In September, under the influence of the Special Inspection Bureau and Zhao Xian, more than 90% of prefectures and counties in Henan and Jiangbei changed their flags and returned to the Tang Dynasty. This made the Northern Expedition Army a home field, while the Yuan army, which was originally the "master", became alone and penetrated deep into the enemy territory.

Most of the post station channels are controlled by Tangzhou County. Even the imperial edicts of Dadu cannot be transmitted to the three Yuan army camps in Xinyang, Mianchi and Luzhou through the post stations.

The guards who passed the imperial edict of the Yuan court entered Henan, they were captured by the Tang Dynasty spies and local officials and sent to Kaifeng for detention.

The post station was cut off, and the Yuan army was unable to receive the order from Dadu, and of course they could not withdraw their troops without authorization. They could only fight the Central Plains with the Tang army according to the established strategy.

Northeast of Xinyang, Foliyuan, Tang army camp.

Foli was originally the place where Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was garrisoned during the southern expedition during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so it was called Foliyuan (Emperor Taiwu's name is Foli).

Before, Foli was originally a pasture. After the Yuan court's hypocritical "Central Plains Return to Song Dynasty", Foliyuan changed back to cultivated land. Now, it has become a battlefield for the confrontation between the Tang and Yuan armies.

On the Foli Plain, which is more than ten miles apart, two armies confront each other with aura of five miles apart, making the clear and refreshing autumn field full of endless murderous aura.

A tall dragon and phoenix stared in front of the Tang army camp. The entire camp was continuous for seven or eight miles, with flags like a forest and a strict demeanor.

The Yuan army camp five miles away was just a circle of scattered yurts inside. It seemed simple, but in fact it could be able to pull out the camp at any time, simple but extraordinary.

There were 300,000 troops stationed on both sides on this field.

Among them, the Yuan army had 100,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry. The Tang army had 80,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry.

It is obvious that both sides are mainly cavalry.

However, the Yuan army cavalry must be better in terms of quality and quantity.

In the Tang army camp, Tang lord Li Luo was convening a pre-war military controversy.

For Li Luo, this is the most difficult battle.

Because this was the first time Li Luo faced the Mongolian Semu Cavalry Group that was as high as 100,000.

This 100,000 army does not have chieftain cavalry, nor does it have southern barbarian cavalry, but pure Mongolian semester cavalry, and a real elite northern force.

And the number is as high as 100,000, which is still in the Central Plains region that is beneficial to cavalry.

This is an extremely terrifying cavalry force that is enough to destroy the country.

Just looking at the opponent's 100,000 cavalry and more than 200,000 war horses, you can know how difficult this battle is.

In the central army's tent, Hu Gu, a cavalry general, made suggestions.

"Your Majesty, the Yuan army's cavalry is strong and the cavalry is strong. Among them, there are 30,000 pure Mongolian cavalry. If they disperse the army and scatter the army, and force our army to maintain its formation all the time, our army will be unable to withstand the disturbances over time."

"But if we take the initiative to fight, the other party may not give our army a chance. What's even more annoying is that the Yuan army can not fight decisively with our army, but instead send troops everywhere to burn, kill, loot the people of the Central Plains to replenish food and grass. Our army will have no choice. In this battle, should we spare no effort to avoid cavalry losses and consume them, and destroy the Yuan army's infantry first?"

Li Luo frowned and thought as Hu Gu said, while Chen Shuzhen and other generals also thought hard.

Before the Northern Expedition, although he had thought about these issues, he always had the intention of taking the initiative to fight the decisive battle.

But now that the Yuan army has not taken the initiative to fight, the situation of the battle has become mysterious.

The Yuan army had more cavalry and stronger cavalry. If the Tang army took the initiative to fight, the Yuan army's cavalry could completely ignore it and avoid the battle, or even leave the battlefield, kill, burn and loot everywhere.

This is what Li Luo is most worried about.

The Yuan army cavalry fought if they wanted to fight, and if they didn't want to fight, they didn't fight. The Yuan army cavalry had two horses, or even three horses per person. The Tang army cavalry had two horses, and at most one was one horse and two horses per person.

This mobility is still much worse.

