The basic tactics of the Horqin cavalry and the Fengzhou iron cavalry are roughly the same, both sides are dominated by light cavalry, the pursuit of mobility and flexibility in the style of play, when launching an attack, it is rare to directly attack the front, but when approaching the opponent, it will suddenly change direction and attack the opponent obliquely, so that it can not only catch the opponent off guard, but also expand its own attack surface, and give full play to the advantage of being proficient in horse archery. The Fengzhou artillery battalion has been training with the infantry cavalry for a long time, and after suffering a lot, it has changed the practice of the Ming army's commonly used column guns in the front, but ambushes the firearms on the side that deviates from the attacked side, and attacks the opponent from the side. This new set of playing methods was summed up by Ding Qiming and Wu Laoba's master and apprentice, and the two were very proud of it.

The first round of artillery attacks was gratifying, all five cannons were fired into the crowd, eight cavalrymen fell off their horses, two guys were also hit by cannons and flew up, knocking the people next to them off their horses, the Horqin cavalry was shocked, the second round of cannons flew in, and six guys fell off their horses. There was a painful wail from the Korqin people, and the Fengzhou garrison opposite them shouted excitedly, brandishing their weapons to provoke them.

"Turn around and kill these barbarians first." Wu Keshan was furious, just now a cannon ghost flew past him, first knocked a guard out, and then bounced into the abdomen of a slave soldier, and the unlucky guy spat blood from his mouth and planted his horse without saying a word.

Wu Keshan was furious, and the two thousand cavalry suddenly turned a little chaotic, and the third round of cannons fell into the crowd huddled together, and once again seven or eight guys were unlucky to fall off their horses. The Horqin people were furious, roared and pounced on the artillery battalion, and received another round of artillery on the way, this time the effect of the frontal attack was much worse, only hitting three targets - however, Wu Laoba was very satisfied, the rate of fire of the Franc machine was fast, after the fight, he withdrew the fired gun, cleaned the gun chamber with a wet cloth wrapped in a wooden stick, and then loaded the Zigun prepared in advance, and it was able to fight again immediately, which was much easier than the Hongyi cannon, and after a while, each gun had finished four guns, and the last one was loaded with shotguns, and the other party would fight again.

The bad luck of the Horqin people is not over, Jin Guoding and Shi Laoliu, the assistant of the artillery station, are lying in a ditch to fight their bad idea - there is a minefield in front, and no one recognizes the bamboo and wood cannons that Jin Sheng vigorously advocated, and he delved into mines again, and actually changed a lot of useless wooden cannons into mines, in fact, the wooden cannons were sawed short and loaded with gunpowder and scrap iron, and the muzzle of the cannon was buried in the ground and tamped, and then the muzzle of the cannon was covered with weeds, and the blasting test effect was good. Several experts from the Ordnance Department believe that although the lethality of this kind of directed-fired mine is not great, it is also a bit immoral for scrap iron to penetrate the horse's belly and hit the horse's crotch and hit people's crotches. Jin Sheng was excited, and instigated Shi Lao Liu to collect iron buckets, wooden barrels, and pottery barrels to make hundreds of these things, anyway, they were used at one time, and they were simple to make, and they didn't cost a few dollars, these things were buried in the open ground in front of them, and Jin Sheng was waiting for someone to take the bait.

"Shi Lao Liu, do you and Lord Jin make the things that you and Lord Jin can use?" Jin Guoding is still a little worried.

"Deputy Battalion Officer Jin, just wait and see the excitement, the Mongols are rushing over, light the fire!" Shi Laoliu stared ahead and said.

Jin Guoding gave an order, the herald blew the bone whistle vigorously, and the soldiers hiding in various ditches lit the fuse rope wrapped in gunpowder, and dozens of smoking flames rushed forward. The Korqin cavalry noticed an anomaly ahead, but they couldn't figure out what was going on, and the horses couldn't contain it anymore and swarmed into the minefield. Jin Guoding saw his hands, shouted "Run", pulled up Shi Lao Liu and ran out of the ditch to escape, and dozens of soldiers followed behind.

Only more than 300 steps away from the other party, the Horqin people increased the speed of their horses, opened their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot, but suddenly a dense explosion sounded under their feet, and the war horses fell down one after another, throwing their owners out heavily.

