The main road from Shenyang to Fushun is actually along the official road on the north bank of the Hunhe River. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Houjin destroyed most of the bridges, which had a certain impact on the Ming army. He Shixian's convoy was all light items, and under the drag of mules and horses, they could barely pass.

The road is full of small rivers and streams, more than ten meters wide, winter is the dry season, the basic water depth is less than one meter, Shen Jia's assault vehicle can go directly over, which makes him feel a lot more relieved.

A considerable part of the Ming army wore cotton jackets and cotton pants, which could freeze if soaked in water. Many people simply take off their pants and coats when crossing the river, raise their hands high above their heads, and slowly wade across the river.

Shen Jia was silent for a long time, and slowly walked out of his previous bad mood. He glanced at Wen Qing and saw that she was blushing and looking down at her fingers. Shen Jia smiled, thinking that so many old men were naked, Wen Qing also felt embarrassed, it was really rare.

The team did not stop, but continued to move forward under the urging of He Shixian, not that he was cold, but that everyone had just waded through the icy river, and if they did not continue to move, they might lose temperature and cause frostbite. The Ming army has been crisscrossing the border for many years, so they naturally understand this, and they don't need to be urged by the commander to get dressed and return to the team immediately.

After walking for two hours, the group came to a village. The people of the village had long since fled, leaving only low houses, lonely dead trees and the occasional barking of dogs.

In this year, the military disaster was more severe than the natural disaster, the Tartars robbed food, robbed women, robbed labor, killed the elderly and children, and the Ming army in the past may also kill the good and risky merits, so the safest way is to escape, and take all the food and livestock by the way.

The team stopped to rest. The herald found Shen Jia and told him that the marshal was looking for him. He followed the herald all the way to He Shixian, who was resting with his back against a pile of firewood.

The two mules and horses died because of the death of Lasila, and He Shixian did not believe that there would be such a coincidence in the world that could make the two military horses die at the same time.

Shen Jia has a position similar to that of a "staff officer" here with He Shixian, but he has no rank. At this time, He Shixian came to him just to hear his opinion.

Shen Jia thought for a moment and said: "Regardless of whether there are spies or not, it is impossible to achieve absolute secrecy when the army marches, since we have already come here, we can only move forward, and retreating in a gray way will only boost the morale of Houjin." If the other side poisons us, they just want us to go back, and if we follow the other side's ideas, I am afraid that we will be more likely to be ambushed, so it is better to go the opposite way and take the initiative into our own hands."

He Shixian had actually made a decision in his heart, he just wanted to hear Shen Jia's opinion on this matter. At this time, seeing that Shen Jia was thinking the same as him, he slapped his thigh and said, "Good boy, I love to hear this, I want to be with me." ”

He Shixian turned to the herald and said: "Tell the groom to gather the sick animals together, not to infect the healthy animals, and continue to observe, it is really not possible to allow some materials to be buried on the spot." ”

The team continued to advance, about ten miles from the front fort, and the vanguard cavalry received news that they had received the enemy, and the enemy was mainly the stragglers wandering nearby by Houjin.

He Shixian knew that the army's whereabouts had been exposed, so he urged the army to speed up to the front fort.

Shen Jia knew that he had entered the war zone at this time, so he immediately asked Wen Qing to drive, and asked Gan Liang to sit in the co-pilot seat.

Shen Jia told Gan Liang that if his junior sister unfortunately died, then we didn't have to move on. Gan Liang knows what this means, a big win is also very important for Jin Yiwei. The last time he and Wei Liangyu went out to the battlefield in Shenyang City, the boss's Jia General Order had already arrived. If you have merit in protecting yourself this time, then promotion will definitely be a certainty.

Shen Jialin borrowed a Ming army hat and helmet before leaving, and at this moment he was putting it on Wen Qing's head.

"Why is it so dead, I don't want to wear it, my neck is going to be crushed."

"Senior sister, hurry up, I begged my grandfather to tell my grandmother to come, don't be polite, you see that Lord Gan wants me not to give it to me."

