The two armies met, and the battle was imminent.

Li Zicheng naturally hoped that the Chinese army would fight, use the range of rifles to suppress the superior Ming army, and disrupt the formation of the Ming army.

The cavalry of Liu Yunshui's division on the left flank was as one and immovable, while the independent battalion of Li Xin's division on the right flank was ready to move, and although it was inferior in numbers, Li Xin trusted his soldiers very much.

The Ming army moved.

After waiting for more than half a time, Ding Qirui was already impatient, and finally found an advantageous situation on the battlefield, and he had to defeat the Heavenly Mandate Army in one battle, even if he couldn't completely annihilate the Heavenly Mandate Army and capture Li Zicheng alive, he had to relieve the siege of Kaifeng.

What Li Zicheng didn't expect was that the Ming army moved the Chinese army, and it was also cavalry.

Ten thousand war horses, stepping on the ground, the ground shook the mountains, the sound shook for nine days, and the sound of "da-da" on the ground hit the heart of every soldier!

Liu Yunshui grinned, this battle, as long as it can be won, the first battalion should be able to get a large number of war horses, maybe increase the establishment of a battalion, Li Guo boy, you will drill a ravine in Shangluo Mountain! Fight me? From the training ground in Ganzhou, it will be difficult for you to win against me, if it weren't for the protection of the majority of the capitals at that time, you wouldn't be able to win me once......

Li Zicheng was at the rear of the Chinese army, with Liu Zongmin, and when he saw the cavalry of the Ming army dispatching, he hurriedly raised his binoculars and took a closer look, but he was overjoyed, the cavalry of the Ming army only had bows and arrows and waist knives, and did not wear shields.

The same routine as the nomadic cavalry!

This is to use the degree of cavalry to attack the Mandate of Heaven Army, but how can horsepower be compared to machinery? Although the cavalry is fast, how can it compare to the bullets of the rifle?

It is obviously to send him to death, is this God blessing himself and the army of the Mandate of Heaven?

Li Zicheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and hurriedly gave orders to Li Ji and Song Wen in front: Don't block the cavalry of the Ming army 200 steps away!

The cavalry is different from the infantry, once the degrees are added up, in the blink of an eye, it can rush out two hundred steps, and it must not break through the Chinese army camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Ji and Song Wen have followed Li Zicheng since Xining, and have fought against the cavalry of the nomadic tribe many times, so they are naturally no strangers to the degree advantage of cavalry, and the two now have 20,000 gunners in their hands, and there are only 10,000 cavalry on the opposite side!

Although the impact of the cavalry is very terrifying, in their eyes, they have long been accustomed to it, and it is not strange! It's like a master competition, although the degree is amazingly fast, and onlookers may not be able to see the number of roads clearly, but in the eyes of the opponent, it is very usual.

The two glanced at each other and read each other's eyes: the shooting distance was set at 200 steps!

"Da Da Da ......"

The cavalry of the Ming army was getting closer and closer, and the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground was too terrifying, and even the war horses of Liu Yunshui's department were in a commotion, but the governor of the capital did not have the order to attack, and the soldiers had to stabilize the horses.

Song Wen's gaze swept over the soldiers, because standing behind the soldiers in the third row, he could only see the back of the soldiers' heads, and when he saw that the soldiers were not moving at all, they had finished aiming, and his heart was relieved.

Li Ji was worried about Niu Kejing, who had just been equipped with a rifle, he walked to the front row, showed his face among the soldiers, and when he turned around, he saw that the soldiers were all sinking like water, and they were slightly bowed, the gunners were all the elite of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and they must have a good record.

At a distance of two or three miles, the cavalry flashed by, but in the process, the degree was almost increased to the maximum, and Li Ji and Song Wen were already observing the distance.

"General, three hundred steps!"

Li Ji and Song Wen looked at each other and smiled, they both nodded, but they didn't speak, they were waiting, there were still a hundred steps, the closer the distance, the higher the hit rate of the rifle, if it wasn't for the speed of the cavalry, they all wanted to put the Ming army at a distance of a hundred steps.

"General, it's almost two hundred steps!"

Li Ji looked at Song Wen not far away, and saw that Song Wen was also looking at him at this time, so he waved his hand down violently, and shouted loudly: "Shoot!" ”

"Shoot!" The herald swiftly passed the order to each gunman.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The rapid and dense sound of gunfire completely drowned out the sound of horses' hooves that shook the earth, and there was a trembling and suffocating wave of air on the battlefield, and no one could tell what this wave was, until he saw the Ming cavalry fall off their horses one by one.

The soldiers in front fell off their horses, and the soldiers in the back couldn't stand for a while, and continued to move forward, in addition to being blocked and rammed by the ownerless war horses, there was also a fire network composed of rifles of the Mandate of Heaven!

More than 20,000 gunners, divided into three rows, one round is six or seven thousand bullets, even if the hit rate is only 30%, the casualties will be more than 1,000 soldiers.

There are basically no wounded soldiers on the ground, once they fall off the horse, it is difficult for the soldiers to have a chance to live, and even if they do not fall to their deaths, they will be trampled by the war horses behind......

The gunners of the Mandate of Heaven, except for Niu Kejing, who were recruited in Henan, the remaining three regiments all grew up in the battle with the nomadic cavalry, and they have long been accustomed to using rifles against the cavalry, and today's Ming cavalry does not carry shields, except for armor, which is basically similar to the nomadic cavalry.

Calm and calm, according to experience and habit, they did not have the mind to observe the casualties of the Ming army, and on the battlefield, they were the machines that destroyed the enemy, whether it was infantry or cavalry on the opposite side.

