Chapter 398: Only Iron Cavalry

"General!! There's another Ming army coming up behind us! ”

The leader of a rear team hurriedly reported to Abatai that the rear defense of the Tartar army was his own camp, and in the early hours of the morning, he scattered all the scout horses to investigate, and found that there were no Ming reinforcements except for the Ming army that fought yesterday.

This is to let go of some hearts, thinking that the Ming army yesterday may not be able to fight again today because of exhaustion, so that they only need to concentrate on dealing with one direction.

What's more, the camp behind him is also set up in a decent manner, if the enemy wants to come from behind, with this camp can also resist for a while, after all, it is a huge obstacle, and it will be extremely inconvenient for large troops to move in this camp.

But this "enemy army" that may appear behind does not take the Dengzhou army into account, the kind of resilience and courage of the Dengzhou army, Abatai and the Mongolian army generals do not feel that such a camp can block the other party's progress, and the enemy is on their backs, this is the most difficult time for the army.

Abatai shook off his horse and asked in a random voice:

"What the hell is that Ming army?"

"General, it's the Ming army that fought with us yesterday!!"

Hearing this answer, the head of the ordered general Abatai really buzzed, and the mood in his heart at this time was not pessimistic, but really desperate, in fact, there is still a distance between them, and I believe that it will take some time for the other party to enter here.

The loud noise echoed behind the Manchurian army, many people were shouting in unison, the sound seemed to be the thunder echoing in the sky, thrilling, every Tartar officer and soldier who heard this voice was frightened and frightened, and every Jiaozhou battalion soldier who heard this voice was full of excitement and blood boiling.

"Dengzhou Army~~~ mighty!" "Jiaozhou Camp ~~~ Mighty !!" "Jiaozhou Camp ~~~ Wansheng !!!" Victory !! ”

to the end. The whole battlefield was echoing with the slogans shouting to each other, not only the Dengzhou army that was pressed on the back, but also the Jiaozhou battalion army that had completed the frontal formation, and the two armies were in line with each other across the Tartar soldiers and horses, and their morale was like a rainbow.

The Jiaozhou battalion is okay here, and the generals on the side of the Dengzhou army, from Zhao Neng to the ordinary soldiers below, are all very excited. Many people involuntarily burst into tears, in the North Zhili such a lonely and hard battle without reinforcements, has hit people's emotions to the lowest point, today is directly relaxed, the backbone is coming, the commander of the Jiaozhou battalion is on the opposite side, as long as the big victory, there is nothing to worry about.

And this fight. It's definitely a victory, and there's no worry about that.

Up and down the Tartar army, the horses they rode were disturbed by the noise before and after, and they wanted to run around, but they were desperately pressed down by the cavalry above. It's not just the horses that are panicking, but even the people are panicking, and their hearts are uneasy, and there are armies in front and behind. And they are all such difficult enemies, and the consequences and end are inevitably too miserable.

Originally, the Tartar army entered the customs to fight, plundering all the way, although they were lone troops, there was no support before and after, but the Ming army was too weak, although it was a lone army in the territory of the enemy country, it was easy to be at ease. When the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Kingdom saw them, they all fled in despair, and they did not dare to approach at all.

This is like a hunting activity organized by Manmeng every autumn and winter, walking on the territory of the enemy country is like an armed parade, and it does not cost any effort, and there are a lot of benefits to be caught in the hands, I am afraid that I will wake up in the middle of the night with a smile, who has any nervousness to worry about.

But after this big battle, it was the enemy again. Everyone began to have this awareness and worry in their hearts. I was at a loss and didn't know what to do. This is in the territory of an enemy country, even if it is killed and scattered, it is still dangerous to escape from the battlefield and scatter into the people.

What is in front of you is a dead end, all the unfavorable and negative emotions are flooded from the bottom of your heart, everyone is panicked in your heart, everyone is panicked and frightened.

The general Abatai who was ordered to see that on both sides of the confrontation between the two armies, there was a light cavalry reciprocating movement, which must be the communication between the two Ming armies, exchanging news, but they could quickly come with many cavalry, the battlefield was covered, and the intelligence was excellent Manchu and Mongolian soldiers and horses, but at this time they could do nothing, they could only gather firmly in a group, and did not dare to move.

The 1,500 light cavalry led by Lu Hutai is now more than 1,000 cavalry, and they have withdrawn into the formation in disgrace, who knows that these armored cavalry are not going to rush into battle, or to bombard with firearms, this is really a troublesome class, the ring-arm iron armor, bows and arrows and swords can not be easily injured, but the firearms in their hands can be beaten hard, and the hits are accurate, and they can't be relied on.

