Kang Changning didn't expect how the Tatars, who were supposed to be dozens of kilometers away in front of him, towards the First Corps, came here.

Moreover, when he set up camp, the scouts sent out to patrol the periphery did not send back the news in advance, and it was not until dawn that a large number of the main cavalry of the Tatars were discovered, and they actually appeared six or seven kilometers away from their camp.

Six or seven kilometers, it seems like a long distance, but for a high-speed maneuvering cavalry, this is nothing at all, give them half an hour, even if it is a slow march, you can get closer.

If the opponent spares no horsepower, or rides a pair of horses, it is completely possible to ride a group of ordinary horses to hurry, and then change to war horses before and after arriving at the formation.

It is not very difficult, the Tatars generally ride two horses, some elite cavalry even ride three horses, in case of emergency, it is completely possible to ride a horse to hurry quickly.

And this, in fact, is also the fundamental reason why the Ninth Army has never had the opportunity to have a decisive battle with the Tatars before, even if there is a cavalry corps, it is because these Tatars are generally two-horseed, and the mobility is too strong, and the Tang Army can't catch up, even if it's a cavalry corps.

Because in the cavalry corps of the Tang Army, only some elite light cavalry, cuirassiers, and heavy cavalry will be equipped with double horses, and ordinary light cavalry can be regarded as equipped with single horses.

After all, the Tang Dynasty lacks horses, but the Tatars are not.

Altan Khan's cavalry came directly on horseback, leaving not much time for Kang Changning!

With the sound of the emergency trumpet, the soldiers of the cavalry corps were also quickly ready for battle, and the cavalry lined up a strict phalanx according to their respective numbers.

It was easier to ride artillery, because they had set up camp here last night, and they had already laid down their artillery and built artillery positions.

The cavalry had to be in a hurry, but thanks to the strict military training of the Tang Army, under strict discipline, and clear orders, the officers soon began to line up with their respective cavalry.

And those cuirassiers, with the help of auxiliary cavalry, also began to wear cuirass and stepped on their horses, and then, these auxiliary cavalry also turned over their horses, and the auxiliary cavalry was also cavalry!

The more than 14,000 cavalry did not make much panic, but began to line up in a tight and orderly manner.

When the two independent cavalry regiments, which were the first to complete the preparations, stepped forward in formation, the cavalry artillery was already in full array, and the gunners had already marked the Zhuyuan in advance and were waiting to open fire.

Kang Changning was actually dressed neatly, riding on horseback, finding a slightly higher hill, and holding a telescope to look into the distance.

The Tatar cavalry on the opposite side came at a fast pace, and it didn't take long for their advance to be less than three kilometers away.

However, the main force of the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side was a bit large, and after a long and rapid horseback march, the formation was also very scattered, and at the same time the whole queue was very long.

The nearest was less than three kilometers away from the advance of the cavalry corps, but the last one was at least five or six kilometers away, so their queue was at least two kilometers long.

With such a long queue, it is enough to see that these Tatars are more scattered!

But being casual doesn't mean they're weak!

On the contrary, they are scattered, but they are filled with murderous aura!

Altan Khan was able to rely on 30,000 households on the right flank to crisscross the grassland, relying on these tens of thousands of seemingly scattered 30,000 households of cavalry on the right flank!

In the early years, the Chahar Department was forced to move eastward, and later it was oppressed in an area of the Hetao and could not move, forcing the Chahar Department to reach a limited cooperation agreement with the Tang Empire, relying on the support of the Tang Empire to resist Altan Khan.

To the west, they routed the 70,000 or 80,000 main cavalry of the Warats and occupied a large area of pastures to the west.

If there was no Tang Empire to make trouble on the side, I am afraid that Altan Khan would have completely unified the steppe by now, and would not have let the remnants of the Chahar and Warat people survive at all.

No one dares to despise such Tatar cavalry!

From the Holy Son of Heaven Li Xuan to the ordinary soldiers, it is very clear that the Tatars are very difficult, not to mention the rest, just one mobility is enough to make the Tang Army helpless.

No matter how awesome the guns of the Tang Army are, it's useless if you can't catch up!

Now, Altan Khan once again brought into play the ultra-high mobility of their Tatar cavalry, just yesterday, Kang Changning thought that they were dozens of kilometers away, and advanced to the east, but he didn't expect that in less than a day, these Tatar main forces turned around and headed west, and then blocked his cavalry corps.

Kang Changning naturally didn't know that Altan Khan had been waiting for this day for a long time!

The reason why he led the army eastward was not to gnaw at the first corps of the Ninth Army of the Tang Army, but to separate the headquarters of the Ninth Army from the cavalry corps, and then turn around and detour, taking advantage of his own two horses or even three horses, directly went around in a big circle, avoiding the eyes and ears of the Datang scouts, and at the same time sent a large number of peripheral scouts, and a large number of hunting and killing scouts appeared nearby.

