"Uh......h Woowoo woo ......"

The sound of the horn reverberated in the air, and on the empty plain, a group of knights dressed in bright red or inlaid red and white, with sharp helmets like lightning rods, kept running, and these knights galloped across the plain, rolling up clouds of dust and smoke.

Behind these knights, a large group of knights followed like a black oppression, surging in the direction of Liangxiang like a dark cloud.

This is a huge number of troops, stretching for several miles, looking at the past from the side to describe it as overwhelming, looking at the banner of the generals played by this army there are more than ten.

At this time, Azig, the commander of the Manchu invasion of the south, was riding a white horse, standing on a hill surrounded by a large group of generals and Goshha, looking out at the Ming army camp in the distance.

Everyone has seen that the camp of the Ming army at this time is already crowded, countless sergeants are gathering, and there are dense archers standing behind the camp, ready to attack the approaching enemy at any time.

Chinese New Year's Eve, Azig is in the prime of life, with a short beard under his chin, and unlike most Manchus with a big cake face, Azig has a Chinese face, a high nose, a dark complexion, and a very aggressive gaze, which looks very ambitious.

As Nurhachi's twelfth son, Azig was also a great performer, and although he did not have the title of "Morgan Daiqing" (smart and alert) like Dorgon, no one in the Manchu hierarchy dared to underestimate him. Even Huang Taiji values this half-brother very much, otherwise it would not be his turn to serve as the commander of this southern invasion this time.

I saw Azig pointing to the Ming army camp in the distance and said to the people behind him: "You see, it is said that the name of the commander of the Ming army this time is Lu Xiangsheng, he is one of the few generals in the Ming Kingdom, and Hong Chengchou, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and others are all famous commanders in the Ming Kingdom, as long as we can defeat or even kill him, the Ming Dynasty will have one less general, and we will have one less enemy in the future." ”

Azig had just finished speaking. A big grinning voice sounded next to him, "Why should the king of Doluo County worry, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Kingdom are all vulnerable, we just need to send a large army to surround them, and then annihilate them one by one, I don't believe that Lu Xiangsheng can run anywhere!" ”

When everyone looked at it, the person who spoke turned out to be the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Red Banner Banner Lord Gushan Bele Engtu. Wearing a traditional Mongolian leather armor, Engetu was the first group of people to defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was more trusted by the Emperor Taiji, so as to serve as the owner of the Red Banner, the Tartars invaded south. He and Buyandai, the owner of the Mongolian Red Banner Banner, volunteered to be pioneers, and grabbed a lot of people and wealth along the way, and he is currently the most active.

It's just that Engetu spoke like this, but some people were unhappy in their hearts. I saw a person stand up and said lightly: "Well, since the Engetu banner master is so confident, then it is better to ask the Engetu banner master to lead your troops to attack the Ming army camp, and we will wait here for the good news of the banner master, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Engetu was a little dumbfounded for a while, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not think that he could capture the Ming army camp with his own strength.

He looked at each other, and then at the crowd. In the end, he hesitated and said: "Rao Yu Baylor, my department only has less than 10,000 horses, how can we besiege the Ming army camp?" The Ming army is not muddy, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right? ”

The one who spoke was none other than Rao Yu Bel Abatai. I saw Abatai snort coldly and said: "You also know that the Ming army is not muddy, but when the two armies are fighting, you are speaking arrogant words here, if the whole army believes you, won't you suffer a big loss?" ”

"I ...... I just ......" Engetu was speechless for a long time. He said very much, I was just patting the ass, I don't need to be so serious, right? But after the words, he couldn't say it. It's already embarrassing enough, if you say it again, you don't want to take his face.

"Okay, Engetu is just a momentary quick talker, Seventh Brother, don't blame him too much." Azig on the side also spoke, after all, Engetu just said this to praise himself, everyone can listen to it, what's the matter with your poor Dameng, do you have any dissatisfaction with me?

