The first navigator of the Ming Dynasty

The Northern Expedition of Zhu Di, the king of Yan of the Ming Dynasty, continued to advance on the grassland.

Zhu Di was dressed in mountain-shaped armor, riding a white horse, looking at the endless prairie.

Zheng Hai and Ma He rode jujube red horses respectively, and separated Zhu Di left and right.

Suddenly, an iron horse rushed towards the team, and the person who came was the herald of the Ming Dynasty.

"Newspaper-newspaper-" The cavalry dragged a long voice and ran not far in front of Zhu Di.

As soon as the horse stopped, the cavalryman flew down from his horse, knelt on one knee, and said, "Your lord, important information has been sent from the front.

Ma He got off the horse, stepped forward and took a sealed box from the hand of the cavalryman, and then walked quickly to Zhu Di's side and handed the box to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di opened the box, and in the box was an excerpt.

Zhu Di's eyes stared at the fold, his two mustaches were slightly upturned, and he grinned: "Okay! Pass my order and camp on the spot." Spread the generals, go to the main tent of the commander tonight to discuss matters!" "

At night, it was already dark on the grassland, and the lights in the main tent of King Yan's army were bright.

There were no soldiers within twenty paces of Zhu Di's tent, and several teams of soldiers with torches patrolled back and forth on the perimeter.

"The scouts have sent news that the army of Aza Lost is stationed here..."

The faint voice of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, came from the main tent, and Zheng Hai, who was guarding the periphery, heard some information: the Yan

army led by Zhu Di will be ambushed to the south of the Northern Yuan army, and the general Fu Youde will lead all the way back to the west to ambush, while the deputy generals Wang Bi (bì) and Guo Ying will lead another team of men and horses to ambush in the east.

Only in the north, Zhu Di did not arrange any troops, and left a way for the Northern Yuan army to escape.

In the early morning three days later, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty led by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, quietly surrounded the army of the Liao king of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Zheng Hai followed Zhang Yu and dozens of scouts to quietly touch a high ground, and not far below the high ground was the camp of the Northern Yuan army.

Zheng Hai, who was lying in the grass on the hillside, looked down, and he could see every move of the Northern Yuan soldiers clearly.

The soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were eating, except for the soldiers who patrolled and guarded, the other soldiers only wore waistline jackets and did not wear armor.

The waistline jacket is a unique military uniform of the Yuan army, a kind of tight-fitting and narrow-sleeved robe, with a cross-collar, square collar and other styles, the robe is long to near the knee, the hem is wide, folded with dense pleats, and the waist is sewn with a wide waist made of braids.

The camp tent of the Northern Yuan army is like a yurt, with a white tent cloth and a pointed tent top, as if adding a cone to a cylinder, like a small white mushroom.

The large camp of the Northern Yuan army was very large, from the depression of the valley at the bottom of the hillside, to the valley and the slopes on both sides.

It can be said that the Northern Yuan army took defense into account when they were in the main camp here, and they stationed troops at the valley mouth and on the slopes on both sides, and it was not easy to sneak attack them.

Lying in the grass on the hillside, Zhang Yu gently patted Zheng Hai's shoulder and asked in a low voice: "Zheng Hai, if you are the commander of this operation, how will you carry out the attack?"

Zheng Hai replied in a low voice: "If I come to command, then I may avoid the front, go around the back, and sneak attack from behind." General

Zhang, what do you think of my idea?" Zhang Yu looked at Zheng Hai, showed a smile, smiled without answering, and said: "How do you think King Yan will attack?" "

I think it should be attacked from three sides at the same time, launching a fierce attack on the enemy, and attacking the enemy as soon as it comes up, knocking the enemy out. Zheng Hai said softly what he thought.

Zhang Yu said: "I'm ready to start, I'll see if it's the same as you think."

Zheng Hai was a little curious and said: "General Zhang, why don't we participate later?" Why don't we stay with the army?" "Zheng Hai, don't

worry about this, we will definitely participate! However, we have to wait until the critical moment before we can make a move." Let's watch first, the first time you go to the battlefield, you follow me first, don't run around.

Zhang Yu saw Zheng Hai cast a look, and hurriedly added: "This battlefield to kill the enemy is different from usual!" Zheng Hai

nodded and expressed understanding. He knew that Zhang Yu and the others were not very worried about him, a novice.

He looked back in the other direction, where Zhang Yu had hidden a cavalry in a hillside hollow.

The soldiers were dressed in battle armor, with sharp swords hanging from their waists, and their quivers were full of feathered arrows. The horses were also covered with thick armor, and the long horses also wore armor on their faces, revealing only the horses' eyes.

"Boom, boom", the sound of thousands of horses galloping came from behind Zheng Hai's side, and Zheng Hai knew that Zhu Di's army had begun to attack.

On the simple wooden watchtower built at the outpost of the Beiyuan camp, the horn of the soldiers' alarm was heard: "Woo-woo-" "

Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!" The

resting soldiers in the Beiyuan camp were in a commotion. Some soldiers rushed back to their tents, some were busy putting on their armor, and some were on horseback to meet the enemy.

"Boom, boom", the earth was shaking, and a large number of cavalry of the Ming army stepped on the billowing dust and smoke, rushing towards the Northern Yuan army under the hillside.

The terrain on the grassland was flat, and when the Ming army appeared in the field of vision of the Northern Yuan army, there was actually a long distance, so before the Ming army arrived, the Northern Yuan army was ready.

On this flat prairie, it is really not easy to sneak attack with cavalry without being discovered, so the only way to use the speed of cavalry to quickly approach and disrupt the opponent's position before people have time to react.

However, this time, the cavalry led by King Yan did not seem to be able to do it, and the cavalry of their enemy, the Northern Yuan army, had already been lined up and ready to attack.

"Kill!"

A large group of cavalry of King Yan was already not far from the cavalry of the Northern Yuan, and the generals on both sides shouted the order to attack.

Two puffs of dust and smoke rose in the vast grassland, and the horsemen on their horses made a gesture of drawing their bows and firing their arrows almost simultaneously, the bowstrings humming softly, and dense black dots appeared in the sky.

The two black dots crossed densely in the air, like two swarms of bees that had left the nest together, and each fell from the sky and fell like raindrops.

At the foot of the hillside, the screams of soldiers and the wailing of war horses could be heard from time to time.

Two streams of arrows rained down from the sky, and the ground was densely filled with feathered arrows, and the corpses of war horses and soldiers lay on the ground, full of feathered arrows like hedgehogs.

The rain of arrows fell, and after two clouds of yellow dust and smoke, hundreds of corpses with feathered arrows were left on each side.

The two puffs of dust and smoke did not stop, and still rushed forward.

The war horse is still galloping, and if it falls behind, it is death, and it is the light to move forward bravely.

Only life can mirror life, and the swords of both sides flashed with the smile of death.

The steel swords of the cavalry of the first camp had already collided with the enemy.

A series of metal clashing sounds continued one after another, and the iron cavalry of the two armies met head-on.

Two puffs of yellow dust and smoke were still moving forward, and after the dust and smoke passed, hundreds of more corpses were left on the ground.

The only difference was that, in addition to the intact corpse, there were scattered arms, skulls, and steel knives.

Zheng Hai stared blankly at the battlefield under the hillside, as if he saw the blood-soaked grassland growing red flowers, one after another, dotting the wide and flat grassland.