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The horse's hooves walked on the snow, leaving a trail of marks, but soon the marks were covered by countless more marks. The original white field was completely disturbed by the trampling of countless human wheels, flashing silver armor, turning red flags, and brown dirt that had been swayed by men and horses, all kinds of colors rendered on the once snow-white carpet.

"There are still thirty miles ahead of Longzhou." While riding his horse along the road stepped by the person in front of him, Wang Huchen looked at Li Si beside him.

(Author's note: Yongju, now Sinuiju South, North Korea)

"At this time, the forward cavalry should have arrived in Longzhou, if it goes well, it may be able to take Longzhou by surprise, if it misses, it will be difficult for the cavalry to make a difference in the face of the city, so we can only wait for the artillery and flying thunder artillery behind us." Li Si was unhurried, and his fingers tapped lightly on the hilt of his knife.

Wang Huchen nodded, most of the main forces of the Zhen Navy had already been dispatched, and in the face of the enemy in Longzhou, even if it was a direct attack, Wang Huchen was confident that he would be able to end the battle within an hour. After all, the defenders of Longzhou were actually a rabble of Goryeo, Jurchen, and Bohai people, and if it weren't for the lack of Mongol soldiers, I am afraid that they would not have been able to guard the first line of defense of the Mongols in Liaodong.

The Koreans originally belonged to the strong men who were caught, so naturally they did not have much fighting spirit; The Bohai people have always been a semi-ruled and semi-enslaved nation by the Jurchens when they were in the Jin Kingdom, and they have always been an indispensable role in the Jurchen army because they are good at bows and crossbows, but even so the Jurchens did not dare to really let them rush to the front line, and now they have changed masters, and the fighting spirit can be imagined; As for those Jurchens, they already have a common hatred with Mongolia, and they can be used by Mongolia, but in the final analysis, it is because of the persecution of Mongolian sabers, so it is already thankful that they will not desert at that time.

In the face of such an enemy, Wang Huchen basically had no interest in prancing horses and raising swords and fighting, so he asked Wang Dayong to directly lead the forward cavalry to open the way, while he personally led the army to advance behind the palace.

"After Longzhou is the Yalu River, before the Mongol attack on Goryeo is from Longzhou through the Yalu River, indicating that the Yalu River is shallow, easy to build pontoon bridges, and even enough cavalry to pass directly." Wang Huchen said in a deep voice.

Li Si nodded: "And Longzhou is the only city that Mongolia garrisons on the south bank of the Yalu River, once Longzhou is lost, it is impossible for the Mongolian Tatars not to be unaware, so if we want to cross the Yalu River, we must face the possibility of interception by the Mongolian Tatars at any time." This battle seems easy, but it is actually not so easy to win. ”

Wang Huchen clenched the reins of his horse: "Daming was able to come to this day step by step under the leadership of His Majesty, it was struggling in adversity, and it was fought out in the midst of the enemy and the enemy. ”

Before Li Si could answer, a sentry had already rushed over: "General Qiyu, Yushi, supervise and lead the vanguard to break through the gate of Longzhou City and enter the city." The Mongol Tatars on the north bank noticed that the cavalry of the two roads had begun to cross the river, and the number of people was estimated to be around 10,000 people. ”

Wang Huchen and Li Si glanced at each other and took a breath lightly: "It's fast." ”

Li Si slowly drew his saber, and Wang Huchen rushed out of the queue on his horse, and shouted loudly: "Pass on the order, the left flank and the right flank two light horses, immediately follow a certain forward rapid march, the rest of the soldiers, speed up the march, and march forward!" ”

"Hurry up and march forward!" The division commander and brigade commander who led the team had already rushed out of the queue on horseback, leading the personal guard cavalry to rush directly to the front. And all the people who walked forward with the team also ran out of the queue, and loudly urged the soldiers around them to speed up their pace along the side of the road.

