On the river bank.
Tang Yin personally led his troops to attack and advanced about five miles, and was only about ten miles away from Zhang Zhou's forward position.
"Sir, the Tatars are gathering, but their target is downstream of us, and there are tens of thousands of troops guarding around us." Zhang Rui pointed to the south and said, "We sent Send reinforcements."
"It's useless."
Tang Yin said, "We are almost out of ammunition and food. We have no ammunition and no gunpowder left. We don’t have the strength to fight. We can only hold our forward position at our limit.”
Xu Jing looked at the fire in the distance and said, “How many reinforcements are there from the Tatars? , It seems that we must succeed in one battle."
Tang Yin frowned and said: "Don't ask me, I can't figure it out. If the Ming Dynasty had tens of thousands of troops arriving here, it would be too late. When the troops set out, it would be difficult to get straight here. It is impossible for the Tatars not to block this group of troops on the way." Ma Yi was also riding on his horse, looking towards the south, and said, "As for me. It doesn’t feel like the local troops in Datong.”
“How do you say it?” Xu Jing asked.
Ma Yi said: "The local soldiers and horses in Datong focus on group operations, and the soldiers and horses of each group cooperate well, but the problem is that it is easy to entrust a large number of troops. Unlike this group of soldiers and horses, they look like It was thrust like a sharp knife, but besides the local soldiers and horses in Datong, does the Ming Dynasty have such elite soldiers?"
Xu Jing forced a smile and said: "Pingluhou, you personally led it, isn't it Datong? The most elite local army?"
Tang Yin said: "I think this is what puzzles him most. If it were a local army in Datong, the leader would be Uncle Xinjian, but Uncle Xinjian's The character is not like this. But what if someone else brings Datong’s local troops?”
“Master Taiyang, do you think these are Datong’s local troops?” < /p>
Xu Jingdao: "If you don't understand, then it might be a personal expedition by the emperor? At least, it will be soldiers and horses led by Cai Guogong. Only in this way can the Tatars take it so seriously."
< p>"Alas!" Tang Yin sighed, "Maybe so."...
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The soldiers and horses led by Zhang Zhou personally, We are breaking through the defense lines one after another.
These defense lines were painstakingly set up by the Tatars over the past month. They were like a cage, trapping Tang Yin's troops in an area with no way out or way in, trying to encroach on them. Tang Yin's soldiers and horses were all eaten.
But now, these defensive positions were broken through from the rear and became a burden for the Tatar cavalry to advance.
If the cavalry attacks, it will be hindered by these barriers.
But there is also an advantage.
That is one fence after another, divide the river bank area into rectangular and nearly arc-shaped separated areas. If each area is entered from the east side, both sides will be blocked by fences. The two sides can only fight decisively within the fence, and the troops in front will not fall. Down, the soldiers and horses behind can't rush forward, but there is no way to retreat.
For Zhang Zhou’s troops who had rushed in, the way out was to blow up the gaps between the fences and move to the next fence space.
Such an area hinders the activities of the cavalry, but also, because it cannot form a large open area, in Batu Munch's view, the Ming Dynasty wanted to use the firecrackers they were accustomed to before. Even if the Zilong Snake Formation came to beat them, it would not be possible.
"Have you seen the three open spaces in the middle?"
Batu Monk said to his three generals who were about to lead troops into the river bank, "Each of you will bring 10,000 troops. Charge in! Remember to break into the river bank area as quickly as possible. As soon as the Ming army is forced to the river, use our gunpowder to blast the ice."
Batumon. Ke also used a very despicable trap.
Originally, it was prepared for Tang Yin, but when Tang Yin was about to break out, because fences were buried and camps were set up on the shore, Tang Yin's troops could not go south by land if they wanted to break out, and could only go through the ice. The surface of the river, and after entering February, the ice on the river is already thinning. If gunpowder is used to explode, the ice will definitely explode. By then, the horses, baggage, personnel, etc. of the Ming Dynasty will be A large number fell into the cold river water.
At that time, the Tatars will take advantage of the victory to pursue...
The plan is good, but Tang Yin's troops are trapped, and they have no intention of breaking out, and have been following them. The stalemate till now.
But now Zhang Zhou has arrived with his troops, giving Batu Munch the opportunity to use this move again.
