Chen Yongfu fastened the buckle on the shoulder armor, reached out and touched a few joint places, confirmed it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Jiaozhou camp is indeed good.

Speaking of this armor alone, it is very simple to splice a few iron plates, but compared to the scale armor and ring arm armor, but it is much more effective, such armor, the bow and arrow is not coincidental to shoot into the gap in the armor is useless, the sword chopping is not very useful, even if you use a spear, if you don't stab head-on, I'm afraid it will be cut open.

Such a simple thing, why didn't Daming make it, of course Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Datong, would not know that if such armor did not have hydraulic machinery, it would be impossible to promote it.

Purely relying on the handmade work of the blacksmith, how can there be such a wide range of use, for example, look at the cavalry behind and around you, most of them are wearing helmets and armor, of course, the armor of many cavalry is not an iron can like Chen Yongfu, but only a deck hanging on the front chest, and there is also armor on the wrists and shoulders, which is enough to protect against most of the oncoming injuries.

Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Datong, watched the big flag on Zhenqiang Fort wave, knocked his mount with his legs, and the cavalry of the brigade began to move towards the grassland.

At the beginning of the army's action, naturally there will be no too fast action, after all, the target this time is far away, and it is necessary to save horsepower, Chen Yongfu took the helmet handed by the soldiers around him, closed a few armors in his hand, and said with a smile and self-deprecation:

"Back then, Ning Yuanbo Li Rusong led 3,000 soldiers to attack the barbarians, I just hope that our actions today will not follow in the footsteps of Li Gong."

When he said this, no one around laughed. Chen Yongfu is talking about Li Rusong, the son of Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liao Town, and also the chief soldier of Liao Town, who succeeded his father. The Li family in Liaozhen was the largest general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with more than 8,000 families at its peak, and it was the first military force in the Ming Dynasty.

However, these more than 8,000 Ding suffered many casualties in the three major expeditions of Wanli year, and gradually weakened, and Li Rusong was a general who liked to take risks.

When he was the chief soldier of Liaozhen. The last battle was to lead 3,000 soldiers to the steppe to attack the Tuman Khan, that is, the Chahar tribe, which was thought to be the location of the Golden Horde, and there would not be much defense in his spare time

Who would have thought that it would be good to catch up with the other party's conference, and almost all the forces of the Chahar tribe were concentrated here on this day, although Li Rusong's three thousand soldiers were elite. could not withstand the siege of tens of thousands of herdsmen cavalry, and finally died in defeat, and was posthumously named Ning Yuanbo by the imperial court.

Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaozhen, was almost the last resort of the Ming court to deter the Mongols and Jurchens in the north. Nurhachi was the son of Li Chengliang back then. When I saw Li Rusongdi, I had to respectfully call him the eldest brother. Don't dare to be disrespectful in the slightest. But Li Rusong died. In the end, 3,000 elites died in the battle of the barbarians. The situation in the Northland collapsed all at once.

Li Rusongdi is an example of this. It is widely spread among the generals of the Ming Dynasty. The so-called goose hunting is not successful, but is pecked blind in the eye, this is a vivid portrayal.

What we are doing today. There is really no difference from what Li Rusong did. It is no wonder that Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Datong, laughed at himself here.

Staff General Yang Chengzu put on a helmet beside him. Close the visor. Hearing Chen Yongfu laugh at himself. He opened his mouth. But he didn't answer. Just clenched his fists on the horse. Turn the horse's head. Plus returned to his home line. This kind of large-scale operation. Again, it was the sum of several troops in the former territories that were not under the control of each other. Naturally, you have to be in command.

Of course. Words to Chen Yongfu. Yang Chengzu was contemptuous in his heart. Still quite dismissive. When Yang Chengzu was on the ground under Luo Rucai's seat. Fighting in the south and in the north. There were a lot of battles with officers and soldiers on foot. More wins and fewer losses. In his heart, he subconsciously looked down on Chen Yongfu and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry he led.

After Yang Chengzu went back, he scolded his cronies in the local dialect of western Henan:

"The big war is coming, as the main general said such unlucky words, Lao Tzu still can't believe his 3,000 cavalry!"

