In the western suburbs outside Youzhou City, in the dull sound of cannons, it was like some kind of trumpet for running and starting, and it was like a burst of thunder that kicked off.

Under such an order, hundreds of Yandi light horsemen pressed their bodies to the saddle, and shouted angrily with spears and spears, aiming at the wind and thunder flag hanging on the spire of the only remaining arrow tower outside the Kaiyang Gate, and rushed to rush up through the gap opened by the infantry team.

The gunners were still very calm in the face of the fierce attack of the Yandi cavalry, and they still calmly washed their chambers, pushed in the powder packets and projectiles, and lit them up.

swept past the entire array of Yandi cavalry roaring and rushing forward, and scrambled to land in the infantry that was running and following behind; Suddenly, groups of soldiers were hit diagonally at various drop points, and between the violent impact and the bounce, flesh and blood flew or were shattered, and several or even a dozen fell and died, but they still went forward one after another, following the horse's tails and puffs of smoke and dust erected by the cavalry, and pounced in front of them.

When the Yandi light cavalry, which gradually dispersed back and forth, rushed into a hundred paces away, the Huai army gunners who were squatting behind the wooden fence and the horse rejection and wire barricade also all got up in the command and whistle, only to see them either cat waist or half kneeling or standing upright with their guns raised over their chests and shoulders, and put their long guns on the preset supports or rejection horses, and the overlapping upper and lower rows did many rows;

And between the columns waiting for the password, the smoke of the second shelling once again dispersed and floated horizontally;

Behind them, there were many long-barreled gun muzzles filled with shotguns, and a new type of large firearm was erected - it was controlled by three or four people, but its body was larger than the ordinary light long firecracker, using small copper guns to fire projectiles, Sen Sen aimed at the Yandi cavalry galloping in front of him.

The opposite side suddenly made a brief whistling sound, and in the gallop march, a wave of fine arrows suddenly came out of the sky, and for a time in the Huai army array behind the camp, suddenly some people were knocked over head-on and shot down, and there were gaps of varying degrees in the blood splash.

However, the situation that these Yandi cavalry were expecting, and the gunners and gunners on the opposite side fired in advance because of panic, did not happen;

Most of them stayed very calmly behind the bunkers and fences, even if the artillery roared next to them, or the arrows flying sideways, they were indifferent and unusually quiet, as if they were sculptures of people and long guns and cannons solidified together, showing the solemnity and horror of weapons.

Then, they were rained down by the barrage that shot diagonally upwards head-on, covering and penetrating from top to bottom; Then, more pre-set blooming thunderbolts were triggered to bloom among them; Suddenly, there was a deafening bombardment sound and explosive smoke from the front and back, and the Yandi cavalry with vague figures behind them neighed and fell.

But this was not the end, before the muzzles of the guns were readjusted in the chariot array and the barracks, and they were retracted and refilled, and more Yandi cavalry in brown armor and hats in the blood-colored gunpowder smoke and mist continued to bravely carry their horses over the corpses of their comrades in front of them, and raised their spears and lances towards the head-on attack, and many spear blades and pike darts were struck on the horses and wooden fences, making a crackling sound and breaking apart.

At this time, the long and short light cannons that had been building up for a long time behind the camp wall and the car formation erupted, and they were all filled with shotguns, and they hit the bodies of the Yandi cavalry men and horses in the back queue like a storm, and it was as if pushing through an invisible wall out of thin air on the battle line, and everywhere they passed, they all overturned and tumbled and fell down more people and horses.

It's just this "scattered bullet and paste-face" tactic that is only fired at close range that suddenly destroyed these Yandi cavalry, who relied on inertia and momentum to maintain a certain posture of going forward and backward, and the last bit of persistence and reliance;

They were so chaotic that they stagnated and tangled in front of the battle, and then they were killed and pierced by the firearms that radiated at close range, and they fell to the ground one after another like rice crops piled together waiting to be harvested.

And at the other end of the battlefield, as one of the few generals in Pingdao, Liu Menglong's face has turned ugly iron blue.

"The first battle is over."

He looked at the remnants of the cavalry who had managed to turn around and flee with only a few of them dodging the hail of bullets from behind, and he felt so angry that his gums were about to bite and bleed

"Let the second formation, the third formation turn back immediately."

"Don't run into it again."

"The fourth and fifth formations are on standby."

"Find a way to take the first formation of the infantry team, and you can take as many as you can."

After all, these are all cavalry and disciples from behind the mountain that he recreated, and there are many veterans and soldiers who have followed him for many years; Since the establishment of the system, it has accumulated dozens of battles of all sizes, charging into battle and killing the enemy, there are almost no arrays that they can't break away, and there is no enemy that they can't shake off;

Even under the command of Zhang Bangchang, the governor of Hebei, although he claimed to be a general and played a role in more than a dozen military orders and 200,000 troops, he was also led away and supported by his subordinates, and most of the time he was helpless, and was repeatedly taken away from the wealth and population, so he had to retreat in various passes to do the passive response of strict defense, or fall far behind the ass to eat dust...

However, now, because of his momentary rashness and neglect, he was so easily destroyed without warning on the array of these Huai armies that took the initiative to fight outside the city.

What's more important is the sharp spirit that was frustrated on the spot, although it is only the first battle at present, but the encounter they have shown up from this is enough to affect and affect the morale and hearts of the remaining people.

The so-called basic principle of "one drum, then decline, and three exhaustions" is also applicable to these cavalrymen who rushed back to help.

However, as if confirming his fears, the cavalry of the Huai Army, who had been late, also appeared on the north side of the battlefield unhurriedly, as if it was getting better.

Although the number of detected ones is not very large for the time being, it has cast a shadow on them once again to leave the battlefield and regroup into the great cause.

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"Is this the foreign aid that Han Zhongyan is counting on?"

Gradually turning to a drowsy sky, I stood on the gatehouse and looked out at the array in the distance.

"It's just a matter of time."

Under the onslaught and harassment of the Huai cavalry, the process did not seem to be smooth, and from time to time small groups of troops on the fringes were broken up or split from the retreating array; However, in terms of overall morale and order, this army, which was in the middle of losing the wind and retreating, never had any major fluctuations and confusion.

It's a pity that there are fewer cavalry loitering and waiting in the corresponding area outside the city, only two battalions of hussars and one battalion of hunting horses, plus dozens of ranger regiments, otherwise relying on the tactics of the infantry team to hammer the Tiezhan cavalry, you can achieve more results and victories.

And in Youzhou City, the battle that took place in the inner city did not end; Because the enemy in the inner city has stubbornly resisted to the end, it has now controlled a small half of the southern and eastern city walls, and it seems that the rhythm of the night battle will continue.

(End of chapter)