Lu Zhiyu hurriedly ordered the artillery to retreat, but the artillery, regardless of advancing and retreating, reacted very slowly.

As a result, Wind Thunder Rider passively fell into danger.

Originally, light cavalry battles could be roundabout.

But the artillery behind him retreated slowly, forcing the wind and thunder cavalry to resist to the death.

In desperation, Qian Qiaogong ordered the Wind and Thunder Cavalry to launch a counter-charge against the enemy.

This is a hard battle, no matter how good Qian Qiaogong's training methods are, after all, the Wind and Thunder Cavalry has only been formed for half a year.

Naturally, cavalry tactics cannot be compared with enemy cavalry.

Fortunately, the cavalry on both sides was equal in strength, plus the wind and thunder cavalry were equipped with cavalry and grenades.

With the sharpness of the firearms, he barely managed to make a draw with the enemy cavalry.

However, the charge and counter-charge of the cavalry on both sides will inevitably have a battlefield exchange.

The artillery regiment in the Lu Zhiyu still suffered heavy losses, and the artillery killed and wounded hundreds of people.

Fortunately, the enemy was unable to destroy the artillery, and with the timely return of the Wind and Thunder Cavalry, the Qing Cavalry could only be harvested as soon as it was good.

The fierce fighting lasted for most of the day, and it was not until the artillery regiment retreated 20 miles and it was about to get dark that the two sides invariably stopped attacking.

In this battle, the Northern Expeditionary Army suffered a big loss.

The artillery regiment suffered the greatest losses, losing almost three tenths.

The casualties of the Wind and Thunder Cavalry were not small, more than 100 were killed in battle, and nearly 100 people were seriously injured and could not participate in the battle.

As a result, the artillery regiment has completely lost its effectiveness, because the range is out of reach.

The Wind Thunder Cavalry needed to provide defensive guards for the artillery regiment, and also lost the ability to take the initiative to attack.

And get a cheap Qing cavalry, in fact, the loss is not small, not that they are at a disadvantage when fighting with the wind and thunder cavalry, but the wind and thunder cavalry firearms are too sharp, every time the two sides approach, the wind and thunder cavalry will throw the grenade first, originally thrown out twenty or thirty steps, it is already the limit, but once the two sides hedge, then the distance becomes relatively far.

Therefore, the Qing cavalry was far from having the upper hand in the proportion of casualties, and they suffered heavy casualties.

Three thousand six hundred horsemen when he left the city in the early morning, and less than three thousand when he returned to the city.

The loss of more than 600 horsemen in the first battle not only made Ji Xiha and Lan Bai unable to resist, but even the generals who originally proposed to go out of the city were silent.

The enemy and us invariably stopped fighting and licked their wounds, and the battle of Haizhou temporarily fell into a stalemate.

……。

However, is the combination of Qian Qiaogong and Lu Zhiyu really capable of this?

Of course not.

The two of them were indeed careless, but when the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army was visiting Haizhou City day by day, the Qing soldiers suddenly went out of the city from the north gate to meet and raid, I am afraid it is difficult to predict.

After learning from the pain, the two began to deploy a counterattack to retaliate.

But if the person who leads the army does not think of revenge after suffering a loss, and is willing to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, it is better to unload his armor and return to the field as soon as possible, and go home to nurse his child.

As I said before, the rear army of Wu Songwei of Lu Zhiyu was hoarded at Yunti Pass, and this night, the military order, and the 8,000 rear army quickly went north.

And the Wind and Thunder Cavalry, in addition to these more than 3,000 cavalry, actually has a partial division, the number is not large, but, it is very strong!

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This cavalry has a very "enchanting" name - Xiaolin Cavalry, named in memory of Yue Xiaolin, who died bravely in the Battle of Xuzhou, this is a heavy cavalry, and most of the iron armor it is equipped with comes from Dolgon's heavy armor cavalry, which is captured by Yue Xiaolin.

Originally, Qian Qiaogong had promised Yue Xiaolin to be the deputy commander of this heavy cavalry, but unfortunately, Yue Xiaolin died in battle soon after.

"Xiaolin Cavalry" prepared 800 cavalry, in fact, Wu Zheng was not happy at the beginning, Jiangnan is not suitable for the formation of heavy cavalry, it is too expensive, a collar of nearly 200 pounds of heavy armor, five collar armor can cast a main artillery.

But Qian Qiaogong insisted, and did not hesitate to use his disdainful scoundrels to grind Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng regretted Yue Xiaolin's death in battle, and secondly, it was a pity to really return the iron armor made by more than 500 leaders of Dolgon's heavy money, and thirdly, ...... I have to give my brother-in-law some face, whether he wants to or not, Wu Zheng has to admit that if the Qing army forms tens of thousands of spears and cavalry according to Qian Qiaogong's training method, then the Northern Expeditionary Army can really only stick to the city, and there is nothing to do with the Northern Expeditionary Army in the field.

The water comes to cover the earth, and the soldiers come to block it.

Before the advent and popularization of repeating guns, the best way to deal with cavalry was cavalry.

Heavy cavalry is still the king of a specific battlefield.

Combining various reasons, Wu Zheng finally relented, and ordered Qi Daokun and others from the Songjiang Military Workshop to make more than 200 collars of iron armor for Qian Qiaogong, making up 800 collars, and at that time, there was no shortage of war horses, and one person and three horsemen were more than enough.

As a result, a Jiangnan ironclad heavy cavalry nicknamed Xiaolin was born.

This is a retro heavy horse, only the lance has no firearms, and I am afraid that no one can raise their hands to throw grenades or shoot after heavy armor.

It is said that there are 800 horses, but there are more than 2,000 horses alone, and there are four auxiliary soldiers on one horse, plus all kinds of supplies, and it is indeed too time-consuming to cross the river.

But at this time, this heavy cavalry, led by Zu Dabi and Huang Huozi, joined Qian Qiaogong in the direction of Haizhou.

……。

Two days later, in the early hours of the morning.

Qian Qiaogong led the wind and thunder to ride to the south gate of Haizhou to fight.

It's hard to imagine how this scholar, who came from a scholarly background, could scold something that angered his enemies.

Therefore, Lu Zhiyu also specially selected more than a dozen loud and vulgar people from his subordinates to conduct a full-time scolding war.

It is conceivable how "hurtful" the words of this night-long prepared scolding war must be...... (Hundreds of words omitted here).

To say that the Qing army in Haizhou City really has no confidence to fight with the Northern Expeditionary Army in the field.

Besides, since ancient times, scolding wars have not been uncommon, as long as you stuff your ears with donkey hair and pretend that you can't hear them.

Who hasn't had an "inappropriate" time, understandable.

But the scolding outside the city is too ugly, such as scolding Bumu Butai for being a broken shoe...... Tsk, I can figure it out in the domain of Lu.

Even, Xiao Fulin was also brought along, his mother is a broken shoe, so what is he...... It's so ugly!

If it is those who descend to the Qingming army, maybe forget it, just don't listen to it, anyway, it is said that they are full of people, and it is none of their business to hang high.

But in Haizhou City, at least half of them are Manchurians, or serious generals of the Eight Banners, and many of them are still members of the Qing court.

How can you listen to this kind of foul language that insults the clan and family, or pretend not to hear it?

If that's the case, when you go back, you'll have to lose your head.

So a group of Manchurian generals once again repeated the previous request for war.

And this time, Ji Xiha and Lan Bai no longer have any objections, they know that this is no longer a matter of war or not, but a matter of Qing court.

While secretly scolding the enemy outside the city for their lack of morality, they began to assemble their troops and prepare for another surprise attack to teach the enemy a lesson in arrogance.