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Outside Tongguan at this moment, there is already blood flowing all over the ground, the sun is gradually turning west, the remnant sun is like blood, the two sides have been fighting for half an hour, and the total number of nearly 20,000 foot soldiers on both sides in this half hour is entangled and fighting. The armies on both sides can be regarded as elite, not comparable to ordinary green battalion soldiers, so this battle is particularly tragic.

"It's time, herald the cavalry to prepare to charge!" The three thousand cavalry of the Wu army were already ready to go, waiting for Wang Pingfan's military order, and when they got the order, the cavalry immediately galloped out. And the Qing army saw that the cavalry of the Wu army moved, and the other side also quickly greeted it.

In ancient wars, the only thing that could deal with cavalry was cavalry, of course, the firearms in Geng Jingzhong's army were the exception, after all, he was the only one in the world now. And for cavalry operations. There are also two different types of battles between cavalry:

One is subsidiary. For example: reconnaissance, capture, etc. This kind of battle is more based on the combat skills of the cavalry, so the nomads of the steppe have an advantage in this kind of battle. Of course, when the two armies face each other, the guerrilla of the cavalry of the two sides is also of this type. It's like watching some historical romance novels, where the commanders of the two armies fight at night, these battles are all auxiliary in nature, and in fact, they have no influence on the outcome of the battle. But whether it was the battle between the main generals who preached this kind of heroism in that era as the novel said, that can only ask the author of that novel.

Another way of cavalry combat is regular cavalry group fighting, that is, to study the formation of the cavalry on both sides. In such battles, individual martial arts are negligible. It depends on who is brave on both sides. Whose formation is not scattered! Charges like this. A typical battle formation is a peak and arrow formation, like an arrow, which can easily chisel through the enemy's formation.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the horns of the two sides of the attack were sounded, the same line formation, the same trotting of horses, and the same accelerated charge, and the cavalry of both sides began to hedge with their spears in hand. But although they were hedging, the Qing cavalry felt a little hairy in their hearts. Because the cavalry of the enemy army in front of him is too elite. The three thousand iron cavalry on the Wu army's side were brought out by the old Guanning Iron Cavalry, and now they also belong to the establishment of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is the real elite. On the side of the Qing army, the 3,000 cavalry is still the Manchu Eight Banners, but these Eight Banners cavalry is no longer the Manchurian Eight Banners like thirty years ago, their combat power has dropped more than a notch, and they have not experienced a large-scale battle for a long time!

The cavalry in front of them, the first few rows were all cavalry phalanxes armed with spears, men wearing iron armor, and horses wearing horse armor. If it was just that, it would be okay, these cavalry of the Guanning Iron Cavalry Army were extremely neatly arrayed. Compared with the previous phalanx of firecrackers on the side of the Qing army, it is not bad, and it really deserves the title of elite cavalry.

The connoisseur stretched out his hand. I know if there is. This battle-hardened person can see at a glance the difference between strong and weak soldiers and horses, and these cavalry who appear in front of him are definitely the elite of the elite. Due to strict training, the Guanning Iron Cavalry formation was also quite closely arranged, leaving no gaps at all. And the Eight Banners cavalry formation is much different. The gap between their cavalry was noticeably larger, as if to reserve a space to pull their horses and escape.

At this encounter, the shouts and screams sounded almost simultaneously, and the armored Eight Banners cavalry could not resist the stabbing in the front of the spear. What's even more tragic is that the cavalry of the Wu army has specially made long spears, and the weapons of the Eight Banners cavalry can't even touch each other. Moreover, some of the Eight Banner cavalry in the back did not use riding spears, but rushed forward with a slightly curved saber in their hands. However, at this moment, on the battlefield, you can see a lot of cavalry in the front row of the Eight Banners being stabbed directly from the horse by the opponent with a spear. There is a significant difference in the combat power of the two sides, which Zhao Liangdong did not expect. In his eyes, the combat power of the Eight Banners cavalry was already good, but he underestimated the prestigious Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Wu army.

Such a defeated hedge also made the Eight Banners cavalry in the back row subconsciously brake the horses. But it's already running, so how can you stop the horses? But this subconscious reining action makes the already somewhat loose formation even more unbearable. Although the cavalry of the Wu army was slightly hindered, they still rushed in. So the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing army wanted to escape at this time, although many of the Eight Banners cavalry were still elite veterans, and their equipment and combat skills were also quite good, but their desire to escape. The hope is also the strongest, and no one is willing to sacrifice their lives for a hopeless battle, not even their own horses.

