Measuring the combat effectiveness of a cavalry is nothing more than the word cavalry shooting, riding, refers to horsemanship, melee ability, to put it bluntly, refers to mobility ability and melee combat effectiveness. Archery is archery, long-range combat ability! If you have both, you are a qualified cavalry, and the Mongolian iron cavalry in history is the ultimate army that interprets these two words. You can travel day and night for more than ten days without carrying any baggage, surprise attacks for thousands of miles, eating, drinking, and lazar on horseback, slashing and killing the enemy, and you can also shoot while riding, play the tactics of kite flying, and hang the enemy alive!

And these Zhang Yanchang's personal soldiers are naturally not inferior in this regard.

The bows they used were better than those hidden by the Ministry of War, they were all strong bows with more than one stone, and with the help of horsepower, the range could reach more than 100 paces. Moreover, the arrows are all made of fine iron, which is extremely sharp.

A thousand knights, bows and arrows, rain of arrows falling, like the roar of death.

Compared to the shooting of the white-robed army just now, their accuracy was much stronger, and with the help of horsepower, the arrow rain all fell on the heads of the white-robed army. The strength of the strong bow is extremely great, plus it falls from the sky, it adds another layer of strength, and the defensive power of the white-robed army in a cloth coat is also better than nothing, in a miserable scream, hundreds of white-robed soldiers were shot to death, and they fell from their horses one after another. The white-robed army on the right flank was suddenly missing a small piece.

Next, there were two rounds of dense arrow rain, and the white-robed army that died under the strong bow attack of the pro-soldiers reached thousands!

Thousands of casualties are not a big number for the white-robed army, but the most important thing is that the death of these people has triggered a rebellion among the recruits on the right flank. These recruits, who had never been through a battle formation, reacted in the most instinctive way of human beings, crying and fearing on their horses, rushing in the direction of their own formation, because they thought that they would be sheltered by their own people there.

These white-robed soldiers who had just put down their hoes or horsewhips, or whatever else, and picked up swords and guns, not to mention that they had never experienced actual combat, and most of them had never even seen blood! It is undoubtedly impossible to expect a group of guys who have never seen blood to have a strong will to fight. In the face of those fierce gods and evil gods who rushed over like steel fortresses, they did not have the slightest will to resist at all, no matter how the generals beat and scolded or even killed people, they were unstoppable, they were like seeing a herd of zebras with lions, and they scattered in all directions.

This is the most instinctive response of human beings.

In the face of these opponents who were defeated before fighting, Xu had never encountered such a weak enemy, Kang Lu and the others were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes were red, they pursed their mouths tightly, and brandished the spears in their hands, iron bones and other sharp weapons to kill!

When one side is defeated, it is the most conducive to the other party's slashing, and the fleeing soldiers have no will to fight at all, and they don't even have the slightest intention of resisting, just like killing pigs and sheep to be wantonly slashed and killed.

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the right wing of the white-robed army was easily and ruthlessly inserted by the officers and soldiers, and at this moment, hundreds of catties of blood gushed out, of course, from the body of the white-robed army. Even if these white-robed troops face the enemy head-on, they are not the opponent of the other party in desperate battles, let alone sell their backs to the enemy at this time.

Stabbing! Stabbing! Smash! Smash!

All the officers and soldiers were almost just repeating these two actions, plundering one surname after another with great ease, without any obstruction at all, really chopping melons and vegetables. It was so easy that they felt a little uncomfortable, but the weapon in their hands didn't stop at all.

After more than a dozen breaths, they had already broken into more than a hundred steps and killed at least two thousand white-robed troops! And the right wing of the entire white-robed army is already on the verge of collapse! The screams of the robe behind drove countless recruits to rush forward, and they kept hitting the other queues in embarrassment.

And thanks to these recruits, they were originally composed of veterans, and the large array of the Chinese army, which was as stable as Mount Tai, also had an unstable trend. These recruits did not dare to fight with the fierce gods behind them, but they would not be afraid of these robes that they got along with day and night, they shouted and cursed loudly, tore and beaten, and some even pulled out their waist knives and slashed viciously at the roadblocks in front of them.

