"This, I'm afraid there aren't thousands of cavalry!"

"When did they run behind us?"

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others were shocked and shouted in panic. Whether it was the original Red Turban Army or the Nanyang soldiers under Tang King Zhu Yujian, there was no cavalry system, and looking at the smoke and dust, there were at least thousands of cavalry, and such a large-scale cavalry could only be the Praetorian Guard.

As the commander of the army, Li Yan couldn't be shocked, and hurriedly dispatched troops to resist.

The army was originally facing the north and fighting against Sun Chuanting's troops from the north. Now an enemy cavalry suddenly attacked from the south, and hastily sent troops to the south to resist, which inevitably caused some confusion.

Fortunately, Li Yan had a large number of generals, and there were as many as 50,000 troops that had not yet been sent to the battlefield. Li Yan transferred an army of 10,000 people from the Chinese army, led by his deputy general He Wu, to resist the enemy cavalry.

Fortunately, the enemy cavalry was discovered relatively early, and before the enemy cavalry rushed in, the 10,000 Red Turban Army finally barely completed the formation. However, at this time, the two sides were only a hundred steps away.

Seeing the overwhelming cavalry, the soldiers of the Red Turban Army were so frightened that their faces and legs trembled, and they had never experienced and could not feel this kind of pressure, just like the situation when you were on the highway, countless high-speed cars rushing towards you, it was really frightening.

"Raise your gun!" He Wu, the deputy general of the leading troops, shouted sharply. He Wu was originally a slave of the Li family, and he followed Li Yan from the beginning of the rebellion, and was the most trusted descendant.

"Raise your gun!" The other officers shouted as well. When the soldiers of the Red Turban Army in the front row heard the order, they raised their spears one after another, and a row of guns was formed in an instant, and their sharp spearheads were aimed at the galloping cavalry.

At this moment, the galloping Praetorian Guard cavalry was already a hundred paces away, looking at the array of red turban thieves in front of him, Li Hongji sneered, raised the spear in his hand and shook it in the air.

Then more than 4,000 cavalry galloped forty or fifty paces, and then split into two, and galloped to the left and right in front of the red turban thief formation, and after a while, they stopped at the same time, and the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard on the horse either raised their fire guns, or bent their bows and arrows, and then opened fire at the same time, the standard Mongolian cavalry combat method. Most of the thousands of cavalry under Li Hongji were Montenegrin horsemen who were good at riding and shooting, and the remaining half were naturalized Mongols. The naturalized Mongol soldiers naturally used bows and arrows, while the Montenegrin soldiers mostly used firearms, and the long-term training was not bad even if they fired the guns on horses.

"Chirp"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The soldiers of the Red Turban Army in the front row suddenly fell into a neat row, and one round of shooting killed at least more than a thousand people. The dense formation, the distance of forty or fifty paces, of course, is one shot and one accurate.

In the meantime, the Red Turban Army naturally tried to attack the Praetorian Guard cavalry with long-range troops, and there were 1,000 archers in the 10,000 Red Turban thieves who faced it, but the speed of the Praetorian Guard cavalry was too fast, and the quality of these archers was not very good.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" He Wu roared sharply, and hurriedly mobilized the archers in the back row to counterattack, and tried to adjust the formation to counterattack the cavalry that stopped.

However, at this moment, the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard whistled, put away their bows and arrows, rode away, and stopped after running for more than two hundred steps, and the firecrackers began to dismount and load gunpowder. The naturalized Mongolian cavalry did not stop, and after turning a circle, they rushed towards the red turban array again, and ran back again after a round of arrows, and at this time, the firecrackers had completed loading, and they all got on their horses and charged towards the red turban thief array again, and the naturalized Mongolian cavalry followed.

In the two rounds of shooting just now, the losses of the Red Turban Army have exceeded a thousand, and seeing thousands of enemy cavalry rushing again, the remaining Red Turban Army soldiers can no longer withstand it. Seeing the soldiers in front of them being shot in rows, and now it was their turn again, many of the Red Turban soldiers suddenly couldn't hold back, screamed miserably, and ran away one after another, trying to run farther away, able to dodge the firearms and arrows.

Seeing that the soldiers in the front row turned around and wanted to run, the red turban soldiers in the back row naturally did not want to wait to be beaten, and fled one after another.

The total time to form the army is only half a year, no matter how strict the training and military discipline are on weekdays, it is very rare for these Red Turban soldiers to withstand two rounds of shooting.

"Rush in!" Seeing this situation, Li Hongji knew that the opportunity had come, shouted loudly, and with a long knife in person, he rode his horse towards the chaotic Red Turban Army array. Thousands of cavalry followed, launching a fierce assault on the routed Red Turban Army.

