When Cao Wenzhao's army was fighting the enemy, Tang Xidong led an army of 15,000 people, just out of the border of Fenzhou and arrived at Wenshui.

All the way to the march, heavy rain continued.

Tang Xidong refused to be solicited by Zhang Zongheng, the governor of the three towns in Fenzhou, and traveled all the way, not entering the city or near the village, from south to north.

The north of Wenshui is Jiaocheng, and the north of Jiaocheng is Qinyuan.

At this time, it was already in Taiyuan Mansion, and Tang Xidong began to scatter a large number of scouts, and he looked for the traces of the Houjin army that plundered the northern land.

The army marched day and night, and it was considered fast, and the soldiers were tired.

Tang Xidong was outside Jiaocheng City, and was stationed for half a day to repair it.

Many things are a joke in the eyes of later generations, even the Tang thieves in Pingyang led their troops to break into Taiyuan Mansion, preparing to block Houjin, but Qinyuan's 30,000 army still struggled for many days, crawling like a king on the way north.

And Hong Chengchou's army of 70,000 stopped at night and day and stopped, intermittently, and at this time it was still two or three hundred miles away from Tang Xidong, thinking about taking the opportunity to exterminate Tang Xidong, and on the other hand, he was worried about encountering the Houjin Brigade.

And the Evil Axe Mountain north of Qingyuan, at this moment, the bloody storm is coming.

The 5,000 Houjin Iron Cavalry led by Yue Tuo and Azig, followed the 10-member Houjin cavalry who had fled back, and began to advance rapidly in the direction of the Evil Axe Mountain.

The weather is not helpful, the rain is heavy, the road is slippery, and the speed of the Houjin Tie ride is not fast.

It wasn't until the second day, when the hour was right, that the Golden Iron Cavalry of the Five Thousand Queens had just arrived thirty miles north of the Evil Axe Mountain.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao's army was ready to defend and wait.

Along the slope of the Evil Axe Mountain, the most near the foot of the mountain is the carriage formation arranged by the carriages after the baggage battalion has unloaded the grain and forage.

Then came the line of swordsmen and shieldmen, then the pikemen, and at the top were the archers and musketeers with ranged fire.

The cavalry of the Houjin cavalry was passed from the northward march of the Qijia army, and then it was a necessary tactic for the Ming army in the field.

Cao Wenzhao relied on the mountain, like the steep slope of the mountain, to contain the impact of the Houjin cavalry.

Placing the archer high is to take advantage of the terrain and increase the range. Spearmen are often the most effective type of killing to block cavalry charges, and sword and shield men are the main force in melee combat.

There are also 3,000 cavalry, which are used to entangle the opposing cavalry when needed.

The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry in Liaodong, it was really difficult to find a cavalry unit that could resist Houjin head-on.

This set of tactics was produced over the years after the test of war during the war with the Houjin, and was used by the Ming army after continuous improvement.

Today, Cao Wenzhao will rely on these 30,000 Ming army battle formations to fight with the 5,000 post-Jin Jurchens who are 30 miles away.

How loud the hoofs of the five thousand horsemen galloping towards their horses.

Five miles away, it can be heard.

The horses' hooves galloped, the rain poured down, and the mud splashed.

The earth trembled.

When the 5,000 cavalry stopped a mile away, the tension reached its extreme.

Cao Wenzhao touched the rain on his face, looked at the Houjin Iron Rider under the mountain, and looked up at the heavy rain in the sky.

There was a hint of worry on his face, in such weather, the firearms of the Ming army were laborious.

The cannon was parked under the tents set up on the hill, but the musketeers were drenched in the heavy rain.

The tent could withstand the heavy rain, but it could not let the rain soak through.

In such a situation, Cao Wenzhao didn't know that after the war, the Huzun cannon could still inspire a few cannons.

But fortunately, the location is favorable to the Ming army, a slope, a slope washed by heavy rain, will make the impact of the Houjin cavalry face great difficulties.

The heavy rain became a curtain, dividing the Ming army and the Houjin cavalry.

Among the Houjin cavalry, Azig sat on a tall horse and watched the Ming army on the hillside in the heavy rain.

This younger brother of Huang Taiji is not a person who asks about temperament, and among all the brothers of Huang Taiji, he is the most domineering and irritable.

"Zaguli, take your Jurchen men, go and rush, and give me a good scare and scare these soft-skinned dogs."

Azig led the most powerful yellow flag among the eight banners of the Houjin, but later after his own Huang Taiji took the position, the yellow flag was changed to the white flag, because the gold is yellow as precious, the Huang Taiji is the sweat, and the eight flags led by his own men should be inlaid with yellow, so the inlaid yellow and inlaid white are interchanged, but the eight flags in Azig's hands Niu Lu is still the most powerful of the eight banners after changing the flag.

It's just that Huang Taiji is obviously extremely jealous, and the three brothers of the same mother, Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, changed the banner owner to Dolgon, but the three of them are compatriots of the same mother after all, although the banner owner is Dolgon, but most of them are still led by Azig.

This expedition is based on Azig's inlaid white and Amin's inlaid blue, Amin was carried down by Huang Taiji last year, and now Zilharang, who listens more to Huang Taiji's words, will lead the blue flag.

The Blue Banner is now being carried by Zilharan and Derg to the east.

Azig took his five thousand men and sent troops directly to attack.

At this time, a Niu Lu is in the number of three hundred, and the Niu Lu is true, Zaguli is the right-hand man of Azig, and the main general will burst, and naturally Niu Lu is also a brave man.

Zaguli didn't reply, and rushed forward directly.

Behind him, the three hundred golden cavalry also flew forward with a whining and howling.

In an instant, the indomitable courage went towards the 30,000 Ming army in the heavy rain.

300 cavalry against 30,000 Ming troops, is it a joke?

I saw Zaguli taking the lead, clamping his legs and going straight to the foot of the mountain, and the cavalry behind him maintained a scattered but interdependent formation, and then followed.

Three hundred cavalry scattered into points and rushed to the bottom of the mountain, already with bows and arrows in their hands.

The long arrow pierced the sky, and the "bang" sound continued after a little aiming, and the arrow rain left the string and shot towards the mountainside.

At this time, 2,000 archers on the mountain fought back.

Suddenly, the entire position was covered with a rain of arrows.

You come and go.

Although the Houjin cavalry is brave, it is not blindly brute force to advance, and constantly shoots in a roundabout way along the foot of the mountain, the accurate head is very, and there are constantly arrows in the Ming army, and the flying arrows of the Ming army are often inserted in the Houjin cavalry, but they can only be inserted into one inch, which is difficult to cause effective damage.

The two sides were entangled, and after a long time, the Ming army, which was still superior in numbers, finally gained the upper hand, and the three hundred cavalry finally began to fall continuously.

The long arrows did not pierce the armor of the cavalry, but they were stuck in the horses.

The continuous rain of arrows finally took effect, and after more than a dozen horses fell to the ground, the Houjin cavalry suffered casualties.

In the distance, Azig glared and cursed viciously.

Then he turned around and whipped his whip.

In an instant, one of the cavalrymen shouted and killed the cavalry and rushed towards the mountain.

The real big war began.

One Jiala is 1,500 cavalry, and the mighty Houjin finally began to charge and kill on a large scale.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the cavalry galloping on the war horses, and kept signaling the heralds to prepare for battle.

The battle began in the next moment.