"Whoa-la-"

Under the torrential rain, the valley of the Selenga River, which had been clear just a moment ago, became dark and damp, and the valley was muddy.

Tens of thousands of Wara cavalry didn't expect that the two guards on the left and right of Zhaozhou would attack them with spears in hand, not only them, but even Zhu Di and Zhu Neng and others in the rear did not expect it.

It was precisely because everyone didn't expect it that Mahamu's original tentative attack was forced into a cavalry impact.

The distance between the two sides is too close, but more than 20 paces, there are tens of thousands of pikemen in front of the hard top, and tens of thousands of cavalry on their own side crowding forward, and the situation is unavoidable.

"Don't be afraid of this group of southern barbarians, the spears are not arrayed, it is no different from looking for death!"

Mahamu was still cheering up the army, but now the Warat cavalry of the front army could not hear him at all.

Heavy rain obscured most of the vision, and the muffled thunder cast a haze over people's hearts.

The two armies are about to collide and meet on a narrow road......

"Kill Hu Bing!"

"Southern Barbarian!"

In the noisy environment, tens of thousands of pikemen suddenly lined up with the ends of their spears inserted into the earth as they rushed to a distance of only ten paces from the Warat cavalry.

At this moment, they were thousands of people as one, but in the blink of an eye, a phalanx of spears had been formed.

"I'll sell your mother!"

The Warats scolded bitterly, but the situation was no longer helping.

Thousands of cavalry of the front army slammed into the phalanx composed of three spears, people turned on their backs, and the horses neighed.

Blood was spilled on the battlefield, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was horses or people, whether it was the Ming army or the Hu soldiers.

"Good!"

Seeing this scene, Zhu Di couldn't help but shout hello, and Zhu Neng next to him also clenched his fists and said:

"Since the Battle of Caizhuang, my Ming Dynasty has not had such an elite pikeman army for more than forty years!"

"The second brother has a hand in training!" Zhu Di is arrogant and does not shy away from the ownership of Zhaozhou's left and right guards.

Anyway, he has already seen it, after all, after this battle, he will most likely give way, there is no need to covet such a small credit.

He only knew that just now was enough for Mahamu to vomit blood.

"On top of the Chinese army, the cavalry on both wings is trapped!"

Zhu Di ordered in an orderly manner, while looking at the air.

The torrential rain in Mobei came and went quickly, but when it was just a word, Zhu Di saw the dark clouds above his head revealing a touch of white in the northwest direction.

"After the Chinese army is on top of the front army, waiting for orders, ready to form a line to attack at any time."

"The rear army tops the middle army, leads the horse and prepares the horse and gun, and waits for the order!"

After Zhu Di's judgment, the military orders were issued, which seemed to be a long time, but it was only a dozen breaths before the Warat cavalry collided with the front army.

At this moment, the morale of the Warat cavalry on the frontal battlefield was low, and Mahamu had to turn his horse's head and lead the cavalry to disperse to the left and right flanks, choosing to take the initiative to avoid the spear formation of the left and right guards of Zhaozhou.

However, when they took the initiative to disperse, Meng Zhang of the former army immediately blew the horn: "Woo woo woo-"

"Kill!!"

The horn sounded, and the left and right guards of Zhaozhou were reduced to zero, and with small flags as a unit, they crossed the corpse of the high Warat cavalry in front of them, and flanked the group of Warat cavalry who were trying to divide their troops.

For a time, there were hundreds of people who fell from the horse, and the number is still increasing.

"This group of southern barbarians is not easy to deal with!"

Mahamu scolded, hurriedly turned the horse's head, and prepared to bypass the front army and directly attack the Chinese army.

However, when he looked at the Chinese army, he found that the Ming army was the front army, and the rear army was the middle army.

"What?"

Mahamu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the sky.

At this glance, he realized that the dark clouds above his head were rapidly moving to the southeast, and the white area in the northwest direction was getting bigger and bigger.