"There is also a formation of two hundred copper bulls. On the middle road, use the copper bulls to rush in front." Batu Munch said.
Bars came over and said: "Great Khan, this plan may not work. The copper bull formation cannot resist their firearms. The bulls will block our way forward."
"What I want is to block the way forward."
Batu Munch pointed to advance or retreat, but they were also greatly restricted because they could not open a big gap. There are only two options, east or west, but to the west is the frozen ice of the Sasusuo River, and to the east are our soldiers and horses. ”
Bars looked over and felt that the battlefield was very strange.
It was like a maze.
It seemed that whoever entered could find it difficult to get out.
"As long as we block the east side and use other holes to compress their range, they will either head towards the ice or retreat south. When they retreat, we will win. These are only two or three thousand soldiers and horses, why should they fight against my army of hundreds of thousands? ”
Batu Munch has now seen that the number of Ming Dynasty’s troops is simply not enough to fill his teeth.
The only thing that is stronger is the Ming Dynasty’s firearms , he is now exhaustedMethods were used to block the way forward or retreat of the Ming Dynasty army, and various methods were used to force the Ming Dynasty army to fight within a narrow range.
In his opinion, only in this way can the Ming Dynasty's firearms be unable to line up. In this way, as long as they have enough soldiers and horses, they do not need cavalry, even if they charge forward on two legs, Among the Ming Dynasty's troops who could rush into it, when they reached the range of close combat, with the bravery and skill of the Tatars, the battle loss ratio with the Ming Dynasty was at least one to one.
It will be effortless to eat these two or three thousand Ming soldiers and horses.
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The night battle is still being prepared.
Zhang Zhou's troops have advanced four to five miles, breaking through six or seven lines of defense. Even the main force of the Chinese army of the Ming Dynasty has passed the second line of defense and has completely entered this place. In the cage set up by the Tatars to guard against Tang Yin.
This is also a maze.
It was approaching midnight, and the Tatars finally sounded the horn of charge.
"Woo woo woo..."
The air is a bit chilly, and firelight can be seen everywhere at night. It seems that every situation on the river bank can be clearly seen. .
The Tatars started the war first and maintained the initiative.
The way they rushed in was very special. They used the ambush troops that were preset to ambush in the camp to rush out. They first tried to cut off the connection between the soldiers and horses before and after the Ming Dynasty, and the method they used was also more direct. , using the method of lighting a fire...
There were originally a large number of tents and wooden fences in the camp, plus the matching tung oil and firewood, etc., the camp was set alight directly at night.
For a while.
The river bank was brightly lit, and the Tatars originally held torches. Under such circumstances, everyone could see clearly the situation of the Ming Dynasty army, and the Tatars on the east and west sides The human army is in darkness.
We have fallen into this state of "the enemy is in darkness and we are in the dark" again.
The Tatars' arson tactics seemed to have achieved unprecedented success.
Liu Gui’s first line of 500 soldiers and horses, followed by the second line of 500 soldiers and horses, were cut off by fire in the northernmost square of space, which would be wider. , but there was a Tatar camp in the east, and the Tatars set the camp on fire first, and the Tatars in the north also started to set fire.
The wind direction at this time seems to be somewhat unfavorable to Ming Dynasty.
The fire will blow towards the river bank, which means that unless the Ming army has a way to extinguish the fire, or cross the river to the west bank, otherwise even if the fire cannot burn it, the smoke and dust will choke people. .
Fortunately, Liu Gui's troops still had yellow gunpowder to open the way. They quickly blew up the next fence, allowing some soldiers to pass through the gap and enter the open space of the next fence.
At this moment, 30,000 Tatar cavalry rushed towards the river bank from the east side.
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“Rumble…”
There is no bronze bull formation, only the roar of horse hooves. The Tatar cavalry has been further improved. At this time, they no longer attack with a rush, but with a step-by-step approach. They hold heavy shields in front of them. Each side of the iron shield probably weighs several hundred kilograms.
And it is a company's iron shield. The iron shield has two layers. The cavalry in the first line are also armored cavalry, and they are not holding swords, but shields.
Although the Tatars were the main attackers, they seemed to be an iron wall. They seemed to want to block the Ming Dynasty's firearm attacks in this way.
