With the sound of horses' hooves, the blue cotton armor appeared on the opposite mountain beam. The three of Nash, who were already pale, cheered at the same time, and their own people came.

"Hooray!" The cavalrymen drew their sabers, which had been sun-scorched, lined up in a neat formation like a moving forest, and rushed towards the Taiping army with a roar. By taking advantage of the slope of the hill, the cavalry charge was faster and more powerful. The saber continued to swing and bring up blood light, and the Taiping army's array was split like a wave. From time to time, there are thin Taiping soldiers who are knocked off by war horses, or even killed alive.

In order to deal with Nash, the Taiping army lined up the main force of musketeers in a phalanx against Nash, but there was no defense in their rear, and they did not expect cavalry to attack their rear at all. The infantry, without a dense formation, was as vulnerable in front of the cavalry as a leaf in the wind. The whistling cavalry cut through the ranks of the Taipings, and by the time the musket phalanx turned around, the cavalry had already rushed in front of them.

The Taiping Army's weapons came from a complex source, with captured Qing troops and imported from merchants. Not to mention the confusion of musket models, the parts are not very complete, and many muskets are without bayonets. There were no bayonets in the domestic goods in Guoxing'a's hands, but Guoxing'a made a batch of bayonets himself and equipped each musket, and the Taiping army did not have Guoxing's patience. Moreover, the Taiping army has always used muskets as long-range weapons, just like bows and arrows, and has not considered close combat at all, so they do not attach importance to bayonets. As a result, there were not many bayonets in the musket corps of the Taiping army, and the soldiers did not have the habit of wearing bayonets. After all, a bayonet hangs on the breech gun, and it is easy to scratch itself when reloading. More often than not, the soldiers of the Taiping Army used bayonets as daggers.

So when the cavalry rushed in front of the Taiping musketeers, there was no difference between the muskets and the burning sticks in the hands of the Taiping army. The cavalry swept across the musket phalanx like a wind, swords blazing, hooves rumbling, blood and screams overlapping. When the cavalry reined in their horses in front of Nash's third company, there were less than thirty people left in the musket phalanx of the Taiping army, which originally consisted of seventy or eighty men.

Neither Mushun nor Shirab greeted their allies, but circled their horses, rearranged their cavalry formations, and charged again. When Mu Shun started to engage in cavalry, he told Guo Xing'a that he could only fight on horseback, but he didn't understand cavalry at all. It was Goxinga who invented the cavalry tactics of the Zuo Ling. Mu Shun, the chief instructor of the Qing army's horsemanship, is a second knife himself, and of course the Qing army's riding skills are not very good.

If Guo Xing'a wants to improve the soldier's riding skills and martial arts, Guo Xing'a is also ineffective, so Guo Xing'a needs to engage in a tactic that does not require too high technology. The wall-mounted cavalry charge tactic was of course the first choice of Goxinga, and the cavalry with the knee touching the knee certainly did not need to be too skillful. Attacking the enemy in a formation as dense as a wall, even if the opponent is skilled in horsemanship or strong in martial arts, he has to face the siege of multiple Qing cavalry at the same time. The opponent was beaten and hacked to death, and it was difficult to cause casualties among the Qing army. Mu Shun once questioned Goxinga's tactics, but Goxinga, who had done experiments on the European battlefield, was full of confidence.

The biggest advantage of the wall cavalry charge tactic is that it is quick, the cavalry does not need to have superb riding skills and martial arts, as long as there is strict organization, strict discipline and sufficient training is enough. Ordinary cavalrymen need more than ten years of training to be qualified warriors on horseback, and it is enough for Goxinga to learn to ride a horse in a month, and it is enough for soldiers to engrave discipline into their bones through training.

