When he saw the white line in the distance, he ordered all the soldiers to change their horses and armor, change from pack horses to war horses, and put on thick iron leaf armor in addition to the light chain mail.

The pack horses remained in place, and the horses, carrying the cavalry, continued to gallop forward at the sound of the horns.

The distance of more than ten miles is a plain, and it is almost there.

The shortening of the distance made Wang Pingfan see the formation of the Ming army more intuitively.

The Ming army had about 15,000 men, most of whom were foot soldiers, a three-layer horizontal formation in the platoon, each layer was divided into a number of parallel square formations, the first layer was the bird commander, the second layer was the pikemen, and the last Chinese army was guarded around a small hill, on which the flag was fluttering, and nearly 3,000 cavalry guarded the left flank of the brigade.

The armor of the Ming army is also very distinctive, all white armor, some of them wear white iron armor, and the other part of the soldiers holding the bird system wear white robes, the robe is bulging inside, and it seems that there is another layer of armor.

"The bird commander has light armor, and the soldier is iron-armed, but there are regulations." Wang Pingfan stopped his horse, and the Guanning cavalry behind him took him as a benchmark and slowly stopped behind him, and the entire queue stopped on a horizontal line as accurately as if it was being pulled by a ruler.

"But the birds are in the front, and the game is the same old way." Wang Pingfan looked at it, looked left and right, and laughed: "Don't look at the Ming army, but it is still the old set of tactics, and when the war starts, the bird commander must first put a round of lead bullets, and then the foot soldiers move forward, and finally the cavalry covers the killing, there is nothing new." ”

"General, do you want us to go over and put a round of arrows first, the Ming army is timid and afraid of death, maybe we will scare them and collapse, and when General Li comes, the war is over." Some cronies and generals came forward and encouraged.

Wang Pingfan's heart was pounding, the competition in the army was fierce, and everyone wanted military merit, if he could really win this group of Ming troops with only his own cavalry, his position in the heart of King Pingxi in the future would inevitably be looked at one level higher.

"Nope! Before leaving, the prince repeatedly told him not to be greedy for merit, and everything should be decided by General Li after his arrival, and we must not make mistakes. However, after hesitating for a moment, Wang Pingfan still dispelled this idea, not because he was afraid that he would not be able to eat this group of Ming troops, but because he was worried that he would do so, Li Benshen was definitely displeased, and he went back to participate in a book that he did not listen to orders and acted rashly.

Sighing, Wang Pingfan stared at the Ming cavalry on the left flank of the Ming army, this cavalry armor is very different from the Ming army's foot soldiers, the white paint on the iron armor is obviously newly painted, and the weapons in his hands are also varied, unlike the weapons in the hands of those foot soldiers.

Soldier against soldier, general against general, cavalry naturally has to assess the strength of the opponent's cavalry, after all, wait for the next battle, cavalry hedging is a way of fighting.

"That cavalry seems to be the border army of Gansu Town, there is no doubt about it." Wang Pingfan stared seriously, weighing the weight of the other party: "The horse is a Mongolian horse, with long and fat legs, but it is still worse than our horse, with a spear in his hand and a spear, a longbow and flying claws hanging from his waist, and no firearms. ”

After watching it for a while, Wang Pingfan already had a plan in his heart, sneered on his face, and said to the left and right: "This gang of poor bastards in Gansu Town don't look glamorous, in fact, there is nothing, that iron armor is probably all looted everywhere to get together, the Ming army in order to pull out such a cavalry, put a lot of effort into it, sons, wait for the battle, if the Ming dog dares to hedge against us, remember, don't let go of the arrows, give me enough strength to rush, close to the gun directly, break up the Ming dog and cut in, directly Ming, one blow will defeat them!" ”

"Whoa!" A group of cavalry responded loudly, many people laughed, this way is very energetic, without dragging mud and water, the most hearty, full of manly blood and pride, the soldiers like it the most.

"Everyone gave me a rest in place, and kept an eye on Minggou, and General Li arrived later, and then he mustered up all the strength to kill the enemy." Wang Pingfan ordered loudly, and the cavalry dismounted one after another and sat on the ground, not paying attention to the Ming army that was only a few miles away, and even joked.

