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Wang Jin's gaze didn't know whether it fell on the red willow or the countless soldiers around him, and said in a deep voice: "The Red Willow River, the Red Willow River, is named because the surrounding area of this river is full of red willows. It's just that when the Hongliu River flows south, people prefer to call this river ・・・・・・Wuding River". ”

"Wuding River?" Huo Liang was a little stunned.

The Ming Dynasty inherited the education system of the former Song Dynasty, and the popularization of education in the former Song Dynasty reached its peak in the entire feudal era in China, so as long as it is not a person who does not learn and has no skills, he will have some culture to a greater or lesser extent, not to mention that Huo Liang can get to this position step by step, and naturally it is impossible to rely on his military exploits alone.

The three words Wudinghe, Huo Liang still knows, and he knows it very well.

Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream!

A poem almost blurted out.

Huo Liang shuddered and looked at Wang Jin, he followed the Shence Army to fight in the north and south, after many large and small battles, and finally sat firmly in the position of the commander of the first division of the Shence Army, he was definitely not a person who was afraid of dying in battle, but when he heard the words "Wuding River", there was still a chill from the heart.

Throughout the ages, I don't know how many people have been fighting, dying in battle, and burying bones by this river, and when the people in the deep dream have died of old age, I am afraid that no one in this world will be able to remember their names, remember their voices and smiles.

"In this battle, there will always be people who will become the bones of the uncertain river," Wang Jin narrowed his eyes, "It's either them or us!" ”

Before the words fell, Wang Jin slapped the war horse with the whip in his hand, and the war horse neighed: "Brothers, kill with so!" ”

"Kill!" Countless Ming cavalry raised their lances and swords at the same time.

In the wind and snow, the red flag danced.

According to the plan of the two Mongolian cavalry, it is natural to use the Mongolian cavalry on the west bank of the Hongliu River as the main force to occupy a favorable terrain to resist the Ming army crossing the river, while the Mongolian cavalry in the north will take the opportunity to attack the flank of the Ming army with all their might, even if the Ming army can break through the Mongolian defense on the west side of the riverbank, it will have to retreat because of too many losses in blocking the attack of the Mongolian cavalry in the north.

What's more, the Mongolian cavalry in the north belongs to Kublai Khan's side, and the Mongolian cavalry on the west bank belongs to Haidu's side, Kublai Khan's number of people sent over is smaller, and the number of people sent by Haidu is larger, and Xingxing Gorge is still in Haidu's territory, so Haidu naturally intends to fight to the death, and although Kublai Khan's side is obviously cooperating with Haidu, but after all, the two sides have had an extremely fierce and even tragic confrontation, so Kublai Khan's side does not have too much good impression of Haidu, The intention of these Kublai Khan's cavalry to come was also to contain the Ming army, and they did not intend to really fight with the Ming cavalry.

As a result, no one expected that the Ming army did not rush to attack the west bank of the Hongliu River, but turned its horse's head and rushed straight to the Mongolian cavalry in the north. The Mongol cavalry, which was still waiting for the two forces in front of them to collide with each other, and they could make a profit, did not directly meet them when they saw this, but unexpectedly turned their horses' heads and moved southeast along the wind, intending to avoid the Ming army's front.

Wang Jin's eyes were like iron, staring closely at the Mongol cavalry in front of him who suddenly moved to his side. After dealing with the Mongol Tatars for such a long time, basically all the imaginary enemies and all the strategic plans of the Shence Army were formulated against the Mongol cavalry, including operations in a variety of terrains and climates.

Therefore, although the Ming army did not really fight in Hexi in this wind before, it does not mean that the Ming army was not sufficiently prepared before. The wind is strong enough to block all arrows and bullets, and those who occupy the upwind position are definitely at a disadvantage than those who occupy the downwind position. Although the actions of this Mongolian cavalry seemed to be a bit of a dodge from the enemy, they always had the upper hand. Once the Ming cavalry and the Mongol Tatars fought, they would inevitably be at a disadvantage.

