As the fleeting shrill whistling sound passed in the air, in an instant, in front of the army formation that hastily turned to meet the enemy, the earth and stones that suddenly exploded the canopy splashed like rain, and they were scattered on the armor, hand, and helmets of the officers and soldiers who were waiting nearby; There was a rustling sound.

At the same time, in an instant, the fleeting and short incomparably miserable howl and the heavy impact of the pop also exploded in the official and military array. The military town, which was originally neat and tight, seemed to be rampaged by an invisible force, and suddenly opened many bloody tracks.

And in these blood-colored passages that could not be bridged for a while, there were already torn into torn limbs and severed bodies, broken hands and feet, and the wounded who collapsed in pools of blood, wriggling and howling.

After receiving such a blow suddenly, the remaining officers and soldiers were still at a loss for what to do, but they began to instinctively scramble to stay away from the bloody places full of dead and wounded, and let the shouts and whipping of the officers and generals no longer maintain the basic formation.

At this time, the thieves on the opposite side were holding high the green flag, which was already clearly visible in the billowing smoke and dust of the crowd.

"Where is the Runzhou crossbowman?"

In the midst of the crowd of people turning over on their backs, Ding Congshi shouted loudly, but saw that the current Runzhou crossbowman array had become scattered; The horizontal team of Yangshan archers, who were slightly intact in the rear, also hurriedly released arrows several rounds under the hasty order, but they were all not in the smoke and dust, and they didn't know how to kill.

However, the Taiping thief green flags swaggering in the air continued to face the wind as if they were unmoved.

Immediately, more large pieces of earth and rocks rained down, splashing up among these Danyang archers, and knocking down and knocking over the human body standing near the left; And in the faint screams, it seemed as if something was bouncing in the crowd, sweeping through everything that dared to stand in its way, smashing, tearing, crushing it apart.

After being hit by such a blow suddenly, the Yangshan archer array, whose morale and lineup were still intact, couldn't help but show signs of collapse and flight; But the performance is even more unbearable than those Runzhou crossbowmen.

After all, compared to the Runzhou crossbowmen who were listed under the official and military names and were still covered by armor; Yangshan archers, who are known for their light bows and durability, are mostly only clothed in cloth or leather to protect their chests. Under the splashing earth and rocks, he couldn't resist at all, and he was beaten to the head and bleeding, and the wailing and screaming could no longer maintain the array.

Seeing Rusi's situation and tragic situation, Ding Congshi was aching in his heart; These Runzhou crossbowmen are all under the command of the Zhenhai Jiedu envoy, and they have been allocated to him one after another; And the Yangshan archers are the special troops recruited by him from the Tianmu Mountains at the junction of Hanghu and Xuan Prefectures.

The two are each strong crossbow and fast bow, and they have complemented each other since they formed an army; In addition, the Changzhou united children led by him to cover and protect the wings; It can be said that under the jurisdiction of the thirteen prefectures of Zhenhai, the thieves and the chaos have repeatedly made war exploits without such damage and vacillation.

At this time, the tremor of the sand and gravel bouncing on the ground became more and more obvious, and a certain familiar mixed smell and hissing sound was sent in the wind; Suddenly, Ding Congshi had no intention of continuing to care about the peripheral sentinels and other arrangements, why he failed to send out the warning signal in time; And it's like being poured down by a basin of exciting ice water, and the chill has been cold to the end.

Because there was a horse team among the thieves who came to attack. Ding Congshi suddenly remembered his rumors of hostility in Jurong City; These Taiping thieves had a different number of horse teams, and almost as soon as they appeared, the battle in the city was basically over, and even an official army that happened to have just entered the city to help the Dantu could not resist them and fled in defeat.

However, at this moment, most of the earth regiments that were used as wings and peripheral buffers were entangled and fought in Guping Town, and they couldn't be called for a while. He could only count on the thousands of men under his command, and roared loudly to the left and right.

"Unite the children and kill the thieves with me. There is no thief with me. Kill.. ”

The regimental training disciples who kept drinking orders to fall at the end as the key decisive force met the Runzhou crossbowmen who went up to cover their morale in advance, formed a long wall with big cards of five colors and five sides, and erected spears like forests obliquely, wanting to forcibly block the enemy's horse team in front of the formation.

However, the horse-riding team in the smoke and dust suddenly stopped with a visible slowdown; In between two or three breaths, a rapid and dense rain of arrows covered the front row of the United Children, knocking them down and knocking them to the ground along with the large platoon in their hands.

However, Ding Congshi was a little relieved, and tried his best to drive more United disciples to fill in with licenses, and use a thicker shield wall to resist these hard arrows that were close to him. At this time, as the so-called wave of unsettled waves rose again and again, there were loud and mournful shouts in the array.

