"Brother Hu, it's really you, we grabbed such a good place, Tartar really came, haha, this time I can finally have a good time. [Full text reading]"

With binoculars, the gap between the Ming army and the shepherd in the field of vision is irreparable, as early as when the Tartar scouts approached, the Ming army had already discovered the enemy's traces, and the movement of more than 1,000 horsemen of Manggul would not be skipped. It's just that seeing the strong enemy pressing the border, there was a burst of cheers in the Ming army's camp.

"Cut, when did I Hu Biao point out the wrong road to you? The Tartars are not stupid, of course, the farther away from the army of Tumochuan, the better, our battle line has been pushed forward so much, without intelligence, how dare they approach the side wall? It's definitely the easiest place to start, isn't it? ”

Laughing triumphantly, Hu Biao waved his hand murderously, and shouted: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, give me all in place, and the Tartars will rush up and kill them all!" It has already stolen the limelight several times for those juniors of the Guards, and this time it will show the prestige of the border army. ”

"Oh!"

…… The cheers of the Ming army were very loud, although they were still far away, Mang Gul and the others could also hear clearly, the high morale of the enemy brought them great doubts, and several leaders pulled their horses and gathered around Mang Gul.

"Chief, give the order to attack!"

The barbed iron wire is a little infiltrating, but it is just scary to look at, how can the warriors of the steppe be intimidated by this little trick? Without a strong wall, what is this fortification? The trenches were not deep, and the horses only had to jump lightly to pass.

Compared to these rudimentary fortifications, the dozens of carts gathered there are quite tempting, and there is food on them! Since the winter of the previous year, the people had not eaten food for a long time, and the meat of the crooked people had been cut down considerably, and the eyes of the herdsmen were green with hunger.

"It's better to test it first, those people who don't slip in the autumn don't know where they come from, like people's husbands, but we have been dealing with Daming for so long, and we have never seen people with this German surname." There are also those who are more old-fashioned, and they express some concerns.

The Luzon natives who have never seen them have no combat effectiveness, but they look a little tough, black and small, which makes people unable to touch the details. In particular, these people were placed on the periphery by the Ming army, scattered in the middle of the barbed wire, which is also contrary to common sense, and the practice of the Ming army transport team is to protect the people in the middle, not to put them in front.

The people can't be cannon fodder, and in the face of the enemy, they will only scatter in a hurry, but it is possible to break up the ranks of friendly troops. The herdsmen didn't believe that the Ming army would be so stupid, and if they were so stupid, they would have left the people and run away.

Therefore, in the eyes of the herdsmen, the Luzon natives seem a little unfathomable, and no one is sure whether this is a new branch of the Ming army, such as a death squad or something.

"Soon, what do you think?" Mangul was unable to make a decision for a while, and he was also inclined to fight, but the previous advice was still in his ears, and he had to be cautious.

"Then ...... Let's put it to the test. "It's time for a moment's hesitation.

According to his heart, he wanted to retreat. Yes, the fortifications were rudimentary, but they were not necessarily ineffective if they were combined with the methods he had seen. However, judging by the momentum of the leaders, if he puts forward the idea of retreating, I am afraid that he will only be ridiculed, and it is better to push the boat with the water, anyway, it is just a temptation, and there is no danger of annihilation.

The steppe cavalry divided into dozens of horses, formed a sparse circle formation, and went up from a distance, all holding bows and arrows in their hands. As the distance approached, a scattered rain of arrows shot out.

The Ming army stood still.

"Those are really not simple people, otherwise how could they not move?" Mangul felt that his decision to test first was wise.

Because it was a temptation, the first wave was sent out outside the range, not because the shepherd was timid, but because the trick really worked. In the face of this kind of temptation, the Ming army's firecrackers generally could not calm down, and when they saw the enemy approaching and attacking, they would shoot desperately as if they were emboldened for their own courage, until the guns were hot and could no longer be used.

In the face of such a temptation, those who can not move are obviously very elite soldiers! He wiped a cold sweat, a little afraid, the number of the Ming army is less than half of the shepherds, but if you add those little blacks, the two sides will be even, if you really rush forward regardless of it, maybe you will suffer a big loss.

He was terrified here, but how did he know that those natives were also terrified to the extreme, but their faces were so distinctive that the expressions on their faces were easily ignored, and Manggul understood their expressions as anger.

As for not moving, it's because they know that they can't run, a few trenches, a few barbed wire, it seems easy to cross, but in fact, how can it be that simple? And the Ming army behind him is also killing people without blinking, and those outside are similar, where can they run away? It's safer to squat here.

"Go up some more, let the horses run, and shoot arrows into them, and if they have no armor, they will not believe that they can withstand it."

With Manggul's order, dozens of horsemen rushed forward, joined forces with their previous companions, and ran around the circular camp. As they ran, they were also closing the distance, and then, there was another rain of arrows, this time much denser than before, and the landing point was the strange army in the eyes of Manggul.

"Ahh The screams rang out, and more than a dozen natives fell to the ground covering their wounds, and Manggul's eyes almost popped out, it's as simple as that? didn't even dodge the action, and didn't parry, what kind of elite soldier is this? It's clearly a group of people!

Surprise ensued, and as soon as doubts arose, his emotions immediately turned to astonishment.

"Collapse, collapse, collapse!"

I heard a sharp sound of loose strings, like a howl of the wind, swept by, and the cavalry that was galloping fell in unison, like weeds in the wind.

"What is this!" The shepherds were furious, and the surviving cavalry turned their horses, turned around and fled.

