"Great Khan, this guard only has more than 7,000 people, and it will not take more than 10,000 cavalry to deal with them, 5,000 people are enough." Said a man next to him who held a position similar to that of a staff officer.

"It's better to be careful. The rest of the cavalry was enough to entangle those infantry anyway. And in a battle, the more troops our army invests, the fewer the number of casualties will be. At present, the total number of people in the Ming Kingdom is larger than that of our army, and on the whole we can only fight more with less, but if we can create a situation in the local area, we must create a situation in which we can fight more and fight less. ”

After Timur's explanation, no one commented, and the bannerman waved the flag in his hand and began to give orders.

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"General, the Great Khan's order, let's deal with this Ming army guard that has just been sent to the battlefield. The Great Khan also reminded not to be careless. Hamuli's lieutenant said to him when the flag was waving.

"The Great Khan attaches great importance to this guard." Hamuri laughed, "It's just a lonely guardhouse. If they stop and form a formation while our army is over, I will certainly not be able to destroy them, but they will not be able to move forward. ”

His adjutant actually agreed with his commander's words, but did not say anything out of respect for Timur.

Hamuli immediately ordered the whole army to slowly rush towards Baiyiwei. They had been on the battlefield for a long time, and the horses were a little tired, so they had to be considerate.

But until they were only a hundred zhang close to Baiyiwei, Baiyiwei had not yet formed a formation against the cavalry. Hamuli suddenly sighed: "The commander of this Ming army is really bold. In the face of the cavalry so close, they did not form a formation. ”

Originally, he just wanted to fulfill Timur's order, but when he saw such a situation, he couldn't help but joke: "Order the soldiers to increase the speed of their horses, let's go and scare them." ”

"Yes, General." Everyone smiled and agreed. They didn't plan to attack, but it was interesting to watch the opponent panic and form a defensive cavalry charge. And it is not useless to let them waste a few arrows.

The soldiers then increased their horses and began to charge. But to their great surprise, something happened: in the face of the increasing speed of the western captives, who could clearly see at a glance that they were about to attack them, the Baiyi Guard did not form a defensive position against the cavalry.

Under the command of the commander whom Hamuri did not know, the archers of the Baiyi guard made the bow oblique upward, and when the army of the Silu approached eighty paces, they released their arrows, and countless arrows were fired at the Siyu; The infantry in the front row was divided into two parts, about two hundred people stood in front in a row, and the rest of the infantry took a dozen steps back.

Hamuri was baffled by his response. What is this doing? These more than 200 people have a grudge against the commander and were killed by borrowing a knife? That's not right, the other generals of the Ming army also looked at it, even if they really had a grudge, they wouldn't do it so simply and rudely.

Hamuli was puzzled, so he wanted to stop charging for the time being, and observe for a while. But when his soldiers saw so many Ming soldiers standing alone outside the formation, they immediately became happy, and instead sped up. "Rush, kill these Ming soldiers!" Countless people shouted excitedly.

Hamuli quickly noticed the movements of his soldiers. He understood that he had no way to stop these excited soldiers at this time, and he could only change his previous thoughts and lead the soldiers to rush towards these lonely Ming troops. But he kept an eye on it, and instead of rushing to the front, he fell behind.

His face was full of excitement, and he didn't notice what the commander was doing. Their eyes were firmly fixed on the Ming army in front of them, watching themselves get closer and closer to them, and the expressions on their faces became more and more excited.

"Kill you, pagans of the East." While one of them shouted loudly, the war horse under his crotch bumped into a Ming army, killing him in an instant.

But the man was not happy for a moment, when he suddenly felt as if his horse had suddenly lost his balance, and after a few more paces, he fell to the ground.

"What's going on!"

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Kusunoki Yoshigen looked at the Fuso samurai who had just fallen to the ground, and tears flowed from his eyes.

Their method of stopping the cavalry of the Western Capture was very simple. The soldier who stood alone had a chopping knife in his hand, and at the same moment as the Western cavalry rushed over, he used the saber to cut the horse's leg. These warriors were all highly skilled in martial arts, and they had practiced this tactic before, and most of them had successfully completed the task that Zhu Hengshi had given them.

But the moment everyone slashed the horse's leg, they were also hit by the horse's forequarters and were killed. The samurai exchanged their lives for their lives to stop the onslaught of the Western cavalry.

