A few days later, the Western Route Army continued to march towards Kaifeng as planned. After Linying County, it is Xuzhou, where is the Xu capital where Cao Cao welcomed the Han Emperor. The army arrived, but if they wanted to reach Xuzhou, they still had to cross a Shiliang River, and the army was inevitably disturbed by the Qing cavalry when they crossed the river along the way, and this time the defenders did not surrender as before, but continued to hold on.

The Western Route Army was afraid of losing its footing, so it had to cross the river in a more secure way, but such a situation was also a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity for the Qing army, and it would not be easily let go.

On the south bank of the Shiliang River, the Ming army built a pontoon bridge on the river step by step, and waded across the water, and some troops lined up at the other end of the pontoon bridge to meet the enemy. This river, in fact, is not that wide, but there are already Qing cavalry cruising on the other side, and a large number of Qing cavalry are constantly gathering here, and it is inevitable to seek stability.

On a mound in the distance on the south bank, the Henan Admiral Line Guoan was watching the Ming army crossing the river in the distance with a telescope. After following for many days, he personally led the team to attack and harass from the time the Ming army entered the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture, and this time for him, it was the best time to break the enemy.

"Master Hou, there will be no fraud here, when I was in Linying before, it seems that a cavalry arrived later."

Line Guoan was originally a third-class earl, with a series of failures of the Qing court and the performance of the line Guoan after fleeing back from Wuchang, coupled with the Qing court's need for this suzu to sit in Henan in the future, the third-class uncle became a first-class marquis, and out of fear of the fate of King Sanshun, Line Guoan also worked hard for the Qing court, especially the situation that the only daughter of his veteran general was already the goddaughter of the queen mother, and he did not dare to make any moves against the Qing court, lest it would implicate Kong Youde's only remaining blood and blood.

Following Kong Youde for many years, Xian Guoan is not only his own traitor, but also a veteran general who has been killed all the way from the battlefield in Liaodong to today, and he knows what the officers under his command pointed out, but it is only a cavalry of five or six hundred people, and it seems that it is still some ragtag cavalry, so it is impossible for him to give up the good opportunity in front of him.

Weighing one or two, the line Guoan still decided to have a big vote. This Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army carried a large number of local garrisons, they arrived in a county, they will help here, if this army really arrives in Kaifeng, their mobility ability and range of mobility will be limited, and even more likely to be eaten by the superior Ming army, and even annihilated.

At that time, even if they were able to get rid of the restrictions, the cavalry troops under their command were exposed to the countryside and the wilderness for a long time, lacking cities as support, and it was difficult to support them for too long by relying on the countryside alone, and long-term raids would also lead to the lack of enough time for the army to fight and harass, and the danger would increase significantly.

"There is no risk in using soldiers, and it is not risky to go home to nurse children, but that is a girl's job, and a man can't do it. Now we have a lot of cavalry, but the overall strength is still a disadvantage, not only us, but also the imperial court. Anyway, we have to give it a try, otherwise if the Zhejiang bandits go on like this, how can we do the word containment? ”

The subordinates knew very well that the line of national security would not be lowered, and in this case, they had to do their best to turn around, but the only thing they could hope for was to contain more troops of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangsu on the battlefield in Henan, so as to create more favorable conditions for the new army, and that's it.

The generals under his command no longer spoke to persuade each other, and Line Guoan also held a telescope to observe the movements of the Ming army's river-crossing troops. This Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming army is the main force of the Western Route Army, two divisions with no less than 5,000 local garrisons, cavalry is few, only more than 2,000 people, plus the later batch is only about 3,000 cavalry, compared to the 4,000 cavalry he assembled is still a disadvantage, but the mixed establishment of infantry and artillery cavalry, he can not take any advantage with only cavalry, so he has to continue to wait and see, waiting for a better opportunity.

There were three pontoon bridges on the river, and the battalion head of the Luling division first crossed a group of vanguard troops, lined up on the other side of the river to wait for the Xuzhou Green Battalion, and then a cavalry battalion crossed, and the three war battalions followed closely behind, and its order was orderly, and the speed of crossing the river really made the forehead of the line Guoan sweaty.

"This Zhejiang bandit, I'm afraid it's not easy to attack."

