After the Ming army's defense line was shaken, and even after a gap appeared, the morale of the Ming soldiers was even lower, and there was no resistance at all.

These Ming soldiers looked at the spears that were constantly approaching behind them, they still dared to stay there, and they all rushed to flee one after another, and those who could not escape in time were stabbed into a hornet's nest by the spears in the rear.

At this time, Zeng Ziwen, who was watching the battle in the rear, said with joy on his face: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the enemy army has been shaken, and collapse is imminent!" ”

Li Xuan naturally saw this scene, under the charge of his own spears and bayonets, the front rows of many Ming army formations had collapsed, and this collapse was spreading to the Ming soldiers in the rear, as long as the front-line troops increased their strength, they could completely defeat the other party.

It's a pity that now I don't have a second cavalry on hand, if there are cavalry, it doesn't need more, then two or three hundred cavalry can completely collapse the enemy's defense line in the shortest possible time, and then kill and wound them in large numbers.

If it was still two or three hundred heavily armored lancers, then it would be even more perfect!

However, even if Li Xuan thought so, the new army of the Tang Dynasty would not be able to obtain a large number of cavalry in a short period of time, especially the lancers wearing heavy armor.

At present, the cavalry of the Datang New Army is not equipped with armor, on the one hand, because the armor in the Datang New Army is relatively scarce, and it is also related to the nature of the cavalry in the current Datang New Army.

At present, some cavalry in the new army of the Tang Dynasty are basically all light cavalry, and their main task is to reconnoiter and harass the enemy.

Born for speed, they simply don't need it, and it's impossible to equip armor!

In terms of their equipment and the nature of their tasks, these cavalry of the current Datang New Army are actually very similar to the European hussars of the same period, or simply put, they are a kind of hussar.

The previous charge battle with the Ming army is a very typical example of hussar warfare, using speed to tear through the defense line of the enemy cavalry twice before and after, and not stopping in the process of charging, but continuing to maintain rapid maneuvering, and then killing and wounding a large number of enemy troops.

Of course, to play this tactic, it's best to keep a dense formation and spread out in a wall charge formation!

And if it is said that it is purely a hand-to-hand charge, it is actually better to use armored cavalry specifically for charging combat, and these armored cavalry can be equipped with sabers and muskets, as well as sabers and cavalry spears.

The development of muskets made the protective effect of the whole body armor on the cavalry worse and worse, and finally simply gave up the whole body armor and used the cuirass instead, at this time, the famous cuirassiers appeared, well, in fact, when the flintlock pistol appeared, in fact, the protective ability of the cuirass was similar to nothing, and its effect was only to add a little comfort to the soldiers.

Therefore, in the late modern period, probably around the nineteenth century, the cavalry basically evolved into light cavalry, and the armor completely became a thing of the past!

However, the development of this kind of cavalry is closely related to the development of infantry!

At present, the main enemy of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Ming army, their level of firearms is not very good, and if the cavalry wears armor, it can still play a huge role, but at present, the new army of the Tang Dynasty cannot take out so much armor to equip the cavalry, and if the cavalry is wearing armor, it is a heavy cavalry, and the requirements for horses are quite high.

It's not hard, at present, there are no war horses suitable for heavy cavalry in the new army of the Tang Dynasty!

The cavalry spear can also be equipped in a short period of time, but it can only be small-scale equipment, which is not suitable for large-scale promotion at present, because if you look at the development process of cavalry in modern times, with the infantry equipped with a large number of spears and infantry muskets are also equipped with bayonets, the role of cavalry spears on the battlefield will be rapidly reduced.

Why, because the cavalry lance is much shorter than the infantry spear, and the standard for the lance of the European lancers is about two meters seven, and it is difficult to fight effectively if it is too long.

However, the biggest role of the lancers in modern times is to fight against the musket infantry phalanx, because the infantry's musket is not as long as the cavalry spear even if it is equipped with a bayonet, but if it is used to deal with the pure spear infantry phalanx, it will not be too effective.

In this case, the cavalry abandoned the spear and switched to the saber as the main cold weapon, and at the same time began to gradually replace the musket, especially the pistol as the main weapon, which became the inevitable and logical thing of historical development.

Therefore, in the future, the cavalry in Li Xuan's heart will still be dominated by hussars and musket cavalry, with the former scouting, harassing, and charging quickly.

The Musketeers used semi-roundabout tactics to put it simply: charge, shoot, retreat, charge again, shoot, retreat, and so on.

It is somewhat similar to the cavalry of the Eastern Cavalry in terms of combat methods, but the two are completely different class concepts, and this difference is not only the difference in the weapons used by the two, but also the difference in tactical concepts.

Considering the situation of the Tang Dynasty itself and the situation of the Ming army, Li Xuan believes that the current new army of the Tang Dynasty should develop cavalry on a large scale, and it is best to develop hussars and musket cavalry.

