At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 18

Zhu Qizhen was in the camp, watching the Oirats return without success again from afar.

"Your Majesty, our army has won another great victory, and the Oirats have withdrawn!"

Zhang Fu's face was full of smiles. Ever since the emperor suddenly became enlightened and personally led troops to attack the A'la camp, the Ming army has been winning battles all the way.

However, there was no joy of victory on Zhu Qizhen's face, but a dignified look.

"Zhang Qing's family, have you noticed that the Wala people have changed their style of play?"

Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he only saw the Oirats retreating, and he really didn't notice any difference from before.

Now that I think about it carefully, when the Oirats charged just now...

"Did the emperor say that their formation has become more dispersed?"

"That's right!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "The Oirat cavalry used to form a dense formation, but in today's attack, the formation is extremely scattered every time, and the number of troops dispatched is much smaller than before."

Zhang Fu said thoughtfully: "The emperor means..."

"It's a feint!" Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "The purpose is to consume our army's ammunition. It seems that the other party already knows our weakness."

While speaking, Chen Ying also came up to him, saluted and said, "I bow to the emperor!"

"Exemption!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and asked straight to the point, "How much ammunition is there in the Shenji Camp?"

Chen Ying thought for a while and replied: "There are still more than 200 catties of gunpowder, but there are not many shells and lead bullets. According to this way of fighting, we can last at most three rounds of attack."

Only then did Zhang Fu realize the seriousness of the problem, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Oirats have just withdrawn their troops, so they must have gone back to rest. Why don't we retreat to Juyongguan in batches after dark?"

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen also wanted to withdraw to Juyongguan, but the problem was, what if the other party caught up with him?
In the current situation, if the two armies set up formations in the field and face each other just for a wave, it would be worthwhile.

I'm afraid that when the army retreats, the opponent will catch up and poke the eye. When the formation is messed up, it will be like the current Wala people.

The opponent has repeatedly feinted and tested, and there must be a big move next.

Zhu Qizhen can be sure that as long as he shows signs of retreating, these Wala people will definitely rush forward.

It's too passive to defend like this. We must find a way to take the initiative back into our own hands.

"Call all the generals for a meeting!"

Since Wang Zhen was killed, everyone has become accustomed to discussing battle plans around the emperor. Although sometimes, the emperor's thinking will be very novel, making it difficult for people to keep up. However, it is often proved afterwards that the decisions they make are correct.

After these few battles, everyone was convinced.

Nowadays, no matter what order Zhu Qizhen gives, these people will carry it out without thinking.

Under the cover of night, Chen Huai led the digging team quietly out of the gate of the camp, but this time he did not go far, and was at the gate of the camp.

As the sun slowly rose from the horizon, the gate of the Wala camp slowly opened, and a group of cavalry began to cross the river, approaching the Ming army's position.

The Ming army still used artillery to suppress it, but this time the sound of the artillery was sparse, and the Oirat cavalry was already scattered, so there were no casualties.

Ah La stood on the shore watching, and was overjoyed.

Since yesterday, feint attack tactics have been used to consume the firearms of the Ming army.

Unsurprisingly, every time the Ming army fires firearms, there will be a significant reduction, and even the arrows are very stingy.

But this time, the cannon misfired after a round of fire, indicating that the opponent was very afraid of this kind of temptation.

Obviously, the remaining ammunition of the Ming army is seriously insufficient!
The order has already been sent first. Due to the excessive supply of supplies, it will not be able to reach the Guishui River tonight.

This is my last chance. If I still haven't achieved any results, I might as well not wait for others to deal with it, but find a place to dig a hole and bury myself!

"Attack!"

With an order, the low horn sounded again.

Wearing bright silver armor, Ashi personally led ten thousand cavalry to attack the Ming army's position.

This time, it was no longer a feint.

However, although Ara guessed that the Ming army was short of ammunition, he was still very cautious. He divided the [-] soldiers into several teams, surrounded them in a fan shape, and approached the Ming army's position.

This is a pure cavalry lineup, tens of thousands of horses are galloping, magnificent, and seem to be able to break through all obstacles.

Boyan stayed in the formation to wait and see. He knew in his heart that in today's battle, Ala would definitely go all out. In terms of the ability to lead troops and combat skills, apart from Yexian, even he would not dare to pat his chest and say that Ala A step up.

If this battle can be won in one fell swoop, all the setbacks experienced before are not worth mentioning.

Even if it doesn't succeed, at least it will cause effective damage to the Ming army. There are more than 3 horses around me, and they are all in a state of preparation for battle. When the time comes, they will immediately launch a second wave of impact on the Ming army's position. No less than that little emperor!
After several previous battles, the location of the horse trap has long been exposed. You only need to slow down and look at your feet, and you can easily pass through.

Next, there were still two hundred steps away from the camp of the Ming army. The Oirat cavalry continued to advance while throwing arrows.

Amidst the sparse sound of gunfire, the Oirat cavalry quickly rushed up the hillside, although affected by the mountain, their speed began to decrease.

As they approached the Ming army camp, the [-] Wala cavalry began to shrink and converge towards the camp gate.

The camp of the Ming army was built in a very standard way. Although it was a temporary camp, it made full use of the mountain. The camp was not the traditional square or round shape, but was built according to the trend of the hills.

This restricts the best route to enter the camp to the gate of the camp.

Seeing that the Ming army camp was very close at hand, Ala's eyes seemed to shoot out flames.

However, as an experienced veteran, he knows very well that he must be more cautious at this time.

Hold your breath!
Be sure to hold your breath!
Angketu's lesson is right in front of you, you must not be careless!
"Watch out for concealment!"

Following an order, these Oirat cavalrymen bent their bodies on the horse's back, or stuck them to the side of the horse's belly, minimizing the hit surface.

It has to be said that the Wala people's riding and archery ability is really not in vain. In such a posture, they can still shoot arrows at the Ming army on the camp gate.

At the gate of Daying, Uncle Ping, Chen Huai, was riding on a horse, watching the enemy rush up like a tide, with a smile on the corner of his mouth!
"put!"

With an order, hundreds of strong men suddenly appeared behind the camp gate, struggling to pull the thick ropes one by one.

"One two three, pull!"

"One two three, pull!"

With the sound of orderly shouts, a series of long rectangular pits appeared outside the gate of the camp.

No matter how careful these Wala soldiers were, they would never have thought that the Ming army was so cunning that they dug so many holes in front of the camp gate.

These long pits are only half a person deep and not wide, about the width of a horse, so long as the reins are lifted, one can easily jump over them.

Sure enough, with the appearance of the long pit, the Oirat cavalry did not choose to stop charging, but increased their speed one after another and jumped over.

However, after they passed the first long pit, they found that there was a second one in front of them.

So speed up and jump over!

(End of this chapter)