In the northern grassland of the Daning Dynasty, there is no strong grassland people, more than 400 years ago, the grassland was the history of the Khitan and the Hui two powers, and gradually formed the pattern of the East Khitan and the West Hui, the Wu Zhou Dynasty in the joint Khitan to exterminate the Hui Dynasty, the Khitan gradually sat big, began to threaten the Central Plains, from the Wu Zhou year, the Central Plains Dynasty began to carry out a tug-of-war with the Khitan for 50 years.

The founding emperor of the Daning Dynasty, Emperor Fu Tieli, was the general of the Daning Dynasty, led an army of 400,000 to the north to conquer the Khitan, and after defeating the Khitan in the first battle of Mayi County, he immediately added himself to the yellow robe in Taiyuan Mansion and founded the Daning Dynasty.

In the next 100 years, the Daning Dynasty repeatedly defeated the Khitan, the Khitan was beaten back to the line of the Liaohe River, the vitality was greatly damaged, the Khitan had to surrender to the formal Daning Dynasty, in the long period of the next two hundred years, the Khitan repeatedly infighting, never restored the former grassland overlord, even the Xi and Xia tribes that were originally annexed by it were able to re-read the power, and at this time the grass principle was distributed large and small hundreds of small tribes, Hui, Turkic, Mongul, Servant and so on.

In the middle of July, the heat on the grassland has receded, and it begins to cool down in the morning and evening, the sky is high and cloudless, as if a blue gem dome is shrouded in this boundless grassland, and in the distance of the north, the black mountains are faintly visible, which is the famous Yudujin Mountain.

In the afternoon of that day, a contingent of several thousand people appeared on the grassland south of Yudujin Mountain, which was composed of 1,000 heavy soldiers and 2,000 musket guards, carrying 5 million taels of silver to Xiliang, and 1,000 carts stretched for several miles, of which about 400 were silver carts, and the other 600 were carrying grain and tea.

The army went north by boat, borrowed the Khitan to enter the grassland, and the Chuzhou warship entered the Liao River, threatening and luring in the form of artillery and tea, and finally under the coordination of Qi Ruifu, the Khitan was forced to agree to borrow the road and accepted the borrowing fee of 1,000 quintals of tea, and the silver army successfully passed through the territory controlled by the Khitan and entered the grassland.

Along the way, the silver army exchanged tea for cattle and sheep, marched for more than a month, the carts were empty of 400 carts, and there were 200 wagons of tea and grain, but their destination was also approaching, they were going to Juyanhai, where there were 3,000 Xiliang garrisons, and Zhang Chongjun specially sent a general to meet them.

The chief general of the silver protection army is called Lu Hanfei, a native of Hejian County, seven feet tall, full of beard, making a hundred pounds of big iron spear, he was originally a captain of the plum blossom guard, after coming to Chuzhou, he was promoted to the captain, and then promoted to the commander of the general, commanding 10,000 new troops, this time with his trip to the silver grassland, it was 3,000 new troops under his command.

"Steward Liu, what kind of tribe's territory is in this area?" Lu Hanfei asked, pointing to the surrounding grassland with a horsewhip.

Steward Liu is Qi Ruifu's chief steward in charge of trade with the grassland, more than 50 years old, has been traveling back and forth between the Central Plains and the grassland for 20 years, and is very familiar with the situation of the grassland.

He is a businessman, pay attention to harmony and make money, and he often goes to Lu Hanfei's hometown Hejian County, so everyone gets along very well along the way, he pointed to a river in the north and smiled: "There is the Swan Water south of Yudu Jin Mountain, it should go forward for about two more days, it is the old town of Yudu Jin Mountain, there are 200 households, it is the place where businessmen must settle down when they come to the grassland, we can rest and recuperate there, but this area is not very peaceful, north of Swan Water is the territory of the Mengwu tribe, they are aggressive and easy to rob, General Lu should be careful. ”

Lu Hanfei laughed, "It's so dull that people will be suffocated along the way, it's best for them to rob!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a soldier shouted: "General, look, there are spies!" ”

Lu Hanfei looked north, only to see a few small black spots on the other side of the swan water, they were horseback riders, there were no cattle and sheep around, they should not be herdsmen, several horseback riders looked at them for a while, and then turned around and went north.

