"Boom......."

The billowing smoke and dust obscured the sky and the sun, as if the scorching sun had been blocked, but the land was still sweltering, and sweating soldiers and horses were everywhere.

At this time, the Great Khan of Warat also led an army of nearly 200,000 troops to the west, and was advancing towards Yanghepo on the eastern vein of Leigong.

I saw that the iron horses of Warat were boundless, and those Tartars rode on horses, all of them were very strong, and the banners played in the army were mostly the Khan banners of Warat, as well as the banners of generals such as the King of Saikan and the Governor of Ara.

The boundless Warat army was mostly bald, and a few elite soldiers and horses wore iron helmets and waist-length armor or short armor; Most of the Warat soldiers wore turbans and coats.

These Warat armies are all skilled in equestrianism, most of the Warat Iron Riders are riding two horses, and even the main elite around them are all one person and three horses!

The Varat army marched with a fierce momentum and an unstoppable aura.

The huge horse team spread like a torrent in the plain north of Datong Town, stirring up the earth to shake endlessly, and the smoke and dust were in the sky, and even the head of Datong Town more than ten miles away could see the billowing smoke and dust in the north.

Seeing that the army was so powerful, the Great Khan was also very satisfied, and the anger of the previous continuous loss of troops and generals also dissipated a lot, and at this time, there was only anger left in his heart against Liu Juntao's department, and this battle was about to defeat it in one fell swoop.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

At the same time that the Wara army was advancing westward, the general Zhou Zongsheng led more than 5,000 soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army to march quickly, following all the way a few miles to the south of the Warat army, ready to attack the scattered soldiers and horses of the Warat army at any time.

I saw ten thousand horses rushing directly into an unknown river, and for a moment the river did not flow, but when they reached the middle of the river, the horsemen on the horse, all with their feet crossed the horse's back, or held the horse's head, and crossed the river like that.

Although the river was wide, the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion were skilled in riding, and the soldiers either held their horses' heads or led their horses' tails, and they crossed the river in the wind, always keeping a distance of several miles from the Warat army.

Two days later, the general Zhou Zongsheng saw that the Wara army had learned well, and nearly 200,000 horses and horses were advancing together, and each force of soldiers and horses was tens of thousands of people.

Therefore, the general Zhou Zongsheng immediately ordered the officers and men of the Iron Cavalry Army to stop following, and they were haunting more than ten miles behind the Wara army, preparing to sit and wait for the opportunity to attack again.

At the same time, General Yan Hu had also led the rear battalion of Yanzhou Town to the foothills north of Leigong Mountain, found a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, rushed to repair a defensive position, and stationed there, ready to wait for the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

On the Yanghe slope, on the entire defense line, the upper, middle and lower three defense lines have formed a three-dimensional defense system, no matter which road the Wara soldiers and horses attack the Yanghe slope from, they will be subjected to more than four miles long, the upper, middle and lower three-dimensional firepower of the fierce baptism!

This can be said to be an impossible defense line for the Warat army without any heat~ weapons and equipment.

Moreover, there are only nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in the first place, and there are 70,000 troops in Yanzhou Town under Liu Juntao.

The terrain of Yanghepo completely offset the only strong bow and fast horse advantage of the Wara army, so Liu Juntao was already very sure in his heart: this battle will be won!

The only thing that made Liu Juntao a little worried was that he also jumped over the wall in a hurry and fought with himself to the end in Yanghepo.

Although the army of Yanzhou Town occupies the advantage of terrain and equipment, the firearms at this time have not yet formed an absolute generation advantage after all, and there are at least tens of thousands of archers in the 200,000 Wara army, which is not to be underestimated.

Once they go crazy first, the casualties of the soldiers of the battalions in Yanzhou Town will also be very huge!

Of course, for the treacherous and cunning first, once the war does not go well, the greatest possibility is to lead troops north and return to the grassland to restore strength.

On this day, Liu Juntao, Zhang Yuqing, Liu Zi'an, and Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Sun Xu, three generals, stood on the fire road pier on the top of the mountain, from which they could clearly look at the scenery several miles down the mountain.

