Lan Yu always kept a distance of fifty miles from the crooked army.

This distance is not far or close, you can catch up in an emergency, and you can slowly embellished it without being in a hurry, giving the other party enough pressure.

Of course, the reason why Lan Yu didn't catch up was not because he was cowardly, but because he didn't want the other party to wait for work.

After all, if you catch up rashly, you will have to march in a hurry, and when you catch up with the other party, you will be exhausted on your side.

However, the sudden encampment of Crooked Si's army gave him a surprise.

"What do you want to do, do you want to intercept us halfway?"

"General Hui, I can't see it yet, but we should know when we catch up tomorrow.

Lan Yu frowned and pondered for a while when she heard this.

"Pass the order, eat with your belly open tomorrow, and set up camp when you are still thirty miles away from the other party!"

"No!"

The next day, Lan Yu really stopped after only walking fifty miles, and ordered people to dig trenches while erecting horses and other things.

Because if you go further, you will enter the opponent's attack distance, and if you have driven twenty miles on your side, you will lose everything.

The most important thing is that the other party was obviously prepared and didn't give him a chance to sneak attack at all.

And the vast grassland is endless, and there is no place for sneak attacks at all.

When he saw that Lan Yu was camped thirty miles away from him, he immediately laughed proudly.

"What a bullshit celebrity, I don't dare to leave when we are still so far away, I have to order someone to prepare battle flags and war drums early!"

"My lord, don't underestimate the enemy, the reason why Lan Yu is called a famous general must have its own merits."

"We haven't dealt with Lan Yu before, so it's better to be steady!"

"Long-winded!"

"General Ben has his own ideas in his heart!"

"If Lan Yu is still so abrasive tomorrow, General Ben will personally lead the team to rush and kill his army formation, so that he will know how powerful General Ben is!"

When he fantasized about crushing the Blue Jade army in one fell swoop, Lan Yu had already received a telegram from his subordinates.

"General, General Zhang Yi sent a letter, saying that Chagatai has been lowered!"

"What?"

When Lan Yu heard this, she was so shocked that she jumped up from the ground on the spot and snatched the telegram from the signal soldier's hand.

After reading the telegram, Lan Yu scolded bitterly.

"Zhang Yi, this bastard, actually picked up a merit of destroying the country in vain!"

"The old man is also confused, why are you chasing this little bastard if you have nothing to do, stay behind honestly and look for an opportunity to destroy Chagatai, won't it be over!"

"General, what should we do now, do you want to tell the Chagatai army on the other side that their old khan has surrendered to our Daming?"

Lan Yu lost the merit of destroying the country, and she was already extremely remorseful in her heart, how could she let go of the military exploits of her hands?

"No!"

"If you tell them, they won't believe it!"

When the signal corps heard this, he thought about it, and it was really possible. After all, Chagatai doesn't have a real-time communication artifact like them, and by the time their messenger came over, it was estimated that half a month had passed.

"Isn't there another big war?"

"Of course!"

The signal soldier said with a look of regret.

"Alas!"

"This big war could have been avoided......"

When Lan Yu heard this, he couldn't wait to kick this guy out.

Is this special mother talking about human words?

I ran out with 50,000 soldiers and walked around for so many days, and I didn't kill a single person, what do you let them do as military merits!

As the night passed, Sapphire once again ordered the whole army to move.

Lan Yu was even more ruthless this time, and only walked ten miles without leaving, and ordered the soldiers to rest in place.

At the same time, they sent people to the front to reconnoiter and see what was happening in the army of Chagatai on the opposite side.

Twenty miles away, when he saw Lan Yu stop again, he was so angry that he scolded.

"This cowardly blue jade, what kind of bullshit celebrity, like a little sheep!"

"My lord, Lan Yu is calculating our foot strength!"

