Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 800: The Bolai cavalry attacked the camp at dawn and fought fiercely in the Checheng phalanx.

Because they were marching while maintaining their formation and guarding against sneak attacks, the army of 100,000 people waited for several days before reaching Haizhou.

Surrounding Tangwang Mountain and Sanhuang Mountain, the Ming army surrounded the open space between the two mountains with car formations. Five thousand elite members of the Xiaoqi Battalion were stationed in the open space.

Ten thousand Shenshu camp soldiers are on the mountain, and there are 20,000 Japanese soldiers camped in the south of the mountain, thinking that they can control the situation.

The next step is to wait patiently for the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry to attack.

At the same time, Fan Guang and Wuzhong had led 50,000 troops across the Liao River and reached the city of Shenyang.

The ten thousand Mongolian troops who stayed to besiege Shenyang were dumbfounded.

Since there was the powerful Ming army to the north, the muddy Liaoze to the west, and mountains to the east, the Mongolian army chose to withdraw southward and try to meet up with the main force of Borai.

Fan Guang, Wu Zhong, and Zhang Ning were discussing the next move in the Chinese army's tent.

Wu Zhong praised: "Zhang Datanhua's move is really vicious. Once he detects the division of enemy troops in Shenyang, he will immediately move his troops to Shenyang.

Suddenly an army of 50,000 people appeared, and the enemy was in a panic. They must be cursing us as they run. "

Zhang Ning smiled and said: "You can't blame us. If they don't divide their forces and the 30,000 troops attack Shenyang with all their strength, then we will go to Kaiyuan honestly.

If they insist on showing a flaw, then we can't blame them.

I heard that the Gaizhou Army has 30,000 elites. We have more than 30,000 elites here. If we fight, we have a much greater chance of winning.

My idea is that we select 20,000 elite cavalry from the army and follow the 10,000 Mongolian troops retreating south in pursuit.

It is only 200 miles from Shenyang to Haizhou, and it takes two days to get together. Let's fight a big battle and drive the Mongolian army into Liaoze. "

Fan Guang nodded: "I haven't fought a tough battle for a long time. This time I personally lead 20,000 cavalry to hunt down the enemy."

Zhang Ning replied: "Okay, Marquis Shenwu will try our best to bite the enemy. We will lead an army of 30,000 to follow and strive to annihilate the enemy."

On May 22, after discussing with the generals, Bolai decided to launch a surprise attack.

From the place where the Mongolian army hides its garrison to Haizhou, it is only a hundred miles.

The Mongolian troops were all light cavalry and set off immediately to launch a sneak attack at dawn tomorrow morning.

In the early morning, when the Ming army was hazy and half asleep, their defenses were at their lowest, which was a good time to launch a sneak attack.

During the previous defense battle of the capital, the Ming army liked to launch sneak attacks in the early morning. This time, Bilai planned to play a trick of giving back to the enemy.

In the early morning of May 23, at dawn, the Mongolian army launched a sneak attack as scheduled.

Hearing the shouts of killing, Gu Zhong immediately sat up from his chair.

For days, the soldiers of the Ming army did not take off their armor and slept with their clothes on, waiting for this moment.

The first to bear the brunt were the two Japanese military camps at the foot of the mountain.

Since it was a temporary camp, there must be no trenches. Only the south side of the camp blocked two rows of resisting horses.

Then there is the Checheng phalanx guarding the camp.

Entering the Jingtai Dynasty, Zhao Kuo's Checheng Circle Formation was carried forward by Zhu Qiyu.

Connect the chariots end to end to form a circle, and then hide behind the chariots to shoot arrows or stab them with spears. It will be difficult for the enemy to break through.

Not to mention there are firearms now.

The tank carried the Ming army's bursting rockets 'Swarm of Bees'.

'Swarm of Bees' can fire thirty-two rockets at the same time, with a range of up to 300 steps.

When the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry entered within 200 steps, the Ming army launched a volley.

