No matter how wreckant the cavalry is, it can only disgust people, and it is the righteous battle that determines the victory.

When Huang Shun and Fei Yinghui led their troops to surround Lu'an, Luo Rucai could only lead the cavalry and move back and forth between Shucheng and Lu'an, trying to cut off the grain transportation channel of the Datong army.

These cavalry could no longer run around, and although they were still ravaging the villages and towns, their range was limited.

Luo Rucai only looked at the formation and equipment of the Datong Army, and knew that he would definitely not be able to defeat it. So he wanted to cut off the grain route, deplete the morale of the Datong army, and wait for the opportunity to launch a fatal blow when the Datong army was short of food.

"King, the grain transport team has been found ahead!"

"Let's go, the deal is coming!"

These old thieves are really tough, and for nearly a month, eating, drinking, and Lazar are all on the way. It doesn't matter if you go to bed at night, put on a blanket and let mosquitoes bite.

Waking up during the day and riding a horse, quickly moving to a relatively safe area when the horse is about to get tired.

After resting, he ran out again, never lingering too long. And only grab food for a day or two, and be able to resist not robbing goods, and try to maintain their own mobility.

"The thieves are coming, array!"

3,000 people, 1,000 peasants and soldiers, transported grain and grass in wheelbarrows.

After Jiangxi was able to produce its own clairnability, this equipment has been popularized among middle-level officers. In order to guard against cavalry, even the grain transport team was specially equipped.

When Luo Rucai rushed with the cavalry, the carts had quickly formed a chariot formation.

The periphery is a grain truck, the inside is a peasant soldier, and the innermost is a civilian.

Zhao Han upgraded his equipment all over the time, and all those that were eliminated were sent to the peasant soldiers. The peasants were all dressed in leather armor, and the men raised their shields to avoid being shot by the cavalry.

"it!"

Luo Rucai stopped from afar, looking at the car formation with a headache.

The 4,000-strong grain transport team, facing the surprise attack of 2,000 cavalry, if it was replaced by an official army, it is estimated that it would have broken up at this time.

But not only did the peasants and soldiers not collapse, but the people did not run, and they also took the initiative to gather the carts into a circle.

Luo Rucai waved his hand, and the cavalry divided into two teams and charged towards both sides of the grain transport team. According to his experience, if you rush within twenty or thirty paces, the enemy soldiers will inevitably flee in fear.

"Don't look outside, bury your head and raise your shield to hide!" The officer of the grain convoy shouted.

In fact, the people were also afraid, there were shields on the grain trucks, and they all held the shields against them at the moment, squatting in the center of the car formation and shivering.

As for the peasant soldiers, they were not only dressed in leather armor, but also wore small round hats. This hat not only provides protection from the sun, but also protects against arrows, making it a cheap and useful piece of equipment.

"Woooo

Luo Rucai saw that the charge and intimidation did not work, so he ordered the cavalry to start firing arrows.

The peasants used the grain cart as a fortification, and squatted behind the cart with a small round hat, with a spear stretched out, waiting for the cavalry to come and send him to death.

The cavalry fired two rounds of arrows in a row, and although they caused damage, the effect was not great.

"Ahh My feet, my feet! ”

"I've been shot, I'm going to die!"

Several of the men cried out in terror, but arrows penetrated through the gaps between their shields.

The officers of the grain transport team shouted: "Don't move, don't shout!" Whoever dares to move and take back the whole family's property, this is what was said before the departure! ”

Several shouts were made in succession, and the chaos in the car formation quickly stabilized.

Luo Rucai did not give any more orders to release arrows, and each cavalryman only brought two quivers. Now that Lu'an is surrounded, they can't supply nearby, and they use one less arrow to shoot.

"Rush again!"

Luo Rucai led the cavalry and charged intimidatingly again, but the car formation of the grain transport team still stood still.

Faced with such a situation, Luo Rucai finally caught his blindness, and simply let the cavalry dismount and rest, and feed some salt water to let the war horse recover his strength.

After another moment, Luo Ru led his troops into the distant woods.

The sun is shining in this place, and even if people don't get heatstroke, horses will get heatstroke.

By the way, wait for the grain convoy to get back on the road, and make a stop charge during the march.

Left and right, the grain transport team actually stood still, and took out dry food and drinking water to eat and drink on the spot.

All the food convoys were given orders, and their first priority was to ensure safety.

The two sides are just consuming.

Being able to use a grain transport team to drag Luo Rucai's cavalry no longer wreak havoc on the place is very worthwhile for the Datong army.

……

Lu Xiangsheng's war horse was not Jeju goods, but was levied by Zhao Han from wealthy households.

As long as the shoulder height exceeds 1.25 meters, the private sector can sell it to the government. The government not only gives money, but also credits the merits, if you donate a few more qualified war horses, the government will directly share an extra acre of land!

This is a temporary policy and is only used when Zhao Han is short of horses.

In this way, thousands of horses have been recruited and carefully bred since last year. Mainly troughed, they are pulled out for a walk every day, and they are also thrown to the training school ground to make them adapt to the sound of guns.

Another 2,000 horses were brought from Jeju Island, and after the sea turmoil and death, 3,000 horses were now gathered in Tongseong.

Two thousand cavalry and three thousand war horses rushed towards Shucheng.

The main will be Hu Dinggui, the deputy will be Lu Xiangsheng, and Zhao Han asked Hu Dinggui to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's opinions.

After arriving at Shucheng, the whole army rested temporarily, allowing the horses to rest for a day, and at the same time determining the direction of the enemy's cavalry through intelligence.

"The old thieves under Luo Rucai are powerful, and many of them are the border army of the Ming Dynasty," Lu Xiangsheng said to Hu Dinggui, "The border army at that time was much stronger than the current border army, and it was able to cross the Great Wall and take the initiative to fight the Mongols." ”

In fact, there is nothing to brag about, the Mongolian soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty also pulled their hips, and Huang Taiji has subdued many Mongolian tribes.

Hu Dinggui said: "Our war horses are short, and I don't know if we can catch up." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Our army's war horses are short, are the enemy's war horses tall?" Luo Rucai rebelled for more than ten years, and he could not get the supply of grassland war horses, so he could only collect war horses in the Ming Dynasty. You might be able to get some good horses, but most of them are like us.

Hu Dinggui also laughed: "There are many gods and horses on Jeju Island, and their shoulder heights are all more than four feet five. I heard that hundreds more horses will be transported, and it will only take three years to ride a good horse and kill a thief. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was a little surprised: "Is it true that the shoulder height is more than four feet five?" ”

"Four-foot-eight." Hu Dinggui said.

Lu Xiangsheng was a little excited when he heard this, and said with great ambition: "In three or five years, you can lead the cavalry to crisscross the desert north, and maybe you can have the feat of sealing the wolf Juxu!" ”

A year ago, Lu Xiangsheng would not have had this idea.

But he saw Zhao Han's policy and the strength of the Datong army, and he was very sure that he could dominate the world, and even attack the grassland north like Hongwu and Yongle Chao.

Two days later, news came that the enemy cavalry had fled after stealing grain in a certain village.

The Datong cavalry attacked with all their troops and arrived at the location in half a day.

"Where did the thief go?" Hu Dinggui asked.

The mayor and the village chief all stepped forward to speak, and the mayor said angrily: "The thieves rode to the northwest, general, you want to avenge the people, and those thieves have killed more than 20 villagers!" ”

"Don't worry, this bastard won't live long!" Hu Dinggui gritted his teeth and said.

The Datong cavalry chased along the horseshoe prints, and the cavalry of the local brigade inevitably left traces along the way.

And the people along the way will also provide information to the Datong army.

After a period of pursuit, they stopped to rest and ensure the physical strength of the war horse at any time.

After another two days, the distance between the two sides was only a few miles.

"King, the enemy is coming!"

"Withdraw!"

Luo Rucai was following the grain transport team at the moment.

The three batches of grain transportation teams before and after were slowed down by him, and finally they simply got together.

The grain transport team didn't dare to move, and Luo Rucai couldn't eat it, so he stared at the edge of a small river.

Luo Rucai's cavalry withdrew, Hu Dinggui and Lu Xiangsheng immediately caught up, and the two sides always maintained a distance of two miles.

Rushing up a hillside in the remnants of Dabie Mountain, Luo Rucai ordered the whole army to rest and wait for the charge against the Datong cavalry.

He had already observed clearly that the number of cavalry on both sides was about the same, and the quality of the horses was about the same.

And Zhao Han started in the south, and there was no cavalry before.

The two thousand cavalry in front of him must be a newly trained army, which can be compared with his old cavalry?

It's just the other party's equipment that makes Luo Rucai feel very weird.

The military uniform is very strange, all cotton canvas. The clothes are clothes, the pants are pants, and there are two rows of buttons on the chest.

There were no bows and arrows, only a musket and a sabre.

"Woo woo~~~"

At Lu Xiangsheng's suggestion, Hu Dinggui ordered the horn to be blown to stop advancing.

The two sides confronted each other, one on the hillside and the other at the bottom of the hill.

Luo Rucai divided the cavalry into two, outflanked the Datong cavalry on the left and right, and then went down the mountain with a momentum of arrows.

Light cavalry versus light cavalry, as long as they are of the same size, then generally do not engage in short combat. It is a short and medium distance shooting, it is possible to shoot for an hour, and only start to fight until one side can't hold it (not afraid of muscle strain, the horse bow pull is small, and it will not be full).

Therefore, the standard horse bow of the cavalry of the Ming border army has two barbs at the bow tip. Once you've finished shooting your arrows, you can use the bow tip barb to hook up the arrows that fall to the ground, and shoot them back when you get them.

"Dismount and light the arquebus!"

The arquebus made of ramie can continue to burn for 30-40 minutes, and the arquebus must be replaced after it is burned.

When the horses are running at high speed, the arquebuses burn faster, and basically they have to be replaced in 20 minutes - the flintlock pistol is the home of the dragoons.

Luo Rucai's cavalry was divided into two teams, and instead of rushing straight towards the Datong cavalry, they swept past the Datong cavalry, intending to shoot an arrow when they passed by.

Within 30 paces is the best range for a horse bow, but generally about 40 steps will be released.

Seeing that all the Datong cavalry dismounted and raised their guns to aim, Luo Rucai suddenly didn't know how to fight.

The range of the firearm must be far greater than that of the horse bow, and you will suffer a loss when you shoot it.

Take advantage of the enemy's dismount and rush over directly?

There was not so much time to think about it on the battlefield, and the rogue cavalry had already made habitual moves.

"Bang bang bang!"

Fifty paces away, the Datong cavalry opened fire one after another, and immediately after firing their guns, they turned over their horses and rushed towards the hillside.

Before the rogue cavalry could release their arrows, they were fired at by a full 2,000 muskets.

They were running at high speed, and the formation was very scattered, so they were not so easy to hit, but they still hit 11 people at once. Many of them aimed at the front one, and as a result, the bullet hit the person behind.

Bows and arrows were fired from both sides, and the Datong cavalry was shot 2 people. At such a distance, even if you don't wear armor, you will basically not cause fatal injuries.

The positions of the two sides were exchanged, with the Datong cavalry on the slope and the Liukou cavalry on the slope.

After pulling the distance, the Datong cavalry quickly dismounted and stood in place to reload ammunition.

Now Zhao Han's firecrackers did not use paper shell bullets. Instead, a measuring cup made of a small bamboo tube is used, and a cup is just enough for gunpowder, which is more convenient to use than a paper bullet.

Luo Rucai ordered the cavalry to meet again, and the Datong cavalry was condescending, and this time the shooting was more refreshing.

Hit 19 enemies at once, and run away immediately after firing the gun.

"Rush up and fight!"

Luo Rucai completely figured out that he couldn't shoot at each other like before, and he had to take advantage of the enemy's lack of time to reload and directly kill them for white-knuckle combat.

The two sides chased me and fled, and came to the side of the grain transport team again.

The convoy is crossing the creek, about halfway through. Seeing that the remaining friendly troops were being pursued, the peasant soldiers immediately formed a formation, and Hu Dinggui took the cavalry to hide behind the spear array, and the whole army quickly dismounted and reloaded the ammunition.

Luo Rucai was so angry that his teeth itched: "Damn, this can't be beaten, withdraw to Lu'an!" ”