The armies of the two sides have not yet come into contact, but the fierce scout war has started first.

A team of 100 men who had been sent out to meet them by the commander of the 10,000 cavalry, who had been left behind to guard the horses, knew that the situation was worse when they saw that there was nothing in common with the cavalry on the steppe except for the cavalry on horseback.

The centurion who led the team sent people back to report the news, and at the same time took the others to turn into scouts on the spot, wanting to find out the situation of the opposing army first. In fact, there is nothing to touch, a big banner with clear characters raised high, this flag of the old opponent that has been passed down from generation to generation and rooted in the depths of memory, it is impossible for anyone not to know.

But it's not okay if you don't figure out the situation - I didn't run in the face of the Ming army, but what about the number of people? Judging from the vibrations coming from the ground alone, the approximate number of riders was about 100,000. But judging from the smoke and dust raised on the opposite side, there must be at least 150,000 or 60,000 cavalry, otherwise there would be no such a large amount of smoke and dust at all.

And the cavalry of the Ming army at the head also discovered the hundred-man team on the opposite side at this time, and a team of 100 people of the same child broke away from the marching cavalry team and chased after this hundred-man team that inquired about their own situation.

Daria Chi spat hatefully, and after a snort, he ran away in a circle with his cavalry, intending to take the hundred-man team on the opposite side in a circle first, and slowly consume it.

The centurion Hari Bari Bari who was divided to pursue Dari Achi saw that the hundred-man team on the opposite side was hanging himself from a distance, and immediately slammed the horse's belly and chased after him.

After a few circles, Dariachi estimated that the other horse's cavalry was still a few miles away, so he slowed down his horse, and then turned his horse's head and killed him.

Seeing that the hundred horsemen of Lin Dan Khan's department finally stopped going around in circles, Haribari was also overjoyed, so he immediately urged the horse forward and led his team of 100 people to kill him.

I have to say that Emperor Chongzhen's strategy is very correct - the persimmon is the soft one first!

Since it was brought to the grassland, more than a dozen small tribes affiliated with Lin Dan Khan's Chahar Department have been slaughtered along the way, and they have slowly built up confidence again for the ten thousand horses that were put together by Bu Lost Rabbit and Zhuo Li Ketu Khan, who were previously hung and beaten by Lin Dan Khan. They now firmly believe that as long as they are under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, they can once again become the invincible iron cavalry that has beaten the whole world.

So the current situation is that Hari Bari, who originally did not dare to fight with Lin Dan Khan's iron cavalry, actually became rare at this time, and dared to lead his 100-man team to charge against Dari Achi's 100-man team.

Dari Achi was angry, these people were obviously Mongolians of the same race as themselves, and now they were willing to be the lackeys of the Han people, and brought the Han people to fight the Mongols! These dog minions who betrayed the Immortal Heaven deserve to die! The angry Dari Achi hated the most at this time was not the Ming army, but these betrayers who came to the grassland with the Ming army, they were the most hateful! If it weren't for them, how would the Ming army find the royal court when they came to the grassland? Supplies and water sources, as well as the march route along the way, can kill the Ming army in this vast grassland.

Dari Achi was angry, and Hari Bari was even angrier. Originally, he followed Zhuoliktu Khan to graze cattle in Inner Khalkha in Liaodong, and occasionally responded to the call of the Ming Dynasty to build a wave of slaves and get some rewards.

But it was because of Lin Dan Khan's bullshit idea to restore the glory of Genghis Khan that Nekhalkha was removed! His wife, his lovely daughter, and the little man who will definitely become Jebel are gone! Nothing!

Both sides have hatred in their hearts, and in this vast grassland, under the blue sky and white clouds, between the same clan and the same clan, a big drama of brothers fighting each other and killing each other has been staged.

After the first round of confrontation, Dari Achi ignored his severed right arm, grabbed the saber with his left hand instead, looked at Hari Bari on the opposite side and said angrily: "You traitors who have betrayed the Immortal Heaven and the Great Khan! Immortal Heaven will definitely punish you, and you should be dragged to death by horses! ”

Hari Bari was expressionless, but the hatred in his heart that could not be concealed made him not even interested in answering, but once again raised his saber and rushed towards Dari Achi.

Chongzhen was far behind the army, looking at the dust raised, and muttered in his heart, this fucking is very similar to the sandstorms of later generations. Fortunately, it's only temporary, otherwise wouldn't I have to eat sand in the capital in the future?

Emperor Chongzhen, who was full of cranky thoughts, wisely did not choose to interfere with the command this time. As a novice on the battlefield, this kind of war at the level of tens of thousands of people, it is better not to mix blindly, in case of losing troops and losing troops due to his own reasons, it is really impossible to draw.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that the speed of the team in front of him began to slow down until it slowly stopped. Chongzhen rushed up curiously, but saw that the team left behind by the royal court of Lin Dan Khan on the opposite side was sorting out his queue, while the captain of his side, Batel, was hurrying towards him after also ordering the queue to be organized.

