Zhang Erwu held a spear in his hand and looked at the Mongolian cavalry stopped dozens of steps away with straight eyes, his body was extremely stiff, and he didn't know how to move.

His current situation was not due to fear of the Mongol cavalry, but to the fact that he had not yet recovered from the fear he had just had. Hearing the soldiers in front shouting "defeated, defeated" for a while, and then a group of routs ran down from the front, Zhang Erwu was wrapped up and retreated.

Zhang Erwu hadn't figured out what was going on in the crowd of defeated soldiers, so he was intercepted by the handsome man here, watching the defeated soldiers being dragged out and cut off their heads in public, and the defeated soldiers who originally wanted to make noise were suddenly frightened by this bloody method.

After all, these defeated soldiers are not old fritters in the border army, they are just a group of auxiliaries. Although there are some defeated soldiers who have retreated from the previous border army, these people have not yet established their prestige among the auxiliaries, and they cannot encourage the auxiliaries around them to attack the interception line formed by dozens of family members.

Therefore, the honest and obedient soldiers soon stopped in obedience, reorganized into a team according to the orders of these soldiers, and then ran to Li Hongyuan to receive orders, while some treacherous soldiers broke away from the crowd and fled directly to the distance on both sides of the official road.

Zhang Erwu forgot to drop the weapon in his hand when he fled, so he was lucky not to be dragged out and beheaded by these armor-clad family members. Because he was a spearman, he was in the first row after the formation.

Outside the rear car formation, the Ming army lined up in three rows, the first row of spearmen, the second and third rows were firearms soldiers mixed with some spearmen, and such three rows of Ming troops were set up in the east and north of the Chinese army's formation.

Of the more than 1,000 people who were defeated, more than 300 were collected by Li Hongyuan, plus more than 100 Cui Ningxiu's family members and a company of new troops, but they also formed a decent military formation.

The Mongol advance could not be bypassed here, first, the size of this phalanx was much larger than the small-scale Ming army encountered before, and they wanted to make a detour and were easily flanked by the Ming army; Second, the Ming army is constantly using the cover of the phalanx to collect the defeated troops that have regrouped and retreated, and once these Ming troops are regrouped, it will obviously increase the casualties on their own side; The third is the big banner of Cui Zi fluttering in the phalanx here, indicating that the main general of the Ming army is in the phalanx.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the morale of the Ming army has not yet recovered, breaking the resisting Ming army in front of them, and making the entire Ming army lose its command, has become the highest priority choice of the Mongols. Even Engdel, who arrived later, saw the current situation and had to agree with the forward general's proposition.

The Ulut Mongol Banner and the tribal coalition army led by Engdel now only had 1,7800 people, and after leaving more than 100 people to guard Shimen Village, the army strength of the attack was less than 1,700 horsemen. Because he was bent on breaking the command center of the Ming army first, he did not eat the small resistance Ming army encountered in front of him, but only left a part of the surveillance force.

The main force of the Mongol left battalion following Engdel made peace with the forward, reaching about eight or nine hundred cavalry, and nearly half of the cavalry was still entangled with the remnants of the Ming army in the rear. Engdel also vaguely realized at this time that his front seemed to be dragging on too long, and if a group of Ming cavalry appeared at this time to cut off his ranks, I am afraid that the entire Mongol army would quickly collapse.

Engdel no longer thought about the good thing of continuing to drive the rout to crush the Ming army, and he immediately ordered the generals around him to arrange an attack, preparing to disperse the Ming soldiers on the periphery of this phalanx, and then open this phalanx to force the Ming army commander to surrender to end the battle.

Although they changed from the Mongol tribes to the Ulut Mongol banner, the Mongolian cavalry under the Ulut Mongol banner did not fundamentally change their combat methods, and what they changed from the Mongol tribal period was that they were more sophisticated in armament and more disciplined in battle.

Therefore, even if the Ming soldiers guarding the periphery of the phalanx looked crumbling, as long as a cavalry charge at any cost seemed to be able to break through these Ming troops who barely formed a line, but the Mongolian cavalry, which lacked the ability and determination to attack the fortifications, still adopted the most customary cavalry formation in front of the scattered formation, waiting for the Ming army to be chaotic before charging.

The exact range of the riding bow was within ten paces, but it was also the best range for a firearm in the Ming army. The first group of Mongolian cavalry rushed to a place close to the front ten paces of the Ming army and began to shoot, inflicting a lot of casualties on the Ming army, but this group of cavalry also suffered heavy casualties under the blow of the Ming army's firearms.

The second group of Mongol cavalry was obviously smarter, and began to shoot 30 steps away from the Ming army. But at this distance, the projectile of the cavalry bow seemed to be a little insufficient, and once it turned to the stage of firing between the two sides, the Ming army, which originally seemed to be about to collapse, gradually began to stabilize its position.

