"Get on the horse!"

"Ready!"

Guerjia and Wu Biao issued orders for combat readiness almost simultaneously.

A few musketeers took their hands out of their gloves and put them to their mouths and took two snorts of the hot air in their mouths to prevent their hands from being too stiff to pull the trigger after a while. In the cold-proof clothing and equipment prepared for this trip to the north, the gloves did not take into account the needs of the firecrackers, and if they wanted to open the guns, they could not wear gloves. For no other reason, one, the gloves are the kind where the thumb and the four fingers are separated. Two, even with a three-finger glove, the index finger can't get into the arc of the trigger.

In the dull sound of bull horns, the Qing army began to move, with the heavy armored soldiers in front, the armored soldiers in the center, and those newly attached clothed Niu Lu followed the armored soldiers as the second echelon. The third wave is those who are eager to use other people's blood to change their identity and destiny, and the last is the white-armored soldiers to whom the Jiala rank Zhang Jing belongs as the overseer.

The team slowly gathered together and began to move slowly, and in order to save horsepower, they did not start to gallop wildly.

"Brothers, fight well! This group of Tartars can fight more than a thousand people! We'll shoot each of us and that's about it! ”

Wu Biao, who received a report on the enemy's situation, learned that the Qing soldiers were attacking his position head-on at this time, and the number was about 35,600 people, of which about half were armored combat soldiers.

When it was more than a mile away from the position of Wu Biao's headquarters, the Qing soldiers collectively added a whip to the horse's buttocks, and the horse's speed increased. As the speed pulls away, the quality and grade of the horses are revealed, and the distance is quickly widened. The front and back and left and right spread out more. Looking from the direction of the Nanzhong Army, it gives people a feeling that the mountains and fields in front of them are full of Jiannu cavalry, and the black pressure is full of horses and human heads, in addition to the barbaric and cheerful howls, there is also a cloud-like banner, which is desperately torn by the north wind.

As the saying goes, one horse makes wind, and ten horses make thunder. There are more than 10,000 people, boundless, and the position occupied by a horse when charging into battle is as many as a few people, and a large number of cavalry rush into battle. It is more powerful than the charge of tens of thousands of infantry.

"Lose that mother! There really is him! ”

Wu Biao cursed. He heard the heavy panting of the officers and soldiers beside him, and he couldn't help but look at everyone, all the sergeants, all waiting hard. They stared. Look straight over there. It seems that he wants to pull the Qing soldiers off his horse.

He tore off his gloves with all his might, letting the cold wind dry his sweaty hands. After a slight pause, he narrowed his eyes at the heavily armored cavalry rushing across the road.

Less than 200 steps.

"Tell the brothers. Check the fire gun again after the last time! ”

Dealing with this group of warriors who are only more than 1,000 soldiers, Wu Biao does not plan to use artillery in a big way, but only plans to use firearms to teach them a good lesson.

Soon, the Jiannu cavalry rolled in, and the iron hooves of the mountains stretched like a flood not far in front of Wu Biao's position. What made them a little strange was that this army of the Southern Barbarians was really extraordinary, and they were so calm, but this was not a problem, in front of the Great Qing Iron Cavalry, any army in the field would collapse at the touch of a button. After defeating this Ming army, waiting for them is the thrill of slaughter.

"Daddy, Uncle Wang, Brigade Commander Wu will be fine!"

Hit by the stormy momentum of thousands of horse teams, Li Huabao looked a little flustered. His little face was full of concern and unease.

"Don't worry, second son, if Wu Biao can't deal with this group of Liaodong rebels, then he, the brigade commander, doesn't have to do it."

Wang Bao responded to Li Huabao's question without replying.

From time to time, a cold wind blew in the sky, and a few small snowflakes rolled over, which hit the face a little painfully, and the breath of the sergeants also turned into thick white gas, and the mules and horses also snorted from time to time.

It became more and more that the entire battlefield was majestic and murderous.

"My lord! The enemy rider was less than eighty paces away from me! ”

"Panic what! No fire is allowed under sixty paces! ”

"Seventy steps!"

"Herald, gun raised!"

There was a loud bang, and the firecrackers in the front row took the firecrackers off their shoulders and put them flat in their hands.

"Put!"

With a distance of more than sixty paces, coupled with the speed of the war horse's galloping wild, the shooting effect of the fire gun is deadly.

