In the wasteland on the north bank of the Gurus River, Qu Neng's troops were subjected to continuous attacks by large Tatar cavalry. It's the third day.

The earth under the clouds was shrouded in gunsmoke and dust and mist, and it looked chaotic. Cavalry was rushing on all sides, and the hooves of the horses "rumbling ......" were noisy.

A ditch wall had been erected in the middle of the array, and tents and horses were all within the fortifications. However, the main force of the Ming infantry was still deployed around the fortifications and lined up outside.

The Ming army was stationed in place and did not attempt to move the large array; The enemy attacked and fired many times, but it was difficult to find an opportunity.

The battlefield that had been stalemate for a long time, but suddenly, the enemy army seemed to have lost patience! Outside the large array, several groups of Tatar cavalry began to charge.

The dust was in the air, and the Tatar soldiers swept in. At first, some Ming soldiers thought that it was another galloping attack by enemy cavalry. However, more than 100 paces away, the enemy suddenly blocked the front of the horse's eye with a wooden shield, and accelerated and rushed straight forward!

The people in the military formation also saw it completely clearly, most of the enemy horsemen did not have bows and arrows, and they all carried spears in their hands.

The galloping horses of the "Rumbling ......" rolled up the dust and mist, getting closer and closer.

The generals in the Ming army suddenly shouted: "The front row is ready to resist the enemy, get up!" ”

Sergeant Daniel Zhang was in the first row of the phalanx at this time! The sudden menacing crowd made him stunned for a moment. Daniel Zhang found that the brothers around him had stood up and placed their spears on their shields and pointed them in front of him, and then he hurriedly followed and stood up straight.

The enemy cavalry in front showed no signs of slowing down and detouring! Daniel Zhang stared ahead with wide eyes, watching the huge cavalry men and horses rushing towards him. In an instant, he felt his breathing suddenly stop!

Daniel Zhang immediately wanted to hide, but the left and right were full of people, and it was too late! After a few moments, "Bang! ......The loud crash was deafening, mixed with screams and neighing.

Several horses knocked over two rows of guns and shields of the Ming army and crashed into the queue of muskets behind. More Tatar soldiers rushed into the Ming army's phalanx, and everywhere people turned on their backs, and there was chaos.

A warhorse slowed down in frighten in front of the phalanx, its front hooves raised and let out a long neigh.

Daniel Zhang had a loud buzz in his head, and when he came back to his senses a little, he found that many of the surrounding sergeants had fallen to the ground. At this moment, a horse rushed over, and the spear was aimed at him! Daniel Zhang subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape, but in the snap of his fingers, he suddenly understood that if he turned around, he would be assassinated by the cavalry who rushed quickly!

He let out a cry of fear, raised his shield to meet the enemy horseman, and stabbed his spear when he saw the approach.

"Bang!" Daniel Zhang did not see the situation of the alternation of weapons clearly, only heard a sound, and then the spear in his right hand was disarmed in a huge charge, and the person also fell to the ground on his back. The enemy rider appeared to have been stabbed with a spear, and after a few moments rolled off his horse.

Before Daniel Zhang could get up, he saw a man with a horse fall to the ground, and the war horse rolled forward on the ground, just crushing Daniel Zhang underneath. He screamed in pain, but he didn't struggle out......

Some Tatar cavalry had already taken advantage of the movement in the phalanx and rushed into the Ming army's infantry formation. However, their speed had slowed down, and they were in a mixed battle with the Ming infantry.

A cavalry condescendingly stabbed the Ming sergeant who turned to dodge, but soon the surroundings were surrounded by several Ming soldiers with spears. "Ahh The enemy rider let out a scream.

Not far away, the other rode down and was suddenly grabbed by his left leg, and the Tatar on horseback was dragged down by force. Several Ming soldiers rushed forward with knives and guns! The enemy soldier hissed and shouted Tatar words, and in an instant he was stabbed with knives and spears and splattered with blood.

More Tatar cavalry rushed up and broke through to the sides of the gap. At this time, footsteps were loud not far away, and a stream of Ming reinforcements rushed out of the gap in the fortifications! Infantrymen with spears are running forward in formation.

A moment later, several Tatars could not evade it, and immediately they were stabbed and knocked to the ground.

Seeing this, many of the enemy horsemen turned their horses, brandished their swords and spears and retreated. The ground was a mess, the horses were struggling in pools of blood, and there were people crawling in pain on the ground.

The fighting faded from the Ming army's formation one after another, and soon spread outward. The cavalry of the Ming army had rushed out of the large formation from the left flank and was counterattacking the repulsed enemy cavalry.

The Tatar cavalry of all directions was retreating, but the Ming cavalry did not dare to pursue it too far. The Tatar cavalry was more numerous and could fight back against the besieging pursuers!

Fierce fighting, gradually began to subside. Only the corpses on the ground were left, the wounded soldiers who groaned for help, and the enemy soldiers who cried and begged for mercy.

In the first two days, the Ming army's large array was continuously harassed by infantry and cavalry, and there were casualties continuously, but the formation was never shaken. And today the Tatar cavalry charged, and the fight suddenly became even more brutal!

At this time, the generals of the Chinese army made suggestions. Since the Tatar army was almost entirely cavalry and had no heavy ordnance, there were generals who suggested that the whole army should be reduced to narrow fortifications.