Wu Keshan even led the horse to the ground, a few guards and slaves with black faces helped him, he was still in a daze, before he could figure it out, the artillery on the opposite side opened fire again, this time it was a shotgun, the panicked Horqin people were knocked down, and then the sound of hurried horse hooves sounded - the Fengzhou cavalry galloped down from the heights on both sides, and the dizzy Horqin people were caught off guard, and they were stopped and hit hard, and the Fengzhou cavalry ran over from the crowd effortlessly, leaving corpses all over the ground and flying away. The devastated Horqin people couldn't bear it anymore, Wu Keshan limped and was helped on the horse, and ran away without looking back. The two white flags and two blue flags behind were startled, and immediately stopped advancing, and urgently lined up to prevent the other party from playing tricks again.

Tiancong Khan, who was watching the battle not far away, shook his head, Wu Keshan and Manzhu Xili were not Erlu's opponents, he knew this very well, but he never expected that the Horqin cavalry would die four or five hundred people in vain without firing a single arrow, and they collapsed in a daze. I didn't teach him. Forget it, the people of Horqin were frightened, and they couldn't afford to fight again, and they still had to rely on the elite of the Eight Banners to fight a vicious battle.

"Let the Korqin people retreat to the back of the formation and rest, and the two white and two blue continue to attack each other's infantry formation," Tiancong Khan pointed to the high ground on both sides, and continued, "The cavalry of the four banners should be on guard on both flanks to prevent the enemy cavalry from sneaking up again." ”

"Great Khan, you are not doing this right, you should return the white armor to the flags, so that the two blue, two white and four flags will attack the infantry formation of Fengzhou with all their might, those farmers can't stop us, there is no need for four flags behind, you can transfer the yellow and red inlays to the two wings of vigilance." Mang Gurtai couldn't help but talk more, and the Great Khan pinched the white armor of each flag in his hand, which made him very worried about his blue flag.

"Tell me, where is Eru? Where are the elite armored cavalry in Toyoshu? Needless to say, Ben Khan has his own opinions. Tiancong Khan scolded very unceremoniously.

Mang Gurtai was not convinced, and his hand habitually touched his waist, Dai Shan hurriedly kicked him, Mang Gurtai sighed, took a few steps back and continued to be a puppet with Dai Shan.

The Eight Banners began to exert their strength, and the four flag lineups were neatly pressed up, first of all, they fought indiscriminately against the small cannons and firearms of the Fengzhou infantry formation, and the artillery battalion did not show weakness, and continued to fight back with the guns and birds, and the garrisons of the guard also took out the firearms looted from the arsenal of the Ming army to help the war, but their strength could not scare the Jin Army - the firearms that the imperial court spent a huge amount of money to equip the Ming Army in Liaoxi fell into the hands of the Jin Army, and each flag was divided into a considerable number of firearms, and the white armor soldiers were even issued a bird gun per person, and the fighting momentum was amazing, Ding Qiming saw that the situation was not good, Beckoning, the artillery battalion dragged up the artillery and ran away.

The firearms war is not long, the firearms of the Ming army are too scary, the explosion is commonplace, whoever holds it in the hand is afraid, including the white armor, the Eight Banners usually use firearms as decorations, and the errand of using firearms is generally handed over to the Han army, this time the western expedition did not bring the "Wuzhen Chaoha" army, everyone is to close their eyes and scare people a few times, the Fengzhou garrison also has the same palpitations about firearms, after a few brave fights, the two sides invariably played their favorite bows and arrows, in an instant, the arrows in the air flew back and forth, covering the sky and the sun, shouting and killingThe screams rang out.

The Eight Banners were dressed in heavy armor, long in strong bows and strong shots, and had chariots as cover, so they soon gained the upper hand. The armor equipped by the guards in Fengzhou is still too little, and the garrisons can only use wooden shields to protect themselves, and the dense arrows of the Jin army continue to make a gap in the shield array, and there are countless people who fall to the ground in the arrows, and the garrison's bow and arrow counterattack is getting weaker and weaker, and it is gradually suppressed, and the infantry formation also begins to be chaotic. The attack horn of the Jin army sounded continuously, and Dolgon, Duoduo, Zilharang and Deg no longer hesitated, and punched at the Fengzhou army - the dead soldiers wearing double layers of heavy armor charged into battle with one person and two horses, and the light cavalry behind them continuously threw heavy arrows, and Rulin's spears were difficult to stop this tidal attack, and the Fengzhou infantry formation was instantly punched out of several gaps.

