"Whew-"

Bang! Bang! Bang......

With Su Nang's order, for several miles, the Tumut cavalry, dressed in various colors of felt and leather armor, began to set out with the sound of the horn.

"Beat the drums!"

Bang! Bang! Bang......

Seeing the Tumut cavalry moving, in the camp of the Ming army, Cao Wenzhao's hand was raised, and nearly a thousand drummers of the Chinese army began to beat the sound of fine drums, and the crimson Ming army wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, cotton armor and cloth armor was only one-third of the number of Tumut cavalry, but at this moment they faced the surging cavalry, but they did not move.

The red clothes and the sun and moon flags of the Ming Dynasty cover the sky, and the momentum is better than that of millions of people.

Su Nang and dozens of Tumut lords led more than 1,000 cavalry to a low hill on the side of the battlefield, and looked down from this low hill into the distance.

Even though the sky was getting darker, you could vaguely see the dark red Ming army like a lighthouse, and this lighthouse needed to face the charge of nearly 30,000 iron horsemen.

Looking down from a height of 10,000 meters, on the Eile River, at the foot of Yin Mountain, on the bank of the Heishui River, two big dragons, one red and one black, are about to collide.

The sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves spread all over the battlefield, but in the ears of more than 10,000 Ming troops, there was only the sound of their own broken drums.

Yulinwei was divided into the front army and the rear army, the front army was 3,000 people, the rear army was 2,000 people, and the middle army was more than 1,000 people transferred from other Gongwei battalions to act as drummers.

Whether it was the front army or the rear army, at this moment they all changed into infantry guns and lined up to wait for orders.

They didn't have much fear, just a little nervousness.

Of course, they also have a lot of puzzles, because in their opinion, 10,000 straight iron cavalry is enough to chisel through these 30,000 rangers, and they don't understand why General Cao ordered the formation.

Also puzzled were the cavalry guards on the left and right, but they all held back the questioning and waited for the military order to be issued.

Compared with them, the generals in the Ming army better understood why they did this.

After all, the Tumut cavalry are rangers and archers, and if they can't fight, if they want to run, although they can catch up, but if they can't catch up, then this battle will be in vain.

It is necessary to show the enemy's weakness first, attract the Tumut cavalry, and then attack head-on.

"Kill—"

30,000 Mongolian iron cavalry surrounded the Ming army, like a full moon, and the next moment they were ready to open their bows and arrows.

"Yu Linwei prepares ......"

The snow made the ground muddy, and although the mount could not run with its hooves raised, it could still run, and in the face of such terrain, Cao Wenzhao gave an unhurried order.

With his order, the drumming began to change, and the first row of soldiers of Yu Linwei also raised their rifles.

"The Ming army raised the bird gun, and ordered the army, wait for the bird gun to be released, prepare to shoot arrows at the firelight, and solve the Ming army's fire gun first."

On the low hill, Su Nang looked at the darkening sky and decisively began to order.

The murmur of the Tumut tribe began to sound, interspersed with some special notes.

The voices of thousands of people were heard by the Tumut cavalry besieging the Ming army, after all, they were in the process of urging the horses to turn in circles, not to stop the horses.

"Put!" With Cao Wenzhao's voice sounding, the commander of the Yulin Guard beside him immediately looked at the several soldiers next to him.

Seeing this, these soldiers immediately placed large bamboo tubes on the ground, and then lit the fuses.

"Bang bang bang-"

As the lead of the bamboo tube burned out, the sound of cannon appeared, and then more than ten flames rushed into the sky, frightening the war horses of the Tumut Division, and fireworks burst into the sky above.

The surroundings were bright for a moment, and all the figures of the Tumut cavalry could not be hidden, and Yu Linwei also pulled the trigger at this time.

In the face of most of the Tumut cavalry, who had only one heavy armor and stood in dense formations, they were like targets moving at a medium speed, so that the Ming army did not need to aim, but only pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang-"

A dense burst of fire rang out, and the unprepared Tumut cavalry was knocked to the ground, and even the men and horses overturned, causing a series of falls from the riders behind.

Many horsemen with better equestrian skills began to draw their bows and arrows, trying to use arrows to suppress the Ming army's musketeers and create opportunities for the heavy cavalry in the array.

A rain of arrows fell from the sky, but could not affect the formation of the platoon.

The 10,000 rifles filled with gunpowder were handed over to the more than 1,000 musketeers in the front row.

As a result, a dense stream of marbles mercilessly harvested the lives of the Tumut cavalry.

