Ma Xiangzhong pulled his right foot out of the stirrup so that he could remove the tail sleeve of the spear from his ankle. After that, Ma Xiangzhong held the line gun on the back of his shoulder in his hand, lifted the march mode, and was ready to fight at any time. (Note 1)

This pursuit took too long. has been following behind the thief brigade to find flaws, which makes the soldiers around Ma Xiangzhong feel a little irritable.

Fortunately, good training restrained their inner restlessness. And the attack is about to start, and the thirst for blood in everyone's hearts will soon be released. So they were excited, especially the team called the Harriers.

Ma Xiangzhong thought of the battle that was coming, and suddenly felt a burst of blood surging up, he hadn't killed anyone for a while.

As the heralds of the Great Boss continued to move, the other teams lined up in formation. The whole army formed a four-column column and quickly rushed in the direction of the thieves. After converging Zhou Shaoteng's sentinel cavalry on the way, the cavalry of the four columns, the herald sent the order again, and the team quickly changed into a horizontal team.

Zhang Mengjin gathered all the horners in the army at this time, and after his order, all the horners blew the horns in their hands at the same time. Just after the sound of the bull's horn, the cavalry, who had already been prepared, crossed the barrier in front of them. Suddenly kill the thieves who are eating in the distance.

The thieves were centered on the old camp, and after discovering the sudden attack of the official army, chaos began to appear everywhere. They didn't know how many men and horses the officers and soldiers had killed, and they were all terrified.

However, the rogue sentry team in charge of guarding was still faithful to complete its mission. There was a force that had already lined up and was waiting for the assault of Ma Xiangzhong's team.

When Ma Xiangzhong rushed out of the bushes on horseback, he had already set his sights on a target. But before that, it is necessary to defeat the rogue infantry team that has been set up in a defensive formation in front of it.

Although they were unlucky, the other leaders had no obstacles in front of them, and they could lead their subordinates to kill the enemy directly and quickly. However, Ma Xiangzhong didn't care, he instead gave an order, letting his subordinates put on a neat formation, maintaining the most complete assault formation and constantly approaching the enemy.

Ma Xiangzhong first led his cavalry and approached the thieves in a regular manner. After estimating the distance of a hundred paces, Ma Xiangzhong immediately shouted, "Hurry forward." All the cavalry immediately controlled their horses and adjusted their marching pace to the fast pace of Jinding Mountain.

After enduring some lethal feathered arrows and firearms, when he was about thirty paces away from the opponent, Ma Xiangzhong finally gave the order to charge. The lancers in the first row, almost at the same time, leveled the line guns in their hands. The cavalry behind them followed with their sabers held high and followed with great speed.

The cavalry that kept in a neat formation and rushed swiftly gave a strong shock to the thief infantry team. When many people saw the lancers on Ma Xiangzhong's side neatly lower their spears, they lost the will to resist and turned to the rear. So this millennium topic of cavalry versus infantry was once again won by the cavalry. Ma Xiangzhong's side almost effortlessly chased the fleeing enemy army and directly slaughtered into the old camp of thieves.

After Ma Xiangzhong easily eliminated a rogue foot soldier with a line gun, he took his subordinates and directly killed the target he had been eyeing early on, a rogue leader wearing Ming armor. This leader is in the old camp of thieves, and there are many bandit guards around him, so he must be the big leader among the thieves. (Note 2)

However, it backfired, and a group of rogue cavalry forcibly drove the war horses that had just been fed and stopped Ma Xiangzhong and the others. Although their formation is chaotic, their knife skills are sparse. However, with his flesh, he still bought time for their leader to escape. Ma Xiang Zhong rushed to the front of the crowd, and after knocking over two enemy cavalrymen in succession, he killed an enemy soldier who had circled behind him with a return of his horse pistol.

After slaughtering all the opponents who dared to resist, Ma Xiangzhong's original target was nowhere to be found. The loss of his favorite prey made Ma Xiangzhong very dissatisfied. In the time that followed, he and his subordinates continued to wreak havoc, and many thieves who had lost the will to resist, as well as some women and children who had no ability to resist, died tragically under his hands.

Waiting for Zhao Wankui to come and stop him, the thief brigade had collapsed. And where Ma Xiangzhong has wreaked havoc, the land has been stained red with blood.

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Seeing that the officers and soldiers pursuing behind him couldn't shake off, the two-winged tiger was angry, and he drew a hand-axe to slow down the speed of his war horse a little.

When the red-armored officer and army leader approached behind, the two-winged tiger suddenly turned around and threw the hand axe in his hand. Then he ignored it, and desperately whipped the war horse under him to open up the distance between him and the pursuing troops of the official army.

However, he couldn't hear the screams of the cavalry officers behind him, which made the two-winged tiger a little puzzled. He has not missed this method for so many years, and no enemy has avoided the sudden flying hand axe intact. Could it be that the other party was dying and hiccups directly on the war horse before he had time to scream!?

Thinking of this, the two-winged tiger turned his head and was about to glance behind him, but the moment he turned his head, the hand axe that he had just thrown out actually flew past his eyelids. The two-winged tiger was so frightened that he hurriedly whipped a few more whips, making the war horse under him speed up a little faster.

"Smash, count yourself lucky!"

There was a somewhat playful smacking sound from behind him, which should have been made by the officer who led the team behind him. This contemptuous tone rekindled a trace of fighting intent in the heart of the two-winged tiger.

