This area of engagement, from a topographical point of view, is more suitable for cavalry play. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Vast plains, not too many trees. Although there were thorny weeds, this did not make much difference to the Cossack warriors who were skilled in riding. They controlled their mounts, indulging their horsepower on both sides of the official road, between the vast fields, and galloping as much as they could, like eagles spreading their wings and stretching forward.

They were going to get rid of the officers and soldiers, and they had been convinced of that since they had spotted the Don hippos during the first scout encounter. But it doesn't make sense to just kill these officers and soldiers except to avenge their partners, and it's more attractive to catch the emperor and queen mother of this empire, and if possible, they want to finish off the country's concubines, and the process must be interesting.

The purpose of these rangers is to find the location of the emperor and report to their superiors, and the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom will inevitably do everything possible to sabotage all this. The struggle between the two was doomed and inevitable from the beginning. But the Cossacks never took other Ranger scouts into account, and fighting in such a vast area, it was difficult to form a superiority in troops, and in a contest of equal forces, they were not opponents.

Bekov was a stout man like a calf, he was already an old Cossack, a young commander who had fought for more than ten years and had a lot of experience to teach his company. When he wasn't fighting, he could even drink and eat sour cucumbers with Merekhov, and he was also saddened by Petro's death, so he was willing to avenge his old friend as long as he could.

He was followed by a new recruit, and while urging his mount, he pointed to his son as if he were pointing at his own son, "Boy, you have to learn a little, this is a skill that you must master as a ranger." Be observant and learn to use your own eyes. Our task is simple, finding the emperor of these people is as easy as finding elephants in Africa. However, if you don't pay attention, you won't be able to report back to the chief, you know? ”

The young recruit nervously raised his gun, "Jin Guoren!" It's a Jinguo person! ”

"Don't shout, are you fucking going to call everyone in the neighborhood to see my joke? I saw it, three people from the Jin Kingdom, that's nothing. Come, follow me, scare them away. ”

As he spoke, Bekov drew his shiny saber and pulled a knife flower in his hand. "These people are afraid of knives, and if you use a gun, they can rub against you for a long time, but as soon as they see you draw, they will run away. Learn to point, pull out your knife little cub, follow me, rush! ”

With a loud shout, the Donhippo rushed towards the cavalry on the opposite side, and Bekov saw that his opponent had taken off his rifle, but he didn't care. Every Cossack was a hero, he could make all kinds of moves on his horse, and the bullet was not so easy to hit.

He hid himself under the horse's belly, hooked the horse's pedal with only his foot, and struck the horse's back straddle with his fist, causing it to run at full speed. The gunshots rang out from the other side, but it had no effect on him, and he was already past the time when he was worried when he heard the gunshots. Until the distance between the two was close, his body suddenly flipped out from under the horse, and the saber in his hand was already picked up, and with the help of inertia, he wanted to cut off the opponent's head like a birch tree.

But as he sat up and raised his arms, he saw only the young military attache opposite, the revolver in his hand, and the smile with a hint of mockery...... The whole world was plunged into darkness.

Zhao Guanhou returned to the team, and thirty-seven of the fifty scouts sent out, and they brought back a total of eleven Don hippos, of course, destroying more enemies than horses. In terms of casualties, they are similar to each other. In terms of the level of cavalry, the right army is still far behind, but in terms of equipment, it is another matter.

Zhao Guanhou got all the revolvers allocated by Han Rong, so that the pistol equipment rate of the troops was high to the point of madness, even if it was the Taixi powers of the same era, the revolver equipment rate may not be so high. He distributed these guns to the rangers who participated in the battle, and in battle, he fought hand-to-hand combat with spears from afar, and with revolvers instead of sabers in close combat.

The quality of the Cossack rifles was inferior to that of the right army, and in close combat, the superiority in skill, which was offset by the difference in weapons, did not lead to satisfactory results. The Cossacks had few men, and it was also a great loss to be killed so many Rangers in one go, forcing the opposing officers to change their tactics and begin to shrink their forces. Soon after, a dark cloud swept in, tall horses, flashing spears, and twin eagle flags raised high, heralding the coming of death.

"The location of the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty is already very clear, they are moving towards Xuanhua, but the speed is very slow, and the road is blocked by fleeing people. Their carts can't get under the road, so they can't walk. Plus there are a lot of guards, so they can't go too fast. ”

The scouts who rushed through the search of the Jin soldiers not only brought news of the two palaces, but also brought a few captured Jin horses. Merekhov's face was still as gloomy as iron, and he listened to the report of his subordinates, and then ordered:

"Vasha, you take twenty men and deal with the refugees. Those who can follow here must be the rich lords, just catch one, and you will be rich, I know you like this, so it's up to you to do this. You can do with those women, I don't care. Robanov, my good brother, I have a very important job for you, you should know what it is, right? ”