On the side of the Kuizhou Army, the generals who witnessed all this had their lungs blown up.

"My lord, the Tartars deceive people too much!" Li Yan and the others stopped doing it, and complained to their respective battalion commanders, and at this time, Wang Huan had already ordered them to return to their own positions and prepare for the battle.

"The Tartars are all dismounted, and they are still drinking and eating there, does this treat us like wooden people?"

"It's only four or five miles apart, even if we run to it, it's not far, go and talk to the adults, let's strike first, rush over and fuck it!"

"We have thunderstorms, we have exterminating bombs, and it's like playing with these Tartar soldiers, I'm afraid that he's a bird!"

The thousands of presidents spoke fiercely and invited to fight.

The reaction of the battalion to their words varied.

Li Tingyu glared at him and roared: "Here are you who have the final say, or is the Hou Ye having the final say?" Well? Get down and look at your own people, and if one of them goes to war without permission, I'll cut off his head! And your heads! ”

Li Dingguo said lightly: "Wait for the enemy army, plan and then move, this is the strategy set by Hou Ye, who dares to violate it?" If you want to fight, keep your momentum, and when you will contribute, if anyone does not respect the order, the military law is ruthless! ”

His voice was not high, but it was strong and powerful, and there was a hidden momentum of not being angry and arrogant, although there was no anger on his face, but the murderous aura between the lines was undoubtedly obvious.

As for Ma Xintian, he didn't even say a word, still maintaining that expressionless poker face, just clenched the knife in his hand with one hand, and pointed to the hill where Wang Huan was with the other.

There are several large flags of different colors waving in the wind, representing the flags of attack and retreat, and the flag does not move, which means that the whole army must not move without permission.

At this moment, the banner on the hill suddenly moved, and the thousands of generals were suddenly happy.

I looked at it happily, but I saw that the flag had changed, and it had become the flag of the whole army to take a break.

The whole army rests for a while, which means sitting still and waiting for orders.

The thousands of presidents looked at each other, do you want to be patient with the Tartars on the other side?

The whole army of the Kuizhou army then sat on the ground, put their weapons on the ground, drank water, closed their eyes and rested, except for a small number of cavalry who were responsible for guarding the battlefield.

There was a spectacle on the battlefield, where armies hostile to each other on both sides sat on the ground, looking at each other several miles apart, but had no intention of making a move.

"Lord Battalion, are we going to wait like this?" Liu Yun scratched his ears and cheeks and came to Li Dingguo's side again, and asked anxiously: "Wait any longer, it's getting dark." ”

Li Dingguo sat on the horse leisurely and smiled at Liu Yun: "Don't wait, what else can you do?" Rush over and fight with the Tartars? ”

"Of course, they have cavalry, and we have cavalry, so what are you afraid of?" Liu Yun said: "Lord Ding's cavalry is not weaker than the Tartars, and the number is also superior. ”

Li Dingguo shook his head, looked in the direction of Wang Huan, and said with admiration: "You know one, you don't know the other, the Tartar cavalry is the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and even the Huang Taiji was a strong army that was very taboo outside the Guan, everyone has two horses, and there is only one horse around him at the moment, and he must have changed horses, and Lord Ding's cavalry is a single horse, and it will be a loss in horsepower. ”

Liu Yun was puzzled, opened his eyes wide and did not speak.

Li Dingguo continued: "The length of the cavalry lies in the maneuver of the guerrilla, the foot soldiers can't run away, only the part of the fighting, and the cavalry battle, it depends on whose horsepower is strong, one side that is good at running and riding and shooting, can consume the other side in the gallop, the Mongols were crisscrossing the north and south, relying on this trick. ”

"So you say, Lord Ding's horsepower is not as good as others, and our foot soldiers can't help, and now go out and take the initiative to attack, who will suffer? And who is the one who loses? Li Dingguo asked Liu Yun.

Liu Yun suddenly realized, and suddenly high-fived and said: "Wait for work with ease, respond to all changes with immobility, adults are really far-sighted!" ”

"I can't wait long, though." Li Dingguo suddenly straightened up, his eyes fixed on the smoke and dust rising from the horizon in the distance: "The Tartars' brigade is almost here." ”

(End of chapter)