Guo Zhiyuan really didn't have any tricks, Mang Gurtai's Houjin cavalry came too fast, and the time left for him to prepare was too short, even the trenches were too hard to dig because the soil was too hard, and he couldn't dig too much in a short time, so he could only take the risk of digging the trenches in front of the cavalry formation of the New Army, and he could only put a few rows of wooden horses in front of his main formation, and he couldn't stop the cavalry's charge at all!

So this time Guo Zhiyuan can only have a hard time with Mang Gurtai, the soldiers of the new army also know that the next battle will be more difficult, and they can't help but clench the weapons in their hands, at this time the Houjin cavalry has completed the assembly and began to approach the new army, this time they did not immediately charge in front of the new army, but lined up in a neat cavalry queue and began to slowly move forward, the snow reflected the cold light of the iron armor of the Houjin cavalry and the weapons in their hands, which made the picture before the war more and more cold! It is precisely this kind of slow advance that makes people feel the suffocating sense of oppression before the cavalry rushes into battle.

This is also the reason why Mang Gurtai did not immediately launch a charge, this kind of oppressive slow advance is a very test of the enemy's will, and the troops who are not determined are easy to shake their morale under such oppression, so that Mang Gurtai can take advantage of the opportunity to suddenly launch a charge at the critical point of the enemy's morale, turning the cavalry charge into a one-sided slaughter! This trick has been tried and tested almost repeatedly in Mang Gurtai and following Nurhachi to fight everywhere over the years!

Mang Gurtai's move did have a certain effect, since the officers and soldiers of the new army were very nervous about the depressing atmosphere that was about to break out before the war, after all, this was the first time they fought this kind of hard-hitting cavalry hedging battle, so they couldn't help but be so nervous that they began to swallow their saliva, but they saw the Guo Zi Zhiyuan flag fluttering at the highest place on the hillside, and the figure of Guo Zhiyuan, who had always stood under the banner, they calmed down again, became immobile like a mountain, and were no longer shaken by the aggressive momentum of the Houjin cavalry!

Seeing that the new army was not moving like a mountain, Mang Gurtai knew that his idea had been frustrated again, but he was a little impetuous, and ordered the whole army to start accelerating, with the increase of horse speed, the murderous spirit of the Houjin cavalry also became more and more intense, like a substance, like a giant dragon rolling up the sky and roaring in the snow!

However, this is like a real murderous aura in front of the immovable self-new army array, it seems to be like a huge wave hitting the rock, it has no effect, even the wind and snow seem to be static in front of the self-new army array, this movement and stillness make the picture before the war is about to break out seem extremely weird, until Guo Zhiyuan's clear order sounded: "Fire!" ”

With Guo Zhiyuan's order, the flintlock pistol in the hands of the new army also rang out, and suddenly the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the Houjin cavalry who rushed to the front fell head-on, making the Houjin cavalry's unstoppable momentum in the formation stagnate!

Mang Gurtai did not panic, he fought with the Ming army many times, knew how to deal with the Ming army's muskets, while ordering the cavalry to continue to accelerate the charge, while ordering the archers on both wings to follow up and shoot back, I have to say that the archers of Houjin are really powerful, even if they are throwing, they are also accurate, ruthless and fast, the rain of arrows is thrown over, since the new army has not had time to raise the shield to protect, was shot down a large area, the first mass casualties!

Seeing this scene, Mang Gurtai smiled proudly, this is exactly the rhythm he is familiar with fighting with the Ming army, although the Ming army has muskets, but it has never taken advantage of Houjin's shooting, because the power of muskets is certainly greater than that of bows and arrows, but the rate of fire is much slower, if it is like this, it will definitely be the Ming army that suffers!

However, Mang Gurtai did not be complacent for long, because the return fire of the new army came immediately, and the neat sound of flintlock pistols rang out again, knocking the Houjin cavalry who rushed to the front overturned, and this time the new army had adapted to the Houjin. The archer's firing rhythm, the flintlock salvo immediately after the shield is raised, the body is tightly protected, so after the gold. The archers' second round of projectiles did not achieve as good results as the first, with only a few Slovak soldiers being hit by cold arrows coming through the gaps in their shields.

Mang Gurtai couldn't figure out why the rate of fire of the New Army could be so fast, he naturally didn't know that the flintlock pistol in the hands of the New Army was different from the arquebus of the ordinary Ming Army, it did not need to light the arquebus, and the natural rate of fire was much faster, but even if Mang Gurtai knew, there was no other way, once the cavalry charge began, it was impossible to stop, and it could only be consumed, and the speed of the Golden Cavalry in the future, rushing to the front of the infantry array of the New Army, it would take at most three rounds of salvo time, and survive these three rounds of volleys, that is the time for the Houjin Cavalry to exert its might!

At this time, the cavalry of the New Army on the slopes on both sides also moved, "Charge!" Li Guozhu and Xie Erhu, who respectively led the cavalry of the two wings of the New Army, gave orders in unison, and the two trumpeters blew the loud trumpet, and the New Army flattened the long cavalry spears and shouted in unison, "Kill!" And then it was like two sharp knives piercing the two ribs of the Houjin cavalry from top to bottom!

The archers on both flanks of Houjin hurriedly adjusted their direction and fired arrows at the charging cavalry of the New Army, and the cavalry of the New Army continued to fall from their horses, but this did not affect the charge of the cavalry of the New Army in the slightest.

Guo Zhiyuan, who stood at the top of the slope, also involuntarily stepped on the stirrup and stood up, looking at the battlefield intently, this is the first time since the cavalry of the New Army and the Houjin cavalry to fight a hedging battle, and it is also a critical moment to test the cavalry of the New Army.

Finally, the cavalry of the two armies collided together like three torrents! This kind of cavalry collision is not any fancy at all, the dense formation makes both sides have no way back, and there is no room to dodge, killing and being killed is only in the moment when the horse body is staggered, at this time the personal combat skills and riding skills have no effect, and the courage of men is the greatest embodiment in the cavalry battle!

On horse warfare, the kung fu is naturally stronger in the Houjin cavalry, but in terms of men's courage, the Xinjun Army is even better, Guo Zhiyuan saw several heroic Xinjun soldiers cut in the shoulder by Houjin from the telescope, and they didn't fall, they grabbed the opponent's weapon with their muscles, and shot the opponent off the horse with their backhand! Some soldiers of the New Army were stabbed by the other party and their weapons were knocked out, but they still fought their last breath and pounced on the other party, dragging the other party to roll off the horse and die together!

At this time, the cavalry of the two armies were mixed together, so the archers on both wings of Houjin were not easy to release arrows, and the charging formation of Houjin forwards was also sluggish, Mang Gurtai gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order, let the archers release their arrows, open the charging channel, and let the cavalry behind rush up!" ……”