Altan Khan was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at the soldiers of the tribes behind him, and the soldiers with wrinkled faces looked at him innocently.

See what we're doing? We were only sent to fight. How do we know if the tribal leader has a bird or not?

Most of the tribal leaders did not accompany the expedition, but only sent soldiers. Only two of the closest to Altan Khan followed.

Altan Khan looked at the two chiefs, who blushed like monkeys, one of them muttering that he had forgotten, and the other remembered what Hoh Khan had just said.

"Great Khan, I originally wanted to surprise you, and then use my bird to help you transfer the Ming army out and kill them all! So I didn't tell you about it first! ”

Altan Khan took a deep breath, knowing that these bastards wanted to keep a hand, and even the two guys closest to him were obviously guarding against their own ruthlessness, so as to ask the Ming army for help.

He was a hero and quickly calmed down. At this time, it is harmful to dwell on this matter. As long as the tribe of Hohe Khan is washed in blood in this battle, those wall grasses will be gathered again!

Thinking of this, he stopped talking nonsense, waved his long knife, and shouted: "Kill me!" ”

The cavalry on both sides picked up speed together, shouting and quickly closing the distance between them. However, Hohe Khan's cavalry was more neat, while Altan Khan's side was divided into levels.

Altan Khan's own 20,000 cavalry rushed ahead, and the 20,000 cavalry from other tribes lagged behind. I can't say that it's intentional, or because the people are relatively old.

When the cavalry on both sides collided and began to slash at each other. Xiao Feng, who was standing on horseback in the distance and secretly watching the battle situation, put down his binoculars.

"If it's acting, you can't act to this extent. Inform the cavalry brigade behind and move quickly! Within a stick of incense, you must arrive! ”

The cavalry battles on the steppe were far more tragic than those between the Mongols and the Ming army.

Both are riders who grew up on horseback, and both have a fierce and wild nature, and they are especially fierce and brutal when slashing.

The Altan Khans were outnumbered and had the upper hand, and victory was only a matter of time. But the question of time means that there is indeed a problem with time.

Just after the two sides had been fighting for a while, the problem arose, and for Altan Khan, it was a big problem that he had to solve.

The sound of horses' hooves, which was as dense as rain, grew louder and louder, and then they saw an endless contingent of cavalry.

The helmet is bright, the long knife is like snow, the front row of people is holding a musket in their hands, and there is a big flag floating in the middle of the team - "Qi"!

Qi Jiguang waved his hand, and the cavalry team fanned towards the Mongolian cavalry in the melee, and Huhe Khan, who was trapped in the middle, laughed.

"Da Ming is true to his word, reinforcements have arrived, warriors, we have won!"

Altan Khan gritted his teeth: "Dream! Leave a squad of 10,000 men to continue to destroy them, and the remaining cavalry, turn, and meet them!

Today I want to let the blood of the Han people become the rain that irrigates the grassland, and let the meat of the Han people become the fertilizer of the fertile grassland! ”

The 10,000 cavalry continued to fight with the tribes of Hoho Khan and held them down. 30,000 cavalry turned their heads and rushed towards the Ming army, and the oncoming attack of tens of thousands of cavalry made the entire grassland tremble.

Qi Jiguang took the lead, raised his long knife, and roared: "Shoot!" ”

A thousand muskets roared, and at a great distance, the Mongol cavalry fell from their horses, and the horses that had been shot fell to the ground, tripping the cavalry charging behind.

But in the charge of these tens of thousands of cavalry, the loss of a few hundred people could not stop the iron hooves behind in the slightest. The cavalry and horses that fell to the ground were instantly trampled into flesh and became fertile soil on the steppe.

A moment later, the roar of muskets rang out again, and several hundred men fell again, but by this time, the cavalry on both sides had already reached the land of a stone's throw away.

Qi Jiguang waved his long knife, and the flag bearer beside him waved the flag vigorously and sent out a signal.

The thousand-man musket team that rushed to the front suddenly ran to both sides, ran in a large arc, and retreated. The cavalry behind charged quickly, filling the position of the musketeer team and taking the front.

Altan Khan had long expected that the musket team was so precious and so ferocious that the Ming army would never let them rush in front of them and use the muskets as sticks.

So he also issued an order for the cavalry who rushed to the front to also divide into two teams, charge diagonally outward, and go directly to the running musket team!

