Monan Grassland
Li Wensheng, who had been galloping on the grassland for more than 20 days, finally met Huang Taiji in Liuhe.
Facing an enemy force several times his own, Li Wensheng felt excited and worried.
Looking at the exhausted soldiers, he really felt unsure about this battle.
After observing for a while, Li Wensheng put down his telescope and asked his subordinates doubtfully:
"When did the Tartars become so rich? I see that many of them are wearing armor, and the colors of their flags and armor are still the same."
A group of guerrillas and assisting generals also stared with big eyes, obviously not knowing.
"General, those are not Mongols, they are slaves. Looking at their white flags and white armor, they should be the Zhengbai Banner, one of the eight banners of the slaves. The flag owner is Huang Taiji, the son of the old slave."
Although Hu Dawei was from the Tumote tribe, he had fought against the Jiannu.
During the Wanli period, when the Ming army launched a three-pronged attack on the Sarhu War, Hu Dawei followed Lin Dan Khan to support the Ming army on the flanks.
It's a pity that the Ming army was defeated too quickly and unexpectedly. They had just finished gathering and rushed to the battlefield, but the Ming army's 100,000-strong army was already defeated miserably.
Therefore, he recognized these easily distinguishable slave-building troops at a glance.
"General, the Jiannu are extremely brave. Although they are not as proficient in riding and archery as we Mongolians, their close combat with infantry and archery cannot be underestimated. You should be careful when facing them."
Although Li Wensheng had never fought against Jian Nu, it did not mean that he did not understand it, so he did not dare to take it lightly.
At the same time, Huang Taiji was also observing the Ming army formation facing them against the river.
Looking at the iron armor they were wearing and their immaculate defensive formations, Huang Taiji did not rush to order an attack, even though his troops were three times the Ming army.
"Who is the general of the Ming army?"
"It's a man named Li Wensheng. He is the cavalry commander of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty's army. He is deeply trusted by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."
"These Ming army cavalry are all elite, much stronger than Xuanda's border troops."
Taijibals from the Zarut Department said with a fierce look on his face.
"It is this Ming army that killed my relatives ten days ago. Please Lord Beile to quickly give the order to avenge my Zalut tribe."
"Don't worry, since Ben Beile has led the army here, he will definitely annihilate the main force of the Ming army."
"You said it yourself, this Ming army is extremely powerful, so we must find its weaknesses."
"If it's just a mindless charge, even if we win by then, the losses will not be small."
Huang Taiji will naturally not be affected by him. He already knows how to fight this battle and to what extent it will be fought.
He is a person with a white flag, so naturally he will not join the war unless he can really win.
The main force fighting the Ming army is naturally these hateful Mongols who are the best, and they will definitely work hard.
After thinking for a long time, Huang Taiji decided to test it out first.
In fact, his heart is extremely conflicted now.
He definitely wanted to annihilate this Ming army. With such military achievements, coupled with the gains from his western expedition to the grasslands, he would definitely be able to overpower Mang Gurtai and Daishan.
But if this is the case, then his soldiers and horses at Zhengbai Banner will not be able to survive alone, and they will definitely participate in the war.
His flag, soldiers and horses are the foundation of his establishment, and it is also currently the most powerful flag in terms of strength and military strength, except for the Zhenghuang Banner.
But Daishan and his son led the two red flags. Although Xianghongqi suffered heavy casualties in the previous battles, there are only more than 4,000 people left.
But the two flags combined totaled more than 10,000 people, while his Zhengbai flag only had more than 7,000 people, so the gap was not small.
Therefore, he did not want his bannermen to suffer too much, so that the little advantage he had accumulated through hard work would be lost.
Dajin is now extremely short of population, and there will be no replacement after the soldiers die.
"Let's do this. You first send out two teams of light cavalry and use their bows and crossbows to consume the Ming army and see if they can still stabilize their formation."
Bals and several other tribal leaders were now thinking about revenge. They didn't think much at all. They directly gathered two thousand of the most elite Mongolian knights and led them into the battle personally.
"The Tartars just come and go in battles, and they send light cavalry to harass them. They really haven't made any progress at all."
He had been observing and watching the enemy Li Wensheng, and when he saw the enemy cavalry coming out of battle, he had guessed their tactics before they took action.
"The Tartars are a group of uncivilized barbarians. They don't know anything about the art of war. They just rely on the endurance and speed of their war horses."
Li Wei said disdainfully, obviously this Mongolian cavalry has not been taken seriously by him yet.
The current Ming army does have the confidence and capital to say this, and the Mongols' combat effectiveness is no longer what it used to be.
They have long been no different from horse bandits. The reason why they have been at odds with the Ming Dynasty for so many years is that besides the fact that the Ming army is also terrible, this war horse does take up a big part of the reason.
But now the Ming army also has war horses, and there are two horses for one person, and all of them are covered with highly defensive iron armor. The Mongolian cavalry is flexible and has the advantage of guerrilla warfare with strong bows and bows.
Before these Mongolians could draw their bows, the first round of volleys from the Ming soldiers had already been fired at the Mongolians who had entered the range at Li Wensheng's order.
As the personal army of the Ming Emperor, the Xiaoqi Battalion's military equipment configuration has been basically complete. Every cavalry soldier has an improved strong bow in hand.
Although the art of riding and archery is far from as sophisticated as that of the Mongols, there are so many of them that saturation strikes are much more suppressive than guerrilla harassment.
Tens of thousands of arrows quickly overwhelmed the advancing Mongolian vanguard.
In just one salvo, the casualties of the two thousand Mongolian light cavalry reached more than 800.
This is because they are extremely scattered. If they were to gather together and charge into battle, there is a high probability that these two thousand light cavalry would be annihilated by the entire army.
Although Bals was only thinking about revenge, he was not completely dizzy and still maintained some sense.
Seeing that the range of the Ming army's crossbows had exceeded theirs, he knew that this guerrilla harassment tactic was useless, and immediately led the remaining people back.
"What kind of bow did the Ming army use? It's incredible that it can shoot so far without losing power."
Huang Taiji was not shocked by the range of the Ming army's bows and arrows, but he was shocked that the arrows still had the power to kill people at such a long distance.
Although it was only a short moment, Huang Taiji saw the whole process.
He visually estimated that the distance between the two armies was more than a hundred steps. Although the Mongols did not have armor to protect themselves, this was far beyond the range and power of ordinary bows and arrows.
You know, the old archer with the strongest arm, as long as he is a hundred steps away, the power of the arrow will be greatly reduced. Let alone shoot someone to death, it is hard to say whether it can penetrate into the flesh.
He knew the bows and crossbows used by the Ming army very well, but he was far inferior to the bows used by his Eight Banners army and the Mongolian army.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty brought him countless surprises.
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