Zhang Wu was in a mess in front of the shelling, screaming again and again.

Beads of sweat slipped down Zhang Wu's forehead, and he swallowed hard, knowing that he had almost been beaten to death just now.

", dog thing, dog thing." He cursed and hurriedly ran back again.

He brought more than 50,000 horses, that is, ten phalanxes, and he ran directly behind the last phalanx, more than two miles away from the rebel advance, and then he had a sense of security.

"Uhhh

"Prepare to meet the enemy." The officers and soldiers are shouting everywhere.

On the huge battlefield of more than 200,000 people, the four or five guns just now only caused panic in some places, and most of the officers and soldiers had not yet tasted the might of artillery.

At this time, Zhang Wu could clearly see that the rebel striker in front had begun to move forward slowly.

The rebels are not like a huge phalanx of a few thousand people, it seems as if a few hundred people are a small phalanx.

When you get closer, you can see more clearly, about four or five hundred people are a phalanx, and the distance between the phalanx is not very large.

From the main battlefield in front of Zhang Wu, you can probably see that there are about twenty rebel phalanxes.

Zhang Wu assessed that the rebels on the opposite side were only forty or fifty thousand people, and the lineup was quite weak when it came to such a formation.

If it is on the plain, with 20,000 cavalry, it is easy to rush the rebels into two sections.

But now it is a basin, surrounded by low hills, and the cavalry cannot rush up, but it is very suitable for infantry and battalion fighting.

At this time, the rebel had just taken a few dozen steps forward.

Suddenly.

Boom, boom, boom, the rebel artillery rang out again.

It may be the experience just now, every time the cannon goes off, Zhang Wu's heart jumps.

Whoosh, five or six more shells from the rebels.

"How is it so fast?" Zhang Wu himself also carried artillery, and found that the time for firing the two cannons in front and behind the rebel artillery was very short, only sixty breaths at most, which was impossible.

At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Father, are we going to fight the artillery?" ”

The rebels are already within a mile, and theoretically they can already fight.

Zhang Wu originally wanted to fight later, but now he is only beaten, and his morale will be damaged, so he immediately said: "Fight back, fight back-"

Boom, the artillery on the side of the official army also rang out quickly.

The artillery of both sides began to fire each other.

However, the artillery of the officers and soldiers may only have the power of support, and regardless of the range and interval, it is far lower than that of the rebel army.

This is because on the side of the rebel army, there are dozens of cannons, divided into several batches and fired in turns, unlike them firing salvos at the same time.

The rebels' artillery kept taking turns, and it looked as if the artillery was continuous, which put great pressure on the officers and soldiers.

The other side also walked quite slowly, and after the first two hundred steps, at least eight rounds of artillery were fired in this direction.

Zhang Wu was beaten in front of him and screamed everywhere, and the morale of the army was disheartened.

The two sides have not yet taken on the battle, and Zhang Wu's front has been shattered by the rebel artillery.

The west wing of the official army is He Fu's soldiers and horses.

He Fu was riding a horse and was standing quietly on a hill looking across from him.

Opposite him were 100,000 soldiers and horses of the rebels coming from the direction of Xuzhou.

The sentry cavalry said that there were 100,000, but when they really arrived on the battlefield, He Fu looked at it, and the gross estimate was only 70,000 or 80,000.

At this time, the rebels were also approaching them, and on the opposite side were columns of columns, which looked quite strange, but because there were a large number of columns together, it gave people the illusion of being very dense.

From the direction of He Fu, it seemed that they saw long snakes, moving in the man, swimming towards them.

But He Fu saw it, it seemed that it was more convenient to move, if it was like the official army arranging a horizontal formation and moving forward too slowly, the other party should want to support Chen Wenbu as soon as possible, and when they approached them two hundred paces, the other party began to change formations, from columns to phalanxes.

The other party could still change while marching, and then formed an orderly phalanx when it was close to two hundred steps, which made He Fu look at it breathtakingly.

After entering the two hundred paces, the rebels looked denser and more numerous, and the hills on the earth reflected these soldiers and horses one after another, giving people the feeling that the mountains were full of people.

In fact, it is indeed full of people all over the mountain, and after the two sides entered two hundred steps, except for the two hundred steps in the middle, it was already full of people.

He Fu looked back at this time, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry standing behind him.

He came from Shaanxi and brought with him 30,000 cavalry.

But it was difficult for cavalry to move in a place like Sichuan, where the terrain was changeable.

In the time he spent in Sichuan alone, he lost hundreds of horses, all of which were wounded during the march.

Later, he asked the sergeants to lead their horses and ride them on flat ground.

Now this kind of terrain, full of hills, is very unfavorable for cavalry.

"Brothers, I'm sorry." He Fu sighed in his heart, they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"Liu Gui." He shouted loudly.

"The end will be." A commander of a guard in Shaanxi Province rushed to the horse.

"In a moment, the rebels are approaching a hundred paces, and you lead the cavalry to rush up, and you must break up their front line."

Liu Gui was stunned, but immediately said, "Oh." ”

After listening to the order, Liu Gui turned around and left, his face full of depression.

Today's terrain is very unsuitable for cavalry charges,

Song Sheng arranged tens of thousands of cavalry behind the formation to prepare for the critical time, leaving more than 10,000 cavalry here, obviously unable to take the lead.

But the order was given from above, and Liu Gui had no choice, so after returning to the formation, he immediately organized the cavalry.

The movements of the cavalry here immediately attracted the attention of Song Sheng and Zhang Wu.

