"Kill all these barbarians!"

Taishi also drew his scimitar first, he knew very well that if he wanted to kill the retreating Ming army, he had to defeat the army in front of him.

And Shen Yichen is the commander of the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements, and if he takes him, he will reproduce the miracle of capturing the Ming Dynasty emperor, and there will be no soldiers in the north of the Ming Dynasty from now on!

The galloping war horses shook the earth, and the heavily armored soldiers of the palace army held their spears with both hands, standing in rows above the wasteland, and would use their flesh and blood to carry the charge of the Mongolian cavalry.

Behind them was the Ming army's strong bow and crossbow, with the advantage of the range of the infantry bow and the strong crossbow, to suppress the horse bow of the Mongol cavalry, forcing the enemy not to use the best cavalry and archery tactics, to avoid being consumed by unlimited "kite flying".

In fact, the farming peoples of the Central Plains have been fighting with the steppe nomads for thousands of years, and they have long been aware of the way to crack the cavalry attack method.

But having a way to deal with it does not mean that it can be easily dealt with, and infantry always has a natural disadvantage over cavalry. Once there is a hole in the defense line, it will lead to the collapse of the entire army formation, and the infantry without formation in the vast wasteland can be imagined.

There are only two words to win, and that is discipline.

Tight formations, elite weapons, high morale, and iron-like discipline are the foundation of infantry in the face of cavalry!

For thousands of years, it has almost been a clear card tactic, how could the Taishi not know it first?

The Mongolian cavalry he sent out to take the lead was not a regular light armored cavalry and archery unit, but an armored cavalry that had previously defeated the Chengguo Gong Department at Harrier Ridge!

And with the support of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, the captain of the transportation brigade, the Taishi also took the lead in the equipped cavalry troops, and both the quality of equipment and the number of personnel have been qualitatively improved.

Now this ace heavy armored cavalry in his hand is more elite and powerful than Harrier Ridge, and the iron cavalry of the tile spur will crush the Ming defense line in the front!

The sunlight shining on the armor reflected a different kind of metallic beauty, and the veterans of the pikemen saw the enemy's heavy armor and knew that the impact of the first round would be incomparable.

Then they cheered up and shouted: "Brothers, hold the spears in your hands, this time it is bound to make the Tartars have no return!" ”

"It's all for Lao Tzu to stand firm, don't be as light as if you haven't eaten enough!"

"Admiral Shen has been eating and drinking well in the past two years, we have to show him some skills!"

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, Admiral Shen is watching from behind, whoever instigates is a grandson!"

Compared with the cheers of the soldiers, Meng Da, a veteran of the battlefield, was as steady as a stone Buddha, accurately calculating the distance of the Mongolian armored cavalry to the military formation.

Five hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps.

"Strong bow, put!"

With Meng Da's order, the strong archers of Badou and above in the camp of the palace army began to loosen their bowstrings, and the rain of arrows in the sky flew towards the Mongolian mounted cavalry. But this kind of extreme distance projectile is almost not lethal in the face of heavy armor, unless it is particularly unlucky to hit the gap.

"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"

"A hundred steps, crossbow arrows, release!"

In the pre-Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, the kind of strong crossbows with a range of up to hundreds of paces slowly withdrew from the historical stage in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, with the gradual popularization of firearms.

Even if the early and middle Ming Dynasty was dominated by bows and crossbows, only the divine arm crossbows of the Song Dynasty were restored, and the range was compressed to about 100 steps, but the penetration power of arrows reached more than twice that of conventional bows and arrows.

The hurling of the bow could hardly cause any damage to the heavy armor of the mounted cavalry, and the short direct shot of the crossbow finally broke through the weak point of the heavy armor of the Mongol cavalry, and the soldiers who charged in the front row fell to the ground one after another, and then were trampled into flesh by the horses' hooves.

But the distance of a hundred paces, for the cavalry charge, is only a matter of ten seconds, the strong bow and crossbow can't shoot a few rounds at all, and in an instant, it rushed to the front of the Ming army.

"Meet the enemy!"

With Meng Da's last command, the spearmen in the front row stuck their spears in the dirt and aimed them at the Mongolian mounted cavalry that was rushing forward at a forty-five degree angle. At the same time, the crossbowmen behind him began to draw their swords at their waists, preparing to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the cavalry rushing in.

