Three thousand cavalry, continue to the northwest.

In a solemn atmosphere, the team did not stop at all, and Wang Shouren also knew that the situation on the battlefield after dawn would soon be found out by the grassland tribes on the side of Weining Haizi, and it would be unrealistic to complete the raid at that time.

After more than an hour of travel, when the sun has risen above the horizon, in a green meadow connected with the sky, the Ming soldiers stood on the top of the mountain, in front of them, is the endless Weining Sea.

Under the reflection of the lake and mountains, the camp tent on the shore of the lake is connected to the sky, stretching with green mountains, clear water and blue sky, and there is no end in sight.

The herdsmen, who had finished their morning rest, were about to drive their cattle and sheep out of the pen, and some of them were carrying large quantities of fodder into the camp in wagons, and when they looked back and saw the soldiers standing on the hill, these herdsmen did not even look nervous, as if they thought they were their own cavalry.

"How much does this have?"

Cao Shun dismounted with difficulty and went up to the mound, and when he saw the scene in front of him, everyone was almost stunned.

"The soldiers are divided into three roads, left, middle and right, each with 800 soldiers and horses, a long formation, and advance!"

Changing the tactics of sneak attacks before, this time Wang Shouren knew that it was impossible to break through the tribal camp directly when the other party was unprepared.

Only steadily, the formation of the team is not chaotic, and slowly advance towards the tribal camp.

Cao Shun shouted: "If you don't cover up the killing, aren't you looking for death?" ”

In Cao Shun's view, this kind of sneak attack can only take advantage of its unpreparedness to hit the other party by surprise, like Wang Shouren, line up the army and let the cavalry slowly walk towards the opponent's camp, what is this called a tactic?

But now Cao Shun's words no longer have the slightest meaning.

The team was already very loose, and after Wang Shouren arranged the formation, the three thousand soldiers and horses were almost lined up, divided into left, middle and right roads, and slowly advanced to the main camp on the north shore of Weining Sea.

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The terrain is very flat, and the actual distance between the two sides is five or six miles.

Just when the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty began to advance, the camp also began to immediately warn, all kinds of horns sounded, and the tribesmen and horses quickly gathered from everywhere, the two sides completed the exchange during the day, and after the other tribe garrison was assembled, the Ming soldiers were surprised to find that the number of soldiers and horses on the other side was still above them.

Other words...... In the absence of any firearms bonus, this battle between the two sides is no longer an attack on the camp and passive defense, but a "skirmish".

In the case that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is not as good as that of the grassland tribes, it can be regarded as a battle with five wins and five defeats.

The officers and men in the army obviously have a sense of fear, in the past, they fought head-on with the grassland tribes anywhere, and none of them could gain even the slightest advantage, saying that it was five or five open, but it seemed that the Ming side had a good chance of winning with two or three percent.

But Wang Shouren was not stunned at all.

The grassland cavalry quickly assembled, and when they found that the men and horses of unknown origin were approaching their camp, they first demonstrated in general, and there were war drums and horns, and then all the men and horses gathered in one place and attacked the Ming army.

This is also the "thinking inertia" of the steppe cavalry.

In their opinion, the Ming army dared to line up, it seemed that there was no follow-up soldiers and horses, so they expanded the cross-sectional area of the operation, as long as the length was not thick, it was easy to be rushed by their cavalry in a wave, and then through the superior forces to cut off the Ming cavalry to complete the strangulation.

But even though the steppe cavalry had already ridden their horses and rushed over, Wang Shouren still did not order to change the formation, nor even did he have any intention of charging into battle.

"Array!"

Wang Shouren waved the order flag in his hand.

His purpose was to let the steppe cavalry concentrate their superior forces to rush over, so as to facilitate the use of artillery.

With the launch of various signal flares, the 60 light artillery pieces brought by the army also completed the formation in place at this time.

The use of this cannon is different from the previous way of transporting it by horse-drawn carts and chariots, which is directly unloaded from the horse's back and set up in situ, and only one person is needed to complete the steps of loading, inserting the fuse and igniting a cannon.

