The Hunshandak Desert is hundreds of miles longitudinal and horizontal, degraded by the grassland, and is the closest desert to Beijing, so most of the sandstorms in the Beijing-Tianjin area come from here, however, the Hunshandak Desert is not a barren land, there are many springs and lakes here, so there are many oases in between, so it is more appropriate to call it sandy land.

On February 23 of the second year of Jiajing, the wind and sand stopped, and the originally yellow sky turned blue as a wash, and the white clouds flowed quietly under the sky, as if they were within reach, and the beauty was so beautiful that people were intoxicated.

The sun is shining in the sky, and a circular lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds, like an emerald embedded in the desert. Several waterfowl and small beasts are leisurely drinking water by the lake, not disturbing each other, calm and beautiful, like a beautiful picture.

However, this beautiful picture was soon crushed by the sudden sound of horses' hooves, but in the flying dust, three fast horses galloped from north to south, and immediately the knights were all mandarin duck battle jackets, the standard hats on their heads were pressed very low, and the red tassels on the tip of the hat fluttered in the wind, and one of them had a feather arrow clearly inserted in his hat, and the arrow ran through the brim, and the blood was gurgling down the knight's cheeks.

Flutter Flute ......

The water birds in the lake fluttered their wings and flew high, the little beasts ran wildly, and all of them ran away at once, and the scouts of the three Ming soldiers roared past the lake, and in a few breaths, there were more than a dozen scouts riding Tartars on the sand dunes behind them.

Scouts are also scouts, the most dangerous troops in the army, responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy, as well as counter-reconnaissance, such as hunting and killing enemy scouts, etc., so the mortality rate of this class is the highest, and those who can be selected as scouts are all the elite in the army, when the elite against the elite, the battle is undoubtedly more tragic.

It was obvious that the three cavalry scouts had been exposed while scouting the enemy, and were being hunted by several times the number of Tatar scouts.

The yellow sand is long, the sound of hooves is as rapid as a shower, the three cavalry Ming army scouts fled in front, the Tatar cavalry chased after them, suddenly, a Ming army scout horse lost its front hooves, rolled off the horse with a bang, and then was killed by the feather arrows flying behind him, blood stained the yellow sand, his two companions didn't even have time to look back and left, not that they were greedy for life and afraid of death, nor that they were indifferent and ruthless, but because the scout's first duty was to inquire and pass on military information.

A timely message can often decide the outcome of a war and the life and death of thousands of robes, so sending the news back to the army in time is their first priority, which is even higher than their lives.

More than a dozen Tartar scouts galloped past, and the yellow sand kicked up by the horses' hooves covered the body of the Ming scout. Exactly: Huangsha is fortunate to bury the bones of the faithful, why should the horse leather shroud be returned.

The remaining two Ming scouts galloped wildly, and suddenly saw the dust flying in front of them, and in the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, a Ming cavalry also wearing a mandarin duck jacket appeared in sight.

Seeing this, the two cavalry scouts did not escape, suddenly strangled their horses, turned their heads and stared coldly at the dozen or so horsemen chasing behind them, one of them pulled out the feathered arrows on his hat, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and the oncoming Tartar fell under the horse with a scream on the spot.

At this time, all the Tartars found that the other party's reinforcements were coming, and decisively turned their horses' heads and retreated.

Bang bang bang......

In the sound of gunfire, the two slower Tartars were shot on the spot, and the rest disappeared.

It turned out that the reinforcements that suddenly arrived were the rangers of the Shenji Battalion, with fifty horsemen as a team, specially roaming ten miles in front of the army, on the one hand, responsible for guarding, and on the other hand, covering our scouts.

The Divine Warriors rode away from the Tartars, and the man at the head rode back to the two scouts and asked with concern, "Pi Baihu, are you okay with your injuries?" ”

It turned out that the scout who was shot through the brim of his hat by an arrow was none other than Pi Eleven, who had now risen to the rank of 100 households, and was in charge of scouting the enemy with his brothers from the scout camp.

Pi Eleven took off his hat, only to see that his left ear was dripping with blood, and half of his ear was almost cut off by sharp arrows, but this kid didn't seem to care, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly inform the marshal, fifty miles ahead of you have found Tartar cavalry, with a strength of about 5,000 people." ”

The rangers of the Shenji Battalion were not surprised when they heard this, his grandmother's, he didn't even encounter a ghost shadow along the way, okay, these Tartars finally couldn't help but come up, could it be that they were hiding in the desert and preparing to play ambush? Hehe, it's beautiful to think about, but it's a pity that you hide your head and don't care about your head, and the ambush technique is not good!

Soon, the news of the appearance of 5,000 Tartar cavalry in front of the front reached the Chinese army, and Xu Jin decisively ordered the whole army to stop advancing, gather the troops and prepare to meet the enemy.

Although the news from the scouts said that the other party only had 5,000 horsemen, it was better to be careful to sail the ship of 10,000 years and make waves on other people's land, and God knows if there are more enemy troops lurking in this vast sea of sand?

