In the past year or so, in the frequent battles between the new army of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming army, they also encountered a lot of cavalry of the Ming army, and also captured a large number of horses from the Ming army.

The cavalry of the new army of the Tang Dynasty was actually based on the cavalry prisoners of the Ming army!

However, he has never encountered so many cavalry of the Ming army, and in the past, even among the 10,000 troops led by Song Zhiwen, there were only 200 cavalry on a large scale.

However, this does not mean that the cavalry of the army is less, in fact, the cavalry of the Ming army, or the infantry on horseback is quite a lot, such as the personal soldiers and family members of middle and senior generals, many of whom fight on horseback.

In addition, many of the middle and low-ranking officers at all levels also have horses.

However, these mounted infantry were not concentrated, and it was difficult for them to appear in a situation where there were thousands or even tens of thousands of horsemen at once, as in the northern border army.

Because the southwest is mountainous, large-scale cavalry operations cannot be played at all, and cavalry is more often an auxiliary branch.

Just like the cavalry in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, it is actually dispersed!

The cavalry battalion, the cavalry team in the guard battalion, and the cavalry in each infantry regiment are all cavalry, and the total number of these cavalry is not small, there are more than 400 horsemen in total.

These cavalry, plus the officers who fought on horseback, the horses in the artillery unit and the baggage troops, then the number of horses in the new army of the Tang Dynasty was actually not a lot.

It's just that no matter how many horses there are, it's too little, and it really can't meet the needs of the Datang New Army, so Li Xuan and others subconsciously think that there are very few cavalry and war horses in the Datang New Army.

The situation of the previous Ming army and the new army of the Tang Dynasty was similar, most of the cavalry was also scattered, and in an army of tens of thousands of people, there might be one or two thousand soldiers fighting on horseback, but these two thousand people were scattered to different guards, and the inland areas generally did not set up pure cavalry guards, so it was difficult to see large-scale cavalry troops.

Now seeing the thousands of horsemen of the Ming army, Li Xuan couldn't react for a while!

And Hao Bonian, Li Chunjing, Fang Xitong, Wang Danxu and many other front-line generals saw the Ming cavalry a few miles away, and their expressions were not very good-looking, if the Ming army came with a few hundred cavalry, this is a normal thing, although they will pay attention, but they will not take it too seriously, but this time, the Ming cavalry is a little too much, more than a thousand horsemen.

And no, there are more Ming cavalry behind!

This time, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!

Although they are all riding southwestern horses, and their ability to charge and fight in formation is very reluctant, but in any case, they are also cavalry.

Just let them go around to the rear to attack the artillery position, or simply attack the infantry phalanx from behind, then it is enough for the Datang New Army to drink a pot, even if they can't rush up, or dare not rush up, but it will greatly restrain the deployment of troops on the side of the Datang New Army.

There is such a cavalry of more than 1,000 cavalry watching from the side, how dare you let the new army of the Tang Dynasty let go of its hands and have a decisive battle with more than 20,000 infantry of the Ming army, if you are stabbed in the back by the cavalry of the Ming army, then it will be a big trouble.

Zeng Ziwen is also a little coercive, he was originally a thousand households in the Ming army, but he knows the Ming army guard system very well, especially the guard post here in Guizhou.

As far as he knew, there was no pure cavalry unit in the whole of Guizhou, but he heard that there was a cavalry unit in Fubiao, the provincial capital, but the number was not much, only five hundred horsemen.

Not to mention Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou are even counted in Liangguang, if you want to find more soldiers who fight on horseback, you can find tens of thousands, but if you want to find a pure cavalry force with a scale of thousands of horses, it is basically impossible.

However, where did the Qianqian cavalry army in front of him come out?

Although the distance is still a little far, they can still see that this Ming cavalry from afar is not simple, and it is very likely to cause many unexpected changes on the battlefield.

And this kind of unexpected change is what Li Xuan, Zeng Ziwen, and Hao Bonian tried their best to avoid.

Although the process of war is always full of many accidents, from the beginning to the end of each battle, most of them will not go according to the wishes of the commander, otherwise, the war will not be won or lost.

However, almost every general hopes that the process of the battle can go according to his predetermined plan, because the successful completion of the plan means that victory is already in hand.

And the cavalry of the Ming army in front of them was obviously not within the expectations of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, and many of the resulting results were also not within their expectations.

And this is very dangerous!

In this regard, Li Xuan turned back to Zeng Ziwen, Hao Bonian and others: "While there is still time, immediately revise the scheduled battle plan!" ”

There was no need for Li Xuan to elaborate on why it should be modified and what it should be for, Zeng Ziwen and Hao Bonian were already nodding in unison, they knew better than Li Xuan why they wanted to modify the scheduled battle plan and how to modify it.

At the same time, on the side of the main force of the Ming army, a middle-aged man wearing civilian clothes and holding a big belly climbed a small high slope surrounded by a group of Ming army generals.

