Another day dawns up.

The dawn of spring is very beautiful, the green beads are crisp, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and they are full of life. But the beauty of spring does not belong to this land, on the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of army Chen soldiers, vitality has been safely replaced by killing, except for the grass is still green, the flowers are still blooming with the initial beauty, the little bird that brings joy to the earth, has long been frightened to somewhere.

The more than 80,000 peasant rebels led by Li Yan and the more than 40,000 Datong New Army commanded by Cao Yue had already lined up on this selected battlefield, preparing for a life-and-death duel, and there was an aura of slaughter everywhere.

"Cao Yuezhi has another set of troops, these recruits who have just been recruited, they have such a formation, no wonder he has the confidence to dare to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us," after riding his horse forward, running to a hillside, and inspecting the official and military formations about two or three miles apart in front of him for a while, Li Yan gasped, the Ming officers and troops in front of him were neat and orderly, and they gave people a feeling completely different from the officers and troops they had fought before, which made Li Yan, who had the advantage in strength, even more careless, "It seems that the last time he defeated Jiannu, most of Geng Zhongming's men and horses were wiped out." , not by luck. ”

Li Yan, who has always been known for his strict management of the army, can roughly estimate the combat effectiveness of this group of men and horses when he first looks at the opponent's formation. Although he has a very prejudiced against Cao Yue, he also has to admire a person who is only a weak crown year, who can train a team of tens of thousands of people and horses to look like this in just half a year.

Thinking about the attacks encountered from time to time during this time, Li Yan was afraid again, knowing that today's battle would definitely be difficult to fight.

After observing the situation for a while, Li Yan immediately issued an order, telling the generals to be cautious when they go into battle, and they must not ignore the opponent because of the superiority of troops.

Li Yan hoped that with the 15,000 elite cavalry under his command, he could win the first battle against Cao Yue, overwhelm Cao Yue in momentum, and restore the seriously suppressed morale.

He believed that as long as he won the first battle, the subsequent battles would be easy to fight, and even if he couldn't break through Datong City, he could still win and return.

Like Li Yan, Cao Yue also led a group of personal soldiers to a higher hillside to check the formation of the peasant army led by Li Yan.

Compared with Li Yan, Cao Yue was able to see the opponent's position more clearly because of the telescope in his hand.

After holding a telescope to carefully examine the situation for a while, Cao Yue calmly gave the order, and the whole army moved forward.

Cao Yue's front formation was still the same as the last time he went out of the city to meet Jiannu, and the 5,000 musketeers of the first battalion were arranged in five teams, each with 1,000 men, with pikemen behind and on the flanks, and cavalry guarding the safety on the flanks. This time, Cao Yue pulled all the 12,000 cavalry of the Datong Army out of the city, and the two wings of the musketeers were equipped with 6,000 cavalry, led by Zhao Tai and Zhao Liang, deputy commanders. Behind the cavalry and pikemen was the rest of the infantry.

Before the battle, Cao Yue issued a death order, asking the cavalry led by Zhao Tai and Zhao Liang, as well as the pikemen and infantry troops, to protect the safety of the musketeers at all costs.

The generals in the army, including Zhao Tai, Zhao Liang, Cao Jie and other major military commanders, all knew how much Cao Yue valued the musket battalion, and the great power of the musketeers when they fought against Jiannu last time also made them stunned, so they could fully understand why Cao Yue gave such an order. The cavalry and infantry generals, including Zhao Tai and Zhao Liang, also issued military orders that they would not retreat at any time, and would definitely ensure the safety of the musket battalion, even if they were all killed.

As Cao Yue's order was given, all the men and horses slowly began to move. The cavalry on either flanks escorted the musket battalion on foot, followed by pikemen and other infantry, and the cavalry only slowed down, at the same pace as the musket battalion on foot.

"Big brother, the official army has attacked!" Li Yan's clan brother Li Qing saw the official army coming slowly, and immediately ran to Li Yan to report the situation, and asked for battle: "Big brother, let the younger brother be the first to fight, the younger brother will definitely mess up the camp of the official army." Haha, Cao Yue looked like he had never commanded a big battle, how could he be so equipped with troops, let the infantry army charge in the center, and the cavalry would guard on both sides!"

In Li Qing's eyes, the side that takes the initiative to attack is led by cavalry with fast impact speed, and one or several teams of hundreds or thousands of cavalry to attack the enemy array, so that it can not only quickly rush to the enemy camp, disrupt the enemy's formation, or even defeat it, and rush to kill the momentum that erupts in the species, but also has enough deterrent power, and the army with weak combat effectiveness may turn and run away in fright when the enemy rushes to kill. This kind of thing often appears in the hands of the Ming army and Jiannu, hundreds or even dozens of Jiannu cavalry impact, it is possible to disrupt the formation of tens of thousands of Ming troops, many Ming troops did not wait for Jiannu to rush over, they have already been in chaos, fleeing without a fight.

Cao Yue took the initiative to attack, but instead of making the cavalry attack quickly, he let the cavalry escort the infantry and slowly push forward, which made Li Qingle almost laugh off his big teeth. Isn't such a slow-advancing attack formation just sending over and arrow targets? Without waiting for the opponent to rush to the front of the formation, the side with the superior number can hit the opponent in front of the formation.

At this time, Li Qing was so excited that he didn't know what words to describe it, he felt that the opportunity to defeat the official army and capture Cao Yue was in front of him, and he wanted to be the first to fight, and he couldn't let the head credit fall into the arms of others.

But Li Yan was not happy at all, he did not agree with what Li Qing said, Cao Yue's tactics were very naïve, and he would become his own target after a while. Cao Yue dared to deploy his troops in this way, and dared to use cavalry to escort the infantry to attack, he must have his own reasons.

It's just that how Cao Yue broke through Shengjing, how to resist the counterattack of Jiannu, and how to eliminate Geng Zhongming's men and horses under Datong City last time, the real details have not been circulated, and Li Yan can't get the most authentic information, he doesn't understand that Cao Yue is preparing to give full play to the musket battalion's more powerful and farther attack ability than bows and arrows.

Li Yan knew that the Ming army was equipped with a large number of muskets, and the range of muskets was longer than that of bows and arrows.

The Ming army approached like this, and Li Yan had no other choice but to attack before the Ming army made further moves.

Li Qing's request for war was satisfied, and Li Yan ordered him to be the first to lead his army into battle after the Ming army was attacked.

Before he could figure out the purpose of the army, Li Yan was not prepared to attack in a hurry, at most he only sent a number of men and horses to attack the flank of the Ming army.

But just as Li Yan urgently changed the arrangement, the men and horses commanded by Cao Yue had slowly advanced to the point that they were only about a mile away from the peasant army, their marching pace slowed down, and the muskets in the hands of the infantry army in the center were also raised.

The Ming army was still advancing slowly like this, without any changes, Li Yan couldn't help it anymore, he knew how much pressure the officers and troops would have on his men and horses by pressing in slowly, so he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack on all fronts, and the infantry army followed suit, wanting to take advantage of the advantage in strength to defeat the officers and troops who were obviously inferior in numbers.

And just when the cavalry of the peasant army began to prepare for an attack, the slowly advancing Ming official army immediately stopped advancing, and the musketeers of the first team were ready to shoot.

"Ready, shoot!" With Cao Jie's order, a deafening sound sounded in the Ming army's array, and thick gunpowder smoke also floated up from the array.