When the Wu cavalry threw away the cavalry spears that pierced the enemy, they immediately projected the two javelins hanging on one side, and then they drew out the big axes or long knives hanging on the side of the saddle one by one, kicked and struck the horses in the belly, so that the horses continued to rush forward, and slashed vigorously with the horsepower. Suddenly, there was a stump of severed limbs, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. So at this moment, the Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Army finally collapsed.

Generally speaking, in any army, the front row and the middle row are the most brave and skilled soldiers. This Guanning Iron Cavalry is no exception, the front ones are the elite of the cavalry elite, so when the cavalry array of the Guanning Iron Cavalry smashed the head of the Qing Army's Eight Banners Cavalry Array like a big cone, the entire Qing Army's array suddenly collapsed outward as if it had been hit by a shock wave. Those Eight Banner cavalry in the back row didn't dare to come up and fight desperately, and a few separate cavalry hedged against the tightly arranged cavalry formation, that is, to die.

"Hurry up!" One of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, Jia Lazhangjing, which is now Ada Ha Fan (equivalent to a deputy general), shouted hoarsely. After shouting, this Ada Hahafan also subconsciously wiped his face with his hand. It's a cold sweat! "Hurry up and give orders everywhere!"

"Move fast!"

Zhao Liangdong is also very anxious here, but this cavalry is usually like a veteran soldier who relies on the fact that he is the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and does not take him as a Han general in his eyes. The same were three thousand cavalry. But the difference in combat power is too great. Many generals on the Qing army's side were also shouting. Their faces were ugly. The situation is not good. If the cavalry array of the Wu army on the opposite side crushed their own cavalry and then directly rushed into their own Chinese army array, then it would really be a mess. At this moment, the tens of thousands of infantry military formations in front of the battle are about to be divided, if the cavalry of the Wu army is killed to the rear at this time, then the infantry troops who are fighting in front will also be greatly disturbed, and the morale will be certain.

However, at this time, it is not a question of whether your cavalry wins or defeats, the first thing is to stabilize your position first. Fortunately, Zhao Liangdong's two thousand firecrackers were guarding the front in this formation, and they immediately lined up in a gun formation at this moment. In addition to the spear formation, which also had archers on both sides, all the ranged attack units were here, ready to withstand the charge of the cavalry ranks. And at this moment, the Qing army still has more than a dozen passages between the gun array, just so that their scattered cavalry can escape back to their own formation, who let these Eight Banner soldiers are masters, if they completely ignore it, their own hard days will come!

The cavalry of the Eight Banners was still defeated, and the defeat was very bad, and less than half of the three thousand cavalry remained, and they were scattering and fleeing. But after a while, the cavalry of the Wu army on the opposite side slashed and killed. There was no scattering at all to chase and kill the scattered Eight Banners cavalry. With a few hurried long whistles, the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Wu army began to circle around the battlefield where they were fighting. Then they began to regroup, and then they returned to their infantry phalanx, carrying their wounded and bodies on their horses. Then he gradually retreated to the edge of the original camp, and returned to the place where he had set out.

That is, the two circles of the cavalry of the Wu army have greatly reduced the morale of the Qing army, and the morale of the Wu army is high, which also makes the casualties of the Qing army increase sharply. "Mingjin, let the soldiers come back!!" At this time, Zhao Liangdong's face was cold, as if it was not human life that died on the battlefield.

"Mr. Zhao's strong man broke his wrist, admire! I didn't expect this Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry to have such combat power, but it was really unexpected! "Zhou Peigong came to Zhao Liangdong's side to contact Wang Pingfan together, and he acted as a bystander in this match, and he would not give orders or his turn to give orders, but at this time, he admired Zhao Liangdong's decisiveness.

"I knew that I would have transferred some artillery over, and I am afraid that it will only be effective to deal with the Guanning Iron Cavalry with dense artillery fire!" Zhao Liangdong said with annoyance, this Guan Ning Iron Cavalry is too powerful, and he only has the firecrackers in his hands who can fight with it, and the other troops can't.

And now the artillery in all parts of the Qing court is basically used to defend the city, such as the thirty guns on Zhou Peigong's side, which he snatched from Kangxi as the supervisor of the Qing court. Generally, the city is defended with a special bulky one. Moving and erecting artillery requires digging pits, burying piles, etc., which is very labor-intensive, so it takes at least an hour.

