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Chapter 206

The Ming army repelled more than 10,000 Korqin cavalry, beheaded more than 500 levels, captured 126 people, and seized more than 1,000 war horses. However, Gao Shixin believed that repelling Korqin cavalry was a piece of cake, and such a victory was not worth mentioning at all. Killing a hundred Jiannu is much more difficult than killing three thousand Korqin Mongolian soldiers.

The team of Korqin refugees and cattle and sheep drove less than thirty miles a day.

At noon on the third day, the cavalry came to report: "Report that 10,000 Jiannu pursuers are coming, and there are 30,000 Korchin cavalry! It is less than twenty miles away from us!"

"Who will the Lord Jiannu?" Gao Shixin asked.

"Mangguertai!"

He heard that it was a guy like Manguertai who had a simple mind and developed limbs. Gao Shixin was not worried at all. He sent an order: "Immediately approach the upper reaches of the river to form a formation! If the Jiannu heavy cavalry comes up, our cavalry will circle around the formation; if the Korqin light cavalry comes up, our cavalry will rely on the formation and cooperate with the light and heavy cavalry to defeat the Korqin light cavalry."

The formation was set up near the river to avoid the water source being cut off by the Later Jin army; the Ming army's light cavalry circled around the chariot formation, which was to use the firepower of infantry firearms and powerful crossbows in the chariot formation to deal with the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin; and if Jiannu came up with heavy infantry, then the light cavalry would harass and attack again, and could impact Jiannu's heavy infantry.

Gao Shixin and Zhang Yong had 30,000 troops in their hands, including 8,000 Ming cavalry, 3,000 Ming cavalry, 5,000 Yehe Jurchen cavalry, and the rest were surrendered Korqin light cavalry.

As for the 14,000 surrendered Korqin Light Cavalry, they are still very reliable. They have killed all the Jiannu in their tribe. As long as they are Jianzhou Jurchens, they will kill all the men, women, young and old. This has formed a blood feud. What's more, the Jiannu master who came is Manguertai, not the smart Huang Taiji.

If Huang Taiji came, he might let go of his hatred and let the Korqin cavalry surrender back to surrender. But Mangourtai could not do this. Not to mention Mangourtai, even if the wild boar skin came in person, he would faint from hatred.

Twenty miles away, the opponent's cavalry arrived, and it would take about half an hour, but this precious half hour was enough for the Ming army to arrange a chariot formation to meet the enemy.

While the Ming army was nervously setting up the chariot formation, the three thousand Korqin light cavalry, who were regarded as the vanguard by the Later Jin army, arrived first. The Korqin people, who had just been beaten away, did not dare to attack rashly, but stared at the movements of the Ming army from afar.

Gao Shixin ordered Man Gui and Mao Wenlong to rush out with five hundred cavalry, followed by the Three Thousand Yehe Jurchen cavalry. As a result, the Korqin people saw the Ming army rushing out from a distance, and turned around and ran away in fear.

After a while, five thousand heavy cavalry and five thousand heavy infantry of the Later Jin army arrived. Three hundred steps away from the Ming army, the Later Jin army stopped horses and arranged their formations. The heavy cavalry was riding on horseback, and the heavy infantry of the Later Jin army rode out of the horse, and the Korqin light cavalry lined up on both wings, preparing to attack the Ming army.

"Although there are many Minggou cavalry, there are light cavalry. Our heavy cavalry only needs one round of impact to ensure that they are beaten to flee! Then it's your Korqin light cavalry matter!" Manguertai sneered at the Ming cavalry formation opposite.

Before he finished speaking, the Ming cavalry on the opposite side had already started running, and his speed was getting faster and faster, and he was rushing towards the Later Jin army.

At the command of Manguertai, the Korqin light cavalry rushed over and surrounded the two wings, trying to block the rear of the Ming cavalry. The Later Jin heavy cavalry launched a counterattack against the Ming cavalry from the front. Although Manguertai was simple in his mind and developed limbs, he still used it very well in terms of tactical formations. This was the basic quality of a brave general.

