In the civil fort outside Juyong Pass, Shen Xi stood at the head of the city, ready to attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to avoid being discovered by Huoya's men and horses about the transfer of troops in the city, Shen Xi did not immediately requisition all the soldiers and horses in the city to assemble at the west gate of Tumu Fort, and he planned to organize the mule and horse team first.

At noon, the west gate opened, and the mule carts in the city went out one after another, each with a Franc cannon mounted on it.

The mule carts left the city, not the first to move forward, but under the traction of the people and officers and soldiers, they lined up outside the city wall on the west side of the city, and soon the mule carts were connected.

This scene was not unfamiliar to the Tatars west of the city of Tumubao.

The oxcart array used by Shen Xi in the battle of the Yuxi River was similar to this one, the only difference was that the cart was pulled by oxen and mules.

When the Tatars saw this formation, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in their hearts, especially those Tatar soldiers who had experienced the battle of the Yuxi River.

When the mule carts carrying the Franc cannons were lined up in two rows, and each row of ten Franc cannons was in place, there was still no movement in the Tatar camp opposite.

It's not that the Tatars don't want to come forward to block the "conspiracy" of the Ming army, but because Shen Xi still has twenty Franc cannons on the head of the city, as long as the Tatars dare to rush down the city to kill, they will inevitably be hit by the Franc cannons, although it is estimated that they can win in the end, but their own casualties will be very large.

The Tatars have always been free and self-centered, and no one wants to spend their lives to earn war exploits for others.

Huo Aya is quite brainy, and when she found out about the movement of the Ming army in the city, she was extremely entangled in her heart, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

Huo Aya secretly thought: "The enemy commander Shen Xi is really smart, and he didn't stick to the city to be killed, but actually took the initiative to go out of the city to fight with our army. The Ming army has artillery cover at the head of the city, and this battle is not easy to fight! ”

Shen Xi was dressed in armor, with an iron helmet on his head, standing at the head of the city, with the bright sun and moon flag fluttering in the wind, the yellow moon, and the blue background as a staff, proudly facing the fire silk more than four miles away in the distance.

Huo Aya was extremely conflicted in her heart, silently calculating the gains and losses.

If the cavalry launched an assault and killed outside the city gate, the artillery at the head of the city is estimated to fire two more rounds of artillery, and the most likely is to put one round of artillery, if it is killed under the city wall, the artillery will not work......

The Tatar Chino, who was guarding the west gate, made the same opinion: "Huoaya, let's kill them, their artillery is condescending, and they can only hit us once at most." If we don't rush now, let the opposing gun carriage take shape and launch an attack, we will be difficult to deal with! ”

"No, he must have a conspiracy, it's not that simple!"

Huo Aya said very cautiously, "Bayin, have you forgotten that before the Battle of Yuxi River, Chahar's left men and horses caught up with Shen Xi and the team leading him to transport artillery outside Yulin City, but he condescendingly killed people on their backs? At that time, it was also 2,000 iron horsemen who came to the front, but in the end they returned with a feather. Don't forget, his artillery can be fired at an adjustable angle, so what if he fired directly under the Fortress? ”

When the surrounding Tatar generals heard this, they were secretly frightened, and carefully thought about what would happen if it was really as Huo Aya said.

The Franc cannon is different from the self-made artillery of the Ming Dynasty, the Franc cannon can adjust the firing angle, if the barrel is at an elevation angle, the position under the city plug is indeed a blind spot of the attack, but if the artillery is facing the city, the cavalry stepped forward, but it was directly exposed in front of the muzzle, which was equivalent to death.

A Tatar Qianhu said: "Huo Aya, transfer the rest of the men and horses over and prepare for the battle!" ”

Huo Aya shook his head: "The other party is indeed setting up a car in the west of the city, but what if the direction of the Ming army's main attack is not here?" The opposing commander Shen Xi never does simple things, if this is just a decoy, he wants to test whether we will charge forward, or let us transfer the soldiers and horses at the other city gates, and then he can lead the cavalry to break through to Juyong Pass. ”

"Besides, this formation looks clumsy and doesn't affect us at all...... You see, when they attack and break away from the artillery protection at the head of the city, we can take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and go around their flanks and kill them without a single piece of armor! ”

"Let's wait and see what they do. I guess Shen Xi will definitely not come out, as long as we show a little flaw, he will choose to escape from somewhere else, although this person is cunning, but he is timid and cowardly by nature, he does not dare to fight us head-on! ”

Huoya did not take advantage of the cavalry's high mobility to shoot at a distance, because in reality the effective range of the cavalry bow was only thirty or forty meters, and the threat was far less than later generations thought.

Before figuring out Shen Xi's purpose, Huo Aya did not order the whole army to charge, and in order to prevent Shen Xi from escaping from other directions of the city fortress, she did not even transfer the men and horses stationed at the other gates, and only relied on more than 800 cavalry under her hand, ready to compete with Shen Xi's mule and cart array.

Similar to the Battle of Yuxi River, Shen Xi tied some of the mule carts together, which increased the stability of the mule carts and made it easier for gunners and loaders to play on the mule carts.

Huo Aya's eyes looked in the direction of the city, in her heart, it was not important whether she could completely annihilate the Ming army, the most important thing was to be able to capture or kill Shen Xi alive, only in this way could she lift the morale of the army and avenge herself.

"He'll definitely choose to run away!"

Huo Aya looked down on Shen Xi a little, feeling that he lacked blood and courage, but in fact, she was full of awe for Shen Xi in her heart, because this person was a person who could change the situation of the battle with his own strength.

