"Who is this guy?" Chen Python asked.

"Who knows?" Su Mao shook his head and flicked the corpse with his foot, "Look at the armor you are wearing, a layer of cotton armor, and such a layer of chain mail on the outside." Well, this thing is really good, it should be a big official, right? ”

"It should be a big official! I'll send it to the back later, and I'll find a few captives to ask. Chen Peng also squeezed over and said.

At this time, the sound of people and horses came from behind, Chen Python turned his head, but saw that it was the follow-up troops coming up, led by a platoon of infantry, followed by several tall horses. Behind the horses were apparently 12-pounder cannons, and the copper-skinned wheels of the twelve-pounder guns rolled down the bluestone streets, making a clanging sound.

"Grandma, these guys are finally here!" Chen Python said.

"It's all fucking over, and we fucked the hell before we came over!" Su Mao shook his head and said, "They are so dead, can't they come early?" Fortunately, the old men won the battle just now! ”

Immediately after this pair, more troops arrived one after another, and then Chen Python heard the calm dull sound of the 12-pounder cannon on the other side, obviously, the model army was attacking the Qing army that was divided and surrounded over there. Chen Python looked at the south gate not far away, and he knew that after eliminating the Qing army that was divided and surrounded, this was the final goal of this battle.

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Kong Youde led the people to retreat until the gate of the city before stopping. He immediately beckoned his men to regroup and prepare to attack again. At this moment, I saw a group of Qing soldiers also retreating back in a panic.

"What about Nikambezi? What about Nikambezi? Kong Youde saw that the group of defeated Qing soldiers was approaching, and he also knew that this was the team led by Nikan that was repulsed, and he didn't know why, Kong Youde was suddenly a little happy. He walked around, but he didn't see Nikan, so he hurriedly grabbed a Qing soldier and asked.

"Lord Wang...... Nikan ...... Nikan Beizi ...... Killed! The soldier replied with a pale face.

"What!" Kong Youde was also taken aback, he hurriedly turned his head to look at the others, and saw that the other Qing soldiers, including Bai Jia, who had always been very arrogant before, all looked lost and depressed, and he knew that this person was not talking nonsense.

Look at the soldiers under his command, including those family members, all of them are as white as dead people. Kong Youde knew that the previous defeat, coupled with the news of Nikan's death, had completely knocked them down, and without a long period of time, don't think that these people would be able to go into battle.

At this time, cheers were heard again in the place where the battle had just begun. Kong Youde hurriedly took a few family members to go up to the city tower to have a look. If the white armor left by Nikan just now had been stopped by Nikan according to Nikan's orders, but the news of Nikan's death had blinded them all at once, so they didn't care about stopping Kong Youde from going up to the city tower. Kong Youde took a few family members up to the city tower and looked over there, but saw that more troops were gathering there in the place where the battle had just begun. Kong Youde sighed, knowing that it couldn't be moved no matter what, so he looked farther away, where there were still some Qing troops surrounded. He couldn't help but sigh again when he saw the white smoke rising from the cannon fire, and heard the constant thunderous sound of the cannon.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang......" A family member beside Kong Youde couldn't help but whisper.

"Ah...... How...... What's ...... matter?"

"Lord Wang...... This battle can't be fought...... You have to make a decision early! The other also whispered, and at the same time squinted his eyes at the two white-armored soldiers not far away, who were guarding the jack gate and drawbridge in the city.

Kong Youde shook his head, even if he escaped from the city, where could he go? Now it is no longer the same as before, when he surrendered to Huang Taiji, he had a large number of craftsmen who cast cannons, and Huang Taiji would of course welcome him. But now...... Kong Youde shook his head again, he felt that if he were Huang Taiji, he would definitely cut off his head.

"Lord Wang, the villain heard that Li Zicheng was surrounded and suppressed by all directions, and he was defeated one after another, losing his troops and losing his generals, and finally only eighteen horsemen and horses were left, hiding in Shangluo Mountain. At that time, I was afraid that Li Zicheng also thought that it was only a matter of time before he was caught, right? But only a year later, Li Zicheng took Luoyang and shocked the world. Lord, we are far more than ...... The prince ......"

These words made Kong Youde's eyes light up, but he shook his head again and said in a low voice: "Just run out...... Alas...... I can't care about so much! ”

Kong Youde now has a wife, son and daughter in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they are still young, so they don't take them with him. If they run away like this now, I'm afraid that neither of these two children will end well. However, Kong Youde is ambitious after all, and he doesn't think about it anymore after a little thought.

He glanced at a few of the family members around him and said, "You ......"

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Zheng Sen had already entered the East City Gate at this time, went up to the city tower, and raised his binoculars to look at the city.

"Major General, most of the city has been controlled by our army, and only a small number of enemy troops remain on the south gate. In addition, our troops killed the enemy defender Nikan in the battle just now. Liu De came over and reported to Zheng Sen.

