The longer he came into contact with these Eastern cavalrymen, the more difficult Admiral Taylor felt that the other side was more difficult to deal with, not only was he strong in battle, but he was also as cunning as a fox, and he was simply not slippery.

The commander of the U.S. forces in Iowa City, Major General Stern, was an experienced general who had always been steady and assertive, and had followed Admiral Taylor through the Mexican War for a year and a half, and had many meritorious deeds.

Such generals died at the hands of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, which made him feel a chill in his heart.

At this time, Admiral Taylor was under great pressure, and the president and the military were dissatisfied with his performance, and every once in a while urged to find the main cavalry of the Tang Kingdom for a decisive battle to curb its crazy momentum.

The problem is that these Tang Kingdom cavalry are more slippery than loaches, and they can't be caught at all!

Admiral Taylor also thought of overkill, but if there were fewer cavalry, the enemy would swallow it in one bite.

There are too many cavalry divisions, and I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress the enemy!

In this war with the Tang Kingdom, Admiral Taylor felt that he was so tired, mentally stressed, and burdened with thoughts, as if he was clumsily unable to keep up with the footsteps of a rumba master.

"Report to the sir, the latest military emergency."

"Oh!"

Admiral Taylor raised his eyebrows, opened the secret seal and looked at it carefully, and his expression immediately became cold.

This is a fast horse reconnaissance report sent from the front, which found that the main cavalry of the Tang Kingdom was stationed on the banks of the Missouri River, near the wild woods.

The words in the fast horse exploration report are convincing, and he said that he has seen hundreds of tents and tens of thousands of war horses in the place with his own eyes, and he is sure that he is the main force of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom.

Admiral Taylor didn't need to look at the map to know that the wild forest was only more than 80 miles away from the town where the main US military was stationed, and it would take more than two hours to get there.

The fighter plane was in front of him, and Admiral Taylor couldn't help but be excited in his heart, he knew very well the terrain around the wild forest, it was a large plain with a flat river, and even a tall dirt bag was rare.

"Order all the troops to assemble and prepare for the attack, and the whole army must be ready for battle."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Although Admiral Taylor was a little puzzled in his heart, why was the forward scout able to accurately lock on to the enemy's track this time?

However, it is impossible for hundreds of tents and tens of thousands of war horses to cheat, and no one has such a big hand, so it should be that the US military sentry in front of him was lucky and found a fighter.

Case

Admiral Taylor no longer hesitated, and decisively ordered the whole army to assemble and prepare to strike hard.

At the same time, he ordered another group of more than 7,000 American cavalry to quickly approach his side.

In fighting on their own territory, the US military occupies a favorable geographical position, a human advantage, and is able to send military intelligence information through a convenient telegraph network, and can also obtain strong material support from various towns and villages, and the wounded can be treated in a timely manner, and sometimes they can even drink a sip of hot soup, which is a very obvious advantage.

Towards departure

Admiral Taylor received a reply, and another group of American cavalry, 172 kilometers away, set out as soon as he received the order, and approached him in the starry night, and was expected to arrive later tomorrow.

It seems that they will not be able to catch up with this battle.

Admiral Taylor sighed with regret in his heart, he knew that the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom would never spend two nights in one place, and they would often rush hundreds of miles with light cavalry, eliminating civilians who witnessed their whereabouts along the way, so as to prevent the whereabouts of the army from leaking.

The fighter plane is fleeting, and there is no time to hesitate.

He put on his military hat and belt, strode out of the house with a horsewhip in one hand, looked at the American cavalry who were already ready to go on the street, and ordered with a decisive wave of his hand: "The whole army is attacking, the target is the woods, this battle is related to the glory of the Continental Army of the United States of America, may God bless the United States." ”

"May God bless America!" The officers shouted in unison, their eyes revealing the sanctity of martyrs.

"Let's go."

Order

A tidal wave of American cavalry poured out of the town and galloped murderously in the direction of the woods.

4:10 p.m

The black oppressive U.S. cavalry appeared at the end of the horizon, the great earthquake trembled when the horses galloped and trampled, and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom who had already patrolled the periphery called the alarm, and there was a terrible and sharp whistle in the wasteland.

At this time

The U.S. cavalry was not in a hurry, there were many tents on the edge of the wild woods in the distance, and there were teams of cavalry of the Tang Kingdom that were gathering, and they couldn't run anymore.

If you throw away the cotton tent, will you sleep in the field?

In the cold weather at the end of January, the temperature in Illinois often drops to minus 7~8 degrees Celsius at night, and the cold wind is howling, which is by no means able to withstand the thin clothing.

Even the war horses had to be covered with blankets to keep warm, let alone the cavalry?

The cavalry troops of the Tang Kingdom reacted quickly and assembled in just over 10 minutes.

When the distance between the two armies approached within 3~4 kilometers, the US army was close to the edge of the forest, and they took the lead in launching 24 9-pounder Napoleonic field guns, and the muzzles of the black holes were pointed directly at the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom.

Didn't think about it

The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom immediately turned around and retreated, quickly widening the distance between the two, which made the artillery of the American army lonely.

See this scenario

General Taylor hated it so much, these cavalry of the Tang Kingdom really don't give you any advantage at all, just leave, and don't drag the mud and water at all.

