war!
After Cai Xiongying arranged his tactics, he led three hundred cavalry and charged down from the heights. The sound of horse hooves shattered the valley, and even the wind was much lighter!
The two groups of cavalry clashed at high speeds, and the distance got closer and closer.
Cai Xiongying felt that the wind had weakened a lot at the lower level, and the enemy's cavalry was less than 200 steps away from him. He immediately took out his bow and drew the arrow from the quiver. The sergeants behind him were all in uniform, with bows and arrows in hand.
"spread!"
Cai Xiongying shouted sharply.
The three hundred cavalry behind them slowed down, and the military formation suddenly changed into a charge formation of fifty cavalry per row, totaling six rows.
A hundred steps!
Cai Xiongying did not give any more orders, but just turned the horse's head at the front, charging from the southeast direction to the south. The whole man and horse turned sideways to face the cavalry of Shami Chagan and Mahama.
Almost instantly, six rows of cavalry turned sideways and bent their bows.
Seeing this scene, Shamichagan and Mahama felt cold all over. Mahama shouted sharply: "Mongolian tactics! Avoid!"
Cai Xiongying didn't hesitate at all. The bow string trembled, and the long arrow passed less than a hundred steps away, hitting the cavalry charging at the front. One of the cavalry fell off his horse, and before he could call for help, his sternum was crushed by the horses that followed!
Arrows are coming!
Shamichagan and others either used shields to block, hid under the horse's belly, or held sabers to chop away long arrows. Some cavalry also took out their bows and arrows to shoot at them.
After Cai Xiongying fired a round, he drove his horse to run. This time it was no longer a hedge, but running from south to southeast, directly aiming at the left wing of the Shamichagan and Mahama military formations.
"Ignore them and rush over the mountain pass!"
Shami Chagan was still frightened!
These are the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, and they actually learned the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry! The essence of this tactic is not to charge, but to use bows and arrows in close combat during the charge. After throwing, immediately change direction or retreat, and then throw again!
The Mongolian cavalry drives war horses, and the man and horse are integrated into one. They are highly skilled and are good at using this tactic. Even among Timur's elite cavalry, they are also very good at using this combat method.
Who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty people also mastered this kind of cavalry tactics! Doesn’t it mean that the Ming Dynasty did not have real cavalry, only sergeants on horseback?
Shami Chagan was a little scared!
The elite cavalry he had trained for many years also mastered these tactics, but they were all killed by Harry! The guards in hand now are very loyal, but because of their noble status and enjoyment of life, their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. It is extremely difficult to use this Mongolian tactic uniformly.
Look, they could only fight back piecemeal, and some even tried to get under the horse's belly, but they couldn't climb up and fell under the horse!
We can’t fall in love with fighting anymore, leaving here is the most important thing!
Shamichagan and Mahama led the cavalry, ignoring Cai Xiongying's side attack, and headed straight for Alashan Pass regardless of casualties.
Cai Xiongying knew the opponent's plan. After a round of mounted shooting, he glanced in the direction of the mountain pass, drew his saber, and shouted sharply: "Intercept their team! Charge!"
At the mountain pass, hundreds of households including Zhao Gang and Wan Xiang had already mounted their war horses, and more than five hundred sergeants had already mounted their horses.
Zhao Gang tilted his neck and said to Wan Xiang: "Are you ready? If we let them run away, we will really have no shame in dealing with the general."
Wan Xiang chuckled: "Don't worry, if they can cross this mountain pass alive, I will hold my head high to plead guilty to the general!"
Zhao Gang raised his war horse and said, "Your head is not worth a penny to me, their heads are valuable. Brothers, the time has come to kill the enemy and serve the country! Charge with me! Kill!"
"kill!"
The momentum is like a rainbow!
Wan Xiang urged his horse to pass Zhao Gang and shouted: "You are responsible for the side attack!"
"Damn it!"
Zhao Gang wanted to stop him, but it was too late. Wan Xiang and his sergeants had already rushed out first. Zhao Gang had no choice but to lead his sergeants to the southwest and flank the enemy's right flank.
