This smile was not because Su Keqi admired the courage of these Ming people, but because he was interested in that new weapon.

When he met those scouts before, he ordered the Mongolian cavalry to charge at the first time, but unfortunately he was a little greedy, and he took some cavalry and left behind, wanting to eat these Ming cavalry together.

As a result, before the encirclement was formed, only the rumbling sound in the distance was heard, and those Ming cavalry rushed out and began to flee in a panic.

So before he could see the thing that caused the noise, the encirclement turned into pursuit, and before he could enter the tribe to see, he chased all the way.

Originally, either the Ming cavalry ran away at the speed of one person and two horses, or the Mongolian cavalry took advantage of the Ming people's battle just now and blocked them, but who expected that the speed of the two armies had reached a delicate balance, and the distance of five miles could not catch up at all.

The general commanded by the Ming people also seems to be a decisive role, taking advantage of the fact that the Mongolian cavalry formation has not yet been fully formed, let the cavalry of the five hundred break back for a while, and ran in the other direction, Su Keqi can only divide the troops, let the large army catch up first, see if they can block the Ming cavalry, and lead the troops to chase the five hundred lone cavalry.

In his opinion, the number of those Ming cavalry is still quite a lot, and the royal court cavalry brought by himself is less than seven thousand, if the Ming cavalry fights to the death, and the loss is too much, it is not good, so let people chase them not far away, chase them and be blocked by the tribe in front, it is best to have a two-end attack, and then go and enjoy the results.

When the time comes, after solving the affairs on the grassland and gathering the hearts of these tribes, I can continue to go to the front line and watch the horses' hooves trample on the country that once had but now lost.

It only took so much time to destroy two tribes in a row, although it was not his responsibility, he had already marched back with the fastest speed and caught up with the Ming army, but it was always bad to hear it out.

What's interesting is that their so-called Ming people can summon heavenly thunder, before listening to the herdsmen of those destroyed tribes, Su Keqi also thought that they were scared crazy, but he heard the thunderous sound with his own ears, and saw the Ming people break through with divine help, his mind changed, he didn't want to chase the five hundred outliered cavalry at the end of the road, but wanted to see if he could leave the large army of the Ming cavalry.

If only you could get that kind of weapon... What happened on the front lines may not really matter.

Therefore, he could not let other tribes meet the Ming army, so he had to go to the front to sit in the town.

After clarifying his thoughts, Su Keqi was in a happy mood and waved his whip fiercely.

The battle on the front line is going well, but is there a fart? He's not one of those stupid tribal heads, he's all about the interests of his people. Now that the coexistence of Warat and Tatar has become a foregone conclusion, he is not ready to change anything, on the contrary, it is good, the Khan of the steppe is still a member of the Golden Family, but if there is no change, that Dayuan will always be a broken dream!

What a Warat master, what a king of Tatars, he is different from them, he never wants to be the king and hegemon only in the steppe, he wants to go back to the picturesque Central Plains that he hasn't had time to take a good look at!

If you have this kind of weapon of the Ming army... Give him another ten years, no, five years! In five years, you can go south again, not to grab a handful of Datong, not to make some trivial city noise, but to go south completely!

His eyes were fiery, and he was quick to whip up, and he only thought one thing silently in his heart:

Akito, don't run away!

……

Half an hour is an extremely rare rest time for the Ming cavalry, which has been marching for a whole day.

Some soldiers fell asleep directly in the process of burying the pot and cooking, and some even fell asleep with bread in their mouths, and the whole grassland even resounded with snoring one after another for a while.

Several generals wanted to speak and stopped, all of them wanted Gu Huai to take back the military order, but it really didn't work, at least let the whole army be on alert, this kind of appearance, if it was charged, it would really be over.

But Gu Huai did not adopt their opinions, but stubbornly asked the whole army to rest for a while.

At this moment, more than a dozen officers from more than 100 households had all gathered around Gu Huai, watching them sit in a circle one by one, but none of them could laugh.

The situation is too grim, the traces of the Ming cavalry are exposed, the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry, where to go... Dazed.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Huai's body, Gu Huai, who was a little red because of the high fever, had no strength to stand up, he gestured on the ground with a branch, and supported his body by the way: "Chen Ping!" ”

Chen Ping got up and stood up straight: "Humble duty!" ”

"Roll call!"

"Yes!" Chen Ping began to roll call according to the roster of officers, and after a moment he closed the booklet: "Report to your lordship, all the staff are here!" ”

Gu Huai nodded and smiled reluctantly: "Are you curious about why you let the whole army rest?" Do you think I'm a hairy boy who doesn't know the art of war? ”

No one laughed, everyone sat upright, and even their breathing was extremely low.

Now no one doubts Gu Huai's authority in this army, even the people of Duoyan Sanwei are cautious, they still understand the principle of helping each other in the same boat, and Gu Huai's words cannot be ridiculing himself, so everyone is waiting for the following.

