In the wasteland on the north bank of the Lulu River, Qu Neng's troops were continuously attacked by Tatar cavalry. This was the third day.

The earth under the clouds was shrouded in smoke and dust, which seemed chaotic. The cavalry was surging on all sides, and the sound of horse hooves with "rumble..." was extremely noisy.

A ditch wall fortification had been built in the middle of the formation, and the tents and horses were all inside the fortifications. However, the main force of the Ming army's infantry was still deployed around the fortifications and lined up outside.

The Ming army was stationed on site and did not try to move the large formation; the enemy attacked and shot repeatedly, but it was difficult to find an opportunity.

The battlefield that had been stalemate for a long time suddenly seemed to lose patience! Outside the formation, several Tatar cavalry began to charge.

Dust filled the air, and the Tatar soldiers swept over. At first, some Ming soldiers thought that it was another raid of enemy cavalry. However, the enemy suddenly blocked the horse's eyes with a wooden shield and rushed forward with a speeding force!

The people in the military formation also saw clearly that most of the enemy cavalry did not hold bows and arrows, and were carrying spears in their hands.

"Rumbling..." The galloping horses rolled up dust and mist and got closer.

The generals in the Ming army formation suddenly shouted: "The front row is ready to resist the enemy, get up!"

Sergeant Zhang Yong was at the first row of the square formation at this time! The sudden storm of people made him stunned for a moment. Zhang Yong found that all the brothers around him stood up and placed the spear on the shield and aimed it in front of him. At this time, he hurriedly stood up straight.

The enemy cavalry in front showed no sign of slowing down and detour! Zhang Yong stared at the front with wide eyes, watching the huge cavalry and horses approaching. In an instant, he felt his breathing suddenly stagnate!

Zhang Yong wanted to hide immediately, but there were people behind the left and right, and it was too late! After a while, "Bang! Bang..." The huge impact was deafening, mixed with screams and neighing of the horse.

Several war horses knocked over two rows of gun shield soldiers in the Ming army and into the musket formation behind them. More Tatar soldiers crashed into the Ming army formation, and people everywhere were overturned, and there was chaos.

A war horse suddenly slowed down in horror in front of the square formation, and raised its front hooves and made a long neigh.

Zhang Yong's mind buzzed loudly. When he came to his senses, he found that many soldiers around him were lying on the ground. At this time, a cavalry rushed over and the spear was facing him! Zhang Yong subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly realized that he would be assassinated by the fast-rushing cavalry!

He shouted in fear, held a shield to face the enemy cavalry, and saw the momentum and stabbed it.

"Bang!" Zhang Yong did not see the alternating weapons clearly, and only heard a sound. Then the spear in his right hand was out of the huge attack, and the man also fell to the ground. The enemy cavalry seemed to be stabbed by the spear, and after a while, he also rolled down and dropped off his horse.

Before Zhang Yong got up, he saw a horse fall to the ground with his men and horses. The war horse rolled forward on the ground, just pressing Zhang Yong down. He screamed in pain, but he didn't struggle...

Some Tatar cavalry took advantage of the turmoil in the square and rushed into the Ming army's infantry formation. However, their speed had slowed down and they fought in a melee with the Ming army's infantry.

A cavalry stabbed the Ming army soldiers who turned to hide from a high place, but soon the surroundings were surrounded by several Ming soldiers with spears. "Ah!" The enemy cavalry then screamed.

After another cavalry slowed down not far away, his left leg was suddenly grabbed by someone, and the Tatars on the horse were dragged down. Several Ming soldiers rushed forward with swords and guns! The enemy soldier screamed in a panic of his lungs, and in an instant, blood was splattered by the swords and guns.

More Tatar cavalry rushed up and broke through to both sides of the gap. At this time, footsteps were loud not far away, and a Ming reinforcements rushed out of the fortification gap! Infantry holding spears were running forward in line.

After a while, several Tatar soldiers could not avoid it and were immediately stabbed to the ground with their men and horses.

Seeing this, many enemy cavalry turned their heads and waved their swords and guns to retreat. The ground was in a mess, and the war horses were struggling in pools of blood, and there were people crying and crawling in pain on the ground.

The battle faded from the Ming army's formation one after another and soon spread out. A part of the Ming army's cavalry had rushed out of the formation from the left wing and was counterattacking the repelled enemy cavalry.

All Tatar cavalry were retreating, but the Ming cavalry did not dare to chase them too far. The Tatar cavalry had a larger number and might counterattack the siege and pursue the pursuit!

The fierce battle gradually began to calm down. Only the corpses on the ground were left, the wounded soldiers who moaned and asked for help, and the enemy soldiers who cried and called for mercy.

Two days ago, the Ming army's formation was continuously attacked by in-shot and cavalry, and there were continuous casualties, but the formation was never shaken. Today, the Tatar cavalry rushed to the formation, and the battle suddenly became even more cruel!

At this time, the generals of the central army made suggestions. Because the Tatar army was almost all cavalry and had no heavy weapons, there were generals who suggested that the entire army be curled into a narrow fortification.

