Although this battle started suddenly, for Da Ming, it was not without any defense, especially for Jiang Hao, a guy who was eager to fight to the death with the Mongolian Tatars every day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In fact, many older and more stable generals have more or less objections to Jiang Ho.

After all, this guy's recklessness and impulsiveness are really learned, and he thinks about killing at every turn, and sometimes he even dares to take hundreds of people to go deep alone, and throw all the army to Yin Yu. While this kind of bravery is sometimes amazing, it is more likely to make a mess of things. However, such accusations and doubts are at most the belly slander of depressed people, looking at the world, His Royal Highness King Ming's level of knowledge is obvious to all, since Ye Yingwu has the courage to hand over the Tianwu Army he started to Jiang Hao, it shows that he still trusts this companion who has played since he was a child.

Of course, Jiang Hao's loyalty is speechless, Ye Yingwu said to fight eastward, this guy absolutely didn't say a word and screamed and pounced, so many people considered that Ye Yingwu handed over the most elite male army of the Ming Dynasty to Jiang Hao, also to ensure that the main force of the Northern Expedition was loyal to him.

"Commander Qiyu, twenty miles to the southeast, found the Mongolian Tatar cavalry!" The sentry cavalry came quickly and rushed into the middle of the formation.

Jiang Hao frowned: "How many people?" ”

"About six or seven thousand troops!"

Yin Yu, who was beside Jiang Hao, had just rushed back from the two Huai armies this morning, with a tired look on his face, but when he heard this, he subconsciously straightened his waist, grabbed the reins of his horse and stepped forward: "Lao Jiang, the Mongolian Tartar southward cavalry that our sentinel found last time is almost this number, these Tartars are really not good." ”

"There are still twenty-seven or eight miles away from the border of Chenzhou, and since the Mongolian Tartars can rush over, it means that the camps on the border are already more auspicious." Jiang Hao pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, "What's more, to be able to clear those camps so quickly, the Mongolian Tartars will definitely not be the only ones." ”

Yin Yu nodded: "Especially these cavalry of the headquarters of the southern transfer, it should be very tricky, during the battle of Xiangyang, these cavalry of the Mongolian Tatar headquarters did not give trouble to the left wing and the Chinese army, and now it is finally our turn." How should it be? ”

"It doesn't matter what kind of cavalry he has in his headquarters or external cavalry, it's good that he is the elite, Lao Tzu's Tianwu Army is fighting his mother's elite." Jiang Hao Huo Ran pulled out his saber, "Pass the order, all compartments will be scattered in a crescent formation, listen to the orders of the Chinese army, the crossbowmen and the firecracker team will prepare, and the rear compartment will cover the flying thunder artillery team!" ”

The heralds suddenly agreed, and Jiang Hao glanced at Yin Yu, who was frowning: "Old Yin, you have always been cautious, do you still feel a little uneasy?" ”

Yin Yu looked at the flying Lingqi: "Since the Mongolian Tatars are coming from the grassland, they will inevitably give full play to their speed advantage and rush back and forth, so that our army will collapse without a fight." This crescent moon formation needs to face the enemy with the crescent moon in order to maximize the advantage of the bow and crossbow firearm, once the Mongolian Tartar cavalry attacks from behind, it will be a dead end for us. ”

Slowly stepping forward, Jiang Hao said in a deep voice: "Then what do you say should be?" ”

"Quartet." Yin Yu met Jiang Hao's gaze, "Although it is the most modest method, it is actually the most effective method, for the Mongolian Tartars, this formation does not have any weaknesses, and there is nothing that can make them break through." ”

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The cannon roared, and the entire Dengzhou City was shrouded in gunsmoke, and it was not even clear to see the people coming and going outside the city.