Nanmu Fangyuan couldn't accept that the warriors had not been able to enjoy the superior life of the Ming Dynasty, so they died, dying in a foreign land. In particular, several of them were friends he had made when he was in China, and he couldn't hold back his sadness and cried.

But he was immediately taught a lesson by Zhu Hengshi. Zhu Hengshi saw that all the cavalry in front of Xilu had fallen to the ground, and the cavalry that followed behind was caught off guard and knocked down, and the rest of the people were also a little confused for a while, and the momentum of the attack was blocked, and he immediately shouted that he was going to lead his warriors forward to fight with Xilu.

But he glanced back a few times and saw that Nanmu Fangyuan was crying, and immediately became furious, raised his chin with his left hand, and then raised his right hand and "crackled" to give him two mouths.

Nanmu Fangyuan was beaten for a while, and looked at Zhu Hengshi in a daze. Zhu Hengshi hated iron and said: "I don't care why you are crying, but you must not cry on the battlefield!" Let me see you shed tears again, and I will cut off your head, lest you disgrace the samurai!" ”

He was very disappointed. Kusunoki Yoshigen is the younger brother of his former friend Kusunoki Masanari, so he has high expectations for Yoshigen after Masanari's death, hoping to train Yoshigen to be as good a samurai as Masanari, but he didn't expect him to be so pustud when he first went to the battlefield.

After beating these two mouths, Zhu Hengshi saw that he was still a little confused, and it was not the time to teach him on the battlefield at this time, Zhu Hengshi could only sigh and turn around and pick up his weapon and step forward to fight with Xilu in one place.

But tens of thousands of people are fighting each other, and he is not the only one. Frightened by the suicidal attack of the Fuso samurai, the Hamuli department was stunned and was surrounded by the Fuso samurai who rushed up. They lost the opportunity, the horses could not charge, and the advantage of the cavalry could not be brought into play, so they could only ride on horses or dismount to fight with the Ming army on foot.

But most of these Xiyu are herdsmen, and they don't have much kung fu, and the Fuso warriors are all good martial arts that they have practiced since childhood, and their strength is greater than that of these people who ride on horses all year round, and they quickly kill Xiyu like chopping melons and vegetables, and their heads are cut off and pinned to their waists. It didn't take long for the rest of the army to be wiped out, except for some of the men who ran behind them in time to flee in time.

Timur's hand, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but tremble. He had not seen a mad enemy, he had seen the Eastern Cross men charging his army to the death when he was leading the Golden Horde, and he had heard about the so-called berserkers during the Crusades more than a hundred years ago.

But under the influence of Western religion, people who are crazy to this point, and do not care about life and death at all, are crazy, do not think rationally, and do not choose the right time, they will immediately charge when they appear on the battlefield and see the enemy, until they themselves are killed in battle or the enemy is frightened by their madness and flees, how can the expression on the faces of these people until they swing their sabers to cut off the horse's legs can still be called calm and serene, and can also calmly choose the fighter plane and die with his soldiers.

"Isn't this a concrete manifestation of the loyalty and patriotism that the Oriental people have always admired?" Timur whispered to himself.

"Which guard is this army?" He turned to the staff officer again.

"The Great Khan, according to their banner, should be the Baiyiwei that was formed just last year. The soldiers of this guard are mainly Fuso people. The staff officer replied immediately.

"Fuso people." Timur muttered, and after a while said, "Send another 10,000 cavalry to attack this guard." ”

"Great Khan, this, the loss will be great." The staff officer couldn't help but say.

"Let them be clever and don't be foolish and hit the front. I don't believe that they can always put up such a position on all sides; Even if it can be posed, it will definitely slow down the speed of travel. Timur said.

But what happened on the battlefield afterwards did not correspond to his judgment. Of course, Zhu Hengshi had long expected the enemy's response after he used this tactic. After the cavalry of the Western Capture approached again, he ordered a change of formation, and a lone line of samurai ready to stop the enemy was placed on all sides, while continuing to move forward. Although the speed was a little slower, it still firmly approached the Chinese army where 1 was. The cavalry around him was reluctant to rush forward because of the scene just now, and even let Baiyiwei get closer to a place less than two hundred zhang away from the Chinese army where Timur was.

