Zhu Wenzhen can be regarded as a professional cavalry general who has followed Zhu Shuren for the longest time.

Although he was only a subordinate general under Cao Bianjiao back then, after being rescued by Zhu Shuren from the Tashan and Xingshan battlefields together with Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao could not serve privately because of his high position, so he obediently went back and worked for Chongzhen for more than a year.

When Zhu Wenzhen came back from Tashan, he was disabled and disheartened, so he was willing to give up the power given by the imperial court, and just wanted to disappear for a while and vote for the master.

Unexpectedly, the two met later, but there was a big gap, Zhu Wenzhen made a lot of meritorious contributions because he followed Zhu Shuren more than a year earlier, and he was just a guerrilla when he first came, and now Zhu Shuren is about to master the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Wenzhen has also been promoted to the general army. Although the scale of the cavalry troops is still not as large as that of famous generals like Cao Bianjiao, the equipment is always the best.

Cao Bianjiao's cavalry command ability is unique in today's Ming Dynasty, and no one can compare with his comprehensive quality. However, Zhu Wenzhen's unique experience in the use of new weapons and how to maximize the combat power of the musket cavalry is no longer comparable to Cao Bianjiao, and it can be regarded as a specialization in the art industry.

At this moment, in the face of the charge of the Eight Banners cavalry, Zhu Wenzhen's timing of the cavalry assault is also very good, and it can be said that he is much more awesome than Yin Da Masamune on the other side of the East China Sea.

Basically, they can ensure that the cavalry on both sides is close to within twenty or thirty paces before they start firing, and strive to complete the breakthrough at the moment when the opponent's front row is broken down and morale is stunned.

"Bang bang bang!" The dense roaring muskets resounded on the entire front, and the Qing cavalry on the opposite side had really never encountered this kind of fighting, and they were caught off guard for the first time, and immediately suffered a big loss.

The screams rang out repeatedly, endlessly, and in the first wave, there were at least more than 100 horsemen who fell straight and fell from their horses, even if they were not directly killed, they were afraid that they would break their tendons and fractures in the high-speed fall and rolling, and their cervical vertebrae would collapse.

Zhu Wenzhen squinted his eyes and calmly observed the soldiers' rush, he was used to this state of squinting, it seemed that even Tong Kong could predict in advance that a large number of flames were about to shine in front of him, so as to shrink in advance, and control the amount of light entering the eyeballs at a low level, so as not to be shaken.

Some of the most elite, most trained, and most experienced soldiers under Zhu Wenzhen's command also seem to have mastered such skills, which can avoid being caught by extremely close deflagration fires, and even if the roar and flashes are coming, they can still charge and kill steadily without chaos.

This feeling is like before the two armies are about to fight hand-to-hand, someone throws a flash into the open space in the middle, one of them has white eyes and ears, while the other side seems to have not been flashed.

Zhu Wenzhen's battlefield intuition was extremely keen, and as soon as his eyes swept away, he was extremely satisfied with the state of receiving the enemy on the frontal battlefield, knowing that the Tartars had been fully attacked.

But he soon noticed something unusual as well, causing his brow to furrow for a moment.

"How did the cavalry on both flanks open fire so quickly! Before the battle, it was repeatedly explained that it was necessary to rush to within twenty or thirty steps before firing! These dog tartars are the elite of the thick iron-lined iron in the cotton armor, how can they break the armor so far away! ”

It turned out that long before the start of the war, Zhu Wenzhen repeatedly emphasized that the enemies encountered in this battle were very different from usual. Originally, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng's army was too poor, and perhaps the ironclad rate was relatively low, but the Qing army was already the elite of the world, and it had long been fed with money, food, materials and ordnance. How could this shotgun, which sprays iron slag and crushed lead, be a little farther away from Danfan, and break through the armor?

When he gave the order just now, he asked to open fire, but it was only for the middle part of the cone-charged formation, because the center of the formation was the first to engage the enemy. But the subordinates who understood the meaning of his orders before the war should know that they have to judge for themselves, and if the two wings are slow to engage the enemy, they should wait!

However, just when Zhu Wenzhen's mind flashed for a while to go back and whip the general in charge of the two wings, an unexpected situation quickly happened.

Although the iron cavalry of the Ming army on both flanks, some of them opened fire in advance after more than thirty steps, and some recklessly even approached fifty paces - Zhu Wenzhen was too far away to see it really, and it could only be roughly estimated.

However, the Qing cavalry opposite them was still screaming and screaming, at least dozens of horsemen fell from their horses in the confrontation before engaging the enemy, while only seven or eight people on the Ming army's side were killed and injured by the armor-piercing cone-headed arrows.

"How is that possible? Could it be that Tartars will also have light armor or even no armor? Zhu Wenzhen's mind couldn't turn for a while, which was very different from his deliberate deployment of tactics and estimating the enemy before the war.

But now that the battle situation is imminent, where is there still time to think about it, he just let the soldiers on the left and right continue to shout and cheer up, and do his best to kill.

The cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side was in chaos because the front row was killed one after another, and the rear row was caught off guard, so they had to focus on dodging their fallen comrades and war horses, so as not to lose their front, and they immediately reduced their speed, and even the impact was greatly damaged.

The absolute number of kills and wounds of several rounds of muskets of the Ming cavalry was actually completely acceptable, but in this way, a few holes were torn open and then the results of the battle were viciously expanded, which soon made the Qing army more and more chaotic.

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Zhu Wenzhen didn't know that it was actually the negligence of the Qing army general Wadak on the opposite side that caused all this today.

