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Then, a fire burst into the sky, and when it reached an altitude of several hundred meters, it exploded, emitting a cloud of red smoke.

Although Wu Yao of the Gunpowder Workshop did not make a reliable rocket, it was still no problem to make such a small fire.

The fire exploded into the air, blowing up a special red powder mixed within, and it could be clearly seen from a long distance.

This is also made by Li Zixiao on improvised terms, and it is used as a signal flare for the White Dragon Army, as long as it is sunny and a few miles away, it can be seen.

In this way, they can be very timely and quick, get in touch with the troops in several other directions, launch an attack in time, or cover the retreat, etc.

Otherwise, at this time, Li Zixiao decided to attack the Tartar army, and the other teams were still miles away and could not cooperate in time.

Li Zixiao led his troops to rush forward in a daze, maybe he would be defeated by the Tartars' counterattack, and finally fall short.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and timely information exchange is very necessary.

In ancient times, there were no telephones and telephones, and in wartime generals commanded armies and gave orders, mainly by shouting from men, standard-bearers, drummers, or cavalry.

At this time, the other two teams of the White Dragon Army were still in ambush several miles away, waiting for Li Zixiao to send cavalry over to give the order to attack, it was estimated that this group of Tartars had already run away.

At this time, the role of this signal flare is immediately reflected.

Before the war, Li Zixiao asked Wu Yao to make a lot of these signal flares, which were equipped with the guards of each battalion commander as a contact.

Moreover, they also made red, green, and yellow powders, and discussed in advance the meaning of various signal flares.

The red flare represents an all-out attack, the green flare represents retreat, and the yellow flare represents continued lurking and not engagement.

Of course, these flares have their limitations.

First, it is greatly affected by the weather, so it is okay to use it on sunny days, and the effect is not very good on cloudy days, as for windy days or rainy days, it is directly useless.

Second, this kind of signal flare can only be used for short-distance friendly contact, and once the distance is too far, it has to rely on cavalry to transmit orders.

Even if this kind of flare is very limited, at least at this time, Li Zixiao can just use it.

Today, God is also more helpful, it is a sunny day, there is no cloud, after this red powder exploded at a height of 100 meters, it was seen from a few miles away, and there was no problem at all.

At this time, in the northwest and northeast directions of the northward retreat route of the Tartar soldiers, there were two teams each, both holding the White Dragon Banner.

In the center of each flag, each is embroidered with the characters of "Flying Feather", "Iron Blood", and "Tiger Ben", and there are handsome flags embroidered with the words "Luo", "Qi", "Xu", "Li" and so on.

To the northwest, more than a thousand heavily armed and brightly armored cavalrymen stood quietly in a wooded area at the moment.

They were all on horseback, ready to attack, and more than 2,000 horsemen remained in the woods, unable to hear a single man, only the sound of horses stumbling and snorting.

"Your Excellency, look, the red flare, the general has ordered us to attack!"

Suddenly, a guard saw a 'little red flower' appearing in the sky in the distance, and immediately shouted at Luo Chao in front of him.

"Well, it can be regarded as waiting for the order to attack, old Qi, we should attack, this is the first battle of our cavalry battalion against the Tartars, and we must play the majesty of our White Dragon Army cavalry.

Aren't the Tatar cavalry known as invincible in the field, and today we are going to break their invincibility. ”

Luo Chao couldn't hide the excitement on his face at this time, and said to Qi Wei, who was riding on a horse not far away.

"Brother Luo said well, pass on the order, the whole army will attack, we estimate that we will face the cavalry of the Tartars in this battle, and no one can give Lao Tzu the prestige of our cavalry battalion. Kill! ”

Qi Wei still had an unsmiling face, but his eyes were also full of excitement, and he gave the order to attack.

"I'm back, Tartars, your necks have been washed!" Qi Wei rode out and muttered to himself in his heart.

"Haha, it's finally time to face the Tartar cavalry, I want to see if these Tartar cavalry are as powerful as Daddy said."

The younger Luo Chao is more arrogant, he is full of pride in his heart, and he is ready to kill.

Luo Chao is in a family of military generals, his father was an official in the border army, and he also fought with the Tatar cavalry, but he lost more than he won, and even said that he did not win at all.

Luo Chao could feel his father's desire to defeat the Tartar cavalry from every sigh he made.

Now he wants to personally lead the troops and defeat the Tartar cavalry once, not only to prove himself to his father, but also to fulfill his father's wish.