However, not long after, something incredible happened! The Tatar army, which had been besieging for three days, actually gave up here and began to retreat to the northeast.

Qu Neng immediately sent scouts and messengers to advance to the southern bank of Lulu River to convey the message to the Central Army.

...That night, Zhu Gaoxu received a report from Qu Neng in the Central Army camp.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu could almost confirm from the movements of the Tatars everywhere: the previous speculation was not wrong!

The first large-scale conflict between the two sides was over at this time. However, the battle did not proceed according to Zhu Gaoxu's idea, and it seemed that the Tatars did not get what they wanted.

First, the Tatars seemed to have made plans to withdraw the main force of each tribe from the southern part of the grassland, causing the Ming army to march from a long distance, and almost nothing was found. The generals of the Ming army were eager to fight.

Then the Tatars threw out a bait in the southern bank of the Fishing Sea, which was Prime Minister Tuohuan.

Tuohuan deceived the Ming army and lied that Benyali had lost his khan's tent was near the Lulu River. The Tatars seemed to want to lure the Ming army to pursue with cavalry vanguards, and then send troops to ambush and destroy the Ming army!

However, Zhu Gaoxu realized that this was a trap, so he used the trick to seize the opportunity to fight. So he prepared for 20,000 Qu Neng's troops, pretending to be a cavalry vanguard, marched north of the Luling River.

At that time, the strategy of the central army of the Ming army was to use Quneng troops to attract the main force of the enemy and delay the time; wait for the main force of the Ming army to arrive, and the two sides will fight.

Later, the situation did not develop according to Zhu Gaoxu's idea! He was still influenced by internal war experience and his thinking unconsciously thought about large-scale battles.

The Tatar Army did not place its main force on the north bank of the Lulu River, but instead appeared on the east side of the central army of the official army; intent to harass and delay the army of the official army, and to spend, drag down, and destroy the Tatar Army on the northern route to gain time.

Unexpectedly, the main force of the Tatar Army was suddenly attacked by Liu Sheng's troops on the right wing of the official army, and the entire army fled!

The Tatars on the North Road had lost the opportunity to drag down Quneng's troops and there was not enough time; so the enemy on the North Road tried to fight to the decisive battle, but failed to succeed in the battle, and immediately gave up the battle...

In the central army's tent, the generals who returned to the camp from all over the place were coming to congratulate the victory one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu sat in the upper position, looking thoughtful, but he didn't react much. He had been distracted just now. He knew that he had undoubtedly won this game and won a lot of results; however, there was still a big gap between his expectations!

He also realized that on the grassland, it seems that the "Battle of Crime" cannot occur, and a battle can eliminate and capture 100,000 enemy troops!

Not long after, Liu Sheng walked into the tent. Zhang Fu took the lead and said, "Congratulations to An Yuanbo." Everyone looked sideways and focused their eyes on Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng stepped forward and said, "I pay homage to the Lord."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at Liu Sheng with praise. He pondered for a moment, and then said, "The power of our military weapons is different from the past, and the Tatars do not know it. An Yuanbo was surprised and caught the right fighter and gave the enemy a painful blow, which is indeed the talent of the general. You must be the first-class merit in this northern expedition."

Liu Sheng said: "I am the wise and the emperor is the only thing that matters."

Everyone congratulated each other, and the tent became much more lively for a while.

At this time, Qi Tai, the Minister of War, stepped forward and bowed, "I would like to report to the emperor!"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Qibutang asked for advice."

Qi Tai said: "In the past few days, since the war broke out, the horses of each army have fed a large number of excellent horses in order to accumulate horsepower. The military rations cost has increased and cannot be sustained for a long time. Only when we withdraw our troops at this time can we maintain the return journey. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's official army has won a great victory in this battle... I believe that after Qu Neng's troops meet, the emperor should go back to the court today!"

After Qi Tai said that, he bowed and stood there. The noise of the crowd gradually subsided and no one raised any objections.

Zhu Gaoxu remained silent and did not answer Qi Tai immediately.

After a while, he spoke: "Order the left whistle to march northwest tomorrow morning, first respond to Qu Neng's troops and withdraw the troops, and then discuss it later."

Qi Tai was stunned for a moment and said, "I will receive the order!"

It was already late at night, and Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and asked everyone to return to the camp to rest. The generals bid farewell to each other and all left the tent.

With the help of Cao Fu and several others, Zhu Gaoxu also took off his armor and put his wool coat outside the martial arts uniform.

He walked out of the tent and looked northeast in the cold air. He subconsciously pulled the collar to cover his cold neck.

There was fire on the nearby Zhongjun camp, but it was pitch black in the distance. Tonight there were clouds in the sky, and the stars and moons were invisible, and the light was very dark. At this time, he looked into the distance and naturally saw nothing.

Zhu Gaoxu saw nothing, so he had to guess: "Like the Lake of the Sea" (Hulun Lake) in the north, and on the surrounding grasslands, there may be a large number of winter supplies hoarded by the Tatars.

However, the area was too vast, and the main force of the Tatar Army was not completely wiped out; in a short period of time, it seemed difficult for the Ming army to do more.
Chapter completed!