The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Master Wei, can you still see the situation clearly? Now the Tatars just hope that we can rush into the military camp, and then they will use the remaining Qianhu cavalry to block our retreat."

When Liu Dazhang heard what Wei Guangde said, he was very angry. What kind of fool must he be to jump into the Tatar trap at this time.

"It's possible, but once we rush in with force, will they still dare to use three thousand households to rescue Amada Khan?"

Wei Guangde asked rhetorically.

"But if they go, what if we occupy this place?"

Liu Dazhang pointed his riding whip at the almost haphazardly arranged camp in front of him and asked, "Does Mr. Wei think that this camp can stop the attack of thousands of Tatar cavalry? Can we do it with just ten thousand people?" ?”

Liu Dazhang's meaning is obvious. He doesn't think that occupying this place will be of any help to them. Once the Tatars feel that they have a chance to leave this dilapidated camp to the Ming army, they will rush out to rescue Anda Khan. Liu Huan must be there. Unstoppable.

Once Anda's cavalry gathers together, there will be thousands of them, enough to crush Ma Fang and Liu Huan's troops, and then surround them here.

Maybe they have a good appetite, so it would be extremely easy to just join forces and kill them all.

Although reason told him that Liu Dazhang was right and that it was definitely not a good thing to forcefully attack the camp at this time and it was still a very dangerous thing, Wei Guangde also knew that they could not retreat now.

To retreat is to admit that everything is lost.

That's not all. It is very likely that the already weak cavalry unit of the Xuanfu Ming Army may also suffer destruction.

As long as the three of them were talking, Liu Huan's side was about to start a fight.

Ma Fang's troops must have fought in, and Liu Huan was also fighting. Cavalry versus cavalry, once entangled, it would be difficult to escape.

And what about the more than 10,000 infantrymen on my side?

The only thing that could be done at that time was to abandon the chariots to protect the commander, discard the cavalry, and keep the infantry.

Wei Guangde couldn't bear such a result. What he wrote had been sent to Juyongguan. He didn't know how Weng Pu would deal with it, but if he really lost here, it turned out that he was wrong and Liu Dazhang was right. , his official career is over.

With the loss of troops and territory, all the faults of this war will fall on Wei Guangde.

At this time, Wei Guangde felt that he seemed to have thought the war a bit too simple. He thought that Ma Fang could easily defeat the Anda Khan camp through a sneak attack. He thought that the Tatars would be at a loss to face their attack as he thought. .

He has always been constructing the battlefield in his own thinking, but he has forgotten how the other party will react.

At this moment, a continuous sound of "bang bang bang bang." came from the distance. Wei Guangde suddenly turned his head and looked over there. That was the direction of the back door of the Anta military camp. It was obvious that the Tatar cavalry was about to attack. Get out of camp.

At this time, at the back gate of the Andu military camp, the Tatar cavalry group completed its assembly far away from the camp gate. Under the command of Lord Qianhu, they began to drive forward on horseback, kept accelerating, and soon rushed out of the camp gate.

Just as they rushed out of the camp gate, the Ming cavalry who had already formed their formation on the opposite side held blunderbuss in their hands and kept firing.

What is slightly different from the Ming army that our cavalry encountered in the past is that these cavalry who stood still immediately did not have to take a long time to complete the reloading action after firing their guns. They said: Biting the fire stick, you can quickly complete the reloading and shoot the second time.

There was constant gunfire in the face, and the Tatar cavalry who rushed out of the camp gate fell off their horses in large numbers. Some of them fell off their horses in the hands of the knights themselves, and some of them fell off their horses because their horses were injured and out of control.

In an instant, there was chaos outside the back door of the Andu military camp. People were shouting and horses were neighing.

The Qianhu troops in front were in chaos and were disrupted by the Ming army's firecrackers. The two Qianhu troops behind who were about to rush out quickly reined in their horses and stopped the attack of their own troops.

"Regroup."

The Tatars shouted loudly in Mongolian at the gate of the military camp, calling for their injured companions to come back immediately and clear the camp gate.

In the ranks of the Ming army, the guerrilla general Liu Huan really laughed from ear to ear when he saw this scene. He did not expect that the General Military Mansion actually hid such a fierce weapon. Although the shooting frequency was still not as fast as that of bows and arrows, it was not. Pretty much.

The point is, as long as you have enough sub-cartridges, it seems you can shoot for a long time.

This thing is much more useful than bows and arrows. Archer training is too troublesome, and it will be even harder to practice archery right away.

"Go and report the situation here to the Commander-in-Chief."

Liu Huan called a soldier and asked him to immediately report the news to Liu Dazhang, the chief military officer of Xuanfu.

