The Ming army was panicked and stood up one after another, and the troops were in chaos.
Zhu Hui shouted, "What's the mess? The cavalry immediately set up a team and went to meet the enemy with their Duke. The rest of the soldiers escorted the food trucks to rush forward. The infantry pushed the carts and the archers prepared on the back. If the Tartars attacked the formation, they would be cruel to me.
Shoot them ruthlessly. Protect the food trucks and supplies at all costs. If anyone does not obey the orders and runs around, he will be killed without hesitation."
Zhu Hui led the Xuanfu for many years and was not a good meal. In this situation, he responded quickly. Moreover, along the way, Zhu Hui remained vigilant and had already previewed many times in his heart once he met the Tartar soldiers.
What should be done after the horse attack, so it is not surprising when it comes to changes.
Thousands of cavalry quickly boarded the horse and, led by Zhu Hui, faced the direction of the Taurus cavalry attacking the southwest. Thousands of infantry and archers of the Ming army quickly assembled outside the large grain transport army to form a long-range attack formation.
.Defend the rushing of the Tatar cavalry.
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The Tartar cavalry rushed over and the distance was getting closer and closer. After Zhu Hui used the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile to observe the enemy formation and number, he felt a little calm.
The Tatars' cavalry was about five or six thousand, and the number was not as large as Zhu Hui was worried. This should be one of the cavalrymen who were looking for food and horses to transport food and horses. It was precisely because the grain transport team changed the route, so the Tatars
We had to disperse our troops and form such a large cavalry team to search for their traces.
This further proves his guess. The main force of the Tartars must have arrived on the Ordos grassland. Moreover, the Tartars were extremely cunning. They did not reveal their movements near Dongsheng City, but wanted to give the Ming army an illusion. Thus, they lure them into temptation.
The main force of the Ming army can block and annihilate it if it leaves Dongsheng City.
The Tartars had too much appetite and were extremely sinister. However, because they had a big appetite, they also made mistakes. In fact, they only needed to besiege the city, so that the grain transport team could not transport this batch of materials to Dongsheng City.
.Then you can trap the army in the city and force the army to break out of the city and fight to the death.
But they obviously refused to let go of the 20,000-strong team for transporting grain, so they thought that they would not show up and intercept the grain transport army halfway. As a result, they lost the trace of the grain transport army and had to go everywhere.
Search. They never want to see this situation. At this moment, they are only ten miles away from the city, so they have to transport food, grass and supplies back to the city.
However, Zhu Hui also understood that after this Tartar cavalry discovered its own trace, it would soon attract a group of bloodthirsty Tartar soldiers. The Tartar soldiers were not far away and could not fight with them.
, you have to retreat back to the city as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be awful if a large number of enemy troops arrive.
The Tatar cavalry rushed over, and Zhu Hui issued a deep voice to block the order.
The two thousand cavalry teams of the Ming army dispersed their formations, like a large net spreading out, blocking the dense formations of the Tatars. Zhu Hui's intention was very simple, to entangle the cavalry and buy time for the food and horses.
The distance between the two sides quickly approached four or five hundred steps. Two thousand Ming cavalrymen were waiting for the bow, and once the opponent rushed to the range, they would give the first round of strike.
The Tartar cavalry obviously realized Zhu Hui's intention. They suddenly divided into three teams four hundred steps away. A team rushed forward from the middle to fight with the Ming cavalry. The other two teams turned in a diagonal turn and rushed towards the two wings of the Ming army.
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Their goal was also clear, and they wanted to attack the infantry transporting grain and prevent the food and supplies from moving forward. At the same time, they were entangled in the Ming cavalry and did not allow them to divide their troops to intercept them.
Zhu Hui was prepared for a long time. He had more than 5,000 cavalry in his hands, but some of the war horses were still on the grain truck. But at this moment, he also had more than 4,000 cavalry in his hands. Only two thousand people were sent in front, and two thousand people were available.
With a call from Zhu Hui, two teams of cavalry, a thousand-person team of cavalry, rushed into the flank of the Tatars to fight.
The formation changed. The cavalry on both sides changed into two three-strand steel forks, and began to face the front with the needle and the wheat horns, and no one had room for maneuver.
The front cavalry took the lead in handing over. The two thousand Ming cavalry archers on the front had only a chance to shoot a round of arrows, and the Tartar cavalry rushed into the Ming army's big net. Although the bows and arrows caused more than a hundred Tartar cavalry casualties.
, but this did not affect the charge momentum of the Tartar cavalry at all.
The cavalry on both sides collided in an instant, like two running rhinos colliding head-to-head toward each other. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, people and horses neighed, and blood splashed.
The Ming army's long sword and the Tartars' scimitar shine in the air with dazzling light, rising and falling, making people dazzling. Every snow-white blade fell and raised again was a red blood knife.
The white sword light quickly turned into a red light, which was the color of the blood stained with the passing soul.
In the battle between the Ming army and the Tatars, there were few cavalry attacks. Today, cavalry battles of this scale are actually very rare.
Logically speaking, the Tartars are good at cavalry, but their equipment is not as good as the Ming army. When the two sides fight head-on, they should be evenly matched. However, the fact is not the case at all. The so-called even match only happens at the moment when the battle between the two sides begins, and then they quickly divide.
Get out of height.
The Tatars grew up on horseback, which was simply their home. They could eat, sleep and even solve physiological problems without feeling any fatigue. Every Tatar cavalry's war horse is
The horse he raised from a foal, and the relationship between man and horse was no longer just a partner in combat, but formed a state that could almost be called the unity of man and horse.
