In the wilderness of Pinglu Road, it has turned into a battlefield of many large and small battles.

On the banks of the Sanggan River during the dry season, the faint smell of fresh blood was diffused in the air, and it soon disappeared with the wind.

Because of Anton's deception, Pu Wan, who was already a horse general, led a group of rangers along the undulating riverbank, roaring or roaring again, and rushed again towards the enemy who was trying to turn back, it was a small group of short-brown, fur-rimmed Pingaw cavalry.

And in the midst of some rash battles, they had been disrupted by the fire guns that these Huai army rangers had suddenly stationed on their horses and fired, and they had violently reversed the short thrusts and impacts twice, losing at least dozens of horsemen one after another, and their morale and momentum were a little sluggish, and they became hesitant and sluggish.

However, Puwan did not give light to the enemy and neglect, he tried to control his breathing and the rhythm of the physical strength of his mount, and the three-edged cavalry spear stained on the saddle rose diagonally upwards again, and the cavalry that had broken or lost the short spear in the battle also drew out the narrow saber with thick back and narrow blade, and the group of two, three, or five slightly fell down the position of some of the horses of these spear companions.

In the continuous sound of whistling whistles, a group of cavalry that fell behind them replaced their saddles with heavy short axes and hammer sticks, so that they needed to make up for armor-piercing hammer strikes after the breakthrough, which was one of the tactics that the rangers had honed and figured out for a long time, "three-stage rush".

The whistling wind still with enthusiasm swept past their ears, and the blood in their bodies boiled with the galloping and trembling horses, swallowing mountains and rivers and looking at them like tigers and wolves, which was a true portrayal of the spiritual outlook and morale of their ranger team at this moment.

With the dull sound of collision and piercing clashing, Pu Wan, who rushed into the enemy bush in an instant, once again overturned and knocked down a number of enemy horses that were not well prepared, only to feel that his eyes were suddenly empty again.

The rest of the Pinglu cavalry finally collapsed, and saw that they had given up their sharp turn and were about to turn around and rush into the dry riverbed; After a splash of water tumbling and fluttering violently, in the end, only a dozen or so wading figures were able to climb up to the land on the opposite bank with little strength, and most of the rest were exhausted in the river, and half-sinking and half-floating in the shallow water, struggling in vain to turn out clumps of mud and sewage.

As the pros and cons of fighting on the vast and boundless plain, on the one hand, it greatly strengthened the mobility and assault advantage of the cavalry as a clutch army, and on the other hand, because of its wide field of vision and depth of development, it became a natural and good stage for the firearms corps to wield its scale advantage and suppress the exclusive formation.

At the very least, there is much less room for tactical maneuver in ambushes and sneak attacks than elsewhere, where there are only a few rivers that can form a slight obstacle.

Therefore, only some strongholds located at road nodes, waterway hubs, or key points can be artificially created in the form of strategic points that are difficult to avoid or cannot be diverted.

This has also become the target and object of the three formations of the Huai Army, which has been pushed all the way and advanced hand in hand, and needs to focus on striking and breaking through;

The Huaizhen cavalry, which acts as the filling of this battle line between the three formations and extends the tentacles on the periphery, as long as they provide a certain sense of sweeping formation and vigilance, or are responsible for chasing the dead and chasing the north afterwards, or for the need to encircle the point for reinforcements, and cooperate with the infantry team to carry out the corresponding activity area to block and intercept, to ensure that as many annihilation or defeat as possible reinforcements;

Or in an unexpected encounter, take advantage of the rapid mobility of the cavalry to delay, delay and entangle the superior and one's own enemy position, and then cooperate with the dense fire suppression of the large array of infantry and cavalry to carry out pincer attacks and gouge operations on the battlefield.

Therefore, compared with the steady rhythm of the main force's step-by-step advance formations and sieges, the battles of the cavalry wandering outside and looking for fighters were undoubtedly much more intense and frequent, or more varied and tactically varied.

Moreover, compared with those Yandi riders who were obviously uneven in equipment, the Huai army's command, whether it was a hussar who was responsible for armor and a sudden formation, or a hunter who shot from a distance to contain a roundabout flank attack, or a lightly armed ranger who was mostly used as a scout, a sentry and a guard, all did their best to obtain a plurality of firearms of various lengths and shorts.