"Turn!" Wang Jin roared violently, grabbed the flag, and pulled the reins of the war horse fiercely, the war horse was suddenly pulled, and the man stood up, with a long neigh, and turned to run towards the west. Although the many soldiers behind were a little puzzled, they looked at the direction of Wang Jin's general banner and turned around to catch up with Wang Jin's figure.

The two cavalry that were about to stagger were about to stagger, and the Mongol cavalry from the northwest to the southeast was still galloping, intending to turn and attack the Ming flank, but their goal was to suddenly turn their horses' heads, cross a large arc, and directly rush down the Hongliu River beach not far away.

All the movements of the Ming cavalry were uniform, and years of battlefield fighting and long-term training enabled the Ming cavalry to keep up with Wang Jin's pace at the first moment when Wang Jin made his decision, and there was not even a single Ming cavalry that fell behind.

"Stop them!" The Mongolian commander, who realized that the big thing was not good, naturally understood that it was too late to beat his chest at this time, and he did not expect that the Ming army would actually shake a shot, resulting in the Mongolian cavalry on the west bank now in a daze and was not ready to face the battle at all, and the Mongolian cavalry on the east bank who had deviated from the direction could only look at the back of the Ming cavalry who rushed directly into the river beach with the wind and stared.

The Mongolian cavalry finally came to their senses in the shouts of their commanders and centurions, and they instigated their horses one after another, and the chaotic Mongolian cavalry closely caught up with the Ming cavalry.

The Hongliu River is a river that only has water in spring and summer, and there is no river water in the whole river now, only a thin layer of snow, so running on it is not much different from running on flat ground. As the upper reaches of the Wuding River, the riverbed is not wide, and soon thousands of Ming cavalry have crossed the riverbed, and when the two Mongolian cavalry responded, the forward team of the Ming cavalry has rushed to the embankment and directly occupied the upper hand position on the west bank.

"Kill!" Wang Jin twitched the war horse under his crotch fiercely, at this time all the arrows and firearms were no longer effective, and the competition was the discipline of the army, the will of the army and the sharpness of the knives and guns in his hands.

"Kill!" The Ming cavalry, which rushed to the shore one after another, swept through the red willow bushes like a gust of wind, and crashed into the Mongolian cavalry without the slightest hesitation.

The Ming army continued to accelerate on the basis of the original horse speed, and it was with the wind, while the Mongolian cavalry on the west bank of the Hongliu River was against the wind.

The horse lance pierced the chest of a Mongolian commander, Wang Jin licked his chapped lips, the Mongolian commander stretched out his hand and grabbed the horse lance, and looked at the Ming army general in front of him in disbelief who was not tall and burly but full of killing intent.

"Flutter!" There was a soft sound in the wind, and Wang Jin pulled out the horse lance fiercely.

A bright flower of blood bloomed on the chest of the Mongolian commander, and bits and pieces of hot blood sprayed out, which were soon blown by the wind and sprinkled on the surrounding snow, creating dazzling colors for the white moor, brown red willows, and the cloudy sky.

The sabre and the horse lance continued to burst out with dazzling sparks as the two teams collided desperately, and the Ming army and the Mongolian cavalry who were staggered back and forth did their best and did not retreat at all.

"General, the Mongol Tartars are coming up from behind us." Huo Liang slashed over a Mongolian soldier with a knife and rushed directly to Wang Jin's side. The two of their guards hurriedly rushed forward, carving out a small clearing in the chaotic crowd.

Wang Jin looked back, the Mongolian cavalry that had been tricked by his own false shot had crossed the Hongliu River, and it was estimated that it would not take long to rush into the formation, and then another Mongolian cavalry that came with the wind to join the battle group, coupled with the numerical advantage that Mongolia already occupied, would undoubtedly cause great pressure on the Ming army, and it was even possible to decide the outcome of a battle.

