"What is Xu Huizu going to do?" Timur was a little confused. He had been confronting Xu Huizu during this period, and he already knew that he was very cautious in using his troops. Why did he let the army led by Lan Zhen come forward now? Even if some cavalry were transferred,
Lan Zhen also has 80,000 soldiers in his hands. If they are wiped out by him, the Ming army will be very disadvantaged in this battle.
"Great Khan, how should we respond?" Jesb was also very confused about the movements of the Ming army and couldn't help but ask.
"Jesbu, you command the main force of 50,000 infantry and the main force of 20,000 cavalry." Timur said. No matter what the purpose of the Ming army is, he must follow.
"Send another 30,000 auxiliary troops to harass the Ming army's Lan Zhen tribe." Timur said again.
He was about to give some more instructions to Jesb when suddenly he coughed several times. Jesb immediately asked with concern: "Khan, how is your body?"
"Fortunately, it's nothing serious. I probably caught a cold from the rain last night. Although I've been wearing a raincoat, it can't guarantee that no rainwater will leak into it. I still caught a cold." Timur said with a self-deprecating smile: "
After all, I am getting older, and with so little rain and it being summer, I will catch a cold."
Jesb didn't know what to say. After Timur finished speaking, he said: "Sweat more and take care of yourself."
"It's okay. Although I have a cold, I will be fine after commanding this battle."
Timur then said sternly: "You must be careful when leading the army. Xu Huizu sent Lan Zhen's troops out definitely not to fight to the death with our army. If he wanted to fight to the death, he should use the five commanders in his hand."
guard."
"Your first task is to find out the purpose of Lan Zhen's dispatch. If you make any major discoveries, use the second set of secret signals to tell me."
"In addition, be careful not to cause too many casualties to the soldiers. We cannot rule out the possibility that Xu Huizu will sacrifice Lan Zhen's troops and severely damage the main force of our army."
"Yes, Khan." Jesb agreed again.
"Go. The army is ready. Remember, don't fight head-on with the Ming army."
The army led by Jesbu slowly approached the army led by Lan Zhen.
Jesb behaved very calmly in front of the soldiers, which reassured the soldiers who were uneasy because they knew that the night attack failed last night. They rushed forward with high morale, but in fact, he was not calm in his heart.
The actions of the Ming army were not particularly unusual. It was just that they clearly wanted to consume them at first, using cannon fodder to consume them. But now the cannon fodder troops suddenly changed their formations before they were completely consumed, leaving them confused.
At this time, Jesbu was closely watching the movements of the Ming army, not only Lan Zhen's troops, but also other armies. He wanted to guess Xu Huizu's purpose.
After the army was dispatched, the Ming army's artillery team changed as expected. The muzzles of the artillery turned towards the army he led. Then there was a flash of fire and countless artillery shells flew out and roared towards him.
Jesb did not panic. The entire army continued to move as it should, without stopping at all. Unless they were hiding in the city wall, the infantry in the field could not block the shells no matter how prepared they were. Now the morale was high. If they stopped to dodge
The shells might lower morale, so he didn't give any new orders.
This army was worthy of its reputation as an elite. Even if there were soldiers beside them whose bodies were mangled after being hit by the Ming army's artillery, they continued to move forward without changing their expressions.
On the other hand, Lan Zhen's troops were a little panicked. Some of the guards under Lan Zhen's jurisdiction had not fought in more than ten years. Some of the soldiers who had fought in the war had also relieved their heavy responsibilities and handed them over to their nephews.
, the probing battle with the Xilu a few days ago did not go well. We were harassed by the Xilu's cavalry for two rounds before. At this time, we were a little overwhelmed in the face of the artillery shells, and our formation was a little looser.
Jesbu seized the opportunity and ordered his soldiers to launch an attack immediately after Lan Zhen's troops were shelled and the formation was somewhat loose. They first fired a round of bows and arrows against the Ming army's artillery shells, and then quickly approached the Ming army.
These soldiers who had not fought for several years had forgotten that the Xilu infantry were within the range of their bows and arrows when they were shelled just now. They only focused on dodging the shells. In the chaos, no one could hear the superior's order, and no one cared about it.
Judging from the flags, few people were shooting arrows at all. When the shelling was completed and the commander and other generals began to prepare for the Xilu, the Xilu had already rushed to the front. If Lan Zhen's soldiers were like this, then
He could only be defeated at this time.
But the Huailai Guard, the guard station at the front of the entire formation, had already made preparations. The Huailai Guard participated in Yunxi's revenge battle against Mobei nine years ago, and participated in Zhu's campaign three years ago in Jianye's third year.
In the battle of conquering Mobei, Quan had rich combat experience. Under the command of Commander Yu Qi, he fired a round of arrows against the cannonballs fired by Xilu just now, and then walked forward with neat steps.