The Western Route Army crossed the river at an unimaginable speed on the line of national security, and as the number of Ming troops on the other side of the river increased, the defenders of Xuzhou no longer stepped forward to harass as they did just now, but retreated farther and farther, and the meaning of cowering could be smelled across the big and far line of national security.

A moment later, the cavalry of the Luling division crossed the river, and the infantry followed, while another heavily protected unit independently occupied a pontoon bridge, while one of the infantry battalions retreated to the flank to cover it.

Line Guoan noticed this force, and immediately couldn't bear it, he knew very well that those short and thick cannons were the kind of city-breaking weapons called mortar cannons, and the Qing court had also spent a lot of money to smuggle a few guns, and the artillery crew had gone to Shaanxi with the new army before, and even crashed the city wall of Tongguan. Once these weapons crossed the river, the Ming army could launch a siege war against Xuzhou, and the defenders of Xuzhou would not be able to hold out for long, and his plan would be completely ruined.

"Let's do it."

Although there are very few cavalry in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, which are mixed with infantry and cavalry, the tenacity of the infantry battle formation is also world-famous. Henan raised the standard of 5,000 cavalry, and the line Guoan gathered no less than 4,000 cavalry, but if it was said that it would be completely defeated, he would not dare to make such delusions. However, as long as this force that has not yet crossed the river can be contained and part of the grain and grass of the rear team can be burned, the action ability of the partial division of the Northern Expeditionary Army will inevitably be damaged, and the attack and harassment of the superior cavalry on the grain route can further restrict the movement of the partial division, so that the established strategic goal can be achieved.

The conch horn sounded, and the head of a thousand cavalry battalion led by the line Guoan approached the direction of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army, and a moment later, as more conch horns sounded in turn towards the distance, more cavalry appeared in the sky, and approached the line of the national security department at the fastest speed.

Due to the limited number of cavalry, the early warning range of the Ming army has always been suppressed, but since the Qing army began to gather men and horses, it was clear that it was going to do it, and the Fujian division on the side of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also immediately put out a defensive formation and wrapped the military supplies and grass in the rear team.

During this time, the Western Route Army put on a defensive formation, but it still did not stop crossing the river - there was no war barracks, there was no artillery team, and even some of the military grain and grass were being transported to the opposite bank in a planned way.

Line Guoan knows very well that what this Ming army needs to do now is to defeat all the enemy forces and avoid always being exposed to the flanking attacks of the two enemies in front and behind when the early warning range is too small. This arrangement, it is clear that it is to take an offensive against Xuzhou, and a defensive position against the line Guoan Department, as long as the city is taken, there is a support, and even if it is surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, it will be able to better hold on, not to mention that the line Guoan can't gather so many people to come out now.

Line Guoan is a veteran general, as long as he observes a little, he can guess the general intention of his opponent with experience. However, this kind of intention is also the last thing he wants to see, the Ming army in Henan step by step using the county to establish a stronghold, only thousands of cavalry, in the face of strong cities, each city more than thousands, as little as hundreds of defenders with the people organized in the city, especially the Qing army's bad reputation for slaughtering the city, is completely helpless. What's more, the strongholds are continuous, not only the safety of the grain road has been improved, but they have also been more restricted, and now Zhang Zisheng has made it clear that he wants to do this in front of his eyes, which is even more unbearable.

Taking advantage of the gathering of the cavalry, Xian Guoan carefully observed for a moment, and through the eyes of the scouts, he quickly set the target of the attack. After the assembly was completed, some horsepower was re-stocked, and the raid officially began.

The Qing cavalry of the brigade roared out, seemingly roaring upward, and there was no order at all, but in the eyes of those who were old in military affairs, it was completely clear about the main and secondary attacks, and the main attack and side attack were comprehensive, and even after observing for a long time, Zhang Zisheng could see where the center of gravity of the attack was.

"Lin Guogong, it's up to your ministry this time."

"Zhang Shuai, please rest assured, the last general should do his best."

Li Laiheng bowed his hand and left the dirt slope of the Chinese army's banner, and went straight to the soldiers and horses of his headquarters. The Minzhong Division, which had assumed a defensive posture here, had been stationed in Guangdong for several years, and it was not until the adjustment of tactics that it was dispatched to Hunan in turn.

At this moment, the hollow phalanx of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies was laid out, but according to the new tactics and establishment, the proportion of spearmen was reduced, and the spear array in the front row looked a little thin, but the firecrackers in the rear team began to load one by one, and then aimed the firecrackers with swords at the surging yellow sand.