Unfortunately, the Mongolian troops in the front row were shot down, including their men and horses. The cavalry behind them could not hold back their momentum and kept trampling on the people and horses in the front row.

The Mongolian army was also a little confused. They had agreed to launch a sneak attack. Why did the Ming army react so quickly?

They were not supposed to put on their armor first, then get into formation, then string their bows and prepare their firearms. By the time they had done all this, Dayuan Cavalry had already rushed forward and started chopping melons and vegetables.

But the situation in front of me is obviously a little different from what was promised. The Mongolian army was shaken and their charge was delayed.

After the Ming army fired a round of rockets, they started shelling again.

The Ming army did not bring many artillery, and it was not powerful enough. But the people are not afraid of its sound, but the war horses are frightened by it.

While firing cannons, the Ming army fired crossbows to attack the Mongolian army.

They have already begun to charge, and they must not stop in the middle of the charge.

The Mongolian soldiers suffered a wave of crossbows and lost many men and horses before they rushed to the chariot.

At this time, it was the Ming army who held crossbows and firearms and fired at the Mongolian army.

There were also spearmen hiding behind the chariots, stabbing at the Mongolian troops.

Bo Luo was watching the battle from a distance. When he saw that a single charge had resulted in the loss of at least several hundred people, he was so distressed that he almost burst into tears.

I saved, saved, saved, saved for more than ten years, avoiding the war of attrition between Shanxi and Beijing, and finally accumulated such a fortune.

Every soldier was trained hard, but was harvested like grass by the Ming army.

Once the battle starts, it cannot be stopped, otherwise the people in front will die in vain.

Polo sent a second group of cavalry to attack the flanks of the Ming army's camp from the east and west.

The scene just now was repeated, and then they entered into a situation of shooting at each other across the chariot.

The Ming troops on the two hills began to beat drums and cheer, wave flags and shout, but no one rushed down.

Polo didn't dare to rush into the middle for fear of being flanked. Therefore, all the focus was placed on attacking the flanks of the Ming army.

Across the chariots, both sides fell down one after another, and got on top one after another, and a fierce battle began.

After a morning of fierce fighting, the Mongolian army finally broke through the Ming army's vehicle formation.

The Ming army abandoned their formation and retreated. The Mongolian soldiers were relieved and dismounted one after another and moved their chariots. Prepare to remove these obstacles and then launch the final harvest against these two battalions of Ming troops.

Once the car formation is broken, victory is guaranteed.

The Mongolian army also lamented in their hearts that the Ming army on the mountain was too unsatisfactory. They just watched their friendly forces being wiped out without supporting them.

However, support was useless. The Mongolian army only dispatched 10,000 troops for this offensive, and there were 10,000 fresh troops behind them.

It's a pity that nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory.

When the Mongolian army moved away the Ming army's vehicle formation, they were surprised to find that there was still a circle of vehicles inside.

This is a large formation within a small formation, with a large car formation outside and a small car formation inside.

What a scam. With the Ming army sitting back and waiting, they had already calculated that they would be attacked by surprise.

Without waiting for the reaction of the Mongolian army, the Ming army relied on the small car formation and started another round of "swarm" volley.

Fortunately, many Mongolian soldiers had just dismounted, and this time they could hide behind the horses, allowing the horses to withstand this round of attacks.

After the 'swarm of bees', it was the baptism of bed crossbow again.

The Ming army of the Jingtai Dynasty preferred bed crossbows, which had a longer attack range than firearms and were not affected by the weather. They could be used no matter how heavy the rain.

Bolai was furious and wanted to attack. He wanted to send another 10,000 people to capture the two Ming army camps even if he had to sacrifice his life.

Judging from the combat power of these Ming troops, they must be elite. After destroying them, the Ming army on the mountain will not be able to escape.

If we withdraw now, all those in front will die in vain.

However, the Mongolian army in front could not withstand the baptism of crossbows and began to retreat completely.

(End of this chapter)