Anda Khan can guarantee that today's battle is the most bizarre one among his countless battles in decades!

He had been recruited countless times in the grassland, and he had met countless opponents, and he had not experienced defeats during this period. However, most of the time, he was able to lead his cavalry to victory.

Even when facing the huge Ming Dynasty, the Tatar cavalry led by him were able to take advantage most of the time and firmly grasp the strategic initiative.

And what he relies on is the elite cavalry under his command!

But today, the cavalry, which was almost invincible in the past, seemed to have met its nemesis!

The mounted archery that the Tatars were most proud of was completely useless against the Tang Army's infantry phalanx!

Even though their superb riding and shooting skills brought a certain degree of damage to the Tang Army's infantry phalanx, this was far from enough!

Even the Tang Army infantry they killed and wounded were not as many as themselves!

But this is a duel between cavalry and infantry, and the Tatar cavalry is the attacker who has the strategic initiative. However, what Anda Khan sees now is absolutely inconsistent with common sense!

He couldn't figure it out. Twenty thousand of his own cavalry rushed forward, and their performance on the battlefield was as strong as ever, but why were they suppressed and beaten from beginning to end?

Of the more than 10,000 cavalrymen who rushed into the many small phalanxes of the Tang army, how many could come out alive in the end?

There is something wrong with the Tang Army's phalanx, absolutely!

Even Anda Khan still doesn't understand why his cavalry was defeated miserably. The battlefield left him too little time to analyze carefully, but the facts and intuition before him told him that the problem was definitely not about how powerful the Tang army was, or even how powerful the Tang army was.

It's not because of how powerful the Tang army's guns are, but because of their phalanx!

This kind of phalanx is simply unheard of!

He knew about the four-corner square formation because the Ming army also used it. Well, it was also copied from the Tang army!

However, the characteristic of the four-corner square formation is to defend against cavalry attacks, but in terms of firepower, to be honest, it is limited. The matchlock guns in the four corners cannot compare with the arrows projected by the large number of roaring cavalry.

However, these hollow square formations in front of me were completely devoid of spearmen. They seemed to have only musketeers and seemed even thinner. However, Anda Khan could see now that their formation was actually denser than the square formation.

Without the protection of spearmen, the number of musketeers has more than doubled, and their musketeers are almost crowded when they are arranged. This is completely different from the matchlocks, which leads to

, during the process of charging and shooting at them with bows and arrows, the density of firepower encountered by our own cavalry was almost four times or even five times more than those of the four-cornered square formations used by the Ming army!

Damn it!

When Anda Khan was regretful, the Tatar cavalry finally passed through the seemingly endless Tang army's formation, then circled out from the passages on both sides, and then continued to run away without looking back.

Chasing them as if there was a devil behind them!

The brief battle that lasted only a few minutes was a nightmare for these Tatar cavalry. Now, the dream finally woke up, and they finally escaped alive.

But behind these Tatar cavalry who successfully escaped were countless fallen Tatar cavalry!

Not dozens or hundreds, but thousands!

Anda Khan at the rear just took a brief look and roughly judged the number of cavalry that escaped. There were about 10,000 cavalry. Adding in the more than 4,000 cavalry who had retreated early and did not participate in the attack, the number of cavalry that successfully retreated was only 14,000.

Qianqi!

And what does this mean?

This means that a full 6,000 riders did not come back!

They lost their money on the frontal firepower of the Tang Army's infantry phalanx on the initial charge, and even more on the multi-faceted crossfire of the Tang Army after they rushed in!

This result almost made Anda Khan unable to look straight at it. Even though he was a grassland hero who had been fighting for many years and had already developed a strong heart, he still could not accept this result!

The people on the opposite side are not cavalry, but infantry. They are not even heavy infantry. They are just a group of musketeers. Even if they are equipped with breastplates, they are still musketeers, and their strength is actually less than that of our own side.

Twenty thousand riders!

However, the result now is that his 20,000 cavalry returned in disastrous defeat!

Damn it!

Anda Khan clenched his fists, and after taking deep breaths several times, he took another look at the formation of the Tang Army's Guards in front of him, and then looked at the square formation of the Tang Army's 9th Infantry Division next to him, making the final struggle in his heart.

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Should this battle continue?

It was absolutely undesirable to continue to charge the hollow square formations of the Tang Army. However, the square formations on the other side of the Tang Army were square formations that he had already seen. If he used the main force to charge again, it would be very dangerous.

It is possible to break through the Tang army's position.

But in this case, how many more casualties will be caused by our own cavalry?

Five thousand?

Ten thousand?

