According to Archer-Jones's theory of class restraint, a heavy infantry formation lacks sufficient defensive ability when it encounters a rain of arrows from light cavalry such as archers and crossbowmen, but it can be easily attacked by heavy cavalry. The cavalry of the Qing army, and even the cavalry of the Ming army, basically did not have much difference in terms of tactics, so in this case, the jungle of spears was across the route of the cavalry, and it was like a rain of arrows sweeping through the battle array like hail, hitting him with a broken leaf and a remnant.

Horses and spears were foolish for light cavalry, and even for heavy cavalry, the best way to break through the heavy infantry formation from the flanks and rear, rather than from the front.

At this moment, Su Yangzhi's Nanxiong Town hurriedly lined up in the south of Mashi Town. In front of him, two or three hundred Qing cavalry wearing gray-blue military uniforms were chased by a torrent about ten times the size and fled. What's even worse is that the Ming cavalry behind the Qing army seems to have consciously tightened its mouth and narrowed the arc smaller and smaller, and its intention can be said to be obvious.

Seeing this, Su Yangzhi hurriedly signaled to the Qing army, because he knew very well what the result would be if this Qing cavalry, which was not large in size but also small in size, would be if it collided with his spear forest. And the Ming army behind him chased so tightly that even if he wanted to open his mouth and let the cavalry of the Qing army enter the battle, he would not have time to close the mouth again, but it would lead to the cutting off of the entire battle formation.

The flag language has already been played, he and Jia Xiong are both from Nangan Town, there is no difference between the flag language of the two towns, and it is impossible for the other party not to recognize it. According to his instructions, Jia Xiong should immediately lead his troops to turn around his battle formation, and at the same time expose the Ming cavalry behind him to the infantry archers in the Qing army's heavy infantry phalanx. At that time, although there were many cavalry in the Ming army, it was inevitable that the Qing army would inevitably break its bones in front of the battle formation composed of heavy infantry spears and light infantry archers. This is undoubtedly the most beneficial for the next battle, and they can also use the Mashi Town behind them to readjust and try to withdraw to the territory of Ganzhou Mansion or Nan'an Prefecture.

This is the script he has already written, and he can officially stage it just waiting for Jia Xiong to react. It's a pity that at this moment, not only will the Ming army not develop according to his script, but even Jia Xiong won't have that chance at all!

Arrows and horns, the cavalry of the Ming army, which spread out like a large peng spreading its wings, quickly closed, constantly squeezing the activity space of Jia Xiong's department. Whenever these Green Battalion cavalry wanted to turn in other directions, they would immediately be targeted by the Ming cavalry, leaving behind some dead bodies while forcing the rest of the "distracted people" back into the straight stream.

Under the sharp squeeze of the Ming army, the Qing army under Jia Xiong had no choice but to run straight in the direction of Mashi Town. If you look down from the sky above the town, what you see is like a pair of red chopsticks clipping a piece of gray-blue rot back into the disgusting mold of the plate, which is also moldy and smelly.

The chopsticks grabbed the rot and approached the saucer sharply, and when the rot was like a meteorite hitting the earth, the mycelium broke and splashed with a fishy smell. At this time, the chopsticks bent to the sides against the rot in the dish, and the twisted filaments splashed the rotten surface with a thousand holes. In the end, the big hand holding the chopsticks did not let go, but poked a finger into the decay of the plate, as if it was not enough to vent the anger and resentment.

Jia Xiong is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he also has a certain degree of attainment in riding, otherwise he would have died in the battle all these years. During this time, he played two hundred percent of his usual level, slowly suppressed his speed, and let the cavalrymen who had lost their minds crash into the spear jungle in a daze.

The war horse was pierced by the spear, and the barrel of the bamboo and wood was twisted and broken at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye under the huge force of the collision, and the gun bearer and more Qing soldiers were used to the ground, vomiting blood.

In front of Jia Xiong, in an instant, the Qing army's spear jungle had been rushed out of the Qing cavalry that had lost their minds. The threat of the spear's slanted finger no longer existed, and he took advantage of the situation to squeeze into the Qing army, and immediately loudly identified himself, ordering the Qing soldiers to make way for him and his horse.

At this time, it is no longer necessary to care whether the battle formation is intact or not. Jia Xiong can only take care of his own life, where can he care about anything else. But at this time, before the Qing troops in the back row could get out of the way, his own horse speed had already slowed down, and behind him, a cavalry spear stabbed straight at his waist!

"Ahh

Screams of terror and pained wails erupted as blood and shards of internal organs splattered out. Life was passing fast, and Jia Xiong never thought that he would die like this, but before he could remember if he had expected anything like this, the knight had already dropped his riding spear and drew his sword, and the first sword was directly slashed at his neck.

"Jia Xiong is dead, kill the Tartar!"

The knight was like the sharp arrow of an arrow, and once it pierced, the other Ming cavalry took advantage of the situation to rush in, wantonly slashing and slashing every Qing army they saw around them.

