The firecrackers in the first row finished shooting, squatting on the ground, swords pointing obliquely, even if the length of the firecrackers was far from comparable to the spears, the little cold light taken by the sharp jungle was enough to constitute a sufficient deterrent to the light cavalry of the Qing army.

This was true of the first row of the phalanx, as well as the second row, which formed a barrier to prevent the Qing cavalry from rushing into the formation. But as the distance got closer, the third platoon of fire rang out, and the damage to the Qing cavalry became even greater.

When one after another fire guns in the third row poked out from between the soldiers in the second row, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the Qing cavalry not far away was beginning to turn and shoot hard, and they fell in batches.

The Mobei good horse under his crotch shook suddenly, and the wail from his chest shook the heartstrings of Aobai. At the time of the battle, it was never uncommon for the war horse to be killed on the spot, and Ao Bai had been in battle for a long time and knew this. At this moment, once he felt the wound of the war horse under his crotch, Ao Bai did not hesitate to abandon the horse, pushed with his feet, and his body rose into the air, and then at the moment of landing, it was a rolling and unloading the force of falling.

Aobai's action was done in one go, although it was said that he had not fought with people on the battlefield for many years, but the experience was still enough, seeing that the four hooves of the war horse shook a few times, he could no longer support it, and fell heavily to the ground, Ao Bai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at least to avoid the embarrassment of being pressed under the body of the war horse and unable to extricate himself.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Qing army suffered heavy losses, and the offensive was suspended. Fortunately, the smoke obscured his vision, and he was not sniped by the hunters with rifled guns. But with the Ao Bai to find the war horse, the sequelae of the fall appeared, from the first "Lord Guerjia is dead", the commander "died", some of the tribes of Taiji want to continue the attack, some want to preserve their strength, this cavalry team supported by the banners of the Southern Mongolia is a big chaos.

"These unruly Mongolian Tatars!"

Ao Bai shouted angrily a few times, but the chaos had already formed, and his shouts alone were at most to regather some nearby people, nothing more.

"Master, what should I do?"

Changing Aobai into a horse, the head of Goshha beside him asked, Aobai looked around, and had to make a withdrawal word from between his teeth and rode his horse in the direction of the general banner of Suppression.

The right army of Wuwei collapsed, and Ao Bai led the team to rush to the blink in order to plug this gap. During this time, because Ao Bai led the charge of the team, although he could not complete the breakthrough, it also relieved the breath of Ji Bilong, and at this moment he was reining in the rout in the distance, and the Gong Guard Army also received Liu Cheng's order and was coming in the whole division.

The tactical goal was achieved, but these cavalry from the various departments of Mongol in southern Mongolia were originally subordinate to the various departments, and this time the reinforcement was only barely kneaded together.

In contrast, although the cavalry on the side of Suppilon was once overwhelmed by the rout, if they could recover, their combat effectiveness and will to fight would definitely be stronger than these Mongols. Not to mention anything else, at least these 5,000 cavalry are restrained by officers at all levels, and they are a whole, while those Mongols are not the same thing at all.

brought four or five thousand horsemen, and when they came back, there were less than half of the men and horses left, and they all saw the handsome banner of Ao Bai on the road and followed. The others were not killed or injured a lot, but it was not possible to rebuild these guys who were accustomed to doing their own thing.

Ao Bai rushed with his men and horses to Kupilon, who had recovered from the chaos of his cavalry. Seeing Ao Bai come back from killing, Ji Bilong was also ashamed, and almost wanted to drop blood.

"How?"

Hearing this, Curb Pilon shook his head, and then said with a wry smile: "The cavalry is safe and ready to fight at any time." It's just the infantry and artillery, not to mention the thousands of men and horses who fled back, not to mention the broken structure, and the soldiers have already lost their fear, and I am afraid that they will not be useful. ”

When an army fights, organization is crucial. Now the structure is broken, which is fine for cavalry, but fatal for infantry. In this regard, Ao Bai is also very clear that this is not the problem of Curb Pilon, nor is it the problem of Curb Billon's predecessor Liu Cheng. In the final analysis, Chen Wen's tactics are too terrifying, not to mention the right army of the armed guards, even if the Praetorian Guards are afraid, they will not be able to withstand such an offensive.

