After chasing for five miles, the two sides met again.
This time.
Instead of hand-to-hand combat, the Mongols used the familiar kite tactic.
They first lured the Ming army into pursuit.
Since you are chasing, your face should be facing forward.
In this way, the Mongolian cavalry in front could shoot arrows at the Ming army's face, causing casualties while consuming the physical strength of the Ming army's horses.
When the Ming army's horses were exhausted, they would return to harvest.
There is nothing wrong with this tactic itself, but the development of firearms made this tactic ineffective.
Bang!
More than 500 Ming army cavalrymen armed with bird guns dismounted and placed their guns side by side, shooting down a dozen Mongolian cavalrymen from their horses at a distance of 100 steps.
Just as they were hesitating whether to continue luring the enemy, the Ming army had already reloaded and shot and killed several more people.
"Retreat, retreat to Guihua City! I don't believe the Ming cavalry dares to attack the city!" Guluge, the left-wing commander of the Xitumed tribe, commanded with a dark face.
The kite tactic had no effect on the Ming army.
The Ming army's bird guns could kill people from a hundred steps away, while their bows and arrows could only scare people from a hundred steps away.
There is no way to fight, there is no way to fight at all!
"Report!" Before Guluge finished speaking, a scout ran over in a panic.
"Reporting to the Left Commander-in-Chief, we have discovered Ming cavalry units fifteen miles to the east and west of Guihua City. The number of cavalry units is about three thousand each! They did not choose to attack the city, but to rest instead."
"What? Rest..." Guluge was shocked.
What kind of tactic is this?
"Report!" Another scout came to report: "We found an infantry force fifteen miles behind the main force of the Ming cavalry. The number of infantry is at least 40,000!"
"Ah?" Gulug's eyes almost popped out, "Forty... thousand?"
"Yes!" The scout answered loudly, "The enemy has 40,000 infantrymen and many artillery pieces."
Guluge could no longer use the word "shocked" to describe his feelings at the moment.
Collapse, complete collapse!
He opened his mouth and asked, "Who is the leader of the other side?"
"The general flag with the word 'Lu' should refer to Lu Daqi. There are also general flags with the words 'Liu', 'He', 'Ma', 'Gao' and 'Li'!" the scout replied.
"This...this..." Guluge was completely confused.
Hang Gao, the commander of the right wing, also got the news. He came to Guluge and asked, "What should we do?"
"What should we do?" Guluge's voice changed.
"Fight or flight?" Hang Gao continued to ask.
"Need I ask? Of course they ran away!" While speaking, Guluge had his men waving flags, preparing to assemble the team and continue fleeing northward.
"Where to escape to?"
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