It was determined that Jiannu was dead, and Zhu Cijiong only put away the big bow and horse chopping knife as trophies, but he was not interested in the armor and stomach worn by Jiannu.

But the rat tail on Jiannu's head was cut off, which is a certificate of military merit.

Zhu Cijiong collected the spoils, and Xu Wuniu over there also took off the cluster of four-edged arrows that penetrated the breastplate, and then used his own small hammer to roughly smooth the deformed breastplate, and finally put it on Zhu Cijiong's body again.

At this time, the bright moon had fallen below the western horizon, and the four fields quickly darkened.

Zhu Cijiong looked around, and even Xu Wuniu and the others, who were close to Chi Qi, could only see Mohu's figure, which tested the strength of the scout cavalry even more at this time.

"Let's go, keep searching!"

Zhu Cijiong gave the order, and the scout team continued to move forward.

Another scout team was also separated from Zhu Cijiong.

On the way, I met two more Jiannu who wandered in the darkness and did not collect at night.

It took some effort to clean up the two Jiannu at night, and one of the scout cavalry was sacrificed.

In such a dark night where you can't see your fingers, the musket is not only not advantageous compared to the big bow, but is at a disadvantage, because the musket only has one chance to shoot, and there is basically no second chance to reload, even if the scout cavalry carries a rifle and two short guns, there are only three chances.

But Jiannu didn't collect it at night, but there were more than a dozen heavy arrows.

Therefore, most of the time, the scout cavalry of the Ming army will not fight at night with Jiannu.

But tonight is an exception, in order to block the area west of the Bali Bridge, the Ming scout cavalry must sweep the area at any cost and the Jiannu will not be collected at night, so the sacrifice of the scout cavalry is inevitable.

didn't have time to grieve, and didn't even bother to collect the remains of his comrades, so Zhu Cijiong and the others continued to move forward.

When it was almost midnight, the scout team led by Zhu Cijiong and Xu Wuniu finally came to Bali Bridge.

At this time, there were already dozens of scout teams gathered at the west bridge head of Bali Bridge, because the order was to hunt and kill the Jiannu west of Bali Bridge at night, so they did not dare to rashly enter the east side of Bali Bridge.

"King Ding, let's stop here." Xu Wuniu said, "Don't cross the bridge." ”

"Well, it's too much." Zhu Cijiong nodded, and said, "Leave a few scout teams on guard at the bridge, and the rest of the scout teams will carry out a second search for the area west of Bali Bridge, so as not to have any fish that slip through the net." ”

As soon as Zhu Cijiong gave the order, dozens of scout cavalry squads immediately dispersed.

Time passed quietly in a tedious search, and soon dawn came.

Finally, he found a Jiannu lurking in the grass, and a scout cavalry who walked in front was caught off guard by an arrow shot through the door by Jiannu Yewu, and died on the spot.

However, this Jiannu was also shot dead by Xu Wuniu when he didn't collect it at night.

Xu Wuniu also took a dagger and cut off Jianba's rat tail, and put it away together with a big bow, a horse chopping knife and a stomach, Zhu Cijiong was not rare The armor stomach on Jiannu's body, but Xu Wuniu refused to throw it.

Because this armor stomach can be sold for a lot of money in the market.

Xu Wuniu finally searched Jiannu's body carefully.

actually let Xu Wuniu find a few taels of silver.

This loot does not need to be turned in, and can be left on its own.

Zhu Cijiong teased: "Wu Niu, you are really a money fan. ”

Xu Wuniu didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Money is a good thing." ”

"What do you want so much money for?" Zhu Cijiong was puzzled, "You don't lack food or clothing." ”

"King Ding, you're wrong, money can do a lot of things." Xu Wuniu put the silver into the leather bag, and said with a happy face, "The money can be used to buy land, buy big livestock, and can also be used to marry a daughter-in-law, hehe." ”

"Daughter-in-law, I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law." Zhu Cijiong said with a disdainful face, "Women will only get in the way." ”

Xu Wuniu just grinned when he heard this, but said in his heart, that's because you don't lack women, there is a good-looking and obedient maid like Aunt Su Mala, and I am not in a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law.

But how can we compare with you as a prince?

I, Xu Wuniu, have lived for more than 20 years, and I haven't even touched a woman's little hands, let alone what it's like to taste it, I'm so anxious to die, do you know King Ding?

As he was talking, a warning post suddenly sounded in the direction of Bali Bridge.

"Enemy attack, go!" Zhu Cijiong roared and hit the horse and left.

Xu Wuniu originally wanted to take off Jiannu's leather boots.

Seeing this, he could only give up, and immediately turned over and chased after him.

When Xu Wuniu followed Zhu Cijiong to the west bridgehead of Bali Bridge, he saw that the sky was already bright.

In the thin morning light, on the wilderness east of the Bali Bridge, the black-pressed Jiannu cavalry has swept along the north and south banks of the Tonghui River.

"Dingwang, that's not right." Xu Wuniu said, "Why did Jiannu arrive early?" ”

Zhu Cijiong also looked solemn, according to the estimation of the General Staff Section, the Jiannu army would not reach the vicinity of Bali Bridge until the end of the morning at the earliest, but it was only the beginning of the day.

