When the morning light fell on the earth, the armies of both sides rushed out of the city wall and formed an array in the open space.
The banner with the word "strict"? When Cook Khan saw the flag of the Ming army, he squinted his eyes and couldn't help but feel a little lucky in his heart.
He also had fights with Ming army generals. Fortunately, they were not Li Rubai from Liaodong or famous generals like "Liu Dadao".
The famous general named Yan... He does know about King Jingping two hundred years ago and Yan Yuanmo decades ago. Recently, huh, there is nothing famous.
Maybe he's just a second-generation person who got this position because of his family background?
Can win! He thought to himself.
On the opposite side, Yan Shizhao didn't know that he was being underestimated. He was riding a horse and was in the center of the military formation.
Looking around, the soldiers were neatly arranged in formation, and the sunlight reflected in their armor illuminated his eyes.
"war!"
He suddenly drew his sword, raised it to the sky, and shouted loudly.
The soldiers heard his voice and shouted in response:
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Finally, the voice spread throughout the entire military formation, and the voice of the 80,000 Ming army resounded through the wilderness and echoed in the open land.
Among the military formations of the Ming Dynasty, morale was even higher.
Over the years, the two sides have had frictions with each other on the border, but what is different from the original history is that the Tatar tribe has rarely been able to break through the Great Wall. The last successful large-scale invasion was during the Anta period in the Jiajing year.
But this time, they succeeded, and thousands of miles of mountains and rivers turned into hell.
This is undoubtedly a shame, and it is an ending filled with blood and tears. It is important to know that many of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army, their wives, children, and children were in the city behind them. With the destruction of the Great Wall, many families were destroyed.
When the battle cry sounded, you could hear them shouting with all their strength, as if they wanted to shout out their inner humiliation, unwillingness and anger!
Cook Khan also heard it, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink. He suddenly realized that there was an angry army on the opposite side. The combat effectiveness of such an army will be amazing.
He turned back and looked at his own team. The thunderous shouts had spread to the Tatar army, making the morale of the Tatar army even lower.
They no longer had any fighting spirit and just wanted to go back.
Their rear has fallen into crisis and is always waiting for them to rescue them. However, they are surrounded from all sides. The artillery on the pass behind them is still roaring. If they are slightly behind, they will be affected. On the opposite side is the Ming Dynasty's Army.
My life and death are uncertain.
Kuk Khan was a little silent.
Now we can only hope that the general on the opposite side will not use troops.
The decisive battle has officially begun.
The Tatars, all cavalry, took the lead in attacking.
The cavalry surged, and countless horses stepped on the ground, rumbling like a torrent from hell. As soon as Kuk Khan took action, he was already the leader of the attack, and the tribes with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Tatar army took the lead.
On the opposite side, muskets and artillery had begun to roar.
The musket is extremely powerful and requires multiple layers of armor or sophisticated iron armor to block it.
The Tatar army didn't even have much armor.
Although at this distance, the accuracy of the muskets was not much, but both sides were dense enough, and that was enough.
A large number of soldiers fell down from their horses and were trampled into mud by their comrades behind them.
Not to mention artillery, wherever the shells hit, they plowed ravines of flesh and blood.
Although they suffered heavy casualties, their formation was not scattered. The Tatar cavalry knew that the cavalry charge was very fast and they could not fire more than a few rounds.
When you get in front of them, that's when the massacre begins - this is a rule of thumb.
However, when they rushed to the Ming army's formation, they suddenly discovered that there were walls in front of them.
Wall made of wood.
The Ming army pushed countless carts forward to serve as a barrier. Further forward, a lot of iron caltrops were sprinkled down.
This is a sharp weapon against the Tatar cavalry. The cavalry who did not close their legs fell to the ground together with their horses, falling from the horses running at high speed. The ground was covered with countless spiked iron caltrops. You can imagine the end. They became the first casualties of the war.
But the cavalryman who held back his horse's legs clearly saw the scene in front of him.
Behind the densely packed iron caltrops, there were many holes in the car, and black iron pipes protruded from them.
What they didn't see was that behind the cart, countless Ming soldiers were ready with their bows and arrows ready to go.
"put!"
The commander waved the flag.
A layer of arrow rain seemed like a curtain from the sky.
Their archery skills may not be very accurate, let alone projectiles, but under such a density of volleys, they are bound to form a realm of death.
For a moment, people were thrown off their backs. Maybe the bows and arrows were not as powerful as the muskets, but they were more numerous.
After several rounds of attacks, the Tatar vanguard had lost more than 3,000 people.
Seeing that they could not break through the iron caltrops for the time being, the commander of the vanguard Wanqi ordered a temporary retreat and planned to make another plan.
However, just as he was about to turn around and run back, there was another burst of arrows and gunfire from behind.
By the time the cavalry withdrew from the firing range, only about 5,000 of the 10,000 cavalry were left. There were not even many wailing sounds on the battlefield. Many Tatar soldiers were injured and were trampled to death by their own people behind them when they landed.
Cook Khan's palms suddenly clenched. In this charge, in order to boost morale, he put his tribe in front. Naturally, he would suffer the most losses now.
The morale of the Tatar army dropped to its lowest point.
At this time, another commotion broke out from behind the Tatar army.
Kuk Khan turned around in disbelief and saw the city gate of the pass wide open, and those "shrinking turtles" holding swords in their hands and eyes full of anger, came out from behind the city wall!
The troops at the rear were defeated in an instant, and behind that troops were the Han people and baggage captured by them. Now they were running around under the control of fear.
In the flames of war, the people were crying and running around, and the livestock carrying the baggage were frightened by the roar of muskets.
The entire Tatar army formation was disrupted. It was clear that there were only more than 10,000 Ming troops coming out of the city, but the entire Tatar army's middle and rear formations were in chaos.
On the opposite side, the sound of gongs and drums resounded through the sky. Kuk Khan suddenly turned around and saw that on both sides of the Ming army, a large number of cavalry had poured out and charged towards the Tatar army. The infantry behind him raised their spears and followed the footsteps of the cavalry. go ahead.
It's over. he thought desperately.
The opponent is definitely not a young man who is just starting out. He is able to lay traps, grasp people's hearts, create powerful combat forms, and is able to detect combat opportunities so keenly. He is definitely a veteran on the battlefield.
But why haven't I heard of his name?
He suddenly vaguely searched for something from that distant memory.
Ten years ago, his subordinates in the east reported to him that they were defeated by a deputy general named Yan.
But that was ten years ago, and Liaodong was not as wealthy as Guan Nei, and Li Rusong had not died of illness at that time. With such ruthless people stationed there, he never paid attention there.
After ten years of disappearance, where did he go? Why did the Ming Dynasty just waste such a capable general and hide him away?
Kuk Khan would never know the answer, because the three thousand battalion on the opposite side had already broken through the crowd and headed straight for his center.
(End of chapter)
