The vanguard regiment left the Korqin left and right flag in a mighty manner, and ran north for more than a hundred miles on the first day, singing military songs all the way.

The next day, after traveling for more than eighty miles, the vanguard regiment encountered a group of Mongolian cavalry in the Xiliao River. After a small battle, he beheaded more than 30 levels, and his morale was even stronger. He felt that he might encounter big fish in front of him.

However, on the third day, the proud and proud Pioneer Group encountered a bad thing.

After the winding river water and the lush green Agula grassland, the road is full of vast yellow sand, and the scenery is indescribable.

Li Shaoyou, who was originally singing all the way, stopped singing. He looked at a broken wooden village in front of him with a blurred face, his eyes full of sparse sandy fields with stars lit up with plants and trees, and some oboos made of stones and sand.

This was once an oasis, a settlement of tribes. They grazed beside Haizi. However, Haizi was dry and the Mongols here had already moved to find another way.

Not only was there a harsh environment along the way, but there were also small groups of Mongolian cavalry ambushed from time to time. Many people who went to explore the road did not stop and went back, and obviously they were ambushed.

Li Shaoyou was furious and sent cavalry to pursue him. However, the Mongolian cavalry were all light cavalry, and most of the Dragon Martial Army vanguard regiments were heavy cavalry in armor. They were thrown off in speed and maneuver, and they could only shoot some with the Heding rifle.

Mongolian cavalry are skilled in cavalry shooting and have very flexible tactics. Once the vanguard regiment chases, they will run away, and it is difficult to be surrounded and annihilated.

After tasting the perverted range and accuracy of the Heding rifle, the Tartars who came to harass him became a ghost. As soon as they saw the vanguard regiment, they scattered in the hands of the guns, and took advantage of the reloading space to show off another roundabout way of equestrianism.

What made Li Shaoyou angry was that as the vanguard regiment advanced, the frequency of these Mongolian cavalry attacked more and more people were sent.

From the first group of more than a dozen people to a group of hundreds, they suddenly appeared and rushed forward. When they saw the vanguard group shooting with guns, they ran away quickly, and back and forth like flies, which made Li Shaoyou feel a headache.

The Pioneer Regiment was frustrated, and although there were no casualties, the speed of the march had been suppressed.

The vanguard group of the three thousand people of the Dragon Martial Army was too large to form together, and there were heavy cavalry. There was no water source to camp around. Sometimes they encountered sand and dust in the sky. The marching speed was too slow, and I don’t know when I could find the enemy’s nest.

"Damn, these timid Mongolian Tartars!" Li Shaoyou shouted loudly.

"General, if this continues, we will not have much military ration."

"Yes, they are so dirty. We are pestered all day long and are highly alert all day long, and we are almost annoyed!"

Some battalions and hundreds of generals were all angry. The Longwu Army had never fought such a cowardly battle since its establishment.

As the chief general of the first army, Li Shaoyou was rude, but his military literacy was pretty good. He complained and immediately calmed down. He looked at the surrounding camp officials and said, "Since the frequency of the enemy appears increased, it also means that there must be Mongols' nests or supply points around him."

The eyes of several battalions lit up and suddenly became clear.

Li Shaoyou pondered for a moment and immediately ordered: "In the battalion, four hundred cavalrymen were all the way, and they divided their troops to investigate the surrounding environment. Whenever they encountered a river, they would march along the river to find the enemy's nest!"

The same scene is everywhere in the vast grasslands and deserts, especially in the sand. The long sand extends from the feet to the horizon, making people feel desperate.

One of the important factors that the champion Hou Huo Qubing was able to accurately fight against the Huns was that the Han army found the Huns' nest along the river.

Li Shaoyou, who had studied at the Imperial Ming Military Academy for two years, also knew that the Mongols also lived by water and grass.

"No!"

Zasak Urito, who was standing aside, stopped him and said, "General Li, you must not divide his troops! It is about two hundred miles away from the left-wing central flag. With their tribe, there are not so many cavalrymen!"

Li Shaoyou looked at the Tartar slave kneeling to welcome the Ming army in confusion, and said lukewarmly: "What do you want to say?"

Urito hurriedly said: "There are so many cavalrymen, it must be that Badali's jackal has learned that the Ming army has gone out of the frontier. Several major tribes of the Zhelim League have joined forces. If the generals divide their troops, they will be surrounded and annihilated by their heavy troops!"

Li Shaoyou smiled: "I am worried that they will not unite, so I will not be able to search for each other!"

Urito explained: "If the Zhelim League unites and can gather 6,000 cavalry, they dare not attack easily when you are together. If they are separated, they will definitely be defeated and annihilated one by one!"

Li Shaoyou sneered: "Hmph! My cavalry of the Dragon Martial Army can attack immediately and fight in the middle of the horse. If you want to annihilate a battalion of four hundred people, do you Mongols have this ability!"

