"Nothing." Shang Lie said categorically: "Although most of the brothers don't dare to do evil now, they are also lazy and lazy, relying on the money issued by the court to eat and wait for death, how can they get it if they continue like this." The eldest brother and the eldest brother of Jin are both princes, and they are very important and cannot be damaged, I am just a county king, not a person who cannot be lost. Although I am not ranked among my brothers, I will never wait for the outcome of the war. ”

Xu Huizu was also touched when he heard Shang Lie's words. But he still didn't want the king of the county to die in battle under his command.

He was about to persuade again, when he suddenly approached and said, "Xu Shuai, the flags that have been prepared are coming from everywhere. ”

Hearing this, Xu Huizu didn't have time to continue persuading Shang Lie, so he could only sigh: "Your Highness, take care", left here, got on the horse and began to command the battle.

The war was at a fever pitch from the very beginning.

Xu Huizu didn't know how to speak, and he was not in the mood to speak, so he rode a horse to the front and back of the two armies and immediately ordered the battle. As the horn sounded, tens of thousands of soldiers lined up in an untidy queue and rushed towards the formation of the western captives; At the same time, Xu Huizu pushed the entire Western Expeditionary Army to the front line with nearly 300 cannons and small artillery, and ordered an artillery bombardment after the troops of the Western Expeditionary Army were also dispatched.

Xu Huizu's tactics were very simple, using his own soldiers more than Timur, first using a motley army to consume the strength, shells and arrows of the Western captives, and then throwing the main army into the final word. And the first miscellaneous army to be sent to the field was naturally the barbarian soldiers from all walks of life who defected to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the cavalry and some combat effectiveness, the infantry without horses fought face-to-face with the elite guards of the Ming Dynasty, and even if there were a few people who were not afraid of death, they could not change the situation of the war. Those who called the commanders and were in fact the leaders of the tribe knew very well that they would not make much difference in the face of Timur's soldiers in the face of the Ming guards: even if they had never heard of Timur's prestige before, they knew when they came to Yiwu that there was no possibility of victory in battle.

They are reluctant to go into battle, but they dare not go into battle even more. Xu Huizu changed his previous amiable expression, and told them in a very cold and irrefutable voice: "Your guard is at the forefront of the whole army, and after hearing the general's order, he will immediately attack the formation of the western captives. ”

Someone raised an objection, and was immediately arrested by the gendarmes lying in ambush on both sides and cut off his head in public! The remaining tribal leaders knew at once what they were supposed to do.

Looking at the barbarian soldiers of the Shazhou Guard and other guards who were rushing forward with a tragic aura, Zhu Shanglie suddenly felt a sense of unbearability in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Xu Huizu, is this too harsh for them?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Yongxing, didn't His Majesty send them to the Western Expeditionary Army just for this day? Use the lives of these barbarians to replace the lives of the Han people, so that the Han people will die less. Xu Huizu replied very calmly.

"Of course, the king knows why the royal brother sent them, but is it too naked to do so? It is contrary to the teachings of the saints. Zhu Shanglie said.

"The teachings of the saints are used to deal with those who believe in the saints, not these barbarians who do not worship Confucianism at all." Xu Huizu said: "Your Highness should be worried that they will resent Daming from now on, and after the news spreads to all parts of the border, the barbarians will no longer take refuge in Daming." ”

"Your Highness don't worry. The lower officials did not do anything wrong, and before they sent their troops, the lower officials had promised them that they would not be sent into battle again today after the defeat, and all those who died in battle would have ten yuan as a pension. ”

"This is actually buying a life with money, buying a life with ten times of money! The barbarian soldiers live a very hard life on weekdays, and there is a lot of money for ten times a life. ”

This is also the reason why ordinary barbarian soldiers do not resist this. Otherwise, how would they have gone to war? ”

"As for the commanders and other generals, they are all tribal leaders, so naturally they are not willing to sell their lives like this, but after I immediately beheaded a person who did not want to fight, I could only fight. If they are killed by the Silu, their lives will be bad. Xu Huizu talked eloquently.

"Hey." Zhu Shanglie stopped talking now, and raised his clairvoyance with both hands to look at the formation of Xiyu. See how Timur will respond.

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"Order Shaharu to lead the 50,000 troops on the left flank into battle." Timur said.

Of course, he saw Xu Huizu's intentions, so he would not dispatch the elite main force under his command, and also sent a miscellaneous army to deal with it. And he has another advantage over Xu Huizu, the miscellaneous army or auxiliary soldiers he brought are all herdsmen, all of whom have horses, although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of real cavalry, but they are also stronger than pure infantry. So at this moment, after seeing the flag from the Chinese army, Shaharu shouted and led 50,000 cavalry to rush forward.

Of course, Xu Huizu would not let the soldiers who fought to die in vain, even if they were all cannon fodder, they could not be killed so easily. Soon, the cavalry, mainly Mongols, was also dispatched under the leadership of Shami Chagan.

After Sha Michagan saw the banner, he immediately scolded Xu Huizu and Zhu Shangbing's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, but he still didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he could only take himself and the miscellaneous barbarian cavalry temporarily under his jurisdiction into battle.

Soon, they were the first to come and meet the cavalry led by Shahru.

Shaharu's department immediately drew his bow and arrows, only to hear a sound of "whoosh", countless arrows flew up, crossed the apex in the air, and then slid down, landing on the head of Shami Chagan's department, although there was no accurate head, but relying on the large number of shots also killed a lot. Of course, the Shami Chagan Division also shot arrows at about the same time, inflicting the same losses on the Shaharu Division.