When Abatai heard this, his brows furrowed, and he was about to speak, but at this time, the veteran who had been standing next to Azig and did not speak stood up, only to see that the old Jiang was about sixty years old, his hair was white, and his face was full of wrinkles, but he was still in good spirits, and he stood up and said: "King Doro, Rao Yu Belle, it is useless to say these at this time, the Ming army has already come out of the camp to meet the battle, and we should also be prepared!" ”

The old Jiang who spoke was named Yanguli, and he was the first old man to follow Nurhachi to raise troops, and now he is an official worshipping Chaopingong. The prestige of the Manchu high-level is very high, and he is also one of the main generals of the southern invasion.

With a light snort, Abatai took out a monocular clairvoyant from the leather bag around his waist, and was about to observe the movements of the Ming army. Before he could finish his observation, he heard an earth-shattering cannon sound in front of him. With the sound of cannons, the Ming army's walled gate was opened, a team of cavalry wearing bright red cloaks rushed out of the inside, as soon as they came out, they rushed towards the Manchu cavalry sentry that was cruising outside the Ming army camp, the Ming army was numerous, there were hundreds of people, and the Manchu Qing outpost cruising outside the Ming army camp was only a few dozen people, and after seeing the Ming army brigade of people and horses rushing in, they naturally would not fight hard with the Ming army, and quickly retreated.

Immediately afterwards, from the inland of the gate continued to pour out a large number of cavalry, they immediately separated to both sides after leaving the gate, and then listed a wild goose marching array, and then the Ming army began to appear in the camp of the infantry soldiers one after another, their movements were very fast, in less than ten minutes there were thousands of foot soldiers to the front to stand still, a shield was also erected. Behind them, more Ming troops were constantly pouring out of the walled gate, and at this time, a sea of armor flags, fiery red lacquer armor, flying feathers, and dense flags, such as forest spears, seemed to pierce the clouds, and an unstoppable momentum stretched outward.

This action of the Ming army immediately startled the Manchu generals who were observing the Ming army's camp, when did these Ming troops have such courage, not only have the courage to face the battle, but also dare to take the initiative to attack them.

At this time, everyone turned their eyes to Azig, who was the commander-in-chief, and saw Azig muttering for a while, then turned his head and said: "Engetu, Buyandai, the Ming army has already left the camp. I don't want you to defeat them immediately, as long as you can rush them away while the Ming army has not yet formed a formation, can you do it? ”

Looking at the Ming army waving the flag outside, Engetu couldn't wait to slap his face, what kind of sycophant did he slap in a dignified manner, now it's okay, the fart slapped on the horse's leg. And Buyandai on the side also glared at Engetu, as if he was blaming him for slapping his ass.

However, although the two are not very reluctant to fight. But I also know that since I am a slave of others, I must have the consciousness of a slave, and if the slave is not cannon fodder, do I still want the master to be cannon fodder?

As soon as the two gritted their teeth, they arched their hands towards Azig, and then rode their horses towards their own side, and soon more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry began to move slowly away from their own large array at the sound of the horns.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the Ming army had not yet been completely formed, and when they saw tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry coming slowly, all the generals of the Ming army couldn't help but be stunned. They all set their eyes on Lu Xiangsheng and Yue Yang.

Yue Yang laughed, and just wanted to give the order to fight, but unexpectedly saw Wang Pu stand up, only to see him clasp his fist at Lu Xiangsheng and say, "Governor." The Tartars who came out of this battle were all cavalry, and the last general was originally reluctant to steal the limelight from General Yue, but the last general took a look, and those people were all men and horses of Meng Baqi. And most of the generals of Yue Shen are foot soldiers. Therefore, the last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the sons of Datong to fight and capture the flag. The Chieftain of the Enemy is back with good news! ”

"Good!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted loudly, and the generals on the side also echoed.

The military spirit is available, and Lu Xiangsheng naturally will not do anything that damages morale, he praised loudly; "Okay, this governor will plunder the battle for you in the Chinese army, I hope you will fight bravely to kill the enemy and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty!"

Yue Yang also glanced at Wang Pu in surprise, this famous escaped general in history now looks quite a master, could it be that the history books are wrong?