Fengzhou's infantry formation to Fengzhou Wei for the left wing, Xuandewei for the right wing, the barbarian mountain camp behind, showing the inverted "product" array, the rapid march to the Dongshengwei rest after the formation, ready to meet everywhere at any time, this is a kind of defense-based array, but obviously can not withstand the attack of the Jin army - Xuandewei was blue, inlaid blue two flags unhurriedly pressed and beaten, almost no power to fight back, and Fengzhou Wei's opponent is stronger, the white, inlaid white two flags are the original two yellow flags, combat power in the other flags, a fierce attack will be Fengzhou Wei impact crumbling.

Du Wenhuan frowned, the opponent's strength far exceeded expectations, the four banners that the Jin army put into the attack, in addition to the more than 3,000 cavalry transferred to the two wings to guard, the strength used to attack the infantry formation will not exceed 8,000 people, but this point of strength instantly beat the 10,000 garrisons of Fengzhou and Xuande to danger, and the Jin army still has four banners that have not been dispatched, and Li Yu has no news to meet the opponent's South Route Army, he doesn't know how long this battle will take, and he can't help but think carefully about how to use his troops.

"If you continue to fight like this, it's useless for the garrisons of each guard to go up, so don't you send some battalions to support it?" Ortai suggested in a whisper.

"Wait a little longer, the soldiers are fought, maybe they will be able to stabilize after a while," Du Wenhuan thought for a while and issued a military order, "The two guards of Fengzhou and Xuande shrank their formations to both sides, leaving a central gap to put the Manhan Mountain camp on top, Asari and Borshu commanded the Fengzhou, Xuande, Manhan Mountain camp and the Shanxi cavalry to launch a diversion attack from both flanks, and led the infantry on horseback of the Jin army as much as possible, Zabutu commanded the Dongshengwei cavalry and reserve cavalry to drive forward to the left flank high ground to guard, and execute it immediately!" ”

The horn of the Fengzhou army sounded immediately, Buyantu and Urden hurriedly contracted their forces - the front was almost undefensible, the spears and wooden shields could not scare the dead soldiers of the Jin army, they rode one by one, the people and the horses were wearing heavy armor, and they could be crushed when they hit the formation, and the horses fell and the people got up and continued to fight to the death, never taking half a step back, the light cavalry of the Jin army took the opportunity to rush into the gap, slashing and killing in the crowd, the infantry was rushed by the iron cavalry, and the garrison became more and more frightened, almost helpless, all relying on the desperate support of officers and veterans, the infantry formation did not collapse. The cries for help from the various brigades came and went, but Buyantu and Urden were powerless to fight back, so they could only abandon the wide front and shrink their forces into a group to wait for reinforcements. Fengzhou and Xuande two guards shrank to both sides, the 3,000 garrisons of the Manhan Mountain battalion pressed forward, and the three divisions of a total of 13,000 infantry densely formed three huge infantry formations, which were placed in a "one" shape, and the troops were more abundant, while the Jin army was insufficient, and the attack was delayed, at this time the cavalry of Fengzhou launched an attack, and the two wings of the Jin army were also in danger.

The Fengzhou cavalry rushed down from the high ground on both sides, and the cavalry on both wings of the Jin army met head-on, as soon as the two sides fought, Asari and Borshu felt that they had hit the iron plate - the Jin army was dominated by heavy armored cavalry, moving slowly but the cavalry formation was closely coordinated, it was difficult to have loopholes, and the attack was fierce and the cavalry was accurate, in contrast, less than half of the armor in the Fengzhou cavalry, or the simple leather armor with iron sheets, the weight was much lighter, but it was far less protective than the iron armor of the Jin army, and the Fengzhou cavalry and the Jin army cavalry were doomed to suffer if they collided hard.

Asari and Borshu are veterans of playing cavalry, feeling that the momentum is not right, immediately changed the frontal assault style of play, and moved out the usual training set, using the fast and flexible characteristics of Mongolian light cavalry, the cavalry departments stared at the Jin army to attack in turn, and constantly changed the direction of attack, virtual and real, left and right, forcing the opponent to follow the continuous turn, when attacking the opponent, then to the captain's chirping to indicate the target, the whole team shot the sharp arrow to a point, the opponent even if the heavy armor can not parry, after a rapid attack, the horse will be withdrawn, Go back in a circle and choose the attack point again. This set of fighting Fengzhou people are already familiar with it, and they are full of confidence, they are natural cavalry who grew up on horseback, Zhu Shen, who hunts and fishes, is more like an infantry on horseback, scaring the Han people who farm the land is okay, and they are only worthy of being beaten when they play cavalry.