In order to confuse the other party, Wang Shouren wanted to block the artillery behind the artillery with a long snake formation as much as possible, so as not to let the other party know that the Ming army originally brought a new type of artillery.

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The rumbling of horses' hooves was heard.

The ground seemed to be shaking.

The three thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also held their breath, and the firearms in their hands were already in their hands.

And where Wang Shouren's army was located, that is, where the artillery was erected, the 200 flint short guns provided by Zhang Zhou had been held in the hands of the soldiers, and their task was to complete the row of guns and artillery when the opponent's cavalry approached, and after suppressing the key firepower, they would ride their horses and rush into the enemy formation.

There were those in the army who were not afraid of death, but most of the soldiers were afraid in their hearts, so they stood on the hillside and lined up, waiting for the Tatars to stab them with sharp cavalry.

The distance between the two sides is gradually closing.

Cao Shun was so nervous that he was wiping a cold sweat, and he was still muttering: "The herdsmen in the camp are still ......."

It means that the other side didn't take us seriously, they sent cavalry to fight us head-on, and the herdsmen didn't want to withdraw westward, as if those tribal herdsmen thought that we were waiting for death as a chariot on the mantis arm.

Finally.

When the vanguard of the tribal cavalry was about a mile away from the Ming cavalry array, Wang Shouren waved the order flag in his hand.

The dragon flags of the surrounding Daming were immediately raised, and more than a dozen dragon flags suddenly stood up, and with the shaking of the flag bearer, the Daming dragon flag once again appeared in this area of Weininghai.

At the same time, the tribal cavalry was sure that it was the Ming army that attacked.

Naturally, they couldn't figure out why the Ming army appeared here, let alone why the Ming army, as if looking for death, would line up in a long snake formation to meet the battle, but when the roar of the artillery fire came, there were black iron balls shining with sparks almost at the same time, falling from the sky.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was on the eastern slope of the mountain, which was the direction of the rising sun.

The Tatar cavalry charged in the sun, which was already a bit dazzling, and when they realized that the situation seemed to be a little wrong, they gave them time to react to the vanguard charge...... Almost none.

With such a killing momentum, it was impossible for them to temporarily turn their horses around and retreat, which was the same situation that Duoyan Sanwei encountered when they charged outside Ningyuan City.

There was no turning back from the bow.

Even if they knew that the Ming army would attack with artillery, they could only continue to charge, and in their original impression, the artillery of the Ming army was just sending a big iron ball, not so much to hit themselves, plus the Ming army appeared in the hinterland of the grassland, how could it bring long-range artillery?

It may be that the Ming army just wanted to use artillery to boost the morale of the army, and the shells would fall on the open space where the two sides were about to fight.

That's all.

"Bang!"

The first shell fell into the charge of the cavalry of the steppe tribes.

With a muffled sound, followed by a "whoosh", the land that had not been turned over for hundreds of years on the grassland was instantly blown up and the soil flew up, the shells fell to the ground, and the cavalry fell to the ground in response, forming a great deterrent effect.

But before the surrounding or subsequent cavalry could react further, more shells fell from the sky.

"Bang ......"

The artillery used by the Ming Dynasty this time is no longer like Ningyuan City, there are only twelve guns.

This time there are 60 cannons, even if the caliber is small, the explosive power of the shells sent out will be much smaller, but in the end it has been improved, and the proportion of yellow powder contained in it is larger, and the suppression effect that can be formed by 60 cannons is not comparable to that of 12 sub-mother cannons.

This round alone goes down......

There were about three or four thousand tribal cavalry, and three or four hundred were killed and wounded, and one round of artillery made the other party lose one percent of their combat effectiveness.

This battle loss may not be a big deal in peacetime cold weapon warfare.

But this is a ...... after all The tribal cavalry had not yet reached the forward position of the battle, and there was such a big loss just at a distance of about a mile, and the biggest difference between the men and horses of the fire sieve headquarters and the rest of the tribes was that it was ...... Many of them have experienced the bitter battle of the Eccentric Pass, and for them...... The shadow of yellow powder will be engraved in their hearts for a lifetime.

