Hearing the shouts from the north of Jingzhao Mansion, Tang Zhen understood what was happening.

He has figured out the intentions of the Mongolian Tartars, he is equivalent to taking the five thousand cavalry on a desperate road, once the Mongolian army surrounds Jingzhaofu, these cavalry retreat from Baqiao, and there is no way to enter the city, Wang Jin is definitely not the kind of person who is so willful that he doesn't care about the life and death of the entire city, and comes to save the cavalry. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the only one who can be relied on is himself, as well as the more than 3,000 cavalry around him.

The two cavalry had already converged on the plain, and in fact it only lasted for half an hour, so that the Ming army lost more than 1,000 people, and the losses on the Mongolian side were obviously not a few, especially the two thousand troops who acted as bait, and now it seems that they have shrunk by half.

The cavalry of the Mongols quickly gathered under the Bayuan, and they did not take Lintong City in their eyes at all, such a small city with only a few hundred defenders, and when the main force of the Ming cavalry on the Bayuan was solved, it could be regarded as a good dessert after dinner.

It's just that the Mongols didn't expect that the Ming cavalry did not take advantage of the terrain of the plain to rush down and fight with them this time, but instead deployed layers of defense, guarding on both sides of the Baqiao, as long as the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the plain, the Ming army did not hesitate to greet with arrows and firearms, so that the Mongolian cavalry, who did not want to use the cost of more dead and wounded than the other party, did not dare to step forward easily for a while.

The two sides confronted each other like this, **** wounds to each other.

"Marquis Yu, are we really not going to retreat to the past?" A capital head stood beside Tang Zhen, holding a bow and crossbow in his hand, with a strong killing intent in his eyes.

Tang Zhen said in a deep voice: "The Jingzhao Mansion has already started fighting, and the main force of the Mongolian Tatars will soon surround it, we have no time to retreat now, and more importantly, it is a good choice to use more than 3,000 cavalry to contain the main cavalry of the Mongolian Tatars." ”

Du Tou was slightly stunned, and then nodded.

And Tang Zhen looked at the Mongolian cavalry wandering back and forth in the Bayuan, and muttered: "Now it's about fighting patience with each other, the Mongolian Tatars know that we are condescending and afraid of too many casualties, so they don't dare to attack easily, now whether they are dead or alive, the decision is no longer in the hands of you and me." ”

Behind the Jingzhao Mansion, there was the rumbling sound of flying thunder cannons, indicating that the Mongolian Tatars had begun to attack the city, and a large number of foot soldiers could be vaguely seen not far from the Baqiao, and the black symbolizing the Mongolian flag was displayed, but this army did not have the slightest intention of feintifying to attack the city, but most of the people were facing the Baqiao array.

Obviously, their task was more to prevent the Ming cavalry from coming over.

"The Mongol Tartars on the south bank of Bashui have moved!" One of the heads suddenly exclaimed.

Rows of Mongol foot soldiers began to move forward to the sound of drums and trumpets, leaving only two thousand men to keep an eye on the city gates, so that the defenders of the city did not dare to act rashly.

Tang Zhen's heart was pinched, obviously the Mongolian Tatars no longer planned to leave their cavalry, after all, for them, it was not a good deal to send a large number of cavalry and foot soldiers to monitor such a Ming cavalry.

At the same time, the Mongol cavalry under the Bayuan also began to move slowly, and the three thousand troops were divided into three directions to prepare for the attack, while the other three thousand troops also gathered their ranks, as long as the front could not be supported, they could go up at any time, thus forming a continuous oppressive attack on the Ming army.

"Can't wait any longer!" Tang Zhen said in a low voice.

It turned out that the 3,000 cavalry was still very safe in this barberland, but if the foot soldiers were also killed now, and the front and rear flanked attack, the 3,000 cavalry in Tang Zhen's hands would be exhausted, after all, no matter how strong the 3,000 cavalry were, it would be impossible to resist a bloody battle with an enemy more than three or four times as strong.

Especially under the premise that the Mongols want to completely annex this Ming army.

"Give the order to go down, split the two teams, break through between the three Mongol offensive formations, and point straight to get rid of the enemy, to the east, to the south of Wei!" Tang Zhen ordered in a deep voice, and Huo Ran drew his saber.

