prosperous age

According to the "Liaodong Chronicle" record: "Xiong Mountain, Kaiyuan 190 miles northwest of the city, on the west bank of the Liao River."

It is recorded in this history book: "Zongzhou, in Shixiong Mountain, Liaodong, Yelu Longyun (Han Derang) took the captured Han people and set it up. Shengzong established it as a state and was attached to Wenzhong Wangfu." An important reference coordinate to confirm the specific location of Zongzhou is " Liaodong Stone Bear Mountain".

In the "Wu Jing Zongyao" written by Zeng Gongliang in the Song Dynasty, an important information about the geographical location of Zongzhou was left: "Zongzhou, governing Xiongshan County, is in the Yang of Xiongshan, east Liaoshui, and a hundred miles south to Xianzhou ".

"East Liaoshui" and "Xianzhou" are mentioned here, and "Xiong Mountain" is mentioned again.

It's just that now, Xiongshan no longer has a county government. In the early Ming Dynasty, a post station was set up here, which was Xiongshan Station, also known as Anqing Station.

However, with the contraction in the north in the early Ming Dynasty, Xiongshan was hanging outside the side wall alone, so the post station was abolished early on, leaving only a place name.

But today, at the foot of Xiong Mountain, two armies galloped one behind the other on the Liaohe Plain, with nearly ten thousand horses galloping and sending up waves of smoke and dust, the scene was also spectacular.

After Yang Zhao's order was issued, two cavalry units of hundreds of people were separated from the Ming army behind. They did not hesitate to accelerate, and quickly caught up with the forward Ming army from the left and right sides, and then surpassed them and moved forward. The Mongolian cavalry not far away rushed forward.

However, the cavalry unit of the Ming army near Xiongshan was affected by the mountain, and its position was closer to the middle road, which was a bit in the way of the forward of the Ming army.

Xiongshan is called a mountain, but in fact the mountain is not high, it can only be regarded as a hilly hill, but it is on the Liaohe Plain, which makes it stand out.

Yang Zhao was thinking in his mind at this time, and gave orders to the whole team in the same way.

At this time, Yang Zhao didn't know that he was being tricked by the Mongols. He was not only attacked back and forth, but also lost the most important thing for cavalry, that is, speed.

However, the change of the Tazi formation before could be said to be at a loss in terms of time. Obviously, the leader of the opposing team is also an experienced veteran.

If they hadn't acted mechanically according to Yang Zhao's military order, instead of rushing to the front of the opponent's central army to attack, but directly rushed to kill the rear of the Tartar army, maybe they still had a chance to cause chaos to the Tartar army.

It's just that in the army, if you have already stood in line, you will naturally have to go all the way to the dark, and there is no way out if you look forward and backward.

Yes, the Liaodong army of the Ming army, perhaps because it was located in the bitter cold of Liaodong, still maintained a tenacious spirit in the army, and its combat power was relatively strong.

At this time, in the Tartar army, Huang Taiji and Dalaisun beside him were pointing at the Ming army in front of them, with excited expressions on their faces.

If this group of Tartars cannot be wiped out, there will be no peace on the Liaodong side wall in the future, and I am afraid that they will be harassed enough by Tartars.

Yang Zhao's military flag was in the ranks of the enemy army. It is certain that the one caught this time was indeed Yang Zhao, the Liaodong general of the Ming army.

However, in this way, the pursuit of the Ming army far away from Xiongshan was fine, while the speed of the Ming army near Xiongshan was affected, and the formation of cavalry no longer remained dense, gradually becoming a long dragon, and the formation appeared much thinner.

Yang Zhao drew out his long sword and waved it, commanding the entire Ming army to charge.

A chasing battle turned into a frontal battle. In fact, Yang Zhao was also psychologically prepared at the beginning.

As for the result, there is a high probability that it is not as simple as being smashed to the end, even if they are directly beheaded, it is possible, and the people behind them can't say anything about it.

When they rushed out of the Ming army just now, they had already consumed a lot of horsepower, but this was because the military order was difficult to violate, not because they were ignorant of the danger of this military order.

After all, there are often wars with Mongolia and the Jurchens in the north. Even the soldiers and horses around Liaoyang often have to be pulled out to support various places.

So the two of them were relatively confident at this time that the Ming army was capable of annihilating this group of daring Tartars.

And the battle between the two armies this time is a big battle on the plain, so it is natural to follow the rules of frontal combat.

Before the other battle started, the horse under his crotch was powerless because of loss of strength.

The two Ming troops gradually began to slow down, reined in their horses, gathered their cavalry, and reorganized their formation.

At this time, this was the thought that popped up in the hearts of all Ming soldiers.