And even if he was lucky enough to break through the Tang Army's phalanx and cause the Tang Army's defeat, how would he face the Ming Army then?

When the time comes, our own cavalry will suffer heavy casualties and the Tang army will be defeated. This means that both sides will suffer losses. Is it possible that the Ming army will take advantage at some point?

Damn it, he is not here to help the Ming army fight. The lives of the Tatar cavalry are definitely not used to help the Ming army change the crisis. Let him spend the lives of tens of thousands of cavalry just to save the Ming army, let alone

If he doesn't want to, all the Tatars will not agree.

After pondering for a long moment, Ada Khan finally made his decision!

"let's go!"

There were several Tatar generals who wanted to say something next to them, but Anda Khan knew without having to listen to their words that they were unwilling to do so. They wanted to go south to the Central Plains and avenge their dead comrades.

But today’s battle cannot continue!

He only brought a total of more than 50,000 cavalry when he went south. He lost 4,000 at Liangshan and suffered another 6,000 casualties outside Anping Town today. This adds up to a loss of more than 10,000 cavalry. If he continues to fight, he will lose more than 50,000 cavalry.

I don’t know how many Tatar cavalry I can bring back to the grassland alive in the end!

Moreover, the casualties exceeded one-fifth, which had a great impact on the morale of the military!

Especially the failure of the charge of 20,000 cavalry just now, but the loss of troops and generals, which made many Tatar cavalry feel a sense of fear towards the Tang army's phalanx!

If they were allowed to attack the Tang Army's phalanx again, I'm afraid some people would mutiny on the spot!

Forget it, just don’t dream of going south to the Central Plains!

Although the dream is good, the reality is too cruel. What he has to do now is to wake up from the dream and try to recover the losses as much as possible!

Thousands of cavalry were killed and wounded. Although the losses were huge, the casualties were all cavalry from collateral tribes. It had little impact on Anda Khan's direct tribes, because his direct cavalry had never been on the battlefield from beginning to end.

Furthermore, this time he went south to the Central Plains, and it was not that he gained nothing at all. At least, several important border towns in the north were robbed from the Ming army with half force and half threats. In addition, the property they looted when going south to the Central Plains was also

There were so many, almost every Tatar cavalryman who went south had more or less satisfying spoils.

enough!

So Anda Khan stopped his men from talking further and said again: "Let's go, right away!"

Although they experienced a disastrous defeat, Anda Khan's prestige was still very high among the Tatars. After he gave the order, the Tatar cavalry followed Anda Khan and began to retreat, whether they wanted to or not!

The Tatars come and leave even faster!

They rode horses and ran wildly. They were all gone within a few minutes, and after a while, they completely disappeared from everyone's sight!

The Tatars were defeated?

The Tatars left?

Emperor Zhengde was stunned. Looking to the west, there was no poetry or distance there, only the Tatar cavalry fleeing in embarrassment!

Because Emperor Zhengde was located far away from the battlefield on the west side, he saw the Tatar cavalry charging, but the details of the battle between the two sides were naturally unable to be seen, so until now, he still does not know why the Tatar cavalry suddenly retreated

, and the entire army retreated?

Didn’t the Tatars just rush into the Tang army’s formation? Didn’t they rush in? Why did they retreat?

He didn't even see the scene of countless Tatar cavalry falling under the guns of the Guards!

He just saw the Tatar cavalry roaring away from a distance, rushing into the Tang Army Guards formation, and then withdrew not long after, and then the remaining more than 40,000 Tatar cavalry ran away!

Although I still don’t understand why the Tatar cavalry suddenly ran away, Emperor Zhengde knew!

Today, he is going to play!

Today, the Ming Dynasty is coming to an end!

Without the restraint of the Tatar cavalry, his army could not stop the Tang army's fierce attack, and could not even retreat!

The Tatars are all cavalry, and they ride two or even three horses. They come and go like the wind, come and go when they want, but the main force under them is infantry!

Even though the Ming Army had 10,000 cavalry, the main force of cavalry was sent south to attack the Tang Army's supply line. Only 3,000 cavalry were left in Anping Town. And these 3,000 cavalry were unable to even attack the Tang Army's artillery positions just now.

arrived, and was forced to retreat after suffering heavy losses!

When the main force is infantry, the Ming army cannot retreat at all!

Even Emperor Zhengde can guarantee that once he gives the order to retreat, the entire army will immediately collapse!

Retreat and collapse are words with completely different meanings, but today, for the Ming army, there is no difference between them!

Retreating is death, not retreating is also death!

This battle is over!

The army is about to completely collapse!

If this battle is defeated, the two hundred years of inheritance of our ancestors will be over!

At this moment, Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes, his face full of despair!

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