On August 20, Zhu Cilang led a large army to the Western Liaohe River.

He rode his horse to the top of a mountain and saw a piece of yellow sand in the distance. Sometimes sand and dust rolled over the sky, making it look depressed and cold.

He sighed: "Only by personally experiencing the greatness of Emperor Chengzu's five campaigns to the north of the Mo, and the military power of our Ming Dynasty when it was prosperous."

It is said that it was an expedition to Mongolia in the west, but in fact it was still a fight north. Zhu Cixuan planned to go deeper than 1,300 miles to completely solve the Zhelim League and Korchin tribe in Mongolia in southern Mongolia. Now he has only walked less than half of the journey.

However, even if the goal is so far, it is far less than half of the journey of Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty.

On his way back to the fifth northern expedition to Mongolia, Zhu Di died of illness in Yumuchuan. Yumuchuan was more than 2,000 miles away from Chenyang, not to mention that Zhu Di fought all the way to the Onan River, the birthplace of the Mongolians, and expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty to Lake Baikal in Siberia.

"Report!"

Several cavalry rushed towards the mountain at night and shouted: "Report to your Majesty, our vanguard regiment was attacked by the Tartars, and the left-wing vanguard battalion was wiped out!"

"Report to Your Majesty, the right-wing vanguard battalion was subjected to a large group of Tartars and was wiped out!"

"What? The two battalions are gone?"

The Longwu Army was so strict, the discipline was so strict, and the equipment was so well-equipped that the two battalions were destroyed and eight hundred were damaged. All the generals couldn't believe it.

Zhu Cilang's face shook slightly and asked, "How many Mongolians have come? Where are Li Shaoyou's others?"

That night, he said, "There are cavalry all over the mountains and fields, with no less than 5,000 people. General Li also encountered a besiege and was just coming to the camp."

Ye Bushe presented the battlefield terrain he had investigated and drawn with the flags of the Mongolians one by one.

Zhu Cixuan took a look and gave the Sui Jun's paintings beside him, asking them to analyze the enemy and the situation of the battle.

The military Zanhua is responsible for analyzing the enemy, consulting on tactics, and finding strategies to defeat the enemy. It has now become an important part of the Ming army.

While the psalmists were crowded together to discuss, Li Shaoyou had already led the vanguard regiment to return to the camp and entered the imperial camp to report on the battle situation and apologize for guilt.

The Pioneer Regiment lost far more people than Ye Busuo reconnaissance. In addition to the two battalions, the other four battalions scattered also suffered varying degrees of blows, and the Pioneer Regiment suffered as many as 1,000 people.

Li Shaoyou was in a bad mood and silenced the ground and claimed the crime: "The last general is incompetent, and the general is damaged. Please punish Your Majesty!"

Zhu Cilang's face was also bad, and he frowned and said, "Since its establishment, the Longwu Army has fought south and north, and has been through life and death, which has made the bandits and the Tartars frightened. I didn't expect that so many people have been damaged here, which is shameful!"

Li Shaoyou lowered his head and said in a mess: "It was just because the command of the last general lost his command, which damaged the reputation of the Longwu Army, lost the face of the Longwu Army, and even lost the face of the Ming army. Please ask Your Majesty to deal with it. Whether it is dismissed or beheaded, the last general recognized it!"

Li Shaoyou, who has always been respected, always smiles and looks unruly, but now he feels like he is losing his parents, which shows his deep self-blame in his heart.

This great defeat directly led to the passive situation of the battle against Mongolia. Yang Qili and Qi Guangyang all shrank their heads and did not dare to say a word, praying for Li Shaoyou in their hearts.

Zhu Ciyang was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Get up, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. How many undefeated gods of war have been there in ancient times? If you have to be removed from office and beheaded every time you make a mistake, then do I have any people available?"

In the surprised expressions of the generals, Zhu Ciyang continued: "Remember a serious demerit, and make meritorious service when I am guilty of making meritorious service. If I fail to make a new contribution and lose another battle, then you are ready to be demoted to three levels in a row!"