Although the Tang army had more than 200,000 cavalry, there were no cavalry garrisons in important places such as Yizhou, Yongzhou, Hengbei, Nanyang, Yingzhou, and Dongzhou? Even in the mainland such as Yuezhou and Jingzhou, there were no cavalry at all. Each state would always leave one or two thousand cavalry for emergency response.

During this Northern Expedition, the Tang army drew 130,000 mobile cavalry, which was the maximum.

There is no way to draw more.

"Khan." Zhezha stood up, "The Mongolian cavalry's ability to control horses and carry horses is indeed unparalleled. As long as they don't want to fight to the decisive battle, it is impossible to destroy them."

It’s easy to understand how to control a horse. What the hell is to take a horse?

The so-called horse-bearing means that one or two remaining horses of the Mongolian cavalry can follow the owner firmly and will not run around. Ten thousand Mongolian cavalry often fights with 20,000 or even 30,000 war horses. If you don’t have the ability to carry a horse, wouldn’t it be a mess?

His superb horse-bearing skills not only allow the Mongolian cavalry to stay away from the two horses, but also can change horses at any time. When the Mongolian cavalry is galloping, they can often jump from one horse to another. Two or three horses take turns to ride, and they can gallop for hundreds of miles a day!

Such terrifying mobility is beyond the reach of the world.

Not to mention that the Tang army cavalry could not do two or three horses per person, even if there were, they would not have the ability to carry horses. As a result, the second horse could not find its owner and would be lost. When the knight wanted to change the horse, he found that the second horse was gone.

This problem has occurred many times by the Tang cavalry. Although the Tang cavalry also trains to carry horses, the ability to carry horses is the same as that of riding and shooting, and it will never be trained within a few years.

Zhezha's words are very clear. If this problem is not solved, the initiative in the decisive battle will be in the hands of the Yuan army.

Then, destroying the Yuan army infantry first may be the best solution.

"But as I see, it is useless to destroy the Yuan army's infantry." Zhezha continued, "The Khan also saw that the Yuan army cavalry was afraid of the Tang Dynasty's firearms and kept a distance. When their food and grass were exhausted, they would divide dozens of troops and go to various places to hunt grass valleys, which would be even more difficult to deal with."

"We must take advantage of the fact that they gather together and induce them to take the initiative to fight."

Let the Yuan army take the initiative to fight!

This problem has become a more important issue than the battle itself.

Li Luo pondered and felt it was very difficult.

How can we force the Yuan army cavalry to take the initiative to fight?

The commander of the Yuan army, Masumi, was not a mediocre person, but a veteran. Even if he could not receive Kublai Khan's imperial edict, he knew how to fight this battle more favorably.

The Yuan army is now considered to be "entering deep into the enemy's territory", and the military warehouses have been burned, which is logically unaffordable.

But that's not the case.

The Yuan army must not be able to afford it, what will it do?

Of course, it's about to go out to make grass valleys.

Once the 100,000 cavalry are divided into dozens of horse teams and burn and kill and plunder everywhere, the Henan and Jiangbei will be over.

Even if the Tang army wins, the Central Plains will be devastated and the lives will be devastated.

The Mongolian cavalry who became a horse bandit would only be even more terrifying. Although the local governments do not have the ability to wipe out the Tang army, which could not keep up with the mobility, it would be difficult for them to wipe out them.

"Great Khan, I have an idea. Please ask Your Majesty to let your troops attack the Yuan army directly and bite them. In this way, the Yuan army cannot escape and will have to join the 10,000 cavalrymen who are surrounded."

"Then, Khan will take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle!"

Li Luo's eyes lit up. Yes, this method was the only way to force the Yuan army to fight quickly.

"Okay. I will let you 10,000 Mongolian Seminy cavalry one man and three horses, bite Masu's central army tightly. When you fall into a siege, I will send a large army to rescue you!" Li Luo could not think of a better solution, so he had to agree to this plan.

Of course, Li Luo has other solutions, but this solution is undoubtedly the most effective.

Now the conspiracy is not good, so I can only fight hard battles and fight for strength.

"Zhe! Xie Dahan! I want to go down and prepare!" Zhezha bowed and then left the account.

"Your Majesty." Chen Shuzhen showed a look of worry. "Zhezha 10,000 cavalrymen, after all, they were elite Mongolians or Semi-men back then. At this moment, what if..."