The first row of 500 firecrackers raised their firecrackers in unison, and suddenly a dense layer of firecrackers appeared in the queue like a forest, aiming at the Qing cavalry who rushed nearly forty or fifty paces and mercilessly pulled the trigger.

The "porphyry" fire gun resounded endlessly, and a fierce fire light came out, followed by this firelight, a large amount of dense smoke produced by the fire gun, and finally converged into a wide area of gunpowder smoke in front of the Wubiao brigade formation.

The dense firearms were extremely lethal for the cavalry who were galloping at high speed. (You can imagine yourself that someone in a high-speed car suddenly hits a stone or stainless steel bead at the glass with a slingshot.) Five hundred firebolts fired at close range, like a wind sweeping through the leaves, and the power was even more terrifying. Gunpowder acts as a competent pimp, acting as a mediator between the projectile and the cavalry.

The dense projectiles were enthusiastically pushed forward by the power generated by the burning of gunpowder, and they pounced on the oncoming cavalry with half a push. And those poor cavalrymen, no matter how thick the armor they were wearing, were hugged and kissed by these guys at close range, regardless of men and horses, their bodies were immediately densely covered with thick blood holes.

With the sound of a volley of firearms, large strands of blood arrows immediately appeared on the bodies of those red-flag heavy armor soldiers on the opposite side, and people and horses fell in pieces.

When the projectile hits a person's body, it is a large hole that is broken and broken. The irregularity of the trajectory causes the final wound area to be several times, or even dozens of times the surface of the projectile. This kind of pain is unbearable for ordinary people, and few people survive being shot in the torso.

The principle of shooting a man first and shooting a horse has been the same since ancient times, the large size of the horse naturally became the preferred target, it was knocked down, and the rider on the body was naturally either killed or injured. A large number of men and horses were shot and fell to the ground, and the knights on horseback were constantly thrown and, and then many of these people were trampled into flesh by the rolling cavalry. Within a few dozen steps in front of Wu Biao's army, a large number of dead men and dead horses gathered. They became Wu Biao's volunteer assistants. hindered the impact speed of the follow-up cavalry, and became an obstacle to their advance, making the impact speed of the follow-up Qing cavalry become a small-footed woman.

"Hahaha! Well played! Well played! ”

A sharp cheer came from behind Li Shouhan, and the two angels, who didn't know where to hide, could see clearly from the telescope and couldn't help but applaud.

The offensive momentum of the Jiannu cavalry, which was advancing like a shocking flood, paused for a moment as if it had encountered a flood dam, splashing a huge blood-colored wave. This immediately aroused loud applause from Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen.

Personally in the battle array, the commander and the soldiers fought hard. This merit and qualifications can be regarded as surviving. Even if the two of them are already the top figures in the eunuch industry. But even if it's a conversation after dinner, it's okay to laugh at the crowd.

"Don't be too happy too soon. Jiannu is just a frustration for the forwards, and he will immediately change his offensive methods. Shouhan looked at the performance of the two princes, and reminded him with some disdain.

"Send a signal to Wu Biao and ask him to pay attention to controlling the troops. Get ready to change formations! Huang Yishan, Yanlong! You two put together the cavalry for Lao Tzu. Always ready to strike! ”

In the Chinese army guarding the Han Dynasty, the banner of the Ming Dragon and Tiger General, the Governor of Nanzhong's various military and horse food and salaries, and the Governor's Liangguang Suppression of Bandits were erected. While the flag was shaking, the trumpeter used a sharp trumpet to convey the order of Shouhan to Wu Biao's ears.

"The lord is also cautious!" Hearing the sound of the horn, Wu Biao didn't care too much. However, he had no choice but to order his troops to temporarily retract, and four columns of musketeers surrounded the artillery and brigade personnel, forming a huge diamond-shaped phalanx.

After paying the price of nearly 100 heavily armored cavalry, Jiannu's second wave of offensive quickly began to change the direction of the main attack, no longer attacking the front of Wu Biao's position, but dividing the soldiers and horses into two groups, trying to bypass the front encirclement of this southern Chinese army, and then continue to kill and injure the opponent with the technique of horse archery. Until the other party collapses.