"The rain is going to stop, don't let go of this opportunity, go straight to the Chinese army!"

Mahamu saw the situation of the middle and rear armies of the Ming army, and because they were accustomed to always combining muskets and bayonets, they did not carry a large number of long guns like the left and right guards of Zhaozhou.

Without the threat of a spear, it is not an impossible task to surprise Daxu.

His thoughts had just risen, but he saw the cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Ming army turn over their horses, shake the reins of their horses and rush towards the left and right flanks of their own side.

"Long soldiers against short soldiers, the victory or defeat is still unknown!"

Ma Hamu looked at the soldiers and horses around him with spears in his hands, and then looked at the Ming army with a golden gourd hammer in his hand, and under the burst of self-confidence, he resolutely led the army to charge the cavalry on both wings of the Ming army.

Five thousand cavalry on the left and right wings and the Wara cavalry rushed head-on, although the gourd hammer on horseback was too short and suffered a little, but the Ming army was heavily armored, even if it was hit by a spear, it was at most a chest tightness, and some pain.

They have neck guards on their necks and iron armor on their faces, and they are not worried about being protruded, not to mention that the war horses under their crotch are covered with frontal vests, and they are not worried about suffering losses in the impact.

On the other hand, although most of the Warat cavalry are also elite cavalry, such heavy objects as horse armor are not suitable for them to fight in Mobei, so in the impact battle, although their weapons are longer, they can't stand the horses and are not strong.

The two sides collided, and the Warat cavalry rushed, but the left and right guards of Zhaozhou, who had been flanking the Wara cavalry, had no intention of letting go.

Although they were wearing heavy armor, they fought in the dense forest all year round, even when they arrived at the Nanjing garrison, they insisted on running ten miles a day with negative armor.

This kind of physique allowed them to adapt quickly when fighting in complex terrain, on the other hand, although the Warat cavalry deprived the Ming army of the opportunity to use firearms, the slippery roads made it difficult for them to break through once they were encircled.

Tens of thousands of Zhaozhou left and right cavalry dismounted and fought on foot, and dared to charge the Wara cavalry head-on with spears, which was simply unheard of for them.

Thousands of cavalry were surrounded by the left and right guards of Zhaozhou, this was the first time that the Wara cavalry was surrounded by infantry, and their fate was needless to say.

At this moment, Mahamu has already turned his attention to Zhu Di's Daxu, and he wants to inflict the greatest casualties on the Ming army before the heavy rain stops.

"It's ...... time"

Looking at the Wara cavalry who got rid of the cavalry on both wings and rushed towards him, Zhu Di pulled out the golden sword at his waist: "The Chinese army is ready, and the rear army is on the horse!" ”

"Beep, beep—"

Two short and one long whistles sounded, and more than 10,000 dismounted cavalry of the Chinese army untied the flint spears on their shoulders and grabbed them through the oil paper.

The 10,000 Ming troops of the rear army turned over their horses, and also took out the carbine on the side of the saddle, ready to tear the oil paper at any time.

"Not good!"

Seeing this scene, Mahamu decisively raised his head.

As he had guessed, the rainstorm passed faster than he expected, the light around them became much brighter, and the dark clouds overhead were about to pass over them.

The rain around them began to lighten, and they were still hundreds of paces away from the Ming army.

"Tear up the oil paper, load the bullets, the line of the Chinese army, and the rear army will wait until the clarion call to pursue!"

Zhu Di clenched his long sword and slashed at the air in front of him, but he had the courage to split the Warat cavalry in two.

Not long after his words fell, the dark clouds above his head were completely blown to the southwest by the fierce wind of Mobei, and there was nothing to prove that this land had experienced a heavy rainstorm just now, except for the muddy land under his feet.

"Beep, beep—"

The whistle sounded endlessly, and the herald Tang rode continuously.

At this moment, tens of thousands of dismounted cavalry of the Chinese army began to line up, and three rows of 5,000 people were lined up on the left and right sides of the army.

