After a whole night, Zhong Nan really felt a little confused when he woke up, and sat for a few minutes before coming back to his senses. I quickly got up and washed up, then exercised as usual, and then got busy non-stop.

In early spring and February, the wind from the north hurts on the face, and it lives up to the prestige of "the spring breeze in February is like scissors". Zhong Nan has long been accustomed to all this, and he still inspects all sections of the defense line in the jurisdiction every day, and has to take time to go to the arsenal to check the production of firearms.

In mid-February, the Mongol army marched to Xuanfu, Datong, and Jizhou in three ways, claiming to be 600,000 troops. In accordance with Zhu Yijun's will, the imperial court went all out to meet the battle, and Xing Jue, the squire of the military department, served as the governor, commanding all the soldiers in Xuanfu, Datong and Jizhou. So from the military headquarters to the border along the invaded line, all of them were in full swing, vowing to send these invaders back to their hometowns.

Attacking Jizhou was the Mongol Left Army, which claimed to have 200,000 troops, led by Su He. said that the army of 200,000 actually includes men, porters, etc., not to mention that the number itself has water, and the soldiers who really fought the war are only about 100,000.

Today, there are less than 80,000 people in Jizhou, and the actual number of people is less than 60,000 after removing the part of the empty salary. There is no way, everyone is operating like this, Zhong Nan can't be alone, so he has to walk at the pace of his predecessors for the time being.

More than 50,000 people against 100,000 people seems to be a battle that has nothing to fight, but Zhong Nan is full of confidence. In order to repel the enemy beyond the Great Wall, Zhong Nan deliberately arranged two * defense lines twenty miles outside the Great Wall, and each line of defense was buried with a large number of various * lines. As long as the Mongol cavalry stepped on it, they would definitely regret going south.

About fifty miles outside the Great Wall, there are densely packed yurts, which is the place where the Left Route Army, one of the three major armies of Mongolia, camped. One of them was significantly larger than the nearby yurt, and the Marshal of the Left Route Army, Aduqin, was bowing his head in contemplation.

In fact, this time the decision to go south was a bit hasty, and Abduqin originally did not approve of it, but the Tatar Eris insisted on sending troops. The Chahar Department to which Abduqin belonged, only slowly grew again in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although it is now the three major tribes of Mongolia with Tatar and Horqin, but it is not as good as the Tatar in terms of strength and prestige.

The word Chahar was originally an ancient Turkic language, meaning "the guard of the Khan's palace", and the full name is "Hao Chen Chahar", which originated from Genghis Khan's youngest son Tulei and his wife instigated Ruheteni's subjects. Among the Mongolian tribes, Chahar should be said to be a relatively special existence, and its main body began with the cowardly Xue army founded by Genghis Khan.

The Cowardly Xue Army, which is the essence of the Mongolian people, was originally composed of the Great Khan's Guardian Army, which was composed of people with good conduct, strong martial arts and dignified appearance selected from the heads of ten thousand households, thousands of households, hundreds of heads and the sons of free men in accordance with the will of Genghis Khan. In the war, the cowardly Xue army had strong combat effectiveness and was the mainstay of Genghis Khan's army. After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty went to the desert and established the Northern Yuan government, and the Chahar Department directly obeyed the orders of the Northern Yuan Great Khan.

Abdul Qin is now the head of the Chahar tribe, and his Chahar tribe has been suppressed since the resurgence of the Tatar tribe. This southward movement was single-handedly promoted by the Eris of the Tatar Department, whether it was Aduqin of the Chahar Department or Yidri of the Korqin Department, they were all coerced by it.

Thinking about it, Aduqin gradually became annoyed, and the heart of the Chahar Department was finally revived, if there were too many losses in the battle with the Ming Dynasty this time, no matter whether he won or not, he would definitely be trampled under the feet of the Tatar Department in the future. It's just that Eris grabbed his favorite little daughter and invited her as a guest, but in fact, he wanted to blackmail himself and forced him to agree to this battle to the south. At this point, Abduqin had no other way but to hope to defeat the Ming army and then go to Eris.

The sun rose in Jizhou as usual, and when the sun sprinkled the earth, Zhong Nan was looking out from the bunker of the Great Wall, and the thousands and thousands of yurts really shocked him. Although he was confident that he would defeat the Mongol invasion, he was still a little frightened when he saw such a huge army for the first time.

This war was different from the Korean War, in the Anti-Japanese War, Zhong Nam was not the commander of the first army, and he did not need to think too much about the gains and losses of victory or defeat. Now it is very different, one of his own wrong decisions is likely to cause the blood of his compatriots in the land of Jizhou, and even endanger the safety of the Jingshi. Therefore, after receiving the news that the Mongols were heading south, Zhong Nan discussed with Liu Hu, Jing Tianchu and other generals many times, and finally decided to focus on defense, after all, the Great Wall moat is not so easy to break through.

In addition to the heavy defense of the Great Wall, there is also Cui Dazheng with 3,000 "Zhong Family Army" near the * defense line set up by Zhong Nan. Today's "Zhong Family Army" is fully equipped with new firearms, which can be regarded as the "special forces" in the Jizhou army.