Gan Liang's face twitched, turned to the side, and ignored the two sluts.

Wen Qing finally put on the helmet, which made Shen Jia feel a little at ease.

Shen Jia had already loaded the machine gun with bullets and the howitzer was simply calibrated, and then the cat squatted in the back compartment, holding a telescope to look around.

Wei Liangyu stood in the back compartment, still standing tall in the wind, staring in all directions, and by the way, he looked at the obscene Shen Jia with a look of contempt.

Worries seemed unnecessary, and nothing unusual was encountered on the rest of the march. Shen Jia couldn't help but secretly laugh at himself for being too nervous. It seems that he has trained a lot in the army, but he has never actually fought on the battlefield.

After walking for a short while, news came from the front, saying that the vanguard of the Ming cavalry had encountered a large number of Houjin cavalry.

He Shixian was a little surprised, and felt that the Tartar seemed to have exposed his power prematurely. This is a plain area with few rivers, and although it is suitable for cavalry combat, it is not a good ambush terrain. The terrain here, the cavalry can move quickly without restraint, but the infantry can also quickly spread out the formation, and in the case of similar forces, the Tartar cavalry can not take much advantage of the frontal charge.

He Shixian knew that the strength of the five hundred cavalry in front was not enough, and it was okay to sweep away the stragglers, but it was obviously not enough to put the front hard resistance to the Tatar cavalry. Thinking of this, He Shixian said to You Shigong next to him: "Brother You, you take the remaining 1,500 horsemen to meet the forward troops, and when you encounter the enemy's large troops, you can withdraw them, and you don't have to fight." ”

"The last will be ordered!"

You Shigong left, he took most of the cavalry with him, and the remaining cavalry of the front army were a hundred generals of He Shixian.

Chen Ce's rear army was twenty miles away, and He Shixian was not worried about the attack on his headquarters, so now as long as he rushed to Qianbao around lunch, he had completed half of the way.

Not long after, a melodious bull's horn sounded in the distance, and a group of cavalry was gathering on a low hill about four miles away.

He Shixian had a telescope in his hand, and he had already discovered this group of Tartar cavalry. He Shixian scolded secretly: "Damn, Lao Tzu was deceived."

Although he was a little annoyed by the treacherous nature of the Tartars, He Shixian was not worried, after all, he still had a large number of crossbowmen and firearms in his array, even if he had infantry at hand, it was still not a big problem to protect himself.

He Shixian knew that the other party was not good, so he decisively ordered a change of formation. Many daily drills, whether veterans or recruits, are already very familiar with the basic formation, and soon the Ming army will be in a circle. The equipment and auxiliaries and Shen Jia were all in the formation, followed by the long-range attacking crossbowmen and musketeers, and under the cover of the vans and carts, the outermost layer was the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers.

The cavalry of Houjin was also assembled on the plain and slowly walked towards the ranks of the Ming army.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yuan Shun's 80,000 war horses in the Jianghuai Racecourse almost all fell into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Han people creatively exerted more tactics, so that when the north chased Mongolia, the strength of the Ming cavalry at that time was in a relative advantage.

However, as the rule of the Ming court became more and more solid, the Jianghuai horse farm was gradually abandoned, and the horses of the Ming court gradually came from the northwest region and Guanwai, which were under the jurisdiction of the trilateral governors. When the rule was stable, the importance of Ma Zheng began to decline, so that the arms of the Ming army gradually evolved into today's situation where infantry is the main force, supplemented by cavalry.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army mainly blocked the cavalry through battle formations composed of guns and spears, combined with long-range offensive bows and crossbows, and firearms. At this time, the rate of fire of firearms was not even as fast as that of bows and crossbows, and it was almost difficult to restrain the cavalry that came in an instant. Only the Guanning iron cavalry, which the Ming court spent a lot of silver, could the proportion of cavalry account for the majority.

Right now, He Shixian is facing the same difficulties, he needs to use infantry to resist and defeat the opponent's cavalry. In ancient times, cavalry meant speed, mobility and suddenness, and did not have much advantage over the Ming army that was heading into the array.

