Chapter 156: Collapse at the touch of a button

More than 20,000 troops stayed overnight and headed north. Along the way, sentry horses were constantly sent out to investigate the surrounding situation, for fear that the Mantars would find out their whereabouts. The distance from Tongzhou to Panshan is less than 200 miles, and it took eight days to walk.

The night sent out did not receive a return, and the Mantar rear team was passing twenty miles away, and Chen Yue and Tang Tong Bai Guangen hurriedly gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"Mantar passes through the winding mountain road, goes straight to the north to the Great Wall, passes through the border wall of the boundary ridge mouth and returns to the grassland, there is this mountain road for dozens of miles nearby, we only need to wait until they are almost the same, suddenly attack, bite them hard, and we will be able to capture a lot of heads." Tang Tong pointed ahead, as the commander of Miyun, he was extremely familiar with the nearby terrain.

"Well, most of the front of the Manchu Tartars has passed, and the vanguard has already returned to the grassland out of the side wall, and now there are not many Manchu cavalry behind at all, with our strength, it is not difficult to win a battle." Bai Guangen nodded.

These two people have no intention of fighting hard with the Mantars, they just want to pick up some military feats to soar, no wonder they pressed the speed of the march all the way, and walked for eight days in less than two hundred miles! Chen Yue sighed.

"Since most of the Mantar has passed, we don't need to wait any longer, just send troops to attack directly, and start the war a moment earlier, we can save some people as soon as possible." Chen Yue said.

Tang Tong and Bai Guangen glanced at each other and agreed with Chen Yue's decision.

"The two generals each have more than 1,000 cavalry under their commands, and the two generals will be the main force in this battle to attack Mantar, and I will take the headquarters as the rear team to support the two at any time." Chen Yue ordered. Among the three, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen each had more than 1,000 cavalry, all of whom were well-trained soldiers, and there were also five or six thousand infantry each, which was much stronger than Chen Yue, who had no cavalry, and of course they were the main force in the decisive battle.

"Lord Chen is in the back, with my old Tang here, I will definitely be able to defeat the Mantars and rescue the people." Tang Tong assured with a grin. Bai Guangen also agreed, making Chen Yue think that these two people were really fearless warriors and loyal generals.

These two people went away with the army, Chen Yue thought about it, called Liu Neng, and ordered him to take his subordinates not to collect at night, one person and two horses, followed by these two armies, as soon as there was a situation, immediately come to report it!

Looking at Liu Nengshu's back as he rode away, Chen Yue's heart calmed a little, and he ordered his subordinates to move slowly and follow the army westward.

When the army arrived here, it was already a mountainous area, the roads were bumpy, Chen Yue's subordinates had more than a hundred chariots, and the horse-drawn chariots could not walk fast at all, and sometimes they needed soldiers to push behind to move forward with difficulty.

After walking for only an hour, there was a sudden night when the Pegasus newspaper was not received, saying that Tang Tong's department had been in contact with the Manchu Tartars and was fighting together. Chen Yue ordered the whole army to move forward quickly, to enter the battlefield as soon as possible, did not go ten miles, and there was no report at night, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen two cavalry were fighting fiercely with the Manchu cavalry, and the battle was very fierce. Chen Yue was about to urge the whole army to continue moving forward, when he suddenly reined in his war horse.

"What's wrong, sir?" The iron lion on the side asked, he was gearing up to fight with the Mantars and weigh the Mantars' kung fu.

Chen Yue rode on the horse and was silent, thinking quickly in his mind, judging from the memory in the depths of his mind, the late Ming Dynasty did not achieve even a victory against the Manchu Qing at all, Tang Tongqi was a famous escape general in history, and fled without a fight on the battlefield several times, and then first threw himself at Li Zicheng, and then to the Manchu Qing, to say that he would fight with the Manchu Tartars regardless of losses, Chen Yue was the first to disbelieve!

It's not good, maybe the next moment, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen will flee without a fight, if they continue to move forward and be rushed by the peeps, I'm afraid that their thousands of people won't be able to escape!

"The whole army immediately stops and lines up in battle!" Chen Yue shouted.

"What?" The iron lion looked at Chen Yue suspiciously, he hadn't seen the shadow of the Tartar yet, what kind of car array was there? The chariot formation was designed to defend against the charge of the Manchu cavalry, and it was impossible to move after it was arranged.

"Immediately, quickly!" Chen Yue anxiously urged, maybe the next moment, the defeated soldiers would come rushing in, and he seemed to be able to hear the sound of horses' hooves roaring in the distance.

After receiving Chen Yue's order, the soldiers of the Xishan Army quickly pulled the horses, unloaded the horses pulling the cart from the cart, and the chariots were connected end to end, forming a battle formation towards the west. More than forty chariots were connected end to end to form a rectangular chariot formation, and all the soldiers and horses entered the formation, leaving only a passage for the attack at the two wings.

A thick wooden wall was erected on the outer carriages, and sharp bamboo spears protruded diagonally from the holes in the wooden walls, forming a spear array, which could effectively block the onslaught of the Manchu cavalry. On the inside of the chariot, it is supported by several thick sticks to prevent the chariot from collapsing by the iron cavalry.

More than 100 crossbows, crossbow arrows are wound, sharp arrows point to the west, together with the ten tiger squat cannons presented by Tang Tong's second department, a total of 12 artillery guns are loaded with ammunition, and the muzzles are pointed into the distance. The musketeers stood on the chariots, the muzzles of the loaded ammunition sticking out of the wooden walls, and the sword and shield men stood aside, providing protection for the musketeers. The pikemen stood in formation, ready to assassinate the enemy who rushed into the formation. More than 3,000 village soldiers armed with wooden shields and bamboo spears lined up in the formation with nervous expressions, ready to fill the position of the main force at any time.

As soon as the formation of the chariot was arranged, I saw several cavalry galloping towards us.

"It's Liu Neng them!" Chen Yan, who was guarding on the side, called out, and Chen Yue had already seen the special black feathers on the helmet that did not collect at night.

Some soldiers quickly moved away to block the passage and refused to mount the horses, and Liu Neng and several people rushed into the car formation.

"Lord Bingxian, defeated, defeated." Liu Neng panted.

"Take a breath and make it clear!" Yang Zhengping shouted. But at this time, there was no need for Liu Neng to say more, and he saw a black line in the distance sweeping like a flood that broke the embankment. The sound of cries and the neighing of horses is endless.

"I led people to follow the army of General Tang and walked more than 20 miles before entering the battlefield, and saw the Manchu army carrying the people and marching north. General Tang and his subordinate cavalry killed him without saying anything, and he was caught off guard by killing Mantar at that time, and the entire Mantar queue was in chaos. But not long after, a full of Tartar cavalry galloped from the back, and the war horses galloped without paying attention to the people on the road and their own soldiers, so they rushed to the Ming army array that was slashing and killing. It's just that as soon as they got in touch, the personal soldiers under General Tang were in chaos, and many people turned around and fled without saying anything, and the infantry behind them had not yet entered the battlefield, so they were wrapped up and fled. The subordinates saw that the big thing was not good, and hurriedly flew back. Liu Neng, who was breathless, introduced in Chen Yue's ear, and at this moment, the defeated troops of Tang Tong and Bai Guangen were already approaching the car formation. 10