At this moment, the ugliness of the surname was exposed, and in order to grab a glimmer of life, cannibalism began. I don't need to run faster than those fierce gods behind me, I just need to run faster than you!

From the officers and soldiers staggered past He Laomao and others, to now entering the position of the white-robed army, it is only an extremely short time.

The short ones are jaw-dropping, and the short ones are unresponsive.

The leadership of the white-robed army lacked experience in the big war, and the shortcomings of the lack of adaptability were exposed at this time, and they actually fell into a collective silence, and no one thought about how to deal with it.

The fastest to react was Zhang Geng!

In the face of the officers and soldiers who had entered his hinterland, Zhang Geng issued orders again and again, and hurriedly mobilized troops to surround it, but it was too late! The evil consequences of recruiting a large number of recruits and not carrying out the most basic training were exposed at this time, and the veterans were disrupted by the recruits, not to mention going to besiege the officers and soldiers, and now they are already taking care of themselves!

Qi Jiguang covered his face in pain, and a heavy sense of frustration rose in his heart, he didn't expect that Lian Zining would take the initiative to rush into battle regardless of horsepower and physical strength! This strange change of formation made him, who has always paid attention to dignified formations, righteous teachers, and no conspiracy on the battlefield, suddenly confused.

But after all, he was a general, he quickly reacted, pointed to the gray-robed man and said, "Tang Banner Master, did you bring a few bowls?" ”

The Tang Banner Lord was also at a loss, and when he heard him ask, he nodded instinctively.

"Okay, now immediately take your people and rush to the front of the officers and soldiers! Put a bowl on the shelf and stop them! Qi Jiguang couldn't take care of Yue Jiguang anymore, and said loudly: "I will take five hundred cavalry to escort you over and open the way for you!" ”

"Can the bowl be made?" Tang Qi asked hesitantly, those officers and soldiers are so powerful, he is very reluctant to work hard for these white-robed soldiers, not to mention, these bowls are the few firearms left in the sect, and they are very precious to keep in the flag, and they are brought out this time just in case.

Qi Jiguang saw his thoughts, and said sharply: "Tang Banner Lord, if my white-robed army is damaged here, I'm afraid that after you go back, your sect leader will not spare you!" ”

The Tang Banner Lord gritted his teeth: "Then listen to the military advisor!" ”

Qi Jiguang received the military order, and immediately led five hundred elite white-robed troops to meet the officers and soldiers, but at this time, they were all panicked recruits in front of them, and they were tightly blocked, how could they rush over?

A cold glint flashed in Qi Jiguang's eyes, and he said coldly: "Kill!" Anyone who stands in the way will be killed! ”

His order stunned the white-robed soldiers around him, and they all looked at him dumbfounded, Qi Jiguang said angrily: "What are you still doing stupidly?" Do what you are told! ”

Under his prestige, these white-robed soldiers finally raised the knives in their hands and slashed down at the robe in front of them!

I was still a little hesitant when I killed the first one, but when I killed the second one, it was already very easy, and after the knife in my hand was full of blood, I was ruthless.

In this way, Qi Jiguang took these five hundred white robes and forcibly fought his way out of his own people!

At this time, the officers and men were still fifty paces away from them, and fortunately, although their advance was still unstoppable, the speed had slowed down considerably.

"Quick!" The Tang Banner Lord shouted to his subordinates.

Twenty or so White Lotus disciples dismounted, took out five large boxes that were identical to each other from their horses, and then took out five objects from them.

These five objects were about two feet long, the mouth of the bowl was thick, and they looked like a huge stick that had been cut short, and the whole body was black and heavy, as if it were cast in iron, and seven iron hoops were added to the body. It seems that it is the bowl mouth gun that the Tang Banner Lord said.

Those disciples fixed the five bowls on the ground, the muzzles of the guns were facing the direction of the officers and soldiers, the head of the bowls was erected by two iron claws, and there were iron stumbling, placed on the ground, the two iron claws looked like tiger claws, the whole form, like a tiger squatting, looked like a tiger and a tiger, and it was majestic.

