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"Hahahaha, this guy is really resistant to beating, Lao Tzu has blocked him with so many knives, and there are few more powerful than him in our whole division! It's a pity! After taking Cao Liang, Han Baohu immediately patted his horse and returned to his own position, because he had already seen that hundreds of cavalry had arrived at the position in advance behind his array, and only a few hundred meters back, and the soldiers and horses of the first division of the brigade also appeared above the undulating road. With a new force, do you still need to be afraid of the Wu army on the other side? The answer is obvious.

Just when Han Baohu returned to his own formation, Wu Yingqi also discovered an abnormality from the telescope. "Hit the mark!" The first reaction in my heart was this, not only did I fall for the procrastination of the bastard on the other side, but also lost an extremely important general under his command. "Wow! I'm mad at me! Pass my order, the whole army assaults! Win the enemy's first rank, and the official will be promoted to two levels and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! ”

Wu Yingzhi wanted to desperately lose hundreds of cavalry to break through the enemy formation in one fell swoop, and then he could slaughter these horsetail troops that made him hate them.

As soon as the order was issued, more than 4,000 cavalry of the Wu army immediately took action, and the 1,500 cavalry of the Wu army, who had seen the sharpness of the muskets of the horsetail army, ran but unconsciously slowed down, and the 3,000 cavalry of the Wu army who arrived later on both sides continued to ride forward quickly, for fear that the credit would be robbed by others. These cavalrymen were steadily on their horses, their faces were full of arrogance, and their thoughts were the same as those of the five hundred Wu cavalry that had been destroyed, and they all felt that the horsetail army on the opposite side was fat in a bowl, and they could eat it very lightly.

One of the hundred household officers led by the Wu army looked at the Mawei army who was waiting in front of them. There was a look of contempt on his face. While galloping on his horse, he roared loudly: "These horsetail soldiers really eat too much sea salt. The brains are salted, so many people are evenly scattered in such a narrow area, as long as we concentrate our forces to attack one place, it only takes a few breaths to crush them. Sheep are sheep after all, and even if there are many of them, they can only be eaten. Brothers, the opportunity to reap the merits of the war has arrived, hurry up and take the lead! ”

The cavalrymen next to him also laughed: "What Baihu said is reasonable, sheep are sheep after all." No matter how large the quantity is, it can only become meat in the wolf's mouth! They forgot about Cao Liang's capture just now, and their morale rose again. However, when it came to killing Han Baohu and getting rich, they also thought about it, but thinking of Han Baohu's size and strength, they began to beat drums in their hearts. However, many Wu Jun wanted to let others play the striker first, and he might be able to pick up a bargain.

Just when they had just hit a few steps, Han Baohu had only walked half the way and there were still nearly 100 meters, and the more than 600 cavalrymen who had newly added reinforcements behind each dismounted and carried a large bag of iron thistles through the horse rejection pile, ran to the front and began to throw the iron thistle, the iron thistle has the same effect as the horse rejection pile, but the power is greater. In fact, tribulus terrestris was used in wars during the Warring States period. After the Qin and Han dynasties, thistle terrestris became a commonly used defensive equipment in the army. In addition to laying around roads, defensive areas, and cities, when troops are stationed in camps, they are also laid around the camps. After the Song Dynasty, the types of thistle terrestris gradually increased, such as the "iron water chestnut" laid in the water, the "ground astringent" attached to the wooden board, the "hooves" used to stop horses, and the "ghost arrows" coated with poison on the thorns.

The horsetail army ran forward and threw the "hoof" type thistle terrestris used to stop the horse, and the center of the "hoof" type iron thistle terrestris was also punched out and connected with a thin rope, which was to facilitate the return of the collection. Six hundred people quickly ran forward for dozens of meters, and threw all the "hoof" type iron thistles within 30 meters in front of the horse rejection pile, and this narrow strip of less than 100 meters wide was sprinkled with "hoof" type iron thistles.

