Xiū!A loud eagle crow sounded in the air.The very strong Ping'an raised his head and chased the hovering Hai Dongqing in the sky.
The grassland was so monotonous that there was a sudden movement. Many soldiers around were attracted by the attention, and many people looked up at the sky.
But it was useless. No one of the Ming soldiers could understand the language of the eagle.
After a while, the eagle trainer came over and said: The general, in the northwest direction, there seems to be an enemy army!
Distance, number of people.Ping An immediately said.
The soldiers around were making noise, looking cheerful.
Damn, after walking so far, I didn’t see the shadow of the enemy, now I can finally fight!
Everyone is looking forward to it and is ready to do a big fight!
At this time, the Eagle Trainer looked embarrassed and confused, obviously he didn't know either.Ping'an also noticed that the eagle trainer just now reported the enemy situation and used the word "Such as if".
Married man!The generals... All the generals stared at Ping'an, and some people were gritting their teeth.
Ping'an narrowed his eyes, his body swaying on the horse's back. He raised his hand and said: Instruct all the troops, be careful and continue the march.General Chen, you send additional scouts from your headquarters!
Get order!Lu Lianghou Chen Zhen clasped his fists and said.
Ping An turned his upper body and pointed to the direction of the fishing sea in the northeast, and many people were sent to watch it there.The sea is green in the east, and it is released into the fishing sea!
Chen Zhen and the Eagle Man answered together.
The enemy seemed to come from the northwest, but Ping An released more explorers to the northeast.
Because he is also a trickster, there are large areas of good pastures in the Fishing Sea, and the Tatars are likely to attack from the northeast; so who knows whether the Tatars will play tricks like "speaking east and attacking west"?
The message brought by the eagle stirred the soldiers' emotions.But soon there was no movement. People looked around, and there were still only endless dead grass and cold wind whistling in the air.
Peaceful look at the scene in the sky for a while, and then look back at the large group of people in front and behind.
All the generals knew peace. He responded quickly to things, was brave and never dragged on his work. At this time, his actions were very serious about thinking, which was rare.
The Forward Army is the smallest army among the eight armies of the Northern Expedition Army, with only more than 20,000 people.But the forward is the strongest player!
The reason is very simple. The proportion of the baggage troops of the various troops is very large, and there are even strong people.
The baggage soldiers generally do not fight and are responsible for heavy military affairs such as escorting baggage, building camps, setting up tents, making fires and making meals. They have very few armor and equipment and are simple in military equipment, and can only carry out some auxiliary and defensive battles in critical situations.
The Northern Expedition Army had a larger number of people.
After the army left Kaipingwei, there was no follow-up food route; the northern section of the marching route could only be carried by the army and captured grass and animal animals.
Fortunately, most of the Ming army's war horses were also Mongolian horse breeds, and they were very adaptable to the forage on the Mongolian Plateau.
Therefore, it was meaningless for the Ming army to establish food channels on the grassland.Without a strong army escort, on the long front of more than a thousand miles, the grain team would be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth!
Ping'an's vanguard army was different. He was backed by the central army as the rear. Most of the troops were war soldiers, and more than half of the cavalry were.So he has the smallest number of people, but he is not such a good army to chew.
Ping An is still very calm and still keeps the army marching like a column like a snake formation!
After a long time, several riders in the northwest were still far away, and someone shouted: Report!
Several cavalry ran to the vicinity of the handsome flag with the words "Flat" and found peace. One cavalry turned over and dismounted, and knelt on one knee and said: Twenty miles northwest, more than 1,000 enemy cavalry, or two thousand, came in a formation!
Hey!A general waved his fists and raised his face in the air, his face flushed.Everyone was noisy again.
Ping An asked: Have you seen it clearly?Didn't see any other people?
The scout general said: Go back to the general, there is a desert over there, and the four fields are unobstructed, so you must have read it wrong!We have lost a few brothers, but we have taken a detour to find out further and have not found any other people yet!
The horse team raided twenty miles and took less than half an hour!
