Chapter 62: The Collapse of the Huai'an Army

Although Zhang Xuan was bent on attacking Fengyang, he understood his purpose of attacking Fengyang very well.

This purpose is not to capture Fengyang City, but to put pressure on Fengyang City and let Ma Shiying mobilize the Yongwei Battalion.

It is also because of this that the connection between Fengyang City and the outside world has not been interrupted, and the south gate of the outer city of Fengyang City has always been under the control of the official army. Therefore, although the news of Zheng Hongkui's occupation of Linhuai County was a little later than Zhang Xuan getting the news, it soon reached Ma Shiying's ears.

Ma Shiying patrolled the city and also saw that there were soldiers and horses in Zhang Xuan's camp.

It is confirming the news that Ma Shiying has gotten.

"My lord, this is an opportunity." Although Ma Luan was a little nervous, he couldn't help licking his chapped lips with his lips and said, "The thieves have taken all the cavalry away, and now there are only thirty or forty thousand people in the city, and the rest are just people." Our army can also gather 30,000 soldiers, and can defeat the thieves in one fell swoop. ”

The strength of Ma Luan's command has increased, and he has also made many meritorious achievements in defending the city.

Little by little, his confidence grew, and at this moment he saw an opportunity.

They are divided and gathered, and they can be attacked.

Ma Shiying's heart was also moved, and then he shook his head and said: "The matter is not to this extent, Lu Zhenfei said that Zheng Hongkui is also a general." Let's see how Linhuai City is playing. ”

However, Ma Shiying still has a thought in his heart, that is, Huang Degong is coming soon.

From Linhuai County to the east gate of the outer city of Fengyang Mansion, all the way to the official road. Although these official roads have fallen into disrepair, they are still much more comfortable than walking in the wilderness.

It can be said that the best way for the army to take from Linhuai to Fengyang Mansion.

But now this road is not easy to walk.

Yang Shenzu took more than 10,000 elite horses to open left and right, as if it was an eagle with its arms outstretched, and the momentum was dignified and unstoppable. Although no orders were given, there was contempt in everyone's eyes. Especially the Yang Rope Ancestral Department.

But Zheng Hongkui felt that something was wrong.

This is not to say that Zheng Hongkui has the ability to predict the future. It's that he's self-aware.

First of all, soldiers do not know generals, and they will not know soldiers.

Zheng Hongkui is only in his thirties because of Lu Zhenfei's trust, and he is above these local officers, so it is strange that they can be convinced.

Of course, convincing is one thing, Lu Zhenfei would rather let Zheng Hongkui come over as the chief general than trust the soldiers under his command, and the strength of the Huai'an army can be imagined.

In Lu Zhenfei's eyes, no matter what Zheng Hongkui says, he is also from Jiangmen. followed Zheng Zhilong to fight, and his martial arts were also passable. But those people in the Huai'an Army, needless to say.

Zheng Hongkui thinks so now.

Although there are 20,000 or 30,000 people under his command and his headquarters, he faces more than 10,000

Jing Cai, Zheng Hongkui felt that the people below couldn't hold down the formation, except for his own people who were quite calm, the rest of the people were not good. Even Zheng Hongkui's headquarters have not experienced the situation of iron cavalry charging into battle. Whether his own people can stand firm or not, he does not have absolute confidence.

Yang Shenzu rode a black horse, stood under the banner of the word "Yang" for hunting, stretched out his hand and waved it violently.

Immediately, Yang Shenzu had a personal soldier beside him and took out a bullhorn. Blowing hard.

"Woo." The voice was low and distant. It's like the crooning of a beast.

A sound sounded, and countless voices echoed together. It seems to be in the wilderness, and countless bison are neighing.

At the end of the order, more than 10,000 cavalrymen, divided into more than a dozen teams, each team with more than a thousand people, and a few hundred people, immediately dispersed, as if a wolf pack was hunting, attacking from the front, on both sides, and even from the rear.

Most of the cavalry will not charge straight into battle.

Even if there are not many men and horses in the officers and soldiers who can withstand the cavalry's hard charge, if the cavalry charges hard, the casualties will be not small. Yang Shenzu also didn't want his own casualties to be too heavy. Every time they approached the officers and soldiers, they swept by, bows and crossbows, firebolts, three-eyed firearms, and even stone ropes, and so on, all from the horses, smashed into the ranks of the troops.