The Mawei Army's action started under the noses of the Wu army's cavalry, and Wu Yingqi could see it clearly. But he was also ruthless at this time, it was a big deal to kill and wound hundreds of cavalry, if he couldn't win today, he would have no face to go back and face Wu Sangui.

Seeing that the Wu army on the opposite side was still rushing forward quickly, Zhu Hu was stunned: "Hey, this Wu army saw that we came to reinforcements and threw out the thistle, and dared to continue to rush straight up, it seems that Wu Yingji is also going to fight!" As he spoke, the cavalry of the Wu Army had once again approached a distance of about one hundred and fifty meters in front of the Mawei Army's array, which was already completely within the range of the musketeers, so Han Baohu, who had just taken a breath in the array, shouted loudly in his loud voice: "All of them, shoot!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

With an order, bursts of gunfire sounded on the position, and some cavalry of the Wu army on the opposite side raised their arm shields, and some cavalry pulled the huge shields on horseback, wanting to guard against flying bullets. Most of the people who made this move were Wu cavalrymen who had seen the power of the horsetail muskets, but these shields didn't seem to have much effect. The galloping Wu cavalry first had the huge shield in their hands pierced by the high-speed Minnie bullets, and then broke through the armor on their bodies and drilled into their bodies, and immediately streams of blood splattered out, staggering and being knocked to the ground one by one.

These Wu cavalry were more experienced than the 3,000 men who came after, and when they charged, they hid their heads in giant shields or covered their heads with arm shields, so as not to be hit by the enemy's bullets in the most vulnerable places. Their wish was granted, and since the head target was much smaller than the body, this part of the Wu cavalry was rarely hit in the head by a projectile. But they didn't know that the fate of those who were not hit in the head by bullets was even worse, those who were shot in body parts did not die so quickly, and an indescribable pain made them unbearable, and these elite cavalrymen, who were usually known for their bravery, could no longer bear it anymore, and fell off their horses with a howl. But they were still in the impact at this time, and the war horses behind them suddenly stepped on their bodies, and a series of horses' hooves trampled paste, and they also turned into meat paste!

After firing a shot, the soldier stepped back slightly, immediately took out the fixed gunpowder and began to reload the gun chamber.

"Second row, put!" Han Baohu issued the second command again.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

With the first row of riflemen retreated. The second row stepped forward. Again accompanied by a puff of white smoke and a loud bang. The Wu cavalry who rushed up howled and were knocked to the ground, and the projectiles the thickness of their little thumbs tore through their armor lightly under the impetus of the huge kinetic energy, and rolled violently inside them, turning their internal organs into a pile of mud. Then he fell off his horse again like the previous wave, and then died!

"Third platoon, shoot!"

This time the situation on the battlefield was worse than the five hundred cavalry that had been destroyed an hour earlier. At this time, in addition to the bullets that were shot off their horses, many of them were tripped by the fallen war horses in front, after all, there were 4,500 horsemen who attacked the Mawei army array this time. The cavalry team stretched for dozens of meters, and the rear could not see the situation in front of them at all, and it was impossible to avoid the fallen war horses in front of them.

Just after the Mawei Army fired three shots, at a distance of 300 meters from the rear, the 60 general guns accompanying the 1st Division on both sides of the main road had also been erected. Just now, when I saw the Wu army launch a charge, the soldiers of the first division were still 400 meters away from reaching the horse rejection pile, but this distance was just right to set up artillery, so the general artillery dragged by hundreds of war horses did not run, and began to be erected on both sides of the road on the spot, and it was very soon. The general cannon was completely erected.

"Fire!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

Under the order of the artillery commander, all the artillery in the artillery camp adjusted their angles and fired at the cavalry formation of the Wu army. Bursts of artillery fire. The swarthy projectiles flew towards the cavalry of the Wu army brigade with the anger of the horsetail army. These cannonballs looked swarthy, but they were iron-clad shells, and the shells fell fiercely on the cavalry of the Wu army, and I was afraid that this round would destroy at least nearly two hundred Wu cavalry.

"Okay, our artillery is powerful, give Lao Tzu a hard beating!" Zhu Hu in front shouted excitedly.