"Although all of us 50,000 are cavalry, the best distance for a cavalry charge is within five miles. If we march for twenty miles in a row, the physical strength of our horses and soldiers will be affected, and we will not be able to exert our best combat effectiveness! ”

"You still need to say this, how can General Ben not even know this truth?"

"The reason why General Ben fought a decisive battle with Lan Yu is because of the idea of waiting for work!"

When the crooked lieutenant heard this, he presented his sycophants for the first time.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Crooked thoughts and words, his face was slightly meaningful.

"Humph!"

"Since he is so cowardly, then General Ben will personally lead people to kill him!"

The crooked lieutenant hurriedly dissuaded.

"My lord, let's wait for the rest of our lives, and wait for Lan Yu to march again!"

"If he rests for a day, will he have to wait for the army for a day?"

"You know, we're going to rescue Beiyuan, not to play with Lan Yu here!"

"Uh-uh......"

When the adjutant general heard this, he was speechless for a while, and he suddenly realized that what he said made sense.

In this battle, they had no choice, if they wanted to rescue the Northern Yuan without distraction, they could only deal with the Blue Jade Army that was following behind.

Otherwise, even if they converged with the Northern Yuan, they would face the attack of Lan Yu and the other Ming troops.

"It's still thoughtful!"

"Humph!"

Crooked pouted disdainfully.

"Your General Doben is willing to compete with Lan Yu for fame?"

"It's really that we have no choice, once the big matter of rescuing Beiyuan is ruined, our Chagatai will become the next target to be destroyed!"

"The Ming people have a good saying, if the lips die, the teeth are cold, and the Northern Yuan is our lips!"

As soon as these words came out, no one objected to his decisive battle with Lan Yu.

However, the crooked thoughts did not hold up, but formed a formation and marched at a speed of ten miles per hour.

This speed can maintain the physical strength of the horses and soldiers to the greatest extent.

When Lan Yu learned that Crooked Si led the army over, he immediately ordered people to pack armor, arrange formations, and wait for the other party to send them to the door.

When the distance between the two sides was only five miles, Crooked Si immediately ordered people to stop their march and rearrange the formation.

Lan Yu saw that the other party's young general was so steady, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart, and he didn't dare to be careless.

"I can't see that old thing in Chagatai has even given birth to a good grandson!"

"What the general said is that although Crooked Si is young, he is not in a hurry to do things, and he has the demeanor of a famous general."

Lan Yu nodded when he heard this.

"yes!"

"It's just a pity, he was born in the wrong place, if he was born in Daming, maybe there would be a different world!"

There were no war letters between the two armies, and there were no messengers to and from each other to deliver news, but after the melodious horn sounded, the Chagatai cavalry led by Crooked Si launched an attack.

Crooked Sineng took on the heavy task of rescuing Beiyuan at a young age, and he must have his merits.

He divided the army into three groups, with 10,000 men each on the left and right leading 10,000 to attack Lan Yu's left and right flanks, and himself leading 30,000 men to charge from the front, forming a steppe version of the encirclement of three missing one.

Seeing the move, Lan Yu ordered the shield bearer to protect the left and right wings, and at the same time arranged for the firecracker to hide behind the shield and wait for the opportunity to shoot.

As for the head-to-head confrontation, the small-caliber artillery carried by the army was the mainstay, and 10,000 musketeers were used as a supplement of firepower.

There are also 10,000 pure cavalry troops, which he personally led and rushed out at a critical moment to expand the results of the battle.

The battle between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out, and as the Chagatai cavalry rushed into the range of the firebolts, the firecrackers in the blue jade army opened fire neatly.

A round of fire rang out, and a platoon of cavalry fell on the ground.

The horses neighed, and the warriors wailed.

However, Chagatai's army did not disperse, and continued to charge according to the established tactics, and soon approached the position of the Blue Jade Army.

After the Chagatai cavalry fired a rain of arrows, Lan Yu's army also suffered a certain number of casualties.