When the distance between the two sides was about 200 steps, the Ming Dynasty had already launched a full-scale attack.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Open the way with light artillery.
The shells of these light cannons are no longer fragments of lead bullets, but complete shells.
After the cannonball falls, it will explode directly where it lands...
Boom!
After the huge explosion, no matter what kind of armored shields were around, a hole would be blown open.
But this does not seem to scare the Tatars.
The darkness provided them with a certain amount of courage, and the land on the river bank was originally very flat. Even if there was an explosion in the surrounding camp, they still held up their shields, even with shields on their front, back, left and right. They couldn't see what was happening at all, so they could only be forced to move forward.
Until...
Until they themselves were blown away, they didn't know how powerful the shell was.
Even so, the shield formation was still gradually advancing, all the way to about a hundred steps in front of the Ming Dynasty camp.
For the Tatars, this was enough for their crossbowmen to fire.
But for them, it seems that is not enough.
Because in the first battle, they had already suffered a lot, and they knew that a hundred steps was a hurdle. Even if they were within the range of the crossbowmen, they could not maintain the offensive progress because the Ming Dynasty The firearms can make it impossible for them to move up even a hundred steps or even push them back.
Their shield array is still advancing.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's artillery no longer needed to bombard the middle and rear of the Tatar shield formation in a parabolic manner, but directly aimed at the shield formation in the front row, as if blasting an earthen wall.
"Rumble..."
A huge shield array was directly blown open.
At this time, Liu Gui's five hundred soldiers and horses were still scattered within two wooden fences. Half of the soldiers did not have chariots or shields to resist them. At most, they could only be constructed with temporary sandbags. First line camp.
At this time, they were already within the range of the Tatar crossbows, which meant that if the two sides fought, each other could be killed or injured.
At this moment, the Tatars seem to have finally revealed their evil side.
A large number of Tatar armored cavalry rushed out of the gap in the shield formation.
At the same time, Gatlin on the Ming side also started roaring.
There is no need to cover up too much, just point the muzzle at the opposite side and then burst.
The Tatar armored cavalry seemed to have lost their support. After the sudden sound, the armored cavalry continued to fall.
The people who came after them were cavalry and infantry, most of them holding shields or bows and shooting arrows at random. But without exception, they were beaten into pieces as soon as they appeared. And because of this fence-like passage structure, these Tatar soldiers had no way out. Even if they didn't rush forward, the people behind them would push them forward.
After some people fell, they were crushed by the people who followed before they died.
"Chug, chugging, chugging..."
The sound is very dense.
Initially, there were fierce battles in the first two passages. As the Tatar cavalry charged further down, the Tatars used nearly 50,000 troops to complete the charge to the river bank.
The Ming Dynasty army has now been completely compressed on the river bank. Behind it is the frozen Suosuo River. In front of it are the enemies that the Tatars are rushing towards like a swarm. On both sides are thick wooden fences and their own. Soldier.
The Ming Dynasty also had a last-ditch situation... Although the water could be crossed through the ice, there were Tatar ambush waiting on the other side of the river, so for them, there was no Any escape route.
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A tragic and bloody war began.
In the eyes of the Tatars, as long as they could push the shield array a hundred steps in front of the Ming army, they would definitely win this battle. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fighting three thousand soldiers and horses. , and it was within the long-range shooting range of our own crossbows, and the Ming Dynasty lacked protection such as bunkers and shields.
How can we not win?
But after the war started, accompanied by bright fires, the leaders of various groups who were watching the scene from a relatively high place discovered that the Ming Dynasty's firearms could no longer be described as terrifying.
I saw Tatar soldiers rushing forward, but as many as they charged were killed. It seemed to make no sense at all. No matter what kind of cavalry, infantry, heavy armor, light armor, or shield, as long as they could go up Yes, they will all be beaten to pieces.
Within a few dozen steps in front of the Ming Dynasty army, the bodies of the Tatars had been piled up in the shape of a hill.
At the beginning of the war, the Tatars had lost at least 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers and horses. At this time, the front line could not stop at all, because the following soldiers and horses did not know the situation in front and were pushing forward. The soldiers and horses rushed forward, but the way back was blocked by our own soldiers who rushed up.
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