The weather is getting colder and colder, and when I enter the territory of Henan, there is a wind and snow. Large snowflakes fell from the sky, as if God was sifting cotton. The frozen Yellow River is like a white dragon, winding and turning a corner, all the way to the horizon.

The wind wasn't strong, so the snow was falling so flutteringly. At night, you can even hear the sound of snow falling from "sand" and "sand".

"Speed up the march and strive to stay in Luoyang tonight." Stevens glanced at the long line and gave the order.

He had been marching in the snow and wind for two days, and the snow and wind in early winter had greatly reduced the speed of the march. It's good that the ground is freezing hard these days, when I set off from Xi'an a few days ago. When it comes to sleet weather, it's called a march disaster.

The roaring north wind mixed with snow particles smashed into people's faces, and as long as they hit their faces, they hurt fiercely. However, the temperature was not high, and the snow particles turned into water after falling to the ground. Coupled with people stepping on horses, the disrepaired Guanzhong Avenue has simply become a mud pit.

The march of men and horses is better, but the baggage battalion is about to die. It is necessary to ensure that the gunpowder is not damp, and it is also necessary to ensure that the army can eat hot when resting. The worst thing is to camp at night, and there is almost snow under the tent. At night, when it gets cold, the snow freezes into ice again. Staying in a tent like this is no different from staying outside. Stilwell's ears and hands actually had chilblains.

Stilwell even misses Liaodong a little!

Speaking of which, Liaodong is much colder than Guanzhong and Henan. But when people are in Liaodong in winter, there is a fire kang in the house. Even when camping in the wilderness, the Liao army also had simple stoves. Besides, the weather in Liaodong is cold early and fast, and the earth has long been frozen like stones this month. Not to mention running a baggage carriage, even if it is an elephant, it is no problem.

It was much better to cross the Yellow River and enter Henan, because the weather gradually cooled down and the ground gradually froze firm. The speed of the march began to pick up, and Luoyang was a few dozen miles ahead. I really wanted to enter Luoyang City to rest for two days, but there was a battle report from the front. The Liao army had already dispatched artillery to bombard Xuzhou, and the Seventh Division suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw to the rear for reorganization. At present, the defense of Xuzhou is jointly undertaken by the Eighth and Ninth Divisions.

Nanjing's father, Shi Kefa, has already received two urging orders in succession, asking Stilwell to rush to the battlefield in Xuzhou as soon as possible. The location of Xuzhou is too critical, and it can directly cut off the connection between Henan and Nanjing to the west. To the south, you can directly take Yangzhou, and then drink the Yangtze River. If there is the cooperation of warships, it is not impossible to take Nanjing directly. At least Stilwell knew that the five-masted ship of the Liao army was something that the Nanming Navy could not compete with no matter what.

In front of me, I saw the majestic Luoyang City, no matter how history has changed, this ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties has existed for thousands of years. Wang Lei, the general of the Luoyang garrison, came to greet Shi Dewei with his men from afar, and the son of the military department Shangshu arrived, which had to be a good stutter.

"Urge the three divisions behind and order them to rush to Luoyang as soon as possible tonight." There were four divisions under Stilwell. The first tutor is the second division, and the guard division is the third division. The 4th and 5th Divisions were on the left and right flanks respectively, protecting Stilwell's Chinese army camp.

Tonight is going to enter Luoyang to rest, and Stilwell doesn't want to leave anyone behind.

The third division behind the main force was more than twenty miles behind, and was advancing in a standard marching formation. It was very close to Luoyang, and the whole army was behind the main force, and the third division was far from the tail of the entire marching army. The herald conveyed Stilwell's order to him, and Li Dingguo immediately ordered the march to be accelerated.

Inspired by the warmth of the room and the hot food. The soldiers of the 3rd Division erupted with great enthusiasm, and the infantry began to run forward. The ox cart drove like a horse-drawn cart, and the horse-drawn cart drove like a car. The procession of thousands of people stretched for five or six miles, and the people shouted and marched on the land of Henan.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and even with a telescope, I could only see five or six miles ahead. Li Dingguo can't even fully control his own team, whatever! Anyway, follow the rutted footprints, and you can walk to Luoyang. When you arrive in Luoyang, you can live in a warm house, not a cold tent. When you arrive in Luoyang, you will have a hot meal, not a slimy soup cake.

