Minutes and seconds passed.

Originally, the Ming soldiers who were shivering in the cold wind all the way did not feel cold at this time, but there was a surge of blood, because they knew that what was in front of them was an opportunity for them to make contributions, which they had never encountered before.

And...... It's going to be desperate.

"General, God...... It seems to be dark. The lieutenants next to him all held their breath, and when they saw that the sky was darkening a little, Cui Yuan on the side remained motionless.

I don't know and think that Cui Yuan is frozen.

Cui Yuan moved the telescope that had been in front of him to the side, exhaled a mouthful of heavy water vapor, and said, "That's it for today, I'm ...... Alas! ”

At this time, Cui Yuan also began to feel uneasy, and then he said as if he was talking to himself, "It would be nice if Zhijie was here." ”

Obviously, Cui Yuan felt that he couldn't cope with this kind of big scene.

But in the eyes of outsiders, he is a powerful character, and it seems that only he himself is so unconfident.

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……

The sky finally darkened, and because the weather was not very good that day, after nightfall, the snow was not so bright.

However, Cui Yuan still didn't dare to let the soldiers push the artillery up.

"Walk around from there, see? The second team ...... from that side And over there......"

Cui Yuan doesn't know much about the directions, even if he uses his hands to point out, regardless of whether the generals below understand it or not, maybe only he understands it in his heart.

As he spoke, the soldiers were already moving.

Still wrapped in a white cloth around the body and the cannon body, when the soldiers had already begun to transport the artillery, Cui Yuan suddenly remembered something, and called a general named He Song over and said, "Can there be any horses rushing forward?" ”

He Song said: "Uncle, our horses are basically used to tow cannons, so I'm afraid that we won't be able to get up." ”

"Then run on your legs! Holding a firecracker, the kind of long firecracker, you can send it with a hook...... Flint guns, right? There are only two or three hundred people, and after rushing up, they will launch directly from a distance. ”

"But my lord, our artillery will fire at their camp, wouldn't our people ......?"

"Let you be a little farther apart, not directly. It's a scream! Otherwise, they will definitely put all their attention on this side, and after the battle, if they come towards our artillery array, then our artillery may be damaged? ”

“…… Belch...... Be. ”

He Song didn't fully understand what Cui Yuan meant.

Originally, I thought Cui Yuan was a capable person, but just looking at Cui Yuan's chaotic appearance on the spot, and even the appearance of temporarily arranging tactics, made people feel uneasy.

Immediately, He Song ordered a team of people to come over, a total of 200 people, all of whom were drawn from the team carrying artillery, and they all carried firecrackers in their hands.

"Two handfuls per person." Cui Yuandao, "Did you bring it all?" ”

"Yes."

"Then come over and rush from the south...... It's south over there, right? ”

"Probably ......"

Because it is on the grassland, and the surrounding environment is basically the same, it is impossible to identify the direction in detail after coming here temporarily, so that whether it is Cui Yuan or the soldiers below, they are basically dizzy.

Anyway, I only know that the Tartar is in the valley, what I see in front of my eyes...... As for what direction it is, it doesn't seem to matter.

"Rush!"

When Cui Yuan gave the order, his voice was a little weak, and at this time, he probably felt that he was just a colt, not like the commander of the front-line command of the soldiers.

Even the generals below will feel a little empty.

But because this will be a surge of blood, at this time they are also holding a ruthless rush, not only for fame and fortune, but also for the honor of a soldier, anyway, it is a 200 death squad...... With firearms in their hands, it stands to reason that if thousands of people come, they will have no problem parrying.

But if the Tatars killed a few thousand people, no matter how much ammunition they had, they would be waiting for death.

Everyone seems to know that this is fighting for their lives, this is exchanging their lives for fame and fortune, and they also understand that there is no way back in front of them...... Because it is thousands of miles away from the frontier of the Ming Dynasty, in such a harsh environment, only by supporting each other can we go back, and the result of being a deserter may not be as good as dying vigorously on the battlefield.

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……

"Bang ......"

Flares pierced the night sky.

This is Cui Yuan sending a signal to Zhu Feng in the distance, letting Zhu Feng know their direction, and also letting Zhu Feng know that the war here has begun.

The flare is very dazzling in the night sky, and even the herdsmen on the grassland who spend the winter can't help but look up, because there are basically no firearms on the grassland, and there are no fireworks on the grassland, and they are surprised and curious about the scene in front of them.

