At this time, he was on the horse, and beside him were the officers of the military department, the general guard, the Tang horse team, and the first-class battalion in the army, the hussars, the chasers, the horse team of the loyal battalion, the horse team of the Shaanxi and Gansu generals, etc., a total of about 20,000 horsemen, they formed a huge queue, and also followed the two wings behind the infantry formation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The special loyal battalion and the Shaanxi and Gansu general horse teams were gathered on the two wings, and they were very deep and labored to protect the infantry formation, similar to an "H" shape.

There are also heavy baggage departments and sappers in the army who are always busy carrying and changing equipment for the army, and when they have nothing to do, they will also carry and help the wounded for the chief of medical and health guards.

They also have hundreds of grenadiers, each carrying 10,000 enemies, and if necessary, they can surprise the enemy with their infantry formation.

Seeing that the two wings of the rogue Chinese army had dispatched horse teams, each about two or three thousand horsemen, and there were still a few units in the back, Wen Fangliang ordered the cavalry on both wings to meet the battle, and they would rush to the enemy cavalry under the cover of smoke and dust after the artillery bombardment, and kill these harassing soldiers and horses.

In the wilderness, there were some sentry horses in the chase, after the two sides lined up, the two sides basically returned to their own formation, but seeing that now the thieves and small groups of horsemen have a tendency to run to harass, Wen Fangliang ordered some hussars and chasers in the army to dispatch.

Eliminate the small group of thieves who rushed into the formation, cover the footmen, and the artillery and arrowmen who marched in front of the formation.

He looked ahead, there were about 10,000 horsemen on each wing of the thief army, and there were about 30,000 horsemen in the core of the rear formation, including Li Chuang's 10,000 horsemen in the Zhongquan pro-army, with the thief general Liu Zongmin as the direct command of the right general, and Li Yan as the commander and deputy general, and Dang Shousu, Xin Sizhong, Gu Kecheng and others as the mighty general and Guo Yi.

Coupled with the more than 10,000 old battalion soldiers who supervised the battle on both wings, their essence is all, as long as these old battalions are eliminated, the thieves who have been in trouble for many years will completely disappear.

And their original formation was about four miles, the chariot battalion and the battalion occupied a depth of one mile, and the three walls were about one mile deep for each of the twenty thousand horses, and the depth of thirty thousand horses was three miles. Now that the chariot battalion, the artillery battalion, and the gun battalion had been defeated, they hastily gathered behind the formation and formed their formation, and their own infantry was less than five miles away from their cavalry formation.

……

A Hongyi six-pounder cannon shook violently, and the muzzle of the cannon spewed out dense smoke, and in the fierce firelight, a solid iron ball weighing five catties slammed towards the horse team in front of him.

The crackling sound of seeping human fractures, stumps and broken arms, flesh and blood flying, human legs and horse legs, and the lethality of solid shells is really terrifying, even if the thief horse team is very scattered and the queue is not dense, but the iron ball rushes over, or opens a bloody alley, and all kinds of limbs take off.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of cannons rumbled one after another, it was not only this artillery that opened fire, there were one hundred ordinary Hongyi cannons in front of the Qinglong Army formation, with a firing range of two or three miles, and fifteen of each of them were placed on the two wings, at this time a total of thirty Hongyi cannons on the two wings opened fire fiercely, and the old battalion horse team that rushed to bombardment fiercely.

Not only that, but at this time, the heavy artillery on some of the batteries behind the formation also rumbled and fired, with a huge roar, smashing more than a dozen pounds of heavy artillery shells viciously on the heads of those rogue horse teams that were rushing.

You Shilu looked at the tragic situation on that side in amazement, the rockets of the Jingbian Army had opened his eyes, and this artillery was even more accurate, hard, and fast, and it could hit farther than the Hongyi cannon he knew.

Looking at the speed of their cannons, I am afraid that they will shoot a shot in less than ten breaths, and they can even bombard ten shots in a row before stopping to rest and dissipate heat.