The scarred Tang character flag flew above his head, and all the soldiers bowed slightly at this moment, and their eyes bloomed with a strong killing intent. The war horses neighed lowly, and this moment of reezing had made these selected excellent war horses recover a lot of physical strength, as long as the master spurred, they could still hold their heads high.

"Kill!" Tang Zhen's teeth suddenly erupted with a word.

The cold wind howled, and the biting killing intent rose from the ground!

The cavalry of the Ming army, which had been stationary, urged the war horses at the same time, and the horse lance and war knife flashed with sparkling snow at this moment.

The Mongolian cavalry, who were preparing to attack, did not expect that the Ming army would suddenly kill, and the formation was suddenly a little chaotic. The three thousand-strong teams behind hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, but the formation was sparse, and most of the people rushed out in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to draw their bows and arrows.

The arrows of the Ming army were already coming.

I have to say that Tang Zhen did choose a good opportunity, the Mongols did not open a long queue in order to reduce the killing of firearms and arrows, so there was a big gap in the three columns, and the Ming army chose to attack in the direction of these two gaps, as long as it could tear a hole before the Mongolian cavalry blocked, then the sea was wide and the fish jumped, and the sky was high and the birds could fly.

The Ming army rushed down from the Ba Plain, occupying the advantage of speed, and the Mongolian cavalry needed to turn the horse's head, so by the time the Mongols turned around, they could no longer catch up with the Ming cavalry.

Tang Zhen's saber slammed into the shoulder of a Mongolian cavalryman, blood splattered, and the cavalry had already dodged to one side in pain, and Tang Zhen rushed straight between the two cavalrymen, and the guards behind him raised their knives and cut down the two cavalrymen.

The Ming cavalry of the rear brigade continued to assault forward, rolling up the mud and snow dust, and doubling the small gap.

The Mongolian cavalry also reacted, I have to say that the Mongolian generals who commanded this cavalry still have some ability, the Mongolian cavalry did not directly turn the horse's head to chase the Ming army that had been killed, but the horse went around in a circle in front, so that the horse speed could not be reduced, and at the same time, they relied on their rest and ambush in the past few days, so it was obviously better than the Ming army's horse physical strength, and the intention was to outflank the past from both sides.

If you catch up, you can completely wipe out this headache of the Ming cavalry under the city of Lintong, deter the defenders of Lintong, and even achieve the end of making the city surrender without a fight; If they can't catch up, they can also block the possibility of the Ming cavalry retreating to both flanks, forcing them to choose between turning around and the Mongols desperately and retreating directly into the city.

The Mongols even wished that they would retreat directly into the city, and enter the city under heavy pursuit, which was definitely a dangerous and dangerous move, requiring a very high degree of cooperation between the troops entering the city and the defenders, otherwise it would be easy to expose the flaws, and then the roaring enemy took advantage of this opportunity to divide and surround the city, and even take the opportunity to kill into the city.

Looking at the Mongolian cavalry that had re-surrounded from both sides, Tang Zhen couldn't help but gasp. He could see the meaning of the Mongolian Tartar at a glance, but it was an incomprehensible answer. The war horses under the crotch were panting heavily, the short rest just now did not make them fully recover their strength, if they continued to move forward, Tang Zhen estimated that he would not be able to rush under Lintong City, and he would be surrounded by the Mongolian cavalry on both sides.

Gritting his teeth, Tang Zhen could feel the gazes of the surrounding heads and the Marquis of Yu, obviously they also saw the current situation clearly, and desperately hoped that Tang Zhen could take them out to kill. But Tang Zhen knew that he was just leading so many brothers from one desperate road to another.

The Lintong City in front of it can't be entered, the Lintong City is small, and the grain, grass and firearms stored in it are insufficient, if there are more than 3,000 people, in fact, it can't support it for a day or two. What's more, the hundreds of defenders in the city opened the city gates, and the Mongol cavalry behind them would definitely rush up.

These Mongols are like red-eyed wolves in the steppe, and they can do anything.

The only way now is to disperse the breakout, and if you can run out one by one, at least leave the seeds to rebuild this force later. Although the Mongol Tatars were numerous, in order to ensure the elimination of several relatively large Ming cavalry, they would inevitably let go of those small number of guerrillas.

