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Chapter 363

Zhu Yousong has long mastered the skill of archery.Not only have you mastered it, but you can now be called a master in archery.

Because Zhu Yousong knows that in the era of cold weapons, whether it is a single soldier or a large army charging into battle, cavalry and archery are essential skills for generals.

Bows and arrows are used well, they are more effective killing weapons than guns. Bows and arrows are indispensable to take the enemy's head from a hundred steps away.

For a long time, due to differences in living habits and production methods, these ethnic groups around China rode on horseback, and the Central Plains people called them nomads.The Han people in the Central Plains lived a life of slash-and-burn farming and were called farming peoples.

I don’t know when the nomads began to discriminate against the farming peoples. They relied on horseback riding and archery, thick skin and fierce slaughter of cattle and sheep. They not only performed the law of the jungle within their own people, but also expanded and invaded everywhere.

As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, these nomadic peoples began to harass the Central Plains, plundering and enslaving farming peoples, in an attempt to enslave the only one who is self-respecting for a long time.

But farming peoples are not peoples who submit, and thus wars begin.The first was the war between the Han people and the Xiongnu. For thousands of years, the war between the Han people in the Central Plains and the barbarians in the border areas has never stopped, and it reached its peak in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

The Yuan Dynasty was the period when the Mongolian Tartars ruled the roost, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the stage for the Manchurian slaves.

The Han people in the Central Plains also realized their own shortcomings in the process of fighting these border barbarians. Therefore, when training soldiers and selecting military talents, they also tended to ride horses and shoot arrows.

Beginning in the Tang Dynasty, archery and horse bowing was a compulsory subject for martial arts examinations. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, some weightlifting and horse bowing events would be added to the civil examination examinations at the end.

It can be seen that the importance of bow and arrow to a warrior has lasted for thousands of years.

It didn't take long for Zhu Yousong to realize the importance of horse bow and horse combat skills. Now he is already proficient in horse bow and horse, and he is comparable to martial arts champion Ma Jinhua and Shenjian Zhang Huan.

This is the conclusion he came to when he pretended to be a martial arts examiner and went to the examination room last year to compete with the martial arts examiners.

Now Zhu Yousong stood on the top of the city and saw that the team of the Tartars was in disarray by the head formation he had set up, and even the two generals, Man Dahai and Kong Youde, were in a hurry, with panic on their faces.

Zhu Yousong knew that the opportunity had come, so he took a three-stone strong bow, and the spike licked the string. The bow opened like a full moon, and the arrow flew like a shooting star. With a whistling sound, the arrow pierced through the air.

Both Man Dahai and Kong Youde are horse fighters with high martial arts skills. If Zhu Yousong shoots them from the front, they will be easily dodged.

Now, while they were in a hurry, Zhu Yousong shot an arrow.

Man Dahai, who was 120 paces away, was unable to dodge in time and fell off his horse.

Gongshun Wang Kong Youde was horrified, this battle could not be fought, so he pulled his horse and left, and sent an order to withdraw the troops.

But the Tartars wanted to withdraw their troops and retreat instead of attacking the city, which didn't mean the battle was over.Because at this time Zhu Yousong wanted to fulfill the promise of Kaesong to them.

Zhu Yousong delivered the decree, the gates of the city were opened wide, and more than 1 Ming troops rushed out like water breaking through the gate.

Zhu Yousong's imperial cavalry and the Zhongzhen battalion's white soldiers, the two ace divisions charged forward, and the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind, galloping towards the Qing army.

More than 1 Qing troops were killed and defeated, and they were almost defeated.

Only now did they know that the Ming army was not afraid to go to war, nor was it lacking in strength. Without relying on artillery fire and fortified cities, they could still kill them without armor and armor.

The reason why the Ming army only opened the city to fight now is that they only pay attention to strategy.

Of course, the Tartars also had their own strategy in this battle, and this was their strategy, which was nothing compared to Zhu Yongsong's strategy, it was too lame.

