"Beep...... Beep ...... Beep! ”

Time flies, and when March 15 arrived as scheduled, Sun Chuanting marched into the army when Phuntsok Namgyal and other Tibetan nobles had not sent news for a long time.

The road from Nagquka to Lasa was more than 500 miles, and Sun Chuanting did not choose to gather troops to attack Lasa, but chose to divide his troops.

He ordered Cao Wenzhao to take 3,000 cavalry to the primitive Gobi Beach and march to Qiangtang, and ordered Cao Bianjiao to make a detour and take 9,000 men and tiger squatting artillery to march to Ladakh, Guge, Yaze and other places.

As for the frontal battlefield, Sun Chuanting gathered 9,000 rifle cavalry and 6,000 cavalry to carry grain and set off for Lasa.

Soon after they set out, the nobles of Lasa learned of the arrival of the Ming army in Lasa.

Due to lack of time, the distant Ladakhi soldiers and horses had not yet reached Rasa, but even so, Lasa had gathered nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 60,000 slaves.

The arrival of the Xiaoice River dealt a great blow to the Central Plains Dynasty, but it dealt a greater blow to the nomads and plateau peoples.

In the past, the grand occasion of pulling out hundreds of thousands or more than 200,000 troops in Tibet is no longer possible to appear in the current Tibetan land.

On March 22, when Sun Chuanting was less than 80 miles away from Lhasa, Phuntsok Namgyal, as the Great Khan of the Tsangpa Dynasty, changed into his own Tibetan armor.

Outside the Potala Palace, 100,000 soldiers and horses awaited his command, a huge army he had never commanded.

It was false to say that he was not excited, but the sense of unknown from the Ming army made him look particularly hesitant.

He had never fought against the Ming army, but he also knew that the Ming army was very powerful.

In the long corridor, only a few steps apart windows provide a little sunlight.

Phuntsok Namgyal walked through the corridor with his own guards, and the combination of light and shadow and Phuntsok Namgyal's serious appearance made the atmosphere particularly heavy.

When he walked out of the palace, he was greeted by the boundless army gathered outside the Potala Palace in Lasa.

In March, it was much warmer in Lhasa, but the snow in the mountains was still there in the distance.

On the vast plateau, Phuntsok Namgyal has nothing to say, it is just a simple sentence: "Go"

With his order, 100,000 soldiers and horses began to set off north, and the monks standing at the gate of the Potala Palace shook their heads when they saw this: "It's just an egg hitting a stone......

The monks also hoped that Phuntsok Namgyal would win so that they could continue to lend, but they knew it was impossible.

They had seen the confrontation between the Ming army and other toasts with their own eyes, and the performance of those toasts could be said to be crushed at one touch.

Now Phuntsok Namgyal has a lot of soldiers and horses, but those who are qualified to wear armor are still those 40,000 people, and the other slaves can be said to be unclothed, and they are not as good as the homeless people of the Ming Dynasty.

With such a team to confront the Ming army, the end is self-evident......

"Omitted! The pond rode back in front, and the dust covered the sun in the direction of Lasa, I am afraid that the enemy army is leading the crowd, do you want to observe it first? ”

A few hours later, as the two armies continued to advance, Danba, the general of the Duogan battalion, returned to Sun Chuanting in the army.

Riding on horseback, Sun Chuanting's face became a little sallow due to the rush for many days, but he was still very good in spirit, after all, the decisive battle was coming.

"The ancients were full of energy, then declined, and then exhausted ......"

"Phuntsok Namgyal has driven dozens of miles with the army, and the army is already exhausted, let him rest at this time, tomorrow's battle will be more difficult."

"Don't stop, just fight."

Sun Chuanting knew where the advantage of his troops and horses was, to put it bluntly, relying on the range of 300 paces, the Ming army basically did not have to waste physical strength to engage in short-handed battles.

Even if they are tired from traveling, they can even sit on the battlefield with a stool and rest while pulling the trigger.

Of course, this is just a description, and it is impossible to really do it.

But this is enough to show that in terms of physical strength, the Ming army did not have such high requirements as those required in the era of cold weapons.

Unlike them, the Tibetan army, which had already driven nearly forty miles, was already a little tired, and the scrawny slaves were constantly falling behind.

