The grassland was covered with gray, the noise was deafening, and there were people shouting loudly around. At this time, Ping An vaguely saw a Tatar man dressed better than others. The man wore an eaves-less iron helmet and a white fur collar.

The figure flashed by, and was soon covered by the chaotic horse soldiers and the dust rising up.

Ping An intuition that he must be a Tatar with status! Without hesitation, he raised the bloody iron axe and shouted: "Kill!" He led the elite cavalry and rushed over to the other side.

A stream of Ming army elites rushed forward! The unlucky Tatars did not run away and were hitting Ping'an; Ping'an took off his axe and swept over the ground with his horse. After a while, he saw the Tatars in a very well-clad manner again. Seeing that the guy was running a horse, he was turning his head and waving the scimitar in his hand and shouting.

"Hell!" Ping An kicked the horse twice in a row and rushed over.

The Tatars also discovered Ping'an's horse team, and they shook the reins in panic, constantly looking back at Ping'an's distance!

Soon, Ping An had approached the left rear side of the Tatars. The Ming cavalry on both wings were already shouting and fighting with other enemy soldiers. The Tatars hurriedly changed the scimitar to their left hand.

"Huh!" The heavy iron axe swung over with strong wind. With a metal impact, the Tatar's scimitar was opened, and he screamed in fear.

However, although Ping An's iron axe was fast and heavy, it was as light as needles and threads in his hand, almost rubbing the Tatars' face and retracting its strength. The Tatars' face instantly had no blood on it!

With a "neck" sound, the Tatar war horse made a tragic cry. The war horse was cut by Ping An and knelt down on its front hooves! The Tatars "thumped" off the war horse and rolled on the ground in pain.

Ping An turned his head and shouted, "Catch the living!"

The Ming cavalry detoured from the surroundings and surrounded the servant. Some cavalry jumped off their horses and rushed over to hold the Tatars down...

The battle did not last long, and the fighting everywhere had gradually subsided. The sound of horse hooves continued to roar around. The grassland was full of corpses of people and horses, and the undead people were moaning and screaming.

The Tatar cavalry suffered heavy losses in this battle, and perhaps only a small number of enemy cavalry escaped.

The cheers of the Ming army came from the wind in the distance, and the breath of victory echoed in the wilderness.

However, when Ping An was escorting the tied prisoners back, he saw some soldiers very sad, holding their fists to some incomplete corpses on the ground and praying. Those corpses were the Ming warriors who had previously collided directly into the Tatar horses! Many of them died with the enemy.

"Han hero, brave." The tied Tatar suddenly spoke.

Ping An immediately turned to look at him: "You can speak Chinese?"

The Tatar nodded: "I am one of the prime ministers of the Khan, and I know a few words."

The generals around him suddenly became interested and said, "I caught a big fish." "The general has made great contributions now!"

Ping'an ordered quietly: "The captured prisoners were separated and looked for a few Mongolians and ancients in the army to interrogate them together."

"Get orders!"

The Prime Minister of Tatar seemed to hear Ping'an's suspicion, sighed and said, "My name is Tuohuan, there is no need to hide it. I was ordered to harass you and delay you. I didn't expect to fall into a siege and lose my soldiers and generals, and it turned out like this! I am ashamed of the Khan, and I will definitely be killed when I go back."

Ping An ignored it for the time being and ordered the cavalry units to return to the military formation one after another.

Previously, Ping An sent a large number of cavalry in roughly two directions, and the left-wing cavalry fought; but the right-wing cavalry ran away and returned one after another at this time. The right-wing cavalry dispatched everywhere in the east to prevent the enemy cavalry from detour from the south and escape to the east, but the enemy cavalry did not do that.

The vanguard army set up camp on the spot, waiting for the baggage camp to send people to clean the battlefield, bring back the bodies of the wounded and the soldiers, and list the list of deaths. At the same time, the prisoners began to be punished, and the "crackling" sounds of whips and the screams of the prisoners could be heard from afar.

There was no movement in the northeast direction. Ping An initially speculated that the Tatars "speak to the east and attacked the west", but it seemed that they were not accurate. This Tatar cavalry was alone and just came to harass the Ming army.

...After the sun sets, the temperature drops rapidly. The temperature difference between day and night in this place is very large, and the wind on the field is getting colder and colder.

At this time, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu and several Ming generals led the guards and cavalry to the safe camp.

Everyone was in the big tent, surrounded by a pile of red charcoal fire. After the generals gave their great gifts, Zhu Gaoxu sat on the ground in the north and asked the generals to sit down and talk.

Ping An said with a fist: "Report to the emperor, I have captured a Tatar Prime Minister named Tuo Huan. His identity should be true. Seven or eight prisoners were severely tortured and beaten, and Tuo Huan's identity was confirmed. However, Tuo Huan's confession was very pleasant, because he was defeated and would be killed, so he wanted to make meritorious service and surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "What military information?"