"The last general is gone!"

Wang Pu shook the red tassel on his head, turned the horse away, a burst of dust and smoke flew by, he came to his own cavalry, a flick of the horse's head, the front hooves of the war horse neighed high, and Wang Pu held a gun in one hand and a horse reins in the other, it was simply a scene of a horizontal spear prancing on a horse, Yue Yang estimated that Wang Pu's appearance would be fascinated by a large group of little girls if he came to the next generation.

I saw Wang Pu rushing to the front of his own soldiers and horses and shouting: "Brothers, the Tartars invade my border pass, kill my brothers, kidnap my sisters, we should all serve the court and kill the enemy bravely!" Do the brothers have faith? ”

All the cavalry raised their weapons and shouted: "Yes...... Yes...... There was ......"

"Good!"

Wang Pu shouted loudly while riding his horse: "I am the same army!" ”

"Mighty!"

"I'm a Datong army!"

"Mighty!"

The dense spears were raised, like a forest of sharp guns, and the morale of those Datong Army cavalry had risen to the extreme at this time.

Only then did Wang Pu shout loudly with all his might: "Brothers, kill slaves with me!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

More than 3,000 Datong cavalry followed Wang Pu's Houman and rushed forward, and the hooves of thousands of war horses stepped on the ground at the same time, making a thunderous sound, and the whole earth seemed to tremble. Looking from where Yue Yang was, the Datong cavalry formed a dense formation, with Wang Pu as the core and rushed towards the enemy.

Seeing this, Yue Yang also secretly warned himself in his heart that the history books may not be true, and Du Niang may not be credible. Judging from the current situation, where does this Wang Pu have the appearance of fearing the enemy like a tiger and wolf fleeing as mentioned in the history books, although this person usually loves to show off and is greedy for money, but what he is doing at this moment is worthy of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court.

However, although Wang Pu's move was very righteous, Yue Yang couldn't just let Wang Pu stand up to it, he stepped forward and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Governor, the last general is willing to lead his troops to follow and back up for the general army of Wang!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, "It's okay, you lead the foot soldiers to follow, and General Wang can also help if he needs it!" ”

"Xie Duchen!" Yue Yang bowed his hand to Lu Xiangsheng heavily, and also rode his horse and galloped to the front of the Yingzhou army.

At this time, the Yingzhou army had already finished plating, and five thousand foot soldiers wearing black and gray full-body armor were lined up in a neat and huge phalanx, and all the sergeants were standing quietly with Minny-style firearms, waiting for the officer's order.

Yue Yang came to the front of the formation and gave a few orders to the heralds beside him, only to see the heralds take out two small flags and wave them a few times, and soon there were bursts of high-pitched drums in the phalanx.

"Knock knock...... Knock knock knock...... Knock knock ......"

"All of them, guns on the shoulders!"

"Brush Brush...... Brush Brush Brush ......"

With the sound of drums. There was a sound of brushing, and almost at the same time, the five thousand foot soldiers placed the fire hammer that had been on the ground on their shoulders.

Yue Yang immediately pulled out the long knife at his waist and shouted, "Yingzhou Army...... Advance! ”

"Whoa...... Whoa, whoa, whoa......"

There were no superfluous words, no sensational mobilization, and the five thousand soldiers in black armor and black armor quietly marched towards the front with neat steps, and there was absolutely no superfluous sound except for the sound of neat footsteps.

Although the Yingzhou army was not as passionate as the Datong cavalry under the command of Wang Pu, nor did it have the momentum when the cavalry advanced, this quiet marching state surprised Lu Xiangsheng and the others even more.

