"Report !!"

Seeing that it was only two or three miles away from the destination, the scout who had been released in front of him suddenly galloped towards him with a calm face, and he began to shout loudly.

After coming to Kong Youde and Xiang Shenggao, after a reining horse and a clean dismount action, he performed a military salute that was not standard: "In the valley ahead, a large number of Jurchen cavalry traces were found!" ”

"What ??!!"

Kong Youde was shocked.

"How many people are coming?"

On the contrary, Xiang Shenggao was much calmer, although his face was also shocked and terrifying, but he grabbed the important question as soon as he could.

"The enemy's cavalry is fast, and his subordinates don't dare to get too close, but a rough estimate is no less than 20,000!"

The scout gasped, trying to breathe his breath.

“…………”

Xiang Shenggao and Kong Youde suddenly fell into a speechlessness, although the mountain is called a mountain range, but in fact the height is not steep, but more than a clear plain area, which is suitable for the large-scale attack of cavalry.

In addition, the climate was already in winter at this time, and the thick snow on the ground had a relatively small impact on the cavalry, but it had a great impact on the infantry.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was no more than a few miles, and the scouts of Dongjiang Town found each other, presumably the other party had also discovered themselves at this time, even if Kong Youde and they wanted to lead their troops to retreat immediately, I am afraid that there would be no chance.

"Pass on the general's order, garrison on the spot, all the soldiers enter the battle state, and form a circle formation!!"

At this time, it was Kong Youde who reacted first and began to arrange troops under his opponents.

"Boom!!"

The soldiers of Dongjiang Town began to act quickly, and according to the previous drill strategy, the entire elongated and other formations were shrunk to the center, with the generals under Kong Youde and Xiang Shenggao as the center, and they were densely closed.

It's a pity that this time is urgent, and the terrain really doesn't have much to use, the only thing that can be reassuring to the peripheral soldiers is that on the defense line on the side of the early valley, the oxen and horse carts used by the soldiers of Dongjiang Town to transport baggage and auxiliary have temporarily built a fortification, and with the branches of trees that can be seen everywhere, they have pieced together dozens of zhang long horses.

"Someone!"

"Hold my token and quickly report to General Wu of the Panshan Battalion that tens of thousands of Jurchen thief chieftains have appeared in the direction of our army, please respond quickly to General Wu!"

Although there was a dirty feud with Wu Sangui, as a real soldier, at this crisis point, Kong Youde did not have the idea of retaliating with a tooth for a tooth, and took the opportunity to harm Wu Sangui's first department, but quickly summoned scouts to report to the other party.

"Boom! Bang! Bang! ”

The ground began to tremble, and black shadows appeared between the low hills and valleys in the northeast, densely arranged, and quickly galloped in the direction of Shenggao.

"It's coming so fast!"

The movement on the ground is getting bigger and bigger, which shows that the number of cavalry on the other side is probably more than the number of their own scouts.

"I'm afraid that the Jurchen thief chief has been prepared for a long time this time!"

Xiang Shenggao finally had an aftertaste, and said with a bitter smile to Kong Youde beside him.

"So what, Lao Tzu has been fighting with this Tartar for countless years, and I haven't seen any battles, and now our Dongjiang Town generals are strong and strong, and their firearms are sharp, so they may not be able to fight with it."

Kong Youde said so, but judging from his grim expression, his heart may not be as confident as he said.

The biggest scene of cavalry power is this kind of plain area, with a wide acceleration zone galloping, so that the Jurchen cavalry can exert its maximum impact force every time they charge, and maximize the execution of chiseling tactics.

On the other hand, Dongjiang Town's side not only does not have the advantage of terrain, but also even the most basic fortifications such as rejecting horses for defense are pieced together, and there is no guarantee that it can be fully defended, so it can only temporarily support the side of the northeast defense line that is most likely to be attacked first.

As they got closer and closer, the soldiers of Dongjiang Town clenched their long knives and spears in their hands, and the musketeers who were guarded by the sword, shield and spearmen put the flintlock muskets in their hands on the shoulders of the soldiers in front of them, aiming at the Jurchen cavalry charging in front.

"Sword and shield hand raise shield!!"

"Spearmen stand spears!!"

Seeing that the charge of the Jurchen Iron Cavalry was getting closer and closer, the small leaders of all parties under the command of Dongjiang Town issued orders one after another, and a group of officers and men of Dongjiang Town, under the command of the battalion commander, raised the protective gear and weapons in their hands with a sigh.

"Musketeers prepare!"

"Put!!"

At the same time, just when the other party was about to hit the first line of his own front, the musketeers of Dongjiang Town pulled the trigger in their hands in the commander's command, and the cavalry on the opposite side, who was originally charging straight, also changed formation abruptly at the same time, under the order of a bull's horn, separated from it, and went straight around the strongest place of the Dongjiang Town soldiers' positions in the northeast.

After making a circle, the Jurchen knight made a beautiful turn, and then an acceleration impact, crashing straight into the more sparse formation on both sides of Dongjiang Town, and the entire change of formation was smooth, revealing the most powerful Jurchen iron cavalry style at that time.

The soldiers of Dongjiang Town, who were caught off guard, were killed and turned on their backs, and they were almost chiseled through their outermost sword and shield soldiers and spearmen formation by the opponent's sharp arrow formation, if it were not for the fact that the soldiers of Dongjiang Town have always been resolute and calm, and under the leadership of the low-level officers, they paid a heavy price, which barely withstood the impact of the other party.

The first wave of charges did not work, the Jurchen cavalry did not care, under the leadership of the staff leader Yue Cha, after retreating for a certain distance, there was no need to command another charge and other arrow formation, slowly began to accelerate, stepping on the snow on the ground more than ten zhang high, like a pitch-black dragon.

“……”

This is the first time that the soldiers of Dongjiang Town really competed with the Qing Iron Cavalry on the frontal battlefield, and the first battle caused a lot of losses to the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, but the losses caused to the Jurchens were very few.

Xiang Shenggao and Kong Youde are both veterans on the battlefield, and they have a wise judgment on the situation on this battlefield, although it is only a tentative attack, but the Jurchens occupy such a great advantage, with the current defense ability of the soldiers of Dongjiang Town, there is only one way to defeat in the end.

"No matter how Wu Sangui's side on the mountain prepares to deal with it, shouldn't we plan for ourselves?"

Xiang Shenggao is not as virtuous as Kong Youde, and he has some comradeship, he himself is a military attache cultivated by the Honghong themselves, and the first thing to consider in this situation is naturally the interests of Hongmen, and he began to put forward other ideas first.

(End of chapter)