Altan Khan hoped that with the advantage of the Mongol cavalry's faster speed, he could catch up with the musketeers and kill them, even at the cost of 2,000 men!

But Qi Jiguang didn't give him such a chance, the banner waved again, and the two thousand cavalry continued to spread outward, turning into two outstretched arms, blocking the retreating musket team behind him, and meeting the Mongolian cavalry who caught up in the oblique stab.

The cavalry brigades of the Ming army and the Mongols were like two people who opened their arms and warmly embraced each other, the four arms touched earlier than the body, and in an instant, the long knife was waved, blood splashed, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

A moment later, the main formations of the two sides collided head-on, and the dull sound of the war horses colliding together at high speed was like a huge war drum sounding between heaven and earth!

The cavalry on both sides was not a phalanx, but a horizontal line of charge, colliding like waves.

More than a dozen thousand-strong teams are like swimming dragons, advancing in the waves, hoping to disrupt the opponent's formation, divide the opponent into pieces, and form a situation where there are more local battles and fewer fights.

The Mongol cavalry were far more skilled than the Ming army in this tactic of cavalry fighting on the steppe, and they were able to divide each 10,000-person team into 10,000-man teams and play with each other.

Although the Ming cavalry has also had drills, after all, there are too few opportunities for actual combat on the grassland, and they always seem rusty, and they suffer a lot of losses at the moment of life and death.

Therefore, although the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty was superior in numbers, they could not have the upper hand in this tragic battle, and the casualties were greater than those of the other party.

However, Altan Khan did not dare to relax, for he saw that the musket team of 1,000 men had shamelessly run back from the back of the formation, and aimed at the 1,000-man team interspersed by the Mongols from a distance, and began to fire their guns.

The Mongol cavalry kept falling, and Altan Khan, who was so angry, sent a thousand men to chase down the musket team several times.

However, due to the distance between the musket team and the main battlefield, the Mongol cavalry did not wait to catch up, and they would be stopped and killed by the thousand-man team of the Ming army.

The musketeers relied on their long range, like flying kites, and kept running around, shooting at the Mongols in the battle formation, helping the Ming cavalry to relieve the pressure.

After two hours, the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand, and the number of both sides was decreasing, but the number of Ming troops was obviously more left. And the further back you go, the more obvious the advantages of the musket become.

Seeing that he could not bear it anymore, Altan Khan immediately ordered the 10,000-strong troops besieging Hohe Khan to send half of his men to help. In fact, there are only 5,000 people left in the 10,000-person team at this time. And Hohe Khan's 8,000 cavalry, there were less than 3,000 people left.

After the enemy army was divided in half, Hohe Khan's number was a little more than the enemy's, and he shouted loudly, shook his spirits, and led his men to start a counterattack.

The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and finally Altan Khan could not withstand it. Of his 40,000 cavalry, less than 10,000 remained, and most of them were from other tribes.

His own 20,000 elites have been lost, and the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty have died even more, but there are still 20,000 people left, plus the remaining men and horses of Hohe Khan, who have the absolute upper hand.

The most terrible thing is that the musket team is almost intact, except for two who got too close and were killed by the arrows of the Mongol cavalry.

If this battle continues, both myself and the people I brought with me will have to die here! Altan Khan's heart was desolate, and he knew that after today, the grassland might no longer be his own.

In just three years, the grassland that he has worked so hard to unify will fall apart. Da Ming has become stronger, not only because of the musket, but also because their internal hidden dangers are gone.

Without the threat of the White Lotus Sect and the threat of Miao Jiang, the threat of the Japanese Invaders has become very small, and the pirates not only cannot threaten, but have also become the sailors of the Ming Dynasty.

That's why they dared to put so many soldiers and horses in Datong unscrupulously, dared to interfere in the civil war on the steppe so arrogantly, and dared to fight against the once invincible Mongolian cavalry so strongly!

All of this is because of Xiao Feng's bastard! Altan Khan suddenly felt a strong sense of remorse.

When Xiao Feng was caught by me, why didn't I kill him with one sword?

Because of the secret recipe for gunpowder? Because of what "Cangjie Heavenly Book"? It's all to blame on Xiao Qin's bastard, there are too many ideas!

Thinking of Xiao Qin, Lao Tzu should really have actively participated in Xiao Qin's rebellion several times!