"It's useless to run, don't forget what we're here for," Gu Huai retracted his smile and coughed twice, "So we must deal with the Mongolian cavalry behind us." ”

"My lord..."Chen Ping hesitated.

"Needless to say," Gu Huai raised his hand to stop him, "No accident, these Mongolian cavalry chasing behind are the thousands of royal court cavalry led by Su Keqi, the king of the south, this time into the grassland, the result depends on this battle, as long as we can eat this group of royal court cavalry, we can go back." ”

"My lord, the morale is low, the soldiers are tired, do you really want to fight this battle? Wouldn't it be better if we broke through to the outer grasslands first and waited until the right location to set up an ambush? Chen Ping frowned, he still disagreed.

The difference between the strength of the two sides is not large, if it is a head-on hedge, the battlefield experience of the army over the years tells him that the Ming cavalry is likely to be the losing side, and the chances of winning this rush battle have been reduced by a few percent by almost being blocked in the Chida Department before, and now he is breaking the net with the Wang Ting cavalry behind him, he really doesn't dare to think about the consequences.

"I know what you're thinking, you're afraid of losing," Gu Huai's face was pale, he didn't mind that Chen Ping had his own insistence, and his voice was calm, "I'm also afraid, but let's not say whether to give up the five hundred horsemen after the break, let's just say that if the army continues to march, what if there is a tribe blocking us in front?" If you don't get rid of the royal cavalry that is following behind, the cavalry is dreaming if you want to rest. ”

He coughed violently twice: "Ahem, in fact, it came earlier than I thought, but along the way, it is inevitable that news will spread in the grassland, no matter how fast we go, it will not be faster than the Mongolian messenger war horse, so we will take this way, pretending to go to Luo." ”

"The army only looks at military orders, and General Ben tells you this, just to tell you that this battle must be fought! If you can't solve the chasing soldiers behind you, it will be a dead end if you go on! ”

Gu Huaimeng got up violently and held back his dizziness: "Listen to the order!" ”

More than a dozen lieutenants also stood up: "Humble duty!" ”

"The whole army is on the horse, the rear army becomes the front army, and the road is turned back! The scout inserted five miles forward, met the royal cavalry, and reported immediately! ”

"Yes!"

……

What does it take to be a great general? Strong willpower, good judgment, excellent improvisation, and meticulous observation.

Every famous general grows up on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, learns war from war, and wins from defeat, and every famous general must go through countless tests before he can master the laws of war.

If you talk about the starting point alone, Gu Huai's starting point is undoubtedly very high, since the beginning of the Battle of Jingyan, he has been staying by the side of the world's famous general Zhu Di, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Gu Cheng and others are also first-class art of war, you can ask for advice if you have any questions, in the dead of night, he often reads the palace collection at night, after all, he participated in the Battle of Jingyan, he has a premonition that he will lead the troops alone.

But who knew that he would experience such a big scene just after he started learning? Five thousand cavalry rushed to the grassland, not to mention Zhu Di, nothing like this has happened in the thirty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

But in a sense, Gu Huai is now a qualified general, and he can only be called a general if he carries the lives of his subordinates on his shoulders, bravely makes judgments, becomes their backbone, and does his best to achieve victory.

A group of people who were alive and kicking before have now turned into corpses, Gu Huai can't remember their faces, and their names can be found in the death register, but their families may not know until a long, long time later, and even if this battle is successful, some soldiers will be removed as fractions after the war.

They were brought into the grassland by Gu Huai, and one by one human lives were pressed on Gu Huai's conscience, but he couldn't remember these people now, what he wanted to do was to take more people to live and win this battle.

The time he woke up was enough for him to make a judgment, in his opinion, it was absolutely wrong to run and fight on the grassland with the royal cavalry, there were still many dangers ahead, but the biggest threat to the Ming army now must be the group of royal cavalry behind!

And this was originally the original goal, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Southern King Su Keqi does not come, they must be defeated and scattered, so that the Ming cavalry can resume the previous rhythm of running!

Grabbing the reins, Gu Huai licked his lips, come on, the previous Ming cavalry and Mongolian cavalry always lost when they charged head-on, so let's see who wins this time!

The sound of horses' hooves continued in a piece, and the Ming cavalry, who finally got some rest time, cheered up one after another, one by one, waiting for the military order, they were rushing towards the way they came, towards the Mongolian cavalry who had run with them like dogs, and many people gradually began to boil their blood, since they had come here, they rushed to his mother's wave!

Nearly 4,000 cavalry rushed together, and more than 7,000 war horses galloped on the fields of central Mongolia, looking like a black dragon from a distance.

The black dragon stretched its muscles, but slowly stopped after someone made a move.

