Lin Fan looked at the people who appeared in the distance of his sight, and with just one point, Lin Fan confirmed that these people were not Yun people.

That is, all of them were two or three horses, and they were extremely strong war horses, which were much more beneficial than these horses in Lin Fan's army.

Except for the very few rangers who are the most elite in the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry, such a war horse is not something that any Great Cloud Army can equip.

And the elite rangers in the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry, although Lin Fan has not seen them with his own eyes, he also knows that they are by no means the ghost appearance of these people in front of him.

I saw that these people were wearing shabby leather and cotton armor, and inside they were covered with cotton clothes that were so tattered that you could see cotton wool. They wore sheepskin felt hats with a black glossy sheen on their heads, covering their entire heads, and their dark and dirty faces were full of hideous expressions.

These were no different from the Manchu Zhenren as described in his letter, and Lin Fan concluded that they were one of those Manchu cavalry that had scattered into small groups and plundered the territory of the Great Clouds.

Manzhen people and Yunren are no different in skin color and appearance, but Manzhen people live in the bitter cold land of Saibei, with mountains and forests, and wild beasts as neighbors, and it is difficult to survive.

For hundreds of years, under the deliberate control of the Great Cloud Imperial Court, the people of the Manzhen tribes fought constantly to survive, and it was not until Boluo unified the various tribes that the civil strife stopped, so their faces were more fierce than those of the Yun people in the Guannai.

Although these people were wearing felt hats and couldn't see clearly, Lin Fan knew that unlike Yun people, who all wore hair with crowns, and Man Zhenren wore shaved hair and braided hair.

This is because Manchu people live by fishing and hunting, and it is more convenient to shave their hair when crossing mountains and mountains, and they don't have to worry about messy hair blocking their vision when shooting arrows.

Over time, shaving hair became a custom of the Manchu clan.

If these people took off their felt hats, Lin Fan would definitely be able to see the top of their bare heads, which were reflected in the sun.

They were not many in number, but about fifty men, and they stopped a few hundred paces from the army.

It seemed that they were also frightened by the thousands of troops in front of them, and they didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a while.

They kept cruising around the officers and soldiers, like hungry wolves looking for the Achilles' heel of their prey, and they could pounce at any moment.

Excluding those young and strong people, the strength of the official army exceeded 4,000.

With 4,000 against 50, when the two sides confronted each other, it was the officials and soldiers who were the first to panic.

For many years, all the people of Dayun have heard is the news of the defeat of the official army, and in the hearts of many people in the mainland, Manzhen is as terrifying as ghosts.

This was the first time that Lin Fan and the Huainan Provincial officials and soldiers under his command had seen the Manchu Zhenren with their own eyes, and under the watchful eye of these Manzhen cavalrymen, many people were irrepressibly panicked and afraid.

As if seeing the timidity of the Yun people, the expression on the face of the real person became more and more cruel and hideous.

They kept wielding the sharp scimitars in their hands, and let out a terrible roar from their mouths.

How have you ever seen such a terrible scene, for a while, it was as if you were taken away by demons, and you were frightened by the Manzhen cavalry.

Many people were so frightened that they retreated again and again, and they couldn't even hold the weapons in their hands steadily.

This situation made Lin Fan angry half to death, and when he was in Zhongyuan Dao, he was not afraid of facing Chen Xinglong's tens of thousands of people.

Now there are only a few dozen people on the opposite side, and the whole army is almost about to collapse without a fight.

Lin Fan, who has always been sympathetic to soldiers, rarely got angry, and he rode a horse in battle

Patrolling forward, whipping the retreating soldiers with their horsewhips.

He exclaimed, "Bastard, what are you afraid of? ”

"They are also human beings, not cannibalistic demons and monsters. Like us, they have to eat and sleep, and they will hurt and bleed when they are injured, and they will die if they are seriously injured! ”

"The more scared you are, the more you will die! If you turn and run now, will your legs run over the hooves of their horses? Or do you all have eyes on your butts and can see the swords slashed from behind? ”

"If you want to survive, take out your courage and let this group of Manchurian people who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth see the blood of my big cloud man!"

Lin Fan's morale-boosting words finally stabilized the situation for the time being.

Seeing that the official army did not retreat under their intimidation, the Manchu people knew that they wanted the official army to be in chaos, and then they took advantage of the chaos to defeat the official army.

So while they were cruising, they began to slowly approach the formation of the official army.

The fact that the Manzhen cavalry was only a few dozen people dared to attack the officers and soldiers who were nearly 100 times their own strength shows how arrogant and arrogant these people are.

From this, it can be seen how vulnerable the officials and soldiers they encountered before were so unexpected, which made them so ignorant of the Dayun officials and soldiers.

Lin Fan didn't know what it was, making them think that even if they faced thousands of troops, they could still win the battle.

Maybe it's because of their past achievements, or maybe it's because of the weakness of the official army all the time, or maybe it's because the Manchurians have the belief that they are invincible, or all of the above.

But none of this mattered, the current Lin Fan only knew that the Manzhen Cavalry despised him so much, which filled him with anger from the bottom of his heart.

It has been two years since he joined the army, and although he has not experienced too many bitter battles, he has met many opponents, and they are not simple people.