"Cut! How many years have passed, and this group of Hu people still hasn't grown! ”

Li Huabao, who was on the battlefield for the first time, has been relieved from the initial tension and replaced by excitement.

"From the beginning of Temujin's year, they have played this hand, what is the advantage of the field, do not see the advantage of not moving, between the movement and stillness, know the strength of the enemy, a hundred horses around, can be wrapped in tens of thousands, thousands of horses are divided, can be a hundred miles, destroy the strong and trapped, all borrowed from the ...... of the forward, where the enemy is in formation, then 335455, no clusters are gathered for the enemy, the enemy is divided, the enemy is also combined, so its riding is also far or near, more or less, or gathered or scattered, or out or out, come like the sky falls, go like lightning. From a long distance and a thousand miles away, it is nothing more than using the speed of the cavalry to shoot at the enemy with bows and arrows until the enemy army can no longer hold on and collapse! ”

Compared with the tactics of Jiannu in front of him, thinking of the teachings of the gentleman in the school, Hua Bao became very happy, and pointed to the living teaching materials in the distance and showed off his knowledge loudly.

"Then, with what the second son sees, what should be done?"

Wang Dehua had some ill intentions to set up a stage for Li Huabao to perform, or dig a big pit.

"Shoot it with a firecracker! Anyway, our army doesn't consume much physical strength to open a sword, but he draws a bow and fires arrows on a horse, but the time and physical strength consumed by our army are greater! ”

The front of Wu Biao's troops was filled with gunsmoke, and the deafening sound of firing salvos of fire was non-stop. The whole formation is like a hedgehog and porcupine with spikes all over its body, and the spikes are the bayonets in the outermost layer of the firecrackers' mouths, so that the Jiannu have no way to speak.

The intensive bombardment of the firearms has successfully weakened the impact of the Qing cavalry, and the fallen men and horses on the outside of the position have also hindered the cavalry behind, making them unable to rush closer and faster! The continuous roaring volleys of fire had successfully constructed a brilliant and brutal net of fire within a distance of sixty paces around this diamond-shaped hollow formation.

Most of the cavalry in the second wave were newly attached to the Guanning army, driven by the white-armored soldiers behind them, and rushed up by the red-eyed people around them who only wanted to exchange their heads for military merit and change their status, and many of them had to start firing arrows from a hundred or seventy-eight paces away, or throwing javelin axes with great force.

In this way, the power of cavalry archery is naturally greatly weakened, after all, the horse bow and bow power is weak, and the range is not far, even if the arrows are shot out a hundred steps away with horsepower, it is naturally the end of the strong crossbow for the Nanzhong army with nine-turn steel armor and Pikan shoulder warmth, and the same is true for the javelin axes thrown by the coats. The ideal projectile distance for such weapons is within thirty paces. (The People's Liberation Army's grenade throwing, the passing standard is 35 meters.) ）

"Put!"

The last three columns of firecrackers took turns to bombard the front of the formation, each round of guns was played, that is, a group of people shouted horses neighing, and there were constantly Qing soldiers falling under the horses, or the horses fell to the ground in pain, after many horses were shot, the great pain made them furious, rampage in all directions, and trampled the cavalry who had just been overturned to the ground. Stir up even greater chaos before the battle.

Rows and rows of musketeers exchanged shots. The firecrackers in the front row held the firecrackers with spurs in their hands, providing cover for their comrades behind them. The first column of musketeers hurriedly retreated to reload their ammunition after casting their muskets, and the second platoon continued to bombard. The sound of the platoon guns has not stopped, and the firecrackers have been shooting. There were also some Qing arrows flying in. The firecrackers all have eight-petal hats and iron-tipped helmets. There is also a cuirass on the body. As long as this kind of diffuse arrow at the end of the strong crossbow does not hit the vital point, it does not hurt to stick a few arrows in the body.

But. From time to time, arrows swept overhead, and black shadows such as axes and javelins constantly appeared in the field of vision, and the impact of these on the soldiers was also huge. Under the extreme tension, the soldiers were no longer able to feel anything, but they continued to rely on the muscle memory brought by the harsh training on weekdays, constantly pulling the trigger, falling the hammer, firing, shooting, crouching, reloading ammunition, and then getting up and firing again.