"Sure enough......" Only Yasu made a different sound, and attracted Manggul's attention.

"Do you know what this is?"

"It's a crossbow!" Ye Sugai's eyes were a little sluggish, as if talking to himself, and muttered: "When I was in Yingzhou, the first charge was the cavalry of our Wusu Division, and I followed behind, and the result was ...... A full three thousand cavalry, three rounds of salvos and gone! It's this murder weapon, and I can't forget it in my dreams. ”

"Phew!" Manggul gasped, raised his eyes and looked at the array of the Ming army, and found that there were about fifty crossbowmen behind the barbed wire, and in the salvo just now, his cavalry fell by more than twenty, and he had no doubts.

Those on the periphery are the people, but the Ming army doesn't seem to take them seriously at all, not so much cannon fodder, but a group of people who have been ignored, the reason why they are placed in the middle of the barbed wire is just that they are afraid that they will run away...... "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" Looking at the pleading look in his eyes, he decided to postpone the frontal battle and see the situation first.

"Every few dozen miles, there is such a camp?" A makeshift camp was set up, and Manggul sent a large number of sentinels, who soon brought back a bunch of bad news.

"When they see a large group of men and horses, the convoy will enter the camp, and if there are a small number of rangers, the rangers who escort the convoy will rush up and fight, and those cavalry are very good at equestrianism, and those who do not come back are folded in their hands."

"How can the Ming army spend ...... money" Mang Guer swallowed the second half of the sentence, and his mouth was full of bitter taste.

One of the best ways to deal with nomadic cavalry is to build castles, which can reduce the space for nomadic cavalry activities and reduce the gap in mobility while protecting themselves. It is because Daming knows this truth that there are nine border towns full of fortresses.

However, the disadvantage of this trick is also very big, that is, the cost problem, after all, it is to build a city, and it has to be a strong enough castle, how much it costs, you can imagine.

And the current camp of the Ming army is really not very expensive. The wooden houses used for living in them are not easy to assess; But those trenches are certainly of little value; Barbed wire will consume a lot of iron, but with the current wealth of the Ming Dynasty, will there be a shortage of iron?

Regardless of the production problem, only from the amount of materials, compared with those powerful crossbows, the cost of barbed wire is simply a drop in the bucket.

"Did you try it just by storming?" Manggul said with some uncertainty.

"......" didn't respond much this time, the leaders, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't want to come forward.

"Let's wait, look at the time, there should be other tribes arriving, there will always be stronger ones to attack, when the time comes, let's go and see, and we will have a number in our hearts." The first time you escape, there is a second time, and it's time to get more and more slippery.

"Okay, that's it."

Early the next morning, there was news that another tribe had arrived, and had already surrounded the camp they had touched once. After hearing the report, Manggul took a few guards and went to watch the battle.

The previous process is similar, but this time the Ming army did not know for what purpose, the snow hid a strong crossbow, and only used a strong bow to shoot at the herdsman, and there were casualties on both sides, but the Ming army died all people.

Then, from the moment on, the tide of battle entered an even more tragic phase.

"It's the collapse department, this guy actually pulled out 2,000 cavalry, it's really bloody! No wonder they dared to storm the camp. ”

"Collapse answer this idiot, he didn't even think of a solution to the barbed wire, he assaulted, isn't this looking for death?"

"Jump? Don't you see a trench behind you? Now it's in the ditch, right? ”

"Skipped? It's useless to pass, haven't you seen how many barbed wire fences there are in the Ming army? ”

"Dismount and chop stakes? This is the battlefield, how can there be that gap! It's really over......"

"Immortal Heaven is above...... Mang Guer couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he could be regarded as having seen the power of powerful long-range weapons and simple fortifications.

At the moment when the shepherd cavalry lost speed, the Ming army showed its trump card, sixty strong crossbows, plus hundreds of strong bows, powerful crossbow arrows turned into a storm, swept down the Tartars one by one, and their corpses were added to the trenches and hung on the barbed wire.

"It's still very strong, and it actually rushed in, and those began to run away...... After all, he has 2,000 people, and if he fights to the death, he can still fight it. With the desperate assault of the collapse of the department, Mang Guer suddenly became excited, although the casualties were numerous, but the Ming army was only powerful with long-range weapons, and in close combat, maybe ...... "It's useless, since there is a strong crossbow, then another trump card of the Ming army must also be there!" He shook his head sadly.

"Ahh What kind of weapon is that? How can it be? Before Mang Gul could refute, he saw a scene that he would never forget, more than 100 Ming soldiers dressed like iron cans came out of the wooden house, smashed into the ranks of the shepherd's cavalry like a hammer, and immediately knocked the herdsman's momentum back.

Those Ming soldiers were armed with giant knives, and when they wielded them, they were like the big mouths of giant beasts, rolling the herdsmen into them, and then stirring them into a pulp.

Chopping melons and vegetables, flesh and blood flying, and the herdsmen soon collapsed.

"The casualties of the Ming army are not small, can we take this opportunity to ......" Manggul's thief heart is not dead.

"It's useless." It should still be so pessimistic.

He was right, the victorious Ming army did not rush to clean up the battlefield, nor did it pursue the enemy, but released a rocket, which pierced through the clouds, and its color was yellow. In a daze, Manggul suddenly moved, and then quickly leaned down and put his ear to the ground, he felt a tremor, which meant that a large group of cavalry was coming.

"It's ......"

"The iron cavalry of the Ming army is coming! Run, run, run as far as you want! His face changed dramatically, and he roared wildly, his voice full of despair.

(To be continued)