And look at the fighting style of the Ming army's armored cavalry, the fire guns can be fought out one by one without stopping, this is a big trouble, Lu Hutai and his subordinates can also see it, if they fight like this, even if they rush to the front, these people copy the spears in their hands to the outside, isn't that an infantry position, it seems that they can't rush in.

These Manchurian cavalry who rushed out scolded secretly in their hearts, thinking that this Ming army is not very poor, even the weapons are rusty swords, why do I look at more than a thousand cavalry, even the horses are covered with protection, this is rich to the sky.

The general was ordered to stiffen his face and heard the cavalry of the rear team to report the news, how many steps did the Ming army behind advance, how the army was in formation, and when he looked at the front and stopped advancing, he began to retreat again.

The Manchu and Mongolian soldiers and horses of the Tartars no longer dare to take the initiative to launch an offensive, and the posture of the Jiaozhou battalion seems to be playing slowly here, anyway, for the Jiaozhou battalion, time is on their side.

In the battlefield where the two armies were holding each other, except for the corpses of the Tartar cavalry, they became quiet again, and Abatai was just about to react, when he suddenly heard the beating of a drum on the opposite side, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, thinking that it was the Ming army that was going to make some kind of attack.

But the brigade of the Jiaozhou battalion did not make any action, but a knight on the right flank came out and ran towards the Manchurian and Mongolian army formation. Could it be that he wants to ride alone and call for a battle, and the relatives and nobles in Manchu are all drunk and obsessed with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". I can't help but think of those paragraphs in the book.

Although the situation was already critical, there were still people who were ready to go out to fight, but this was also a heroic act, who would have thought that the knight was not here to challenge, and at a distance of about two hundred steps from the Tartar array, he threw something in his hand on the ground, and then rode back to the battle.

The drum of the Jiaozhou battalion continued to beat, and when the knight returned to his own position. The whole army of the Jiaozhou battalion cheered for him, and when the man returned to his own formation, another knight came out of the ranks, and he threw something in the place, and when he returned to his own formation, the Jiaozhou battalion cheered loudly again.

Such a move confused the Tartar army, and I wondered why. I didn't dare to react in a hurry.

Almost thirty knights did this, and then after returning to their main formation, they waited for a while, and no one came out again, and everyone came out. When you go back, you will be cheered by the army.

And what they had dropped had already been piled up in a line at that location, two hundred paces away. Something of that size doesn't look too clear, but some people have already sensed what it is, and many people's faces are quite ugly, Yue Le has already arranged a cavalryman to go out to check.

The frightened soldier came out of his horse and ran to the pile of things, apparently stirring up his horse, and almost tumbling off his horse. hurriedly beat the horse back to the battle.

When he was still a dozen steps away from the big array, he was already a little unable to control his spirit, and shouted at Yue Le with a crying voice:

"Master, master, that's our flag-bearer with a blue flag, and the thirty that were sent out last night!"

Yue Le's location was next to Abatai, almost the generals of the Tartar army, and the people in the land heard this report. All of them looked disgraced.

Everyone knows what this is all about. The thirty blue-flag cavalrymen who were sent out last night to report the news outside the customs were all chased by the Ming cavalry on the opposite side and cut off their heads. It's not good, it's these cavalrymen who have just come out of the battle to slash and kill.

The cavalry who had just gone out of battle and left the Tartar head on the ground had a very nice name in the cavalry sequence led by Tang Er, called the Chasers.

In the establishment of the Jiaozhou battalion horse team, the chasers do not exist alone as a unit, but every time they go out to investigate and arrange police posts at night, the order of the chassars is in front of his comrades. The Chasseur is a cavalry with high individual combat power requirements, and it is also the kind of cavalry that is witty and brave.

Such cavalry, generally before joining the Jiaozhou battalion horse team, is selected among those people who are born from the horse bandits, of course, these people have been trained by the Jiaozhou battalion system, and they have undergone many tests, loyal to the Jiaozhou battalion, loyal to Li Meng.

They are different from those soldiers who joined the cavalry before they began to ride horses, they rode for a lot longer, they were skilled in riding, and they were more familiar with the terrain of Shandong and Beizhili, because in the early years, they were doing knife edge trading, people were more fierce and dared to work hard, and at the same time the ability to deal with them was quite good, so they had relatively strong individual combat capabilities, and could perform tracking, interception and other relatively special tasks.

However, the chasers are often lacking in team cooperation, after all, there are more solitary and lone tasks, and individual heroism is relatively serious.

