Chapter 691: Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day

The large array of the willow ascending part resembles a triangle, the widest is the front, facing the east and spreading, and the wings are narrowed and narrowed towards the middle. Its own cavalry, mostly behind the numerous infantry phalanxes; The two cavalry reinforcements that had only been reinforced this morning were located on both flanks of the large array.

He's not in a defensive position, he's not in an offensive position. Unless the Tatars make a detour to the rear flank, the shape of the willow will resemble a cluster of arrows.

The enemy's large army of horses had reached a distance of more than a hundred paces, but the Tatars rode slowly and leisurely, and there was no sign of charging into battle. The armies of the various forces in the land of Shenzhou, since the Jin Kingdom of the Song Dynasty, seem to have very few heavy cavalry with armor to charge into battle.

Liu Sheng squinted his eyes and looked at the large Tatar army that was not far away, but he couldn't see it clearly; For he was facing the east, facing the morning sun.

There were some dark clouds in the sky, and the sun was on the edge of the dark clouds, and the sun was white. In the cold wind, people feel that the earth is not very bright in the sun, but the sun is very dazzling.

The big flag with the word "willow" written on it, as well as the various flags with the name of the Ming Dynasty and the right whistle, fluttered in the wind in the middle of the big array. On the barren land, the banner of Liu Sheng is very swaggering and eye-catching.

Between the phalanx of the infantry hundred households in front, there was occasionally a Hanwang cannon in front. The artillery was almost parallel to the first row of infantry at the front, and the position was very far ahead! If the enemy charges desperately, a single horse charge can destroy an artillery.

The guns were erected on top of a rammed mound of earth, with the muzzles facing almost flat ahead...... Both sides know that this is a scattered artillery. When the Tatars returned to the steppes for grazing, they were left without firearms; But they used to use a lot of firearms, in the time of the Yuan Dynasty.

The Tatars naturally had a good understanding of the usefulness of various types of firearms. Ordinary artillery scatters, the firing range will become very close, and the rate of fire will of course be very slow.

In addition to the guns in the front, there were also guns in the back, the smooth barrels glowing with a metallic glow in the sun.

The Ming army was a little noisy on the large array, and the sound of horses' hooves and the shouting and scolding of the generals everywhere were mixed in, and there was a commotion on the huge military array.

The herd of Tatar horses that spread ahead slowly approached. They also seemed to be observing the large array of the Ming army.

The infantry phalanx of the Ming army was arranged in small phalanxes, with several rows of firemen at the front; After setting off the firearms, they can retreat from the sides of the small phalanx......

At this moment, the Tatars repeated their old tricks. The enemy troops stopped at about a hundred paces, and the cavalry dismounted and shot arrows!

The camp of the Ming army soon became more noisy, screams and cries came one after another, and firearms continued to fall to the ground, but no firearms sounded. The Tatars also knew that the range of the bronze fire was far beyond the range of the infantry bow.

The large array of the Ming army, which was about two miles wide, and the horse team located on the flank and rear flank still did not move. So the two armies threw arrow feathers at each other, the strings "crackled" and sounded, and the sergeants were constantly killed and wounded, and the battlefield was very lively, but it was impossible to decide the winner.

Then, all over the wide battlefield, groups of Tatar cavalry began to approach. The sparse rangers were the first to gallop twenty or thirty paces.

The infantry bow behind the Ming army's phalanx "snapped", and a Tatar cavalry happened to hit an arrow, screamed and fell off his horse. In the distance, a Tatar rushed too close and hurriedly reined in his horse, the front hooves of the horse raised high, and the neighing echoed almost the entire front line.

The dust was rolling in front of them, and more Tatar cavalry approached, and they detoured in a distance of dozens of paces, sometimes near and sometimes far, gradually approaching the Ming infantry. Where artillery was placed in front of the Ming army, they would take a detour and move a little away. The dust on all sides was trampled by the horse's hooves, and for a time the ground was full of smoke and miasma.

Countless Tatar cavalry, armed with bows and arrows, began their gallop shooting at the Ming army's formation......

Between the smoke and dust, the light of the knife flickered. Many generals of the Ming army pulled out their waist knives and held them in the air.

The first two rows of muskets of the Ming army were raised, the first row squatting on the ground, and the second row standing. From time to time, someone screamed and fell to the ground, but the Ming army of the Northern Expedition was a relatively elite man, and it was impossible for the infantry to collapse in a short period of riding, shooting, and killing.

At this moment, the flag in the middle of the Ming army's large array waved; Then all over the array, many generals shouted loudly! They pointed their knives ahead, and everywhere they heard shouts: "Release!" Put ......"

Suddenly! Almost instantly, lightning and thunder roared on the battle array, which was as wide as two miles.

"Bang bang ......" bursts of dense firecrackers, mixed with a huge "boom" cannon sound; Rows of ground flickered, and the muzzles of the cannons erupted with dazzling flames. In an instant, it was like a thunderbolt on the ground, and the clouds were all pressed to the ground and shining!

The firearms of the entire wilderness were fired together in a short period of time, and a loud sound resounded throughout the land. In the light of the fire, smoke billowed onto the ground.