A general around him said in a deep voice: General, have you ordered the entire army to form a formation and stabilize the position first?
Ping An still had a sneer on his face, as if he was not in a hurry.
The general's suggestion was obviously not because he was afraid of the one or two thousand enemy cavalry, but because he was worried that there would be still undiscovered enemy troops!Ping'an understood after hearing this. He turned his head again and looked at the direction of the fishing sea in the northeast.
On the right front (northeast), there was no information from the scouts at that time.
This place is nearly a hundred miles away from the southern part of the Sea of Fishing, and there are no Tatars there... but it was already two days ago.
After only a while, Ping'an ordered: Yàn Shan Zuoying rushed forward and left to attack the entire team to block the enemy cavalry!
Get order!
A general from the department hurriedly said: Grandmaster!The Tatar cavalry is undecided. More than a thousand cavalry of our cavalry will chase them everywhere and cannot stop them.If our army's rear camp is very far away, we will be attacked!
Ping'an smiled and said: I think you can be a Duke. How about I tell you in front of the Lord?
The general seemed quite happy for a moment, but immediately the generals around him laughed, and he touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and his face turned red.
Ping An then deployed generals such as Chen Zhen to rectify the horse team and arrange strategies for advance and retreat.
After the deployment was stopped, Ping An found another civil servant who was accompanying the army and asked him to write a report.The fast horse reported to the central army in the rear and explained the military situation.
...On the withered grassland, the remaining white frost on the grass leaves has not yet completely melted in the sun.
The sound of horse hooves and the shouts of the crowd have resounded throughout the world.
There were at least three thousand riders on both sides, galloping on the grassland, and the formation was like thousands of horses running together.
The red military flag with the word "Ming" fluttered in the wind, and a general of the Beijing camp shouted in a loud voice: Brothers, it is time to be named a marquis and ministers!
Long live the lord!Long live... Countless jogging horses began to accelerate, and the horse's hooves on the field became louder, and gradually became a large area.
The Ming army's wide-eaves iron helmets and Ming armor shine with metallic iron blood in the sunlight, and the red tassels raised on the helmets are particularly bright on the gray ground.
On the rushing war horse, all the soldiers widened their eyes and looked unrestrained.
Amid the noisy shouts, from time to time, shouting in unison to boost momentum.
The cavalry that was set open was rushing into the distance like a torrent of steel, unstoppable!
In the distance, in the place where the dust was slightly dispersed, it suddenly seemed like birds and beasts scattered. Groups of horses divided into multiple strands and began to run in different directions!
The Ming army's horses were originally charged in the northwest direction and head-on. At this time, under the general's command, the two horses rushed left and forward rushing forward were divided into two groups, continuing to attack to the left and right front sides.
After the Mongolian cavalry ran past, the dust had not dissipated, and the Ming cavalry rushed in immediately.
Wow, swow, swow, swow,... The wind sounded, and black shadows flashed from time to time in the misty air, and arrows flew towards us!
The running Ming army horses were jingling and loudly sounding around, and there were screams and horses neighing from time to time.When soldiers are dismissed, they will roll far away on the ground.
The Ming cavalry in front of the dust rode on horseback while bending over to pull their bows, and the sound of strings kept ringing like fried beans.
The Mongolian cavalry is very close to each other, and in the dust of the sky, the black shadows of the people are faintly visible.
The soldiers of the Ming army shot flat at the shadows, and both sides suffered casualties, but the Ming army suffered great losses!
This is the usual return arrow used by the Mongols, which takes advantage of the wind!
(The difference in horse riding speed between the two sides is not big. The Mongolians ran in front and the Ming army chased in back. The relative speed of the two armies was almost stationary; theoretically, the range and lethality of the hitting the other party were the same. But there was also the wind resistance factor!
Comparing the static ground and air, the speed of the Ming army's arrows off the string should be added to the speed of the horse running; the absolute speed is very high, and the wind resistance is also very large.
