This battle is not easy to fight, but the kingdom can only stubbornly order to continue the attack, a thousand cavalry charge head-on, two thousand cavalry attack the two wings respectively, if you don't fight, you can't do it, Zhang Xianzhong's death order to him is to defeat Tan Biao's thousand-step army, otherwise he will come to see him, he thought it was a crushing battle without suspense, but he didn't expect the combat power of the Qianming army in front of him to be so powerful.

Tan Biao stood on a small high platform made of ammunition boxes, holding a monocular to observe the enemy's situation, and made targeted adjustments, in fact, there was no major adjustment, the second battalion of 1,000 soldiers formed a large phalanx, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, if the enemy is besieged on all sides, it will become a pure defensive circular formation, desperately shooting, until the ammunition carried is exhausted, and finally white-knuckle combat, until the whole army is destroyed.

Although the second battalion came in a hurry to reinforce them, they carried a lot of ammunition, and if they wanted to use up their ammunition, they had to use 20,000 or 30,000 people to fill it. Moreover, the hedgehog-like battle formation can fight and retreat at the same time, and it may not really trap them.

"Steady, don't panic, you all saw it just now, right? No matter how tall and strong the war horse is, it will be finished after eating the gun. ”

The officers commanding in front of the battle shouted loudly, cheered up their subordinates, and calmed the morale of the army, and these grassroots officers were similar to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers in the army in later generations, and they were the skeleton of supporting a unit, and they played a huge role.

The soldiers who did not participate in the first wave of battles saw it, don't look at the charge of a thousand cavalry is very scary, but in front of the rain of bullets made of lead bullets, no one can rush in front of them, it is simply a one-sided massacre, all the soldiers' hanging hearts fell suddenly, there is really nothing to be afraid of in such a battle, and the thunder with greater lethality has not been used.

The 3,000 cavalry of Zhang's army rushed from the front and the left and right flanks respectively, like a rolling flood sweeping in without an embankment, and the momentum was very frightening, but the soldiers of the second battalion had experienced the battle just now, and the fear and tension no longer existed, and they were waiting for the officer's order.

The cavalry outflanking both flanks still had some distance to engage in battle, and the cavalry charging head-on was the first to charge, the sound of hooves rumbling, the dust and smoke billowing and the earth shaking violently.

"Steady, listen to my orders, the first platoon prepares, prepares, one, two, three, shoot!" The officer in command in front of the formation shouted loudly, and as the enemy cavalry rushed into the effective range of the musket, the command knife raised in his hand slashed down sharply, giving the order to shoot.

The soldiers of the first row followed the officer's order, lit the fuse, took the gun aim, quickly retracted the gun and retreated after the gun, retreated to the rear to load ammunition, the second row stepped a few steps forward, pushed to the front, and the third row followed, and kept repeating the actions that were usually trained countless times, these movements were boring in the usual training, but now they have played a great role, not only the unique skill of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, but also the unique skill of saving life.

The cavalry of the Zhang family army was roaring and charging, and the muskets of the second battalion were also constantly firing, and the continuous gunfire covered up the earth-shattering roar and killing, mixed with terrible screams and the mournful neighing of the dying horses.

Later, the battle on both wings also began, in the face of the crazy charge of thousands of iron horsemen, the soldiers of the second battalion met with a wave of dense bullets one after another, and the flat ground was soon full of wounded and fallen war horses and knights who were thrown down, most of these people did not die, but were injured, lying on the ground struggling and howling, the terrible screams made people panic, their courage quickly fell, and a sense of fear arose.

The horses and human corpses on the ground or the wounded and undead became obstacles to block the charge of the cavalry behind, and the charging cavalry had to slow down the speed of the charge, or bypass and charge from the side, which reduced the pressure on the soldiers of the second battalion and killed and injured the enemy more.

The hooves of the whole battlefield rumbled, the guns roared, and the roar of killing resounded through the sky, mixed with the mournful neighing of the war horses, the miserable howls of people, the billowing dust and smoke raised by the galloping war horses, and the choking gunpowder smoke sprayed by the muskets, which filled the entire battlefield.

The attack of the three-way cavalry of the Zhang family army did not last long, and they retreated after leaving two or three hundred corpses and wounded each, which made Wang Dingguo, who led the last thousand cavalry, look very ugly, what kind of war is this, it is simply a massacre, but if he withdraws like this, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely cut off his head, and he has made a military order.

Left and right are dead, Wang Dingguo, who was forced to have no way to live, had to reorganize the army and continue to attack, it is still a frontal attack, the tactic of outflanking the two wings, theoretically speaking, his tactic is correct, even the Jin army iron cavalry, which is known as invincible in the field, also commonly uses this tactic, from the flank to gouge through the enemy's battle formation, and then return to charge and kill, until the enemy's entire line collapses.

However, the combat power of the cavalry of the Zhang family army cannot be compared with the iron cavalry of the Jin army, and the two sides are not on the same level, in fact, Sun Kewang led the elite cavalry to raid the county seat of Shanyin, and the result became a cavalry dismount and foot battle, with many casualties, although it had to be replenished, but the overall strength had declined.

Sun Kewang led the team to besiege Wei Shuangxi's death squad, but unexpectedly bumped into Tan Biao's second battalion, was caught off guard, defeated in a daze, and lost some veterans, Sun Kewang himself also died in a daze, and the rest was all absorbed by Zhang Xianzhong, and replaced by Wang Dingguo and a group of henchmen and cronies in charge of the troops.

These remaining elite cavalry are all Sun Kewang's subordinates, confidants or something, Zhang Xianzhong did this, naturally made them dissatisfied and panicked, worried that one day they would be replaced, transferred to be used as cannon fodder, morale would be affected to a certain extent, and how much combat power could be exerted?

A qualified cavalry warrior needs too many requirements and conditions, Zhang Xianzhong transferred the cavalry of the whole army to form a cavalry unit of this scale, these cavalry come from various units, all of them are reckless and reckless, no one obeys anyone, it takes a certain amount of time to run in well, and there are some in the original army is a small leader and a small leader level, after coming over, he will be demoted one or several levels, and become a small leader or ordinary cavalry, and it is strange that he has no resentment in his heart.

These are not the main ones, most of the cavalry is not the real cavalry soldiers, just horsemanship is sloppy, can ride war horses of the infantry, so many messy factors mixed in it, forced into a cavalry force, combat power can be imagined, not only did not rise, but seriously lowered the elite cavalry troops that Sun Kewang commanded when he was alive, of course, in the eyes of Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders of the people's army, this cavalry unit is elite, and the local Ming army soldiers are absolutely crushed.

However, Tan Biao's second battalion is not a fish belly, but a small hedgehog, although the hedgehog is small, but the whole body is full of thorns, I want to take a bite, and your mouth will be full of blood and pain, Wang Dingguo, who is the commander of the cavalry, feels very painful now, and the pain makes him desperate.