"Now is not the time to sigh and sigh, and the young guards division of the Zhejiang bandits must be held back before the arrival of the Gong Guards. If they are allowed to continue to advance, or turn their heads and kill in the direction of the Chinese army, even if the Praetorian Guards can defeat the Zhejiang bandits in front of them, there will never be enough time. ”

What Ao Bai refers to, Kupilon naturally understands. Chen Wen and the Manchu Qing Dynasty are both left-wing breakthrough tactics, the comparison is nothing more than which side breaks through the face first, and then swept the Chinese army, and now the Young Guards Division has broken the Wuwei Right Army, the Qing army lost for a while, and it has reached the edge of the cliff. However, with the efforts of Aobai, the offensive was temporarily restrained. However, they must hold on and maintain the front until the Praetorian Guard breaks through the right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army and then sweeps the Chinese army, otherwise once defeated, the Manchus will be completely finished.

After a brief exchange between the two, Kupilon personally led the cavalry of the Wuwei Right Army to kill the Young Guards Division, and Ao Bai had to regather the Mongol cavalry he had brought with him, and wait until the Gongwei Army arrived before attacking.

The Gong Guards arrived, re-stabilized the battle line, and pulled each other back to the original point, and the Qing army had the possibility of victory. However, the right army of Wuwei collapsed first, and the Gongwei army was forced to go to the right flank, so it was necessary to let this reserve force play a greater effect in order to have a greater chance of victory, and Aobai's response was to gather heavy troops here, relying on the infantry of the Gongwei army and the three cavalry to completely break the young guard division in front of him.

Suppression had already set out, and it was inevitable that the cavalry of the Wuwei Right Army would suffer some casualties during this period. However, Doni and his cavalry also quickly arrived at the place where the rout was gathered, and after a brief exchange of opinions, the two were able to agree on the agreement, so they stopped for the time being, urging the follow-up infantry to catch up as quickly as possible. However, there was no moment's effort, but the new actions of the Northern Expeditionary Army were the first to attract Aobai's attention.

The Hongyi artillery launched fire on the right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the center and right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army began to attack, and the right flank was forced to enter the defensive position under the large-scale attack of the superior cavalry of the Qing army. But at this moment, in the direction of the Northern Expeditionary Army's reserve in the distance, the old guard division that has always been criticized for its military horn began to move towards the left flank of the Ming army, and at this moment it was obviously time to fight to the death.

"I'm afraid that this is the decisive fight of the Zhejiang bandits, so the slave will lead the troops to support the Kupilon first, and ask the prince to organize the Gong Guards to follow up as soon as possible."

"You go, the infantry is almost here, and this prince will follow."

Simple cavalry, especially light cavalry like them, still needs the cooperation of infantry, and it is possible to break through the world-famous tenacious phalanx of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies with the mixed tactics of infantry and cavalry. However, how Chen Wen reacted, what kind of hole cards he had, but it was not something they could control, since there was a movement here, they had to respond, and they must not let Chen Wen achieve his goal too easily.

The banner of worship was erected, and nearly 3,000 riders had been gathered here. The others that had not yet been rebuilt, some were not in the battle, and some did not know where they had gone, but these Mongols did not dare to withdraw from the battlefield easily, because once the Qing court won, they would inevitably be retaliated by the Qing court for such actions, and other Mongol tribes would pounce on them to get a piece of the pie, which was a matter of life and death.

In this way, counting the 5,000 horsemen of Suppilon, it is also a large combat force. As for Doni's Gong Guard, it is still of great use, and it cannot be moved lightly for the time being, and only the two of them will intercept the cavalry of the old guard division whose tactics have always maintained a sense of mystery.

Ao Bai attacked again, and Curb Pilon had already launched a large-scale attack on the Young Guards Division. 5,000 cavalry, belonging to five towns. Unlike the cavalry unit of Aobai, the cavalry of the Wuwei Right Army has a complete officer corps, and the degree of organization is incomparable. During this period, the troops were divided into five routes and launched a comprehensive attack on the Young Guards Division, and the casualties continued to increase, but it also really dragged down the pace of the Young Guards Division, so that this unit, which was known for its attack, had to sit here and could not continue the attack.

In the distance, the old guard moved towards it, and Ao Bai and Doni saw it, as did the Curb Pilon who was in the array. Not to mention the strong combat effectiveness that the Young Guards Division has already shown, and the resulting association with another Guards Division, just saying that this cavalry coordination is definitely not something that this single cavalry under his command can compete with.

Seeing this, the flag of the general of the curb was waved, and the heralds were everywhere, quickly reining in the troops and waiting for the old guard division. However, his opponent did not seem to be in a hurry at all, not only gave him time to gather his troops, but also waited for Aobai's reinforcements and slowly entered the battlefield.

"It's neat, and the armor seems to be good."

The cavalry of this Guards Division was not as numerous as they were, and from a distance it seemed that they were not as large as them, but the closer they got, the more they realized their previous mistake. The cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army here marched in neat formations, without enough horse speed and no room to wield weapons, and it seemed that there was nothing special except for neatness.

