Hebei, Quang Binh Province, Julu County.

Gradually, the wind began to rise again. Rolling up snow dust all over the ground, wrapped in the woods and rampage, crashing into the pine leaves rustling. The sky was gradually overcast, and the dark clouds were piling up from a distance, but the color was a dark yellow and close to blood, as if indicating a bloody battle, which would soon descend on the earth.

Kublai Khan chose this place, called Julu, as the venue for his decisive battle with the Ming and Tang allied forces, only because it was more famous, and a fierce battle took place a thousand or hundred years ago that decided the fate of the Qin Dynasty. Kublai Khan was not very familiar with the terrain around the giant deer. After all, when he stepped onto the big stage of history, this place had long been under the firm control of the Mongol Empire!

In fact, when this storm and snow were approaching, it was the first time that Kublai Khan inspected the terrain around the giant deer and the enemies who were descending the village.

Boyan Lema was beside Kublai Khan, looking around vigilantly. In order to escort the Great Khan to the battlefield, the cowardly Xue army dispatched five thousand troops, three of which were around Kublai Khan, and the other two were spread out on the left and right flanks of Kublai Khan, and were engaged with the Ming army's Eight Banner Soldiers, and the sound of people shouting and neighing could be faintly heard - the existence of these Eight Banners soldiers was a nightmare for the Mongols! These fishermen and hunters, who grew up in the forests of eastern Liaodong and Liaozhong mountains, were as skilled at riding and archery as the Mongols. Moreover, the harsh living conditions tempered them, making these savages more persevering and hard-working than those Mongolian warriors who were born in peace. What's even more odious is that these savages are now armed and organized by Chen Dexing, who has prepared the best steel armor and the best bows and arrows for them. The best long knives, and a well-organized set. The Eight Banners system with clear rewards and punishments. Turn them from savages into the best warriors! It was also the most difficult enemy for the Mongol warriors......

The main force of the Ming army is very powerful, covered in steel armor. Invulnerable, and powerful firearms. But they are only mounted infantry, and only when they form a formation and resist the battle, can they give full play to their combat effectiveness. It is of little use to scatter the lone sergeants. Therefore, they can be used to fight in battle, but they cannot be used to control the battlefield, and they are not very useful in pursuing fleeing enemies. Without the cooperation of the Eight Banners, no matter how powerful these steel-covered soldiers were, it would be difficult for them to exert their might...... At least in the open Northland. Without a strong cavalry corps, it is impossible to seize the initiative on the battlefield.

But now......

Boyan sniffled: "Great Khan, the warriors are fighting against the Eight Banners of the Ming Thief!" ”

He tactfully reminded Kublai Khan, hurry up, and leave after reading it, lest the warriors lose too much! Fighting against the Eight Banners soldiers in steel armor, even if it is cowardly, Xue Xiao is not an opponent. After all, the cowardly Xue is a cavalryman in armor, and the weapons he uses are still scimitars, spears, and bows and arrows, not maces. There were no bells or camels. And scimitars and bows and arrows can't break through steel armor at all, and the only thing that is somewhat useful is a carbine, or simply shoot the opponent's horse with a bow and arrow......

Kublai Khan hadn't slept for almost three days, after leaving Wei County from the army. He hadn't really slept at all, at most he closed his eyes and squinted for a while. But they all woke up in the blink of an eye, and there was always a sense of foreboding in his heart.

Seems...... The battle is about to begin. will make his Mongol army suffer, as if ...... There was something crucial that he overlooked. And what exactly is this key factor? He couldn't remember it anyway.

These days, the double huge overdraft of mental and physical strength is combined with huge psychological pressure. At this moment, Kublai Khan felt cold, and he was staggering on his horse. The cold wind seemed to burrow into his bones. There was a sour smell of sour water in his stomach, and there was a little fishy smell, but he swallowed it anyway.

He can't fall when the big war is coming!

His eyes were so blue that he could barely see what he saw—there was nothing to see. The area is all plains, with a few rivers, but now they are all frozen, and they are no different from peace. The nearby villages have long been deserted, and they have not been inhabited for I don't know how many years, but they can be used as strongholds during the war. And then there's the big woods...... During the decades of Mongol rule in the Northland, the greening must have been done well, and the forest cover must have increased considerably. This made it easier for the Ming army and the Mongol army to build a camp. It was a cold day, and it was not easy to dig a trench in the frozen land, so both sides cut down a forest, tied a lot of horses and deer with timber, and piled them up around their own camps.

The camp of the Ming army was on the south bank of a frozen river - although the river was frozen, there was still a gap between the river bank and the frozen river. It's a natural barrier, but it doesn't seem to be useful......

Kublai Khan felt his spirit slower a little, and he looked at Boyan, who was holding up his binoculars and staring intently ahead, as if there was something that interested him. Kublai Khan also raised the telescope he carried with him and looked ahead. In the wind and snow, the soldiers of the brigade were driving out of the camp of the Ming and Tang coalition forces, spreading out phalanxes on the snow.

