Chapter 136: Bloody Battle in Shigou, Ningxia Ping (2)

With the return of the horse exploration team, the situation of the Mongolians became clearer. Their horse exploration team and the horse exploration team in the Ming army kept fighting, and their large groups of people were getting closer and closer.

The matter was clear, so after a brief discussion, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui ordered the army to stand back to Shigou City and set up a formation to welcome the enemy. The army was nearly 10,000, divided into the left, right and central. The left and right part formed the outer periphery, and the middle part formed the inner central army.

Among them, the terrain of the left part is slightly ups and downs, and the impact is a bit difficult. Here, Ma Gui's subordinates led three thousand infantrymen and placed them here. In addition to bows, spears, ratchets, knives and axes, there are more three-eyed guns. There are few bird guns, because their bird guns are of poor quality, and the soldiers generally dislike it. Although the range of the three-eyed guns is not as good as the bird guns, they are better than the short and thick barrels of the guns, and at least they will not explode. In order to fight better, their three-eyed guns are generally equipped with long wooden handles, and finally they can be equipped with spearheads, so that they can be used to fight with the enemy after the three-eyed guns are fired.

However, there is no wolf squid in their army. This is because the 5-meter-long wolf squid is very heavy. The people who need it are tall and big, and the physical fitness requirements are very strong. In Magui's army, there are very few people who can meet this requirement. In addition, unlike the Wuzhaibao army, each team in their army has thirty rockets, and each archer is equipped with archers to fight together.

Supremely, their equipment is not much different from that of the Wuzhai Fort army. Except for armor, the infantry under Magui's subordinates, except for some officers with iron armor or leather armor, the rest of the infantry were all wearing mandarin duck war jackets. Unlike the Wuzhai Fort army, each of them, from officers to soldiers, was covered in iron armor.

In the right direction, the terrain is flat, and Huang Laifu estimated that the Mongols' main attack was here. So Huang Laifu threw down his two thousand Wuzhai Fort soldiers, each wearing heavy armor and holding hot and cold weapons to defend here.

The rest were the central army, the flag bearers, the gong hand slammed cymbals, Huang Laifu's servants, Ma Gui's servants, their more than a thousand cavalry, and the baggage soldiers of the two armies all gathered here to form the inner encirclement. All of the people in the inner encirclement dismounted and tied the horses.

The central army's horns were heard in waves, and the flags were still rising. The left and right parts slowly unfolded and divided into countless squads, each squad being one meter apart, forming a horizontal formation about 200 meter in front and sixteen rows in depth.

After the formation slowly unfolded, a gong sounded, and finally the soldiers sat down, holding weapons in their hands, ready to get up to meet the enemy at any time. Of course, at the outermost periphery of the army, there were chariots surrounding the circular formation to serve as defense.

This time, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui wanted more than 100 artillery vehicles from Governor Ye Mengxiong, and were led by a thousand general in Gansu Town. Each artillery vehicle had two Folang aircraft, and each car was equipped with several gunners and soldiers. Since these chariots of Ye Mengxiong were all light chariots, they only needed two people to push and pull when marching, so they were very convenient to climb mountains and wading in the water. At this time, it could be said that they were very useful.

Considering that the left side of Magui's subordinates had weaker combat power, they would have more gun cars, with more than 60, while Huang Laifu's side had more than 40 gun cars. However, Huang Laifu brought more than 40 tiger squat cannons this time, and they were also used together at this time, and placed them in front of each flag of his own military formation ten feet away from others.

In the position of the central army, a large central army flag floats here with a distinctive sight, indicating the position of the central army. Whether in the left or right, the flag order of the central army can be clearly seen. Of course, this place is also an important target for the enemy to kill generals and seize the flag and take the head of the chief general.

There were also many small teams in the central army. Huang Laifu's servants stood on the side with horses, while Ma Gui's servants and cavalrymen were on the side. Everyone had a serious expression and just looked into the distance. In the middle, a simple platform was pulled up. On the stage, Huang Laifu and Ma Gui stood here and looked forward, observing the movements in the distance.

It seemed like a vaguely visible a black tide in the northeast direction. Obviously, the Mongols' cavalry were getting closer and closer. Seeing this, Huang Laifu missed Yishi's telescope very much. With this thing, the things in the distance could be seen more clearly. It is now possible to use simple eyes to measure it.

Although the enemy was getting closer, Huang Laifu was very at ease. His military formation was arranged without any leakage, waiting for the opponent to attack. In his arrangement of Magui and his two men, his troops were arranged in three sides, in the rear. Because they were close to Shigou City, they could effectively get the support of the artillery and rocket rain on the city, so only a small number of cavalry under Magui's troops were swimming under the city.

Huang Laifu was not worried that his army was strong, which led to the Mongols not attacking. They were entering the country to fight, and it was not good for them in any aspect. If they didn’t attack today, would they attack tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? If they confronted each other, would they have such food and grass supplies? This is not on the grassland, where they can avoid it from afar, and when the Central Plains army is exhausted for a long time, they will come and bite it back.

