After a long battle, the two sides were deadlocked.

By now, the losses of the thieves in this battle have exceeded a thousand, and morale has begun to become low.

Even the officers and soldiers who took the initiative were not easy, and there were no less than hundreds of casualties. Especially the forward army led by Chen Fangshu and Wang Hu, they faced an enemy twice their own, although they killed the most enemies, but at the same time, they were also under the greatest pressure, and the casualties among all the troops were also the most.

The excessive consumption of physical strength has made the fight between the two sides an instinct, that is, to see who can't hold on first. Both sides are waiting for the other to make a mistake, waiting for the opportunity to break the game.

What Lin Fan didn't expect was that the first ones who couldn't hold on were the officers and soldiers who had the advantage.

Although the double-line formation of the official army is powerful, the military department has also printed the formation map as a must-read for generals at all levels of the imperial court to march and fight. But even so, not everyone can use it, and it is not easy to use it flexibly.

It's like everyone can read military books, but there are still only a few famous generals in the world. Being able to read and being able to use are two completely different things.

This is the case with the Gwangju soldiers, who have been military attachés who are bent on making money and are not interested in military training. As a result, the officers and men of each battalion were negligent in the battle formation, and they were not familiar with the formation method.

In fact, this is not only the case in Gwangju and Huainan Province, except for a few elites in Liaodong and Longxi who are quelling the turmoil, most of the officials and troops in the world are this virtue.

Because the pressure was on the side of the vanguard army at first, and the battlefield was so chaotic, the shortcomings of the Gwangju army were not obvious because they were not good at fighting formations, and it was difficult to find out if they didn't pay attention.

However, after the war reached a stalemate, this shortcoming soon became apparent and was quickly magnified.

Du Zishan is also a veteran of the army, so he naturally will not let go of such an opportunity.

The focus of his offensive was constantly tilted towards the left flank, and the pressure on the left flank officers and troops increased greatly, and the formation was disorganized, and there was even a risk of being broken by the thief army.

At this time, the forward army and the right flank were also in a bitter battle and were unable to support.

Du Zishan was waiting for now, and he sneered: "The combat strength of this support army of the imperial court is indeed good, and it is not easy to deal with, no wonder you dare to take the initiative to attack our army." It seems that I have to thank the group of garbage in Gwangju today, otherwise I might really have to make a mistake here today. ”

"Order the cavalry, break through from the enemy's left flank, break through their formation, and take down their central army banner in one fell swoop!"

A cavalry rushed out of the bandit formation, trying to storm the left flank of the officer.

After the cavalry attacked, Du Zishan ordered: "Order the rear army to go out and suppress the enemy's forward and right flank, so that it cannot return to the Chinese army." ”

The rear army of the thief army also pressed up, and Chen Fangshu and their pressure was even greater.

If anyone is the most worried about the combat power of the Gwangju army, it must be Lin Fan. Therefore, from the beginning of the war, he was worried that such a thing would happen, and he was constantly following the movements of the left. So when the thief army was dispatched, he also made corresponding arrangements.

Lin Fan first glanced at the enemy cavalry, then turned back to An Ning and said, "An Ning, looking at the number of cavalry of the thief army in the formation, there are no less than eight hundred, do you have confidence?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, it's just a little thief, we can withstand it!" An Ning said loudly.

Lin Fan also knew that An Ning was boosting morale, and he said: "Okay, I now order you to lead the cavalry to attack, intercept the thief army, and protect the left flank of our army." ”

On the horse, Lin Fan bowed his hand to An Ning and the cavalry behind him: "Please!" ”

An Ning returned the salute on behalf of everyone, and he shouted at the cavalry behind him: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he took the lead and rushed towards the enemy first. Behind him, two hundred horsemen followed closely.

After An Ning and the others left, Lin Fan ordered again: "Order the rear army to gallop to the left flank of our army, and after repelling the left wing thief army, join the forward, and press the thief soldiers back for me." ”

Hearing this, Li Qingshan hesitated a little, and he said on the side: "My lord, if the rear army moves, the Chinese army will be unguarded, and I am afraid that there will be danger." ”

Lin Fan said calmly: "It's okay, although our army has no soldiers available, the thief army is similar." After several additional troops, the number of thieves in front of us is no less than 8,000, and the strength of the thief army is almost exhausted. As long as An Ning can withstand the cavalry of the thief army, they will not be able to use more troops to attack the banner of our army. ”

Since Lin Fan said so, Li Qingshan could only nod helplessly.

The military order was delivered, and Zeng Liang immediately led his troops to support the left flank. However, for the sake of Lin Fan's safety, he still left a banner of men and horses to protect the Chinese army.

As Lin Fan said, Du Zishan really can't take out more troops at the moment, and both sides have almost put all their troops on the battlefield.

This is also what Du Zishan didn't expect, he has more than 8,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, all of which are the elite of King Xing's army. In order to allow him to smoothly open up the road to the south this time, the army of a hundred battles personally selected for him by King Xing before departure.

But here he had a difficult fight with the 5,000 local officers and soldiers, and even fell into disadvantage. If he encountered the elite of the officers and troops like the border army of Liaodong or Longxi, he would admit that the battle was like this, but just a few days ago he could still suppress the officials and soldiers of Gwangju, and it has only been a few days, how did things become like this! How did their combat power rise so much?