Among this group of charging men and horses, there was one who was wounded in the battle and lost its combat effectiveness, and could only be placed in the rear as a reserve cavalry.

When they found out that it was the Ming army, they were at the beginning, or they still felt that the Ming army expedition to the hinterland of the grassland, they could just be ashamed.

But when they saw Da Ming playing with long-distance projection of explosives again, there was only one word in their hearts......

Dangerous!

After a round of artillery suppression, the reloading of light artillery will be more complicated than that of sub-cannons, and the short range can only ensure that another round of reloading and firing can be completed before the tribal cavalry rushes over, and not every cannon can fire a second shot.

The momentum of the tribal cavalry slowed down significantly, but they still rushed over without hesitation, even if they lost their troops in the first round of artillery suppression, they were still confident that they could break through the long snake formation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Firearms ready!"

Wang Shouren waved the order flag in his hand again.

While the second round of platoon guns was still being prepared, it was now necessary to use the platoon guns in hand.

Whether it was the flint guns provided by Zhang Zhou or the arquebuses brought by the soldiers, they were all held in their hands at this time.

Their bows and crossbows were also prepared.

As the distance between the two sides was further reduced to within two hundred meters, the tribal cavalry had begun to bend their bows and arrows, but the effective range of the bows and arrows was only about a hundred paces, and they were still only preparing at this time, and they did not want to release them immediately.

However, although the effective range of the arquebus and flint guns on the Ming side is about 100 steps, the penetrating power that they can cause is much stronger than that of bows and arrows issued by manpower.

"Bang!"

Sporadicly, there was still the sound of artillery firing.

But it was not the second round of guns, but the first round of dumb fire before the fuze modification.

This can no longer cause effective damage to enemy positions.

"Put!"

"Bang ......"

The platoon guns began to fire almost about a hundred meters from the head of the tribal cavalry close to the Ming position.

The fire guns in the hands of the Ming soldiers emitted a red-blue demonic light, and with the sound of the gun, the first row of the tribal cavalry was not surprised, almost beaten into a sieve.

At the same time, the loading of ammunition for the artillery platoon of the Ming Dynasty was basically completed, and the gunners were all trained repeatedly in the Beijing camp, and after they completed the loading, all they had to do was to shoot the second cannon out and try to disrupt the formation of the enemy formation.

"Kill!"

By this time, Wang Shouren's opening three-plate axe had all been used up.

The artillery is now mainly suppressing the middle and rear formations of the tribal cavalry, and what he has to do now is to gather the long snake formation to form a pocket, and surround the three or four thousand tribal cavalry on this road from all directions.

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Hand-to-hand combat began.

Wang Shouren did not flinch at this time, and led all the way with Ma Yi, and started a horse battle with the Tatars from both sides.

This is a rare scene after Jingtai, in the past few decades of border battles, the combat logic of the two sides is not this kind of fighting on horseback, but more like a tacit understanding of you advance and retreat harassment.

But this time it was a hard-fought bloody battle.

The soldiers and horses dispatched by both sides do not seem to be much, but the tragedy is no less than that of any major battle.

The Ming side occupied a geographical advantage, that is, condescending, coupled with the blessing of a platoon of guns and artillery, at the beginning of the war, it occupied an absolute advantage.

It is also related to the fact that the people and horses left behind by the other party are mainly old, weak, sick and disabled, they can initially show the brave and good fighting side of the cavalry of the grassland tribe, but in the face of such a powerful firearm suppression of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the high morale of the Ming soldiers and the spirit of not being afraid of death, then the Ming long snake formation was gathered into a pocket formation, and they felt that there were Ming soldiers on all sides.

What's worse is ...... Wang Shouren's Chinese army dragon flag array still has the flint gun given by Zhang Zhou in his hand.

When the troops are engaged, the firecrackers raise their hands, and thirty or forty paces away, a single shot can knock down a tribal cavalry in armor, even if it is this kind of individual killing, it also forms a great deterrent.

This would make the tribal cavalry suspicious.

Are we fighting people?