"Drumming, rush."

Well, killing them all is also Liwei.

However, seeing the formation of the Tartar cavalry, from the forward to the rear, because there are a large number of grain carts in the Chinese army, the formation is stretched very long.

The sudden change was naturally discovered by the soldiers behind the Ming army. When they saw a large group of Tartars appearing and rushing towards them in an attacking formation instead of forming an formation, they were all horrified.

Killing him or capturing him alive is a great achievement for them, at least it can severely damage the morale of the Ming army.

Now they are standing quietly in place.

It's just that all of this is intentional and unintentional.

This time is not the time for them to relax.

The generals on both sides are full of confidence, and they are thinking about defeating each other in a battle to establish a victory.

As long as Wei Li lives, their life will be easier in the future.

However, whether it is the Mongols or the Ming army, when the two armies are fighting head-on, they will also talk about some battlefield rules.

During the confrontation between the two armies, Yang Zhao was thinking of good things in his heart, and he couldn't help showing a complacent expression on his face.

As the Ming army completed formation at the foot of Xiongshan Mountain, the troops lined up densely and were about to launch a decisive battle with the Tartars. A troop of Tartar cavalry had quietly circled out from the side of Xiongshan Mountain and blocked the Ming army formation. rear.

Thinking of the offensive they planned, if Yang Zhao was escorted to attack the Ming army's city, and the Ming army saw their commander-in-chief captured, what would happen to their morale.

If the width of the formation is not enough, then strengthen the thickness, anyway, the two armies will collide at that time.

What's more, they are obviously at a numerical disadvantage.

Not to mention anything else, after he led his troops to chase out of the side wall, as long as the Tartars turned back to fight, they would face such a scene, so they didn't take it seriously at all.

Because the formation of the army was limited, he couldn't turn right away, unless he abandoned his subordinates and fled, there should be a chance.

The two guerrilla generals knew in their hearts at this time that the Tartars should not continue to flee after the Ming army pursued them, but would form an array to fight the Ming army.

Soon, Yang Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty, urged his horses to the front, and his subordinates also began to organize the soldiers and horses.

Soon, what appeared in front of them, just as they judged, was that the Tartar striker stopped after a circle, and the cavalry of the Chinese army had already rushed out of the Xiongshan boundary at this time, and they also turned according to their previous route. Complete a 180-degree turn.

After the two armies confront each other, kill through the opponent's formation, and then come back after a circle to kill again, this group of Tartars will definitely be hard to fly.

Just like this order, if they dared to disobey, Yang Zhao might stop there and stop chasing the Tartars, but all the blame would be on their heads.

But this time, it was disgusting enough to repeatedly raid a place, and it felt like they were bullying them.

However, for cavalry, such a formation has limited impact.

Moreover, as the pursuit of the Ming army, it is naturally impossible to take a long way and pass through the other side of Xiongshan Mountain to outflank the fleeing Mongolian Tartars, not to mention that there is no road condition for them to pass through Xiongshan Mountain.

However, because of this, the east side of Xiongshan Mountain is also not suitable for large army operations.

At the foot of Bear Mountain, the three groups of cavalry began to move.

At this time, the two guerrilla generals had a trace of regret.

He has already seen that there are at least 3000 Tartars behind him, and they are still hard-working soldiers waiting for work.

The Tartar cavalry rushed out from behind, and the ground trembled slightly, which was naturally noticed by Yang Zhao who reined in his horse.When the Ming soldiers in front looked back, the smoke and dust trampled by the cavalry was clearly visible.

Liaoze actually refers to the east of Xiongshan Mountain, which is close to the Liaohe River.

With so many Tartars, at least thousands of heads were in their hands after the war. When they reported to the court, they could be promoted to a higher level.

And when Yang Zhao turned his head to look at the Tartars in front, the bull horn had already been blown on the opposite side, which was a signal to attack.

The Ming army slowed down, allowing the Tazi's central and rear troops to gradually overtake them.

Yang Zhao didn't hesitate at all, what he wanted now was to rush over, break through the Tartar formation, and then run directly towards the Ming army's wall to the west, instead of going around and coming back to fight again.

If the cavalry can't charge up, it's not even as good as the infantry.

Seeing that the Tazi army turned to prepare for a frontal battle, the two guerrillas of the Ming army unanimously began to reduce their horsepower and stopped galloping like before.

In fact, the reason why these two guerrillas were assigned to this dangerous task was naturally because they were not Yang Zhao's direct descendants, so they received this errand.

To the east of Xiongshan Mountain is the Liaohe River, which is also a famous yellow flood zone on the Liaohe River. Every rainy season, the Liaohe River will inevitably become a swamp due to the flooding of the Liaohe River.