"Capture their emperor? Why not wait until Andrey comes? That idiot must like to do this kind of thing. Old man, I want to avenge Petro, you know, I have to give an account to my daughter. ”

"Andrei that idiot, he only thinks about grabbing the emperor to negotiate conditions, and we are Cossacks, and the way we negotiate conditions is to put people's heads on the negotiating table and make them sign. Only you can do this job. I don't have a lot of troops on hand, you know, so you can only do it all with your cavalry company, and they have a battalion, are you sure? ”

The tall Cossack touched his beard, "Come on, a battalion of soldiers of the Golden Kingdom?" What else can they do but call Mommy. Wait, I'll cut off the heads of those two men and bring them to you, and by the way, help you break their defenses from behind. Interspersed behind enemy lines, flowers bloom behind the back, this is what our Cossacks are best at, wait to see a good show. ”

The two cavalry teams began their own operations, and on the frontal battlefield, the Cossack cavalry also began an offensive against the Armed Guards. The 5th Cavalry Regiment consisted of an artillery battery of three two-pounder guns, two six-pounder guns, and one twelve-pounder gun, all of which were in service for a long time, and the range and accuracy of the cannons were reduced. The Reich allocated to the Cossacks was always this weapon, so most of the time they preferred to believe in their swords.

However, in the face of the breastwork and the rejection of horses, no one would choose to rush directly to death with cavalry, but with two cavalry companies in front of them, and at the same time push six cannons to the front line, and use artillery to begin to bombard the temporary positions of the officers and soldiers.

The artillery position of the Right Army of the Armed Guard was in the middle of the ranks, and the Cossack artillery was arranged on the first line, and for the officers and soldiers of the first line, on the contrary, they felt that the Cossack artillery fire was more violent, as if their artillery had the advantage.

A row of solid bullets whistled and smashed heavily on the breastwork and fence, the wooden fence was torn apart by the shells, and the broken edges were scattered, and the thin breastop wall could not withstand the bombardment of the shells, and the bricks flew everywhere. In charge of the frontal defense was Cao Zhongkun, that is, Li Xiushan's battalion, which was far more numerous than the Cossacks, but under this kind of artillery attack, it was beaten very badly.

If they launched a counter-charge with infantry, they would have to face the two cavalry companies that were eyeing each other. Looking at the opponent's situation, it is obvious that he wants to wait for his own attack, and immediately attack with cavalry. After all, the width of the battlefield is limited, and their two battalions against three cavalry companies may not necessarily be able to take advantage.

Li Xiushan hurriedly said: "What about our artillery? Why don't our shells fire? ”

"Don't shout, the third child, Zhang Huaizhi's artillery is not idle, the Cossacks are going around us to find flaws, and the artillery team is scheduling."

The strength of the Fifth Cavalry Regiment of Merekhov was 900 men, and after a temporary expansion to 1,000 men before entering the Jin Kingdom, he did not set up a reserve, but with 500 troops on the flank of the right army's position, as if an assassin was fiddling with a dagger, looking for a flaw to stab the fatal blow.

Infantry, cavalry, and artillery at this time can be roughly regarded as such a relationship. An intact infantry can make the cavalry helpless, and once approached by the cavalry, the artillery can only flee from the wind, and when the artillery fires, the infantry will face great casualties. The three branches of the armed forces form a delicate balance like a beast chess, and the specific use can only be determined by the commander's personal ability and mastery of the battlefield.

It must be admitted that in terms of flexibility in commanding thousand-level troops, Zhao Guanhou is far inferior to Merekhov, and the opponent has maintained a balance against his superior forces with weak troops.

Among them, of course, there is the speed advantage of the Cossack cavalry, and the mastery of the battlefield should not be underestimated. This kind of proficiency does not come from books or professors in military schools, but purely from the grinding of the battlefield, the gap in experience, and the command of the fundamental troops, all of which make Zhao Guanhou dare not be careless.

Of course, the Cossacks were not without casualties, especially the artillery from Han Rong, after the first round of test firing, the front-line officers and soldiers had quickly calculated the angle of fire and the amount of charge, and then a row of shrapnel was fired.

The Cossack troops were not well funded, and Emperor Tiele always tried to save money on them, weapons and ammunition, mainly relying on the Cossacks themselves. The number of shrapnel in their artillery team was very small, and the main source of the shrapnel in the ammunition was the loot seized from the warehouses of the Jin State.

However, the right army of Wuwei has always been extravagant in fighting, and these grenades are foreign wealth obtained from Fenglu, so they have no feeling of distress, and they are inclined out of their heads. By the time the Cossacks thought they would fire a round of solid shells, the characteristic sky-breaking screech of the shrapnel was already heard.

Merekhov's horse took two steps back, and he himself was not injured, but a few rounds of iron flew past his ears, making his ears ache hotly. He nodded, the army in front of him was indeed different from the Jin soldiers he had encountered before.

