Chapter 56: Decisive Victory 1

As the Guanning army blocking the road got out of the way and instructed these Luoyang routs to retreat to the formation, Liu Dapan and these routs finally breathed a sigh of relief as if they had been amnestied, what bullshit and bandits, it was none of their business, they could only do this, and if they were forced to go into battle, they would rather die here than go out!

Just now, with a little bit of blood and bravery, they were able to rush to the front of the thief army, but the blows they received along the way made them never want to encounter this thief army again in their lives, this battle did not have such a way of fighting, they had never seen how powerful Jiannu was, but in their opinion, this thief army may not be weaker than Jiannu.

Looking at these Luoyang soldiers and horses who had withdrawn from Qiqi, Zu Kuan took a deep breath, turned his head and looked towards the front of the two armies, only to see that in the open space between the two armies, at this time it was almost like a slaughterhouse, lying everywhere full of corpses, and some of the wounded did not have time to snatch them down, lying on the battlefield and wailing desperately, until their blood dried up, the wailing slowly fell, and there were a few soldiers who were broken legs, lying on the ground and slowly crawling towards the front of the official army, shouting for help, Leaving behind them a bloody road, the state of which is unbearable.

Zu Kuan took a deep breath and said angrily: "I don't believe that there is no way to take this thief army!" The order went down, and ordered Liu Qian's whole team to wait for us to suppress the formation, and this official personally led his troops to rush into battle, so as to defeat this damn thief army before dark! Let's go to Yongning County! ”

Although the generals are a little apprehensive in their hearts, but after all, these Guanning troops have been suppressing bandits in Henan for the past two years, and have never suffered defeats, and they have long developed an arrogant temper, in their opinion, in this world, except for Jiannu, there is no one who is their opponent in a war, although this thief army is quite powerful, but they still stubbornly believe that as long as their army presses up, it is impossible not to be their opponent, and only they Guanning Iron Cavalry will laugh in the end of this battle.

So the generals loudly agreed, and began to pass the order, after these Guanning soldiers heard the order, they immediately received the order loudly, tightened the leather cord on the horse's belly, checked their respective armor, turned over and jumped on the horse's back one by one, and shouted loudly.

Zu Kuan lifted the reins of the horse, slowly galloped out of the big formation, and then waved the horsewhip, and began to accelerate in front of the formation, looking at the team of generals who had already put on the armor and mounted the horses, he finally pulled the reins of the horse hard, and shouted at these Guan Ning troops under his command: "The sons and daughters of the Guan Ning Army listen!" Have you ever failed in all this time? ”

After hearing Zu Kuan's question, these Guan Ning soldiers who straddled their horses raised their arms together and shouted: "Victory...... Victory ......" all the generals showed an arrogant look on their faces, this kind of look can only be possessed by the victorious army that has been in a hundred battles, although they are in front of Jiannu, there are many defeats and few victories, but looking at the Central Plains in the south, they really don't put any soldiers and horses in their eyes.

Zu Kuan grabbed the reins of his horse, glanced at his group of arrogant soldiers with satisfaction, and after lowering his voice a little, he shouted again: "That's right, although the thief army on the other side can also be called elite soldiers, but in the eyes of my group, it is not more than Er'er!" It was just a small fight, and it was nothing! Follow me, there is no one who is our opponent, go and trample them over, kill them all! Kill! ”

Facing the arrogant Zu Kuan, the soldiers under his command were once again agitated, so thousands of soldiers once again waved the weapons in their hands and shouted again and again: "Kill ......"

A team of officers and soldiers began to slowly start under the leadership of Zu Kuan in the sound of war drums, like a stream of iron poured into the battlefield, thousands of war horses were also infected by this atmosphere, snorting hard, excitedly stepping on their iron hooves, began to carry their knights to walk forward slowly, and gradually formed a formation of rushing formations, towards the large array of the Xingtian Army.

Looking at the cavalry of the Guanning Army that began to start, gradually forming an iron wall, the iron armor on the body of the officers and soldiers flashed a cold light under the illumination of the sun, no matter who it was, when they saw such a scene, they couldn't help but look sideways, even the morale of the Xingtian soldiers who had just won a big victory couldn't help but start slightly nervous, with the gradual start of the official army, the ground slightly began to produce a kind of tremor, and the sand on the ground, under the collective acceleration of the official cavalry, gradually began to shake.

