Two days later, Zhang Yimen.

Since the Battle of Xizhimen, Liu Juntao led his army back to the Zhangyimen camp and led his troops to strengthen the fortifications around the camp.

On the periphery of Liu Juntao's battalion, Liu Juntao commanded his soldiers to dig a deep and wide trench, and set up a dense barrier behind the trench to prevent Warati from riding a longitudinal horse through the trench.

After that, Liu Juntao also ordered the soldiers to build a chest-high horse barrier behind the horse rejection line, and deployed the bird gunners of each battalion behind the horse barrier, so that they could continue to shoot outward and form continuous firepower.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also sent people to get in touch with the defenders around Zhangyimen and won artillery support from the head of Zhangyimen.

In this way, Liu Juntao built a complete defense system in the area of Zhangyimen.

Zhang Yuqing, the director of the Praise Painting Department who accompanied the army, saw Liu Juntao concentrating on building defense facilities, and he was very puzzled.

Before, Liu Juntao had always clamored to take the initiative, but since Xizhimen returned from Desheng, first Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, sent people to commend the soldiers, and then Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, also sent a lot of money and food to encourage.

After Liu Juntao accepted these rewards, he changed his previous aggressive posture, began to switch from offense to defense, and stepped up the construction of a defensive system.

Zhang Yuqing saw these in his eyes, so he came to the big tent of the Chinese army to ask to see Liu Juntao.

After Liu Juntao listened to Zhang Yuqing's words, he laughed out loud and said, "Do you think I'm proud of my achievements and don't want to make progress?" ”

Zhang Yuqing said with a straight face: "General, although the current dynasty has won one after another, there are already more than 200,000 troops in Wara, and the situation facing the dynasty is still dangerous, and the general must not slack off!" At this time, the Tartars had not yet withdrawn their troops, so how could the general be complacent and nest in the camp without seeking progress? ”

"What about you?"

Zhang Yuqing said: "The general should reorganize his armament, write a letter to ask for battle, and work with friendly forces to inflict heavy damage on the main force of Warat as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said secretly: "This Zhang Yuqing is a talent, and he has great insights in terms of right and wrong, and in terms of strategy!" ”

So, Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Zhang Sicheng can rest assured!" I built fortifications in the camp and waited for the army of Warat to attack! It is reported that the Warat army will storm Zhangyimen in a few days, and then it will be the time for our army to defeat the Tartars! ”

Zhang Yuqing was stunned when he heard this, if this news is true, then Liu Zi'an has no reason not to inform himself after the investigation department is not long?

Zhang Yuqing was about to inquire carefully, when suddenly a man who did not collect at night rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army, clenched his fists and said: "General Qiyu!" Ten miles north of the camp, the Warat army was found, with more than 200,000 troops! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yuqing was completely stunned, and his eyes were full of awe when he looked at Liu Juntao.

And Liu Juntao laughed out loud and said, "Order! The officers and men of each battalion immediately prepare for battle! ”

"Order!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

War drums suddenly sounded in the camp, and the soldiers of each battalion gathered one after another.

After receiving Liu Juntao's order, the officers and men of each battalion began to deploy in accordance with the defense plan, and the 28,000 soldiers of the entire battalion gathered towards the designated location, which seemed very orderly.

It didn't take long for all the officers and men of the battalion to be in place.

According to Liu Juntao's plan, the front battalion of the Yushan Town Guard led by Zhang Xiaojun and the left battalion of the Yushan Town Guard led by Chen Ziping served as the main force, and the two of them each led their troops and horses to garrison the area of the horse barrier outside the camp.

The right battalion of the Yushan Town Guard led by Gao Ran defended the right wing of the battalion, the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks led by Sun Xu defended the left flank of the battalion, and Liu Juntao led the Yanzhou Mansion Strange Barracks to stay behind the Chinese army camp.