Among the 4,000 people brought by Yang Chengzu, there were only more than 600 cavalry, and this time they all brought it, but the main force was Chen Yongfu's more than 3,000 cavalry, no wonder he said so.

Chen Yongfu finished laughing at himself, but Zhang Kun, the deputy general next to him, said with a smile:

"Please rest assured that the red flag is waving here today, and it is sure that the golden tent of Tumut is located, the cavalry will not exceed 4,000, there are more than 1,000 elite cavalry in the Jiaozhou battalion, 3,000 in the hands of adults, and 600 in the hands of General Yang Shen, which is a surprise again, which is enough to achieve our goal."

Among the soldiers and horses in the Jiaozhou battalion here, most of them are foot soldiers, the two hundred people brought by Zhang Kun are all cavalry, when Wei Li and Wang San came from Yanzhou, they also brought eight hundred cavalry, but Chen Yongfu had more cavalry on his side.

Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Datong, heard Zhang Kun's words, smiled and did not answer, and marched forward in small steps, on the road between Zhenqiang Fort and Kai'erhai, there were two pre-arranged relay points, which were large convoys disguised as merchants from other places, and the forage and supplies there could allow the horse team to rest and replenish halfway.

This is also the reason why you can let the horses trot from the town of Qiangbao, Chen Yongfu's own direct troops of 1,000 and the more than 1,000 cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion are put together, so Zhang Kun is next to Chen Yongfu, Chen Yongfu was silent for a while, but he still couldn't help but speak:

"There are nearly 100,000 people in the Tumut Department, and our 5,000 people rushed over, just a slight advantage, Chen Dedu has already gone to the Qi State Public Guard, Chen's family members have already stayed in Kaifeng, although Chen's Yu soldiers are not as good as the handsome Tiger Ben, but they are also capable soldiers, why waste in this bitter cold place?"

Hearing Chen Yongfu's words, Zhang Kun finally understood why the general soldier of Datong was so worried, and after being stunned for a while, Zhang Kun laughed, and said with a smile:

"Lord Chen, you have thought too much, if it really consumes your family's soldiers and horses, why did my father-in-law send me and Wei Li to send him to death, and Mr. Auman doesn't need to go over

At this time, Chen Yongfu's visor had already been put down. I couldn't see the change in his face clearly, Zhang Kun was arrogant. Facing the cold wind, he said loudly:

"Lord Chen, although rest assured, the Golden Tent of the Tumut Department is extremely empty, 120,000 catties of salt goods, how can these Tartars not be moved, if they can see our plan clearly. He is not Tumut Khan, he has long been the Great Khan of the entire steppe

After all, Chen Yongfu is not a general in the Jiaozhou battalion system, and the intelligence system of this era has great uncertainty. It has almost become a taboo for border generals.

Hearing what Zhang Kun said so firmly, Chen Yongfu couldn't say anything, he rode forward with his head stuffy, but Zhang Kun didn't even buckle his face armor, and the cold wind seemed to blow him quite comfortably, his face was full of excitement, and he ran for a long time. Take the order at the level, so that he is a good man of the Han family.

Moreover, this side is about 70 miles away from Maoerzhuang and more than 100 miles away from Kaierhai. Only those who have confirmed both will wave the red flag in front of Zhenqiang Fort. If not, there are other colors of flags waving.

The battle is raging near Maoerzhuang. To put it more accurately, the slaughter is in full swing. The four squads that went out from all sides of the phalanx surrounded by the convoy, wearing heavy armor and holding long knives and axes, picked up and slashed and killed, which made the already chaotic Mongolian cavalry even more devastated.

More than 20,000 people huddled together, and they were come to the center to bloom, and so many people gathered together could not disperse easily if they wanted to, and they could only be passively hacked to death.

The four gates of the four teams were not closed, and the firecrackers who were standing on the cart trotted out of the cart with the muskets, and lined up on the outside of the cart to stand by.

In the middle of the array, after dozens of soldiers had been busy for a while, they landed the lookout on two large carts that rose to the ground, and raised it one piece to see farther and more clearly.

