readx; Hearing that there were officials and soldiers coming to help, Ma Shouying, the "old returner", suddenly came to the spirit. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In these two days of siege warfare, he only let He Yilong, He Jin, Ma Jinzhong and others send troops, but his own troops were rarely used. Because he has always been cunning and ruthless in using soldiers, he also knows his subordinates very well, and knows that his main force of "returning to the camp" is the best at cavalry warfare, and siege is not what he is good at.

Previously, although the Guanning Iron Cavalry also went out of the city to fight, there was always Yangzhou City behind him. Now that there are finally officers and soldiers who can fight in the field, they are kept out of the camp of the thieves, and if they win the battle, they will gain real benefits and establish their prestige among the thieves even more. Besides, according to the reports of his subordinates, there are only about 3,000 cavalry in this official army, how can such "fat" not be eaten?

Therefore, Lao Hui asked the other three leaders to continue the siege of the city, and he immediately led 30,000 elite cavalry of his headquarters, and slaughtered out of the company camp and went straight to the official army.

These 30,000 cavalry are the "old guys" of Lao Hui, and all of them are "Huihui" people. At that time, the term "Huihui" was not a clear concept, and the term first came from Shen Kuo's Mengxi Bi Tan in the Song Dynasty, which was used to refer to the "Uighur" people in Anxi since the Tang Dynasty.

However, since the Tang and Song dynasties, especially after the Mongol Yuan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and ruled China, a large number of merchants from the Middle East came to China due to the development of maritime trade. Most of these people are Muslims, but there are also those who follow Christian-Judaism. The common people in China lack understanding of these people and think that they are all all all way, so they call them "Huihui" in general.

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Due to the implementation of the ethnic hierarchy policy of the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, the ethnic groups, including the "Hui" people, were divided into the second class of "Semu" people, whose status was higher than that of the "Han people" and "Nan people", so these people multiplied rapidly in China. Later, Christian Judaism gradually declined in China, but more and more people embraced Islam, and some Han Chinese also converted to Islam. Because of the strict rules of Islam and the living habits of believers are very different from those of ordinary people, these Han converts to Islam are also called "Huihui".

Therefore, "Huihui" is actually a concept that is confused with ethnic and religious beliefs. There are also descendants of people who really have Middle Eastern ancestry who no longer believe in Islam, such as the famous Zheng He and Tie Xuan, and there is no obvious trace of their belief in Islam in historical materials. At that time, there was a saying among the "Huihui" people that "officials must apostate their religion when they reach the five grades", because these people live on the land of China and are immersed in Chinese culture, and the more they read, the more difficult it is for Islamic teachings to occupy their hearts.

The 30,000 people under the "Lao Hui Hui" are all living in the "Hui Hui" settlement area in Gansu and Shaanxi, and they are not on good terms with the local Han people. After Ma Shouying rebelled, he used the powerful power of religious belief to quickly recruit these people into his tent. These people are already brave and fierce, and they have a fanatical belief in religion, so their combat effectiveness is second to none among the thieves.

However, after killing the company camp, Lao Hui found that the officers and troops on the opposite side did not seem to want to attack him, but patrolled outside the company camp, trying to find a suitable place to set up camp. Lao Huihui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, secretly thinking that this official army would definitely not be able to fight as the cavalry in Yangzhou City. So he immediately yelled and ordered his subordinates to charge at the other side.

There are only two modes of cavalry combat, one is the traditional hard-hitting hedge, and the other is the wandering detour that the steppe nomads are good at. But the cavalry on the opposite side was very strange, obviously the old man had already launched a charge when he returned to this side, and the ground was shaking, but that side neither met nor withdrew, but stood still.

The speed of the cavalry charge was so fast that in the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was reduced to a hundred paces. At this time, the officers and soldiers began to release arrows, but the number was not much, far from being comparable to the black and oppressive arrow rain of Guanning Iron Cavalry. Although it also caused a small amount of damage to the Rogue, it was not enough to stop the Rogue's attack. Lao Huihui couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, thinking that this official army was probably a guard army that couldn't fight, and such a soft persimmon allowed him to catch up.

But before he could finish stealing joy, the battle situation changed abruptly! I only heard the sudden "bang" sound on the opposite side, and then the old Huihui's subordinates turned over on their backs and bled into a river, and the formation of the charge was suddenly chaotic!

"Bird's guns! They have bird guns!! The "Huihui" cavalry, who was still extremely vicious just now, were all shouting in disbelief at this time, and they all turned their horses and retreated!

It turned out that what Lao Huihui never expected was that this cavalry of the official army was equipped with a large number of bird guns. The most powerful of these thieves is Lu Xiangsheng, so Lu Xiangsheng can get the terrible nickname of "King Lu Yan". And the reason why Lu Xiangsheng is terrifying, in addition to being brave in battle, the most important reason is that he has a unit that mainly uses firearms. This army's proficiency in the use of firearms is far from being comparable to the ordinary guard army, before Zhang Yichuan, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing and other troops fought two Dangshan battles, the troops had an absolute advantage, but they were killed by Lu Xiangsheng and collapsed, and it was also the credit of firearms, so the thieves of the "Thirteen Families" all had lingering fears about the birds of the official army.

But Lu Xiangsheng's firearms troops were all infantry troops, and Lao Huihui didn't pay too much attention to it: of course he couldn't beat him hard, but using the cavalry's mobility ability to avoid Lu Xiangsheng as far as possible, this could still be done.

But what he never expected today was that the cavalry on the opposite side was also equipped with a large number of bird guns, and if he hit it hard, he could only end up with the same fate as Zhang Yichuan and others. Moreover, these 30,000 return cavalry are the old foundation he relies on for survival, even if he has to fight with the officials and soldiers, he can't use these people to fight. Therefore, he immediately ordered the troops to be collected, and when the horses and horses came back from defeat, they were rough and rough, and before they even had a meal, they had already lost more than three hundred, and they were so distressed that they wanted to give themselves a big mouth.

But the next actions of the officials and soldiers made the old man come back again. It stands to reason that the official army can attack with the power of winning the first battle, but the cavalry on the opposite side did not attack, but did not withdraw, but really found a place and camped far away, if the thieves did not provoke, they did not want to come out.

Lao Hui thought about it for a while, and felt that he probably understood: the guards in various places did not belong to each other, and they all wanted to preserve their strength, and they didn't want to fight with thieves, which was a common thing in the past. The opposing force may have received a strict order to rush, but in order to protect itself, it did not dare to really attack. Moreover, the ammunition that the cavalry can carry is limited after all, and the other party may not want to consume it too quickly, once it is exhausted, these 3,000 people are like a small ant to the army of hundreds of thousands of thieves, and they will be crushed to pieces.

After figuring out this section, Lao Hui put his mind at ease. He felt that he and the official army were "afraid of beating the wolf with a stick", so he simply stopped fighting, and only let his subordinates closely monitor the official army camp, and he still returned to the camp and continued to storm Yangzhou. As long as the city of Yangzhou is broken, this official army will be defeated and flee.

Seeing that the rogue cavalry was withdrawing to the company camp one after another, the officers and generals who led the team also breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded with a smile: "Fortunately, these gangs of cowards did not continue to attack, otherwise they would be in trouble." Hurry up and report to the governor in Tianchang, and say that I, Li Laiheng, have arrived outside Yangzhou City, and Yangzhou is still holding on. Also, go where Quanzhong goes, let this rabbit cub hurry up, we'll do it right away when he's coming! ”