Kublai Khan put down his binoculars and laughed in a low voice: "These men are so timid...... There are only a few thousand of us, and they are hula and ...... Oh, almost 10,000 people! Three phalanxes of more than 3,000 people. Shieldmen, archers, pikemen......"

"That's not right!" Boyan suddenly screamed.

"Isn't that right?" Kublai Khan frowned, raised his binoculars again to take a closer look, "What's wrong?" The Han people are in their phalanx......"

Boyan put down the binoculars and turned his head to look at Kublai Khan, his expression was indescribably solemn: "Great Khan, we got the wrong weapon......"

"What got the wrong weapon?" Kublai Khan was stunned.

"We're going to battle with the wrong weapon! Most of the Tang and Ming armies on the opposite side were not equipped with steel armor...... They only have ordinary foot armor and leather armor, and many of them even wear paper armor! You don't need maces, pickles, and camels to beat them, but you should have more bows and arrows and scimitars, but we ......."

Kublai Khan's face became gloomy, his body shook, and he almost fell off his horse! The Mongol army was now equipped to deal with the steel-armored soldiers, so the bows and arrows and scimitars were greatly reduced, and they were equipped with extra-long spears - although spears and bows and arrows could also be equipped at the same time, but the weight of a spear or a six-foot mace plus a foot bow, dozens of feather arrows, a mace, and hundreds of catties of rice flour and horse material was too terrible.

Moreover, the Mongols in the Central Plains now lack horses, and there are no longer two or three horses, except for a few tens of thousands of people who are used as cavalry, most of the 10,000 people are now unable to even get together one person and one horse. If you don't want to reduce the weight and carry such a heavy thing back and forth, or in a heavy snowy day, then you will be tired and tired!

But now, most of the opponents are broken troops wearing leather armor and paper armor...... Obviously they should have shot with a bow and arrow, but the Mongols had to knock it with a mace!

"It's okay!" Kublai Khan gritted his teeth and drove away all the distractions in his heart, and now he said that he had taken the wrong weapon, that is, he had no weapon, and he had to fight with his bare hands. If you don't defeat these 80,000 and 90,000 pursuers, and keep them hanging behind their butts, their 170,000 troops will fall into a desperate situation of being attacked by the enemy at any time - if the main force of the Ming army led by Chen Dexing comes over the line!

"What if you get the wrong weapon?" Kublai Khan smiled deeply, "Now it's 170,000 to 80,000, and I have twice as many soldiers and horses!" Even if you beat it with a mace, you can knock all these men in front of you to death! ”

His tone suddenly became gloomy, "Li Cuixian...... I first beheaded Er's head to sacrifice the spirit of the first Khan in the sky, and then I went to fight to the death with the thief Chen! ”

……

On the other side of the battlefield, Li Cuixian also held a telescope and quietly looked at everything in front of her.

The cold-forged willow leaf armor of the cowardly Xue Jun was polished, even on this snowy day without sunlight, it still showed a striking bright color. And so many cowardly Xue troops must have escorted the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan to explore their military camps.

It seems that Kublai Khan no longer plans to go north, and the battlefield of the decisive battle is on this wasteland south of Julu City!

Li Cuixian said in a low voice: "Kublai Khan has a team of 1780,000 people, and we only have 90,000 people......"

Beside her, are Wang Lufei and Li Xiong. The faces of the two of them were equally solemn, and when they heard Li Cuixian's words at this moment, they glanced at each other. Wang Lufei just said lightly: "Please rest assured, princess, as long as our army sticks to the camp and fights in formation, it is a small number of soldiers, and it can hold out for ten days and a half months, and then the king's soldiers should also arrive!" ”

Li Cuixian glanced at him and said lightly: "When will the king's reinforcements arrive, it's really hard to say, those who command 100,000 troops should not hope for this." ”

Wang Lufei was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he also felt that the words of this princess made sense. Not to mention whether Chen Dexing would think of returning to Hebei after entering Hedong, it is this windy and snowy weather that is very unfavorable to crossing Taihang Mountain!

He nodded heavily, and said in a solemn tone: "Please rest assured, princess...... With or without reinforcements, we can hold on! The Mongols had traveled thousands of miles in heavy snow, and they didn't have much food on hand, so when it came to their situation, it was even more difficult for them! ”

Li Xiong also smiled: "The Mongols are not only tired and lack of food, they are not even capable of fighting now...... Generations of archers and horses have been lost, and they have played with infantry phalanxes like our Han people, with two spears and maces...... It's funny to think about, is this still a Mongol? But we have four banners and eight banners and a thousand Xuanjia cavalry, all of which are the best cavalry! When Ming'er starts the battle, don't let the Han cavalry break through the Mongol infantry formation, right? (To be continued......)