Looking at the scattered team, Sun Kewang shook his head in disappointment and sighed: "Originally, I could have expected those hungry soldiers to delay the return of those cavalry and buy time for the leather armor soldiers, but now it seems that it is impossible." ”

Li Zicheng's rogues were mainly divided into three classes, the first class was the old battalion that had followed Li Zicheng for at least several years, each of them was equipped with iron armor, and the weapons in their hands were relatively sophisticated. Everyone also has war horses, these people are brave in battle, and they are extremely loyal to Li Zicheng, and they are the main force of the first class among the rogues, but the number is also the rarest, the number has never exceeded six thousand.

The second class is those officers and soldiers who surrendered, because they generally bring their own weapons and armor, and they have also received the most basic training, although they are not as elite as the old battalion, but they are also good among the rogues, so they are also the main force of the rogues.

The third class is the peasants who have been coerced, and these people are the most numerous among the rogues, and the treatment is also the lowest. They have neither any military training, nor any martial arts, let alone any weapons and armor, many of them still carry shovels and hoes brought from home when they fight, and some even carry a wooden stick on the battlefield, whether it is the officers and soldiers or the rogues themselves, they regard them as the existence of cannon fodder.

Originally, Sun Kewang was expecting these hungry soldiers to stop the advance of those cavalry a little, but now it seems that this is destined to be just a good wish.

Sun Kewang sighed, turned his head to Luo Rucai behind him and said, "Old Luo, I finally understand why you lost so badly now." These officers and soldiers are well-trained, and not only are they all dressed in fine steel armor, but the weapons in their hands are also extremely sophisticated, and the mounts under their crotches are all good horses outside the gate, and it would be strange if those hungry soldiers could stop them. ”

Luo Rucai, who had just returned from defeat, gritted his teeth and said: "Old Sun, you can't be discouraged, these officers and soldiers are only a thousand people who have survived, but we have tens of thousands of brothers who are piling up and killing them, if we can leave these people, our old camp can be expanded again." ”

Although Li Zicheng commanded the rogues to capture many towns, there were not many weapons and armor captured, and the old battalion was the most elite unit in the rogues, their requirements for weapons and armor and war horses were very high, and they could not just take some tatters to make do.

In order to increase Sun Kewang's confidence, Luo Rucai encouraged again: "Old Sun, have you seen it, the long knives and handcuffs in the hands of those officers and soldiers, they are first-class goods, I took a look, their handcuffs are almost not dumb, if we can get them."

Luo Rucai didn't say the rest, but Sun Kewang also understood Luo Rucai's thoughts, if he could leave these cavalry behind, then the combat power of the rogue could also be greatly improved.

Sun Kewang took a deep breath, looked at the officers and soldiers who were struggling to attack forward, hesitated for a moment, obviously struggling in his heart, and finally he gritted his teeth and said to a herald behind him: "Immediately order the brothers of the horse team to get on their horses immediately, catch up with those officers and soldiers, and be sure to keep them!" ”

"Yes!"

With Sun Kewang's order, a group of hundreds of cavalry struck diagonally from the left front of Heitie from the front, pointing directly at the cavalry led by Heitie.

Hei Tie led the cavalry and was about to break out of the encirclement of the Liukou, but when he saw a group of cavalry rushing in front of the left, he knew that the other party would never let himself rush out so easily.

"Kill!"

The black iron who rushed to the front held his saber high and slashed towards a cavalryman who was rushing towards him, and a tooth-sore sound sounded, and the spear in the cavalryman's hand was immediately half eliminated, and the residual momentum of the saber was not eliminated, and then it slashed into the opponent's shoulder, and the person who came let out a miserable scream and fell off the horse.

The two sides collided with each other like two roaring torrents, and the roar of handcuffs continued to sound, and the angry shouts of both sides and the clashing of blades resounded together. But soon the difference between the two sides was reflected, the cavalry led by Black Iron was well-equipped, the weapons were sharp, and most of the arrows of the rogues were bounced out of their bodies, and the resistance to the weapons was also very strong, coupled with the personal quality of both sides and the completeness of the formation, the rogues soon suffered a big loss.

The long knife of a rogue just slashed the chest of a Qingzhou cavalryman, and with a "dang" sound, the long knife was bounced out by the dense iron armor, and the cavalryman endured the pain in his chest, and his backhand was a knife, and he immediately cut the rogue off his horse, and then took out his handcuff and pulled the trigger on the oncoming cavalry

Looking at the cavalry in front of him who kept falling off his horse, Sun Kewang's face was very ugly, the Central Plains has never been a place to produce fine war horses, even the imperial court to form cavalry has cost a lot of money, and it is even more difficult for the rogue who lives by plundering, from Li Zicheng's six or seven years as a rogue who has only formed an old battalion of thousands of people, you know how difficult it is to form a cavalry.