Dengzhou's seat of governance is Penglai, the town named after the fairy mountain on the sea, and it is also the largest and most populous town in Jiaozhou, but the only bad thing is that the town is near the sea, and it is easy to be attacked from the sea, but because Dengzhou has been governed by Penglai for many years, and Penglai is on the north shore of Jiaozhou, not south, and will not face the Jiaozhou sailors, so neither Jin nor Mongolia has transferred Dengzhou's governance.

Only today, they met a more daring opponent.

Although the Jiaozhou Navy Division only had twenty warships here, it still did not hesitate to go directly around from the south of Dengzhou to the north, and the flying thunder cannons on the ships were aimed at Penglai for a burst of indiscriminate bombardment. However, the defenders of Dengzhou were clearly prepared, and sandbags were piled up and down the entire city wall to minimize the impact of the explosive bag explosion.

However, Rao is so, after all, Dengzhou is only a marginal city facing Goryeo and Dongying, and the Song Dynasty is mainly here to garrison Jiaozhou sailors, so the city wall is not very high, and it is in disrepair, and a cannon bombardment has collapsed in many places.

"General, there are Mongolian Tartar trebuchets on the side of Penglai Pavilion, so we can only concentrate our firepower to bombard a small section of the city wall here, and it is difficult to get close." A Marquis Yu stood beside Sun Huchen, frowned and said, "It's not a way to go on like this, the Mongol Tatars are focused on defending this section of the city wall, and it is not so easy to break through." ”

Sun Huchen glanced at him obliquely and sneered: "Who said that a certain plan really wants to take Dengzhou?" With just our twenty boats, even if we conquer Dengzhou, what can we do, can we hold it? ”

Marquis Yu was stunned for a moment: "What does the general mean?" ”

"Boiled frogs in warm water, loaches drilled tofu." Sun Huchen held clairvoyance in his hand, looked at the city wall that was bombarded, and said coldly, "Lao Tzu is just leading people to stare at this Dengzhou city, and after the follow-up ships and grain and grass of the Jiaozhou Navy Division arrive, our fleet can be attacked, retreated and defended, and can make the Mongolian Tatars from Dengzhou to a large area of the state capital in Liaodong all unpeaceful." When the time comes, the Mongol Tartars will be forced to hurry, and they will inevitably have to repeat their old tricks, wanting to lure us into a decisive battle with him, and even once again concentrate a large number of trebuchets and manpower, wanting to annihilate us in one fell swoop, this is the time to really strike at the Mongol Tatars. ”

Yu Hou nodded: "Then general, let's do it now?" ”

Sun Huchen looked at the Penglai Pavilion in the distance and sighed softly: "The place where culture gathers, who is to blame for the war today?" Chuan ordered to shell Penglai Pavilion and be sure to suppress the Mongol Tatar trebuchet. Another five warships were dispatched to withstand the artillery bombardment! ”

"No!" The generals readily agreed.

At this moment, Dengzhou City, which was originally silent under the sound of cannons, suddenly echoed with a noisy sound. Sun Huchen was stunned, and immediately picked up the clairvoyance to look, from the gap in the city wall that was broken, you can clearly see that many people are holding all kinds of blades and weapons in their hands, chasing and killing Mongolian soldiers along the city wall, and at the same time, a white flag has risen on the city wall.

"It seems that this time it is not so simple for a certain person to pat his ass and leave." Sun Huchen smiled bitterly, he didn't expect the people here in Dengzhou to be so cooperative, and he couldn't tolerate any more hesitation and other calculations.

At this time, if the sailor does not move, it will be the hearts of the people of Jiaozhou who will be cold.

Moreover, the people of Dengzhou have risen up, and now it is equivalent to giving up Dengzhou City to the Jiaozhou Navy, and Sun Huchen naturally has no reason not to want to.

"Boom!" A loud noise came, and the sailor warship shot the stone bullet from the trebuchet at the Penglai Pavilion at a high place, and finally hit the towering tower of Penglai Pavilion and overlooking the sea, and the huge city tower collapsed in the flames and wind, burying the trebuchet under the city tower, and without the interference of the trebuchet, more warships have been chopping waves forward.

