A dense volley of gunfire came, Yang Xiuqing looked at the chaotic situation in front of him with a worried expression, and Li Kaifang next to him came over and whispered: "His Royal Highness the King of the East, the foreign guns of the Ming army are more powerful than ours, so let's send out a horse team to rush for a while." ”

Yang Xiuqing did not speak with a gloomy face, although the front line was full of gunsmoke, he still heard that the foreign guns of the Ming army were more powerful than his side. Their guns were crisp and loud, and the guns of the Taiping army were a little dull. Two-thirds of the gunshots are now clear, but only one-third are dull. The number of Ming troops dispatched was only half of what they sent, but the firepower was twice as strong! Looking at their left flank, the Ming army began to release damn rockets again! Big fireballs kept rising, and it was really amazing to watch. The right wing was quiet, and the left wing of the Ming army seemed empty, but Yang Xiuqing felt as if there was some monster in it with its mouth wide open and waiting for the prey to take the bait!

This prey may be the horse team on the right flank!

Li Kaifang looked at Yang Xiuqing without speaking, and asked tentatively: "King Dong, should we withdraw the light infantry and let the artillery team also retreat behind the infantry team?" ”

Yang Xiuqing squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth and said: "Let the two armies in front and behind the foreign guns go up!" ”

Li Kaifang said in surprise: "The East King wants to attack the front of the Ming army? ”

"The horses of the Ming army are concentrated on the right flank, and there are rockets to cheer up, we can't fight from there, although the left flank of the Ming army is weak, but there must be deception...... Zhu Youtou is still good at using soldiers, and he won't put such a big empty door for us to break through, so the only chance is in the middle lane. ”

"That subordinate personally led the charge!" Li Kaifang thought for a while and said, "Do you want to let the artillery team move forward?" ”

"No need, Zhu Jishi must be alert when the artillery team moves." Yang Xiuqing gritted her teeth and said. "I just want to catch the Ming army off guard. King Yong. Attack in a phalanx formation, rush while the smoke in front has not yet dispersed, don't beat drums or shout, approach quietly, and then rush up...... I estimate that the 2,000 men of the Ming army will not dare to fight with you in close combat, and will definitely retreat, so you will follow and rush to their artillery array. Then I'll fight them with all my might! ”

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Just as the fierce fighting south of Jihuang Town intensified, near Sima Town, about 30 miles away from Jihuang Town, the Ming Army's Guards Cavalry and the Taiping Army's four horse armies finally encountered each other. Since both sides had rushed a lot of roads, they did not attack immediately after the encounter, but confronted each other five or six miles apart to accumulate horsepower.

Zhang Lexing stood firmly on the saddle of a Mongolian horse, holding a telescope and looking at the phalanx of the Ming army's horse team, inhaling cool air in his mouth. He never thought that the cavalry could also list such a strict formation, thousands of cavalry lined up in a tight formation, without the slightest scattering - Zhang Lexing knew that this was not something that could be done easily, but he didn't know how to train the cavalry and horses to form a knife-and-axe-like queue.

He never thought that there would be such a tall and sturdy war horse in this world. And there are so many of them! The war horses under the crotches of the Ming cavalry, each of them is as strong as the legendary red rabbit horse. This kind of rare horse has appeared thousands of horses at once!

When did this red rabbit horse turn into a cabbage?

"Uncle, their horses are so beautiful, when can I have one."

As soon as Zhang Lexing sat back on the horse, his nephew Zhang Zongyu leaned up with a smile and asked for battle, "Why don't you come to the first battle, and bring a few good horses to my uncle." ”

Zhang Lexing glanced at his nephew: "The child stays there, do you have any eyesight?" This time, the idea is not to be a general prick, but also to rob other people's horses...... Don't throw your life away in the wilderness! ”

Zhang Zongyu was stunned: "Uncle, why are you talking like this?" There are 35,600 of us, and they are only 5,600,000, and if they fight one of the six, can they win? ”

"If it weren't for six to fight one, I would have left a long time ago!" Zhang Lexing touched his beard and said, "Look at other people's formations, other people's horses, other people's guys, which ones are not much stronger than us...... If we only have three times as many soldiers, we will lose! ”

"But we have six times as many soldiers, and our people are all kung fu, so we may not lose them if we really fight...... Aren't they just better horses, neater teams, and fighting wars is no better than queuing. ”

