A goshawk flew across the blue sky and flew to the land filled with earthy yellow sand.

The wind blowing in the desert north blew the dead grass under the horses' hooves and kept falling. After the wind passed, they stood up tenaciously.

The war horse snorted and moved its hooves a little restlessly.

Tens of thousands of Northern Barbarian cavalry were waiting quietly.

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On the other side, the Sheng army led by Zhao Haiping continued to advance.

On the way to the Woodlands Tulas Mountain, the forward Sheng army began to encounter the Northern Barbarian cavalry one after another. These cavalry were not many in number and had little fighting spirit. After a brief struggle, they fled one after another.

All signs are exactly the same as what Duke Qi encountered before.

But since Zhao Haiping has made up his mind, of course he will not give in.

He knew that there must be an ambush by the Northern Barbarians on the Woodlands Mountains, but he also knew that only in this case would the two sides have a chance for a decisive battle.

If the victory of the powerful army is certain, the leader of the Northern Barbarians would rather abandon a large amount of baggage and flee to preserve the vitality of the elite cavalry. Although it will be considered a victory by then, the strategic goal of the expedition to Mobei will be difficult to achieve.

There is only one reason why you bite even though you know it is bait.

Let’s see if the fish dies or the net breaks!

The mountains in the distance are getting closer.

Woodlands Turashan is not a very high mountain range. Compared with those majestic mountains, it is just a continuous small slope.

But this kind of terrain is enough for tens of thousands of cavalry to hide.

Finally, at a very subtle distance, Zhao Haiping saw a shadowy figure appearing on the top of the mountain in the distance.

Soon, more cavalry appeared.

Each hilltop was occupied by the Northern Barbarians' armored heavy cavalry.

These heavily armored cavalry, both men and horses were covered in armor. In the age of cold weapons, they were the well-deserved kings of war.

Not only that, each of these Northern Barbarian cavalrymen had three or four horses, and the total number of horses was estimated to be hundreds of thousands, which was superior to Sheng's army in terms of horse power.

Zhao Haiping's eyes swept over the hills one after another: "At least 30,000 heavily armored cavalry..."

This is the absolute main force of the Northern Barbarian Army, and such a heavy cavalry was a force that could sweep the world in most historical periods of ancient times.

"Array up!"

Zhao Haiping gave an order, and Sheng Jun, who was already exhausted from the long journey, immediately cheered up and formed a square formation.

The Northern Barbarians' cavalry has also occupied many highlands in the Woodlands Mountains, overlooking the Sheng army from a commanding position. At the same time, they are constantly mobilizing.

The war is about to break out.

However, during this process of mobilization between the two parties, the vast grassland was filled with an atmosphere of silence and depression, even a bit chilling.

Even Chu Ge and the other three players did not speak at this time and watched quietly.

Just like a magnificent movie, after many ups and downs, it finally reaches its climax.

They each played different identities, but now, if they want to win this war, they can only watch Zhao Haiping's own performance.

Zhao Haiping continued to order: "Shenji Battalion, form an array in front!"

At this time, the Northern Barbarian army clearly had the advantage, and the initiative was in their hands.

The Woodlands Tura Mountain was a carefully selected ambush site for the Northern Barbarian army. The leader, Mahali, hid all the elite cavalry behind the hillside in order to build a perfect encirclement when Sheng's army arrived.

At this time, for the Northern Barbarian army, no matter what Sheng's army chooses, they can maintain sufficient initiative in tactics.

If the Sheng army chooses to fight, then the Northern Barbarian army is commanding a high position on the mountain, and the charge of the cavalry can take advantage of the terrain to produce an overwhelming effect. The cavalry of the Dasheng Dynasty must be at a huge disadvantage if they want to hedge.

If Sheng's army chooses to retreat, its morale will inevitably be greatly damaged, and all Sheng's soldiers will think that the chance of victory is extremely low. And while Sheng's army is withdrawing, as long as the Northern Barbarian cavalry launches a pursuit, even if Sheng Taizu is there, all will not be defeated.

The army is depleted and it is estimated that the losses will be heavy.

In the age of cold weapons, the outcome of many wars often did not depend entirely on the number of people, but on morale.

Therefore, the Sheng army at this time must not retreat, but can only put everything on the line and make a huge gamble.

The battle formations of both sides have been deployed, and of course Zhao Haiping will not act rashly, because he knows that the Northern Barbarian army will definitely attack first.

In the eyes of Mahali, the leader of the northern barbarians, Sheng's army had penetrated deep into Mobei and was exhausted from the march for several days. At this time, it even recklessly broke into the ambush site that he had carefully designed. It was already a piece of fat.

If you don't take the initiative to attack in this situation, what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for Sheng Jun to collapse on his own?

The opportunity cannot be lost.