For them, the task of being sent out last night to intercept the blue-flag cavalry who had fled with their horses was the most suitable, and these people, relying on their abundant horsepower and relative familiarity with the terrain of the pass, allowed the blue-flag cavalry to intercept them halfway without running out for long, and in the battle that the squad suddenly encountered, they had the upper hand.

These thirty Tartar cavalry, even if they were able to bring in reinforcements, would be a month later, and they would have no effect on the battle situation, but killing these Tartar cavalry who fled at night and leaving their heads in front of the enemy's position the next day was a matter of great morale.

Li Meng rewarded these chasers, allowing them to show their achievements and accept the cheers of the soldiers when they returned to the battle, which was a very heavy reward, and every chaser who received the cheers of his comrades was full of excitement and blush, which was a great honor, even if he was old, he could tell his children and grandchildren about this glory.

On the other hand, the Tartar army was demoralized, and the entire Tartar army. Now it is like a frightened bird, those cavalry who are running wildly at night are intercepted and killed by the other party, and they also throw their heads between the battle formations, what does this mean, taking advantage of the dark night with many horses can not run, then now these tired divisions, it is impossible to throw them away, and the morale is already low and cannot be lower.

At this time. The army that came from behind the Tartars actually stopped, and began to set up a little more than a mile away from the Tartar army, but the line began to slowly lengthen, and began to dismantle the southern part of the Tartar camp.

"Lord Zhao, the marshal has ordered, the Dengzhou army fought hard yesterday, it is already hard and tired, and it is a big battle today. It will be completed by the men and horses of the old battalion, and what the adults have to do is to lead the soldiers and horses to block their retreat, so as not to let these people break up and run away. ”

The general Li Meng's personal soldier who was sent to contact last night politely said to General Zhao Neng, and Zhao Neng, the general of the Dengzhou Army, naturally knew that this was what the commander meant.

And the officers and men of the Dengzhou Army. Despite its momentum and high morale, it was indeed a tired division, and the gap in the battalions was very large. If you flank the Tartars from both sides, you may not be able to withstand the Tartars' trapped beasts in the direction of your own side, so they can protrude through this gap.

For the Jiaozhou battalion, which has a large number of foot soldiers, if it is really protruded by these Tartars along the gap, and wants to pursue, it may not be able to catch up, and the goal of total annihilation may not be achieved.

Although Zhao Neng also wanted to mobilize the troops to take revenge, he still had to obey the army. Such a unit of the Dengzhou Army, although tired and deficient, but it was completely qualified to play a blocking role, and all that was to be done was to slowly unfold the troops and dismantle the Tartar camps that were unmanned and mainly used to hinder the march of the troops.

The defeat of the front. Later news. It's all desperate, and it's always frozen there Abatai sitting on his horse. He didn't say a word in the middle of the ring, but it was the soldiers who came from the rear team to wake him up:

"General, the Ming army behind is just stretching the line and demolishing our barracks, but not moving forward."

The general who was on the horse, Abatai, exhaled a long breath, and his face, which had always been gray and stiff, became relaxed, and he reached out and stroked the mane of his mount, and said slowly:

"The Ming army wants to block us here, and I'm not going to let it go, Yue Le, you send someone to give an order, this situation gives us the opportunity to be left by the Mongolian soldiers and horses, and there is only a chance to fight to the death, fight, we still have a way to live, don't fight, I'm afraid there will be death and no life, Yue Le remembers to talk to those people who came up from the grassland, yesterday the surrender place, but they were all cut off by these Ming soldiers, and there was no one left."

Yue Le, who was full of solemnity, nodded and agreed, and sent someone to report that if Zhao Nengdi had not killed the prisoners, I am afraid that these Mongolian herdsmen who gathered on the grassland would have either defected to the Ming army on the opposite side, or directly dispersed, and had no intention of fighting loyally at all.

You have to emphasize the other party's killing of prisoners over and over again, even if you have the intention to surrender and escape, I am afraid that you will be killed mercilessly.

The battle from morning to dark has made the two sides have formed a blood feud, except to wash away this hatred with blood, there is no other possibility, only the Mongolian herdsmen who continue to emphasize with these wall-like grass, they will realize that they are also in a desperate situation, but also to fight with the spirit.

In front is a strong army, behind is a tired division, Abatai wants to transfer troops to the main force to break through the Dengzhou army behind, but the large battalion used as a barrier hinders his own movement, the Dengzhou army dismantles the large camp to the south, but the camp fence in the north remains.

Not to mention these obstacles, if you want to attack the past, you have to cross these obstacles, because of the interception of these obstacles, the turning action will become very slow, I am afraid that the Ming army in the north will not let go of this great opportunity to pursue, at that time, the situation will be critical.

