Li Zicheng rode on his horse, looked back at the smoke and dust behind him, and couldn't help but shake his head, in order to ensure the morale of the army when retreating, he personally led the team to suppress the formation. He originally felt that the Ming army and Jianxuan had a big battle, although they were victorious, they had to repair one or two anyway, and he had also made a lot of preparations for retreat, along the way, he had already arranged some military stations in key places and made some preparations in advance, which also made his army's march faster than usual. Li Zicheng felt that in this way, the opponent should not be able to catch up with him. However, what he didn't expect was that just one day later, the enemy's vanguard chased after him.

"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Ming army has caught up. They were all cavalrymen, and there were three or four hundred. Hao Shaoqi, who rushed over from behind, said to Li Zicheng.

"Only cavalry?" Li Zicheng asked.

"There are only cavalry, but they are all two-horse cavalry." Hao Shaoqi hugged his fists on his horse and said, "Where can their infantry come over so quickly?" But they came really fast. Well, their cavalry carried that kind of big horse! ”

By "Malaysia", of course, we mean Andalusian horses. In the last battle, the tall and sturdy Andalusian horses of the heavy cavalry of the Model Army gave the Shun army a great shock. Nowadays, when it comes to "big horses", everyone immediately thinks of the terrible heavy cavalry.

"Their infantry will certainly not be far away." Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "Otherwise, they wouldn't be in such a hurry to chase after them." Flag-waving, you think, how precious should this kind of horse of theirs be? Every horse, in the story, has to be a BMW with a resounding name, right? Such a team must be a treasure in anyone's house. If their infantry is still far away, what use can they let such a treasure rush over desperately? And if it's really far from the army, what's the use of catching up? If you don't do it well, wouldn't it hurt if you were killed or injured? So their infantry is certainly not far away. The enemy was willing to send them here, because they thought that if they only held us back, they would catch up. ”

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, they should let their cavalry go up, do this, that cavalry will definitely be better." Hao Shaoqi asked again.

"They just finished the battle, and God knows what happened to that one." Li Zicheng said, "Maybe their cavalry chased the Tartars too hard, and now they can't move?" Well, wave the flag, let's go and see it together. ”

Hao Shaoqi took Li Zicheng and more than 500 cavalry to the rear, where more than 1,000 people under Hao Shaoqi had already set up a formation, and at a distance of two or three hundred paces from them, a group of Ming cavalry was leading their horses and confronting them.

Li Zicheng frowned, he recognized that this was indeed the heavy cavalry of the Ming army that left a deep impression on him last time. Only this time they didn't seem to be wearing the airtight armor, and what seemed to be the half-cut armor of the cavalry used for scouts and pursuits. Moreover, these Ming troops did carry two horses, one in the middle of the period was the kind of "big horse", and the other was a horse similar to Li Zicheng's cavalry, but most of these horses were very unenergetic, Li Zicheng estimated that these cavalry should have ridden these horses along the way to catch up. Now that they were about to catch up, they dismounted and led the horses to follow slowly.

Li Zicheng understood that these cavalrymen were not just following, they were waiting for the opportunity. If the Shun army in front turned around and continued the march, they would immediately pounce on them and attack the Shun army in a marching state. The level of organization and training of the Shun army could not immediately change from a marching state to a defensive state, and if it was in a marching state, it was attacked by them, and it was in a state of retreat, and the Shun army in a position of pressure was likely to collapse completely.

But confronting others like this, that's absolutely unacceptable. The enemy's large forces are behind, and they may catch up at any time. The enemy did not shoot to delay time, but the Shun army could not stay here for long.

Now Hao Shaoqi's more than 1,000 people set up a formation to temporarily block those cavalry, but Li Zicheng also knew that this blocking was only temporary. If these infantry continue to block, after the other troops have marched and pulled a certain distance from them, those cavalry will quickly bypass them and insert between them and the Shun army in front, and once these people disband the formation to chase, they will be easily crushed by these cavalry turn around, and then these cavalry turn their heads and bite the large army of the Shun army. And if these people continue to stay where they are, not only will they not be able to play the role of holding back the opponent's cavalry, but they will also be dead when the enemy's large army comes. And what about the main forces of the Shun army? If these cavalry were to follow, they would definitely not be able to go fast.

Faced with such a situation, Li Zicheng regretted a little why he didn't retreat from the line of Xuanda. At least, on that route, there were mountains everywhere, and the opponent's cavalry was much less useful.

