is different from the Confucian generals who are generally accustomed to commanding in the rear, because he leads the horse army all the year round, Zu Dabi loves to brave the rain of arrows. Although he is protected by heavy armor and there are always more than ten iron horsemen around him, he is actually much safer than staying in the rear, but the reputation of fighting accumulated over the years still gives him the nickname of "Zu Er Maniac".

The ancestors of the Zu family were from the Jianghuai area, Zhu Yuanzhang opened the dynasty, and as a disciple of Huaiyou Sangyu, he was awarded the military position of the guard. The Xuande Dynasty moved to Ningyuanwei, Liaodong, due to the transfer of positions. Later, because of his repeated meritorious services and continuous promotions, by the time of Wanli, Zu Dashou and Zu Dabi's father had become the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong beside Li Chengliang, and the ancestral family gradually became a prominent family in Liaodong.

Zu Dabi studied at a young age, and then from Rong, Chongzhen four years of Manchuria siege of Dalinghe City, as a garrison Zu Dabi led a hundred horsemen out of the city sentinel detective, and Manchurian soldiers encountered, broke the base and returned, because of the famous. In the following year, Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde and others rebelled against Denglai, Zu Dabi and others galloped and reinstated meritorious service, so that the Shandong rebels had a saying that "those who are afraid are only foreign soldiers".

In the past two years, the imperial court transferred Liao troops to aid the Central Plains and the northwest bandits, and Zu Dabi was promoted as a good person to defend the border, first as the general army of Shaanxi, and then as the general army of Ningxia. Hong Chengchou went south from northern Shaanxi, and he was also transferred to Luoyang. is different from the fierce and tyrannical Zu Dale, Zu Dabi is more obedient, or more forbearing. Zu Dale is Zu Dashou's cousin, and he has a distant relationship and doesn't know much about things, but Zu Dabi knows the burden on his eldest brother's shoulders and the game with the court. His idea is very clear, that is, try not to cause trouble for his eldest brother. However, Hong Chengchou's attitude towards him made him very unhappy.

Similar to the previous treatment of Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou was polite to these generals from the Guanning Department on the surface, but in fact he was extremely afraid and vigilant, and there were many reasons inside, even if he didn't say it clearly, Zu Dabi himself could guess one or two. Cao Wenzhao is still like this for a Guanning outer branch, not to mention himself, the younger brother of Zu Dashou, the head of the Guanning Army.

The reason why he happily accepted Hong Chengchou's dispatch and went south from the north to Luoyang, Zu Dabi's mind was originally to improve the relationship with Hong Chengchou. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou really kicked his nose in the face, and he was not polite at all, Zu Dabi's army arrived in Luoyang on the first day, and on the second day, he was sent out to carry out the errand of sweeping away the strength of the surrounding rogues and expanding the scope of control. In this way, there is obviously a distrust.

That day, Hong Chengchou said very nicely, and held Zu Dabi's hand and couldn't help but shush the cold and ask for warmth, good words and pleading, but Zu Dabi understood that if he was not obedient, he was only afraid that some of them would wear small shoes in the future. Therefore, he did not hesitate, and promised to lead the army out of the city the next day, and to this day, he has been in the field for more than three days.

Because of a resentment, on the premise of restricting the order of the troops, Zu Dabi basically ignored the discipline of the troops, and even encouraged his soldiers to use "thieves" as an excuse to rob and burn villages and kill people. On this day, when he returned from elsewhere, the scout delivered a report and detected the traces of the rogue, and he immediately brought someone to pick him up.

The disparity in the quality of the soldiers was evident before the confrontation. Although the scouts sent by Cui Shuqiang were all leaders in the Zhao camp, they were still not half a star worse than the officers and soldiers who were born in Liaodong and spent most of their lives on expeditions. These scouts under Zu Dabi's hands were all elite in Liaodong in the early years, and when they were most dangerous, they even infiltrated the rear of Manchuria or Mongolia, and their reconnaissance and counter-investigation capabilities were by no means comparable to most of the scouts in Zhao Ying.