"What's going on? Why is there only the light of the firebolt? What about torches? What about the fire fold? The Ming army's firecracker can be started without ignition?! ”

On the low hill, many Tumut lords felt a chill in their hearts, but Su Nang couldn't help it.

The Ming army used continuous fireworks to light up the battlefield, looking for the figure of the Tumut cavalry to shoot, but the Tumert cavalry could only see the fire when the opponent pulled the trigger, and the Ming army formation when the fireworks were lit.

When both sides can see it, the cavalry bow with a short range and less powerful is useless, and there is no calm mind to prepare for a sudden attack.

"Why is this firearm so dense? New burst firebolts? ”

Su Nang was also stunned, the firing speed of the Ming army's firearms was too dense, and it was only a tea time to fight, and a large group of cavalry fell on Tumut's side.

This made Su Nang a little scared, and he could only speak: "Blow the horn, temporarily withdraw the troops, and count how many people have died in the battle!" ”

"Woo woo~~~~"

The sound of the horn sounded along with his order, and his action was tantamount to missing the best opportunity to break through.

The cavalry of the Ming army did not carry spears, and if the heavy cavalry charged into battle, Cao Wenzhao could only use the same half-equipped cavalry guard to rush up to resist, or let Yulinwei mount the horse to resist.

But now Su Nang was frightened by the more than a dozen rounds of foot guns in one go, because the surroundings were too dim, only the Ming army fireworks could see the moment of light, so he couldn't see how the Ming army operated.

He also thought that the Ming army's infantry could shoot continuously, so he hurriedly withdrew his soldiers and horses.

"Stop! Counting the ...... of battle damage"

In the face of the withdrawn Su Bao Division, Cao Wenzhao did not pursue, but ordered the whole army to count the battle losses.

As a result, the fireworks stopped, and Yu Linwei counted the battle damage while reloading the front and rear gunners.

Similarly, the frightened Su Bao also ordered someone to count the dead and wounded.

The two sides were in a strange stalemate for a long time, until a quarter of an hour later, the casualties of the Ming army were counted first.

Seventy-two people were killed and 247 wounded in the Ming army.

Seeing such battle damage, as well as a group of Tumut troops wailing about the wounded soldiers and corpses on the periphery, Cao Wenzhao was slightly relieved.

As they thought, the Northern Captives were indeed a third-rate army, and the Arbitrage was even the third-rate of the third-rate.

Cao Wenzhao, who learned of the death and injury, was relieved, but compared to him, Su Bao after a quarter of an hour was as uncomfortable as eating.

Whether seriously wounded or killed in battle, they lost more than 2,000 people.

This is almost one-fifteenth of the dead and wounded of the army, and although the Ming army does not know how many, the number of dead and wounded should be far less than theirs.

More than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, which already made the hearts of Su Nang and many Tumut lords beat the drum.

In their opinion, the Ming army seems to be much stronger than they have ever experienced, and if they continue to fight stubbornly, Tumut's family will be wiped out, and the majesty that the lords of the various tribes have built up over the years will be swept away.

"Great Khan, or ......"

"Whew-"

Some of the lords were about to ask if they were going to withdraw, but before they could finish speaking, a whining horn sounded behind them!

"Great Khan! Behind us?! ”

It was an emergency alarm, and everyone stared behind them, and behind them, under the low hills, on the north bank of the Blackwater River, all the sentinels raised their torches in panic and ran towards the south bank.

"What about the rear army sentry riders? Dead?! ”

Su Nan's first counterattack was panic, and the next second was anger.

He obviously arranged sentry cavalry, how could there be a Ming cavalry sneak attack from the rear?

At this time, a group of sentry riders rushed up from under the low hill, and everyone looked at them, while the chief of the thousand households on horseback cried:

"Great Khan, Saihan led the people of the Ulut Department to deceive and kill the Houjun Sentinel Cavalry, and the Ming Army Qi King Zhu Youzhen led the cavalry to kill the back, less than fifteen miles away from here."

"The whole army breaks through to the east!" Hearing that Zhu Youzhen actually led people to make a detour to attack from the rear, Su Nang didn't even ask how many people Zhu Youzhen had brought, and immediately ordered the whole army to break through.

As soon as he gave the order, a group of Tumut lords panicked and led their men to retreat towards the Gray River in the east.

"Chief soldier, Your Highness, they should have killed from the north bank of the Heishui River, I just heard the horn of their enemy attack."

It was not only Su Nang who also heard the sound of the horn, but some of the Mongols in the Ming army who were in the Ulut also found Cao Wenzhao to explain.

