Outside Anping Town, this super duel with a total of more than 200,000 soldiers participating in the battle, when the battle broke out, in fact, both sides knew one fact very clearly, the Ming army could not stop the attack of the Tang army at all!

On the side of the Tang Army, Li Xuan and a large number of senior generals know very well that this is not because they are arrogant, but because they have confidence in their own strength.

In this battle, the Tang Army, except for a slightly smaller number of troops, occupied an almost absolute advantage in all other aspects, and even in terms of troops, the gap was very small, and the difference in the strength of the main forces of the two sides was only 20,000 at most.

100,000 vs. 120,000, this gap is not big, and even for the Ming army and the Tang army, it is still very small!

In previous battles, the Tang Army has never occupied an advantage in strength, and it is very common to fight one against two, or even three against four.

In the Battle of Yangzhou, in the face of the 100,000 Ming army with perfect city fortifications, the Tang Army was able to defeat the Ming army with only 60,000 troops and won the victory in the Battle of Yangzhou.

And now, the strength advantage of the Ming army is only a pitiful 10,000 or 20,000 people, far from the double or even three or four times the strength advantage of the past.

Even to a certain extent, in this battle, the Ming army did not have a strength advantage at all, but was at a disadvantage in strength.

With such a big gap between the two sides, if the Ming army wants to win, it is not that it is completely impossible, but the chance is very slim, so slim that the Ming army itself has lost confidence.

Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he ordered 20,000 people from the Chinese army to go to the right flank to support!

The current right-wing troops, facing the onslaught of more than 20,000 Tang Army, are almost overwhelmed, although it has not yet reached the time of complete collapse, but if there is no reinforcement, I am afraid that it is not far from a complete collapse.

"When will the Tatar cavalry arrive?" Emperor Zhengde asked, although his expression was flat, but there was already a hint of urgency.

"The Tatars are still ten miles away!" A close general immediately replied.

Hearing this, Emperor Zhengde frowned slightly!

In this battle, he also knew very well that his more than 100,000 infantry could not stop the attack of the Tang army at all, what he could do was to delay the time as much as possible, and drag the strength of the pseudo-Tang thief army, so as to create an opportunity for the Tatar cavalry to charge!

Yes, in this battle, it was not the Ming army that fought alone, there were also Tatars!

The cavalry of the Tatars, under the leadership of Altan Khan, had already appeared ten miles away, but they did not continue to enter the battlefield for the first time, but stopped, even the Zhengde Emperor could guess the Tatars' thoughts, and the Tatars must have thought that after the Ming army and the Tang army were defeated, they would come to pick up the cheap.

But!!

At this time, Zhengde said to a close general beside him: "You go in person and tell the Tatars that the defeat they want is no longer possible, if they don't come again, then our army will be completely defeated, and when the time comes, they will need to face the puppet Tang thief army alone!" ”

Hearing Zhengde's words, this cronie was also shocked, he didn't expect Emperor Zhengde to say such pessimistic words, even if he could see that today's battle was very dangerous for the Ming army, and there was almost no hope of winning, but it should still be possible to barely maintain the situation.

After all, their Ming army has a main force of 120,000, and there are more than 30,000 young and strong people, with a total of more than 150,000.

However, in the mouth of Emperor Zhengde, they didn't even have a chance to lose with the puppet Tang thief army!

"Your Majesty......" This person wanted to say something, but Emperor Zhengde waved his hand: "What are you waiting for?" ”

The man immediately said, "Minister, obey the order!" ”

Immediately, this person got on his horse and galloped, and accurately took people to the Tatar cavalry camp to find Altan Khan!

Emperor Zhengde's movements, Li Xuan naturally didn't know, although he could see Emperor Zhengde's side through the telescope, but he could only see a figure, just like Emperor Zhengde looked at him, but if he wanted to know what Emperor Zhengde did, it was absolutely impossible.

However, when Emperor Zhengde went to ask the Tatars to send troops, Li Xuan was ready to guard against the Tatar cavalry early!

The reconnaissance cavalry has already reported that the Tatar cavalry is five kilometers away, and these five kilometers for the cavalry, even if it is a large-scale operation, but at most it is a matter of half an hour, after all, this is not a slow march, but a formal combat operation.

If the Tatars wanted to, they could have rushed to the battlefield on spare horses, and then switched to war horses.

So even though the offensive has been launched, Li Xuan still has a strategic reserve in his hands, including the Ninth Infantry Division, the Guards, and two assault battalions.

The total strength of this reserve is more than 30,000 people!

They were used against the Tatar cavalry!

And when the time comes, the task of this strategic reserve is not to defeat the Tatar cavalry, they only need to stop the Tatar cavalry, so that they have some scruples and cannot support the Ming army, then it will be enough!

And the number of troops who really participated in the duel with the Ming army was actually less than 70,000 people!

This is also the reason why Li Xuan did not launch an attack on the whole front at the first time, but only launched an attack on the left flank.

