Within a few days after that, tens of thousands of Yanzhou town soldiers began to set up large camps around Yanghepo, and at the same time, the baggage soldiers attached to each battalion also began to seize the defensive line up and down Yanghepo with the assistance of all the officers and soldiers.

Liu Juntao also took Liu Zi'an, Zhang Yuqing and other civilian officials such as praise and painting to the mountain, and set up the fire road pier on the mountain as the Chinese army, and also set up the observation point of the army here.

At the same time, the artillery attached to each battalion also began to be concentrated, and Liu Juntao ordered that only five of the 20 artillery pieces attached to each battalion should be deployed within the defense line, and all of them would kill the enemy with scattered ammunition in order to increase the firepower of the defense line.

The remaining fifteen artillery pieces of each battalion were concentrated, and all of them were deployed around the piers of the Chinese army's fire road, forming an artillery position, with a total of 90 artillery pieces concentrated, which can be described as powerful firepower!

According to Liu Juntao's estimate, it will take more than ten days for the entire Yanghepo defense line, and it is expected that around mid-June, the army will be able to enter the Yanghepo defense line.

However, in the meantime, Liu Juntao needs to make sure that he attracts the attention of the Warat army to avoid incidents in the middle.

If the Warat army divided its troops to attack Datong Town during this period, although there was Chen Ziping, the general of the left battalion of Yanzhou Town, to assist in the defense, it could ensure that Datong Town was foolproof, but Warat's breakthrough to the city would still be a great blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Therefore, Liu Juntao decided to send the Iron Cavalry Army and ordered the general Zhou Zongsheng to lead his troops to attack, attack and harass the Wara army around Leigong Mountain, attract the Wara army, and at the same time cover the construction of the Yanghepo defense line.

General Zhou Zongsheng immediately smiled when he heard this, and said to Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Gao Ran, Sun Xu and other generals: "Haha! You see, I'm going to take the lead in this battle! ”

Everyone laughed and scolded for a while when they heard this, and Zhang Xiaojun even said: "General Zhou, don't be happy too early, when the defense line is completed, the protagonist will be a few battalions of our soldiers and horses!" ”

"That's right! Then it's time for us to play! ”

Yan Hu, Sun Xu and others all echoed one after another.

On the same day, Zhou Zongsheng led the army to leave the Ming army camp under Yanghepo Mountain and killed in the direction of the Wara army.

Three days later, the general Zhou Zongsheng led the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army to raid an outpost camp of the Warat army, and rushed into the camp at night, and smashed the more than 2,000 Tartar soldiers in the camp, and within an hour, all the Tartars were killed.

In the early hours of the morning, General Zhou Zongsheng led his troops to evacuate, leaving only a bloody corpse.

After that, the general Zhou Zongsheng frequently led his troops to raid the Warat soldiers and horses, but almost most of the small groups of Warat soldiers and horses who searched and explored sporadically and patrolled around were attacked by the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry.

In just a few days, the Warat army lost thousands of soldiers and three large battalions in a row!

The Great Khan of Warat also heard the news and was furious, and immediately ordered the general Arazhiyuan to lead 20,000 iron cavalry to attack, and be sure to defeat the soldiers of Zhou Zongsheng's army.

However, after the general Alazhiyuan led his troops to attack, the general Zhou Zongsheng immediately led his army to retreat and did not contact him at all.

But as soon as the general Aro Zhiyuan led his troops to retreat, the general Zhou Zongsheng immediately led his troops to rush up and attack and disturb them.

Seeing the Ming army acting like this, the general Alazhiyuan suddenly became angry and said to his subordinates: "It is a great shame that these Ming troops have used our Great Mongolia's tactics so purely, and they have also played with our 20,000 troops in the palm of their hands!" ”

After saying that, the general Arazhiin led the army to rush forward again, and kept chasing the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry.

Only one day later, the general Arazhiyuan led his troops to pursue the area of the Ming army camp under Leigong Mountain.

At this time, the general Alazhiyuan saw that tens of thousands of Ming troops were blocking the road in front of him, and thousands of elite iron horsemen of the Ming army suddenly lost their traces, and his heart was also uneasy.

Just when the general Aro Zhiyuan hesitated, that night, the general Zhou Zongsheng once again led his troops to attack the Wara camp, and immediately rushed the 20,000 Wara iron horsemen in the camp.

