"That's great. I finally don't have to fight this battle anymore."
“I want to be a pioneer!”
“I want to be a pioneer too!”
After hearing the news, all the generals volunteered to fight.
Liu Zhaoji shook his head slightly: "No hurry, wait until Lord Lu's three thousand cavalry arrives."
As night fell, He Jin led three thousand cavalrymen to meet Liu Zhaoji.
After finishing their meal, everyone discussed the military plan in a simple tent.
"General Liu, colleagues!" He Jin clasped his fists and bowed to everyone: "Before I came here, Lord Lu asked me to tell you that tomorrow's decisive battle cannot be earlier than 9 o'clock."
"Why?"
"If it's too early, Lord Lu's main infantry force won't be able to reach the battlefield."
Liu Zhaoji was full of confidence: "I have already tested the strength of the Mongolian cavalry. From the perspective of strength alone, there is no need for Lord Lu's infantry to participate in the battle. The cavalry under my command is enough to deal with these Mongols."
"No," He Jin shook his head seriously, "Lord Lu said that the mission of the infantry is not to participate in the war."
"Not joining the war?" Liu Zhaoji and other generals were stunned. "Then what are they doing here?"
"Besiege the city! Besiege Guihua City!" He Jin pointed at the map on the table and spoke out the plan of this military deployment as quickly as possible.
......
The next morning.
The Ming cavalry finished their meal early and assembled to wait for orders.
At Liu Zhaoji's command, 28,000 cavalrymen rode their horses and rushed towards the battlefield.
After marching ten miles, they encountered Mongolian cavalry head-on.
The two sides lined up to meet the enemy.
Liu Zhaoji found a high ground and used a telescope to observe the enemy's military formation and troop strength.
The Mongolian cavalry was divided into three wings: left, center and right.
Each wing was divided into two teams, front and back, for a total of six military formations.
There were 10,000 cavalry on each of the left and right wings, and about 20,000 cavalry in the center.
The momentum seems very huge.
but...
A closer look reveals clues.
At least 30% of these 40,000 cavalrymen are old and weak, and there are even some child soldiers.
They huddled at the back of the team, and their formation was very disorganized.
After finding the opponent's weakness, Liu Zhaoji felt more confident.
He ordered the messenger to deliver a military order to Yi Bangcai and He Jin respectively.
He ordered Yi Bangcai and He Jin, who were hiding five miles away, to lead 3,000 cavalry each and make a large detour to the rear of the Mongolian cavalry.
at the same time.
The two commanders of the Xitumed tribe were also observing the Ming army's formation and strength.
After seeing the formation of the Ming army, the left wing commander Guluge put down his clairvoyance and couldn't help frowning: "The Ming army is too bold! Only 20,000 people dare to set up a horizontal formation seven or eight miles long. Don't they know that although such a formation can increase the attack range, it will also make the formation lose its depth defense? Once our army breaks through, the Ming army's formation will be in chaos!"
The right-wing commander Hang Gao sneered, "As the saying goes, there is no constant state of war, and there is no constant shape of water! I think the Ming army is not brave, but they don't know how to change their formations flexibly. They only know how to mechanically copy Li Chengliang's tactics of charging into the Liaodong formation!"
After receiving Hanggao's affirmation, Guluge's confidence increased greatly. He pointed at Liu Zhaoji's central army flag and said, "After the battle begins, I will go straight to Huanglong and capture the thief and the king!"
"Okay, I'll cover you!"
After making up their minds, the two began to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Waited for a while again.
When Liu Zhaoji saw that it was already the hour of Si, he drew out his sword with a swish.
He urged his horse to the front of the battle formation, turned around and shouted to the soldiers in the center, "Generals!"
"Yes!" the soldiers answered in unison.
"The Western Tumed tribe of Mongolia stopped paying tribute and killed our border residents. Their crime is unforgivable! Your Majesty raises troops for a thousand days and deploys them for a moment. Today, we are following your order to fight. We should repay your grace with a great victory and enhance our country's prestige!"
"Great victory! We must win!" The soldiers waved their weapons.
"A man should die on the battlefield and return home wrapped in his horsehide! After the cannon fires, anyone who bravely kills the enemy will be rewarded handsomely! Anyone who is afraid of the enemy and does not move forward will be beheaded and his family will be exiled!"
"The Ming army is mighty!" Liu Zhaoji raised the knife in his hand.
"The Ming army is mighty!" The soldiers in the central army raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
The cheers soon spread to the entire army, and the mighty sounds rose one after another.
Without waiting for the shouting to stop, Liu Zhaoji turned his horse around and faced the Mongolian cavalry.
He raised the sword in his hand high, took a deep breath, and swung it hard at the Mongolian army: "Kill!"
Under the sunlight, the blade exudes a cold, deadly glow.
boom!
The central army's bugle gun spewed out a tongue of fire.
After the cannon fire, the central army's flag began to move forward.
Seeing this, the cavalry near the central army immediately rode up and followed.
One leads ten, ten lead a hundred, a hundred leads a thousand, and a thousand leads ten thousand!
Twenty-two thousand cavalrymen charged with the determination to win.
Boom boom
The horses' hooves trampled the ground, raising dust.
The earth began to tremble and the sky darkened.
The armor on the Ming army flashed with metallic light under the sunlight, like an unstoppable torrent of steel.
At first, the soldiers could still hear the wind in their ears, feel the clatter of their horses' hooves and the shouts of their companions.
As the speed increased, the distance between the two sides became closer.
They gradually lost their hearing and sense, leaving only vision and the enemies in their sight!
Boom boom
In the eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, these more than 20,000 Ming troops were like a rolling thunder attacking from a distance.
The dust on the ground seemed to have lost the restraint of gravity and was jumping non-stop.
Fear grows and spreads in their hearts!
The commanders of the left and right wings of the Xitumed tribe shouted at the same time: "Eternal Heaven, ho ho!"
"Hoo-hoo!"
"Hoo-hoo!"
The 40,000 Mongolian cavalry suppressed their inner fear with shouts and launched a counterattack against the Ming army.
One hundred steps!
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