"Marquis Zhenwu, Turpan and Eastern Chagatai are secretly colluding, once Turpan occupies the land of Guanxi, then the Ming Dynasty will face the threat of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

After experiencing the initial panic, Timur found that the negotiation with Li Yuntian was not as easy as he expected before, so he reached out and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and after a deep groan, he said solemnly to Li Yuntian, "Our Guanxi Qiwei has always been at odds with Dongchagatai, and we will definitely not have an affair with it, so as to ensure that the Ming frontier is safe and worry-free." ”

"Even if Turpan has colluded with Eastern Chagatai, at least it has not invaded the Ming Dynasty, and you Guanxi Qiwei took advantage of the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty to bring disaster to Jinggi, how can you let the emperor trust you in the future."

Li Yuntian realized that Timur had messed up, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but flash a subtle smile, and he sneered and glared at him expressionlessly and said.

Unconsciously, Li Yuntian overwhelmed Timur in momentum, and because he showed a tough posture, Timur gradually fell into his rhythm and was led by his nose to move forward.

"Zhenwuhou, I waited until I was deceived and coerced by the Northern Yuan this time to do a foolish thing, and I will never make this kind of mistake again in the future, and I hope that Zhenwuhou can Haihan."

Hearing this, Timur's face suddenly became more ugly, if the Ming Dynasty decided to destroy the Seven Guards of Guanxi, then they would not be able to return to Guanxi at all, even if they were lucky enough to defeat the Liaodong Ming army led by Li Yuntian and escape from Beizhili, then if they lost the cover of Tatar and Warat, they would definitely be wiped out by the Ming army along the way, so they hurriedly got up and bowed their hands to Li Yuntian, and said with a smile on their faces:

"Zhenwu Hou, the enemies of the Ming Dynasty are the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai, Turpan will definitely not be as conscientious as us to protect the Western Regions for the Ming Dynasty, and I hope that the Hou Ye will have a lot of good words in front of the emperor, even if the Hou Ye does not look at the hard work of our Guanxi Seven Guards to guard the frontier of the Ming Dynasty in the past, he should also think about the soldiers of the official army, they should have gone home to reunite with their families, and there is no need to die in the battle with us."

"I knew why I had to do it in the first place!" Li Yuntian saw that Timur had taken a warm offensive, and knew that Timur had been forced into a desperate situation by himself, so he frowned and stared at Timur who was nervous for a while, and then sighed helplessly, and said solemnly, "If you are willing to go to the capital to ask the emperor for guilt and severely punish the evildoers who disturb the people, then Benhou will suspend the offensive and wait for the emperor's order." ”

"This ......" Timur suddenly looked embarrassed when he heard this, who of the leaders of the Seven Guards of Kansai now dares to go to the capital, wouldn't that be self-defeating?

"The emperor is broad-minded and has always been benevolent to the people, just as you can change your past mistakes, the emperor will definitely forgive you for your crimes." Li Yuntian knew that Timur had concerns in his heart, so he looked at him with a stern expression, "This is the only opportunity for your Kansai Qiwei, if you don't grasp it well, there will be no such shop in this village." ”

"Marquis Zhenwu, this king is nothing, but I'm afraid that others will not be persuaded to go to the capital so easily." Timur said to Li Yuntian with a wry smile, now that the Seven Guards of Kansai have an army of 80,000 in their hands, it is indeed not easy for the leader of the Seven Guards to be captured obediently.

"Hmph, if you don't have the heart of the Yellow River, you won't die, since that's the case, then let's fight!" Li Yuntian suddenly sneered when he heard this, he had long known that he would not calmly subdue the leaders of the Seven Guards of Guanxi who were heavily armed.

"Marquis Zhenwu, this king will definitely persuade them to ......" Timur suddenly became anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said, once the two sides fight, the Kansai Qiwei will be completely finished.

"You misunderstood what Ben Hou meant." Without waiting for Timur to finish speaking, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to interrupt him, "What Ben Hou said is different from the usual battle, you and I each select 3,000 elite soldiers to fight on the battlefield, if you win, Ben Hou will ask the emperor to let you go back to Kansai, but if you lose, you must do what Ben Hou said!" ”

"Marquis Zhenwu, will you really say good things to us from the emperor?" Timur was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with surprise, he knew that Li Yuntian was a popular man in front of Emperor Xuande, and now he had defeated Tatar and Warat and made great contributions, if Li Yuntian opened his mouth to intercede with Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande would let them return to Guanxi Qiwei nine times out of ten.

"A gentleman's word, a quick horse." Li Yuntian nodded expressionlessly, then got up and said, "You discuss and reply to Ben Hou tomorrow, and if you agree, you will fight on the Bison River in the north of Wei County the day after tomorrow." ”

As he spoke, Li Yuntian walked towards the door, he had already achieved the purpose of coming this time, so there was no need to stay here any longer.

"Master Hou go slowly!" Seeing this, Timur hurriedly got up and personally sent Li Yuntian out of the city.

Two days later, in the north of Wei County, Bison River.

The Bison River is a flat, open area surrounded by rolling hills with gentle slopes, suitable for large army battles.

At this moment, the hills on the north and south sides of the Bison River were densely packed with soldiers.

The camp in the north is the Ming army, with nearly 90,000 people, and the camp in the south is the Kansai army, which also has nearly 70,000 horses.

