The Praetorian Guards commanded by Zhang Shize were all recruits from northern Shaanxi, and it took more than a year to recruit into the army, that is, after Zhu Youzhen pacified the rebellion of the displaced people in northern Shaanxi.

At that time, more than 30,000 troops were recruited in northern Shaanxi, and almost all the strong men in northern Shaanxi were recruited into the army. Of course, because of the excellent treatment of the Praetorian Guard, the young people in northern Shaanxi also applied like a cloud, and they were proud to join the Praetorian Guard.

After more than a year of training, apart from having never fought a war, this army is like an elite soldier in all aspects in terms of training and equipment for individual combat skills.

Moreover, the march from northern Shaanxi to Beijing and the long journey of more than 1,000 miles have been greatly exercised.

The abundant salary, good food, and the patriotic ideas of loyalty and patriotism instilled by the prison soldiers all day long have not reduced their morale because of the long journey, but their morale is extremely high, and they are full of desire to fight!

(Note: At the request of the website, the previous text has been modified, and the soldiers' committee cannot be used, and it has been changed to the military supervision system, that is, the committee members have become the military supervisors, I hope you know.) ）

There was no fight with Jiannu outside Beijing, which had made these Praetorian Guards extremely unhappy, so after being sent to Jibei to block Jiannu's retreat, no one complained, they were all full of expectations, and the marching speed was extremely fast, even if it snowed heavily, it could not stop the pace of the Praetorian Guards' march!

However, it was the strong Eight Banners that had to fight, and the ordinary Praetorian Guard soldiers did not know, but Zhang Shize, as the chief general, knew how powerful the Eight Banners were, so when he was in Beijing, he bought 500 war horses from Zhao Shujiao and established a sentry cavalry. When the Praetorian Guards were training, there was also horseback training, and there were many good horseback riders in the army.

On the way to Jibei, Zhang Shize sent sentinels to investigate all abnormalities, until he passed Jizhou and approached Jibei, and found no trace of Jiannu, which made him feel a little surprised.

However, this is exactly what Zhang Shize meant, Jiannu has not yet arrived, he should have been dragged by the supervisor Sun Chuanting, and he has enough time to defend the northern border of Ji! In order to hurry, the army braved the heavy snow to march, only to rest for the night in a deserted village and town, and continued the next day.

Finally, when approaching Zunhua City, Li Hongji, the captain of the sentinel cavalry, reported that he had found the Mongols several miles away and was attacking a Ming army!

didn't find Jiannu, but found the Mongols, which surprised Zhang Shize and felt a little fortunate at the same time, the Mongols' combat power is not as good as that of Jiannu, and it's good to train the Mongols first, after all, his subordinates are all rookies who have not actually fought a war. When you train, you perform very well, but you don't know what it's like to fight?

Zhang Shize immediately ordered the whole army to change from a marching formation to a battle formation, preparing to attack the Mongols.

Thirteen thousand troops, the marching contingent stretched for three or four miles, and it was necessary to form the contingent as soon as possible.

At the same time that the Janissaries discovered the Mongols, the Mongol Sentinels naturally discovered the Janissaries and quickly reported to the Mongol camp.

Of the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, most of the Mongolian soldiers were attacking Liu Cebu on the hill, because of the attack from the bottom to the mountain, and there was snow on the mountain road, the Mongols chose to dismount and walk up the mountain, leaving the war horses in the camp under the mountain.

Liu Cebu froze all night in the mountains, many soldiers were frostbitten, and many soldiers were frozen and cold, and they were already very weak when they were cold and hungry. If there was no way out, he would have collapsed and fled long ago.

At the critical moment, Zhang Shixian, the chief soldier of Baoding, took his family to the battle in person and fought with the Mongols on the front line.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not as good as that of the Mongols, and the strength was not more than that of the Mongols, and the soldiers were cold and hungry, and the soldiers' physical strength could not hold on at all.

At this moment, Zhang Shize arrived with the Praetorian Guards!

"Reinforcements are coming!" Liu Ce was overjoyed and immediately shouted loudly.

"Reinforcements are coming?"

The Ming soldiers on the top of the mountain looked down the mountain one after another, and saw that in the southern snowfield, a red stream was rapidly approaching. The military uniforms of the Ming army are still red, no matter the outside of the uniforms of officers and soldiers are mostly red, and the Praetorian Guards are the same, wearing standard mandarin duck battle jackets, in this white snowfield, this red is so bright, so conspicuous, and so exciting!

Reinforcements are coming!

At this moment, the Ming army on the mountain was excited, knowing that they would die and saw the hope of survival, their excitement can be imagined!

The morale that was about to collapse suddenly soared!

At this moment, all the Ming troops clenched their swords and guns and went towards the Mongols who attacked the mountain!

As long as these Mongol attacks are held back and until reinforcements arrive, everyone will survive.