At this time, the wilderness east of Lei Gong Mountain was already billowing smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun, Liu Juntao and others could already see very clearly the scene of the 200,000 Wara army encamped, countless soldiers, countless war horses, had occupied all the wilderness on the east side of Lei Gong Mountain.

In the wilderness, there seemed to be no other creatures except the stinky Tartar soldiers.

Zhang Yuqing frowned slightly, and said, "It seems that he is preparing to fight with us here, but I don't know how to prepare for this battle first." ”

Liu Zi'an also said: "That's right! I also made a great determination first, the sentinels of our exploration department and the night soldiers of the battalions were driven away by a large number of Warat iron cavalry, and now the connection between our army and Datong town and city, as well as with the rear, has been greatly weakened, and it seems that we are also preparing to isolate our army here! ”

Liu Juntao snorted coldly when he heard this, and said, "Hmph! I was worried that I would not take the bait first, and would lead the army to turn around and rush to Xuanfu Town to wreak havoc, but who would have thought that I would think of a place first, and they were all ready to fight here. All right! This town is here to fulfill him, and this sun and slope will become the burial ground of the Warat people! ”

Zhang Xiaojun, Gao Ran, and Sun Xu all felt their blood boiling when they heard this, and the tense atmosphere before the big war did not make the three nervous and timid, but made the three of them warlike high.

At this time, not only Zhang Xiaojun's three people were full of fighting spirit, but also the soldiers of each battalion.

According to Liu Juntao's deployment, the vanguard battalion led by General Zhang Xiaojun was stationed in the first line of defense, the officers and men of the right battalion led by General Gao Ran were stationed in the second line of defense, and the soldiers of the front battalion led by General Sun Xu were stationed in the third line of defense.

The officers and men of the Chinese military battalion directly under Liu Juntao stayed behind the Chinese army and deployed around the fire road pier on the top of the mountain.

In this way, 70,000 soldiers have been deployed and are ready to fight within the defensive line, and the soldiers of the army are even more high-spirited.

On the four-mile-long defense line, Liu Juntao deployed more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in four battalions, such a dense force allocation, not to mention 200,000 Warat soldiers and horses, even if it was Genghis Khan's soldiers and horses who came to attack, Liu Juntao was sure to win the battle!

Everyone looked far away from the pier of the fire road, constantly analyzing the deployment of the Warat army.

Both Zhang Yuqing and Liu Zi'an believed that it was very likely that large shields and trebuchets would be used in this battle to counter the sharp firearms of the Ming army, and that the strong archers of the Wara army were also a major threat.

Zhang Xiaojun, Sun Xu, and Gao Ran believed that even if the Warat army used a big shield and trebuchet in this battle, it would not play a big role.

After all, the terrain around Yanghepo is rugged, and those trebuchets cannot be used intensively, so they cannot form dense firepower, and the threat is not great;

And the big shield is also easy to deal with, a few earth-shattering thunders can overturn a large area of the big shield, so there is no need to worry.

However, the opinion of everyone is still very unanimous about the archers of the Warat army, that is, to concentrate all the firepower of the artillery array on the top of the hill and concentrate on the archers who bombard the Warat army!

Gao Ran even smiled and said: "As long as the archers of the Warat army are severely damaged, the remaining iron cavalry and foot soldiers will be completely like live targets, and the Warat people will have no power to fight back!" ”

After some discussion, everyone was full of confidence in this battle, but Liu Juntao still reminded everyone in a timely manner that they must not take the enemy lightly.

"After all, the Wara army is the great enemy of the country, and the 200,000 army is not muddy, although our army has a very large victory in this battle, but we must also be cautious to meet the enemy, so as not to cause too many casualties among the soldiers of each battalion!"

When everyone heard this, they also thought so.

That night, the army of Warat under the mountain had already set up camp, and the 200,000 army had camped for several miles, and under the cover of night, there were many torches, almost all the wilderness east of Lei Gongshan was lit up.

But this can not scare the Ming soldiers, at this time the sun and the slope of the same fire, more than 50,000 Ming soldiers are also relying on the defense line to guard, countless torches almost covered the Yang and slope, forming a "volcano"!

Warat Khan also stood in the camp first, looking at the sun and slope like the starry night sky, his face was also a little more dignified, and the king of the journal next to him was even more hesitant.