A piece of stone is thirty miles away from Shanhaiguan and ten miles away from the pear tree ditch where Ma Guang is far away.

Li Zicheng sent Tang Tong to lead an army of 800 to explore this road because it would take time for Li Zicheng to eliminate Hong Chengchou and demolish Shanhaiguan.

Ma Guangyuan took out a pack of ammunition wrapped in brown paper from the leather bag on his waist, opened the carton, and poured the ammunition back into the leather bag.

This is pre-battle preparation.

Ahead of the Malay newspaper, a peasant army was only five miles away.

When everything was ready, Ma Guangyuan waved his hand, and the reconnaissance company got on the horse.

After marching less than two miles, I saw the smoke and dust in front of me, and when I looked closely, I saw a loose line of cavalry, which was coming towards this side.

Then he heard the sound of a horse's hooves in a subtle and coherent manner.

"All ready!"

Ma Guangyuan gave an order, "Load your ammunition!"

The flag bearer waved the flag, and the soldiers unhurriedly loaded their ammunition, looking up from time to time to estimate the distance with the naked eye.

Ma Guangyuan raised his binoculars and looked ahead, frowning, this army is very strange.

To be precise, it looks like a makeshift patchwork.

The costumes are scattered, including cloth face armor, Mongolian leather jackets, chain mail, and even heavy armor in the Yuan Dynasty.

Since the pacification of Houjin, Ma Guangyuan has not been in person for a long time, I don't know if it is because of his own taste, or because the other party is too much like a rabble.

Fire!

Ma Guangyuan ordered.

The soldiers skillfully used the sights of the Type 09 rifles, aimed at the cavalry galloping in front of them, and pulled the trigger.

Bang bang bang ......!

After the guns rang out, the charging enemy riders fell one by one.

"Athletic warfare!"

Ma Guangyuan turned his horse's head and retreated behind him, reloading ammunition as he retreated, turning around and shooting on his horse.

The bitten kraft paper was thrown on the ground and blown away by the wind.

You retreat and I chase, and after only three rounds, some soldiers pointed at the cavalry behind them and shouted:

"Captain Ma, they're gone!"

Ma Guangyuan was stunned for a moment, and the hand that poked the ammunition stopped: "What's the situation?"

"The other party can't withstand our firepower, so turn around and run."

A soldier in charge of observing the enemy situation shouted, "Really! They seemed to be so frightened that they ran away without looking back."

Ma Guangyuan said angrily: "Damn, I deliberately got closer to fight, but I didn't expect them to run away."

"To chase or not to chase?" Someone asked.

"Chase!"

Ma Guangyuan quickly pulled out the medicine stick, inserted it back under the rifle, reached out and turned the horse's head, and began to pursue the enemy.

As soon as they entered into pursuit, rather than skirmish-style guerrilla, the cavalry immediately changed tactics.

They slung their guns cross-body behind their backs and drew their sabers.

"Assemble!"

During the pursuit, the cavalry gradually moved closer together, forming a neat cavalry phalanx.

At this time, the speed of the horse is controlled, and the reins are used to control the horse's speed in a slow step, which is about 1.4 m/s.

The highest level of cavalry is not to see how hard you charge, but how slow your horse can control its speed.

Horses that can slow down will be the fastest when they charge!

The cavalry that ran away in front of them was doomed.

Because the horses can't stand the gallop without restrictions, but they have to stop at a certain distance.

However, the sound of horses' hooves puts a lot of psychological pressure on them, forcing them to choose to run wild, regardless of the horse's endurance.

There are also a few problems, if a war horse is not fed well, and it has not been trained for a long time, plus the quality of the horse breed.

will make the enemy cavalry unable to escape the palm of the hand.

Sure enough, from the beginning when you couldn't see the enemy's face, to the time you found the enemy, it was only a quarter of an hour.

"The enemy is coming, run!"

The enemy horsemen panicked and turned on their horses, trying to flee on horseback.

However, the horses all chose to strike, and refused to move, no matter how much the men on the horses pressed.

Many chose to abandon their horses and flee on foot.

"Did you see the leader? Captured alive!"

Ma Guangyuan moved forward with the saber in his hand, and the horse turned from a quick step to a run, and finally a charge.

A tight formation, paired with a sharp saber, knocks the man off the horse.

The charge remains. Look at the book

A military general who ran at the front looked back at the Liaodong Army from time to time.

The more he looked at it, the more desperate he became.

The cavalry of the Liaodong Army was already approaching.

The general accidentally fell off his horse and fell with a blue nose and swollen face.

He struggled to get up, wiped the blood from his face, and saw that the cavalry of the Liaodong Army was rushing towards him, and he was about to die under the hooves of his horse.

At the critical moment, the terrified general raised the sword in his hand and shouted:

"I'm Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Jizhen, please don't kill me!"

The Liaodong cavalry split in two in front of him, and then surrounded it.

The news of Tang Tong's capture soon reached Yang Chengying.

After Yang Chengying glanced at the contents, he instructed Meng Qiaofang: "Tang Tong is of little use, but he can stay for the time being, and wait for the big thing to be completed, and then he will take care of it."

This day was the 27th, and Yang Chengying had already arrived in Qiansuo Town.

It is thirty-six miles away from Shanhaiguan.

As soon as he finished meeting with the signal soldiers sent by Meng Qiaofang, he listened to Zu Zepei's report that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, came to see him.

"Come in, please."

As soon as Yang Chengying finished speaking, he saw a tired Hong Chengchou rushing in, sitting on a chair and gasping for air.

The demeanor of the former top civil servants seems to be far away from him.

"Master Hong, you ......," Yang Chengying asked knowingly.

"Your Highness, the thief's attack is too fierce, and since yesterday's official confrontation with him, all the soldiers outside my city have been wiped out."

Hong Chengchou said breathlessly: "The thief army took turns to attack Shanhaiguan, and successively demolished two sections of the city wall, and destroyed the northern wing city in my hand, and the soldiers all surrendered to the thief army.

Thanks to my timely deployment of troops and the use of artillery, I was able to barely hold the city of Xiluo and Dongluo."

"The offensive is so ferocious?" Yang Chengying was a little puzzled.

"From yesterday morning to today, the thieves have been attacking non-stop, and I estimate that Shanhaiguan will not be able to hold it for another two hours."

Hong Chengchou took the warm tea handed by the guards and drank it all.

He was thirsty.

Yang Chengying said: "It's all because you are too light on the enemy, if you told me this earlier, I wouldn't have supported you so well."

"Your Highness, I don't have time to say this, if I don't guard the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it for an hour."

Hong Chengchou stood up decisively, "If His Royal Highness is still testing Hong's loyalty, Hong is willing to retire after this battle and never remember it."

He knew that Yang Chengying would not give up on him.

Sure enough, Yang Chengying said, "Don't say anything discouragement, Inspector Hong, I'm just talking, I'm still looking forward to you being the Inspector and passing through the northwest for me."

"When you go back, let your subordinates wrap white cloth around their shoulders so that they don't kill your own people by mistake." Yang Chengying didn't wait for Hong Chengchou to say anything, and gave a straightforward order.

Hong Chengchou hugged his fists and turned to leave the tent.

"Pass the order, Meng Qiaofang, He Kegang will lead the army into Shanhaiguan first, and the rest of the departments will also stop resting, and follow closely with me to lead the army into the customs!"

Yang Chengying's voice was so loud that even Hong Chengchou outside heard it.

Hong Chengchou's face was overjoyed, and Yang Chengying was finally willing to make a move!