Chapter 247: Cavalry Fight

Whether it was Kong Youde, Mao Chenglu and other rebel generals, when they heard the explosion, they suddenly felt like they had been struck by lightning, and the thought for a moment was that the defenders of Pingdu City had already chased after them.

Looking at the two thousand cavalry who were originally a little relaxed, they suddenly suffered a burst of gunpowder bombardment, and the camp was suddenly blown up, and the flesh and blood flew in front of the public, and many uncontrollable war horses threw the horseback cavalry off their horses, and were directly trampled by the panicked war horses mercilessly.

More cavalrymen were disturbed by the sudden explosion, and they scurried around like headless flies with the reins of their horses, not knowing what to do! From time to time, various shouting orders were heard among the rebel cavalry, asking all cavalry to remain calm, and at the same time directly killing the uncontrollable war horses in the cavalry ranks, so as to easily calm down the chaotic situation.

The gunpowder bag with the smoke of gunpowder was thrown into the chaotic cavalry queue again, and in an instant, the team that had just been a little stable collapsed, and the rebel cavalry did not know whether the next powder bag would fall to their side, and the cavalry fled in all directions with the reins like a fly without a head.

This second round of explosions plunged the newly assembled rebel infantry into chaos again, and the rebels crowded and trampled each other, and I don't know how many soldiers were trampled to death in the chaos, and some soldiers waved their blades and slashed left and right, trying to escape from this place of death.

Seeing that the situation was out of control again, Kong Youde's eyes drooped with despair, at this moment, it was difficult for anyone to remain calm in the face of the threat of death, and protecting their own safety was the most important.

At this moment, Kong Youde seemed to have lost all his ambitions, and let his henchmen flee from the scene of the explosion with the support of his henchmen.

In the face of Mao Chenglu and other major rebel generals who were panicked by the explosion, they could appreciate the power of this gunpowder bag better than Kong Youde, but fortunately these gunpowder bags did not affect their side for the time being. Mao Chenglu and other rebel generals fled the scene by their henchmen.

In the valley, the cavalry of the Hunting Division, who had long been ready to attack, rushed out of the valley with a shout. The target was the 4,000 foot soldiers that the rebels had just assembled.

The momentum brought by the regular sound of iron hooves was incomparable to that of the already fearless rebel cavalry, and the 200 cavalry of the Hunting Division roared and rushed onto the official road. blocked the six-zhang wide official road, and directly blocked nearly half of the rebel foot soldiers.

Most of the rebel soldiers surrendered on their knees, and a small number of rebel soldiers jumped off the official road and fled in all directions.

As for the more than 100 rebel cavalry casualties at the scene, they stayed in the official road and ignored them, but gathered some ownerless war horses and retreated into the valley.

Shen Xiaoshan knew that the rebel cavalry could arrive at any time, and these casualties of the rebels would only intensify the panic and suspicion of the rebels who came in a hurry. This is very beneficial for the subsequent cover-up of the Hunting Division.

Shen Xiaoshan was going to send a big meal to the rebel cavalry that fled later, leaving this part of the cavalry behind!

The summer day was long, and the horses that had gone out from the Hunting Division came to report that about 800 rebel cavalry broke through the blockade of Xiaohuakou and galloped in the direction of the ambush of the Hunting Division.

Shen Xiaoshan inquired in detail about the situation of the 800 rebels, and then redeployed the Enemy Hunting Division, ordering Xie Wu to lead 30 soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division to take care of the rebels in the valley.

Guo Tai continued to lead twenty soldiers to ambush on both sides of the official road, and unexpectedly bombarded the rebels with gunpowder packs.

The remaining 150 men waited until the rebel cavalry rushed in and slaughtered them again from the valley. In order to be prepared to force the panicked rebel cavalry to dismount and surrender.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and there was already a sound of horses' hooves stomping on the south side of the official road, and Shen Xiaoshan told Guo Tai, who was reluctant, not to cause an accident to the captives in the valley. Then he led most of the officers and soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division to ride their horses and rush to the official road.

