.Because I couldn't figure out the details of the Ming army, Altan temporarily suspended the crossing of the river, and at the same time ordered his eldest son Xin Ai Huang Taiji to lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue Ma Fang's troops. Altan Khan, with his fierce eyes, had already seen that this Ma family army was far inferior to that of that year, so he did not use the main force to encircle and suppress it.

Ma Fang did not have the habit of being at ease. After a little rest, he reorganized it and actively responded to the battle and fought Xin Ai in Tujiling, Yinlonghe and other places. Because of his lack of combat experience, he suffered losses in several battles at first. Fortunately, Ma Fang knew himself and his enemy and was determined to command. A group of old generals of the Ma family army played a backbone role and helped the rookies overcome their panic. In addition, they equipped a large number of bird mirrors and adopted the latest tactics, so that the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to get too close, so they were not destroyed.

Otherwise, the battlefield is the best school. After several battles, the officers and soldiers finally got rid of their fear and could perform normally. At this time, Ma Fang's years of hard work in training the troops finally achieved results. He led the brave Ma Jiajing cavalry as the vanguard and led the large army to fight repeatedly. Muskets and iron cavalry cooperated with the tactics of charge, which caused the Mongolian army, who were only good at riding and shooting, suffered consecutive setbacks. Swords, muskets, and cavalry archers, and horses to attack like waves. Under the uniform rush and roaring muskets, the previously arrogant Mongolian cavalry were knocked down one after another, and several battles were in full swing.

However, the Mongolian army was well-trained after all, and every time they encountered unfavorable wars, they could immediately exert their mobility advantages and retreat safely through alternate cover. Then, five consecutive battles were fought in a day. Ma Fang attacked, the Mongolian army was defeated, Ma Fang chased, and the Mongolian army retreated. Although they were victorious, they could never seriously damage the enemy.

Moreover, after a series of defeats, Xin Ai Huang Taiji had already learned about the new tactics of the Ming army. He found that although the opponent's musketeers were powerful, they had obvious flaws. First, "there was to be dismounted and fired with poor mobility. Second, although the lethality of the volleyball gun shooting was greatly enhanced, after each attack, thick white smoke would rise up and could not be shot continuously. Third, it required a large number of cavalry protection, and the number of Ming soldiers was limited, so it was impossible to protect them. In this way, as long as the frontal assault and two-wing encirclement were combined, it would be effective to strike the inside line firmly.

In order to ensure the success of the attack, he asked his father Khan for reinforcements. As expected, Altan sent Buyantaiji and Bingtu Taiji the next day. They each led 10,000 troops and lived on the wings of Huangtaiji, forming a siege against the Ming army. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Fang led his army to retreat south.

The Mongols were very interested in destroying the Ming army, and they would never pursue them if they were normal. But there were always exceptions. When the opposite side was Ma Fang and his Ma family army who brought them countless shames, Huang Taiji and his younger brothers were unwilling to miss this opportunity to take revenge. Moreover, Altan hated Ma Fang to the core. If he could capture or kill him, his father Khan would definitely be happy and would definitely be rewarded.

After all, it is a nation on horseback, and they are all riding horses. The speed of the Mongolian cavalry is faster than that of the Ming army. Seeing that they are unable to escape, and the enemy is too numerous to be inferior to that of our few, Ma Fang made a quick decision to "order the troops to change direction and enter Malian Fort to set up defenses on the spot. "... The Ming army is not good at field battles." In order to defend against the invasion of the Tartars, they had to build many castles in the border provinces for the troops to enter at any time, and use firearms to resist the Mongolian cavalry according to the city. Malian Fort is the largest one. Ma Fang clearly remembers that a large military exercise was held in this fortress ten years ago, and up to 100,000 troops could be stationed.

When the troops entered Malian Fort, Ma Fang was stunned. This fortress that the Ministry of War had to allocate funds to repair every year had become a dangerous city... After only a few years, there were shocking cracks everywhere on the wall made of loess. Standing in front of them, I was frightened, fearing that it would trample it. Ma Fang couldn't help but angrily greeted some people's 18 generations of ancestors. This was no longer a problem of corruption, but a naked disaster to the country.