"What is this Zhejiang bandit going to do, is it possible that they are ready to push over like this, and use the cavalry as infantry."

It was as if he was talking nonsense, but there was only so much to see through the telescope. It's not just him, Ao Bai is based on the battlefield sense of smell, although he vaguely feels the fear, but where is its horror, he can't figure it out at all.

At the beginning of the war, the formation width of the Wuwei Right Army and the Young Guards Division was the same, and there was still a distance of one or two miles from the canal. When the Wuwei Right Army collapsed, the Young Guards Division occupied the position of the Wuwei Right Army, but with the large-scale attack of the Qing army's cavalry, not only did it not continue to attack, but the formation also inevitably contracted. At this time, the cavalry and elderly guard divisions of Aobai and Kupilon were all on the most inconspicuous margins of the battlefield on the Western Front, one in the north and the other in the south.

"I led my headquarters to charge into battle, and you then covered up and killed."

"Hmm."

After entering this marginal area, the old guard division in the distance extended its formation, covering the entire battlefield from the edge of the canal beach to the left of the young guard division, and then directly pressed over with the neat cavalry formation just now, looking dull and slow.

Horse speed is a well-known thing. The old guard division on the opposite side began to have traces of acceleration in the march, a cavalry battle between the two sides with a small gap in strength was imminent, the Qing army was responsible for the cavalry of the right army of the Wuwei Army of the Suppression Pilon to take the lead in the charge, and Ao Bai followed up with the Mongolian cavalry, and met the drum on the opposite side of the gong.

The Qing army was like this, and Kubilong had the idea of redeeming himself, but it was also limited by the fact that the quality of these cavalry of Southern Mongolia was difficult to compare with the cavalry of the new army.

The Qing cavalry of the brigade accelerated to the south under the order of Curb Bilong, and covered the sky like a dark cloud. At the same time, their opponent, the elderly guards division of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army, did not accelerate very quickly, and still maintained a relatively neat horizontal line rolling north.

Moving from the battlefield to the left, the army maintained a relatively neat cavalry formation. Arriving here, the cavalry formation was still not scattered in the slightest, and each cavalry still maintained a very small distance from the neighboring cavalry, and even from the back row was pitifully small.

The first two horizontal rows formed the first cavalry formation, and each subsequent two horizontal rows also formed a cavalry formation, with no sign of dispersion, as if it was intended to be pressed up like a city wall so straightforwardly.

At the front of the cavalry formation, Li Ruixin did not carry the horse lance handed down from his ancestors, but held a standard saber. This saber is a product developed by the Department of Military Industry after the relocation of Ma'anshan, different from the original saber of the Ming Army, the length and arc have been appropriately adjusted, and a handguard is added to the knife handle, even people who don't know anything about cavalry can easily see the difference.

Like the plate armor of the cavalry bust and the helmet on the head, the saber was finally shaped after countless experiments. Li Ruixin likes this saber very much, because compared with the ancestral martial arts, this kind of saber with the knife method is easier to popularize, just like today, nearly 10,000 cavalry of the elderly guard division are concentrated on this battlefield, the same speed, the same cavalry, the same weapons and equipment, and the same tactics, just rush up directly, and fight to the death with the Tartars!

The cavalry of the old guard division began with horses and walked, and slowly accelerated, although the acceleration was much smaller than that of the Qing army, but the acceleration never showed signs of stopping.

Gradually, arrows began to fall overhead, these were the cavalry shots of the Qing army, to disrupt the formation. However, when the arrow hit the standard cavalry armor of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, it was bounced off without exception, and only those who could hit the war horse in the sabre could cause minimal disturbance.

The speed of the cavalry formation is getting faster and faster, and the distance between it and the Qing army in the distance is getting closer and closer, and there are more and more cavalry attacked by cavalry, some of them have to withdraw from the cavalry formation, but they are also quickly filled by the cavalry of the rear team, and the whole formation is like a phalanx of infantry, which is still pressing towards the cavalry of the Qing army in continuous acceleration.

The horses went from walking to jogging, and then to full speed at the moment, and the uniformity of the riding formation was slightly affected. As the commander of this cavalry, Li Ruixin did not need to take the lead in the charge, but he also monitored the speed of the cavalry throughout the whole process. As the speed reached the peak required by the usual training, the formation was somewhat unable to continue to maintain the initial perfection, but the vanguard cavalry of the Qing army was also close at hand, especially the commander of the Qing army who took the lead in the charge, and was killing in the direction of Li Ruixin's right hand interval horse.

"Kill!"