The Jiaozhou battalion used various methods to set up this situation, forcing Abatai to be in a desperate situation, unable to escape, only to fight, and could only fight to the death with the Jiaozhou battalion army opposite, everything was up to him.

The general Abbatey was ordered to fight to the death, and the show of strength on the opposite side had already been completed.

Li Meng, the commander of the Jiaozhou battalion, sat on his horse and gave orders to the heralds beside him, his tone was very indifferent, what he was doing now was really like hunting, and he said:

"Ordered the horse team to lead Tang Er and lead the horse team into battle. Break the army formation of the Tartar soldiers and horses, but remember to be careful, after the charge, his cavalry must be surrounded by the surrounding, so as not to scatter, it is difficult to clean up! ”

This order is a lot more complicated, after the herald went to deliver the order, the cavalry commander Tang Er did not hesitate. Start starting right away.

Most of the troops of the Ma army were in the hands of Li Mengdi, and the cavalry led by Tang Er had grown from a few dozen people at the beginning to a large force of nearly 7,000 now.

In the Jiaozhou battalion, the cavalry is almost all veterans, and the equipment and military expenses are inclined in all aspects, and the training is extremely strict, such a unit, even in the Jiaozhou battalion. It can also be regarded as a first-class elite soldier.

Among these cavalry, there are about 2,000 soldiers who are wearing iron armor and are completely veterans, and the iron armor on their bodies is not the iron armor of the cavalry, but the Jiaozhou Battalion Weapons Manufacturing Bureau according to the model of Western plate armor. Crafted cuirass and helmet.

At that time, the man-hours and materials spent on this equipment almost affected the manufacture of firearms by the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, which shows that the cost was huge.

The reason why such a cavalry was created was to let them play a decisive role on the battlefield. They can stand up and destroy them when they are needed.

At this time, it is the time for this army to appear, and the ironclad cavalry led by Tang Er is the iron cavalry that destroyed the withering and decaying in the battle of the whirlpool and swept away the army.

When this iron cavalry appeared in the middle of the two armies in four squares, the army of the Tartars was completely shocked, and the cavalry on the opposite side looked like steel monsters. The blackened iron armor emits sunlight, and the flickering seems to come from hell.

The spears held by the Iron Cavalry were different from those of the Fang Cai, the spears were longer, the tips of the spears were shining, and the horses were covered with felt-like protection.

Although separated by hundreds of steps, the Tartar generals knew that under such protection. Bows and arrows are hard to deal damage. Even if it is a slash and assassination at a distance, I am afraid that there is nothing that can be done against the armor worn by the person. What kind of cavalry is this.

Even the most elite cavalry of the Forward Battalion and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion may not be able to wear such armor, nor may they be able to have such a solemn appearance.

Naturally, they didn't know that the armor and spears of the warriors and the harness on the horses were already too heavy, and in order to be able to carry the heavy heavy cavalry, the Lingshan Commercial House spent a lot of effort to buy horses everywhere, and even exchanged weapons and the Shaanxi exile army in Henan for horses.

Even so, the Iron Cavalry's ability to move is limited, and in the current situation of confrontation, the horsepower of rushing to kill a few back and forth will be exhausted.

All kinds of things, but this iron cavalry is still the most terrible army on the battlefield, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Jiaozhou camp they are the ideal and example of the soldiers, the most majestic symbol of the army, in the eyes of the Tartar army, they are the demon gods who ran out of hell.

The four squares of the iron cavalry were in the center, and the rest of the cavalry were divided into two teams to respond on the two wings of the iron cavalry.

The drums that have just stopped, suddenly beat in unison, there is a constant interval between each stroke and each stroke, and when it is monotonous, it can be matched with the military momentum at this time, the momentum is soaring, and it is extremely compelling!

Tang Er stretched out his hand to cover himself with the raised visor, gently clamped the horse's belly, he began to move forward slowly in the middle of the front of the two squares, the mount moved, the spear in Tang Er's hand tilted forward, unlike the spears of other cavalry, the spear in Tang Er was longer than the spears of other cavalry, and the spear shaft was painted in conspicuous vermilion, and a black pennant was hung at the tip of the spear.

With the high-headed horses selected separately, Tang Er's every move was actually the signal and order of the cavalry of the entire Jiaozhou battalion, and as soon as he moved, the spear was tilted.

The ground of the battlefield seemed to shake suddenly, as if there was a faint thunderstorm, and the four iron cavalry teams behind Tang Er also slowly began to move, the sound of hooves was indeed like thunder, and the light cavalry on both wings also began to move forward.

Horses like dragons, arrays like mountains, with unstoppable momentum, towards the front of the Tartar army array.

Jiaozhou battalion! Forward!!!