Gu Huai looked at the scout in front of him who rolled off his horse and barely managed to get up and kneeled: "There are Mongolian cavalry ahead?" What about the troops? ”

The scout's lips, who had been tumbling for almost two days, had turned white, and his hoarse voice squeezed out some voices: "Both wings!" It's a big army of the Mongols! ”

The Mongol cavalry scattered? Gu Huai frowned, there were both sides, but it was not easy to do, either side was attacked, and the other side could cut off the cavalry that was charging up.

Cavalry hedging has always been the most taboo for fresh troops, and all generals who can fight cavalry battles will hold a cavalry in their hands and not let them go out until the decisive battle, because the complete cavalry is too strong for the division of the battlefield, so strong that a surprise soldier can completely change the situation of the battle.

Gu Huai's mind was in a hurry, and a moment later he made a decision.

He turned his head to look at Chen Ping: "How many thunderbolts are there?" ”

"After the Khita Department, there are not many left," Chen Pingxin calculated, "In order to break through, it was used too hard." ”

"Where are your soldiers?"

Chen Ping's face became more and more ugly: "There were a lot of casualties in the palace before... There are only four hundred left. ”

"That's enough," Gu Huai nodded, "Pass my military order!" ”

A herald stepped forward and bowed his hand, and Gu Huai's voice seemed to smell of blood: "Four hundred guards, charge with me!" ”

……

Su Keqi, who had already rushed to the royal court cavalry, immediately asked about the whereabouts of the Ming cavalry.

After hearing that he had not been able to form a siege and had temporarily lost the traces of the Ming cavalry, Su Keqi gave the close general a few whips.

There are more than 4,000 cavalry, and they can still lose their targets if they are scattered, and the faces of the royal court cavalry are all lost! What if you are cut off by the tribe in front of you?

The generals who were whipped were a little aggrieved, didn't you give the order to preserve their strength and only contain the undead battle? Why are you getting me in trouble now?

But the people of the same tribe are used as troops on the grassland, and the person in front of him is the king of the south, although he is a general, he is just Su Keqi's private soldier in front of him, and he will never dare to say that he will talk back.

Seeing that the general did not react, Su Keqi couldn't help but let out a long breath, what should I do? I just figured out the importance of this group of Ming people, and in a blink of an eye, there was no trace of them, if it really got out, how could he mix on the grassland in the future?

Thinking that those weapons might fall into the hands of someone other than himself, he glanced at the rest of the generals around him, raised his hand and was about to order: "The whole army..."

Before he finished speaking, a scout rushed over and flew off his horse: "Report!" Traces of Ming people have been found ahead! ”

"Oh?" Su Keqi's face showed a hint of joy, "Where have they been?" Send someone to intercept it quickly! ”

There was only a strange look on the scout's face: "News from the front, they... They're coming to us! ”

"What?"

……

Xiang Er hid his body in a swamp, his hand on the shore clutched the boxwood hardwood bow, and quietly watched the Mongolian scouts wandering on horseback in the distance.

Compared with before, the dark circles under his eyes are no longer visible, and at this moment his whole body is covered with sludge, even his hair has been wiped by him, and the whole person seems to be integrated with the black swamp, only the upper half of his face is exposed to the swamp water.

As the sound of hooves came, the Mongol cavalryman roared a few words into the distance, rode his horse closer and closer, Xiang Er held his breath, buried his face in the water, and left only a pair of eyes staring at the enemy.

Seven steps, six steps, five steps... Now is the time!

The water splashed, and he burst out of the water, drew his bow and shot, and a little cold light came out of the string, and shot the Mongolian cavalryman in the waist and abdomen.

Xiang Er scolded secretly but it was a pity, but the cavalry still heard the movement and subconsciously dodged, and the arrow was obviously aimed at the chest.

The sudden appearance of the figure frightened the horse into standing up, and the cavalry who was suddenly attacked rolled off the horse under severe pain, Xiang Er did not hesitate, ran two steps to the side of the cavalry, and took out an arrow and stabbed it fiercely at the neck of the Mongolian cavalry.

He didn't look back when he hit him, he turned over the horse with all his strength, and ran away into the distance as soon as he clamped the horse's belly.

While running away from him, he scolded loudly twice, even if the Mongols didn't understand, they had to get angry.

Before, his two horses were at the limit, but fortunately they encountered this swamp, Xiang Ercai stabbed an arrow in the buttocks of the two horses, let them run away, and took the opportunity to hide.

I didn't expect these Mongolian barbarians to actually fucking intercept the horses and find them all the way back.

Fortunately, this swamp is big enough, and he Xiang Er is a tolerant character, so he has hid until now.

Thinking of the two horses he ran away, and feeling the poor saddle of the Mongols under him, Xiang Er's heart became even more depressed.

A group of dogs, Lao Tzu's war horses, that is Lao Tzu's aunt, do you know?