The dull sound of impact continued to sound throughout the Ming army's position, and the impact brought by the galloping of heavily armored war horses could even knock the soldiers in the front row several meters high.

Looking at the cruel scene of the battle array in front of him, Shen Yichen subconsciously held the hilt of the sword tightly, this is the most brave warrior of the Ming Dynasty, this is the most bloody man of the Han family, but after this battle, countless people will sleep on the wasteland and turn into a dust of history!

The flesh and blood of the spear array, after all, still stagnated the charge of the Mongolian mounted cavalry, and without the bonus of speed, the cavalry was no longer the "god of war" of the ancient troops.

The sword and axe hand took the opportunity to go up and directly cut off the legs of the Mongolian war horse, and the heavy armored cavalry riding on it fell down. Before they could get to their feet, countless sharp blades pierced their throats, and they could no longer make any sound.

Looking at his most powerful mounted cavalry, he actually failed to penetrate the formation of the Ming army, and the expression on Taishi Yexian's face finally showed a touch of solemnity.

At the same time, the man in black who had retreated from Harrier Ridge before appeared behind Yexian again at some point.

"Taishi, Shen Yichen is not as easy to deal with as you think."

"Are you complimenting your opponent?"

didn't look back at first, but there was some surprise in his tone.

"Compliment?"

Hearing this, a self-deprecating sneer appeared on the face of the man in black.

"It was because I underestimated this servant that I fell to the end of today, and it is impossible for a person to fall twice in the same place."

Hearing this, he first said disapprerovingly: "Even if this Taishi underestimates him, strength is the only factor that determines the outcome of the victory." ”

The strong naturally have the self-confidence of the strong, and the Taishi also spent ten years to unify Mongolia, subdue the Jurchens, coerce North Korea, and crisscross the rivers and mountains of the north of the desert.

Now that he has won the battle of national fortune without blood, and captured Zhu Qizhen, the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can he put Shen Yichen in the position of an opponent at the same level?

The stalemate on the battlefield is only temporary, and soon the tribal guards will enter the Ming army camp from the flanks, and that will be the beginning of the Southern Barbarian rout!

"The Taishi soldiers are strong and strong, so naturally there is no need to put Shen Yichen in his eyes."

The man in black behind him complimented, and then continued: "There is a reluctant request below, if you can defeat Shen Yichen's galloping reinforcements, can you hand over Chengguo and his father and son to me?" ”

Taishi, who has always been calm, also first, faced the words of the man in black, and his face showed a playful look.

Then he turned around and asked, "What, are you planning to kill your father and brother?" ”

That's right, the man in black who has been standing behind Taishi Ye is none other than Zhu Ji, the second son of the Chengguo Mansion!

"What is a father and a brother? I only know the revenge of killing my mother, and I don't share the sky! ”

Zhu Ji's eyes were full of hideousness, when the Duchess Lin died, he watched his mother being hanged with white silk by his subordinates.

The father, who was once high, stood in the house cold-blooded and ruthlessly looked at his mother and swallowed his last breath in the face of his pleading and crying.

The pillow person who has been in the same bed for more than 20 years, when did Zhu Yong miss the love between husband and wife?

You are unkind, I am unjust, and from now on there will be no fathers and brothers, only enemies!

He was not interested in intervening in Cheng Guogong's family affairs at first, but Zhu Ji's hateful appearance was very much in line with his heart.

Being able to bury a dark stake beside the decision-making level of the Ming army is unimaginable.

This time, he was able to control the movements of the pro-conquest army throughout the whole process, in addition to Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding the town of Datong, who acted as a double agent in the early stage and provided important information, Zhu Ji was able to make a contribution in the later stage!

"Okay, I promise you."

Taishi also responded very happily first, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were already in hand, and a Chengguo Gong could not show his value.

At the moment when Ye Xian's words fell, the clan guards led by Bo Luo Mao Luohai finally went around to the flank of Shen Yichen's rear army.

The traditional Mongolian string control people, in fact, are the same as the guards and military households of the Ming Kingdom, in a state of half-peasant and half-soldier in normal times. Only when the tribal leader or the Great Khan was called up, would he take up arms and fight with the army.

But in every Mongolian tribe, there will be a completely off-duty personal guard, who plays the role of a professional soldier.

This is the tribal guard, called "Na Ke'er" in Mongolian.

The biggest advantage of cavalry combat is mobility, and the Taishi also let the mounted cavalry charge directly first, which does not mean that the Mongols will give up their best offensive methods.