Of course, Gao Shixin would not fight head-on with the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. The light cavalry of the Ming army rushed to halfway, suddenly stopped the horse stance, turned around and ran. He had to run fast. Once the Korqin light cavalry was sandwiched from both wings and behind, and his light cavalry could not run away, he would wait to be crushed by the heavy cavalry.

The Ming army's light cavalry retreated toward the direction of his own chariot formation. The Korqin Light Cavalry and the Later Jin heavy cavalry were black behind them. The Korqin Light Cavalry pursued each other in parallel on both wings, while the Later Jin heavy cavalry was chasing closely behind.

Mangourtai, who has always been in charge, did not take the lead this time. He knew that there was an archer among his opponents. The perverted general who had good archery skills was so good that he shot wherever he pointed. Even if he was wearing any armor, it would be useless. The heavy arrow of the general could actually shoot through the three thick armors directly! He didn't want to make himself the target of archery.

While the Ming army's light cavalry retreated to the direction of their own chariot formation, they occasionally used their bows to chase each other to shoot round after round of arrows. Most of these Ming army's light cavalry were Mongolians, and they were familiar with bows and horses, and playing riding and shooting was their specialty. The Korqin people who were chasing were also good at riding and shooting. The Ming army and the Korqin people came and went round after round of arrows. The arrows of both sides flew across the air, and long arrows pierced into the light cavalry crowd. The people were on their backs and horses were overturned. Many people on both sides screamed and fell off.

He Shixian's cavalry bow is different from that of ordinary Ming army. Although his cavalry bow is also short, his bow is extremely powerful. He and his servants are behind the front hall. They turn around and shoot arrows from time to time. From time to time, the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin was caught in the face, or were shot through the vest by powerful arrows, and the injured war horse fell down. He Shixian shot fifteen arrows in one breath, which has already exerted his physical strength to the limit. A total of five Later Jin cavalry were shot dead and injured by him, and another six war horses were shot down. However, he felt his arms were sore and he could no longer pull the bow, so he put away his cavalry, replaced it with a long sword, and led his servants to speed up and crashed towards the Korqin cavalry on the right side.

You Shigong rushed towards the Korqin cavalry crowd on the left with his servants.

Seeing the two main generals turn, the Ming army's light cavalry also turn and rushed into the Korqin cavalry crowd on both wings.

The light cavalry of both sides shot fiercely, and suddenly the Ming cavalry came up. The Korqin light cavalry put away their cavalry bows and used a scimitar to fight the Ming cavalry that collided with their scimitar.

The light cavalry and the light cavalry collided violently, and the sabers slashed. Many cavalrymen on both sides were chopped down. The Korqin cavalry in front suddenly saw a circle of Ming military vehicles ahead of them. The Korqin cavalry quickly turned and walked around the wings. At this moment, some Korqin cavalry who had no time to dodge suddenly made a sad neighing sound, and the horses fell one after another and fell down.

When the Korqin cavalry on the horse fell off the horse, they were immediately tied into a horse's nest by the caltrops hidden in the grass. The war horses behind them trampled over the corpses, and all the human corpses were trampled into meat paste. Some cavalry were tripped by dead horses who fell to the ground. The Korqin people on the horse's back were thrown out. The people were futile in the air and tried to catch something, but in the end they fell heavily to the ground and were tied into a sieve by the caltrops hidden in the grass.

The five thousand cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty of Mangguertai were pursuing the Ming Dynasty light cavalry. Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty light cavalry dispersed to the two wings. The heavy cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty discovered that a circle of chariots suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Disast away quickly!" Mangortai shouted anxiously.

The heavy cavalry in the front of them stepped into the grass covered with caltrops without having time to disperse, and the horse's hooves stepped on the caltrops. The iron tip of the caltrops easily pierced through the horse's sole of the horse's sole and penetrated deeply into the horse's hooves. The injured heavy cavalry immediately made a long sound and fell forward to the ground. The heavy cavalry on the horse's back also fell to the ground. The powerful impact force and gravity made the triple armor unable to save their lives. People fell on the caltrops, and no matter how thick the armor was, they were tied into honeycombs.
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