When Zhang Zongyu spoke, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Hou Shiwei, the former marshal of the Ma Army, and Han Laowan, the marshal of the rear army, came on horseback, and they hugged Zhang Lexing with their fists, Hou Shiwei said: "Lao Le, the idea is piercing, how can we beat you and let it go." ”

Han Laowan also said: "The Ming army's horse team looks like a heavy cavalry charging into battle, and our light cavalry is not an opponent, so it is better to retreat and lead them in circles." ”

"You can't retreat, wolf (Han Laowan's nickname), look at other people's horses, they are all red rabbits, sweat and blood, can our horses outrun others?" Zhang Lexing pointed to the cavalry phalanx of the Ming army on the opposite side, and said, "And the East King is fighting a decisive battle with Zhu Jishi in Jihuang Town, if we leave, this Ming army horse team will arrive in Jihuang Town, and the world of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be gone." ”

"Isn't it just a Hou, if the East King gives it, the Zhu family's son of heaven can't give it?" Hou Shiwei said in a rough voice, "The son of the Zhu family is our fellow Huaishang (although Zhu Jishi is an authentic Cantonese, but his hometown has to follow Zhu Yuanzhang), he has always come to see the Huai people, Miao Peilin, Li Hongzhang, and Li Wenan are not all high-ranking officials?" ”

Zhang Lexing frowned slightly, he knew that there were many people in the Dao Twist Party who secretly communicated with Zhu Ming, especially Miao Peilin and many high-level leaders of the Twist Party were fellow villagers in Huaibei, and there were multiple channels to get in touch. Moreover, in the past, only the five general banner masters of the Twisted Army were crowned kings, and the remaining four were all marquis, and this one marquis, Zhu Jishi could indeed give it.

Zhang Lexing paused for a moment and said, "The Hou Ke of the Zhu family is raised to enjoy the blessings...... A house, only two or three thousand acres of land, where is it so happy to have thousands of riders and go in all directions like now? And there are many brothers below us, who are all accustomed to eating and have no great skills, can they still have a good life when they get to the Zhu family? The most important thing for us to run the rivers and lakes and break into the world is not to forget our brothers, old marquis, wolves, don't you say? ”

Seeing that Hou Shiwei and Han Laowan were silent, Zhang Lexing said again: "Old Hou, wolf, the king of the east treats us well, and we can't be too unrighteous, this battle must be fought well, it's really not good, everyone goes to the Zhu family again, at most don't want the marquis to be an earl...... We are all heroes who destroyed the Manchurian and Xinghan Dynasty to avenge the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, and there is always a mouthful of food to eat. ”

Hou Shiwei and Han Laowan glanced at each other, Zhu Ming's policy towards the Taiping Army is known to people at their level, not to kill them all, but they will not really reuse them, but to raise them and manage them, and the comfortable days of freedom and ease will never go back, and they will just be closed and enjoy Qingfu in the future.

"Then let's fight!" Hou Shiwei looked at the Ming cavalry formation in the distance and took a breath, "But I can't come to the first formation." ”

Han Laowan also said: "I don't take the lead. ”

Zhang Lexing was silent for a moment and said, "Don't split up and fight in two formations, let's go together." Lao Hou, you hit their left flank, I hit the middle, and the wolf beat their right flank...... However, if you can't rush them, you have to rely on more people to pester them in hand-to-hand combat, so no matter which way they break us, the other two roads are not allowed to retreat, and we must rush up to disrupt the battle,"

"Okay, just fight like this!" Hou Shiwei and Han Laowan thought about it, and they both agreed to Zhang Lexing's method, light riding and heavy riding are looking for death compared to impact, but it is still relying on more people and hard work when they are fighting, so the three ways to attack at the same time, the top of the sky is to let the Ming army's elite cavalry rush all the way, and then they can fight hand-to-hand. As long as you can fight hand-to-hand, are you afraid that you won't win if you fight 1 out of 6?

After Hou Shiwei and Han Laowan received the military order and left, Zhang Lexing called his nephew to his side, and said in a low voice: "Later, the 1,000 people in your headquarters can watch from afar, and if the signs are wrong, go and report to the East King...... Our family members are all in Beijing, why can't we be sorry for Dongwang, do you know the way? ”

Zhang Zongyu's face became heavy: "Uncle, it's not like this, let's beat 1 of 6 of them." ”

Zhang Lexing shook his head: "I'm not worried about Hou Shiwei and Han Laowan...... I'm afraid that they won't fight when the time comes, and this time they will win if they have to fight! (To be continued......)