The handsome banner of the line Guoan is located to the west of the army, and the back is the river, and the deployment of the Fujian Central Division is also standing along the river, focusing on the west. In comparison, the east is the weakest, and according to the scouts under the command of Line Guoan, the infantry in the east is fine, but the cavalry seems to be more loose than the cavalry of the Ming army in other directions, and it is not as strict as the signature strict order of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Li Laiheng arrived, and his subordinates were still touching the brand-new military uniforms on their bodies, especially the cavalry plate armor with a bulge on the chest and abdomen and the helmet that was formed in one piece and bolted to lift and put down the armor, which made them even more fond of it, and the stains were amazing one by one, and even when Li Laiheng arrived, they were all emotional.

Different from other camps, Li Laiheng's troops are inherited from Li Zicheng's wife, brother Gao Yigong, and nephew Li Guo, and they are the core force of the camp. Trapped in Kuidong for these years, the army is declining, if it weren't for Chen Wen's assistance, I'm afraid that even the current strength would not be available.

Before coming, Li Laiheng poured out his army to give the elite of this department the best armor, weapons and war horses, and even nearly 200 of them were temporarily transferred by Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, all of whom were the elite of the rest of the camp. But when he arrived in Hubei, especially since he caught up with the Western Route Army, he found that the armor, chain mail and leather armor he regarded as treasures were a bunch of tatters.

The Qing cavalry in the distance was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that there were no less than a thousand horsemen, Li Laiheng rode forward, and the cavalry of his department also followed, and soon formed three rows of horizontal formations in front of the hollow phalanx of the infantry.

This arrangement does not conform to the usual tactics of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies in front of the phalanx and the cavalry seeking opportunities to assault, but since Zhang Zisheng gave Li Laiheng the autonomy of the cavalry, the infantry behind the cavalry had to cooperate with the adjustment of the formation.

In the rolling yellow sand, the troops of Henan are getting closer and closer, this middle battalion is the most elite men and horses of the line national security department, all of them are composed of Dingnan Domain, and their combat effectiveness is far better than that of the ordinary green battalion, and they have been supported by more than 400 men and horses of the left battalion, and the troops are more majestic.

This time with this as the main direction of attack, aside from the fact that the Ming cavalry here seems to be weaker, more importantly, according to the scout's report, the gunpowder in the Ming army's military rations and grass seems to be waiting to cross the river behind these infantry phalanxes.

This is the place where the whole body is moved, when the defense is the core priority, the standard of the battalion attack, but what I see is the Ming cavalry in front of the formation, plus the general rank of the battalion guerrilla affairs of the old general of the Dingfan saw this, so he had to let the troops and horses stop farther away, accumulate some horsepower and then attack.

The cavalry has strong mobility, and it is only right that this arrangement will inevitably be raided by the opponent, but this side has just begun to repair, and the Ming army has taken the lead.

The cavalry was lined up in three rows, and it became a little chaotic just by running, but Li Laiheng was not in a hurry, they were not in a hurry to charge, but advanced to a certain distance before stopping, resuming the formation of three rows.

Cavalry combat, horsepower first, the opponent is clearly grasping this time node, but the general soldier of the middle battalion is not in a hurry, simply calm down, waiting for the opponent's move.

He has this capital, and in addition to the elite of his department, he has more than 1,400 horsemen under his command, which is more numerical than the opponent's only five or six hundred horsemen. Moreover, the cavalry is a clutch soldier, and the opponent here is stunned to ride his horse and kill, looking very dull, especially when the next scene appears, which makes him suspect that the commander of this cavalry does not know how to use the cavalry at all.

Li Laiheng's department resumed the three-row formation, and then the first row rode out of the horse, but the last two rows did not follow closely, but just let the first row rush up, and it was completely like watching a play.

The Ming army was full of weirdness, but the general soldiers of the middle battalion were not in a hurry, and they divided three hundred cavalry from the headquarters to meet the battle, so he ordered the other troops to continue to accumulate horsepower - compared to the Ming army, he and his subordinates rushed to the line from a distance to meet under the banner of the line Guoan, and after a moment of repair, they went around, and the war horses were naturally more tired. At this moment, the two hundred cavalry who sent three hundred cavalry to meet the first row of the Ming army were already looking high, but when these two cavalry joined the battle, he found that it seemed that the cavalry he sent was still less.