However, there is also a fly in the ointment, that is, war horses. Goxinga's wall-mounted cavalry charging tactics are the tactics of modern European cavalry, which can be called sweeping across Asia, Africa and Europe. However, through hundreds of years of accumulation, Europeans have cultivated a large number of tall war horses, while Goxinga only has Mongolian horses, and they are much smaller than modern Mongolian horses. Guo Xing'a looked at these precious war horses, and always felt that they were similar to big dogs like border herders. But fortunately, for the time being, Goxinga does not have to fight against the European cavalry, and these Mongolian horses can still be used.

Then there is the load, and the European cavalry basically has no other burden except for a tweed military uniform and a saber, so as to maintain the physical strength of their horses and the speed of impact. But the Qing army still had to wear cotton armor, and even had to concentrate all the armor and ration it to the cavalry. Because the battlefields in Europe have long been full of bullets, and it's useless for you to wear armor, just to add a burden to yourself, it's better to be bare-chested. But China is different, bows and arrows still exist in large quantities. If you have armor, you may be able to save your life, but you should wear it well. So far, the cavalry company has no combat experience against other cavalry, and its opponents have always been infantry, and these two problems are not prominent. Guoxinga can only take one step at a time, and he has to start from his actual situation.

The wall-type cavalry charge tactic, Mu Shun also used it on the battlefield for the first time today. When chasing the bandits before, there were too few cavalry, and the bandits were all scattered, not so much a charge as a pursuit. The situation of the pursuit of the Taiping army just now was similar, more of an outflanking and raid. Previously, the cavalry had always used the style of the rangers, mainly attacking and assaulting. It is the first time that the actual combat of the training charge is arranged in order.

The cavalrymen slowly let go of the reins, allowing their horses to slowly run towards the enemy, while maintaining a neat line. Only at a distance of about 100 meters from the Taiping army did they begin to increase their speed, and about 50 meters they launched an all-out charge.

"Hooray!" The cavalrymen gave a cry of charge and raised their sabers aloft in their hands. Under the constraints of strict discipline, the cavalry moved in unison, always keeping their horses next to horses, shoulder to shoulder, like a fast-moving "iron wall", which always maintained the collective strength.

The array of the Taiping army had already been scattered, and the sparse soldiers had to face the impact of the iron wall. Like a loose clod of earth hitting the wall, the Taiping army was smashed to pieces. The infantry did not even have a chance to escape in the face of the cavalry, which had an all-round superiority in speed, strength, and height. This wall forced the Taiping army, until the soldiers of the Taiping army had no way out, forcing the soldiers of the Taiping army to face death.

Every time the sword flashed, a head left his body. With the impact of the war horse, the saber can easily split the young chest and shatter the hard sternum. The saber can be slashed across the back of a soldier, leaving a terrifying wound of several tens of centimeters. The soldiers of the Taiping Army, who desperately turned back to resist, were even split into two pieces by the cavalry with a single move to catch the moon. The blue wind-like cavalry roared again and rushed past the Taiping troops, without a single casualty, but the Taiping army became more loose, and there were many more broken corpses on the ground.

The two platoons that were surrounded also took the opportunity to highlight the encirclement. However, instead of rushing in the direction of Nash, seeking refuge from friendly forces, they followed the cavalry in the opposite direction. A defense was set up on the mountainside on the other side, completely blocking the Taiping army on the mountain road between the two mountains.

After the two platoons of cavalry covering the breakthrough set up defenses, they once again charged the Taiping army, which was already a turtle in an urn. As if it was a repetition of the picture just now, the cavalry swept by again, and the Taiping army fell more soldiers. The cavalrymen were still unharmed, except that the hem of the blue cotton armor had been dyed red. The besieged Taiping army was completely disorganized, scattered in twos and threes.

"Hooray!" Mu Shun raised the saber in his hand and shouted the slogan of the charge again.

The resistance had lost its meaning, and the Taiping soldiers began to flee into the wilderness on both sides with wails, but there were fewer than 100 people who had the opportunity to escape.

After killing a few backward unlucky eggs, Mu Shun simply wiped the blood on the saber and put the knife into the sheath in a chic manner.

"Three companies, chase and destroy the remnants of the enemy!" Nash finally got his chance to perform.