They took out a large iron nail and drove it into the tail of the bowl and fixed it firmly to the ground.

Then he took out a large bag of things, opened it and stuffed it through the muzzle, which was a small lead the size of more than a hundred knuckles, slightly smaller than the one used in the Five Thunder God Machine. After stuffing the small lead into it, he put a large lead bullet the size of a fist into the mouth of the gun, which looked to weigh several pounds.

At this time, the officers and soldiers were no more than thirty paces, and they seemed to have noticed the movement here, and they were speeding up!

Tang Qizhu interrupted and said: "Put!" ”

His voice was also a little trembling, although this thing had been kept in the sect for a long time, and it was extremely powerful in practice, but after all, he had not really seen a battle, and he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

I only heard a loud bang in unison, and the five doors of the bowl rang out at the same time!!

In an instant, the thunderous hoofs and shouts were muffled by the sound of the bowl, as if the heavens and the earth had shook, and the cavalry that was charging rapidly seemed to have crashed against a solid wall, and suddenly, it stopped.

More than 500 knuckle-sized small lead bullets flew out furiously at this moment, with terrifying high temperature and huge kinetic energy, forming a dense steel storm and fiercely covering the officers and soldiers. Dozens of cavalry who rushed to the front were knocked to the ground, and the thick and sturdy plate armor could not resist the huge kinetic energy given by the bowl mouth gun at this distance, some people were beaten into a sieve, and some people were beaten to mutilated limbs, and the mount was not spared in the slightest, the shotgun of these bowl mouth guns was not scattered, but shrouded in one side.

In an instant, the pro-soldiers, who were still invincible just now, suffered heavy casualties in front. And the frightened, the instinct of the war horse in danger, is to reduce the speed.

Dozens of knights, even men and horses were beaten to pieces, and those who died directly were fine, and those who did not die lay on the ground howling and groaning in pain.

The knights who stopped, staring blankly at these painful and groaning robes, were bombarded by the huge cannonade, and they couldn't slow down for a while!

"What are you still doing? Kill! Kill! Kang Lu hissed and shouted, when the cannon was fired just now, he was guarded behind by several personal soldiers, and he was not affected, at this time, when he saw the tragic state of the robe, his eyes were suddenly cracked, and the corners of his eyes were oozing blood!

The officers and soldiers who came after relieving their strength immediately had red eyes, roared, and killed the white-robed army!

The army swept over, and before those White Lotus Sectists could take away the Five Door Bowls, they were already overwhelmed by the tide of knights, and then torn to pieces. The Tang Banner Lord glanced at it sadly, but he was also decisive, and beckoned the White Lotus Sect disciples to retreat immediately.

At this time, the five hundred white-robed cavalry brought by Qi Jiguang killed them fiercely. Naturally, they were not the opponents of the officers and soldiers, but they were just a photo, and they had already been stabbed to death by spears, and dozens or hundreds of people were killed by iron bones, but the officers and soldiers had lost their strong forward momentum, and they were entangled by them at this time, and they could not get out for a while.

In this way, Qi Jiguang's goal has been achieved. The five hundred white-robed cavalry he brought were originally similar to the existence of dead soldiers, and their purpose was to delay the impact of the officers and soldiers. And at this time, after experiencing the initial panic, the command of the white-robed army gradually began to be smooth, and a large number of veterans surrounded them from all directions, enveloping the less than a thousand elite cavalry!

Although these handsome soldiers are extremely elite, they will soon fight their way out again, and they have no generals under them, and they do not show the slightest decline, but their situation is also beginning to be bad, and if they rush to kill for a while, they are afraid that they will be dumplings.

Lian Zining naturally would not allow this phenomenon to appear.

He watched the battlefield without blinking, the dense scout cavalry moved back and forth, and also reported the latest situation to him in detail, and when the Kang Law Department was under siege, he immediately knew.

The earth-shattering noise just now made Lian Zining taken aback, and at the same time, he also felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, in this era, there is only one kind of gunpowder that can make such a big move! And to make such a loud noise, it is not possible to have a firecracker, then there is only one possibility - the other side has artillery!