But this made him feel relieved, the total number of cavalry in the Tang Kingdom in front of him was about 4,000~4,200 people, more than 10,000 war horses, and it should be the main force of the enemy army that had been chasing.

Especially under the royal flag flying high, a gold-armored general wearing a demon king's mask is impressive.

It is very likely that this person is the famous Demon King Li Li, a tyrant who can stop children crying at night, the legend is blue-faced and fanged, three feet tall, eats several baby hearts every day, and is a messenger of death from hell.

"Forget it, don't try, these Orientals won't let our artillery hit them safely." Admiral Taylor stretched out his hand to stop the officers below, and then turned to a major general beside him; "General Jacob, I hope you can lead the 3rd Cavalry Regiment to storm the first formation and disrupt the enemy's footsteps."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Major General Jacob, who was French-American, bowed politely, then drew his shiny saber and circled it overhead, giving the order to attack.

More than 2,600 horsemen of the US Third Cavalry Regiment left the brigade and pressed towards the enemy like a dark cloud.

The sound of small trotting horses' hooves is dense like rain, startling the birds in the forest, adding to the strong smell of death in this cold season.

At this time, the two sides were about 5 kilometers apart, and the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom had retreated to the middle of the wild forest, and the wide grassland of about five or six hundred meters from the river bank to the wild forest was the site of the battle between the two armies.

The battlefield is relatively narrow, which is obviously conducive to the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, which has fewer troops, and can avoid being surrounded by the opponent's superior forces and falling into a bitter battle.

In the cavalry array of the Tang Kingdom, there are nearly 2,000 cuirassiform heavy cavalry and more than 2,200 light cavalry, lined up in a strict queue, coldly looking at the American cavalry that came all the way.

A few minutes later

The distance between the two sides was cut by half, and Richard slowly combined the sharp 2.8-meter machete into one, raised it high above his head and shouted, "All cuirassiers...... Charge with me! ”

Order

Two thousand cuirassier heavy cavalry immediately instigated their horses, pressed forward in a strict "one" formation, and formed six to seven rows of tight cavalry charging on the plain grass five or six hundred meters wide.

See this scene

Admiral Taylor couldn't help but twitch his eyelids fiercely, and scolded the other party in his heart for being too shameless.

The more than 2,600 members of the U.S. Third Cavalry Regiment are all light cavalry, although they are superior in numbers, they are ......

You're not going to throw all the heavy cavalry into it and bully a legion of light cavalry, are you?

What about the demeanor of a king?

It's also too ......

It is a pity that there is no turning back from the bow, and the cavalry of the two sides charge head-to-head, and in this narrow battlefield where there is no room for maneuver, the distance is close to 1 kilometer in just two or three minutes.

At this time, Major General Jacob, who led the US Third Cavalry Corps, had a miserable face, and pointed the command knife in his hand forward with the courage to see death in his eyes.

Quick as a wink

The American cavalry kicked and beat the horses wildly, driving the horses to gallop at full speed, and then drew the American cavalry revolver musket from the cowhide bag in front of the right knee, which was a sharp weapon they relied on to defeat the enemy's heavy armor.

meanwhile

The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom still maintained the speed of running in small steps, and also pulled out the Colt 1846 revolver musket in the cowhide bag in front of the saddle, raised it steadily with one hand, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the sky, looking at the eyes of the American cavalry with contempt.

What to rush?

They all look like fools, don't you know that the more bumpy the horse is, the more inaccurate the bullet is?

When the distance between the two sides approached within 150 meters, the American soldiers took the lead in shooting, and the "crackling" bullets hit the head and face, knocking over twenty or thirty horsemen in the blink of an eye, causing a brief confusion in the cavalry queue of the Tang Kingdom.

But that's about it

The heavy cavalry of the Tang Kingdom immediately launched a counterattack, and the "crackling" bullets became more dense and deadly, beating the momentum of the frantic impact of the American cavalry to a sudden stagnant, and one hundred and fifty or sixty horsemen in the front turned into rolling twists, and they fell to the ground.

"Papa......"

The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom rained bullets intensively, round after round seemed to never stop, at this time they had already reined in their horses, raised the muskets in their hands and poured fire to their heart's content.

After the two muskets were fired, they automatically let the cavalry in the rear step forward, and so on.

The more than 100-meter-long road was paved with the remains of American soldiers, and it was a one-sided massacre.

The U.S. 3rd Cavalry Corps was quickly crushed, and the rear cavalry screamed loudly and turned their horses' heads, crouched on their horses and fled.

The U.S. cavalry caught in the middle was miserable, although they were stubbornly outputting firepower, few bullets could penetrate the defensive heavy armor, and the opponent's bullets could easily chisel a deadly blood hole in their body, and the person who hit them turned on their backs.

On the battlefield, the thick smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the line of sight dropped to a very low level.

A few minutes after the gunfire stopped, the cold wind along the river blew away the heavy smoke of gunpowder, revealing a hellish scene of slaughter.

Of the more than 2,600 people in the U.S. Third Cavalry Regiment, only 870 or so were able to escape back alone, and the rest were lying on the hellish battlefield, either dying silently or wailing loudly.

It's miserable!

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