Explosives packets raged like a storm on the walls of Penglai Pavilion, and the shouts of the Mongol Tartars could be heard from so far away.

"Order the warship in the front compartment to go ashore and attack Dengzhou City immediately." Sun Huchen shouted coldly.

He had no choice, and Sun Huchen also knew that this time was not a small artillery battle, but the beginning of a new battlefield. From this moment on, Jiaozhou will also be shrouded in war. And the Jiaozhou Sailor, as a striker, naturally can't live up to the Ming Dynasty!

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On the field where the snow has not yet melted, the black Mongolian cavalry roared, and the snow-bright sabers had been raised high, reflecting the light of the sun, and the cavalry in the front row had drawn their bows and crossbows.

Jiang Ho and Yin Yu glanced at each other and held down the blade at the same time.

The entire Tianwu army is lined up in a square formation according to the front, back, left and right, and the crossbowmen and firecrackers are located in the middle, although the range is shortened, but it can ensure the maximum protection of the most powerful troops in these Ming armies, and at the same time can take into account the four directions.

"Left and right wings!" Yin Yu's pupils shrank and said in a low voice.

The Mongol cavalry parted at the same time at a distance of four or five hundred zhang from the quadrangle, the hooves of the war horses were muddy, and a famous cavalryman was prostrate on the horse's back, and the bow and crossbow in his hand were ready to fire.

"Crossbowman, let's go!" Jiang Ho roared violently.

Although the crossbowmen and firecrackers are concentrated in the middle, it does not mean that Jiang Hao will not arrange in advance, after all, it is really not in line with his Jiang Hao's consistent style to put down this boxy array, so according to Jiang Hao's understanding of the Mongolian Tartars, another team of crossbowmen was arranged on the left and right wings, squatting under the shield, with the sound of the Chinese military drum "dong dong" twice, these crossbowmen all got up, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were aimed at the enemy who was getting closer and closer.

The Mongol cavalry also realized that there was another killing opportunity in this quadrangle, and at this time, they didn't care whether the range was enough, and all the cavalry who had time to open their bows and arrows did their best to release arrows into the formation. Howling arrows tore through the cold wind, some grazed the armor of the cavalry, some stabbed into the shields, but most found their targets.

After all, this is a duel between an army with the best level of cavalry and archery in the world and an army with the most sophisticated bow and crossbow equipment, as long as one shot is a matter of life and death.

People kept falling, but the people behind did not frown forward to make up for it, and the forest of knives and guns and the black tide did not appear to be missing because of blood.

Jiang Hao patted Yin Yu on the shoulder, it was enough to give it to his companion here, and Yin Yu and Jiang Hao had been partners for many years, so they naturally understood what he meant, so they just nodded calmly. Jiang Hao exhaled lightly, and rode his horse forward: "Open the formation gate, the Chinese army will come with so!" ”

The horses neighed, and the front brigade with spearmen as the vanguard spread out towards the flanks of the Mongolian cavalry, although there was no impact, but looking at the waves of spears rushing in their faces, even the brave and warlike Mongolian cavalry had to retreat, after all, they were better at annihilating the enemy in motion, rather than stopping the horses and confronting these enemies with blades four or five times longer than themselves.

And Jiang Hao has led the cavalry of the Chinese army to roar and rush out, since the last time Mongolia compensated the Ming cattle, sheep and horses, all aspects of the Ming Dynasty attach great importance to this, first selected excellent stallions to try to breed in Huainan, and then put the rest of the war horses into the army, because the southern expedition is mostly a hot rainforest area, and there is not much need for war horses, and these Mongolian bantam horses are not suitable for that climate, so these war horses are all assigned to the Northern Expedition in addition to the hundred battles left.