The two sides each shot each other with bows and arrows, the horses galloped on the grassland, the arrows in the sky were like shuttles, and the cavalry with two completely different fighting styles fought together. There were only more than 3,000 iron cavalry of the Jin army, and there were 1,600 or 700 people on the left and right sides, the number was at a disadvantage compared with the other party, and the riding skills were not as good as the other party, and they had to protect their own wings. The former horse thief Borshu, who was sliding like a loach, even bypassed the iron horse, and stabbed the waist of the two blue flags attacking the infantry formation unexpectedly, taking advantage of the big advantage and immediately left, and the two blue flags suffered a loss and wanted to retaliate, but they couldn't catch up with him.

"What a name these guys play, you know that my horse is going to be tired when you run around." Hu Dawei complained with two heads that were still dripping blood, and he, Bai An, and Cao Bianjiao had been following the Borshu action.

"Tiger head, you took advantage and complained, don't you feel sorry!" Cao Bianjiao said happily that his people had not suffered casualties so far, but more than a dozen heads had been captured.

"It's good to fight like this, just take advantage and don't suffer, Yuzi has a good horse, just ask him to compensate you." Bai An was very happy in his heart, he was often chased and beaten by the Jin army when he was in Liaodong, and the feng shui took turns, and today he was pressed by the Jin army.

The iron cavalry of the Jin army could not defend the two wings, and the call for help kept sounding, and the two white, two blue and four flags were forced to increase the two wings by 500 troops each, but the Jin army learned to be honest, except for a small number of elite cavalry guerrilla to meet everywhere, the rest of the people dismounted and formed a formation, and blocked the Fengzhou cavalry with foot shooting. The Jin army was beaten back to its original shape, but they gave full play to the characteristics of accurate archery and close attack and defense, and the Fengzhou cavalry had too many armorless soldiers, and the cavalry shooting was not as accurate as the foot shooting, and the range was long, and they tried to attack twice in vain, but since the other party increased the troops, they also achieved the purpose of containment, and simply monitored the other party and did not risk attacking for the time being, and the two sides fell into a state of confrontation.

The cavalry on both sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat, the Jin army was insufficient in front of the troops, more than 6,000 people wanted to gnaw off the opponent's 13,000 people It was not easy, the attack on Fengzhou's infantry began to slow down, the two white, two blue and four flags invariably used the tactics of step-by-step battalion and arrow array attack, in the past they had used this method of play to deal with the Ming army, the effect seemed to be good, the armor of the eight banners was solid, the archery skills were exquisite, and they had the ability to kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, and the opponent could not bear the casualties sooner or later collapsed, and their own losses would not be large. However, today's opponent is also full of resilience, and after being shot down, a batch is immediately filled up, and it also retaliates with a dense rain of arrows.

Tiancong Khan looked at the battlefield, if he continued to fight like this, it would be Dajin who would win sooner or later, he firmly believed in this, and the headache was where was Erlu? He is too familiar with Li Yu, this guy has always been lawless and does not follow common sense, if he calculates, where will this old face go!

"Great Khan, the troops at the front are insufficient, and it may be difficult to win, so I am willing to ask for battle and attack with a red flag!" Yue Tuo walked over and said eagerly, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became that Li Yu was going to fight Azig, Azig was definitely not Li Yu's opponent, if Li Yu defeated Azig and returned to Kuku and Tun, the situation of the Jin army would be difficult, and the enemy in front of him must be defeated as soon as possible.

"Ben Khan is still worried about this kid Erlu, so he can't keep one more hand!" Tiancong Khan replied.

"It is precisely because Erlu did not appear that we must preemptively defeat this group of rabble, Great Khan, this area is too unfamiliar to us, the longer the time drags on, the greater the variables, we must make a decision early." Yue Tuo persuaded.

"The enemy in front of us is by no means the elite of Erlu, our army can defeat it with more strength, and it will be useless to wait for Erlu to come back, the Great Khan will make a decision, and Zhenghongqi is also willing to ask for battle to attack." Sakhalian also stepped forward and said.

Tiancong Khan glanced at Dai Shan and Mang Gultai next to him, the two puppets didn't say a word, hesitated for a while, and finally waved their fists and said: "The two flags of Zhenghong and inlaid red will attack immediately, and the white armor will also return to their own flags, so be sure to defeat the current enemy before noon." ”