At the same time, he also wanted to repay Li Zixiao for his kindness, as soon as he rushed out of the woods, Luo Chao already felt that his blood was boiling.

Like Luo Chao and Qi Wei, every soldier of the White Dragon Army Cavalry Battalion had different thoughts in their hearts at this time.

But one thing was the same, and that was their desire to win the battle, they had waited too long, and the blades in their hands were too eager to drink the blood of their enemies.

In the northeast direction, behind a hillside, there are two infantry armies of the White Dragon Army's 'Iron Blood Battalion' and 'Tiger Battalion', nearly 3,000 men and horses, and they also saw signal flares at this time.

"Brother Xu, the general sent an offensive signal, it's time for us to act.

Qi Lin rode on his horse, saw the red smoke in the sky in the distance, and said to Xu Wei on the side.

"Well, order the whole battalion to open and kill the Tartars." Xu Wei waved his hand and gave an order.

Xu Wei and Qi Lin, as generals of the official army who joined Li Zixiao, were actually more eager to consolidate their position in the White Dragon Army with a victory than Luo Chao and Qi Wei and others.

The two of them were the last to join the White Dragon Army, and since the two of them joined, Li Zixiao has also returned to the imperial court, and there has been no major military movement.

This naturally gives them no chance to make meritorious contributions, in the White Dragon Army, whether a general's waist is straight or not depends mainly on his record.

Like Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, and Liu Chong, these are all self-made old men who followed Li Zixiao, and that one is not a great achievement.

Therefore, at this time, Xu Wei and Qi Lin are very important to the battle to encircle and annihilate this group of Tartars, and this is a battle to prove their value.

If the White Dragon Army was going to fight the Ming Army this time, maybe the two of them would not be so active, and they had a grudge in their hearts, but if it was to fight the Tartars, they would not have any unwillingness at all.

"Kill, the whole battalion attack, kill the Tartars."

On the other side, Li Tianba, who also saw the signal flare, roared angrily, and the speed of the whole battalion was faster than that of Xu Wei and them.

Compared to Xu Wei and Qi Lin's excitement, Li Tianba's excitement is much simpler, this guy is a militant, as long as he hears about the war, he is excited, no matter who fights!

After receiving the signal, the White Dragon Army in both directions immediately started to pull out, cooperating with Li Zixiao, and preparing to eat this Tartar army of 3,000 people in one bite.

In this way, if you look down from above, you will find that the three teams of the White Dragon Army are exactly in a triangle surrounding the Tartar army of Zabek.

And at this time, the three teams of the White Dragon Army are moving closer to the Tartar Army, like a tightened net.

"Report! My lord, a large force of Ming cavalry was found in the northwest, about a thousand horsemen, coming towards us, and it is estimated that the time for a stick of incense will arrive. ”

A Tartar cavalry scout, at this time rode quickly back into the Tartar army, reporting to Zabek.

"Report! My lord, a large number of Ming troops were found in the northeast, with more than 3,000 men and horses, and they were approaching us, and almost a stick of incense was about to arrive. ”

Immediately after, Zabek and the Tartar generals had not yet digested the information sent back by the Tartar cavalry scout just now.

The report of this Tartar scout completely blinded Zabek and other Tartar generals.

"Bastard, we've got it." Zabek let out a roar.

He was really angry in his heart, he never thought that there were still two Ming armies hiding nearby, and they were obviously in the same group as the Ming army that followed them.

Now that they have completed their encirclement, it is clear that they want to eat him in one bite.

At the same time, Zabek was even more angry that when did they fall prey to the Ming army, didn't they take the initiative to hunt the Ming army in the past!

It is precisely because of this thinking that Zabek did not have this from the beginning, and now the scouts have discovered the other two enemies, but it is too late.

"I didn't expect that since this Ming army has so many horses, we are in big trouble this time."

Zabek said with a gloomy face, while thinking quickly about a solution in his heart.

Zabek has seen it, and the combat power of the White Dragon Army led by Li Zixiao just now knows that since the other two groups of men and horses and the White Dragon Army behind them are all the way, it is estimated that it will also be very difficult to deal with.

At this time, there were seven or eight thousand such elite troops, and with only the strength of two thousand or so people in his hands at this time, it was impossible for him to be an opponent at all.

Many of the surrounding Tartar generals looked at Zabek with straight eyes, waiting for his orders.

"That's the only way to do it."

After a while, Zabek's face turned hideous, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he whispered.

"Le'an, I'll take all the cavalry later, meet the Ming cavalry in the northwest, and try to defeat them in one go.