The cavalrymen on horseback had already torn off the oil paper and began to reload their ammunition.

"Woo-woo-"

Warat's horn sounded first, and Taiping and Mahamu shook off Wang Zhong and Xu Zengshou on the left and right flanks respectively, and rushed towards Zhu Di's more than 10,000 line cavalry.

The distance was getting closer, and the Ming army methodically tore open the oil paper and loaded the flintlock spear.

"Kill!!"

Rushing into a distance of fifty paces, the Ming army had already finished loading, but Zhu Di did not give the military order to shoot.

"The shorter the distance, the greater the damage, and the morale of the opponent can be broken at one time, but the specific distance can be shortened to how much it depends on the training ......of the army."

At this moment, Zhu Di remembered that when he was in Wuying Palace, Zhu Gaoxu talked to himself about the shooting of the platoon in the line line tactics.

By the time he reacted, tens of thousands of Warat cavalry had already come to the left and right flanks less than thirty paces away from the Ming army.

"Put!"

Zhu Di was ready to go, and after an order was given, the horn sounded.

"Woo-woo-"

Although it was only a few breaths, the Warat cavalry had already rushed within twenty paces, and they were greeted by a line of tens of thousands of Ming troops who were killed.

"Crackle!!"

Thick smoke rose, and as it rose, many of the Varat cavalry in the charging path fell one by one.

As soon as the Ming troops in the first platoon pulled the trigger and fired the bullets, they immediately crouched down and loaded their muskets with bayonets.

The Ming troops in the second row pulled the trigger, and then also crouched down and loaded their bayonets.

The last third row was still the same, except that when he loaded his bayonet, the brothers in the two rows in front of him had already risen.

The smoke cleared, and thousands of Varat cavalry died in the first row, and their fallen corpses frustrated the charge of the Varat cavalry in the rear.

For a time, there were countless people who fell, and Mahamu watched this scene with wide eyes.

He did not see the Ming army lighting torches and arquebuses, which were not at all the same arquebuses that he knew from the Eastern Mongol population.

"Scammed?"

At this moment, Mahamu even thought of Zhu Di deliberately releasing some Eastern Mongolians to deceive himself.

Unprepared, the Maham used the tactics of arquebuses to deal with flintlock muskets.

Originally, he was going to wait for the Ming army to light the torches, and then ordered the Warat cavalry to raise shields for defense.

However, the Ming army's flintlock pistol no longer needed torches to assist in battle, only needed to pull the trigger and hit the flint, so he missed the best chance to defend.

"Woo-woo-"

The horn sounded again, and tens of thousands of horse lancers in the rear army of the Ming army heard the horn and decisively charged the Warat cavalry who were trying to charge.

The distance between the two sides is more than 100 paces, and if Mahamu insists on continuing to attack the cavalry of the Ming army, then he will bury a large number of Warat cavalry while gaining a small number of results.

"Withdraw!"

Leaving Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, Mahamu ordered a retreat without thinking.

For a while, the signal to retreat sounded in the army, and the Warat cavalry, which had been demoralized by the Ming army, began to retreat with Mahamu's Daxu.

Seeing this scene, Taiping couldn't help but scold: "Mahamu, you son of a bitch!" ”

There was no time to scold anything else, so Taiping immediately organized a retreat, and at the same time sent a sentry in the direction of Bal Polo, preparing to signal the retreat.

As agreed, they began to retreat towards the eastern part of the valley.

At the same time, after Wang Zhong and Xu Zengshou's two cavalry teams solved the warat cavalry that was entangled, they also pulled out their carbines, tore the oiled paper, loaded the ammunition into the barrel, and followed the rear army to pursue Warat.

For a time, the attack and defense changed shape, and the 50,000 Warat cavalry did not know how many casualties there were, but the scale was still huge.

However, they did not entangle, did not fight, and retreated collectively towards the eastern part of the valley.