Lu Xiangsheng and these people can be said to be veterans who know the art of war, and the reason why Wang Pu asked all the soldiers to shout in unison before the war was to boost morale, after all, the big war was imminent. This is also a must-do. But Yue Yang's move was terrible, the thousands of people in the whole army just moved forward quietly, and thousands of people only had the sound of footsteps in unison except for the officer's orders, what does this mean, this shows that Yue Yang is convinced of his army, and people don't need to do that kind of superfluous thing anymore.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves continued, and at this time, Wang Pu's cavalry had collided with the Tartars' soldiers and horses, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce battle. Although the Mongol cavalry numbered tens of thousands, the battlefield was so large. It was not possible to accommodate too many soldiers and horses to fight at the same time, so Engetu could only command thousands of cavalry to contact with the Datong cavalry commanded by Wang Pu, and the two sides were inseparable for a while.

Just when the base stations of the two sides were stationing, Yue Yang also commanded the five thousand foot soldiers to advance slowly but firmly. In the end, five large phalanxes were formed in the rear from Wang Pu, and the three thousand cavalry of the Yingzhou army also protected the two flanks of the phalanx at the right time.

"Hurry up...... Hurry up, whoever drags his feet can't spare him! ”

After setting up the phalanx, Zhao Yongxin, the commander of the artillery battalion, also commanded the gunners to pull the artillery to the front of the phalanx. Begin to set up nervously. The artillery currently equipped by the Yingzhou Army is the front artillery of the latest equipment troops, and the artillery made of modern technology and steel not only has the characteristics of high hardness and fast heat dissipation compared with the artillery of this era. And it is also very light, a six-pounder gun is only five or six hundred pounds, and after loading the wheels, a horse or a few gunners can drag it all over the ground, which is very beneficial for the army to follow up.

"Kill ......"

Wang Pu waved the spear in his hand to pick a Mongolian cavalryman off his horse, and then the tail of the spear swung and hit the face of an enemy soldier who came from the side to pick up the cheap, making a "pop" sound, the cavalry let out a miserable cry, fell off the horse in severe pain, and was soon trampled into meat sauce by the horse's hooves behind, and his personal soldiers beside Wang Pu were guarding him to ensure that he had no worries. Around him, thousands of Datong cavalry also waved their weapons and killed the Mongol cavalry, the sound of the collision of weapons, the sorrow of the war horses and the roar of the knights were intertwined, and every moment someone fell from the horse, and human life became as if it was worthless.

The two sides fought for two quarters of an hour, with the high morale, and the terrain, Wang Pu's department actually beat the Mongolian cavalry in front of him to retreat, seeing that the Ming army behind was greatly boosted, and several low-level officers even asked Lu Xiangsheng to take advantage of the victory to attack, and defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop.

It's just that their request was rejected by Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng and the surrounding general officers and generals saw very clearly, at present, it is only the cavalry of the Eight Banners who are fighting with the Datong Army, these people can only be regarded as cannon fodder troops, which are used to investigate the reality of the Ming army and consume the strength of the Ming army, and the real main force of the people is still behind, if you rush up and run back to the army with other people in such a hurry, isn't it their trick?

At this time, Azig and Abatai, Yanguli and others looked at the battle situation in front of them, although Engetu and Buyandai in front of them were a little disadvantaged, but they were not worried. After all, Engetu and Buyandai had several times more troops than each other, and the terrain was not in their favor, so they were temporarily at a disadvantage, as long as the opponent's body was exhausted, the cavalry of thousands of people would collapse sooner or later.

Things were indeed as expected by Azig and others, after three quarters of an hour of fierce fighting, the Datong army led by Wang Pu slowly did not stand up, although they inflicted heavy casualties on the Mongol cavalry, but their own casualties were not small, and the number of Mongol cavalry was far more than him, and they could be rotated while fighting, Wang Pu noticed this situation and began to command the troops to slowly retreat while fighting, and retreated towards the rear.

When Wang Pu retreated, he saw the Yingzhou army standing neatly behind him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted: "Brothers, the brothers of the Yingzhou army are here to meet us, everyone hurry up and retreat to both sides of the big array!" Don't rush towards the center of the phalanx! ”

I have to say that Wang Pu's command and adaptability is still okay, and the Ming military regulations stipulate that trespassing on the big array will be decided! The purpose of this military regulation is to fear that the defeated army will break into their own big array and disrupt their own big array. (To be continued......)