For the slaves who were left behind, the serf owners and nobles killed them directly to prevent them from escaping.

Seeing this scene, many slaves could only grit their teeth for their own lives and follow the team closely.

Eventually, the front armies of the two armies met in a valley less than two miles wide, and nearly a hundred paces were a wide river.

That is, what can be used as a battlefield is actually only seven hundred steps wide.

"Sigh the law ......"

In March, the valley of the Rasa River was very windy and sandy, and the horses were neighing and stumbling, and the men on horseback were also in full swing.

Phuntsok Namgyal had no experience commanding 100,000 men, but he also knew that putting slaves with weak fighting wills in the front army was an act of death.

Therefore, he placed his headquarters in the front army, the middle army was guarded by the soldiers and horses of the major Tusi, and the rear army was the overseer team and slaves.

He rode his horse from the middle army to the front army, and the road was very rough, and because there were too many people, it even seemed a little narrow.

Without a clairvoyant, he could only judge the distance between the two armies and the combat strength of the Ming army with his own naked eyes.

Just by looking at this, he could clearly feel that the overall aura of the Ming army was stronger than any army he had ever seen.

Compared with Huang Long and Huang Fei, Sun Chuanting did a better job, and the Duogan Battalion under his command only had a heavy cloth armor, and the mandarin duck battle jacket was worn inside.

Such equipment was actually enough to meet the street battles of the Ming army.

As for the field battle, Sun Chuanting did not think that Phuntsok Namgyal could lead the army to break through his own gun array.

"Strategy, march?"

Danba asked Sun Chuanting, but Sun Chuanting was looking at the appearance of the Tibetan army with a clairvoyant mirror at the moment.

After watching it for a long time, he finally shook his head: "The rabble...... rabble"

The rabble, this is his assessment of Phuntsok Namgyal's most elite cavalry.

This is not to disparage Phuntsok Namgyal, but it is true.

Compared with the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and even the Lu'an Rebellion in Guizhou, the equipment of the Tibetan army is very simple.

However, this is not surprising, if Tibet is really so powerful, they will not obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty and honestly stay on the plateau for more than 200 years.

"When will the yak herd arrive?"

"It should take another hour."

Seeing the military appearance of the Ming army, Phuntsok Nanjia, who was looking at the battlefield, suddenly darkened his face.

The morale of the Ming army in the north is like a rainbow, and then look at the state of the army on their own side, they are sluggish......

Looking at the morale of the army, Phuntsok Namgyal was suddenly a little dissatisfied.

It's one thing to be able to beat or not, but from the beginning I didn't even have the courage to fight, what is it?

Cowards, real cowards!

"Retreat ten miles first, retreat to the Gurong River Bay, and wait for the yak herd to drive over, and then attack with the whole army."

"Yes!"

Phuntsok Namgyal was dissatisfied with his morale, but his dissatisfaction could not change anything.

He never thought that the Tibetan army could defeat the Ming army directly, so what he gave the crowd was a herd of yaks.

Although hundreds of thousands of yaks cannot be pulled, 40,000 or 50,000 yaks can still be pulled out in Lhasa alone.

Charging with a herd of yaks was the only way Phuntsok Namgyal could come up with to disrupt the Ming army's formation.

However, the yak herd rush is not something that can be used casually, and he has made a lot of preparations in the early stage.

"After a while, the rebels have begun to retreat, and I am afraid that there will be fraud."

"Don't care, chase ......"

As Phuntsok Namgyal led his troops to retreat, Zhou Yi, who was beside Sun Chuanting, reminded Sun Chuanting, but Sun Chuanting just calmly ordered the pursuit.

As a general, Sun Chuanting knew one thing very well, that is, with the advancement of firearms, opening up large formations and fighting head-on battles would be the main trend in the future.

Intrigue may be useful, but it is no longer decision-making.

As long as the rear does not interfere, a head-to-head confrontation is the key to victory.

Just like the war between the Ming army and the Houjin, the frontal battlefield could not be won, and no matter how many years of guerrilla warfare the rear fought for, it could not prevent the defeat of the war.

