"Your Highness, the musketeers are really too strong, and in just such a short period of effort, they have wiped out more than 10,000 cavalry."

Until now, Zu Ti still couldn't believe that this was true, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.

"Hehe, to be honest, I didn't expect it before, maybe we were too lucky! Hahaha......"

Sima Shu was also very happy, the more powerful the musketeers, the more they showed that what he had taught his subordinates in the past was not wrong, and it was conducive to establishing his prestige in the army.

Of course, the reason why the first battle of the musketeers achieved such a great result at the cost of almost zero casualties was because on the one hand, it was related to the great power of the musketeers, and on the other hand, it was related to the cavalry tactics of the Hu people.

Those Hu cavalry almost rushed up in a swarm, trying to break the formation of the Jin infantry by relying on a dense charge, but who knew that this dense charge was just waiting for the musketeers who were waiting for them. However, if the enemy understands the advantages and disadvantages of the musketeers in the future, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to achieve such a big result easily.

Sima Shu guessed correctly, the enemy did miscalculate this time, and Hao Duyuan had never encountered this kind of army before. At this time, he was frightened by the Jin army in front of him, and after careful consideration, Hao Duyuan regathered the remaining 18,000 cavalry and prepared to flee from here, he really didn't have the courage to continue fighting with the Jin army.

The change on Hu Ren's side was soon learned by Sima Shu, and the duck that was about to fly was about to fly, how could he be willing?

So Sima Shu waved his hand, and the entire infantry phalanx began to accelerate towards the enemy. The entire phalanx moved forward as a whole, and opened fire.

Hao Duyuan was dumbfounded, he didn't expect the enemy's infantry to dare to attack the cavalry troops.

"Put!" The non-commissioned officer standing on the far right of the first row, when he saw that he was still 50 zhang away from the enemy, the 1,000 musketeers on the march instantly pulled the trigger, and there was another crackling sound, and the Hu cavalry on the opposite side fell down at once.

Before the enemy could react, "Put!" "The musketeers of the second platoon, also under the command of the non-commissioned officer, began to shoot, followed by the third platoon. The hit rate of the smoothbore gun is really low, but the enemy just gathers together and can hit one person with a random shot, so the enemy falls in pieces.

The muzzle of the black hole is pointed at the Hu cavalry, which is the Hades who foreshadows death.

"Quick, disperse!" Hao Duyuan was in a hurry, this battle was too bad, obviously his own troops and types of troops were superior, why was he embarrassed by the infantry of the Jin army.

Sima Shu was afraid that the enemy would react, and at this time he didn't have to hide and tuck, seeing that the enemy wanted to distance himself, so he sneered and ordered: "The dragoons attack!" ”

With the prince's order, a thousand dragoons instantly crossed the infantry positions from both sides of the phalanx and killed the enemy directly, and Sima Ya, who was riding on the horse, first ordered everyone to pull up the cavalry longbow and prepare to shoot at a distance of five hundred meters from the enemy.

The sound of 1,000 galloping horses resounded through the sky, accompanied by the earth-shattering shouts of a thousand cavalry on horseback, and the enemy had retreated to a thousand meters away. It didn't take long for Sima Ya and the others to come to a place about five hundred meters away from the enemy.

"Shoot!" A dark cloud rose into the sky and flew towards the Hu cavalry.

After five rounds of firing, the dragoons led by Sima Ya almost entered within two hundred meters of the enemy, and at this time, the dragoons each carried muskets in their hands and bombarded the enemy.

The morale of the Hu cavalry fell to the bottom at all, which was already panicked by the sudden long-range rocket attack of the Jin army, and then by the terrifying musket attack.

"Your Highness, the dragoons are really powerful, they have overcome the shortcomings of the relatively slow speed of the infantry, if there are 10,000 cavalry armed with muskets, the minister is confident that he can defeat about 100,000 steppe cavalry. Muskets are a nightmare for the enemy! Zu Ti looked at the majestic dragoon, and couldn't help but sigh to Sima Shu.

Sima said in his heart: Of course! In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, stirrups, horseshoes, and saddles are constantly applied to the cavalry.

As for the musket, Sima Shu felt that it was just the icing on the cake for the cavalry, and it was the stirrup that really doubled the combat power of the cavalry under his command.

It is precisely with stirrups and new saddles that the hands of the cavalry were completely liberated, allowing them to flexibly operate various weapons, which greatly improved their combat effectiveness, coupled with the use of horseshoe, greatly reduced the wear and tear of horses, and improved the ability of horses to travel long distances.

"Shizhi, you don't have to envy Sima Yan's kid, Lone is here to promise you that in the future, you will definitely be allowed to command the army to go deep into the grassland and complete the feat of Han Zhiwei Qing! When the time comes, the wife and the son will be sealed, and the marquis will be worshipped, and the reward will be spared! Sima Shu looked at Zu Qi's greedy look at the dragoons, and couldn't help but comfort.

"Your Highness! If it can really be like what His Highness said, the minister will be willing to die immediately! ”

When Sima Shu was talking to Zu Ti, the dragoons led by Sima Ya had already approached less than 100 meters away from the enemy, and for the cavalry, this distance was only a blink of an eye. Sima Ya didn't have time to think about it at all, clenched the musket in his hand, and pulled the trigger forward.