Zhu Di took the lead and led the cavalry of the rear army to pursue Wang Zhong, Xu Zengshou, Zhu Neng and others.

With less than 20,000, the enemy army was pursued by 30,000 or 40,000.

"Order the whole army, encircle and suppress Hu Bing, and wait for my order to rush to the aid of Shen Guogong!"

In the ranks of the front army, Meng Zhang gave orders to Li Shi and them without hurry, and at the same time took over the tens of thousands of cavalry of Chen Wu of the Chinese army, and let them participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Wara cavalry.

Soon, the thousands of Warat cavalry who were surrounded by the left and right guards of Zhaozhou either surrendered or were killed on the spot.

"Woo-woo-"

The dull horn echoed in the river valley, and the Ming cavalry, which was less than 20,000, pursued the Warat cavalry with a scale of 30,000 or 40,000 in front.

Mahamu and they looked back as they retreated.

Before entering the river valley, Zhu Di had already left his horses and horses outside the river valley, and sent a thousand horse troops to guard them.

Nowadays, they only have a war horse under their crotch, so Zhu Di will let the cavalry fight on foot in the previous time to retain the physical strength of the war horse, so as to gain an advantage in pursuit.

Despite wearing heavy armor, the fat and strong horses of the Ming army were still as strong as oxen, carrying their knights, constantly shortening the distance between the two armies.

"Bang Bang Bang

When the distance was shortened to a position of about fifty paces, the horse pistols of the Ming army began to fire.

Although there were only 20,000 men, they formed a goose-shaped formation and began to pursue, and the cavalry after firing took the initiative to slow down their horses and make way for the cavalry behind them to fire position.

"Uhh

For a time, there were countless people who fell from the horse, and Mahamu and Taiping's scalps were numb.

"I'm going to kill those bitches in Eastern Mongolia!"

Taiping and Mahamu gritted their teeth and said this, the group of surrendered people in Eastern Mongolia did not say that the Ming army could light muskets without torches, let alone that the Ming army could use muskets on horseback.

They have been tricked, and winning the scheme means that they have suffered!

"Bang Bang Bang

The sound of horse pistols sounded behind them from time to time, but Mahamu and they did not dare to stop, for fear that the Ming army would bite them.

Just now 60,000 fought 40,000, and they couldn't win despite the heavy rainstorm, and now that the Ming army has firearms, the result is not to mention the result.

"Give me chase!"

Zhu Di's eyes were red, and he was so anxious that he even said "me".

In his opinion, if he failed to inflict heavy losses on Warat, then his battle would undoubtedly be full of regrets.

Now it seems that at most, they have inflicted more than 10,000 casualties on Warat, which is very heavy, but not enough to break the bones and muscles.

He wants to break the backbone of Warat, and at least 20,000 Warat will be left behind!

Thinking of this, Zhu Di ruthlessly waved his horsewhip at his mount, and the horse sped up under the pain.

"Cut the vest!"

In order to succeed in the pursuit, Zhu Di took the lead and used a short knife to cut the dozens of pounds of vest on the war horse.

Seeing this, the Ming army followed suit, and on the road they passed, they left behind a place of precious vests.

Reducing the weight of dozens of catties, the speed of the Ming army's war horses became faster again, constantly narrowing the distance with the warat in front.

The interrupted gunfire rang out again, and each time it rang out, it could take the lives of dozens or hundreds of Warat cavalry.

Time passed little by little, whether it was Warat or the Ming army, the horsepower of both sides could no longer keep up with such a level of rush, and the speed of both sides slowed down invariably.

The difference was that Warat slowed down faster than the Ming army.

"Turn the horse's head and fight with them!"

Seeing that the horsepower was about to run out, Ma Hamu ignited the last trace of blood, turned the horse's head and began to move against the Ming army behind him.

