Chapter 780: The Battle is in Full Swing (II)

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Because I couldn't figure out the details of the army, I agreed to postpone the crossing of the river, and at the same time ordered my eldest son Xin Ai Huang Taiji to lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue Ma Fang's troops. The sharp-eyed Altan Khan had already seen that this Ma family army was far inferior to that year, so he did not use the main force to encircle and suppress it.

And Ma Fang's side, there is no habit of being rich and peaceful, and after a short break and reorganization, he actively responded to the battle, and continued to fight with Xin Ai in Rabbit Ridge, Yinlong River and other places. Because of the lack of combat experience, he suffered losses in the first few battles, but fortunately, Ma Fang knew himself and the enemy, and the old generals of the Ma family army played a backbone role and helped the rookies overcome their panic. In addition, they were equipped with a large number of bird guns and adopted the latest tactics, so that the Mongol cavalry did not dare to get too close, so that they were not disrupted.

Otherwise, the battlefield is the best school, and after a few engagements, the officers and soldiers finally got rid of their fear and were able to play their level normally. At this time, Ma Fang's painstaking training for many years finally saw the effect, he took the lead, led the brave Ma Jiajing cavalry as the vanguard, and led the large army to fight repeatedly. The tactics of muskets and iron cavalry combined with each other to charge caused a succession of setbacks for the Mongol army, which was only good at cavalry and archery. Swordsmen, musketeers, and cavalry archers rushed back and forth like waves, and under the uniform charge and roaring musket projectiles, the previously invincible Mongol cavalry was knocked off their horses one after another, and the casualties were not light in several engagements.

However, after all, the Mongol army was well-trained, and whenever the battle was unfavorable, it was able to give full play to its mobility advantage and retreat safely by alternating cover, and then fought five consecutive battles in one day, Ma Fang attacked, the Mongol army was defeated, Ma Fang pursued, and the Mongol army retreated, although it was victorious, it could never inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

And after a series of deflated, Xin Ai Huang Taiji had already learned the new tactics of the Ming army, and he found that although the opponent's musketeers were powerful, they had obvious flaws. First, it is necessary to dismount and shoot, and the mobility is poor, and second, although the lethality of the platoon gun shooting is greatly enhanced, after each blow, a thick white smoke will rise, and it is impossible to shoot continuously. Thirdly, a large number of cavalry was needed to protect it, and the Ming army had a limited number of people and could not be fully protected. In this way, as long as the combination of frontal assault and flanking of the two wings, it will be effective to resolutely attack the inside line.

In order to ensure the success of the first blow, he asked his father Khan for reinforcements, and the next day, I sent Buyan Taiji and Bingtu Taiji, each of whom led 10,000 soldiers and horses, and lived on both flanks of Huang Taiji, forming a joint encirclement of the Ming army. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Fang led his army to retreat south.

The Mongols had little interest in destroying the Ming army, and if it was peacetime, they would never pursue it. But there are always exceptions to everything, when the opposite side is Ma Fang and his Ma Jiajun, who brought them countless shames, Huang Taiji and his younger brothers are unwilling to let go of this opportunity for revenge. Besides, I hated Ma Fang to the core, and if he could be captured or killed, his father Khan would be very happy, and he would definitely be rewarded.

After all, they are a people on horseback, and they are also on horseback, and the Mongolian cavalry is faster than the Ming army. Seeing that he couldn't escape, and the enemy was outnumbered, Ma Fang immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to change direction and enter Malianbao to fortify on the spot...... The Ming army was not good at field warfare, and in order to defend against the invasion of the Tatars, they had to build many castles in the border provinces to prepare for the troops to enter at any time, and resist the Mongol cavalry with firearms according to the city. Ma Lianbao is one of the larger ones, and Ma Fang clearly remembers that ten years ago, a large military exercise was held in this fortress, and a maximum of 100,000 troops could be stationed.

When the troops marched into Malian Fort, Ma Fang was dumbfounded, this fortress, which had to be repaired by the Ministry of War every year, had become a dangerous city...... It's only been a few years, and the rammed city wall of loess is full of amazing cracks, and everyone who stands on it is terrified for fear of trampling it down. Ma Fang couldn't help but greet the eighteenth generation ancestors of some people indignantly, this is no longer a corruption problem, but a naked disaster for the country.

