Chapter 1172: The Sword is Not Old

Drive......

Xue Bingxin whipped violently, the horse under her crotch was covered with snow and galloped like a wind on the vast prairie, throwing the large army away dozens of meters away, she stepped on the horse pedal with both feet, the slender jade legs were slightly bent, the dolphin part left the saddle, the upper body was low almost level with the horse's back, the small mouth was pursed into a line, the wind whistled over her cold face, a man and a horse were like flowing clouds, floating up the hills and over the meadow......

At this moment, Bing Niu'er was in a hurry, it was obvious that Batai had made a suspicious plan, so that the pursuers mistakenly thought that he had fled north, but he actually led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Khan's court, and the goal was self-evident.

Xue Bingxin knew very well that now the Khan's court was empty, that guy only led 50,000 main forces in the Northern Expedition this time, even if he added 20,000 Xuanfu troops, it was only 70,000, but Wang Lin'er took away more than 30,000 elites, so at this time, the Ming army left in the Khan's court was at most 40,000, and most of them were still foot soldiers, once they were suddenly attacked by Batai's 40,000 or 50,000 cavalry, the consequences would be unimaginable.

As soon as she thought of the terrible consequences that might occur, Xue Bingxin's heart sank to the valley, and her scalp tingled!

"No, that guy is cunning, the Khan Court has a city to defend, it will be fine." Xue Bingxin silently comforted herself, and whipped the horse's ass again.

Xue Bingxin's crotch was given to her by Xu Jin, and she was reluctant to pump hard, but at this time, she jerked it regardless of it, and the horse seemed to feel the anxiety of the master at the moment, so she spread her hooves and galloped hard, like a streamer chasing lightning, and gradually threw the large army away.

As the so-called concern is chaos, although Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong were also anxious at this time, compared to Xue Bingxin, they were much calmer, because with their understanding of Xu Jin, the person who could bargain from this hand was afraid that he had not yet been born, not to mention that the Khan Court had a city to defend, and with the tens of thousands of cavalry of Batai, and without siege equipment, it was impossible to quickly take the Yuan Shangdu.

The only thing Xie Erjian felt unhappy about at the moment was that the plan he had used was copied by Batai, a simple-minded orc, and he was fooled, it was because he was blinded by the geese all day long, not to mention holding his breath.

Here, Xue Bingxin and the others were rushing to the Khan Court non-stop, and the fire in the capital of Yuan was still burning, and Batai, who was full of anger and grief, gathered more than 15,000 cavalry, and murderously bypassed the city and approached the Ming army under Longgang Mountain.

It is necessary to explain here that the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was built at the southern foot of Longgang Mountain, and the east side of the mountain is almost connected with the city wall, which is very narrow, which is not suitable for cavalry deployment, while the west side is relatively open, so Batai can only go around to the west side to attack.

At this moment, the Ming army has its back to Longgang Mountain, facing the southwest and lined up in formation, the left sentry camp, the right sentry camp, the left Ye camp, plus Xu Jin's personal soldiers, a total of about 18,000 people, more than ninety percent are infantry.

But seeing that the Ming army's troops were in strict formation, the guns were like a forest knife like a sea, the dense muzzles of the cannons were so deep that it was suffocating under the rising sun, and the rows of shields in front of the formation were as impenetrable as the city walls, followed by the musketeers who were waiting for the battle.

Seeing the situation in front of them, the Tatar cavalry subconsciously strangled their horses, and their hearts invariably beat drums. Batai's eyes were red, staring fiercely at the handsome flag on the high place behind the Ming army, his eyes were very strong, and he clearly saw a young scholar riding a white horse under the banner of the Ming army.

Looking at the posture of the stars and the moon, this young scholar must be Xu Jin, the commander of the Ming army. Batai stretched out his crimson tongue and licked his lips, the commander of the Ming army was in front of him, close at hand, and he could cut off his head by rushing over, how tempting the idea was!

Batai obviously couldn't resist this temptation, so knowing that the Ming army in front of him was not easy to mess with, he still gave the order to attack without hesitation.

Doodle......

In the desolate sound of the horn, a Tatar cavalry of about 2,000 men took the lead in launching a tentative attack, and instantly ushered in a wave of fierce artillery fire from the Ming army.

Boom Boom Boom ......

A hundred Franc cannons were fired at the same time, and the shells seemed to rain down on the sky, compared to the density of the artillery fire at the head of the city last night, like a chicken peeing.

The two thousand Tatar cavalry were blown up on their backs, and when they were halfway through, they made a big turn diagonally, turned around and ran back, and the Ming army immediately stopped shelling.

In fact, more than half of the firearms of the Ming army were taken away by Wang Lin'er, and the same is true for ammunition, plus a considerable part of the gunpowder was used for ignition last night, so the ammunition of the Ming army at this time is not very sufficient, and it must be used sparingly.

In addition, although the current Ming army is slightly superior in numbers, but most of them are infantry, if it is not defended according to the danger, the Ming army will definitely not be able to resist, and now in this situation, Xu Jin can only adopt the strategy of holding on and waiting for reinforcements, so it is even more leisurely.

Batai himself may be simple-minded, but there are still people under his command who understand, and after two waves of testing, some Tartar generals saw the clues, so the temptations became more frequent, and they took turns to send small forces to charge, and immediately turned back diagonally when they were halfway through, apparently intending to consume the ammunition of the Ming army.