The noon sun shone on the river valley, but when the cold wind blew, people couldn't stop feeling a little chill.

Under these circumstances, the two armies advanced and retreated, and soon retreated ten miles to a relatively wide bay.

Compared with the previous river valley, which was only less than two miles, this river bay is three miles wide, which is enough to give full play to the advantages of the Tibetan army.

"The rebels should fight a decisive battle here, bring up the artillery."

"Yes!"

Sun Chuanting saw Phuntsok Namgyal's idea and laid it out.

The form of the two armies is obvious, the Tibetan army will definitely attack, because they are the defender, and they have a large number of people and a large consumption of grain and grass, while the Ming army has many options.

Whether it is stationed in place for consumption, or offensive and retreating, the Ming army can afford to consume.

Compared with the Ming army, the Tibetan army could not afford it at all.

Their land is basically cultivated by slaves, and there are 60,000 slaves gathered here, and if they don't farm, there will not be enough food to eat in Tibet.

Even if they were to be put back to farm, it would be very difficult for the Tibetan land to maintain the rations of the 40,000 troops.

"Boom ......"

Suddenly, a dull voice sounded, Sun Chuanting raised the clairvoyant mirror in confusion, and Zhou Yi also commanded the artillery to step forward.

The Ming army did not carry much artillery, only three hundred Yanshan five-pound guns, but this was enough.

"They want to use the Fire Bull Formation."

Sun Chuanting saw herds of yaks squeezed out of the dust and crowd, and saw that the horns of these yaks were tied with sharp knives, and their bodies were also covered with some sewn leather armor.

The thousands of yaks that led the way were all in this shape, but the yaks that followed did not have such a configuration.

"Jingluo, this ......" Zhou Wei was a little dumbfounded, not knowing how to deal with the herds of yaks that poured between the two armies, but Sun Chuanting was calm.

"Throughout the ages, there have been countless people who have used the Fire Ox Array, but the only two successful examples are Tian Dan and Wang De, the former breaks the enemy, and the latter breaks through."

It's just that in the book "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", it was said that "the ox is shocked and rushes forward, and the enemy army will be chaotic, and you can take advantage of it." ”

"If our army is not chaotic, this fire bull array is just adding meat to the army."

Sun Chuanting said the reason why he was calm, that is, the Ming army's position would not be chaotic at all because of the charge of the fire bull array, so the fire bull array could not rush the Ming army's military formation at all.

During the Warring States Period, Tian Dan put down the fire ox array, broke the Yan army, and the Qi State was restored, this legendary story was recorded in the "Zuo Biography", so there were many generals who had read the book to follow.

Some commentators also boasted about Yang Liulang's deeds of using the fire bull array to break the Liao soldiers in "Yang Family General", and as a result, a group of generals began to use the fire bull array.

During the Anshi Rebellion, Fang Xuan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who claimed to be a "knowing soldier", used a fire bull array when he counterattacked the rebels in Chang'an, but none of the rebels were injured, and his own camp was rushed to pieces.

Shao Qing, a green forest ringing horse in the Southern Song Dynasty, also used the fire ox array when he was surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers, but it was self-defeating, and most of the out-of-control cattle rushed to his own people, and the officers and soldiers exterminated Shao Qing without much effort.

Not only the ancient army, but even in modern times, there were still people using the fire ox array during World War II, and as a result, the herd turned around and rushed their own side.

Sun Chuanting's words were concise and to the point, and at the same time, he also slapped many dead generals in the face.

The role of the Fire Ox Formation is mainly to disturb the enemy army, make it panic, create fighters for the charge of the large army, and fantasize that relying on a herd of cattle alone to defeat the enemy is not only unrealistic, but also absurd.

Moreover, the range and power of the bow and crossbow in the Warring States period were not very damaging to the herd, and the herd could naturally rush forward against the rain of arrows when they were in pain.

But the problem is that it is already the age of firearms, and yaks in leather armor cannot carry the breech-loading bullets and artillery of the Ming army.

Not to mention that the fire ox formation only works for the army that is not cohesive, after all, the cohesion is not strong, and when they see the cattle colliding, they will scatter as birds and beasts, while the regular army will not be like this, as long as the cattle do not rush out of array and encounter slashing, they will run back in pain.

