Just when the Japanese army of the entire wing was in chaos. Several sentry scouts, apparently previously arranged on the mountain in front of them, rushed into the resting place covered in blood.

When these soldiers with arrow feathers were brought to his eyes, Sato looked at them for a while before proving that he was not mistaken, it was really arrow feathers, and they were very well-made arrow feathers. "Anyone is still playing mounted archery these days?" Sato muttered in his heart, and secretly glanced at Xiaoshan, thinking that the leader of the other party was also an abnormal guy.

"Gift...... Report to the co-captain, over the hill...... It's all cavalry...... We collided with each other's sentinels......"

Just when the guards and Sato were a little surprised, suddenly a long horn sound came from a distance, which was extremely dull and powerful, and was full of a strong sense of slaughter. Xiao Shan's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and before he had time to think about it, then ten thousand trumpets rang out in unison on all sides, and the sound of trumpets rushed straight into the sky, rolling like thunder.

The two main generals are okay, after all, they have seen the world, but their faces are slightly calm, but the Japanese cavalry under their command are frightened, and they only feel that there is only the sound of trumpets between heaven and earth, and there is nothing else.

"It's the Mongol cavalry!" Hearing this familiar voice, Xiao Shan's first reaction was to be suspicious, this trumpet can only be used by Mongolian cavalry, and it can only be used by Mongolian cavalry in formation. But so many trumpets around shattered his suspicions, and also made Xiaoshan sweat coldly, how many Mongolian cavalry must have this formation! Having participated in the Mongol war against Soviet Russia, he is not one of those frogs at the bottom of a well who has been staying at home. The knowledge of the strength of the Mongol cavalry is much deeper than that of the graduates of the Imperial Military Academy, who have lived in the steppe for six years, than those who have remained in books.

Due to the defeat of the Northeast Army, the Feng army was basically absorbed by the northern direct line, and Wang Chengbin and Wang Huaiqing almost divided the Chinese army north of the Yangtze River. This also reflects the fact that the two of them are mixed with each other, and the combat effectiveness of each army is determined by the style and foundation of its predecessor.

The style of the Jin army is petty, bullets and shells can be fired less, never one is wasted, and they are good at garrisoning strongholds; Those from the Northwest Army dare to be white-bladed, good at going to the house to press the roof in street battles, and dare to fight grenades; The Mongolian army was divided into two, most of the Mongolian princes' armies had poor combat effectiveness and fought indiscriminately, while the Outer Mongolian cavalry trained by the Chechen Khan already had the appearance of a strong army, daring to fight tough battles and vicious battles; originally belonged to the team of direct origin, and the large-scale field battles of the regular army were not as good as those of the Feng army, but they were very familiar with sneak attacks and night attacks; As for the local Feng army, almost all of the elite were trained by Japanese instructors at the request of Zhang Huzi, and although they did not get a very true transmission, after the large-scale replacement of Russian-style equipment, they also had seven or eight points of fire, and they were regarded as the great enemies that the Japanese attached the most importance to, but these people had just been reorganized and absorbed, and the people's hearts were fluctuating, and their real combat effectiveness had to be discounted a little. As for the militia groups and the like in various places, because they only have light weapons and lack combat experience, they can only bully the unarmed people, look at the warehouses, do a good job of patrolling the fixed points, and cannot even do the job of guarding the prisoners. When encountering a small force of the Japanese regular army and an equal number of factory guards organized by Japanese companies, the army collapsed.

Takeuchi had always said that the militia was besieging Shibata, so both Sato and Koyama believed that the enemy army in front of them should be dominated by the militia, and at most there were Feng troops and the Northwest Army adding chaos to it, which led to Shibata's miscalculation. But this trumpet overturned all the previous intelligence of Xiaoshan, which is the militia group, it is clearly the main force of the Mongolian cavalry! Although there is information that the Chechen Khan sent troops to the northwest to find the Western Xinjiang Expeditionary Force, and went to find the field of the old Maozi of Soviet Russia. But there is still a Mongolian cavalry in the Mongolian steppe near the northeast, which has not moved, "Could it be the Lingsheng of Hulunbuir?" Xiaoshan thought thoughtfully.

The autumn rain that had fallen overnight finally stopped, and a faint morning mist drifted in the mountains, and the mountains and forests in the distance were shrouded in it, ethereal, like a fairyland.

If there were a poet here, he would definitely write a poem as a souvenir, but for the two invaders, Sato and Koyama, the hazy mist was more like an invisible demon that could rush out of it at any time with countless enemies.

The sentinels of the two armies met, and such an encounter seemed accidental, but in fact it was inevitable. It was already four o'clock, and the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, and although there was no great light, it was already possible to see, which was much better than touching it in the night.

The battlefield near Baimaling was not selected at the same time after the two sides agreed. Prior to this, Zhao Yun, as the commander of the First Army, didn't know that there was such a place, let alone be familiar with the terrain, and it was completely relying on the vision brought by countless camp animals and soldiers, so that Zhao Yun could understand this area from the panoramic map for the first time. As for the Japanese, although they have long had the ambition to plot the Northeast, and have also made preparations for the geographical survey of the Northeast, after all, Baimaling is a barren mountain and wilderness, and they have not heard of any mineral resources before this, except for more forests, which are no different from most areas in the Northeast. So, on the Japanese map, this is a sketch of several peaks, and there is a circle of lines connecting equal elevations on the map, indicating that the topography of this place is either a mountain peak or a valley. In addition, the Japanese army is in the dark, and if they want to have a way out, they can find it themselves.