"Lao Huo, what do you think?" Wang Jin gritted his teeth.

At the moment of life and death, the Ming Dynasty's 7,000 cavalry challenged the Mongolian two more than 20,000 cavalry, which was originally a small fight, but now there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and a wrong decision may at any time cut off the only cavalry team that the Ming can draw out on this Gobi Desert.

"General, didn't you say that our mission is only to contain the enemy?" Huo Liang naturally understood the truth in this, and when he saw the look on Wang Jin's face, he also knew that the general was already doing his best to be able to lead this small cavalry team to kill such a scene.

Huo Liang's voice became a little sharp because of anxiety, but Wang Jin's eyes lit up.

Keeping the enemy down and killing the enemy is far from the same thing.

If those Tubo people that Wang Jin didn't trust very much could really reach Xingxing Gorge on time as Liang Yanwu said, then Wang Jin only needed to delay for an hour, and it was estimated that it would be about the same.

If you want to fight hard with the Mongolian Tatars, I'm afraid that one hour is enough for Wang Jin to explain to these thousands of people here, but if you want to contain the Mongolian Tatars, Wang Jin still has a lot of tricks. Tightening the reins of the horse at the moment, Wang Jin said in a low voice: "Lao Huo, you and I will each take a road of men and horses, I will lead people to break through in the direction of Xingxing Gorge, you will lead people to break south along the river bank, as long as you can kill the gap, if you can't do it, you can go directly to the southeast and recross the Hongliu River along the southeast direction." ”

The reason why Mongolia arranged a defensive line far away in the Hongliu River was naturally because it didn't want to pin all its hopes on Xingxing Gorge, and even planned to completely eradicate this Ming cavalry that had caused the two Mongolian divisions to be anxious for so many days before the Ming army reached Xingxing Gorge, and it would be much easier for Mongolia to attack Dunhuang at that time.

After all, the Ming soldiers in Dunhuang relied on the city in disrepair, and it was difficult to support it for too long, and once they were ready to break through, then the vast Gobi Desert and the long Hexi Corridor were the places where their entire army was annihilated.

And Wang Jin led people directly to the direction of Xingxing Gorge, and the Mongolian cavalry would naturally chase after them, which gave another group of men and horses led by Huo Liang the opportunity to retreat or temporarily leave the battlefield, which was equivalent to leaving a glimmer of hope for the cavalry of the Ming army, which was already small in number.

Attacking Xingxing Gorge is equivalent to nine deaths, Huo Liang's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly stepped forward to block Wang Jin: "General, this kind of thing should be done by subordinates, the general is the commander of the Ming Dynasty's Shence Army, and he is also the commander of this westward expedition, even if the brothers are all dead, the general can't have an accident at night!" Therefore, the general led people to the southeast, and his subordinates led people straight to Xingxing Gorge, even if it was delayed, it was necessary to delay until the general could leave the unknown safely! ”

Without looking at Huo Liang, Wang Jin stretched out his hand, and the captain of the guard beside him stopped talking, but silently handed him the flag in his hand.

"Ming soldiers, obey military orders!" Wang Jin said when he walked past Huo Liang, "At this time, a certain general is needed to take the lead, not to mention that in terms of attracting the attention of the Mongolian Tatars, how can you Huo Liang be compared to so-and-so." ”

Huo Liang was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

The cavalry of the Ming army saw Wang Jin's banner move, and they all converged in the direction of Wang Jin, and the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to rashly attack so many Ming cavalry, but they circled around the periphery one after another, and the two sides somehow formed an unexpected confrontation instead of a bloody killing.