"Watch out for the wings."

"The horse team rushed in."

"Hurry up on top. Can't stop it. ”

But I don't know when, the thief army and horse team rushed out of the smoke and dust, and they had already divided into left and right roundabouts to cover and kill the two wings where the officers and soldiers had no time to take care of and were unguarded; The flyby drove away the resistance of the officers and soldiers on the edges, crashed into the weak points of these arrays, and trampled and slashed them.

It was like stabbing deeply into the wound and stirring the sharp blade vigorously, and in a few moments, the whole formation had been disturbed and driven. The crossbowmen and archers, who had easily stopped and forcibly gathered up, were even more frightened and disintegrated again as if they had been killed and trampled on at close range.

Subsequently, the Taiping infantry team that attacked upwind, carrying billowing smoke and dust like a storm tide rolling over the land, also drowned the front line of the officers and troops that had become loose and scattered; And with lightning speed, like a quick knife, they squeezed and tore apart, washed away, divided and separated.

So in the following moments, even if Ding Congshi, who was the main general, tried his best to shout hoarsely, he could only barely gather a small number of people around him in the smoke and dust that swept into the confusion.

Until this moment, he did not give up, he still desperately shook the Daxu and shouted the flag as a guide, and struggled to rush towards the direction of the enemy against the trend. It's like a school of bright fish swimming upstreams in a blue-gray swell shrouded in billowing dust and smoke.

In the process of slow reduction and shrinkage, it was pushed back more than two hundred steps away; Only then did a smoking ball that was thrown into it and rolled to the left of Ding Congshi, a puff of black smoke exploded with a bang, and the flag officer holding the big flag and the man and horse overturned it, thus announcing the complete collapse of this group of officers and troops counterattack.

。。。。。。

In the end, before Zhou Huai'an's Chinese army headquarters arrived, the officers and troops gathered outside the Guyi Temple had collapsed; Then the local regiments and garrisons who assisted in the battle also rushed and fled. and entered the follow-up pursuit and expansion of the results; Of course, this also somewhat reduces the corresponding gains.

However, this Ma Pingchuan's enemy position, even if the enemy herds the sheep, there is a considerable probability that it can be captured in the follow-up pursuit. And in this battle, it is undoubtedly the application of horse-drawn artillery carriages on the battlefield.

The horse-drawn artillery carriages entered the preset positions and bombarded, disrupted and frightened the enemy formations; Then the mounted foot soldiers, who are known for their mobility, approach and further weaken and kill them with a powerful crossbow; Finally, the cavalry made a roundabout way to the left and right flanks for a surprise attack; As soon as the enemy's position faltered and became confused, the mounted infantry team in formation covered the attack with all their might.

So before the main force and followers entered the battlefield, these enemies, who seemed to have numerical superiority and upper hand, inevitably ushered in the result of being crushed by a series of combination punches.

Although it is a bit too bullying to directly use artillery and improved cavalry to deal with these traditional cold-weapon troops; But apparently, Zhou Huai'an will not be upset by this. After all, on the battlefield, any means that can kill and injure as many enemies as possible while trying to preserve oneself are worthy of encouragement and advocacy.

Therefore, the final result was more than 3,000 slain and twice as many captures; Others have probably more than that; And the Taiping Army's own damage was only in the hundreds. One of the more painful ones was the casualties of nearly a hundred cavalrymen;

There is no way, to say that the biggest enemy of cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River is not those officers and soldiers, soil regiments, and town soldiers, but the ubiquitous paddy fields and rivers and ditches full of branches;

It's fine to march along the road, but if you want to gallop freely, you're likely to accidentally tip over and fall into a ditch or sink headlong into a muddy patch.

It can be said that in many cases, it is impossible to find a solid field suitable for large-scale cavalry activities and battlefield impacts, and with sufficient depth. The same was true of the problem that was exposed this time, the casualties were not large, but the corresponding mount was injured and could no longer be used.

On the contrary, the use of small river boats for maneuvering can be very convenient; But this again involves the cooperation of the local party with enough to lead the way.

"It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord."

Just chased the dead all the way to the north and captured prisoners all the way, and arrived at the regained Jurong City, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but read these two sentences.

"Where to go next?"

Ge Congzhou and the others, who were already standing outside the city gate to greet them, heard the sound but their expressions lit up and immediately asked for instructions.

"Of course, it's the sword pointing at the Dan disciples, and by the way, the discipline officer army will taste the taste of being cut off from the back road."

Zhou Huaian smiled slightly

"Since the officers and soldiers want to besiege the city and send reinforcements, it is even more difficult to disobey their thoughts; Let's also go to Wei Wei to rescue Zhao, and see that he is still safe and moving. ”

(End of chapter)