The cavalry unit of the Ming army stationed in Huizhou received an order from Ren Jianxiu, and a thousand horsemen left Huizhou to pursue the small group of thieves who had been harassing the Ming army.

A thousand cavalry acted together, and the momentum was huge, not much different from the scene of four or five thousand infantry charging, and most importantly, the cavalry charge much faster than the infantry.

The troops sent by He Yan to attack the Ming army's garrison were active in the area near the mountains and forests, and they would not leave the mountains and forests too far, and they did not hide their tracks much, He Yan and the rest of the troops hid in the mountains and forests, and they could rush out of the mountains and forests at any time to support the troops outside the mountains and forests.

As for the Ming soldiers and soldiers who were captured in several battles, they all sent cold weapons troops to Guishan County, and at the same time mobilized some people from Guishan County, the distance between Guishan County and Huizhou Fucheng was only more than 20 miles, and with the speed of the people's army's march, it could be completed in less than half a day.

Soon, the cavalry units of the Ming army learned of the traces of the People's Army and quickly rushed to this side.

Not to mention the hundreds of people's troops against a thousand Ming cavalry, even if the 1,000 people led by He Yan are gathered, they can't face the charge of a thousand cavalry, basically the Ming cavalry can defeat He Yan's department with a single charge.

The main reason is that the number of firearms units is too small, and the rate of fire of the Tiger Head gun is relatively slow.

If there is a tiger head gun for each person of 1,000 people, after one person fires a shot, there will not be much cavalry left of the 1,000 Ming army, and the people's army firearms unit is equipped with more than 1,000 tiger head guns, but they have been dispersed into four mixed brigades, and He Yan only has three companies of about 360 tiger head guns.

Seeing the Ming cavalry troops rushing towards them, hundreds of People's Army soldiers who were active outside the mountains and forests quickly retreated in the direction of the mountains and forests, and at the same time, the troops in the mountains and forests were ready for battle and rushed out of the mountains and forests to fight at any time.

Trample! Trample! Trample!

A thousand horses trampled the earth together, and if they were closer, it seemed as if the earth was about to crack, and the indomitable momentum seemed to crush all the enemies in front of them.

Six hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

Four hundred meters!

"Fire!" He Yan shouted.

The next moment, more than 120 tiger head guns opened fire in unison.

Because the distance was too far, it was difficult for the naked eye to distinguish whether the shot was a horse or a person on horseback, and he did not aim at all, but directly aimed at the front, and then fired, and more than 120 buckshot bullets pierced directly into the cavalry ranks.

Suddenly, the people in front of the cavalry lined up turned on their horses, and dozens of horses were hit by lead bullets, whether they were people or horses, with the power of tiger head guns, these dozens of horses lost their combat effectiveness.

Losing dozens of cavalry, the Ming cavalry was still charging, compared to the cavalry troops of as many as a thousand cavalry, dozens of cavalry were not even one-twentieth, and they could not scare the Ming cavalry back at all.

After a wave of lead bullets, within ten seconds, the second and third waves of lead bullets followed, and each wave had more than 120 lead bullets.

After three waves of lead bullets, the cavalry units of the Ming army have lost more than 100 horses, more than one-tenth of the losses, and the cavalry units of the Ming army are still charging.

The distance between the two sides has been shortened from 400 meters to 300 meters.

"Rush, rush quickly, the thief is in front, kill a thief and reward ten taels of silver, kill the leader of the thief, reward one hundred taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to one level!"

Promotion and wealth is the best incentive for the Ming soldiers, only a few hundred meters away, for the cavalry is only a short distance, rush over, kill the enemy, they can be promoted and rich!

Rushing from 300 meters to 150 meters, the cavalry troops of the Ming army lost more than 100 horses, and the distance between the two sides was only 50 zhang, which was really close!

At this time, something unexpected happened to the Ming cavalry.

"Retreat, retreat into the woods!"

The three companies of the People's Army's firearms unit, which had already opened fire several rounds outside the woods, quickly ran towards the woods at most 10 meters behind them in the face of the enemy cavalry that was already rushing in front of them.

When all the KPA soldiers ran into the woods, the Ming cavalry was less than 30 zhang away from the woods.

"Damn, the thief has fled into the woods, turn around!" General Huang, who commanded the cavalry troops, angrily issued a new order.

The cavalry can exert its maximum combat effectiveness in the open field, but it is not possible to encounter the woods, the trees will block the cavalry, and the firearms used by the KPA can be directly next to the trees to the cavalry outside the woods.

Thinking of this, General Huang immediately ordered the cavalry troops to turn.

Just when the cavalry troops turned, the People's Army firearms unit hiding in the woods once again opened fire on the Ming cavalry, and the tiger head cannon that had been erected in advance fired solid shells at the Ming cavalry.

Waves of lead bullets flew out of the woods, constantly consuming the vitality of the Ming cavalry troops, and when the Ming cavalry rushed out of the range of the tiger head gun, there were only more than 400 horsemen left, and more than half of the losses were lost!

Glancing at his subordinates who fell on the battlefield, General Huang was furious, but he had no way to deal with the people's army hiding in the woods, so he had to retreat in the direction of Huizhou Mansion with more than 400 cavalry.

There must have been a lot of Ming soldiers on the battlefield who did not die, but General Huang did not dare to go back to look for them, the firearms of the People's Army made General Huang tremble, if he hadn't stayed in the back half of the cavalry team most of the time, maybe he would have fallen on the battlefield.

Seeing the Ming cavalry retreating, He Yan, who had already walked out of the woods, showed a somewhat disappointed gaze, more than 400 of the 1,000 cavalry fled, which can only show that the cavalry unit of the army was disabled, but the remaining 400 or so cavalry still had a lot of strength.

There was only one chance to strike at the cavalry units of the Ming army, and it was difficult for the Ming army to give He Yan another chance.

However, there is also good news, more than 500 cavalry were eliminated in this battle, and about 200 war horses were intact on the battlefield, and the People's Army has always lacked war horses and cavalry, and in the army, war horses are mainly used by scouts, heralds, and senior officers, and there is no separate cavalry unit at all.

This time, two hundred intact war horses were captured, some of which needed to be transferred to other parts of the People's Army, and the rest, He Yan felt that a cavalry unit could be formed.

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, let's return to Shanxian County."

"Yes!"

The People's Army of He Yanbu had not finished cleaning the battlefield, and General Huang had returned to Huizhou Mansion with more than 400 cavalry, and General Huang came to Ren Jianxiu to personally report the situation of the battle to Ren Jianxiu.

The cavalry troops were hit hard, and General Huang didn't feel much, but Ren Jianxiu saw it.

"This is a conspiracy of thieves! The target is the cavalry battalion, the thieves have been hiding the specific strength, only a few hundred people are operating outside, the purpose is to attract the cavalry battalion to chase and suppress, the thieves hide the strength and quickly attack, the cavalry battalion is heavily damaged, a good thief, a good people's army, it is definitely my great enemy! ”