Although Liu Yunshui's department is a cavalry and is not equipped with rifles, it is not uncommon for them to shoot cavalry with rifles, they are waiting, and after the enemy army retreats, it is time for them to show their skills.

On the right flank is Li Xin's independent battalion, although they know the combat effectiveness of rifles on the battlefield, but like today, the complete slaughter of cavalry, they have seen it for the first time, although the casualties are the cavalry of the Ming army, they are still shocked, fortunately the gunners belong to their own Mandate of Heaven army......

The two major superintendents of the imperial court, Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue, also watched the front on the wooden platform, the first wave of cavalry, is the trump card of officers and soldiers, originally prepared to break up the formation of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the number of the Mandate of Heaven Army is much smaller than that of the Ming Army, if the formation is scattered, the infantry of the officers and soldiers will be pressed, at that time, it is time to slaughter the thieves and make contributions to the country!

However, the situation on the battlefield did not seem to be in line with their imagination, and from a distance, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers fell from their horses, but the casualties of the Mandate of Heaven were not visible.

On the battlefield, casualties are inevitable, if some cavalry casualties can break through the formation of the Chinese army of the Mandate of Heaven, it is also worth it, as long as the Chinese army of the Mandate of Heaven is broken through, and the command system of the Mandate of Heaven is out of order, then it will fall into chaos, and in front of 100,000 officers and soldiers, there will only be slaughtered!

Liu Yunshui was still very happy when he saw the Ming army falling from his horse at first, and when he looked at it, he scolded in his heart: You rabbit cubs, why do you want to shoot war horses? That's the treasure of the first battalion......

The battle is the beginning, he has already booked the war horse of the Ming army!

Li Zicheng picked up the binoculars and stared at the battlefield with a gloomy gaze, he maintained a wait-and-see posture, and his body remained motionless.

Liu Zongmin, the commander of the second regiment of the fourth battalion, also got a telescope, and when he saw the Ming soldiers on the battlefield, he almost trembled with excitement, "Metropolitan Governor...... More than half of the casualties of the Ming army were lost, right? ”

"Well, the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry seems to be good, after so long, the impact does not seem to have slowed down," Li Zicheng's eyes were still staring at the battlefield, "However, there are too many corpses and ownerless war horses on the battlefield, if they can't be cleaned up in time, I'm afraid the offensive momentum of the Ming army will slow down!" ”

"Governor, what should I do?" Liu Zongmin felt that he could only be in a hurry, so he said, "Do you want to send your infantry brothers to clean up the battlefield?" ”

"Sweeping the battlefield?" Li Zicheng put down his binoculars and said with a smile: "Let them be trampled into flesh by the war horses of the Ming army, or will they be injured under their own brothers' rifles?" The fighting has not stopped, and now it can only be left unfolded, and it is hoped that the Ming army will not withdraw prematurely. ”

Liu Zongmin's heart moved, "Metropolitan Governor, if you don't let your subordinates join the battle, before the Ming army withdraws, destroy this cavalry as soon as possible......"

"You?" Li Zicheng glared at Liu Zongmin and said, "Your department is a reserve today, once the formation is loose, you have to go up at any time, even if you are suffering casualties, don't drop the chain for me!" ”

"Don't worry, your subordinates are ready to go to the battlefield at any time!" After thinking about it, he felt a little unlucky, and hurriedly changed his words: "My subordinates are at the disposal of the Metropolitan Governor at any time!" ”

"Sent? Now the dispatch," Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "It is to let the brothers have a good rest and pay close attention to the situation on the battlefield!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" Liu Zongmin grimaced, then stepped aside, and went down with the order of his own soldiers, so that the brothers could rest for the time being, and pay attention to the situation at any time.

Li Zicheng saw very clearly with a telescope that although the cavalry of the Ming army had been attacking the Chinese army of the Heavenly Mandate Army, they had not been able to take a step forward, and had been staying at a distance of 200 steps away from the gunners.

The ownerless war horses were afraid of gunfire, and they lacked the control of the riders, so many escaped from the battlefield, making the road ahead a lot smoother, but the corpses of the Ming army still hindered the advance of the cavalry.

This is a good thing for the gunners, the slower the cavalry, the higher the accuracy of the rifle!

Zuo Liangyu seems to have seen that the situation in front is not right, after attacking for so long, he only saw the cavalry fall off his horse, but he couldn't see them attacking the infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, what was going on?

On the frontal battlefield, the cavalry is the nemesis of the infantry, and as soon as it makes contact, it can crush the infantry, even if it is inferior in numbers.

Why didn't the cavalry strike? Haven't you yet come within attack range?

He didn't have the kind of telescope that Li Zicheng had, and although he stood on a high platform, he couldn't see the distance between his cavalry and the infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and could only see a large number of corpses and scattered ownerless war horses.

Knowing that the cavalry suffered a lot of casualties, Zuo Liangyu's heart was dripping blood, these cavalry, nominally the coalition forces of various departments, in fact, were mainly his subordinates, and the combined forces of the rest of the departments were less than two percent, so if the casualties continued, his cavalry would be exhausted.

Zuo Liangyu turned his head to look at Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue, seeing that their faces were very calm, he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in his heart, knowing that his cavalry had suffered heavy casualties, but he still didn't give the intention of withdrawing the army, could he use his subordinates as a substitute for the dead?

I just have such a little cavalry, once I run out, how will I mix in Huguang in the future? Without cavalry, how can they catch up with Zhang Xianzhong's troops?

He got off the high platform, came to Ding Qirui's side, and said cautiously: "Master Inspector, the cavalry is not good for the division, should you withdraw first?" ”

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