The cavalry of the Qing army is indeed rich, and everyone is worthy of iron and cotton armor.

The Qing army was also rich in horses, and it was true that they could match one person, two horses or even three horses like the Mongols.

However, in battle, having armor does not mean that you will be wearing armor all the time! Wadak didn't have much experience in fighting before, and it was only after his second brother Yueto was killed for infighting that Dolgon was temporarily promoted in order to appease the Daishan family.

After following Azig into battle, Vadak had really not encountered any decent opponents and fierce resistance on the battlefield in North China in the past few months.

He didn't catch up with a stone battle, and by the time he killed Li Zichengjun's face, Li Zicheng's army was already a man with most of the elite main force lost and his morale degenerate. In the past two months, in Heluo and Kaifeng, he has never fought that kind of life-and-death battle. It is also accustomed to traveling lightly and boldly outflanking.

Especially in the past few days, the task given to him by Azig was to outflank and plunder and divide the eastern counties of Nanyang Mansion.

After Wadak got used to it, in order to pursue speed, he would naturally reduce the armor rate of the troops, and he could also save horsepower and improve endurance.

Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry of the Ming army, but at the beginning they pretended to be pigs and tigers, and they didn't shout, but just rushed up to kill in a dull and solemn manner.

If you change to a more experienced Qing army general, you will see that this Ming cavalry is extraordinary, and you may switch to the tactics of guerrilla, mainly long-range cavalry bow throwing and pulling, and then hedge when you see the flaws. But Vadak's underestimated enemy buried this opportunity in vain.

How many years have passed, how can there be cavalry of the Ming army who can fight against him in the Qing Dynasty! Except for the man.

After the two sides entered the bloody grinding, the shortcomings of the Qing army, which were killed and injured by a large number of firearms close to the face and the collapse of the combat power formation, were quickly exposed, and were caught by Zhu Wenzhen and struggled to expand.

After a while, this Qing cavalry was first chiseled and divided into two parts by Zhu Wenzhen, although the absolute number of casualties was only a few hundred horses, but it was even more careless, and it was impossible to even unify the command to escape and open the distance.

The military law of the Qing army was severe, and if the main general fell, but his subordinates fled, even if they escaped alive, they could be executed. If the two thousand horsemen were twisted into a rope, Wadak would be the first to give the order to flee, and the people next to him would dare to flee.

But now that it is divided, where do those cavalry officers who do not know the life or death of the commander dare to distance themselves? Aren't you afraid of losing your head in military law? In this way, the Qing army relied on the improvisation of middle-level officers to open up the distance and fight on their own, and the opportunity to fight was also lost, and they could only fight hard and shoot to the end in hand-to-hand combat and face to face.

When Zhu Wenzhen saw that the battle had reached this situation, he knew that it was stable today. It was only at this moment that he revealed the last trick he had discussed with Zhang Bingbei before the war.

"Raise the flag! Set up the banner of General Cao! The cry of the whole army according to the pre-battle orders! ”

The soldiers next to Zhu Wenzhen immediately unfurled several huge battle flags, all of which had been rolled up and put away before, and for a while, a large banner with the word "Cao" immediately waved in the wind.

Zhang Huangyan confessed that he deceived people before the war, not entirely to hit the enemy's morale in wartime, but to deceive at the strategic level-

As mentioned earlier, before Zhu Shuren left Huguang, he repeatedly told Zhang Huangyan that it was best to find a way to engage in some strategic deception, so that Azig would mistakenly think that Zhu Shuren and his main force had been guarding Huguang all along, and had not gone east to rescue Nanjing. In this way, it is good to borrow the hand of Azig to go to the chain reaction to deceive Duoduo to relax his guard and underestimate the enemy's rashness.

But how to deceive, Zhu Shuren is not a god, and he can't expect the enemy to be so far ahead, so he can only let Zhang Huangyan adapt to the situation according to the development.

And Zhang Huangyan's trick in the past few days, based on the specific analysis of the latest battle situation, is: if Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry has a chance to meet the enemy and win a small victory, let him play the banner of Cao Bianjiao in the pursuit of the real thing!

As we all know, Cao Bianjiao is the number one cavalry general under Zhu Shuren's command, and he also controls the absolute majority of the main cavalry force in Zhu Shuren's army. If he is personally on the battlefield in Nanyang Mansion, doesn't it mean that the main force of Zhu Shuren is still in Nanyang?

Zhang Huangyan's original intention was only at the strategic level, but he couldn't stand the actual use, and Zhu Wenzhen maximized the effect to the tactical level, which can be regarded as an extra white pick up of the grass and rabbits.

The cavalry of the Qing army in Wadak had been divided into a bitter battle, and suddenly saw a bunch of Cao banners played by the Ming army on the opposite side, and they immediately panicked, remembering the terrifying man they met in front of Huang Taiji's imperial camp two years ago when Huang Taiji was still alive.

"It turned out to be Cao Mad Dog's cavalry!"

"you, didn't you report that Cao Mad Dog's main force followed Zhu Shuren to reinforce Nanjing? Definitely scammed! ”

Cao Bianjiao's reputation brightened, and today's Ming army's iron cavalry offensive was really fast, and the move was caught off guard, and the Qing army was divided, and their respective brains were replenished, and they collapsed more and more, but in half an hour, they were finally completely defeated.

The right Maile Ezhen with the red flag and the fourth son of Daishan, Wadak, were also chased and killed by Zhu Wenzhen and his guards in the chaotic battle. The Qing army and the Mongolian cavalry suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, and the servants of the Han army were not counted.