At that time, the scouts of Zhao Ying were watched for nearly two quarters of an hour and were unaware, so that Zu Dabi personally led the powerful horses to kill the heavens and earth, and they were shocked. But at this time, they had lost the best opportunity to warn, which directly caused the dilemma of Cui Shuqiang's main force being in a hurry.

After suffering continuous bow and arrow blows, dozens of brave men of the Zhao camp finally stabilized their positions a little with the cooperation of the sword and shield hands, and at this time, nearly twenty corpses had been left on the road ahead. The officers shouted loudly, and a dozen spearmen leaped forward, hiding behind their swords and shields, poking their spears out of the gaps in their shields, and laying the other end diagonally against the ground to form the most rudimentary of horses.

The dirt road was not very wide, and dozens of Zhao Ying's daredevils were blocked in one place, filling almost the entire width. As the officers and soldiers approached closer and closer, most people saw that the cavalry of the rushing officers was well-equipped, not only the knights were wearing heavy armor, but the horses under the seat were also equipped with curtains, chicken necks, and rear armor, and a few even had complete horse body armor. These heavily armored cavalry charged in clusters, with great momentum, just like a roaring spring thunder rolling on the road, constantly shaking the hearts of the Zhao Ying death squad opposite.

Even though they have the heart of death, these Zhao Ying's daring people still have an irrepressible fear in their hearts in the face of these steel beasts that are getting closer and closer, which has nothing to do with will, it is all the most primitive physiological reaction of people. Some people can't control their emotions, and their crotch is already wet, but their feet are still rooted.

Cui Shuqiang's eyes widened, staring at the situation on the road, and at the same time supervising the progress of the arrangement of the main formation in the rear with his residual vision. He was also an old man who had experienced cruelty in the wind and rain, and according to his past experience, he was sure that the officers and soldiers with such armor strength would definitely crash into the death squad blocking the road without hesitation. This is the least efficient tactic used by cavalry, but it is also the most widely used, for the simple reason that most officers do not have the ability to use cavalry flexibly, and direct charges tend to cause the infantry formation to collapse before it is actually engaged, so it is in most cases simple and effective.

Even if there is no armor, with a single color of light cavalry, in the northwestern provinces, where military literacy is generally low, regardless of officials and thieves, many generals will charge without thinking. Because he has seen a lot, Cui Shuqiang believes that the ancestral soldiers with this level of armor will not flinch.

But the Zhao battalion soldiers are no better than those thieves and soldiers who have low morale and are about to collapse at the touch of a button, this is an army with a heart. What does it mean to have a heart? To put it simply, it is an army that thinks it can win. Normally, as long as it is not a particularly large-scale rogue group, in the face of an official army of more than 100 people, they can only choose to retreat. It is very common for officers and soldiers with low combat strength to kill the thieves who are even less effective in battle, but retreat can save their lives, but they cannot win. In other words, when experiencing failure and escape again and again, people's enthusiasm and hardness will be slowly consumed, until finally they tell themselves in their hearts that they can't win, so as to completely lose their courage and courage to fight against strong enemies.

Morale is the foundation of becoming a combatable soldier.

Zhao Dangshi noticed the impact of morale on the army very early, so he tried to boost every soldier's sense of identity with Zhao Ying in many ways. Providing solid equipment, adequate logistics, etc., can objectively make the soldiers feel strong support behind them, and the day-to-day conceptual edification is even more important.

The edification of the concept is actually very simple, it is nothing more than instilling slogans such as "Zhao Ying will win" and "Zhao Ying will be invincible" to the soldiers day after day. This kind of slogan may feel ridiculous and funny at first, even self-deception, but sticking to it will indeed leave a mark on people's hearts. Especially when fighting against strong enemies such as Luo Shangwen and Qin Liangyu, it directly strengthened the soldiers' awareness and recognition of the strength of Zhao Ying.

Half a month ago, a petty officer was derelict in his duties and drunkenness, and he denounced him, and Zhao Dangshi personally enforced the law, and he was punished with a cane and removed from his military position, but later I heard that this person had made wild remarks after being drunk, ridiculing the weakness of the official army and the incompetence of the Ming court, and said that Zhao Ying would win the battle with the official army. At that time, ten military sticks had been beaten, and the sticks were bloody, and the officer almost fainted, so Zhao Dangshi immediately stopped the beating and exempted the remaining ten sticks as a commendation to show his praise for this person's anger.