The Qing army still withdrew, and the five sides were also temporary, and the Ming Jin Xie soldiers did not catch up, after all, the two military formations were unwilling and not chaotic, and they couldn't get much benefit from catching up, but this battle was tragic enough, and the soldiers and horses on both sides together died at least more than 10,000 people, which was a big battle. But this one can be said to be half a catty and eight taels, and the number of dead and wounded is about the same, but the losses of the Qing army are even greater, after all, the three thousand cavalry of the Eight Banners are considered to be wasted, and they will have one less powerful class of troops in the future

One night of peace also means that the next day's battle will be even more tragic. This time it is not only Zhao Liangdong who has been soldiering and horses, but the army of Tuhai on the northwest side has also pressed up, but half of the troops on Tuhai's side have gone to besiege Chang'an City, their purpose is to cut off the retreat of more than 40,000 Wu troops, but Wang Pingfan is not stupid, after he was attacked by Zhou Peigong, he has already sent people to guard the south bank of the Wei River, of which two thousand Guanning iron cavalry is to ensure logistics, and there is no need to worry about the thousands of Horqin cavalry, and the Qing army Horqin cavalry can not cross the Wei River.

There is not much difference in the number of the armies of the two sides, with 40,000 men on one side slightly worse than 50,000 on the other. But this time, the equipment guy is ready. The thirty red-clothed cannons in Zhou Pei's army finally caught up, but on the Wu army's side, Wang Pingfan also set up fifty large and small cannons in his own army. These people are all produced in Fujian, and they have made a lot of contributions to Wang Pingfan in the past six months.

There is not much difference in the number of the armies of the two sides, with 40,000 men on one side slightly worse than 50,000 on the other. But this time, the equipment guy is ready. The thirty red-clothed cannons in Zhou Pei's army finally caught up, but on the Wu army's side, Wang Pingfan also set up fifty large and small cannons in his own army. These people are all produced in Fujian, and they have made a lot of contributions to Wang Pingfan in the past six months.

These artillery of the Wu army were stronger than those of the Qing army, after all, their experience could not be gained in a short period of time. The Wu gunners knew what they had to do at this time, and they shouted the trumpet. Loaded with ammunition, a door gun was pushed into a predetermined position.

This time it was the cavalry that went first, but the number of cavalry on the Qing army's side was more than that of the Wu army's cavalry, but the Wu army's Guanning iron cavalry was more elite.

However, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which rushed to the front, faced the sudden appearance of the swarthy cannon muzzle.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The invincible elite Guanning Iron Cavalry is now also falling, and the power of artillery is not something that flesh and blood can resist.

The elite and brave cavalry of the Wu army were also frightened, they knew how powerful this thing was, so at this moment they also pulled out their horses and fled. They knew that even if they approached the Qing army formation in front of them, or even the artillery array in front, they would be killed, and the Qing army put the artillery array in front, and the artillery equipped with shotguns in front of them must be waiting for them to approach.

"Load your ammunition and raise your muzzle." Although the gunners of the Qing army were not as good as those of the Wu army, they also knew that they were going to extend the artillery bombardment at this moment.

Gradually, all the artillerymen could no longer hear the shouts of others, and even the figures of the neighboring gunners could no longer be seen clearly. The sound of the shelling was deafening, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air. And this extended shot hit the front of Wang Pingfan's rapidly advancing infantry array. Suddenly subjected to such a fierce shelling, the formation of Wang Pingfan's front army almost collapsed, and Wang Pingfan was also taken aback.

The shells fell, smashed many people, and jumped again when they hit the ground, as was the case with every cannon. Wang Pingfan and the generals and soldiers around him also felt the ground tremble. Some of them were already unable to control the horses beneath them, and the horses were frantically agitated and neighed in the loud noises and vibrations, trying to throw the knight off their horses. No matter how many battles you have experienced, no matter how tenacious your nerves are, you can't cope with such a scene. Everyone desperately dodged to the rear away from the shelling, and the entire ranks of the front army of the Wu army were already in chaos.

The dust stirred up by the artillery shells falling to the ground, and the smoke of gunpowder drifting from the artillery bombardment positions of the Qing army, obscured the sight of all the qiē, making all the qiē blurred. Those elite cavalry of the Wu army on the battlefield seemed to be in a dream, but it was a real nightmare. (To be continued......)