Smoke and misty rain, heavy frost and wind howl, the sound is mournful, the color is dismal, invading the military uniform. Cao Yun wrote this ancient battlefield poem after experiencing the turmoil of his family and country being destroyed. Now on the vast grassland, there is still a battlefield in fierce fighting.

  Both sides' soldiers had been fighting for a long time, and Zhang Feng, who was charging alone, finally realized that he couldn't kill all the Mongolian soldiers by himself, so he reluctantly retreated back to his own camp. The Mongolian side also breathed a sigh of relief as this madman finally left. During the time Zhang Feng charged into the enemy's formation, he killed five hundred-man commanders and one thousand-man commander of the Northern Yuan army. The Northern Yuan generals, who were known for their bravery, avoided fighting him, after all, no one wanted to die unnecessarily.

  At this time, the central battlefield was still stuck, and Zhao Yong, who had originally torn open a gap in the Yuan army's formation, was also beaten back by the Yuan people's desperate counterattack. The intensity of the fighting between the two sides became more and more fierce, and the scene became more and more chaotic. The generals couldn't find their subordinates, and the soldiers couldn't find their superiors. They could only blindly fight to the death, as long as they were not on the same side, they would be cut down by knives.

  Both commanders, Xu Da and Nayan, looked at the situation on the field with a stern expression. They had thought that their iron cavalry would be effective in encircling the enemy, but now it seemed that they were being blocked by the central army's left and right guards, unable to advance even an inch. On the contrary, after losing the power of charging with horses, they were beaten back repeatedly by the Ming army's infantry, and indeed, the gap in troop quality was too great.

  Although the cavalry's pincer movement failed, the Mongolian soldiers on the front line were still brave. Given the current situation, it was impossible to determine the outcome of the battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops within a day or two. He only needed to wait until the next evening when a powerful reinforcement would arrive to assist him. By then, his army's defeat would not be inevitable, and he, Jebe, would not have failed Genghis Khan's entrustment.

  At this time, thirty miles behind the army of Nurhaci, there was a large cavalry rushing towards the battlefield, with nearly 50,000 people in sight. This iron cavalry arrived at the rear of the Yuan army's array at an extremely fast speed, their arrival made the earth tremble, and also allowed the Mongols in the rear to discover them.

  "General! A large-scale cavalry has appeared in our army's rear!"

  "What? Have you found out whose troops these are?" Nayan Temur exclaimed in surprise, thinking that his own 50,000 relief troops had arrived and was about to deploy them to attack Xu Da's central army.

  The orderly was just about to reply that the dust and smoke were rising, making it impossible to see clearly, when the rear of the Yuan army was trampled by the 50,000 cavalry. This obviously told Nieh Erh Fah that this cavalry was not on their side. This scene also made him extremely shocked and lost his color, he could never have imagined that there would be Ming cavalry appearing behind them.

  These 50,000 cavalrymen were the elite cavalry led by the vanguard of the Western Route Army. Yesterday, when discussing the decisive battle in the grand tent, Xu Da had planned to gather all the cavalry from both armies and put them under Yu Ying's command as a surprise attack force. The reason for clearing out the Yuan army's roaming cavalry was to make Yu Ying's movements even more secretive, so that Nayan would not detect that a Ming army cavalry unit had quietly circled around to his rear.

  At this time, the 50,000 elite cavalry formed a wedge-shaped array and fiercely pierced into the rear of Nayan's army. The task entrusted by Xu Da to Mu Ying was only one: under the premise that they would not be discovered by the Yuan people, they would bypass the enemy and launch a surprise attack from behind, with the main purpose of piercing through the Yuan army's formation without getting entangled or bogged down in battle.

  Mu Ying is now fully implementing Xu Da's orders, the wedge-shaped cavalry charge is unmatched in both speed and impact penetration, such a cavalry inserted into the rear of the Yuan army is as easy as a knife cutting through paper, and in the blink of an eye, it has penetrated half of the Yuan army's formation.

  At this moment, Nayan was flustered and hastily shouted orders to his subordinates to resist the enemy, even dispatching his own imperial guards. However, it was already too late. Mu Ying would not give Nayan any room for maneuver, and he was willing to sacrifice these 50,000 war horses in order to pierce through Nayan's army.

  "Spur the horses! Charge!" Mu Ying yelled, drawing out the crossbow from her waist and stabbing it fiercely into the horse's buttocks. Her soldiers followed orders, and for a time, the warhorses on the battlefield whinnied continuously without pause. Except for a few unlucky ones who were thrown to the ground because their horses had been spurred too hard, all the other warhorses were now stimulated by pain and began to gallop wildly like madmen. The charging formation, which had slightly stagnated, was once again advancing rapidly.

  No matter how hard the Northern Yuan soldiers tried to stop them, it was all in vain. Instead, many of the Yuan soldiers were trampled and crushed, and countless numbers were killed or wounded as they charged forward. Under Mu Ying's leadership, this cavalry successfully broke through the Yuan army's formation, but their direction was slightly off, and they still had some distance to go before reaching Nayan's command flag. Mu Ying could only continue to charge forward, and soon found himself at the center of the main battlefield. This breakthrough also pierced the last remaining morale of the Yuan generals and soldiers, leaving them bewildered and helpless, terrified and uneasy, with many throwing down their arms and surrendering.

  But all this was seen by Nayan and Xu Da, however the reactions of the two were completely different; Nayan turned pale as he watched the scattered soldiers being beaten, watching the cavalry ride through the path with bright red blood, inside which countless Mongol soldiers were crushed into mud and mixed with the grassland soil.

  On the other hand, Xu Da was overjoyed when Mu Ying broke through the enemy's formation and immediately ordered the army to launch a general attack. The reserve troops also filled in, and by this time, the three thousand cavalry had already withdrawn, while Zhang Feng and his men followed the horn and began to advance towards the center of the battlefield.

  On the contrary, the Yuan army was in a state of panic and at a loss for what to do. The Yuan soldiers who were fighting on the central battlefield suddenly discovered that there were large numbers of Ming cavalrymen appearing behind them. They hastily thought that their own main force had already retreated, and when some people began to flee, most of the Yuan army lost the courage to continue fighting. The defeat of the Northern Yuan army was already inevitable.

  "Who told you to retreat! Charge forward quickly! Kill those who retreat!" Nayanbo's ferocious face shouted loudly, but this still couldn't stop the fact that their side had already lost, and even the intimidation of the execution squad was ineffective.

  "General! The battle is lost, let's retreat!" Bailer hurriedly rode over to persuade him, but at this time, Nair not flower still had the mind to listen to his words, and continued to roar, letting the fleeing soldiers turn back and continue fighting, and even drew his sword to charge forward with a look of determination to die on the spot. The three Ping Zhang politicians could only let their personal guards knock Nair not flower unconscious and take him away by force.

  The three of them didn't want Nai'erhu to die here, after all, under this great defeat, the four of them were inescapably guilty. If Nai'erhu died here, wouldn't that mean the three of them would have to bear the guilt for all four? They couldn't bear the weight of this enormous crime of defeat, not everyone had a powerful background to shield them...

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