To the west of the river, Chen Liu's cavalry company temporarily rested in a ravine, and the sentinels were on guard at a distance from them, and if there was a situation, they would warn them. They can react quickly in a short period of time. This is a huge advantage for them.

However, there are many situations that are still relatively unfavorable to them.

"Our troops don't know where they're going. Our cavalry regiment has nine cavalry companies of normal formation. But the problem is, we don't know where we've arrived. In this place, you can't even see a single smoke. A private complained. Chen Liu was just eating his own biscuits. The horses also fed as much forage as they could. They had already walked for more than a day, and along the way they only met a few sporadic herdsmen, and some Han people's homes, and further north, it was difficult to see people.

The Scout Cavalry needs to go far, far away to find a favorable place to fight, otherwise, it will be difficult for other places to develop.

"Let's just deal with this situation simply. Other things are not what we should think about, and many times, the problems we want to solve cannot be completed all at once. A corporal said. Then he took a bite of his own dry food, and ate it with a cold.

Everyone else nodded. The problem of reconnaissance has not been well solved, and the cavalry is not very good at solving such a difficult problem as how to fight on a large scale.

Most of the maps provided to them above are not detailed, and many times, they need to reconnoiter their own advances, and what kind of places they have reached, they themselves do not know, and the battalion commanders and company commanders are the busiest people, because they constantly have to record the terrain conditions of the reconnaissance in order to provide search. In order to provide combat efficiency. Ma Liu boldly let the cavalry regiment adopt a roundabout tactic, he led the main force, about five cavalry companies to advance frontally, on both sides of the battlefield, there were four cavalry companies to outflank, which required cavalry, as well as higher communication maintenance. But alas, they can't do that.

The reality of the IRA is that they still don't know how to deal with this kind of fighting, and it looks very interesting. But this is an indisputable fact, and they do not know how to deal with such a situation at all.

This is the case with Chen Liu's troops, who belong to the outflanking group, and they have never been able to find their target. There seemed to be a kind of anxiety to all the cavalrymen that made them feel very uneasy, because they had no idea what else they could do in such a situation.

The 1st Cavalry Regiment, the forward command position.

"The third company has gone to outflank in a roundabout way. I think that the tribe of 2,000 people should be able to take it all. A staff officer said. On the way forward, they finally found the enemy, which was a rare opportunity for them, and Ma Liu quickly used his five cavalry companies to attack, and the four cavalry companies surrounded the tribe in four directions. One of the cavalry companies was used as a reserve in their own hands, so that their attack could be launched.

There was also an artillery company at the regimental headquarters, which was armed with light two-inch guns, using cast-iron gun mounts, which were light and fast, although the power was reduced considerably. But they can deploy quickly to keep up with the pace of the cavalry's rapid attack. With four horses, it can be used quickly for mobile combat.

"Boom. Rumble. "The rumbling of artillery kicked off the rhythm of their attack. Because the scouts of the 1st Cavalry Regiment were doing a little too badly. Their cavalry scouts were spotted by the opposing rangers less than ten miles from the main force. So, the tribe on the opposite side suddenly became alert.

If the Scout Cavalry behaves badly, it is not known that the other side may break into the headquarters of the cavalry regiment. In such a situation, what they can do is really not very advantageous.

"Boom. Rumble. "The tribe on the opposite side was ready to resist, but they certainly did not expect that while they waited for the enemy with their bows and arrows, they were greeted by cannonballs from cannons.

Cannonballs whizzed. Although the caliber has become smaller. However, the power of the shells can still easily open the opponent's defensive line. In a few moments, their pitiful defenses were shattered.

"With 10 shells on the bombardment, you can basically attack." Ma Liu said this with a telescope to observe the situation ahead.

Fighting was an easy thing for them. After all, they are confident in such an attack.