Could it be that this support army of the official army is not a local official army, but an elite army drawn from other places by the imperial court? But the intelligence clearly said that it was transferred from Shenzhou?

When the battle was fought like this, Du Zishan could only press all his troops, hoping to crush the official army with his superiority in strength.

In fact, Du Zishan is okay here, and there are still hundreds of personal soldiers around him.

Lin Fan's side sent out his nominal personal soldiers, that is, the two hundred cavalry. If Zeng Liang hadn't taken it upon himself to leave a banner of men, then in addition to Li Qingshan, there would only be a few people left around him, such as He Fang and Zhou Yuanzhi.

Even with these 100 people, if Du Zishan can put some more troops on the battlefield and directly attack the commander's banner in the official army, Lin Fan will be in danger, but unfortunately at this time, both sides can no longer take out excess troops.

Just when Zeng Liang's troops had not yet joined the left wing of the official army, the cavalry of the two armies had already started the first official confrontation between the two sides.

Even if Lin Fan and An Ning had done a lot of training for these cavalry, after all, the time was too short, and it was still difficult for most of the cavalry of the official army to shoot on horseback.

For these natives of the South, it was not easy to be able to march and fight quickly without falling off their horses, and it was not an overnight task to cultivate an elite cavalry.

And the same is true for the thieves, compared with the two, the two sides are half a catty to eight taels, which is not an elite.

Without the ability to mount and shoot, and no one wants to retreat, the only choice left for both sides is to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

This cavalry is Lin Fan's heart, and he has invested a lot of money for this.

Lin Fan also knew that he couldn't count on their cavalry shooting, so he also focused on training slashing.

Not only did he equip them with light and sharp sabers, and they wore the best armor in the army, but he also provided two short crossbows for each cavalryman.

Don't look at the small number of this cavalry army, but the money spent here makes Wang Ziliang cry out for a toothache. If it weren't for the many benefits he had received from Lin Fan, he wouldn't have agreed to help Lin Fan get these things.

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The cavalry of the army is relatively not as wealthy as the official army, and there is no support from the whole country's wealth, even if they claim to be the elite of the thief army, many things are not said to be wanted.

Before the two sides met, the thief cavalry was first shot in the face with a wave of crossbow arrows and short spears.

The crossbowmen in the thief army also tried to fight back, but although they were outnumbered, they were equipped with less than two hundred crossbows, less than half of the official army.

In the first encounter, the thief army suffered a loss first, losing more than 30 horsemen, and many people were injured.

However, they were four times as large as the officers and soldiers, and the damage was still acceptable.

And the short crossbows of the officers and soldiers also had no chance to be reloaded, so they could only put away the short crossbows.

The galloping horse contained the power of thunder, and the two sides collided fiercely.

This collision caused the speed of both sides to slow down, like two rivers flowing in opposite directions, releasing a huge force at the moment of collision.

The horses neighed, the blades intersected, and the wounded screamed and fell from their horses.

The superiority of weapons and armor was evident at this time, and the officers and soldiers were holding light sabers in their hands, and their movements on the horses were more flexible, and the attack methods were more diverse.

The cavalry of the thief army did not have such good sabers, and most of them were still dominated by spears.

The spear is useful when using horse speed to charge enemy infantry formations, but once the speed is slowed down, its lack of agility in battle formations is revealed.

In order to control the horses, the cavalry of the thief army could only hold their guns in one hand, and there was only one way for them to attack, and that was to stab forward.

Without the blessing of the speed of the war horse, such an attack is not only single, but also slow, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the more agile officers and soldiers.

The cavalry led by An Ning was like a sharp blade, and after inflicting great damage on the enemy soldiers, it quickly penetrated the entire enemy formation.

The general of the cavalry of the thief army received an order to attack the left flank of the official army, and he did not want to entangle with the official cavalry here.

Therefore, after a short battle between the two sides, he did not order his subordinates to return to their horses and fight again, but directly accelerated forward and again and continued to attack the left flank of the official army.

An Ning naturally would not let them succeed, turning the horse's head and following the enemy's tail to chase and kill.

The thieves did not have eyes behind them, and there was no way to effectively fight back against the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. If there was still mutual damage just now, this time the thief army was passively beaten.

The thief army didn't care about it, and now some officers and soldiers who could ride and shoot on horses could be regarded as having a chance to perform, aiming at the butt of the thief cavalry in front of them and starting to fire arrows, and the thieves kept falling from their horses with arrows.

The short spears in the officers and soldiers also began to exert their power, and from time to time someone took out a short spear from his satchel and threw it fiercely forward. However, the thief army is also constantly moving forward, and the distance of the short spear is limited, so it is not very useful.

But although this can't cause too much damage to the thief army, it brings them great pressure, because if you are not careful, you may be pierced by the short spear flying behind you, can you not be afraid?

Under tremendous pressure, the general of the thief army soon discovered that blindly rushing forward was not the way to go.

At the orders of the generals, half of them stopped and turned back to fight, while the remaining half continued to rush to the left flank of the officer's army.

In the pursuit just now, although the speed of the officers and soldiers had not yet increased to the fastest, it was far more than these thieves who stopped fighting in battle.

The cavalry of the official army rushed into the enemy formation at great speed, and under the influence of speed, the sharp saber was even more powerful, reaping the lives of the enemy soldiers. By the time the official army broke through the enemy formation again, the thief army responsible for blocking the attack had already fallen in large numbers.