The chase continued. And after that. Situations encountered along the way. It is exactly the same as what Qi Jiguang guessed. Here is already only two or three miles away from the enemy. But they were met with five waves of enemy forces blocking them.

Although each wave of enemy troops was only an extremely simple defensive position composed of more than 200 or 300 men. There was no way to inflict any damage on the more than 10,000 cavalry chasing them. These cavalrymen who have already received orders from Qi Jiguang. Every time I encounter such a small resistance. They're all quick breaks. As long as it can tear a hole in the enemy formation. The cavalry brigade that followed was a long drive straight in. Continue to pursue a large number of enemy forces in front. Just leave more than a thousand cavalry responsible for destroying those enemy defensive formations. Then it will quickly follow.

But although they broke through quickly. The speed of annihilation of enemies is also very fast. But the enemy's small defensive formations in waves. It's also really slowing them down. It's just two or three miles. It actually made them drag on for nearly half a pillar of incense. Let them run a few more miles.

When Qi Jiguang's army vanguard caught up with them. They were not far from the shore of their destination.

Merely. Wait until these cavalry of the Ming Dynasty start attacking. The reaction of the other party was even more puzzling. The enemy soldiers who were attacked not only did not have the slightest intention of turning back to resist. Instead, he sped up and rushed forward. The sight. The pursuers did not even think of anyone. It doesn't matter if it's a soldier who rushes to the front to kill the enemy. is still Qi Jiguang, who commanded the army in the rear. Or Zhang Fan. I didn't expect it to be like this.

"This ...... Lord Qi. You're a veteran of the battle. You've seen a lot of things. "Zhang Fan humbly asked Qi Jiguang for advice." That's what they look like. Is it normal. ”

"This ......" Qi Jiguang seemed to be a little hesitant. I don't know how to answer. "It's not unprecedented. It's not uncommon for them to look like this. Merely. This way they don't even resist it. I really haven't seen it either. ”

Zhang Fan listened. Even Qi Jiguang couldn't figure out the thoughts of the Fusang people in front of him. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart first. I thought to myself, whether it was before or five hundred years later. The people of the island to the east. The ideas are a bit inscrutable.

But now is not the time to think about these issues. The fact that the enemy does not resist does not mean that those on this side will show mercy. Forthwith. The killing began.

The cavalry, as the vanguard, had just caught up with the enemy troops running at the back of the enemy formation. And there was no rush to attack. Instead, he drove straight into the war horse. Wait until you reach the center of the second half of the enemy formation. These cavalry, who were the vanguard, began to attack. However, their offense is not very cumbersome. On the contrary, it seems a little casual.

For the enemy next to their own horses. They just looked at the aftermath. Hurriedly slashed the matter. It doesn't matter if the knife is cut or not. Or hacked to death no. Just chase the enemy in front of you. Their purpose in doing this was not to delay the killing of the enemy for the sake of a few enemy troops. And let the enemy in front of you run away. After all, their mission now is to be able to completely annihilate the enemy army. And it is not for the sake of their own killing record that the enemy army is likely to run away. But that's not possible. After all, there are still many people in front of the enemy army.

But it didn't last long. The Fusang people had made Qi Jiguang and others strange about this kind of non-resistance. Just thinking about the way of escaping has a different effect. Perhaps it was because they were ordered by their officers not to resist. So they are in this situation where there is an enemy chasing behind them. Just keep running forward. And it's even faster. This really speeded them up invisibly. So that the people walking in front of him were able to open up the distance between them and the Qi family army again.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Although the Qi family army that pursued was almost all cavalry. It's very fast when it's in pursuit. But even cavalry. You have to slow down when you meet them. Only the soldiers on the horse can use their swords to cut people. Especially nowadays. There are so many enemy soldiers ahead. It's certain that the speed will slow down. Even the soldiers of the Qi family army all pursued a rapid march to the front of the enemy. Block the enemy's path and kill them. But the speed has slowed down. In addition, these Fusang soldiers in front of them wanted to run like crazy. In this way. The speed was really pulled away by them.

Enemy forces ahead. At the front were a thousand of their cavalry running. Although they are also always thinking about their footmen. But it's still very fast. Not much. They could already faintly see the moonlit river in the distance. See here. The Fusang cavalry in front of them couldn't help but show a lot of smiles on their faces. The speed of the horse is also a little faster.