The sudden appearance of the Praetorian Guard also made the attacking Mongols a little commotion, and the offensive slowed down suddenly, many Mongols looked down the mountain while fighting, and the Mongol generals who were responsible for leading the troops looked in the direction of the army camp, wondering if the Great Khan would let everyone retreat.

And at this moment, the Mongol battalion, Tushetu Khan, is hesitating.

This sudden appearance of the Ming army completely disrupted everyone's plans.

Originally, according to the plan, it would not take long to defeat the Ming army on the mountain, but now the situation has changed abruptly.

In order to annihilate the Ming army on the mountain as soon as possible, Tushetu Khan and Shan Subdi Khan sent most of their troops, and there were only four or five thousand Mongolian soldiers left in the large camp, as well as twenty or thirty thousand war horses.

Because of the heavy snowfall, the Mongol sentinels did not go too far, and the distance between the two sides was only three or four miles when they found the Praetorian Guard.

At a distance of three or four miles, the Ming army would soon be able to kill. Shan Subdi Khan suggested that the Mongol soldiers attacking the mountain be withdrawn, but Yue Tuo opposed it, and Tushetu Khan was also a little hesitant.

"According to the sentinel report, there are more than 10,000 Ming troops who came here, and they have traveled long distances in the snow, their physical strength has long been exhausted, and they are in a state of marching, so there is nothing to be afraid of!

There were more than 4,000 cavalry in the battalion, and the two khans led them to attack the Ming army immediately. With more than 4,000 cavalry, attacking the Ming infantry on the march of more than 10,000, how can it be invincible?

On the contrary, if the attacking army is withdrawn, it will inevitably give the Ming army on the mountain a chance to breathe, the two Ming armies add up to more than 20,000, the strength is not under you, and if you want to win, you will pay more casualties! ”

"But ......," said Shan Subdi Khan.

"Nothing!" Yue Tuo waved his hand, "You also know that the Ming army on the mountain was frozen half to death, and now there is only one last breath left, once you withdraw your troops, they will be relieved, think about how many weapons and baggage can be captured after defeating the Ming army, do you want to give up halfway!" ”

"Okay, just do as Yue Tobel says!" Tushetu Khan said categorically, "What we Mongols are best at is light cavalry attacks, so don't waste time." ”

"Okay." Shan Subdi Khan had to agree, and then looked at Yue Tuo:

"Yue Tobel, we are all in battle, you and your subordinates should not be idle, just attack the Ming army with us!"

Yue Tuo did not come alone, there were one hundred and eight banner cavalry under his command, and now all the Mongols were going to fight, and Shan Subdi Khan naturally did not want to let Yue Tuo stay out of the matter.

Tushetu Khan also looked at Yuetuo to see if he would agree to fight together.

Yue Tuo smiled: "Of course! ”

Yue Tuo's task was to pull the Mongol soldiers to Yongping Mansion as soon as possible, and cooperate with Huang Taiji to outflank and encircle the main force of Sun Chuanting's Ming army. That's why I kept urging the Mongols to take the initiative to attack the decisive battle, not wanting the Mongols to ink down.

Since he wanted the Mongols to attack, he naturally couldn't stay out of the matter, and once he made Tushetu Khan and Shan Subdi Khan unhappy, even if he defeated the Ming army, he was likely to find an interface not to go to Yongping Mansion.

Seeing that Yue Tuo agreed, Tushetu Khan and Shan Subdi Khan were relieved, although the cavalry led by Yue Tuo was only a hundred, but they were strong Eight Banner soldiers, and the more troops that attacked at this time, the better.

More than 4,000 Mongol soldiers, together with a hundred and eight banner soldiers, all mounted their horses and galloped towards the Ming army a few miles away.

Although the snow is a little hindered, it does not affect the galloping of the war horse, and the distance of three or four miles can be killed in a moment.

And at this moment, the Praetorian Guard is rapidly forming a team. Luckily, the Mongols were spotted first, and they gained some time for the whole team.

Zhang Shize did not order his subordinates to rush to attack, but lined up the queue first. He had too many firearms in his hands, and it was better to fight in formation than in hand-to-hand combat.

The Praetorian Guards in front stopped, and the Praetorian Guards behind moved forward quickly, changing from a marching column to a horizontal formation.

More than two dozen pack horses carried the artillery to the front of the formation, and the gunners hurriedly removed the artillery from their horses, and placed them in the front, all of which were tiger squatting cannons.

The Franc machine and other artillery pieces are stupid and stupid, and they are not suitable for immediate use, but this tiger squat cannon, weighing only thirty-six pounds, does not need a turret, only needs to be placed on the ground, and the two claws can be fixed with iron nails.

The gunners nervously loaded the gunpowder, and at the same time, dozens of pack horses came to the front, unloaded a swarm of rockets from their horses, and set them up facing the place where the Mongols were.