The cavalry of the Republican Army was not useless, and perhaps it was precisely because they realized their own shortcomings, for example, fighting on horseback, shooting, none of them could compare with each other. The Huns had great merit in this regard. The horses of the Republican Army came from capture. There are many and not many, as long as it is a horse, it will also be used. In terms of speed, they couldn't gain an advantage, and they were even worse in terms of mounted shooting. The Huns spent a lot of time training, even if the Republicans used firearms, but this still could not make up for the gap in their accuracy, and the difficulty of hitting the opponent on the back of a bumpy horse increased a lot. It seemed impossible to expect to have a greater advantage in firearms, so Ma Liu took another way to strengthen firepower. In other words, they invented a lure tactic, when the cavalry fought with the opponent, they would constantly maneuver to lure the opponent into the artillery, and fire within the range of the artillery, or when the opponent opened the stance, relying on their own firepower advantage to strengthen the attack on the opponent.

And when the artillery attacked the opponent's camp, the advantage was also very large, the Huns did not have strong fortifications, so to attack their tribe, artillery is the most suitable.

"It's not the time for the third company to arrive or not, don't attack. They haven't arrived yet. "Ma Liu's biggest concern is this problem, they are carrying out an encirclement operation, not a rout operation, and if it is a rout operation, they can directly launch an attack.

"Toot beet. Toot toot. "A hurried trumpet sounded, it was the sound of cavalry attacking.

"Kill, da-da. Boom, boom, boom. "The sound of horses' hooves, the sound of the whole company's crazy attack, coupled with the shouting of the cavalry, the attack looks very imposing, in this regard, Ma Liu is very excited to see it in the telescope, if it is not for him to be the commander of the cavalry regiment, he will inevitably lead some people to attack, in this way, their situation can be better completed.

Ma Liu can only hold a telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield, which is also a big pity, after all, he can't go to the battlefield in person.

"Damn, why did those Huns retreat? Didn't the triple reach the location? Ma Liu took the telescope and observed, according to the general situation, once the siege is closed, there are usually only two situations when they are surrounded, one is that they are not afraid of death, which requires them to burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, but the opposite side is obviously only the old, weak, sick and disabled, it is unlikely that they will have such great combat effectiveness, and they do not kill the Huns who laid down their arms at will.

But why does the other party continue to resist, this is very abnormal. Is their fighting power so tenacious? The only explanation is that they are using their own sacrifices in exchange for time to retreat and delay their attack, and the only explanation is that they did not completely surround the other side and give the other side a chance. Therefore, after Ma Liu thought of this, he was very annoyed, and scolded Sanlian's movements too slowly.

However, the battle went smoothly, and the Republican Army had the initiative.

As the Horde retreated, the 3rd Cavalry Company quickly intervened. The encirclement battle turned into a rout battle. In this regard, Ma Liu was extremely annoyed, they could all annihilate the other party, but they didn't expect that it would just be a rout battle. He really couldn't figure out such a situation.

In the summary after the battle, the 3rd Cavalry Company also felt very helpless, because their company's combat distance was the farthest, and under normal circumstances, they could get there, but the problem was that their horse situation could only advance at the slowest speed, and could not be calculated at the fastest speed, because many of their conditions had not been greatly improved, and in this way, the first battle in Hexi was over. There are more battles waiting for them, and more battles will make them perform.

Luoyang, Beijing. Nangong.

"Zhang Wen's six-way army, the five-way was defeated. Only Dong Zhuo swallowed all the way to the right wind. I can't even say anything. Emperor Han Ling said.

Zhang Wen adopted the method of pursuing the six-way army, and as a result, they suffered heavy losses, and the five-way army was defeated respectively, and only Dong Zhuo was saved all the way.

"Reward Dong Zhuo and give it to the townspeople." Emperor Han Ling said this, obviously Emperor Han Ling was very annoyed by such a failure, at such a critical time. They turned out to be a failure. They had the advantage in terms of troops, and Emperor Han Ling didn't know what to say. Because failure means that a lot of your money and food will be wasted again. This kind of thing is really difficult to accept, and he doesn't have a good way to deal with it.

"How can the war be properly ended?" Emperor Han Ling said with some worry. It seems that the whole place is not peaceful.

But the good thing is that they still have a little bit of victory. It won't be more ugly to lose on the face. This is also a blessing in the midst of misfortune. After all, such a thing is the most favorable outcome for them.

But if the situation continues like this, Emperor Han Ling really doesn't know what to do.