At this time, the Tatar cavalry's reconnaissance cavalry's strong individual combat ability advantage was also brought into play for him, these Tatar reconnaissance cavalry launched ruthlessly, and the reconnaissance cavalry of the Tang cavalry really couldn't beat it, and sometimes even there was no way to escape.

In small cavalry engagements in the steppe, the advantage of the Tatars was too great.

Taking advantage of the above advantages, Altan Khan led nearly 40,000 cavalry to the north first, then to the west, and then to the south, which was equivalent to a semicircle, and finally appeared from the north side of the Kang Changning cavalry corps!

After such a large circle, Altan Khan's troops were not even overworked, because they had two or even three horses, and yesterday they were very fast during the day, so that the soldiers could rest at night.

In the early hours of this morning, he rode directly on an auxiliary horse, and this way he galloped towards the headquarters of the chief of Corning.

When they arrived in front of Kang Changning's troops, the sun had just risen, and the early winter sun was shining on people, but it couldn't make Kang Changning feel warm, on the contrary, he felt a chill.

Because the roaring Tatar cavalry brought a chill!

"Let the 6th Cuirassier Regiment complete its preparations quickly, their role in this battle is crucial!" Kang Changning glanced at the Sixth Cuirassiers Regiment in the rear, the soldiers of the department were still preparing for battle, and many of the knights had not yet put on their cuirassiers.

"Let the Fifth Cavalry Division move another five hundred meters to the east to prevent enemy cavalry flanks!"

"The mounted artillery regiment is ready to fire at any time, let them use howitzer shells, don't be afraid to run out of howitzer shells!" There is a sentence he hasn't said yet, and if he doesn't use it now, he probably won't have a chance to use it later.

Because when the battle starts, both sides are cavalry, and they must have changed their formations at high speed, and their own cavalry simply did not have time to cover the artillery of the cavalry artillery regiment.

However, in this kind of big battle involving 14,000 cavalry, he can't care about the artillery of a thousand cavalry artillery regiments!

As Kang Changning's orders were handed down one after another, soon, the cavalry corps was divided into three!

The northernmost is the First Cavalry Division, the earliest cavalry division established in the Tang Empire, born from the former Ming cavalry, but the former Ming cavalry was retired early, and now the service is the cavalry newly recruited and trained in recent years, and the four thousand cavalry of the cavalry division are arrayed in the northernmost array.

The more than 30 five-pound cavalry guns of the cavalry artillery regiment, that is, the lightweight version of the ordinary five-pound field gun, the barrel is slightly thinner, and the gun carriage is also a lightweight design, so although the service life has been weakened, but it has successfully reduced the weight under the premise of ensuring the firing range, and thus has become the exclusive artillery of the cavalry artillery.

At present, all the cavalry units of Datang are equipped with long-barreled artillery, which is this kind of five-kilogram cavalry cannon.

Now, these more than 30 cavalry guns were deployed on the only small hill nearby, that is, on the left side of the rear of the 1st Cavalry Division.

In the rear of the 1st Cavalry Division, on the right flank, that is, to the east, was the 5th Cavalry Division, which also had 4,000 horsemen.

Directly behind the 1st Cavalry Division was a cavalry phalanx composed of two independent cavalry regiments, which Kang Changning personally commanded, and the division had about 3,000 cavalry.

On the left flank, a phalanx of separate cavalry regiments, about three thousand horsemen.

Among them, the two independent cavalry regiments under the personal command of Kang Changning are quite special, including the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment, which has 1,200 cuirassiers, and about the same number of auxiliary cavalry.

The other is the Third Musketeer Cavalry Regiment, this cavalry regiment is relatively special, there are not many troops, only more than 900 cavalry, but this department is not the same as other cavalry units of the Tang Army, they are not good at fighting with sabers, but good at fighting with muskets.

The 3rd Musketeer Regiment, they liked and were very good at fighting with long-pole cavalry at medium and long distances, and this mode of combat was very different from cavalry direct dismounting.

This combat mode is actually an improved version of the current Datang cavalry's pistol charging tactics, that is, always keeping a distance of more than 50 meters from the enemy, and directly using the cavalry to fire a spear on horseback to attack the enemy.

The tactics of charging with pistols used by other cavalry of the Tang Army are very similar to the traditional cavalry of the Tatars and the cavalry of the former Ming Dynasty, which is to rush to a distance of tens of meters to shoot, and then rush back after leaving the loading, and so on.

This mode of pistol combat is quite useful for some of the enemy's heavily armored cavalry and heavy infantry.

But in the face of the enemy's volley, it was dumb fire, and it was covered by a rain of arrows, and it was over!

So later, some people thought of simply using the Suifa cavalry lance, the long musket has a long enough range, and the power is greater than the Suifa pistol, which can ensure that it has a very considerable damage within 50 meters, this 50 meters is talking about the enemy wearing armor, if it is a non-armored unit, a shot and a hole within 100 meters!

Well, if you can hit.