Therefore, the Japanese army has always followed the principle of walking along the mountain road that the Chinese people in the mountains have walked out for thousands of years, which is equivalent to exposing their marching route to Zhao Yun's eyes. If in this case, Zhao Yun can't intercept the Japanese cavalry, then he can really go home and sleep. Of course, the team that had already lost its way and didn't know where to go, Zhao Yun really didn't catch him. However, unlike Zhao Yun's situation, the Japanese army did not know how many enemy troops there were and what arrangements they had, so they sent sentry horses, and Zhao Yun did not want the Japanese army to know their deployment and deliberately covered the battlefield, so they intercepted the opponent's sentry horses in a targeted manner.

Without getting useful information, just the momentum, the Japanese army had already been crushed by Zhao Yun. Sato could never retreat without a fight, and he couldn't afford to lose the guilt of Shibata United. Looking up, although the mountain range in front of me is not steep, the forest is deep and lush, and the grass grows above the knee, and it is possible for a small force to fight an assault battle, but it is impossible for a large army to cross the ridge. Sato turned his head, snatched the map in the hands of the guards, stared at it for a while, pinched a distance with his fingers, suddenly raised his head, and glared at the hill: "The open land on the other side of the mountain is only about seven or eight miles in radius, and if you go around the mountain, the cavalry will arrive in less than five minutes!" ”

"Five minutes?" The cold sweat of the hill has come down, and it is impossible to retreat, it seems that the other party has also chosen that open land to prepare for a cavalry duel with the Japanese army, of course, if the Japanese army can't catch up with the predetermined battlefield in a short time, it will be blocked on this narrow mountain road. So he looked around, "Five minutes? It's no problem for us to rush over, but in such a short period of time, the whole army can't complete the assembly at all, let alone set up a formation, if we are rushed by the enemy at this moment......"

Sato's teeth rattled, as a descendant of Takeuchi, he knew the meaning of this battle better than Koyama, and he slammed his helmet on his head, flicked his horsewhip, and shouted at a junior officer: "How many squadrons have been assembled?" ”

"The first squadron is assembled!"

"The second squadron has been assembled ......"

"Okay, the rest of the squadrons continue to assemble their teams, and those who have been assembled come with me!" Sato glanced at the standard saber that the guard hurriedly handed over, shook his head and said, "This knife can cut the Chinese infantry, but not the cavalry, give me a saber." ”

Sato took the six-foot saber (about 180cm) with a cold light, with a blade length of 4 feet 2 inches (about 127cm), and explained to the hill standing in front of the horse: "I will lead the team to stop the enemy first, and the follow-up troops will be entrusted to Koyama-kun." ”

Although Xiaoshan and Sato have worked together for a short time, at this critical moment, Xiaoshan was not hypocritical, grabbed Sato's reins, and said solemnly: "Sato-kun, you are the captain of the wing, the leader of the first army, if there is any mistake, this team will collapse." But please Sato-kun give me a chance to meet these Chinese cavalry first. ”

The two glanced at each other, and Sato didn't say a word, chopping the saber into the void, turning the head of the knife, and handing it to Xiaoshan, "For the sake of the unit, then please!" ”

Xiaoshan solemnly saluted Sato, took his war horse from the guards, carried Sato's horse chopping knife, and rushed into the distance first, followed closely by a hundred Japanese cavalry who were ready.

Sato's reaction was not unpleasant, and Zhao Yun's reaction on the other side of the mountain was also not slow. Just when the Japanese cavalry had just rushed out of Erlidi and turned a corner, a rumbling hoof sound was heard from the opposite side, and Zhao Yun's camp cavalry arrived.

Seeing the red and black robes appear in the field of vision, Xiaoshan's face changed, and the faces of a hundred well-trained Japanese cavalrymen who assembled the fastest changed.

Heavy cavalry! The enemy turned out to be heavy cavalry!

"Not a Mongol?" Although when he saw the horseshoe prints before, Xiaoshan guessed that it might be heavy cavalry. But on the bright side, such a long span and such a large hoof print can be owned by a European heavy horse, in addition to a BMW that is less sweaty than the "Pegasus" Ili horse. Of course, the appearance of such heavy horses generally means the appearance of large artillery. The appearance of both did not benefit the Japanese army. Now that he saw the real thing and implemented his previous conjecture, Xiaoshan was in a trance for a while, so he cheered up and went all out. It's not that he isn't afraid, but because he's a soldier, and it's vain to think too much in the face of a neighboring enemy.

Judging from the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, there are not many enemy horses, not more than 100 horses. Obviously, the Chinese people's response strategy was the same as previously suspected, wanting to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was in a hurry to get out of the valley and had not yet assembled, intending to strike first and use the power of the heavy cavalry to crush the opponent in one fell swoop.