They launched the last round of charge, and Zhu Di excitedly pulled out his horse pistol when he saw this: "Rush!" ”

The two sides charged, tangled together on the plains of the valley after the rainstorm.

Due to the lack of horsepower, the charge at this time appeared weak and weak, and there was no such excitement of flesh and blood, but a kind of exhausting fight.

The horses were exhausted, but the generals of the two armies on horseback were full of strength.

The Warat cavalry stabbed the spear in their hand, but the Ming army raised their guns and fired.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

The projectile pierced through Wara's armor, and the strength of the whole body was drained, and the Hu soldiers who fell down were countless.

At the end of the shooting, a large number of cavalry retreated to the rear, handing over the battlefield to their comrades behind them.

If the shooting of his comrades was over, and the others could not make up for it, they would draw some spears on the ground and fight with the Warat cavalry.

Seeing this, Mahamu immediately asked thousands of cavalry to come forward to fight, while the rest of the cavalry were stationed on their horses to recover their horsepower and prepare to retreat at any time.

Their actions were watched by Zhu Di with a telescope, but Zhu Di was not idle.

He led thousands of cavalry in the rear of the ranks, constantly feeding the horses with food and fresh water.

Compared with pasture, horse feed can undoubtedly replenish the horse's strength faster.

Without binoculars, Mahamu could only see the Ming army fighting with thousands of cavalry on his side back and forth, and could not see Zhu Di's actions at all.

Time passed, and as the thousands of Warat cavalry fighting were defeated, Mahamu did not continue to order the attack.

At the same time, the Ming army also stationed their horses to restore their horsepower and at the same time reload their carbine pistols with ammunition.

After a little rest, Mahamu stopped fighting and retreated decisively.

After receiving the order, tens of thousands of Warat cavalry, who were already afraid of the Ming army, began to turn their horses and retreat, but this time the direction of their retreat was no longer to the east, but to run southeast.

"They want to cross the Selenga River!"

Zhu Di sensed Mahamu's intentions, because before entering the valley, Arutai had told him that the Selenga River crossed the valley.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di immediately blew the horn, and the Ming army, which had rested for a while, immediately launched a pursuit.

The two armies pursued for miles on the plains of the river valley, until a river more than twenty paces wide appeared in front of them, and the Warat cavalry drove their horses into the water without hesitation.

When the Ming army caught up, they could only surround them on the bank, constantly pull the trigger, shoot the group of Warat cavalry who were about to cross the river, and at the same time observe the pattern of the Warat cavalry crossing the river.

"There are shoals in the water, but we can't see the muddy water."

"Watch out for the ammo pack, get ready to cross the river!"

Zhu Di reminded him, and then prepared to fight the Warat cavalry on the north bank, and followed the footsteps of the Warat cavalry to cross the Selenga River.

But before he could act, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard on the south bank of the Selenga River.

Zhu Di picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a large number of cavalry in the distance running towards the Selenga River in the depths of the land.

"Wait!"

Zhu Di was worried about an ambush and looked carefully with a telescope, but because the enemy army was too far away, the Ming army's telescope could see two or three miles at most, so he couldn't tell how many enemies were coming.

"Your Majesty, they shouldn't have any reinforcements."

Suddenly, Arutai, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly stepped forward and appeared beside Zhu Di, and Zhu Di frowned when he heard this.

There was a lot of movement on the south bank, and it didn't look like a small reinforcement.

It's just that Arutai is right, Warat's soldiers and horses are at most 60,000, and now they have basically been exposed, unless Yili Sholi in the south supports them, otherwise they have no reinforcements at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di no longer hesitated: "The whole army crosses the river!" ”

With Zhu Di's order, the 20,000 Ming troops charged towards the more than 10,000 Wara cavalry on the north bank.

"Surrender or kill!"

"Surrender or kill!"

Many of the Ming army surrendered to the Mongols, and for a time the Warat cavalry on the north bank who could not cross the river dismounted and surrendered.