The Tianwu Army attaches the most importance to military merits. Each level of promotion requires approval at all levels, which is extremely difficult. Reducing three levels in a row is equivalent to refining military merits for several years, which is very serious.

Li Shaoyou's body trembled and bowed again: "I will thank God for your kindness and swear to attack the enemy's court to avenge the previous shame, and to avenge the soldiers who died in battle!"

Zhu Cilang nodded slightly, rubbed his hands and said, "Tell me about the situation of the battle."

Everyone's eyes were all turned to Li Shaoyou. He had the most say in fighting the Mongols these days.

Li Shaoyou stood up, calmed down a little, and said, "Your Majesty, the Mongolian Tartars' tactics are different from Jiannu. Jiannu fought hard battles head-on. The Mongolian Tartars were vulgar and insulted, and ran away if they could not take advantage of them. They kept striking back and forth, and their ghosts kept scattering, attracting our army to pursue and leading us into the ambush they set up."

"Genghis Khan's Crow Soldiers' Star Array?"

The person who spoke was Zhao Shixiang, the eldest son of the phantom painting in the imperial camp. He was nearly forty years old and had a short beard, which looked very neat.

The Crow Soldiers used the flexibility and speed of the cavalry to fight scatteredly, and came like sky falling and lightning. Most generals present had heard of this tactic. After all, the Mongolian cavalry led by Genghis Khan was too famous at the time. This tactic was often used when sweeping the world, which made the enemy feel embarrassed and huge.

The Crow Soldiers usually use three-tenths of the troops as the vanguard to destroy the strong formation, and three or five cavalry groups in groups, never gather together to prevent them from being surrounded, the enemy is separated, the enemy is united, and the gathering and dispersed. It is extremely flexible and can often defeat many enemy troops with fewer cavalry;

If the enemy formation is strong and the troubles make the enemy tired, the enemy formation moves, and then they will drive in the chaos and rarely fail.

Some people have few troops, but they are suspicious of the troops to fear the enemy. They may use the method of setting up an ambush and pretend to be defeated and leave, abandon the baggage and gold and silver, lure the enemy to chase the north and the middle, and often can wipe out the pursuers.

Listening to Li Shaoyou's story, everyone was even more sure that the Mongols used the Crow Soldier Star Array and Lava Tactics that their ancestors were best at.

The Mongolian cavalry was best at riding and shooting. The Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, which claimed to be using riding and shooting to conquer the world, actually mostly relied on Mongolian cavalry in terms of cavalry.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria are best at combining heavy armored infantry and shield chariots. They use cavalry to carry out brainless charges unless they encounter enemies who think they are very weak. The rigorous tactics are all dismounted and field battles.

The combined bow of Mongolian cavalry has a long range and is very lethal. It has a range of 400 meters and an effective killing distance of 200 meters. If sharp metal arrows are equipped on the arrow, it can penetrate the thickest armor.

Compared with the dirtiest new city battle that Zhu Cilang fought in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Mongolian tactics were really dirty. When they encountered the enemy's infantry phalanx or formation of cavalry, they often did not charge directly, but sent light cavalry to attack with bows and arrows from a long distance.

Then retreat, attack, retreat again, constantly weaken the enemy in a wheel manner, disrupt the enemy's formation, and finally send heavy armored cavalry to charge and harvest (thirteenth century).

This tactic similar to guerrilla attacks, and is good at using a strict array and collides face to face in a majestic posture. It is extremely uncomfortable with this and cannot give full play to its advantages at all.

Both soldiers and war horses of the Dragon Martial Army have heavy armor on them, and their maneuvers are far less than those of Mongolian light cavalry. In addition, the explosive power of war horses on the grassland is even more difficult to catch up. They are forced to fly kites and lured to ambush all the way to the ambush.

In the 13th century, the Mongolian army marched westward to Europe. Subutai and Zhebe led 30,000 Mongolian troops to fight against the 80,000 European coalition forces headed by Russia (mostly heavy cavalry). They used the Crow Soldiers and Star Array and retreated for nine days and nine nights, showing that the enemy was weak, arrogant to the enemy, and luring the European coalition forces to pursue.
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