The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Chapter 233 232 Red

At first, Ma Fang's idea was to follow the straightest road in Altan Khan's camp and fight his way out from the main gate.

Now his brothers were not in good condition. From rushing to Altan Khan's tent with the determination to die to the opportunity to survive, their emotions fluctuated greatly. The fighting spirit that was aroused began to fade after breaking the Tartar's interception before.

Seeing the gate of Altan Khan's camp appear in front of him, a large group of Tartar cavalry suddenly poured in from outside, and Ma Fang was afraid.

The opposite side was a team several times larger than his own, and he should not be able to rush through.

However, the Tartar pursuers on the left and right wings also caught up, and there were also behind him. Under the pursuit and interception from all sides, Ma Fang could only choose the most likely plan to break through the siege, that is, rushing out from the right side, close to the edge of the Tartar camp, and climbing over the fence to return to the Ming army outside the camp.

However, just when he turned his horse's head to adjust the direction, he unexpectedly found that the Tartars who had just entered the camp on the opposite side seemed to be frightened by their escape and stopped at the gate of the camp.

Thinking of the state of his subordinates, they were exhausted. Even if they could rush over from the right, would the horses still have the strength to jump over the low fence?

The other side seemed shocked by his actions, and even a little bit frightened. What does this mean?

That team of people was not sent by Altan Khan to intercept them. It was very likely that they were the stray dogs chased out of the front camp of the Tartars by the main force of the Ming army.

Ma Fang thought of a lot in an instant, and his actions were also affected a little. He did not turn his horse's head and adjust the direction of the charge early.

As the distance between the two teams of people and horses approached, Ma Fang keenly realized that he had made a mistake, that is, he missed the best time to turn.

Although it was only a very short time, the warhorse under his crotch was still panting and galloping.

"Wansheng, Wansheng"

The Ming army shouted in the distance. When he attacked Altan Khan's tent before, he only heard the rumbling of cannons, but now he heard the Ming army's shouts of victory.

Just a little bit, just a little bit, he could rush out with his men to survive.

Ma Fang instantly regretted his mistake, and even thought that it would be better to lead the team to attack Altan Khan's tent again and find a one-in-ten-thousand chance instead of dying like this.

His mind was full of thoughts, and although the time was short, because there was not much time for him to regret, Ma Fang had made the final decision.

He raised the saber in his hand again, pointed it at the panicked Tatar cavalry in front of him, and pointed it forward.

"Ten thousand wins, ten thousand wins." (broken voice)

As the leader of the team, Ma Fang shouted the Ming army's military call. With his loud shouting, the servants behind him also showed fierce expressions on their faces, waving their weapons in their hands, and followed Ma Fang to rush head-on to the Tatar army that retreated into the barracks.

The emotions of victory and defeat are contagious. At this time, although the soldiers behind Ma Fang had heard the news of the Ming army's assistance before, the vitality that was inspired was fading, but the desire to survive was still spreading.

They could not see the scene ahead, only the backs of Ma Fang and his servants, but after hearing their commander shout "Wansheng, Wansheng", their faith in rushing out to survive was revived.

They did not want to die.

"Wansheng. Wansheng"

As the soldiers in front followed Ma Fang's heart-wrenching shout, hundreds of soldiers behind them soon followed suit. They kept shouting those two words, waving their weapons, and rushed forward with their comrades, embarking on the road of an unknown future.

Among the running cavalry of the Ming army, horses that lost strength suddenly fell down, and the soldiers were thrown off their horses without warning. After contacting the ground, only a few people were able to roll on the ground flexibly, unload the force, and then get up and chase the cavalry in front with their legs.

More people never stood up again after falling off the horse. You can see the slightly trembling body and the hand that wanted to grab something.

However, they all disappeared soon, drowned by the rumbling cavalry chasing behind them.

The Tatar cavalry who had just retreated into the military camp were originally driven here by the Ming army. They were bombarded by the Ming army outside the camp but could not find a chance to vent.

In this battle, the Ming army arranged the front formation very tightly, and even on the side, there were multiple layers of spearmen guarding.

Many people think that the battle between cavalry and infantry should be a one-sided crushing state, but this understanding is wrong.