More than 300 horsemen of the middle battalion slaughtered, rode horses and shots, and while the arrows were thrown at the Ming cavalry in the distance, the Ming army also fought back with the same method.

When the arrow was finished, the bow was collected in the bow bag, the arrow was returned to the quiver, and the lance, sabre, and all kinds of blades they were accustomed to were in hand, and they rushed straight to the opponent who was no different from them in the distance.

Three hundred horsemen against two hundred horsemen, the Qing army had the advantage of momentum, with a larger range, like a dark cloud overpowering the opponent. In an instant, the cavalry staggered, and the Qing garrison led the team slashed with a sword, but was dodged by the nimble Ming army.

When the sword blade slashed, it was aimed at the neck of the Ming army, but the Ming army was able to give way to the sword in an instant, and it was definitely not a new soldier.

The Ming cavalry dodged the blow, and almost at the same time, another Qing soldier on the right stabbed with a spear, piercing the armor in the lower abdomen.

While dodging the slash of the long sword, the Ming cavalry also made a twist of the body to avoid the spear stabbing sideways, this instantaneous reaction, so calmly avoid the opponent's attack, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is definitely a veteran of the battle.

In the next moment, the spear that pierced it did not penetrate it, and only a dazzling spark of fireworks was slashed on it, and it was relieved of its strength by the slopes on both sides of the bulge of the half-body cavalry plate armor.

The spear was almost pierced into the air, and it was when the force was not collected, but before he could withdraw the spear and stab again, the human head was already flying high, and there was no more chance.

The battlefield fights, life and death are only in an instant, the Ming cavalry is so calm, reacts quickly and reasonably avoids the angle of chopping and stabbing, and with the strong armor on the body and a more reasonable design, just at this moment under the attack of the two people to kill a person, at most the armor on the body is damaged, and it has not been injured even at all.

This kind of elite is definitely killed in the sea of corpses and blood. However, this phenomenon is by no means unique, every soldier of this cavalry team either evades the attack in various ways and takes the opportunity to kill the opponent, or takes the lead in killing the Qing army in front of him with a more rapid attack, and its quality is even better than that of the remnants of this fixed domain.

After the collision, the two sides left more or less corpses and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, and the Qing cavalry began to slow down and turn, and continued to attack from another angle.

The first collision, the Qing army suffered a small loss, unexpectedly this Ming army's riding skills were better, the speed of the war horse was better mastered, far faster than the Qing army to complete the turn, and then rushed up. At the same time, the cavalry of the second platoon rode out, forming an angle with the first platoon that had turned over and fought.

As soon as the second platoon of the Ming army moved, the general soldier of the middle battalion realized that something was wrong. However, the Qing army charged, and after the collision, it was closer to the Ming army's cavalry formation, and when he waved the whole army to attack, he could not quench his thirst from far away, and could only watch as the two teams of Ming cavalry, which were already more elite, launched a flanking attack on the Qing army.

However, these two cavalry did not fall in love, and after taking advantage, with the main force of the middle battalion coming to help, they escaped and fled straight to the Ming infantry phalanx with the Ming cavalry in the third row.

There were more than 1,000 cavalry of the Qing army that followed the killing, and the injured Qing army in the previous group rode horses to pursue, but they did not dare to chase too quickly, and only tried to kill those Ming cavalry who might fall behind. The general soldiers of the middle battalion watched carefully, the spear forest of the infantry phalanx of the Ming army had been erected, and it was impossible to win the battle if it was hard to fight, and only by forcing those Ming cavalry to retreat into the formation could they find the flaw and try to hit it with one blow.

As expected, the cavalry of the Ming army, which had just shown excellent combat qualities, did not hesitate to retreat into the formation, and the cavalry of the Qing army followed, and did not directly hit the spear forest, but once again staged the old trick of cavalry shooting, but the effect was minimal.

However, just as the Qing cavalry was making a turn, the Ming cavalry that had retreated into the formation came out from the other three openings and went straight to the Qing cavalry that had just completed the turn, not only with their backs to the Ming army's phalanx and their horse speed greatly reduced......

