The Jurchens were fishing and hunting nations. When Nurhaci had just risen, most of the Qing army was infantry. Later, he annexed other Jurchen tribes and won many battles in the wars with the Ming army and the Chahar tribe of Mongolia. He also formed allies with the Korqin tribe of Mongolia through marriage.

During this process, the Qing army also underwent earth-shaking changes. A primitive tribe was able to establish a country, and its inherent systems and weapons and equipment were innovated, and the composition of the army also changed. From the original infantry as the main body, it gradually evolved into a large number of cavalry.

It is precisely because of more and more cavalry that they can enter the pass several times, plunder a large amount of wealth and the people and return. They can always pursue the Mongolian Chahar tribe to Qinghai, and finally completely defeat Lin Dan Khan and capture his wife. They can go to Korea and force him to become their own vassal state.

By the end of Huang Taiji's rule, the Manchus were no different from the Mongolians who married them, and basically everyone could ride horses. However, the geographical environment of Liaodong was not suitable for raising horses in large quantities. Although they could get horses from Mongolia, the Qing army's horses were still scarce. Nearly two thousand good horses, even Luke Dehun's opinion, were still a huge fortune. Therefore, when he heard Jixiha's answer, he hesitated completely.

Ning Wan, I looked at Lukekhun's face and said, "Master, please stop the attack! There are less than 200 Ming soldiers left, which poses no threat to our army. If we can finally get these two thousand good horses, at least we can make up for some of the losses in this battle. I think Prince Li won't blame you too much."

Luked was silent for a while, and finally nodded gently.

At this moment, a horse ran towards him. Before he could reach the front of the formation, the horseman fell off his horse. The two horsemen ran out and took him to Luke Dehun.

Lukedehun saw that the man was hit by two arrows behind him, and blood stained his clothes red. His eyes were closed, his face was as white as paper, and he exhaled more than he entered his breath. He was about to lose his life, and he was full of surprise. Jixiha squatted down on one knee, shook the Qing soldier gently and said, "Wake up, what's going on?"

The Qing army woke up slowly and saw Ji Xiha, and grabbed his arm and said, "Ming army..., the Ming army attacked and came from the east..., and it will arrive soon." After saying these few words intermittently, the Qing army fainted again.

Jixiha shook him hard again, but the Qing army never woke up again. After a while, Jixiha stroked his neck for a while, raised his head and shook his head at Lukedehn.

Lukede's face turned pale and said angrily: "Send so many scouts, and only one of them comes back is still dead. I can't tell you clearly, where is the Ming army now?"

Ning Wan, I sighed and said, "This Ming army can go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong without knowing it, and it is naturally a skill. If they also send scouts to intercept our scouts in order to hide their whereabouts, then the current situation can be explained. Before this soldier died, it means that the army was about to arrive from the east, which means that the Ming army must be not far from here. Master, continue to send scouts to search the east and find out the movements of the Ming army as soon as possible."

Ning Wan and I finished speaking, but Luke Dehun did not respond. He called out softly, "Master?"

Lukehn took a deep breath, looked forward with his eyes fixedly, "No need, they have arrived."

Ning Wan, I was shocked and looked along Luke Dehun's gaze. At the edge of my vision, a few cavalry appeared first, and then the number increased, exceeding a thousand cavalry. They rode slowly, stopped two thousand steps away from the Qing army formation, and then set up a formation. At the front of their army formation, a huge Ming-shaped flag was lit up in the wind.

Lukedehun quickly came back from his shock, looked around, and immediately smiled angrily: "This is a flat horse in this radius of several miles, and the surrounding situation can be seen clearly. Although the place where Minggou is currently staying is slightly higher, it does not have any advantage. They are naked provocations and want to fight head-on with my Qing warriors. Since that's the case, I will give them a chance. Jixiha, summon everyone out of the fort, follow me to defeat the Ming army in front of me, and then go to clean up the remaining defeated soldiers in the fort."

Han Yong saw the army's attacking posture, but suddenly all retreated from the fort, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Why did the Tartars retreat?"

Gao Qi put down the long sword in his hand, sat down slowly against the wall, rubbed his chest that was still painful and said, "What's so strange about this? It must be that Ji Guerrilla and the others arrived. Until now, the Qing army can breathe for only more than two thousand, and most of them are infantrymen. Fighting against Ji Guerrilla may not be completely superior. Not even a single Qing army is left, which means Luke Dehun is also afraid."

Han Yong yelled, and without replying to Gao Qi's words, he lifted up his knife and ran out like a rabbit.

Gao Qi shook his head helplessly, pointed to the soldiers on the outside and said, "You guys catch up with Han Guardian, and you must protect his safety." Then he pointed to the soldiers next to him and said, "You guys, go and count the losses of our army and gather all the soldiers who can still fight for horses and fight for me."

When Luke Dehun attacked Tianshui Station Fort, he spared no effort and did not make sufficient preparations, resulting in heavy casualties and injuries. Currently, only nearly a thousand cavalrymen who were intact were in power. Although there were more than a thousand infantrymen, many of them were injured, and only half of them could be fought.

But looking at the more cavalrymen than the self-armed army, Luke Dehun was still confident. It was not uncommon for hundreds of Qing troops to defeat ten times the Ming army. At this moment, as long as half of the combat power was released, he could defeat the Ming army in front of him. He left only nearly a hundred personal soldiers beside him, deploying all infantry in the middle, and the cavalry were distributed on both wings.

Cavalry has an absolute advantage over infantry as long as the terrain is not in a narrow space. The number of cavalry in Lukedehun is not superior, and infantry travels slowly. If infantry and cavalry are intertwined, it will lead to different attack paces of infantry and cavalry attacks, thus affecting each other. Cavalry and cavalry are distributed on both wings and can advance and retreat at any time. Infantry is arranged in the middle, which is a bit weak, and adopt a defensive force to attract the Ming army to attack. At that time, the cavalry on both wings can be encircled to destroy the Ming army. For the Ming army, it is not difficult to defeat infantry less than their own army on the plain. If the central army is destroyed, the morale between the two sides will inevitably be affected, which is also the fastest way to defeat the Qing army.
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