"Sons, rise up and kill the thief!" Xu Ping shouted loudly, but the soldiers in front of him still did not react, although the shelling had stopped, they did not seem to have recovered from the shock.

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements! General, our reinforcements have arrived! ”

Suddenly there was a cry of ecstasy, Xu Ping turned around, ran quickly to the top of the mountain, and saw that a long torrent had almost reached the foot of the northern slope of the mountain, and was turning towards Xu Ping's left flank, obviously to bypass the hill to meet the enemy army in front of him. Xu Ping saw that this group of cavalry was indeed waving the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help but shout in surprise: "Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

"We didn't see the banner clearly, and we thought it was the traitor's cavalry back." A surprised soldier replied. These soldiers on the northern slope had already spotted a troop of cavalry approaching here. They thought it was the cavalry of the rebels, so they didn't have the slightest idea of resisting. If you run away, you can't escape, and your morale is extremely low, so no one will report to Xu Ping.

These Ming troops, who had completely lost the will to resist, did not observe carefully, and waited until the cavalry ran in front of them, only to find that the more than 1,000 cavalry were actually their own.

Like these soldiers, Xu Ping was speechless with joy, just staring blankly at the fluttering red flag, until he heard the shouts of his own people coming from the south slope: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Xu Ping ran back to the south slope in three steps and two steps, and many Ming soldiers had already stood up, and they all shouted excitedly: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" ”

The joy of dying in a desperate situation made the morale of the Ming army rise sharply, and the soldiers lying on the ground jumped up one after another. When Xu Ping rushed to the top of the mountain, he pulled up his flag from the ground and ran down the mountain with it. The musketeers in front of them had already begun to shoot at the rebels who had rushed into the Ming army's defensive circle, and the spearmen had also grabbed their weapons. The three Texas heroes and several other Texas heroes are alive and well, fighting side by side with the Ming army on the front line.

Jiang Yizhou grabbed his weapon and followed closely behind Xu Ping, and shouted in shame: "General, the villain is really a shame for the new army. ”

Xu Ping continued to run forward with the banner in his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Sons, cover our cavalry!" ”

In the training corps, the first tactical rule learned by infantry officer cadets was "covering cavalry"; And the first tactical rule that cavalry officer cadets learned was to "cover the infantry". Although Xu Ping was an engineer officer cadet, he had heard infantry or cavalry cadets mention this tactical rule many times, and he was deeply impressed.

At this time, the rebels on the southwest slope had noticed the approach of the Ming cavalry, so they began to change direction and prepare to shrink, and they did not cooperate with the attack of the rebels in the southeast against Xu Ping's department. The morale of these rebel soldiers who attacked the fence was not high, because the friendly troops did not keep up, they were doubly weak, and they saw the Ming soldiers going down the mountain one by one, and they were even more cowardly, and when Xu Ping ran to the place with the flag, they had been beaten out of the defensive circle by the Ming army again.

The cavalry of the Ming army had already bypassed the small high ground of Xu Ping and began to accelerate, and a large number of rebels in front also saw the fast Ming cavalry, so they all regrouped in a panic. At this time, there were still thousands of infantry in the rebel army, while the cavalry of the Ming army was only 1,000, and the infantry was less than 500, so Xu Ping desperately ran forward with the banner, he knew that once the rebels formed a formation, then they still had an overwhelming advantage over the Ming army in terms of strength, not to mention that the thousands of cavalry of the rebels could come back at any time. He waved his banner vigorously as he ran, ready to press up tightly with his subordinates, not giving the rebels a chance to form an anti-cavalry formation.

The infantry of the Ming army did not know Xu Ping's worries, but everyone frantically ran forward with the banner, they did not know where to run, but they knew that the enemy was being routed, and they knew that reinforcements had arrived. These soldiers who escaped death didn't think about anything in their minds, but only knew how to follow Xu Ping's banner closely. Xu Ping led them to rush towards the rebels who were chaotically coaxing the rebels who were about to line up. Originally, the rebels besieged Xu Ping's headquarters in a semi-circular formation, but now Xu Ping suddenly led his hundreds of soldiers to rush to the center of the rebels, and the rebels' thousands of troops turned into a thin arc around the Ming infantry, which was blocked by the Ming infantry and could not be quickly assembled.

The officers of the rebels were also caught off guard, they all saw the cavalry of the Ming army, and also saw the commander's order to gather them immediately, but this group of Ming infantry rushed up desperately and wanted to entangle them, so they could only retreat again and again, trying to get rid of the entanglement. However, the rebel formation became more and more scattered in this retreat, and the large number of rebel soldiers who did not know the whole situation fell into complete chaos, only knowing that everyone was fleeing for their lives, and any single soldier who stopped and tried to resist would be quickly killed by the fierce Ming army.