The war is coming, how can we tolerate all that red tape? Battle didn't dismount either, but just stroked his chest on his horse and said, "Great Heavenly Khan, those people on the other side seem to want to have a decisive battle outside the royal court of the pseudo-Khan Lin Dan. ”

Chongzhen is a battlefield novice, where does he know the Tao here? When he saw Battle coming, he asked, "Why don't you rush in and kill them all, my captain?" ”

Battle patiently explained: "The great Khan, they have 10,000 cavalry, and they are also protected by a fence, and if they attack forcibly, it is not so easy to do it like a pack of wolves going to bite a lamb in a fence. If a decisive battle is fought outside their fence, as long as the more than 10,000 cavalry are taken care of, their fence will not be of much use. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and said to Battle: "Go ahead, let it go, I believe that I will not disappoint me for a long time." I am confident that you will bring blood and fire to your enemies. ”

When Battle heard this, he bowed again and said, "Yes, Great Heavenly Khan." ”

It wasn't until Battle went back again that Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. This way of speaking on the grassland is too fucking troublesome, obviously a few words, it's a metaphor or something, and it hurts to make yourself. Since the plan has changed, Chongzhen simply sent someone to inform Liu Xingzuo and Zhang Zhiji, ordering them to change their plan, no longer play any tricks around Sanque Yi, and simply arrange to intercept ten thousand cavalry, so that these recruits in the Beijing camp can see blood.

Lin Dan Khan's 10,000 cavalry left behind in the royal court, although it was not as elite as the 100,000 troops who followed him south to Xuanfu, but it was not a waste. The commander of ten thousand horses, Arislan, is not an ordinary person. Someone on the other side was talking about something, and Arislan could naturally see it clearly, but he couldn't hear it clearly.

The 10,000 men he sent out returned and reported that there should not be so many men in the army on the other side, and although the dust raised was very large, judging from the sound of horses' hooves and the shaking of the ground, it should be less than 100,000 people. If it is configured according to one person and two horses, it should be about fifty or sixty thousand people.

As for the judgments of the scouts he sent out, Arislan believed them, and these judgments made by himself through the sound of horses' hooves and the shaking of the ground were basically not much different.

But I really can't think of it, when did the Ming army have the courage to get out of the jam? Didn't the Ming Dynasty be beaten like dogs by those savages of the Jurchen Department in Jianzhou? The Great Khan of his own family also took his soldiers to the so-called Xuanfu of the Ming people, so where did such a large team come from?

Unable to figure it out, Azhislan simply shook his head and stopped thinking about it. This is the royal court, the big men of the Golden Family, the relatives of the Great Khan, and the families of himself and his brothers are also here, and they can't retreat. In this case, let's have a good fight with those cavalry on the opposite side, let the Ming people see what the Mongolian iron cavalry is, and tell them with facts that the cavalry must be Mongolian's strong!

Just as Arislan and Battle made the decision to fight a decisive battle outside the royal court at the same time, the soldiers of the Beijing camp also formed a queue under the reprimand of their own hundred households. The only difference is that they chose to dismount in formation.

Emperor Chongzhen raided the homes of the eight locust merchants, and his small life can be described as a beautiful life, although the Beijing camp this time was brought with cavalry, but the muskets were also brought out. And there was also a special guard of cavalry with repulsion rifles.

Now the 10,000 cavalry in front of the front want to hedge with the 10,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and these people will arrange an interception line in the rear, and when the two sides pass by in a staggered position, the 10,000 cavalry on the opposite side will not have enough room for maneuver, and they will be able to harvest a wave of heads at that time.

At this time, the grassland is becoming more and more silent. Even if there were bold people in the royal court, they were afraid that someone would find out, so they all held their breath tightly. In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, if this scene is made into a movie, it must be added with the special effects of dark clouds covering the top, cyclones constantly rising, and blades of grass falling low or flying, which is really fucking exciting.

The tranquility that had been suppressed was shattered. Arislan could no longer bear this oppressive atmosphere, so he ordered the five thousand cavalry composed of some slaves to rush into battle first, and when the first wave of five thousand cavalry rushed out, Aslan also drew his saber, waved forward, and ordered the troops to march.

Seeing that the opponent had already made an offensive move, Battle did not hesitate to draw his saber at the moment, and rushed forward with a shout.

How far are the two sides? It's just a few miles away, and this distance, just when the two sides are in contact, can allow the war horse to reach the maximum sprint speed. In a matter of moments, the cavalry on both sides had been strangled together.