Why can Ming soldiers use such a miraculous method to kill people? And we can only use bows and arrows in our hands, and sabers?

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The war is moving very fast.

After the two sides exchanged troops at Chacha, the tribal cavalry side had shown its decline, and it was also because Wang Shouren did not send troops to raid, which belonged to waiting for work, although the people were sleepy after the battle, the horses were not tired, and the battle was more flexible in the battle array.

The use of flint guns also laid a great foundation for Wang Shouren's Chinese army, allowing him to use a few hundred soldiers to stabilize the position of the Chinese army, and not let the tribal cavalry be scattered and defeated at one time.

When the Ming Dynasty's long snake formation came over like scissors, the pressure on Wang Shouren's Chinese army was basically gone.

The task of the Chinese army has only become to strangle forward, as if it were a meat grinder, the Ming soldiers charged all the way, and the sabers in their hands were sharper than the opponent's...... After all, this is a stainless steel alloy knife created by Zhang Zhou, mass-produced, it is an exaggeration to say that it is indestructible, but it is still no problem to cut melons and vegetables when the battlefield situation is dominant.

With the confrontation.

The tribal cavalry had already felt overwhelmed, and the cavalry that was charging behind had begun to break away from the battle formation.

The fire sieve headquarters is not only one tribe, but also a variety of small and medium-sized tribes gathered, even if it is the same tribe, there will be a geographical gap, in the absence of clan blood relations, can not be both offensive and defensive.

It is precisely because we can share wealth and prosperity but not weal and woe, when the war is going well, the whole army will charge into battle together to make meritorious achievements, and when we encounter defeat, each tribe and small group also has its own small abacus.

Although they were also protecting their own clansmen at this time, in the face of such a strong expeditionary force of the Ming Dynasty, all they could do was to withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible, escort their own clansmen to escape as much as possible, and let others come out to resist them and let others come to die......

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The sun rises further.

The battle on the hillside was almost coming to an end when the platoon guns rang out again.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were divided into four roads at this time.

Two roads completed the cleaning of the battlefield, and the other two went directly into the camp tent with no end in sight.

In the camp, it is no longer the peaceful and peaceful idyll, nor the happy family carnival, but the hellish strangulation of the forehead, after the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty kill in, the first thing they face is those tribal men who have weapons in their hands to resist stubbornly, they will be directly swept off the horse and killed, and the heads do not even have to be deliberately cut, because there are countless heads waiting for them in front of them.

There were about six or seven hundred of the remaining tribal cavalry, and they fled directly to the north.

Wang Shouren did not give the order to pursue, his task was to trample all over the Weininghai in front of him.

"Brush!"

At this point, Wang Shouren pulled out a sword that looked a little old, not like a sword that could be used on the battlefield.

That sword was given to him by the Wang family, and it was the sword that Wang Yue used to command the soldiers and horses when he attacked Wei Ninghai.

"Sacrifice to Wei Ninghou! Kill! ”

After commanding the remaining tribal cavalry on the battlefield to be strangled, Wang Shouren raised the long sword in his hand.

When he shouted the name of "Wei Ninghou", the blood of the soldiers of the surrounding Ming Dynasty was boiling.

Naturally, they will think of ...... The road they are taking now, the things they are doing, is exactly what Wang Yue of Weining Hou did, this year is the day when Weining Hou just passed away, the Ming border army has fallen into sorrow, the army is still very respectful of Wang Weining, and now the war has more meaning.

That is to inherit Wang Weining's legacy, fight on the battlefield, and promote the prestige of the Ming soldiers.

What fear of death, what cowardice, what interests......

Under the infection of this pride, it seems that it no longer exists.

Wang Shouren is like a battlefield orator, who instantly captured the hearts of this group of soldiers, they just want to follow Wang Shouren to rush into the enemy formation, to reproduce the exploits of Wang Weining back then.

"Kill!"

There weren't many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, it was like a tide, and it was unstoppable and poured into the camp on the north shore of Weining Sea, and the camp that stretched for twenty or thirty miles was as if it were undefended.

(End of chapter)