The spear forest was rushed by the Qing army's own cavalry, and then as soon as the Ming army's strong attack arrived, it became a breakthrough. Next, the mouth continued to expand with the deepening of the arrow, as if a pair of big hands were tearing the entire battle array, and the entire Qing army battle array was completely torn into two strips of rags that could be discarded like shoes.

The infantry is unfought, and when the battle formation is destroyed, the advantage of the infantry is lost. A scattered state will only become a target for cavalry safaris.

After the battle, Su Yangzhi saw all this as a clear one. The Ming army forced Jia Xiong's troops to hit his spear forest, and Jia Xiong's side was obviously frightened, so he ran straight into it. Next, the destruction of the battle array led to the forced breakthrough of the Ming cavalry, and Jia Xiong, a dignified chief military officer, died in the formation in front of everyone, which accelerated the collapse of the battle array.

At this point, Su Yangzhi couldn't care about anything else, and directly ordered the troops to withdraw to Mashi Town. The cavalry came and went like the wind in the wilderness, but it was not so terrifying if it came to places where the water network was crisscrossed, the mountain roads were rugged, or the streets were intertwined, and they could not take advantage of their speed and impact.

This is already Su Yangzhi's best choice at the moment, and it is also the only choice to continue his life. At the same time, the archers that Su Yangzhi had arranged earlier in the town were also waiting on the rooftops, walls, and small buildings in the south of the town, aiming their targets directly at the targets on the horses.

The Qing army was defeated, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to slash and kill, chasing those routs until they reached the outside of the town before being forced back by the rain of arrows in the town. When the formation was broken, there was too much rush, both of which paid a few casualties, as for the pursuit and tearing of the Qing army's battle formation, it was already a one-sided massacre, the Ming army was almost all chopping and stabbing the back of the Qing army, and I had never heard of such a posture and could make a counterattack.

The casualties were minimal, and the Qing army was forced into the town. Li Jianjie was not interested in counting casualties at all, and had a little discussion with Wang Qifeng, who surrounded the town with a large group of cavalry, while Li Jianjie secretly disappeared into this battlefield with more than 200 horsemen.

The cavalry of the Ming army outside the town had two thousand seven or eight, and the green battalion soldiers in the town were not as many as the opponents. Su Yangzhi still has hundreds of cavalry in his hands, and it is not unimaginable to break through, but with 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command, the loss is not too much, and there is still a battle force, and Hu Yousheng is still waiting for him to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to help, at this time, if he only brings back a few hundred cavalry, it will also live up to the cultivation of the commander for many years.

Su Yangzhi is still seizing all the time to regroup his troops and horses, trying to bring more troops back to Ganzhou. In fact, this exhaustion lasted less than an hour, and he gave up completely, because there were too many Ming cavalry outside, and he couldn't cover the nearly 300-mile journey with a mere five or six hundred cavalry. Even, even if it is just to escape to Nanxiongfu City, I am afraid that it is just a fool's dream.

What's more, the cavalry of the Ming army pursued them, and there must have been more infantry trailing behind. I'm afraid that by tomorrow morning, the outside of this town will already be covered with the camps of the Ming army, and even these five or six hundred cavalry will not be able to break out.

"Let's abandon the car and protect the handsome, handsome. Here, the last general is willing to take these officers and soldiers to fight until the last moment to buy time for the commander! ”

The deputy general of the middle camp is the old subordinate who has followed Su Yangzhi for many years, when Su Yangzhi was a guerrilla, this person was a thousand generals, Su Yangzhi sat on the deputy general, this person also rose to become a guerrilla, and now Su Yangzhi is a town commander, he will be the deputy general of the most powerful middle camp in Nanxiong Town, when it comes to loyalty, it is much better than Su Yangzhi to Hu Yousheng.

"If you can escape, let's try to escape, don't die here in vain, our brothers' days are still long."

Patting the deputy general's shoulder, Su Yangzhi gathered the more than 500 horsemen in Nanxiong Town, stepped on the war horses, and led them to slowly accelerate on the streets and alleys of Mashi Town, roaring out from the northeast of the town.

The cavalry of the Ming army occupies an absolute numerical advantage, once the Qing army is surrounded in the town, the rangers come out, although there is no way to completely block the town, but as long as someone wants to go out, they will definitely be intercepted and pursued by the superior cavalry. At this moment, Su Yangzhi rushed out with more than 500 horses, and the scale was not amazing. But it was still intercepted by the Ming army's troops gathered in the northeast of the town, and even the horn sounded, and the Ming cavalry farther away was quickly converging here.

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By nightfall, the winter sky had already darkened, and it was difficult to see the details that were a little further away. On the city wall of Nanxiongfu City, the green battalion soldiers of the city guard association did not dare to be careless, because in the past two days, the Nanjiang Biao, who had originally gone south to help the war, suddenly stopped coming, and Su Yangzhi, the chief military officer of Nanxiong Town, was also retreating in an orderly manner. As long as the head is still on the neck, it can be seen that the current battle situation is obviously very unfavorable to the Qing army, so that the Qing army has been forced to switch from field fighting against the enemy to outright defense.

