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In Gaizhou in late winter, although it no longer snows, the ground is completely white, as if there is only white left in the entire sky and earth. Regardless of the roads, city walls, fields, or distant mountains, they were all painted with a thick layer of white.

In the early morning, the cold wind howled, and there was only the sound of the cold wind between heaven and earth, as if to announce that they were the protagonists of this world.

Suddenly, the gate of Gaizhou City slowly opened, and someone rode out of the city, one, two, three... countless of them, a large cavalry army. The snow covered the horse's knees, making it impossible for the horse to get up at all.

About 3,000 cavalry troops had not all left the city. Not far from Gaizhou City, the front of the team heard the sound of "woo woo woo" horns blaring from the Jianlu camp. Apparently there was no one there. He relaxed his guard, saw movement, and sounded a warning sound.

Cao Bianjiao personally led the army and was at the front of the troops. This kind of weather is obviously not suitable for fighting, but this discomfort is also effective for Jianlu. In this case, your army has a large number of people and high morale, so why are you here to bully Jianlu?

If there is no snow, even heavy armored cavalry can be dispatched. I believe that under those conditions, it will be more difficult for Jianlu to serve as the vanguard of the new army! But it was only two thousand soldiers, which was enough.

The forwards had only walked halfway, when there was a reaction from the Jianlu camp. The same group of cavalry, about a hundred people, rushed out of the camp and faced the Ming army.

When Cao Bianjiao saw it, he just sneered and immediately issued a military order to go down. Immediately, on the Ming army's side, there were originally five cavalry abreast, and the soldiers behind them expanded to both sides. Gradually, it became fifty cavalry abreast. The wide front of the army was pushing forward like a bulldozer, trying to reach the enemy in front. Everything that reaches it will be knocked down if it dares to stand in its way.

In this horrible weather, both sides were wearing thick military uniforms, tightly wrapped from head to toe, and the power of bows and arrows was really weakened to a minimum. But the Ming army was full of tough archers. As they got closer, the archers in the front row dismounted, took out their bows, nocked arrows, and prepared to fight.

The Jianlu who came out were probably Jianlu Tanma, one of their elites. Several of them got off their horses and took out their bows and arrows to prepare for the attack. Obviously, they were also capable of firing hard bows.

The Ming army kept advancing, and even when more than a hundred Jianlu came closer, they did not delay their progress at all. Step by step, we headed towards the Jianlu camp. It's just that the archers' battle slowed them down a little.

When they reached the distance, they gave an order and heard the sound of "bang bang bang" bowstrings. The arrow rain from the Ming army obviously overwhelmed the sparse arrows from the Jianlu side. No need to aim accurately. After covering it, there were thirty Many prisoners were hit by arrows.

However, the power was indeed much weaker. Only four or five Jianlu turned over and fell in the snow. The other Jianlu had arrows hanging on their bodies, but they ran away on horseback. Obviously, the arrows hanging on them did not hurt them. Crucial.

The Ming army ignored these Jianlu who ran away and continued to advance firmly towards the Jianlu camp, unstoppable. The archers also got on their horses one after another, returned to the team and continued to move forward.

The commotion at the Jianlu Camp was getting louder and louder, but there wasn't much noise. Cao Bianjiao, who had been observing, became vigilant after discovering this situation. The remaining Jianlu were obviously elite.

But no matter how elite they are, there are many people on our side, and their combat power is definitely no worse than that of the Jianlu. As long as they dare to fight, they will definitely be able to annihilate this Jianlu.

With this thought in mind, Cao Bianjiao issued another military order. The Ming soldiers behind him drove their horses away quickly, and the front widened again, becoming 100 cavalry, 150 cavalry, and finally 200 cavalry in a row. Cao Bianjiao's intention was obviously to take advantage of the large number of people and increase as many contacts as possible to bully the small number of Jianlu.

From the Jianlu Camp, another cavalry force, about three hundred in number, came out and faced the forward of the Ming army who was pressing past.

The Jianlu scouts who had just run away had already circled to the side of the army, waiting like wolves for an opportunity, but they never found an opportunity. The Ming army on the side ignored them and treated them as if they were transparent air.

The more than 300 Jianlu cavalry seemed to want to get closer to take a bite, but the Ming army's always neat formation and the power of pressing forward frightened the Jianlu cavalry again, and in the end they did not dare to come closer. Not daring to block the Ming army's front, they also circled to the side, and there was another wolf watching eagerly, trying to bite you while you weren't paying attention.

Cao Bianjiao still ignored these Jianlu, his eyes were always on the Jianlu camp. As we got closer and closer, we could already see the heads rolling around in the Jianlu camp, and they were obviously busy.

Come on, let's fight and see who is better, my new army or your Jianlu! Cao Bianjiao thought in his heart, and his fighting spirit was high.

However, what Cao Bianjiao didn't expect was that Jianlu did not come out of the camp after the assembly was completed. Instead, after a burst of movement, he found them running away from the back of the camp.

Didn't Jianlu always look forward to his side going out of the city to fight with them in the field? Now that they have come out and are actively attacking you, why are you running away?

Cao Bianjiao cursed in his heart. These Jianlu were so useless. Why did they run away if they didn't come to fight?

At this time, the army had advanced not far from Jianlu's camp. There was a question before him: should he break into Jianlu's camp or go around the camp to chase Jianlu?

If you break into the Jianlu camp, you will probably be delayed, and you will not be able to catch up with Jianlu. However, even if we bypass the Jianlu Camp, this road is really difficult and it won’t be fast.

In the end, the Ming army directly attacked the Jianlu camp. Preparing to say that they broke in directly, the camp was empty and all the Jianlu people ran away. But they didn't go far, just like a pack of wolves staring at the Ming army from the outside.

Cao Bianjiao immediately allocated 500 people to search Jianlu's camp, and the remaining 2,500 people continued to pursue Jianlu and tried to fight Jianlu.

However, this group of Jianlu even abandoned the main camp, obviously not wanting to fight. The two sides played a game of chasing each other in the snow. They neither ran far nor let you touch them, so they just circled around within a certain distance.

This situation made Cao Bianjiao very helpless. What made him even more annoyed was that the Jianlu army tried to drag the army in a circle with 500 people, and then sent more than 1,000 people to the camp, obviously trying to take advantage of the local advantage. Come and destroy the Ming army in the camp.

About an hour later, Cao Bianjiao knew that there would be no results, so he had to order his troops to return to the city. Before leaving, he burned the Jianlu camp.

According to the reports of the soldiers searching the camp, there were not many supplies in the Jianlu camp, and all the food was taken away. However, there is also a discovery that this Jianlu group is also eating human flesh. It seems that those who died in the previous battles on the Jianlu side, many of them were Mongolians.

Back in Gaizhou City, Cao Bianjiao looked at the Jianlu cavalry scattered in the fields outside the city, and asked Gao Yingyuan to report the situation of this battle to Emperor Chongzhen.