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The cavalry unit that suddenly attacked was the cavalry battalion of the new army of soldiers!

Qi Bin's new army focused on drills along the way, and marched in the hinterland of Shaanxi and Gansu, so it was inevitable that they were negligent in vigilance and did not hide their tracks.

In contrast, the new army of soldiers was deliberate, and they purely wanted to give Qi Bin's new army a dismount, not only to scout and ride out, but also to deliberately hide the traces of the march!

After the scouts of the new army of soldiers discovered Qi Bin's new army, they did not make contact, but quietly returned to their own army to report, and after He Zhang received the news, he immediately ordered Mao Jiadong's cavalry battalion to attack and raid Qi Bin's new army!

According to common sense, the combat effectiveness of cavalry is far stronger than that of infantry, especially the elite cavalry who are well-trained and good at riding and shooting. If the two sides are similar in size, the cavalry often only needs to pay a very small price to defeat the infantry army, and most of the time it is a sheep-driven slaughter!

Qi Bin's new army only has a scale of 3,000 people, and most of the sergeants are infantry, and there is no prior defense, Mao Jiadong's cavalry battalion also has a scale of 3,000 people, and all of them are the elite of the border army, so He Zhang thinks that Mao Jiadong's cavalry battalion can easily defeat Qi Bin's new army.

According to He Zhang's idea, after Qi Bin's new army was raided by the cavalry battalion, it was bound to be a mess and unable to organize an effective defense, so the cavalry battalion did not have to seriously kill and injure the soldiers of Qi Bin's new army, Qi Bin's new army was a friendly army after all, and it could be stopped after scaring them a little and taking advantage of it, this time the action was just to show the strength of the new army and give Qi Bin a dismount!

After Qi Bin saw the strength of the new army, his arrogance was bound to be frustrated, and then He Zhang led the first battalion of infantry and the firearms battalion to appear, completely subduing Qi Bin's new army, so that Qi Bin did not dare to disobey Zhao Junchen's orders again!

As the commander of the cavalry battalion, Mao Jiadong's thoughts are the same as He Zhang's, and he also thinks that Qi Bin's new army is by no means the opponent of his cavalry battalion, and this time the operation is not so difficult, and he doesn't even need He Zhang to lead the infantry to appear, just relying on the strength of the cavalry battalion can completely subdue Qi Bin!

The New Army of Soldiers is the most elite unit of the Northwest Frontier Army, and the cavalry battalion is the most elite unit of the New Army of Soldiers - Mao Jiadong has always been convinced of this!

However, when Mao Jiadong really saw Qi Bin's new army, he found that things were completely different from what they imagined!

Mao Jiadong didn't expect that after Qi Bin's new army suffered a sudden attack, it only took a very short time to organize a defense! The speed of the cavalry battalion's attack is not fast, from the time Qi Bin's new army found the traces of the cavalry battalion, and then to the cavalry battalion's rush to Qi Bin's new army, it was only less than half a pillar of incense! But Qi Bin's new army actually set up the military formation before the cavalry battalion rushed!

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"Boom~!"

The elite cavalry of 3,000 people charged together, and the momentum was not insignificant.

In particular, the three thousand cavalry under the command of Mao Jiadong are all the elite of the border army, and they can still maintain the formation when they charge, the cavalry gather in one place to form an arrow shape, and thousands of sabers are held high like a forest, and the momentum is even more amazing, under the horse's hooves, the whole earth is trembling!

If an ordinary army sees this scene, even if the defensive formation has been arranged, it will inevitably be cowardly, morale will be shaken, the military formation will also be chaotic, and even a large number of soldiers will flee from the formation!

However, the sergeants of Qi Bin's new army are well-trained, they all stick to their positions and perform their own duties, even if there is a sense of retreat in their hearts, but the military formation is still not the slightest chaos!

Moreover, their military formation was extremely tight, with pikemen standing in the front for defense, musketeers in the rear for attacking, and cavalry on the left and right flanks for response, like hedgehogs that made people nowhere to start!

Mao Jiadong also knew that Qi Bin's new army was equipped with the most sophisticated flintlock pistols of the Ming Dynasty, with a firing range of up to 100 paces, compared to the cavalry battalion's cavalry shooting distance of only about 50 steps! In this regard, it was the cavalry battalion that fell into disadvantage, and if it was used to deal with Qi Bin's new army with the technique of cavalry archery, it would be the cavalry battalion that would suffer greater losses!

Of course, the disadvantage of firearms is that the operation is inconvenient and the firing interval is too long, if Mao Jiadong is willing to bear a certain loss, the leader of the troops will directly rush to kill the past, which can also make up for the disadvantage, but Qi Bin's new army has pikemen in front of the musketeers responsible for defense, and there are two wings of cavalry responsible for containment, and the outcome is still unpredictable!

The most important thing is that Mao Jiadong's action this time is just to show the strength of the new army and give Qi Bin's new army a dismount, and he does not intend to cause too much loss to both sides, so this method cannot be used!

But Mao Jiadong is a cavalry expert after all, and he quickly thought of countermeasures!

