Chapter 655: The Cavalry Division Charges

The 5,000 Yulin army did not delay for a moment, and set out for Yan'an that night.

The 1,000 cavalry of the Yulin Army stayed quietly behind a small hill three miles outside Lu Xiangsheng's camp, and Andreas and a few people were looking at the battlefield in front of him on the hill.

The entire battlefield was full of murderous sounds, and Lu Xiangsheng personally came to the front line to command the battle.

Andreas had been observing here for three or four days, and saw that Lu Xiangsheng was about to lose his hold. Andreas silently calculated in his heart that the messenger he sent out was equipped with three horses, and Chief Zhou Lei should have received the news yesterday at the latest. According to the marching speed of the cavalry division, it will take five or six days to rush from Luoyang at the earliest, but Lu Xiangsheng should not be able to hold out for so long. His 1,000 cavalry can't change the overall situation if they participate in the war now, but the commander's order is to rescue Lu Xiangsheng at any cost, and it seems that he still has to rush in with people. As long as Lu Xiangsheng can be rescued, he will lead people to retreat in the direction of Luoyang, and he only needs to retreat for a day or two to meet Zhou Lei's cavalry division on the road, which should be the best way.

Thinking of this, Andreas put down the monoculars in his hand and turned his head and ordered: "Pass on my general order, everyone is ready to charge, let's go in and rescue Lord Lu Xiangsheng." ”

A major behind Andreas asked, "Sir, there are so many enemies, where should we rush from?" ”

Andreas pointed to the front: "Now the Ming army is under attack, but their right flank is not very numerous, and there are no roadblocks, so let's charge from there." ”

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was standing on a high platform in the middle of the barracks with a big knife, looking at the scene on the battlefield. Lu Xiangsheng had already known about Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou's retreat to Luoyang, and also knew that the imperial court was deploying troops. Yang Tinglin has been gone for several days, but even if Yang Sichang agrees to save himself, I am afraid it will be too late.

Lu Xiangsheng's heart was secretly anxious, he didn't care about his own safety, but if he was defeated, then all the passages from Mongolia to Xi'an would be opened. Looking at the current situation, Yulin should have been occupied by the Mongols, and once they fail, the entire western part of the Ming Dynasty will be lost, which will be a great threat to Beijing. No matter what, he has to stick to this, however, Lu Xiangsheng's heart swelled with sadness, and he was afraid that he would die for the country.

Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about his thoughts, when a rumbling cannon suddenly sounded behind him, and four iron balls flew into the barracks, wading out of several blood paths.

The rogue fired again.

"My lord, it's dangerous." The people around Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly came over to protect him.

Lu Xiangsheng pushed the visitor away and looked forward with his hands on the pergola. Nearly 3,000 Mongol cavalry were forming a formation, and as soon as the cannon fire stopped, these 3,000 men would launch another charge. As for his own men, Lu Xiangsheng looked down at the soldiers in front of the high platform, this is the last reserve, there are only two thousand people. After several days of hard fighting, there are now less than 10,000 soldiers.

The sound of the cannon stopped, and the three thousand Mongolian cavalry gathered together and began to slowly accelerate towards this side, and at the same time, more than 3,000 people behind him also ran over howling.

Lu Xiangsheng was ruthless and raised the big knife in his hand high.

A loud trumpet came from Lu Xiangsheng's right, and a thousand horses flashed with a thousand Cossack scimitars and a thousand pairs of half-body armor. Like a whirlwind, this cavalry unit quickly broke through the rogue on the right flank of the barracks and rushed into the barracks.

Andreas jumped off his horse and ran to the bottom of the high platform and saluted: "Lord Qiqi, I am the colonel and deputy commander of the cavalry division of the Yulin Army, and I have come to rescue my lord on the order of the commander. ”

"You're the Yulin Army?" Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly got down from the high platform and grabbed Andreas's hand, "Is General Jiang Beiming here, how many people are you here?" ”

"Back to my lord." Andreas replied, "We have a thousand cavalry, and Commander Chiang is now in Beijing, and he is leading the troops. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was a little disappointed in his heart, although the 1,000 cavalry were well-equipped and strong, it was still impossible to resist 50,000 enemies.

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng didn't speak, Andreas said again: "The lowly duty was ordered to rescue the lord, please follow the humiliation to Luoyang, and now we are all assembled in Luoyang." ”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that Ben Shuai must be here, and he can't go to Luoyang." ”

"Why can't you go?" Andreas's German mind didn't understand Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese words, "Our Zhou Chief's order is to escort you to Luoyang, why can't your lord go?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer, and a person ran in the distance: "My lord, my lord, the Mongolian Tatars have begun to charge." ”

Lu Xiangsheng turned around suddenly, pointed at Andreas and said, "Since your lord asked you to come to me, everything is now at the disposal of this commander." I command you to command your cavalry at once to repel the Tartars. ”

"But my lord." Andreas tilted his head, "The lowly position only obeys the orders of our superiors, and the orders of our superiors are not like this. ”

Lu Xiangsheng lowered his face: "Now it's up to Ben Shuai to decide." ”

Andreas suddenly asked a very silly question: "My lord, our supreme commander, General Jiang, is the chief soldier of your Ming Dynasty, I don't know what your position is, are you big or he is big?" ”

"Hahahaha." Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "This marshal serves as the left squire of the military department, and the governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi provinces is the military affairs, do you say that the official position of this marshal is big or the official position of your General Jiang is big?" ”

Andreas didn't ask any more questions, turned around and stepped on his horse, drew his rifle and shouted: "Brothers of the cavalry division, target the enemy in front, charge!" ”

A thousand war horses rushed out with a roar, and the three thousand Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side also rushed up at this time, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly narrowing.

Andreas rushed first, staring intently at the Mongol cavalry opposite, knowing that the range of the rifle could not match the range of the Mongol bows and arrows, and he had to dodge the first blow.

Andreas has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally knows how to deal with these Mongols. The distance between the two sides was reduced to 100 meters, and the Mongols on the opposite side began to raise their bows and arrows.

With a "bang", the infantry spear in Andreas's hand fired, and the thousand cavalry behind him quickly divided into two teams and rushed towards the two wings of the Mongols. At the same time, several thousand crossbow arrows shot into the empty sky.

Before the Mongols could draw out their second arrow, the soldiers of the cavalry division passed from a distance of about 40 meters from the Mongols, and at the same time a thousand infantry rifles were fired.

Andreas inserted his rifle back, flicked his horse's head, and before the Mongols could turn their horses' heads, the two teams of Yulin cavalry once again rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry from behind.

The formation of the Mongols began to be a little disorganized, and the salvo just now almost knocked out more than 100 people. The Mongols were shouting and pulling their horses desperately.

The second charge of the cavalry division was closer, and at a distance of ten to fifteen meters from the Mongols, two thousand large trumpet guns sounded again.

The Mongols did not care about anything, the firearms in the hands of the Yulin army and their uniform actions were something that these Mongols had never seen before. The rest of the cavalry didn't care whether the Yulin army would have a third charge, and began to run back.

Andreas grabbed his horse and neither ordered a retreat nor a pursuit: "Everyone loaded their shells, and the defensive formation slowly retreated. ”

Lu Xiangsheng stood on the high platform and saw it clearly, with such an elite teacher, why worry about my Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng was even more determined to stick to this place.

Behind Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi also saw it clearly. When Andreas rushed into the barracks just now, Liu Zongmin got a report that the Yulin army was coming again, and it was all cavalry.

Liu Zongmin's heart began to ponder, what to do next, how many people will come from Yulin Army this time.