However, it didn't take long for something incredible to happen! The Tatar army, which had been besieging for three days, actually abandoned this place and began to retreat to the northeast on all fronts.

Qu Neng immediately sent scouts and messengers to the area on the south bank of the Luxu River to deliver news to the Chinese army.

…… That night, in the camp of the Chinese army, Zhu Gaoxu received Qu Neng's recital.

At this time, judging from the movements of the Tatars everywhere, Zhu Gaoxu was almost certain that his previous speculation was not wrong!

The first large-scale clashes between the two sides were over by this time. However, the battle did not go according to Zhu's vision, and it seems that the Tatars did not get their wish.

First, the Tatars seem to have planned to withdraw the main forces of the tribes from the southern part of the steppe, leaving the Ming army on a long march with almost nothing. The generals of the Ming army are all eager to fight.

Then the Tatars threw out a bait in the area on the southern shore of the fishing sea, which was the prime minister's dejoy.

Dehuan deceived the Ming army, falsely claiming that Benyali lost his khan's royal tent and was near the Xulu River. The Tatars seem to want to lure the Ming army into pursuing with cavalry, and then send troops to ambush and destroy this Ming army!

However, Zhu Gaoxu realized that this was a trick, so he planned to seize the opportunity to fight. So the 20,000 people of Qu Neng's department, who were prepared, pretended to be the vanguard of the cavalry, and marched to the north of the Xuxu River.

At that time, the strategy of the Ming army was to use Qu Neng's department to attract the main force of the enemy army and delay the time; Then wait for the main force of the Ming army to arrive, and the two sides will fight.

Later, the situation did not develop according to Zhu Gaoxu's ideas! He was still influenced by the experience of the civil war, and his mind unconsciously thought about large-scale battles.

The Tatar army did not place its main force on the north bank of the Rou River, but appeared to the east of the official army; The intention was to attack and harass the sluggish official army, and buy time for the Tatar army on the northern route to consume, drag down, and annihilate Qu.

Unexpectedly, the main force of the Tatar army on the right flank of the official army suddenly suffered a head-on attack from Liu Sheng's department, and the whole army fled!

The Northern Road Tatars have lost the opportunity to bring down the Qu Neng Ministry, and time is running out; So the enemy army on the northern route tried to charge the battle for a decisive battle, but after failing in the battle, they immediately abandoned the battle......

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals who returned to the camp from all over the country are coming to congratulate the victory one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the top seat, looking thoughtful, but his reaction was not big, and he had been wandering just now. He knew that this battle was undoubtedly won, and the gains were not small; However, there is still a big gap between the results and his predictions!

He also realized that on the grassland, it seemed that there could be no situation like the "Battle of Crime", and that one battle could destroy and capture 100,000 enemy troops!

It didn't take long for Liu Sheng to walk into the big tent. Zhang Fu took the lead and said: "Congratulations to An Yuanbo. Everyone looked sideways, and their eyes were focused on Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng stepped forward and bowed: "The minister greets the saint." ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at Liu Sheng approvingly and nodded. He pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "The power of our officers' firearms is not what it used to be, and the Tatars do not know it. An Yuanbo was able to surprise and seize the fighter plane to give the enemy a blow, which is really the talent of a general. The first-class merit of this northern expedition belongs to you. ”

Liu Sheng said: "The minister serves the saint, and this is all his duty. ”

Everyone congratulated one after another, and the big tent became a lot more lively for a while.

At this time, Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, stepped forward and said, "Minister, please play the saint!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Qi Butang, please speak." ”

Qi Tai said: "In the past few days, since the outbreak of war, the war horses of various armies have fed a large number of excellent horses in order to accumulate horsepower. The consumption of military rations has increased, and it can no longer be sustained for a long time; Only by retreating at this time can we maintain the needs of the return of the army. Moreover, the Ming official army has won a great victory in this battle...... The minister believes that after the Qu Neng Department meets, the Holy Master should return to the court on the same day! ”

Qi Tai said, bowed and stood there. The noise of the crowd gradually subsided, and no one objected.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent and did not answer Qi Tai immediately.

After a while, he spoke: "Order the left outpost, march to the northwest early tomorrow morning, and meet the Qu Neng Department first." The matter of retiring from the army will be discussed later. ”

Qi Tai was stunned for a moment, and bowed: "The minister's decree!" ”

It was late at night, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and told everyone to go back to the camp to rest. And all the generals bowed and said goodbye, and they all left the tent.

With the help of Cao Fu and several others, Zhu Gaoxu also took off his armor and put his woolen coat on the outside of his military uniform.

He stepped out of the tent and looked northeast in the cold air. He subconsciously pulled his collar to cover his cold neck.

There was a fire in the nearby Chinese camp, but it was pitch black in the distance. Tonight there are clouds in the sky, the stars and the moon are not visible, and the light is very dim. At this time, he looked into the distance, and naturally saw nothing.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't see anything, so he had to guess that there might be a large amount of winter supplies hoarded by the Tatars in the northern depths of the "Lake of the Sea" (Hulun Lake) and the surrounding grasslands.

But the area was too vast, and the main force of the Tatar army was not completely annihilated; In a short period of time, it seems that it will be difficult for the Ming army to do much.

After the victory, Zhu Gaoxu's mood became a little complicated at this time.