When the squad armed with swords and axes walked out of the ground one hundred and fifty or sixty paces, the degree slowed down, and the stormy firearms fired stopped, but there was also a bit of a reversal, and the Mongol cavalry began to rush up and fight, most of them thought that these firearm attacks of the Ming Dynasty were one-off.

The Tumut tribe and the nearby Mongols did not participate in the fifth battle of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they did not know the power of the firearms of the soldiers and horses in Shandong.

Besides, who knew that there would be Shandong's troops among the border soldiers in Shanxi. Garris waved the flag in his hand up and down, and when the rapid gong sounded again, the soldiers who were fighting were not in love with the battle, and immediately the front team changed into the rear team, and retreated sharply to the rear.

The formation close to the convoy has long been a lot sparse in the wave of outlaw rushing, and it is very easy to retreat, and the Mongolian cavalry who were squeezed in the middle all felt that the situation might be tilted towards their side, and the pursuit of the past may be able to turn the tables, and now this situation is not a question of whether there is salt or not, if there is nothing, even the victory cannot be achieved, if it is withdrawn like this, I am afraid that many people will be fed to the wolves.

The cold weapon team retreated dozens of paces, and the drums beat inside the phalanx, this time the drums were not the kind of rush that Fang Cai, but extremely rhythmic, and they rang out all at once. The Mongol cavalry on the periphery were already frightened by the endless tactics of this large convoy, and they all trembled when they heard this drum.

At the same time as the drums sounded, the musket queues lined up on all sides of the convoy began to stride forward according to the rhythm of the drums, and the retreating phalanxes gasped slightly, and the spearmen in the front row, as long as they were not injured and had the ability to move, all bent down and trotted to the front of the musket queue

Seeing these firecrackers coming forward, the Mongolian cavalry on the periphery subconsciously wanted to escape, and the outermost circle was almost scattered, and now they can run if they want to run.

Some cavalrymen wondered if they could rush forward, and now that these people had left the protection of the car formation, these firearms marched forward more than a hundred paces, and the drumming suddenly stopped.

The musketeers standing in the first row raised their muskets to shoot, and the back rows followed in turn, and the artillery on the side of the musket queue also roared, and the hesitant Mongolian cavalry was knocked off their horses screaming, and some horses were frightened by the sound of artillery, and they were crazy and jumping in the array.

Occasionally, there were cavalrymen rushing in front of them, but in front of the musketeers, the spearmen were half-crouching. Pointing his spear diagonally in front of him, the horse was reduced without hesitation. Before the people on the horses could react, there were firecrackers pointing at them.

This rook formation was in full swing for several rounds of attacks in a row, and it was almost pushed outward by more than two hundred paces with this rook formation as the center.

By this time, there was no one in the Mongol cavalry who had the will and courage to fight, and those full-time cavalry and Golden Horde guards suffered heavy casualties. And the herdsmen cavalry outside, who followed the momentum and wanted to pick up the bargain, had already been frightened, and heard the sound of drums in the car formation again.

The half-crouched spearmen were already on their feet, and as soon as they saw the fire bolt queue continue to move forward, everyone turned their horses' heads and tried to escape.

Fortunately, at this time, their formation with heavy casualties was already sparsely beaten enough. The rest of the cavalry scattered violently, fleeing in all directions, as far away from the direction of the cart formation as possible.

After a moment of silence in the car formation, the gong sounded, and this time the gong was only a slow beating, quite rhythmic. After the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion outside the car formation tidied up the formation a little, they cautiously retreated into the car formation.

The outer circle of the car formation was two large carts together, and when the soldiers entered the field, there were already people who were nervously busy. Attach livestock to the carts of the inner enclosure.

These musketeers and cold-weapon soldiers left their guards on guard, and the rest of the locals also nervously joined in the process of harnessing the livestock.

The opening of the car formation to the north has been wide open. A large cart with some forage and dry rations was placed, and three or four soldiers were seated. More than two dozen soldiers followed, and whoever was tired took turns to rest. After the Mongol cavalry had broken up, more than 50 carts were lined up outside the formation.

After looking at the direction, the convoy began to march north, most of the soldiers' equipment was thrown on the cart, if they were tired, they could also get on the cart to take turns to rest, these horses pulling the cart had just gone through a full rest, the animal power was sufficient, and the running was not slow.

