Chapter 481: Ten times more

Zhu Gaoxu rode to a high hillside.

A few miles away in front is the Fort of Zhuhu, and on both sides is the Great Wall, and at this moment you can see that the foot of the Great Wall is full of dense people.

Zahualu had already made preparations and gathered an army of 150,000 to prepare for battle.

But their soldiers and horses are mixed with various ingredients, so they look weird, and there are even camel soldiers, people riding on camels.

But because it was too far away, Zhu Gaoxu didn't see it very clearly, only knowing that there were already a large number of soldiers and horses waiting for them in front.

"How far is Zhao Zhe?" Zhu Gaoxu asked at this time.

He asked about the infantry camp and baggage, and more than 20,000 people had not yet arrived.

Zhou Hu came up covered in blood at this time, and grinned: "An hour ago, the minister got the news of the sentry horseman, and it was still a hundred miles away. ”

"We've been fighting for so long, and they're still so far away?" Zhong Zhenguo frowned.

"They walk slowly, mainly for fear of being ambushed."

Zhao Zhe had a lot of horses and mules on his side, and his speed was not slow, but when he approached Fort Hu, he began to reduce his speed, mainly for fear of being attacked by the Hu people.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "An hour ago, they were still a hundred miles away, and according to their speed and horses and mules for an hour, they could walk at least fifty or sixty miles." ”

"The Hu people were cut into two sides, and there were still a lot of them on the west side." Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said, "Zhou Hu, send five thousand people to ride to drive away the Hu people on the west side." ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how many there were on the west side, but there were actually two or three hundred thousand.

They killed so far last night, and it is estimated that there are about 100,000 kills and injuries.

But there are at least five or six hundred thousand outside the fort, and two or three hundred thousand on the west side.

Zhou Hu immediately ordered 5,000 horsemen to ride west, mainly to drive and guard against the approaching Hu people on the west side.

Zha Hualu, who was standing on the Fort of Zhuhu, immediately saw the Ming army in the large array, and divided a group of elite cavalry to the west.

"The Ming people are going to fight on the west side, damn the people in the river, can you do it?" Zha Hualu was angry and anxious, afraid that the people in the river would not contribute, and even more afraid that the people in the river would deliberately retreat and not come to help.

The people of the river were conquered by Khorezm before, and when Timur arrived, they were conquered again, and they belonged to the kind of grass on both sides that could fall at any time, which is why Shaharu let them be on the westernmost side, and they were not willing to put them in front of them to take the lead.

"The Ming army hasn't attacked yet, what are you waiting for?" Someone on the side asked.

Zha Hualu was speechless, thinking that I don't know either.

The Ming army did not attack, and they did not dare to move.

Because a large number of cavalry has entered the Ming Realm, most of the remaining outside are infantry battalions.

"Why don't you let the Kipchak Khans try it first?" It was proposed.

Zha Hualu thought about it and decisively ordered the Kipchak Khan to march forward to oppress and see if the Ming army would fight with them.

The infantry camp of the Kipchak Khan is about 50,000, and the formation is still quite large, because the garrison was close to the Fort of Zhuhu last night, it was not attacked by the Ming army, and it was relatively intact.

After receiving the order, 50,000 Kipchak Khans formed a long column and pressed forward, and the war drums beat non-stop behind them.

"This formation, there must be tens of thousands, right?" Zhou Hu's saliva flowed.

"It's not enough for us to kill." Zhong Zhenguo shook his hand, it is true that his hands are sore today.

"Zhou Hu will bring 10,000 people up, if they follow him, he will retreat." Zhu Gaoxu gave an order.

Zhou Hu rumbled up with 10,000 horsemen.

But Zha Hualu was very cautious, and when he saw the Ming army coming up, he immediately ordered a cavalry to follow.

Zhou Hu saw that the cavalry was only twenty or thirty thousand, and he wanted to fight, but thinking that the emperor was behind him, he still tried to be cautious and immediately turned around and came back.

The people in the river on the other side of "Wula" raised their arms and roared, extremely excited, as if they had won the war.

The Ming army went up and retreated first, Zha Hualu's expression was serious, he didn't dare to let the infantry leave the big formation too far, he immediately sounded gold, and let the people in the river go back.

He realized that the Ming general on the other side was not a good person, and he would not easily come up and attack.

Indeed, they have 150,000 soldiers and horses and tens of thousands, and nearly 200,000 people are under the fort city.

Zha Hualu was also easily reluctant to go out, because he could see clearly the Ming army's fighting style like the Mongols.

The ancestors of the Timurid Empire were Mongols, but the Ming army fought more like the Mongols than they did.

Zha Hualu now hopes that among the two or three hundred thousand people on the west side, someone can organize to attack the Ming army in this side, and then he will lead the whole army to attack.

Zha Hualu is waiting, and Zhu Gaoxu is also waiting.

The two sides faced each other a few miles apart, and a large number of cavalry suddenly approached on the west flank of the Ming army.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others turned back, but the five thousand horsemen they had just sent out came back.

The 5,000 cavalry Ming army returned to the headquarters and reported to Zhu Gaoxu.

"The Hu people on the west side gathered more than 100,000 people, pushing all kinds of carriages forward."

The people of the river are coming.

At the same time, Zahualu received news that one of Harino's subordinates persuaded the people in the river on the west side, gathered an army of about 100,000 people, came from the west, and flanked the Ming army.

"It's good to come, the Ming army should be fleeing." Zha Hua Lu ecstasy.

But the Ming army didn't seem to have moved.

Just as the people in the river were slowly approaching, the Ming army suddenly cheered.