Wang Huchen held up his banner and danced in the wind, and the light cavalry on the left and right wings as guards soon caught up with him. The originally silent field has been completely awakened by the continuous undulating shouts, and the main force of the Ming army advancing against the north wind is like a giant dragon rolling across the river at this time, rolling countless wind waves around it, and all the creatures who want to get close to it will be swept into it without hesitation and turn into powder.

Looking at Wang Huchen and the light cavalry team who quickly disappeared from view, Li Si frowned, always feeling that something was wrong. Now the whole team is too long, and the number of cavalry in the town navy is not much, so some of them are sent to act as the vanguard, and now the remaining half is taken away by Wang Huchen, and there are only seven or eight hundred people left to protect the two wings of the foot soldiers, and there is no way to cover the infantry brigade that has stretched the queue too long like a long snake because of the rapid march.

"Pass on a certain order, raise the flag!" Li Si said in a deep voice, although he has not experienced many big battles, but he is definitely not a fledgling newcomer, Ye Yingwu has gone all the way, basically all the big actions and big storms have Li Si's figure behind him, and even the private execution of Jia Nidao and Zhao Yu was done by Li Si, so in the face of such a challenge Li Si is far from the point of stage fright.

Before Li Zi could fly the flag, the sound of horses' hooves "creaking" on the snow was already echoing in the sky, and tens of thousands of Mongolian foot riders appeared on the hills in the distance. I'm afraid that these Mongolian troops who intended to outflank the back of the Ming army did not expect to suddenly meet the main force of the Ming army, after all, the two sides have been engaged in a brutal scout strangulation war in the surrounding wilderness, so even the main army of the Ming and Mongolia does not know the surrounding enemy situation.

After all, the main force of the Ming army has always wanted to find a decisive battle with the Mongolian army, and the purpose of this Mongolian infantry that suddenly appeared on the flank of the Ming army was obviously to cut off the back road of the Ming army.

This unexpected encounter allowed both sides to achieve their goals.

Squinting his eyes, Li sighed and ordered in a deep voice: "All departments stop the rapid march, come here, quickly report the news here to the two generals in front, and tell them that Longzhou must be taken, and there is no need for support here, but I'm afraid they won't be able to wait for reinforcements!" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Li Si immediately added: "This order must be transmitted, at all costs, even if everyone is dead!" ”

Fighting in this unfamiliar place, the army is divided into two roads, which is definitely a taboo for soldiers, but there is no room for change at this point, and what Li Si can do is only to ensure that the communication between the two teams is still unimpeded, and the two sides will not be unable to make possible arrangements in time because they do not know the victory or defeat of the other side.

In the end, the town navy is the army started by Ye Yingwu, this was the main battle army adapted from the right wing of the Tianwu Army, and they have not forgotten their glory and duty as the first-class elite of the Ming Dynasty. Although the town navy seems to be definitely the most low-key of the main forces of the Ming Dynasty in peacetime, this does not mean that the town navy has no strength.

You must know that Su Liuyi, the right prime minister of the current dynasty, and Zhang Shijie, the secretary of the military department, are the two founding heroes who are in charge of the military power in the world, and they all went out from the town navy, and the soldiers they brought out should not be underestimated!

There was no need for Li Si to give detailed orders, the army that was originally marching in a hurry almost stopped at the moment when the Chinese army drums sounded, and the commanders, brigade commanders, and division commanders who led the team quickly conveyed orders that had been drilled in peacetime for an unknown number of times. The long snake formation suddenly curled inward, and before the Mongol cavalry could get close, the middle of the large formation had already been disconnected, and the two directions on the south and north sides were respectively formed into two large-scale circular formations.

The venomous snakes will coil in a spiral shape to test the enemy before attacking, and the two infantry circles laid by the Ming army now seem to be two poisonous snakes coiled in the wilderness, which seem harmless to humans and animals, but ready to launch a deadly attack on the prey at any time.