The Mongols shoot arrows in the back, and the arrows off the strings must offset the speed of the horse galloping forward; the absolute speed is relatively low, so the wind resistance is small, and the range and strength are greater!
The Mongolians should not understand it, but they have a lot of experience in riding horses and shooting archery.)
The two sides cavalry and shot each other in a round. The Ming army approached at the speed of charge, accelerated earlier, and gradually caught up with some Mongolian cavalry falling behind!
A Ming cavalry took the bow and arrow and inserted it into a cloth bag. He pulled out a long-handled knife from his back, held it high, waiting for the war horses to gradually approach.
Snap!A Ming army soldier saw the distance and waved his sword with both hands and slashed it diagonally.
There was a loud noise from the ground, and the enemy's one-handed knife pulled out did not block the strength, and he screamed. In an instant, the horse also neighed, the horse's belly was scratched, the man and the horse fell to the ground, rolling forward together, but were soon left behind by the Ming army and the horse soldiers.
Another Ming army soldier tried his best to stab forward with a knife; but unexpectedly, the distance was not grasped well, and the Mongolian was as flexible as a monkey on the horse's back, and even raised his legs. As soon as the man fell down, his arms almost touched the ground!
Then the Mongolian went up and saw that the Ming army soldiers had just used up their stabs, so he slashed with one knife.
The Ming army soldier shouted, and the man fell back, blood beads scattered into the air, his feet were entangled by stirrups for a while, and he dragged his whole body on the ground for a while before being thrown behind, rolling on the ground...
On the endless weeds, dust rolled, and countless horses were running around.It seemed like a tornado on the ground, and the horses that were turning around were carrying dust and soaring into the air.
The Tatar cavalry broke into pieces and became more and more dispersed.
Some were fighting fiercely with the Ming army, fighting and running, while others had escaped from the Ming army's pursuit and rushed around.
They were constantly changing directions, and no one could predict how the Tatars would run next, because they seemed to have no unified command in tactics, and whether they could run away or gain an advantage depends entirely on the response and luck of each division.
On this battlefield, it was extremely chaotic.
The grassland was so monotonous that there was a sudden movement. Many soldiers around were attracted by the attention, and many people looked up at the sky.
But it was useless. No one of the Ming soldiers could understand the language of the eagle.
After a while, the eagle trainer came over and said: The general, in the northwest direction, there seems to be an enemy army!
Distance, number of people.Ping An immediately said.
The soldiers around were making noise, looking cheerful.
Damn, after walking so far, I didn’t see the shadow of the enemy, now I can finally fight!
Everyone is looking forward to it and is ready to do a big fight!
At this time, the Eagle Trainer looked embarrassed and confused, obviously he didn't know either.Ping'an also noticed that the eagle trainer just now reported the enemy situation and used the word "Such as if".
Married man!The generals... All the generals stared at Ping'an, and some people were gritting their teeth.
Ping'an narrowed his eyes, his body swaying on the horse's back. He raised his hand and said: Instruct all the troops, be careful and continue the march.General Chen, you send additional scouts from your headquarters!
Get order!Lu Lianghou Chen Zhen clasped his fists and said.
Ping An turned his upper body and pointed to the direction of the fishing sea in the northeast, and many people were sent to watch it there.The sea is green in the east, and it is released into the fishing sea!
Chen Zhen and the Eagle Man answered together.
The enemy seemed to come from the northwest, but Ping An released more explorers to the northeast.
Because he is also a trickster, there are large areas of good pastures in the Fishing Sea, and the Tatars are likely to attack from the northeast; so who knows whether the Tatars will play tricks like "speaking east and attacking west"?
The message brought by the eagle stirred the soldiers' emotions.But soon there was no movement. People looked around, and there were still only endless dead grass and cold wind whistling in the air.
Peaceful look at the scene in the sky for a while, and then look back at the large group of people in front and behind.
All the generals knew peace. He responded quickly to things, was brave and never dragged on his work. At this time, his actions were very serious about thinking, which was rare.
