In the early morning, the vast prairie was foggy, although it was not very strong, but it also seriously affected the vision, under the faint morning light, but the autumn grass on the edge of the Yellow River was still full of green, and the dew drops on the grass blades scattered colorful colors.

Suddenly, a few waterfowl that were foraging by the river spread their wings and flew in shock, and the calm Yellow River water immediately rippled and rumbled, and the sound of horses' hooves became more and more rapid from far to near, and the water surface trembled more and more. Leaning slightly, a cavalry rushed out of the fog and reached the edge of the Yellow River.

This cavalry is less than 2,000 people, but it is one man with two horses, and the knight wears a hat, wears a mandarin duck battle jacket, and carries a shiny flintlock pistol.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong rode their horses to the edge of the Yellow River, but when they saw that the river was wide and there was no way to cross the river, they had no choice but to order the brothers to dismount and rest, and drink and eat by the way.

"Map!" Xie Erjian shouted, and one of his own soldiers hurriedly took out the marching map and presented it.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong immediately got together, devouring dry food while studying the map. Time is of the essence, and there is no time to delay, and if it is surrounded by the cavalry of the Tartars, then the lives of all the brothers must be confessed to the steppe.

It is said that yesterday evening, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led two thousand Shenji battalion soldiers to successfully attack and destroy Bansheng City, but in order to cover the retreat of thousands of Han slaves such as Liu Dali, they chose to shake the three thousand Tatar iron cavalry, although they won the battle in the end, but also put themselves in an extremely dangerous situation, and had to give up the plan to return the original way, and enabled the B plan of going west to Yulin.

However, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong soon found themselves too optimistic, and in order to save face, the angry I replied that in order to save face, they actually sent almost all of the 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry under their command to surround them.

Fortunately, the 2,000 people on this mission are the elite of the Shenji Battalion, most of them are veterans who have participated in the battle of extermination, and their courage and combat power are quite strong.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion can be said to be sleepy and tired, and they are also lost, and they don't know where they are, so they have to revise their routes.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong studied the time of the small half-incense stick, and discussed it with the interpreter of the army for a while, and finally roughly determined the current position, and their expressions became extremely solemn.

It's not good!

Because they are now located in the lower reaches of Baoketu (now Baotou, Inner Mongolia), that is, not far from the Yellow River is the location of Ordos, another Tatar household.

As mentioned above, after Titin Khan unified Mongolia, he redivided it into 60,000 households, of which the three 10,000 households on the right wing were: Ordos, Tumut, and Yongsheb.

The current head of the Ordos Department is none other than his eldest brother Mai Ligen, and Mai Li Gen is also the Jinong (equivalent to the prince) of the 30,000 households on the right wing, that is, nominally the 30,000 households on the right wing are under his jurisdiction.

At present, the Ordos Department is the most powerful of the three thousand households on the right wing of the Tatars, and it is claimed that there are 100,000 iron horsemen, and Xie Erjian and others must go to Yulin to enter the fortress, they must pass through the territory of the Ordos Department, in other words, the current situation of the Shenji Battalion is that there are tigers blocking the way in front and evil wolves chasing after them, which is extremely dangerous.

After the whole army rested for about half an hour, the scouts who had gone out to explore the way returned one after another, and finally found a suitable position for crossing the river more than 30 miles upstream. At that moment, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong immediately ordered the whole army to mount their horses and hurried to the place where the river was crossed.

After resting, the men and horses regained their strength, and in about half an hour they rushed to the crossing of the river, where the surface of the river was only seven or eight meters wide, and the water depth barely reached the belly of the horse, and the two thousand men and horses of the Shenji battalion crossed the Yellow River without danger.

After successfully crossing the Yellow River, the mood of the Shenji Battalion was a lot easier, at least there was no need to worry about being blocked by the chasing soldiers of Alta on the edge of the Yellow River, of course, it would not be easy next, and it would be necessary to cross the territory of Ordos to reach the Yulin Pass, the key is still daytime, and it is very easy to be exposed.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong didn't dare to be careless, slowed down their advance, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to probe the movements within a radius of twenty miles, hoping to break through the territory of Ordos without noticing.

However, as the saying goes, nine times out of ten things don't go your way. The Shenji Battalion secretly attacked Bansheng City, and it was obviously a bit whimsical to go back and forth in other people's territory without encountering enemies.

In fact, Alta had already sent a messenger last night to inform his eldest brother, Meligen Jinong, asking him to block the road south to Yulin.

It is said that I and Mai Li Gong are brothers of the same mother, and the relationship between the two is deep, so after receiving my request, Mai Li Gong immediately mobilized troops and horses to lock the main passage south to Yulin, and this morning, he even personally led five thousand iron cavalry to leave the sweat account, ready to cross the Yellow River north to help the brothers, and pull out the Ming cavalry that dared to pick up the tiger's whiskers and tear up ten thousand pieces.

