In the northeast of Guangling County, the Ming army was rapidly arranging the formation, and the fire dragon chariots were pulled to the designated position, unleashed, tied horses, and parked in one go, in an orderly manner, and soon an inverted triangle-shaped arrow array gradually revealed its rudimentary shape.

Yang Cong stood on the hillside to the north, looking at the front with an indifferent face, looking very calm, but in fact, he was still a little nervous in his heart.

This was the first time he had actually fought the Tartar cavalry in the field, and the opponent's strength was three times his strength, so it would be false to say that he was not nervous.

Although he defeated more Tartar cavalry than this last time, but at that time he stayed in the dining room fort, there was no danger at all, this time it was different, his position was not a castle, it can be said that there were no defenses, if the Tartar cavalry broke through the chariot formation, he would be in danger.

This is also the reason why Zhu Xizhong and Qi Jingtong did not come with the army, when the army set off, Zhu Xizhong originally wanted to follow, but Li Fengming disagreed, just kidding, let the prince of Chengguo take risks, absolutely not, he would rather die on the battlefield himself than let Zhu Xizhong go!

Yang Cong had no choice but to let Li Fengming replace Zhu Xizhong on the expedition, while Zhu Xizhong and Qi Jingtong were stationed in Xuanfu Town to prevent the Tartar cavalry from attacking.

As for himself, he naturally wants to come, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, and he still has a little confidence in muskets and artillery, because after the popularization of muskets and artillery in later generations, cavalry was basically eliminated, which proves that cavalry is useless in front of muskets and artillery.

However, then again, the muskets and artillery of later generations are not comparable to the muskets and artillery of this era, and whether 10,000 foot soldiers can defeat 30,000 cavalry is anyone's guess if they don't try.

The reason why he was nervous at this time was precisely for this reason, in case the enemy broke through the barrier of the car formation, it would be dangerous, he looked back at Li Fengming, Tang Kekuan and other generals and Li Jianjiang, Li Jianlin and other guard masters, and his heart was finally a little more steady, even if the enemy rushed in, it should be nothing to have these masters to protect themselves.

He settled down, and then ordered: "Two hundred steps and one hundred steps before the formation are respectively clothed with three zhang of iron thistles, and fifty steps before the formation are clothed with three layers of tripping ropes. ”

This time he could not arrange any narrow terrain, because there was a large plain to the south, and there was no barrier at all, so he could only place thistles and triphorses in front of the battle to increase the lethality of muskets and artillery.

The arrangement of thistles and tripwires is also exquisite.

The first two hundred paces were exactly the alternation of the range of muskets and artillery, and the three rounds of artillery must have been discharged by the time the enemy rushed here, and when the enemy's horses stepped on the thistles, the muskets were about to be ignited and fired.

A hundred steps before the formation is the attack distance of the enemy's bow and arrows, at this time the enemy will definitely take out a longbow and prepare to shoot arrows, a row of thistles is estimated to make the enemy's formation chaotic.

Fifty paces before the formation is the alternation of the range of muskets and crossbows, and when the enemy trips over the horse rope, the soldiers in the fire dragon chariot must hurry to shoot crossbow arrows and prepare to throw thunderbolts.

With his order, four teams of cavalry galloped out of the large formation that had never been arranged, and each of them tied a special wooden box to the back of their horse, and after arriving at the designated position, they directly opened the wooden box on the horse's back, and then ran all the way along the parallel position of the formation, and the thistle terrestris was arranged.

As soon as the cavalry returned to the main formation, thousands of foot soldiers with hammers and large iron nails galloped out of the formation, and began to arrange the tripping horses, which were also very fast, and in a short time the tripping horses were arranged.

And by this time, the rumbling of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and it was clear that the Tartar cavalry had rushed over.

It had not been more than half a quarter of an hour, and the Tartar cavalry had come so quickly!

Fortunately, however, the number of Tartar cavalry should be less than 10,000, and if they charged, the thistles and tripwires alone would be enough for them to drink.

So, will these Tatar cavalry rush over directly, Yang Cong couldn't help but look into the distance with anticipation, of course he hoped that this Tatar cavalry could rush up without his life, and it was better to break each one than to face 30,000 cavalry at once.

Kundu Liha also had the idea of charging directly, but when he saw the formation of the Ming army, he forcibly grabbed his war horse, and at the same time raised his hand and ordered all his subordinates behind him to stop.

At this time, a sharp arrow formation had appeared near the road in the distance, and the chariots of the Ming army had been arranged with their backs to the mountains behind them, although there were still some gaps in the tail of the arrows that had not been filled, but most of the chariots in front were obviously ready and ready for battle.

This guy, this Ming army is too fast, when he received the report, the Ming army seemed to be still in a hurry, this rush over, the Ming army's car array is almost finished, how long has it been!

He stood in the distance, watching the Ming army quickly form a formation, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

This Ming army, this formation speed, at a glance, is the real elite, and it will definitely not be able to lead 5,000 men and horses to rush up, forget it, let's wait for the horses to arrive.

Yang Cong saw that this group of Tartar cavalry suddenly stopped more than a mile away, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, these guys, if only they rushed up brainlessly, looking at their size, it was almost five or six thousand people, with the barrier of thistle terrestris and the turn of muskets and artillery, it was enough to eat them all, and when the follow-up enemies rushed up again, muskets and artillery would definitely be ready for the next round of attacks, and this round would be picked up for nothing, but it was a pity.

Kundu Liha didn't know that Yang Cong wanted to swallow all his "vanguard troops", he also wanted to swallow all the Ming army, as the cavalry behind him gathered more and more, he became more and more confident, and he really didn't pay much attention to the Ming army without trebuchets and giant thunderbolts.

However, he was not a reckless person, and he also knew that the Ming army still had muskets, crossbows, and small thunderbolts, and if they opened the battle line and rushed forward, they would definitely suffer a big loss.

In fact, after their last big defeat and loss, they did not think about how to deal with the Ming army's car formation, and the method they came up with was very simple, that is, to organize a group of strong warriors, equip them with spears and double layers of thick cowhide armor, and let them rush to the front.

They have also analyzed the power of the Ming army's thunder, muskets and crossbows, and ordinary cowhide soft armor must not be able to stop it, but the double-layer thick cowhide armor can block it, so that these people can rush to the front, not only can block the Ming army's thunder, muskets and crossbows, but also push away or even overturn the Ming army's chariots, so that the Ming army's car array is considered to be wasted.

However, there are not many such warriors, and there are only two or three hundred warriors under him, and how to make good use of these two or three hundred warriors is the key to this battle.

He carefully observed the formation of the Ming army, and then ordered all the horses to assemble directly south of the Ming army's chariot formation, ready to charge.

He had already seen that the Ming army's arrow array was facing both sides, and due south, the direction of the arrow was actually a blind spot, and there was no chariot facing this direction at all.

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