Therefore, for Sun Chuanting, if Phuntsok Namgyal is not ready to fight, then I am afraid that this battle will be like this.

"Ignition!"

"Mou-"

On the Tibetan army's array, accompanied by the ignition of some Tibetan yaks' tails, the frightened yaks immediately began to rush towards the Ming army.

At the same time, the Tibetan army also lined up truckloads full of sand and dirt in front of the army, and it was clear that Phuntsok Namgyal was well prepared for the return of the herd.

Sun Chuanting looked at this scene and shook his head, thinking that he had missed an opportunity, but he was not discouraged, but calmly ordered:

"The artillery was filled with shotshots, and the enemy counterattacked with the riflemen after three hundred paces from our troops."

"Yes!"

Zhou Ji and Danba began to order the Tang cavalry to give orders to the whole army, and at the same time, the 300 guns on the artillery position were also loaded with loose shells, and the riflemen were loaded with bullets.

The distance of one mile was only a dozen breaths for the frightened yak herd, so when they rushed into the range of the Ming army, the Ming artillery attacked......

"Bang bang bang-"

There was a burst of artillery in the river valley, and some slaves of the Tibetan army had never heard the sound of artillery, and thought that the gods were angry, and knelt down one after another.

However, the striking battlefield is not on the slaves, but on the yaks.

In just an instant, three hundred artillery pieces and thousands of rifles fired scattered bullets and bullets like a shower, and the thin leather armor could not stop the bullets at all.

When the cannon stopped, the yaks fell down as if they were harvesting wheat, and then caused the yaks behind to fall one by one.

The yaks in Tibet do not have the conditions of the rear army's war horses, and the yaks without artillery fright training begin to turn back the moment their companions fall in the artillery attack, and they have not even rushed into the Ming army's position 200 steps before they have turned back in fear.

The Tibetan army has no artillery, and its equipment is basically cold weapons, and in terms of firearms, they only have a few hundred arquebuses, so when the yaks turn back and charge, they can only hope for baggage carts and spears.

"Mou!"

"Peng Peng Peng—"

For a while, the herd of yaks that turned back crashed into the baggage cart, and although it did not disturb the position of the Tibetan army, Phuntsok Namgyal's face was not good-looking.

He used yaks to test the firepower of the Ming army, but after seeing the firepower of the Ming army, he retreated in his heart.

"Actually...... There is nothing wrong with surrendering either. ”

Phuntsok Namgyal was beating a drum in his heart, but it was impossible for the surrounding nobles to surrender, and they suggested to Phuntsok Namgyal one after another:

"The fire ox is still effective, the Ming army needs to rest for a long time after a cannon fight, we can use a small number of yaks to stop their artillery, and then take advantage of the cessation of the artillery to let the cavalry charge."

The Tibetan army did not have the idea of using shield carts, because this style of play did not exist in their tactics.

Those who can absorb the Ming army's car formation fighting method, whether it is the Mongols or the Jurchens, the prerequisite for them to be able to absorb it is that they have fought with the Ming army and suffered the loss of the car formation.

But for the Tibetan army, which has been guarding itself for more than 200 years, how could they dare to fight the Ming army?

Hou Xian and Liu Zhao brought a few hundred people into Tibet, so that they could send hundreds of thousands of slaves to build post stations and post roads.

The only people who dared to do anything to the Ming army in Tibet were the wild Tibetans in the Qiangtang area, who plundered the Ming army that patrolled Wusizang.

However, they all attacked small groups of people, and they did not dare to attack large groups.

In addition, the chariot array only rose during the Wanli period, and the last time the Ming army patrolled the border was in the Zhengde period, so it is even more impossible for the Tibetan army to know how the chariot array should be used.

The car formation is not just pushing the car forward, and the formation coordination is particularly crucial.

If you don't know this, you can use a shield car, which can be said to be a simple target.

Phuntsok Namgyal didn't want to fight anymore, but the nobles below him had been egging him on.

He knew very well that if he didn't continue to fight, the nobles would definitely hold him hostage.

This is the case in the Tang Dynasty, even if the Jiedu envoy wanted to surrender, the generals below held him and prevented him from surrendering.

