Chapter 1136: Grass Duel

readx; After the heavy snowfall, the grassland is a desolate and dead world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoMigratory birds have already flown away, wolves have also burrowed into the mountains, snakes, rats, insects and other animals have either hibernated in the soil in advance, or have been frozen to death, and as far as the eye can see, it is all white and without a trace of life.

However, in this land that is almost a forbidden area of life, there are 6,000 Ming cavalry wrapped in thick cotton clothes, stepping on more than half a foot of deep snow, and rushing towards the direction of Baiyangyu! Their legs have long been frozen, and many people have long bloody cuts on their faces and hands, but the blood is boiling in their bodies, and a strong belief is supporting them to gallop: block the Tartars, kill them all, and avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty!

If it was in the past, Amin would never have taken these 6,000 Ming cavalry into account. Both the Liaodong Plain and the Mongolian steppe are the home of the nomads, and the Han army has no way to exert it here.

First of all, the Han people marched on the grassland and needed supplies, and when they went deep into the grassland and desert for hundreds of miles, they would have to retreat because of the lack of food and grass. In the long history of thousands of years of repeated contests between nomads and the Central Plains Dynasty, the army of the Han people has also been strong many times, and even more than 200 years ago, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, also drove five times to conquer Mongolia, but all of them returned in vain, which is the reason.

And the nomads do not need supplies on the steppe, the steppe itself is their supply. Their military rations consisted of cattle and sheep, and without cattle and sheep there were hares, wild wolves, and birds, and if they did not have these, they could survive tenaciously by eating grass roots and drinking dew. This is a skill they have honed over thousands of years of struggle against the cruel natural environment, and the Han people cannot do it in any way.

Second, the Han people were not familiar with the geography of the steppe, and could not even distinguish the direction, and as soon as they entered the grassland, they became deaf and blind, and could not find the enemy at all. Even during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, when the Han army was at its peak, Huo Quai's northern Xiongnu and his wolf Juxu only passed through the southern region and reached the central part of the Mongolian Plateau. The Huns continued to flee north, and Huo Quai's illness was helpless.

Nomads, on the other hand, are at home in the savannah, and with their almost innate skills, they know exactly where they are going, how far they have traveled, and where they are now. At the same time, they can accurately judge the enemy's position through the clues left by the march, so they are almost invincible in the battle against the Han army.

Third, the nomads themselves are stronger and good at shooting than the Han Chinese, especially the war horses are much better than the Han people. Fighting on the vast and flat grasslands is actually to run faster and farther than anyone else, and to be more accurate than anyone else's archery skills, and the Han army is undoubtedly at an overall disadvantage in these aspects.

With the above several factors, Amin certainly would not be afraid to fight with the Ming army on the grassland. Unfortunately, none of these factors are present today. Because the Qing army was going to get out of the pass, the Ming army was coming to intercept it, and the Qing army was behind the mountains, and it was impossible to play a roundabout battle, so it could only rush through.

Amin also knows that the current white flag is at the end of the crossbow, and if he fights again, he may be wiped out. But the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, and there was no choice but to charge. The trapped beast is still fighting, and when it comes to this, Amin will let go, he threw off the fox fur on his body, raised his saber and roared: "Manchurian warriors, if you don't want to die here, rush out of the pass with this king, crush this Ming army, and come back next year to take revenge and kill !! With that, he rushed down first.

The 3,000 cavalry that followed Amin were also the most elite troops in the white flag, loyally following their master to fight their way. They rushed down from the mountain, which was a bit cheap; However, the Baiyangyu Pass is very narrow, and it is a water pass, so it is naturally not fast to wade through the ice, so the Qing army can only be regarded as a fish out. The Ming army on the opposite side was lined up with a long wall, and it was pressed flat, and the Qing army undoubtedly suffered a big loss in terms of the investment of troops.

As the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, both the Ming and Qing armies could see each other's faces clearly, and even their expressions could be seen clearly. The face of the Qing army was hideous, with a little panic in it; Ming Jun's face was angry, and his anger was full of shameful expectation! At this moment, all the sounds on the battlefield seemed to be inaudible, and the eyes of both sides were only the enemy, and the cold light of the arrows on the enemy's bows!

"Snort!" Both sides fired their bows and arrows at the same time, and the rain of arrows almost obscured the sunlight that had just emerged from the clouds. In this situation of hedging by the cavalry, everyone could not hide, and there was nowhere to hide, so they could only rush up to the rain of arrows, and also return fire with bows and arrows, shooting more arrows before they were hit. In other words, see who has the harder life, yourself or the enemy!

As the rain of arrows fell, many cavalrymen on both sides fell from their horses, but no one had time to pay attention to them, because the fiercest and most brutal close combat was about to come. Twenty steps, ten steps, five steps, each side raised its blades, and a dull and hoarse roar erupted from its chest, and with all its strength, it slashed at the enemy on the opposite side!

"Boom!"

The two armies finally collided fiercely and began a desperate fight. The Qing army relied on its skillful cavalry and archery, and frequently shot the Ming army with bows and arrows at close range; The Ming army, on the other hand, relied on its superiority in strength and great courage not to be afraid of sacrifice, and quickly tore the Qing army into many pieces and ate them piece by piece.

Amin was already red-eyed at this time, he almost forgot that he was going to retreat, and chose a place surrounded by the Ming army to rush and rescue one after another of his subordinates who were about to be annihilated. And the Ming army also saw that he was a general of the Qing army, and shouted while bravely pursuing: "Kill all the Tartars and capture Amin alive!" ”

Suddenly, a young Ming general rushed to Amin and stabbed him with a spear. Without thinking about it, Amin swung his knife and slammed it into the iron spear. Don't look at Amin is nearly fifty years old, and he still has brute strength, the young general suddenly felt that he couldn't hold the barrel of the gun, and in a hurry, he took the spear out of his hand and flew out, and smashed it straight at Amin.

Amin sneered, and with a swift swing of the spear he slashed down. At this time, the two horses had already made a mistake, and Amin slashed off the opponent's head with a backhand, thinking that you are defenseless, and I will not take your head with this knife.

Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the young general suddenly pulled out something from his thigh, raised his hand and gave it to Amin. I only heard a loud "bang", and although Amin had tried his best to dodge, he was still hit in the right shoulder, and he turned over and fell from his horse!

However, just when Ming Jiang looked down, one of Amin's feet was still hooked to the stirrup, and at this time, he used all his strength to push upward, and turned over and sat back on the horse, and then turned the horse and lost the way!

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