In April of the seventh year of Tianshun, Hara Mang came to the city.

After the Ming army withdrew to the south of the Great Wall, it was occupied by the Hu people, first the Warat Department, and now the Tatar Department.

The city of Halamanglai was repaired on the basis of the original town of Guangwu Town.

However, neither the Warat Department nor the Tatar Department had any decent craftsmen, nor did they have the technology to build the city, so although this Hara Manglai City was called a city, it was only a slight cleaning of the ruins of the original Guangwu Town, and then the city gate was strengthened and the collapsed houses were repaired.

As for the city walls and other city defense facilities, the Tatars were not capable of repairing and reinforcing them on a large scale.

Therefore, at this time, the city of Hara Manglai still looks dilapidated, and the protection of the city is also very low, which is not much stronger than the original abandoned ruins of Guangwu Town.

After leading his troops to withdraw to the city of Haramang, he had already mobilized grain and grass from the Tatar tribes four times, and moved all the original troops in the city to the Khan tent.

One is that once the battle is defeated, these tens of thousands of people will be captured by the Tiance army; The two are also preparing to take these tens of thousands of people as hostages and force the 180,000 iron cavalry army in the city to fight to the death!

At this time, standing on the south wall of the city of Hara Manglai, as far as the eye can see, the vast fields around the city of Hara Manglai are endless, among the 180,000 troops, in addition to 30,000 elite soldiers and horses stationed in the city, the rest of the 150,000 iron cavalry army are all stationed around the city, and the boundless and endless joint camp spreads to the sky, which is magnificent.

The city of Hara Manglai is surrounded by a plain, with no rivers, no hills, and no woods, and it is a place suitable for the iron cavalry to charge.

This is also the reason why the Pora Manglai deployed a large army to establish a defensive line in the city of Haramanglai, where the advantages of the Tatar iron cavalry army could be maximized, and at the same time, there was a support point for the city of Hara Manglai to provide support for the army.

However, these did not bring the slightest comfort to Xiao Lai, who was still apprehensive in his heart.

Previously, in Lingji Spring, Xiao Lai also led an army of 180,000 and a bloody battle with the 130,000 Tiance army, but the final result was that the Tatar army suffered tens of thousands of casualties and suffered great losses, and although the casualties of the Tiance army are not clear, according to the estimation of Xiaolai, at most there are more than 10,000 people, not even 10,000 people, and thousands of people are over!

According to the report of the sentinel cavalry, Liu Juntao also built a cemetery in Lingji Spring and held a public sacrifice for the fallen Tiance army, which regarded the battle of Lingji Spring as a bloody battle with huge casualties.

"Losing a few thousand people is a bloody battle?"

I felt a pain in my heart, so the few times I fought with the Tiance Army, was it a hellish battle?

At this time, the breeze was gentle, which made people very comfortable, but his face was full of gloom, even if he had sent out all the combat power of the Tatar Department and made all the pre-war preparations, he still did not have the slightest confidence in the current battle situation, and was even full of worries about his future.

Suddenly, a detachment of Tatar sentinels rushed from the south, causing quite a commotion in the tents of the Tatars spreading outside the city.

When I saw it from afar, my heart suddenly tightened.

"Great Khan! The Ming army is heading north, and it is only more than ten miles away from Hara Manglai! ”

Xiao Lai hurriedly asked, "The Tiance Army is the whole army going north!" ”

"Back to the Great Khan, the Tiance army is the whole army going north, more than 100,000 troops are overwhelming, and the army is extremely strong!"

Hearing this, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times involuntarily, and then he suddenly laughed: "Okay! Since the Ming army wants to die, then Ben Khan will accompany him to the end! ”

"Herald! The army strengthened its vigilance, sent additional sentry cavalry south, and closely monitored the movements of the Tiance Army! ”

At the same time, on a hill more than ten miles south of the city of Hara Manglai, Liu Juntao led the various units of the Tiance Army to temporarily station, and after one night, the army began to continue north.

Hu Dexing, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, rode his horse to Liu Juntao's side and asked in a low voice: "Governor, can you rely on the Changshui Army alone?" After all, the Changshui Army does not have many troops, and if there is a mistake, our losses will be great! ”

Liu Juntao said with a smile: "Don't worry, then you must have strengthened your guard at this time, those Tatars must have been nervous, and the governor just happened to add fire to them!" ”

Hu Dexing also smiled, but there was still some worry between his eyebrows.

"I'm afraid that I will arrange troops in advance......"

Liu Juntao paused, and then said: "No, if you have this thought, you won't have the whole army cowering in Hara Mang, and our journey won't be so smooth!" ”

Hu Dexing nodded, then didn't say anything, but said to the guards behind him: "Beat out all the battle flags of each army, and let the subordinate iron cavalry of each department assemble and march!" ”

"Order!"

In the evening of the next day, the various units of the Tiance Army arrived four miles south of the city of Hara Manglai and began to set up camp.