The other generals also showed signs of worry.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yan Jun said, "I have to be careful. After all, Shunyi Hou (Zhezha) is a Mongolian general. His cavalry has trained three-eyed pistols again. If they are allowed to have three horses, if they turn against each other, it will be dangerous."

Li Luo smiled slightly, "You don't need to doubt people, you don't have to use them. Although Shunyi Hou and his cavalry are Mongolian Semi-men, I trust him. These 10,000 cavalry have been in the Tang Dynasty for several years and have wives and children in the south. How can they still betray the Tang Dynasty?"

Another reason why Li Luo believed in Zhezha and his 10,000 cavalry was that Zhezha's army included both spies from the Special Attack Bureau and Luoning Society organization. In addition, the Tang army was treated well, even if Zhezha wanted to rebel, it would be difficult to do so.

Don’t say that Zhezha is indeed loyal.

Soon, ten thousand war horses were allocated to Zhezha's troops. As a result, many Tang army cavalry had only one man and one horse.

At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army, Masumi, was also convening a military discussion.

"The warriors each have only fifty arrows, and the horse material is not enough, so it is difficult to replenish them. What should I do? Let's not fight the Tang army first. I plan to divide the troops into 50 teams and fight grass valleys everywhere. Wherever there are Han people, there are horse material, destroy Henan, and then slowly return to the north."

"At worst, let this mess in Henan, Jiangbei, and Li Luo be given to us. As long as we maintain our strength, we can do it. As for the 50,000 infantrymen, we can't care about it."

Nagan said mercilessly.

Those who participated in the military controversy were all cavalry generals. The Han generals who commanded the infantry failed to participate. It can be seen that Masumi had long planned to use the traitor army as an abandoned son.

The Mongolian Seminar generals nodded one after another.

"The Grand Marshal said it right. Some of the Dayuan are land and some are slaves. Not to mention Hebei, Hedong, Hedong, and Liaodong, even to the west, there are also thousands of miles of territory and tens of millions of people. They don't care about this land at all! The most precious thing about Dayuan is our cavalry!"

"As long as the cavalry is kept, you won't lose! You will only win!"

"Okay!" Makin stood up, "That's it! I Makino understand Dashen's temper. Dashen will never blame us for not fighting, but will only be happy that we did this!"

"After splitting the troops, all go north, kill the people when they see them, rob the things when they see them, snatch the women when they see them, and burn the house when they see them. Your war horses must step on the wheat fields, and the blood on your scimitars cannot dry up! While striking the grass valley, they go north to Luoyang to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of Wen Tianxiang. This is the military order I have given you!"

However, some generals still objected. The Mongolian army is military democracy outside, and it is difficult for the commander to be in one position. Generals are qualified to oppose the commander's strategy.

"Then Yan, the general of the United States, thinks that we should fight Li Luo hard and show the majesty of our Mongolian army. If we divide troops into Caogu in this way, we can certainly defeat the Central Plains, but what about the majesty of our Mongolian army? Do we want to be like a coward and dare not confront the enemy head-on? Who has the Mongolian army ever been afraid of? If Li Luo is killed, then the pseudo-Tang Tang will be over?" said a Wanhu named Bo Shudao.

"My skill is bad." Masu's face was sank, "What is a warrior? Does a warrior only have courage and wisdom? I know Khan better than you!"

"Decisive battle? Even if we win Li Luo, our losses will never be small. As long as we use up our feather arrows and the horse materials, we will become tigers whose teeth are removed. I can't bet with 100,000 cavalry! Tell me, for Dayuan, is it important to the Mongolian cavalry or the Central Plains?"

Boshu Dao: "Of course, the Mongolian cavalry is important. However, as long as we defeat Li Luo, we can seize the feather arrows and firearms of the Tang army, destroy the other two Tang army, and re-control the Central Plains. As long as we use our ability to cavalry and shoot, and don't give Tang arms a chance, the Tang army will not win at all!"

"You are confused!" Malin was angry, "If we fight, then we must take the initiative to attack! The Tang army's firearms can show their power! If the Tang army's firearms cannot show their power, we cannot attack! Why can't you understand such a simple truth? Did Mao Wusipo eat your wisdom?"