These carts were lightly armed, and they walked in a straight line, and compared to the cavalry who scattered and fled, they did not suffer too much.

These Mongol cavalry had been coming from a long distance, and there was a little disturbance, and after the men and horses were in a hurry, after galloping, their horsepower was exhausted, and they either had to stop and recover, or they had to slow down.

But the convoy of the Jiaozhou battalion was unhurried to catch up, his degree was constant, although the cavalry was fast, but there was no spare strength for the horses to run for a while to rest, just this short time, the large convoy behind was chasing again.

Although there were many fewer people in this convoy than Fang Cai, the Mongolian cavalry, who were already frightened, did not dare to turn back, and when they saw that the direction of the convoy was north, they could only run in the direction of deviation, and the two sides were hanging like this, and the horses with cavalry could not run, or they knelt on the ground and begged for surrender, or they rushed towards the chariot formation in desperation, and they were killed there without accident.

An hour after the small convoy came out, Auman. Garris led the rest of the cart of men and horses to follow, and on this steppe, this small convoy was actually going to pursue the large army of cavalry.

When the convoy left the customs, it went out with nothing except some equipment and forage, and the rest of the things were completely lightly armed, and as for the salt bags loaded on the car, they were completely cloth bags and temporarily loaded with earth on the car as a cover.

However, the pursuit of this convoy was not to kill the enemy, but to make the cavalry who were about to return to the base camp of the Kai'er Sea deviate as far as possible and delay their return.

Although the armor has a fur lining inside, it can gallop in the cold wind, Chen Yongfu still feels very cold, they have passed through the second relay point, the horses are supplemented with forage, after a short rest, the degree of the horses has been maintained, Chen Yongfu held the reins in one hand, and moved the knife hanging on the edge of the saddle a few times in the other, this kind of cold time long march, I am afraid that the scabbard and the knife will freeze together, although it is a very accidental phenomenon, but we must also be guarded against.

Chen Yongfu lifted his visor and looked up at the sky, it was almost four hours, and according to the predetermined statement, he was about to arrive at the Tumut Golden Tent in the Kai'er Sea.

The so-called Golden Horde refers to the place where the Khan of this ministry is located. But this Golden Horde is actually a migration back and forth, and it is difficult to grasp the specific location.

Chen Yongfu looked at the team behind him. Everyone is very silent, the long-distance run is very consuming people's spirit, and everyone's elation is almost consumed by the bumps on horseback, Chen Yongfu can see that the range is not far, and the cavalry is marching. The smoke and dust kicked up were enormous.

The movement here is not small, as long as there is a little experience of herdsmen on the grassland, they can lie on the ground and judge the direction and scale of the cavalry by shaking.

With more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, the Golden Tent of Tumut Khan is located, I am afraid that he has already known about the arrival of a large number of men and horses, so he will not run away early?

Chen Yongfu was still thinking like this. A horse suddenly sped up and rushed out of the queue, this horse was originally holding a large flag, rushed to the front of the queue, shook the flagpole, erected the flag, and a red battle flag was waved in the wind.

See this red flag. Chen Yongfu put down his armor and exhaled a long breath, which was also planned, when he came to the end. There will be a cavalryman with a red flag in the front line. The ground cavalry was to act with the cavalry with the red flag.

Sure enough, the Red Banner cavalry at the front did not run too far and began to turn to the east. The red flag that was erected was extremely conspicuous, and the cavalry behind naturally knew who to follow. The group slowly shifted direction, heading east.

This kind of march is quite trouble-free, as long as the horses are restrained to follow the red flag, Chen Yongfu is silently calculating in his heart, it should be to turn to the northeast direction, and then walk in a straight line, walk for half an hour, and then turn to the northwest direction.

After walking a short distance, he saw two men dressed as Mongolian cavalry waiting in front, and when he saw a large group of people, the two cavalrymen turned their horses and ran.

It's bad, the Tartars are now in the shape of the army, Chen Yongfu's heart is terrified, and just as he is about to order, he hears Zhang Kun next to him shouting through the horse:

"Lord Commander, Tumut Khan's Golden Horde is five miles ahead, and his main troops and horses are still outside and haven't come back!!"