Not long after, someone hurriedly ran to Zha Hualu, the Ming army came to reinforce, about twenty or thirty thousand, all infantry battalions, and a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles.

Zha Hualu sneered, it turned out that he was waiting for reinforcements?

The total is only forty or fifty thousand people, and we now have more than 300,000 people, he whipped his whip fiercely, turned to look at the generals, and said sharply: "The Ming people fight shamelessly, and they will only make a detour at night and sneak attack." ”

"Today, we have to teach the Ming people a good lesson, and kill all this Ming army, leaving no one behind."

"Kill the dog." Zahualu pulled out his long knife and roared.

"Kill the dog." The scene roared non-stop, and countless sounds shook the heavens and the earth.

At this time, the army on the west side was less than five miles away from the Ming army, and the Zhahualu side was about three or four miles away from the Ming army.

He assessed the distance between the two sides, and with a wave of his hand, the whole army formed an orderly column and slowly moved forward again.

On Zhu Gaoxu's side, the Ming army was surrounding 5,000 Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles into a huge square.

A Wuhan Iron and Steel car is about two meters long, and 5,000 vehicles are about 10,000 meters long.

It forms a huge square about five miles long and about five miles wide.

More than 40,000 Ming troops plus 10,000 people, and tens of thousands of horses and mules were in the square.

Two hundred guns were placed in the middle of the formation, facing in four directions, forming a small square.

Nearly 300,000 people from the east and west of the Hu people are slowly approaching.

The two armies soon gathered a mile away, and then began to encircle the Ming army.

A moment later, nearly 300,000 people surrounded the Ming army's more than 40,000 people.

But when Zha Hualu saw the Ming army's first-floor Wuhan steel carts piled up in front, he knew that the Ming army was waiting for them to attack.

He looked back, looking for some cannon fodder to rush forward.

But it collapsed by the Ming army last night, and now it is good to be able to gather 300,000 people, and nearly half of them were either killed by the Ming army or fled.

"Order, attack from all sides, whoever enters first will be rewarded with 1,000 cattle and sheep, and 50 slaves and Meiji." With Zha Hualu's order.

Woo, the Hu people sounded the horn of an all-out attack.

The 300,000 cavalry were divided into four directions, with the infantry battalion in front and the cavalry behind.

"Quick, quick." At this time, in the Ming army array, everyone was divided into four sides and was quickly assembling.

Regardless of the cavalry and infantry, everyone had a bow in their hands.

Among them were the infantrymen, each with a bow and a bunch of arrows at their feet, as well as spears and shields.

A lot of the equipment has just been taken off the Wuhan Iron and Steel car.

Zha Hualu definitely didn't expect that this Ming army of more than 40,000 people actually had a bow.

About a tenth of the infantry, armed with crossbows, were united to the south, facing Zahuaru.

Zhu Gaoxu in the crowd was also holding a two-stone bow.

He could pull a three-stone bow, but it was too strenuous and not as comfortable as a two-stone bow.

There was a large pile of arrows under his feet, all of which had just been taken off the Wugang car, and there were at least fifty of them.

Zhou Hu and Zhong Zhenguo around him also held bows.

At this time, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly they all laughed.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no such picture, more than 40,000 horses, each with a bow.

But the Hu people on the other side didn't know, under the powerful sound of horns and war drums, the overwhelming Hu army rushed over like ants.

They rushed forward very quickly, in less than five minutes.

Whoosh, there were already arrows shot not far in front of the Ming army.

"Kill." The roar of the Hu people was deafening.

The large group of foot battalions rushed up frantically.

One hundred steps, eighty steps, sixty steps.

There were many people in the Ming army who stood on top of the Wuhan Iron and Steel car and watched, and saw that there were Hu people rushing to within fifty steps.

Yiming Jun waved his hand heavily: "The first five rows shoot." ”

Then he raised the flag in his hand and waved it.

There was a heavy buzzing sound in the air, and an overwhelming array of arrows flew out.

Then the first five rows of Ming infantry began to shoot freely, without looking, and projectile at a distance.

At this time, the Ming army waved the flag again, swished, and waved twice.

The five rows of Ming troops in the back drew their bows one after another, sewed, and waves of arrows flew out again.

When the second wave of five rows was finished, the Ming army threw away the flag.

All Ming troops began to shoot freely.

Whizzing, arrows in the air like a rainstorm, spectacular.

The distance from fifty steps to Wuhan Iron and Steel was simply a disaster, the arrows of the Ming army kept falling, the Hu people were killed and wounded everywhere, and a large number of people fell every ten steps forward.

The Ming army shot about ten rounds, the shouting and killing in front of them became weaker and weaker, and there were more and more Hu people who fell to the ground, and I don't know who screamed, turned around and ran, and then a large number of Hu people turned around and fled for their lives.

The area in front of it was like a death zone, and the arrows rained non-stop, and the Hu people were directly shot and collapsed.

Zahuaru's cavalry slashed in the back, unable to control the retreating infantry camp.

Zha Hualu's face was blue with iron, and he waved his hand and ordered, don't cut it first, and then talk about it when you retreat.

This meeting reminded him of Li Ling before the Han people, with a battalion of 5,000 steps, also with a large number of arrows and Wuhan steel vehicles, defeated 100,000 Hun cavalry again and again, if someone hadn't told Li Ling that there were no arrows, they would not have been defeated.

Now the Ming army and Li Ling are exactly the same, with the Wuhan Iron and Steel car in front and arrows raining down behind.

The key Ming army had ten times more bows and arrows than Li Ling.

Who can stand this.

Zahualu's first wave of attack collapsed after ten rounds of shooting, with more than 5,000 casualties.