Cao Shaozhong, who had just rushed out under the artillery fire of the Xiaohuakou defenders, felt like he was having a nightmare, and his dignified 2,000 elite cavalry were powerless to resist under the repeated blows of the opponent's firearms.

The 2,000 cavalry followed him and escaped the blockade of the enemy's artillery, and only 800 cavalry were left. These elites who have been fighting on the battlefield all year round are still a few killed by the opponent's firearms. Most of the cavalry were wounded by firearms and became prisoners of the opposing side.

In any case, he finally broke out of the other party's blockade, and he and his eight hundred cavalry were out of the nightmare of Pingdu City. I hope there will be no more ambushes, Cao Shaozhong breathed a sigh of relief and prayed secretly in his heart.

Cao Shaozhong was wondering, he didn't know where Kong Youde led the main force of the Chinese army to retreat, why didn't he send someone to contact him?

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the galloping cavalry in front, mixed with the sound of "bang bang" heavy objects falling to the ground, Cao Shao was in a panic in the center, and hurriedly galloped to the front of the queue with a shout.

The official road ahead was bombed into potholes, and the cavalry horses under his command accidentally stepped on the potholes, and many unlucky cavalry companies fell to the ground with their horses.

The corpses of men and horses were strewn on the ground, the seriously wounded soldiers groaned weakly, severed limbs and broken arms splattered everywhere, and broken weapons and blades were scattered between the corpses and severed arms.

In the twilight, this section of the blood-stained road is filled with horrific and miserable scenes!

Cao Shaozhong's head "buzzed" like an explosion, needless to say that Kong Youde and other main forces were ambushed by the other side again here, and the defenders of Pingdu City had ambushes here, and the ambush soldiers had the gunpowder bags that the rebel cavalry feared the most!

Almost subconsciously, Cao Shaozhong hissed: "Don't care about the wounded soldiers on the ground, let Lao Tzu speed up and rush through here......"

Before Cao Shaozhong finished speaking, a rain-like sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the side of the official road, and the cavalry of the brigade in the dusk accelerated and rushed towards Cao Shaozhong's cavalry team on the official road.

The rebel cavalry, who were about to ride their horses and gallop, reined in their horses, looked at the cavalry that was speeding towards them in disbelief, and they were not afraid to fight the rebel cavalry on the battlefield, and this way of running away had already made them accumulate a stomach of resentment. As long as the opponent no longer throws gunpowder packs, the rebel cavalry will have the confidence to defeat the incoming enemy!

Cao Shaozhong reined in his horse and looked sideways at the cavalry rushing over, this group of cavalry was about 200 people, and there were 800 cavalry around him, so he could completely rely on the superior number of people to annihilate this group of cavalry. Kill these cavalry and export evil spirits.

Seeing that the other party only had 200 cavalry, Cao Shaozhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Giving up the intention of escaping, he shouted: "Line up and counterattack each other." Fast! ”

Shen Xiaoshan led the cavalry of the hunting division of the enemy division and the rebel cavalry to get closer and closer, seeing that the opposing cavalry not only did not run but adjusted the direction and slowly accelerated to rush towards him, Shen Xiaoshan showed a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth, he was originally worried that the rebels would flee desperately, and the gunpowder bag lying in ambush next to the road would not work, but now that he was in a hurry to die, it was just right to let the rebel cavalry taste the taste of gunpowder bag again!

300 steps...... 200 steps...... Cao Shaozhong's cavalry of about four or five hundred galloped down the official road and came to meet the enemy hunting division, and all the rebel cavalry had prepared bows and arrows. Aimed at the enemy hunter cavalry who was slowly accelerating.