"Array!" The two round formations on the left and right were each personally commanded by two army commanders. This is also why Wang Huchen dared to lead the cavalry to leave after Wang Dayong left. With Li Si here, the two army commanders are there, so even if the offense is unsustainable, the defense can still be done. And the cavalry raid, such a rapid assault battle that cannot be missed, is a little uneasy to hand over to Wang Huchen and Wang Dayong below.

No matter how familiar the Ming generals are with fighting on horseback, in the final analysis, they are all from the foot soldiers of the year, and they are still better than commanding the cavalry.

In the middle of each circle is a drum cart, and on the periphery of the drum cart are flying thunder cannons and artillery, and then on the periphery are fire gunners and crossbowmen, and then spearmen and sword and shield men holding shields, layer upon layer, no matter which direction they choose to attack from, they can be flanked by the surrounding Ming army, and the two circle formations are not far apart, and they can move at any time and take care of each other.

In this empty field, this formation is too conservative, but it is very effective. Faced with such a formation that was difficult to break through the defenses and could attack at any time, the Mongolian cavalry did not rush to provoke, but quickly moved to both sides, trying to avoid being targeted by the Ming army's guns and arrows.

The Mongolian infantry of the rear brigade was slowly pressing up, and the black flags symbolizing the position of the Mongolian 100 and 1,000 men were constantly moving, indicating that this Mongolian infantry cavalry was also quickly adjusted to the reaction of the Ming army after a short period of surprise.

"The formation is scattered, indicating that the veterans of the division are tired or even untrained." Li sighed and sneered. As early as the Mongolian army appeared on the horizon, he led hundreds of cavalry of the Chinese army to jump out of the two circular formations, otherwise Li Si's general flag specifications were higher than the rest of the Ming generals, no matter which side he was on, it was possible to attract the full attack of the Mongolian army, and it was easy to cause the two circular formations to be broken by each, so it was better to take advantage of the rapid movement of the Chinese army's personal guard cavalry to wander outside the circle formation.

After all, tens of thousands of troops lined up in two circles and occupied a large place, and it was not so easy for the Mongol cavalry to bypass and directly attack the Chinese army arranged on the westernmost hillside by Li Si.

"Xianggong, the Mongolian Tartars are up." The guards exhaled softly.

Two Mongol cavalry roared past from the north and south respectively, and it seemed that they were about to go around the circle.

"Don't panic." A smile appeared at the corner of Li Sigh's mouth.

Before the words fell, on the drum cart in the center of the two circles, the Ling flag waved violently, and the silent drum sound sounded again. Almost at the same time, a dense whistling of arrows echoed across the open field with a dull sound of fire, and the Mongol cavalry did not hesitate to release their bowstrings.

"Raise your shield!" The Ming army that led the team gave an order loudly.

The large shields were slightly raised, and the countless small shields were stretched straight upwards, covering the periphery of the circle tightly, and although many arrows hit the shields, few soldiers were actually hit by arrows. The Mongol cavalry galloping across the field was like frightened birds, and at the same time scattered far to the north and south, but even so, hundreds of them fell in the first round of firearms and arrows.

The continuous sound of drums suddenly stopped, and then the soldier with the sledgehammer smashed the drum hammer on the cowhide drum.

"Boom!" A drum sounds, and the rhyme is long.

Hundreds of flying thunder cannons and artillery roared at the same time, and shells and explosives roared violently, as if the entire sky was torn apart by this arc.

The shells smashed directly into the Mongolian cavalry, ploughing through the flesh and blood passages, and then countless explosive packs also fell into it, and the explosion rumbled, and the people turned on their backs.

"Open!" In the middle of the two circles, the drums beat again continuously, and the large array opened at the same time from the westernmost side, and the spearmen rushed towards the panicked Mongol cavalry, and the rows of spears were leveled at the same time in the sun. This is the waves of steel, the forest of steel.

The beauty of the killing is vividly displayed at this moment.

The Mongol cavalry, which was originally scattered, was quickly overwhelmed by the spearmen of the Ming army who suddenly killed them.