"No retreat, no retreat!" He Wu was still screaming angrily at first, brandishing a steel knife to slash and kill the fleeing soldiers, trying to save the defeat, but the entire army was in a rout, how could he stop it alone? Seeing that the cavalry of the Praetorian Guard had broken through the array and killed him, He Wu was horrified, turned around and fled.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Yan was very shocked, he never expected that he would send a full 10,000 troops, but he couldn't even hold it for a moment and a half. This is an army of 10,000, with a neat formation, equipped with a large number of shields and spears, and the opponent is only a few thousand light horsemen, so it stands to reason that there is no way to break through this kind of infantry formation!

Is this still the Praetorian Guard that was defeated by himself more than a month ago and fled, why did the combat effectiveness increase so much in a short period of time?

"Array, quickly array, block them!" Li Yan shouted loudly and commanded the last 20,000 subordinates around him to deploy defenses. Most of the army was sent to encircle and annihilate the Praetorian Guard infantry in the north, and a small number were sent to block the Praetorian Guard cavalry, and there were now 20,000 people left around Li Yan.

With an army of 20,000, there is still no problem in blocking thousands of cavalry. As long as the main force of his side can annihilate the infantry of the Praetorian Guard, he can calmly draw troops to encircle and annihilate this enemy cavalry, and the final victory will still belong to him, Li Yan said secretly.

"Attention General, the rout is coming towards us." Niu Jinxing on the side hurriedly reminded.

Li Yan looked fixedly, and sure enough, countless routs were rushing towards his own array under the drive of the Praetorian Guard cavalry.

"Order them to go around to both sides, and those who dare to attack the big array will be killed!" Li Yan roared sharply.

With Li Yan's order, a puff of feather arrows shot out and landed in front of the rout, many of the rout soldiers who rushed into the formation were shot on the spot, and the rest of the rout soldiers were frightened and hurriedly fled to both sides of the array.

Seeing that the Chinese army of red turban thieves quickly formed a queue and treated the defeated soldiers ruthlessly, Li Hongji knew that if he rushed hard, he might not be able to please him, and he might really be able to break through the Chinese army, but his own cavalry would also pay a lot of casualties. After a quick consideration, Li Hongji led the cavalry away from the Red Turban Thieves and went to the battlefield of the battle in the north, to fight with the infantry led by Sun Chuanting before and after, and first defeat the main force of the anti-thieves who were fighting.

The enemy cavalry did not rush into battle, which really surprised Li Yan. Looking at the direction of the cavalry's impact, Li Yan's face changed greatly.

In the distance, your main force is fighting fiercely with the infantry of the Praetorian Guard, and this cavalry joins the battlefield from behind, which will inevitably terrify the main force that you are fighting, and the consequences are very serious!

"Attack them and bite them!" Li Yan roared.

However, where is the time, although he still has 20,000 men under his command, they are all infantry, and it is impossible to bite the cavalry.

"Order, ordering Li Mu and them to beware of cavalry attacks."

Li Yan continued to shout, issuing several orders one after another in a short period of time, obviously panicking. The herald sped away, riding his horse and galloping toward the battlefield.

Seeing this, Niu Venus was worried and knew that something was wrong. Song Xiance didn't know what was going on, he didn't know how to fight, he couldn't see that the situation on his side was already very unfavorable, and tried to persuade Li Yan to take it easy.

When the chickens and dogs were jumping on the side of the Red Turban Thief Chinese Army, Li Hongji had already led the cavalry to rush to the battlefield where the battle was being fought and launched a fierce attack on the Red Turban Army array from behind.

This time, Li Hongji was no longer sympathetic to the troops, and after his cavalry released a round of feather arrows and firearms, he saw that the array of the thief army was loose, and immediately ordered to get on his horse and rush into the formation.

Before the cavalry arrived, the soldiers of the Red Turban Army, who were fighting fiercely, had already received the news. Li Mou, who was in charge of the actual command, had ordered part of the army to face the rear to guard against the cavalry attack of the Praetorian Guard.

However, the cavalry fired a round, and the thieves in the front row were shot out, and there was a gap in the array, and Li Hongji took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to enter along the gap.

"Kill!" Several cavalry slammed in, and the powerful momentum of the heavy war horses smashed the Red Turban Army array in the back row to smash it to pieces, and the Red Turban Army soldiers against the shield were knocked into the mouth and rolled to both sides, and the tight formation was knocked out of a gap at once.

"Kill!" A few more riders rushed along the gap, and the gap grew bigger and bigger.

Seeing more cavalry rushing over, looking at their comrades who were broken bones, the other red turban thieves were terrified, and no longer dared to stand in front of their horses, and dodged to both sides.

In an instant, the Red Turban Army that blocked it was in chaos.

"Reinforcements are coming!" On the other side, the Janissary infantry, who was fighting fiercely against the thieves, was overjoyed when they saw this, and their morale suddenly rose.