Then the two armies fought together. Neither side has the determination to fight to the death for the people they are currently working for, but there is no room for retreat on the battlefield, and they can only fight their opponents as best they can to survive.

Soon, the two cavalry interspersed with each other, and were about to turn the horse's head, when suddenly there was a whistling sound from overhead, and then countless cannonballs fell beside them, many of them were hit by the cannonballs and were smashed into meatloafs, and some people were not directly hit, but the horses under the crotch were grazed by the cannonballs, and the horses fell to the ground with a wail, and the riders on horseback certainly did not live. Although they had all paid attention to moving away from the enemy's position, they were still within the range of the cannons.

Shamichagan endured the casualties caused by the shells, and forcibly turned his horse's head to attack again, and Shaharu did the same. They soon rushed together again. This time, because the horses had already rushed and could no longer break through the enemy's position, they fought in one place.

At this time, the barbarian soldiers who were previously sent out by Xu Huizu as cannon fodder had also rushed to the battlefield and killed the cavalry led by Shaharu. There was even a confusion between the Shami Chagan Division and the Shaharu Division, both sides were killed, and the battlefield turned into a big melee.

But at this time, neither Xu Huizu nor Timur's attention was placed here. Timur raised his clairvoyance to look at the opposite side, pointed to one place and said to Jesbu: "Which of the very elite cavalry you saw in the early hours of this morning, is it them?" The place he pointed to was the place where the left and right guards of the government army led by Cao Xing were located.

"That's them!" Jesbu said: "This army of more than 20,000 people has not many real cavalry, only about eight or nine thousand, but these eight or nine thousand men are very strong in battle, and they are by no means under the most elite cavalry under Timur. These people on the battlefield now," he looked at Sha Mi Chagan and the others who were fighting, "that cavalry of the Ming army can be five or even ten enemies with one enemy. ”

Although Jesbu had not been in contact with the left and right guards of the government army for a long time last night, he had already realized that this was a very elite cavalry. Even those mounted infantry who came out at a glance were not to be underestimated.

"Their position is too close to the artillery position. Ulbek," he beckoned to one of his generals: "You lead 50,000 cavalry, force into the artillery of the Ming army, and let the Cao Xing headquarters of the Ming army move." Deploy your 10,000 main forces in this battle. ”

Ulbek agreed, and went down to carry out Timur's order.

But Jesbu asked puzzledly: "Great Khan, if you target the artillery of the Ming army, it is very likely that you will be surprised by doing so now." ”

"No, my target is not an artillery position. But let the Ming army mistakenly think that my target is an artillery position. Timur explained a little and then stopped talking.

Seeing this, Zhu Shanglie immediately said to Xu Huizu: "Xu Huizu, Xilu has dispatched 50,000 soldiers, including 10,000 main forces, it seems that they want to deal with our artillery array, but they want to send troops to meet it?" ”

"Not necessarily. There is no need to deal with them within 300 feet of the artillery position. But ordered the standard-bearers to be ready, and in case the Western cavalry charged, they opened fire. Xu Huizu was unmoved. At this time, the war had just begun, and even if Timur's goal was an artillery position, it could not be captured now, at least by relying on these 50,000 horses. Moreover, it is not clear where Timur intended to use it as a breakthrough, and it may not be an artillery position.

"Hurry up and send cavalry to support Shami Chagan." He said again.

At this time, the Sha Micha cadre department was already a little defeated. Although the soldiers on both sides have no motivation to serve the dead, after all, there is religion as a call on the Xilu side, and the Ming army has not yet done so, and the morale is lower than that of the Xilu. The beaten step by step retreated.

Zhang Lun immediately led the cavalry except for Shangzhiwei and Quanningwei to rush up. The father-in-law of the commander of the Jinyi Guard was appointed as a general in this operation by virtue of his many years of merit and seniority as a general at the border pass, and the commander rushed to the battlefield from his headquarters at this time.

The morale of the Han soldiers was much higher than that of the Mongols, and they instantly pressed the Xiyu back.

But Timur immediately sent another 50,000 cavalry to the place of the melee. With the advantage of numbers, it took the initiative again.

He ordered Zhang Lun to answer Sha Mi Chagan and retreat. Ordered artillery to bombard behind enemy troops. Xu Huizu immediately ordered.

"What about the infantry?" Zhu Shanglie asked.

Xu Huizu was about to speak, when his eyes suddenly flashed, as if he had discovered something, and said, "Order Lan Zhen's front army to press the whole army." Rescue these infantrymen. Ordered Quan Ningwei to guard on the side. ”

"What is this?" Zhu Shanglie was very puzzled. Xu Huizu originally used these infantry as cannon fodder, why should he save them now?

Xu Huizu didn't explain, but said something to the guard beside him, who seemed to be galloping towards the place where the artillery array was after receiving the order.

Xu Huizu then turned his head and looked at the battlefield in front of him.

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"Xu Huizu, what is this going to do?" Timur was somewhat inexplicable. He confronted Xu Huizu during this time, and knew that he was very cautious in his use of troops, why did he let the army led by Lan Zhen press him now? Even if some cavalry was taken away, there were 80,000 soldiers in his hands, and if they were wiped out, the Ming army would be very disadvantaged.