The two cavalry are also leading the way, Chen Yongfu is suddenly enlightened, he saw that the two cavalry have raised two golden flags, in the sunset, the golden flag is shining, it is a very conspicuous symbol, the spirit of the more than 5,000 cavalry is inspired, looking at the three flags in front, cheering up, the goal is not far away.

The tribes of the Tumut Ministry gathered in the grassland, many small tribes and even horse bandits who ran a single gang gathered, so many people, how could they find out their identities in a hurry, and the Shandong Salt Gang easily mixed in, and when it was time, it was to guide the way to the army and report the news.

Like most of the Mongol nobles of this era, Tumut Khan was also a noble man, and when it came to enjoyment and luxury, he was not inferior to any of the Ming Dynasty's extravagant families, but the affairs of the government and military were arranged by a few veterans and some people left to him by his father.

To be precise, one person will arrange it, and that is the judge of the Tumut Ministry, Arslen, a fifty-five-year-old old wise man this year.

This time, the idea of sending more than 20,000 cavalry to seize the salt cart first, and then send troops into the Ming border pass to loot is also the idea of this old wise man, who has been serving for the Tumut Department for decades, and has always been loyal, and this time the 120,000 catties of salt dazzled most people's eyes.

Of course, the magnates of the Tumut Department all knew that the old nobleman who gave advice, Arslen, once had a very good relationship with a certain high-character business in Shanxi, and that business was bloodbathed a year ago, and it was also a year ago that the children of a famous Guannei business came over.

Arslen was able to be so highly respected in the Tumut Department, largely because of his relationship with the business name of Shanxi, he was able to get salt and iron at a very cheap price, and there were many treasured jewels that the magnates liked, and everyone thought that he was a man with means.

The firm was baptized in blood, and the judge was cut off from a great source of wealth, and his position in the tribe was also precarious.

Perhaps the idea this time, in addition to looting the salt goods, also has the meaning of avenging the people of the business, that is, everyone can get benefits in it, so he didn't care about his selfishness, and together he said that Tumut Khan was mobilized.

Of course, the nobles of the Mongolian tribes, who were full of hope for the harvest, also did not know. In the old nobleman's tent, the old Arslen was no longer at all stable in front of Tumut Khan and the other nobles. He panicked to the extreme, and his plain wisdom was completely invisible, and he lowered his voice, and there was even a cry in his voice, and he said in a trembling voice:

"I have been loyal to the Tumut Ministry for decades. If I make such a big mistake today, my family will be punished by the Immortal Heaven......"

It is said that the Han man who came to join him sat on a bear skin, with a kind smile on his face, and said calmly:

"Don't be angry, Honorable Zalu Khuchi (the title of the Mongol magistrate), you will have to come forward to clean up the situation in this Tumut tribe in the future. It's not good to be angry. ”

Arslen was choked back by the other party's tepid words, he embezzled a large amount of money in the business of the Tumut Ministry and Goldman Sachs, which is nothing, and he also sold many secrets of the Tumut Department to Goldman Sachs and businessmen as intelligence, and it is said that these news were transmitted to the Jurchens by Goldman Sachs and Goldman's business.

Whether it was greedy for ink or leaks, these things were enough in the Tumut Ministry that he was divided by five horses, and his family became slaves. He was even relieved when the news of the firm's bloodbath came.

Who would have thought that a Han man would swagger to the door, on the one hand with a handle that made him fearful, and on the other hand, he made a condition that he could not refuse.

In fact, the judge Arslen had no choice. I can only tremble and follow the instructions of the Han man step by step to do today, but this matter has come to an end. But it's terrifying.

In the tent of Arslen, there is a bowl of water. The bowl is placed directly on the ground, not on the thick felt. While the two of them were talking, their eyes were fixed on the bowl of water.

The fluctuation of the water in the bowl at the beginning may not be clear, but the fluctuation is getting bigger and bigger, and it is evident that there is a vibration on the ground, and the Han man exhales, stands up and says to Arslene:

"Zaru Huchi, are our horses ready?"