Wheat comes out of Guanzhong, and when it comes out of Guanzhong, the military rations are flour. This made the Jiangnan Forbidden Army, who were accustomed to eating rice, cry bitterly!

Take out the compass again and make sure you're headed. Although he knew that he was full, Li Dingguo was still used to looking at the change of the compass every once in a while.

I looked at my pocket watch and counted it according to the length of the march. At this time, Stilwell's main force should have entered Luoyang City, and the outline of the giant city in the distance should be Luoyang......! Wiping a handful of snow water on his face, Li Dingguo couldn't wait to go into Luoyang City immediately, take a hot bath and eat a good meal. He had even forgotten when it was the last time he had a good meal.

When the army entered the pass, Dorgon was running. After chasing all the way, this cargo is still running. In the end, I caught up with Zhangye, and I was about to go to Dunhuang. Suddenly an order came from behind, and then he reluctantly returned. Unexpectedly, after only two days of rest in Xi'an, I had to follow the team to the battlefield in Xuzhou.

Li Dingguo heard the soldiers complain more than once that they had not been caught in this battle, and their military exploits had not been fished. But he fucking ran a lot! Maybe I can rest in Luoyang City for two days, the current team is too tired.

While trotting on his horse, he thought about how to tell Stilwell in the evening to let the third division have a good rest for two days. Otherwise, when you arrive in Xuzhou, you will be tired, and you will use it as an egg.

Suddenly, Li Dingguo heard the sound of muffled thunder rolling over in the sky! Thunder on this snowy day? Winter thunder is a rare thing, Li Dingguo looked at the sky curiously, but he saw the fluttering snowflakes, but he didn't see anything. Instead, large snowflakes fell on the face, making the snow on the face even more.

The sound of thunder rolled in, and there was no intention of stopping. And it seems to be getting closer!

Li Dingguo's face changed suddenly, not good!

There is such a damn rolling thunder in winter, and this is a large force of fucking cavalry approaching, and there must be more than three thousand horsemen.

There was a shortage of horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Nanjing Forbidden Army did not form a formed cavalry. Even now, one cavalry company in each division has to die for Shi Kefa. That's it, it's the result of a large number of war horses captured in Guanzhong.

The Liao army formed a professional cavalry corps, and they had many excellent Mongolian horses in their hands.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy......! A gust of wind swept snowflakes, and forced Li Dingguo's words back into his mouth. The two sentences shouted were also torn to pieces by the noise of people shouting and neighing.

"Toot ......! Honk......! Li Dingguo didn't care about the tightness in his chest, grabbed the spoon hanging around his neck, and blew it desperately.

Everyone hit a spirit, and I don't know what happened to the teacher.

"Enemy attack!" Li Dingguo pointed to the sky-high snow and mist rising in the north, and his voice changed tone.

The soldiers who were running noticed the abnormality. But at this time, it is too late to find the anomaly! The procession, which stretched for five or six miles, was still in chaos. A frenzied group of cavalry, already very close to them.

Man Gui wears a leather mask on his face and a light duck down coat on his body. This thing is good, not only light but also warm. With this thing, the weight of the war horse has been reduced by at least twenty catties. The wind-resistant suede coat is not comparable to this thing at all.

The snow on the ground was not thick, and the horses began to just trot. Then the speed of the horse was slowly increased, and when the well-trained cavalry division increased the speed of the horse to the speed of the charge. The fate of the Third Division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army on the opposite side was already doomed.

Three cavalry regiments, soldiers charged in a line formation. It's like three giant hammers, smashing into the panicked enemy.

The artillery of the 3rd Division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army did not have time to be unloaded from the car at all. The huge oppressive force brought by the cavalry made the Nanjing Forbidden Army start shooting at the 1st Cavalry Division from 400 meters away.

Only a few scattered unlucky eggs fell under their horses, and the cavalry of the brigade still charged quickly. The distance of 200 meters is simply a blink of an eye!

"Bang bang bang ......!!" Li Dingguo heard the sound of the other party's gunshots, and his scalp exploded.

Man Gui's face immediately appeared in his mind, it must be the first cavalry division of the Liao army. It is only the 1st Cavalry Division that has such an almost uniform command. Even the gunshots are outrageous!

