Although he knew that it was unlikely that the other party would see him without a telescope, Zhao Feihu still lowered his body and retreated behind a rock. He looked at it for a while www.biquge.info then put down the binoculars and carefully placed them in a leather box hanging from his chest. He took out a cowhide cylinder from his waist, opened the lid, poured out a charcoal pen and a piece of white paper rolled in it, and roughly drew the positions of the dozen or so people, as well as the nearby terrain. He carefully put the things back in, then took a few steps back and turned and went down the hill.

When they went down to the foot of the mountain, two warriors greeted them, and when they saw Zhao Feihu's expression, they knew what he had discovered. One of them hurriedly asked, "Squad leader, what did you find?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Feihu nodded, didn't say much, he walked all the way to the place where the rest of the fighters were staying, and watched several other soldiers surround him, before he said, "I just found the detective cavalry of the Liukou." ”

"Squad leader, how many of them are far away from us?" Another warrior asked.

Zhao Feihu poured out the piece of paper from the cowhide tube and spread it out: "You see, they are about seven or eight miles forward along the official road, there is such a forest there, and their people are there, I saw about ten, without armor, it should be the knife we sold to the Ming army, they have more horses, I counted sixteen, there should be more uncounted, they should be two-horse cavalry." ”

"Grandma's, they're arrogant, two-horse cavalry!" A soldier muttered.

"What's wrong with the two horses, Wang Hai, believe it or not, if you lead your horse over to exchange with others, they are absolutely willing to give you two horses." Zhao Feihu said disdainfully.

"Squad leader, I'm not sick, our horses are comparable to their donkeys? Not to mention two horses, that's only a few dollars. Some time ago, you know, someone from Mr. Huang's side came and secretly offered such a high price, and no one was willing to sell it to him, right? The soldier shook his head and said, "Squad leader, there are only ten of them, and there are ten of us here, do you think we want to take a prisoner back?" ”

The cavalrymen of the Model Army are usually well paid and trained a lot, but they rarely go to the battlefield. Except for a few small fights on the Luzon side, it was almost useless. They spend a lot of money and take a lot of money, but they don't have any achievements, not only the guys on the navy side habitually want to damage them, but also in the army, some large infantryists or artilleryists also have a lot of complaints about the cavalry. Under such circumstances, the cavalry held their breath up and down, dreaming of making a big news on the battlefield and showing their hands to prove that they were not just running fast.

"Squad leader, let's fight!" Another soldier said, "If we ten of us fight ten of them, we will definitely win." ”

This claim is not unfounded, they are not only better horses, but also better weaponry. Although the knives equipped by those cavalry of the Liukou are also from the Zheng family, the quality is very good. But after all, it is a monkey version of a weapon for foreign trade, and compared with the guy in Zhao Feihu's hands, it is obviously a big difference.

Zhao Feihu's saber in their hands was made of crucible steel, because crucible steel provided higher strength, so their knives could be made lighter, longer, and more flexible to wield. Coupled with a reasonable arc, it can also effectively reduce the shock when chopping.

But that's not the most critical difference. The bigger difference is that Zhao Feihu has armor.

The hydraulic stamping method has greatly reduced the production cost of the armor, and the emergence of crucible steel has also greatly reduced the thickness required for the armor, which naturally brings about a change in the weight of the armor. So even light cavalry on reconnaissance missions can be equipped with a light armor. This kind of armor is required to be able to defend against the attack of ordinary swords, compared to the cuirassiers, the cuirass that can block the arquebus shot at a certain distance is half thinner, and the armor is only available on the front half, and the back is not easy to be attacked in frontal combat, and the arms and legs are not too lethal even if they are attacked. However, many hussars bought themselves a small shield and tied it to their left arm, which was not holding a saber.

In addition to the advantages of horses and weapons, Zhao Feihu believes that his own people also have a huge advantage in training. Adequate food and medicine ensured that they trained much more intensively than other armies around them, at least technically, they should have an advantage. Of course, the opponent may have the upper hand in combat experience, after all, although these light cavalry of the Model Army have conducted a lot of confrontational training, they have no actual combat experience. And confrontation training is not a complete substitute for actual combat.

"It is necessary to fight, and it is better to leave them all behind, and not let any of them go." Zhao Feihu said, "Let's discuss ......"