This horse team of less than 400 people was the most powerful force under Sun Kewang's command, and now seeing this horse team suffer such serious losses, Sun Kewang's heart was like dripping blood.

Unlike Sun Kewang, who was distressed, Luo Rucai was more concerned about whether the armored soldiers behind him could keep up, only the armored soldiers behind could surround those cavalry in time, and their efforts today would be rewarded.

But today, Sun Kewang and Luo Rucai's luck was obviously not very good, although the horse team that broke through caused certain losses to the Ming cavalry, and also stopped their rapid speed for a moment, but they still couldn't hold them back, they tore the things in front of them into pieces with their sharp weapons and fast speed, and then flew away, leaving only corpses and red ground

Just when Heitie rushed out of the encirclement of the Liukou with the rest of the cavalry and returned to the east, an army also drove from less than fifty miles away from them, this army was all wearing red armor, and a sergeant led by him held high a tall banner with a big Pang character written on it, and behind this sergeant countless sergeants wearing chain mail wore iron helmets and red tassels, and bright red cloaks flew with the strong wind, and each person's armor was painted with red paint, and a dazzling fiery red color seemed to fill the heavens and the earth.

Cheng Kai rode a black war horse and walked in the center of the team, this time Pang Gang ordered to lead three thousand steps to open the way for the whole army, he knew that this was the cultivation of a huge person to himself, although he had been appointed by Pang Gang as a guerrilla of the fifth battalion, but Cheng Kai also knew that the most important military merit in the army, he jumped from Pang Gang's personal army captain to a guerrilla, I don't know how many people are not convinced, if he can't set up a few military feats that can be handled, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block other people's mouths, this must be Pang Gang also knows it, That's what created this opportunity for myself.

Just when Cheng Kai was thinking wildly in his heart, a muffled thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded in front of him, and the smoke and dust on the official road in the distance seemed to be overwhelming, accompanied by the rising smoke and dust, and a large black cavalry rushed towards Cheng Kai's side.

"All stopped!"

A loud shout sounded in the center of the ranks, and soon the ranks stopped, and the faces of the sergeants were all full of sharpness, and an indescribable fierce aura began to spread, and all the soldiers stood quietly in the official road, although all the people were sweating hotly, but none of them moved, and no one showed signs of panic, because they knew that if the enemy attacked, they would definitely receive the news early if they did not collect the night.

Cheng Kai rode his horse to the front of the team, and after a while, a cavalry came to Cheng Kai's face, and a thousand households wearing stainless steel armor dismounted and came to Cheng Kai and said loudly: "The lowly black iron has seen the guerrilla master!" ”

Cheng Kai sat on the horse and nodded, and immediately saw the blood stains on Hei Tie's body and the scratches on his armor, and asked, "Hei Qianhu, weren't you ordered to go out to investigate?" How did you get started with the thief? ”

Hei Tie bowed his head a little ashamed, "Lord Qiqi guerrilla, he is incompetent, he was ambushed by thieves in front of him, and dozens of brothers were broken!" ”

"What, dozens of brothers were broken!" Cheng Kai was taken aback, "How many thieves are there, how can you break so many brothers?" ”

In recent years, with the reputation of the Qingzhou Army, as well as the arrogance of the bloody battle with the Tartars, the officers of the Qingzhou Army have become more and more concerned about their own casualties, although Cheng Kai knows that the losses of the thieves must be several times or even ten times that of the black iron, but he still feels very distressed about the cavalry that lost dozens of cavalry at once, unlike the foot soldiers, the training and cultivation of cavalry is not easy, so far the cavalry in Qingzhou is only more than 5,000 people, so whether it is Pang Gang or other officers, they are very cautious about the use of cavalry.

Hei Tie's head drooped: "I was incompetent, I only cared about chasing the thieves, but I fell into their ambush, and I lost dozens of brothers." ”

"Forget it, be careful next time!" Cheng Kai paused, and didn't blame Hei Tie too much, he knew that Hei Tie's heart was still uncomfortable at the moment, this time Pang Gang recruited 20,000 new troops in Jinan, and four new battalions were to be formed, which would inevitably add four new guerrilla generals. For this matter, the thousands of generals who are qualified to stabilize this position in Qingzhou Military Salute are all gearing up and secretly starting to compete, and Hei Tie is one of them, and now Hei Tie has suffered a loss, and he must not feel very good.

"My lord, since the thieves have rich troops to attack our army, then Luoyang must be heavily guarded by their troops, should we delay the advance and make the situation clear to Lord Cheng and wait for him to make a decision before making plans?" Black Iron, who had been attacked once, made a steady suggestion.

"No!" Cheng Kai shook his head, with a cold look on his face: "Since the thieves dare to attack us, we should teach them what a mantis arm is when a car!" ”

(To be continued)