When they were only thirty steps away from the Xilu, he ordered the archers to stop and start shooting again. Another shower of arrows flew out and shot towards the Xilu.
Jesbu also ordered the archers at the rear of the formation to raise their bows and set up arrows, but the infantry in front charged against the Ming army's arrows. The infantry held a spear in their right hand and a small shield in their left hand and charged at the Ming army.
Come.
The Ming army also held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and rushed towards Xilu. But just before the two armies were about to engage in battle, the Ming army suddenly stopped, and the right hand that had been flashing had quietly replaced the thing in his hand with a
The dark thing was thrown towards Xilu.
Most of the Xilu on the opposite side changed their faces and quickly squatted down and raised their shields in front of them. A few people were still confused when they heard a loud "rumbling" sound. These people did not use their shields to block themselves.
The soldiers were immediately turned upside down by the explosion and fell to the ground screaming.
Although the previous battle between their two armies was very similar to the battle in the Cold Weapon Age, except that the trebuchets were replaced by artillery, this was not the case anymore. In the Cold Weapon Age, there were no weapons that could explode in front of the formation, but it has changed from Cold Weapon
The Ming army, which was too fond of mixing hot and cold, had in their hands a grenade produced by Yunxi's uncreative name "Yingtian No. 1 Firearms Factory".
At this time, although these grenades, which were later named No. 1 grenades, were not very powerful, thousands of them were thrown out in an instant. Even if they could only explode in half, there were still tens of thousands. Not only were the soldiers who had not protected themselves with shields just now were stabbed,
Even those who had taken protective measures were seriously injured.
Then Yu Qi commanded the soldiers of Huailai Guard to rush forward immediately. Now the Xilu in the first row were squatting in order to avoid the grenades. It was a good time to kill them.
The Xilu people stood up and continued fighting as soon as the explosions stopped, but at this time the Ming army had already rushed in front of them. They were rushed away by the Ming army before they had time to reorganize their formation, and were immediately eliminated by the Ming army.
However, the Xilu behind were not affected by the grenade just now, nor were they affected by the hacking of their own robes, and they still rushed over in an orderly queue.
Now that the two sides were so close, they didn't have time to throw a second grenade, and they immediately started fighting face to face with Xilu.
At this time, the soldiers behind had also restored order. Under the command of Lan Zhen, they changed their formations and pressed on the Xilu from the side. Jesbu also used methods to deal with it, and the battlefield suddenly became anxious.
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Xing Yuan slashed the Xilu who was about to attack with a knife to death. He looked at the battlefield in front of him and spat.
This is a battle involving nearly a million people, and since their guards were dispatched so early, the casualties of the war will definitely be inevitable. He Xingyuan may have to explain here today.
He wanted to turn around and run away, but thinking of his family, he loosened his stiff muscles and picked up the knife to fight Xilu.
He hacked another Xilu to death with a sword. When he heard a sound coming from his ear, he put his shield up and heard a "bang" sound as a short spear pierced his shield.
Xing Yuan immediately turned around and wanted to kill the Xilu. However, the Xilu was not incompetent. He turned around so that he could not cut him, and tried to stab him with a short spear again.
Xing Yuan hid again, fought with him for several rounds, and saw the opportunity and slashed his arm with a knife, cutting off the arm holding the short spear.
The man immediately screamed in agony and went crazy. Xing Yuan stabbed him again, cutting off his head from his neck and killing him completely.
But at this moment, he felt a warning sign. When he twisted his body, he felt a huge pain in his back. A spear pierced his back. Fortunately, he avoided the vital point, otherwise he would have been a person at this time.
Dead people.
Xing Yuan was about to endure the severe pain and turn around to kill him, but the spear that was about to be pulled out from his body suddenly stopped moving. He turned around and saw a man wearing light armor coming from behind the Xilu.
The heart draws out the knife.
"Thank you very much, Sun Qianshi," he said immediately.
Sun Tai, the commander of the Huailai Guard who was called Sun Qianshi, could not hear clearly what he was saying on such a noisy battlefield, but he could roughly guess it by looking at the shape of his mouth. He smiled and took the knife from Xilu's back
He pulled out his heart and stood next to Xing Yuan. He looked around nervously and said, "Whatever you call me Qianshi, we are all acquaintances. You used to be a Qianhu, and you are only one level lower than me. Don't tell me."
With such a natural relationship, just call me Brother Sun."
"I'm just a little flag now, how can I dare to call you a brother?" Xing Yuan had a bitter look on his face after hearing what he said.
Sun Tai immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he would not mention any pot. In the past few years, Xing Yuan had worked hard to get promoted back to Qianhu. He had asked all the people he knew, but no one helped him.
It was only when he followed King Ning in his expedition to Mobei three years ago that he was raised to a small banner.