Ping'an said: "Tuhuan explained that Benyali Shikhan and Alutai's main force were approximately near the Luqu River at this time. Many tribes followed the main force of Tatars and migrated to the north."

When the generals heard this, they immediately started talking, and the tent quickly became lively. People's eyes shone under the fire, and they were very excited! If they could destroy the main force of Mongolia in one battle, all the generals understood the great military achievements, you can imagine how great the military achievements were!

Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "My country has been established since the Ming Dynasty, and its military power is strong. If the main force of the Tatars were so easily destroyed, how did they survive until now?"

A sentence was like a basin of cold water, and a vague "sneer" sound. Most people were quiet, and they should think that Zhu Gaoxu's words made sense.

After a while of silence in the tent, Zhu Gaoxu said again: "We have walked a thousand or two miles since we entered the area where the Tatar tribes are active. This is the first attack by the Tatar cavalry. We have not found the Tatars for a long time. When we suddenly learned their traces, we are inevitably impulsive, afraid that we can't catch them!

But I think all this is a routine... a trick! Generals, the more you are, the more calm and patient you must be!"

Zhu Gaoxu often played mentally and rationally in wars before. Although he did not understand Benjali's character and Arutai at all, he could easily have the intuition of being plotted.

He turned around and said, "Xueheng, the name "Di" is the number seven map."

Duan Xueheng skillfully found a picture from the bag. Zhu Gaoxu unfolded the drawing next to the charcoal fire and waved his hand to let the surrounding generals approach. He pointed to the map and said, "From the location of our army, it is at least three or four hundred miles away! Tuohuan claimed that the main force of the Tatars migrated to the north, how can our army chase after it?"

Zhao Ping, the Marquis of Yongqing next to him, said: "You can't carry baggage, and you can only pursue it with cavalry."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Marquis Yongqing is right. We have about 300,000 soldiers and civilians, but because we did not carry enough food and fodder, we only brought tens of thousands of war horses. Although Mongolia has declined, we can still gather a large number of cavalry. If our horse team chases us, if it is a trap, we must not be ambushed and besieged?"

The generals clasped their fists and said, "The Lord is wise!"

The generals said this, but most of them showed helpless and frustrated expressions. They worked hard on the expedition, and they walked two thousand miles in vain. Everyone was trying to kill people, and it was really bad to run away in vain. Isn’t Zhu Gaoxu also in this mood?

Heian said: "I think this is also a wartime opportunity. If I let it go, it would be a pity."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded thoughtfully and responded habitually with "Hmm..."

At this time, Qu Neng's voice said: "I would like to ask. The Tatar horses must also have food. If they gather the main force, there will be stockpiled grass and supplies nearby! The winter on the grassland has arrived, and the Tatar horses cannot fight by relying on the weeds on the ground. They need grass seed-covered grass harvested in autumn.

If our army lures the main Tatars to attack and delay the main force of our army to approach; our army will attack with cavalry brigades, and may find a fighter opportunity!"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Something makes sense."

Ping An said: "If we go ahead and walk three or four hundred miles, we will not be able to maintain a horsepower and we will not have enough food and fodder; but the enemy is waiting for our vanguard cavalry. How can we resist and delay the main force of the enemy?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "You can only use infantry to form a defensive formation. However, it is impossible to bring a slow-moving Wuhan Iron and Steel Vehicle, nor can you carry heavy artillery."

He pondered for a moment and said, "Twenty thousand infantrymen will be equipped with horses and march to the Luquhe area in three to four days; there is no baggage, heavy artillery, and it will resist the main force of the Tatar army for about five days..."

Qu Neng clasped his fists and said, "This strategy is my opinion. Please lure me as a forward!"

Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: "Once the lives of 20,000 soldiers are broken through, there will be no life on the vast grassland! Can Duke Ba certainly resist it?"

Qu Neng was silent for a while and bowed: "I should do my best. If I am defeated, come and see you!"

The tent became quiet again, and the slight burst of the charcoal fire burning could also be clearly heard.

In the Ming Dynasty, both infantry and cavalry can be skillfully commanded and led the generals and the most capable of fighting steadily. Zhu Gaoxu believes that the ranking should be Sheng Yong, Qu Neng, Zhang Fu and others... rather than the Dukes who were from the "Jingnan Battle" who were guarding and commanding, or the Dukes who were guarding the Han Palaces who were "The Battle of Crime".

Ping'an's use of infantry was also rare and barely qualified. In the late period of the "Jingnan Campaign", there were no cavalry that could fight in the Jianwen court. Ping'an led the infantry to fight with Zhu Gaoxu. Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu knew his abilities.

Even Qu Neng dared not answer clearly, and Zhu Gaoxu naturally fell into silence.
Chapter completed!