Hearing this, Cao Wenzhao immediately looked at Tumut's subordinates, only to see that there was indeed some commotion on their side.

"All the troops are torched, everyone is on the horse!"

Cao Wenzhao reined in the reins of his horse and loudly ordered the heralds around him.

The drummer put away the war drums, and the herald also informed the soldiers and horses of the Yulin Guard.

The Mongols of Urut led their horses to the front and rear armies, and everyone turned on their horses, and their movements were also seen by the cavalry of Tumut.

After more than a dozen consecutive shots by the Ming army in the dark night just now, a large number of Tumut cavalry were frightened and hurriedly fled eastward, not caring about the formation at all.

This is that the Mongols are used to running, and naturally form their own set of escape tactics, if they change to the Han family foot guards and suddenly someone messes up the formation, I am afraid that they will break through and retreat, forming a big rout.

But even so, no matter what, the formation of the Tumut cavalry was also chaotic, and such a scattered formation was a good opportunity for Cao Wenzhao.

"Xiao Cavalry Guard, Yu Lin Guard, the time has come to be loyal to Chitose!"

"Rush—"

Cao Wenzhao commanded 10,000 cavalry to pursue, the army shouted like a tide, and the cavalry of more than 10,000 people wantonly vented their horsepower.

"Turn back to the past, and clean up the Ming army behind first, otherwise they will bite us and hold on."

During the breakout, Su Nang immediately ordered the army to turn back, intending to clean up Cao Wenzhao after realizing that the Ming army in the rear dared to pursue.

"Great Khan, withdraw first, they have firearms."

"Yes, withdraw from the city first, and then fight after dawn."

"Fool, you can't use a fire gun on horseback!" Su Nang thought that the Ming Army's fire gun was an improved version of the Five Thunder God Machine that Qi Jiguang had researched.

After all, in his memory, the Ming army only had this kind of continuous firecracker, and the biggest drawback of this firearm was that it was too large and could only be used in foot combat.

Like the commander of the British army in the Somme who did not know the power of the machine gun, Su Nang at this moment also stubbornly insisted on what he knew.

Under his order, nearly 30,000 Tumut cavalry began to try to turn back, and after Cao Wenzhao saw such a turnback, he hurriedly ordered:

"Yu Linwei is ready to face a breakthrough, and the Xiao Cavalry Guard is rushing into battle!"

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer in high-speed movement, and it was the cavalry of Tumut who were the first to attack.

Like the cavalry of the Tobo Division, they did not dare to charge into battle and engage in hand-to-hand combat, and even opened their bows and arrows from a distance of sixty paces, intending to use their luck to face the assault.

Such a distance is abrupt, if it is placed in the army of Houjin, it will inevitably be assigned to Ningguta as an armored slave after the war.

However, it was already a routine practice for the life-sparing Tumut cavalry to shoot arrows from sixty paces away, and then begin to split in two, intending to turn back and face again.

Although the nobles of Tumut required thirty steps to shoot arrows in the face, no one could handle that much at the moment.

This also led to the fact that although there were many arrows that fell, there were very few arrows that could penetrate the armor of the war horses and horses and the armor of the Ming army.

Occasionally, arrows can hit the Ming cavalry, but the places where they hit are nothing more than the legs, palms, and face.

The distance of sixty paces made them not lethal at all, and the Ming army often reluctantly pulled out their arrows, then grabbed the gourd hammer and long knife and continued to charge.

"Bang ......"

Like the Dubo Division, the Tumut Division, which tried to divide the cavalry in a roundabout way to repeatedly face the assault, was attacked by the cavalry of the front row of the Ming army.

If it weren't for the fact that it was too dark for the Ming cavalry to use the wall charge, Tumert's cavalry would not have been able to hold out for a quarter of an hour.

Under the shady scene, Cao Wenzhao, as the commander, personally led the personal guards to take the lead.

He drew two horsemen from the sides of his saddle, and when he misturned, knocked down two Tumut cavalrymen with two shots.

At the same time, his helmet and breastplate rattled, and there was a pain in his leg, as if he had been shot by an arrow or slashed by a sabre.

Cao Wenzhao didn't have time to think, and he saw a Tumut cavalry dressed like a nobleman rushing towards him.

He subconsciously pulled out his long knife and threw it at him with the back of the knife.

However, this person was very good at riding, and the back of Cao Wenzhao's knife was actually dodged by him by shrinking and hanging stirrups.

Just before Cao Wenzhao could stab him with a backhand, the guards beside him raised their horsemen and shot through the rough armor on the opponent's chest.