In fact, when the infantry formed a dense defensive formation, the cavalry did not dare to charge head-on. Even if the knight himself had the courage to hit the enemy's spear, the warhorse under his crotch did not have the courage, and they would make various resistance movements in front of the formation.

Therefore, in the real battlefield, when the cavalry attacked the infantry formation, most of the time, there was a circle of cavalry running outside, and the infantry formation was in the circle, and the two sides fired at each other.

Of course, the infantry suffered a lot in this process.

After all, one is a moving target and the other is a fixed target.

Only when the infantry formation is broken, is it time for the cavalry to rush in and kill them.

However, in such a battle, the cavalry will also suffer heavy casualties.

The best way for the cavalry to defeat the infantry at the lowest cost is to take advantage of their mobility and ambush the enemy while they are still in the marching formation, leaving them no time to form a formation to resist.

That is actually no longer a war, but a one-sided massacre.

The Tartars could not find an opportunity to attack the Ming army outside, and thought they could take a breather by retreating into the Khan's camp. The most elite cavalry was still outside the camp observing the movements of the Ming army. Those who retreated into the camp first were actually herdsmen who were temporarily recruited.

At this time, they had completely lost their fighting spirit. When they saw a team of Ming army coming fiercely, their already low morale collapsed instantly.

They completely ignored the orders of their companions and team officers around them, and turned their horses to rush to other directions in the camp to avoid the impact of this Ming cavalry.

Although they knew that the Ming army had attacked the Khan's camp, in their opinion, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, it was not the opponent of the Wangting Guards, and they should have been wiped out long ago.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they retreated into the camp, they encountered such a team, a Ming army that could fight against those fierce warriors of the Wangting Guards.

The morale-less cavalry of Altan collapsed in an instant, and collapsed when Ma Fang's cavalry was only more than 20 steps away from them. Only a few leading officers drew their scimitars to fight back, but what other effect could they have?

They themselves were rushed to the east and west by their soldiers running around, and they were completely unable to control the key passage of the camp gate.

It is terrible for a troop that has lost its fighting spirit to collapse. Not only can they not form combat effectiveness to weaken the opponent, but they will spread their panic to more people, causing more troops that could have fought to collapse with them.

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the originally dense Tatar cavalry instantly broke into pieces, and those in the camp rushed to the left and right of the camp, while the Tatars outside the camp naturally could not rush into the camp, so they could only turn their horses' heads and run out, scattered on both sides outside the camp, running desperately.

Yes, most of them are not thinking about fighting with the Ming army now, but how to save their lives.

If they continue to fight, what else can they get?

In the north, their families are waiting for them to return. They don't want to die in the Ming Dynasty. They want to go back alive.

The out-of-control Tatar cavalry spread quickly like flowers blooming in the wilderness.

Outside the camp, the elite cavalry at the end of the Tatar army suddenly found that the team in front of them collapsed. In confusion, they soon saw a Ming cavalry rushing towards them frantically. Are the people on the horses still human?

The Ming cavalry rushing towards them was like a demon from hell. Those who rushed to the front were stained with blood, and their eyes seemed to emit a bloodthirsty light. The sabers in their hands were stained with the blood of their own people like the sickles of demons.

A group of red clouds rushed towards them at a rapid speed, which frightened them more than the red ocean behind them.

Yes, at this moment, these elite cavalry who were considered grassland warriors inevitably had a trace of fear in their hearts, and the source of this fear was the fleeing soldiers.

The leader of this cavalry was Sahatu, a thousand-householder under Tobulu Wanhu of the Altan Khan. Seeing the Ming army rushing madly, he was afraid, but he remained sober.

With a "clang", he drew out his scimitar, "Destroy these Ming dogs, stop them, and kill them for me."

While drawing out his weapon and waving it, Sahatu shouted loudly to the left and right, not only to convey his orders, but also to drive away the fear in his heart. While shouting to the left and right, he also observed the changes in the Ming army formation behind him.

There was no sneak attack on them at this time, and even the continuous artillery bombardment stopped, as if the Ming army was also puzzled by the sudden loss of control of the Altan Khan cavalry.

But at this time, he didn't have time to think too much. He led his cavalry to rush to the Ma Fang tribe that rushed out of the main gate of the Altan Khan camp.

However, at this moment, the warriors under his command may have started to move in a slightly deformed manner because of the long battle.

