Liu Tang, a horse military captain alias the red-haired ghost, rode a horse and a spear, and galloped in the wilderness in the wind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The panicked or frightened faces, or the figures running for their lives, knocked down and trampled under the horse's hooves, and even poked to death and overturned in the direction of the road ahead.

The hussars whose main members came from Anton were different from the local Chasseurs of Huaidong, and strengthened their protection, emphasizing the ability to fight in close combat during the charge and the ability to fight in cavalry battles.

Therefore, unlike the chasers, who used scale armor, chain mail and even light inlay armor, in addition to the armor on the upper body of the hussars, an additional piece of well-forged cuirass was strengthened, and a front stop and forehead guard that could prevent arrows were also added to the mount to meet the basic protection during the attack on the enemy formation.

As a unit with Huaidong characteristics, although they also carry firearms, they are not horseguns that can be stopped and fired on horses, but two double-shot handcuffs for one person, as a means of attacking the enemy and protecting the enemy in close combat.

For example, compared with the saber-based chasseurs, in addition to the traditional horse lance and flag spear used to stab and charge, they will also be equipped with an additional sword, axe, club, mallet, hammer and stick for horse combat and armor piercing.

Of course, they sometimes carry a small number of small and light explosive bombs, or three or four large fire oil bombs and fire thunder bombs, like chasseurs, as a means of suppressing fire or disrupting the enemy's formation thrown at short distances.

Therefore, under the full drive of the Andong Horse, which is produced in the land of mountains and valleys, it can be called a powerful class of troops to break the enemy. Compared with the chasseurs, who are responsible for harassing and pinning down and short assaults, it is another unrestrained and fiery combat style.

Therefore, the three battalions and one regiment of the newly formed hussars to which he belonged had just coordinated and cooperated with the chasseurs of the other three regiments, with the hussars as the vanguard and the sharpness of breaking the formation, and won a hearty victory.

The enemy brigades that hastily stopped to resist in formation,

In front of the impact of their spears, the thick and irregular array spread out as if a huge gap had been suddenly torn open, and a wall of blood gushing like a waterfall suddenly bloomed and spread out in front of the tip of their spears, as the torn body was pierced.

Then, the entire military formation was completely scattered! No one, no one, survived their head-on impact and kicking. Their bodies were directly pierced by the spears, overturned by the huge impact energy, and trampled by the hard and heavy horses' hooves.

At this moment, at their feet, there were countless floating corpses of the enemy, and the entire ground was stained red with blood, and even streams of blood appeared.

After the horse's hooves were trampled, thousands of sabers converged into a sea of cold light, in the sun. The blood-stained phalanx of fat riders, with boundless might, continued to pounce on the targets that appeared later.

tore and scattered the enemy army in one breath for a full four formations of men and horses, and then was able to turn around and slowly slow down and stop at the edge of the battlefield, and the number of people who fell behind after a rough inspection was only eleven;

Then, while watching the lightly armed chasseurs chase the tail sweep and capture the prisoners who chased the north, they reorganized their troops and equipment, drank water and food, and acted as guards and sentry guards on the periphery.

Of course, with a total of only three integrated battalions of hussars, his relative number is still a little too small on this battlefield where tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people are gathered.

Therefore, they could not fight too far away from the large infantry team, and were strictly limited to hard-to-head horse battles with the numerically superior cavalry of the Northern Dynasty; When encountering a powerful enemy, don't be particularly involved in fighting or getting too entangled.

After strict discipline and formation coordination training, they will quickly turn into and retreat into the hollow formation formed by the nearby guncorps infantry according to the rules; Under the cover of these well-guarded infantry, simple supplies and food were carried out, armoured horses were prepared with the help of auxiliaries, wounds were dealt with, and so on;

Then wait for the next strike or a new round of combat orders.

Therefore, so far, the results and gains of Liu Tang's Anton Hussars are mainly the enemy's foot soldiers and a small number of sentinels; can't help but make him feel a little regretful, or a feeling that he hasn't done his best.