Of course, there were also stubborn ones, who jumped into the Selenga River, but were swept away by the undercurrents of the river, with men and horses.

"Hurry up and cross the river, don't listen to them!"

On the south bank, Mahamu, who had led more than 10,000 people to cross the river, kept shouting, and these shouts were spread by the guards around him, and soon a large number of Warat cavalry were awakened from the north bank.

They drove their horses to the south shore through the fords, while the Ming pulled the trigger and shot them.

"Archery!"

Mahamu took out the longbow in the bow bag and led his cavalry to follow and shoot arrows, trying to interfere with the Ming army with arrows.

For a time, a large number of arrows fell on the north bank in the form of projectiles, and many surrendered Warat cavalry and surrendered Ming troops were attacked.

In order to avoid the arrows, they had to turn their horses and retreat.

After cutting their vests, they were not sure if the loss would take the lives of their horses.

Under the cover of Mahamu, thousands of Warat cavalry on the north bank successfully crossed the river, and with the Warat cavalry who had crossed the river before, more than 20,000 Warat cavalry released arrows on the south bank for a while, and then immediately retreated to the southeast.

"Cross the river!"

Seeing them retreat, Zhu Di immediately ordered to cross the river.

This time, with the help of thousands of Varat troops, they successfully crossed the Selenga River.

When they successfully crossed the river and pursued Mahamu and Taiping, Mahamu and Taiping also came to the place where the sound of horses' hooves kept being heard.

They wondered who could make such a big fuss.

But I didn't want to wait for them to arrive, and what I saw was Tuhuan who led tens of thousands of women and children to ride horses back and forth in the same place.

"Why are you here, didn't I make you look down on your uncle?"

Maham did not thank him for being saved by Tuohuan, but hurriedly asked where Benjamin was.

"Uncle took advantage of crossing the river to escape, I was in a hurry to save Abu, but I couldn't stop him in time......"

Tuhuan was very ashamed, and when Mahamu heard this, he lost his temper and raised his whip.

Seeing this, Taiping next to him hurriedly stopped him: "If it weren't for Dehuan, we would have been killed by Zhu Di in the Selenge River today." ”

"Now what we have to do is not infighting, but retreat."

"With that group of surrendered pups, Zhu Di will be able to catch up soon."

Taiping's words were very reasonable, and Ma Hamu, who heard the words, suppressed his temper and gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw!" ”

With his order, tens of thousands of women and children and more than 20,000 Warat cavalry began to retreat.

Due to the fact that Tuhuan had brought many horses, their retreat was fast this time, and by the time Zhu Di and the others arrived here, they had already run away completely.

"Bastard!"

Zhu Di looked at the horses' hooves all over the ground, and he didn't have to think much to know that it was the reinforcements who brought new horses, which could help Ma Hamu and them escape so quickly.

"Your Majesty, it seems that we can't catch up now, but our results in this battle are brilliant enough, thanks to Your Majesty's good command."

Arutaise immediately stepped forward and praised it, after all, the first battle served at least 20,000 cavalry in Warat, and such a result was enough to hype.

"I always regret not being able to go further......"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, and wanted to turn the horse's head and leave, but at this time, the outer pond rider hurriedly rode his horse.

"Your Majesty!"

After receiving the message from Tang Qi, Tong'an Hou Huozhen happily rode his horse, turned over and dismounted, knelt down and said:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, our army has besieged the Yuan Benjami and his men and horses in the northwest corner, and Benjamin has surrendered."

"Good!!" Hearing Benjamin's name, Zhu Di couldn't help but shout, and the generals of the Ming army around him also applauded.

Compared to them, Arutai's face turned pale in an instant.

His admiration for Zhu Di does not mean that he hopes that Zhu Di can seize the high-level of Warat, let alone a Yuan descendant like Benjamin.

Benjamin was captured, what does this mean, he, the former Eastern Mongolian Grand Master, knows no better......

(End of chapter)