"What is He Fu doing? So fast on the cavalry? Zhang Wu looked incredulous.

Song Sheng also stared, unable to believe it.

But at this moment, they could no longer consider it, and the rebels entered the class within a hundred paces.

Boom, boom, the sound of artillery and trumpets on both sides became louder and louder, and the soldiers began to shout, shouting and killing from the wilderness for dozens of miles.

"Kill"

The rebels poured up like a tidal wave, and the officers and soldiers also met it at the same time.

Liu Gui led the cavalry forward slowly, and the figure of the rebels on the opposite side became clearer and clearer.

"Slow down, steady, slow down, steady." Liu Gui turned back from time to time and greeted his subordinates.

The ground is constantly undulating, and it is difficult for the war horse to speed up, and it is easy to pinn the horse's feet if you run a little faster.

Suddenly, there was a mournful roar from a war horse not far from him, plopped up, and fell to the ground.

It seemed that the horse had stepped on a pit and fell to the ground with a bang.

Special mother, damn Sichuan, Liu Gui scolded in his heart.

Soon, another war horse screamed and fell.

More than 10,000 of their cavalry marched forward slowly, and before they could rush within fifty paces, dozens of them had already fallen.

This made Liu Gui scold and scold non-stop.

But scolding and scolding, the two sides soon entered within fifty paces.

"Archery" Liu returned and just spoke.

Whoosh, and the rain of arrows on the opposite side was overwhelmingly shooting at them.

The officers and cavalry also reflected back, but the cavalry and infantry were looking for death when they shot each other.

They did not have the ability of the Mongolian cavalry, boom, boom, the scene was overturned on their backs, and the sound of cavalry falling to the ground was everywhere.

At this time, Liu Gui had already seen clearly that the front of the rebels was full of pikemen, and bows and arrows were fired from the rear of the rebels.

But he didn't hesitate, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to rush forward.

"Chong Chong, the opposite side is full of toast soldiers, vulnerable to a blow, praise them."

"Kill." The officers and soldiers roared in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.

The officers and soldiers in front had clearly seen that the rebel vanguard was all Tusi soldiers.

This is definitely easier to fight than the Ming army.

In response to the official army, there was a more violent rain of arrows, and the rebels rained down with arrows, almost an arrow array that Liu Gui had never seen before.

A large number of officers and soldiers fell on the way to the charge, not to mention the speed at this time, it will only be easier to fall.

Amid the deafening sound of horses' hooves, the two sides finally approached within ten paces.

In an uproar, the spearmen in the front row of the rebels squatted down one after another, bang, bang, and large shields appeared in front of them at the same time.

Liu Gui had never seen such a dense and neat square shield.

The rebels were in three rows in front, forming a wall of shields.

Many pikemen were haunted by shields, piercing their eyes like dense hedgehogs.

"Rush, rush." Liu Gui roared.

There was another explosion in the rear of the rebels, the air was slightly dark, and the arrows were fired at the officers and soldiers.

"Ahh

But the officers and troops are also reflecting.

Whoosh, a large number of arrows rained into the rebels' formation, and many rebels either bowed their heads or raised their shields.

Arrows hit the rebels' shields and helmets, and when, dang, dang, made a sound of striking iron like rain.

But a large number of rebels also fell to the ground screaming.

Liu Gui kept an eye on the rebels, only to feel that the rebels reacted quickly, and after the front row was shot down, he immediately made up for it in the back.

The dense spear array, like a hedgehog, quickly stabilized after a slight chaos.

"Damn it." Liu Gui felt that the other side was as flawless as a turtle.

If on the plains, his cavalry would soon split into two streams like a river, spreading out on both sides, plundering the rebels.

But now the terrain does not allow it, and there are undulating slopes all around, and now it is divided into two groups, and I don't know how many war horses will fall to the ground.

"Chong Chong Chong" Liu Gui roared again.

Determined to rush hard to see if there is a chance to break the opponent's spear formation.

Although he knew that the cavalry charge this kind of infantry formation would not lead to good results.

But He Fu gave the order, and he had no excuse to refuse.

"Boom" In the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves, the official cavalry slammed into the rebels' spear array like a flood.

Plopping down, a large number of cavalry fell to the ground, and some were planted directly into the rebel formation.

Before the people who had planted it had time to get up, they fluttered, and spears and knives slashed around them.

Kacha, with an uproar, a large force of rebels was overwhelmed, and countless spears were broken in two.

But more spears came up in the back.

"Wind"

There seemed to be a sound of wind in the air, and another rain of arrows was thrown into the middle of the cavalry.

"Kill." The officers and rebels were in a mass of battles, and the air was filled with shouts and screams, interspersed with the whistling of arrows.

The cavalry charge infantry battalion had to choose the right time and terrain, and it was obvious that now was not the best time and terrain.

The terrain at the scene was undulating, and the officers and soldiers were lucky when they rushed into the first wave, the rebels were in the depression, and they condescendingly rushed down, knocking down countless rebel pikemen.

But behind the rebels, several columns of pikemen stood in turn on the heights.

After the front row of cavalry of the officer army fell, the rear row was a little unable to rush.

There was a lot of fighting everywhere at the scene, and the fallen horses and rebels almost blocked the way forward.

Both sides were fighting hard, and the pikemen stabbed in front of them, and from time to time they could throw out a few hidden weapons.

And the arrows in the back kept shooting forward.

The cavalry that could not rush in became a target, and the cavalry fell in patches.

(End of chapter)