A venomous snake coiled in a spiral shape that only needs one blow to kill its prey.

At this moment, like the sound of killing from afar, the Mongolian foot soldiers who have been adjusting have finally found the most suitable time, and now the Ming army's impeccable array opened all of a sudden, and the spearmen with only a layer of light armor on their bodies were all dispatched, leaving only the outermost shield hand and the fire hammer and crossbowman inside, as long as they can touch the periphery of the Ming army's round array, they can directly defeat the Ming army's largest reliance.

Tens of thousands of Mongolian foot soldiers marched at the same time, swords and spears flashed, and there were many figures.

Standing on the hillside and watching the whole process, Li Si breathed a sigh of relief and put away his clairvoyance.

The two incomplete circular formations under the hillside have been dispersed at the same time, and the middle is naturally concave inward, and the spearmen of the Ming army who have been scattered on both sides have not withdrawn in a hurry, but only guarded on the left and right wings, making the original two circular formations become crescent formations again.

"Shield open!" The flags fluttered, shields parted, and the heavily armored warriors armed with great axes walked out of the array with heavy steps.

"Put!" In the sound of the drums, countless heads shouted loudly.

Flying thunder cannons and artillery roared at the same time, and this time the Ming army did not hesitate to fill the artillery with flowering shells. After many tests and improvements, the quality of the flowering shell of the Ministry of Engineering has been getting better and better, and it has been able to ensure a fairly high probability of exploding, not to mention that even if there is no way to explode, it can also be used as a solid shell, but the cost is a little higher.

The rumbling sound of cannons swept countless snow, dust and mud, and although the Mongolian infantry in the impact had spread out very much, there were still people falling in such a dense rain of shells, and some of the shells could even knock seven or eight people around them to the ground at the same time.

Blood and slush were mixed together, severed arms and stumps were falling from the sky, and even the howling north wind was already filled with the smell of blood.

"Put!" Another round of artillery fire, all loaded with solid shells.

As the distance between the Mongol soldiers became closer and denser, even a much cheaper solid shell could achieve the same effect as a flowering shell.

Flesh and blood passages ploughed out of the crowd.

And the crossbowmen and firecrackers of the Ming army no longer even needed to aim in the face of the enemy who was close at hand.

On the vast snowfield, countless Mongolian foot rider corpses have even made people unable to see the original land. A black banner full of arrows and fiery iron bullets made holes, fluttering powerlessly in the wind. On this road of death, the Mongol infantry almost exhausted the last of their blood.

The next moment, the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army marched into the sparse crowd with a steady pace, just like the gods and legends dancing in the gods, where they were, there was only blood and rain.

Massacre, one-sided slaughter.

Li Si stood on the hillside, his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife, and was silent.

The commanders, division commanders, brigade commanders, capital heads, and even the soldiers of the town navy looked at the scene of the sea of corpses and blood in front of them, and were silent.

Now the Ming army's one-sided massacre of Mongolia often appeared in the battle between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty just a few years ago, but at that time, it was the Song army that was killed all over the ground and fled in the wilderness, but I don't know how long ago, the two sides actually swapped places.

The Jurchens, the Bohai people, the Goryeo people, and even the Mongols, I don't know how many people are running around in the wilderness, I don't know how many people are kneeling on the ground and shivering, and I don't know how many people are looking at the Ming soldiers who are getting closer and closer.

The ancestors of these people once made the Han people prostrate like this a hundred years ago, and they were bullied and humiliated a hundred times more cruel than this. And today, it's their turn.

"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi," Li sighed, "a hundred years ago, who would have thought that there would be today's scene?" ”

A sentry rode up the hill quickly, and said loudly with one hand: "Qi Qi Xianggong, General Wang has led the vanguard to defeat the Mongolian cavalry crossing the river!" ”

Li Si nodded, and immediately ordered loudly: "Order all departments, clean up the battlefield, and go north!" (To be continued.) )