"Clean up the battlefield and prepare to retreat!" Mu Shun returned to Sanlian's side and stopped Nash's intention to pursue.

"Camp Commander Mu?" Nash didn't understand why even Mu Shun was blocking his own meritorious service today.

"Don't talk nonsense, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, care for the wounded, Lord Zuoling is still waiting for us to go back!" Mu Shun did not answer Nash's questions.

"Huh!" Although Mu Shun does not directly manage Nash, he is the battalion commander and has a grade, so Nash can only obey orders. And listening to Mu Shun's meaning, it seems that Guo Xinga ordered the troops to be collected, and Nash naturally has nothing to say.

"Speed up the soldiers! We have to run quickly, the big bandits have already regrouped, and they may come back at any time. Mu Shun jumped off the war horse, pulled Nash's sleeve and whispered.

"Ahh Come ......," Nash exclaimed.

"Be quiet, don't mess with the morale of the army!" Mu Shun hurriedly pulled Nash.

"Whoa, whoa! Camp Commander Mu, is there really a bandit who has come back? Nash was also shocked, this matter really can't be quiet. They are now alone, and once the soldiers know that the large bandits are counterattacking, in case the army's heart is shaken, it will be troublesome.

"I'm in front of you, it's not for the bandits to start fighting back, I can run back! There were more than 1,000 bandits in front. Mu Shun whispered.

Mu Shun and the cavalry kept biting the tail of the Taiping Army, and wanted to chase the Taiping Army to death, but unfortunately the Taiping Army was not a vegetarian, and they actually reorganized their team in the rout. Mu Shun, who was chasing the stragglers happily, actually saw an infantry phalanx of more than 1,000 people when he looked up, and he was blindfolded at that time. I thought that the Taiping Army was just a temporary patchwork for show, but after a few tests, I found that the Taiping Army was really well defended. Guoxing Ake and Mu Shun repeatedly emphasized that they could not attack the dense infantry phalanx. Therefore, Mu Shun also accepted it when he saw it, did not entangle with the Taiping army, and withdrew with his men and horses.

Unexpectedly, on the way back, I met my subordinates who were besieged. When he was riding a horse to kill the enemy, Mu Shun kept muttering in his heart, when did the Taiping army set up an ambush? I have been chasing the Taiping Army, and the Taiping Army actually left more than 300 people behind me to ambush under my nose, which is a big problem. There are more than 1,000 people in the back! If it is delayed here for a long time, whether the Taiping army behind will come back, no one can say. There is no big mistake in being cautious, so let's withdraw quickly!

After briefly cleaning up the battlefield, Mu Shun didn't have time to comfort the seriously injured Hatan, and began to retreat with his troops. When he was about to return to the deserted village station, Mu Shunduo kept an eye on it. The Qing army's victory was when it was impetuous, and the Taiping army was very likely to kill a horse pistol, and the Taiping army had a lot of existing troops. Therefore, Mu Shun did not let Nash's third company go back, but found a good place and set up an ambush to guard against the Taiping army's return rifles.

On the way, Mu Shun heard Duo San say about Hatan's robbery, and Mu Shun was a little embarrassed, after all, Hatan was his subordinate. And just now he blocked the opportunity for Nash's meritorious service, so he deliberately left three consecutive ambushes. Regardless of whether or not the Taiping Army can be ambushed in the end, this can be regarded as a credit of the Third Company.

Mu Shun took people back to the deserted village, and the first person he saw was Fuquan, but Fuquan was already crying like a water man, and his eyes were red like peaches. Mu Shun instantly felt that his blood was cold, and if he could make Fuquan cry like this, there must be someone who was very close to Fuquan who had an accident. Goxinga won't capsize in the gutter!

So Mu Shun jumped off the war horse and hurriedly took Fuquan's hand and asked, "Is Lord Zuo Ling?" ”

"Master, master......" Fu Quan didn't say a whole sentence, and then burst into tears.