When it was dark, Meng Qiaofang's 60,000 elites had all crossed the Weishui and set up camp on the south bank.

The villages and towns near the south bank fell into the hands of the Ming army, the nearest of which was only five miles away from the Jin army camp, almost under the nose, on the side of the couch.

This not only severely limited the scope of the Jin army's activities on the south bank, but also made the Jin army feel insecure. In order to facilitate the display, the three villages and towns must be in their hands.

The competition for the three main villages and towns, one lasted until midnight, because of the superiority of the Jin cavalry, the Ming army did not dare to reinforce during the day, so that Meng Qiaofang occupied the advantage in strength in the daytime battle.

This advantage became even more obvious as the 60,000 troops of the Jin Army's northern flank group all crossed Weishui.

The battle lasted until midnight, the Dufugou in the west of Xinfeng Town fell into the hands of the Jin army, and the Ming army of the three divisions was almost wiped out, and the Lingkou Town in the east of Xinfeng Town had been rushed into the town by the Jin army, and the Ming army was holding on to a dock fort of a large household in the town, and the exchange of fire continued.

Dock Fort is a private fortress that the rich and the big people like to build in ancient times, and it is especially popular in times of war, that is, it can prevent bandits and rogues, and play a role in protecting the clansmen and property.

The battle for the three villages and towns, as the Jin army increased its strength, and developed in a direction that was unfavorable to the Ming army, and it was not until the second half of the night that the reinforcements of the Ming army took advantage of the night to rush to the vicinity of the three villages and towns, and the situation changed.

The three Ming armies, among which the reinforcements who went to Dufugou, saw that the village had fallen, and did not return to the camp, but marched east to Xinfeng Town, so that Nguyen My had two support armies, and the strength increased to 4,000 men.

After the other entered Lingkou Town, the Jin army saw that the Ming army was supported, so they immediately stopped the attack, turned to hold the half of the town they had occupied, digested the fruits, and confronted the Ming army in the north and south of the town.

At this point, the first battle between the two armies for the town came to an end for the time being.

In addition to the three large towns, nearly ten small villages nearby, as well as a few three or four highlands that could be used as defensive supports, all fell into the hands of the Jin army, gaining a lot of space for Meng Qiaofang's performance.

These small villages and highlands, like the big towns, do not have much room for troops.

Although the Ming army occupied, but each sent a bureau or so of men and horses to guard, the Jin army, with the advantage of cavalry and infantry troops, drove the Ming army squads in these locations out of the villages before dark.

In this way, on the whole, the Ming army has been slightly at a disadvantage in the first round of competition, but the most important Xinfeng Town in the middle is still in the hands of the Ming army, and with this fulcrum, the Ming army's strategy of defending the north and attacking the south is not a complete failure.

That night, in order to gain an advantage in the battle after dawn, the Jin army sent a large number of scouts to attack the Ming army camp and harass it, wanting to exhaust the Ming army.

The Jin army thought that the artillery of the Ming army was difficult to strike accurately at night, and the cavalry could gallop close to the camp, and then attack and disturb it, as a result, the cavalry hit the thunder again and again, and from time to time outside the Ming army camp, there was an explosion, raising a cloud of white smoke, as well as the war horses and the corpses of the Jin army, which made the Jin army scouts frightened and frightened, so they returned to the camp early.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in 1434, Jiao Yu's "Fire Dragon Sutra" recorded a kind of "explosive cannon", the text is, "the explosive cannon is cast with pig iron, empty stomach, put medicine pestle, into a small bamboo tube, wear the fire line inside, and use a long line to penetrate the fire groove outside. ”

From the records, it can be seen that the "explosive cannon" is the earliest pressure mine, and it is also similar to today's "chain mine".

Qi Jiguang has used this kind of thing, and has also improved it, the Ming army has been in an offensive posture in recent years, and this kind of defensive "bombardment" is rarely used, and now it is time to have the opportunity to show its skills.

Seeing that the attack could not be disturbed, the Jin army could only return to their respective camps to recuperate and prepare for the big war.

The next day, at three o'clock, before dawn, the Ming army began to bury the pot to make rice, a large number of sheep were slaughtered by the gang leader, the camp was full of smoke, white steam mixed with the aroma of rice and meat in the camp.

In the past, the meat of the Ming Dynasty was not sufficient, but as the imperial court passed through the grassland and Liaodong, and the Mongolian herdsmen of Guiyi formed a complementary, so the meat was enriched to a certain extent, especially the conquest of Eastern Mongolia seized countless cattle, sheep and horses, the imperial court lent those cattle and sheep to Guiyi Mongolia for grazing, and they provided 100,000 cattle and sheep for the military department every year, which greatly improved the food of the army.