"It's a damn Mugul!"

Steward Liu said worriedly: "The Mugwu people are a branch of the Murowei people, and the relationship with the Khitan is very good, they should get the news of the Khitans, the Khitans are afraid of the artillery, and they dare not touch you, but they are not reconciled, so they notified the Mughurs and asked them to come forward to rob the silver, the Mughurs are known as the night wolves of the grassland, they will come out at night, we have to be careful!" ”

Lu Hanfei stared at the spies in the distance and smiled coldly, "I'm afraid they won't come!" ”

．．．．．．．． At night, a curtain like black velvet shrouds the grassland, and the flannel cloth is adorned with dots of gems, shining brightly in the night sky.

The silver guard army was stationed with the back of the swan water, they chose the widest section of the river, the river was more than ten zhang wide, two zhang deep, it was difficult for the Mughal people to cross the river in this section, they would generally choose a section of the river fifty miles upstream to cross the river, that section of the river was more than ten miles long, although it was also very wide, but it was not deep, the river was only the belly of the horse, and it was very suitable for riding a horse to swim through the water.

Lu Hanfei was born in the Meihuawei, and had special training in dealing with the Hu cavalry attacking the camp, so he ordered people to surround 600 baggage carts into three semicircles inside and outside, put 400 taels of silver carts and horses and livestock in the inner circle, 2,000 musketeers lay on the outer circle carts, and even 1,000 baggage soldiers were also armed with bows and arrows, mixed in the middle of the musketeers.

They did not burn the mutton on the bonfire tonight as usual, but each of them hastily ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and drank a little water, and the soldiers understood that if there were 3,000 troops to escort them, and the Mughal people dared to come to attack at night, then they would have to come at least 10,000 people.

The night of the grassland was as cool as the water of the Swan River, gently blowing the faces of each soldier, there were only a hundred veterans in the two thousand musket army and the one thousand baggage army, and all the others were the new army of Jianghuai who had just joined the army for a few months, although everyone had undergone strict training, but they were really facing the war, and all the soldiers seemed a little nervous.

Lu Hanfei sat in a big car, he held a mortar cannon in his hand, and looked at the surrounding situation coldly, Steward Liu and a dozen other Qi Ruifu men each issued a knife, and they all hid in the silver cart, feeling uneasy.

Time passed little by little, it was already one watch, there was still no movement on the grassland, some soldiers began to get tired, at this moment, the eastern sky suddenly bloomed a spark, followed by sparks in the south and west in the sky, this is the outer scouts to find the enemy's rocket, the Mughal people actually killed from three directions at the same time.

Lu Hanfei's eyes narrowed, it seemed that the Mughal had been planning for a long time, and it was definitely not a temporary robbery.

"Pass my orders and shoot in fifty paces!"

At this moment, the earth began to tremble, and the thousands of horses surrounding the inner circle were also a little uneasy, and more than a hundred grooms did their best to calm their emotions.

The grassland began to sound like a thunderous sound, this is the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping, under the starlight, only to see a long black arc faintly appear a few miles away, getting closer and closer, sure enough, it is black pressing, overwhelming the grassland cavalry, they are getting closer and closer, it has reached three hundred steps away, the screams and wolf-like roars can be heard clearly, 10,000 grassland cavalry like a frenzy to the musket garrison, they are dancing with war knives, with a hideous smile on their faces, just like the hungry wolves on the grassland.

In an instant, they had rushed to a hundred paces away, their murderous aura had enveloped the entire grassland, and the soldiers were trembling with nervousness, and at the moment when many soldiers hesitated, the Mughal cavalry had rushed seventy paces away, and the overwhelming arrows shot towards the inner circle.