Under the blast of cannons like a rain, You Shilu was stunned when he saw the rogue horse team rushing on that side.

At this time, You Shilu and they were on the right wing of the Chinese army, and their 10,000 cavalry were divided into three waves by You Shiwei, and You Shilu was in the front to take the lead.

Don't miss the opportunity, You Shilu roared: "Soldiers, follow a certain thief!" ”

He swung his sledgehammer and rushed out first.

"Wan Sheng!"

Not only his family, but also Li Changling, Gao Ruli and other general soldiers in the formation roared and shouted, urging their horses to rush out one by one. They were dressed in red and gold-rimmed uniforms, with rolling momentum, thunderous hooves, and more than 3,000 horsemen rushed towards the enemy without hesitation, even if they were facing the old camp of thieves, they were not afraid.

"Kill the thief!"

The fierce hedge between the two sides, the rumbling hooves seemed to make a strong earthquake on the earth, the kind of thousands of troops and horses charged, the kind of thousands of horses galloping, the kind of earth shaking, the kind of countless flags hunting and flying, making people's hearts jump out, and the timid even closed their eyes and did not dare to watch.

"The fight of the cavalry is always so exciting."

Wang Dou on the Barrier Ridge watched, the situation in front of him reminded him of the past, he also rode his horse like this that year, he will never forget the exciting masculine scene, he watched the two cavalry rush closer and closer, like a rushing wave, and then fiercely collided together.

At that moment, Wang Dou almost closed his eyes, the battle of the cavalry was very cruel, and the life and death of both sides were only in an instant.

Wang Dou saw very clearly, after the two sides collided, the men and horses along the way threw up the banners and weapons, and then when the two sides rushed through and separated, there were mournful war horses all over the ground, fallen soldiers who were trampled into flesh, and wounded soldiers who wailed.

The cavalry battle, such a brutal one.

However, it is also clear that your own horse team has the upper hand.

In addition to their own extraordinary combat strength and resolute will to fight, it is also an important factor for their own artillery to defeat them in advance.

Wang Dou said: "Fight like this, the cavalry covers, the infantry is approaching, the arrows and artillery follow, and when they are one mile away from their position, the rocket artillery is fully opened, and the carpet bombardment is carried out on the rear of their two wings." ”

Zhong Tiaoyang, the chief general of the Chinese army and the guard, hurriedly passed his order to Wen Fangliang, the chief general of that side.

……

After a volley of guns, the rogue horse team on the opposite side rolled over in a large area, and they rolled on the ground and screamed, and the pain of being shot made them all painful.

Dozens of hussar warriors swept past their flanks, and at a distance of twenty or thirty paces, they drew their handcuffs and pulled the triggers on them, and another group of people screamed and neighed, and there were thieves who were bleeding and screaming and falling under their horses.

Or their horses were shot, and they were frantically frightened, and threw the knights off their horses.

Or from time to time, the cavalry of the Jingbian Army rode past not far from them, and they held the ignited fragments in their hands, and threw them viciously into the crowd with their fast horsepower, and blew up the thieves and ghosts to cry wolf.

There are still few thieves who can ride and shoot on horses, and even if they have the ability to ride and shoot, they generally use horse bows, the bow power is weak, and the shooting range is very short, so they can't compete with the chasers, hussars, and handcuffs of the Jingbian Army.

From afar, they were named by the cavalry of the chasseurs, and they were shot one by one at a distance of fifty or sixty paces, and then the hussars attacked from their two flanks.

The battlefield was filled with white smoke and the sound of guns continued, and with the efforts of the hussars and chasseurs, soon the bands of thieves who came to harass the infantry were driven away and eliminated by them.

……

"What should I do?"

Seeing that the Jingbian army's infantry formation was still pressing, it was about to enter the four miles, and their own horse team continued to attack, but they were entangled by their cavalry on both wings, this is the most elite old battalion of their own side, but they were evenly matched with their horse team.