But although he was tired and panting, this man seemed to be in excellent spirits, and he still had a smile on his face!

"Lord Long, there is the Acropolis of Bronze Drum in front, and those people outside the city should be the pseudo-Tang Thief Army, looking at this, there seems to be a lot of them!"

The place where the Tonggu Acropolis is located is not a remote ravine, although there are hills around it that can allow the Tang New Army to conceal their traces, but it is impossible to hide them all, after all, the Ming Army's scouts are not dry, even if they are just observed from a distance, they can find that there are thousands of pseudo-Tang thieves outside the Tonggu Acropolis.

Of course, if they look at it from a distance, it is impossible for them to see all the troop deployments of the Datang New Army.

After all, the Datang New Army, which takes line tactics as the core, needs a certain interval to be able to maximize all its firepower, even if it is lined up in a dense formation, it can also discharge a line formation of several hundred meters.

Tens of thousands of people gathered together, there is no way to fight!

What's more, they are going to play a surprise attack, so naturally they need to hide a part of the troops, so that all the Ming troops can't be aware of it.

The middle-aged big-bellied man on the side of the Ming army still had a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, and then said in a panting tone: "These pseudo-Tang thieves are not small, they besieged the Acropolis of Tonggu two days ago, and now when they see my Wang Shi arrive, they don't even turn around and run, this official wants to see if their firearms are as sharp as rumored!" ”

At this time, an old man with a rat whisker beside him, Qianhu, immediately smiled and said: "The puppet Tang thief army is a major general, although it is rumored that the firearms are sharp, but Lord Long, you are already like a god, and you have already gathered the cavalry of our king's division in advance, even if the thief army is sharp, but it is only one or two rounds before the enemy, and after they release the firearms, my king's division will rush over, and the thief army will definitely be defeated!" ”

"In this way, when the Governor hits Xingquan Mansion City, Lord Long, you will be able to greet the Governor's car in Xingquan Mansion City!

Hearing the compliments of the old man with a mouse beard beside him, Lord Long laughed even more!

But after an instant, his face turned pale, and he suddenly said seriously: "After the revival of Quanfu City, the first person to enter the city should naturally be Lord Zhu!" ”

That rat-whiskered old man Qianhu was said like this, and his face froze!

But his stiff face didn't last even a second before he regained his previous demeanor, licked his face and continued: "Lord Long, what you said is that the honor of being the first to step into Xingquan Mansion City can naturally only belong to Lord Governor!" ”

"However, as the Governor's North Road Forward, and Lord Long, you have won the trust of the Governor, and you have been entrusted with important tasks in the suppression of the Puppet Tang Thief Army, commanding the North Route Army, and the credit for exterminating the Puppet Tang Thief Army is indispensable!"

When Lord Long heard this, he laughed again!

Several Ming army civil and military officials next to them listened to the conversation between the two in front of them, some turned their heads to look away, some showed a trace of frowning in the back, and some showed disdain.

The one who fell at the bottom of the Qianhu even muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "Shameless! ”

After Lord Nalong laughed, his eyes returned to the pseudo-Tang thief army in the distance, and then said loudly: "Pass the order, let the sons and daughters speed up their pace!" ”

When he spoke, he was full of confidence and looked like he was winning!

At the same time, Li Xuanjun and his ministers on the side of the Tang New Army discussed how to modify the battle plan directly on the hill.

The core element of the revised battle plan is to guard against the thousand cavalry of the puppet thief army!

It doesn't matter where this cavalry came from, but since it has appeared, it must be taken very seriously, otherwise the situation that has been smooth in recent months will take a sharp turn.

Although the strength of the Tang Dynasty has increased and its ability to withstand defeat has increased, it is still unable to withstand defeat in today's strategic decisive battle, even if it is only a small defeat!

They must defeat this Ming army today, and it is a complete defeat or even total annihilation, so that they can free up their hands to turn around and go to the west of Liping Province to deal with the more than 30,000 or even more Ming troops led by Zhu Zhihai himself.

Therefore, Li Xuan and they must be cautious and cautious, because they can't afford the consequences of failure!

After the time entered noon, although the troops of the two sides were still relatively far apart, hundreds of meters apart, and even more than 1,000 meters away, strictly speaking, the two armies had officially entered the stage of engagement.

At this time, if one side is the same as the previous striker led by Qiu Yu, and dares to turn around and escape directly at the last moment, then it will definitely evolve into a rout with heavy casualties!

Therefore, at this time, no matter what the strategic deployment of the two sides is, regardless of whether the commanders of the two sides are willing or not, the battle will inevitably break out until the winner is decided!

Waiting for the afternoon, after seeing that a part of the Ming army entered the effective range of his artillery, Li Xuan issued the first combat order in this battle: "Order the artillery battalion to fire at the enemy artillery team in front!" ”