The Forward Army is the smallest army among the eight armies of the Northern Expedition Army, with only more than 20,000 people.But the forward is the strongest player!
The reason is very simple. The proportion of the baggage troops of the various troops is very large, and there are even strong people.
The baggage soldiers generally do not fight and are responsible for heavy military affairs such as escorting baggage, building camps, setting up tents, making fires and making meals. They have very few armor and equipment and are simple in military equipment, and can only carry out some auxiliary and defensive battles in critical situations.
The Northern Expedition Army had a larger number of people.
After the army left Kaipingwei, there was no follow-up food route; the northern section of the marching route could only be carried by the army and captured grass and animal animals.
Fortunately, most of the Ming army's war horses were also Mongolian horse breeds, and they were very adaptable to the forage on the Mongolian Plateau.
Therefore, it was meaningless for the Ming army to establish food channels on the grassland.Without a strong army escort, on the long front of more than a thousand miles, the grain team would be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth!
Ping'an's vanguard army was different. He was backed by the central army as the rear. Most of the troops were war soldiers, and more than half of the cavalry were.So he has the smallest number of people, but he is not such a good army to chew.
Ping An is still very calm and still keeps the army marching like a column like a snake formation!
After a long time, several riders in the northwest were still far away, and someone shouted: Report!
Several cavalry ran to the vicinity of the handsome flag with the words "Flat" and found peace. One cavalry turned over and dismounted, and knelt on one knee and said: Twenty miles northwest, more than 1,000 enemy cavalry, or two thousand, came in a formation!
Hey!A general waved his fists and raised his face in the air, his face flushed.Everyone was noisy again.
Ping An asked: Have you seen it clearly?Didn't see any other people?
The scout general said: Go back to the general, there is a desert over there, and the four fields are unobstructed, so you must have read it wrong!We have lost a few brothers, but we have taken a detour to find out further and have not found any other people yet!
The horse team raided twenty miles and took less than half an hour!
A general around him said in a deep voice: General, have you ordered the entire army to form a formation and stabilize the position first?
Ping An still had a sneer on his face, as if he was not in a hurry.
The general's suggestion was obviously not because he was afraid of the one or two thousand enemy cavalry, but because he was worried that there would be still undiscovered enemy troops!Ping'an understood after hearing this. He turned his head again and looked at the direction of the fishing sea in the northeast.
On the right front (northeast), there was no information from the scouts at that time.
This place is nearly a hundred miles away from the southern part of the Sea of Fishing, and there are no Tatars there... but it was already two days ago.
After only a while, Ping'an ordered: Yàn Shan Zuoying rushed forward and left to attack the entire team to block the enemy cavalry!
Get order!
A general from the department hurriedly said: Grandmaster!The Tatar cavalry is undecided. More than a thousand cavalry of our cavalry will chase them everywhere and cannot stop them.If our army's rear camp is very far away, we will be attacked!
Ping'an smiled and said: I think you can be a Duke. How about I tell you in front of the Lord?
The general seemed quite happy for a moment, but immediately the generals around him laughed, and he touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and his face turned red.
Ping An then deployed generals such as Chen Zhen to rectify the horse team and arrange strategies for advance and retreat.
After the deployment was stopped, Ping An found another civil servant who was accompanying the army and asked him to write a report.The fast horse reported to the central army in the rear and explained the military situation.
...On the withered grassland, the remaining white frost on the grass leaves has not yet completely melted in the sun.
The sound of horse hooves and the shouts of the crowd have resounded throughout the world.
There were at least three thousand riders on both sides, galloping on the grassland, and the formation was like thousands of horses running together.
The red military flag with the word "Ming" fluttered in the wind, and a general of the Beijing camp shouted in a loud voice: Brothers, it is time to be named a marquis and ministers!
Long live the lord!Long live... Countless jogging horses began to accelerate, and the horse's hooves on the field became louder, and gradually became a large area.