The reason why Huo Aya hated Shen Xi was not that Shen Xi killed her husband, because it was a head-to-head battle on the battlefield, and dying on the battlefield was the mission and glory of a warrior, she hated that Shen Xi refused to go back to the grassland with her, and competed in the Naadam Conference, and hated Shen Xi for throwing her knife on the ground, and the hatred of losing the knife was more unforgettable than the hatred of killing her husband.

"The man is down!"

The Tatar cavalry suddenly shouted, drawing Aya's attention. I saw Shen Xi, who was holding a handsome flag, actually carrying the flag and getting down from the city, striding out of the west gate of Tumu Fort, and jumping into a mule cart in the center. Several guards stepped forward and fixed the handsome flag on the body for the first time.

A wooden platform about one zhang high was erected in the carriage of this mule cart, and as in the battle of the Yuxi River, Shen Xi climbed the wooden platform, commanded condescendingly, and dispatched the team with the command flag in his hand.

A small number of cavalry in the city also went out of the city, guarding the two flanks of the mule cart array. Behind the mule cart formation, there were the infantry of the Ming army.

The Ming infantry were all dressed in thick armor, with iron helmets on their heads, shields raised, and weapons such as spears and machetes.

The mule carts began to move slowly, and the infantry out of the fortress increased.

The Tatar Qianhu who led the team said: "Huoya, we can't hesitate any longer, the Ming people are going to attack, they have too many men and horses, if we don't recruit cavalry from other places to come over, we may be defeated!" ”

Riding on a central warhorse, her sword raised high, ready to charge.

More than 800 Tatar cavalry outside the west gate of the civil fort were all mounted on their horses. Since the Ming army wore thick armor, bows and arrows were similar to tickling at long distances, and scimitars were the most effective. At this moment, all the Tatar cavalry raised their scimitars in their hands, as if they could rush to the front of the Ming Dynasty battle formation in an instant, and their swords fell in their hands, cutting off the heads of countless Ming soldiers.

Huo Aya said calmly: "Don't worry, wait and see!" ”

Tatar Chino's face was full of anxiety: "Can't wait any longer, Aya Huo!" ”

Huo Aya turned a deaf ear, her gaze never left Shen Xi, who was standing on the high platform in the distance, the hatred in her eyes was overwhelming, she always wanted to prove her ability, her strength in the grassland battle has been recognized by everyone, and even in the past two months in the war with the Ming people, she has also made outstanding achievements.

But those glories are not worth mentioning in Huo Aya's eyes, and the real test in her eyes is only Shen Xi, who is the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty in her mind, a big man who can be used to scare children when children on the grassland cry, and a god of war who makes the grassland people fearful.

"The three armies can be destroyed, but Shen Xi will die!"

Like a lioness, the voice of the fire silk was so penetrating that even the Tatar cavalry in the distance could hear it vividly.

Huo Aya can do whatever it takes to kill Shen Xi, at this time her eyes are full of blood-red colors, this is a woman who is completely blinded by hatred.

"Hooha, hooha, hooha......"

The Ming army outside the west gate of Tumubao, after dropping the small flag in Shenxi, officially began to march, the mule cart and the twenty artillery pieces on it walked in the front, the two wings were cavalry escort teams, which could be covered at any time, followed by more than 4,000 Ming army infantry, the formation was complete.

Aya felt that the best breakthrough in this formation was the relatively weak front of the defense, but the front was facing the muzzle of the Franc cannon, which was equally dangerous.

Huo Aya thought to herself: "In this formation, if the enemy army sets up crossbowmen in the front, when rushing to break the formation, you only need to use the Iron Floating Tu and shield cavalry in front to form a defense, and you can drive straight into the enemy formation when you rush over." But now it is impossible to defend against enemy artillery bombardment from the front, and even the shield cavalry cannot defend against shells from overhead. Even the last weak link has been filled, so do you want to attack from both flanks? ”

Leaving the city from Tumubao, only four miles to the west was the Tatar cavalry formation, and the battle lines on both sides gradually drew closer, and the Tatar cavalry was eager to try.

The Tatars paid attention to taking the lead in warfare, and there were few passive defenses, so when the Ming army attacked, the Tatars could not hold it down, and they waved their sabers one after another, just waiting for the order of the fire silk.

"Aya, give the order! Whether from the front or from the flanks, the custody ordered the Ming army to be annihilated! "Not only a thousand Tatar households, but even hundreds of households came forward to ask for their lives.

"No, no! He is so cowardly, how can he personally go into battle, how can he stand at the front of the team, isn't he afraid of the cavalry shooting of our steppe people? "Even if Shen Xi is wearing armor, if he shoots with a bow and arrow with all his strength, it will always cause damage. Huo Aya felt that Shen Xi must have a good move, but she couldn't figure it out, so she didn't know whether to charge for a while.

Huo Aya, who has always been decisive and brave on the battlefield, is in a dilemma at this time, whether to fight, not to fight, active, or passive, which makes it difficult for her to choose.

At this time, Shen Xi, with an indomitable momentum, stood on the wooden platform and waved the handsome flag in his hand. The Ming army was originally mentally exhausted, but when they saw their commander taking the lead, their fear was greatly reduced, and then there was a surge of blood, a momentum of making contributions on the battlefield regardless of life and death!

"Hooha, hooha, hooha......"

The trumpets shouted by the soldiers of the Ming army were very neat, accompanied by the sound of horns and the shouts mixed in.

Four miles, three miles, two miles......

As the battle lines on both sides gradually drew closer, the Tatars still had no intention of taking the initiative.

But at this time it was already ready to fly, and it had to be sent. (To be continued.) )