The main reason for this is that these two types of cavalry do not have high requirements for horses, even the horses in the southwest can barely be used, and it would be better if a large number of Mongolian horses could be obtained in the future.

If there are more horses in the future, you can also play dragoons, well, that is, infantry marching on horseback, the only advantage of this kind of dragoon is that it has the ability to maneuver quickly, and if there is such a dragoon, it can greatly improve the rapid mobility of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that even if these kinds of cavalry are cheap compared to other cavalry, it is still difficult for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to expand the scale of cavalry!

This is not just a matter of price, but the new army of Datang can't get too many horses, even if it's just southwest horses.

Li Xuan thought at this time, when this battle was over, he might be able to capture hundreds of horses, capture hundreds of Ming cavalry or something, and maybe expand hundreds of cavalry at that time.

But this is all in the future, now, he still has no cavalry available, the cavalry led by Cao Mingda is currently pursuing the fleeing Ming cavalry, although it has not yet gone out of sight, but it has also run out of more than a thousand meters, and it is impossible to come back to support the infantry in a short time.

Moreover, Li Xuan also needed Cao Mingda's cavalry troops to continue to pursue the cavalry of the Ming army, and not give the Ming cavalry a chance to stop and integrate.

Otherwise, the Ming cavalry would become a new threat, and it was not easy to defeat this Ming cavalry, and it was absolutely impossible to give them a chance to reunite.

Even though there was no cavalry, the First Step, Corps and the Chinese Commando did not disappoint Li Xuan, and the phalanx they formed had greatly shaken the Ming army's defensive line, and this vacillation was already one step away from a complete collapse.

When the 1st Infantry Battalion in the First Infantry Corps also launched a bayonet charge, the most combat-effective unit in the Datang New Army broke through the Ming army's defense line without the slightest pause and took the lead in making a breakthrough on the entire front.

And the breakthrough of the 1st Infantry Battalion also announced the beginning of the complete collapse of the Ming army's flank defense line!

One phalanx after another began to crumble, and then the soldiers of the Ming army began to turn around and flee, so that if you look down from the sky, you will find that the mountains are full of Ming soldiers fleeing.

Behind these fleeing soldiers, the formation has been somewhat scattered, but the infantry phalanx of the Datang New Army still maintains a neat formation.

At this time, the spearmen who were the backbone of hand-to-hand combat were unable to move quickly and could not pursue quickly, and were gradually thrown off by the musketeers, so that in the subsequent pursuit operations, the musketeers became the main force.

However, the spearmen who lagged behind at this time had also completed their task, they tore apart the defense line of the Ming army, causing the complete collapse of the defense line of the Ming army, and the task of subsequent pursuit and killing was not theirs.

When the flank of the Ming army collapsed, it soon affected the middle army of the Ming army and the troops in the rear!

When you see the friendly forces around you start to flee, it's hard to keep the courage to keep resisting!

As a result, the collapsed Ming military formations were one after another!

In the military position of the Ming army, when the old man Qianhu saw that his army had begun to completely collapse, and this collapse situation could not be stopped at all, he couldn't help but say: "My lord, we ...... What should we do?"

Although he wanted to say it in his heart, he still didn't dare to say the words of retreat and escape.

However, at this time, Lord Long suddenly sighed deeply!

Ever since the cavalry troops were defeated and chased by the two or three hundred cavalry of the puppet Tang thief army, he had already expected the current situation, but even if he expected this to happen, he still didn't have any way.

He couldn't even give the order to retreat!

Because at that time, the two sides had officially entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat, and after the order to retreat was issued, although there might be some strategies such as alternate cover and breaking off, it would be hellish if it could be realized.

From ancient times to the present, there are few troops that have been able to withdraw from the battlefield in a safe and orderly manner during large-scale battles, and often after the order to retreat is issued, it will not take long for the entire army to collapse.

This is even more terrible than the rout caused by the enemy tearing through the defensive line!

So at that time, although he expected this scene in front of him, he didn't react in any way, because he knew that it was too late to do anything!

After sighing deeply, he said, "Order all the troops to retreat, can you escape and leave it to fate!" ”

After that, he also put aside the support of the old man with a mouse's beard, and then turned over on his horse with the help of his own soldiers, and took the lead in leaving the battlefield with hundreds of his personal soldiers without looking back.

The old man behind him saw that he still dared to stay there, and he hurriedly got on his horse and chased after him, and the other Ming generals also chased after him without hesitation.

This battle can be lost, but they can't die here, and it's unlikely that they will die here.

They are in the rear of the battlefield, even if the troops collapse, but if they leave now, it will be the first time they have withdrawn from the battlefield.

After they leave the battlefield safely, they will gather the rout, and maybe they will be able to fight again.

As for how many defeated troops can be collected, it depends on whether God will give face, or whether he will give face to the new army of Datang!