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After Zhang Biao had eaten, he got on the horse again, led another horse in his hand, and continued to move along the official road. They are Zhang Xianzhong's old brothers, and they have followed Zhang Xianzhong to almost half of the Ming Dynasty over the years. After so many years of fighting, Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses also learned war from war. In the past, Zhang Xianzhong would not send scouts to explore the road in front when he was marching, but now, he has long been accustomed to doing so. This made Zhang Xianzhong's chances of being ambushed much smaller, and also improved his control over the battle situation. The current Liukou, at least the core force of several big Liukou leaders, can already be called a quite elite army by the standards of the Ming army.

Zhang Biao They don't walk fast, and walking fast will seriously consume horsepower, even if he has two horses, he must also consider saving horsepower. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, such as encountering a large group of enemies, they will be in danger.

After walking for a while, a small mound appeared in front of the official road, Zhang Biao waved his hand, and everyone stopped.

"Three dogs, you go over first, go there and have a look." Zhang Biao said. The mound blocked part of their view, and if the enemy was lying in ambush behind them, they could be attacked. Zhang Biao himself has been attacked like this more than once, as the saying goes, the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous he is. Now Zhang Biao has become very cautious in these matters.

"Okay." One of the horsemen answered, jumped off his horse, and mounted another horse, (which he had not ridden all along, in order to maintain the horse's strength, so that he could run faster in any special situation.) Then run towards the back of the small mound.

He didn't care about the horsepower at this time, but let the horses run quickly, so that if there was really an ambush behind the mound, when they attacked him with bows and arrows, the faster speed could greatly reduce the opponent's hit rate, and at the same time, it could also make him get out of danger faster.

The "three dogs" rode their horses and quickly went around the official road behind the mound and disappeared from Zhang Biao's sight. But almost the next moment, he saw the "Three Dogs" galloping back on horseback.

"Change horses!" Zhang Biao shouted, knowing that the "Three Dogs" must have discovered the enemy. At this time, they all need to switch to more powerful horses.

When the "Three Dogs" came back, everyone else had changed horses. By this time, they could already hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind the "three dogs". Soon, a squad of cavalry appeared in front of them.

"Brother Biao, what should I do?" The three dogs had already returned to the team at this time, so they rode over and said.

"Ten people, ten in all, as many as us. Fuck it! Zhang Biao counted the number of people on the other side again to make sure he was not wrong. Since the number of people on the other side is not more than his side, Zhang Biao feels that it is better to fight. I don't know how the horsepower of the guy on the opposite side is, if you turn around and run directly, the horsepower of the guy on the opposite side is very good, a guy chases over, when the time comes, the situation of being chased and cut is formed, anyone who dares to stop and resist will be killed first by the opponent to concentrate the superior force, and at that time it will not be able to cry.

"Fuck it!" "Three dogs" also said, and at the same time pulled out his own knife, which was a waist knife seized from Zuo Liangyu, and the steel mouth was very good.

Zhao Feihu reined in his horse, since it is impossible to ambush the opponent, then honestly fight with the opponent through frontal combat. In the past few years, Zhao Feihu has swung his saber on the horse farm on Jeju Island, but it is the first time he has actually faced the enemy on the battlefield. He felt his mouth a little dry and his hands a little shaky. However, he still controlled himself, and even tried to remember the tips when hedging against the enemy, and explained to the other fighters next to him: "When hedging, don't raise your speed first, and then speed up with all your strength when you hear my whistle." ”

The light cavalry horses with the blood of Arabian horses used by the model army were faster than any war horse in the country due to the advantage of their bloodline. And compared with those war horses in China, the war horses of the model army eat much better, they are almost fed with all kinds of grain, and even they not only eat grain, but also eat eggs. This is not comparable to the war horses of any cavalry in the country. This also makes the strength, speed, and endurance of these horses far exceed that of ordinary war horses. When Huang Degong was still in Fengyang, the scout cavalry under his command had a horse race with the light cavalry of the Model Army. The results showed that the trotting speed of these horses of the light cavalry was close to the speed of the opponent's sprint. And the speed at which they sprint is far faster than that of Huang Degong's scout.

"The enemy can't possibly know how fast we can go. When we were about to engage in battle, we suddenly accelerated, and we were sure to catch them off guard. Zhao Feihu thought as he raised the saber in his hand.