However, Xu Jin was too worried this time, as soon as he formed a formation here, he saw the dust in the distance in the sky, and soon, a Tartar cavalry appeared in sight.

This Tartar cavalry was none other than the five thousand cavalry led by Arslen and Temur, and the two had planned to ambush them for a surprise attack, but unfortunately their luck was not very good, or the scouts of the army were too alert to discover where they were hiding.

Since the news has leaked, the surprise attack will definitely not be possible, Arslen and Temur simply killed the Ming army head-on, anyway, this time it was a feint and defeat, and it was a big deal to slip away with a false shot.

Although it was 5,000 to 50,000, Arslen and Temur were not frightened at all, because the mounts and riding skills of the Ming army were not as good as the Tatar cavalry, as long as they wanted to escape, the cavalry of the Ming army could only follow behind and eat ashes, which was where their confidence lies.

Boom Rumble...... Boom Rumble......

However, I have to say that the Tatar cavalry is indeed extremely powerful, and the five thousand iron cavalry rushed over at a gallop, and the roaring hooves shook the ground, and the terrifying momentum was really terrifying, and the camp of the Ming army was obviously in turmoil.

Although Xu Jin was in the Chinese army and was surrounded by layers of protection, he still felt that the hairs on his body exploded, and if he encountered the Tatar cavalry in an open and flat place, if there was no effective means to stop it, it would be a nightmare. At this moment, Xu Jin finally understood why the border army was so afraid of the Tartar cavalry.

"Temur, Ben has always been true to his word, so let this formation be given to you." Arslen said loudly with bad intentions.

Temur, who had developed limbs and was simple-minded, obviously didn't realize that he was being calculated, and wanted to get a jackpot to prove that he was the second fierce general under Altan Khan, only to see him roar, raise his fange and shout: "Sons, follow Lao Tzu to kill him, cut off the heads of the Ming army, and break their bones, ho ho!" ”

Temur held his mace aloft, took the lead, and rushed out like lightning.

"Ho Ho ——!" The three thousand Tatar iron horsemen rushed to the right flank of the Ming camp with a strange roar.

Arslen couldn't help but sigh lightly, he thought that Temur would directly impact the front of the Ming army, but he didn't expect this guy to also have a "shrewd" side.

Located on the right flank of the Ming army is the right sentinel army of the five military camps, mainly composed of the elite of the Weisho army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who participated in the battle of Pingwei that year, and did not lack courage and courage, but when they saw the Tartar cavalry rushing over, they still changed color for it, no way, the momentum of thousands of Tartar cavalry charging at high speed was really terrible, that kind of terrifying impact, as if even a mountain could be knocked down in an instant, not to mention flesh and blood.

The commander of the right sentinel army is called Yuan Hong, his mind is also blank at this time, he actually forgot to command, the entire right sentinel army began to stir slightly, Wang Lin'er, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, saw the movement of the right sentinel army from a distance, and couldn't help but secretly call out the cake, and immediately played a flag to order the Shenji battalion to prepare to fill the position and put out the fire.

Fortunately, the effect of the usual hard training was revealed, although there was a commotion, the right sentinel did not lose its position, the musketeers in the front row crouched down as quickly as they usually practiced, and the sword and shield men were also in place to provide cover for the musketeers.

At this time, Temur had already led three thousand iron horsemen to rush to a hundred meters away, and seeing the Ming army panicked and rushed to respond, he couldn't help licking his lips excitedly, and screamed: "Tremble, two-legged sheep, feel the power of our Tatar iron horse, shoot!" ”

Brush......

The three thousand Tatar horsemen galloped their horses and raised their bows and arrows in unison, only to hear a terrible buzzing sound, the sky instantly darkened, and an overwhelming rain of arrows was thrown towards the Ming army.

"Shield!" Yuan Hong, the commander of the right sentinel army, finally reacted, waved the command flag and shouted, and with a brush, all the sword and shield hands reflexively raised the long and short shields, forming a dense oblique shield array.

Knock knock knock......

The rain of arrows flew down and hit the shield array, only killing and injuring a few people, Wang Lin'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, fortunately, there was no practice in vain during this time!

Yuan Hong, the commander of the right sentry army, secretly pinched his sweat, and had to be grateful to the marshal for taking everyone to train with his life recently, sweating more in peacetime, and really shedding less blood in wartime.

"Shoot!"

Blocking the first round of attacks by the Tartar cavalry, Commander Yuan calmed down and decisively ordered the musketeers to fire.

Bang bang bang......

The musketeers in the first row pulled the trigger, and the bullets rained out in a swivel, instantly sweeping the dozens of Tartar cavalry at the front like mowing grass.

"Sons, kill, rush over, the victory is ours, kill them all!"

Temur was not afraid and continued to agitate for the charge, because according to past experience, as long as they rushed thirty meters in front of the Ming army's formation, these guys should collapse, crying and crying. The muskets of the Ming army only killed from a distance, and in close combat, they became useless burning sticks.

However, Temur clearly miscalculated, and he seems to be repeating the mistakes of Arslen.