Seeing this, Timur pondered for a moment and looked at the two armies on the other side who were fighting fiercely. Although the Ming infantry was getting slower and slower to respond, there was still no sign of opening the formation to eliminate the first army.

Timur gritted his teeth and said, "Order Lan Chabu to lead 20,000 main infantry to meet the Ming army's Baiyi Wei and wipe them out." ”

He never imagined that he would be pushed to this point now. His original plan was to wipe out part of the Ming army, and after Xu Huizu had to dispatch the absolute main force to deal with it, he led the last 100,000 main forces to make a final decision; But at this time, in order to prevent his Chinese army from retreating, he could only dispatch part of the main force to meet the battle.

'What will Xu Huizu do next?' He looked at where Xu Huizu was, thinking.

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"Ordered the five guards of the standard-bearer, the Jinwu rearguard, the government army guard, the government army avant-garde, and the government army rear guard to force Timur's central army from the right flank." Xu Huizu ordered.

"General Xu, then there will be no main army here." Song Sheng said.

"Isn't there still a government army left and right guard?" Xu Huizu said with a smile.

"General Xu! According to the plan, the left and right guards of the government army will also be sent to the battlefield after a while, how can it be counted? What's more, to protect the safety of His Royal Highness King Yongxing, you can't ignore it! Song Sheng said in an accentuated tone and admonished.

"Don't think about loneliness!" Zhu Shanglie immediately said: "I think it's good to send out all five upper guards." The West Captives are not easy to deal with, and the more troops sent, the better. ”

"Don't worry." Xu Huizu also said: "There are also these guards to protect His Royal Highness, and there will be no problem with his safety." ”

"But if something goes wrong...... Song Sheng still wants to insist. He is old, seeks stability, and is not willing to take risks.

"There's nothing going wrong!" Xu Huizu said categorically.

Xu Huizu immediately sent someone to call Yang Feng and said to him, "Master Horse......"

"Just call me Yang Feng." Yang Feng said.

"General Yang Shen," Xu Huizu changed his title: "I want to send the government military guards and other five direct guards to fight with the Xiyu, and rush straight to the Xiyu Central Army from the left flank, is General Yang willing to lead the troops to attack?" ”

Before Yang Feng could speak, he heard voices from both sides: "No! You can't let Yang Feng lead the troops to rush into battle! "General Xu, no!" Zhu Shanglie and Song Sheng said successively.

Zhu Shanglie even walked over, grabbed Xu Huizu's shoulder, and said to him: "Let me lead the Shangzhi Guard to attack Xiyu for the general." ”

"General Yang has always commanded these five direct guards, and both soldiers and generals are familiar with it, if it is commanded by His Royal Highness, it may not be able to command it, and it will be difficult to succeed in the plan." Xu Huizu said.

"But," because Yang Feng was on the side, he couldn't say it too clearly: "You can think about the consequences." ”

"I will bear all the consequences!" Xu Huizu said in a firm tone.

Zhu Shanglie wanted to persuade again, but suddenly Yang Feng interjected: "His Royal Highness King Yongxing, General Song, at this time, it is General Xu who is asking about the wishes of his subordinates, and please allow his subordinates to answer General Xu's words." ”

He immediately stepped forward and walked in front of Xu Huizu, bowed down and said, "General, my subordinates are willing to lead troops to the battle, break the main force of the Western Capture, and destroy the enemy army!" ”

"You've got to think about it." Zhu Shanglie said to him again.

"His Highness's kindness is appreciated by his subordinates, but his subordinates are willing to lead troops to the battle." Yang Feng replied.

Since the wishes of both parties are very resolute, Zhu Shanglie and Song Sheng can only stop persuading, but Zhu Shanglie still said: "Xu Huizu, you are gambling, you already have such a status, why do you want to do this?" ”

"For the sake of Daming, this battle can be won!" After Yang Feng retreated, he said to Zhu Shanglie.

Hearing this, Zhu Shanglie sighed and said no more.

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"What! Is it Yang Feng who led the troops to attack? Did you read that right? Timur said to his staff officer beside him with some incredulity.

"Great Khan, I can't be mistaken! That banner is the banner of Yang Feng, the princess of Zhongshan in the Ming Kingdom. Although there were many generals surnamed Yang in the Ming army, and there were many people who used the 'Yang' character flag, the style of the banner of different generals was different. ”

"And Yang Feng is the concubine of the Ming Kingdom, and some patterns that others are not allowed to use on his personal flag, so that flag must be Yang Feng's flag." The staff officer said.