Such a scene is also a microcosm of the entire battlefield.

Relying on the cavalry with him, the Shangzhi Iron Cavalry defeated countless Tumut cavalry head-on, and at the same time was attacked by the opponent's dense feather arrows.

Despite the helmet and armor protection, the exposed places were injured everywhere.

This is true of the well-armed superiors, not to mention the Tumut cavalry.

It's just that at the moment of the battle, the Tumut cavalry fell from a thousand horses, and countless Tumert cavalry only felt that the entire battlefield was very chaotic.

They could only hear the screams of the Mongols around them, but not the screams and scolding of the Han Chinese.

The men and horses howled, not only did they fail to break through the Ming army's military formation, but they were killed by the Ming cavalry, which was only one-third of them.

"Turn back, fight again!"

The rise of Cao Wen's edict, after cutting through the Tumut army formation, immediately had to turn back and kill again.

It's just that at this time, a strong wind suddenly blew around, and the wind was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes.

It was this gust of wind that gave both Tumut and the Ming army a chance to breathe.

Su Nang, who had been killed from the battle array, was very depressed, and when he looked at the number of Great Khan's guards around him, his heart was even tighter.

There were originally hundreds of guards, but at this time, there were only about 20 people left, and the surrounding Tumut lords were also missing six or seven.

In this dark night, no one can know how many people they have killed and wounded.

"Break east!"

Su Nang was scared, before the start of the war, he only thought that the Ming army was still the three towns of Shanxi back then, but he didn't want this battle to directly beat him back to his original form.

He commanded the army to the east to brave the wind to break through, and when Cao Wenzhao saw this, he also hurriedly led his troops to pursue.

The distance between the two sides was very tight, which made the Tumut cavalry a little afraid.

At this time, in the east, where Tumut was trying to break through, a cavalry team with torches suddenly appeared, and Su Nang was so frightened that he almost reined in his horse.

Fortunately, he saw clearly what the other party was wearing, and it was Chagatai that he sent to besiege the Ming artillery.

This made him happy in his heart, if Chagatai defeated the Ming army, and captured the Ming artillery, and captured the Ming gunners, then he could fight back.

It was just that something happened to him that regretted it, when he approached the Chagatai team, he only saw a fifth less army than before the departure, and Chagatai with a very ugly face.

Obviously, the plan to besiege the Ming army and seize the artillery failed, and Su Nang did not have time to reprimand Chagatai when he saw this, but continued to break through to the east with a large army.

Of course, in the team that broke through, Chagatai's troops also told him about the situation of the army, as well as the news of the appearance of the Ming army on the north bank of the Heishui River.

Hearing this, Chagatai immediately commanded the army to follow and break through to the east.

They are on the run, Cao Wenzhao is chasing, with more than 10,000 horsemen chasing tens of thousands of horsemen The scene is magnificent, if it is not in the dark night, I am afraid that all the Ming troops will be proud of this battle.

The army was chasing, and Su Nang and the others also rushed all the way east.

But the distance of forty miles is as far away as a moat at this moment, and it cannot be crossed.

Tumut's soldiers changed horses after they ran out of horsepower, and directly left the exhausted horses in an attempt to slow down the pursuit of the Ming army.

It's just that they underestimated Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao and Shangzhi would not stop because of some scattered war horses.

They clenched the tails of the Tumut cavalry, and this continued until Su Nang and the others saw the frozen river of gray water with their own eyes.

"Cross the Greywater River and go north to Bansheng City!"

The moment they saw the Greywater River, everyone in the Tumut Department was like a chicken.

They didn't care if they would fall into an ice cave because the ice was too thin when they crossed the river, or if the horses would slip.

At this moment, they just wanted to break through and cross the river, and rushed into the gray water river.

The crossing of tens of thousands of horses and horses made the ice of the Greywater River "click", and this sound is still ringing.

Such a sound made the cavalry crossing the river tremble, and they did not dare to lower their horses quickly.

When Su Nang and the others personally led more than 20,000 cavalry to cross the Greywater River, a large area of cracks finally appeared in the overwhelmed Greywater River.

"Bang!"

In just an instant, the ice broke and nearly a hundred people fell into the glacier.

The heavy felt cloak made it impossible for the fallen man to float up, and he kept slapping the water to call for help, but most of the Tumut cavalry hastened to leave after seeing the ice break.

When Cao Wenzhao brought people over, there were no less than 1,000 Tumut cavalry who fell into the glacier, and when he saw such a scene, he directly issued a military order to suspend the pursuit:

"Don't cross the river, bypass it upstream!"