In other words, Jiannu was two hours ahead of schedule!

Looking back, there was still silence in the wilderness behind him.

It is estimated that it will take a while for the main force of the Ming army to reach the Bali Bridge.

This is war, and the enemy can never do what you envision.

But this can't help Zhu Cijiong, he is now a general.

"Line up!" Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered sharply, "There are all of them, line up!" ”

The scout cavalry, which had been scattered in the wilderness on the west side of the Bali Bridge, quickly assembled.

In a few moments, more than 2,000 horsemen lined up a cavalry formation on the wilderness on the west side of the Bali Bridge.

The entire cavalry horizontal formation is divided into two rows, the south side is next to the north bank of the Tonghui River, and the north side extends to two thousand paces away, and the horizontal interval of the cavalry reaches two steps, so the front and rear two rows of cavalry can alternately advance or retreat, which is the cavalry line formation that Zhu Cijiong pondered.

Although war horses are human, they can't be compared with people after all.

Therefore, the cavalry line formation could not be repeated in three rows.

But it is still possible to divide into two rows, and it is still possible to move forward or backward.

Zhu Cijiong was also a little nervous in his heart, because this was the first actual battle after he figured out the cavalry line array, and he didn't know whether the cavalry line formation would work or not.

However, it will soon be known.

A moment later, the Jiannu cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River approached within a thousand paces.

Thousands of cavalry swept in, the undulating heads of the horses were like waves of floods, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder on that summer day was still quite scary.

Thanks to the more than 2,000 cavalry under Zhu Cijiong's command, they are all elite cavalry experienced in a hundred battles.

In the face of the surging Jiannu cavalry, the more than 2,000 cavalry of the Ming army stood still, like a reef in the sea, and no matter how big the hurricane was, they were not afraid at all.

"It's all there, hold on! Steady! ”

Zhu Cijiong stood solemnly at the front of the cavalry formation, holding the Type 20 rifle upright in front of his chest.

More than 2,000 horsemen also held their rifles upright in front of their chests, and the entire horizontal array was silent, and even the war horses were infected by the soldiers of the Ming army, showing a rare calmness.

The sound of horses' hooves came from ahead.

The Jiannu cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides was less than five hundred paces.

Zhu Cijiong can already see the armor on the Jiannu cavalry clearly without the help of a telescope, and from the chaotic leather armor style on their bodies, he can guess that this is the cavalry of the Outer Mongolia.

I don't know if it's the Chahar Ministry or the Tumut Ministry?

"All of them, fight the horses!" Zhu Cijiong pressed down the rifle.

More than 1,000 riders in the front row brushed down the rifles in their hands.

The muzzles of more than a thousand black holes were instantly aimed at the front.

In the blink of an eye, the Mongol cavalry was within two hundred paces.

"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong did not hesitate to pull the trigger of the rifle.

The flint hit the anvil with a soft click, followed by a loud bang, and the primer chamber under the anvil and the muzzle of the rifle spewed red light almost simultaneously, but there was no smoke in sight.

Immediately afterwards, a continuous gunfire rang out behind Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong looked at it again, and saw that two hundred paces ahead, the Mongolian cavalry in the front row was overturned on their backs in an instant, and at least 300 horsemen were shot and fell to the ground.

The Ming army used rifled rifles equipped with mini bullets, and aimed at war horses, so the hit rate was very high, even if it was 200 paces away, it actually had a hit rate of more than 30%.

If black powder is used, it is difficult to inflict fatal damage on the horse even if it hits.

However, the Ming army used nitrocellulose, which had more than twice the energy of black powder, and could easily shoot the horses of the Mongol cavalry even from a distance of 200 paces.

The Mongol cavalry was on their backs in an instant.

Zhu Cijiong raised the Type 20 rifle again, but he had not had time to reload.

The first platoon of cavalry quickly retreated, seizing the time to reload their ammunition.

The second platoon of cavalry quickly stepped forward, and then pressed down the muzzle of the Type 20 rifle held on the chest, aiming at the surging Mongol cavalry in front.

"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong roared again.

The nearest cavalry pulled the trigger one after another.

Then there was a steady stream of gunfire.

Zhu Cijiong looked at it again, and at least 300 Mongolian cavalry fell to the ground.

After suffering two waves of salvo fire in a row, losing more than 600 horses, the Mongol cavalry that swept from the north bank of the Tonghui River was in great confusion in an instant, and the cavalry following behind was also greatly disturbed.

However, the equestrian skills of the Mongol cavalry were really good, and they quickly regrouped their ranks and continued to rush westward.

The Mongol cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River also rushed to the east bridgehead of the Bali Bridge, but due to the width of the Bali Bridge, they could only squeeze together to cross the bridge, so the formation was a little crowded, and the speed was slow.

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Zhu Cijiong immediately asked Xu Wuniu to lead two hundred cavalry to block the Bali Bridge.

The remaining 1,800 cavalrymen seized the time to reload their rifles.

When the Ming army reloaded the rifles with ammunition, the Mongolian cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River had approached within 100 paces, and the overwhelming strange cries of the Mongolian cavalry could already be heard.