The cavalry of the Ming army also seized the opportunity to split the loose rebel infantry formation from the southwest direction at once, and rushed all the way to the front of Xu Ping's infantry, cutting the entire right flank of the rebels from the formation. At this time, Xu Ping saw that the cavalry was wearing helmets with long fiery red feathers, and each horse had two identical red feathers on its head, which was the logo of the new army's direct guard.

The right flank of the rebels, who had been cut off from the main formation, watched countless Ming cavalry rolling past them, and behind them were the Ming infantry pressing step by step, and the rebel officers lost contact with the center, and did not know whether to resist or counterattack. The fighting spirit of the rebel soldiers has completely collapsed, and many of them have lost their weapons in the rout in front, and I don't know who was the first to shout, drop their weapons and flee from the troops to the north. Those hesitant soldiers followed his example, desperately escaping the cavalry of the Ming army as fast as they could.

The cavalry of the Ming army did not pursue, but made a circle from behind their own infantry. Xu Ping saw a direct guard general riding a horse at the front, followed by his standard-bearer and guard. The general slashed horizontally in the air with his saber, and the new guards who followed him adjusted their positions to the movement of his saber, and the guards further behind them filled in their positions, quickly adjusting their formation as they ran.

After bypassing the infantry formation, Xu Ping saw the general raise his saber above his head and point vertically to the sky, and he led the soldiers behind him to start accelerating while shouting: "Our army will win, kill!" ”

Immediately, the guards rushed straight towards the flank of the rebels' left flank. At this time, the left flank of the rebels, although they kept retreating, still failed to form a dense formation. The cavalry of the direct guard rushed into the gap between the rebel infantry, like water flowing through a fishing net, and in the sword and sword shadow of the officers and soldiers of the direct guard, the rebel infantry was cut down like straw, and countless stumps and human heads flew into the air.

When Xu Ping's attention returned to the front, he saw that the infantry of the rebels in the southeast had retreated far away, and it seemed that they were about to free up the firing horizon for the tiger squat cannons, and several tiger squat cannons were also pushed to the front row. Before Xu Ping could react, a soldier beside him had already shouted: "Brothers, go up and slaughter those bitches"

Before the words fell, the soldier had already run towards the muzzle with a spear, and the others responded in a hurry without waiting for Xu Ping's order, and several tiger squatting cannons fired at the rushing Ming army, and immediately knocked a large group of Ming soldiers down in a pool of blood. However, the rest of the Ming army was still rushing upwards, and a rebel gunner tried to fire a second shot, but when he turned around, he found that his companion had thrown down what he was holding and ran away with the infantry. He turned his head again, and a red-eyed Ming infantry had leapt up at him, and with a single thrust the spear stabbed through his chest, the tip of the spear sticking out of his back.

By the time Xu Ping, who was carrying the flag, caught up with his soldiers, they had already captured all the tiger squat cannons and turned the muzzles of the cannons in the direction of the rebels. A group of infantry was so anxious that they circled around the guns: "How do you use this guy?" How does this guy use it? ”

Xu Ping jumped onto a small cannon and craned his neck to look around. The rebel infantry in the center had retreated far away, and the cavalry of the Ming army was still chasing the infantry on the left flank of the rebels, and desperate howls kept coming from that direction. Suddenly, Xu Ping saw that a cavalry was gathering in the open space in the distance, he was stunned and hurriedly jumped off the small cannon, and shouted loudly: "Quick, form a dense formation, and the pikemen are shoulder to shoulder!" ”

However, this kind of field reaction speed is not something that Xu Ping's recruits can do, and now the formation of Xu Ping's subordinates has long been scattered, and Guo Chang can't find his post there, and few can hear Xu Ping's orders. And most of the soldiers of Xu Ping's banner could not understand it at all, and in fact, Xu Ping himself did not know how to use the flag to issue orders. Although he kept shouting hoarsely, the Ming infantry were fighting with enthusiasm, and not many people reacted at all. Many people looked at Xu Ping blankly, standing in a large group around him, not knowing where to deploy the formation, waiting for Xu Ping's further instructions.

Xu Ping pushed away the soldiers in front of him and ran to the front of the clearing, facing the direction where the rebel cavalry was coming. Yes, Xu Ping could already see the figure of the enemy's cavalry. He waved the flag in his hand, held it upright and planted it on the ground, holding the flagpole with his right hand and the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and shouted in front of him: "The pikemen are lined up behind me, in dense formation, the pikemen are shoulder to shoulder, and the musketeers should not stay away from the pikemen for protection." ”

Xu Ping gave the order as calmly and composedly as possible, but there was still a mess behind him. However, the general of the direct guard also noticed the small force of cavalry of the rebels and the confusion of friendly troops, and he immediately abandoned the right flank of the rebels who were beginning to flee, and turned around to meet Liu Zhewen's horse team.