Tang Zhen clenched his teeth, he had no choice. And just as he was about to give the order, the neighing of war horses was heard in the distance. The horse's hooves trembled more violently than before, and it was evident that a cavalry was approaching at a rapid pace.

Could it be that there are still cavalry of the Mongol Tartars?

The faces of the surrounding generals changed greatly, if there were still Mongolian cavalry wandering around the periphery, it would be considered to disperse and break through, and the first layer of encirclement would be opened, and the second layer would greet them. The Mongol cavalry on the periphery will not let go of any fish that slips through the net.

It's just that Tang Zhen soon found that the Mongolian cavalry that was getting closer and closer on both sides actually slowed down.

A head said with a trembling voice: "Du Yuhou, look at it! ”

Looking in the direction of the sound of horses' hooves, Tang Zhen believed that he would never forget this scene in his life.

The red banner jumped out of the white field, and the black oppressive cavalry came overwhelmingly, like sharp iron spears, piercing the ranks of the Mongolian cavalry who were caught off guard, and the dense sound of fire guns like rain announced that the cavalry was prepared.

What's more, the red flag in front of it is waving in the wind, and the word "leaf" on it can be seen clearly even from such a distance.

In the whole world, there is only one person who can be equipped with advanced individual firearms such as firearms in batches, and use the surname of the royal family as a general. Countless Ming cavalry stopped their steps and looked at the soldiers in Paoze who were getting closer and closer to them in a daze.

They had all come to their senses and understood who it was.

And the surrounding Mongolian cavalry, which was shattered like a wave under the heavy blow, also invisibly told the Ming soldiers that they had escaped death.

"Brothers, His Royal Highness King Ming personally led the army to come, it is the honor of my generation, follow a certain rush!" Tang Zhen's voice was a little hoarse and choked, this feeling of willow and bright was naturally indescribable, but in the face of the great enemy, he had not lost his mind.

Now, although the Mongolian cavalry has been disrupted, but after all, they have a lot of them, and the reinforcements are coming from a long journey, and they must be tired, so at most, with this sudden attack, they can catch the Mongols off guard, once the Mongolian cavalry regrouped, and the foot soldiers on the Bashui side rushed over to support, then even if there was another reinforcement army, I am afraid that there would be no way to save the defeat.

Therefore, the top priority is to cooperate with the reinforcements to completely defeat and defeat the Mongolian cavalry!

The originally exhausted cavalry of the Ming army roared angrily and urged the horses, and they were covered in blood and desperately moved forward against the wind. The horses neighed, and the blades were shining. Just a leaf-shaped banner is enough for them to charge into battle and die without spinning.

Under the city of Lintong, the battle situation took a sharp turn.

The horse lance was heavily pumped on the waist of a Mongolian cavalryman, Jiang Tie galloped across without hesitation, and the Mongolian Tartar who fell off the horse was naturally greeted by the cavalry that came up from behind. Apparently these Mongol cavalrymen were not yet familiar with fighting with the lance.

This spear, which is longer than the spear used by the foot soldiers, and has barbs, thistles, or bones under the head of the spear, has not been seen on the battlefield for a long time. This is the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasty cavalry swept across the Western Regions of the grass on the blade and a symbol of their noble status, but with the decline of the cavalry of the two Song Dynasty and the rise of the northern cavalry, the saber and the supporting cavalry rapid assault operations gradually gained the upper hand, but also made the horse lance gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

But the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was also destined to the rebirth of this kind of blade that symbolized the Han cavalry. Countless Han family sons and daughters have flat-ended sharp horse lances, with irresistible impact and ultra-long attack range, crushing all the enemies who are blocking the way in front of them into powder!

Jiang Tie Huoran raised his horse lance and greeted Tang Zhen and them, who were getting closer and closer in front.

In the cold wind, a thin layer of ice had formed on everyone's armor, and even between the eyebrows, there was frost, but the raging flames in the eyes seemed to be able to melt the ice and snow around them.

