Chapter 130: Boosting Morale

For thousands of years in China, the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Sui Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty, the end of the Song Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty, every time there was a troubled time, the powerful people in the local area were cut off for self-protection, and there were princes between a village and a mile.

These people loot outside, oppress inside, do all kinds of evil, and when the real big forces come, there are always very few people who choose to resist, most of them are watching the wind and watching the situation to be the grass on the wall, joining one side, and then being lackeys and obedient to the people! Such people are often the greatest scourge.

Li Meng may not be able to think of such a far, but for him, if he can't firmly control the territory around him, then he won't have a stable rear, and he won't be able to do what he wants to do, after all, when he wants to think about it, he always has to consider whether someone will stab him with a dagger behind him.

The momentum on the opposite side is huge, this is also the first time since the formation of the Yanding Jiaozhou battalion, facing so many soldiers and horses, the metaphor of the huge momentum is really real now, the people on the opposite side shouted horse neighing, even at the back of the Jiaozhou battalion team are clearly heard.

On the other hand, the 800 people on Li Meng's side, except for the officers at all levels who gave loud orders, the rest of the soldiers were silent, looking at the opposite team coldly.

The Peng family's team has always been noisy, and when the distance between the two sides is about two hundred paces, the team finally stopped, and a knight rode out on horseback and shouted:

"Lord Li, our Peng family is a generation of good people, never do horse thieves for bandits, adults must have listened to some rumors, this is the Daxing sword soldiers, if the adults return, my Peng family is willing to offer five hundred taels of silver, and all the military expenses are borne by my family, and now in peacetime, how about we are harmonious?"

Several junior officers on the side all turned their heads to look at Li Meng's answer, since the other party is willing to give money and bow his head, then why not disperse amicably, Li Meng sat on the horse, but he was sneering in his heart, if he dispersed and took the other party's silver, I am afraid that even the local heroes in Jiaozhou will be dissatisfied, and the original majesty will be ruined.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Meng almost didn't think about it, but just said coldly:

"Let's fight!"

Standing at the forefront of the team, Chen Liuzi raised the spear in his hand, and the team suddenly quieted, looking at the spear pointing downward, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion shouted neatly:

"Kill!"

After the big drink, the noisy scene immediately became quiet, and the horses under the crotch of the Peng family knight who shouted were all frightened and neighed, and it took a lot of effort to restrain them.

Since it is going to fight, then it is going to start, in order to deal with the impact of the opponent's cavalry, the soldiers on Li Meng's side are nervously preparing, but they see that the horse team that has just marched and walked in front of the team is running to the back of the team.

Now they are all riding horses and retreating, which really makes Li Meng and the others scratch their heads, after the horses are hiding behind the foot soldiers, the scene that has just been quiet suddenly becomes chaotic and noisy, shouting and scolding, crying and shouting, but the chaotic coaxing seems to be the outcast's foot brigade, and it began to move forward.

The Jiaozhou battalion was still quiet, the team walked a few steps forward, Li Mengcai couldn't help laughing, the horse team hid behind the foot soldiers to drive the foot soldiers to charge, this trick has been used by many people, the foot soldiers rushed to the formation, and the horse team then covered up, which is also a decent approach.

It can be seen that among the soldiers of the Peng family, those with weapons have to go back, and those with shields are back, and those with all the armor are standing at the back, and those who are set at the front are those who don't even have shoes, hold wooden sticks, and look like skeletons, and these homeless people are trembling physically.

Everyone is unwilling to move forward, what else is this kind of fighting spirit, a big joke!

"Use cavalry to drive the pawns, the Peng family's horse team is the enemy!"

It was Tang Er who was beside Li Meng, after returning to the cavalry team for meritorious service, it is needless to say that he was loyal, and he was not afraid of death and injury in training and combat, and he took the lead, and now he has been promoted to the position of cavalry commander, and he is still Li Meng's personal guard, and when he heard Li Meng's order, he immediately jumped out of battle.

After the whistle, eighty cavalrymen had already moved to the front of the formation from both sides, the number of cavalry was not much, the formation was also fast, it was already lined up in three rows after a while, the foot soldiers on the opposite side marched slowly, but only walked twenty steps, Tang Er was in the first row with a cavalry spear, and now he was in charge of everything.

The order was issued, the eighty cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion began to move forward slowly, the cavalry training of the Jiaozhou battalion was all in accordance with Zhang Lin's teaching, in fact, the Ming military system was also practiced, but the Jiaozhou battalion was really trained, and the amount of training was increased.