However, fortunately, the general Aro Zhiyuan was prepared, and immediately led the five thousand elite iron cavalry prepared in advance to meet the battle, and the army of the general Zhou Zongsheng launched a hedge, and the entire Wara camp suddenly shook the sky, and it looked terrible in the dark night!

After several hedging attempts, the general Arazhiyuan had slightly reorganized the chaotic soldiers and horses, and then launched a counterattack with the advantage of troops, preparing to launch a siege on the general Zhou Zongsheng's department.

Just when the general Arazhiyuan thought that he was in control, countless fires suddenly appeared around the camp, and countless Ming soldiers and horses rushed out of the night, and the first to bear the brunt were countless elite birds!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

In the blink of an eye, countless bird guns roared from all sides of the Warat camp, and the Warat army squatted as if it had been struck by lightning, and the Warat Iron Cavalry, who was gathering and charging, was shot mercilessly as if it were a target.

At this time, the general Zhou Zongsheng also began to exert his strength, leading his iron cavalry soldiers to counterattack, and constantly rushed towards the Wara Chinese army.

Seeing this, the general Arazhiyuan was also frightened, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, led the remaining 14,000 or 5,000 iron cavalry out of the camp, and soon rushed into the night, leaving only the rumbling sound of iron cavalry, and was never seen again.

At this time, the general Zhou Zongsheng and the general Yan Hu who came to support did not lead the troops to pursue, after all, the night was very heavy, and it would not be good if they were bitten by the Wara army in the pursuit, and it was better to accept it when they saw it.

After a night of cleaning, the soldiers of the Ming army killed more than 5,000 soldiers of the Wara army, and the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army and the rear battalion of Yanzhou Town also killed thousands of soldiers.

When the general Alazhiyuan led his troops back to the camp of the Chinese army in despair, the Great Khan was even more angry at first, and reprimanded the general Alazhiyuan in public.

That night, the general Arazhiyuan returned to the tent and was very depressed, although he lost the battle, but after all, he was also defeated in a battle, not to mention that he still brought back most of the soldiers and horses, no matter what, he couldn't treat himself like this!

Ah Ra Zhiyuan couldn't figure it out in his heart, and at the same time, he was also a little dissatisfied with the Great Khan.

In the next few days, he also sent various troops and horses to attack several times, but the general Zhou Zongsheng was also constantly maneuvering with him, and the two sides launched a fierce battle around Lei Gong Mountain, and the scale of the battle ranged from dozens to thousands.

Although he also led the main army of Wara to continue to advance towards the area of Lei Gong Mountain, he was still disturbed by the Ming army's iron cavalry attack, and the morale of the army continued to decline.

After Liu Juntao received the continuous report that he did not collect at night, he was also very happy in his heart, and said to Zhang Yuqing and Liu Zi'an: "It seems that it has been completely baited first, and the Wara army will not make up its mind about Datong Town for the time being." ”

Zhang Yuqing also said: "What the general town said is that it is estimated that he also has the plan to defeat our army first, and then take Datong Town." However, I think the first smug calculations must be in vain! ”

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "Why don't you just fall short? I think I have to be in front of this Yanghe slope defense line first, and hit my head and bleed! ”

During the period when the general Zhou Zongsheng led his troops to attack and harass the Wara army, the soldiers of the Ming army had basically completed the construction of the Yanghepo defense line, and established artillery positions around the fire road piers on the top of the slope.

At this time, Yanghepo has been completely transformed by the soldiers of the Ming army and has become an impregnable line of defense, just waiting for the Wara army to come and send it to death!

However, it is obviously impossible for this defense line to accommodate all the more than 70,000 soldiers of the Ming Army, after all, the space on Yanghe Slope is limited.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Liu Juntao ordered the general Zhou Zongsheng to lead the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army to patrol between Leigong Mountain and Datong Town, so that they could attack and harass the Wara army by themselves, and at the same time, once the Wara army was defeated in Yanghepo, they could launch a pursuit on their own according to the situation.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also deployed the rear battalion of Yan Hu's headquarters to the north of Leigong Mountain, and only after the defeat and retreat of the Wara army, he could launch a blockade in the north of Leigong Mountain.

Although it is impossible for a battalion of soldiers and horses to stop the northward retreat of the Warat army, it can also buy time for the pursuit of the main army.