"Lord Jiala, it's not good! The casualties are too great! I'm afraid I can't stand it! ”

After all, Zhang Jing couldn't exempt Guan Ningjun from his true colors, so he ran to Zhang Jing, the rank of Jiala, who led the white-armored soldiers to supervise the battle, and cried, and hurriedly said a set of words that he was used to.

"You dog minion! Don't forget who you are! ”

Guerja whipped him in the face fiercely, and suddenly a thick whip mark protruded from his face.

"Take your minions and rush up to Ben Jiala! Break through the army of these barbarians! ”

"This!? ……”

"Not going? Decapitate immediately! ”

The dozen or so white-armored soldiers behind Guerjia immediately pulled out the sharp axes on their waists and made them look ready for execution.

Now that he has become someone else's slave, he has to sell this life to others. The former Shanhai Zhen Qian couldn't stop cursing in his heart, so he had to turn around and rectify his subordinates, and prepare to attack again towards the flank of Wu Biao's army formation.

"That's it! These dog thieves are tired! ”

Shouhan and Wang Bao made this judgment almost at the same time.

"Yanlong!"

Shouhan nodded and summoned Yan Long, the commander of the cavalry regiment, who had already been unable to hold back.

"Let this officer see if your soldiers are heroes who dare to break through the battle like you! Or a groom who can only run on horseback on the meadow! ”

"Don't worry! Yanlong's soldiers are all heroes like Yanlong! ”

The short and stout Yanlong made a military salute towards Shouhan, and ran towards his own queue as if flying, and the four hundred cavalry under his command were already eager to try.

"All horses ready, ready to attack!"

"Order Liao Dongzhi to get on the bayonet! Get ready to strike! ”

The two orders came from the mouths of Yanlong and Wang Bao respectively, and the entire Qinwang army's military array immediately became in an uproar.

"Two fathers-in-law, the rest of the things are nothing to look at, why don't we go to the back and drink a cup of hot tea and warm up?"

Seeing that Wang Dehua, Wang Chengen and others were constantly looking at the hundreds of cavalry not far away who were leading their horses to the edge of the Chinese army's large array with suspicious eyes, Shouhan felt a little spied on, and it was headed by two eunuchs! It's a bad feeling! So, he wants to stop this behavior!

"General, this." Wang Chengen pointed to the cavalry marching forward one by one, laboriously organizing the vocabulary.

Compared with the almost extravagant equipment of other branches of the Southern Chinese Army, the equipment of the cavalry is almost the same as that of the Hanako. In addition to a set of armor and a red cloak, the vast majority of cavalry only had a saber in their hands.

It's just that some guys who seem to be more qualified and skilled are immediately hanging a spear.

With such equipment, not to mention against the elite Jiannu cavalry, even against the 3,000 cavalry in the Beijing camp, it is bound to be defeated. Those Jiannu cavalry, but from tiger spears to javelins, from knives to flying axes, there are long and short.

In the amazement of the two princes, Yan Long led his four hundred cavalry into the front of the Chinese army's large array with high spirits, and seemed to feel the atmosphere of battle, many horses began to dig the ground, and some war horses snorted. The officers and soldiers of the Guards Brigade guarding there immediately opened a gap for them, and like a furnace of molten iron, the four hundred cavalry rushed out slowly, but with an inexplicable momentum.

"My lord! The cavalry of the barbarians came out! ”

A sharp-eyed Fendeshku pointed to the cavalry of the Nanzhong Army who was adjusting the queue and bowed to Guerjia.

"Mother's wild dogs come to challenge the tiger, and the tanuki cats come to provoke the black bear! Baturu, line up! Let this group of barbarians know what cavalry is! Tell them with sabers and spears how to fight on horseback! ”……

Smoke billowed up. The iron hooves of the cavalry on both sides slammed heavily on the ground, making a chilling, dull sound.

There were more than 400 cavalry cavalry of the Nanzhong Army, with 10 cavalry as the unit and 50 cavalry as a column, a total of eight columns.

The cavalry officers kept shouting: "Keep the speed, keep the speed, pay attention to the formation!" Pay attention to the formation! ”

A column of battle arrays slowly pressed towards the Jiannu cavalry on the opposite side, and a horizontal grasp of the sabre glittered in the winter sun, which should be the most luxurious equipment of the cavalry of the South Central Army, all made of iron and steel, and the brass handguard disc protected the wrist of the cavalry to the greatest extent. (To be continued......)