The Mongolian army in front of the vehicle formation became chaotic.
Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry troops came to attack the Tiger Flag's vehicle formation. The one or two thousand men at the front trampled on each other, colliding into each other and turning into a mess.
The Mongolian cavalry who had become chaotic themselves no longer threatened the soldiers of the Tiger Flag.
The squatting tiger artillery kept bombarding the nearby Mongolian cavalry, and the firecrackers behind the car array also raised their firecrackers to shoot at the enemies in front.
The Mongolian cavalry army began to be chaotic in the front line, and slowly spread to the middle. In the end, the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops were completely in chaos. Even the centurions and thousands of captains in the team could not control the rout of the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops.
Soon, the grassland in front of the vehicle formation was full of Mongolian cavalry fleeing in all directions, and only abandoned corpses were left in the open space near the vehicle formation.
"Damn it, the Mongols are defeated now, I haven't had enough of fighting yet!" Cao Guang muttered with a wide grin.
At this point in the battle, he knew that he had won the battle. He successfully defended the chariot formation and repelled the attacking Mongolian cavalry army.
There were no Mongolian cavalry nearby, and the surviving Mongolian cavalry had already fled away on horseback.
Cao Guang held a monocular in his hand and stared at the defeated Mongolian army. He was relieved and his face showed the joy that only a winner can have.
boom! boom! boom!
Scattered sounds of firecrackers were still ringing, constantly reaching his ears.
"I didn't see that the Mongols have fled away, why are they setting off firecrackers? Doesn't the gunpowder cost money? Are the lead and iron beads all for free? If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you are a bunch of wasteful things." Cao Guang cursed. , but the smile on his face did not diminish at all, and he was not really angry because the people below fired firecrackers because the Mongols escaped from the range.
The messenger on the side said: "My subordinates are going to convey the order to stop firing cannons."
"Go!" Cao Guang nodded, and then said, "By the way, I want to tell the two thousand-man team captains that we are just temporarily repelling the Mongolian attack. We don't know when the Mongolian next attack will be. They save on gunpowder."
"Yes." The orderly soldier agreed, turned around and ran to convey the order.
Not long after, the sound of gunfire stopped, and the sound of the Tiger Crouching Cannon also stopped. Only the four-pounder cannon of the artillery team was still roaring, shelling the Mongolian cavalry in the distance.
On the wall behind the vehicle array, Chen Xunping put down the monocular telescope in his hand and said to the messenger guarding him: "Go and give the order to the artillery team and tell them they can stop."
The ordering soldier ran out to deliver the order.
Staff officer Qin Rong said at this time: "I didn't expect the Mongols to be so unwilling to fight. Tens of thousands of troops came to attack our chariot formation. The Mongols also dispatched more than a dozen chariots, but they were defeated so quickly in the end."
"The Mongols are no longer the invincible cavalry of the past." Chen Xunping turned around and looked at Qin Rong beside him and said, "Don't look at the tens of thousands of troops that Bu Shitu used to deal with us, but these tens of thousands of troops come from different tribes. Everyone has their own thoughts, and it’s okay to fight with the wind going smoothly, but when it comes to our tiger-character flag, it’s hard to be undefeated.”
Qin Rong nodded in agreement and said, "That's right. If the Mongols can work together, this battle will be difficult for us."
"Then it depends on Sancha. As long as he can hold the fort, we can really win this battle." Chen Xunping's eyes fell in the direction of the fort.
The incoming Mongolian army was divided into three groups, one of which attacked the vehicle formation stationed by Cao Guang, and the other two bypassed the soldier camp of the Tiger Flag to attack the Dunbao behind.
Each of the three Mongol armies had no less than ten thousand men.
Qin Rong frowned slightly and said, "Most of the Mongolian troops have gone to deal with Zhang Yingzheng. Should we send someone to support him?" Wenbi Shu Bar
He was a little worried about the situation at Dunbao.
Repelling the Mongolian army here in the camp cannot determine the outcome of the battle. What really determines the outcome of the battle is the outcome of the Dunbao side.
Chen Xunping looked thoughtful, tapped his fingers on the wall of the village a few times, and finally said: "If you do this, let the two thousand-man teams from Cao Guang's camp return to the camp to rest, and then send a thousand-man team from the camp to support Sancha. There."
"Do you want to take the artillery team with you?" Qin Rong asked.
Chen Xunping said: "There is no need to dispatch a special artillery team. Let the thousand-man team supporting the Dunbao bring its own artillery team there."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Qin Rong nodded, turned and left.
There were two thousand-man troops stationed in the camp. They had never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. They had sufficient physical strength. After receiving the order, they began to gear up and set off.
On the other side, Cao Guang led two thousand-man troops back to the camp to rest.
As soon as he entered the camp, he broke away from the two thousand-man teams he had brought back and ran to see Chen Xunping alone.
Chen Xunping was guarding the wall of the stronghold. When Cao Guang came, he was still on the wall of the stronghold without coming down. He was holding a monocular in his hand to observe the situation of the Mongolian army in the distance.
"Chen Yingzheng." Cao Guang saluted Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping turned around, waved to him, and said, "Come on, come up."
As he spoke, he patted the wooden wall that served as the village wall with his hand.
Cao Guang was not polite, stepped on the ladder on the side, and climbed up the wall of the village.
There is a special ladder behind the wall where people can stand.
"When I came back, I saw a group of soldiers leaving the camp. Could there be something wrong with the Dunbao?" Cao Guang asked Chen Xunping with a worried look.
The purpose of several large battalions of soldiers stationed here is to guard the built fort. Once the fort is lost, there is no need for them to stay here. Even if they have just won a battle, they will not be able to fulfill the tasks required by the Military and Political Department. It still counts as a failure.
Chen Xunping said: "This time the Mongols mainly dealt with the Dunbao area. The Mongolian army there is larger, and you have just defeated a Mongolian cavalry. There is no need to leave too many soldiers to garrison here. , so we sent a team of a thousand men to support your camp."
"I am willing to lead a team to support our camp." Cao Guang asked for a fight.
Chen Xunping glanced at Cao Guang, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "You just won a big victory. You can't win all the victories by yourself. You must also give other people some opportunities to make contributions. .”
"Hehe, the Mongols are really too weak. They failed in the previous battle and were defeated." Cao Guang chuckled.
Before the fight, he saw countless Mongolian cavalry, and he was extremely nervous. After the fight, he discovered that the attacking Mongolian army was just an appearance, and did not pose much threat to him and the car formation.
Chen Xunping said with a smile: "I'm paying attention. You can't say more than two thousand Mongolian cavalry were killed and wounded in this battle. It was a good fight."
"The Mongols are no longer good. In the past, it would never have been as easy to win this battle." Cao Guang sighed.
He was from Datong, and he knew the Mongols on the grassland fairly well. After fighting this battle, he felt that the Mongols had become weaker.