The Ming army in front of him was black and oppressive, like a city wall blocking the way to curb Bilong's charge. It wasn't that he hadn't seen the three walls of the camp, and he didn't look like this, although he didn't know very well, but he still plunged into this cavalry formation.

The horses were staggered, and the spur passed through the gap between the only remaining cavalry of the two Northern Expeditionary armies on the opposite side, and only an iron plate bridge gave way to two swords. As soon as his waist moved, his body stood upright, and with a backhand slash, he directly cut off the cavalry in the second row who was about to swing his knife in his right hand, but at the same time, the cavalry in the second row on his left hand slashed at the left side of his abdomen.

This knife, Rao is the armor on the body of the Curb Pilon is made by skilled craftsmen, and it is inevitable that it will enter through the armor. The saber cut through the armor, leaving a seven or eight inch cut directly in his abdomen, and the blade even cut through the abdominal cavity, as if the intestines were pouring out of this wound.

crossed the first two rows, even if it killed the first formation of the Ming army's cavalry formation. With a knife in his right hand and a wound in his left hand, he clenched his teeth in an attempt to relieve the pain in his abdomen.

When it comes to the important ministers around Shunzhi, his identity is almost the most noble one except for those who love the Xinjueluo family, but he can have today's status, in addition to his identity, he is also a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he also resisted the desperate raid of Cao Bianjiao, a brave general in Songshan, in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, when he entered the formation, he suddenly realized that the cavalry of this cavalry formation did not need to fight alone at all, and with the loose cavalry of the Qing army in order to better exert their personal bravery, they could easily fight more and fight less, just like what he had just experienced.

However, it was too late to realize this when I entered the cavalry formation. There were not a few who could rush over like him, but when they saw clearly the second cavalry formation a few meters behind the front row, they all swallowed like Suppilon.

"Kill!"

With a loud shout, Curb Pilon rode his horse and slew it over. The good horse under the crotch, the saber in the hand is also the work of a fine craftsman, and later generations were also given by the Qing court to be the commander of the expedition, but in the face of the rows of cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army in front of him, no matter how good the horses, armor and weapons, it is obviously useless.

The horses were staggered, and Wang Xingzhi, the cavalry captain in the second row who was facing the position of the Curb Pilon, slashed it, and the head of the Curb Pilon flew high, and his body fell from the war horse.

Weapons, armor, war horses and even the first level, these do not need them to care, from the beginning of the training, Wang Xingzhi knew that this cavalry formation is like this, the first layer can not be killed on the second layer, the second layer can not be killed on the third layer, to push over like a moving wall after another, the Qing army will be completely flattened in the formation, even if there is one that can come out of the formation, it will inevitably only be a limited number of melons and jujubes, no longer posing an actual threat.

Just after slashing and killing Kupilon, Wang Xingzhi only knew that he looked like a high-ranking officer, but on the battlefield, he didn't have time to think about it.

After this knife, the backhand slashed at the head of the Qing cavalry who followed closely behind. The Qing army's helmet was cut off by this backhand, but this Qing army did not survive to kill their team, and in a flash, he was cut off the horse by the unpretentious sword of the cavalry behind him.

Although Wang Xingzhi and his robes are veterans selected and transferred from various battalions, most of them only learned to ride horses at the Niushou Mountain Training Ground, and compared with those Mongolian Eight Banners who have been riding on horseback since childhood in the Qing army and the Manchurian warriors who are known as unparalleled in cavalry and archery, their riding skills and riding experience are undoubtedly far from comparable.

However, under such wall charge tactics, they do not need too strong riding skills and too much experience, they only need to resolutely execute orders and skillfully control the speed of their horses, and they do not hesitate to slash when facing the enemy, even if it is to fight for their lives, nothing more.

The Mongol warriors, who once terrified the world, and the Manchurian warriors, who were known as the strongest barbarians in the seventeenth century, were repeatedly hacked to death in front of these "rookies" who had just learned to ride horses for less than a year.

One hundred and fifty years later, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte once said: "A Mamluk can surely defeat a French soldier; Ten French soldiers were able to draw with ten Mamluks; A hundred French troops would certainly be able to defeat a hundred Mamluks. ”

This is Napoleon's experience on the African battlefield during his expedition to Egypt, which refers to the crushing of the nomadic tribal warriors who are known for their martial bravery and horsemanship in modern cavalry wall charge tactics. Just like since Chen Wen raised his army, relying on a series of dense battle formations such as the Mandarin Duck Formation and the Spear Formation to fight more and less on the battlefield against the enemy who tried to show his personal bravery, it is the same reason, even if the opponent is riding on a war elephant, there is no difference.

The principle that collective strength crushes individual martial arts is applicable on the European battlefield as well as on the Chinese battlefield!