Oh, and that's not all, the cavalry they gathered on the left flank of the infantry formation is estimated to be only about 5,000 horsemen, and the horsemen on their own side gathered on the right flank of the Chinese army are more than 10,000 horsemen, but they are still evenly matched with them.

Their horsemen who harassed their infantry were driven out by them stubbornly, and could not hinder their march in the slightest, no matter how many teams they went.

What to do?

Seeing that the Qinglong Army of the Jingbian Army on the opposite side was getting closer and closer, Li Zicheng and the others frowned, and then they felt that although they had a lot of troops, they seemed to be useless, and they couldn't take out any elite to resist at the critical moment.

They looked at the two wings of the great array, the sound of guns shook the sky, the artillery roared, and the two sides were fighting inseparably, as if no one could help the other. However, the most important thing is to look at the side of the Chinese army, which is the key point that determines the victory or defeat on the battlefield.

"Heavenly King, the last general thinks that he still has to continue to invest in the old camp Xiaocai, and now the two wings of the middle formation are stale, maybe another 20,000 horses can be invested to break through their two wings, and then go around to the back of their infantry formation."

Li Yan watched for a long time, and finally put forward his own cracking opinion.

Li Zicheng was noncommittal, Liu Zongmin glanced at Li Yan, and said in a weird manner: "What if you can't break through?" Donkey ball, what should Mr. Li say then? ”

He said: "I saw very clearly in the battle just now, they put a lot of artillery on both flanks of the infantry formation, my old battalion brothers rushed forward, and they were scattered halfway, and then their horse team rushed out, with a team against a team, and every horse formation was defeated by them." Mom, who knows if they'll come back to this set? Even with that kind of weird rocket that can shoot far away, my old battalion brother may be halfway through and disappear. ”

He said: "Besides, their infantry formation is very thin, even if we go around behind their formation, they turn around, or form a phalanx, my tens of thousands of horsemen will not be able to please them." ”

Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Xiyao and others all changed their faces, and when it came to this phalanx, they couldn't help but think of the attack on King Cao back then.

That year, Cao Bianjiao also formed a phalanx, their horsemen rushed into battle, and the painful lesson is still fresh in their memories, they don't believe that Wang Doujing's border army doesn't know this set, and they are angry when they fight, and their horse team rushes over and strikes with thunder, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Moreover, they still have a few thousand horsemen behind the foot, probably stronger than the horses on both wings, and this must also be taken into account.

Li Guo admired and said: "Jiang is old and spicy, this war strategy still has to be planned by the chief whistle Liu Ye." ”

Liu Xiyao also said: "How to deal with it, Ruhou will say it clearly." ”

Li Yan was silent, after entering Beijing, Liu Zongminquan was very desired, and often intentionally or unintentionally excluded his influence in the Zhongquan pro-army, and even targeted from time to time, and the boldness and closeness of the past were completely absent, which always made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

However, he had to admit that what Liu Zongmin said was very reasonable, whether it was unable to rush over, or whether the Jingbian army formed a phalanx at the time, it was not an easy thing to deal with.

Li Zicheng also looked at Liu Zongmin, wanting to hear what he had to do.

Liu Zongmin rubbed his cheeks, this veteran in the camp was also difficult to make up his mind, he pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Only rush them to step into formation!" ”

He said: "It is also a team of 20,000 horses rushing into battle, as long as we can rush through the artillery and rocket bombardment, rush to their front, their thin column of foot soldiers will definitely be defeated, and then drive them to rout and rush into battle, we will win this battle, the key is to rush through." ”

Li Guo and Liu Xiyao's faces changed, and they couldn't move their wings, otherwise what if the Jingbian army and horse team rushed over and attacked on the side? And the 20,000 horse team attacked, only with the first two of them in the three walls, and the Zhongquan pro-army did not fight casually.

They looked at the formation ahead, and instinctively felt that it was not easy to rush, and many people were going to die in the middle of the day.