"Bang!" I don't know who fired the first shot first, and suddenly the gunfire was loud, the flames splashed everywhere, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the heads of the soldiers, and suddenly the screams resounded through the grassland, and the Mughuls who ran in front fell off their horses one after another, and the bullets came without a trace, coupled with the piercing gunfire and firelight, the Muguls were taken aback, and they turned their horses and ran away, leaving hundreds of corpses and wounded people and horses.

The grassland was quiet for a moment, and at this time, Steward Liu stepped forward and whispered to Lu Hanfei: "General, the Mugultures will generally attack three times, and they will give up if they fail to do so three times. ”

Lu Hanfei nodded, and ordered the heavy soldiers: "Bring up all the mortars!" ”

The mortar cannon is not heavy, five feet long, open, weighs about eighty catties, one cannon can shoot hundreds of fine iron pellets, it is a sharp weapon against the grassland cavalry, this time they specially brought fifty mortar cannons, I didn't expect to use them tonight.

The baggage soldiers lifted the mortars onto the carriage and fixed them to the cart, and the gunners skillfully filled them with gunpowder and iron pellets.

The shouts in the distance came again, and the unwilling Mugultures launched a second assault, and Lu Hanfei ordered: "Shoot in a hundred steps!" ”

He is also accumulating experience, the Mughal bows and arrows are about sixty paces long, and the speed of the horses is too fast, the first time they are frightened and flee, if they are not afraid of muskets, the soldiers will suffer greater casualties, just a short impact, nearly twenty soldiers were wounded by arrows, and more importantly, the Muguls have no armor, a hundred paces away, the bullet is enough to pierce their chests.

Once again, the Mughal cavalry rushed in a frenzy, their greed for five million taels of silver overriding their fear of muskets, and this time they were swifter and more murderous.

The musketeers had their first experience, their confidence was greatly increased, and they were no longer as nervous as before, and a hundred paces away, the gunfire rang out again, 'Bang! Bang! The guns rang out, and the bullets were accompanied by the arrows of the baggage soldiers, and they rained down on the Mughal cavalry.

The Mugul, who were skilled in horsemanship, also learned their lesson, and hid behind their horses, or hung sideways on their horses to shoot arrows, and never confronted the musketeers head-on, but the bullets had no eyes, and they did not distinguish between men and horses, and the horses neighed miserably and fell to the ground, and the fallen cavalry was trampled like flesh by the horses behind.

Although a large group of war horses were shot down, the casualties of the Mengwu cavalry were still greatly reduced than the first time, after someone landed, they immediately turned over and jumped on the horses of their companions, in an instant, they rushed to fifty paces away, sharp arrows shot at the Chuzhou army, a soldier screamed, the arrow pierced his face, another soldier was also shot through the throat by the arrow, rolled off the car, there were continuous screams among the Chuzhou soldiers, casualties began to appear.

At this moment, a series of earth-shattering explosions sounded on the grassland, fifty mortar cannons were fired at the same time, dense iron sand shot towards the group of Mughal cavalry like a storm, sweeping everything, a large number of Mughal cavalry fell, tens of thousands of fine iron sand made the Mughal cavalry suffer a catastrophe, almost all the cavalry of fifty steps were shot, more than two thousand cavalry fell under the iron sand cannon, they finally chilled, this is the arrival of the gods, they shouted in fear, turned their horses' heads and fled, fifty mortars fired again, together with the soldiers' muskets, The slow-running Mughal cavalry were shot and landed....... When the smoke cleared, the soldiers saw a hellish scene on earth, rivers of blood, corpses of men and horses covered the grassland, groans and pleadings, and at least 3,000 Mughal cavalry were killed and wounded.

After waiting for a long time, there was no third assault, and a scout came back to report that the enemy had fled far away and would not return, and a cheer of victory suddenly sounded on the steppe.

Lu Hanfei smiled proudly, he wanted to send this brilliant battle report to His Highness immediately! ——

(To be continued)