Seeing that the cavalry battalion was about to enter the range of the other party, and the musketeers of the new army were ready to shoot at any time, Mao Jiadong suddenly raised his saber, shook it in the left and right directions, and shouted loudly: "Divide the troops to the left and right, outflank them!" ”

With Mao Jiadong's order, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion, who had originally gathered together like arrows, immediately scattered left and right, outflanking the two wings of Qi Bin's new army!

Mao Jiadong's idea is very simple, the defense and firepower of Qi Bin's new army are mainly concentrated in front of the army formation, and only a few hundred cavalry on both wings are responsible for responding, and the strength is far inferior to the front formation, which is a relative weakness, the two armies are now close to each other, and Qi Bin's new army has no time to change its formation at all, so the cavalry battalion can break through the defense of Qi Bin's new army from both wings and establish a victory in one fell swoop!

Mao Jiadong's idea was very good, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion also faithfully carried out Mao Jiadong's military orders.

However, Mao Jiadong found that he still underestimated the strength of Qi Bin's new army!

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On the other side, after seeing the huge momentum of the cavalry battalion rushing towards him, Qi Bin's expression was extremely serious.

Just looking at the cavalry in front of him can still maintain a formation when rushing, and the speed of all the cavalry is almost equal, you know that this cavalry is definitely the elite of the elite even among the Mongol coalition forces.

However, although this cavalry is elite, Qi Bin is more confident in the new army under his command, as long as this cavalry enters the range of the musketeers, it will inevitably encounter a head-on attack! When they turned on their backs under the continuous fire of muskets, it was the time for Qi Bin's new army to counterattack!

But to Qi Bin's surprise, this cavalry seemed to know the range of Qi Bin's new army, and seeing that they were about to enter the range, they suddenly divided their troops to outflank the two wings of Qi Bin's new army!

Seeing that the cavalry battalion was outflanked, there was still no chaos, Qi Bin's face finally changed slightly, and he found that this cavalry was more elite than he imagined!

At the same time, Qi Bin had some doubts about the tactics of the cavalry battalion.

In the current situation, the cavalry battalion should obviously continue to charge in one go, so that it can give full play to the greatest advantage of the cavalry!

But Qi Bin quickly guessed Mao Jiadong's tactical intentions and knew that Mao Jiadong wanted to break through from both flanks, but he still didn't panic in the slightest, and just ordered loudly: "The infantry changes formation, and the two wings are deployed!" The cavalry attacked, responsible for containment! ”

With Qi Bin's order, the cavalry on both wings rode towards Mao Jiadong's cavalry battalion to buy time for the infantry to change formations!

The infantry sergeants, who were originally immovable, moved towards the flanks one after another, and after a long period of hard training, they had a deep instinct for the change of military formation, everyone knew their position, and the cavalry only needed to buy them a cup of tea time, and they could rearrange the defense!

Even, taking advantage of the entanglement of the cavalry on both sides, the infantry formation was able to launch a counteroffensive!

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On the other side, seeing the cavalry of Qi Bin's new army charging towards him, Mao Jiadong was shocked again!

The opponent's cavalry is only about 500 people, and they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, but they still fight back without hesitation, and such courage and execution are rare to see in the border army!

Seeing that the opponent's infantry changed formation very quickly, it only increased the strength defense of the two wings in a very short time, even if he defeated the opponent's cavalry, it was still difficult to break through the opponent's military formation, and even because of the entanglement of the cavalry on both sides, it would show flaws!

Thinking of this, Mao Jiadong subconsciously frowned!

After all, the two sides are friendly forces, and this operation is just a threat, and it can't really do a real job, nor can it cause too much damage, which makes Mao Jiadong feel a little constrained! Obviously, he has the power of five bulls and two tigers, but he doesn't need the slightest!

Mao Jiadong still believes that if there is a real battle between the two sides, the winner will definitely be himself, but due to various circumstances, the cavalry battalion cannot really exert its strength!

In fact, Qi Bin also thinks the same way! Not only is Mao Jiadong unwilling to cause casualties, Qi Bin also has reservations after seeing the Ming army robes of the cavalry battalion, the two sides have only been constantly changing formations with each other so far, the situation seems urgent, but in fact there is no tragic atmosphere on the battlefield.

Mao Jiadong originally just wanted to catch Qi Bin's new army off guard, but the scene in front of him was obviously unable to achieve the goal.

Seeing that the cavalry on both sides was about to collide together, Mao Jiadong sighed secretly in his heart, and then raised his hand and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

After giving the order, Mao Jiadong first turned his horse's head and ran in another direction, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion also followed behind, leaving the battlefield before the two armies collided!

When leaving the battlefield, Mao Jiadong turned his head to look at Qi Bin's new army again, and a trace of admiration flashed in his eyes.

Mao Jiadong originally didn't like Qi Bin, because Qi Bin was too valued by Zhao Junchen, but now after seeing Qi Bin's well-trained new army, he finally understood the reason why Zhao Junchen attached importance to Qi Bin.

At the same time, just when the two sides were testing each other, He Zhang also led the first battalion of the infantry army and the firearms battalion to appear in the distance, and gradually pressed towards Qi Bin's new army!

After Qi Bin saw this scene, he frowned slightly, thoughtful!

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