A few arrows from the Mongols' light arrows may not be dead, but the staff officer Li from the capital and the overseer team composed of the handsome family are behind them, and if they mess up their own front, they will inevitably be pulled out and beheaded by this Li butcher. Out of fear of the rear overseers, these Ming soldiers mustered up the courage to overwhelm the panic that was thrown by the Mongol cavalry.

Of course, if a group of cavalry rushed over at this time, regardless of their lives, these Ming soldiers would still completely collapse, and the courage to face hand-to-hand combat was not something that these poorly trained soldiers could have. However, relying on an orderly military formation and following the orders of the superior to shoot at the enemy, they were still able to barely hold on.

And once the counter-fire is launched, the power of the cavalry diffuse is a little insufficient. Not to mention that the strength of the infantry bow in the hands of the Ming army is stronger than the cavalry bow in the hands of the Mongolian cavalry, the Ming army in the phalanx finally finished sorting out the front at this time, and some musketeers began to climb on the side van to form the fourth line of defense, whether it is the arquebus used in the hands of these musketeers, or the large musket of the Ming army equipped on the side box, the range and power are far more than the riding bow.

The Mongol cavalry, who were still attacking outside the Ming army's vehicle formation, were suddenly expelled to a distance of 50 paces. At this distance, it also indicates that the Mongols will not be able to break the phalanx of the enlightened army in a short time.

Engdel suddenly had a headache, he was not a good military commander in the first place, and he could neither restrain his subordinates with military discipline nor treat them with kindness. At his core, he remained a traditional Mongol chieftain rather than a qualified general.

At this time, he also saw that he wanted to break the phalanx of the Ming army in a short time, unless he exchanged the life of a cavalryman. Charging into battle with the brave soldiers, the rest then rushed into the enemy formation with the gap opened by the warriors, and the Ming soldiers immediately collapsed.

In Engdel's memory, the Jianzhou Jurchens had always used this method of warfare to defeat the Ming army and the Chahar tribe. He was also sure that the Ming army on the opposite side would not be able to resist this set of tactics either.

However, he could not find a person in his hands who could spare his life. Under his leadership, the Niu Lu of Bayott has always been unable to endure hard fighting, which is one of the reasons why the Great Khan trusted him. And let them carry out such a task, it is estimated that they will not be able to break the formation, not to mention, and it will also make him lose the hearts of his own people.

The other tribes of the Inner Khalkha tribe are composed of Niu Lu, which he needs to encircle in order to resist the help of the Ulut tribe in the banner, and he cannot risk their lives.

As for the other allied forces of the Mongol tribes, these leaders refused to even do the forward before attacking, and let them take their own troops to charge the Ming army's military formation, obviously he was thinking too much.

The only suitable ones are still a few Niu Lu from the Ulut Department, but these Niu Lu have long bypassed here and run to attack the rear guard of the Ming army. If you want to call them back to gnaw the bones of the Ming army, it is estimated that it will be quite difficult. The most troublesome thing is that so many people in his hands can't break the phalanx of the Ming Army, and as a result, they have to rely on a few Niu Lu of the Ulut Department to open the situation.

Later Jin established the country with martial arts, whoever can fight, whoever has a soldier and horse in his hand who can fight, who can speak in the Hou Jin country. The fact that Ming'an and his son did not participate in this battle against the Ming shows that the Great Khan hopes to reduce the voice of Ming'an and his son, and the Ulut Mongol Banner and other Mongol tribes vassal to the Later Jin are now divided into two battalions by the Great Khan, and let him and Vunag each lead an army, which is to let them divide the power of the Ulut Department in the Mongol Banner.

As a result, he led the left battalion to cower in the face of the enemy, but he wanted to transfer the Ulut troops back to charge the battle, which was about to be spread, and the Great Khan might not spare him.

Engdel couldn't think of any way to break the situation for a while, if it was on the grassland, and the Ming army had already lined up, they would probably leave with the capture at this moment, after all, to this extent, the Ming army must be unable to march. As a Mongol, it is much more important to save the lives of your own people than to annihilate the enemy army.

In the grassland, the population of each tribe is related to whether the tribe can survive. Whether it's protecting pastures or grazing livestock, it is not possible to have enough people.

However, now they, as invaders, have to change their thinking. If this Ming army is not eliminated, and when reinforcements come up from their rear, the left battalion will only have to face more and more enemies. And this Ming army that has already fought with them can be regarded as understanding the reality of the left battalion, and the next time they fight, I am afraid it will not be as easy as it is today.

With this in mind, Engdel had to convince himself that he was bound to defeat this Ming army today. Only by completely defeating this Ming army can the Ming State not dare to act rashly, dare not divide its troops eastward to seize Shimenzhai, and avoid the left battalion from falling into the quagmire of wheel warfare with the reinforcements of the Ming army.

Engdel ordered his own soldiers to transfer back troops from the Mongolian coalition forces in the rear and the Qiuerzitaiji in the front, and ordered the Mongolian army in front of him to be divided into three divisions, and constantly harassed the Ming defense line from the east, north, and south directions of the car formation, testing the weak point of the Ming army's defense line, and then making preparations for a surprise attack.