Under the banner of Shuai, Zhang Zisheng and the staff officers of the Minzhong Division looked at the battlefield in the east with telescopes, and the combat effectiveness of Li Laiheng's cavalry and the cooperation with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military formations really made them dumbfounded. After a while, Zhang Zisheng sighed sincerely, and then muttered to himself: "These are the three walls, and they really deserve their reputation." ”

The so-called three walls are not only a cavalry tactic of the invading army, but also an elite cavalry unit of the invading army. Killed from the sea of corpses in the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui had suffered a lot in a stone before, and even once let Azig advance and retreat in northern Shaanxi.

The three walls here, some of which were fine-tuned by Li Laiheng according to the actual situation, but the superior cavalry of the Qing army was completely played with applause, and the casualties continued to increase, and the eastern battlefield obviously no longer had to worry.

Seeing this, Zhang Zisheng, who was relieved, did not hesitate, and simply sent the cavalry battalion under the Minzhong Division in the direction of the Qing cavalry in the west.

"It's time to bleed this guy from Line Guoan, lest this guy underestimate our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Shi!"

While the battlefield in the east was staged in cavalry battles, the west and south sides were completely one-man shows of Qing cavalry. The cavalry charged, mounted and shot, turned, formed a team, and then charged again, all using the Ming army's phalanx as a target.

However, the phalanx of the Ming army was not easy to mess with, the fire guns were fired under the protection of spears, and the spearmen were even more wearing plate armor and face armor on their heads.

With Zhang Zisheng's order, the Ming cavalry of the brigade rushed out of the gaps between the hollow phalanxes in the west, and just a little regrouping in front of the formation, they rushed straight to the direction of the Shuai Qi of the line Guoan. Looking at the momentum, it seems that there is no turning back at all.

The cavalry of the Ming army dispatched, and the line country was on the occasion of the landing, but the cavalry of the Ming army here was very strange, the speed of the cavalry was not fast, and there was no formation at all, one by one with the reins in the left hand, and the right hand holding a kind of fire gun that was shorter than the bird gun and much longer than the handgun, the muzzle of the gun was upward, and it rushed towards the Qing army in a daze.

There will always be some fresh tactics in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, some of which have average results, but there are also more that show excellent results on the battlefield. And every time it was the Qing army that served as the background board, the Qing court had to pay attention to it, especially after the death of Zilharang.

The generals under the command of Line Guoan looked at everything in front of them, and always felt that there was something familiar, but they seemed to be unable to say the words in their mouths. Fortunately, their coach was deeply aware of this, but when he saw this scene in front of him, he remembered the scene under Dengzhou City nearly 30 years ago.

"Damn, how did these Zhejiang bandits learn to come to Guan Ningjun?!"

At the same time as these words were spoken, this cavalry also confronted the Qing cavalry who had just completed a volley and readjusted their formation in the distance.

The cavalry of the Qing army could not bargain in front of the spear forest, and when they saw the cavalry of the Ming army dispatching, they rushed over. The Qing cavalry of the brigade held a cavalry bow, kept an eye on the distance between the two sides, and was always ready to shoot at the cavalry of the Ming army. However, the cavalry of the Ming army put down the fire gun in their hands far beyond the range of the riding bow, and then there was a burst of gunfire, and the cavalry of the Ming army came out of the smoke at the same time, and the warriors in the front of the Qing cavalry also ushered in this head-on attack.

If that's all it takes, the shooting accuracy of the firearms shooting in this era is a problem, and it's still right away, and there are very few people injured in the Qing army. But this scene happened, the Qing cavalry was stunned, and then, as the Ming army finished shooting, they stuffed the fire gun into the gun bag, pulled out the saber one by one, and the horse speed rose sharply, and rushed straight over, and it was a solid surprise.

While still holding the bow and preparing to ride and shoot, he had already raised the horse and quickly drew his sword to kill, the former had lost the opportunity, and at this moment he was in a hurry, and he was killed by these Ming soldiers when he turned over on his back.

Under the banner in the distance, all the generals had realized that the cavalry was in decline, and they all asked the line Guoan to send troops as reserves to participate in the battle, so as to save the decline.

However, Xian Guoan's eyebrows tightened, but then he shook his head, and then said in denial: "We are not here to fight to the death with the Zhejiang bandits, and now this momentum cannot be won at all." Don't forget our mission, Mingjin retreats! ”

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The first update is 3,000 and 8, the second is 6,000 and 7, and the two are more than 10,000 words, but the number of words is too much, and the update is a little late.

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