Tang Zhen came over in a hurry, accompanied by several heads: "The four compartments of the Shence Army are waiting for Tang Zhen, see His Royal Highness King Ming." ”

Later, Wu Chucai inserted the leaf word flag into the ground, and said with a smile: "Tang Xianggong doesn't need to be so polite, His Royal Highness King Ming is not here." ”

"What?" Tang Zhen and the others were all taken aback, and subconsciously looked at the Ye Zi Jiangqi. If it weren't for His Royal Highness King Ming's visit, then who would have the courage to hold the Ye Zi General Banner and kill all the way under the escort of the Praetorian Guard?

Jiang Tie saw that Tang Zhen and the others were even more puzzled, and hurriedly explained: "When I waited for the crossing of the water, the ice was broken, His Royal Highness the King of Ming was on the ice at the time, and hurriedly went into the water to save people, and carried the wood so that the follow-up troops could hurry across the water to come to support, His Royal Highness's supreme body, personally into the ice water, unfortunately infected with the wind and cold, so I could only stay in Weinan to recuperate, and I did not dare to slack off, and was ordered to rush to support." ”

Wu Chucai added from behind: "Fortunately, it came in time, and we didn't let Tang Xianggong and Brother Pao Ze fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise we would have no face to go to His Royal Highness King Ming to return to his life." ”

Exhaled lightly, Tang Zhen's heart was warm, he couldn't imagine how Ye Yingwu, as the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, jumped into the ice water without hesitation, let alone imagined what kind of consequences His Royal Highness King Ming would face.

He only knew that he was able to stand here safely and securely now, which was exchanged for his life by His Royal Highness King Ming, which was his trust and entrustment to Tang Zhen. Even if he throws his head and spills his blood, he can't disappoint His Royal Highness King Ming!

At that moment, Tang Zhen Huo Ran stretched out his hand and pointed at the Mongolian cavalry retreating in the direction of Bayuan: "Two generals, although our brothers are sleepy and lacking in horses now, but the Mongolian Tartars toss back and forth, and it is not much better, especially now that the Tartars can't figure out where we are coming from, if we take advantage of the victory to pursue, we can wipe them out under the Bayuan, otherwise the Mongols occupy the Bayuan, and cut off the connection between Tongguan, Lintong and Jingzhaofu, and at the same time can overlook Lintong, which is not good for me." More importantly, the Mongol Tatar infantry is very likely to attack Lintong through the Baqiao, and it will be difficult for us to choose between attack and defense at that time, so it is better to take the initiative first. ”

Jiang Tie and Wu Chucai glanced at each other and said in a deep voice: "Tang Xianggong's words are reasonable. ”

Tang Zhen exhaled lightly and looked at the two forbidden army commanders: "This is a gamble, and it is very likely to lose." Once we can't take these Mongolian Tatar cavalry, it is a trivial matter that the whole army is annihilated, and Lintong and Jingzhaofu may not be able to hold it! ”

Slowly holding the reins of the horse, Jiang Tie glanced back at Tang Zhen while ordering the team to be assembled, and said with a smile: "Don't forget Tang Xianggong, our Ming soldiers are best at creating miracles, and our favorite is gambling!" ”

Wu Chucai also let out a rare hearty laugh, urging the war horse.

Tang Zhen shook his head helplessly, he had forgotten the origin of these guys. The Praetorian Guards of the Ming Dynasty are very different from the Janissaries of the former Song Dynasty, the kind of the former Song Dynasty is not even a showmanship, but the Praetorian Guards of the Ming Dynasty are a group of outlaws from beginning to end, a group of slaughtering embryos with strict discipline and cruel killing methods.

They were born for war, they were sharpened in the fire and blood, and from the moment they were formed, they fought in the south and in the north, and they were invincible.

So what else is there to be afraid of!

The battle flag rolled over, the cavalry of the Ming army slowly gathered under the leaf-shaped banner, the blade stained with the enemy's blood was raised again, the low voice of the war horse, the high shout of the general, the field that had gradually fallen silent was once again shrouded in a strong killing intent.

"For Da Ming!" The horse lance in Jiang Tie's hand was raised.

"For Da Ming!" Countless people responded loudly to him.

The war horses gradually accelerated, and one flag after another was unfurled.

In the wilderness, the red tide is rushing and unstoppable. (To be continued.) )