Now the Tazi army's morale is scattered, after attacking the city for a long time, their vigor has been worn down, the main general Man Dahai was killed in battle, only one Kong Youde remained, and none of the soldiers had the will to fight.

Even when the army's morale was not dispersed, they were not the opponents of this Ming army, so now they had to run away. Needless to say, those Tartars who were killed on the spot, they were not qualified to run away, and the remaining Tartars were not allowed to run away. Fighting and running away is also a specialty of their nomads.

The Ming army chased after him for a while, and it was getting dark.But the troops commanded by Liu Zhaoji and Ma Wannian held on tightly to these Tartars.

Especially the one-eyed general Ma Wannian, full of anger, swung his sword on his hips like a god of death, and wherever the sword and horse passed, heads rolled and corpses flew everywhere.He wished to kill all these Tartars, knowing that they made him lose one eye, he not only wanted to be loyal to His Majesty, but also wanted to avenge his own eye.

During the scuffle, Ma Wannian fought against Kong Youde, both of them were swordsmen, when Ma Lai and Ma Xiang fought inextricably, Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the imperial battalion, came and fought against Kong Youde.

Kong Youde is skilled in martial arts and skilled in swords and horses. He is one of the famous Sanshun kings and one of the famous three miners, but he can't beat these two people at all. Either one is enough for him to drink a pot, so he can only take the road and flee.

Ma Wannian and Liu Zhaoji led their troops in hot pursuit.

Standing at the top of the city, Zhu Yousong watched the Ming soldiers chasing and killing these Tartars, which was simply a visual enjoyment.

Ma Jinhua and He Xuanjiao wanted to ask for an order to go out of the city to fight, Zhu Yousong might be sure, these Tartars are at the end of their way, and there is no need for the two concubines to do it themselves.

Immediately, he sent someone to pass an order, ordering the soldiers of the Ming army in Huaiqing, Zhengzhou and other places to attack the Tartars overnight, narrow the encirclement, start to close the net, and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Under the night, several messengers of the Ming army left Luoyang City and galloped away.

Kong Youde cut a bloody road and ran for more than fifty miles in one breath. He heard that there were no pursuers behind him, so he reined in his horse to catch his breath.

Looking at the remnant soldiers and defeated generals who followed up, it is roughly estimated that there are less than 4000 people, and some of them are dying.

The Tartars were all exhausted, marching in a hurry in the morning, then siege the city in the afternoon, and ran away in the evening. Now at least it is the first and second watch, and the water has not touched their lips. If this continues, the gods can't stand it.

Weary and exhausted, he staggered, snored and fell asleep when he lay down, and moaned endlessly from the wounded, in extreme embarrassment.

Kong Youde was also suffering from hunger and hunger, but he couldn't sleep. Now that he was the leader of the army, he knew that it would be the most unsafe to sleep here.

He slammed his spirits and closed his eyes to rest his mind. It was the first time for Kong Youde to suffer such a defeat with 3 horses in just one day, and now he has learned from Zhu Yousong.

The night wind blew the armor, and the sweat on his body receded, and he felt cold all over. He knew it was because the underwear inside the armor was soaked with sweat.

Although my body is cold, I can still bear the cold, because the weather has entered summer now, and the only thing I can't stand is sleepiness and hunger.

No matter how sleepy you are, you have to find a way to overcome it, but you have to find a way to solve the hunger. I don’t know what happened to the 1 horses left behind. The only way is to return to the original barracks, that is, the barracks outside Huaiqing City, where there are still them. 5000 men and horses guarded the camp, which was also used as the Ming army for the paralysis of suspicious soldiers.

When we get there, we will find a way to fill our stomachs, recover our combat power after a rest, and then think of ways to break out of the siege.

After making up his mind, Kong Youde only rested for half an hour, then called out soldiers, identified the stars all over the sky, and came towards Huaiqing with thousands of remnants of defeated soldiers...

(End of this chapter)