Chapter 68: Clutch

The standard battalion of the governor of Zhejiang was divided into two battalions, the left and the right, and the left battalion was responsible for commanding the whole army with the guerrilla and the central military. According to the military situation reported by the scouts sent by Chen Wen, most of the two battalions on the left and right of Fubiao have also entered the city to encircle and suppress the defenders, and the cavalry has already dispersed except for the part that entered the city, and only a force of three or four hundred people remained in the north of the city, which is used to protect the commander outside the city, take care of the baggage and booty, and be the queen of the army.

With only more than 100 cavalry in his hands, Chen Wen did not plan to rely on this vanguard to collide with the Qing army's remaining troops, once he was entangled by these Qing infantry, it would be difficult for the cavalry under his command to complete the task of containing the Qing army, and even be besieged by the Qing cavalry who returned to defend with the infantry left behind.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he fixed his eyes on the scouts scattered by the Qing army. However, the Qing army's scouts were scattered, and the specific location of these scouts was impossible to figure out completely, and it was unknown how long the defenders in the city could hold out, so he didn't plan to continue waiting, but chose a simpler way.

Riding the horse from behind the hill, Chen Wen did not increase the speed of the horse too fast, this place is still a long way from the nearest Qing army to explore the horse, and the appropriate saving of horsepower will also help the follow-up battle.

The Qing army was spotted with only two scouts, and they were on a scout mission, hiding at the edge of a small forest to observe the movement of the road. If it weren't for the horseshoe prints left by the Qing army's war horses when they bypassed the woods, they would probably pass by the road next to the woods in a daze, and the Qing army would have discovered the movement of the Ming army first.

After observing the terrain here, it was found that it was difficult to encircle and annihilate these two Qing army scouts with horns in the woods. Chen Wen sent a team of cavalry to pass through the road, played a messenger style, and advanced in the direction of Xiuhu Lake in the west of Yiwu City. The other group of cavalry dismounted and lurked on the side of the road behind the woods. Prepare for an ambush.

The cavalry of the Ming army was as many as ten people, and it was by no means something that these two Qing troops could afford to provoke. Seeing that the Ming army was advancing in the direction of Xiuhu, the Qing army did not doubt him, and after the Ming army passed, he immediately sent a man to turn over his horse and run around the woods in the direction of the Qing army's general banner.

It's just that the Qing army that reported the news had just bypassed the woods and was immediately ambushed by the Ming army lurking on the side of the road. The stumbling horse rope was suddenly pulled up, and the cavalry of the Qing army who reported the news flew out with the fall of the mount, and was hacked to death by the Ming army lying in ambush on the side without reacting.

The first Qing army had been killed, and Chen Wen led a large cavalry through the road. The Qing army lurking in the woods saw the Ming army passing through, and for the sake of their own safety, they did not dare to rush to blow the horn, but planned to bypass the woods and report to the Qing army's rear troops at the frequency of blowing the horn. He was killed by the Ming army who had set up an ambush on the road.

The Qing army only lost two probes, but there was a small gap in the intelligence network that was spread. Chen Wen led his team through the road, and joined the Ming army marching in the direction of Xiuhu and setting up an ambush to go straight to the palace rear troops of the Qing army.

The loss of a sensory cell in the outermost intelligence network does not mean that the entire intelligence network is completely paralyzed, but because Chen Wen's troops are all cavalry, the rest of the Qing army has already rushed over before they can react. The horn of the attack was sounded repeatedly, and the troops behind the palace of the Qing army were fortunately surrounded by carts with baggage, booty and flags, although the cavalry of the Ming army rushed to the front. However, it did not pose an actual threat.

After riding his horse and shooting two arrows, Chen Wen scattered the cavalry in a team of ten people. Ignoring the troops behind the palace of the Qing army, who were already in full battle, they rushed towards the Qing army scouts who had already reacted and tried to come back from all directions.

On the way back, the Qing army's Tanma tried to increase the strength of the cavalry through continuous aggregation, but most of them had not had time to complete the aggregation before the Ming cavalry had already arrived. The cavalry of the Ming army was a team of ten people, which was too many compared to most Qing troops who only had a few people. In between hastiness. Most of the Qing army's scouts chose to turn around and flee, and only a few of them were caught up and killed by the Ming army that rushed to kill.

There were only five people in the Qing army that Chen Wen was chasing, and in the face of the cavalry of more than ten people of the Ming army, they turned around and left, and moved closer to the Qing army near the left. Seeing from a distance that the cavalry was chasing after another group of Ming troops, Chen Wen continued to chase without hesitation.

Soon. The two Qing army's scout horses converged together, and the two teams of cavalry of the Ming army also gathered at the same time. After the Qing army turned around and shot one or two arrows at the beginning of the gathering, the Ming cavalry had to turn around and flee in the face of the Ming cavalry, which was already in an advantageous position.

Not far away is a forest, this group of Qing troops along the edge of the woods turned around, to another Qing army that was rushing to the horses, and this team of Qing troops not only had more than ten people, but there were no Ming troops behind them. Once the two teams merge, they can use the advantage of numbers to compete with the Ming pursuers.