The Ming army's wide-eaves iron helmets and Ming armor shine with metallic iron blood in the sunlight, and the red tassels raised on the helmets are particularly bright on the gray ground.
On the rushing war horse, all the soldiers widened their eyes and looked unrestrained.
Amid the noisy shouts, from time to time, shouting in unison to boost momentum.
The cavalry that was set open was rushing into the distance like a torrent of steel, unstoppable!
In the distance, in the place where the dust was slightly dispersed, it suddenly seemed like birds and beasts scattered. Groups of horses divided into multiple strands and began to run in different directions!
The Ming army's horses were originally charged in the northwest direction and head-on. At this time, under the general's command, the two horses rushed left and forward rushing forward were divided into two groups, continuing to attack to the left and right front sides.
After the Mongolian cavalry ran past, the dust had not dissipated, and the Ming cavalry rushed in immediately.
Wow, swow, swow, swow,... The wind sounded, and black shadows flashed from time to time in the misty air, and arrows flew towards us!
The running Ming army horses were jingling and loudly sounding around, and there were screams and horses neighing from time to time.When soldiers are dismissed, they will roll far away on the ground.
The Ming cavalry in front of the dust rode on horseback while bending over to pull their bows, and the sound of strings kept ringing like fried beans.
The Mongolian cavalry is very close to each other, and in the dust of the sky, the black shadows of the people are faintly visible.
The soldiers of the Ming army shot flat at the shadows, and both sides suffered casualties, but the Ming army suffered great losses!
This is the usual return arrow used by the Mongols, which takes advantage of the wind!
(The difference in horse riding speed between the two sides is not big. The Mongolians ran in front and the Ming army chased in back. The relative speed of the two armies was almost stationary; theoretically, the range and lethality of the hitting the other party were the same. But there was also the wind resistance factor!
Comparing the static ground and air, the speed of the Ming army's arrows off the string should be added to the speed of the horse running; the absolute speed is very high, and the wind resistance is also very large.
The Mongols shoot arrows in the back, and the arrows off the strings must offset the speed of the horse galloping forward; the absolute speed is relatively low, so the wind resistance is small, and the range and strength are greater!
The Mongolians should not understand it, but they have a lot of experience in riding horses and shooting archery.)
The two sides cavalry and shot each other in a round. The Ming army approached at the speed of charge, accelerated earlier, and gradually caught up with some Mongolian cavalry falling behind!
A Ming cavalry took the bow and arrow and inserted it into a cloth bag. He pulled out a long-handled knife from his back, held it high, waiting for the war horses to gradually approach.
Snap!A Ming army soldier saw the distance and waved his sword with both hands and slashed it diagonally.
There was a loud noise from the ground, and the enemy's one-handed knife pulled out did not block the strength, and he screamed. In an instant, the horse also neighed, the horse's belly was scratched, the man and the horse fell to the ground, rolling forward together, but were soon left behind by the Ming army and the horse soldiers.
Another Ming army soldier tried his best to stab forward with a knife; but unexpectedly, the distance was not grasped well, and the Mongolian was as flexible as a monkey on the horse's back, and even raised his legs. As soon as the man fell down, his arms almost touched the ground!
Then the Mongolian went up and saw that the Ming army soldiers had just used up their stabs, so he slashed with one knife.
The Ming army soldier shouted, and the man fell back, blood beads scattered into the air, his feet were entangled by stirrups for a while, and he dragged his whole body on the ground for a while before being thrown behind, rolling on the ground...
On the endless weeds, dust rolled, and countless horses were running around.It seemed like a tornado on the ground, and the horses that were turning around were carrying dust and soaring into the air.
The Tatar cavalry broke into pieces and became more and more dispersed.
Some were fighting fiercely with the Ming army, fighting and running, while others had escaped from the Ming army's pursuit and rushed around.
They were constantly changing directions, and no one could predict how the Tatars would run next, because they seemed to have no unified command in tactics, and whether they could run away or gain an advantage depends entirely on the response and luck of each division.
On this battlefield, it was extremely chaotic.