Now Phuntsok Namgyal is also experiencing this kind of experience, and in the face of such a situation, he can only grit his teeth and order: "Prepare to appease the yaks and march again." ”

"Yes!" The nobles were so excited that they began to send people to pacify the yaks.

After a quarter of an hour, the yaks were quiet, and the Ming army had not shelled them with solid shells.

Sun Chuanting wants to completely deal with the Tibetan army here, and his opportunity will come at this moment.

"Ignition!"

"Mou-"

It was still an old-fashioned charge, but this time the Tibetan army began to move, and they marched in two groups along both sides of the river, making way for the yaks to turn back.

In such a situation, the yak rushed to the front of the Ming army.

"Put!"

"Peng Peng Peng—"

The artillery was ferocious, and not surprisingly, the fire bull array broke again, but at the same time, 10,000 Tibetan troops along both sides of the river had reached a distance of less than 200 paces from the Ming army.

"Shoot again after a hundred paces, and after this rout, the cavalry is ready to charge." Sun Chuanting looked at the Tibetan army with amazement, thinking that the fighter plane had arrived.

In front of him, the Tibetan cavalry and infantry rushed a hundred paces in front of the Ming position, shouting some slang in their mouths.

"Defend the Bodhisattva, defend the Rasa! Come along! ”

"Hold the knife steady, as long as you destroy the Ming army on the opposite side, everyone will be rewarded with a tael of silver!"

Some of the Tibetan nobles and serf owners shouted loudly, waving long knives in their hands.

Looking at the Ming soldiers on the opposite side, with a bit of bloodthirsty taste on their faces, it seemed that in their opinion, the short soldiers of the Han people were very weak, as long as they rushed into the military formation, then victory was in sight......

"Bang bang bang-"

"Hiss......"

The shooting of the Ming army began, and for a time the Tibetan army was beaten to the ground.

At a distance of 100 paces, some of the Tibetan cavalry were killed by bullets before they could even begin to bend their bows and arrows.

Tens of thousands of horse troops are placed in this era, no matter what level they are, they are all powerful.

Of course, the premise is that their opponent is not the Ming army......

Just like right now, this group of Tibetan cavalry wearing armor is being slaughtered one-sidedly at the moment.

This round of close-range shooting caused heavy casualties to the Tibetan army, with more than a dozen nobles killed on the spot, and other grassroots generals were killed and wounded countless times.

The horse team continued to panic, and the momentum of the charge decreased sharply, while Phuntsok Namgyal, who remained in place, and a large number of nobles looked at the scene in front of them, and the whole person seemed to be frozen.

The mentality of the Tibetan army had gradually collapsed, and although they had rushed into a distance of fifty paces, they could already see the appearance of the Ming army, but the bullets that followed stopped their progress.

"Bang bang bang-"

The pungent smell of gunpowder smoke became a symbol of hell, and thousands of bullets at such a close distance, carrying unparalleled speed, pierced the armor and stomach, burrowed into the body of the Tibetan army, and countless people fell on the way to the charge.

Almost a full platoon of Tibetan troops fell to the ground, and the conservative estimate of casualties exceeded 2,000 people......

After such a round of blows, the Tibetan army's horse team fell into a complete collapse.

"Withdraw!"

"Retreat!"

The nobles were no longer brave, but turned their horses' heads in fear and tried to retreat, and they shot arrows to stop the Ming army from shooting, but the damage of the arrows to the Ming army's infantry was too small.

At a distance of fifty paces, unless it is a strong man who can shoot a ten-strong bow, even if the arrow misses the face, it will be blocked by the bones.

Of course, the Tibetan army still caused a lot of casualties to the Ming army, but the Ming army was not only infantry.

"Drive!"

The Duogan battalion was dominated by cavalry, so when Sun Chuanting gave the order, six thousand breech lancers in full gear began to charge.

They crossed the direction of the artillery positions and the infantry, rode their horses towards the fleeing Tibetan army, and at the gallop, unhurriedly loaded their bullets and pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang-"

On the battlefield full of gunsmoke, the battle between the Ming and Tibetan armies was presented in front of Phuntsok Namgyal and others as a result of the one-sided massacre of the Ming army.