Seeing this, Zhao Yong, the deputy general beside him, said anxiously: "My lord, Malianbao can no longer provide us with defense, let's leave quickly" The rest of the generals also nodded in agreement.

"Leave? Where can I go? Ma Fang stood on the city gate, squinted his eyes and said: "The Mongols will arrive in a moment, and we will not escape the destruction if we leave here." ”

"Then hurry up and repair the city walls." Zhao Yong and others suggested: "Although it's too late, it's better than nothing." ”

"No need," Ma Fang refused, "Building the city wall at this time can only expose our emptiness and make the Mongols determined to attack." ”

The generals couldn't help but panic in their hearts, they knew that Tan Lun and Yin Feng and others, who were outflanked from the flank at this time, should still be a hundred miles away, and the defenders of the right guard were weak, and they would definitely not come to the rescue, and the others could not count on it. The Marlen Fort where he is now is a complete 'Jedi'. But the general insisted on sticking to it and didn't let it be repaired, didn't this lead everyone to death?

Ma Fang didn't care what they thought, he raised his general flag at the head of the city, and ordered his subordinates to make a big show in the city, posing as if tens of thousands of elite soldiers were in charge. When everything stopped, the Mongols also rushed to Malianbao, saw the big banner of the word "horse" fluttering at the head of the city, and were afraid of the prestige of "Ma Wangye", the Huang Taiji brothers did not dare to launch a strong attack immediately, and only sent a small force of cavalry to continuously probe. Ma Fang was calm and calm, and every time they had no return, making the Mongols even more invisible.

Huang Taiji and others, who did not know the truth and truth, did not dare to attack the city, and only used hard crossbows and earth cannons made by traitors to constantly bombard the city. The attack lasted from afternoon to dusk, and the city wall of Malianbao, which had been in disrepair for a long time, collapsed a section more than ten zhang long. Amid the cheers of the Mongols, Ma Fang's generals hurriedly wanted to take people to repair the city wall, but Ma Fang categorically stopped them.

Not only did he ignore the collapsed city wall, but on the contrary, he ordered the whole army to die down, and even the harassment of the Mongol army did not fight back.

During that room, several Taiji had a fierce dispute, Buyan thought that the other party was bluffing, but Bingtu felt that there was fraud in it, and Xin Ai felt that this made sense for a while, and thought that it was right for a while, and hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.

After nightfall, in order to test Ma Fang's reality, Huang Taiji ordered his subordinates to make a big fanfare, put on a posture of all-out attack, and even lit torches, shouting and insulting all night under the city, for a time 'the wild burned the sky, shouting for a while', which made the officers and soldiers in the city frightened inexplicably. Ma Fang was not in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates to open the gate of Malianbao in a grand manner, and he sat quietly in the military tent, turning a deaf ear to the provocation of the Mongol army.

What is the difference between such an active empty door and killing by the neck? Fortunately, the old team of Ma Jiajun was fine, and the new officers were all frightened, and tried their best to persuade Ma Fang not to take such a risk-once the Mongols rushed into the city, everyone would become a turtle in an urn, and none of them could escape.

Ma Fang was calm and calm, and said to his general: "If it was me who was close to him, I would definitely follow your advice, but now it is his three sons, you should have heard the story of 'three monks have no water to eat', these three people are not willing to let their men and horses take risks, and the result will only be nothing." ”

"You're gambling." Someone hit the nail on the head.

"So what?" Ma Fang squinted at the man, and a hint of ridicule hung on the corner of his mouth: "As long as I win in the end, then no one can say anything." "The Lord will be so tough that everyone will have to resign themselves to fate.

In the real world, the Mongolian army was really fooled, and the prestige of the prince of Ma made them dare not act rashly, lest there was really an ambush in the city, and the Ming army would close the door and beat the dogs, causing heavy losses...... You must know that in the grassland peoples of the jungle, any noble bloodline and lofty prestige are in vain, and only strength, strong strength, is the guarantee of status and power. Therefore, the three of them were unwilling to risk the loss of their troops to find out the truth for others. As a result, he shouted all night, and only sent a few small detachments into the city to test, and when he came out, he only said that there seemed to be thousands of troops lurking in the city, but it was not clear how many Ming troops were there and where they were ambushed.

