or tiger guns, or knives, or maces, or heavy swords and iron whips, etc., wearing huge bows and arrows around their waists, and dozens of people carried fire guns behind their backs, or hung fire guns on their saddles.

Everyone's yellow placket foam nail cotton armor is all kinds of oil and sweat stains, this is because the long-term sweat stains can effectively strengthen the protection of the cotton armor, so many Tartar soldiers have not cleaned the cotton armor for many years, but those Bayala and Gebush soldiers are all bright and bright.

Look at those Tartar soldiers with yellow flags, worthy of the soldiers of the three banners, all of them are fierce, and their equestrian skills are extremely sophisticated, so there must be a fierce battle.

The cavalry of the Ming army, which suddenly rushed out from the side, really startled the officers and soldiers of the forward battalion who were slowly walking on their own territory.

Looking at the situation of the Ming army on the other side, there was a puzzled look in their eyes, how did this Ming army pass through the well-fortified battle lines on both sides to the rear of the Qing army? Fighting in the barracks of my Qing soldiers, they are not afraid?

They can't help but wonder, in the past, when they encountered those Ming army horses and sentinels, when they encountered the same number, they encountered these Qing warriors, and it was rare for them not to run quickly.

In the Ming army in this area, whether it was under the command of Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of the Ming State, the command of Wang Tingchen, or the command of Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, when the number was equal, they did not dare to fight. Even sometimes the Ming army was two or three times as large as them, and they also fled, and these Ming troops ......

I am not afraid of fighting the Ming army, and it has always been a very pleasant thing to fight with the Ming army. However, today's messenger can't let go of the fight, but can only fight quickly. Don't let the Ming army disturb the nobles in the team!

They muttered and talked in Jurchen.

When the Ming army's attacking team reached within 200 paces and could already see the banner of the Qingming army, many people in the Jiannu team understood and roared: "It's a model brigade, a model brigade of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

The shadow of the famous tree, after the model brigade arrived in Liaodong, several battles were defeated and lost by Jiannu, and he retreated with his whole body, and naturally became famous in the Jiannu camp. It's these elites of the Yellow Flag. Thinking of the heroic characters of Batu Lu Aobai that day, the noble identities of Prince Su Haoge and Prince Rui Dolgon all suffered under this southern barbarian army, and there was a trace of fear in his heart at the moment.

Moreover, the Ming army was the first to attack, and the momentum was not small. What's even worse is that. His mission was to escort the nobles back to Shengjing. Whether to face the battle or not, at this moment, they all had some hesitation.

"Kill this southern barbarian! After I escorted the nobles back to Shengjing. This auxiliary prince will ask everyone for credit in front of the master! ”

The person who spoke was none other than Yue Tuo's younger brother, Ma Zhan, the Duke of Fuguo.

Ma Zhan was also born with a typical appearance of the wild boar skin family, with a large round face, small eyes, two whiskers, and dark, red and thick skin on his face. A set of bright and crystalline Nanzhong armor wiped on his body, the otter tail on the top of the iron helmet, the black tassel hanging from the helmet, the bright yellow belt tied around his waist, and the fire knife flint and fire sickle meat cutting knife and cigarette bag purse worn on the belt are all fragments, all silently demonstrating his extraordinary noble status.

However, compared to the noble man in the several carriages in the core of the team, he did not dare to pose as the master of Huang Taiji's nephew.

"Please rest assured, master. Outside, there is just a small group of dog thieves from the Ming Kingdom blocking the way, and when the minions have sent them away, let's hurry again. In this way, when you return to Shengjing, you can also perform military feats to your master. ”

Finding that the team rushing on the opposite side was under the banner of a model brigade, the soldiers of these forward battalions couldn't help but shudder in their hearts, and then they surged with great excitement and eagerness.

In the current Jiannu Army, everyone, from the banner lord to the auxiliary soldiers, everyone will memorize the reward for killing the military exploits of the Jingbian Army: beheading the first level, and rewarding 100 yuan in silver. If you kill the first commander, the team officer and other officers, reward the acres of the house, wrap the minions, and behead the first level immediately carry it into the flag. Killing the chief officer can increase at least half of the future.

The soldiers of each forward battalion narrowed their eyes and looked at the horses rushing towards the Model Brigade, thinking in their hearts that it was the white silver dollars and the fields, houses, and clothed minions that the masters had rewarded.

