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Yue Xiaolin was really unwilling, and when he returned to Wu Zheng's side, it meant that he had no chance to fight and that his military achievements were hopeless!

He desperately hoped for another wave of enemy attacks, and he swore that this time he would take advantage of the opportunity, and retreat after killing one hundred and eighty, and lead the enemy to the south by the way.

There is a way to be a child of hard life, and the sky will take care of it.

Heaven seemed to have heard the prayer in Yue Xiaolin's heart, and the opportunity had finally come.

Yue Xiaolin got a report from the scout at the last moment, and a group of cavalry came from the direction of Gu Ting.

This news lifted Yue Xiaolin's spirits, and he hurriedly ordered a halt to the retreat, allowing the defenders to return to the wall, and at the same time sent multiple scouts to continue to investigate.

The last news I got was that a cavalry of about 3,000 people was coming towards Huling City, more than thirty miles away.

Yue Xiaolin was overjoyed, he was worried that there were too many enemy troops and he couldn't eat a bite.

3,000 cavalry...... Can you storm the city? Horses stepping on the city walls? Aren't you afraid of breaking the horse's hooves?

Isn't this a gift from heaven?

Yue Xiaolin immediately ordered a vigilance, while continuing to order the scouts to return to investigate.

……。

More than thirty miles, for a cavalry, this is the time of a pillar of incense.

Yue Xiaolin probably never expected that this cavalry was not an ordinary cavalry, although it was only a light cavalry, but it was the only pure musket cavalry in this era (in the Ming Dynasty, more than a hundred years ago, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry had a pure musket cavalry, which used a three-eyed gun, the range was very close, about thirty paces away, and it was impossible to reload, that is, a one-time shot.

This cavalry is naturally Shen Zhiyuan's spear cavalry, in fact, it should be said that it is a mixed cavalry between him and Qian Qiaogong at the beginning.

Yue Xiaolin met a strong enemy now, which was equivalent to kicking on the iron plate.

It stands to reason that the cavalry is indeed not good at attacking the city, it is not equipped with ladders, and the war horses cannot jump over the city wall, at most it is a harassment and difficult to occupy.

But the problem is that from the moment the Ranger was born thousands of years ago, the Ranger could use flying shots to suppress and kill the defenders on the city wall, not to mention the small Huling City, and even the giant city three or four feet high could not defend against the Ranger's arrows.

Because the ranger is equipped with a short bow, the range is relatively close, forty or fifty paces, but no matter how high the city wall is, it is not as high as forty or fifty paces, right?

The rangers flew through the walls, parallel to the walls, and shot arrows sideways at the walls, and once a volley was formed, the defenders could only be beaten, because no matter how good a marksman was, he could not aim at a rapidly moving target.

Yue Xiaolin originally thought that it was an ordinary cavalry, and as long as the defenders shot behind the battlements and suppressed them with the help of tiger squatting cannons, they could kill and wound without casualties.

In fact, this spear cavalry does look the same as the ordinary cavalry of the Qing army, except that there are two more gun bags on both sides of the saddle.

So, Yue Xiaolin made a big mistake.

In half an hour, Yue Xiaolin, who had continuously replenished the city wall with more than 2,000 defenders with refueling tactics, finally understood that he was afraid that he had made a big mistake when he found that the defenders' muskets and artillery could not suppress the galloping cavalry under the city at all, and that the enemy cavalry could use muskets to inflict a large number of casualties on the defenders in the city.

But by this time, it was too late.

Yue Xiaolin's biggest mistake was that he should have withdrawn as soon as he found out that the enemy was a lancer, because the cavalry could not break through the city gate for a while, and Yue Xiaolin had plenty of time to retreat, but unfortunately he missed this opportunity.

He had another chance, that is, even if he didn't withdraw, he should report the situation to Pei County in the south as soon as possible, but he didn't either, until half an hour later, the casualties on the city wall had exceeded 800 people, almost forty percent of the defenders' strength, Yue Xiaolin realized that it was impossible for him to defeat this cavalry on his own, so he sent someone to Pei County to report urgently and ask for help.

But late.

Shen Zhiyuan has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he has also stayed by Wu Zheng's side for two years, and knows that "the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable", in fact, the cavalry fighting with the defenders under Huling City is only 600 cavalry, and the enemy cavalry is 100 people, interspersed back and forth under the North Gate City, forming a situation of a large number of cavalry attacking, in fact, Shen Zhiyuan has led the main force to bypass Huling City to the south at this time.

In other words, when Yue Xiaolin was still increasing troops on the city wall, Shen Zhiyuan had already led his main force to Linpei County.

Lu Zhiyu was caught off guard, and his method of responding to the battle was the same as Yue Xiaolin's.

In fact, the Northern Expeditionary Army really did not fight against the lancers, because when ordinary rangers attacked the defenders in the city, they needed to bend their bows and arrows on their running horses, and they were full of physical strength at the beginning, and the crosshairs were good, which could last for a while, and the pressure on the defenders would gradually decrease.

But this lancer is different, Qian Qiaogong inadvertently unveiled a new type of lancer tactics, that is, when the two teams of cavalry crossed and galloped past, they fired alternately with muskets from both pouches, and each team of cavalry could attack back and forth twice, which was enough time for the other two teams of cavalry to load.

In other words, theoretically, the continuity of the offensive is unlimited, and the offensive can be carried out almost continuously.

This caused the defenders to suffer unspeakably.

Fortunately, Pei County is not far from Xuzhou, and Lu Zhiyu did not make Yue Xiaolin's mistake, he sent the general information to Xuzhou City at the first time.

……。

Shen Zhiyuan's tactics were obviously very ruthless.

In fact, between Huling City and Pei County, that is, twenty or thirty miles outside the south gate of Huling City, there was also a Northern Expeditionary Army.

Originally, it was used to meet Yue Xiaolin's department during the first Huling Blockade War, and there was still Qian Qiaogong's "horse infantry" at that time.

But because of the great victory in Huling City, Yue Xiaolin accompanied Qian Qiaogong back to Xuzhou to report on his work, and this mounted infantry also became a transport team and returned to Xuzhou together, leaving behind the 3,000-strong receiving force.

Regardless of the position of the enemy and us, Shen Zhiyuan dared to use more than 2,000 cavalry to bypass Huling City and this receiving force and blitzkrieg Peixian, and his tactics were indeed remarkable.

This requires not only the ruthlessness of the enemy, but also the will to win.

……。

"This is forcing me!" Wu Zheng slapped the military newspaper sent by Lu Zhiyu on the table, "I left him a way to repent, but he went to the black ...... one way How?! ”

Song An silently picked up the general's newspaper, looked at it, handed it to Qian Qiaogong with a solemn face, and then said: "The military situation is urgent, and General Lu's 3,000 people will definitely not be able to withstand it...... Young Master, quickly order reinforcements to be sent! ”

Qian Qiaogong glanced at the battle report and stopped: "No! ”

Wu Zheng and Song Anqi looked at Qian Qiaogong.

Qian Qiao hurriedly explained: "Shen Zhiyuan came prepared, and there were 30,000 of his new troops around Gu Ting...... Lord Wang, others don't know, I know the combat power of this cavalry, and ordinary cavalry can't compete with this at all. Just imagine, at the beginning, Shen Zhiyuan led 1,600 people to reinforce the enemy Prince Azig Mobei to quell the rebellion, and he was stunned to shoot and kill all the main forces of 3,000 Mongolian cavalry that Azig couldn't help for ten months...... After returning to the division, with the strong support of Dolgon, I integrated the two divisions with him, and only then did we have this lancer army. ”