But then the horn of warning sounded in their gathering place, which was their means of informing the enemy.

The Tatars already had a large number of soldiers and horses to guard against the enemy's attack, and at such times, they were able to quickly maneuver, but in such a harsh environment, they would also have a certain risk of charging forward on horseback, and in this kind of weather, it probably weakened the mobility of the Tatar cavalry to the greatest extent.

"Bang ......"

Two hundred death squads had rushed to a distance of about two miles from the camp, firing their firearms and using their voices to attract the attention of the Tatars.

Some flares will even be fired into the air so that the Tatars can see that they are in this direction.

The Tatars were not stupid, of course they knew what it was, but they didn't know who was coming from where they thought it safe, and when they found only a few people rushing towards their camp, they naturally didn't feel that it was a great danger.

But among them, there are people who are actually qualified to dispatch troops, or knowledgeable generals, who still find that this group of people is different from ordinary grassland tribesmen.

Because this group of people ...... It was actually with firearms.

That means that their hiding place has been discovered by the Ming army, since the Ming dare to send people to attack, it means that the Ming Dynasty cannot only have this number of people, there will be people and horses ambushed by the Ming Dynasty around, and even pessimistic thinking, they may have fallen into the ambush circle of the Ming army, and it is not impossible for a new uncle to suddenly appear, or even a Cai Guogong.

"Kill!"

The Ming soldiers wanted to use their prestige to deter the other side, but in fact, it had little effect.

In the north wind howling, they were still downwind, and the sound could not travel far at all, and this sound was probably only used to boost their morale.

The members of the Daming 200 death squad did not have horses, so they ran away on the snow-covered grass in their boots, because of emotional tension and physical discomfort, it seemed that every step of running would exhaust the strength of their bodies, let alone running two miles, even if they only ran a hundred steps, it was enough to exhaust people out of breath.

Even so, the Tatars do not seem to have sent troops to hinder them.

Tatars at this time......

is doing an orderly retreat, obviously the Tatar tribesmen have also made some emergency plans, not to say that your Ming army is coming, we will be slaughtered, with the current ability of the little Tatar prince Batu Munk to govern the army, like Wang Yue can lead the troops to successfully attack Weininghai, the Tatars will not allow a second time.

But even Wang Yue back then, when he attacked Weininghai, he only beheaded more than 400 people, and captured less than 200 people.

At the moment, the number of Tatars in the camp alone is more than 10,000, not to mention the rear that may not be seen, as for the cattle, sheep and livestock...... It is clogged up throughout the valley.

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……

"Uncle, they seem to have run away."

Cui Yuan did not personally rush to the front line this time.

He was also afraid of death.

At this time, he was still hiding in a relatively backward position, using his telescope to observe the enemy as much as possible, and when he saw that the campfires in the Tatar camp began to be extinguished, and the torches began to move sideways, he knew that his strategy seemed to have achieved some effect.

"It's not right on our artillery position, but it's almost."

Cui Yuanyi waved his hand and said, "Did you rush up?" ”

"Not ...... yet"

Cui Yuan immediately pointed the telescope at the Daming artillery team, which was almost creeping, and it was originally transporting artillery in the snow, and it could not be discovered by the Tatars, and it had to be wrapped in a white cloth.

"The Tartars are running away, why haven't they been there?"

Cui Yuan was a little anxious.

He seemed to be in a position to run up and help push the two now, but the problem was that he couldn't do much on his own.

The Tatars also moved very quickly, and when they found that the Ming soldiers were only rushing forward on two legs, they also mobilized part of the cavalry to open the way, which was to prevent the retreat from being ambushed by Ming soldiers...... But it didn't...... The artillery emplacements of the Ming were on the flanks, not in the rear of the Tatars.

The Tatars wanted to drive the cattle and sheep away, but it was obviously too late, and it was precisely those cattle that were used as a barrier to hinder the impact of the Ming soldiers.

The young and strong men seemed to be the fastest to escape at this time, but the old and weak women and children were still making the final arrangements, and the whole camp was in visible chaos.