The Tatars were quickly clearing the camp gate, and the Tatar cavalry inside the gate began to form a team again, ready to launch a new charge at any time.

Under such circumstances, Liu Huan did not dare to let the cavalry in the General Military Mansion refill the cartridges. He could only give the command to let them shoot accurately.

Once this kind of firecrackers are used, it will be his cavalry who shoot arrows to defend against the enemy.

The Tatars also shot a lot of arrows during the charge just now, and they were lucky enough to hit a few unlucky ones. Compared with the Tatar casualties, they were negligible.

Just when Liu Dazhang and Wei Guangde were involved in a dispute about advance and retreat, a fast horse ran up in the distance, and a fast horse also appeared in the distance, making Liu Dazhang, Tian Shiwei and Wei Guangde confused about where the news came from.

Soon, a war horse approached, and the cavalry on the horse reported loudly: "Report to the General, the Tatars rushed out from the rear camp and were blocked by our army. Now they are regrouping and preparing for the second raid."

"knew."

Liu Dazhang nodded and agreed, but looked at the horse running in the distance.

"These are the soldiers we sent out to investigate the situation in Ma Fang."

After the soldier who sent the message ran away, Tian Shiwei stared at the cavalry running in the distance for a long time before speaking to Liu Dazhang and Wei Guangde.

"The Ministry of Ma Fang has not received the notice for a long time, no."

At this time, Liu Dazhang made a guess that he couldn't even imagine, but before he finished speaking, he didn't want to say such unlucky words in this place.

The words struck Wei Guangde's ears like a bolt from the blue.

As Liu Dazhang said, when Wei Guangde re-examined the changes in the battle situation, he discovered that Ma Fang's sneak attack on Anda Khan's headquarters, which he thought was foolproof at first, seemed to be extremely uncertain.

Whether Ma Fang can break the Anda Khan camp will directly determine the outcome of this battle.

If Ma Fang fails, Anda Khan's royal guards will definitely rush here after defeating Ma Fang's tribe, attack Liu Huan's tribe from both sides, and then hunt down the infantry here after defeating them. They can If you can't run fast, you won't be able to get into the city first.

Wei Guangde felt dizzy for a moment, but in his heart he still knew clearly that he was on a horse and could not fall off the horse, so he held on to the saddle with both hands.

After his mind calmed down a little, he began to think quickly about how to end this matter.

Soon, after the cavalry rushed here, he loudly reported everything he observed near the Ada Khan camp.

Ma Fang's tribe has indeed rushed in, and the previous few camps have been successfully broken through, but now Ma Fang's tribe may have fallen into the enemy camp.

"Have you ever seen the enemy camp?"

After listening to the soldier's report, Tian Shiwei suddenly interrupted and asked.

"I took the risk to go in and take a look. There were still shouts of death inside. The fighting was very fierce. I was afraid that I would fall in, so I didn't dare to get too close."

The soldier replied carefully.

"Where are they in the Tatar military camp? Is it near the center? Have you seen the golden-domed tent of the Tatar Khan?"

Tian Shiwei continued to ask, it was certain that Ma Fang's tribe was in trouble, but he just didn't know if they had killed An Dahan.

The three people here know the mission of Ma Fang's tribe. Even if Ma Fang's entire army is annihilated, as long as they can complete the mission of killing Anda Khan, then the Ming army will not be considered a loser in this battle, no matter how great the loss is. .

There are plenty of soldiers and horses.

"This kid didn't see clearly."

The soldier said a little aggrievedly, and after speaking, he looked up at the sky.

Although the sky is now slightly brighter and it is no longer dark as before, and you can see far away, it is still gray when you want to see things in the distance clearly. As for identifying whether the tents built by the Mongolians have golden domes, it seems that there is indeed Difficulty.

However, Xiao Bing suddenly turned his head and thought for a moment before saying: "I'm not sure about the golden-domed tent, but I really want to see a big banner where General Ma and the others are fighting. It's very high. I guess Anda Khan's tent should be there." It’s right around there.”

The soldier's next words instantly made Wei Guangde feel ecstatic. Ma Fang really didn't lie to him. He could find Anda Khan when he rushed into the Tatar camp.

The big banner is the symbol of the Great Khan of the Tatars. It is used to summon the infantry. It is also used as a handsome flag when fighting the Ming army.

If what Xiaobing said is true, the place with the big banner must be near the tent of Anda Khan.

"No wonder Ma Fang couldn't report to us. They rushed near Anda Khan's military tent. They must have been resisting desperately by the Tatars. I'm afraid they are really surrounded now and can't report."