The gunners seemed to have heard Zhu Hu's request, and they all used their strength to aim at the cavalry ranks of the Wu army's brigade and bombarded them. Wu Yingqi felt bad when he heard the continuous sound of artillery, he had seen the power of artillery many times, it was indeed not human flesh and blood that could be resisted, the horsetail army on the opposite side actually came with cannons, this is difficult! Sure enough, pieces of black cannonballs flew towards them, and after the cannonballs landed, they began to explode, and in a burst of earth-shattering explosions, Wu Jun and his men and horses flew into the sky, and even those cavalry and war horses were blown to pieces, and even the big war horses were torn apart.

What's even more powerful is that the cavalry and war horses of the Wu army have never seen the flowering bombs at all, let alone exploded around them, and the war horses were immediately greatly frightened, and thousands of war horses suddenly exploded and scurried around. This is better in normal times, this is the battlefield, a total of more than 4,000 cavalry suddenly one-fifth of the chaos, the other war horses around the guide zhì also followed the chaos Wu Army's remaining morale all blown up!

At the time of the first cannon fire, there were two more rounds of fire from the front of the horse pile, and at least two hundred cavalry fell again. It's just that at this time, although the cavalry of the Wu army was panicked, they also quickly rushed to the front of the formation. The cavalry of the Wu army who rushed to the front completely rushed into the iron dysentery, and the war horses fell again, but with the huge inertia of the hundreds of war horses that fell, most of the iron dysentery on the ground was destroyed, which was somewhat unexpected by Zhu Hu.

This short horse-rejecting pile is indeed not very good for the cavalry of the large army, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen cavalry of the Wu army cavalry who rushed over desperately rushed to the front of the Mawei army, but at this time, the Wu army cavalry queue was too long, and the middle and rear were too chaotic, and at this time it was basically not a threat to the Mawei army. What's more, the soldiers of the first division had already run to the position at this time, and they didn't need to say much from Shangguan, they raised their guns and shot one after another, although they did not converge with Zhu Hu and other horsetail cavalry in front, but they were also lined up more than ten meters away to shoot quickly, and immediately rushed to the front. The large shield soldiers of the 1st Division immediately held their shields to plug some of the gaps in the horse rejection stakes.

The sound of artillery in the back did not stop, and again sixty shells were fired, falling in the cavalry array of the Wu army's brigade, bringing great casualties. In this short period of less than a stick of incense, the cavalry of the Wu army lost more than half, and Wu Yingzhi's eyes were a little dull. Looking at the chaotic ranks around him, as well as the small number of Wu cavalry who rushed into front. Wu Yingqi gritted his teeth. Shouted loudly: "Retreat." Fall back! shouted, and then took the lead in quickly retreating with the guards around him. Seeing the commander retreating, the other cavalry of the Wu army, who were already demoralized, also fled with the rapid retreat.

Just when Wu Yingzhi retreated and fled with the cavalry of the Wu army, there was also a dull sound of horses' hooves behind Zhu Hu, and thousands of horsetail cavalry were rapidly approaching from behind the first division, Zhu Hu looked back and was immediately overjoyed: "The division commander is here with the brothers of the first battalion, and the brothers quickly clean up these miscellaneous pieces!" ”

His loud shouts were all heard by Jiang Yuanxun. It is completely understandable that his subordinates want to make a show in front of him, and besides, Zhu Hu's third battalion has indeed made a great contribution. "What about the casualties of the brethren?" The person who came was Jiang Yuanxun, the commander of the cavalry division, and when he saw his subordinates, he immediately asked.

"Report to the division commander, fortunately, the brothers of the first division and you came in time, otherwise you might not be able to see us. In these two battles, our third battalion can be said to have suffered heavy losses, with more than half of the casualties! The Admiral asked to retreat and let the brothers rest and rest! ”

Jiang Yuanxun nodded and continued: "Okay, you guys did a very good job. Now work harder and let the brothers remove the horse rejection stakes, and quickly clean up the dysentery and let the brethren of the cavalry storm! ”

"Yes! Brethren. Hurry up and get to work, don't let those Wu Jun rabbit cubs escape"

As the horses moved away, a thousand horsetail cavalry of the first battalion, which had just arrived, swarmed through the line and rushed towards the defeated cavalry of the Wu army.