The left camp of Ganzhou Town and the right camp of Nan'an Town passed through this place in the past two days and turned back. Next, it should be Nanxiong Town to slowly withdraw the army, first return here, and then bring the city guard association and local officials with them, and withdraw to the Ganzhou capital city to defend it. As for Shaozhou Town, it is completely incomprehensible.

Under such an arrangement, the least is panic. The only thing to be thankful for is that the 2,000 Qing troops who withdrew from Su Yangzhi in the early stage have passed through here safely, which undoubtedly made the Qing troops here feel at ease. But before the return of tomorrow's army, at this time, a cavalry rushed from the direction of Mashi Town, and before the city gate was a group of northern accents shouting, shouting that the city of Shixing County was broken, Su Yangzhi was seriously wounded, and asked them to open the city gate immediately, so that Su Yangzhi could be sent to be healed.

In this way, it is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Qing army of the City Guard Association. The county seat of Siheung was suddenly broken. And Nanxiong Town, which went south to Mashi Town, also seemed to have been attacked by the superior forces of the Ming army, and even besieged, so that even a marshal like Su Yangzhi was seriously injured.

Hearing this, even though the guards were about to open the door to accept the rout into the city, but at this moment, the officer stopped them, climbed to the top of the city and confronted the cavalry who had already arrived at the city.

"Marshal Su is wounded, but there are still officers who can come forward and say a word?"

Standing at the head of the city, it was so late that he couldn't see the appearance of the cavalry outside the city. There were more than 100 horsemen, wearing the gray-blue uniforms of the Qing army, the armor was crooked and tattered, and the war horses seemed to be tired, and even he could be faintly heard on the head of the city. But even so, these cavalrymen still tightly guarded a war horse, which seemed to be dressed as an officer, but it was still not clear what it looked like.

The stakes were so great that the officers guarding the city did not dare to let people in easily, especially when they heard that Li Chengdong had deceived the city gate of Guangzhou and destroyed the Shaowu court. And in the Ming army opposite, there are Li Chengdong's godsons, and there are also his generals, who dares to guarantee that those guys will not repeat their old tricks.

The City Guard Association and Su Yangzhi, the chief military officer of Nanxiong Town, are not directly subordinate to each other, and the City Guard Association has its own deputy general control. But according to the system of the Qing court, they were also subject to the restraint of their people. At this moment, the officers asked the city hard, but the cavalry under the city was already furious, so anxious that they didn't have the slightest intention of identifying each other, only saying that most of the officers of each battalion stayed in Mashi Town to contain the main force of the Ming army, and the rest were also scattered in the pursuit of the Ming army, and now only Su Yangzhi remained. Subsequently, seeing that there was still no movement in the city, he even scolded that if Su Yangzhi had a good one, they would sue them for this group of bastards even if they arrived at the Jinluan Palace.

The cavalry under the city does not have a character that the officer knows, so there is no way to confirm his identity, the officer is just a general, how dare he easily provoke these arrogant soldiers, here he has already sent someone to invite the deputy general of the city guard association to come over, but Su Yangzhi outside the city seems to be about to die, a delay in treatment is enough to make him dead and injured a thousand times, at this time, Wu Ziqiang can not avoid the bean-sized beads of sweat on the battlement.

At this moment, in the darkness, even time seems to pass much slower. Every minute and every second, in the eyes of the officer, it seemed to be a thousand years, looking back from time to time, but the adjutant general of the city guard association never came, but the anger outside the city became more and more explosive, and at the same time, there seemed to be another cavalry galloping in the distance, and it was also heading straight for the city gate at his feet.

"It's the thief's cavalry, it's Li Jianjie's traitor!"

Hearing the movement behind them, the cavalry was in a commotion. That scream was heard in the ears of the officer. At that time, Su Yangzhi was obviously unable to escape anywhere, and there were more cavalry of the Ming army chasing after him, and it was likely that the Ming army would kill Su Yangzhi and his party in front of him. He absolutely can't afford this responsibility!

"Open the door, quickly, open the door, please enter the city!"

Ordered the gatekeeper to open the city gate, their speed is not fast, once the city gate is opened, only a gap is exposed, and the cavalry outside the city began to pour in, before the Ming cavalry in the distance arrived, they rushed in, and finally got rid of the fate of being killed by the Ming army outside the city.

Outside the city was the angry scolding of the Ming army, and the officer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly went down the city. Explanations and apologies were indispensable, and he also called a group of soldiers to serve as a bulking and deterrent. The group of people rushed directly to the city, and when they approached the cavalry, the officer stepped forward and explained to one of the leading members of the cavalry who seemed to be Su Yangzhi's own soldiers, and said that he had sent someone to find the best Lang Zhong to heal Su Yangzhi.

However, before he could finish these words, in front of his eyes, in front of him, the bloodied "Su Yangzhi" actually sat up by himself, and then drew his knife in his hand without looking at him.

"Lao Tzu is Li Jianjie, the king of the Ming Dynasty has entered the city, and those who descend will not die!"