"How dare Xu Huizu send him to lead the troops into battle at this time?" Timur muttered. Yang Feng is the fiancé of the emperor's own sister, and if he dies here, it will definitely make the emperor of the Ming kingdom feel uncomfortable. Because the Ming State adopted a monarchical dictatorship, a minister who made the emperor uncomfortable would not have any good results.

"Could it be that Xu Huizu thinks that Yang Feng will definitely not be in danger? Where did he get his faith? Timur thought again.

He didn't know that the reason why Xu Huizu sent Yang Feng to fight was actually very simple, that is, what he said to Zhu Shanglie: because Yang Feng was most familiar with these five upper guards.

Before Yang Feng set off, he was appointed as the general of the five infantry-based upper guards including the military guard of the Commander's Mansion, because this was appointed by Yun Xi himself, and Xu Huizu did not change others. It wasn't until today that he had to lead his troops to a decisive battle with the Western Guards and make a battle plan that he realized that there was one task that could only be carried out by the upper guards, and it was difficult for the other guards to guarantee their success. But the person who commanded these five guards was Yang Feng who couldn't die in battle.

Xu Huizu fell into deep hesitation at that time. Not only did he know that Yang Feng was the concubine of the eldest princess of Zhongshan, but also because Lan Zhen said that he knew that Her Royal Highness the princess really liked him, once Yang Feng died in battle, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Zhongshan cried to Her Majesty, even if Your Majesty was wise, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not be affected.

Moreover, his prestige will definitely rise after this battle, and it is difficult to say whether His Majesty will be jealous. If His Majesty is jealous again, not only will his future be worried, but his life may not be saved.

But after thinking about it, he still decided to use Yang Feng as the main general to command these five upper guards to attack Xiyu. Yang Feng has led them for a long time and is very familiar with the soldiers; Moreover, in the last year or two, the upper direct guard has undergone a major disguise, and the tactics are also quite different from before, and it can only be commanded by the people who have recently commanded the upper direct guard, and the people who have been in command in the past are likely to not be able to exert the combat effectiveness of the upper direct guard.

Moreover, as an army directly under the emperor's direct jurisdiction, it is difficult for people with insufficient prestige or status to direct them. Yang Feng relied on his previous qualifications at the emperor's side and his identity as a concubine to barely be able to command, but there were no more than ten people in the entire army who could command the direct guard, and it was not easy to find one person now.

And Yun Xi also told him before he left: Let Yang Feng make some merits and be rewarded, and the wedding will look better in the future. In addition, the probability of the general who commanded the army was not high in battle, so Xu Huizu decided to send Yang Feng as the main general.

Of course, Xu Huizu didn't really rest assured about this. He had instructed Yang Feng's guards before: once there was danger, he would immediately escort Yang Feng to retreat, and he would not leave an inch for safety during ordinary protection.

May God bless Yang Feng safely. Xu Huizu finally said to the sky.

Of course, Timur didn't know what Xu Huizu was thinking, so he quickly put aside the matter of why Xu Huizu sent Yang Feng to lead the troops, and thought about how to deal with the Ming army that was sent out.

The establishment of the general guard of the Ming army was one hundred households with 112 soldiers, one thousand households with ten hundred households with a total of 1,120 people, and one guard with a total of 5,600 people from 5,000 households. Counting military generals and civilian personnel at all levels, the total number of fireheads is less than 6,000.

But the Ming Emperor's Praetorian Guards, the Shangzhiwei and the Prince's Guard, were different. There are ten thousand households in one upper guard or prince's guard, with a total strength of 11,200 people, which is equivalent to two ordinary guards. At this time, Xu Huizu sent five Shangzhi Guards, that is, more than 56,000 people.

Moreover, the Shangzhiwei is said to be the most effective guard in the Ming Kingdom, and the weapons used are also the latest style, some of the weapons are not equipped with all the other guards, and the tactics are also different, so they must not be taken lightly.

Timur walked a few steps nearby, raised his head and said loudly: "Pass my order, and the remaining 80,000 main troops will be pressed down." I want to lead the troops to try it for myself, whether the combat effectiveness of the Ming Emperor's Praetorian Guard is as strong as they boasted! ”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison.