Crossing the Huai River, along the bank, a cavalry team was moving forward, all of them were pale, and there was no joy in their eyes, but on the contrary, there was a sense of slaughter.

The leader was dressed in a Lantian officer's uniform and rode on a horse, holding a large knife in his hand, followed by two people, both of whom were guarding the left and right with spears in their hands.

"Dingguo, according to Cao Xiaojun's intelligence, the first thirty miles is the Kanzigou in the lower reaches of the Duhuai River, and after the Kanzigou, you will almost reach the soil bag they said."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo looked at Wang Jiadong, who was speaking, and said, "Do you have any intelligence on other fronts?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiadong said: "Not at present." ”

Li Dingguo frowned slightly, this kind of major military action requires the cooperation of many parties, and without any aspect, this matter cannot be done.

Li Dingguo looked at the earthen bag under the telescope in front of him, after the earthen bag is about to meet the enemy, whether to fight or not is a question, if the fight starts, at this time the enemy's support comes, his more than 1,000 brothers are likely to face the danger of being dumpled, if they don't fight, if the best time to attack is over, their trip will be in vain.

The fighter plane cannot be delayed for a moment, this is the truest thought in Li Dingguo's heart, this time the fighter plane was brought back by the brothers of the third class with their lives, if he wastes it here like this, Li Dingguo feels that he is sorry for the nine brothers of the third class who died.

Li Dingguo was worried, and at this moment, the signal soldier in charge of managing the telegraph of Li Dingguo's ministry ran over excitedly and said: "Regiment commander, regiment commander, good news, good news." ”

Li Dingguo was shocked when he heard the call of the signal soldiers under him, turned his head to look at the signal soldiers and asked, "What good news?" ”

At this time, the signal corps took the telegram that had just been sent: "Commander, you see, it is a message sent by Division Commander Li Chaohu, they say that they ambushed the rescuers of the Tartar rescue logistics supply area at a distance of 100 miles from Xifengkou, destroyed more than 5,000 enemies, beheaded the head of the thief, the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the rescuers at Xifengkou are gone. ”

"Okay, great, hahaha!"

Li Dingguo was very excited when he heard this, and said to the signal soldier: "Okay, call back for me to thank Division Commander Li Chaohu for your support." ”

After Li Dingguo said this, he looked at Wang Jiadong and Ma Shouying and said, "Okay, great, the support troops from Xifengkou have been repulsed, and our pressure is reduced by more than half." ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiadong and Ma Shouying were also very happy, and Ma Shouying said: "Then the only variable now is that the Tartars are placed on the grassland, and I don't know what happened to Brigade Commander Wang Guixiang." ”

Li Dingguo heard this and said: "Yes, but Brigade Commander Wang leads the troops well, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry brigade is not weaker than that of the Tartars, so I don't think there will be much problem on Brigade Commander Wang's side." ”

Li Dingguo said to Wang Jiadong beside him: "Let the big guy prepare for battle, let's not wait." ”

Li Dingguo said, asking the cavalry to speed up, and the cavalry let their horses speed up when they heard this.

And at this time, on a clearing in the grassland, Wang Guixiang cut off the head of a Tartar with a knife, and looked at a tragic battlefield with his eyes, the battle just now was really tragic, 5,000 cavalry brigades and 3,000 Tartar cavalry met on the grassland, it was a naked encounter.

This battle met on the grassland, and did not give Wang Guixiang's troops any chance to ambush in advance, or even give Wang Guixiang's troops any chance to prepare.

The two naked armies met on the steppe, followed by the most primitive and tragic cavalry fight.

At first, the Lantian cavalry fired two shots at each other with a horse pistol and killed a wave of cavalry, but the biggest difference between cavalry and infantry was that it was very difficult for the cavalry to change ammunition, so after two shots, all the cavalry changed to compound bows and began to shoot at each other with the Tartar cavalry.

This wave of fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce, almost exchanging blood, and in the end the bows and arrows were all shot, and the two sides carried out the last bayonet red, the most primitive cavalry hedge.

The cruelty of the battle scene will definitely frighten a group of timid people, not to mention anything else, just look at the dead corpses of this grassland, who can not be afraid?

Cavalry hedging is the most primitive way of fighting, Lantian has been trying his best to avoid, but this is unavoidable, the reason is very simple, the current carbine can only shoot one or two bullets when the cavalry is in the face, after the fight, it is too difficult to change the bullets.

Therefore, it is simply normal for cavalry encounters to end up fighting in close quarters.

Wang Guixiang was covered in blood at this time, looked at the tragic battlefield and said: "Clean up the battlefield and count the casualties." ”

At the sound of the order, the cavalry who had just experienced a big battle began to get busy, such a killing was normal for them, although the casualties were a little large, but they were all expected by everyone.

Soon the results of the casualties were summed up, and the cavalry looked at Wang Guixiang and said, "Brigade commander." ”

Wang Guixiang was nibbling on a piece of beef jerky at this time, and a military doctor next to him was bandaging Wang Guixiang.

Although he is now covered in blood, most of it is Tartar blood, and Wang Guixiang is eating beef jerky at this time, eating very deliciously, although there is a headless corpse of a Tartar a meter away is lying in a pool of blood, and blood is still gurgling from the headless neck, but this does not affect his appetite.

This kind of eating in the pile of dead bodies is not an uncommon thing for him, he has been used to it outside the fortress all these years, and the vigorous exercise just now, riding a horse, chopping and chopping, is a very physically demanding thing, so replenishing physical strength at any time is very important for these steppe cavalry.

Wang Guixiang ate beef jerky, looked at the cavalry who came to report the situation, reached out and took out a beef jerky and handed it to the other party, and said indifferently: "I'll talk about it after eating." ”

The cavalry took the beef jerky and nibbled on it, and said in a few bites: "Brigade commander, the casualty data has been sorted out, this time we annihilated 3,200 Tartars, and we ourselves suffered 1,127 casualties, but nearly 900 of them were Mongols who we came from the steppe." ”

Wang Guixiang said with a gloomy expression when he heard this: "1,100 casualties, more than 200 Lantian native brothers, alas, ......"

Wang Guixiang was distressed, the death of the Mongols did not touch him much, the Mongolian soldiers of these cavalry brigades were later supplemented by Wang Guixiang, and the Lantian cavalry under his command could not be replenished in time, so he found a group of Mongols to train and become the auxiliary branch of the Lantian Cavalry Brigade.

Don't look at the cavalry brigade, he has more than 5,000 people, in fact, only 3,500 of them are Lantian native cavalry, and the remaining 1,500 or so are all Mongols.

In this battle, the Mongols suffered the largest casualties, for two reasons, the first Mongols were the auxiliary troops of Lantian, and the first wave of cavalry to enter the white-knuckle battle was them, Wang Guixiang ran to die first The Mongols' 'backward' idea commanded this battle, so the Mongols consumed a lot.

The second is that the equipment of the Mongols is not as good as the Lantian cavalry, the Lantian cavalry is a full set of muskets and compound bows, while the Mongols use the compound bow imitated by the Lantian Arsenal, and the effect is not worse than the compound bow made by the county Zun.

In addition to the compound bow, the biggest difference between the Lantian Army and it is a core equipment, a stab-proof vest.

The stab-proof vest is a high-end product, which is almost equivalent to a close-fitting soft armor in this world, and you must know that a close-fitting soft armor in the late Ming Dynasty is worth more than a thousand taels of silver.

And such a high-end goods, the Lantian cavalry, each has one hand, so when fighting just now, unless the other party cuts the head of the Lantian cavalry, otherwise it will be stabbed in the body of the Lantian cavalry, and the Lantian cavalry will hurt at most, and there will be no fatal injuries at all.

This is also an important reason for the low casualties of the Lantian cavalry.

However, the casualties of more than 200 people also made Wang Guixiang's heart ache, this is more than 200 Lantian descendants, behind these more than 200 people are more than 200 families, now thinking about it, Wang Guixiang can't help but sigh here, but war is war, how can there be no death in war?

The death of these people is to protect more people, although it is sad, but it is still necessary to sacrifice when it is time to sacrifice.

Wang Guixiang is a general, he will feel the tragedy of the sacrifice under his command, but he will never regret it, this is his duty as a general, and every soldier who goes to the battlefield in Lantian is actually the best prepared in his heart.

The general wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and he will never return Loulan if he does not break it.

"Go, let the brothers rest on the spot after cleaning the battlefield, replenish food, and immediately send a telegram to Li Dingguo's department, telling them that as soon as the battle on this battlefield is over, he can attack the frontal battlefield."

As Wang Guixiang spoke, the soldiers immediately saluted, and then went to inform the signal corps, asking the signal corps to immediately send the intelligence telegram to Li Dingguo, so that Li Dingguo could quickly arrange an attack and not delay the fighters.