They don't shoot indiscriminately, which proves that they are not afraid of themselves. And their artillery fire was fiercer than their own, and the attack of the platoon artillery was causing the troops on both flanks to retreat little by little, and some artillery began to support the frontal position, preparing for an artillery battle with the regimental artillery company. Damn, if only that bastard Andrei could come with his artillery, now there is no artillery, no infantry, so that the brave Cossacks can only rely on flesh and blood to tear apart the enemy's positions.

He surveyed the battlefield with a telescope and saw a young man in unusual clothes frequently issuing orders, which should be their officer, and probably the murderer of Petro. Looking at him, Popov's mind was filled with Petro's body again.

He commanded sharply: "Gather the troops, we have to change our tactics, move backwards, and pull their ranks apart." Let them run after us, otherwise, we will go and hit their convoy, in short, we will not let their artillery fire be too comfortable. ”

On the official road, the standard camp from Taiyuan is advancing with difficulty, and there are people in front of them, from various mansions, and every mansion can make these soldiers feel frightened. Every traveler may be a man of great origin, and it is not something that these humble soldiers can afford to offend.

They couldn't use the guns in their hands to open the way, so they could only say good words and remind each other that this was the car of the two palaces, and if they blocked the royal car, it would be a capital crime.

However, there were no eunuchs around this royal car, and there was no chief Li or Cui Er, only a few soldiers, and those who fled were not afraid.

"We know about the royal driver, but look at it, have you gone? How many people are in front of me, you let me dodge, where am I hiding, do I hide under the official road? Let me tell you, our house also has a history, Lafayette went out of Beijing, and our lord took the lead to protect us and drive us down the official road, can you afford to offend? ”

Statements like this happen almost all the time, and the officers and soldiers of these escorts have nothing to think of except for anxiety. If there is no will in the car, they cannot hurt anyone, and there is no way but to get on fire.

In the distance, several fast horses ran towards the convoy, and the people on the horses were covered in blood and were seriously injured, and they were wearing the uniforms of Shanxi officers and soldiers.

When they were near, the knight cried out, "Brothers, something is wrong, foreigners...... The foreigners are coming! As soon as the words fell, a crisp gunshot rang out, and the officer and soldier tilted his body on his horse and fell weakly to the side. At this time, everyone also noticed that a black cloud chased after the scout dozens of meters behind, and there were shouts, cheers, and whistles of unknown meaning in the wind.

The fleeing procession boiled: "The foreigners are coming!" "The Tiele people are coming!" Such cries were heard endlessly, and the car that refused to move the place was still alive, and at this time he had fled to both sides of the road regardless of it.

Some ladies and ladies got out of the car, hurriedly smeared the ashes from the bottom of the pot to their faces, and didn't even care about their little feet or the bottom of the flower pots, and walked down the official road and hid in the field next to the road. But they didn't know that another small but cunning hunter was waiting for them to fall into the net.

Although the number of pursuers seems to be small, these officers and their families all agree with the fact that officers and soldiers cannot defeat foreigners. It's not about the quantity, it's about the nationality. The Qinwang army from Taiyuan didn't even have time to reorganize the formation, and the soldiers in the back row could only raise their guns and attack the incoming attackers.

The cavalry, however, did not pay any heed, but urged their horses past the flanks of the officers and men, and the troops made a graceful maneuver and swooped down on the flanks of the two chariots in the manner of arrows.

The guns rang out, and the cavalry in the front row fell, but the cavalry in the back did not care about the casualties of their comrades at all, raised their spears, and stabbed straight at the loaded golden soldiers. The spear pierced into the body, the man curled up and screamed and fell, and the cavalry did not want to draw the spear, but chose to draw the saber and began to slash indiscriminately.

The golden soldiers had no time to fill the ammunition, and some of the soldiers were already frightened when they saw the bright saber, and their movements were deformed because of the nervousness, and the bullets could not be filled, and finally they could only drop the gun in embarrassment, and then turn around and flee. These battalion soldiers, who had high hopes for Yuxian, were equipped with more advanced rifles, but they did not have the training and courage to fight with white knives. When the Tiele people launched a white-knuckle charge, the officers and troops lived up to expectations. From the beginning to the end of the battle, the slaughter of a battalion of people by a company of men took no more than twenty minutes.

Lobanov did not pay attention to the fleeers, it was not his job, he only provoked the curtain with a spear, car by car, car by car.

Chests, chests, chests!

He didn't have the intention of opening the box, the box wouldn't run without long legs, he was looking for someone who could run. Finally, he saw someone in a car, but he would definitely not be the emperor, let alone the queen mother. He was an official in his fifties, holding a rosary in his hand, looking at him with a sneer, and Lobanov put a spear against the man's chest and asked in the Dajin official dialect he had learned: "Who are you?" Where are your Emperor and Queen Mother? ”

"This official, Dajin Zhongtang is strong and strong! You are also worthy of asking where our emperor is? ”

Spears thrust and blood splatters! (To be continued.) )