Zhong Nan's plan was that the first battle must be won so that he could take the lead and disrupt the Mongol alliance. His idea was to block the first round of Mongol cavalry with a large * defensive line, followed by several rounds of artillery as a second wave of attacks. Under the blow of two rounds of artillery fire, no matter how strong the Mongolian cavalry was, it was bound to be in chaos, taking advantage of this moment, the guns and rockets of the "Zhong Army" were powerful, and the Mongolian cavalry could no longer give full play to its advantages, and could only be divided and slaughtered by their own side, or retreated in panic.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, with a wave of his hand, 10,000 Mongolian cavalry whipped their horses, rolled up the yellow sand that covered the sky, and rushed towards the direction of the Great Wall. Zhong Nan, who was holding the "telescope", only felt that the whole earth was trembling, but he couldn't show the slightest nervousness. Liu Hu and other generals on the side saw that the chief soldier looked calm, and his mood also relaxed.

Forty miles, thirty miles, the Mongol cavalry was getting closer and closer to the first line of defense. Zhong Nan's throat was dry, his eyes followed the other party's forward footsteps intently, the sweat in his palms overflowed, and even the "telescope" was a little slippery. However, Zhong Nan did not realize that all his attention was at the forefront of the sandstorm.

Not only Zhong Nan, but several major generals around him were also engrossed in observing the ranks of the Mongolian cavalry.

Twenty-five miles......

Twenty miles, finally entered the * line of defense!

This time, the * burial was all created by Zhong Nan, with both triggering * and pulling hair*, and the two * formed a * array. Zhong Nan's idea was to explode in batches, so the soldiers would first pull and ignite the hair*, and then detonate* the array. Since the burial of the * is divided into segments according to the length of the lead, ideally, a large area of Mongol cavalry will be locked inside.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed forward for some distance, Zhong Nan could already see the appearance of the first rider in the telescope, it was estimated that it was a general or something, like a hard thorn-like beard piercing out of his face one by one, and screaming "wah-wow-wow-la-la" with his mouth open, more excited than playing hormones, and probably fantasizing that the next thing is to grab money and beauties!

"Boom ......"

As the first round* was played, the earth that was already shaking seemed to be torn apart, and the formation of the Mongol cavalry stagnated for a moment. After about ten seconds, there was another "boom", and then the same explosion sounded either coherently or immediately spread out.

It is said that the horses of the Mongol cavalry were covered with ears to prevent them from being startled by various sounds and affecting the battle. But at this time, these horses could no longer "pretend to be deaf and dumb", and the earth-shattering explosion not only brought a loud noise, but also set off a huge wave on the earth, and they were finally afraid.

In Zhong Nan's field of vision, the team that had been rushing at a rapid speed like a torrent seemed to have been intercepted, and the momentum suddenly slowed down. Each knight tightened the reins and tried their best to clamp their legs around the horse's belly, trying to calm their horses, but to no avail.

Seeing that the enemy was temporarily trapped, Zhong Nan immediately made a decision and ordered his own long-range artillery to open fire. This kind of artillery is a modified redcoat cannon, with a maximum range of more than five miles, and if you add hard objects such as iron nails scattered after the shells are blown up, as well as various "special raw materials", its killing range will be much expanded.

The Mongol cavalry, who had not yet recovered from the explosion, was frightened by the dense attack of the Ming artillery. Before Nima saw anyone, he was bombarded with a few rounds of slashing his head and covering his face, and anyone would be angry and afraid. At this time, the cavalry formation has long lost its original majesty, and some of those war horses are spinning in place, some are screaming, and some are scurrying around, even if the gods go down to earth, they can't reorganize the formation.

This is not over, the three thousand "Zhong Family Army" under Cui Dazheng's order have turned over and are ready to go. This is the most elite unit in the Jizhou military camp, they are not only superb in horsemanship, but also in archery. Although the effective range of today's firecrackers is not more than 200 meters, with the sprint of the war horse, it can be said that it is as simple as cutting vegetables to attack the enemy army that has been in a chaotic formation at close range.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" guns was endless, and the "Zhong Family's Army" was divided into hundreds of squads, dividing the Mongolian cavalry that had entered the encirclement, and then slaughtering them one by one with cold weapons. Their faces were expressionless, but their hearts were full of joy, and when dealing with these invaders, they should not be polite, as the chief soldier said, and greet them with guns and swords.

Of the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, more than half were wrapped in dumplings, and the rest had already lost their fighting spirit when they saw the tragic death of their comrades in front, and they turned their horses and galloped without waiting for the order of the commander of the Chinese army. This is the case on the battlefield, as long as someone takes the lead in escaping, it will definitely be a rout, and the one who runs at the back may hate the horse with only four legs.

Some of the officers and men of the "Zhong Family's Army" who had solved the encircled Mongolian cavalry regrouped and pursued the fleeing enemy army, and the battlefield situation took a 180-degree turn in an instant.