Taking off his sweaty white tasseled hat and helmet, he was blown by the hot wind of the battlefield full of smoke and fire, and he only felt indescribably relaxed and cool;

Chewing on the salty, sweet, slightly spicy and flavorful canned fish floss in my mouth, and drinking the brown sugar water mixed with soju in my skin bag, I only felt that my tired and sore limbs became much more refreshed.

As for the sliced blood sausage and shredded meat he had brought in the bag, he didn't want to move for the time being.

Then he took out a large piece of peanut dregs, soybean meal, and dried alfalfa from the sac behind the saddle, added fish bone meal and eggshells, crushed and compressed the horse feed round cake, and sent it to the horse's mouth with a cooked chicken egg, which was creaking and feeding it.

He then began to inspect his weapons and equipment, folding and removing the arrows that were stuck in the front baffle one by one, and after carefully checking that there were no unnecessary wounds, he re-loosened and adjusted the saddle sheath and bridle to make sure that none of the accessories and buckles were in his place.

Only then did he pick up the two double-barreled handcuffs and their tools, and carefully clean and reload them; Don't look at these two gadgets, it's a thin iron pipe on a wooden handle; However, in the fleeting face of horse warfare, this kind of firearm that cannot reach more than 20 paces away is a weapon that can save lives and even decide life and death.

Because after loading, it can be easily hidden on the saddle without being inconspicuous, and even traveled with a bow and arrow without taking up much space and weight;

Relying on this unexpected thing, although he personally did not gain anything; But the men under his command have killed and shot down at least double-digit enemy horsemen and sentry in close encounters, chases, and dogfights.

When it came time to clean up the battlefield and take over the prisoners, and the lightly armed auxiliary cavalry battalion also arrived with supply carts, they were even more relaxed.

At this time, a messenger with a small flag on his back sent a new order, telling them to quickly mobilize and march three and a half miles to the east, to assist a friendly army in completing the blockade of a certain stronghold to prevent the enemy from breaking through.

"On the orders of the left front commander, you still have to bring these."

The messenger pointed to several large driveways with long pipes

"Let's go to the support."

Liu Tang couldn't help but be surprised, it was actually a gun carriage drawn by a number of horses.

And according to his impression in the military identification manual, it seems that it is still a deliberately lightweight and simplified structure, which can accompany the cavalry galloping on the cavalry, so the most conspicuous thing is the two reinforced and widened, iron rubber wheels.

Although the gun carriage is only two and a half inches long, it is already a big killer enough to pose a threat for most ordinary barracks and field arrays; Because compared to the scattered small cannon used by ordinary infantry teams, this special mounted cannon can be used to break through the formation of spherical shells, can also blast a piece of loose shots, or the smallest chain bullets and rod bullets.

It is also the standard configuration of some highly mobile troops, including the chariot battalion, which is composed of mounted infantry troops, and is generally used to consolidate and strengthen the ability to attack fortifications and deploy defenses after long-distance running.

So after half a ring, the cavalry team led by Liu Tang had already escorted the artillery carriage to the destination, a semi-surrounded stronghold - Fengchengshu.

It was a large barracks, with walls at least fifteen feet high and an unknown thickness of the cavity; According to the capture of the periphery, this was originally the stronghold of the Northern Dynasties in the capital road; After the battle, it was quickly increased in height and strengthened into a large siege that could garrison at least thousands of troops.

Thus, in the absence of adequate artillery support, about half a battalion of the besieging force suffered a minor setback under the rain of arrows from the defending troops, and had to retreat.

"Enemies in the fortress fire arrows very quickly,"

"The accuracy of the arrow is also very high,"

While Liu Tang was inquiring about the specific situation, the four artillery carriages over there also toppled the appropriate range and position, and began to exert their power one after another.

Although, only two of the four iron bullets fired in the first test fell on the wall, the other two passed over the heads of the panicked defenders and fell into the ramparts, causing a number of ghost-weeping-wolf howls;

However, after the bombardment, obvious cracks and gaps began to appear in the outer wall at two close impact points, and it seemed that the newly built city wall was not as thick as expected.

So in the second round of shelling, suddenly the blocked door under the siege was opened from the inside out, and it was obvious that the enemy troops inside the city fortress began to break through.

"Boys, it's our turn."

Liu Tang couldn't help but cheer up and beckoned behind him.