In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if there was an army of ten thousand people entangled them, and when the Ming army in the territory surrounded them and their retreat was cut off, they would inevitably end up being wiped out. So the only chance for them was to defeat the Ming army in front of them and make other Ming troops frightened, so that they could continue to traverse within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Laifu was observing intently. Ma Gui beside him looked at Huang Laifu with a complicated expression. When the military formation was unfolded just now, the Wuzhai Fort army was quickly, neat and rigorous. The soldiers under his command were obviously dragging on the military formation, and the qualities of the two armies could be seen at a glance.

Moreover, looking at the subordinates beside him, many of them were nervous and their throats changed. It was Ma Gui himself. Although he had been through the battle formation for a long time, he saw that the Mongolians were powerful and calm on his face, but he was actually a little nervous. On the other hand, Huang Laifu's subordinates, from Jiang Dazhong to ordinary servants, were excited, and seemed to be very eager for the coming battle. Ma Gui always thought that he had been through the battle formation for a long time, but he was not as good as a rising star, which made him feel moved in his heart.

Suddenly, Ma Gui heard Huang Laifu beside him murmuring: "Here, there are so many heads."

Ma Gui couldn't help but be stunned. He raised his eyes and could see a large area of ​​Mongolian cavalry in the distance. They were getting closer and closer, and all kinds of flags were densely packed and came like rain. Finally, these Mongolians stopped almost two miles away from their own battle formation.

Two miles away, the eyesight is 2.5. In addition to seeing a dense crowd of people, we can't see clearly the other party's specific arrangement. At this time, it is when both sides explore the horse and show their skills.

Ma Gui had some special horse exploration teams, and Huang Laifu's horse exploration teams were mostly servants. They took small teams as units and went out to attack the Mongolians from time to time. The Mongolians obviously wanted to know the specific situation of the Ming army, so their horse exploration team also came in groups.

No matter which army of horse exploration, it has always been the most powerful warriors among the armies. However, although Ma Gui's horse exploration team is strong, he still dare not get too close to the Mongolian army formation.

But the horse probingers of the Wuzhaibao army unscrupulously checked in front of the Mongolian formation. They were all professional soldiers, with hard training, skilled bows and horses, good treatment and good equipment. They were really good at art and brave. In particular, Jiang Dazhong personally asked Huang Laifu for his orders and led a team of 12-person cavalry to go to the Mongolian formation to detect.

For a moment, there were constant killing sounds in front of the two armies and constant arrows and guns. Slowly, the horse exploration team under Ma Gui retreated, leaving only the horse exploration team of Wuzhai Fort and the horse exploration team of the Mongolians, who were still killing and fighting indiscriminately.

Each of these Wuzhai Fort horse exploration teams was wearing iron armor. They were equipped with a round cavalry shield on their left arm, which could effectively reach the enemy arrows shot by the Mongolian horse exploration. They also had two horses on one person, and were immediately equipped with cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, so they could effectively protect themselves and horses, with good quality and excellent equipment. Therefore, those Mongolian horse exploration was no match for Wuzhai Fort horse exploration.

Jiang Dazhong rode on a strong horse, with two spare horses beside him. He led some servants to carefully observe the Mongolian military strength, arrangement, equipment, etc. while also fighting against the Mongols' horses greeted by the Mongols at any time.

Seeing Jiang Dazhong so arrogant, the Mongolians were angry. A man who looked like a Mongolian leader came out of the army. While slapped the horse, howled, he took out the bow beside the saddle, slapped the arrow, screamed, and rushed towards Jiang Dazhong.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Dazhong was also very excited. He intended to establish his authority, took back his iron spear, pulled out his sabre, and rode his horse to the direction of the Mongolian commander. Both of them shouted, and the horses under him were urging faster and faster. Soon, both sides were only twenty steps away.

With a "swoosh!", the Mongols' riding bow sounded, and an iron arrow came straight towards Jiang Dazhong's face.

Seeing that the iron arrow was unstoppable, until he was in front of him, Jiang Dazhong raised his left arm, and the shield on his arm blocked the iron arrow and penetrated it deeply into the shield. At this time, the shield had at least seven or eight arrows inserted. The arrow came very fast, as if it had penetrated the shield on Jiang Dazhong's arm, but because Jiang Dazhong had iron armor on his arm, there was nothing wrong.

Jiang Dazhong swept past the Mongolian man like a gust of wind, and a bloody rain rushed straight into the sky. The head of the Mongolian leader had already escaped from his body.

Seeing this, the Mongolians were all suffocating, and many Ming soldiers who saw this cheered. Jiang Dazhong used an iron spear to lift the head of the Mongolian commander, ran back to his army, and ran back and forth in front of his own formation.

The morale of the Ming army was even more enhancing. Whether it was Huang Laifu's subordinates or Ma Gui's subordinates, they were cheering, "Wan Sheng!" sounded throughout the world. On the other hand, the morale of the Mongolians fell straight.

After Jiang Dazhong came back, Huang Laifu personally walked off the platform to welcome his return.

All he saw was full of admiration. No matter whether he was Huang Laifu or Ma Gui, no matter what, the Warriors were welcomed wherever they went. Even Ma Gui looked at Jiang Dazhong with a very admiring look, with a look of desire in his eyes.
Chapter completed!