Li Zicheng left Liang Wencheng and Li Guo to stay in Xining, and personally led the cavalry of the hundredth household to reinforce the Triangle City.

The first cavalry had only more than 200 war horses, plus Li Zicheng's own soldiers had more than 20 war horses, more than 230 war horses, and these war horses carried the cavalry as the vanguard, and immediately flew away in the direction of the triangle city with light equipment.

More than 300 infantry from the 100th household, as a backup, carrying grain and grass and baggage, also left Xining at the same time.

Li Zicheng was thinking about ways to deal with the Mongolian cavalry along the way, according to historical experience, whether it was the Han and Tang dynasties or the Ming Dynasty, there were some ways to learn from, as for later generations, because of the emergence of a large number of machinery, the cavalry basically disappeared from the battlefield.

In the era of cold weapons, there are two main ways to deal with cavalry, one is to train more elite cavalry, which is more nomadic than the nomads, so that they can fight against them in the wild, and even defeat them, like Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty and Li Chengliang of the Ming Dynasty.

The second is to use the technical and material advantages of the Han nation to create a variety of chariots, using chariots as cover, retarding the speed of cavalry, if the cavalry loses the speed advantage, the combat effectiveness will drop sharply, the infantry can rely on the numerical advantage, and one of the battles, and the infantry can still use the cover of the chariot, can completely attack each other with the cavalry, the representative of the middle, is the Han Dynasty's Li Ling, the Ming Dynasty's Qi Shaobao.

As for the "Macedonian Phalanx" created by Westerners, or the Modao Formation of Datang, if you don't have a long time of training and a lot of silver, you don't have to think about it.

Even the previous two methods also require a lot of silver and a lot of materials, and only a unified dynasty will have enough strength to purchase these equipment and feed these expensive troops.

Although his subordinates have more than 300 war horses, the soldiers' riding and archery skills are not on the same level as the Mongols, and compared with the Mongols who grew up on horseback since childhood, his subordinates can only be regarded as infantry who can ride horses, and war horses can only be regarded as means of transportation at most.

As for the chariot, Xining not only did not have it, but even if there was a chariot, it would not be possible to transport it to Triangle City for a while, and the time was not on Li Zicheng's side.

But Li Zicheng is not helpless, with a hundred recruits that day, he can repel Bayar, and now his subordinates have more than 2,000 soldiers, can he still be afraid of Bayar?

The cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department is the most elite cavalry in Xining, whether it is horses or soldiers, they are the best, if they really meet with Bayar, a second-class soldier in the Mongolian cavalry, in the field, relying on the superiority in numbers, it is really impossible to say who will kill the deer, even if Liu Yunshui's department suffers serious casualties, at least it is not completely killed like the infantry.

Moreover, Li Zicheng still has treasures in his hands that the Mongols have never seen.

Surprisingly won, I believe that Bayar will leave a lifelong memory, if Li Zicheng succeeds, and Bayar can still escape with his life.

The cavalry galloped all the way for seventy or eighty miles, and the war horses were already showing their exhaustion, and the few war horses running in front had begun to snort, and the soldiers were also a little tired, but Li Zicheng had no order, and no one dared to slow down the horse.

Liu Yunshui quickly whipped his horse and leaned over to Li Zicheng, "My lord, this has been rushing for more than an hour, if you rush to the triangle city like this, even if the brother can grit his teeth and hold on, the war horse may not be able to fight again!" ”

"It's good to rescue the soldiers and arrive early," Li Zicheng was anxious, but he still slowed down the speed of the horse slightly, sprinting at such a speed, the war horse would be tired and lie down sooner or later, in case the war horse failed, the speed of the march slowed down, "Yunshui don't worry, let's hurry up first, stay fifty miles away from the Triangle City, and then let the brothers and the war horses rest, and then rush to the Triangle City when their strength is restored." ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates understand!" Liu Yunshui turned the horse's head and continued to sprint forward.

Triangle City, this lonely city that broke through the grassland, is currently engaged in a fierce battle.

After three days of tentative attack, Bayar has found that there are not many defenders in the city, and the city wall is not as tall and thick as Zhenhai Fort and Fuqiang Fort, in his heart, he has already counted the materials in the city as his own, but unfortunately, this time there are still people from Meligan, and he must let him share some.

Bayar originally just wanted to come to Han to fight the grass valley, and by the way, he wanted to avenge the last loss of his army, but the triangle city happened to block his way forward, if the triangle city was not taken, his power would be limited to the north of the triangle city, and the rich Han land would no longer provide him with a little material supply.

His soldiers had suffered heavy casualties in the last battle, and had no choice but to cooperate with Meligan in the upper reaches of the Chase River, and the two sides sent the same cavalry, and agreed that if the supplies were plundered, they would be divided equally between the two families.

Bayard seemed to see the decline in the city, and on the fourth day, uncharacteristically, an attack was launched from the north and east, and all the soldiers were released.

