The main key is that the flare should be filled with magnesium powder or aluminum powder, and these two metals can not be refined now, but this does not have much to do with it, after all, when ordinary fireworks burn in the sky, they can also be illuminated, but the brightness is lower and the time is shorter, but it is much stronger than using torches.

When the Ming army hit the flares into the sky late, the bright light that broke out finally illuminated the situation on the battlefield clearly, although the time lasted for a short time, but the follow-up flares were still being fired, so Zhengde easily saw the situation of the entire battlefield in his eyes, and he also had a plan in his heart at the moment, and immediately conveyed his orders one by one.

The role of the flare is two-way, not only Zhengde saw the situation on the battlefield clearly, but also took advantage of this opportunity to finally see the situation around him, speaking of which, when they were the grassland cavalry in the sneak attack, if they failed to break through the opponent's camp at the beginning, then they would fall into a very unfavorable situation, after all, the cavalry did not have the speed of the charge, it simply lost the biggest advantage, plus the number of troops of the Ming Dynasty was more than theirs, so when Huadang saw the battlefield situation clearly, However, he found that many cavalry teams on his side had been intertwined with the Ming army, and it was very difficult to withdraw.

"Assemble your troops and prepare to retreat!" Hua Dang is also a very decisive person, he saw that his sneak attack did not have an effect, but instead trapped the army in the encirclement of the Ming army, if he did not retreat, it was likely that even he would not be able to escape. So immediately the order to retreat was given without hesitation. Anyway, they were cavalry. Even if he was surrounded, as long as he could lift the horse speed, it would be very easy to break into the relatively fragile encirclement of the Ming army, and even if there was a loss in the end, it was within his bearing.

The thousands of elites under Hua Dang are the core strength of Duo Yan Wei, and after hearing the order, they immediately began to assemble with Hua Dang as their loyalty, and then formed a retreating formation and began to leave. As for those who were surrounded, the cavalry of Duoyanwei also turned around and ran away, as for those who were surrounded, they also began to charge reflexively, as long as they could break out of the encirclement, then it would be impossible for the Ming army to catch up with them.

However, although Hua Dang is decisive, Zhengde is not easy to mess with, just when Hua Dang just withdrew from the Ming military camp with his thousands of elites, he suddenly rushed out of a Ming cavalry from the west side of the camp, and the person led by Jiang Bin was Jiang Bin. He had already prepared the cavalry, just because it was too dark. As a result, he didn't dare to charge without permission, but now that he had flares and received an order from Zhengde, he immediately rushed out to stop Huadang from escaping.

Although Jiang Bin has a problem with his character and wants to drill up the camp, he is a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, and the cavalry led by him is also the elite of the Ming Dynasty, so when he saw Huadang's cavalry, he immediately rushed forward without hesitation, and Huadang naturally did not show weakness, so the two cavalry launched a tragic fight under the flare of light and fire, this kind of fight is not only a comparison of strength, but also depends on luck, after all, the flare flickering and flickering, sometimes even the enemy on the opposite side can not see, Therefore, even the strongest cavalry is very difficult to show its true strength, and everything can only be decided by courage and luck.

The duel between the cavalry has always been known for its cruelty, after each confrontation, a considerable number of people died under the horse, and the last people who survived were only those who had the most courage and considerable luck, especially now that it was night, the competition between Jiang Bin and the two cavalry elites led by Hua Dang was even more cruel, and hundreds of cavalry had fallen in the blink of an eye, and in a cavalry battle of this scale, as long as they fell off their horses, it almost marked their death, because no one could escape from tens of thousands of horse hooves.

However, Hua Dang did not have a desperate mind, he just wanted to escape from the Ming army's camp as soon as possible, otherwise when the Ming army's infantry caught up, they would really not be able to escape at that time, so Hua Dang was entangled with Jiang Bin for a while, and immediately waved his troops to escape, although Jiang Bin wanted to chase, but Zhengde was worried that Hua Dang would be plotted in the dark, so he ordered them to turn back to the barracks and continue to intercept the other Duoyan Wei cavalry.

The farce of this sneak attack lasted until dawn, and the 30,000 cavalry led by Hua Dang attacked the Ming army camp, but it was unsuccessful, and in the end more than 3,000 cavalry corpses were left, and more than 2,000 people were captured, which can be said to be a very miserable defeat. However, in comparison, Da Ming is not very comfortable this time, the number of soldiers killed and wounded in the battle is not less than that of Duo Yanwei, but Da Ming's strength is already dominant, so in general, Da Ming took advantage.

