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The Ming army was 15,000 soldiers led by Shen Xi himself, combined with infantry and cavalry, but mainly infantry, because it was supported by artillery, firecrackers, and bows and crossbows, and Shen Xi did not fall behind in the fierce confrontation that lasted for more than two hours. The two sides went back and forth, and the war gradually developed into a white-hot stage.

In such a critical situation, the Ming defenders at the head of the city did not have the slightest intention of going out of the city to help, watching the fire from the other side, it seemed that the success or failure of Shen Xi had nothing to do with them.

Zhu Houzhao begged the surrounding generals to send troops to no avail, so he had to say to Xie Qian with a bitter face: "Mr. Xie, I bother you to go back to the palace and ask your father for an order, and your father will make the decision!" ”

Xie Qian glanced at Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao, and Zhang's relatives indignantly, and was a little hesitant to enter the palace to ask for a decree.

Although he knew that it would be difficult to obtain the permission of Emperor Hongzhi, but thinking that Shen Xi was almost in a desperate situation outside the city, and it was likely that he would be consumed alive by the Tartars if he did not send troops in the city, Xie Qian could only go and give it a try...... Even if Li Dongyang and Zhang Mao are against it, they have to go this time.

Xie Qian said: "The old minister has the order!" ”

After speaking, Xie Qian didn't care about continuing to observe the battle situation outside the city, and he didn't plan to take a carriage or a sedan chair, but rode on a tall horse with the support of the guards, first slowly got off the city along the horse road, and then galloped towards Daming Gate...... This is a good way to get reinforcements for Shen Xi as soon as possible.

At this time, in the battle outside the city, Shen Xi's Chinese army was still as safe as Mount Tai.

Shen Xi was calm, standing on the watchtower drawn from Juyong Pass, surrounded by shield soldiers, he held the order flag, and constantly issued various flags, no need for every soldier to understand the meaning of his flag, as long as the commander of each infantry phalanx understood it, they would use the whistle to direct the advance and retreat of the team under their command......

In the midst of your comings and goings, the Tartars rushed into battle again and again without success, the losses increased, and the morale gradually declined.

Suddenly, the war drums in the middle of the Ming army sounded violently, and the five surrounding infantry phalanxes changed their formations again when they heard the sound, retreated to surround the middle legions, and then took the cavalry as the main attack force.

Wang Lingzhi led 500 cavalry, became the main force of the charge, and under the cover of the artillery located in the middle army, launched a fierce attack on the Tatar cavalry in depth.

Because the Ming army has been in a defensive posture before, and fought and retreated, and did not launch a decent offensive, when Wang Lingzhi led the troops to rush and kill, the Tartar commander Su Suha did not react in a short time, when he found that the attack was not from the two wings of the attack of the soldiers and horses, but his own Chinese army, it was too late to send troops back to help.

The artillery crews in Shen Xi's army have undergone strict training, taught by Shen Xi, and have been tested by the battle of Tumu Fort, so they have extremely rich experience in handling artillery.

These gunners understood how to ensure the safety of their own cavalry when the Ming cavalry took the initiative to attack, and although the artillery kept firing at "their own people", the artillery fire would bypass the head of the Ming cavalry according to the adjustment of the elevation angle, and accurately fall to the depth and flanks, so that the Tatar reinforcements could not succeed.

"Boom, boom!"

In the volley of artillery, shells fell like meteors, and everywhere they went, the Tartar cavalry turned over and fell off their horses. Although the artillery could not completely suppress the Tartar reinforcements, due to the continuous explosions of the war horses, they rushed left and right in panic and completely lost control, and the number of cavalry who really reinforced the middle was not very large.

Wang Lingzhi's troops rushed forward, and after slashing and slashing, they immediately withdrew their troops, and then the next round of shells rained down again, making the Tatar cavalry who launched a counterattack feel what is called a flaming hell.

