Wandering the Heavens

Zhu Di was indignant here, but the Ming cavalry, who were fighting and retreating, were dumbfounded when they saw this scene. A group of low-ranking officers approached the deputy general and asked for instructions, wanting to take the limelight themselves.

"General, what should we do?"

Looking at these soldiers and generals who were eager to fight, the deputy general also wanted to go up and encourage them, but reason prevailed. If he went up with so few people, he would just be eating their food. Even if he won and survived, he would still be punished.

"I know what you are all thinking. I am itching to fight too. But General Yu had no choice but to leave the army alone to fight. Everyone, return to your positions immediately and fight strictly according to military orders. Do not leave without permission!"

"Follow the order!"

Everyone could only take a reluctant look at Yu Xian who was fighting happily, suppress their eager hearts, and return to their positions to continue commanding the retreat.

Yu Xian looked impressive on the surface, but he was actually having a hard time. He was invincible with his powerful martial arts, but his horse was not. No wonder the generals in ancient times liked good horses so much. If their mount was the Red Hare that Lu Bu rode during the day, they would be able to twist off Mahamu's head. He had never expected that his mount would hold him back. He could only bully weaklings here and could not fight the boss alone. This was quite depressing.

"Shenji Battalion, attack!"

Most of the Wala cavalry's follow-up troops entered the cannon's range, and Zhu Di ordered the cannons of the Shenji Camp to start firing. After the cannon sounded, the troops that lured the Wala cavalry down the mountain began to leave the battlefield in an orderly manner to the left and right, including Yu Xian who was enjoying killing.

Seeing the bad situation, Mahamu wanted to retreat, but all 30,000 troops had been deployed and there was no way to withdraw. They could only charge forward desperately and finally passed the area where the shells were plowing the ground and entered the range of firearms.

But they overlooked one problem, that is, when the Ming army left the battlefield, they moved to the left and right.

Then, after the vanguard cavalry entered the range of firearms for twenty steps, some of them fell to the ground with their horses, and the ones behind them could not stop themselves and stepped on them. Before everyone could react, puffs of white smoke emerged from the opposite Ming army formation, followed by dense explosions, and then a large number of Wala cavalry fell again.

Who dug a lot of small pits more than a foot deep on the grassland? When the Ming army was close to the range of the Wala cavalry's bows and arrows, everyone started to prepare to shoot arrows. Who could still notice these densely packed and inconspicuous small pits on the ground? Then the war horses stepped on empty air, lost their balance and fell or tripped, and hundreds of people were trampled to death by their companions before they could get up.

Pooh!

nausea!

shameless!

How shameless!

Soon after three rounds of shooting, the Ming army on the opposite side began to retreat to the left and right, and the Ming army's archers were ready to shoot.

When Zhu Di saw the Wala cavalrymen being knocked off their horses by the pits of all sizes, he finally understood why Yu Xian insisted on asking the Ministry of Works to make a small portable shovel before the expedition, and it was made of high-quality steel. He was very distressed at the time, but now it seems that this thing, apart from being expensive, has more functions than the mace on the battlefield. For example, he used this thing to serve food when he was marching.

These deep pits of varying sizes and depths were dug by the soldiers in a very short time using this small portable shovel. At the time, it seemed useless, but now it seems that anything is useless only when used incorrectly.

Faced with the densely packed pits before them, the Oirat cavalry had no choice but to slow down their charge. What was even worse was that they could not focus on riding and shooting in such an environment. As a result, the Ming army archers suffered very few casualties when shooting against the Oirat cavalry, while the situation on the Oirat side was not optimistic.

After finally getting through this area, the Ming army's archers also received orders to evacuate.

Now in front of the Oirat cavalry were the Ming cavalry, and they seemed impatient.

The war drums sounded, and the Ming cavalry began to move slowly and then gradually accelerated. When they were moving at the fastest speed, the two sides finally fought together.

The Wala cavalry had just been bombarded by artillery, shot by firearms, set in miniature horse traps, and showered with arrows. After all this ordeal, they were holding their breath and wanted to vent.

The Ming cavalry were first amazed by Yu Xian's lone march against the tide, and then saw this group of unlucky guys rushing in front of them. In this situation, if they did not have the courage to go forward, they would be sorry for the thing under their crotch.

So the two sides fought each other as if they had some deep hatred, and the fight was bloody.

That is to say, we are all Mongolians, so if there is any problem, can't we sit down and talk it out?

Of course not. On one side are people who follow the Grand Tutor for a living, and on the other side are a group of traitors who only care about money and will work for him if they receive some benefits from the Ming emperor. There is nothing to talk about.

The fighting lasted for nearly an hour, with heavy casualties on both sides. Zhu Di could no longer bear it and ordered the five military camps to attack.

The Fifth Army Battalion joining the battlefield became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the Wala cavalry. Mahamu and a group of nobles who were commanding the battle on the mountain saw that the situation was not good and abandoned the fighting troops and fled with their trusted guards. Yu Xian personally led the cavalry to chase but couldn't catch up. He could only lead his troops back and annihilate these unfortunate guys from behind the Three Gorges Pass. When those Wala nobles fled, they forgot to inform this group of people...

"Captain Yu, you are so majestic!"

When Yu Xian brought the captives from Sanxiakou and Zhu Gaoxu's troops back to the central army to report to Zhu Di, Zhu Di said this in a sarcastic tone.

"I know my crime!" Yu Xian said very wisely.

"Why don't you try to argue?" Zhu Di was a little broken when he saw Yu Xian admit it so straightforwardly.

The traditional process would be that Zhu Di questioned Yu Xian, but he refused to admit it. Zhu Di then said to take him out and behead him. Then a group of people came out to plead for him, using both reason and emotion to reduce the crime of beheading to beating with a stick, and everyone was happy.

But Yu Xian didn't play by the rules and directly confessed his guilt. If I really punish you, I don't know how many soldiers will be disappointed!

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Yu Xian quickly changed the subject.

"Push him out and give him twenty lashes of the cane!" Zhu Di also refused to bargain like Yu Xian.

Then Yu Xian was taken away by the Jinyiwei. Soon, bursts of dull sounds and Yu Xian's screams were heard coming into the tent, and Zhu Di felt much better.

This made things difficult for the Jinyiwei who were executing the sentence outside. As they were beating sacks filled with sand, they saw Yu Xian sitting next to them and pretending to scream. They wished they could catch this bastard and give him a real beating.

A moment later, Yu Xian limped back into the big tent.

"The work is done. Let's clean up the battlefield and prepare to return to the court!" Zhu Di looked at Yu Xian unhappily and gave the order.

Apart from the long distance and high cost, this expedition went much smoother than expected.

While the Ming army was cleaning up the battlefield, Sun Ruowei, who was far away in Beijing, became ill again. Zhu Gaochi and the Crown Princess thought that Sun Ruowei's health was very strange because she would fall ill every time a major event happened in the court.

Another thing that is more difficult to talk about is that she and Zhu Zhanji have had physical contact since the tenth year of Yongle. They have slept together many times but have no children. The imperial physician has also said that there is nothing wrong with their health.

Another thing is that the main wife Hu Shanxiang was already pregnant before Zhu Zhanji went to the battlefield, and is now expecting a baby, which also proves that there is nothing wrong with Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Gaochi missed Yao Guangxiao a little. If he were still alive, he would definitely be able to figure out the reason.