However, although Hua Dang suffered a loss, he did not escape too far, but began to camp thirty miles north of the Ming military camp, it seems that Hua Dang does not plan to hide anymore, but is ready to fight with the Ming here, after all, their rear is Daning, if they retreat, then they can only let their tribe directly face the Ming army.

Zhengde saw Hua Dang camped thirty miles away, and laughed happily at the moment, after all, since entering the grassland, Hua Dang took the army to hide in Tibet, although Zhengde knew that the other party would definitely not give up Daning, but it has been dragged like this, and the pressure on the Ming army is also very great, especially the army of 70,000 people, the daily consumption is not a small number, even if the Ming is selfish and rich, it can no longer be wasted like this, and now the other party is finally ready to decide with him, which is also in line with his wishes.

Zhengde and Zhou Zhong are brothers, coincidentally, although the two have not lived together since childhood, but their personalities have some similarities, such as for the enemy, they both pursue a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, this time Huadang led a large army to attack the Ming army camp, although it was unsuccessful, but it also caused many unnecessary casualties to the Ming Dynasty, so Zhengde is ready to give Hua a lesson hard, so that he will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life.

On the night three days after Huadang's sneak attack on the Ming army's camp, the Ming cavalry also carried out a sneak attack on Huadang's camp, but Huadang, as a generation of heroes, was naturally on guard, so when the Ming cavalry just approached the barracks, Duoyanwei's soldiers were already aware of it, but Duoyanwei did not have Daming's flares, so he could only defend in the camp, and did not dare to rush out to fight with the Ming cavalry.

It's just that what makes Hua Dang feel strange is that these sneak Ming cavalry don't seem to be going to fight, they all leave outside the camp, at most they shoot a few rounds of rockets into the camp, but unfortunately this is not a threat at all for Duo Yanwei, who has been prepared, this strange situation makes Hua Dang instinctively feel a little wrong, and even intuitively makes him feel a little uneasy, as if there is a feeling of great disaster.

I have to say that Hua Dang himself has a keen sixth sense, just when he was thinking about why the Ming cavalry would use such harassing tactics, in an open space not far from the Duoyanwei camp, with Zhengde's order, hundreds of artillery pieces opened fire almost simultaneously, and the hot shells rushed into Duoyanwei's camp with a sharp whistling sound, and for a time there were screams, I don't know how many people were injured in this round of shelling.

It turned out that Zhengde didn't plan to use cavalry to sneak attack Duoyanwei's military camp, he just let the cavalry attract Duoyanwei's attention, and then mobilized all the artillery brought this time from the rear to a place two miles away from Duoyan's camp, and then directly bombarded the opponent's camp with artillery, although the lethality of a single artillery is limited, but if hundreds of artillery pieces are used intensively, then a terrifying force will be formed, especially the psychological pressure on the enemy, which can directly determine the outcome of a war.

Hua Dang has not seen the power of artillery, but it is the first time he has seen the power of hundreds of artillery guns firing at the same time, in his feeling, the sky from time to time to fall a scorching iron ball, whether it is a person or a horse, as long as it is touched by this iron ball, almost all of them are dead and uninjured, what is even more terrifying is that some of the hot iron balls can even burn the tent, as a result, for a time the entire Duoyanwei camp was wailing, everywhere was on fire, there were dead bodies everywhere, and what was even more terrifying was that No one knows when he will be killed by the cannonballs falling from the sky, even he, the leader of Duoyanwei, is no different from those ordinary steppe knights now, and if he is unlucky, he may really be stoned to death directly.

Seeing this situation, Hua Dang knew that they couldn't wait any longer, they had to withdraw out of the firing range of the artillery, otherwise the military spirit would collapse sooner or later, and even if he was really killed by the artillery, I am afraid that the entire Duoyanwei would immediately fall apart, and then the Ming only needed to send a messenger to make the entire Duoyanwei completely merge into the Ming.

Thinking of this, Hua Dang immediately ordered a retreat, but unfortunately the Ming cavalry harassing outside would not let them leave easily, as the flares hit the sky, the Duoyan Wei cavalry that had just withdrawn was immediately besieged by countless Ming troops, including not only cavalry, but even infantry quietly ambushed outside the Duoyan camp, so as soon as Hua Dang withdrew from the camp, he immediately fell into the encirclement of the Ming army, even if he was able to escape in the end, I am afraid he would suffer huge losses.

Hua Dang led his cavalry team to rush left and right in the encirclement of the Ming Dynasty, but no matter which direction he fled, he would eventually be blocked back by the Ming army, especially some Ming troops were also equipped with muskets and a kind of firearm for throwing, the sound was no worse than the cannon, and it would explode when it landed, many of their cavalry of Duoyanwei were injured by this weapon, and the cavalry who lost their horses could only stand there and wait for death. (To be continued......)