"Oh? Killed Nikan? Zheng Sen turned his head and said, "So it should be Kong Youde who is commanding the Qing army now?" ”

"It is said that Kong Youde, but Kong Youde may not be able to control Nikan's soldiers." Liu Dedao.

Zheng Sen nodded, and said, "Even if Kong Youde can control Nikan's soldiers, what use can he have?" How many soldiers does he have in his hands now? Are the cavalry units ready? Don't let this traitor run away! ”

"The brothers of the cavalry have long been in place, and they can't get involved in the affairs of the city, so they can't wait for a long time." Liu Dedao.

"Hmm." Zheng Sen nodded. He suddenly thought that if he killed Kong Youde in this battle, wouldn't it be a one-time completion of Li Dingguo's two famous kings in the original history? Thinking of this, Zheng Sen couldn't help but feel a little proud, but he immediately said to himself: "Kong Youde is now a king, as for Nikan, he is just a shell, not even a Baylor, and he wants to find a stupid woman to say that it is better to die under the knife of Baylor than to be qualified." What kind of famous king is it to cut him? I just don't know what happened to Li Dingguo and them now. ”

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Relying on the sudden attack, Kong Youde's people controlled the city gate, but in fact, the remnants of the soldiers under Nikan did not seriously interfere. Kong Youde ordered the city gate to be opened, and then rushed out of the city gate on horseback with dozens of family members, and the other Qing soldiers also fled in chaos.

However, not long after escaping from the city gate, with a whistle, a team of cavalry appeared in Kong Youde's field of vision.

It was a group of light cavalry in half-body armor, and they rode horses, and quickly approached Kong Youde and them. Kong Youde recognized the horses under the crotches of these cavalrymen at a glance, they were all BMW that was difficult to buy. He had seen the same horses in Daishan, and it was said that they had been bought from Liaozhen for thousands of taels of silver, and that they had no price. Huang Taiji also wanted to buy some kinds at one point. Horses come here. It was only later that the Manchus discovered this kind of . There were some problems with the horses, and Huang Taiji dispelled the purchase of the breed. horses, the idea of building a cavalry based on such war horses.

This is related to this. The first problem of the horse is that it is not cold-tolerant, and in winter, the horse has to be clothed, and the stable has to be put on the ondol, which is more expensive than people. The second is that the horse is too picky about eating. According to the saying of Liaozhen, this horse can't eat ordinary forage, but has to eat beans, and eggs must be added to the beans, and the food eaten every day is enough to raise more than a dozen ordinary war horses. One or two horses are fine, but if there are too many, where can they afford it? Therefore, after Huang Taiji understood the characteristics of this horse, he no longer used it to build a cavalry idea.

But if you don't think about that, this horse is really extraordinary. Kong Youde has seen with his own eyes that a horse like this in Dai Shan's hand can surpass ordinary war horses by a lot as long as he runs in the blink of an eye. And he heard that the horse's stamina was also very good, (provided that it was well fed) and that it was no less than the best Mongolian horse in terms of endurance alone.

Such a good thing, Kong Youde naturally does not have. So as soon as he saw the horses under the crotches of these cavalrymen, Kong Youde understood that he couldn't run away anyway.

"Lord Wang, their horses are too good, we can't run!" A family member next to him also said.

"Then turn back and fight with them! Let's see if we can grab one or two of their horses! "Kong Youde said.

Kong Youde and the others drove the war horse in a circle, ready to rush towards the chasing man. But unexpectedly, the cavalry suddenly split into two, separated left and right, and turned to Kong Youde's two wings. Kong Youde had to let the war horse continue to turn, but the opponent's horse was fast, and if they went around in circles with each other, they would always easily get to the side or even the back of Kong Youde's horse team.

In order not to be turned to your rear by the opponent - this is very understandable, because let the opponent turn to your rear, it becomes a mode of pursuit and combat, no matter how good your equestrian skills are, no matter how high your kung fu is, you will always be unable to cut them with your back to others. Of course, Kong Youde can theoretically also slow down the horse, which can be used to reduce the radius of the team's turn and avoid being sideways or even behind the faster opponent. However, in cavalry combat, the speed of the horse is extremely important, and if the speed of the horse is reduced, it will suffer a big loss when hedging. So Kong Youde didn't dare to reduce his speed.

In terms of endurance alone, the Mongolian horses they use are actually quite good, just because the speed is much slower than that of the model army war horses with Arabian horse blood, and even if the opponent is just going around with him at the usual speed, Kong Youde has to let his war horse run hard to keep up with such a speed, so when it comes to physical consumption, it is Kong Youde whose war horse is far greater than the opponent. The speed of their horses gradually decreased, and many of them foamed at the nose and mouth, which was a sign that the horse's physical strength was close to the limit. At this time, the opponent's cavalry had already won the round race and successfully went around behind them.