Of course, the main forces such as Tianwu, Shence, and Zhenhai are the ones who belong to the most, unlike Wang Jin and Wang Huchen, who scattered their war horses, and as the main force of each compartment, Jiang Hao directly organized these cavalry into his own Chinese army, so that once the enemy is discovered, he can concentrate his forces to advance as soon as possible.

The Mongolian cavalry did not expect that there were really cavalry in the Ming army rushing out, quickly turning the horse's head, the saber in his hand was raised, and the cavalry on both sides were ready for the second round of cavalry shooting. However, despite this, the Mongolian cavalry obviously did not take this Ming cavalry, which numbered only 5,000 people, into account, and even sent out two or three thousand people to go around to the other side of the Ming army's quadrangle, obviously wanting to continue the attack.

Jiang Hao exhaled lightly, slowly lifted the horse lance on the war horse, and the cavalry behind him also silently and slowly raised the horse lance, with killing intent in their eyes.

Since ancient times, the cavalry in the south has not been valued, and the number is very small, in everyone's subconscious, the southerners are not the material for horseback riding, but today Jiang Hao wants to tell these Mongolian Tatars that in this world, even if they compete with cavalry, they are not without opponents!

But for the first time in many years, the Han cavalry, which inherited the tradition of the Han and Tang Dynasties, collided face-to-face with the Mongolian cavalry in this vast wilderness. The red flag is waving in the wind, and the horse lance is slowly flattened, which has not been replaced since ancient times, symbolizing the tradition and pride of the Chinese cavalry for thousands of years, and is also synonymous with the nobility of the war horse.

Today, Jiang Ho is going to use this horse lance to drink the blood of the enemy's neck.

The Mongolian cavalry obviously also found that the oncoming Southern Barbarian cavalry did not seem to be so easy to deal with, and did not rush to fight with the Ming cavalry, but once again spread to both sides, first, so that you can use cavalry to test the opponent's bottom line, and secondly, you can also form a left and right flanking momentum, and a successful blow.

However, the Mongolian cavalry was wrong, and the Ming cavalry also skillfully followed the Mongolian cavalry as they dispersed, and at the same time, the foot soldiers holding the big shield began to move forward at the same time, and the crossbowmen and firecrackers behind the shields did not hesitate at this moment.

The arrows roared into the unprepared Mongolian cavalry formation with lead bullets, and the Mongolian cavalry continued to scream and fall off their horses, and the rest of the Mongolian cavalry had to shrink inward in front of the shield that suddenly appeared, making the two groups of Mongolian cavalry that were originally scattered far away close the distance again.

Before the Mongol cavalry could react, a long group of horse lances had already pierced their chests, and Jiang Hao was the first to rush into the Mongolian cavalry formation. The guards behind him and many cavalrymen were all red-eyed, especially these guards knew very well that their general's body could no longer bear more pain, so they raised their horses and picked up the Mongolian cavalry in front of them, and wrapped Jiang Hao layer by layer.

The cavalry on the periphery kept pouring up, although from time to time someone fell, but the people who came later did not hesitate at all, just desperately urged the war horse forward, the horse lance in his hand or smashed or picked, blood burst on their armor, no one frowned.

"Unfold, Kill!" Yin Yu roared in the middle of the big array.

At this time, the surging spears were like lotus flowers in bloom, expanding to the sides with the petals of death, constantly piercing the bodies of the Mongol cavalry.

Jiang Hao's war horse rushed from the two Mongolian cavalrymen, and with a horizontal mallet in his hand, the two Mongolian cavalrymen were knocked to the ground at the same time, and then roared: "For the sake of Daming, kill!" ”

"Kill!" Countless Ming cavalry around him urged their horses at the same time and struggled forward.

"Kill!" The boots trampled on the mud, and rows of Tianwu soldiers went forward one after another.

The winter sun does not have the slightest warmth, shining on the battlefield, making the blades glisten coldly.

The flipped red and black flags were staggered, and the sound of killing was bursting. (To be continued.) )