A thousand cavalry rushed out of the city gates, bypassing the staggering people who were supporting each other and set up their positions.

The speed of the people's progress is anxious, and there are people in the city constantly shouting to speed up, but these people are really exhausted and struggling to move all the way here, and the speed is really not fast. And this is exactly the effect of the Tatar soldiers who searched the mountains.

Suddenly, smoke and dust rose in the distance, and it was barely necessary to see the black dots, and with their rich experience, the lookouts at the head of the city hissed and shouted.

"Tatar cavalry, Tatar cavalry!"

The black dots turned into black lines, and the black lines turned into black waves, and the Tatar cavalry approached with smoke and dust at a rapid pace. The soldiers at the head of the city shouted desperately, and the people rushed to the city in a row.

But the speed of the cavalry is too fast, not to mention the people, even a thousand cavalry out of the city, it is difficult to return to the city at this time. They had to ride their horses and trample the people who were blocking the gates before they could rush back into the city and close the gates.

Driving the people to knock on the city gates, the cavalry ambushed and lightning attacked, this trick was tried and tested by the Tatars, and the timing was very accurate.

Dong Yang gritted his teeth and smiled, and raised his big knife: "Stabilize the formation, and wait for the opponent to attack when he rushes to five hundred steps!" ”

Five hundred paces, only two hundred paces after the two sides of the hedge, which was about the shortest distance that a cavalryman needed to increase his speed to the extreme, but the reason why he could not charge ahead of time was that the crossbows on the walls could not cover a longer range. He had to make sure that after the two sides collided, the crossbows on the walls would shoot at the Tatar cavalry behind.

The number of enemy cavalry cannot be calculated, but, judging by the smoke and dust, it will not be less than five thousand. This thousand cavalry is estimated to be wiped out. The rest of the border city are infantry, and the number of cavalry in the main city is only 3,000, even if they go out of the city to help, they can't add up to an equal match.

Moreover, how can the gates of the main city be opened? Do you know that there are no more Tatar cavalry lying in ambush around, waiting to steal the city?

When the Tatar cavalry was still outside the range of the bow and crossbow, the three cannons on the city wall roared first, and fell far into the enemy formation, setting off a piece of flesh and blood, causing the enemy cavalry formation to panic for a moment, but the speed of the enemy army did not decrease, and it still approached rapidly.

Then the crossbow was fired into the sky, and after crossing the parabola, one fell from the air, and the cavalry who could not defend it with a shield shot down one piece. Compared to the cannon, the bow and crossbow are much less powerful, and after two rounds of arrows, the enemy has rushed to a distance of 500 paces!

Dong Yang waved his big sword, and the Ming cavalry began to start, then speed up, and then speed up again!

The sound of the hooves of the Tatar cavalry like dark clouds on the opposite side was like thunder, almost drowning out the hooves of the thousand cavalry, and the speed of both sides was raised to the extreme, and the first row of cavalry crashed together!

The three cannons thundered again, like the drums of war beating for this impact!

As soon as the people retreated into the city, the gates were closed and no cavalry was waited. Because they will either win or die, and if they turn their horses' heads and rush into the gates, the Tatars will rush into the city with them, and the border cities will be gone.

Cannons roared, arrows rained, and a thousand cavalry were quickly drowned and strangled together! Dong Yang's big knife was like a wheel, and there were no moves at all, and he drew a three-meter circle of death around him. It wasn't until a Tatar soldier who had been cut in two grabbed the broadsword that he stopped his mad move.

The big knife was gone, Dong Yang pulled out his waist knife, and was ready to kill himself by hacking two more to death. The brothers around him are almost dead, Lao Jiang, wait for the brothers!

A puff of smoke and dust came from afar, and the lookout soldiers at the head of the city shouted excitedly: "The direction of the main city! Cavalry in the direction of the main city! I can't see the flag clearly! ”

Of course, the shouts of the lookout soldiers cannot be heard on the battlefield, but the flags on the city can indeed be seen.

Dong Yang's heart sank, don't the general soldier come out with those 3,000 cavalry, it's a fart. If you don't get it, you'll have to lose the main city! The best to come is the Tatars who are ambushed near the main city, anyway, it is a death, and if there are 10,000 Tatars, it is impossible for Lao Tzu to die again!

Only after he slashed three knives, the lookout soldiers in the city shouted again: "See the flag, Zhou, it's the general soldier of Zhou!" ”

Dong Yang was taken aback, Zhou Shangwen personally led the troops out? If he had led the troops, the 3,000 cavalry might have been able to crush the Tatars.