From the You brothers of Shuanglongling, Wang Yunye of Yunmengze, to Zhang Fenger and Du Zishan of Xingwangjun, and then to Chen Xinglong of Xingwang himself. After so many battles, he had never been so despised.

Maybe he should use this battle to let these true Tartars know that they know that Yun people are not all incompetent people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and let them remember the name Lin Fan!

As the Manzhen cavalry gradually approached, the distance between the two sides became shorter and shorter.

Although the officers and soldiers stabilized their positions under Lin Fan's reprimand, they still couldn't avoid the fear of war.

The Manzhen cavalry almost had the absolute upper hand in morale, and many people in the official army couldn't help but retreat in a panic, and the formation was gradually shrinking.

But fortunately, with He Donkey's warning, the officials and soldiers have protected those young men who don't have much combat power in advance.

Otherwise, if those Manzhen cavalry troops broke through from the people, the official army would be defenseless, and the formation would only be in chaos immediately, and even Lin Fan would be difficult to stabilize.

At this time, the Manzhen cavalry began to accelerate, and the sound of horses' hooves became faster and faster, gradually becoming a galloping trend.

The Manzhen cavalry marching at full speed was even more depressed by the officers and soldiers, and many people were so nervous that sweat was oozing from their hands unconsciously, wetting the blades in their hands.

The Manzhen cavalry is getting closer and closer to the official army, and will soon enter the range of the bows and arrows of both sides.

In terms of mounted archery, the Manzhen Army can be said to be unparalleled in the world.

They kept wandering around the officers and soldiers a hundred paces away, and the cold arrows seemed to have eyes, staring at the thin protection of the officers and soldiers' formations

Weak places.

Although there are many archers in the official army, their positions are relatively backward, whether in terms of accuracy or distance, in the face of the Manzhen cavalry who come and go like the wind, they can only have more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and it is difficult to cause real damage to them.

Although there is a shield array in the front row of the officers and soldiers, there are too many officers and soldiers, and there are so many young and strong people in the middle, and it is difficult to take care of the shield.

Under the flying cold arrows of the Manzhen cavalry, after a while, more than 30 officers and soldiers hiding behind the shields fell. Except for one person who was accidentally injured by an arrow from the official army, the Manchu army was almost unharmed.

This made An Ning's eyes red in a hurry, and he asked Lin Fan for battle: "My lord, it's not a way to go on like this, why don't you let my brothers with the cavalry rush!" ”

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer, it's not the time yet!" ”

Seeing that the officers and soldiers had no way to deal with themselves, the morale of the Manzhen cavalry army was even stronger, and the offensive became more and more fierce.

In the eyes of the Manzhen cavalry, the cloud armies in front of them so far were no different from those cloud armies they had encountered before, they were all the same vulnerable.

At most, they held on for a longer time, and they didn't collapse at the slightest touch, which was not bad in the Yun army they encountered.

But that's all, they don't think this army can do anything to them.

Especially for such a long time, the cloud people on the opposite side were unable to make an effective counterattack against them, so they gradually relaxed their vigilance in their hearts.

In order to improve the efficiency of cavalry archery and to kill and injure the officers and soldiers even more, they were unconsciously gradually approaching the formation of the officers and soldiers, and they were too lazy to mislead and circumvent the officers and soldiers with superfluous movements.

After enduring it for so long, just for this moment, Lin Fan seized the opportunity and ordered: "Shield hand, open!" ”

As soon as the military order came out, the shield bearer at the forefront of the official army immediately gave up more than a dozen ways out that were enough for two people to go in parallel, revealing the bed crossbow hiding behind.

"Shoot!"

The bed crossbowman, who had already been loaded, smashed the machine bracket on the bed crossbow without hesitation, and dozens of giant crossbow arrows flew towards the Manzhen cavalry with a roar.

The crossbow bolt carries the momentum of wind and thunder, and it is coming in an instant.

The Manzhen cavalry never expected that the officers and soldiers who were still pressed by them just now and couldn't raise their heads would suddenly launch such a fierce counterattack.

Only one round of crossbow arrows came down, and several people of the Manzhen cavalry were killed on the spot, and some people and even men and horses were nailed to the ground by crossbow arrows.

Soaked in crimson blood, the snow on the ground was dyed one after another with a poignant red, turning into shocking imprints.

After all, these Manzhen cavalry are battle-hardened, and they are also full of elite in the Manzhen army, so they quickly reacted.

The Manzhen cavalry quickly retreated, no longer giving the officers and soldiers a second chance, which made Lin Fan secretly say that it was a pity.

Although the bed crossbow is easy to use, it can also be very restrictive.

Not to mention the extremely high cost of building a bed crossbow, just to serve a bed crossbow well, it takes five or six soldiers to work together.

Moreover, the bed crossbows were heavy and inconvenient to transport, Lin Fan came out this time, and the total number of bed crossbows in the army was only sixteen.

In addition, the accuracy of the bed crossbow is not enough, and the reloading is slow, once one hit is missed, it will be difficult to have a second chance, otherwise Lin Fan would not have waited until now to make a move.

According to his temper, he would have shot this group of real cavalry into hedgehogs a long time ago!