Watching Liu Zhewen's cavalry begin to accelerate towards him, Xu Ping had not been able to organize his troops, and the cavalry of the rebels roared towards the Ming infantry. The eyes full of fierce light were once again clearly seen by Xu Ping, who looked ahead and ordered loudly: "The pikemen put down the spear." ”

There were no rows of spears poking out from behind Xu Ping with this command, and the little distance between him and Liu Zhewen was swallowed up by the other party in a blink of an eye, and one or two spears stretched out sparsely beside Xu Ping, he crossed his legs and stood up straight, not letting his hand holding the flagpole tremble, and ordered again: "The pikeman puts the spear flat." ”

At this time, from Xu Ping's left hand position, the cavalry of the Ming army rushed over obliquely, and the direct guard general took the lead, rushing in front of him from Xu Ping's left hand, covering Xu Ping and his banner behind him. Liu Zhewen shot the direct guard general under the left rib. The direct guard general twisted his waist sideways to dodge the blow, then twisted his waist back sharply, and the bright saber drew a fan, slashing from the backhand position all the way back to the front of the horse's head. This piece of snow swept past the junction of Liu Zhewen's helmet and neck armor, Liu Zhewen's head swirled in the air with his eyes wide open, his war horse carrying the headless corpse of Ma Shuo in his hand, missed the horse of the direct guard general, ran to Xu Ping and snorted, and then took small steps to bypass his side.

The torrent of red long feathers rushed in front of Xu Ping, and in an instant, the small cavalry of the rebels disappeared from Xu Ping's eyes like a boat swallowed by the whirlpool of rapids. At this time, Xu Ping's eyes only had red feathers as dense as a forest, swords as sharp as a rain, and countless human voices and neighing came from the depths of this dense forest. But the noise soon subsided, like a rain shower that could not last. Finally, there was only the sound of rumbling horses stomping on the ground, and the red-feathered knights did not squint, and followed their companions in front of them to sweep in front of the friendly infantry.

Liu Zhewen's cavalry team had ceased to exist with him, but more than 2,000 rebels took advantage of this rare respite to form a phalanx from afar. The Guards stopped at Xu Ping's flanks at this time, and the flood of the Guards cavalry continued to flow towards the general's position, spreading along the sides of his body, and finally from a long dragon-like column to a horizontal line lined up. The rebels in the distance adjusted the angle of the phalanx, and defended directly at the new army head-on, and Xu Ping saw countless spears put down, forming a dense forest-like barrier in front of the phalanx.

At this time, a new spear poked out beside Xu Ping, Xu Ping pulled up the flag that had just been planted on the ground, and turned around to beckon: "Fire Hammer Hand, Fire Gun Hand." ”

"The musketeers are in front, and the traitor's phalanx is broken up with continuous firepower......" Xu Ping gave his subordinates urgent tactical training: "Spearmen protect the musketeers, listen to my orders......"

According to Xu Ping's impression, an infantry officer and cadet of the teaching team with whom he chatted said that in an emergency, the infantry should use pikemen to directly launch an attack on the enemy's phalanx, in order to disrupt the opponent's formation and let their own cavalry attack. However, what is an emergency, and how to attack to disrupt the opponent's formation, Xu Ping does not know. All he knew was a basic tactical concept. Moreover......

Xu Ping looked at the large group of chaotic subordinates around him, and when Xu Ping spoke, they spread out in formation and formed a large circle, surrounding Xu Ping in the middle, with faces that seemed to understand and did not understand, looking at him with round eyes. The people in the back row were still tilting their feet and stretching their necks to look at the center of the circle, for fear that they didn't hear what Xu Ping was saying. Xu Ping didn't finish his words, but pointed a circle of people with his fingers, probably there were nearly three hundred pikemen in this group of infantry, and it might not be a good idea to use such pikemen to attack the thousands of rebels who were waiting in battle, and Xu Ping didn't know anything about how to attack.

Looking at the tiger squat cannon beside him, the engineer general Xu Ping couldn't help but hesitate again, and pondered in his heart: "Maybe we should go and find the rest of the gunners, it's a better idea to bombard the traitors with these tiger squat cannons." Well, it's just that they won't use this kind of cannon yet......"