At this moment, Mai Li Gen Jinong led 5,000 iron horsemen on the way north, and he was about to reach the Yellow River, but when he saw the banner waving, the horse was like a dragon, and the knife was like a forest, so it was not majestic.

Mai Ligen is about thirty years old, and he was in the prime of life, but this guy is greedy and lustful, and his body is overdrawn, especially after he cooperated with me to destroy the Uliangha tribe in the north the year before last, he took the dozens of concubines and daughters of the leader of the Uliangha tribe as his own, drank and had fun every day, and sang every night, so his health deteriorated.

At this time, Melligon rode on the back of the horse and yawned repeatedly, looking drowsy, if it were not for the riding foundation that he had cultivated since childhood, it is estimated that he would have fallen from the horse.

While he was hurrying, a spy suddenly came to report: "Lord Jinong, I met the scouts of the Ming army ten miles to the west, and it is estimated that the Ming army that attacked Bansheng City is close to the left." ”

Mai Ligen was in high spirits, and said with a cruel smile: "The Ming army really ran to the territory of this king, and the order went down, and the whole army accelerated to destroy this Ming army, and this king sent the heads of the generals to my dear brother." ”

Drive......

After saying that, Mailigan slammed the horse's belly, and the horse galloped out first, and five thousand Tatar iron horsemen behind him rode their horses and raised their swords, murderous. Although there are only 5,000 horsemen around him at the moment, Melligon is full of confidence, because the small Ming army is less than 2,000 people, less than half of his own strength, what is there to fear? Even if it is two thousand against two thousand, he is not afraid, when it comes to cavalry, how can the Ming army catch up with the unparalleled warriors on the grassland?

At the same time, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong also received a report from the scout, saying that the five thousand Tatar cavalry had been found about twenty miles to the east, and the other party was speeding up to rush to this side.

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong had a sudden attack after hearing the report, but they didn't expect to encounter the enemy as soon as they crossed the Yellow River, and the situation was not optimistic, so it seems that the Ordos Department has received a message from me nine times out of ten, and I don't know if the road to Yulin south will not work.

The distance of twenty miles is a matter of ten or twenty minutes for the cavalry, and Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong could not hesitate, they decisively chose a high slope, occupied favorable terrain and prepared to meet the enemy, and five Franc machine guns were also set up.

This small sample of the Franc cannon designed by He Zhier weighs less than fifty pounds, can be transported on horseback, very light, this time the Shenji battalion attacked Bansheng City, deliberately brought five guns, but Bansheng City has no walls, it was easily breached, so these five Franc cannons are not used, but at this time it came in handy.

Five small sample Franc cannons are lined up on the high slope, and the base is two iron arms like tiger claws, as long as the iron drill is inserted into the hole reserved by the claw, it can be fixed on the ground, which is very convenient, so it is also called "tiger squat cannon", and the effective firing range can reach 500 meters.

Soon, the gunner set up five tiger squat guns, and loaded ammunition, using flowering shells, which are not as lethal as solid bullets, but have a large killing area, which can effectively disrupt the camp of the enemy cavalry.

After the hand-to-hand battle on the night, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong both understood that if there were no firearms, the Shenji Battalion would definitely not be the opponent of the same number of Tartar cavalry, not to mention that it was now two thousand against five thousand, so they must make full use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses and give full play to the advantages of firearms in order to win the battle.

Everything was ready, except for the wounded, all the soldiers of the Shenji battalion got on their horses and stood in line on the high slope, waiting for the arrival of the enemy. An invisible murderous aura spread along with the fierce west wind, and the migratory birds passing by the Yellow River were so frightened that they fled far away.

Rumble ......

The earth trembled as the horses galloped, and the five thousand horsemen led by Meligan finally appeared on the horizon, like a rapidly moving dark cloud, spreading in this direction with a terrifying momentum.

When he saw the Ming cavalry standing still on the hillside, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at those Ming troops, they are really like a group of lambs to be slaughtered, they are obviously cavalry, but they want to line up like infantry to meet the enemy, is this stretching their necks and being stabbed?" ”

The generals under the command of Mailigan all laughed, the cavalry fought fast and sharp, compared to the speed, the cavalry lined up to meet the enemy is simply a joke, it can be seen that the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side do not know how to fight at all, and I don't know how such a group of garbage escaped from the territory of the Tumert Department, it is estimated that it is also shit luck, but their luck ends here!

1,000 ...... 800 meters...... 600 meters......

The cavalry of the Tartars was getting closer and closer, and the Ming army was still standing on the high slope without moving, and Melligon smiled cruelly: "A group of idiots, they want to wait for death to fulfill you!" ”

At this time, the cavalry of the Tartars had galloped five hundred meters down the hillside, and completely entered the range of the tiger squat cannon, but the Tartars did not know it, and they were so excited that they were like being beaten with chicken blood, and they were screaming strangely while riding their horses and raising their swords.

Melligon drew his scimitar and shouted: "Warriors, rush up from both sides, cut off the heads of these bright dogs, and kill!" ”

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