readx; In a moment, the rebels were once again repulsed by grenades. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, unlike the previous dozen times, the east gate of Zhangde Mansion suddenly opened slowly, and with the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the cavalry in the city rushed out and rushed straight towards the most dense place of the rebels.

And they didn't charge with swords, or even with bows and arrows, but directly with grenades to open the way. After nearly three hours of fierce fighting, the rebels were already terrified of this black but extremely deadly little thing, and when they saw this thing flying from the air, they all rode their horses to avoid it. As a result, the rebel camp was in turmoil, and even the fierce rebel general couldn't hold his back and was coerced by his subordinates to run around.

After the officers and soldiers broke through the rebel camp like chopping waves, the rebels found that this officer army only had forty or fifty horsemen. The rebel general suddenly felt greatly humiliated, and shouted: "Damn, if you want to run, no way!" Brothers, stop attacking the city, let's kill this gang of thieves first! ”

So, to everyone's surprise, this rebel army no longer besieged Zhangde Mansion, but instead pursued the officers and troops who broke through. This should have been good news for the defenders, but the lieutenant officer who was temporarily in charge of defending the city was sweating profusely. For nothing else, just now the main general Wu obviously only took fifty light horsemen out of the city to lure the enemy, and although the rebels suffered heavy casualties during the siege, after all, it was a cavalry team of thousands of people. Fifty against thousand, how can this battle be fought?

Seeing that the rebels had abandoned Zhangde Mansion and were chasing after him, he was overjoyed at first, and then realized his dangerous situation. He led fifty cavalry in a great circle around the field, and the direction of his march turned from east to south, while the rebels fell tightly behind, firing their bows and arrows in front as they pursued. It's just that the distance between the two sides was kept at more than 100 paces, beyond the range of the bow and arrow, so no damage was inflicted on the officers and soldiers.

After chasing this for some distance, the rebels probably felt that they could not catch up, so they began to slow down. This is not surprising, because the war horses ridden by the fifty cavalrymen were all purebred Dawan horses purchased from the Yarkand Khanate at a high price when they were in Shaanxi, and whether they were long-distance or short-distance sprints, they were by no means inferior to the war horses of the Manchu Eight Banners Army, and they were much stronger than the horses of the rebels.

It was obvious that he was also injured in the left arm by a sharp arrow when he was defending the city, and he was only briefly bandaged at that time, but now Yin Hong's blood is still oozing, and the military uniform has already been soaked. But he was also completely enraged by the vicious rebel general behind him, and immediately shouted: "Dance of the Dragon Knights! ”

Fifty cavalrymen immediately reined in their horses, and the speed of the galloping horses slowed down at once, even faster than the rebels, and the distance between the two sides was shortened a lot.

At the same time, all the soldiers turned around and stretched out their bows and arrows, and opened their bows like a full moon with all their strength, and they obviously roared: "Release!" Fifty arrows roared straight for the rebels.

The rebels had chased them for more than ten miles before that, and the officers had never shot an arrow at them, so they couldn't help but be a little relaxed mentally, thinking that this army might not have bows and arrows. Moreover, it was "darkness before dawn", and it was difficult to see the scenery from twenty paces, let alone the black and thin shafts. By the time they heard the sound of breaking through the sky, it was too late, and most of the more than twenty cavalrymen who rushed to the front were shot, screaming and falling off their horses.

What's even worse is that although the rebels have slowed down, they are still running forward, and the formation is also very dense. The people in front of them were riding well and suddenly fell from their horses, and the cavalry behind had no time to dodge, and they couldn't retract their momentum, so they could only crash into it, and as a result, people turned over on their backs and made a big mess.

By this time the distance between the two sides had been shortened to about fifty paces, and the fifty cavalrymen who were obviously in the dark took the opportunity to launch another volley, and then immediately rode their horses and galloped wildly. By the time the rebels regrouped and fired a volley of arrows from the front, the officers and soldiers had already run out of the range of their bows and arrows.

With this setback, the rebels lost more than 20 cavalry, but the officers and soldiers were unharmed, which made the rebel general almost mad. Originally, he had no intention of continuing to pursue, but this time the ferocity and cruelty in his blood were completely aroused, and he once again ordered the rebels to pursue the whole army, so as to completely wipe out the officers and troops.

However, their horsemanship was always worse than that of the officers and soldiers, and the farther they pursued, the more obvious the gap became. Obviously he didn't know how far he had to run, but he knew that he was already three poles a day. During this time, the officers and soldiers saw the opportunity and came to the "Dance of the Dragon Knights" five times, and the rebels suffered nearly 200 casualties before and after.

The name "Dance of the Dragon Knights" was taken by Zhu Youzhen, which is actually the "kite flying" tactic of the Mongols. At that time, the Mongols took advantage of the good endurance of the Mongolian horses, like holding a kite string, to lure the enemy army to pursue them, and were constantly shot by the Mongols in the pursuit, and the powerful Teutonic Knights of the European Middle Ages were completely annihilated by this tactic.

But Zhu Youzhen didn't like the word "kite flying" very much, and he didn't want to associate this elegant and childlike sport with bloody killing, so he replaced it with the term "Dragon Knight Dance".

It is really difficult for people of this day and age to understand the word. In fact, this is what Zhu Youzhen borrowed from the computer game "StarCraft" in his previous life, in this game, there is a long-range class called "Dragon Knight", because it has a long range and fast rate of fire, and can fight while retreating, bullying those melee troops. Under the control of the master, the dragon knight retreats and stops and fights, which is very rhythmic, and this trick is called "Dragon Knight Dance" by players. Although it is a game, it also fully embodies the idea of military tactics, which is one of the reasons why this game was popular all over the world back then.

Of course, he obviously didn't know the original meaning of the "Dance of the Dragon Knights", he only knew that with this tactic he could deal with the enemy army slower than himself unscathed, and that was enough. It's just that now that everyone has run out of arrows, they can't dance if they want to "dance" anymore. And the rebel army behind him is like a demon, still desperately chasing after him, and he is obviously angry.

Just when he was wondering whether to completely shake off the "kraft candy" behind him, there was a sudden sound of hooves in front of him, and then a group of cavalry with flags waving their flags appeared in view. In the center is a large flag, black characters on a red background, embroidered with three big characters: the fourth regiment.

"Reinforcements are coming!" Tsuru exclaimed in obvious surprise.

Originally, the "Fourth Regiment" was the old establishment of the Qin soldiers, and now although Li Laiheng's department is temporarily incorporated into the 3,000 battalions in the Beijing camp, the former military flag is still retained. As soon as the fight came out today, all the soldiers were in high spirits, and all the fatigue and pain were thrown out of the clouds. Gou obviously roared with great interest: "His grandmother, these bunnies have chased us so far, it's time for a change!" Turn the horse's head around and get ready for a counter-charge! ”