After some deliberation, the leaders of the Kwantai army agreed to Li Yuntian's suggestion and prepared to fight the Ming army at the Bison River, as long as they defeated the 3,000 Ming army sent by Li Yuntian then they could return to Kansai, and it seemed that this was their only way to retreat.

On the open ground in the middle of the Mustang River, the Ming army composed of four musket battalions and two artillery battalions and three thousand Kansai cavalry riding tall horses faced each other two or three miles apart.

It is worth mentioning that due to the limited number of people participating in the battle, in order to ensure the provision of strong firepower output, the four musket battalions involved in the battle were not equipped with pikemen responsible for cover, but all musketeers, with a total of 2,400 musketeers in the four musket battalions, and the remaining 600 people were artillery for two artillery battalions.

Among them, two musket battalions lined up in front of the Ming formation, behind them were the positions of two artillery battalions, fifty Franc machine guns were arranged in two rows, and the remaining two musket battalions were guarded on the two wings of the artillery battalion on the left and right to protect the artillery battalion.

On a hill behind the musket battalion and the artillery battalion, Li Yuntian, who was surrounded by everyone, looked at the three thousand Kansai cavalry opposite with an expressionless face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he had long expected that the Kansai Seven Guards would definitely send the strongest cavalry to fight, as long as this Kansai cavalry was eliminated, then the people of the Kansai Seven Guards would definitely be able to obey in the future.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to set the number of duels at 3,000 was definitely not an unintentional move, he had already calculated that under the blows of four musket battalions and two artillery battalions, the Kansai cavalry charging in a dense formation would definitely not be able to rush to the front of the Ming army and would be wiped out.

In fact, for the musket battalion and the artillery battalion, they prefer this kind of duel with a clear formation, first of all, the musketeers and artillery choose the terrain suitable for combat, which is particularly important, otherwise it will greatly inhibit the power of the musket battalion and the artillery battalion, and secondly, the goal of the battle is clear, and there is no need to worry about the other side sending people to attack the rear, as long as you concentrate on dealing with the 3,000 Kansai cavalry in front.

Li Yuntian calculated that under the blow of the artillery battalion, the Kwanti cavalry would have to kill or wound at least 30% of the troops, and the most important thing was to cause panic among the Kwansai cavalry, which in turn disrupted the formation of the Kwantai cavalry, so that the opponent could no longer launch an effective charge, so that the musketeers could calmly destroy the enemy who rushed up.

Taking a step back, even if those cavalry rushed closer, then the musketeers would have a killer weapon, and they would use the newly developed secret weapon of the Showutang Academy of Sciences - grenades.

As a melee weapon, grenades are the equivalent of small artillery shells, and when attacking, there are more than artillery shells, and dense grenades can inflict heavy damage on enemies at close range.

This means that although the two sides have not yet started a war, Li Yuntian has already won the victory, and the Kansai cavalry will definitely be defeated this time and suffer a massacre on the battlefield.

"Master Hou, the count has been completed, and the Kwantan Army has sent three thousand cavalry." Not long after, a major wearing the black uniform of the Xiaowu Army galloped over on horseback and said a deep message to Li Yuntian.

In order to ensure that the troops of both sides participating in the battle did not exceed 3,000 people, the Ming army and the Kwantai army each sent people to the other side's camp to count the number of people before the battle.

Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and looked at the Kansai Army on the opposite side with a stern expression, secretly waiting for the upcoming confrontation, in fact, he believed that the Kwantan Army would not secretly increase the number of people, but since this was a necessary process, it was natural to go through it again.

"Lord Wang, the humble position has been counted, and the number of the Ming army is three thousand, all of whom are foot soldiers." At the same time, in the camp of the Kwanti Army, a Kansai general was also reporting to Timur.

"It's all foot soldiers!" Hearing this, Timur's eyes suddenly showed a shocked look, and he couldn't help but look up at the camp of the Ming army, he could clearly see the black cavalry troops in the camp of the Ming army, and couldn't understand why Li Yuntian put those elite Jurchen cavalry and Mongolian cavalry without having to use foot soldiers to fight the Kwantan cavalry, didn't he take the Kwantan army in his eyes?

The leaders of the Seven Guards of the Kansai who gathered around Timur were talking in private, before that, everyone thought that Li Yuntian would send the Jurchen cavalry or the Mongol cavalry to fight this battle, but in any case, they did not expect that Li Yuntian would use foot soldiers to fight against the Kansai cavalry, which was simply looking for death.

"Lord Wang, if you don't guess wrongly, this must be the firearms unit of the Ming army." While the leaders were talking there, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Firearms troops?" Timur couldn't help but look at the general of the Kwantai Army who was speaking, and asked suspiciously, "General Mulun, as far as this king knows, the firearms of the Ming army do not seem to be so powerful, and they cannot be used to charge on the battlefield. ”

The people around also looked at Mu Lun, because firearms technology is not only in its infancy but also rarely mastered by the country, coupled with the limited performance of firearms, so the troops of the Ming Dynasty except for the Shenji Battalion are basically not equipped with firearms, and it is the infantry and cavalry that really dominate the battlefield.

Taking the Yongle Emperor's northern expedition as an example, the role of the Shenji battalion when fighting with the Northern Yuan was only to disrupt the charging Mongolian cavalry, and the Mongolian cavalry was still the Ming cavalry led by the 3,000 army.