Even Xiao Tianjian himself, when he saw a large number of cavalry troops of the official army began to act, he couldn't help but be shocked by the scene of thousands of horses galloping in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little swaying, living in such an era, he couldn't help but feel such a shock, in such an era, the advantages of the cavalry were quite obvious, and their impact on the battlefield and their ability to maneuver were incomparable nowadays, the Ming Dynasty gathered the strength of the whole country to create such a soldier and horse, but unfortunately it can be said that there is no achievement in the north, On the contrary, it was taken by the imperial court to deal with the opposition forces in the country, and became the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty to maintain their control internally, it is a little impressive to think about it, feeling the tremors from the ground, and even the war horses in the Xingtian Army have snorted, and there is a commotion.

When the other soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army saw such a scene, they all put away the contempt generated by the two battles just now, and their faces couldn't help but become solemn, and they all tensed their bodies, and they clutched the weapons in their hands, and some of them were a little timid, and even their legs and stomachs began to tremble slightly.

The people who watched the battle in the back were still smiling at the battle in front of them just now, and shouted loudly for the Xingtian Army, but at this time, when they saw the Guanning Army's iron cavalry collectively fighting, they were still frightened by such a scene, and their faces suddenly turned pale, and some people were trembling, and the laughter stopped abruptly, and even some people simply began to move backwards quietly, just waiting to see that the situation was not good, so they ran away.

But even though Xiao Tianjian's heart was swaying, more or less bottomless, his face did not reveal a little, he still maintained a faint expression, and even the corners of his mouth were slightly sneered.

He was so calm that the people around him couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved after seeing it, and some people even thought that they had seen any battle with Xiao Tianjian, since their generals were so calm, then what did they have to be nervous about?

After a team of Guanning iron cavalry was launched, the generals skillfully controlled the speed of their war horses, gradually accelerated little by little, followed the back of their respective officers, and stepped into the battlefield, this time they did not adopt a dense formation, but kept a certain distance between each horse, making more space for the movement of the war horses, and put themselves into the battlefield with a resolute attitude.

These cavalry were divided into several roads in total, and gradually accelerated towards the large array of the Xingtian Army, and gradually formed a three-way arrow, stabbing the two wings of the Xingtian Army and the middle road from the left and right directions, and Zu Kuan personally dispatched in the center, and also rode his horse and rushed to kill in front of the team, but there were dozens of family members wearing fine armor around him, and ran straight towards the middle of the Xingtian Army.

Although the generals of the Xingtian Army somewhat returned to a nervous state after seeing the Guanning Army so powerful, after all, they were not a rabble, and in the face of such a large number of cavalry rushing into battle, the generals of each formation still maintained their due calm.

At this time, the officers had already begun to give orders one by one, and the musketeers had also nervously completed the preparations for the launch, and they all puffed out their cheeks and carefully blew the arquebuses of the birds, staring at the oncoming officer cavalry array.

After a period of silence, the rear artillery team also rumbled again at this time, and spilled three-pound projectiles in front of the two armies, smashing heavily into the cavalry formation of the official army, and suddenly set off a cloud of sand, gravel and dust in the cavalry ranks.

But the effect of this artillery bombardment is not as good as just now against the dense infantry formation of Luoyang soldiers, although there are also some gains, knocking over a few horses that are starting to charge at high speed, but because the cavalry spread a certain distance, so that most of the shells seem to fall into the enemy group, but failed to hit the target, after the cannonballs that landed on the solid ground jumped, most of them flew between the legs of countless horses, until they lost all their kinetic energy, rolled down to the ground, and did not cause any damage, In this way, the shortcomings of the artillery of this era were completely exposed, and the solid projectile was still not strong enough to deal with such a target.

Obviously, these Guanning troops have quite a lot of experience in dealing with such artillery bombardment, after all, where are the battles they have experienced from north to south, and they also know very well how to deal with artillery, so from the start, they have opened up formations with each other, so as to restrain the advantage of the artillery of the Xingtian Army.

"One hundred steps! …… Eighty...... Sixty...... Fire! ”

An officer of the Xingtian Army, who was in charge of observing the distance of the enemy, shouted loudly to inform the gunners of the distance of the officers and soldiers, and when these large numbers of officers and cavalry once again rushed to sixty paces in front of the Xingtian army, he raised his arms and swung his saber forward with all his might.

With the officer's roar, the platoon of firecrackers immediately stepped forward under the command of the officer at the head of the platoon, immediately lowered the bird's guns on their shoulders, aimed at the target, and began to fire.

If you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that the entire military formation in the front line of the Xingtian Army is like a boiling pot, spewing out rows of gunsmoke, and the roar after the bird's gun is connected into a piece, and the bean-like resounding in the array.

The officers and soldiers who rushed to the front of the Xingtian Army's large array suddenly seemed to have hit the wall, letting out a scream and neighing sound, and suddenly the war horses let out a terrible neighing sound and fell to the ground.