After the Jingbian Army's strange weapon strike, coupled with the rout of the front formation, even the old battalion in their formation was quite afraid, or the two-wing horse team attacked, and the Jingbian Army did not launch the strange weapon when the infantry formation came, and their array barely collapsed.

Now I want to break through their formation, and I don't know if the brothers in the formation have this determination.

However, they also had luck in their hearts, and the fighting was that the cavalry came out after their artillery was hit, and the cavalry and artillery were combined, which was amazingly powerful.

However, against the infantry formation, the infantry must be waiting in place after their artillery is hit, and with the advantage of the horse team over the infantry, it seems that they can also rush over.

In their bones, they believed more in horse teams, and it turned out that there were few infantry formations that did not collapse in the earth-shattering charge of cavalry.

Do you want to rush? They all looked at Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was silent and hesitant.

……

"Do you want to do it?"

Lao Hu looked left and right and whispered to Kong San.

At this time, they were in the right flank of the Chinese army, with about 3,000 horsemen around them.

There are 5,000 people in their patrol camp, and now although they all enjoy the treatment of the old camp, everyone has a horse, but everyone has a horse does not mean that everyone will ride on a horse to tear it apart, some people can only ride a horse, so in this large array of pure old camps, they also carefully selected 3,000 to ride out.

Fang Cai's fighting, they lined up in the third formation, and after coping, they came back, sent some damned people to death, fought bravely and tenaciously, and Li Chuang sent people to reward and condolence after seeing it.

"There's no hurry."

Kong San looked at the opposite position, and an excited look flashed in his eyes: "The general's soldiers and horses are more and sharper. ”

He said: "When the thieves are more chaotic and their losses are greater, that's when we do it." ”

……

"The Tartars are about to start charging into battle."

Han Chao put down his clairvoyant mirror and thought silently.

He saw a large force of Mongol soldiers from four miles away, and it seemed that they would soon attack, and judging by their movements, this was only the beginning.

Zheng Zonghui, chief of staff of the army beside him, said: "The Ao Han Division, Naiman Division, Karaqin Division, Tumut and other departments of the Outer Domain, according to the intelligence, they sent 10,000 banners and 3,000 armored soldiers. According to their status in the country, they were ranked first in the charge. Looking at their arrangement, this 10,000 horsemen is about divided into two waves. According to the calculation of five thousand horsemen, the slave chief may arrange ten to twenty waves of continuous impact. ”

The battalion generals next to him, Lei Xianbin, Xie Shangbiao, Tian Qiming, Zhang Tanggong, Xu Youyu and others are all solemn, and the slaves and thieves are menacing.

Wang Pu was listening, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, looking at the large number of artillery in front of the formation, and the large number of rockets on Zhu Xinzhuang Ridge, his heart was slightly calm.

Han Chao nodded silently, he looked at his military formation, two second-class battalions of the Xuanwu Army, Wang Puxin's battalion, and two second-class battalions were in the front, and their 16,000 infantry soldiers were divided into eight rows, four rows of gunners and four rows of spearmen.

Then there were 150 ordinary Hongyi cannons, 50 general franc cannons, and 250 small and medium-sized franc cannons.

There are also 40 Hongyi heavy artillery, 40 heavy mortar guns, three light rocket battalions, and two and a half heavy rocket battalions on the Zhuxinzhuang mountain ridge.

The firepower of the defense is completely no problem.

Moreover, there are also their own first-class battalions, hussars, chasers, newly attached battalion horse teams, and 20,000 horsemen attached to the Mongols.

His expression was solemn: "All the officers are in place, meet the battle in a secret formation, and tell Zhao Xuan on the ridge that all the rockets and artillery will be bombarded after the slave cavalry enters Erli." ”

As he spoke, the ground trembled faintly, and the Mongol soldiers of the outer domain had begun to advance.

They surged like a tide, and at the end of their sight, there were dense and boundless cavalry. (To be continued.) )