Seeing this, Zhao Yong, the deputy general beside him, said anxiously: "Sir, Malian Fortress can no longer provide us with defense, so let's leave quickly!" The other generals nodded in agreement.

"Leave? Where can I go?" Ma Fang stood on the city gate tower, squinted his eyes and said, "The Mongolians arrived in a moment, and we can't escape from here."

"Then let's repair the city wall quickly." Zhao Yong and others suggested again: "Although it's too late, it's better than nothing."

"No need", Ma Fang refused again: "At this time, the construction of the city wall can only expose our reality and make the Mongols determined to attack."

The generals couldn't help but panic. They knew that Tan Lun, Yin Feng and others who were surrounded from the flanks should be still a hundred miles away. The Wanquan Right Guard defender was weak and would definitely not come to rescue him, and the others could not count on him. The Malian Fort where they were now in is a complete "jedi". The general insisted on sticking and did not allow emergency repairs. Isn't this taking everyone to the death?

But no matter what they thought, he raised his flag at the top of the city and ordered his subordinates to make a big fuss in the city, posing the illusion of tens of thousands of elite soldiers. After everything was done, the Mongolians also rushed to Malian Fort. Seeing the horse and the big flag flying above the city, they were frightened by the reputation of "Prince Ma". The Huang Taiji brothers did not dare to launch a strong attack immediately, and only sent a small group of cavalry to test continuously. Ma Fang calmly and responded calmly, making them go without returning every time, making the Mongolians even more unable to see the clues.

Huang Taiji and others, who were unknown, dared not attack the city, and they used hard crossbows and earthen cannons made by traitors to continuously bombard the city. From the afternoon to the dusk, they even knocked down the disrepaired Malao Castle wall for a section of more than ten feet long. Amid the cheers of the Mongolians, Ma Fang's generals hurriedly wanted to take people to repair the city wall, but Ma Fang was completely stopped.

Not only did he not care about the collapsed city wall, he ordered the entire army to stop and even hesitate the Mongolian army. For a moment, the entire army was silent as if no one was present, and he sang to his opponent with a swagger, the empty city plan.

In the room, several Taiji had a fierce dispute. Bu Yan thought the other party was bluffing, but Bingtu felt that there was a fraud. Xin Ai felt that this made sense for a while, and then hesitated and could not make up his mind.

After nightfall, in order to test Ma Fang's weakness and reality, Huang Taiji ordered his subordinates to make a big move, and even lit a torch, shouting and insulting all night under the city. For a moment, the wild abruptly eroded the sky and called out the dawn, which made the officers and soldiers in the city inexplicably frightened. However, Ma Fang was not in a hurry and ordered his subordinates to open the gate of Malian Castle, sat quietly in the military tent, turning a deaf ear to the provocation of the Mongolian army.

What is the difference between such an active empty door and the slaughter? The old team of the Ma family army is fine. The newly joined officers were all scared and looked deserted, and tried their best to urge Ma Fang not to take such risks. Once the Mongolians get angry and rush into the city, everyone will be in a turtle and no one can escape.

Ma Fang calmly said to his generals: "If Altan had come in person, I would have followed your advice, but now he is his three sons. You should have heard of the story of the three monks who have no water to eat. These three people are unwilling to let their men take risks, and the result will be nothing."

"You are gambling." Someone told the truth.

"So what?" Ma Fang narrowed her eyes and looked at the man with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth: "As long as I win in the end, no one can speak out." With such a tough attitude, everyone can only leave it to fate.

In the falsehood, the Mongolian army was indeed deceived. Prince Ma's reputation made them afraid that the city would be ambushed, and the Ming army would be shut down and beaten, causing heavy losses... "...You must know that in the grassland nation that preyed on the weak, the noble bloodline and lofty reputation were useless. Only strength and strong strength were the guarantee of status and power. Therefore, the three of them were unwilling to risk the loss of soldiers and generals to explore the truth and reality for others. As a result, they shouted all night and only sent a few small teams to the city to test. After coming out, they just said that there seemed to be thousands of troops lurking in the city, but how many Ming troops were ambushing, but they couldn't explain clearly.