Cao Wenzhao was unwilling to gamble with the lives of his men, in case the ice collapsed on a large scale, the non-combat attrition caused by it was enough to make him ashamed and kill himself.

He chose a detour, and his actions overjoyed Su Nang, who had successfully crossed the river.

"Quick! ...... to the north"

"Buzz rumble—"

Su Nang's smile didn't take a breath before it was interrupted by the dull sound of horses' hooves in the north.

Everyone looked up to the north, and saw a cavalry contingent carrying torches on the low hills of the valley.

Such a scene made all the Tumuts feel hopeless.

"Kill—"

The armored Tiance Guard Cavalry and the Dragon Guard Cavalry swooped down densely from the low hill like heavenly soldiers.

"Breakout!"

The ice had broken and it was impossible to return to the south shore, which was a low-lying area with no third direction.

He had no other way to break out of the siege than to shout the order to break out.

A large number of Tumert cavalry faced the half-armored cavalry rushing down from the low hill, and at this moment there was no power to fight back.

Dense charges and the sound of firecrackers rang out, and there was a constant pressure that pushed the men and horses back.

Under the flickering flames, the faces of the soldiers of the Ming army made people's hearts palpitate like evil ghosts crawling out of the ghost gate.

"Save Me ......"

"Help me! I'm ......."

The momentum of the iron cavalry, as well as the shooting of the cavalry, caused the Tumert cavalry to constantly squeeze backwards, and the Tumert cavalry in the rear continued to squeeze into the ice breaking.

At one time, no less than 1,000 people drowned, and the number continues to increase.

In the midst of the chaos, Su Nang was squeezed off his horse, and as soon as he stood up, he was squeezed by the Tumut cavalry around him.

"Presumptuous, I am your Khan!"

"Get out of here!"

In the face of life and death, no one takes care of Su Nang's inferiority and pitiful self-esteem, and everyone is squeezing backwards in order to survive.

The Ming semi-mounted cavalry turned back after the charge, then turned over and dismounted, and took off the rifle on their backs.

In this process, no one tried to counterattack and break through, but without exception, they were all cut off by other wandering Ming cavalry.

"Bang ......"

When the infantry guns lined up in formation, the sound of dense fire began to sound on the banks of the Greywater River.

This made the Mongols of Tumut see clearly the steps of using the Ming armament in the dark of night, but no one paid attention to this anymore.

With only three rounds of guns, no less than a thousand Tumut cavalry were killed, and at this time, among the cavalry of the Ming army, the Mongols of the Ulut tribe began to shout:

"Surrender and don't kill, His Royal Highness the King of Qi will give you pastures and cattle and sheep."

"I surrender!"

Hearing that the Ming army accepted the surrender, the Tumut cavalry of the brigade dropped their weapons, jumped off their horses and walked towards the Ming army, and after shouting surrender, they were tied up by Saihan and squatted in a corner of the battlefield.

Such a scene was played out continuously, and in the end, all the lords of the Tumut tribe were tied up by their subordinates and pressed to the front of the platoon of guns.

Among them, it also includes the grizzled vegetarian sac.

Su Nang was pressed by the Tiance Guards, and the whole person knelt on the ground, completely losing the arrogance of denouncing Du'er in Bansheng City.

Just as he knelt down, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in front of him, and the platoon of guns in front of the Ming army also put away their rifles.

This change made Subao realize that there might be someone important coming.

He raised his head, and what he saw was Zhu Youzhen, sitting on horseback, looking down on him with contempt.

The person who once clamored to capture Zhu Youzhen alive now knelt in front of him, like a dog with a broken spine, and he couldn't give up the slightest strength to resist.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the depressed sac, and the sac was completely crushed as soon as he opened his mouth:

"Lone thought you would kill yourself, but I didn't expect you to be alive"

"It seems that my coffin is ready for ......" Zhu Youzhen shook his head and sighed, with a look of regret.

"Zhu Youzhen!!" Su Nang was furious by Zhu Youzhen's ridicule and kept struggling.

However, Zhu Youzhen sat on the war horse in front of him, motionless, and looked at him contemptuously:

"Live well, I'm still waiting to take you to the Taimiao in the capital and dance to my ancestors and ancestors to offer prisoners."

"The opportunity to kill yourself is given to you, if you don't cherish it, then don't think about dying now."

"If you want to die, it's easy, I can send your family down to accompany you......"

After that, Zhu Youzhen returned to the army with a horse, and Su Nang was also pressed down in the muddy snow by the Tiance guards......

(End of chapter)