The Jia Lazhangjing Alzin of the Zhenglan Banner of the Qing Army rode his horse to the front of the Zhijin Dragon Banner, clasped his fists and saluted Hauge, who was wearing gilded armor, and reported: "Report to Prince Su, the Ming Army suspects Lu Xiang Shengxuan Dabian There are more than 7,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry in the army, and there are about 5,000 open cavalry, who are chasing our troops."
Hauge's gold helmet and gold armor were riding on a pure white war horse. He looked extremely majestic. His face was solemn and cold, without any expression. With a wave of his hand, the armored La Zhangjing Alzin galloped on. He went to the rear, gathered his cavalry, changed horses and formed the team again.
This time the Qing troops invaded, in addition to the armored soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, they also recruited the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the newly built Han Army Banner Division. In addition, there were tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers to serve.
Although there were 100,000 people, only 60 to 70% of them were actual armored soldiers. The rest were remnants from various banners, as well as some coated Aha and others brought by the horse-armored soldiers.
However, at this time, the main force of the Qing army was divided into eight routes to raid south after Baoding. Until now, the strength of the Qing army in every place and route has been diluted.
In the past, they had always bullied the Ming army and did not dare to fight with them in the field, but now they encountered the Ming army who dared to fight with them in the field, but they were helpless. Only then did they realize that their troops were too weak.
As for Hauge's troops, the number is more than 6,000, but he has less than 3,000 armored soldiers of Zhenglan Banner, and more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry from outer vassals. The Han army is obedient to the king's troops, with more than 1,000 cavalry, and the rest There are nearly two thousand people, just Yu Ding from the banner and some Aha who are wrapped in clothes.
After days of siege, and the Alzin tribe's battle, Lu Xiangsheng lost hundreds of cavalry. Now he has less than 4,000 actual armored warriors. Even if he simply fights against the 5,000 Ming troops chasing the Alzin tribe, at least in numbers No longer has the upper hand.
However, Hauge firmly believed that the Ming army was like a dog. In front of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, they would either run like a wolf or crouch down and beg for mercy. How could anyone dare to fight in a wild battle with the warriors of the Qing Dynasty?
Even if there are, people like Mangui, Zhao Lejiao, Yuan Chonghuan and others have been dealt with by our Qing Dynasty in various ways!
"Hmph, even if Zu Dashou is still staying in Jinzhou, he won't even dare to leave the city when he sees my Qing warriors."
Hauge rode his horse to wait and see, and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising more than 600 steps away. The Ming army on the opposite side must have also discovered them. They stopped pursuing and were sorting out the cavalry array.
He looked through the smoke and dust and saw that the Ming army did not retreat in a panic because of the sudden sight of most of his elite cavalry. Instead, they were forming a formation, seemingly intending to fight him.
Hauge sighed secretly, feeling rather regretful that he could not chase this group of Ming soldiers as rabbits for the time being.
He hurriedly said to the Bagala warriors beside him: "Send the order, all ministries will attack according to the military order. Anyone who goes out of the formation without permission will be killed immediately. Order Deke's foreign Mongolian cavalry and He Chenggong's Han army to protect the two wings. If there is any flinch, The former, behead immediately!"
Immediately, two Baya Lajing riders galloped out and ran to both sides, shouting as they ran: "...hold back...immediately kill..."
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Lu Xiangsheng brandished a fine iron sword weighing dozens of kilograms and urged his horse to chase the enemy. He suddenly saw a large gold-woven dragon flag appearing in the wilderness to the east. Then he saw various flags flashing and a sea of blue armor. Appears between heaven and earth in the east.
He hurriedly reined in his horse and slowed down, as did the Xuanda generals. When they saw the Qing army appearing in the distance opposite, they reined in their horses one after another and stopped slowly at a distance of more than 600 steps from the majority of the Qing army.
Zhang Chengce was on horseback, looking at the Qing cavalry formation opposite, and felt a chill in his heart. The nearly four thousand Qing cavalry on the opposite side were arranged in four rows, arranged in a large area, with blue armor flags forming an ocean. .