Xu Jin smiled calmly when he saw this, it seems that not all of the Tartars are simple-minded, but in this way, they are in their own arms, since the Tartars are willing to spend time, then everyone will spend it, and they can't ask for it!

So Xu Jin ordered to reduce the number of artillery shots, firing only one-third of the artillery at a time, and the rest were on standby in turn.

In this way, you come and go, and soon half an hour has passed, and the Tartars feel that they have taken advantage of it, and consume the ammunition of the Ming army at the smallest cost, but they don't know that the cleverness is mistaken by the cleverness, just when they continue to take advantage of the small advantage, the best opportunity to annihilate the Ming army and eat the commander of the Ming army is slowly leaving them.

The battle lasted for another half an hour, perhaps because Batai was impatient, or perhaps he suddenly came to his senses, and the offensive of the Tatar cavalry suddenly became fierce, and they rushed towards the Ming position with murderous spirit, this time it was obviously for real.

"Fire!" The Ming army's fire was also in full swing, all the artillery roared, and the guns were like a rain of gunfire, sweeping down the rows of Tartar cavalry rushing to the front like harvesting wheat.

The Tartars were also apparently aware of the urgency of time, and they rained arrows one after another, throwing short spears with all their might when they were within reach, and the Ming army's casualties immediately increased greatly, their firepower was weakened, and the battle line continued to shrink.

"Dashuai, the brothers in front are tight, for the sake of safety, you better retreat up the mountain first." The commander of the right sentry battalion made Huang Qi ride his horse to the Shuai Qi and said loudly.

Xu Jin shook his head and rejected Huang Qi's proposal, at this moment, he can still boost morale by standing here, if he is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will retreat first, once the morale of the soldiers is discharged, I am afraid that he will be even more unbearable.

Huang Qi saw that Xu Jin refused to retreat, so he gritted his teeth and returned to the front line to continue commanding the battle.

"Rush, kill!" Batai roared back and forth with his mace, and the Tartars' attack became more and more violent, and by this time the artillery of the Ming army was basically dumb, because the shells had been exhausted.

The cavalry of the Tartars got closer and closer, and the muskets of the Ming army swept down a row of Tartars, and the sharp arrows of the Tartars immediately killed a wave of Ming troops, if it were not for the constant throwing of grenades by the Ming army, I am afraid that they would not be able to stop the horses' hooves of the Tartars.

"Drum cheers!" Xu Jin shouted loudly and personally beat the war drums.

Knock knock knock......

The agitated war drums sounded loudly, and the morale of the Ming army was suddenly greatly boosted, and they struggled to repel a wave of Tartar attacks.

Doodle......

A deep trumpet also sounded in the camp of the Tartars opposite, and I saw Batai take the lead and lead his own soldiers to kill him personally. Even the main generals are out, and the Tartars are even more frantically attacking like chicken blood.

Boom Rumble......

The sound of horses' hooves shook the ground, and the musketeers of the Ming army desperately pulled the plate machine, but at this time there was no discipline and cooperation at all, and they all shot immediately after loading the ammunition.

Bang bang bang......

The Tartars in the front row were shot over, and the Tartars in the back row immediately rushed up, and finally, the Tartar cavalry slammed into the shield array of the Ming army's forward defense line.

Boom......

The shield array was torn apart on the spot, and the sword and shield hands behind them flew up screaming, spurting blood wildly after landing, and then they were trampled by the iron hooves of the Tartars and broke their tendons, and their intestines were rotten.

Bang, bang......

The shield array was knocked out of the gap one after another, and the opening became bigger and bigger, and the Tartar cavalry took advantage of the situation to swarm in, and then was stopped by the pikemen of the Ming army, and had to slow down, and the two sides fought fiercely.

"Kill!" Batai roared and waved his mace, this person was too strong, as if he had inexhaustible strength, he rushed left and right, and with a wave of his mace, he swept away a wave of spears, followed by a stick, smashing the heads of the Ming army like whack-a-mole, and rushed unstoppably all the way to the place where Shuai Qi was.

Xu Jin frowned, and subconsciously touched the double-barreled flintlock pistol on his waist. The old man Xie Qing raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "A knife, you protect the handsome, and you will meet this tartar for a while for your father." ”

Xie Yidao hurriedly said, "Dad, let's come as a child." ”

Xie Qing shook his head, and without saying anything, he slapped his horse and rushed forward, raising the machete like a door panel, and at the same time, he shouted: "Tartar Hugh is rampant, come and come, eat a knife from a certain family." ”

Batai was killing all sides with great joy, and the Ming soldiers were so frightened that they dodged when they saw him, but suddenly saw a strong man like an iron tower rushing towards him, slashing his head with a knife, and hurriedly raised his mace to parry.

Boom, with a loud bang, Batai's heart sudden, only to feel a huge force pressed down like Mount Tai, the crotch mount instantly hissed, the four hooves bent, and directly lay down.

Batai's own weight was close to three hundred catties, plus the large mace in his hand, which weighed almost four hundred catties.

Bang Peng......

Ba Tai Lian and his mount rolled down into the dust, and the Ming troops and Tartars around were stunned by Xie Qing's might, and then the Ming army cheered like thunder.