Behind the artillery emplacement, a chest-high shield was erected, and the sharp lower end of the shield was dug deep into the snow and ice.

Behind the shield array, there were rows of musketeers, nervously reloading gunpowder projectiles.

Behind the firecrackers were several rows of pikemen, and at the ends of the two ends were several rows of pikemen, and thirteen thousand Janissaries, which were rapidly converging into a hollow rectangular array, the long sides of the rectangle facing the direction of the Mongols.

Because the time was too long, the soldiers behind were still coming quickly, and the second half of the rectangle was not yet completed.

However, by this time, the Mongol cavalry had already assembled and was rushing over.

More than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 10,000 horse hooves stepped on the frozen snow, the ice and snow splashed, the ground shook, and rushed towards the Ming army array.

The distance of three or four miles was soon reached, and when it was about fifty or sixty steps in front of the Ming army array, it no longer rushed forward, but divided into two, and galloped parallel to both sides around the rectangular array of the Ming army.

Attacking the infantry array with cavalry was the most stupid choice, and the Mongols naturally did not do this, first shooting the enemy's infantry formation with bows and arrows, then looking for the weak link in the infantry formation, and then charging in, completely crushing the enemy army.

The Ming army in front of him did not have a chariot, and in the eyes of Tushetu Khan and others, the Ming army's infantry formation was really not strong, and it might only take a few rounds of feather arrows to break through the defense, and then charge and kill by cavalry.

However, as soon as they arrived in front of the Ming army, they had just split into two and galloped to both sides, but they were severely attacked by the Praetorian Guards.

The first to fire was more than 20 tiger squatting guns, because the time was a little rushed, until now, the gunners completed the loading, hurriedly stabbed the fire door with the lit incense, and ignited the gunpowder.

"Boom Boom"

More than 20 tiger squatting cannons opened fire one after another, firing a puff of projectiles at the rushing Mongolian cavalry.

Then a swarm of rockets was also ignited one after another, and the rockets flew wildly, shooting out strange curves and scurrying in the Mongolian cavalry array.

The tiger squat cannon is loaded with scattered shells, each cannon is equipped with hundreds of small projectiles, and then use large lead bullets to block the outside, a launch is hundreds of projectiles, more than 20 doors are fired one after another to form a barrage, like a swarm of bees towards the galloping Mongolian cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry was immediately shot on the horseback of the person who fell down.

The war horse in front fell, and the war horse in the back galloped at high speed and didn't have time to dodge and collided directly, and even fell on his back.

However, the Mongols were good at cavalry warfare, and this scene could not help them, and the follow-up Mongolian cavalry was on guard, or jumped over the fallen horse corpse, or completed the turn one step earlier, and then continued to rush towards the Ming position and shoot arrows.

The fire of the tiger cannon and the swarm of bees only brought one or two hundred casualties to the Mongols, and against the cavalry of more than 4,000 people, these casualties were negligible.

More than 4,000 cavalry were divided into two and galloped in a parallel direction to the Ming army's matrix, and the Mongol soldiers rode their horses and galloped, bending their bows and arrows.

In the Ming array, the firecrackers have been loaded and are preparing, waiting for the order to fire.

Zhang Shize was wearing chain mail, standing on a chariot and watching coldly, and several guards on his left and right held shields to shield him.

Seeing that the Mongol soldiers had completed their change of direction and most of the cavalry were parallel to his own array, Zhang Shize finally gave the order to open fire.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The light of gunpowder ignition flickered, and the sound of firecrackers rang out, and hundreds of projectiles were fired towards the galloping Mongol cavalry.

The front row of musketeers shot by, and without looking at the results, they immediately passed the muskets backwards, and then took the muskets handed by the back row and continued to aim and fire.

"Bang bang bang" another round of firecrackers fired, and then another round, in a short time, the four rows of firecrackers all emptied, the gunpowder ignited and emitted white smoke, the entire Ming army position was filled with gunsmoke, and the air was full of pungent smell.

Looking further in front of the array, I saw that around the phalanx, the Mongol horses had fallen one piece, and many Mongol soldiers were struggling in the snow.

The accuracy of shooting the galloping cavalry with firearms is naturally not very good, but it can't stand thousands of firearms firing at the same time, forming a dense barrage, just a few rounds of shooting, at least six or seven hundred Mongolian cavalry were shot! Coupled with those who were killed by the tiger squat cannon, almost a thousand cavalry died under the guns of the Ming army.

For the Mongolian cavalry who were galloping, they only felt that their companions on their sides had fallen off their horses one after another, or that their war horses had fallen one after another, and they had no time to stop and look. The Mongol cavalry on horseback only cared about bending their bows and shooting arrows, shooting feathered arrows into the Ming army's array.