Ten thousand horses against ten thousand horses, and they are all prepared, it is impossible to chisel through the formation. Unless it is like Wan Yanhong's missed old fox, the width of the array is wide enough, but the depth is insufficient, and due to carelessness, scouts have not been sent to reconnoiter the situation in the rear.

With the collision of the war horses and the slashing of the blades, the cavalry at the head and tail of both sides were all fighting together. However, the 10,000 cavalry led by Battle was prepared, and there was infantry support in the rear as a foundation, and at the moment it was not entangled with the cavalry of Arislan, but just blindly sprinted forward, sprinted, and sprinted.

It was only tea time, and Battle's 10,000 cavalry had already passed through the 10,000 cavalry of Arislan, and made a large maneuver in the direction where the court of Lin Dan Khan was located, preparing to return the war horse and come again.

Ajislan was in pain at this time. Originally, he thought that there were fifty or sixty thousand cavalry on the opposite side, but he never thought that the people who engaged him in battle were only ten thousand cavalry, and those who stayed further behind had already dismounted and become infantry, and they were constantly advancing in their own direction.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Arislan Department was about to arrive in front of him, the new army and the hundreds of households in the Beijing camp all ordered: "The first platoon is ready to reject the horse and gun!" Raise your shield! The second platoon is ready for firecracker shooting! The third row is ready to drop bombs! ”

When Liu Xingzuo and the British Duke were training the new army and the Beijing camp, they thoroughly carried out the instructions of Emperor Chongzhen - the order is forbidden! At this time, although the soldiers of the new army and the Beijing camp, who were trained like machines, were worried in their hearts, and they didn't know whether the rejection of the horse pistol would bring them a sense of security, but since there was a military order, it was not allowed to be disobeyed - there were still 3,000 cavalry of the Xibe Department who were being watched as law enforcement teams.

As the spears were inserted into the ground, the barrels of the guns were placed on the shield that was erected at the front, and the tips of the spears were pointed obliquely at the Azhislan and the others who were rushing over.

When the cavalry of Arislan rushed to a distance of almost fifty meters, the general flags of the new army and the Beijing camp shouted according to the regulations of the previous training: "Shoot! ”

After a crackling burst of gunfire, the Arislan side was pleasantly surprised to find that there were not many casualties on their side at all—not even as great as the casualties of the cavalry hedged just now.

The people at the front of Arislan, who were about to continue the charge, heard some shouts coming from the Ming army's array: "Drop the bomb!" ”

Like Jiannu, the Mongol cavalry, who had never seen the original version of the grenade, did not take this small bottle that fell from the sky seriously - it was this carelessness that caused the Mongol cavalry to suffer heavy losses.

The small bottles that fell came first and one after the other, or exploded in the air and injured people, or exploded and injured the horse's leg after falling to the ground. And what is even more lacking in virtue is that the sound of this thing is not small, and many Mongolian cavalry horses are frightened by the sound, but there is a tendency to be frightened, so that the cavalry has to divide their energy to arrange the war horses under their crotches.

At this time, the loading of the Ming army had been completed, but they heard many general flags shouting: "Shoot!" Second row ready! ”

At this time, the reloading speed of the Ming army was greatly increased due to the strength of Xu Guangqi and the guy named Bi, so the reloading speed had been greatly improved, and there was no need for three hits, just two hits, which brought more pressure to the Mongolian iron cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry in the front row could not bear the pressure, so they wanted to spread out in the direction of the two flanks before firing at home, but at this time, the cavalry in the rear was still charging forward, and the cavalry in front was miserable.

The 10,000 cavalry led by Battle had already completed the preparation of turning the formation, and when they saw that the cavalry led by Arislan was still competing with the infantry, they accelerated and rushed back.

And when the cavalry led by Arislan reacted that there was still a 10,000-horseman behind him, the time was too late, although he turned his horse's head and charged towards Battle's 10,000-strong horsemen, but at this moment, the distance at this moment could no longer allow the horse to raise how fast it was, so that Azhislan's 10,000-strong cavalry fell into a bitter battle, and it was only a matter of time before the whole army was destroyed.

Chongzhen, who was lacking in virtue in the five elements, moved forward a little closer at this time, and saw that the cavalry led by Aslan had been entangled, and Lin Dan Khan's royal court had lost its last defensive strength, so he asked Liu Xingzuo beside him: "Anyway, there is no need for so many foot soldiers at this time, it is better to divide 10,000 to attack Lin Dan Khan's royal court, in this way, those cavalry will inevitably be distracted, and it will not be more troublesome at that time?" ”’

Liu Xingzuo, who has never been a good thing, heard this, so he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is wise! "Even if he slapped the war horse, he went to transfer the soldiers of the Beijing camp and prepared to attack the royal court of Lin Dan Khan.