This is the first time I have seen such a large number of model brigade horse corps since the beginning of the war, and I want to come here with senior officers of the model brigade. Huang Taiji has long had a will, if he can capture and persuade the officers of the model brigade to surrender, those who surrender can refer to the treatment of King Sanshun, and it is not impossible to be crowned king. As for those who persuade them to surrender and capture them, not to mention the rewards for military merits,

That being said, once he fought with the horse team rushing from the Model Brigade, Ma Zhan secretly cried out in his heart that he was bitter!

The model brigade of horsemen who rode crookedly on horseback knew that their riding skills were too different from those of these forward battalion generals, so they simply did not compete with them in their personal horse skills, but sacrificed the best magic weapon to deal with the Jiannu cavalry.

"Damn! It's this set again! You brutes! Is there still a bit of a man's backbone?! ”

In Ma Zhan's eyes, there was once again the scene he had seen in Changqing not long ago.

The cavalry of the Model Brigade, with a team of fifty people, formed a cavalry wall and collided straight towards the oncoming Qing cavalry!

Those Qing soldiers who rushed up on horseback, the combat method was still according to the Qing army's usual combat methods, with the Bayala soldiers in front, Gebush Xian soldiers behind, 30 people wearing light armor, using bows and arrows, outflanking, 20 people wearing heavy armor, holding spears, and the frame of the impact of the formation, but at this time the bow and arrows were replaced with flying axes and iron bones.

I saw those Baya roaring and outflanking them, and those who rode their horses behind them, each with heavy throwing axes, javelins, and other objects in their hands, and their sharp eyes stared closely at the model cavalry rushing on the opposite side.

These clear rides. Each saddle was hung with scattered iron bones and flying axes. Sharp weapons such as rotary knives, and some people still have javelin holsters on their saddles. Throwing immediately, many Qing soldiers started practicing from a young age. In terms of technical proficiency, it goes without saying that these Bayala soldiers and Kabush soldiers who have been selected layer by layer are not to mention.

At a distance of less than twenty paces between the two armies, the Bayala soldiers, who were rushing ahead, began to throw out the long-range throwing weapons such as javelins and bones in their hands.

A bone drew a black line in mid-air, smashing into the head of a model brigade cavalryman's horse. The war horse screamed and fell to one side, immediately knocking the rider on the horse to the ground, which immediately caused the nearby riders to be in a hurry, and the formation was also chaotic.

Javelins, bones, throwing axes, a hundred and ten sharp black shadows came with a flickering sound of the wind, flying from the sides of people's bodies, from the top of their heads.

In just twenty steps, these Jiannu cavalry had already made the model brigade cavalry pay the price of more than a dozen killed and more than two dozen wounded. But. The horses that rushed ahead were not in the slightest. rushed straight towards Jiannu on the opposite side.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the two Jiannu cavalry were rushed out.

Ma Zhan could see very clearly that just thirty paces away in front of him on his right, there was a Kabush soldier wearing triple armor. Writhing on the ground in pain. Blood spilled between the mouth and nose. at his chest. A piece of it was sunken down, presumably because the horse was trampled by the horse's hooves when he was hedging, and blood gushed from his mouth and nose. I think it was caused by internal injuries. Yan Zhan's internal injuries, massive blood loss, and the fact that he was trampled on by a galloping war horse made it inevitable that unless his goddess Phculun came immediately, this tartar would surely die.

The face of the Bush soldier was stunned in disbelief at first, and then showed a look of bitterness and resentment, and he struggled on the ground, trying to break free from the brink of death, but then dozens of horses rushed over him trampled his last shred of desire to survive into flesh, and he could only open his eyes and look at the sky unwillingly.

This Tartar is indeed unwilling, he has fought for many years, from the infantry armor to the vest, to Bayala, and finally selected into the Kabush Xianchao Ha battalion, experienced a hundred battles, born and died, but in the end, it was a grain ship in the gutter, and was killed by a group of guys who can only ride horses.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies were stuck together.

The model brigade still adopts the so-called "unreasonable and smelly and shameless" style of fighting, and a cavalry wall composed of dozens of cavalry rushes and rammed against the Jiannu cavalry who were fighting in twos and threes.

After a circle of impact, most of the 100 Bayala soldiers and Gebush soldiers who rushed up in the first wave under Ma Zhan's command were lost.

If it weren't for the fact that he had to guard those carriages, and not let the masters of the carriages be frightened and injured, fighting in such plains and wilderness, he might not have really been afraid of the horses of these model brigades. However, considering the importance of the figure in the car, Ma Zhan immediately found a decent step for himself.

"Protect the master's car! Come on! ”

The remaining hundreds of Jiannu cavalry surrounded the vehicle deadly, intending to break through and leave.

Want to go? But it's not that cheap!