Mu Gongchun knew what Zhao Dangshi meant, and secretly hyped and publicized the matter, so that this matter immediately spread throughout the entire army of Zhao Ying within a few days, up to the generals, down to the pawns, all knew the winning heart that his own palm possessed, and the fighting spirit immediately rose.

Of course, Zhao Dangshi didn't want his soldiers to become arrogant because of this. He couldn't understand the truth of going too far, but as far as the matter is concerned, at present, what Zhao Ying needs is the recognition and trust of every sergeant for his own battalion head, because only in this way can Zhao Ying produce enough cohesion and burst out the strongest strength in the face of a strong enemy.

A few trumpets sounded, piercing the clouds and cracking stones, Zhao Ying's death squad gathered in the center in an instant, and from the perspective of the officers and soldiers, what appeared not far away was not a soldier, but a dense small array, like a thorny turtle shell, all in one.

"Hold on!" In the death squad, the officers roared, and according to estimates, in the next second, the collision of life and death, iron and flesh would explode around them.

However, they did not wait for the expected scenario.

Nearly 100 knights in the front of the officers and soldiers slowly led the horses when they were forty paces away, and finally turned off their horses one by one at twenty paces, and at the same time, the three-eyed guns in their hands were raised in unison, and the green smoke came out, accompanied by a crisp sound, and before the soldiers of the Zhao battalion came to their senses, the projectiles ejected from the guns almost suddenly penetrated into the formation.

The three-eyed gun has a very close range, so close that it can only cause armor-piercing damage within a distance of twenty or thirty paces, and after a shot, many officers and knights rolled over on horseback, at this time, the Zhao Ying death squad hiding behind the shield wall did not suffer many casualties because of the proper protection, and some of the soldiers took advantage of the gap to peek out, but many officers and knights who were still standing on the ground immediately sent a wave of bullets. But the three-eyed guns fired three rounds in a row, almost suppressing the Zhao Ying death squad at such a close distance.

When the soldiers of the Zhao battalion were convinced that the salvo of the officers and soldiers had been completed, the long-strained formation could not help but relax slightly, and at this time, the officers and knights who were on their horses first had already galloped forward from both sides like a hurricane. They took the lead in brandishing smashing weapons such as maces or three-eyed guns, relying on heavy horses and heavy troops, from point to point, and immediately tore a hole in the flank of the Zhao Ying death squad.

There are not many death squads in the Zhao battalion, and they can only do their best to block the impact of the attacking horse team on one surface, so almost all the forces are pressed in the front, at this time, the flanks are attacked, and the front line is immediately loosened, without waiting for the officers of the Zhao battalion to adjust their tactics, Zu Dabi's main force has already been crushed in front of them, these knights each hold waist knives, big sticks, knife sticks, long knives and other equipment, like a flood, and in an instant, they will work together with the robes of the two wings to rush the seemingly stable Zhao Ying death squad.

Zu Dabi trained his troops very strictly, and these knights under his command strictly followed the principle of "the teacher's method, one hit and one poke, and the rest of the flowers were also spent" in close combat, turning to stab people in the throat and face, without distraction. Although Zhao Ying's brave men were brave, there was no order at the moment, and the individual faced the iron horses that were suppressed layer upon layer, like a mantis arm as a car, and soon annihilated one after another.

I only heard the sound of the trumpet in the official army formation, the big banner of the word "ancestor" was windy, and it was randomly pressed to the right, and the official cavalry did not hesitate, abandoned the defeated generals, divided into two parts, and continued to attack the main force of Cui Shuqiang's army, which was not stable.

Cui Shuqiang really didn't expect that the dozens of people he picked out would be wiped out in the blink of an eye. Rao is very experienced, and in such a dangerous scene, he is also out of line. He only saw that his soldiers began to scatter like ants, their mouths wide open, as if they were all shouting, but their voices were inaudible. In a daze, he saw two of his henchmen rushing up hysterically, holding his arms and dragging hard, and then, immediately behind them, was the Guanning Iron Cavalry that rushed like a dark cloud, and then, he was slashed head-on, and since then he has been completely distracted.