Although the final lethality of the artillery was extremely limited, for the Tatar cavalry, the loss of morale was unparalleled, and they were strongly confused...... Why was the Ming cavalry fine when they were here just now, and we were separated from the artillery by the Ming cavalry, but the Ming cavalry turned away, and we just caught up a few steps before we were hit by a shell falling from the sky?

Could it be that the other party's shells have eyes?

Because of the continuous suppression of artillery, the Tatars did not dare to chase fiercely, which made Wang Lingzhi in the charge of a round, after causing less than 100 casualties to the Tartars, once again to prepare for the second round of impact, everything depends on the speed of the war drums in the Chinese army's formation, once the war drums are accelerated, it means that the next round of impact will be launched.

Shen Xi did not interfere with which direction Wang Lingzhi rushed from, because there would be many changes on the spot in the specific battle, and even Shen Xi could not accurately issue more specific orders to Wang Lingzhi.

The instructions given by Shen Xi were to let Wang Lingzhi see the weak links of the Tatar defenses and attack, and in which direction he rushed, the artillery would cover whichever direction, which was equivalent to cooperating with Wang Lingzhi's actions.

Although the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Tatars in terms of individual soldiers, it was not inferior to the Tatars as a whole, which made the Tatars, who regarded themselves very highly, suffer a lot.

The Tartars have always believed that the Ming army is only good at defending itself, even if they have fought with the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty's border army before, and have never fallen behind, but this time they finally saw the power of the real Ming cavalry, and found that the opponent was far more than they knew.

"Kill!"

In the eyes of the Tatars, Wang Lingzhi is like a killing god.

Wang Lingzhi's body is heavily armored, holding the customary long knife in one hand, holding the reins of the horse in the other hand, rushing all the way to kill and then forward, his subordinates basically have no Tartar to support two moves, basically the hand up and down, the enemy formation is like nothing, in a blink of an eye, there are more than ten horsemen died under his knife, the follow-up Ming cavalry came one after another, the two sides briefly exchanged a round, Wang Lingzhi turned around and retreated, the Tatars mustered up the courage to pursue, and in a blink of an eye they were covered by the Ming artillery again.

Even though the Tatars angrily shot their bows and arrows, it was soon discovered that the Ming cavalry responsible for the assault line was protected by heavy armor and had a good defense against ordinary bows and arrows.

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"Good, good kill!"

Zhu Houzhao asked Xie Qian to return to the palace and asked Zhu Youzhu to send troops to attack, and cooperate with the reinforcements outside the city.

Shen Xi used offensive and defensive tactics to a great degree, and finally temporarily camped and sent cavalry to attack in turns, so that the Tatars could not get close to a tight formation like a mobile fortress.

In this way, both cavalry and infantry can get a good rest. When the cavalry is tired, the infantry phalanx of the Ming army can be powerful again, and they are not worried that they will be dragged down by the Tartars in turn.

"Mr. Shen, you have to hold on! After this battle, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself, and see who in the DPRK and China does not believe in you and my master and apprentice! ”

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and was very emotional.

Li Dongyang, a scholar, glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and he wanted to say a few sarcastic words...... I don't know who the commander of the troops outside is, because at this time, no one can see the banner of the reinforcements clearly, and they just guess that this person is Shen Xi, but that is Zhu Houzhao's wishful thinking.

Li Dongyang never believed that a post-born boy could be so magical, not only could he enter the Hanlin Academy in three yuan and the first, but now he is not yet eighteen years old and he is already a member of the second grade, and he can also have such profound attainments in the art of war and command.

Zhang Mao was more and more surprised, and finally said with emotion: "The execution of the border army is really extraordinary, for the Beijing battalion soldiers, I am afraid it is difficult to implement such complex and changeable tactics, and every soldier dares to fight in the face of strong enemies, without flinching, this is the real undefeated division of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Because Zhang Mao knew the Beijing camp too well, he didn't believe that the soldiers outside were weak Beijing camp soldiers, but in fact, it was the Beijing camp soldiers that Zhang Mao looked down on that constituted the main force of the Shenxi Central Army.