Li Dingguo attacked from south to north, and Nikan charged from north to south.
Amid the sound of horse hooves, the two armies are getting closer and closer...
Fifty steps!
The cavalry of both sides fired the first round of arrows at the same time, trying to disrupt the opponent's formation.
A dense rain of arrows rose into the air and fell from the sky with a sound of breaking through the air.
The soldiers tensed their bodies and nerves to prepare for the onslaught of arrows.
In a moment, the sharp arrow landed on the armor.
Some arrows bounced off the armor.
Some were deeply embedded and even penetrated the armor.
The lethality of the cavalry's soft bow was limited, and the soldiers were all wearing armor, so they only suffered minor injuries.
While the soldiers were being hit by a rain of arrows, the horses under their crotches were also being hit by arrows.
Both sides were only forced to slow down the charge, but did not stop it.
Thirty steps...
The cavalry on both sides aimed their firearms at each other and lit the fuse with a matchlock.
Amidst flying bullets, the two armies continued to charge.
The distance between the two armies soon came to about fifteen steps.
Nikan shot the arrow in his hand first, then drew an arrow from the quiver, aimed at the arrow, and steed his horse to make a detour to the east.
Fighting between cavalry is different from fighting between infantry.
Infantry combat, except for pursuit, most of the time requires standing still.
(The word "not moving" here does not mean not moving at all, but not making large movements, otherwise the formation will be broken.)
Cavalry relies on potential energy to kill, and as long as the horses keep running, the potential energy will not disappear.
When cavalrymen shoot arrows, they let their horses run while they aim and shoot.
The same is true for close combat.
As the soldiers swung their swords, the horses kept running.
Nikan and the Eight Banners soldiers he led made a detour to the east while shooting with bows and arrows.
Li Dingguo didn't play by the rules at all.
He and his soldiers first quickly shot several arrows, then put away their bows and arrows, drew their swords, and rushed forward.
The individual combat capability of the Jiannu was indeed very strong.
However, compared to horse riding and archery, close combat has become their weakness.
This is also Li Dingguo's way to defeat the enemy.
"The Ming army is charging, draw your swords to fight!" Nikan was forced to stop his detour and draw his sword to fight.
On the battlefield, the two armies collided.
There are no fancy moves, only the simplest killing techniques.
The opponent's neck, armpits, ribs, arms and crotch became the main targets of attack.
After a fierce battle, Li Dingguo successfully stopped Nikan's roundabout plan.
Seeing that the detour was blocked, Nikan quickly changed his plan: "Li Dingguo's troops are empty. If each unit organizes elite cavalry to attack the army, we will surely be able to capture him."
Under his command, the Eight Banners soldiers launched a counterattack against the Ming army.
The two armies engaged in a brutal battle on the plain.
Suddenly, a cannon shot was heard in the distance.
Immediately afterwards, smoke and dust billowed on both sides of the east and west.
In the smoke and dust, two Ming cavalry units shot towards Nikan's left and right wings like arrows.
They were the sixth and seventh echelons that had fled earlier.
Carrying the national flag of the Ming Dynasty, they arrived at the battlefield and immediately launched a fierce attack on Nikan's flank.
The two armies together had two thousand men. They first used several rounds of arrows to disrupt the Eight Banners soldiers' formation, and then drew their swords and charged directly into the battle formation.
Nikan was attacked from three sides and his army fell into chaos.
Nikam was a little panicked, but not too panicked.
Because Bolo was not far behind him.
Just hold on a little longer and Bolo's reinforcements will arrive.
His hopes were high, but reality slapped him hard in the face.
When the cannon sounded, Bolo realized that Nikan had fallen into a trap.
He was about to urge his horse forward to provide support when a scout suddenly came to report: "Report! There are about a thousand Ming cavalrymen on each of our left and right wings, and they are charging towards us."
"Ming cavalry?" Bolo was stunned, then realized that this was the Ming army that had fled earlier.
These were indeed the first and second echelons of the Ming army that had fled earlier.
When they "fled", they ran in the east and west directions respectively.
Nikan's attention was on Li Dingguo, so he only sent a small number of troops to pursue him, and did not send out the main force to kill him.
They led the Jiannu cavalry to circle around the east and west sides of the battlefield, waiting for the sound of artillery fire.
As soon as the cannon sounded, they immediately gathered together and fought back along the same route.
Looking at the two cavalrymen galloping over, Bolo gave the order in a deep voice: "Send a thousand Mongolian soldiers from each group to block the attack, and the rest will follow me to support Nikan."
"Yes." The messenger waved the flag and the messenger left with the order.
Just as the Bolo army was about to start, the scouts came to report: "Report, three cavalry units appeared in front of our army, each with about a thousand men."
These are Li Dingguo's third, fourth and fifth echelons.
Like other echelons, they fled in two directions, east and west, during the "rout".
After hearing the artillery fire, they quickly gathered and counterattacked along the original route.
"How dare they do that?" Bolo was a little amused. "They are in a position where there are Eight Banners soldiers in front and behind them. They may be attacked from both sides at any time!"
"What's more, they only have 3,000 soldiers!" Bolo waved his hand and said, "Send the whole army to crush them."
Under his command, 5,000 Eight Banners cavalrymen charged at 3,000 Ming cavalrymen.
at this time.
Nikan, who was fighting with Li Dingguo, also got the news.
"Report, three thousand Ming cavalry appeared behind our army!" the scout said hurriedly.
"What?" Nikan finally panicked. "Shouldn't Bolo's troops be behind us? How come there are three thousand Ming cavalry?"
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