The noisy sound on the opposite side only made the horses on Li Meng's side a little restless, and the cavalry in each row were close to each other, the spear was held with one hand, and the arm was clamped, and the tip of the spear was tilted downward, and they advanced in front of them on foot.

There was no shouting, no shouting, just so silently pushed over, the sound of the horses' hooves was relatively neat, and they rumbled over, and the foot soldiers in the front row of the Peng family suddenly panicked, although the other party's horses were not moving too fast, but the momentum of dozens of horses walking in unison was like a wall pressing over, making people palpitate.

The two sides are constantly approaching, one side controls the speed to prevent the queue from messing up, the other side is desperately slowing down, not daring to fight, the horse team is getting closer and closer, the Peng family's foot soldiers are getting more and more panicked, and some people start to ignore the supervising team behind them, and run towards both sides, although some people run a few steps and are cut to the ground by the people behind them, but they still can't control this momentum.

Eighty steps, sixty steps, Tang Er's spear was raised diagonally upward, the cavalry were all clamping the horse's belly with their legs, the speed of the horses running accelerated, and the formation was still neat, so that the psychological pressure on the other party increased more and more, and even those foot soldiers with knives and guns in their hands began to flee.

When the horses began to accelerate their charge, even those Peng family Zhuangding who wore clothes and armor and looked like foot soldiers were also scattered and fled, some people were dizzy, and actually turned around and ran towards the horse team.

Some soldiers resisted, and even the horse team behind the Peng family was a little chaotic, and in the end, no one cared about leaving their hands, the cavalry on the opposite side rushed over, and their own side was still a little unstable, and even the Peng family was slashing and killing, and they didn't care if the rebels in front of them were from their own family, although they were distant.

The horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion rushed into the infantry of the Peng family, as if a hot knife was cutting lard

, Separated to both sides without hindrance, and the knife was so hot that the solidified lard melted, and with the rush of eighty cavalry, the rabble of nearly a thousand people collapsed instantly.

The momentum has already rushed up, straight into the Peng family's cavalry array, cavalry to cavalry, the situation is different, these horses are all old oil, this side is neatly lined up, knowing that the hard top is not withstanding, besides, there are many people who help the fist, why do you have a hard top.

As soon as this side came, the cavalry formation hula dispersed, everyone was on the periphery, the cavalry charged, the horsepower was obtained, and then it was declining, and it was just around and killed.

After the horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion rushed into the cavalry formation, there was no damage, and they barely maintained the formation in disorder, gathered into a column, and rushed towards the front without looking back.

When Fang just rushed in, he had already rushed into the depths of the cavalry formation, and those ringing horses did not expect that these cavalry would not be able to head up, and rushed straight forward, the formation was maintained very well, as if it was a hedgehog, and the team in front was a little thin, so they could only let them rush out.

Peng Kui has been in the officers and soldiers for a few years, knows some rules, seeing this situation, the other party has not been damaged, the infantry used as cannon fodder and shield on his side has been dispersed, although the other party's cavalry is few but elite, this is already rushing out, and if you are beaten so passively, I am afraid that the situation will be out of control.

Most of the Jiaozhou battalion are foot soldiers, and they are slowly approaching here in formation, and the cavalry behind them is already the horsepower of the impact and needs to rest, leaving dozens of people to guard, and the rest of the people rush to the Jiaozhou battalion in front of them, and then come back to chase and kill those cavalry.

After paying attention, Peng Kui immediately pulled out a big knife, raised it towards the sky, and shouted loudly:

"Brothers, defeat the dog thief in front of you, in the future, I Peng Kui will have one percent of your income in Dengzhou, and the rest will be shipped to my brother, the benefits of this dog thief, I don't want a share of it, brother, everyone will take it."

On weekdays, they help sell stolen goods and provide support, and the Peng family wants to share forty percent of the horse thieves in Denglai, if you count the hidden deductions on the price, fifty percent is about the same, as for Li Meng, what Wu Wu personally understands is rumors, but everyone knows about the private salt trade in Shandong, and the 100,000 gold in the family is by no means an exaggeration.

Such a rich reward, five hundred knights on his side, the other party is only seven hundred foot soldiers, the strongest cavalry has already rushed once, the other party is definitely not an opponent, everyone has either been a soldier or has seen a battle, when the cavalry is afraid of foot soldiers, one cavalry can resist ten foot soldiers.

Peng Kui's words encouraged, such a difference in strength, more than 500 people shouted excitedly, and Peng Kui was not ambiguous, leading his own personal soldiers and taking the lead.