The heavy cavalry of the Model Army also had strict physical and endurance requirements, even more than ordinary infantry. On long marches, they always led their horses on foot. And the speed of their walking on foot is also obviously higher than that of the Shun army. Of course, the cavalry of the Shun army can spread their legs and open the distance between them at once, but the infantry of the Shun army cannot get rid of them at all.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for them to bite Shunjun's tail again. The cavalry of the Shun army had no choice but to stop and confront them again. Then the infantry of the Shun army continued to walk for two or three hundred steps, and the cavalry followed, and then stopped to confront the model army, and then ...... After walking like this for more than an hour, a city wall appeared in their field of vision in the distance, that is, the city wall of Fangshan County. The Shun army began to speed up and approached Fangshan County.

At this time, it is not the right thing to speed up, and if the speed is fast, it is actually reflected in panic. Because the faster the speed, the more likely it is to have problems.

"The horsepower of the enemy's cavalry has also dropped a little." Yu Xin thought, he estimated the distance with the enemy, as well as the enemy's speed, "Our horses are faster than the enemy, especially our horses should be able to catch up with the opponent without armor." ”

"Get everyone's attention." Yu Xin said to the cavalry on the left and right, "This time we will get on the horse and directly launch an attack at the fastest speed, and strive to defeat their cavalry in one time." ”

The cavalry around him quickly conveyed the order to the others. At this time, the cavalry of the Shun army in front stopped again, and they were waiting for the infantry to continue to move forward.

Yu Xin led the heavy cavalry and led the horse to take a few more steps forward, and then stopped. As usual, it seems to be waiting for the other side to retreat. Then slowly followed, Yu Xin and some soldiers even pulled the kettle from the saddle and drank the water.

The infantry behind Hao Shaoqi gradually walked a little farther away, Hao Shaoqi looked at the distance, and planned to let his cavalry follow, and the model army cavalry over there lazily got on their horses again, as if they were about to rush over again.

"Let's keep up with the ......" Before Hao Shaoqi could finish his sentence, his voice was covered by the sudden sound of horses' hooves. He looked back and saw the cavalry of the Ming army rushing towards him like a gust of wind, and the speed of their horses was amazing.

"Hurry back!" Hao Shaoqi shouted, and at the same time, he grabbed the belly of the horse and ran towards the infantry. He knew that his cavalry was facing those guys head-on, and if it weren't for the help of the infantry, he really didn't know how he would die.

Hao Shaoqi led his cavalry and quickly approached the infantry. At the same time, he shouted, trying to alert the infantry and get them ready. However, the infantrymen's attention seemed to be drawn to the nearby walls of Fangshan County, and they were not trained enough to react quickly and correctly. Some of the infantry of the Shun army, seeing the cavalry rushing towards this side frantically, actually regarded Hao Shaoqi and them as enemies for a while, and suddenly became a mess.

At this time, Yu Xin's cavalry had already chased behind Hao Shaoqi, they waved their sabers, and condescendingly chopped the Shun cavalry off their horses one by one, and the cavalry of the Shun army immediately became a mess.

Fortunately, they were not far from the infantry of the Shun army, and the infantry of the Shun army also reacted at this time. On the one hand, they used spears to defend the perimeter to prevent the model army from taking the opportunity to charge into battle, and on the other hand, under the command of Li Zicheng, the infantry of the Shun army also began to organize archers to throw arrows at those cavalrymen.

At this time, the cavalry of the Model Army was actually entangled with the cavalry of the Shun Army, so the projectile of the archers of the Shun Army was actually a bit indistinguishable from the enemy. But it's also the right thing to do. If it was before, the heavy cavalry of the model army could almost ignore these arrow rains by relying on strong armor and horse armor, but at this time, the heavy cavalry with light cavalry armor and the war horses without horse armor at all will be killed and injured by these arrow rains. As for accidentally injuring his own people, if the accidental injury of his own people and the enemy army can reach three to one, Li Zicheng feels that it should be regarded as earning.

Yu Xin had just cut down a Shunjun cavalryman, when suddenly an arrow fell straight from the air and pierced his leg at once. The hussar's legs had no protection except for silk trousers, so the arrow pierced in at once.

Yu Xin gritted his teeth, looked around, and saw that they had already cut down a lot of Shun cavalry at this time, and now these cavalry were very close to the infantry of the Shun army, and continued to chase over, but they were afraid that they would be attacked by crossbow arrows. Crossbow arrows don't have the same range as light arrows fired by a foot bow, but they are far more lethal than those light arrows. Although he was hit by an arrow in the thigh, Yu Xin knew that it was nothing, the arrow did not go deep, go back and deal with it, and it would be fine in ten days and half a month. But it's not the same if you hit a crossbow arrow, it can easily shoot through the armor of the light cavalry, and if it hits a little more critical, it can really kill. And looking at the results of the battle, Yu Xin felt that the cavalry of the Shun army had no combat effectiveness, so he blew the whistle and led the cavalry out of the battle.

The scale of the battle was not large, and the losses on both sides were actually limited, with the Model Army losing two cavalry, sixty or seventy wounded, and one Andalusian horse. There is a high probability that this war horse was captured. However, the horses of the model army are either mare or gelding. Even if Shunjun gets this kind of . Horses, it is also impossible to breed them on a large scale. On the Shun side, more than a hundred cavalry were lost, and most of the other cavalry were also wounded, and these injuries were mainly caused by the Shun army's own bows and arrows. Yu Xin estimated that after this battle, in a short period of time, the Shun army would hardly have any available cavalry.

However, at this time, the heavy cavalry of the model army did not have the ability to fight again, and their men could actually hold on, but the war horses were already difficult to support the battle. So Yu Xin took the cavalry to open the distance between him and the Shun army, just watched the Shun army enter Fangshan County from a distance, and also set up a military camp outside the city and settled down.

Li Zicheng knew that the main force of the Ming army must be not far away, but he could only stay in Fangshan for one night now. The Shun army did not have the ability to march at night. On the march at night, if attacked, it is more likely to cause confusion, and it is not impossible to even break up on its own. However, Li Zicheng felt that the opponent could not march at night. He also knew that Fangshan City was small and the city walls were not tall enough, so he couldn't withstand the Ming army by relying on it. But if he could retreat to Zhuozhou before the main force of the Ming army arrived, then he could rely on Zhuozhou to confront the Ming army for a period of time, and finally retreat safely.