The Tatar is not a weak chicken, at least not the current Tatar.

After the destruction of Qiu Fu and the 100,000 Ming army led by him, Benjamin had more than 150,000 soldiers, and more than half of these 150,000 were cavalry.

In this era when firearms are just emerging, but cavalry is still king, nearly 100,000 cavalry is already a terrifying number.

At this time, the Ming army can already be said to be well-deserved strong and strong, and the Ming Dynasty is different from Zhao and Song, and there is a horse breeding land called Hetao.

Although it cannot be said that there is no shortage of horses, there are not many of them.

The three battalions are the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and the three battalions together are only more than 140,000, and the number of the 3,000 battalions is even more pitiful, not even 10,000.

That's right, you read that right, the Ming army's proud cavalry force of 3,000 battalions did not even have 10,000 people, to be precise, only more than 7,000 people.

But even so, the 3,000 battalion is not the smallest of the three battalions, the smallest number is the Shenji battalion, only about 5,000 people.

The remaining 130,000 or nearly 140,000 people are all in the Fifth Military Battalion.

Of course, the strength of the Ming army is really not strong, but the 3,000 battalions are just an elite force composed of cavalry, which does not mean that the Ming Dynasty is all the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

The five military camps are collectively referred to by the five major armies composed of cavalry and infantry, which are the middle army, the left and right armies, and the left and right sentinel armies.

That's right, there are also cavalry in the five army camps, so why set up a separate battalion of 3,000? Is it because the cavalry of the 3,000 battalions is more fierce than the cavalry of the 5th battalion?

Probably, but this is not the main reason, the main reason for the establishment of the 3,000 battalion is because of the nation.

The establishment of the 3,000 battalion actually dates back to the Jingnan period, when Zhu Di, who was still the king of Yan, once borrowed a soldier from Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and the main borrowing was the cavalry, which was later the 3,000 battalion.

This group of cavalry came from the Uliangha Sanwei, that is, the 3,000 battalions were the cavalry composed of the Mongols.

Speaking of cavalry, although he was very reluctant to admit it, Zhu Zhanyan still had to agree that the Mongols in this era were more powerful than the Central Plains in terms of cavalry, which was a relationship of national habits.

Of course, the Ming army was not vegetarian, you must know that the Ming army was the only army in history that won the Mongols in the cavalry hedge.

In addition, the Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty was quite brave, and it can even be said that it was not afraid of death.

In this northern expedition in history, there was an incident in which Zhu Di ordered the infantry phalanx of the five military battalions to form a formation to protect the musketeers and artillery of the Shenji battalion.

This has never appeared in previous dynasties, of course, Zhu Di also severely punished the chief general of the infantry phalanx afterwards.

Just when Zhu Zhan was thinking wildly, the speed of the Ming army slowed down, and the 3,000 battalions at the front of the team had even stopped, cooperating with the left and right sentinels and the left and right armies to start stabilizing the formation.

In addition to standing directly in front of the old man, the remaining Chinese troops of the Fifth Military Battalion also began to respond to the Shenji Battalion and assist the Shenji Battalion in setting up firearms.

In just a few moments, a swarm of rockets has been erected.

Unlike the cylindrical swarm of bees that was carried on the shoulders of a later game, the swarm of bee rockets in history was a shelf lined with arrows full of gunpowder bundled with it.

As soon as it is ignited, as many as fifty arrows will pour out in a few breaths.

Gunpowder-powered arrows are actually very difficult to inflict substantial damage on armor, not to mention iron armor, even the leather armor worn by the Tatar army is difficult to penetrate, but it is very simple to penetrate the flesh.

A swarm of rockets was aimed at unprotected horses, not Tatar soldiers in leather armor.

Like Zhu Zhan's blue and white dogs, horses have no self-control ability after being wounded, which can cause great disturbances for the Tatar army, which is mainly cavalry.

Zhu Zhanyan originally set his goals on the 3,000 cavalry battalion he wanted to see the most, as well as the Shenji battalion, which was known as invincible in his time, but when the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the old man's movements, he instantly retracted it.

The old man took out a red order flag and waved it suddenly, and suddenly the low sound of the horn resounded through the three armies.

Following the old man's gaze, Zhu Zhanyan found that there was already a vague shadow in the distance.

He hurriedly reached into his arms, pulled out an object, pulled it hard, then narrowed his left eye, and placed it in front of his right eye.

Monoculars.

In terms of history, the earliest monoculars were brought by a missionary to China, Matteo Ricci, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhan Yan made this one himself.

At the beginning, he wasted a lot of his effort, and he dared to say that there was only one branch in the entire Ming Dynasty.

With the blessing of the monoculars, Zhu Zhanyan saw the shadow in the distance clearly.

The lineup is a little loose, which is much worse than the order and prohibition of the Ming Dynasty, but the momentum is very strong, and it can be seen that it is an army with not weak combat power.

The most important thing is that all Zhu Zhanyan sees are cavalry, which is very fatal.

Although the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion is a cross-era army, the firearms of this era are still very primitive, especially in terms of mobility.

It's effective at fending off cavalry charges, but it's not so good when it comes to pursuit.

As the low sound of the horn spread throughout the three armies, Zhu Zhanyan saw in the telescope that his father had begun to charge with three thousand battalions, and the left and right sentry armies followed closely behind, and the left and right sentry armies also moved.

Although they are all moving, there is a difference.

The 3,000 battalions are charged, with an indomitable momentum, and although the left and right sentinels are also charged, they have been restrained, and they are advancing in formation.

Finally, there are the left and right armies, they are diverging to the flanks, and their main task is to ensure that the enemy cavalry does not threaten the Shenji battalion before advancing.

As for one of the things that Zhu Zhanyan was concerned about, the Shenji Battalion did not move much.

This is the disadvantage of poor mobility, after all, you can't drag artillery and chase other people's cavalry, right?

The Shenji Battalion needs to rely on the 3,000 battalions to open up the situation in the early stage, and the five army battalions need to stabilize the situation and level the position before they can exert their lethality.

At the same time, if the enemy army wants to escape, the Shenji Battalion will not have much effect.

Therefore, it is true that the Shenji Battalion is awesome, but the premise is that the enemy is within the firing range, so the limitations are also very large.

"What is this?"

The situation ahead is quite stable, and the assistance of the three thousand battalions with five military battalions is not to say that it is overwhelming, but it is also easy, so Zhu Di also took the time to take a look at his two grandsons.

It's just that just looking at it like this, he was attracted by Zhu Zhanyan, or should I say what Zhu Zhanyan was doing.