But fortunately, there were shield bearers and shield carts in front and on the left and right sides, and the cavalry of Chagatai had no way to start, ensuring the integrity of their formation.

Therefore, he can still afford a small loss.

But what worries him is that the main force on the front of Chagatai has not yet been dispatched, and once Crooked Si launches a general attack with the rest of the people, even if Lan Yu can win in the end, he will pay a great price.

Crooked Si had been watching the situation on the battlefield, and when he saw that Da Ming's firearms were so sharp, not only did they have a longer range than the bow and arrow, but even the rate of fire was almost the same as that of the bow and arrow, which made him full of worries.

Moreover, Lan Yu's fighting style was too uncomfortable for him, and he was all cowered in his shell, so that his cavalry could not play to his advantage at all.

If placed in the past, their cavalry could also take advantage of maneuverability and torture the enemy by firing arrows from all angles.

But now their bows and arrows have too short a range to play the light cavalry guerrilla strategy invented by their ancestors.

As a last resort, I can only gamble on the Ming Army's will to fight!

"Warriors!"

"As long as we carry a few rounds of fire guns from the Ming people, we can rush into their camp and hack them to death like chopping melons and vegetables!"

"Although General Ben is the grandson of the Khan, he is willing to be the first to charge!"

The Chagatai cavalry, who had already been frightened by the dense firearms of the Ming army, heard that the main general was going to take the lead in the charge, and one by one they suddenly let out a burst of shouts as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Seeing that the morale of his side had been boosted, Crooked Si immediately grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out first.

"Warriors!"

"Whoever breaks the camp of the Ming army first will be rewarded with 10,000 sheep!"

When the others saw that the Lord had rushed out, they immediately followed with a scream. Hearing the heavy reward issued by Crooked Thoughts, one by one rushed forward as if crazy, and soon crossed Crooked Thoughts and rushed to the front of the team.

Seeing that the other party had finally launched a frontal attack, Lan Yu immediately ordered someone to fire artillery.

It's just that he overestimated the artillery, and also underestimated the bravery of the Chagatai cavalry on the opposite side.

Artillery actually did not play much role against the steppe cavalry.

Aside from the flames and sounds of the explosion, which could disturb the opposing horses, it had little effect on the cavalry of Chagatai, and there was no hindrance to their advance.

Fortunately, the intensive firing of the firecrackers still worked, and after round after round of firecrackers, the frontal battlefield had already fallen to the ground.

However, to Lan Yu's surprise, the Chagatai army on the opposite side did not show the slightest intention of retreating, but still charged forward fearlessly.

This made Lan Yu's subordinates a little panicked, after all, they were just a group of miscellaneous soldiers, temporarily transferred from various guards, and they had not experienced any major battles at all.

Lan Yu was not panicked, and was faintly a little excited in his heart. But as soon as he saw the ragtag soldiers under his hands, Lao Lan's heart suddenly cooled half.

"Everyone, hold your ground!"

"The cavalry team is ready, ready to fight with the old man at any time!"

"No!"

When the soldiers in the Blue Jade Army heard this, they calmed down a lot, and it was only then that they remembered that they also had elite cavalry on their side.

Although the number of people is a little smaller, they are fully equipped, everyone is covered in armor, even the war horses are wearing iron armor, and ordinary bows and arrows cannot hurt them at all.

Crooked Siqiang withstood the guns of the Ming army and rushed into front of the Ming army with the warriors of Chagatai. Just when he thought it would be a massacre, he suddenly saw the shield bearers of the Ming army in front of him retreat, and retreated again and again, trying to open a passage on both sides, as if welcoming them to attack the camp.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a gray-haired veteran riding on a tall war horse covered in iron armor, holding a spear and rushing towards him.

Behind this veteran, the ironclad cavalry poured out like a tidal wave, quickly catching up with his own army.

When the Chagatai cavalry saw this battle, they panicked and shouted in panic.

"Iron Float!"

"Da Ming actually has an iron floating slaughter!"