In a sense, the hard-hitting of mounted cavalry is to cover the flank attack of the tribal guards.

This trick was used countless times on the battlefield by the Mongols, and even created a glorious Mongol empire, and now it is nothing more than a repetition of the old trick.

"Tell the Admiral, the left wing of the tile spur guard has appeared!"

The scouts scattered around the military formation immediately passed on the news of the Tile Spur's personal guards.

After hearing this military situation, Wu Rui rode forward and arched his hand towards Shen Yichen: "Admiral, the last general is willing to lead the army to meet the battle!" ”

The battle intent on Wu Rui's face was simply overflowing, and he desperately wanted to fight the Tile Thorn guards again.

Because of the battle of Harrier Ridge, objectively speaking, the Fujian cavalry was at a disadvantage, if it wasn't for the Taishi who also targeted Zhu Qizhen first, and didn't want to be too entangled to announce the retreat, the reinforcements led by Wu Rui might suffer heavy casualties.

There is nothing to say that the skills are not as good as others, but if you are afraid and dare not take the call, it is definitely not Wu Rui's temperament!

The children of a family of military generals, from their grandfather's generation, they followed the Northern Expedition of Yongle Emperor, and later their fathers served as the guards of Chengguo, and fought with the Mongols for decades.

How can the family inheritance be disgraced on oneself?

"What I want is not to fight, but to defeat the other party, can you do it?"

The tribal guards are equivalent to the trump card in the hands of Ye Xian, and at the same time they are the main force in the pursuit of the rout.

Only by defeating them, Shen Yichen's palace troops can win time to retreat, this battle is quite unacceptable, it must be won!

"If you can't defeat the Tile Thorn guard, the last general will die in Tumu Fort!"

Wu Rui directly made a military order, he also knew the importance of this battle, his loss meant that the flank of the palace army would be broken through soon, together with the more than 20,000 robes including Admiral Shen, few people might be able to return to Huailai City in the rear alive.

"If you can't win, I'll die in the Civil Fort."

Shen Yichen replied, and then said to Li Da, Canghuo and the others behind him: "Now it's time for life and death, Admiral Ben will personally lead a large army to meet the Tile Thorn guards, and you will have the courage to die!" ”

Wu Rui has the bloody nature and bravery of the Great Ming Tiger, which Shen Yichen has no doubt.

But he led the only few thousand remaining Fujian cavalry, and he couldn't win the 10,000 spur guards.

Shen Yichen still didn't have enough reserve troops, and he didn't dare to arbitrarily transfer the palace army that had completed the array.

The only one who can reinforce Wu Rui is his own personal guard!

If you want to survive, you must have the decision to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and Shen Yichen's palace army has reached a desperate situation.

Win or die.

"It's enough to have me go, big brother, you can't take risks!"

At the critical juncture, Li Da immediately forgot Shen Yichen's reminder, and still used the old name of Ying Tianfu.

"What is a risk, is it difficult to find me to stay in the Chinese army?"

Shen Yichen asked sharply, even if the personal relationship is like a brother, it cannot be placed in the army to influence decision-making.

"Li Shoubei, don't say much, obey the order."

As Bian He spoke, he took off the sword at his waist and prepared to live and die with Shen Yichen.

The appearance of the Tile Spur Guards is a crisis, but also a good opportunity.

Instead of always guarding against their flank attacks, it is better to take the initiative to fight to the death, maybe it is still a life!

"Yes, the last general obeys!"

Speaking of which, Li Da understood that it was time for a decisive battle, and in a sense, being able to live and die with Shen Yichen and Ying Tianfu's brothers could be regarded as satisfying his original intention of joining the army.

"Zheng~~" The sound of drawing the sword, Shen Yichen rode his horse to the front of the cavalry troops, and shouted with his greatest strength: "When the brave meets on the narrow road, the brave wins, and this admiral will work with the brothers in Pao Ze to cut down the group of Tartars in front of him!" ”

"The Ming army will win, and the Ming will win!"

"Da Ming will win!"

Thousands of cavalry let out their own roars, and then urged the horses under them to gallop, and killed them in the direction of the attack of the Tile Thorn guards without hesitation.

Even if the number of people is less than half of the Tile Spur's personal guard, the fighting spirit and momentum that burst out are not weaker than the other party, this is the real last battle!

