Chapter Fifty-Three: The Destruction of the Army and the Killing of the Tenth

It seems that without Zhang Xuan's subtlety, the soldiers of the Linying Battalion have already chosen the so-called melee weapon, which is the handcuff.

Even though the handgun has a short range and low power, it is almost impossible to reload a second time in close combat. But it's still better than any cold weapon.

However, there is no problem with the use of fire rope for birds, but the use of flint is more common for handcuffs. After all, most of the handcuffs are loaded in advance, and they are launched in battle, and they can't always be on top of the firecrackers, there is a fire head hidden, and it is easy for him to go off when he doesn't fire.

Moreover, the reliability of the flintlock device is not as good as that of the fire rope, and the firing rate is not high. There are no statistics on how much.

However, many times, it is not uncommon to need to fire twice before firing.

No matter how you complain, these handcuffs. But their power should not be underestimated, shooting at close range, almost one at a time, even if the enemy is wearing armor. But it still felt like a heavy hammer was smashed on it, and even if a hammer could not penetrate the iron armor, it would not be able to bear the people in the iron armor.

Many people did not see the injuries and fell to the ground from their horses, but their internal organs were shocked.

These things are just a few. More often than not, they had been killed by the firebolts, but they were still standing still on their horses. But many people have already tied their war horses together when they got on the horse.

On the battlefield, this may implicate the cavalry because of an accident on the horse. But it is also important to understand that when the cavalry is dispatched, many times, falling off the horse means death. Human life is inherently linked to the life of a horse.

Because of this, the feeling of life and death between cavalry and war horses is still above ordinary comrades-in-arms, and even Tang Taizong specially erected statues for his war horses.

Time seems to speed up in an instant.

The cavalry that rushed to the front, with no reduction in speed, carried a thousand catties of huge force and crashed into the array of the Linying camp.

Almost at the same time as they were loaded, all but a few of the cavalry in the first column were dead.

Heavy cavalry charges, and many times, it is a gamble that puts life on the line.

Cavalry storming a well-organized queue will only have a lose-lose result. This result is well known to each other.

But why do they still have the courage to impact each other, firstly, there are strict probabilities, so that they dare not not rush, and secondly, it is a gamble, as if the two of them are looking at each other to see who blinks first.

The cavalry rushed into battle, and the person who rushed to the front was only a "death" word, but the infantry defense cavalry rushed to the first column, and there was almost no possibility of survival.

In addition, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the various departments did not attach much importance to the foot soldiers, if Zhang Xuan's subordinates were not counted, the most powerful infantry battalion in this year should be the Eight Banners.

That's right, it's Eight Flags.

Many people have the impression that the Eight Banners are unparalleled in cavalry and archery, and others pay more attention to wearing triple armor to charge into battle, and these people are all called white-armored soldiers, and they are the elite of the Eight Banners. Although the three walls were defeated by the Qing army several times, they were defeated by the Qing army's iron cavalry.

However, if the three walls impact the infantry formation, then it is the Qing army's infantry formation, and it may not be able to perform immobile under the impact of heavy armor.

And the main point of the tactics of the three walls is not actually to impact the strict infantry formation, but to impact the pursuing infantry team, at that time, when the infantry team was chasing, it was difficult to ensure a strict formation, who knew that the Linying battalion reacted so quickly.

The current situation can no longer tolerate the retreat of the three walls.

Except for the three walls, the other units of the loyal battalion are being pursued frantically by the Xia army, and even the two sides of the Xia army have been dispatched, as if they are a big pocket, opening left and right, wanting to swallow them in one bite.

The Loyal Battalion needed a victory to thwart the Xia Army's pursuit and give the Loyal Battalion time to regain its strength.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the vibration of the ground was clearly transmitted to the feet of the soldiers of the Linying Battalion.

The soldier standing at the forefront trembled slightly with the vibration under his feet.

Most of the soldiers in the Linying battalion have two or three years of military experience, most of them are old soldiers in Henan, these people have undergone the best training, and they are the most elite soldiers under Zhang Xuan, even if they are afraid, they dare not avoid it a little. But many times, some physiological reactions cannot be eliminated.