The investigation did not dispel the doubts of the Taiji brothers, but only confused them even more. After a night of tossing and turning, at dawn, the Mongols seemed to have decided to withdraw their troops for the time being.

At this time, in Malian Fort, Ma Fang was facing his soldiers, making the final mobilization for the war: "The enemy has retreated, and they dare not enter in the face of the empty city, so it can be seen that they are afraid of us" The soldiers who had been holding back all night in fear were all relieved and laughed loudly.

Ma Fang waved his hand, waited for everyone to calm down, and continued: "This 'empty city plan' to win in danger finally won us precious time, it can be seen that the sky is also blessed by us, and now the appointed day has come, it is time for us to launch a counterattack, brothers, rush out with me and fight them to the death."

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was high, Ma Fang immediately ordered the whole army to pursue. The soldiers, who had already recuperated their strength in the Malian Fort, rushed out of the collapsed ruins, holding their sabers high, and rushed straight towards the retreating Mongols. Seeing this, several Taiji repeated their old tricks, alternately covered, fought and retreated, and the destination was also very clear, it was a plain area dozens of miles away in the southwest, a horse and a flat river.

It turned out that Xin Ai and his younger brother, after a night of discussion, decided to change their strategy...... Don't you want to win us by tricks? Now we use it too. The specific policy was to first lure Ma Fang lightly with a small force of cavalry, in an attempt to lure him to the open area of the plain, and then give full play to the mobility of the Mongol cavalry to gather and annihilate him. Seeing that Ma Fang really led his troops to break through, several Taiji were overjoyed, and they couldn't wait, and retreated to the plains, and were about to order the encirclement and annihilation, but they saw the scouts rushing with no faces, and said in a hurry: "The big thing is not good, a large number of Ming cavalry suddenly appeared on the two wings of our army."

The three of them were stupid, and Bingtu Taiji said angrily: "Impossible, unless they use flying" They were very confident in their speed, and they didn't believe that Ma Jiajun could come first.

Angry is angry, everyone knows that scouts don't dare to talk nonsense, Xin Ai calmed down and said: "How many people?" ”

"At least 10,000 in the north and south"

Seeing that there was a dirt slope on the side, Xin Ai rode his horse up, took out a clairvoyant mirror from his bosom, and looked in the direction pointed by the scout. Today, the sky is beautiful, there are no clouds, and you can see more than ten miles away, there is smoke and dust rising, and with experience, the number of people will not be less than 10,000.

Looking at the south again, it was the same, Xin Ai finally changed color and said: "I was ambushed by the Ming army"

"Then let's join our father Khan quickly," Buyan said anxiously.

"No," Bingtu immediately denied: "To the northeast here, there are hilly paths, which are suitable for the enemy army to set up an ambush, we will go back now, and eighty percent of them will be ambushed" With the help of the White Lotus Sect traitors, they know the terrain in this area well.

"Yes," the traitor Qiu Fu, who was with them, also echoed: "Yesterday, a sect came to report that several bridges in the northeast were destroyed and the roads were blocked, and it seems that the Ming army did have an ambush. ”

After they said this, Buyan should no longer mention the convergence with his father Khan, so Xin Ai had no choice but to order people to inform his father Khan of the situation at all costs, and at the same time temporarily withdraw to the west with his troops, preparing to avoid the limelight of the Ming army and join his father Khan from the north of Datong.

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The Ming army that suddenly appeared was the outflanking troops led by Tan Lun and Yin Feng, who stayed overnight, hid their tracks, and waited patiently for the opportunity. It wasn't until the right time that he came out of his hiding place, and he and Ma Fang killed the Mongols from the southeast, north, south, and south.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the three Taiji hurriedly retreated, and the two sides chased one after the other and fled, and entered Yanghewei in Shanxi in the afternoon of the same day. During several engagements, the Mongols relied on superb cavalry and archery, which caused the Ming army to suffer losses, and the distance between the two sides became farther and farther. However, the Mongols did not rest all night, and they were tired of running for most of the day, and they were already sleepy and tired, and they had long lost their will to fight, and they just wanted to get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, so that they could rest and recuperate, and then make plans.