Wei Guangde suppressed his excitement and said, as long as he kills An Dahan, he will not escape this time. As long as he can escape from here, he should be able to prosper when he returns to Beijing.

Yes, Wei Guangde has realized that this place has become a place of right and wrong and is very dangerous.

The Ma Fang tribe may or may not kill Anda Khan, so in the end they will have to bear the wrath of Anda Khan, and these infantrymen may not be able to protect themselves.

This was something Wei Guangde only thought of after he calmed down after the surprise. If he didn't kill Anda Khan, he would have sinned a lot. Even if he ran back, he wouldn't be able to explain.

what to do?

In an instant, the only remedy Wei Guangde could think of was not to lead these infantrymen to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, but to fight to the death.

Yes, attack Anda's military camp with all your strength, hold back the Tatars here, and let Liu Huan's troops go to reinforce Ma Fang.

It doesn't matter even if Liu Huan's troops are entangled by the Tatars sent here. As long as they can attack Anda Khan with all their strength and eliminate the Tatars here before Anda Khan comes over, it will be difficult for Anda Khan to deal with the severely weakened troops. They launched encirclement and annihilation tactics.

Before, they had never thought that the Ming army of more than 10,000 people could wipe out the 6,000 cavalrymen of Anda, but now it seems that they can only take a gamble.

Don’t the ten thousand households in the camp want to give them some space in the camp?

Take this opportunity to attack with all your strength and try to eliminate two or three thousand Tatars in the camp. Maybe there is still a chance of survival.

The most important thing is that by occupying this place and wiping out a large number of Tatar troops, I seem to have what I can tell my superiors, so I can say that I am invincible.

Wei Guangde now thinks that this is the only way to break the current deadlock. Others, they may be able to continue to live happily, but he is afraid that they will not be able to.

"Master Wei, it's time for us to withdraw."

Liu Dazhang said to Wei Guangde at this time, but what surprised him was that Wei Guangde shook his head.

"Master Wei, our operation here is to cover Ma Fang's raid. Now General Ma has been surrounded by Tatars. We can only abandon them now and return to Baoan Prefecture with the remaining troops to ensure that Baoan Prefecture does not lose its talents. The best policy is to wait for the arrival of the Datong Army before fighting."

At this time, Liu Dazhang still expressed his views on the current situation very tactfully.

However, now the words sounded different to Wei Guangde's ears.

So far in this battle, it seems that Liu Dazhang is right. When the time comes, he will be behind bars when he goes back. Will I be so stupid?

Wei Guangde still decided to make a desperate move, since he would be in danger anyway.

"On the contrary, Mr. Liu, we absolutely cannot retreat at this time. Not only can we not retreat, but we must also increase our offensive. The best strategy is to eliminate the Tatars in the camp."

Wei Guangde ignored Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, who was looking over with a frown. Instead, he turned to Zhang Ji and said, "Put on my armor."

"Master Wei, what are you doing?"

Liu Dazhang said in surprise.

"Now that Ma Fang has dragged out Anta Khan's Royal Guards, the most powerful troops of the Tatars, it is our chance to attack with all our strength to eliminate the Tatars in the camp in front of us. If we eliminate them, we will just fight a draw, and it will not count. fail."

Wei Guangde turned around and winked at Zhang Ji and Dong Yiyuan behind him. He didn't know if they would understand, but it was the only thing he could do.

Here, in addition to the more than 200 soldiers brought by Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, it is Dong Yiyuan's cavalry team, which has an absolute advantage.

He knew very well that when the battle reached this point, Liu Dazhang would definitely want to return to the city and would not continue fighting. He was afraid of being responsible for losing troops and losing ground.

But when he goes back, nothing will happen to him, Liu Dazhang, but something will happen to him.

I feel sorry for those brothers. Wei Guangde looked forward again and glanced at the infantry who were still fighting the Tatars. Now I can only sacrifice you to save myself.

Zhang Ji had been following Wei Guangde and naturally saw the strange look in Wei Guangde's eyes. Dong Yiyuan also noticed it, but he didn't fully understand what it meant.

But it's not important. Wei Guangde has dismounted. Zhang Ji took the baggage from Li San and opened it. The cotton armor where he left it was directly covering Wei Guangde, and then he took out a set of guerrilla general's armor to put on Wei Guangde.

"Yiyuan, please help me put it on. You are more familiar with wearing this kind of armor."

Wei Guangde suddenly said.

Dong Yiyuan hurriedly dismounted and came over, and put on the armor for Wei Guangde under the suspicious eyes of Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei.

"In a while, you will control Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei's people, and kill those who disobey directly."

While Zhang Ji and Dong Yiyuan were helping him put it on, Wei Guangde whispered.