Seeing that Tartar was playing some pediatrics today, He Shixian disdained it.

Riding a horse close to Shen Jia's side, He Shixian laughed and said, "Shen Shixian, today will open your eyes and see how Uncle He and I clean up the Tartar cavalry." ”

Although Shen Jia didn't know much about cavalry, the strange attack formation of the Tartars still made him a little uneasy, Shen Jia looked ahead and did not answer.

The formations of the two sides were quickly lined up, and the Houjin cavalry stopped five hundred meters in front of the Ming army, which was the best distance for the cavalry to adjust, run, and charge. Both armies had stopped, quietly observing each other's loopholes, hoping to provide clues for the next moment's attack.

Shen Jia had no desire to attack at this time, and he still lacked understanding of ancient battles. In particular, the current number of cavalry in Houjin is only about 2,000 people, and Houjin does not have any advantage, and charging and killing with an assault vehicle is tantamount to wasting bullets.

Good steel should be used on the blade, whether it is He Shixian or Shen Jia, they all understand this. Even for the sake of the suddenness of the attack, the two of them coincidentally wrapped the assault vehicle in the dense crowd, and if they didn't look carefully outside the formation, they wouldn't notice the assault vehicle at all.

There was a restless aura in the air, and everyone felt it.

It didn't take long for Houjin's cavalry to slowly march in unison, and the Ming army looked at the front with a solemn expression.

About three hundred meters or so, a bull's horn sounded, and the Houjin cavalry kept whipping while shouting, and the war horse began to speed up.

Two thousand war horses galloped at the same time, rumbling from far and near, so that the recruits of the Ming army couldn't help but feel palpitations. He Shixian in the formation was a little strange, could it be that the commander of Houjin was a novice?

Watching a yellow-brown torrent surging from afar, everyone in the Ming army held their breath and kept their expressions solemn, ready to meet the next tragic scene. The wind, blowing gently, swept through everyone's faces, and after several entanglements, disappeared into the solemn array.

The galloping sound of the Houjin cavalry horses has reached the extreme, and there is silence all around, only the rumbling sound of iron hooves comes and goes. Houjin's cavalry began to stand upright, and while they scanned the targets in the Ming army's formation, they took off their feather arrows and began to string.

Soon the Houjin cavalry was about to rush to the front of the formation, the Ming army's bows and crossbows and firearms were fired, and a small part of the Houjin cavalry was hit and injured, but they did not fall off their horses, but were dragged by the frightened war horses and ran to the side. The other part of the Houjin cavalry fired a quick volley, then turned their horses and ran away calmly.

He Shixian looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly realized that it was these grandchildren who planned to harass him with archers.

There were very few heavy cavalry in the Houjin cavalry in front of him, and He Shixian guessed that his cavalry vanguard might be entangled by the Houjin's heavy cavalry, and their archers took the opportunity to harass him and block his march.

The best class to deal with archers was still the armored cavalry, but at this time He Shixian did not have one by his side. Crossbowmen and firearms, although also lethal, are very passive. At this time, the Houjin cavalry was playing this game handed down by the Mongols.

The Houjin cavalry passed the first round of tests, and they had figured out the maximum range of the Ming army. The Houjin cavalry began to become more flexible, they kept patrolling around the Ming army's large array, and whenever the Ming army finished a round of volleys, they immediately quickly approached the Ming army's ranks, launched a round of long-range fire, and then ran away before the Ming crossbowmen launched the next round of attacks.

This kite tactic, similar to the Mongolian archery, had a great impact on the Ming army, and many recruits complained in their hearts when they saw that they could only fight back.

There were not many Ming soldiers who died directly from bow and arrow killings, but if the Tartars were allowed to continue, He Shixian knew that the morale of the Ming army would be extremely low, and eventually it would even cause the Ming army to collapse in order to flee for their lives.

He Shixian needs to rush to the front fort as soon as possible to clear the way for the rear army, instead of being dragged back and forth here to tease.