The Ming army brigade was about to arrive, and it would be very dangerous if the Tartars launched a surprise attack at this time.

But for those of them who make a living by this, they know that the cavalry is actually far from that simple.

This is different from an ambush, which is of course a surprise attack.

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It is conceivable that when the two armies are at war, if they fall off the horse, there is no chance for the comrades in the rear to give way, and the result will either be directly trampled to death by countless horseshoes, or directly hit to death by the horses.

However, in the face of the Tazi vanguard army, which was already in full swing, the Ming army's outflanking troops did not dare to launch a charge rashly to hit the vanguard cavalry, which was obviously the elite Tartars.

After the formation is completed, winning or losing is the last fight.

At this time, the forward team of the Tartars had already left Xiongshan Mountain, and the sides became wider. The Ming army that was chasing them had surpassed the rearguard troops of the Tartars and approached the central army of the Tartars.

In the past, from time to time, the Tartars had to break through the side wall to plunder, and then swaggered away.

Otherwise, Yang Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army, would not be too aggressive, and he would dispatch all the troops around Liaoyang and venture out of the pass to pursue them.

The war horse may lose the ability to run due to lack of physical strength, or even fall directly.

As long as you can run to the side wall, you can get the protection of the city wall.

Even, they have already figured out that if the Tartars stop and run away, then after the arrival of the commander-in-chief, he will lead his team to retreat to the back of the formation, and take advantage of the opportunity when the two armies line up to feed their horses. Some bean cakes, restore some horsepower.

Maybe if they win, they will only be punished slightly, but if they lose a lot, maybe they will be blamed.

However, keen they also found that the Tartars had abandoned the grain carts in front on this road, and they chose to turn around lightly.

It's just that the result of doing so is actually disobedience to military orders. It's hard to say what will be waiting for them.

At this time, the only way out in front of Yang Zhao was to rush forward, absolutely not to run back or to the left, the Tartars rushed out between the front and rear armies, even though it was close enough to the Ming Army Border Fort Zhenyuan Fort and the Big and Small Black Mountain Fort , should be only a few tens of miles away.

If you can't keep enough horsepower, no matter how superb the knight's riding skills are, it will be very dangerous in battle.

However, at this time, the Tartar cavalry was outside the mountain, and the Ming army was on the side of the Xiongshan Mountain, which was naturally not conducive to their formation.

The two pursuers quickly caught up with the Tazi's troops in charge of the rear, but the two sides did not contact each other. The Ming army deliberately surrounded them from both sides, so naturally they did not want to fight with the Tazi's troops.

The Ming army in this period, when it comes to field battles, perhaps only a few Ming armies such as the Liaodong Army still have the power to compete with them.

I have more cavalry and a thicker formation, which is actually more advantageous in such a battle.

However, now that the rainy season is over, the swamp is gradually receding.

For a frontal battle, in fact, when the formation is unfolding, it is the time for the generals of the two warring parties to fight wits and courage.

After all, the punishment for disobedience to military orders in military law is the same.

Yang Zhao's temper is a bit irritable and self-willed.

For ordinary people, it seems that as long as you ride on a horse, you are a cavalry.

At the very least, they won't rush over until the opponent has completed formation, or until the three consecutive snare drums are sounded.

Moreover, the number of Tartar cavalry was obviously not as large as the Ming army who went out to pursue them.

However, the two Ming army guerrillas keenly noticed that the Tartar vanguard cavalry did not continue to flee to the north, but started to circle to the left, obviously to change the direction of the army.

On the Liaohe Plain, if there were no horses under their crotch, they, the cavalry who were looked up to by other Ming troops before, would not even be as good as infantry.

In this way, the Tazi cavalry completed the turning of the army before the Ming army brigade caught up. They were already facing the Ming army, and they no longer had their backs in front of their eyes.

But he can't.

And this group of Tartars is too hateful. In the past two months, they have repeatedly raided around the western side wall of Liaoyang, looting the nearby side wall and towns almost like no one, which really hurt the face of the Liaodong Army.

However, at this time, the Tartar cavalry led by Huang Taiji did not rush towards the Ming army head-on, but inserted obliquely towards the right wing of the Ming army.

In this way, although the forwards of the Ming army can rush forward unimpeded, for their rear team, they will definitely be disrupted by this group of Tartars and completely destroyed by their impact.

What's more terrible is that the rear army of the Tartars, who were waiting for work, also rushed to the right wing.

The right wings of the front and rear armies, when they arrived at the Ming army, were surrounded by the Tartars on both sides.

Before the Ming army's formation was fully accelerated, the rear team was overtaken by the Tartars, and the battle formation was torn apart.