The horsetail cavalry is not only an infantry dismount to block, but a horse fight is their strength. As a heavy army in the era of cold weapons, the importance of cavalry is naturally self-evident, but cultivating an elite cavalry is not such a simple thing, especially when cavalry marches and fights in the field, the daily consumption is astronomical. The Ponytail Army cost a great price, but it was not for them to use as foot soldiers.

Usually a horse three meals a day this is a must, this is not counted, but also the kind of horse feed cake made of good beans, a horse needs at least four catties of horse feed a day, seven or eight catties of grass. When resting, it is also necessary to use salted water to fry noodles, otherwise the horses will lose fat, which will affect the speed of the horses today, and it is difficult for the horses to recover quickly. For example, the cavalry of the Mawei Cavalry Division, according to one horse and two horses, there must be 2,000 war horses in the first battalion of 1,000 cavalry alone.

And that's not even counting the fact that each battalion had to be equipped with more than 400 additional mules and horses to carry rations and forage for the cavalry team. Some people may ask, isn't there a special baggage soldier in the team, and their carts have grain and grass on them, so why do they use cavalry to bring them themselves? But in fact, it is not like that, the speed of the cavalry is very fast, especially when they are fighting, it is common to fight for hundreds of miles a day, if they only rely on some slow baggage teams to supply food and grass, the cavalry will not fight. It also took more than a year for the Mawei Army to provide all kinds of resources on Luzon Island, and only 10,000 cavalry troops were formed, and the cavalry expenditure of 10,000 people alone was worth all the more than 20,000 foot soldiers of the other two infantry divisions. This shows how laborious it is to assemble a cavalry team.

However, the role of cavalry is also obvious, when more than a thousand cavalry brandished sabers to launch a pursuit of the Wu army, those Wu troops were even more panicked.

The cavalry of the Wu army fled wildly, and the bodies and wounded soldiers of those comrades who died in the battle were not cared for at all. Compared with the time when it came, the banner was clear and majestic. At this time, the cavalry of the Wu army was like a lost dog, and the banner was crooked. The prestige is gone.

Wu, who was fleeing, saw that the horsetail army was in hot pursuit, and even clamped the horse's belly hard, and the horsewhip in his hand whipped the horse's buttocks hard, trying to make the horses under his crotch run faster. Out of the sparse woods, in front of which is an open plain, but the original large area of fertile land has become a wasteland because of the arrival of the brigade Wu Jun at the moment, Wu Jun waved his whip hard, they believe that as long as they rush out of this wood, with their riding skills, they will definitely be able to escape, but will things really go so smoothly?

Just as the Wu army ran out of the woods, suddenly a dull gunshot rang out from the flank, and a Wu soldier who was running for his life fell off his horse like a dumpling, and at the same time, hundreds of horsetail soldiers wearing horsetail military uniforms appeared near them, and they held muskets in their hands and continuously shot at the Wu cavalry who were running wildly. At this moment, more than 100 cavalry of the Wu army were shot down and dismounted. Although the number of people in ambush on the side of the Mawei Army was small, less than three hundred, the swarming Wu army did not dare to stop and fight with the Mawei Army soldiers, because they knew that as long as they stopped slightly, even for a short time, they would definitely be caught up by the Mawei cavalry in hot pursuit.

Although this part of the Mawei soldiers did not have the ability to stop those Wu cavalry, it was still possible to stop their speed, and under the continuous shooting of the Mawei Army, the speed of the Wu cavalry inevitably slowed down. In this way, a cavalryman of the first battalion who had been rushing to the front finally caught up with a Wu soldier who fell behind, and as soon as the two horses approached, the saber in his hand drew an arc in mid-air, and a blood splash appeared, and the Wu soldier had a deep wound on his back, and then he simply fell off the horse. (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 4, 15,000 words end