Cao Shaozhong showed a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, waving the waist knife in his hand, and calling "ho ho" in his mouth, as if he wanted to vent the suffocating anger suffered in this expedition to Pingdu City.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The nightmarish explosion suddenly came from the official road behind him, and about half of the cavalry who had not yet gone down the official road were on the brunt, and the explosion of gunpowder packs in the dusk was extremely deafening, and the huge impact of the explosion brought up rocks, dirt, swords, and limbs scattered in all directions, and the smoke of gunpowder had not yet fallen, and the cavalry on the official road that had not been affected screamed like evil ghosts. Flee with the frightened horses in all directions.

Cao Shaozhong's wielded waist knife stiffly stopped in mid-air, his mouth wide open like a duck choked by someone's neck, and the sound of "ho ho" suddenly became a "quack" sound, as ugly as it sounded!

Almost all the rebel cavalry understood. I also knew that the other party had ambushed soldiers on both sides of the official road, and threw the gunpowder bag at the right time, and the power generated by the explosion of the gunpowder bag in the past two days had been deeply imprinted in the minds of the cavalrymen.

Cao Shaozhong wanted to hit the wall even more hatefully. Every time I saw the dawn of victory in the past few days, I would be ruthlessly blown up by the opponent's gunpowder bag. The opposing gunpowder bag has become a nightmare for all rebel cavalry!

The explosion on the official road obviously affected the more than 400 cavalry who marched to the open ground, and the huge explosion frightened the cavalry's horses. Most of the cavalry had to put down their bows and arrows and take control of their horses, when the two hundred cavalry, a hundred paces away, suddenly accelerated and began to charge.

It's too late to regret it, now in the face of the impact of the enemy hunting division, only a head-on counterattack can get a glimmer of life, and I believe that all the cavalry under his command also have this idea.

Cao Shaozhong hissed and shouted: "Release the arrow, release the arrow quickly!" "The cavalry had no choice but to control the frightened horses, and only hundreds of arrows were fired at the oncoming enemy hunters.

Bows and arrows were shot into the queue of the cavalry of the Hunting Division, the soldiers of the Hunting Division were wearing octagonal iron helmets and wearing chain mail all over their bodies, and hundreds of arrows of the rebel cavalry clanged on the armor of the soldiers of the Hunting Division, most of the soldiers were safe and sound, and a few unlucky soldiers were hit by the arrows and fell off their horses screaming.

Seeing that the two sides were only more than eighty paces away, and it was too late to release the arrow again, Cao Shaozhong hissed and shouted: "Accelerate the impact!" ”

The rebel cavalry who were cornered burst out with a fierce aura, and many years of cavalry career were enough for them to control the war horse in a short period of time.

Shen Xiaoshan watched the changes in the rebel cavalry, just a hundred paces away, the opponent from the initial panic to quickly adjust the formation to urge the horse to start to attack, everything showed the combat quality of the elite cavalry, this is a previous battle against the enemy in exchange for experience, it should be said that the Zhenshan battalion can make this elite cavalry deflated one after another is indeed a bit of a fluke, the Zhenshan battalion relied on the flexible use of firearms to defeat this rebel cavalry.

However, this does not mean that the enemy hunting division is inferior to the other party in terms of combat power, and now that the two sides are directly facing each other, let the rebels see the strength of the enemy hunting division soldiers.

The two sides were sixty paces apart, and this distance was just right for shooting with arrows and crossbows, Shen Xiaoshan shouted: "Shoot!" ”

The crossbow arrows in the hands of more than one hundred and fifty soldiers flew densely towards the rebel cavalry holding their blades with a sharp wind, and in an instant the rebel cavalry lined up with a group of people on their backs, and many rebel cavalry screamed and fell off their horses.

Shen Xiaoshan casually threw away the arrow and crossbow and shouted: "Raise the blade!" ”

"Brush Lala"

The soldiers of the Enemy Hunter Division quickly threw away their crossbows, waved their blades, and slaughtered the rebel army like a whirlwind.

The soldiers of the "Boom" Hunting Division slammed into the rebel cavalry led by Cao Shaozhong head-on with an indomitable momentum, and in an instant, the collision of weapons, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of the wounded filled this battlefield. (To be continued......)