The Iron Cavalry Battalion of Yushan Town led by Zhou Zongsheng was also on standby in the camp.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also ordered wolf smoke to be lit in the camp to warn the defenders of Zhangyimen.

After receiving the news, the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Ming army on the Zhangyi Gate also immediately prepared for battle, and filled more than 20 artillery pieces of various types on the head of the city, all of which were aimed at the north of Liu Juntao's battalion outside the city, ready to fire and bombard the enemy at any time.

It didn't take long for sporadic Wara sentinels to appear in the north of Zhangyimen, and these Wara sentry horsemen rushed to Liu Juntao's camp, galloping wildly outside the camp a hundred paces away, observing the deployment of the Ming army's soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, more and more Warat iron cavalry began to appear in the north, from thirty or fifty cavalry at the beginning, to hundreds or thousands of cavalry later, slowly converging into an endless ocean in the north of Liu Juntao's camp.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and in the end, he first led all the 220,000 Warat iron cavalry to arrive, and they lined up outside Zhangyi Gate to occupy all the wilderness north of Zhangyi Gate.

At this time, looking north from the Zhangyi Gate, all the horses and banners of the Warat army were as far as the eye could see, and the roars and neighing of the Tartar soldiers came and went, gathering into a deafening roar, which made the defenders of Zhangyi Gate frightened and hurriedly sought help from the Ming army in the area of Deshengmen.

At this time, Liu Juntao had already climbed onto the high platform of the Chinese army in the camp, and from a distance, he could only see the general outline of the Wara army, and he could not see the detailed details at all.

"When I go back this time, I must order Liulifang in Yushan Town to develop optical glass, and first equip the soldiers of each department with telescopes!"

Liu Juntao thought secretly in his heart, and suddenly heard the sound of a horn from the Varat army in the distance, and then heard the soldiers on the lookout cart shouting loudly: "The Tartar soldiers have attacked in three directions!" There are more than 30,000 troops in the middle lane, and the main attack is due north of the camp! 20,000 troops on the left and right, attacking the two wings of the battalion respectively! ”

Liu Juntao was also slightly surprised when he heard this, but he didn't expect to mobilize an army of 70,000 troops to attack in three directions as soon as he came up, this is to fight with his life and death!

However, Liu Juntao was not timid, and after snorting coldly, he said loudly: "Order: Command Zhang Xiaojun and command Chen Ziping to stick to the middle road, and the enemy is outside the camp!" Herald: Staff General Sun Xu and Commander Gao Ran stick to the two wings of the battalion! War! ”

After Liu Juntao gave an order, a group of heralds immediately scattered and ran away, and in a blink of an eye, the war drums of the Chinese army in the large battalion became more and more intense, and at the same time, the Chinese troops in each battalion also waved battle flags in response to the Chinese army in the large battalion.

At this time, Liu Juntao's 28,000 soldiers were ready for battle!

At the same time, the defenders on the Zhangyi Gate were also ready, and one of the staff generals shouted loudly: "Concentrate on bombarding the Tartars in the middle of the road, fire!" ”、

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

More than 20 artillery pieces continued to fire, and one after another cannons accompanied by gunpowder smoke and fire roared through Liu Juntao's battalion, and smashed down the 30,000 Wharat army that charged towards the middle road!

I saw a cannon of about three catties smashed diagonally into the Warat brigade, and immediately passed through the three Warat iron horses, smashing the three horsemen and horses to the ground, and suddenly stirred up a burst of blood mist.

"Ahh My leg! ”

Another cannon roared into the crowd, taking away the legs of one of the Varat cavalrymen, and then crashed into the chest of the other Varat cavalry, and smashed the two surrounding cavalry with this Varat cavalry, and immediately threw the surrounding cavalry into chaos.

At this time, the Warat army in the middle was still about half a mile away from the trench outside Liu Juntao's camp, and the artillery on the head of the city still continued, although it did not cause too many casualties, but it caused a huge blow to the morale of the Warat army, and also disrupted the cavalry formation and speed of the Warat army!