He glanced at Urito: "I think you are afraid that we will find the nests of the other few flags of Korqin!"

Wurito was stunned and quickly explained: "General is wronged. I really want to commit crimes and make meritorious service..."

Li Shaoyou was too lazy to pay attention to him and waved his hand and said, "Split the troops and attack, and immediately send a signal when you find the enemy's nest!"

"yes!"

The six battalions immediately took the order and led their own battalions to set off separately to drive away the Mongolian cavalry who were still wandering and harassing the outside.

On the second day, the first battalion of the Pioneer Regiment found a river and headed north along the river channel. However, Mongolian raids continued to appear, following them a mile away, as if a group of wolves were looking around.

It seemed that the Mongolians were impatient, and hundreds of people rushed up and rushed towards him.

A cold light flashed in Fan Sheng, the chief of the first battalion. He had already accumulated strength and was waiting for a blow to hit.

When the group of Mongolian cavalry rushed within nearly a hundred steps, Fan Sheng gave the order and the battalion quickly launched a round of shooting.

"Kill! The whole camp chases!"

Fan Sheng shouted loudly, and then the entire camp was dispatched to pursue Meng Qi who was about to escape again.

With a long roar, the haunted Mongolian soldiers hurriedly retreated and ran back like a joyful moment. Some even ran away from their dry food.

"Chasing!"

The first battalion of the vanguard regiment, which had been harassed many times, chased him wildly, vowing to severely damage this ungrateful Tartar soldier.

More than a dozen Mongolian soldiers were killed along the way. When they chased to a high ground thirty miles away, a sound of arrows rose, and then a rumbling sound of horse hooves came.

The sound of hooves behind the hillside rumbling, countless wolf flags swept over, and thousands of Mongolian cavalry rushed around the wide front in arc formations.

Fan Sheng looked at the surrounding Tartar cavalry, his face changed drastically, and exclaimed: "No, I've been tricked!"

He suddenly remembered that a Zanhua in the army once said that the nomadic Hu people on the grassland were best at luring the enemy into ambushing, called the Lava tactic, which was a cavalry tactic invented by Genghis Khan Temujin.

They first used the advance team to lure the enemy to the place where their main force gathered, and then launched a fierce attack on the front, and then surrounded the two wings or the rear, and they always won a big victory.

Seeing more and more Mongolian light cavalry surrounding him, Fan Sheng knew that his heavy cavalry could not escape and had no time to dismount and form a musket formation. He immediately said sternly: "Roar the horn, charge!"

If he died in battle in the end, then the Longwu Army would rather die on the road to charge!

"call......"

The Mongolian light cavalry was extremely fast, and the whistling sounds of violent arrows came densely like rain, and many cavalrymen of the Dragon Martial Army were shot and dropped.

The Mongolian cavalry had extremely fast firing speed, one wave after another, and these heavy arrows were very penetrating. Those who were shot were injured and even killed on the spot.

All cavalry forces are concentrated in charge. Their actions in combat are mainly hand-to-hand combat, and shooting only occupies a secondary position. Cold weapons are the main weapon of cavalry.

The Dragon Martial Army held a fire dragon spear or a sabre and rushed towards the dense Mongolian cavalry. The two sides quickly collided and fought fiercely.

"kill!"

Fan Sheng's fire dragon spear stabbed a Mongolian's chest and instantly picked him away. Thick and warm blood spurted out of his mouth and splashed all over the ground.

The 400 cavalry of the Dragon Martial Army was also a powerful force under the charge, which put huge pressure on the Mongolian light cavalry with nearly seven times the strength of the opponent.

The small Ming army in front of them was obviously a tough guy, so they were not interested in filling their lives.

A series of whistles sounded, and the melee Mongolian light cavalry immediately retreated, quickly setting a distance to form a surround encirclement, describing the Longwu Army with great maneuverability.

Four hundred Longwu Army soldiers also fought back with handguns, but the number of people was too great. In the end, the Longwu Army fought fewer and fewer people, and the number of people decreased rapidly.

A small Mongolian leader looked at the Longwu Army who was fighting for trapped beasts with hatred. He discovered Fan Sheng, a cavalry of the Ming army, immediately pulled out an iron arrow, slashed his waist, and narrowed his eyes slightly and pulled his bow and shot it out.

"Swoosh!"

A sharp sound of whistling, the iron arrow shot through Fan Sheng's throat, and he staggered back and fell down.

Fan Sheng tried hard to stand up from the grass, shook it hard for a while, but still fell on the grass powerlessly.

The leader came over and took the axe and cut off his head, lifted it in his hand bloodily, then hung it on his waist excitedly.

The Mongolian cavalry howled and cheered, and continued to surround and kill the first battalion of the vanguard regiment of the Dragon Martial Army, which was the few remaining.
Chapter completed!