At that time, there was the White Lotus Sect, there were Japanese pirates, there were pirates, there were Miao Jiang, plus the Mongols, even if they couldn't succeed, they could make Daming lose half his life!

It's too late to think about it now! If God can give me another chance and let me do it all over again, I hope to say to Xiao Qin, do it!

If I had to add a time to this sentence, I would have liked it to be, do it right away! Stop inking!

Altan Khan retreated, and fled in disarray with 10,000 remnants of his army. Qi Jiguang took a breath and looked at Xiao Feng, who was riding a horse from behind.

"Brother Xiao, what should I do next?"

Xiao Feng looked at Altan Khan's defeated and retreating team, with a complicated expression: "Leave a thousand people to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers." The rest marched to Altan Khan's territory.

Inform the tribal leaders who did not attend the Altan Khan meeting to come and join us, and it is better to bring more troops, and I will convene this steppe conference for Altan Khan. ”

Qi Jiguang hesitated: "We only have 20,000 people, although Altan Khan was defeated, but when he returns to his own territory, he still has combat power, is it a bit of a risk?" ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "It's a bit risky." But Altan Khan is not a stupid man, this time I used the threat of food shortage, and used my body as bait, so that he took risks outside the pass.

The defeat outside the pass, and the possibility of a split in the steppe, made him take another risk and rush to attack Hu and Khan. Now that he has lost two in a row, it is the time when his prestige is at its lowest.

As long as he comes to his senses and makes a decision, he still has a great advantage on the grassland. The clan leaders haven't come to their senses yet.

A few edicts from the Khan could not really divide the grasslands. Only the balance of strength is the key to division, and we must make Altan Khan disappear as soon as possible. ”

Altan Khan ran back to his territory and immediately went into action, demanding that all men in the tribe who could ride horses and carry swords quickly form a new cavalry ranks.

And he issued the most severe notice, demanding that all tribes must send troops and form a wing. The Ming cavalry has already hit the grassland, and you still don't make any efforts, waiting for death?

But the tribes were hesitant even more than before. Altan Khan was once an invincible Great Khan on the steppe, and the battle against the Ming army, except for the one that was a tie in the mutual market, also had the advantage at other times.

But now, the defeat outside Shanhaiguan has gradually become impossible to hide, and this time he tried his best to snoring and sweating, and he also returned. The overlord of the steppe, is the majesty gone?

With this hesitation, Altan Khan was not able to rebuild his army quickly. When Xiao Feng arrived with half of the tribal leaders who had not come to the meeting, Altan Khan had gathered less than 30,000 men.

And behind Xiao Feng, in addition to the 20,000 cavalry of the Ming army, there were also about 10,000 men and horses brought by the leaders of other tribes, and the two sides were equal.

After all, these tribes are a minority, and they don't dare to fully trust the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't bring out too many people. Hesitation is the common feeling of all tribal leaders at this moment.

The tribes that supported Altan Khan and those who favored the Ming met on Altan Khan's territory. I looked at Xiao Feng coldly, and the green tendons on my neck burst out.

"Xiao Tianshi, you are so bold that you dare to come to my house. Why didn't I see you on the territory of Hohe Khan? ”

Xiao Feng smiled: "The battle to aid Hohe Khan was commanded by Qi Jiguang. I don't want to interfere with him, the Ming needs every general to be able to command the musket team and cooperate with the cavalry. ”

"Xiao Tianshi, did you come to me to fight to the death? Are those tribes behind you determined to be the dogs of the Han people, betraying this grassland and betraying the Immortal Heaven? ”

The clan leaders behind Xiao Feng glanced at each other, but they didn't speak, they were also watching.

Xiao Feng represents the Ming Dynasty, this Ming is not worth relying on, can you do what you say, before the situation is clear, it is smart to talk less.

Xiao Feng smiled: "What? If you don't listen to your Altan Khan, is it a betrayal of the steppe and the immortal sky? When did the Immortal Heaven give you this grassland to manage? ”

Altan Khan said angrily: "This is my matter on the grassland, I don't care who is the emperor of your Daming, why does Daming care who is the Great Khan on my grassland?" ”

Xiao Feng was surprised: "What do you mean, as long as the grass grows, it is your grassland?"