Between a pair of Tartar cavalry who cooperated with tacit understanding and his war horse, you can know the other party's intentions from an expression, a sound, a sniff, and a swaying head and tail. When the Tartar cavalry was charging, many people
There is almost no need to control the reins. They only need subtle movements on the horse's back and minor touches on the legs and feet to allow the horse to understand the intention.
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Generally, cavalry needs to control the reins and distract themselves to control the horses when fighting. However, an excellent Tartar cavalry can completely free their hands, be flexible and leaps on the horse's back, and fly and leaps.
The Ming army's cavalry obviously could not achieve this. Both in terms of tacit understanding of people and horses, and in terms of superb cavalry skills, and in terms of experience in cavalry fighting, they were much worse. Therefore, the battles that seemed to have a very small number of people were actually very different in strength.
Fortunately, the Ming army is well equipped. Both armor and weapons are stronger than the opponent, so they are not completely unable to face the enemy. At least they can get a few more swords, and if they are protected by armor and do not hurt the vital points, they can continue to fight.
The Tatar cavalry had the upper hand, and the Ming soldiers were all dismissed one after another. The battle loss ratio between the two sides was almost three to one. In order to achieve the goal of killing the enemy, the Ming cavalry adopted a group of attacks, and often several cavalry faced each other.
The famous Tartar cavalry took action, so that these guys who were extremely flexible on the horse's back had no room to dodge, so that they could cut him off.
But in that case, I also showed great flaws and had no time to take care of other Tartars around me.
The battle lasted for a stick of incense, and more than 400 cavalrymen fighting head-on were killed. The formation was washed away and the situation was about to collapse.
The flanking Tartar cavalry was intercepted by the Ming cavalry, and the two sides were entangled and killed the sky and dark.
Zhu Hui watched the battle from the rear under the protection of more than a hundred cavalrymen. He understood that if this situation continued, if the cavalry could not retreat to the city, all the cavalry would be killed. As a last resort, Zhu Hui ordered three thousand infantry soldiers from the rear to intervene in the cavalry.
The situation was maintained in the melee. Although this was a death-seeking act, in order to get into the city, the soldiers could only exchange their lives for time.
The grain truck convoy moved slowly in the melee, with a very slow speed. A deep gully in front blocked the way, and the big truck could not move forward at all, leaving the team completely congested.
As a last resort, the generals who were transporting had to order a large number of vehicles filled with supplies to be pushed into the trench. A large amount of armored bows and arrows and tents were pushed into the trench as objects to fill the trench, and finally paved a way to continue moving forward.
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But this also delayed a lot of time and made the situation on the battlefield worse.
The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Ming army only advanced less than three miles. Although the Dongsheng City in the distance was already vaguely visible, it seemed out of reach.
More than 2,000 cavalrymen in the Ming army had already killed more than 2,000 cavalrymen, and their strength was no longer in comparison. More than half of the three thousand infantrymen who were above them were killed. In front of the cavalry, they were just the targets of slaughter, and they were fish under the chopping bank.
Zhu Hui had to order the two thousand infantry to be transferred to the battle again. But this would slow down the speed of the convoy. Because in addition to archers, a large number of infantry joined the ranks of carts, otherwise it would be snowing.
The cart on the ground could not move at all. This was a vicious cycle, but Zhu Hui had to do so.
And the thing that was most worried finally came. At the end of the snow field on the east side, snow fog rolled in, and it was obviously another cavalryman who was the Tartars coming. Zhu Hui was cold in his heart. It was absolutely impossible to have another cavalryman and horse.
After bringing the food and grass back to the city, I had to give up evacuating quickly.
But after giving up the food and grass, the death penalty for more than 100,000 troops was also announced. That was even more serious consequence.
At this moment, Zhu Hui heard the sound of cannons coming from the direction of Dongsheng City. He raised the thousand-mile mirror and saw a large number of soldiers rushing out from the city gate and heading straight for the battlefield.
Zhu Hui knew that Yang Yiqing sent troops to support him at that time. Although this was an adventure, because infantrymen left the city and meant the danger of being attacked. But he really needed to support him at this moment. He didn't care much about it. Sacrifice some soldiers in exchange for
Grain entering the city may be the best choice that can be made at present.
Thirty thousand infantrymen in Dongsheng City left the city lightly and rushed over. The distance of several miles was not far, and they quickly arrived near. Before another team of Taurus cavalry arrived, a dense line of defense was formed. The archers shot out
The arrow rain was as dense as dark clouds, forcing the reinforcements of the Tartar cavalry to circumnavigate.
Some reinforcements joined the frontal battle and delayed the collapse with their blood and lives.
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Finally, after an hour, after leaving behind blood and corpses everywhere, the grain transport team arrived at the city.
Because Dongsheng City is high and the surroundings are blocked by artificially excavated gullies, the cavalry pursued by the Tatars stopped their attacks at about a distance behind.
The Ming army quickly retreated into the city. The moment the city gate was closed, Zhu Hui let out a long sigh and finally ended the nightmare battle. But soon, Yang Yiqing, who was standing at the top of the city, called him to go up to the city wall.
Zhu Hui climbed up to the city and saw Yang Yiqing looking at the snow field outside the city with a pale face. Zhu Hui followed his gaze. He saw that on the horizon around the city, countless Tartar cavalry were approaching the city, with a large number.