"Brothers, you must have all thought that since we set out in Dunhuang, it is a road to die generously, and this westward expedition is to alleviate the oppression of Dunhuang and buy enough time for the court to mobilize reinforcements later." Wang Jin came out of the crowd and shouted loudly, "So when I took you to set off, I didn't hesitate or regret at all, because I knew that the Ming soldiers were never afraid of sacrifice." And now, we have killed the Hongliu River, and further ahead is the Star Gorge, and further ahead is the Western Regions! Since it's already a Jedi, since it's already a life of nine deaths, why don't we fight it to the death? The death of a person, or lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai, died in this Hongliu River, you are the bones of the uncertain river, no one will remember you, but died in the Star Gorge, you are the first warrior of the Ming Dynasty to enter the Western Regions! He was the first hero to enter the Western Regions since the Han and Tang Dynasties! ”

In the wind, there was no sound of fighting, no shouting, no neighing of war horses, and all the Ming soldiers slowly raised their blades and looked at Wang Jin.

"With so-and-so, towards the Star Gorge!" Wang Jin raised the horse lance in his hand, "If you die, you will die, you should die vigorously in battle, and you should only die in battle!" ”

"Follow the general to the death!" I don't know who was the first to roar.

"Follow the general to the death!" Countless Ming soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and even the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side couldn't help but take a step back.

Wang Jin twitched his horse fiercely and rode in the lead.

Half of the Ming cavalry in front quickly caught up with the back of the Ming army and formed a standard triangular pyramid formation. It is rumored that during the Warring States Period, the general of Western Qin and Wu Anjun rose from the sky, and in battle, they used the cavalry triangular cone to attack the enemy formation, which was invincible, and the cavalry triangular cone formation was a formation that could give full play to the impact of the cavalry.

At this time, Wang Jin put out the cavalry triangular pyramid, and its meaning is naturally self-evident.

Let's go, bloody and invincible!

Looking at the back of Wang Jin leaving, Huo Liang didn't say a word, and there were no tears in his eyes, because he knew very well that his tears had long been dried by the wind in this wasteland. For the first time, Huo Liang thanked the strong wind on the Gobi Desert in his heart.

"Brothers, come with so-and-so!" Huo Liang's voice was low and even a little hoarse, the Mongolian cavalry had already rushed to chase Wang Jin, and no one killed him for a while, making the remaining two or three thousand Ming army cavalry like children abandoned by heaven and earth.

"Commander, why should we stay?!" A brigade commander stepped forward, his face was full of grievances, he was a subordinate brought out by Huo Liang, and at this time, he was also speaking his heart on behalf of these blank soldiers, "We dare to fight to the death with the Mongolian Tatars like those guys in the Second Division and those guys in the Tianwu Army, why do you want to leave us behind?!" ”

Huo Liang looked at the even hideous face of this subordinate general whom he trusted, and said lightly: "We have more important tasks. ”

"General, we've already killed here, what could be more important than attacking Star Gorge?!" The brigade commander wouldn't budge.

"Even if there are thousands of reluctances and grievances, I can endure them!" Huo Liang suddenly erupted and roared angrily, "Ming soldiers, it is their duty to obey military orders. I chose you because there are still many foot soldiers in the Ming Dynasty's western expedition, and it is impossible to explain all the cavalry here, and someone is still needed to protect Dunhuang City, and someone is also needed to cover the retreat of the foot soldiers desperately when the western expedition fails! ”

Looking at the stunned expressions on the faces of the soldiers around him, Huo Liang's voice was hoarse but irresistible: "Since you have set foot on this land, you must always be ready to die in battle, and now you are not allowed to go into battle just because someone needs to stand up when there are more battles to die!" ”

The brigade commander slowly bowed his hand to Huo Liang: "Obey the order." ”

"Do your bidding!" All the soldiers bowed slightly on their horses.

And not far from them, the sound of fighting continued to come with the wind, knocking on everyone's heart.

"Wuding Riverside Bone, Wuding Riverside Bone, General, you must return safely!" Huo Liang urged the war horse while subconsciously looking northwest.

I don't know if it's endless death there, or if it's the last hope. (To be continued.) )