Wan Xiang came from the frontier army and was an old subordinate of Song Sheng. He was good at riding and shooting!
Seeing the opposing cavalry charging towards them, after a round of shooting, each drew their sabers and charged away!
Wan Xiang shouted, the moonlight was shining on the sharp saber in his hand, and then a streak of blood covered the moonlight!
The cavalry charged, and the men fell on their backs!
Mahama picked up a Ming army sergeant with one shot and wanted to throw him away, but the Ming army soldier grabbed Mahama's spear, directly pierced his body with the spear, and slashed at him with a ferocious look on his face, waving his saber!
"Die!"
the sergeant shouted sharply.
Mahama was so shocked that he couldn't take back the spear, so he had to throw it away. He took out the saber from his waist and slashed the Ming soldier to death. But as soon as the soldier fell off his horse, a long tassel came over from beside him and pierced his shoulder!
"ah!"
Mahama was in great pain. When he looked at the other person, he saw that he was a sergeant in his early thirties. He turned over with a giant spear in his hand and knocked his sergeant off the horse!
"You look like a boss, keep your head!"
The sergeant stabbed Mahama with Qifeng's spear. Mahama quickly dodged and shouted: "Stop him, stop him!"
The guards took action repeatedly to block Huai Qifeng.
Wan Xiang led the cavalry to stop Shamichagan's leading cavalry, and led the sergeants to continuously kill, slowing down Shamichagan's speed. At the same time, Cai Xiongying and Zhao Gang launched attacks from the left and right respectively, cutting Shamichagan's cavalry into two pieces, making it impossible to take care of both ends.
No one would have thought that the Ming Dynasty cavalry, which had always been looked down upon, would use less than a thousand cavalry to cut through the more than 2,000 cavalry of Yili Guards!
Looking at the precarious formation, Shamichagan and Mahama quickly gathered their elite troops and rushed out from the northwest corner with all their strength. Behind him were the cavalry fighting in a melee. At this time, they also tried their best to control the guards inside. It's Liushenwuzhu, not an opponent!
"Walk!"
Mahama knew that the opportunity was rare. Once Sergeant Daming escaped, it would be difficult to leave again! Shamichagan looked at the hundreds of people around him, gritted his teeth, waved his whip and ran towards the mountain pass!
After Cai Xiongying knocked down a guard, he saw the brave Huai Qifeng, Wan Xiang and others, and shouted: "The people coming are Shami Chagan and Mahama, we must not let them escape!"
"Big fish?!"
Wan Xiang, Huai Qifeng and others cheered up.
I thought it was just the remaining strength of Yilibari, but who would have thought, it turned out to be the king and the king's younger brother in Yilibari. Seeing that they were raising a family, their wives and children were probably there.
If we could catch them all in one go, wouldn’t it be a great achievement?
Capturing an enemy chieftain is comparable to destroying a country, so being a marquis is no problem!
"Brothers, kill me!"
Huai Qifeng retracted the tip of his spear, and blood spurted out from the guard's neck. Wan Xiang and others also rushed out.
Shamichagan was extremely anxious. Seeing that the opponent divided his troops to pursue him, he urged his horse to move forward.
arrive!
This is Alashankou. The wind is very strong and the flying sand is very choking, but I can’t care so much. I have to rush over even if I squint my eyes!
The four guards opened the way in front and saw the prancing horse reaching the hillside. But suddenly, the war horse whined and seemed to be blocked by an extremely powerful force. The cavalry on the horse was even more unprepared and flew away. Go out, and then there will be a smell of blood!
Shamichagan quickly reined in the horse, but in his haste, there was no time. The horse rushed forward, and then the horse's neck was blocked by a long and thick iron rope. The iron chain was like a sharp line, and the horse's neck was broken. Michagan couldn't help but get off his horse and fell to the hard ground.
