When Shu Zifeng took the lead and rushed into the depths of the ambush circle with a small number of horseback guards, he suddenly hovered his horse and shouted to the guards around him: "Send a signal!" ”

When Shu Zifeng swept away the rebellious nobles under Grand Duke Yaroslav, he also collected and captured some war horses, although the number was not enough to support Shu Zifeng to establish a real cavalry team, but it was still possible to form a personal guard team of dozens of horses.

Similarly, in the battle with those rebellious nobles, Shu Zifeng also harvested a batch of arquebuses and black powder of poor quality, which was not much, but it also allowed Shu Zifeng to expand the musket team by more than 100 people.

Shu Zifeng looted most of the noble territories in the south of Yaroslav City, but only got such a little good thing, you can imagine how weak the armed forces of the small and medium-sized nobles were.

However, Shu Zifeng got quite a lot of cold weapons, not only did the recruited militia all use iron weapons, but also a large number of surplus weapons were allocated to the cannon fodder for the first camp.

Compared with the 16th century Western European countries, the firearms armament rate of Eastern European countries is too low and too low, in the original history of the earth, this phenomenon was not improved until Ivan the Terrible carried out military reforms, introduced Western European firearms manufacturing technology to establish a state-owned firearms arsenal, and successfully armed an army of Ivan the Terrible's original marksmen.

Of course, for today's Muscovy, not to mention the marksman army, even Ivan the Terrible himself is still a teenager full of revenge and resentment, but unable to do so.

From this point of view, the time point of Shu Zifeng's crossing is still quite good, if it is a few decades later, he will face the monolithic Russian Empire that has been integrated by Ivan the Terrible, and under the nose of Ivan the Terrible at his peak, there will be no chance of rising at all!

As the signal was issued, a large number of conscripted militiamen with various cold weapons suddenly appeared in the rear of Shu Zifeng's location, and it was the other 500 conscripted militiamen!

With the addition of this group of new troops, Shu Zifeng immediately set up a blocking military formation again, facing the aristocratic cavalry whose entire queue was stretched into a slender and chaotic line due to the pursuit being too tight.

At the same time, after the signal was issued, the cliffs on both sides of the mountain ridge immediately sounded earth-shaking trumpets and drums, and the remaining more than 1,000 cannon fodder who had first ascended to the camp beat gongs and drums to create momentum, and pushed out the boulders and rolling logs and other equipment that had been hidden in advance, and smashed them towards the enemy troops on the official road below the mountain!

You must know that Shu Zifeng and the guards are all riding war horses, and the speed of escape is much faster than that of the infantry, and they have already distanced themselves from the conscripted militia and cannon fodder of the first camp on foot, which is also one of the reasons why the noble cavalry has never caught up, and they still need to cut people while chasing......

Therefore, when Shu Zifeng's people sent out a signal, a large number of flags and loud noises appeared on both sides of the mountain, and a steady stream of boulders were thrown, many 'friendly' infantry mixed with the chasing soldiers also became victims, but unfortunately, no one would think about the problem of accidental injury at this time.

The cannon fodder of the first camp is very keen on this kind of non-contact combat, and they can get combat merits without having to face the enemy, and they are naturally very happy!

The sudden explosion of sound and the enemy battle flags all over the mountains made the soldiers of the avant-garde army in Rostov fall into a state of panic, but fortunately, they were all veterans of battle, and at this time they were far from reaching the critical point of collapse, and instinctively began to move closer to each other and try to form a formation to resist.

The spontaneous resistance of the infantry after encountering the enemy is a good act that reflects the high-quality army of the cold weapon era, but at the same time, it is also more convenient to smash the boulders and logs rolling off the head!

As a result, the performance of the military quality of the elite infantry of the Rostov avant-garde army increased their own casualties in disguise.

The idea that the commander of the Rostov avant-garde army could not ambush the elite was also reasonable, and in the face of such a condescending blow, the aristocratic cavalry, who were more tenacious in battle, immediately judged the tactical moves in their favor, ignored the ambushes that appeared in the surrounding mountains, and rushed out along the official road with all their hearts!

Because the noble cavalry knew very well that they could not rush up the steep mountain at all on their horses, and along the official road suitable for cavalry charge, even if there was an enemy interception at the exit, they could maintain their best combat effectiveness to kill them!

In the face of a massive ambush, most of the veterans of the Rostov avant-garde army behaved very well, and even if the losses were not small, they did not reveal a large-scale rout.

Of course, it is impossible for all the soldiers in the Rostov avant-garde to be this kind of elite, except for those veterans who have maintained their sanity, the other Rostov avant-garde troops collapsed in morale soon after the ambush suddenly rose, completely lost their fighting spirit under the boulders, and abandoned their armor everywhere in search of a 'comfortable nest' to cover up.

The commander of the Rostov avant-garde army looked at his own troops who were smashed by the rocks and logs in a daze, and forced himself to calm down and constantly give orders to try to stabilize the morale of the army, he knew very well that as long as he survived the chaos of the initial period and regrouped the soldiers, the military quality of the soldiers of the former guard army could completely counterattack the enemy troops who were ambushed in the mountains!

However, since Shu Zifeng had worked hard to lose thousands of cannon fodder to make this 'buckle', he had naturally already taken this into account, and when the ambush army was exhausted, the part of the rear commander of the Rostov avant-garde army was bombarded by all the musketeers under Shu Zifeng's command.

More than 300 arquebusiers on both sides of the mountain ridge fired a lot of projectiles at the army that erected the flag of the Rostov avant-garde army, Shu Zifeng invested all his manpower for this ambush, more than 300 arquebusiers were equipped with thousands of auxiliary reloading personnel, the people in the front row were responsible for shooting, and the people in the back were responsible for loading to maintain a steady stream of firepower.

For musketeers who have already chosen a high firing point, this mode can undoubtedly deliver the maximum amount of lead bullet into the enemy soldier in the shortest possible time.

The heralds of the commander of the Rostov Advance Guard did not wait for departure, but fell on the lead bullets fired from all directions, and the strong iron armor became extra fragile in front of the projectiles, and not everyone could wear steel full-body plate armor!

Even an elite soldier wearing a steel full-body plate armor will be unable to penetrate due to the long distance after being hit by lead bullets, and the huge kinetic energy will shake the soft human body inside the plate armor out of 'Xiang'......

Therefore, under the round fire of more than 300 arquebuses, the rear of the Rostov Avant-garde Army, which was lined up in a dense infantry phalanx, fell down in a large area, and the commander of the Rostov Avant-garde Army, who was riding on a war horse and wearing beautiful armor, was even more set into a sieve by the first fire!