At this time, the direct guard cavalry began to act again, Xu Ping jumped out of the circle, and saw the direct guard general stretch out his arm, press the saber forward, and the direct guard cavalry slowly stepped in small steps and began to press towards the rebels. Xu Ping didn't know if the other party was a little impatient, but he remembered that the infantry spear could effectively fight the cavalry, and using the cavalry to charge this formation would bring heavy losses.

There was no time to hesitate any longer, Xu Ping shouted: "Follow me." Then he took the lead and ran towards the enemy's formation, preparing to break up the enemy's spear formation with his fiery guns.

However, the Straight Guard cavalry moved much faster than Xu Ping, and they quickly spread out to form a fan-shaped arc. The Straight Guard cavalry calmly ran past Xu Ping's eyes, inserting between Xu Ping and the rebels, and the tall figure blocked his vision. Xu Ping stopped a little dazedly, watched the direct guard cavalry in front of him turn around, and continued to move forward side by side.

At this time, Xu Ping's side heard the sound of horses' hooves, it was the general of the direct guard, and now he did not lead the team in front of the army, but behind the horses of other direct guard officers and soldiers, trotting all the way around the big arc of the cavalry. Xu Ping raised his head, just in time to meet the eyes of the direct guard general who was coming towards him.

Under the long red feather helmet, Xu Ping saw a young and handsome face, probably to facilitate command, the armor of the direct guard general did not fall, he smiled and nodded when he saw Xu Ping, and winked at Xu Ping. Xu Ping heard the general clearly and loudly issue an order: "Prepare—"

At this time, Xu Ping saw that the general of the direct guard had already inserted his saber back into the sheath, and held a handcuff in his right hand next to his ear.

"Shoot!"

At the same time as the order was given, the direct guard general shot into the sky at the same time, and immediately countless handcuffs rang out, responding to the order gun. The mount of the general of the direct guard trotted past Xu Ping with his tail wagging, and Xu Ping heard the person riding on it shouting: "Change the gun!" ”

The Guards skillfully shoved the beaten handcuffs back into one of the bags on horseback, and pulled a second from the other. Xu Ping took a closer look, and found that there were a total of four such pockets on the back of this direct guard cavalry, and the horse of another direct guard soldier also had the same four handcuff pockets.

The command of "Ready-" came from afar, and the direct guard cavalry in front of Xu Ping all flattened their arms and pointed their handcuffs at the rebels in front of him.

"Shoot!" At the same time as the order came, Xu Ping heard another gunshot, and the officers and soldiers of the Guards responded to the order with a volley, and then stuffed the second beaten handcuff into his pocket and began to pull out their third gun.

The general of the guard returned on his horse, and he skillfully changed his gun on his horse, and after the general had finished changing his gun, he waited a little longer before raising his handcuff above his head and calling out clearly, "Ready—"

At this time, the officers and men of the direct guard had also finished changing their guns, and they heard the order to lay their arms flat and point at the rebels for the third time. There was an uproar, and through the gaps in the front of the Straight Guards, the rebel soldiers could be seen dropping their fallen comrades and flags, and retreating like a tide to the southeast. In fact, two salvos only knocked down fifty rebels, but this became the last straw that drained the morale of the rebels. The rebel commander Xiao Baiwolf had already fled, and now this scene of being beaten and unable to fight back made the demoralized rebel soldiers unwilling to stand in the front row, and pushing and crowding each other led to a complete collapse.

"Phew—"

The general fixed his horse, stopped in front of Xu Ping's eyes, lowered his head and looked at him steadily, as if waiting for Xu Ping to say something.

Xu Ping raised his head and looked at the general of the direct guard for a moment, but he didn't know why the other party looked at him with such a gaze, and finally, the general smiled and asked, "Are there any thieves nearby?" ”

"Oh." Xu Ping suddenly shouted: "Yes! There were also a thousand cavalry of the rebels, who went in the direction of Texas for about two hours, and never saw them return. ”

After understanding the enemy's situation, the general of the direct guard nodded, and immediately straightened his chest and issued an order loudly: "The officers and soldiers of the direct guard obey the order!" Pursue ten miles to the southeast! ”

The guards silently put away their handcuffs, and then there was a sonorous sound of swords unsheathed, they raised their sabers, and in a "killing" sound, urged the war horses under their crotches, and chased after the defeated enemy soldiers like a whirlwind.

The direct guard general did not follow his subordinates to pursue, but easily jumped off his horse and hugged his fist towards Xu Ping: "This general - the commander of the new army direct guard - Jin Shentong." ”

"I ...... I...... I...... It is said that Xu Ping should report his official position and name at this time, but he said a few words "I" in a row, but he couldn't say anything.......

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