Three days passed, and the Mongolian army once again gathered on the grassland amidst the sound of horn horns.
Bu Shitu sat on the horse, looking at the fort of the Tiger Flag in the distance, and said: "Old Taiji, I hope you will not disappoint me this time."
"Don't worry, Great Khan. This time we will definitely capture the fortress of the Tiger Flag and the soldiers of the Tiger Flag." Kankantada said solemnly.
Bu Shitu waved his hand and said: "Let's begin!"
Woo! Woo! Woo!
The horn sounds on the grassland.
Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops began to move, slowly approaching the Tiger Flag Dunbao and camp in front.
The closest thing to the Mongolian army is the vehicle formation of the Tiger Flag.
At this time, Cao Guang, who was behind the car formation, looked solemn and kept the monocular in his hand in front of his eyes.
Through the monocular, he saw tens of thousands of Mongolian troops approaching in his direction.
"Damn it, the Mongols are ready to make a desperate move." Cao Guang's Adam's apple squirmed subconsciously.
He had seen thousands of Mongolian cavalry troops running in front of him, but it was far less than this time. Tens of thousands of cavalry were galloping on the grassland, and his heart trembled before the battle.
The tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in front were still far away from the vehicle formation, and he still felt that the carriage of the large vehicle beneath him seemed to be shaking slightly.
"Deputy battalion commander, the Mongolian army opposite has sent many people this time." The soldiers lying on the ground listening to the sound came to Cao Guang to report.
Cao Guang put away the monocular telescope in his hand and said to the messenger: "Send the order, all the vehicle formations and artillery formations will move back to the front of the camp."
The messenger ran to deliver the order.
Cao Guang continued to observe the Mongolian army ahead with the monocular telescope in his hand.
There were only two thousand soldiers and an artillery team in the vehicle formation. Facing the attack of tens of thousands of Mongolian troops, he chose to retreat and face the enemy with the soldiers in the camp.
The two thousand-man troops began to retreat.
The artillery carriages of the artillery team were pulled by horses, and the four-wheeled carts also moved slowly.
The rearward movement of the vehicle formation alerted the soldiers on several watchtowers in the camp behind, and soon some soldiers brought the news to Chen Xunping.
After receiving the news, Chen Xunping came to the wall of the camp and looked in the direction of the car array with the monocular telescope in his hand.
Through the monocular in his hand, the first thing he saw was not the retreating car array, but the overwhelming flow of black people ahead.
As the commander of the camp, he knew very well what the black crowd that appeared in the monocular was.
The last time the Mongolian army attacked Dunbao, the thousands of Mongolian cavalry had shocked him, but compared with this time, it was nothing.
At this time, he also understood why the car formation in front was retreating.
There are over 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries.
The incoming Mongolian army in front of us must be tens of thousands at least. It is difficult for the two thousand-man troops in the car formation to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Mongolian troops. They retreat to the camp and rely on the wall to fight with the soldiers in the camp. The best choice is to resist the Mongolian army together.
"Tell Tan Zaiwang to send a team of cavalry to Dunbao and inform Zhang Sancha and the others that the Mongols are about to fight decisively and they must hold on."
Looking at the densely packed Mongolian army in the distance, Chen Xunping felt the Mongols' intention to fight decisively.
The tens of thousands of Mongolian troops marching on the grassland were not as fast as the hundreds or thousands of Mongolian cavalry.
When Cao Guang retreated to the base of the village wall with his vehicle formation and artillery team, the Mongolian army in the distance had not yet caught up.
The vehicle array was rearranged in front of the camp wall, and the artillery array was also repositioned.
At this moment, the Mongolian army was approaching.
However, the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops were divided into several teams halfway. Take a look at 90
Except for one team that went directly to the camp with the tiger flag, the other two teams obviously wanted to bypass the camp and rush to the Dunbao behind the camp.
"It's a pity that those fell into the trap." Cao Guang sighed.
He retreated with the chariot formation, and those horse traps were of little use, and the Mongolian army also had the opportunity to bypass the horse traps.
"Tell the artillery team to be ready. As soon as the Mongols approach, I will be beaten hard." Cao Guang said to the messenger beside him.
The messenger ran to the artillery team to deliver the order.
The tens of thousands of Mongolian troops were divided into several teams, and the remaining Mongolian cavalry directly in front of the vehicle formation also numbered nearly 10,000 people.
Boom! Boom... boom!
More than a dozen four-pounders were fired one after another.
Cannonballs flew towards the heads of the distant Mongolian army.
Boom! Boom... boom!
As soon as the firing of the dozen or so four-pound cannons stopped, another one immediately followed.
Cao Guang, who heard the sound of cannons, turned back and looked at the camp behind him.
The earliest gunfire came from his artillery team here, and the later gunfire came from the direction of the camp.
Dozens of artillery pieces fell into the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in front.
The artillery pieces that fell into the ranks of the Mongolian army took away every life. Whether it was a person or a horse, it was almost impossible to survive after being hit by the artillery pieces. Even if there was barely a breath left, it would be difficult to continue galloping on the horse.
Among the tens of thousands of galloping cavalry, those who fell off their horses would only be trampled into pulp by the hoofs of the horses catching up from behind.
Dozens of artillery shells almost took away hundreds of lives, but failed to delay the Mongolian attack.
The four-pounders kept firing.
Most of these shots were fired from inside the camp.
There were two thousand-man regiments stationed in the camp, three artillery teams, thirty-six four-pounders, and six six-pounders in addition.
More than forty cannons kept bombarding the Mongolian army on the opposite side.
"Notify them and let all the firecrackers be ready." Cao Guang knew that dozens of guns alone could not stop the Mongolian army from approaching, so he had to use the firecrackers in the end.
The two thousand-man teams behind the car formation were not new to the battlefield. When they saw the Mongolian army on the opposite side still approaching, they were already ready to face the enemy.
Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops are getting closer and closer to the car formation.
When both sides still had a few hundred steps left. Already able to see each other's appearance.
Guns of fire protruded from the back of the car array, and at the same time, the tiger squatting cannons in the carriage also poked their muzzles out of the carriage.
The Mongolian cavalrymen carrying bows took out their bows and arrows, hung them on the strings, and aimed at the car formation.
Whoosh! Whizzing!
The Mongols were the first to shoot the arrows in their hands.
Countless arrows passed through the air and landed on the open space in front of the tiger-shaped flag car array.
The Tiger Flag soldiers behind the car array just held the firecrackers in their hands tighter, but no one fired the firecrackers privately.
Without an order, even if there is a gun in hand and the hand is afraid, he will resist firing the gun and wait for the moment when the order is given.
From the initial loading of the firecrackers to the final firing of the firecrackers, each one has practiced thousands of times, and some actions have been integrated into their bones.
The four words "orders and prohibitions" are also firmly engraved in my mind.