For example, the body trembles slightly, and the breath is short. Sweat under the hands. If yes, etc.

"Boom." With a bang, the two sides finally bumped into each other.

Almost immediately, blood splattered out. It wasn't just blood that splattered, a lot of people were knocked out.

The horses galloped in a hurry, knocking over three or four rows of soldiers in a row. When the kinetic energy was finally exhausted, he fell to the ground. The low, hoarse neighing of horses was also heard.

For a moment, just for a moment.

Of the three walls, the first column of soldiers barely survived, and a sentry in the Linying camp standing at the front also faced annihilation. The corpses of men and horses intertwined, and the swords fell to the ground. The man who is not dead is connected to the horse that is not dead.

It's so tragic that it's almost unbearable to look at. Zhang Xuan stood up from the ground suddenly, his hand was fiercely held on the clairvoyant mirror, and the tips of his fingers turned white. There is no blood, Zhang Xuan's heart is dripping with blood, although now the Linying camp is elite. In Zhang Xuan's career map, it is no longer as important as it was at the beginning.

But Zhang Xuan still has no inseparable feelings for Linyingying.

He didn't need to look much to know that in this battle, the Linying camp was going to be greatly damaged.

In the clairvoyant mirror, Zhang Xuan clearly saw that an officer came out of the queue and blew loudly

Whistle, the whistle was still faintly audible in Zhang Xuan's ears.

Zhang Xuan knew that this officer should be a hundred firearms soldiers. This class should be the only one to wear a whistle when commanding.

Only under the command of this hundred households, the remaining more than 100 people of this outpost re-arrayed. By this time, the second of the three walls had already rushed over.

Zhang Xuan put down the clairvoyant mirror, he couldn't bear to look at it.

But no matter whether Zhang Xuan can't bear it or not, what should happen will still happen.

Although the corpses of people and horses in one place are the result of a tragic collision, they also bring a lot of benefits to the Linying camp. At least, the obstacles on the ground affected the speed of the cavalry's impact, even if they wanted to run fast, they couldn't get up.

For cavalry, speed is combat effectiveness, and if the speed slows down, the impact will not be so great. And at this time, the support behind the Linying camp also came.

It seems to be to prevent the army from being shocked and collapsed in an instant. There is a little distance buffer between the infantry formations of Linying, and each infantry formation is based on the unit of sentinel. Not far away, one phalanx was broken, and it did not affect the others.

In the face of cavalry onslaught, the most dangerous was the first wave. Because the first phalanx blocked the impact of the three walls with its life, when the phalanx behind rushed up, it was already in a melee.

The three walls are the essence of the camp, although it is the last ember, but it still has his domineering side, even in the melee, the cavalry does not have an advantage, but they also fought until the last moment, and even did not hesitate to exchange their lives for their lives.

But Linying is also extraordinary.

As Zhang Xuan's top friend. Combat effectiveness, the will to fight, is also first-class. Naturally, there was no intention of retreating, the two sides fought repeatedly until the last moment, and no one survived on the three walls of more than 2,000 horses, but as the trump card among the trump cards, Linying Camp suffered a heavy blow again.

Without saying a word, Deng He ordered Linying to retreat and withdrew the Linying camp.

Every time the Linying battalion is hit hard, it will select elite soldiers from the whole army to replenish it, whether it is soldiers or materials, it has never been broken.

has such a large backing support, plus the elite of the remaining hundred battles after repeated fierce battles. Linying can do it, and the more you fight, the stronger you get.

However, even so, it was a small battle, and it could not be said that the Linying battalion was victorious, although the three walls were finally destroyed, but their goal was also achieved, at least a considerable part of the soldiers of the loyal battalion were out of contact with the Xia army.

Li Guo first ordered the reserve troops to come forward to be on guard, and then immediately went out to rectify the defeated troops in person, although first, they could not be rectified. But Zhang Xuan's idea of breaking the loyalty camp in one fell swoop also went bankrupt. Li Guo used three walls and 2,000 cavalry in exchange for a respite, and he didn't know if this deal was worth it. But Li Guo didn't have time to think about it anymore.

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