With a "bang", it was like blowing the horn of the attack, and a thousand dragoons completed the first round of shooting one after another. In this round of shooting, the Hu cavalry that was blocking the front suddenly fell a large piece, and the Hu cavalry, which had been frightened by the new weapons of the Jin army, was now attacked at close range, and became even more panicked.

After Sima Ya and the others finished the first shot, they didn't have time to shoot the second shot, so they directly picked up the crossbow and fired at the enemy. After such a three-plank axe attack by the dragoons, the enemy cavalry had long been in disarray, and it was simply impossible to organize an effective attack.

And they had already been frightened by the muskets, especially Hao Duyuan, he originally thought that the enemy was powerful even if he was a weapon, but he was a cavalryman, as long as he was bent on escaping, those terrible Jin troops had no way at all. Who knew that the appearance of the dragoons crushed the last straw in his heart.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

Hao Duyuan shouted, but he didn't care about collecting the defeated soldiers, and left the battlefield and headed north with the three thousand Hun cavalry under his command. This time, he didn't plan to go to Qi Wannian again, because after this battle, Hao Duyuan knew that there was no hope of victory in this rebellion set off by the Hu people, and he was ready to go to Mobei, and there was no place for him to stand in the Central Plains.

As Hao Duyuan fled, the entire Hu cavalry fell into chaos, and nearly 10,000 Hu cavalry dismounted and surrendered under the pursuit of a thousand dragoons. Seeing that the enemy was about to collapse, Sima Ya waved his horizontal knife and shouted, "Brothers, kill me!" ”

The dragoons drew their sabers one after another, slashed left and right, and killed the Hu people until they cried their father and mother. Especially those Hu cavalry who tried to escape, they were hit by the dragoons, and they shot with muskets, longbows, and crossbows from afar, and those who were not honest when they arrived could only be rewarded with a saber.

Of the 30,000 cavalry sent by Qi Wannian, in addition to the 3,000 Hun cavalry taken away by Hao Duyuan, almost all of the remaining 27,000 people remained. Of these, more than 12,000 were wiped out by 3,000 musket infantrymen, and the rest were all covered by 1,000 dragoons.

Of course, this is not to say that a thousand dragoons can wipe out fifteen thousand Hu cavalry, but that the Hu cavalry has been frightened by the musketeers before, so they were picked up by the dragoons.

Seeing that the battle was coming to an end, Sima Shu ordered the baggage soldiers to start cleaning up the battlefield, at this time, Sima Ya ran over excitedly, and shouted as soon as they met: "Your Highness, Your Highness, great victory!" What a victory! We wiped out 30,000 Hu cavalry! ”

Sima Shu took the battle report and took a look, and after preliminary statistics, in this battle, about 10,000 Hu cavalry were killed, 12,000 were captured, and more than 4,000 people escaped in the night. One of the things that pleased him the most was that a total of 12,000 intact horses were captured in this battle. This is definitely a thing to celebrate for Sima Shu, who lacks horses.

"Okay, now that the enemy army has been repelled by us, you should hurry up and sort it out, you must know that General Zhou is still surrounded by rebels in Hulu Valley, and we must speed up the march. Sima Zhi, come here, Lone will leave you with 1,000 infantry and 2,000 baggage soldiers to clean up the battlefield and guard the prisoners, remember that if there is a horse missing, Lone will never spare you, and the others will follow the palace to the rescue! ”

"Yes!"

Sima Shu rushed to Hulu Valley day and night, but Qi Wannian, who was commanding the battle, suddenly received the news that the 30,000 cavalry had been wiped out, and suddenly fainted in front of him. Finally, under the rescue of everyone, Qi Wannian came to his senses, and he grabbed the general next to him and asked, "What about Hao Duyuan?" Where is he? Why didn't you come to see me? ”

"Enlightenment...... Your Majesty, General Hao doesn't know...... Nowhere to be found, 30,000 troops have ...... It had been ruptured, and only a few cavalry had returned. The visitor replied tremblingly.

"Hao Duyuan misunderstood me...... Mistake me! Someone, send an order to the army to stop the attack and prepare to meet the enemy! ”

In the mouth of the gourd, he covered the wound on his arm and asked the soldiers sitting around him with bared teeth, "Has the enemy attacked?" At present, there are less than 1,000 of the 5,000 soldiers he brought with him, and less than 500 soldiers who can take up their weapons to meet the enemy. Moreover, they have not eaten for a day, their hands and feet are weak, and they can no longer withstand a round of enemy attacks.

"General Qiyu, the enemy seems to have stopped attacking and is retreating in an orderly manner!"

"What!? Is the enemy retreating? ”

Zhou Di couldn't believe it, but he stood up and looked at it and found that the enemy was indeed retreating, what was the rebel army doing? Knowing that he had only one breath left, as long as a small group of cavalry could take the lives of his own group, how could the enemy stop attacking at this juncture?

"General, are our reinforcements arriving?"

A soldier looked at Zhou with hope in his eyes, after so long, Zhou Zhi had long since stopped reporting any hope for reinforcements. It's just that why did the enemy retreat for no reason, is it really the arrival of reinforcements? Thinking of this, I looked up at the dark night everywhere, as if I wanted to see everything that happened through the dark curtain.