There are grasslands in the land outside the gates, and there are grasslands in the Central Plains, are these your grasslands? ”

I Da Khan sneered: "Why do you bother to be reasonable? I didn't say that where the grass grows, it's my grassland. But where my Mongolian people are, it is naturally our steppe! ”

Xiao Feng pointed to the west: "In the northernmost part of the desert, there are also Mongols, why are they also at the disposal of your Altan Khan?" Are they your people, too? ”

Altan Khan said that his sphere of influence had not yet reached the northernmost point, and if he insisted that those people were his people, the tribe in front of him would naturally think that he was bragging.

"The grassland is so big and boundless. I am in charge of the land of the people of my tribal union.

When Mongolia was at its peak, there were also several khanates, each with a great khan, what's so strange? ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "That is to say, the place where your people are located is your grassland, and the place where your people are not located, such as the Mobei grassland, although it is also inhabited by Mongolians, it is not your grassland." ”

Altan Khan nodded: "Naturally, so you Daming is now reaching out to my grassland, isn't it nosy?" ”

Xiao Feng shook his head: "If Da Ming is in charge of your grassland affairs, then it is naturally nosy.

Kehuhe Khan asked for the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and his tribe wanted to be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to eat the food of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to go to the Ming school, and the Ming Dynasty agreed.

The Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world and raises all nations, how can anyone want to learn loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness but not allow it, and want to be a people but do not accept the reason?

Since I agreed, this is Daming's business. Altan Khan, your grassland, Daming doesn't care. But you can't attack the grassland of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you will declare war on the Ming Dynasty!

Altan Khan was furious: "The steppe is Mongolian, where did the Ming come from?" ”

Xiao Feng patiently helped him recall: "Just now I said that there are grasslands in Liaodong outside the Guan, and you said that they are not your grasslands, because they are not inhabited by non-Mongols, right?" ”

Altan Khan chuckled in his heart, glared at Xiao Feng angrily, gritted his teeth, and said nothing.

"Then I said that the Mobei grassland, which is inhabited by the Mongols, and you said that it is not your grassland, because it is not inhabited by the people of your tribal alliance, right?"

Altan Khan gritted his teeth, if it weren't for his lack of strength now, he really didn't want to talk nonsense with Xiao Feng, because it was obvious that he couldn't talk about him.

So in other words, the grassland is not whose grassland it is, it depends on whose people live it. The dwelling of your people is yours, and the dwelling of the people of the Ming Dynasty is the dwelling of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the Hohe Khan is willing to become the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the place where their tribe is located is the grassland of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Altan Khan said coldly: "They are all Mongols, they are the descendants of the Immortal Heaven, how can they be the people of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Xiao Feng said with a smile: "The Miao people are the descendants of Chiyou, and the ancestors fought to the death with the two emperors of Yan and Huang, and they can also be the people of the Ming Dynasty."

The Jurchens established the Jin Dynasty and killed many Han people, and now they can still be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

Tibetans, Hui people, including Khitan, Xiongnu, and Dangxiang who have integrated with the Han people, can all be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

As a Mongol, why do you discriminate so much against your compatriots and think that the Mongols are not worthy of being the people of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Altan Khan said angrily: "It's not that we are unworthy, it's that you are unworthy!" Why should the Mongols be the subjects of the Han Chinese? Where are the Han Chinese stronger than the Mongols? ”

Xiao Feng looked at Altan Khan: "Where are you stronger than Huhe Khan?" Why can you be his Great Khan? How can he be the Great Khan of these tribes? ”

Altan Khan was stunned, this is really not easy to say, can it be said that he is a genius, but he is better than them? Do you have a saying for yourself?

"It was the brothers of all tribes who admired Ben Khan's personality and courage, and jointly elected me as the Great Khan to help everyone unite against foreign enemies!"

This is said to be weaker than the kidneys, who doesn't know that the overlords on the grassland are all shot with real knives and guns? But Altan Khan couldn't say at this time that they were all subdued by me.

Not only do Han people have a good face, but men are awkward when they hear this, and today is a situation where they will fall apart at any time, and Altan Khan does not dare to speak outrageously.

Xiao Feng suddenly realized: "I see." Since it was the tribes who admired the Great Khan and jointly elected the Great Khan to help the tribes.

So now some tribes suddenly don't admire the Great Khan, and they don't want to accept the help of the Great Khan, I don't know if it's okay? ”