At this time, there were constantly Sentinels of the Tatar Department coming to probe and watch around the camp of the Tiance Army.

Liu Juntao was not polite, and immediately ordered all the troops to send out the night and the iron cavalry to drive away.

So, just around the camp of the Tiance Army, the "appetizers" before the big battle were served, and the iron cavalry of the two sides started a small-scale engagement.

After a fierce battle, the Sentinels of the Tatar Department were defeated and retreated to the city of Hara Mang, Liu Juntao smiled and ordered: "Light the bonfire, and the whole army will strengthen its vigilance!" ”

At nightfall, he received a report from the sentinels: "Qi Great Khan, the Tiance army is encamped four miles to the south. ”

"Is there any change in the Tiance Army?"

"Back to the Great Khan, the Tiance Army has strengthened its vigilance, and all battalions of the whole army have lit bonfires to prevent night attacks, and there has been no movement!"

Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered all the iron cavalry armies to rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At dawn, a troop of Tatar horsemen was patrolling the camp east of the city of Haramanglai, and this group of Tatar horsemen had been patrolling for most of the night, and it could be said that people were sleepy and tired, and everyone was looking forward to handing over the shift as soon as possible, so that they could return to the camp to rest.

Suddenly, a muffled thunder came, and the ten-captain of the team suddenly became alert, looked up at the night sky, and saw the bright moon in the sky, and there was no trace of dark clouds!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

The ten-captain shouted hoarsely, and all his men around him panicked, and one of the trumpeters immediately blew the horn.

"Woo~Woo~Woo~"

The sound of a low trumpet spread through the camp, and the Tatar troops and horses suddenly left the camp in a chaotic manner, and gradually, the Tatar joint camp from the east to the west began to neigh, stirring up the night completely.

At the same time, the general Zhou Zongsheng led more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Army to gallop wildly, and the soldiers of the whole army had increased the speed of the war horses to the maximum.

At the front of the army, hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers gradually broke away from the front of the army, all of whom were armed with earth-shattering thunderbolts and threw them dozens of steps away from the camp.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

After a loud bang, the defenses of the large battalion were all blown apart, and then the soldiers of the Changshui Army rushed into the camp like a flood, overwhelming the countless Iron Knights of the Tatar Ministry who had not yet assembled and were ready to fight.

"Accelerate! Hasten! ”

General Zhou Zongsheng roared loudly, the huge roar was full of excitement, and the iron cavalry army behind him was like a huge iron hammer, smashing down on the Tatars, and immediately stirred up countless blood waves!

"Horse Pedal Joint! Ha ha! ”

General Zhou Zongsheng laughed excitedly, when he received Liu Juntao's night attack order, he was also a little apprehensive in his heart, expecting that this battle must be a hard battle, but he didn't expect that everything was so smooth, he led the soldiers of the Changshui Army directly into the eastern camp of the Tatars, and then all the way from east to west, as if entering a no-man's land.

At this time, Xiaolai had already received an urgent report, and came to the south wall of the city of Hara Manglai, only to see that in the night, all the large battalions were in chaos, and several large battalions in the east were already killing the sky and shining with fire, and several large battalions in the central and western regions were also crowded, and they were also alarmed.

"Herald! The soldiers and horses of the central battalions immediately rushed forward, delaying the charge of the Ming army at all costs! ”

"Herald! The western battalions immediately assembled their troops and horses and launched a counterattack within half an hour! ”

"Herald! The soldiers and horses in the city immediately gathered 10,000 iron horsemen to stand by! ”

After the orders were arranged, Xiao Lai secretly said in his heart: "Half an hour! Will Liu Juntao give me half an hour? ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

A loud explosion sounded, which seemed to answer the question in his heart.

He looked horrified at the battalions in the west that were constantly flashing with fires and explosions, and shouted, "Send someone to see what is going on over there!" ”

"Yes!"

It didn't take long for the sentry to run back in terror: "Great Khan! The Tiance army is attacking the western battalions, and now three large battalions have been breached, and the warriors of each division are in chaos! ”

"What are the sentinels doing?"

Before nightfall, the Sentinels had already been dispatched, just worried that the Tiance Army would come to raid, but the army did not receive any warning!

At this time, he could no longer take care of these, and immediately ordered the large armies on the east and west sides to retreat, and the soldiers and horses of the central battalions gathered in front of the city of Hara Manglai to defend it, attracting the firepower of the Ming army and covering the retreat of the various departments.

"Order the 10,000 iron cavalry assembled in the city to attack immediately and hit the soldiers and horses of the Tiance Army in the east!"

It wasn't long before 10,000 Tatar horsemen rushed out of the city of Haramanglai and joined the fierce battle in the east.

Seeing that the Tatar iron cavalry in front of him was retreating, the general Zhou Zongsheng suddenly killed 10,000 fresh troops, and immediately shouted: "Report to the governor immediately!" The Tatars are retreating, retreating! ”