"Then why do we still want to come here to meet?" Bo Shu said with a slut, "If we had known about the Cao Valley, we would not have had to come here to meet. If we didn't come to fight the Tang army, why are we here to do?"

Masu smiled, "Good question! Because I want to force the Tang army to join. As long as the Tang army gathers, their army will move slowly. As long as they dare to divide the troops, we will come back. If they do not divide the troops, the speed will be the same as a turtle."

"When we fight Caogu for a few days, we have saved up enough horse feed, and suddenly we meet in Luoyang to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of Wen Tianxiang! If we can eat it, we will eat it all the way. The army has no fixed status and the water has no normal shape, which makes Li Luo unable to keep up at all."

Bo Shudao thought about it and felt that the numbin was justified.

"Okay, that Yan, I'm confused. Then divide the troops to attack Caogu and encircle Wen Tianxiang."

But before Malin could formally order the division of troops, he heard the sound of military trumpets outside.

"Hmph, the Tang cavalry is here! I will send an order to retreat, and I will not give them a chance to fight. I will divide my troops to fight the grass valley!" Masu gave the order while walking out.

He was very confident that as long as the Dayuan Iron Cavalry wanted to leave, no one could stop him. Of course, these 50,000 infantry were burdens, so he might as well be sacrificed.

As long as you go north to hunt Caogu, you can encircle and annihilate Wen Tianxiang with the Luoyang army, and then you will turn around to deal with Li Luo.

Take advantage of the cavalry's advantages and take advantage of the opportunity of the Tang army being divided into three parts to defeat them one by one!

This is the real purpose of tanulin.

Then, as soon as Malin got on the horse, he saw that only tens of thousands of Tang cavalry rushed over.

Why are there only ten thousand people?

Mamon was stunned. Could it be that he was here to die?

Oh, when Mamon saw this familiar equestrian movement of the cavalry, he immediately understood.

That was the head of Zhezha who surrendered to Li Tang.

Damn traitor!

"Boom-" Ten thousand Tang cavalry rushed over, and the sound of tens of thousands of war horses was earth-shaking.

Further apart, the remaining 70,000 Tang troops also boarded the horse and rushed over slowly.

The army of Makinin retreated one after another, leaving only the 50,000 infantry waiting in the array.

Of course, the Tang cavalry would not silly attack the infantry phalanx, but instead bit the Yuan army's central army and pursued them all the way.

Malin had not yet divided the troops, so it was too late to retreat northward and wanted to calmly divide the troops after the distance was widened.

But Zhezha's cavalry kept stolen.

Ten thousand cavalry chased the 100,000 army for more than fifty miles. Because Zhezha's troops were one man and three horses, Masu was unable to get rid of Zhezha's troops.

"Boom--" More than 100,000 cavalry and hundreds of thousands of war horses galloped, and even the earth was trembling. I don't know how many wheat fields were destroyed.

Another half an hour passed and had chased for more than 80 miles. Mamon still couldn't get rid of Zhezha, so he could not implement the tactic of division of troops.

Moreover, Zhezha did not chase others, but only pursued his central army.

"Destroy this traitor!" After chasing for more than a hundred miles, Mamon could no longer bear it.

At this time, the main force of the Tang army's cavalry was thrown away, and only 10,000 cavalry chased after him, just taking advantage of this moment to encircle and annihilate it!

Of course, Masu knew the purpose of Tang Jun doing this, but he was happy to use the tricks to eat up these ten thousand cavalrymen.

"Woo woo woo woo-"

As soon as the horn of retreat was sounded, the 100,000 cavalry turned their horses together and circled around both sides, trying to surround Zhezha.

"Destroy the traitors of Dayuan! Destroy them within half an hour!" Masu ordered. The main force of the Tang army's cavalry was dozens of miles away, so we must fight and decide quickly.

Soon, the Zhezha troops who told Mercedes-Benz were surrounded by 100,000 cavalry.

Then, at this time, the troops of Zhezha actually ignored it and still rushed directly to the central army of Mamonet, without any concern, falling into a desperate situation surrounded. :(/

"Swoosh swosh swosh!" The knights on both sides fired archery rain one after another.

When the cavalry of Zhezha rushed within dozens of feet, the horse's knights put away their bows and arrows and raised their three-eyed muskets!
Chapter completed!