At this time, two more forks in the road appeared in front of him, and Huang Taiji asked, "Where does this lead?" ”

"To the north is Fifteen Beams, the mountain beams are roaded, rugged and difficult." Qiu Fu of the White Lotus Sect, who was a sentry commander of the right guard of Datong before the rebellion, knew everything about the grass and trees here: "To the west is the Great South Recess, and in the past it was a horse Pingchuan." ”

Xin Ai looked north, and sure enough, he saw that the mountains were heavy, and it was easy to throw the pursuers off some distance, if Datong sent troops to set up an ambush in the mountains and block the way, the situation would be bad; Looking to the west again, I saw that the avenue ahead was wide, and at a glance, there was no terrain such as mountains and hills that were easy to ambush, so I made up my mind: "Go west"

So the 30,000 Mongolian cavalry continued to the west, and after a meal, they arrived at Da Nanwa, but they heard the scouts report that thousands of Ming infantry were found in front of them, and they were waiting for them.

"What?" Xin Ai was startled at first, and then laughed angrily: "Okay, I really treat the eagle of our grassland as a cowardly hen, just a few thousand infantry, and dare to use the mantis arm as a car" The clay man also has three points of earthiness, first by Ma Fang played in Malian Fort all night, and then was chased by the Ming army for a long time, the eldest son of Altan Khan, the self-confessed grassland Tianjiao has reached the verge of outbreak, let Ma Fang bully and bully, he can't tolerate some infantry is also on the head of the dare Tai Sui

You must know that the front is a flat field, and it is impossible to fight an ambush, in this kind of terrain, for the cavalry, how many infantry are chopping melons and vegetables, and there is no threat at all, not to mention that their own side is several times the enemy

At this time, there must be no escape, otherwise Xin Ai will find a piece of cheese and kill herself.

"Rush over and step on them" Xin Ai drew his saber, and the Mongolian warriors, who had long been full of fire, showed their sabers and rushed forward brazenly.

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The Mongols were facing Qi Jiguang and his Shenji battalion.

After accepting the mission on the fifth day of October, the Shenji Battalion began a 500-mile rapid march. The five-hundred-mile journey has to be reached in three days, even if it is replaced by cavalry, it is already the limit, not to mention that most of the infantry in the Shenji Battalion walk on two legs, as well as hundreds of bulky chariots...... Although each car is equipped with two pack horses, but the weight is nearly 2,000 catties, if you don't add manpower, you can only walk forty or fifty miles a day, and when you reach the destination, the daylily is cold.

Therefore, the soldiers of the chariot battalion all went into battle shirtless, pulled with ropes, pushed by hand, and forced the heavy chariots to keep up with the speed of the march. But the price paid was also heavy, the first day was better, and the next day, as they walked, some of the soldiers stumbled and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

Qi Jiguang didn't stay at all, but just left a team of cavalry to contain the officers and soldiers who had fallen behind. He kept urging his subordinates to advance day and night, and along the way, he didn't even give time to stop and eat, and all the officers and soldiers, including himself, ate while walking...... Take a bite of Jiguang noodles, take a sip of cold water, take another sip, take another sip, and the meal is solved.

In the end, relying on tenacious perseverance and endurance, after paying a great price, the Qi family army created a miracle of marching 500 miles in three days. This miracle cannot be replicated, because no other team in this world can withstand such a high-intensity march, and only the Qi family army, which is strictly trained, has strict military laws, and has a sense of honor and responsibility for officers and soldiers, can complete this unprecedented maneuver

Watch as your subordinates wait for the appearance of the Mongol army. Qi Jiguang took a deep breath, after fourteen years, the wind on the side plug was still so strong. After ten years of bloody battles in the prosperous land of Hualiu, he finally returned to the original battlefield, and let his colleagues in the north see if he Qi Yuanjing could only bully the thieves in the south, and when he encountered the Mongolian cavalry, he would show his original form? ――

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