This was the first time he saw so many Qing cavalry. He couldn't help but look left and right. He saw that there were more than 5,000 Xuanda fine cavalry on his side. Although he had just pursued the hundreds of cavalry for more than ten miles, the fighting spirit of the knights at this moment was... But it is exuberant.
Moreover, they also had an advantage in terms of numbers. Except for Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and his more than a thousand knights, their horses were very tired and they might not be able to ride on them to fight.
The remaining four thousand knights were all riding two horses when chasing the hundreds of captives. Some of the knights with excellent riding skills switched their horses back and forth during the pursuit to maintain the strength of the horses' legs in order to catch up. Escape from the enemy.
Over there, Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers came galloping on horseback, calling for the generals from the three towns to rush over and obey the order. Zhang Cheng loudly ordered: "Everyone dismount, let the horses slow down, feed them some beans and water, and the people will not disarm. Ready to fight at any time.”
After Zhang Cheng gave his instructions, he changed his horse and urged the horse to run in the direction of Lu Xiangsheng.
All the knights here dismounted one after another to lighten the burden on the war horses. They took out a small cloth bag from the saddle bag, took out some beans, held them in their hands, and brought them to the war horses' mouths.
Then, he took out the skin bags and gourds one by one, poured the water in the skin bags into the gourds, and fed it to the war horse's mouth, so that the war horse, which had been sweating a lot, could replenish some water.
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Lu Xiang was on his horse and said to the generals: "My commander, look at the four thousand horsemen in front of us. Our troops are superior. Only the soldiers of Datong Town have fought hard for a long time and chased the enemy for more than ten miles. They are exhausted and cannot fight anymore.
Wang Pu, I order you to lead the soldiers of Datong Town to stay here and guard the horses. The governor has sent an order to Zhang Yan, the general of the town, and ordered him to lead the infantry in formation to meet us and join the battle with the captives and cavalry;
Now that the Eastern captives are right in front of us, all generals must be brave and work together to kill the slaves and serve the country! "
All the generals rode their horses and clasped their fists, loudly received the order, and shouted in unison: "Work together with all your strength, kill the slaves to serve the country...Kill the slaves to serve the country..."
At this time, they met the captive cavalry brigade on a narrow road, and the only option was to fight to the death. If they fled, the Qing army would be like hunting dogs chasing rabbits, ruthlessly chasing them and harvesting their heads.
Zhang Cheng urged his horse to take a step forward, clasped his fists and said: "My lord, I will look at the enemy cavalry formation opposite. It seems that its two wings are not as elite as the middle. It seems that the middle can lure the enemy to attack, and then flank the two wings to defeat the enemy."
Next to him, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, also suggested: "Master, this is indeed the case. Our army will use most of the enemy's troops to lure the enemy's captive cavalry in the middle, and send elite cavalrymen to flank its two wings. We may be able to fight."
Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse to look at the Qing army formation on the opposite side. He thought for a while and then said: "With this governor as the center, General Yang of Xuanzhen on the left, General Tiger of Shanxi on the right, fighting against the captive cavalry;
Zhang Cheng and your men are waiting for the opportunity to attack the Donglu's right wing. Jiang Mingwu and your men are keeping an eye on the Donglu's left wing. After our troops and the Donglu cavalry clash, you two must quickly attack the Donglu's two wings. Don't be reluctant to fight, and strive to break through the Donglu formation! "
After receiving the military order, all the officers and soldiers returned to their own formations and lined up to prepare for battle. Especially those under Zhang Cheng and Jiang Mingwu had to spread out to the two wings. Firstly, they would make room for the central army to deploy their formations, and secondly, it would be easier for them to explode in an instant. , assaulting the flanks of the captives.
Zhang Cheng rushed back to his headquarters and led the soldiers to move to the left to make enough space for the cavalry under Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Guozhu in the middle to spread out. They moved more than 300 steps to the wilderness on the left before stopping, quickly arranging their horses, and folding their bellybands. The straps and saddle were tightened again.
He also carefully inspected the three-eyed gun, long weapons and other mounted warfare weapons, including three or five muskets, which were placed in the musket bag on the side of the saddle.