The two-winged tiger is the most powerful leader of the muddy gang. Because of his proud strength, he has some scruples about himself if he doesn't get mud. The arrogant officer and cavalry behind him dared to look down on himself so much.

It's just that the two-winged tiger finally resisted the idea of returning to fight again, after all, there are not many cavalry left around him now. And the officers and soldiers behind him are strong and strong, and their own side is definitely not an opponent.

In the sudden attack of the official army just now, this group of sparsely numbered officers and soldiers easily defeated the thousands of thieves in the entire camp. The courage and high degree of organizational discipline shown by the other party amazed all the thieves and fugitives who had seen some of the world.

I don't know what the origin of this group of officers and soldiers is, according to the spies' report, the troops of Wang Chengen, the chief soldier of Yansui, should not have arrived yet, and there should not be such elite officers and soldiers around. And even if it is Wang Chengen's subordinates, they should not have such a high combat power. The two-winged tiger has fought against Wang Chengen's men and horses, and has a clear understanding of the combat power of the official army.

Could it be the men and horses under Dai Junen's soldiers on the Western Road? The two-winged tiger, who suddenly thought of something, quickly turned his head again and looked at it again, and then finally breathed a sigh of relief. On the other party's helmet was a small flag, although the two-winged tiger didn't know what was written on it, but as long as it wasn't tied with red horsehair.

I heard that Shen Yikui's men and horses who had set off a rebellion on the West Road were very strong, and after Wang Jiayin and his gang in Hequ were driven to Shanxi, Shen Yikui was the most warlike of all the thieves in Shaanxi. With only a few thousand paces to ride, they are definitely several times stronger than the mainland bandits who claim to be tens of thousands in other places.

However, this group of the strongest rebel forces in Shaanxi was beyond the expectations of everyone, including the government, and it did not take long for the official army to be quickly wiped out. The reason is that among the original Shen Yikui gang, the most warlike Chaotian Monkey and others did not choose to rebel again with them, but took action for the government and repeatedly attacked the rebels in Ningsai.

Among the gang of monkeys, the lancers, known as the horse harriers on the West Road, performed very eye-catching. The two-winged tiger had heard some rumors about this man, and the red horsehair on the harrier's helmet was the most conspicuous sign of this person. Fortunately, the person chasing behind now is not a horse harrier, otherwise he would not even dare to do anything to surrender.

"In charge, you can't keep escaping like this, there are not many officers and soldiers behind you, let's just fight with the officers and soldiers." At this time, a cronie of the two-winged tiger shouted loudly not far away, pulling the two-winged tiger back to his senses.

The two-winged tiger hesitated again, and his own war horse was indeed a little unbearable.

"You see, there are brothers who have come to our rescue." Another cronie shouted loudly, and there were indeed more than a dozen rogue cavalry in the distance rushing towards this side, they should be the sentinels sent in this direction from the previous camp.

"Haha, it's time for us to get started. The brothers cheered up, and we chopped up all the pestering puppies behind us. "Seeing that a new force has joined, the number of your own side is more than double that of the other side. And the pursuing officers and soldiers will definitely be shaken, and the opponent's horses will definitely be tired, and the two-winged tiger has full confidence in the next battle.

The officers and cavalry also noticed that something was wrong, but they did not flee. Instead, under the leadership of the leading officer, their formation was reorganized. After the officer who led the team gave the order, they all shouted loudly and re-launched the charge against the rogue cavalry in front.

The two-winged tiger was very excited about the stupidity of the officers and soldiers, and he beckoned his men to rush up. The two-winged tiger took two subordinates to find the arrogant officer and military officer before, and prepared to cut off the head of this bastard as a night pot.

It's just that after a round of fighting, the rogue cavalry was easily defeated. The survivors scattered and fled, and the leader of the thief cavalry, the Two-winged Tiger, was directly picked up by the official army leader with a line gun. The cavalry leader, who is famous for his martial arts, did not survive even a round in front of his opponent. The two cronies beside him were also killed by the other party in an instant.

He was still breathing in the air, and he unwillingly thought that there was really a red horsehair tied to the helmet of the horse harrier on the West Road?

PS: Note 1: Some people may not understand what Ma Xiangzhong is doing here. In fact, as a lancer, he just removed the line gun that he carried behind his back and changed it to a hand-held state. Ordinary lancers could not hold their weapons with their hands all the time, and cavalry spears were not like bows and arrows or sabers, but could be loaded into a bow pouch or scabbard.

So what to do with cavalry pikes? There's a simpler, but rather versatile, way to do this, and that's to carry it behind your back. Generally, cavalry pikes will be tied to a strap in the middle of the barrel of the gun for shoulder strapping. But just like that, it's likely that the spear will still be dangling around because there is no fulcrum at the bottom. So at the end of the spear, a tail sleeve will be tied with a rope, which can be hooked at the ankle. At this time, the cavalry can march with peace of mind without having to exert much effort to hold their weapons all the time. However, the tail cover does not have to be worn on the ankle, and if the stirrup is designed properly, it can be hung or inserted directly into the stirrup.

Note 2: Bright armor is armor with exposed nail pieces, as opposed to dark armor such as cloth armor. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although the Ming armor was not completely without protection, it was more used to show martial arts. Most of them are used by the commanders who sit in the military tent or the honor guard.