But at this moment, when the Qing army had just completed the turn, with Chen Wen's shout, the Ming cavalry shortened the distance between the two sides by turning on the inside line. When he got close, he opened his bow and shot at the Qing army.

Compared with the cavalry under his command who are training every day, Chen Wen's riding skills can only be used to charge on horseback, and riding is still a relatively high-end skill for him, let alone riding and shooting. Seeing that he was already approaching, Chen Wen picked up a short hand crossbow and shot it towards the back of the closest Qing army probe horse.

The crossbow bolts slashed through the air, and the whistling sound it brought out reached the ears of the Qing army at a faster speed. The crossbow arrows did not fly, but I saw that the Qing army was lying on a horse with an iron plate bridge, and the crossbow arrows shot by Chen Wen flew by the tip of the nose of this guy.

If it weren't for being in the hostile camp, Chen Wen really planned to applaud this Qing army Tanma, after all, such a reaction was obviously immersed in equestrianism for many years, and it was obviously not bad in martial arts. But before Chen Wen dropped the crossbow, he pulled out his sword and chased after him to slash and kill, only to see that the crossbow arrow grazed the tip of the nose of the Qing army's horse, and then stuck straight into the neck of a Qing soldier further ahead, and shot it directly off the horse.

"Hit the passenger car by mistake, how can this work?"

The complaint in his heart flashed away, and Chen Wen, who had already drawn his sword, rushed forward without hesitation, and slashed at the Qing army detective horse who had just sat up again.

The equestrian master is the equestrian master, with his back to Chen Wen, who was riding a horse to catch up, only to hear the scream of the sword dancing, the Qing army immediately lowered his head, and his whole body fell on the horse's neck. But before he could completely lower his head, relying on the advantage of the horse's speed, Chen Wen's sword had already slashed at the "lightning rod" of his helmet, bringing the entire helmet down.

At this moment, Chen Wen's strength was exhausted, and although the Qing army's helmet fell, he was not injured. Seeing that Chen Wen hadn't had time to put away his sword, the speed of the Qing army also slowed down in the process of getting up again, only to see that he immediately pulled out his saber and slashed at Chen Wen after missing this half of his position.

The blade has arrived, but the sword in his hand has just been withdrawn, and at this moment when the old force has gone and the new force has not been born, Chen Wen had to use the small shield on his arm armor to carry the chopping of the Qing army. In the next second, only the sound of a metal blow was heard, and Chen Wen only felt as if his left arm had been hit by a blunt object, and half of his body was numb.

Forcibly enduring the ensuing pain, Chen Wen stabbed his sword on the neck of the Qing army, habitually twisting the sword body, and the blood of the Qing army fell off the war horse after splashing Chen Wen's hand, obviously losing his life.

Between the rabbit and the falcon, the Qing army had been shot and killed by the Ming army that had caught up, and several people were hacked to death, but the support army of the Qing army was not far away, Chen Wen did not care about checking the injury, and immediately commanded the two teams of cavalry around him to give up and continue to cut down the Qing troops who were being caught up, and turned back to the other team of cavalry to gain the advantage of troops.

The cavalry's actions are light and flexible, and they can be separated and combined, and they can travel for a hundred miles, go thousands of miles, and enter and exit seamlessly, which is a clutching soldier. Based on some theories in his impression, combined with the experience he gained from Li Ruixin, Chen Guobao and other horsemen, Chen Wen made this plan that was almost like a hunt.

In addition to ambushing the Qing army's horses, the principle in the battle is very simple, when the current Qing army is less than their own, they will disperse, pounce on it and slash it, if the Qing army gathers men and horses, it will gather to other Ming cavalry, form a force advantage and then attack.

Although the Fubiao battalion had more than 200 cavalry, many of them had already entered the city, and the number of scouts left outside the city was even less than that of the Ming army. Although it was much stronger than the Ming army in equestrian and martial arts, the Ming cavalry reacted in advance and had already controlled the rhythm, so the casualties paid by the Ming army were far less than those of the Qing army in this moment.

Looking at the cavalry of the two armies chasing and fighting on the battlefield from afar, the guerrilla of the left battalion of the Fubiao battalion, as the main general, quickly saw the clues.

The cavalry of the Fubiao battalion on this local battlefield itself is at a disadvantage, and it will definitely not work like this. And according to intelligence, the number of cavalry in this Ming army is very small, and it is completely based on infantry as the main force.

Was it forced to return to reinforcements, or was it that the Qing army that had already defeated the southern front and cooperated with the defenders to encircle and annihilate the lone Fubiao battalion with the power of the new victory. There is no way to know about these left battalion guerrillas, but if it is the latter, then wouldn't the Fubiao battalion soon fall into the encirclement of the Ming army.

Time is running out for him, and he must think about what to do as soon as possible. A moment later, the order to withdraw and reunite the troops at the banner of the Chinese army in the Fubiao battalion has been issued, and the Qing army scouts who fought with the Ming army quickly returned to the reinforcement of the banner, and even the siege troops in the county town who had almost done their best began to rein in their soldiers and withdraw to the north of the city...... (To be continued.) )