You left behind to command all the infantry to resist the two Ming infantry troops coming from behind us and from the northeast, understand? ”

Zabek said to a burly general behind him.

When the Tatar general heard Zabek say this, his face also changed, but then he raised his chest and shouted loudly: "My lord, Lean understands. ”

The eyes of the other Tartar generals turned to Lean with admiration.

"Okay, Le'an, worthy of our warriors with blue flags, I will leave you ten white tooth horns." Zabek said with a little guilt.

"No, my lord, let Bai Dang Nga follow the adult, and it is more important to protect the adult." Lean did not accept.

"Okay, you go down and prepare." Zabek waved his hand and said.

Zabek made such an arrangement with deep intentions.

Judging from the enemy situation at this time, he knew that if he continued like this, once the three Ming troops all arrived, he would completely complete the encirclement of them.

Then there are more than 2,000 of them, and it is estimated that none of them will be able to escape.

Zabek was worthy of being a seasoned Tartar general, and he could see at a glance at this time that their only way to survive at this time was in the northwest direction.

According to the scout's report, more than 1,000 Ming cavalry came from the northwest, and at this time he still had more than 700 Tartar elite cavalry in his hand.

If he could take advantage of the three Ming armies and not completely complete the encirclement, he would take seven hundred Tartar elite horsemen and move quickly to the northwest.

In this way, they can get farther and farther away from the Ming army in the other two directions, and then catch up with the Ming cavalry in the northwest direction.

With the 700 elite cavalry in his hand at this time, against more than 1,000 Ming cavalry, Zabek asked himself that the chance of victory was still very great.

Even if this Ming cavalry may be stronger than the ordinary Ming cavalry, they still have a better chance of breaking through like this and standing out, which is better than staying in place and waiting for death.

Of course, in this way, he broke through with 700 cavalry, and the remaining foot soldiers and auxiliaries did not have war horses to use, and it was certain that they would be surrounded by the other two Ming troops.

And he ordered this Tartar general named Le'an to stay behind to resist the Ming army, in fact, to let him do the last battle of the trapped beasts, on the one hand, to contain the White Dragon Army and buy them more time to break through.

On the one hand, I also hope that they can kill and injure some more White Dragon soldiers in the end, Zabek can make a decision immediately, and it takes great courage to give such an order.

You know, what he left behind was not only thousands of clothed minions and servant sergeants, but also more than 300 elite infantry armor vests!

But at this time, Zabek was also helpless, and this was already the best solution he could come up with at this time.

"I'm our sinner with the blue flag!" Zabek cried bitterly as he rode his horse.

Because, he knew that no matter how much he led the seven hundred cavalry this time, he would be able to defeat the enemy cavalry in the northwest direction and break through smoothly.

Their losses in this battle will be extremely heavy, and it can even be said that there will not be many people who can go back to this whole Tartar Jiala in his hand.

The loss of so many horses at one time is unique in the history of the Tartar Army, and after he returns, it is estimated that he will definitely not survive.

But he still has to break out, he has to go back, report the situation of this Ming army, and make the Tartar army vigilant, otherwise they will really die in vain.

The Tartar army moved quickly, and a moment later, Zabek led seven hundred cavalry, threw down a group of foot soldiers, and galloped directly to the northwest.

"The whole army stopped advancing and defended on the spot."

The Tatar general, named Lean, shouted at the remaining Tartar infantry as soon as Zabek led the cavalry away.

At this time, these Tartar generals, like the generals of the White Dragon Army, were all brave and loyal, and they were not afraid of sacrifice.

Even if Le An knew that the mission he left behind this time was to die for life, he still didn't say a word, directly took the order, and was determined to fight this battle, even if he died, he would not let the enemy feel good.

Soldiers are not afraid of death, and generals are not afraid of battle, this is the performance of an army in the rising period.

Like the White Dragon Army and the Tartar Army at this time, and even the elite men and horses of the rebel army under Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the Guannei, this is the case.

At this time, the Ming army, on the contrary, was an army in the twilight of its life, which had long been decayed, the generals were afraid of war, and the soldiers were greedy for life and death, and they had long been overwhelmed.

If such an army can still win the battle, it is really evil.

Of course, this was the case for most of the more than two million troops of the Ming Dynasty at this time, but there were exceptions.

For example, at this time, the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, this team that was completely fed with gold, had combat effectiveness that was still okay.

In addition, there are Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, Hong Chengchou's Hong Army, and Sun Chuanting's Qin Army, and their combat power is also okay.