"The whole army strikes back!" Sun Chuanting ordered. In the previous battle, Sun Chuanting didn't want his subordinates to suffer too many casualties, so he didn't use all his strength, but only focused on defense, so that was at this moment.

"The whole army strikes back!" The generals shouted.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The Janissaries soldiers were demoralized, and each raised his weapon and launched a fierce counterattack against the Red Turbans.

"Boom Boom"

Hundreds of grenades were thrown, and in a huge explosion, countless red turban thieves were blown to the ground. The Janissaries no longer let go of their guns, but picked up their spear-loaded guns and launched a fierce charge at the Red Turban Thieves.

Under the front and back attacks, the morale of the Red Turban Thief soldiers plummeted, and they only supported it for a moment before they collapsed.

"Block, block, there aren't many of them!" Li Mu rode on his horse and roared loudly. He could see clearly that counting the Praetorian Guard cavalry killed, the number of enemy troops was only more than 20,000, and his own strength was still several times that of the enemy. As long as you persevere, you may not have no chance of victory.

However, the development of the war did not depend on his will, and the sudden outbreak of the Praetorian infantry, coupled with the cavalry being attacked behind him, had already made the entire army panic, and once the morale landed, it was impossible to recover.

In the face of the onslaught of the Praetorian Guards, the soldiers of the Red Turban Army who were fighting head-on did not dare to resist, and took refuge on both sides, and some even turned around and fled. One person was defeated, leading one, one battalion was defeated, leading one army, and in an instant, the entire army that was fighting head-on with the Praetorian Guard was defeated, and Li Mu had no choice but to join the queue of escape, fleeing towards his brother's Chinese army, trying to get together with Li Yan.

Li Hongji led the cavalry to easily break through the array of thieves and join Sun Chuanting's subordinates.

"Divide your cavalry into several teams, and drive the rout to attack the other thief arrays!" It's too late to say anything else, Sun Chuanting said to Li Hongji.

"Yes!" Li Hongji agreed, passed down the order, and his subordinates Yuan Zongdi, Liu Zongmin and others led more than 1,000 cavalry to drive the rout to rush towards the various thief armies.

In fact, only the thief army that was fighting the Praetorian Guards head-on was now defeated, and the number was only 40,000, and more thief troops were distributed on both sides of the battlefield, cooperating with Li Mu to flank the Praetorian Guards. However, the rout of Li Mu's troops made the other thieves very frightened, and they began to retreat one after another without waiting for the order of the main general.

With the quality of the Red Turban Army, the battle went smoothly and fine, and once there was a rout, it could no longer be controlled. At the beginning, the retreat array was quite neat, but as the Praetorian cavalry rushed separately, fearing that they would be overtaken by the cavalry, the Red Turban soldiers threw down their weapons and fled, ignoring the orders of the generals.

In just a short period of time, all the thief armies on the entire battlefield were defeated, and more than 100,000 people rushed to the battlefield and could not form an army.

"Big brother, withdraw quickly!" Li Mu fled far away and shouted at Li Yan.

Seeing this, Li Yan sighed, turned his horse's head, and fled.

"General, the prison country is still in Xiangcheng." Song Xiance rode a horse and followed Li Yan's side and reminded Li Yan.

"Let him die!" Li Yan roared angrily, swung his horsewhip and slammed it on the horse's buttocks, and the war horse rushed out like a sharp arrow.

Looking at Li Yan's back in the distance, Song Xiance was stunned, and hurriedly urged the horse to follow and flee.

The building will fall, the tree will fall and scatter, who will have the kung fu to care about the prison at this time? In Li Yan's plan, Tang King Zhu Yujian is just a puppet, he just wants to use Zhu Yujian's identity to call on the gentry of various provinces, where is Li Yan half loyal to Tang King Zhu Yujian?

"Big brother, big brother, where are we going?" Li Mu tried his best to catch up with Li Yan and shouted loudly, the horse was running too fast, the wind was too strong, and he couldn't hear it if he didn't shout loudly.

"Escape from the battlefield first, gather the army, let's go south into Huguang, this Henan can't stay!" Li Yan also shouted.

At the head of Xiangcheng City, looking at the defeated red scarf army like a tide, Tang King Zhu Yujian was discouraged.

"Prison country, let's hurry up and withdraw!" Hao Wenyan said anxiously.

"Withdraw? And where can they be withdrawn? Zhu Yujian said with a wry smile.

The defeat of the 150,000-strong army is to be able to escape back to the southern city, and how to resist the attack of the Praetorian Guard, sooner or later it will be just a death.

"Jing Nan's Northern Expedition is just a joke......" Zhu Yujian muttered to himself, laughed miserably, pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand, and strangled towards himself.