Arslen nodded, the Han man didn't say much, he had already packed a small burden and carried it on his back, Arslen's family would definitely not be in this golden tent, everything had already been arranged, and the two of them came out of the tent, but they made a relaxed appearance.

The so-called Golden Tent is also a tent group where Tumut Khan and the magnates below and his attendants live, and many people are aware of the approach of the cavalry in the distance, and they all come out to look in the southeast direction, and talk and laugh with each other easily.

When the Han man got on the horse, he couldn't help but sneer in a low voice and said:

"These people really thought that this operation was successful, and they came back with salt, gold and silver

The magistrate Arslen looked at the crowd around him with a complicated expression, didn't say a word, and whipped his horse, such a noble person was leaving, so naturally no one came to ask.

Although the sky was still shining at sunset, the sun had almost completely set on the earth, and now Chen Yongfu could already see the golden tent of the Tumut Department in front of him

Because the smoke from burning cow and horse dung is very thick, there is no wind at this time, the smoke column is straight, leading to the sky, although this side is rushing forward violently, but there is no preparation in the place where those tents gather, Chen Yongfu is excited in his heart, knowing that success is indeed not far away.

Zhang Kun, who had been following Chen Yongfu, took out a copper whistle and blew it on the horse, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and this whistle must be heard clearly by the Tumut subordinates on the opposite side, but anyway, it is so close, it doesn't matter if you hear it.

The whistle sounded, and several places of the cavalry of the brigade sounded at the same time, and the cavalry of the brigade that came out of Datong slowly slowed down, and at the same time the men of the rear team began to spread out towards the two wings, and rushed into this area of the Tumut tribe as far as possible in a frontal way.

In the cavalry brigade, many people took out a pine ming wrapped in oilcloth from the blanket hanging on the side of the saddle, and brought a brass pipe fire medium to it, and the oilcloth and pine light burned so loudly that even when the horses were running, the wind generated could not be extinguished.

The sunset was in the west, and it was already dark in the east, and the tribesmen of the Tumut Mongols on this side of the tent area could see countless cavalry lighting torches in the darkness on the opposite side, and spreading out their formation from the darkness.

Seeing this, everyone knew that the situation was wrong, it was definitely not Mongolia's own cavalry, almost instantly, this camp seemed to explode, and all the people who were waiting outside to watch were running in panic, but they didn't know where to run in this hurry.

Many people drilled towards the tent, the area where Tumut Khan was located was the center of this tent group, and the sound of the horn was already sounding, after all, there were also the Golden Horde guards who specialized in garrisoning Tumut Khan and the guards and cavalry of each nobleman, but this was too unexpected.

The cavalry of Datong Border Town, which spread out the formation, rushed in without the slightest pause, and the team behind Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun has not dispersed, and the more than 2,000 cavalry are the soldiers with the most sophisticated armor and weapons, and they do not hold torches in their hands, they are completely condensed according to the formation of the charge.

The most face-to-face extension is to lay the spear in his hand flat, and behind this arrow, there is a rear team with long knives, and when they rush into this tent area, there is no one in front of them to stop them.

The tents are specially set aside between the roads leading to the Golden Horde of Tumut Khan, and they are relatively spacious, which is also for the convenience of the nobles, but at this time it is convenient for the cavalry of the border towns of Datong, until they rush into more than a hundred steps, only to see the end of the road There are cavalry gushing out.

Attacking them unprepared, and having done this, victory is greatly guaranteed

Yang Chengzu was full of resentment and threw the torch in his hand to the tent on the side, the tent made of felt as the material, and this kind of pine, oilcloth as the material of the torch, immediately burned, there were constantly panicked people in front of this team of Datong border town cavalry, and then was cut down by the condescending cavalry.

Except for the armored cavalry who rushed over on the main road, the more than 600 people led by Yang Chengzu were all divided into small teams, scattered everywhere to set fire to kill people, and create chaos.

"Give Lao Tzu the strength to come out and kill! Otherwise, he can only be this second-rate loose horseman, and he can't even trust us!! ”

Yang Chengzu roared loudly while swinging his knife.

In addition, "Plugged Song" is attached.

The moon black geese fly high

Flee at night

I want to chase the light rider away

Heavy snow full of bow knives (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to chapter 6 for more,