Wu Biao immediately changed his tactics, still using the tactics of fighting more and fighting less, constantly attacking their formations from the evacuation of the formation of these elite Baya soldiers and Ge Bush soldiers, just like a sharp knife cutting meat on a cow, every time he impacted, more than a dozen or twenty Ge Bush soldiers and Baya soldiers were separated from the brigade, and in the blink of an eye, they were stabbed to death in the wilderness by knives and guns.

Ma Zhan didn't dare to delay here, so he just urged his subordinates to protect the vehicle and take the road.

Those Bayala soldiers and Gebush soldiers also knew the importance of the master on this car, and once there was a mistake, I was afraid that everyone would lose dozens of lives and not enough for the emperor to cut it. The left and right are dead, so they simply fight with these Nanban!

For a while, bows and arrows, javelins, throwing axes, bones, tiger tooth knives, sickles, tiger guns, and Eight Banner spears kept greeting the model brigade in their hands.

A javelin shot the horse of the Model Brigade, which was shot in the chest and abdomen by the javelin, and for a moment the pain was unbearable, and the man stood up and lifted the rider off his back, and then fell to the ground with a wail. After the rider fell off the horse, a dull pain poured out from his chest and abdomen, and it seemed that all his internal organs had been moved, but he was also quick-witted, and he saw a shallow pothole near the left early, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately rolled over, and just jumped into the pit, hundreds of war horses rumbled in front of him, and he was almost not trampled into flesh by the friendly horses coming from behind.

It was Mako's family who rushed up.

Ma Kebei has no skills, but his ability to observe the wind and color on the battlefield is better than Wu Biao and Wu Sangui, who are hairy boys, I don't know how many times.

can make Huang Taiji's pro-army dispatch so much, and he is so willing to defend with his life, how can he be an ordinary person? Looking at the rut marks of those vehicles, they are all deeply connected, and I think that there are a lot of things on the cars. Faintly, there was a woman's exclamation in the sound of shouting and killing, and Ma Ke immediately determined that the car must be the female dependent next to Huang Taiji!

Not his pseudo-queen, but also his favorite concubine!

The entry into battle of the Ma Ke subordinates suddenly brought Ma Zhan, who was already struggling to support, to the brink of collapse.

The cavalry of the Model Brigade had strict discipline, but their personal skills were poor, and the horsemen of the Mako were skilled in fighting, but the military discipline was not flattering. The two groups of men and horses got together, and Ma Zhan's hundreds of guards immediately stepped into the ghost gate.

The Mako's men were in front, fighting the Jiannu cavalry, with the aim of scattering and dispersing their formations. After that, the horses of the Model Brigade swooped down and crushed the already sparse formation.

The cavalry of both sides clashed with each other's formations, swept past each other, and there were constant screams from people falling off their horses, or the horses under them were hit and neighing.

In the scream, Ma Zhan was also stabbed in the hind leg of the war horse under the crotch by a horse subordinate of a horse man, and the horse overturned Ma Zhan to the ground, but fortunately, he has always been skilled in bowing horses, and after getting up, he moved a little, but his legs and feet were also unhindered, and he was about to pick up the long-handled knife that fell to the ground, but there was a sharp pain in his arm, but the bone of his right arm was broken.

The helmet on his head didn't know where it had been lost, and a stream of blood flowed down from the top of his head, blurring his vision. He struggled to wipe the blood so he could see better. The Bayala soldiers and Gebushi soldiers who fought against the Southern Barbarians in a few carriages were now less than a hundred, and most of the rest were killed or wounded.

"Let's go! Come on! ”

He shouted hoarsely at the few of the guards next to the carriage.

"Take Master Chen away!"

As soon as he roared this, a cavalryman of the Model Brigade swept behind him, waved his saber in his hand, and cut off one of his heads.

This Yue Tuo's younger brother was supposed to die in Jinan because of smallpox with his brother, but he didn't want to, but like his brother Yue Tuo, he avoided smallpox and did not avoid the saber.

Several carriages, under the desperate escort of the remaining Gebush soldiers and Bayala soldiers, rushed forward headlessly, and suddenly a long horse neighed and fell to the ground, and a long arrow in the neck was impressive. The carriage lost its center and fell to one side, and out of the carriage four or five women climbed out of the carriage screaming and screaming.

Looking at the jewelry, clothes, fur, powder, mirrors and other objects scattered all over the ground, Ma Ke rarely supervised his subordinates: "Don't pick it up!" Which picked me up and killed his head! The big head is still in those cars, give me a hard beating! Gotta catch it alive! (To be continued......)

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