Among the officers and soldiers, there were also counterattacks, but the cavalry was marching at high speed, and only a large area covered and shot could be hit, otherwise it could only be missed.

There may also be archers who can hit 100%, but in Huai'an, it is not certain that there will be ten such archers, and it is more likely that there is not one.

However, the quality of the Huai'an army exceeded Yang Shenzu's expectations.

Not unexpectedly good, but unexpectedly bad.

Just when Yang Shenzu had not yet decided to focus on attacking that step, the first section of the Huai'an Army suddenly collapsed.

It seems that there is a person who escaped, which immediately caused a chain reaction.

This is not needed at all, Yang Shenzu ordered.

The thousands of households below all decided to pursue at their own discretion.

It's like a wild wolf on the grassland, following behind a flock of sheep. Thousands of horsemen chased after him.

Collapse in one place, collapse everywhere.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Zheng Hongkui looked at the tens of thousands of troops under his command, and they all lost control in an instant, and Zheng Hongkui could only control thousands of people in his headquarters.

"Damn." Zheng Hongkui scolded in his heart, he also knew that these Huai'an troops were not good, but he never expected that it would be so bad. At this time, he didn't want anything else but to withdraw.

"It's only a few miles from Linhuai." Zheng Hongkui said loudly: "Brothers, stabilize your position, we will be safe when we arrive in Linhuai County." ”

"Yes."

Zheng Hongkui only felt uncomfortable, and then pulled the robe on his body, and he didn't wear armor, light

On his shoulders, he saw a majestic bird tattooed on his body, an ink-colored phoenix, and a pair of eyes on his chest, but he was full of murderous aura, without the appearance of a rui beast.

He carried a long knife in one hand and a fiery gun in the other.

Zheng Hongkui's old foundation, in fact, followed his old team at sea, killing people and setting fires, hijacking ships or something, they are all experts, the only thing they are not used to is fighting land battles, and discipline is not good, because in the broadside battle, it is more of a skirmisher battle, and there is not much emphasis on fighting in formation.

However, even if Zheng Hongkui's department has a somewhat scattered formation, just by virtue of this courage to fight and kill, it can be called a strong army among the officers and soldiers.

Among the collapsing officers and troops, Zheng Hongkui's subordinates slowly retreated, as if they stood out from the crowd, which was particularly eye-catching. was clearly seen by Yang Shenzu.

Yang Shenzu immediately ordered, and a thousand horsemen who were swimming on the side turned around sharply and rushed towards Zheng Hongkui's headquarters.

More than a thousand cavalry increased their speed and rushed over, and for a time there was a momentum of ten thousand horses galloping.

One hundred and fifty paces, one hundred paces, fifty paces, all the horsemen were lying on their horses, their feet in the stirrups were exerted, their buttocks were almost slightly touched in the saddle, one hand wrapped the reins in their hands, and the rough reins rubbed the sweat in their palms, but after a while, they were soaked. The saber was long unsheathed and held in the other hand. The light of the knife is a little dim, obviously this saber has cut people a lot, and it is a little old.

Thirty steps.

"Hit." Zheng Hongkui gave an order.

The sound of "crackling" is very loud, it is not another sound, it is the sound of fire.

Zheng Hongkui's department has a lot of firearms and equipment, but the firearms equipped by Zheng Hongkui are not the defective products of other officials and soldiers, but foreign guys from Macao or overseas.

There's no way, who let the surname Zheng be a big tyrant.

Rich.

Dozens of horsemen fell off their horses one after another.

"Kill." More than 100 officers and soldiers were killed, and they didn't look tall, and they were still a little shorter than the northerners. But one is worse than the other. Dare to rush over and fight hand-to-hand with the cavalry.

However, at this time, the cavalry of Cao Ying was also taken by surprise.

I have seen a lot of officers and soldiers with firearms, but those who dare to put firearms within thirty paces before putting them have never seen them, and dozens of horsemen in front of them have fallen to the ground one after another, and the soldiers behind have of course been affected. The slowness gave these soldiers a chance.

Dozens of cavalrymen were dragged off their horses, and of course, many more officers and soldiers were knocked away.

The scene was chaotic, and the cavalry of Cao Ying seemed to be dizzy, and slowly withdrew after fighting for a while.

When Zheng Hongkui's subordinates saw it, they repelled the onslaught of the thief cavalry, and the soldiers were immediately overjoyed, with a burst of cheers, and some people vaguely shouted again: "Mazu bless." ”

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