Within ten days, if the Tatar cavalry did not defeat the four tribes of Hexi, they would fall into the dilemma of no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside.

During the ten-day decisive battle, Ding Wenchao thought that this was the key to the Northwest War. The results of the ten-day war in the ten-day period would determine the ownership of the Western Regions and the destiny of the Ming Dynasty. The military intelligence department should do its best to avoid any loss.

Zhangye guards the middle part of the throat of Hexi, and it was found in the Han Dynasty, and was repaired during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhangye City Defense was not just an isolated city from the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. Over the years of repair, it has formed a complete defense system. Behind the high wall of Zhangye City, there is an ancient city on both sides of the east and west sides, namely the East Ancient City and the West Ancient City.

Zhangye was fifty miles away, and the two ancient cities were established as the gateways of Zhangye, forming a defensive configuration of sequential resistance. To siege Zhangye, you must first capture these two acropolis.

Now, the East Ancient City and the West Ancient City are in fierce battle and are in danger.

Ding Wenchao led hundreds of cavalry around the periphery of Zhangye, defeated several Tartars. He did not want to fight, so he scattered the cavalry across the outer periphery of the ancient city of Dong. Looking at the barrier east of Zhangye, he was flooded by the overwhelming Tartars.

The tall city gate has been broken by the Tatar cavalry. The most important thing is that this ancient city in the East was built in the Han Dynasty and was old and there was no old-style city defense in the urn city.

At the fierce battle, Ding Wen looked at the Qianli Mile Mile Mile for a while. The defenders in the city tried their best to try to regain the outer wall, but failed to do so. Amid the dense sound of guns, the war horses neighed uneasyly and were about to spread four things.

The hooves rushed into the battlefield. Soon after, the four hundred elite cavalry of the Military Intelligence Department were discovered by the Tatars. The murderous Tatars divided up a team of people and rushed over.

Ding Wenchaosu immediately watched thousands of Tartar cavalry pass by the city, spreading on the green grassland of the Hexi Corridor, and rushed over.

"grown ups!"

At the end of the second head, a subordinate couldn't help but speak to remind him.

Ding Wenchao said softly, "Are you scared?"

The subordinate was as if he was wronged, and his face turned red and his ears were equatorial: "I am not afraid of it."

Ding Wen grinned, gently clamped his horse's belly, and shouted: "Go to the city!"

More than 400 cavalry beside him beat horses, turned their heads, and the sound of horse hooves sounded, and they led the chasing Tartars to circle outside Zhangye. Ding Wen was so elite that he was following the guards beside him.

Most of the powers are native to Kaiyuan, and the 800 Kaiyuan Iron Cavalry was born and well-equipped. The war horses were cultivated by Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces outside the pass.

Macheng ordered the use of Arabian horses to improve Mongolian horses and Liaodong horses, and initially achieved results.

The top-grade Arabian horse is the legendary sweat-blooded BMW, tall and strong, with strong explosive power. The top-grade Arabian horse and the hard-working Mongolian horse are hybrid. The horse breeds are extremely special, slender and well-built, and belong to the first generation of half-blooded breeds.

Because of its pure bloodline, most horses have the explosive power of Arab purebred horses and have some special features that have good endurance of Mongolian horses.

Compared with pure-blooded Arabian horses, these half-blooded horses have a thicker and shorter four hooves. Although their short-distance explosive power is not as good as those of pure-blooded horses, they are better at endurance and strong weight-bearing ability. They can be used as both war horses and horse pulling horses.

The first large-scale improved war horse cultivated by the Ming Dynasty, these half-blooded horses were collectively called Tianma.

The sound of horse hooves roared, and thousands of cavalry chased and fled in the flat Hexi corridor.

Ding Wenchao led his troops to lead thousands of Tartars cavalry around the outside of Zhangye. Relying on the good horses, he pushed the thousands of pursuers so tired that they stuck out their tongues, but the distance was getting farther and farther. There were few war horses in West Mongolia that were terrified and cultivated.

