At the Yuanbaoshan camp, Hei Yunlong's face was ashen and he said nothing.
In his hands were orders from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, as well as the emperor's imperial edict. After he received the order, the army immediately attacked and defeated the Jiannu and Mongolian armies.
The Ministry of War's reason was that Madeng Yun had been holding on to the isolated city for a month. A large amount of Jiannu was consumed. In such cold weather. Jiannu stayed in the snow for a month and suffered severe frostbite and attrition.
The scouts reported that there were corpses of those who died of freezing and those who died during the siege every day, piling up the riverside.
Hei Yunlong laughed angrily. Which of these people's eyes saw that Jiannu was dying? In order to please the superiors, those people just say things that the superiors like to hear.
There are a total of 150,000 people in these three troops. After the disarmament, the salary has increased, and at least they can be paid on time.
This situation led to a large number of related households coming to serve in the army. These people are not made for fighting. The highest pay for front-line soldiers is no pay at night. These scouts exchanged their lives for money, so of course they were given good military pay.
Many generals and civilian officials of the Ministry of War were closely related to the troops who refused to collect them all night long.
There are many people waiting to fill the vacancy now. After receiving the money, the Ministry of War has to do something. Otherwise, how can I spit out the meat that is in my mouth?
However, during the Ming Dynasty's nationwide disarmament, there was room for these people.
Just in time to form the Liaodong border defense force, they simply packed it here. The hardest hit area is the scout troops. Most of these gentlemen can ride horses. In this day and age, being able to ride a horse is considered a skill.
Most of the poor people's children, many of whom have never even seen a horse, know how to ride a horse.
This is also a good excuse to put them into the scout unit. At least not if someone has this specialty.
These people didn't dare to get close to Jiannu. They just went out for a walk, looked at it from a distance, and then came back to talk nonsense. Moreover, these second-generation ancestors were very sophisticated in the imperial capital, and they only picked out what the superiors wanted to hear.
But now, with the Ministry of War, the Fifth Military Governor's Office, and even the imperial decree coming down, Hei Yunlong still has no room for bargaining. He could only sigh depressedly. Ordered to break camp.
The 50,000-strong army had a feast first, and then Su Yun, the eunuch sent by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, announced that each of the officers and soldiers would be given one tael of silver as a departure fee.
Then, the army filed away from the camp where they had stayed for more than a year and headed towards Chifeng City.
Yuanbao Mountain is about sixty miles southeast of Chifeng City. After leaving the Yuanbaoshan Camp, there is the grassland. The army formed a broad horizontal line and advanced towards Chifeng.
Because he might encounter the Mongolian siege troops at any time, Hei Yunlong immediately put the army into position, forming a team of 30,000 people in front, forming a "pin" shape, and attacked forward.
The Chinese Army is another infantry force of 10,000 people. Ten thousand cavalry were divided into two parts to guard the two wings of the central army.
The army marched on the snowy field, and after less than thirty miles, they were discovered by Mongolian scouts.
At this time, snowflakes were flying in the sky and the wind was getting stronger. The Mongolian scouts emerged from the wind and snow. After seeing the army, they did not approach. Instead, after peeking from the outside, they turned around and ran back.
Heiyunlong ordered the whole army to prepare for battle.
As soon as the sun passed overhead, the dark Mongolian army on the opposite side pressed over.
Hei Yunlong ordered the carriage to be surrounded on the outside. The entire army stopped advancing. The crossbowmen are all on alert. Place the Tiger Crouching Cannon, Fran Machine Cannon, and Three-Eyed Gun on the outside. Prepare to defend against Mongolian attack.
Heiyunlong's central army is a car camp. This car camp was built by Qi Jiguang back then. The weapons and vehicles are in a state of disrepair, and many are broken down along the way.
Heiyunlong's army will not leave. This is how the infantry fights against the cavalry. They can only passively wait for the other party to attack first. The most important thing for infantry is to maintain formation. If the infantry is in disarray, it will be doomed.
Hei Yunlong boarded the Chinese army's chariot and looked forward. The dark cavalry in front was like a wall. It looked like there were no less than 100,000 people.
The main reason why Heiyunlong stopped here was because of the terrain here. There are two small mounds on both sides of the road. Relatively easy to defend. If there is plain grassland on all sides, it will be even more disadvantageous for the infantry.
Hei Mingxiao and Hei Minglian stood on his left and right, also observing the enemy's situation.
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"Father, these people are from the five tribes of Inner Khalkha, and there seems to be some Haraqin people," Hei Mingxiao said. "Yes, they are the Haraqin people. That leader is Su Budi. I have sent him out."
"Brother, you read that right, it's really Su Budi." Hei Minglian confirmed.
Su Budi ran fast, but Yang Fan didn't catch him. He ran away with his entire tribe. Went to Shenyang to join Huang Taiji.
Heiyunlong looked at it for a while, and he also saw Alukorqin's flag. There are also four tribes including the Aohan tribe who surrendered to Huang Taiji from Lin Dan Khan. The easternmost cavalry is clearly the Maoming Anbu.
"They are all tough enemies," Hei Yunlong said, "Get ready to fight."
At this time, the Mongolian horn blew. Seen from the nest car, one hundred thousand cavalrymen looked like a black tide coming from the skyline. As the terrain undulated, these cavalrymen rushed in like a black wave.
Horse hooves shook the earth. It made a deafening sound. The earth is shaking. The majestic momentum of thousands of horses galloping made these frontier veterans feel thirsty.
The first wave to arrive was the light cavalry. They roared and screamed. The horse ran around the position seventy meters away. While running, he used the diffusion method to throw light arrows at the army.
Suddenly, a large number of arrows fell from the sky.
The Ming army raised their shields. Suddenly, a large ding-ding-dong-dong sound sounded. This is the sound of an arrow falling on a shield made of steel plates.
These shields were ordered from Yang Fan's steel factory with Chongzhen's internal funds.
Now, Yang Fan has built more than a dozen open-hearth furnaces. In addition to the oldest one in Zunhua City, there are fifteen open-hearth furnaces in the new city. As long as steel is produced in large quantities, it will be very cheap.
Chongzhen figured out how Yang Fan defeated the Mongols based on the secret reports from the Jinyiwei who accompanied the army to the northwest. He believed that Yang Fan's victory mainly relied on the heavy shield with wheels.
However, he was not prepared to equip the border troops with the equipment of the Beijing camp.
He chose the cheapest 1.5mm surface carburized hardened steel plate shield from Yang Fan's quotation. This kind of shield only needs to use a steel plate, put it under a water-driven punch, and the mold will be pressed to make one, which is very fast and convenient. Of course the price is also very low.
As for the issue of rust prevention, Yang Fan would not consider stainless steel because it is so expensive.
Directly pickle with sulfuric acid and just pass through the outer surface. The acid-washed black shield looks good. Apply it with lard again, and it will sparkle, not only beautiful, but also never rust again.
In addition to the material of these shields being steel plates, the types and shapes of these shields are all made of various shield shapes. Yang Fan has all the molds, and he will install the mold for the one you want, and then make one in a flash, and the workers will screw on the screws and handles, and it's ready.
The weapons for these 150,000 people were also produced by Yang Fan. Although I didn't make much money, it was still an investment in the fight against the establishment of slaves. If Yang Fan wants to use his own people, doesn't he have to pay them wages?