Shen Yichen did not sit in the central command as before, he also urged the war horse to rush over, and the huge "Shen" handsome flag followed behind him.

The handsome flag will not fall, and the Ming army will never give up!

The two cavalry forces collided in this way, and blood, stumps, and broken blades filled the entire battlefield. Shen Yichen's brain was completely blank at this moment, and he only knew how to slash the sword in his hand towards the Mongol.

The scorching blood splattered on his face, and a strong smell of blood rushed straight to his brain, Shen Yichen couldn't tell whether this was the enemy's or his own soldiers, maybe this was the most real battlefield.

"Zhu Ji, no wonder you are planted in the hands of this younger brother, he does have a ruthlessness that you Ming scholars don't have."

Looking at Shen Yichen's handsome banner, which actually appeared in the camp of the Ming cavalry charge, Taishi also revealed an unconcealable appreciation in his tone.

It is really rare for a civilian official to be so bloody that he lives and dies with the soldiers under his command.

"Not only Shen Yichen, the eldest son of Duke Cheng also has this ruthlessness, otherwise how could they become blood brothers."

Zhu Ji replied in a gloomy tone.

Zhu Yi used her example as bait and took poison to frame her mother, and Zhu Ji had already found out afterwards.

The ruthlessness of this move really opened Zhu Ji's eyes, and it also led him to a completely different path.

"You're not bad either."

Taishi also replied meaningfully, Zhu Ji's current revenge move, which point of ruthlessness lost to Zhu Yi and Shen Yichen?

Cheng Guogong's three sons are really "dragons and phoenixes among people".

"Yes, we have the same blood, and of course we have the same ruthlessness."

Zhu Ji heard the meaning behind Taishi Yexian's words, but he didn't care, and even laughed at himself.

I can get to this point, but my respected father and two "good" brothers are forced to do it!

"If nothing else, you'll soon have a great revenge."

Taishi also looked at the battlefield situation in the distance first and gave a conclusion.

Shen Yichen has the courage and bloodiness that civil officials do not have, but there is no shortage of Genghis Khan's descendants.

The gap between quality and quantity, if you want to rely on the decisive battle of the backwater to defeat the Tile Thorn Guard, it is too much to underestimate the background of the grassland overlord.

The Ming cavalry was annihilated, and it was only a matter of time.

Shen Yichen on the battlefield panted heavily, even if Canghuo and the others swore to protect him to the death, the battle armor on his chest was still cut open by the Tile Thorn guard, and the blood stains oozing from his underwear could be vaguely seen.

After several rounds of attack, the cavalry of the Ming army led by Shen Yichen inflicted heavy losses on the Tile Spur guards, and even in the case of absolute disadvantage in numbers, the casualty ratio was almost identical.

But this is far from enough, the Ming cavalry must have at least a casualty ratio of one to two, or even one to three, in order to have the possibility of completely defeating the Tile Spur guards.

From beginning to end, Shen Yichen did not look down on Yexian or the army of thorns like the emperor and the civil and military ministers, and every time he showed all his strength to fight.

But there are some gaps that cannot be made up by relying on enthusiasm, and he has done what he can. It can even be said that if it weren't for Shen Yichen personally leading the army behind the palace, maybe the Ming army on the battlefield would have collapsed long ago.

"Admiral Shen, the last general is incompetent, he may not be able to defeat the Tile Thorn guards today!"

Wu Rui came to Shen Yichen's side, his face was full of shame, there were already several knife wounds on his body, and the deepest part could already be seen.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and you have done your best."

Shen Yichen didn't blame Wu Rui, or he had been mentally prepared for this kind of result.

"Big brother, while you still have the strength to fight, we will cover you to break out!"

Li Da also leaned close to Shen Yichen's side, and there was little hope of defeating the Tile Spur guard, but there was still a chance to break out of the encirclement.

"Did you escape, when did I, the big brother, become so spineless?"

Shen Yichen replied with a wry smile, breaking through the siege at this time is equivalent to giving up the tens of thousands of troops on the battlefield.

Just when Li Da was about to continue to admonish, and was even about to forcibly break through with Shen Yichen, a dull sound of "Dong Dong Dong" came from the rear of the Wa Spur's personal guard, which was a unique note of a large-scale cavalry charge.

At the same time, a large banner with the word "Zhu" fluttering high appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the Ming Army behind the palace!