Cui Yuan was also puzzled, and muttered, "I sent 200 people, and I ...... them Sscared away? ”

The subordinate general on the side said: "General, what they are afraid of is our firearms, if they really have the courage to fight us, they will fight a long time ago, so that they will not find a place to cat." ”

"Makes sense, too." Cui Yuan suddenly seemed to be very relieved, and when the North Wind War was approaching, he smiled rarely, "It's okay, in the future, it may be possible to use a few hundred people to walk sideways on the grassland, and the revitalization of the Ming Dynasty is expected." ”

The general said: "Our Daming already has prestige, do we still need to revitalize?" ”

"It's not a reinvigoration...... Have you ever been so comfortable fighting with the Tatars before? Alas...... Still can't make it ......"

Cui Yuan found that although the artillery array was almost close to the Tatar camp, the main Tatar force had obviously begun to withdraw from the camp, and they seemed to be running faster than their artillery was advancing.

"It's too late, give the order to fire!" Although Cui Yuan knew that it was not the best time to open the cannon in front of him, he was basically within the range of the artillery, and if he didn't let it go, it wouldn't even play a role in shocking the sound of power.

Cui Yuan doesn't seem to be so demanding about this war, and the title of Earl Jingshan is enough for him.

He was just worried that there would be the situation that Zhu Feng said, that is, if he didn't fight the enemy, he would be impeached for slacking off the fighter, and the title he got would be taken away again...... So even if you know now that it's an empty cannon, you have to release it.

The blue flares that gave the order to fire were also fired into the sky......

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"Boom, boom, boom......"

Artillery fired.

Deafening.

Cui Yuan was also startled when he heard the sound of cannons, he never thought that the artillery would form such a big reverberation in such a valley, and it was clear that the previous sound of the cannon had gone away, and it could be turned back again...... With the blessing of the echo, it was as if the ground under his feet was shaking, and his body was trembling.

Immediately afterward, more artillery began to be fired.

The white cloth that had been used for camouflage before was finally uncovered, and the artillery was fired, and it didn't matter if it could be shot or not, it was just fired according to the military order.

The Tatars originally thought that the Ming Dynasty was using some strange formation, and sent hundreds of people to set fire to the guns like a great god...... They were found before they reached their gathering place...... They're still on the retreat.

But when you hear the sound of artillery......

This was a great shock to the Tatars, especially to the ordinary Tatar herdsmen.

No matter how loud the sound of the gunpowder is, it will be like that, but the cannon is fired from a distance, and after it lands, it is a flowering cannon, and the secondary explosion of yellow powder will form a large amount of smoke and dust, and there will be fire...... If it was daytime, it might have been like that, but when it was dark.

Every time a shot lands, the effect is spectacular.

The Tatars no longer care about sorting out their belongings, they can run, and some even don't even take care of the horses, they just run away, and they know that if they ride a horse, this kind of cold and snowy environment is likely to fall off the horse, and if they get any injuries at that time, they don't want to run, it is better to have two legs.

The whole Tatar camp has become a mess.

The men ran the fastest, and the old and weak women and children were dragged behind.

Then there was a scene that made Cui Yuan feel incredible......

Cui Yuan carefully observed with a telescope.

Shells fell sporadically in the Tatar camps, and they were still on the edge, but the Tatars were like lost dogs, as if every shell had fallen on their heads, so that the Tatars were in disarray.

The Tatar cavalry, which was still maintaining order and preparing for the rear of the palace, also joined the hasty retreat at this time.

Then the Tatars obviously had a large number of cavalry as shields, but after the artillery was fired, the Tatars did not even care about their own clansmen and relatives, as if everyone only cared about their own lives.

"How so?"

Cui Yuan couldn't understand it either.

Obviously, we can't catch up, so we can only count on Zhu Feng to go to the front road in advance to ambush...... This seems to be quite difficult, because Zhu Feng walked later than them, and he may not be faster than them on the road.

In this battle, it may be expected that only a few women and children will be captured, some cattle and goods will be captured, and a few more heads will be killed...... That's at its best.

Who knew that as soon as the artillery sounded, the situation was completely wrong.

The Tatars didn't seem to understand why the Ming artillery was set up on their doorstep.

"General, maybe the Tartars thought ...... We are divine soldiers descending from the sky, they didn't even notice it, we came out, how do they know where we are? ”

The subordinate next to him was also excited.

Cui Yuan patted the armor on his body and said, "Makes sense!" We know our situation, but they don't! This artillery ...... That's amazing! The Tartar was probably cracked by artillery...... Shenwei cannon, sure enough, is extremely powerful. (End of chapter)