However, the left flank troops with the Sixth Infantry Division as the core still killed the right flank of the Ming army.

The left flank of the Tang Army, against the right flank of the Ming Army, ended with a great victory on the left flank of the Tang Army.

Of course, as far as today's decisive battle is concerned, the defeat of the right wing of the Ming army does not mean the defeat of the whole front, this is a decisive battle with a total of more than 200,000 people, and it is impossible to directly determine the victory or defeat because of the defeat of a single army.

The Tang army's offensive continued, the left flank of the Tang army led by the Sixth Infantry Division of more than 20,000 people, is continuing to expand the advantage, they have defeated one Ming army after another, although the right flank of the Ming army is trying to rebuild the defensive line, and after receiving 20,000 reinforcements from the Chinese army, it is still difficult to resist.

Seeing that a breakthrough had been made on the left flank, Lieutenant General Lei Wan suggested on the spot that the heavy artillery units should be deployed in front of the front, directly on several small hills behind the Sixth Infantry Division, and then cover the enemy's positions with artillery fire through a condescending advantage.

Li Xuan nodded and approved the suggestion!

In fact, in today's battle, although Li Xuan was the one who gave the order, it was not him who actually commanded the battle, but the staff team headed by Lieutenant General Lei Wan.

At this moment, behind Li Xuan, a team composed of dozens of senior combat staff officers was constantly analyzing the situation on the battlefield, and then making different adjustments and summing them up on Li Xuan's side.

All Li Xuan has to do is give orders!

Otherwise, with Li Xuan's own military talent, it would actually be difficult to command such a super-large-scale battle.

After all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there are a lot of various tactical adjustments, definitely not to say that Li Xuan gives an order, the whole army charges, and then rushes up in one go, so recklessly rushing up, it is very likely to be killed by the Ming army.

A large number of artillery, especially the twenty-four-pound howitzers, began to be rapidly deployed in the front, and the artillery units, which had long been prepared, were dragged by horses, and the artillerymen were pushed in the rear, carrying not only the artillery itself, but also ammunition trucks loaded with shells.

In order to assist the artillery unit in establishing a new artillery position, the engineering unit also braved the artillery fire to assist the artillery unit in moving the artillery up the hill and then building an artillery position.

In this process, the horses that need to be cared for on weekdays are ruthlessly driven, and the artillerymen pull the artillery up in order to let the horses burst into greater potential, and they are constantly whipping the horses, and when they carry these heavy guns up a few small hills, many of the horses are already foaming at the mouth from tiredness.

But at such a critical moment, no one cares about these anymore!

Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, the same is true for military horses!

The treatment of military horses is even better than that of soldiers, and the Datang Army pays such a big price to raise these military horses in order to use them on the battlefield.

After more than 50 artillery pieces, half of which were 24 pounds of howitzers, were deployed, the artillerymen, although they were already very tired, still began to reload and prepare for the shelling.

At this time, the one who commanded the forward artillery was Major General Chen Butcher!

After Butcher Chen switched to artillery, he has always been active in the front line, frequently holding various senior positions in artillery, and now, Butcher Chen's position is the commander of the First Artillery Group.

This First Artillery Group was naturally set up specifically for this battle, and Butcher Chen's own officer is very interesting, he is actually the commander of the newly established 12th Infantry Division!

This is also the final post channel for many artillery generals, that is, after serving in the artillery unit to a certain level, they will directly become the senior commander of the infantry unit, and there are many examples of the commander of the artillery regiment being transferred to the deputy division commander, chief of staff, and commander of the mixed regiment.

The 12th Infantry Division was established temporarily before Li Xuan went north, and it was part of a new round of expansion plan of the Tang Army in the summer of the sixth year of Xuanping, but the framework had not yet been built, and Li Xuan went north in person.

And Li Xuan also simply brought this person up, and asked him to command the first artillery group, a part of the artillery unit.

"Shoot the gun, fuck it!" Butcher Chen roared loudly, looking high-spirited!

When Butcher Chen commanded dozens of artillery pieces and fired shells into the Ming army's Chinese army hundreds of meters away, the Ming army's Chinese army was also shaken!

Emperor Zhengde looked at the artillery shells that were constantly falling in front of his own Chinese army, and then looked at the counterattack of his own artillery troops, and his heart was both angry and helpless!

The artillery of your own Chinese army is also counterattacking, but the effect of counterattack is not much!

It is not pleasant to be beaten passively all the time, and in the long run, I am afraid that my Chinese army will follow in the footsteps of the right wing.

Immediately, he said to the people beside him: "Let the Jingying cavalry go out and attack the artillery positions of the left flank of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and be sure to take their artillery positions!"

After that, he turned his gaze to the west, which was the direction of the Tatars, but the Tatars had not yet come!

At the same time, five kilometers to the west, countless cavalry gathered in one place, and at a glance, they couldn't see their heads, and at the forefront of these cavalry, Altan Khan was hesitant!