The rain of arrows is the sharpest offensive weapon of the Mongols, and it is also the biggest shortcoming of the Xining army in the triangle city.

"Hundreds of households, the Han dog will only hide behind the city wall, like a turtle!" Bayar's side, Chaolu's face was quite hideous, because the last time he escaped with Bayar, he was promoted to ten commanders by Bayar, and he just shot a rising Ming soldier with his own hands.

"This kind of low city wall can also stop our Mongolian warriors?" Bayar smiled, for the triangle city, he is determined to win, with his understanding of the Han people, there must be a lot of food and materials stored in the city, and these materials will soon become his spoils.

"Centurion, the Han dog doesn't dare to show his head, do you want to attack the city directly?"

"Don't be in a hurry to attack the city first, the Han dogs are extremely cunning, and when their soldiers are almost consumed, we will attack." Bayar looked at the triangular city half a mile away, and his eyes only saw the dark city walls, and the Ming soldiers had long been absent from the city, but he knew that the Ming army was hiding behind the city walls, and once the Mongols began to attack the city, they would come out like earth dogs.

"Master centurion, how long will you have to wait? Will there be reinforcements for the Ming army? ”

Bayar turned his gaze to the southeast and smiled: "We will take the Triangle City today, and spend the night in the Triangle City, if the Ming army comes to reinforcements, it happens to be our next target, Chaolu, our Mongolian Zhuangding, there are too few, these Han people, is the best gift from Changshengtian to us." ”

Chaolu's eyes also shone brightly, just like wolves on the grassland, once they found their prey, how could they let them run away? "Centurion ......"

Bayar looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, Chaolu, as long as you fight well, I will also divide the two of you among these Han slaves, and when you milk the cow in the future, you won't have to do it yourself!" ”

"Yes, Centurion Master, the little one will go to the front battlefield!"

In the triangle city, the Xining army was very aggrieved.

The Mongols' bows and arrows are so powerful that they hardly dare to peek out from the city walls, and even observing the position of the Mongols is extremely dangerous, the Mongols' arrows are shot into the sky, and then fall rapidly with the help of inertia and gravity, this way of projectile is also a great threat to the soldiers behind the city walls.

The shields of the Xining army are oval, if they are on the head, they can not completely block the rain of arrows of the Mongols, and later the four soldiers put the shields together to form a huge shield array, but at the junction of the four shields, there is a huge gap, and there are still arrows that can drill in.

Zhou Bin had an idea, and in the gap between the four shields, plus a shield, the soldiers were in groups of five, lying under the shields, relying on the cover of the city wall and shields, and maneuvering with the Mongols outside the city.

In fact, it can't be said, they were completely passively beaten, but they didn't take down the city.

From time to time, a soldier got out from under the shield, went to the battlement and put an arrow outside the city, most of the soldiers were really like turtles, hiding behind the city wall and never daring to show a trace of hair, in front of the Mongolian arrow rain, the Xining army really had no good way, it was fortunate to be able to protect itself, let alone use the city wall to fight back.

Once out of the cover of the shield, it was an absolutely dangerous thing, and in the slim counterattack of the Xining army, more than ten people had already been killed and wounded.

Zhou Bin has been gloomy, he can't wait to rush out of the city, take advantage of the numerical advantage, and the Mongols have a hand-to-hand combat, even if he is killed by the Mongols, it is better than this kind of shrinking turtle, in the daily military training, he has never taught the soldiers this method of warfare.

But it was impossible to get out of the city, the Mongols were all cavalry, even one man and two horses, once they left the cover of the city wall, they were almost the target of the Mongols' arrows, and they didn't even have a chance to escape.

"Damn, if Lao Tzu has a war horse, he will definitely have a fight with the Mongolian real sword and real # gun of the dog day!" Under the repeated provocations of the Mongols, Zhou Bin, who has always been good-tempered, couldn't help but scold his mother.

"My lord, the Mongols have stopped archery, they should be attacking the city soon!"

Zhou Bin's eyes were firmly fixed on the city wall, this stone wall was no more than a zhang high, as long as a little wooden ladder was built, or even a big stone to step on, you could climb to the top of the city.

However, compared to the rain of arrows just now, Zhou Bin prefers siege warfare, once the siege begins, the Mongols must give up their cavalry and archery advantage and turn to hand-to-hand combat, this is the only place where the Xining army can fight with the Mongols, at least not as just now, completely passively beaten.

The content of the weekday training of the 500th household, in addition to the physical strength and physique of the soldiers, is coordinated combat, and hand-to-hand combat is the content of the most training of the soldiers, although the soldiers still lack the training on the battlefield.

If the Mongols began to attack the city, the Xining army not only occupied a numerical advantage, but also had a condescending geographical advantage, in the face of these advantages, even if it could not restrain the Mongols, at least it could compete with the Mongols for attrition, the Mongol cavalry was only more than 100 people, and the Xining army could not afford casualties.