But. All of a sudden. These Fuso cavalry in front suddenly found that countless fires were burning in front of them. They didn't wait for their hearts to calm down. And there were many fireworks rising up in the sky. With the explosion of fireworks. They clearly felt that the sky was a lot brighter. Although for the night. This bit of light is a bit insignificant. But it's enough to see in the distance. Vaguely. They could see a lot of people standing in front of them. Waiting for them.

See here. Their already nervous mood relaxed a lot. They had been told that their lord in Fuso Province had been attacked by Oda Nobunaga. The person who came to inform them had already told them. On their way back, there were about three or four thousand Ming troops waiting for them.

In their opinion. Although it is a real resistance. But none of them saw it as the same thing. After all, they got the news. Although the Ming army that was waiting for them in front of them was more than 3,000 people. But they were all pawns. In their opinion. There were a thousand cavalry on his side. Enough to break through their defenses. Broke out with the foot soldiers behind him.

Therefore. Saw the enemy ahead. Not only did they not slow down. Instead, it added another three-point speed. Rushed directly towards the center of the Ming army in front.

Just when they were still two hundred steps away from Qi Jiguang's advance force. Another dense explosion reached their ears. At first, they thought it was just fireworks for lighting once again released by the Ming army. It's just that this time it's a lot more than the last one. But. And then they found out. That's not the case at all.

Three thousand advance troops sent by Qi Jiguang. Waited early on this shore. For so many days, I was gearing up to wait for this moment. The scouts they sent tonight also heard the news that the gates of Suzhou City had been opened. It was even better to prepare early.

When you are in line. They used the three-stage shot, which was most suitable for the mass musketeers of this era. The soldiers in the front platoon were responsible for aiming and the first shot. The soldiers in the second and third rows were prepared in place. Wait until the enemy army appears. The soldiers of the first platoon were the first to attack. After the attack. The soldiers immediately retreated to the last row. Reload the musket in your hand with gunpowder and ammunition. The soldiers in the second row became the first row. Start raising your gun, aiming, attacking. And so on and so forth. This can make the extremely inefficient musket at this time coherent and non-stop. This makes it possible to deliver an effective and coherent blow to the enemy.

And the fireworks at the beginning were also helpless. Although the range of the musket was three hundred paces. It was nearly ten times longer than the short thirty steps effective killing distance of the bow and arrow. But it's night after all. Even if the own soldiers behind him are constantly setting off fireworks into the sky. At most, they could see what was two hundred paces ahead. And it's a bit vague. Fortunately, this is enough for them. After all, the musketeers were not required to hit a specific part of the enemy's body. In addition, this batch of enemies are all cavalry. As long as the bullet can hit the enemy. The damage done will bring them off their horses. And for the cavalry who were galloping fast. The fall of the horse is almost equivalent to certain death.

Faced with a whistling bullet. Not to mention how surprised these thousand Fuso cavalry were. The muskets fired by the Ming army in front of them were not surprising to them in this era. After all, Fuso at this time. There were also quite a few warlords with large musket teams under their commands. Might: They know. And they were surprised. The other party seemed to be an endless bullet. Fuso at this time. There has not yet been a three-stage musket technique. What Oda Nobunaga used is not historically proven. And even if there were. At this time, it was far from the time when he and Takeda Katsuyori went to war.

The previous Fuso cavalry was riding too fast. He didn't pay much attention to the gunfire coming from behind. But nowadays. They were really stunned. Look at this scene. They couldn't help but speculate in their hearts. The three thousand Ming soldiers who were blocking them in front of them had at least two muskets each. But the truth is just. The three thousand people in front were almost a shot per man. It's just that there are only a thousand people in charge of shooting. The remaining 2,000 men were prepared in case the enemy was able to break through the musket formation. They're going to be in charge of stepping forward to help. After all, if three rows are fought into a row of 1,000 people. The width is just too large. There was no need for that. Command wastes ammunition.

And the end result is. The two thousand soldiers in charge of the guard did not have a chance to play. Just by a thousand people in front of them. Three rounds of three-stage shooting. The more than 1,000 Fusang cavalry have been wiped out. And at this time. The Fuso soldiers on foot in the rear had not yet come into range.

A battle of annihilation with front and rear strikes. This is where it begins.