The investigation did not allow the Taiji brothers to eliminate their doubts, but instead made them even more confused. After a night of tossing and dawn, the Mongols seemed to have decided to withdraw their troops for the time being and make plans.

At this time, in Malian Castle, Ma Fang was facing his soldiers and making the final mobilization of war: "The enemy retreated and did not dare to enter the empty city. It can be seen that they were afraid of us!" The soldiers who were worried all night were all relieved and laughed out loud.

Ma Fang waved his hand and waited for everyone to calm down, and continued, "This trick is to win in danger, the empty city plan" finally won us precious time, which shows that the sky also guaranteed us! Now the agreed day has come, and it is time for us to launch a counterattack. Brothers, rush out with me! Fight with them to the death!!"

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death!" Seeing that the soldiers were in high morale, Ma Fang immediately ordered the entire army to pursue. The soldiers who had already raised enough physical strength in the Malian Fort rushed out of the collapsed ruins, holding up a sharp sabre and rushed straight towards the retreating Mongols. Seeing this, several Taiji used the same trick again, alternately covering, and retreating, and their destination was also clear, and it was a plain area with a flat horse dozens of miles southwest.

It turned out that Xin Ai and his younger brother decided to change their strategy after a night of discussion, "...Don't you want to make money with a plan? Now we also use a plan. The specific policy is to first use a small group of cavalry to tempt Ma Fang to advance lightly, trying to lure him to the open plains, and then use the power of the Mongolian cavalry to gather and annihilate it. Seeing that Ma Fang really led his troops to advance, several Ruji were overjoyed and held his impatient mood and retreated to the plains. Just as he was about to order the encirclement and annihilation, he saw the scout running towards him with no face. "Li said anxiously: "The big thing is not good, a large number of Ming cavalry suddenly appeared on both wings of our army!"

The three of them were stunned immediately, and Bingtu Taiji said furiously: "It's impossible, unless they use flying!" They were very confident in their speed and did not believe that the Ma family army could come first.

Even if he is angry, everyone knows that the scout dares not talk nonsense. Xin Ai calmly said, "How many people are there?"

"There are at least 10,000 yuan each in the north and south!"

Seeing a slope next to it, Xin Ai rode his horse up, took out a thousand-mile mirror from his arms, and looked in the distance in the direction pointed by the scout. Today, the heavens were beautiful, and there were no clouds. Sure enough, they could see smoke and dust rising up more than ten miles away. Based on experience, the number of people will not be less than ten thousand.

Looking at the south side again, the same is true. Xin Ai finally changed color and said, "I was ambushed by the Ming army!"

"Then let's meet with your father Khan as soon as possible!" Bu Yan said anxiously.

"No," Bingtu immediately denied: "Here is a hilly road to the northeast, which is suitable for the enemy to set up ambush. When we go back now, 80% of them will be ambushed!" With the help of the White Lotus Sect traitors, they know the terrain of this area.

"Yes," Qiu Fu, a traitor who was with them, also echoed, "Yesterday a believer came to report that several bridges and beams in the northeast were destroyed and the roads were blocked. It seems that the Ming army did have ambush."

After their statement, Bu Yan should not mention joining with his father Khan anymore. "Xin Ai had to order people to notify his father Khan at all costs, and at the same time, he took his troops to retreat west temporarily, preparing to avoid the limelight of the Ming army and reunite with his father Khan from north of Datong.

The Ming army suddenly appeared, "is the surrounding troops led by Tan Lun and Yin Feng. They stayed overnight in the morning, hid their good deeds, and waited patiently for the opportunity. It was not until the time was right that they came out from their hiding place, and with Ma Fang rushed towards the Mongols from the southeast, north and north.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the three Taiji retreated quickly. "The two sides chased and fled one by one, and entered Yanghewei in Shanxi in the afternoon of the same day. During the battles, the Mongolians relied on riding and shooting, which made the Ming army suffer, and the distance between the two sides became farther and farther. However, the Mongolians did not stop overnight and were exhausted for most of the day. They were already exhausted and had no intention of fighting. They just wanted to leave the battlefield quickly, rest for a while, and then make plans.