On this march, in order to reduce the pressure of transferring rice from Nanyang, Wang Yan drove a lot of cattle and sheep to accompany him.

At dawn, the sky was bright, almost when the head army was ready to cook, the Ming army camp sounded the horn of the endless, and the entire sleeping camp suddenly came to life, countless soldiers put on their clothes and armor, and drilled out of the tent, and the camp was densely packed with figures.

The soldiers each received their own meals, ate and drank in the camp, and after a short time, the Ming scouts who had eaten first galloped out of the camp first.

The cavalry of the various battalions of the Ming army, plus the men and horses of Qin Feng and Tan Tai who escaped from Lintong, there were probably only more than 8,000 horsemen left.

At this time, the cavalry of each battalion rushed out of the battalion almost at the same time, gathered into three strands, and galloped away in the south, west, and north directions.

They had to reconnoiter the battlefield first, force the cavalry of the Jin army away, and occupy a favorable formation space for the infantry army.

The cavalry of the Ming army, galloping westward, stopped outside the battle line built by Hauge, and then divided into several groups, scattered from north to south, waiting for the arrival of the infantry army.

The soldiers of the Jin State in the defense line were nibbling on potatoes and sweet potatoes, and they glanced at the Ming cavalry outside the defense line, but no men and horses came out to drive them away.

Hauge was looking forward to the Ming army coming to attack him, so he did not send anyone to interfere with the Ming army's formation, he hoped that Wang Yan would quickly collide with him.

Doesn't that guy like to fight in a daze, like to stay behind a strong fortification, and watch others hit their heads and break their blood? Today, he will repay the favor in his own way, make Wang Yan's house look good, and let him know how obscene and annoying he is.

The cavalry of the Ming army stood two miles away from the Jin army front, and the Jin soldiers and horses stepped up to eat, and the two sides were safe.

At two o'clock, the soldiers of the various battalions of the Ming army began to come out of the camp, and the soldiers formed a large formation under the command of countless banners according to the number.

By five o'clock, Zhang Mingzhen led the Zhenwu Left Army, plus a part of the Fenwei Right Army, a total of 30,000 people in two battle formations, pushed towards Beiping.

At the same time, Li Guo led nearly 120,000 people to the south, while Wang Yan left 20,000 people to guard the camp as a rear army, and then led nearly 100,000 horses to advance westward.

The battlefield of the decisive battle of Mingjin is very vast, east of Lintong, west of Weinan, south of Weishui, north of Lishan, and a radius of nearly 100 miles are the venues for the decisive battle of the two armies.

In this battle, there were 500,000 troops participating in the joint battle alone, and if you add the tun army and the people, the number will exceed one million, which is enough to go down in history.

The eagle swept across the sky, the eagle's eyes overlooked the earth, the ground was densely packed with shrunken figures, and the Ming army covered the yellow land with three huge red carpets, and the ground was full of dazzling red, like flowing flames.

Bursts of trumpets and snare drums slowly came from the east, and the soldiers of the Jin army behind the low wall straightened up one after another and began to look eastward, and they saw the phalanx of the Ming army.

They followed the drums and marched in such a orderly manner that the ground shook slightly.

Seeing the incalculable men and horses in front of him, like rolling magma, approaching the line, the Jin soldiers felt the vibration of the ground, from the soles of their feet to their hearts, and they couldn't help but clench the weapons in their hands one by one.

Soon, the Ming soldiers entered their respective positions under the gaze of the Jin army.

The entire Ming army was divided into two parts, in front of which was the Wuwei Front Army and the Fenwei Army under the command of Sun Shoufa, with a total of thirteen battalions and nearly 40,000 people.

They were arranged in two lines, seven in the front and six in the rear, arranged in a horizontal formation, and the six battalions in the back were just behind the gap between the first seven and could move forward at any time.

Wang Yan's 50,000 men were the central army, and the 16 battalions were in a dense formation, surrounding him in the middle.

After the Ming army left the camp, they set up the formation, then maintained the formation, and entered the preset battlefield all the way, so the formation was quickly completed.

In the ninth year of the reign of the Ming Dynasty, in May, the main force of the Ming army and the main force of the Jin army fought in the opposition, and with Wang Yan's banner erected, it was announced that the war was the prelude.

Behind the Jin army's position, a tall lookout car was erected, Haoge boarded the lookout car, took out a clairvoyant mirror to watch, and saw that in the Ming army's array, under a Phnom Penh dragon pattern Daxu, a figure wearing gold armor appeared in his field of vision, and he immediately sneered······

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