Wang Chaodong was already on the horse with a bow and arrows, only to hear a "whoosh", and then there was a scream and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and his arrow pierced the neck of a cavalry under Wang Hui's command, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and horses in the headquarters, and then "swished" and shot dozens of arrows.

The two cavalry chased after me, and the entire convoy followed closely behind, and the whole mule and horse of a thousand men and horses were advancing rapidly, quickly opening a farther gap with Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao's soldiers and horses.

By the time Wang Hui ran to the ferry port of Qinghe County and gathered his troops and horses, only about 30 of the more than 50 horsemen he brought with him were left, and the rest were either killed by Wang Chaodong and his men with bows and arrows in the back, or their riding skills were poor, and they were stabbed to death with spears after being overtaken, and only one person was killed and two were injured on Wang Chaodong's side.

However, when Wang Hui didn't expect it, Wang Chaodong didn't mean to stop, this guy actually directly led the remaining thirty or so cavalry to attack his more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and kept throwing arrows.

If it weren't for Lu Zhenfei's attention to the equipment and training of the army, the whole army of this governor pacesetter battalion would have suffered heavy losses under the attack of arrows.

However, most of the pacesetter battalion soldiers with only one layer of armor still let out screams from time to time in the face of the attack of arrows, and the arrows could still produce enough damage in the places where the armor could not be protected, or where they were weak.

Wang Hui looked at the tactics of the cavalry of the eastern division of the dynasty, and did not feel strange, this was just the most conventional tactic of the cavalry against the phalanx of soldiers, but the courage of the other party was indeed beyond his imagination.

He was originally the border army of Gansu Town, but in the process of King Qin, who first entered the Kou for the first time, because of the problem of food and salary, the whole army was dispersed, and many people voted for the Liukou, and he was transferred to Fengyang, and was taken in by Lu Jiude, and in the next few years, he also participated in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, and made some meritorious achievements, and only the year before last, under the recommendation of Lu Jiude, he voted for Lu Zhenfei.

If you want to talk about fighting, Wang Hui has also been on the battlefield for a long time, and he just fled all the way, not because he was afraid, but because he wanted to lead Zhou Shixian to Qinghe to complete the final encirclement, and his troops were guarding the Qinghe ferry to prevent the holy car from escaping from here.

Wang Hui saw that his army formation had been in a state of passive beating, and he no longer tolerated it, and immediately sent all the cavalry in the army, a total of more than 100 horsemen, to start a counterattack.

Seeing this, the cavalry of the eastern division of the dynasty reacted quickly, and immediately began to retreat and gather to prevent being divided and surrounded by the opposite side, and each was broken.

Hundreds of horses galloped and chased in the field outside Qinghe County, the sound of horses' hooves, shouts, Jin Ge collisions, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground were endless.

The magistrate of Qinghe County stood on top of the city tower, looking at the smoke and dust billowing outside, and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.

Fortunately, he had been prepared, but now that the city gate is closed, hundreds of villagers are waiting for battle, and there are officers and soldiers outside, these thieves will definitely not be able to attack the city.

"Hahaha, it's just a few dozen horses, not as many as the soldiers on the wall of Benzhi County!" Qinghe Zhixian laughed.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he faintly heard a dense sound of horses' hooves, and it became louder and louder, like muffled thunder.

He looked in the direction where the sound came from, but saw a thick yellow smoke rising in the distance, pushing towards Qinghe County like a tide.

Qinghe Zhixian swallowed his saliva with some fear, and watched the yellow tide continue to pour in, and the cavalry battle outside the city soon came to an end, and the two sides retreated separately after dropping more than two dozen corpses.

Zhou Shixian soon led the army to the outside of Qinghe City, but he did not fight for the ferry heavily guarded by Wang Hui, but quickly came to the outside of the moat of the county seat.

And Wang Hui saw Zhou Shixian's army coming, so he hurriedly collected his troops and returned to defense, the other side had too many cavalry, if his soldiers did not have the cover of cavalry, under the same strength, they would definitely be easily defeated.

"Wang Chaodong, Wu Xingye, Li Daxi, take your men and horses to line up and prepare for battle!" Zhou Shixian immediately ordered.

"Whoa!" Several people said in unison.

After that, Zhou Shixian personally transferred the cars of the emperor, the princess, and several ministers to the side of the moat, the center of the army, and then sent someone to contact the magistrate.

Naturally, he didn't want to persuade the other party to open the door, but he had to make sure that the other party didn't make trouble for him, otherwise he would be attacked on his back.

Although those villagers on the city wall have little combat effectiveness, if they interfere, they still divide their troops to protect the safety of the emperor and queen.

Soon, Li Banghua came to the city with a holy decree covered with a jade seal, and shouted to the magistrate inside.

At the beginning, Qinghe Zhixian didn't want to pay attention to it, what did he have to say to these thieves, if he was a thief because of this, it would be bad luck.

But the other party actually claimed that he was Li Banghua, and when the magistrate saw the figure and heard the voice, it seemed that he was really familiar, and finally let people hang the so-called holy decree.

However, this county magistrate is very proficient, and before he saw the holy decree, he first talked to Li Banghua, the two exchanged a few words of greeting, and after exchanging names, when Li Banghua asked him to open the door, this guy actually played Tai Chi:

"It's been a long way, and it's not easy for you!"

Li Banghua listened, and thought to himself, good guy, I already know that this is the identity of the holy driver and the old man, the old man asked you to open the door, but you said that it was not easy for me, it seems that I have met an opponent!

"It is an honor to escort south, and it is an honor to be a courtier, and it is said that it has to be easy. But as a courtier, it is a capital crime not to let the holy car enter the city! "To deal with people who play Tai Chi, you have to go straight to the point.

"Ah, what are you talking about, why is this city so noisy, the official really can't hear it clearly!"

Qinghe Zhixian directly began to play tricks, at this time the holy decree had been hoisted, he opened it and looked at it, but he didn't see any flaws, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart.

At this time, the magistrate already had doubts about the identity of the old man in the city, and the other party seemed to be Li Banghua, and Li Banghua could not be a thief.

But the problem is that it is impossible for Father-in-law Lu to surrender to thieves, let alone deceive him into a sesame petty official!

As a small magistrate, he has very limited information, and more is just acting on orders, so he can't judge the current situation at all.

It is impossible for Lu Jiude to surrender to thieves, and it is impossible for Lu Zhenfei to surrender to thieves, so what they are chasing and killing must be thieves.

But the problem is, the holy decree is real, and Li Banghua doesn't seem to be false, it can't be true on both sides, right?

Qinghe Zhixian's mind was in chaos, and finally Yu Guang saw the stick in Xiang Yong's hand. Then, he snatched the stick and struck himself on the head.

Well, the world is quiet!

The master on the side saw that he didn't know what was going on, and immediately shouted: "Zhixian is injured and fainted, everyone is strictly guarded, and it is absolutely impossible to attack easily, if anyone wastes a stone, correct the law on the spot." ”

Then, the chief bookkeeper ordered someone to carry the injured magistrate down, and arranged for a stammerer to confront the old man who could talk and called himself Li Yushi.

See if you can still say no, I'm going to kill you!

Well, it's a small county, and everyone is talented!

Zhou Shixian ignored these people for the time being, he had to set up an army outside Qinghe County before Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao led the army to arrive.

At this time, digging trenches and building breastworks is no longer enough, and it will also excessively consume the physical strength of the soldiers.

Zhou Shixian could only use a shield as a substitute to block the arrow attacks of Lu Jiude, Ma Huabao, and Wang Hui, and then use muskets and bows as the first firepower, armored soldiers as the second combat force, and cavalry as flank cover, outflanking, and pursuit forces.

According to the intelligence detected by the sentinel cavalry, there were about seven or eight hundred cavalry under the command of Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao, plus nearly a hundred here in Wang Hui, their total number of cavalry exceeded eight hundred, and Zhou Shixian's side could really fight on horseback, except for the musketeers, there were only three or four hundred cavalry, which was not advantageous in numbers.

However, although Zhou Shixian's troops did not have an advantage in cavalry and the number of soldiers, in terms of firearms, the advantage was overwhelming.

It is the northern border army of the Ming Dynasty that uses arquebuses of worrying quality, and these southern and inland Ming armies are still using muskets, which are far inferior to Lumi guns in terms of range, rate of fire and power.

Moreover, for the sake of marching speed, they did not carry artillery, at least among the more than 3,000 troops that pursued, the sentinels did not find it, and Wang Hui's pacesetter battalion did not.

Zhou Shixian ordered the army to lay down a very conventional thick military formation in the east of Qinghe County, close to the moat.

Sun Hu and the musketeers of the rest of the divisions were in the first and second rows on the outside, and in front of them were stakes and two shields were fixed.

Nearly 400 soldiers under the command of Li Daxi were deployed behind the musketeers, Jinyi Wei was behind to supervise the battle, and Weng Dajie's department was deployed on the north wing of the army, Wu Xingye personally commanded, Li Daxi's department and the cavalry of the east department of the dynasty were on the south wing, led by Wang Chaodong, and they were responsible for covering the flanks and attacking and pursuing the enemy.

Such an army formation is not qualified for defense, and if it is against the Manchurian Eight Banners who are heading south, or the four or five thousand soldiers and horses of the Shun army at their peak, the result will definitely not be optimistic.

But Zhou Shixian faced the Ming army of Nanzhili, although these troops were already considered elite in the southern Ming army, but according to Zhou Shixian's understanding, they were very different from the real elite of the northern border army in the field after all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shixian was both happy and worried, he should be able to get through this crisis, but when the Qing army went south, or the Shun army won the battle for the first time, what resistance would he have? Is that 20,000 slender men enough?

The smoke and dust billowing from the north interrupted Zhou Shixian's thoughts, Wu Xingye had already led the sentry cavalry to engage them three times, and the two sides suffered casualties on each other, although Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao's side had the advantage of troops, but the damage was often more than twice that of Wu Xingye's troops.

Neither Lu Jiude nor Ma Huabao expected that these cavalry would dare to engage them, and the offensive nature was so strong that the increasing casualties forced them to change their opinion about this escort army.

From the capital to Nanzhili, thousands of miles away, many difficulties, it seems that this army is not lucky, but with real skills.