It is unlikely that it belongs to the White Robe Army, if they had, they should have used it a long time ago, so it should have been something brought by the group of people from the White Lotus Sect. Lian Zining sighed in his heart, sure enough, the rotten ship has three catties of nails, but he didn't expect the White Lotus Sect in the remote Taihang Mountain to have such good things.

At that moment, he also made up his mind to get these things in his hands!

"General Tang!" Lian Zining said in a deep voice.

"The last general!" Tang Yidao came out of the queue and answered loudly.

"You lead a thousand people from the department to kill from the left wing of the white-robed traitor, don't seek to kill, just pierce the chisel, and make peace with the Kang Law Department as much as possible!" Lian Zining instructed: "By the way, pay attention, if you have a firearm, you must grab it!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Tang Yidao lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, his face was already full of determination! This white-robed veteran is obviously determined to fight to the death with the old master!

Lian Zining waved his hand: "Go!" ”

The 1,000 cavalry led by Tang Yidao rushed all the way, and before all the white-robed troops could react, they had already killed their left flank, and then chiseled in! The main force of the white-robed army has been transferred to encircle and suppress the Kang Law Firm, and the formation is already scattered, not to mention that the left flank is also a new recruit, and the facts have once again proved that the more troops, the better!

The white-robed army on the left flank and the right flank are also able to have no fighting spirit and cross as soon as they rush, while Tang Yidao's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and he is the first soldier, and the pro-soldiers behind him are also convinced of him, a Shangguan, and follow him to fight bravely! Tang Yidao slashed and slashed with a strange knife in his hand, and he was invincible, and he actually entered the array of the white-robed army with a more relaxed attitude than Kang Lu!

Qi Jiguang looked at Zhang Geng, his face was full of bitterness: "Big leader, our defeat is decided!" ”

At the moment when the left flank was broken through, the defeat of the white-robed army was already doomed! The main force is to encircle and suppress the Kang Law Firm, and if you want to encircle and suppress Tang Yidao, a traitor, the number of people who will be transferred is small, it is to deliver food, and if the number of people is large, it will definitely be broken out by the Kang Law Firm Department who has already killed the red eyes. If it is a two-way round, the consequences are really unimaginable. And if you only kill one of them with all your heart, then you will definitely be beaten in the back by the officers and soldiers. Not to mention, there are still nearly 4,000 cavalry among the officers and soldiers, who have not yet been dispatched, and they are still watching from the wall!

The tide of battle took a turn for the worse, beyond all expectations. Not only was the white-robed army on the side, but even the officers and soldiers themselves didn't expect that only sending two thousand elites had already put the white-robed army on a dead end.

In fact, the white-robed army in this battle was said to be defeated by the hands of officers and soldiers, but it was better to say that it was defeated by themselves, if they did not expand their army, they were still veterans of more than 8,000 lives, Kang Lu and Tang Yidao would definitely not be able to cross their queue. It can be said that the biggest change in this battle is a point that everyone did not expect, the recruits of the white-robed army can be regarded as a great achievement.

With such a fighter, Lian Zining naturally couldn't let it go, he let out a long laugh, and more than 3,500 miscellaneous cavalry of the front guard and the four guards of the government army began to slowly press!

This is a thunderous blow with all your might!

"Ahh Zhang Geng raised his eyes and looked around, his heart was suddenly sad, and he looked up to the sky and let out a roar that he didn't dare to make! It's like a sick tiger being forced to the edge of a cliff, full of despair and unwillingness! There was resentment and resentment in his heart, why am I twice as strong as you, but not your opponent? Ningjin County was defeated by you, why didn't you let me go, did you really want to kill me completely?

Why, why is that? Why am I not as good as you?

He only felt that his heart was extremely depressed, like a big stone pressing on his heart, until he couldn't breathe, and finally wowed, spewing out a mouthful of bright red blood!