A team of spearmen surged in and captured Shamichagan on the ground. Seeing this, Mahama wanted to save him but was too late. He looked on both sides and saw that on the originally flat and wide mountain pass, he didn’t know when. There were two more huge stones, and the two ends of the iron rope were tied to the stones.
I can't see the rocks in the distance. I'm afraid there are such iron ropes everywhere. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to see them, especially when the visibility is not good at night.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
Mahama ignored his brother and immediately led his people northward.
Very obvious
Of course, the Ming Dynasty had already occupied Alashan Pass and even had time to build some simple defense facilities. Who knows how many Ming troops there were in the mountain pass that was more than 180 miles away!
Run north!
Mahama led the people to escape, but before they could run two miles, they saw an army appearing in front of them!
Chen Mao led a thousand cavalry to block Mahama's way, and launched a charge without any courtesy. Mahama never imagined that the Ming Dynasty would arrange an army here in advance, leave his wife, children and relatives behind, turn around and run eastward.
Mahama really wanted to live. There was still a chance. If there was a chance, as long as he entered the desert, he would have a chance to escape from Ming's pursuit!
call out!
An arrow hit Mahama in the back, and Mahama fell off the horse.
Chen Mao drove his horse over, looked at Mahama struggling to crawl eastward, and just said lightly: "You continue to crawl, I'll watch..."
Mahama fainted. I don’t know whether it was because of anger or excessive blood loss...
Mao Zheng rushed over with his cavalry and ran around the Guards Corps in Yili Barracks. Cai Xiongying, Zhao Gang and others also came out and looked at the surrounded Guards and issued an ultimatum: "Surrender to the Ming Dynasty, students. If you resist stubbornly, you will die."
Although the Guards were loyal, they were still human beings after all. Facing the tyrannical Ming army, facing the captured Shamichagan, and facing the choice of life and death, they finally laid down their weapons, handed over their horses, and became captured the Ming Dynasty.
If Timur's grandson Harry conquered the capital of the Yili Kingdom and announced the complete defeat of the Yili Kingdom, then the battle between Mao Zheng, Cai Xiongying, Chen Mao and others at Alashankou was a complete victory. Declaring the demise of the country of Yili, including the demise of their fire of hope.
Mao Zheng did not expect that the military success would come so quickly, and immediately sent someone to inform Zhu Di, telling him that King Yili was captured, Yili City fell, and Harry was about to enter Junggar.
The first person to receive the news was not Zhu Di, but Yuan Yue, who was responsible for leading Harry eastward.
Yuan Yue led 10,000 cavalry and was stationed in the north of a city called Kurkara Wusu (Wusu City). The terrain here is like a giant basin, with rippling blue waves of lotus pond and Jiulian Spring, green grass, beautiful water, fat ducks and beautiful fish. , quite the beauty of West Lake.
Yuan Yue never imagined that there was such a beautiful place not far outside the desert, and it was suitable for military garrison. There are also the ruins of the Han Dynasty garrison here. I think our predecessors also appreciated the scenery here.
However, whether this scenery can be classified as Ming Dynasty depends on the next battle.
Yi Li's hand was gone.
Harry will soon lead the army to Junggar and other places. Since he has claimed that he will occupy the entire Yilipali within two months, he must move eastward. He does not need to take the initiative to find him. He will also follow Boroko We have been pursuing it from the northern foot of Nushan Mountain.
Just wait for him here!
After all, Liu Qixia was still worried about Yuan Yue and acted as Yuan Yue's deputy. At this time, he was lying leisurely, watching the white clouds and dogs yawning. When he saw Yuan Yue's face, he said: "From here to Weilu Mu City, but it’s more than 700 miles away. Did we go too far? It’s such a long distance, what if Harry doesn’t follow?”
Yuan Yue sat down, grabbed a handful of sand, rubbed it in his hands, and said, "Whether he follows or not, he needs to go to Lumu. As you heard, Harry is an extremely adventurous person."
Liu Qixia rested her arms on her head: "So what?"
Yuan Yue narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered: "If we take a risk..."