Therefore, whether it is a melee fight between the two sides, or a head-on confrontation, or long-range entanglement and containment, these Yanqi children, who were originally known as skilled in archers and horses, and everyone is good at holding bows, will undoubtedly suffer a lot.

Moreover, under the cover of the accompanying infantry cavalry, coupled with the convenience of replenishing, repairing, and replacing horsepower in the vicinity along the canal, these Huai cavalry, who took battalions, regiments, and teams as their activity units, were equivalent to fighting within half of the main field, and they were even more careless and unrestrained.

Therefore, during the days when they entered Hebei, they had a great time fighting all the way, and even if they encountered the current one in the theoretical enemy territory, which was obviously on the way to the ready, and had a small number of cavalry in uniform as the infantry brigade under the cover of the sentry, they dared to rush tentatively.

As the small number of enemy cavalry covering the formation were either dead or routed, only the infantry team composed of hundreds of Pinglu soldiers in front of them was left, wielding all kinds of weapons in place and trying to do the trapping beast.

In a thick accent of shouting, scolding, kicking and beating, I saw that the spearheads of the forest had been raised high by the busy front foot soldiers, and Cen almost put on the most common posture of rejecting the horse, and then sporadic arrows began to fly out of the crowd, and quite sluggishly flew after the dust of the horse's hooves and the afterimage of the tail mane, helplessly falling into the upturned soil, leaving a sparse tail feather.

Then, the next moment, before they could shoot another round with their bows, the counterattack from the Huai cavalry had already followed, only to see a fleeting green smoke drifting between the men and horses who were walking in small steps, and a burst of screams and cries of pain suddenly burst into the group of Pinglu infantry team; Although the hit and accuracy of the shooting gun on the horse are equally probable and touching; But because the crowd of foot soldiers who are gathered together to fight against each other is so dense, as long as you pull the trigger in the general direction, you can always hit the target.

Moreover, as lightly armed rangers, although they only have little protection or even no armor, in order to obtain the corresponding battlefield degree and flexibility, as well as a greater range of activities and continuous ability, they still strive to obtain flexible and changeable aggression in specific weapons and equipment; Therefore, every time they went out into battle, they did not have only a pair of double-barreled or three-eyed firearms on the saddle, but a plurality of two or three to use alternately.

Therefore, these enemies, who do not know the details, have suffered a great loss as soon as they see each other; Although only a small number of front-row soldiers were knocked down at a time, the continuous sound of death and wounding of his companions was rapidly demolishing and destroying the morale and determination of the remaining people.

After the veterans and generals who had the most courage to stand in the front line were already dead and wounded and no one could stand in the front line anymore, and continued to do the thing of shouting and commanding; The rest of the soldiers finally remembered the terror and prestige of the so-called "invincible" in the rumor, and in the sudden sound of cheering in unison, in an instant, the crowd of people who were still tightly packed together was like the fruit of an explosion and cracking, and the roar gave up all formations and resistance efforts in an uproar, and turned into a scattered figure that fled in all directions.

"Nineteen killed."

"Twenty-five people were slightly and seriously injured, of which eleven were seriously worse than the walkers."

This was the price he paid for this encounter, but it was not a great damage and price for the achievements and merits that they could get from this because of the Saiwai Fanhu who were originally Guiyi Huai Town. For at least half a battalion of the enemy had been routed, and the captured mounts and pack horses alone were more than twice as many of their heads, not to mention the hastily sweeping of the battlefield carried by these means of transport.

Soon the dead were tied to the back of the captured horses, and the seriously wounded, who were unable to move, were also fixed on portable stretchers composed of two war horses; With the return of the cavalry that had been separated to pursue and patrol the periphery of the battlefield, the process of retreating the entire ranger team began to enter a kind of countdown.

As for Pu Wan, this time he entered the Pinglu Road battle, and if he was closer to his goal, beyond the many dangerous passes and long and short side walls in the area north of Yanshan, it was the home where he was haunted by his dreams - the southern part of the Songmo Governor's Mansion.

However, an unexpected episode at the end made their return trip have to be postponed.

For, in the midst of a battlefield of abandoned wagons and cattle, mixed with corpses and wounded, there were several elaborate carriages that looked out of the ordinary; There were also more than a dozen enemy soldiers gathered around to resist stubbornly, although most of them were scarred and stained with the blood of themselves and their comrades, but even if they were paralyzed and could not get up, they still tried to raise their weapons and do their best to resist in order to deter and force back the rangers who were besieging in turn.

(End of chapter)