When the first round of firearms stopped, there seemed to be a moment of dead silence between heaven and earth, but it was only an illusion! Outside the white smoke, the corpses of countless people and horses suddenly appeared on the ground, and the neighing, shouting, and crying of horses enveloped the entire battlefield.

"Bang Bang ......" completed the change of team, and the second round of salvos rang out one after another everywhere. As if the Tatars had just reacted, the Tatar cavalry from all over the battlefield turned around and ran back.

At this time, the artillery on the Ming army's large array roared everywhere again. There was a scream in the air!

When the people heard the whistling of cannonballs, the Tatar cavalry army, which had not yet attacked hundreds of paces away, suddenly turned on their backs everywhere, and there was a turmoil. There were hardly any shells to be seen, but the iron balls were already bouncing through the herd of Tatar horses.

There was an unprecedented strange scene on the battlefield, and the Tatar army was almost at the snap of a finger, and it had spread and retreated eastward.

In the middle of the Ming army's large array, Liu Sheng pulled out a long horse sword. As he pointed ahead, the horse stepped forward with the strength of the man's legs. "Kill!" Liu Sheng gave a simple and direct military order.

"Long live the Emperor!" The guards shouted in unison. The horse teams on all sides shouted one after another: "Protect the country and the people!" Protecting the country and the people......"

The shouts shook the heavens and the earth, and the sound of horses' hooves roared everywhere. The numerous infantry phalanxes in front of them had changed their formations, and the soldiers closed in the middle of each other, making way for a larger gap. Groups of sturdy war horses rushed out of the formation and quickly began to rush.

In the endless wilderness, a stream of horsemen rushed forward like giant crossbows and arrows shot from a huge battle array. The Ming cavalry on both flanks also rushed out to the east.

Suddenly, the earth was simply galloping with thousands of horses! The ground seemed to tremble violently.

The deafening sound of horses' hooves on both sides roared throughout the world. In the cold wind, the barren field seems to have gathered all the wild beasts, chasing you and me in the boundless land.

The first to appear in front of the Ming cavalry were the Tatar horses who had suffered a head-on attack from firearms in front of the formation; When the enemy rode away, they became the last of the men. The Ming army chased for a while, and then gradually approached its rear.

"Smack! Slap ......" a jumble of strings rang out in the air from time to time. Although the Tatar cavalry was defeated, they still did not forget to turn back from time to time to give the Ming cavalry a "return arrow"!

Almost all the horsemen in front of the Ming army were holding spears, and they charged after them. "Ahh From time to time, there were miserable shouts, and the knights of the Ming army fell off their horses from time to time.

One of the horsemen fell to the ground, but the man was still rolling forward. One of the horses behind jumped up to dodge, but the hind hooves still stepped on the sergeant, and a muffled bark sounded from the ground.

"Rumble...... Countless horses' hooves fluttered in the dust. The cavalry of the Ming army did not care about the sergeants who were hit by the arrows, and they did not use bows and arrows to fight back, and countless people only rushed forward at the fastest speed.

Gradually, a Ming general approached the Tatar cavalry first. The Tatar hastily collected his bow and arrows, drew his sword from his horse, and swung it backwards from time to time.

After a while, the Ming army general finally picked up the Sakura gun with both hands, stabilized the direction with his left hand, and sent his right hand forward, and poked the gun into the Tatar vest! After the Tatar screamed, the Sakura spear came out and swung it in the air, and blood flew in the air.

"Ahh Ah......" From time to time, the enemy soldiers let out screams, and more Ming troops rushed to kill. Some even rushed directly into the depths of the Tatar herd.

Liu Sheng led his own soldiers to run all the way, but he did not outrun the Ming army in front, the saber he wielded in his hand was bright and new, and he had not killed anyone, and the blade had no blood stains at all. Everywhere he went, he saw smoke and dust, and only heard the chaotic sound of fighting in front of him. From time to time, you can see the corpses of Tatars on the road.

The cavalry on both sides was not as fast as before, but the bloody battle for the dead and chasing north had not stopped. The scene along the way was very terrifying, some of the Tatar soldiers' corpses were trampled by horses' hooves, the blood and flesh in the grass and dust were like broken melons, and people's intestines were kicked by horses' hooves to be longer than bamboo poles.

The sun had disappeared into the dark clouds, and a terrifying haze hung over the entire land. The wind was mixed with a sickening, complex smell, the smell of blood, and the stench of death.

Liu Sheng chased after him for a long time, and saw fewer and fewer corpses. The Tatars seemed to have scattered and fled, and there was the sound of horses' hooves in several directions.

…… The Ping'an cavalry, which was at least twenty miles away, barely managed to catch up with the battle.

First, the scouts detected that there was a Tatar cavalry in front of them preparing to attack. But when the peace passed, the Tatar cavalry did not know what was going on, and the figure was not seen, and it had already run away.

When Ping An and his cavalry finally approached the vicinity of the battlefield of Liu Shengbu, he heard the news that the battle was over!

Then he inexplicably encountered a group of Tatar cavalry of hundreds of people, who were fleeing in this direction, so that the Ministry of Peace was arrested! After Ping An mobilized troops to encircle and raid, he almost annihilated and captured this group of enemy soldiers.

Countless soldiers have been gone for two months, and they have just heard that they are going to fight; As a result, many people have not come to their senses, but this time the battle has come to an end.