"Master Wei, look at the Tartars, what's going on at the gate of their camp?"

Tian Shiwei found something wrong very soon after the collapse of the Altan cavalry, because driving these people into the sheepfold was their established strategy.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, there were unexpected problems. These people did not enter the fence. Many of them turned their horses to the sides and ran frantically along the fence of the camp.

At first, Tian Shiwei thought that the Tartars had seen through their plan and wanted to disperse their troops on both sides.

The biggest weakness of the Ming army's square formation was actually the two wings. Although they arranged multiple layers of long spearmen, it was still a bit dangerous to face the Tartars' desperate charge.

At least, before this battle, he had no confidence in leading his troops to maintain formation to deal with the impact of the Tartar cavalry.

But soon, he found that the situation seemed a little different from what he thought.

The scattered Tatar cavalry had no formation to speak of. They were completely in a state of disarray, with no control, and were all running wildly for their lives.

Wei Guangde naturally saw this scene. He was actually wondering, what Altan Khan was doing for him, it was too realistic, as if the Tatars had collapsed.

But he knew that this did not happen. In front of their army, the thousand-household cavalry of Altan's tribe was still in a strict military appearance.

But soon, he saw a cavalry rushing out of the scattered Tatar camp. It was a cavalry composed entirely of red war horses. The cavalry on horseback were also dressed in red, similar to the color of the uniforms of the Ming army around him, but more eye-catching.

Is this Altan Khan's trump card?

But soon he found out that he was wrong. The next move of the Altan cavalry in front of him seemed to be to turn around and rush towards the cavalry.

At the moment of discovering this, he thought that the team might be the Ming army led by Ma Fang, but why did they become like this.

The military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty are generally believed to be red as the main color, which is actually correct.

According to the "Ming History·Yufuzhi", military uniforms are "red because of the fierceness of military affairs", but purple, blue, yellow, white and other colors are also widely used.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty in 1368 and established the capital in Yingtian Prefecture. The uniforms of the Ming army began to be standardized. It was not limited to red, but only used it as the main color. The entire military uniform was actually colorful.

Especially in the various major reviews held at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was very spectacular when it was reviewed.

The distance was too far, Wei Guangde could only see their current appearance, even the war horses seemed to have turned into red horses, and Wei Guangde unconsciously thought of the intensity of their battle in Altan Khan's camp.

Thinking of this, he judged that the current state of Ma Fang's troops was probably at the end of their strength, and it was not easy to lead the team out alive.

Yes, at this moment Wei Guangde was sure that Ma Fang must still be in this team, because if Ma Fang died in battle, these people and horses would not be able to rush out, and they might all die in battle because there was no command, or they might choose to surrender.

But now these are not important. The important thing is not to let them be eliminated by the Tartars in front of the main force of the Ming army. This will be a devastating blow to the morale that has been aroused with great difficulty.

"Send an order, let Liu Huan's troops attack and support them."

Wei Guangde suddenly shouted loudly.

In fact, he didn't need to speak. When Tian Shiwei saw the cavalry rushing out of the Tartar camp, he had already identified their identities.

The armor used by the Ming army is very different from that of the Mongols. Wei Guangde is not familiar with it yet. It is normal that he can't tell it apart for a while, but he won't.

It's just that at this time his mouth opened wide, feeling incredible.

Yes, although Wei Guangde said he would support Ma Fang's troops, in Tian Shiwei's opinion, Ma Fang should have died.

Wei Guangde's shouting instantly woke him up, and Tian Shiwei hurriedly ordered the soldiers beside him: "Quick, quick, summon Liu Huan's troops to charge, the whole army to charge."

At this time, the last organized Tatar cavalry outside the camp had turned around, obviously wanting to kill Ma Fang's troops, and they must not be allowed to succeed.

Tian Shiwei knew the importance of this moment, not only did he let his soldiers use military flags to summon Liu Huan's troops surrounding them to attack and support Ma Fang's troops to escape, but he even had to press on the infantry formation again to exert stronger pressure.

After the voice fell, the war drums behind them "boomed" again, reminding the generals and officers distributed in various places in the military formation to look over, and the war flags began to shake constantly, conveying orders to them.

In the distance, the cavalry of the Ming army began to move.

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