There is a reason for this. Firstly, since he has been stripped of his official position, he is no longer useful to the officials he knows, and the willingness to help him has been greatly reduced; secondly, this is the reason why he was raped.
Nine years ago, His Majesty, the current emperor, led troops to patrol along the Great Wall. He was attacked by the Mongols and almost captured. Huailai Guards immediately sent troops to rescue after getting the news. However, when the commander Yu Ai ordered the general, he discovered that Xing Yuan had deserted and was not in the military camp.
After returning home and not informing him in advance, Yu Ai became furious and took off his official position to reflect in the city.
Because this was the reason why he was masturbated, people who were close to him were afraid of being tainted by his political enemies, so they didn't dare to help him.
Sun Tai didn't know what to say at this time, so he simply stopped and continued to charge with his own soldiers. Xing Yuan also recovered and started to kill again. A war of this scale should never happen in this life.
We meet again, and His Majesty attaches great importance to this battle, and the reward must be very generous. He is counting on this battle if he wants to stand up. Even if he dies in battle, he must regain his hereditary future for his son.
He didn't know how long he had been killing. A long time had passed in his subjective time, and his arms were a little sore. When he was about to find a suitable opportunity to take a rest, he suddenly felt that the earth was shaking.
Looking in the direction, I saw smoke and dust billowing, and then I heard someone shout loudly: "Xi Lu's cavalry has moved again!"
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"Send the order and order all the cavalry on the left and right wings to attack. Together with the cavalry previously commanded by Jesbu, they will surround the Lan Zhen Department of the Ming Army on three sides and destroy this army."
"Order the entire army to press forward and force into the Ming army's formation." Timur ordered after observing the battle between Jesbu and Lanzhen for a while.
After this period of observation, he noticed that Lan Zhen's troops were somewhat disconnected from most of the Ming army, and Timur suddenly decided to send troops to eat Lan Zhen's troops.
Of course his original plan was not like this, but the battle situation was ever-changing and the opportunity must not be missed again. If this opportunity was missed, it was hard to say whether he would be able to find a better one, so he immediately ordered the dispatch of troops.
"Khan, be careful of the possibility that this is a bait released by the Ming army." Someone reminded.
"I know." Timur said with a smile: "Xu Huizu has always been cautious in using his troops. Although I haven't guessed his intentions from his actions just now, as long as Lan Zhen is executing Xu Huizu's orders, Xu Huizu will not be so big-hearted under normal circumstances.
There was a mistake in command, and the possibility of it being a decoy is not small."
"But even the risk of being a bait is worth taking!" Tamerlane said with emphasis: "The current steady and steady attack will be beneficial to the Ming army with more troops, but it will be detrimental to our army with less troops. If this stalemate continues, it is likely that the Ming army will
The army won the war with a slight advantage."
After hearing what Timur said, some people immediately wanted to speak with excitement, but Timur did not leave them a chance to speak, and then said: "I know you all think I am invincible, but in the face of national and military strength, I am invincible."
The Khitan army is not inferior to ours, and the commander is so cautious, I may not be able to win."
The people at the scene were all Timur's confidant generals, so Timur dared to say this. If the people in front of him were ordinary soldiers, he would never dare. The morale of the army would be hit hard immediately. Even if the generals present heard this
This was also very surprising, but finally no one dared to interrupt.
Timur nodded with satisfaction and was about to continue speaking when he suddenly lowered his head and coughed a few times. The guards beside him immediately came forward to help him spit.
Timur stared at the spittoon for a few times, then withdrew his gaze and asked the guards, who had a look of astonishment on their faces, to retreat, and then spoke to the generals.
"But fortunately, although the commander of the Ming army was cautious, he should not be willing to have such a tragic victory. Therefore, this morning, Jesb's army entangled the army and forced our army to compete with him head-on. Today, there is such a display
A gap."
"But this is not necessarily detrimental to our army. Because most of our army is cavalry, even those auxiliary soldiers on horseback are not weak in combat effectiveness. However, the Ming army is mainly infantry, and the cavalry is much less than our army."
"This means one thing: the Ming army cannot mobilize on the spot as quickly as our army."
"So I will fight with troops like this. If this is really the Ming army's mistake, then eliminate Lan Zhen's tribe; if this is a bait, then take advantage of the Ming army's mobilization to force them to mobilize on a larger scale.
, disrupt Xu Huizu’s plan, use the speed of our army to seize the opportunity when the Ming army’s mobilization fails, and defeat the Ming army.”
After listening to Timur's explanation, everyone suddenly understood and felt confident again. Although everyone did not praise Timur on a large scale due to what he just said, there was an expression of reverence in their eyes: the Khan was indeed so awesome.
Timur also smiled and dealt with these generals, but after they all left where he was, Timur seemed to be a little unsteady and almost fell to the ground. However, the guards next to him were quick-witted and helped him.