But how could the general army go out of the city easily? What if the ambush soldiers take the opportunity to attack the city? Even if the city is not attacked, more ambush soldiers will come to the decisive battle, and if the total soldiers die in battle, who will defend Datong?

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and the waist knife in his hand kept slashing. At this time, the enemy's offensive also weakened, and they divided most of their men and turned their horses to meet the new cavalry in the direction of the main city.

Dong Yang was under light pressure, and commanded the remnants of the cavalry to rush and kill, striving to entangle more opponents, so that Zhou Shangwen's cavalry had a greater advantage, and could solve the battle faster, so that he could quickly return to the main city to defend.

However, when Zhou Shangwen's banner came to the front, everyone was stunned.

This is by no means three thousand cavalry! That's eight thousand cavalry! Although the Tatar cavalry that turned around to meet the attack was brave, under such a disparity in strength, there was the entanglement of Dong Yang's remnants behind them, and the defeat was suddenly revealed!

The Tatar general gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to fight to the death. He shouted: "Ming Dog has been fooled! The Great Khan's strategy is to lure out the main force of Datong! We still have 20,000 cavalry, as long as we hold on for a while, the Great Khan will come with troops, and these Ming dogs will all die! Datong City is ours! ”

The Tatars were so angry that they slashed desperately. It's just that the Tatar general beat a drum in his heart, the plan is so right, but their plan is that there are many infantry in the main city of Datong, and the cavalry will come out to rescue, at most 3,000 horsemen, and with 5,000 men and horses in their own headquarters, they will have a chance to annihilate. If the battle situation is unfavorable, the Great Khan will send additional troops to help.

But now that these 8,000 cavalry came out, where did they come from? In the area near Datong, there are not many cavalry, is it from across the province to help? In just a few days, they can't do it!

Altan Khan, who was in the distance, also received the news that Zhou Shangwen personally led his troops out of the city to rescue, and his spirits perked up, and he laughed and said, "God help me." Pass my order, the cavalry passed through the main city and chased Zhou Shangwen! He must not be given a chance to return to the main city! Even if I can't kill him and trap him in the border city, Datong is still in my pocket! ”

The cavalry in ambush everywhere, as well as the cavalry that plundered in the villages, were quickly gathered, and the cavalry of 20,000 people, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, swept far in front of the main city of Datong, blocking Zhou Shangwen's way back to the main city, and rushed all the way over. Only 2,000 cavalry were left, staring at the main city of Datong and observing the opponent's movements.

After the Tatar cavalry brigade completely passed, the gate of Datong suddenly opened! The Tatar generals who stayed behind were overjoyed, and the intelligence said that Zhou Shangwen took a large group of cavalry out of the city to rescue, and the city should be very empty at this time, and they dared to open the city gate!

While sending a message to Altan Khan, the Tatar general ordered the cavalry to charge and go straight to the open gate. He was not afraid of ambushes, and the infantry, under the iron hooves of the Tatar cavalry, was a huge but weak human shield!

When the Tatar cavalry rushed to a distance of 800 paces from the city gate, the cannons rang out first, and the Tatar cavalry suffered many casualties. Then there was a trumpet sound from the city gates, and a group of horsemen rushed out of the city gates.

The Tatar general laughed: "Fools, kill them, rush into the city, and when the Great Khan returns, we will stand on the walls!" ”

The cavalry on both sides met and fought together. There are no cannons, no arrows, just cavalry hedges and slashes. The Tatar cavalry was obviously more powerful than the Ming cavalry, but they soon discovered a problem - why did the cavalry rushing out of the city gate endlessly endless and there was no end in sight?

The wide gates of Datong were like a magician's pocket, pouring an endless stream of cavalry outward. By the time the Tatar general found out that the situation was not good, at least 10,000 cavalry had already rushed out. It was too late for him to run, and the two thousand cavalry were cut down like this.

Then the Ming cavalry turned around and rushed in the direction where the Tatar cavalry of the brigade had left. The cavalry magic of the gates continues.

At this time, the Xuanfu cavalry had already poured out of the nest, following the route of the possible defeat of the Tatar cavalry, all the way to Datong.

In seven days, the Ming Dynasty gathered 30,000 cavalry in Datong City, 20,000 cavalry in Xuanfu, plus the original 6,000 cavalry in Datong, with a huge numerical advantage, will open an unprecedented strangulation against Altan Khan!

Before this, Datong had never fought such a rich battle!