Crooked Si was dumbfounded when he looked at so many Iron Floating Tu, this kind of Iron Floating Tu with full armor was dedicated to the light cavalry on his side.

As soon as the Tiefu Tu led by Lan Yu rushed out, they strangled with the Chagatai cavalry, not giving the other party any respite at all.

The Chagatai cavalry, while vainly firing arrows and slashing at the Iron Float, retreated to the rear.

Standing a little farther away in urgent thought, after a brief struggle, he made a decision that shocked everyone.

"Warriors!"

"Charge with me!"

The Chagatai cavalry, which was in a panic, suddenly heard the order of the commander-in-chief, and one by one spread ten, ten to hundred, and soon spread throughout the battlefield.

In addition, the armor and war horses of Crooked Si are very iconic, and there are two flag-bearers carrying flags on the side, so it is very easy for other cavalry to identify the position of the main general.

The other cavalry threw aside the Tiefu Tu in front of them, caught up with the footsteps of the crooked general, and followed closely behind the general.

As Crooked Si galloped between the two armies, there were more and more cavalry behind him, and when they were about the same, Crooked Si took advantage of the mobility of the light cavalry to circle around the blue jade army and kill it from the left side of the blue jade army.

In fact, Crooked Si originally wanted to assault the rear of the Blue Jade Army, but when he took a detour to the rear, Lan Yu piled all his baggage in the rear, and there was no chance of assault at all.

As a last resort, he chose a relatively weak left flank, and then took advantage of the gap between the firearms to forcibly break the formation, stepped on the corpses of his companions and stepped into the camp of the Ming army, and launched a frenzied killing against the Ming army.

When the firecrackers in the blue jade army saw each other rushing into their own army formation, they suddenly became a mess, one by one exhausted, and even trampled on each other.

It wasn't until Lan Yu returned with heavy cavalry that the panicked Chinese army gradually stabilized.

However, because the heavy armored cavalry was slow, it was difficult to catch up with the light cavalry in Chagatai, and Lan Yu could only watch the other party escape through the broken gap.

A battle lasted less than an hour, and Chagatai had more than 10,000 horses and the corpses of soldiers withdrawn.

Lan Yu's side also suffered heavy losses, with as many as 3,000 killed in battle, and more than 1,000 people died because they trampled on each other in a panic.

Although Lan Yu won the battle loss, Lan Yu was not happy at all.

Because compared to the armies of several other roads, the losses on his side can be called the most in the Ming Dynasty!

"Quickly send a telegram to the imperial grandson and inform the Chagatai cavalry that they have found a way to deal with firearms!"

"General, we didn't lose, did we?"

"We didn't lose, but the crooked style of play is already a means that can cause us the most damage!"

"Once this son escapes alive, it will cause immeasurable losses to Daming!"

While Lan Yu was cleaning up the mess, Crooked Si was also thinking back to the confrontation just now.

Although his side paid a heavy price, and the elite of more than 10,000 people hated the battlefield like this, he seemed to have found a way to restrain the Ming army.

As long as the formation is spread out more next time when facing the Ming army, the opponent's artillery will be useless. It's just that the Ming army's guns are difficult to deal with, and they shoot fast, far and accurately.

If you don't stubbornly carry down a few waves, you won't be able to rush to the opposite position at all.

But if you have 100,000 people and can withstand the losses in the early stage, you can still eat all the 50,000 people on the other side!

While he was fleeing, several other generals also chased after him.

"My lord, what shall we do next?"

"What else can I do, of course it's back to Chagatai!"

"Go back?"

"Let's not rescue Beiyuan?"

Crooked Si didn't want to rescue Beiyuan in the first place, but it was just because of his grandfather's order and his worries about the death of his lips and teeth.

Now seeing that he has suffered such a big loss, he immediately withdrew his troops without hesitation.

"Rescue a fart, and if we rescue again, we will be disabled first!"

(End of chapter)