Most of them are herding horses. How can the short shedding horses catch up with the first generation of half-blooded horses with sweat-blooded BMW blood? The four hundred Ming cavalry led thousands of Tartars around the periphery of Zhangye, and then they turned around again.

Go around.

Thousands of Tartars were confused and pulled into a long queue. However, unexpectedly, Ding Wenchao suddenly led his army to take a horse and crossed the battlefield of Tartars and headed straight for the main city of Zhangye dozens of miles away. This is the ancient name.

Where the city of Ganzhou was located, the exhausted Tartars could not catch up. Seeing that more than 400 Ming cavalry had changed their horses, the scattered queues gathered in the mercedes and got closer and closer.

More than 400 cavalry, galloping on the Hexi land where the Tartars were crisscrossing, getting closer and closer. Finally, the horse head was next to the horse head, and the horse body was next to the horse body, and took out the cavalry wall-like charge to the cavalry, but not for the sake of

Killing the generals and snatching the cavalry, but rushing into Zhangye City. The Tatar cavalry was exhausted and unprepared for a while. In a quarter of an hour, they were lined up by four hundred Ming cavalrymen, whistling by the rioters, and were actually whistled by the rioters.

Crossed the entire battlefield.

Ding Wenchao was firmly protected by his personal soldiers, and in front was three rows of cavalry walls.

The horseman's wall was not fast, but it was very tightly organized. The thick half-blooded horse with four hooves was squirting hot air, spreading four hooves to pull the ground, and there were panicked Tatar riders in front, back, left and right. The quality of the war horse determines success or failure

Some fierce Tartar riders slapped on their horses and came to stop them in groups, but were shot by a hand gun.

As the war horses cried, Ming cavalry was shot overturned by arrows from all directions. The horses lost their hooves. More iron cavalry had several arrows inserted into their bodies, but they were as if nothing had happened. With the sound of horse hooves, the sound of guns in the center of the battlefield was bursting, and the four hundred military intelligence departments were in full swing.

In broad daylight, tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry gathered under Zhangye City, the momentum was like a bamboo shoot, and the Tatar cavalry that came to stop them was dispersed, and the pursuers behind them were getting farther and farther away.

Fifteen miles, Ding Wenchao led his army to rush forward fifteen miles under Zhangye City and advanced to Zhangye City.

The Zhangye guard saw a well-clad cavalry that crossed the entire center of the battlefield, sprinting along a neat cavalry wall. After staying for a while, he hurriedly ordered the firing of artillery to respond. He didn't even have to verify his identity.

Such a strict cavalry wall must be the elite of the Liao army. This is the only one in the world, and there is no other part of the Liao army. When the elite cavalry of the Liao army came to support, the morale of the Zhangye defenders suddenly increased.

Boom boom boom boom!

The cannons roared on the city, and they responded to the cavalry that came to help.

The defenders on the city wall looked like crazy, desperately trying to slam the general. The second general's artillery fired and poured shells at the pursuers several miles away. Large iron bombs passed by at low altitude, roaring over the head of the Ming cavalry, and smashing heavily at the Tartars.

After several rounds of cannons, most of the Tatar cavalry dispersed and did not dare to chase the city under the city's defense artillery fire. While Zhangye defenders were desperately firing cannons, they moved the sandbags blocking the door and pushed the winch to open the city gate.

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Under the cover of more than ten city defense cannons, the west gate of Zhangye City was wide open.

Only paid the price of more than twenty cavalry deaths, Ding Wenchao's military intelligence department miraculously crossed the entire battlefield, rushed into Zhangye City, and wrote a lot of strokes in the Battle of Hexi, and also for perseverance.

Zhangye has added a heavy weight.

Bang!

The iron cavalry entered the city, and the defenders tried their best to push the winch. The west gate of Zhangye was closed again and entered Zhangye Wucheng. Ding Wen turned over and got off the horse and reached out to support an injured subordinate. More elite cavalrymen pulled out the arrows inserted into the cotton armor.
Chapter completed!