Li Dingguo's troops marched to the other side of the river, and saw the Tartar's rangers appear on the mountain bag, and the rangers also saw the Lantian army at this time, and quickly ran to the bottom of the mountain to inform the commander.

At this time, the big man of the Guerjia clan was sleeping in the tent, snoring like thunder, he had just drunk too much, and he didn't see the Han attack for a long time.

The big man of the Guerjia clan fell asleep, and the ranger reported the situation, but was directly intercepted by the guards at the door.

"Stop, adults are sleeping."

The rangers were in a hurry at this time, looked at the guards and said, "Han cavalry, Han cavalry has arrived at the bottom of the mountain." ”

Hearing this, the guard frowned slightly and said: "That's not good, the Lord Commander said, no one can disturb him when he sleeps, otherwise a whip is indispensable, in this way, you should hurry up and find Old Aji, what is the matter or wait for the Lord Lord to wake up." ”

Listening to the guard's words, the ranger's face turned white, looking at the guard, he didn't know what to say, when this kind of military situation is urgent, sleeping, it is simply death, why can such a bastard become a commander, no wonder his half-brother Lord Aobai can be a red man in front of His Majesty, and he can only rely on the shadow of his ancestors to mix a supernumerary commander.

The ranger had no choice but to go to Lao Aji, who was born in Baoyi, and was valued by Prince Heshuorui because of his outstanding ability, and was promoted all the way to become the deputy commander of logistics.

And it is precisely because of the existence of Lao Aji that the logistics department is not chaotic, and this noble-born Guerjia clan drinks heavily every day, plays with women, and feels like the mud can't support the wall, and he also looks down on them who come from the bottom by virtue of his noble birth, especially the hard-working old Aji, who is the object of his revenge.

Thinking of this, the people around me are upset for Lao Aji, but unfortunately there is no way, in the Manchu Dynasty, noble bloodline is often more important than hard work.

The ranger hurriedly informed the old Aji, who was in a hurry in the tent at this time, how many days had his call for help been sent, but there was no news of the rescue all the way, which made the old Aji anxious, could it be that something had happened?

And as time passed, the more uneasy old Aggie became, and old Aji always felt that something big was going to happen.

But Lao Aji felt that it was impossible, not to mention anything else, Fan Wencheng was a person, he still knew that when he got his distress letter, he would definitely come to the rescue without saying a word, which Lao Aji still had confidence.

Wen Chenggong's loyalty can be shown every day, and when he learns about this, he will definitely come to the rescue without saying a word, which Lao Aji can be sure of, after all, he has also worked as a clerk under Fan Wencheng for five or six years.

But now it's too abnormal, so far, no one has come to report the news, after all, even if it takes time for the army to march, but the scouts don't need it, won't they send a scout to inform in advance?

No, there was no news so far, and this calm made old Aggie feel uneasy.

Sure enough, just when old Aggie was panicking, the ranger came.

"Deputy Commander, Deputy Commander."

The ranger ran in anxiously and knelt on one knee, and when old Aji saw that the ranger was in such a hurry, he frowned and asked, "Why are you so alarmed?" ”

The ranger knelt on the ground and said, "Deputy commander, when we were inspecting just now, we saw the cavalry of the Han people on the other side of the river, and they are about to cross the river. ”

"Ahh

Hearing this, Old Aji bounced up directly from his seat, followed by looking at the ranger and said, "What about the commander, did you tell the commander!" ”

When the rangers heard this, they almost cried, "The Lord Commander is sleeping, and whoever dares to disturb him will be whipped with a whip." ”

Old Aji was about to explode when he heard this, and then he roared angrily: "Hurry up and let Gulitai gather on the hillside with the cavalry, let's seize the high ground first, and after the Han people cross the river, we will charge immediately, and we must not let the Han people put on a position, otherwise it will be difficult for us to fight." ”

Old Aji hurriedly spoke with a roar, and when he heard this, the ranger immediately said yes and ran out, and old Aji took his armor and saber from the shelf on the side at this time, and opened the curtain to find the Guerjia clan, in this military camp, he is the deputy commander, and the soldiers in the war can't see the commander, how can there be combat morale.

At this time, on the other side of the river, Li Dingguo also received a telegram from Wang Guixiang, and when he saw the words on the telegram that the enemy was completely annihilated and you could attack with confidence, Li Dingguo couldn't help laughing and said: "Cross the river, attack!" ”