"Sir!" With a poignant exclamation, a person dressed as a soldier behind Zhang Geng stepped forward and hugged him, and after a closer look, it was Xue Ning. The generals of the pro-soldiers on all sides also surrounded them, and everyone's hearts were cold, when it was critical, the boss actually vomited blood, do we have to die here?

Yangxin uprising, the attack on northern Lubei, the land of the four counties is invincible, the officers and soldiers of the war have never retreated, and the glory of the time has all turned into infinite sadness now!

Zhang Geng only felt dizzy, he still retained a trace of sobriety, and asked Qi Jiguang: "Strategist, what should we do?" ”

Qi Jiguang shook his head, his face was also full of helplessness and the sadness of the hero's end: "It's impossible to think about it now, I can't fight, I can't beat it." If you want to flee, the world is so big, all the king's land, where will you flee? ”

After hearing this, everyone was gloomy, and many people showed despair in their eyes, "No, there is still a way!" Tang Qi Lord suddenly said loudly: "Everyone, this Taiping River, Tang is the most familiar, and he knows that there is a shallow water, and he can swim across it with a war horse!" Let's run away now, leaving the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! ”

What, there is still a way to live?

"Then why didn't you just say that?" Zhang Sanyuan, who had the hottest temper, grabbed the neck of the Tang Banner Lord and asked angrily.

Tang Qi Master shook him off and said in a cold voice: "I said just now, I just said that there is a fart?" There are so many of us, if we all swim away, the officers and soldiers don't have to do anything, as long as they shoot arrows into the river, none of us want to get out alive! Now it just so happens that our large army is entangled with the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers are powerless to catch up, so let's take a few hundred of the most elite to escape! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt cold on their backs.

This Tang Banner Master is also a ruthless person!

But what he said did make sense, and everyone was a little moved.

"How's that going to work? Leaving so many brethren behind? Zhang Sanyuan said angrily: "If you want to go, you go, I won't go!" ”

"Shut up!" Qi Jiguang had already seen the officers and soldiers who were slowly pressing over, and he had already made a decision in his heart in an instant, and shouted: "Without further ado, the officers and soldiers will press up later, and they can't leave if they want to, so let's do what the Tang Banner Lord said!" Guys, pick five hundred, no, one thousand of our most elite troops! We! ”

He stared at Lian Zining's banner and spit out a word fiercely: "Withdraw!" ”

Zhang Sanyuan still wanted to speak, but was glared at fiercely by Qi Jiguang, and under his prestige, his heart trembled and he closed his mouth.

The others had no objections, and surrounded the semi-unconscious Zhang Geng, and killed him after the battle.

At this time, on the tower of Jingcheng Pass, there was also a pair of eyes staring at the battlefield below.

"The commander of the demon soldiers in the official mansion is that Lian Zining, right?" A slender jade-like man with smooth skin pointed to the banner of 'Wu Yijun Presidential Company' and asked.

The person who asked was a slender man, about forty years old, with a face like a crown of jade, and extremely handsome appearance, although he was not young, but he exuded an extraordinary charm. Especially a pair of eyes, the divine light is shining, and it is very eye-catching. He had long black hair like black jade, a jade crown, a jade hairpin, a whisk in his hand, and a snow-white robe. Above the gate, the white robe is like snow, swaying with the wind, as if you want to resist the wind, like a fairy in the world!

Wu Fen, the supreme governor of Jingcheng Pass, stood beside him, half a position behind, bent slightly, and his expression was extremely respectful and humble.

"Back to Yang Zuo's words, it is indeed that Lian Zining, this person is President Wu Yijun, and his subordinates have strong combat effectiveness!" Wu Fen replied respectfully.

"It's not necessary for you to say that this seat also knows." Yang Zuo smiled faintly: "When I was in Beijing, I heard his name, and the words he wrote were also amazing, and even the sect leader praised him." I thought he was just a literati, but I didn't expect that he was also very good at fighting. There was a degree of advance and retreat, and the white-robed army was forced to do so. ”

He shook the dust, and his tone was already cold: "This person will be the enemy of the Holy Sect in the future, it seems that he can't stay!" ”

(To be continued)