What made Li Dingguo even more desperate was that his soldiers needed to reload after firing a bullet. The opposing cavalry is able to shoot continuously! They fired bullets as they sped fast. The long-barreled revolver ran out of bullets at a distance of fifty meters, and the men thrust the infantry into the leather bag behind them. I pulled out the revolver on my waist, and I gave it two fucking shots.

At a distance of twenty or thirty meters, they fired rapidly. First, he drained the bullets in his right handgun, and then pulled out his saber. Cut with a knife when you get close, shoot with a revolver in your left hand if you are far away.

Li Dingguo was about to collapse, because he found that these bastards were extremely accurate in their left hand.

This set of movements is smooth, but anyone who has not undergone long-term training will not have such smooth tactical movements. Li Dingguo was sure that there was no one in the entire Nanjing Forbidden Army who could complete such a standard tactical move so quickly. Not to mention accurate left-handed shooting, good accuracy is the first fucking bullet feeding.

The Third Division, which had not yet been converted from a marching formation to a battle formation, was dispersed in such a rush.

I only fired one shot on my side, and there have already been more than a dozen shots on my side. The bullets came like hailstones, and as long as they hit a person, it was a bloody hole. In the face of bullets, armor is not much different from paper.

Especially after being rushed into the camp by the Liao cavalry, it was simply a one-sided massacre. The fast rate of fire of the revolver was simply a nightmare for the soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army. Many soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army are still wondering, their guns ...... It's actually a burst of fire.

"Rely on the cart and form a formation. Formation! Li Dingguo roared in despair, but his order was like a small pebble thrown in the sea in the chaotic gunfire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ……！ "After killing the military formation of the Nanjing Forbidden Army, the war horses of the Liao army are still galloping. The saber was hung up, and the grenade was removed from the saddle. Throw it behind you without looking!

The speed of the war horse was quite fast, and when the grenade landed, the war horse had already run out more than twenty meters away. Those soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army, who had finally relied on the casualties of their comrades to delay time, and had loaded their bullets, were about to shoot. It was engulfed by an overwhelming explosion!

The corners of Li Dingguo's eyes are about to crack, this is a little bit fucking too smooth. No wonder these cavalrymen rushed forward desperately, and those who fell behind would definitely be beaten into a sieve by shrapnel from grenades.

Their own soldiers also have grenades, and they also have guns ......! It's ...... to compare with others! There's no damn comparison, and there aren't a few soldiers on my side who have a chance to pull out their grenades.

With just one charge, the 3rd Division was on the verge of collapse. Before the third division could recover from the series of explosions, the second round of cavalry onslaught had arrived. I did the procedure again, and finally threw the grenade when I was leaving.

When the third round of charging passed, the entire formation of the third division collapsed.

The snow was full of infantry of the Nanjing Forbidden Army evading pursuit, in order to escape faster. The first thing the soldiers threw away was the bulky rifles!

Li Dingguo didn't even think about it, and fled in the direction of Luoyang City.

At this time, it was too late for him, the division commander, to do anything, and everyone was scrambling to flee for their lives. Even if he Li Dingguo is a Buddha, it is impossible for him to bring so many defeated troops together.

Man Gui saw that the soldiers were chasing and killing the Southern Ming army, and immediately let his own soldiers light fireworks.

Dazzling fireworks exploded in the snowflakes in the air, and the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division who were chasing after them all raised their heads. This is a signal of confluence!

Hurriedly shoot at the fleeing Nanjing Forbidden Army until the bullets in the guns are empty. Everyone turned their horses' heads and gathered in the direction of the fireworks.

"All the carts, they can be fried, they can be burned. Collect the corpses of your fallen brothers, and retreat! "The Southern Ming army has been defeated, and what is needed at this time is to expand the results of the battle. The people's brigade is twenty miles away, and they must be fast.

An incendiary bomb for each person came in handy at this time. Molotov cocktails were stuffed into the carts, and the carts that hauled grain burst into flames like bonfires. The carts loaded with ammunition and artillery were brought together, and incendiary bombs and grenades were thrown inside.

The earth trembled with a huge explosion, and the boys who threw incendiary bombs and grenades were almost knocked off their horses by the huge shockwave.

Man Gui stroked the horse's neck and quieted the manic horse. Look at the corpses littering the ground, and the burning wagons and ox carts.

"After the three regiments, the various departments retreated in a rolling manner." Man Gui whistled and galloped north with his own soldiers.