At this time, two more forks appeared in front of him, and Huang Taiji asked, "Where are these all leading?"

"To the north are fifteen beams, mountains are rugged and difficult to walk.

"Qiu Fu of the White Lotus Sect was a whistleman in the Right Guard of Datong before his rebellion. He knew every tree and grass here: "To the west is Danan Concai" and it was a flat horse."

Xin Ai looked north and saw that there were many mountains and finally left the pursuers behind for a distance. If Datong sent troops to set up an ambush in the mountains and blocked the way, the situation would be bad: looking west again, I saw that the road ahead was wide. At first glance, there was no terrain such as mountains, hills, and other terrains that were easily ambushed." So he made up his mind and said, "Go west!"

So 30,000 Mongolian cavalry continued to go west, and after a meal, they arrived at Dananao, but heard from the scouts that they found thousands of Ming army infantry in front of them, waiting for battle.

"What?" Xin Ai was startled first, then laughed furiously, "Okay, I really treat the eagle on our grassland as a cowardly hen. Just a few thousand infantrymen dare to be a chariot!" The clay man also has a three-point nature. He was first fooled by Ma Fang in Malian Fort for a night, and then chased by the Ming army for a long time. This eldest son of Altan Khan, the grassland genius, was already on the verge of an outbreak. It would be fine to let Ma Fang bully him. He could not tolerate some infantry, even dared to get the ground on Tai Sui's head!

You should know that there is a plain in front of you, and it is impossible to ambush. On this terrain, for cavalry, many infantry are cutting melons and vegetables, which poses no threat at all! What's more, our side is several times that of the enemy!

At this time, I will definitely not be able to escape anymore, otherwise Xin Ai would have to find a piece of milk to kill him.

"Roar over and flatten them!" Xin Ai pulled out the sabre, and the Mongolian warriors who had already been holding their anger out showed their savage and rushed forward.

What the Mongols faced was Qi Jiguang and his Shenji Camp.

Since receiving the mission on the fifth day of the 10th, the Shenji Camp began a marching 500 miles. Five hundred miles must arrive within three days. Even if it is a cavalry, it is already the limit. What's more, the Shenji Camp has most of the infantry walking on both legs, and hundreds of bulky chariots..." Although each car is equipped with two pack horses, it weighs nearly 2,000 kilograms. If there is no manpower, you can only walk forty or fifty miles a day. When you arrive at the destination, the yellow vegetables will be cold.

So the soldiers of the chariot camp all went barefoot, pulled with ropes and pushed with hands, so that the heavy chariots could keep up with the speed of the march. But the price was also heavy, and the day before was better. On the second day, as they walked, some soldiers staggered and suddenly fell to the ground and could no longer get up.

Qi Jiguang did not stop at all, but just left a team of cavalry to accommodate the fallen officers and soldiers. He kept urging his subordinates to advance day and night, and along the way, he didn't even give time to stop and eat. All the officers and soldiers, including himself, ate while walking. "... Take a bite of Jiguang noodles, drink a sip of cold water, eat another bite, and a meal was solved like this.

In the end, relying on tenacious perseverance and endurance, after paying a huge price, the Qi family army created a miracle of marching for 500 miles in three days. This miracle cannot be replicated because no other team in the world can withstand such high-intensity marching. Only the Qi family army, which has strict training, strict military law, and a sense of honor and responsibility, can complete this unprecedented maneuver!

Seeing his subordinates waiting for the Mongolian army, Qi Jiguang took a deep breath. After fourteen years of disagreement, the wind on the frontier was still so strong. After ten years of bloody battles in the prosperous land of huāliu, he finally arrived at the initial battlefield. Let his colleagues from the north see if Qi Yuanjing could only bully the thieves in the south, and then he would reveal his true form when he met the Mongolian cavalry?
Chapter completed!