Of course, sending a team of the same cavalry can effectively hold off the opponent and cover the retreat of the large army. It's just that the previous big battle with the model army caused a lot of losses to the cavalry of the Shun army, and now there are very few cavalry in the retreating team that can really fight. A considerable part of these cavalry had to be used for scouts and forwards, so now Li Zicheng had less than 500 cavalry in his hands that could be concentrated against these Ming cavalry.

Five hundred against three hundred, there is a clear advantage in numbers. But Li Zicheng didn't think that these cavalry could really deal with the three hundred cavalry on the opposite side. Not to mention anything else, the gap between the war horses of the two sides is too big.

"Wave the flag, I'll give you all the cavalry I can use." Li Zicheng looked at the model army cavalry on the opposite side and said, "You don't really fight with them, just drag them along, you can follow the big team when they go farther away, don't get too far away from the big team." ”

"Your Majesty, the last general knows." Hao Shaoqi replied, "Most of their horsepower will not be too good, we have to retreat, we can still retreat." ”

Li Zicheng and Hao Shaoqi both knew that their cavalry could not fight the enemy's cavalry alone. But the enemy is not completely without scruples, that is, if they are dragged in the battle with the cavalry of the Shun army, and then the infantry of the Shun army is killed, maybe, they will suffer a loss. Li Zicheng and Hao Shaoqi both knew that a team like the cavalry on the opposite side would be completely smashed out of silver, and any loss would make the opponent feel distressed. At least, Li Zicheng felt that if this cavalry was his own, even if it was an exchange ratio of one for three or even one for five, it would be a loss against ordinary cavalry. In fact, if it was just Li Zicheng's 500 cavalry and the 300 cavalry on the opposite side, then it would be normal for them to be beaten out of ten for one.

However, if the cavalry of the Shun army could be covered by the infantry, then the situation would be completely different. The strong bows of the infantry, and the spears of the infantry, can limit the mobility of the opposing cavalry, preventing them from fighting in the most advantageous way. As a result, they will naturally not be able to obtain a truly satisfactory exchange ratio in battle.

But there is still a problem with such a confrontation, and that is that it relies on the support of the infantry. Even if Li Zicheng adopted the method of breaking his tail to survive, he would leave a pair of infantry to cooperate with the cavalry. Even if these infantry were extremely loyal to Li Zicheng and did not worry that they would be completely abandoned, considering that this was a plain, once the main force went a little farther away and left room for maneuver, the cavalry of the Ming army could immediately bypass their interception and catch up with the main force of the Shun army again. Of course, the cavalry of the Shun army can interfere with those cavalry on the opposite side, but their infantry cannot keep up with such battlefield maneuvers, and the result will inevitably be disconnected from their own cavalry, and then watch their cavalry being crushed by the other side.

Therefore, in order to truly complete the mission, this cavalry must be extraordinarily clever. They must always be aware of the distance between them and their main force, as long as the main force is a little farther away, they must retreat before the opponent can attack them, and then use their horsepower advantage to quickly catch up with the tail of the team.

But Hao Shaoqi felt that he should be able to do this. The enemy's cavalry was short of horsepower, and they were two or three hundred paces away from themselves. In fact, the opponent can't easily close the distance, because it will enter the range of the infantry's light arrows, and if you get closer, the enemy will also try to launch a counterattack, and if you don't get it right, they will be entangled by the enemy's cavalry, and then fall into the combined attack of the enemy's infantry and cavalry, and finally suffer a big loss. Although the distance of two or three hundred steps gives the opponent room to make a lot of tactical choices, it also gives Hao Shaoqi such space. Hao Shaoqi felt that he could confront the enemy first, wait for the main force to come out of a certain distance, and then take the initiative to retreat and get close to the main force, with the advantage of horsepower, the enemy army would definitely not be able to catch up with them, so that he could relatively safely prevent the opponent's attack and ensure the retreat of the army.

Li Zicheng saw that Hao Shaoqi was so confident, so he nodded and said, "It's all up to you." Then he went to the front.

When Hao Shaoqi saw Li Zicheng going to the front, he lined up the cavalry around him and prepared them for battle. The cavalry lined up, and the infantry behind the Shun army began to move forward. At this time, the cavalry of the Model Army was still standing there without any movement. It wasn't until the infantry at the rear of the Shun army was two or three hundred paces away from the broken cavalry that they began to make the movement of getting on their horses.

"Withdraw!" Hao Shaoqi knew that the enemy was going to launch a charge against him, so he hurriedly gave such an order, so the cavalry of the Shun army turned their horses together and chased after the infantry behind their palace.

"Alright, come down." Yu Xin, who had just mounted the horse, jumped off the horse, "Let's lead the horse and follow." Now that their horsepower is better than ours, it's not time to pursue them. ”