For Sheng Taizu, all the previous preparations were aimed at severely inflicting heavy damage on the Northern Barbarians, so they must not retreat at this time. And for the Northern Barbarians, the same could not be said.

Sure enough, smoke and dust rose from the mountain opposite.

The heavy cavalry of the Northern Barbarians are on the move!

These armored heavy cavalry charged towards the center of Sheng's army and came crashing down with a commanding force, like the ground cracking and a mountain falling.

Countless horse hooves stepped on the ground, causing rumbling tremors, which was unstoppable!

Mahali was obviously extremely convinced that no infantry or cavalry in this world could stop the charge of the condescending heavy cavalry.

If Da Sheng Dynasty uses any troops to meet the enemy, there will only be one result, and that is to be run over by the ruthless cavalry and directly scattered!

But they didn't expect that what greeted them was not any infantry or cavalry, but the first arms created by the Dasheng Dynasty.

Divine Machine Camp!

Guns, artillery, and countless black muzzles were aimed at the unstoppable Northern Barbarian heavy cavalry charging from high places.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Guns and cannons fired in unison, shaking the sky and the earth!

The commander of the Shenji Battalion did not attack immediately, but waited for the heavy cavalry to enter the range of the muskets, and then ordered the guns and artillery to fire at the critical moment.

The huge sound completely drowned out the sound of the Northern Barbarians' horse hooves, and the bullets and artillery shells were shot into the battle formation of the heavy cavalry along with the diffuse smoke. Those armors with excellent defensive effect against cold weapons were as brittle as a shell in front of the guns and cannons.

A piece of paper, whether it is a soldier or a war horse, all flesh and blood is flying!

The steel giant, which weighed almost half a ton, collapsed, its blood staining the withered grass in Mobei red.

The surviving cavalry tried to pull out their legs from the fallen horse, but was quickly trampled by the cavalry behind them who could not dodge.

Then a group of cavalry rushed up and were killed by a new round of guns.

The soldiers of the Shengjun Shenji Battalion are arranged in three rows. The soldiers at the front are only responsible for shooting, the soldiers at the back are responsible for loading, and the soldiers in the middle are responsible for passing guns. In addition, there are various other auxiliary units that interact with each other.

Cooperate.

"retreat!"

After throwing away thousands of corpses, these arrogant Northern Barbarian heavy cavalry finally realized that something was wrong and retreated hastily.

They want to go back to the top of the mountain and adjust the array.

And Zhao Haiping also knew that the fighter plane was coming!

Although Sheng's army's firearms were powerful, they could not always count on the Northern Barbarian cavalry to rush in stupidly.

After the Northern Barbarian cavalry suffered this loss, they will definitely be more cautious next time, and it is hard to say whether the Shenji Battalion can still achieve such results.

If you want to severely damage the enemy, you still need cavalry.

Because in this era, only cavalry has high mobility, and only cavalry has the ability to break up the enemy's formation and decide the outcome in a battle.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered.

The Shengjun cavalry on both wings began to attack the Woodlands Mountains ahead!

For Sheng's army, this was the only opportunity. After all, the elite Northern Barbarian cavalry charging from the center had just retreated, and their formation was not in order. When they wanted to return to the top of the mountain, they would inevitably cause a certain amount of chaos.

Take this opportunity to attack the enemy's two flanks. As long as you can make a breakthrough and seize some of the hills as commanding heights, the battlefield situation on both sides may be reversed.

But it is obvious that the Northern Barbarian cavalry are not incompetent.

Arrows rained out from the tops of the mountains on both sides, and armor-piercing heavy arrows blocked the sky. With the advantage of the high ground, the advancing army was struggling to move forward.

Soon, the Northern Barbarian cavalry on both sides also rushed down to confront Sheng's army!

Although the forwards of Sheng's army suffered heavy casualties, it was naturally impossible for them to collapse at the first touch when Sheng Taizu was personally conducting the expedition. They still fought to the death and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

The heavy cavalry from both sides collided violently, and many soldiers were knocked off their horses. However, as long as they could get up after dismounting, they immediately drew out their swords or scimitars and hacked together with the enemy.

The battle between the two wings soon became tense.

"Keep the formation and press forward!"

Zhao Haiping gave an order, and the military formation in the center also began to move forward.

Under the intimidation of the Shenji Battalion, the Northern Barbarians' heavy cavalry did not dare to attack the center rashly. The horses moved their hooves anxiously on the hillside, but they still maintained an extremely strict formation.

At the highest point, the Northern Barbarian leader Mahali and many of his princes looked down at the army of the Dasheng Dynasty.

It's a pity that the distance between the two sides is still very far, and with low attack and high attack, the range of Shenji Battalion's guns and artillery is greatly restricted.
To be continued...