0592, what is riding and shooting
A brown dragon emerges, making a qiē even weirder.
The 1,500 elite cavalry sent by Shen Zhixiang were all his own soldiers, led by his nephew Shen Fu himself. The elite soldiers who came all the way from outside the gate once defeated Li Zicheng's more than 100,000 people.
Kong Youde's army had no opponents at all wherever it went, so Shen Zhixiang barely lost a single soldier, and successively recovered Ruxiang County, Lushi County, Luanchuan County, and Shangnan County.
In order to rescue his precious son, Shen Zhixiang of course had to take out the most elite troops, and the 1,500 cavalry elite led by Shen Fu was enough.
However, a brown dragon swooped down and changed a qiē.
"It seems that I made a mistake in my judgment, and I may have made a mistake by dedicating Xiangyang City to Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun. Feng Yangzhu looked at what happened under the mountain, and suddenly felt chills all over his body: "It is not the troops of Emperor Dashun who are attacking Suizhou City!"
Feng Yangzhu saw that he was in a cold sweat, but in fact, nothing happened under the mountain.
The so-called saving soldiers is like fighting fires, not to mention rescuing his own major general Shen Yongzhong, so Shen Fu's idea is very simple.
After leading 1,500 elite cavalry to rush down the mountain, he gave full play to his speed advantage, and went straight to Suizhou City in the southeast along the main road, rescuing the major general Shen Yongzhong with the fastest action.
The rear road and flank protection of the reinforcements were handed over to Feng Yangzhu's 3,000-foot army, which had just surrendered. It is possible to test their combat effectiveness and to see their loyalty.
Shen Fu's idea is not wrong, it is God who makes mistakes.
Shen Fu commanded 1,500 cavalry to come to the flat ground, and just as he split into two columns and ran, a cavalry suddenly appeared in front of him in the morning mist.
The cavalry that collided head-on were all jujube red horses, with a tide of men and horses, and the sound of hooves like thunder.
The knights on horseback are all dressed in strange brown full-body armor, which looks like a horse and a horse.
This strange armor was the first time Shen Fu had seen it, not only covering the people and the horses, but also covering the entire faces of the cavalrymen on horseback, leaving only a pair of hands outside.
Shen Fu is also a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, and he is certainly no stranger to armor.
If the enemy's armor is made of copper and iron, it will weigh at least four hundred catties. This is a huge burden for any war horse, and it is impossible to run at all. Even if you barely run, you can't run far.
The power of the hoplites is mainly the powerful squeezing force of frontal combat, using their indestructible heavy armor to oppress the opponent.
Since the enemy has dispatched heavy cavalry, it is inevitable to exert a huge impact and launch a fatal assault on his own cavalry ranks.
Thinking of this possibility, Shen Fu immediately adjusted his formation, using the speed advantage of his light cavalry to get rid of the entanglement and achieve the goal of reinforcing Shen Yongzhong, the major general of Suizhou City.
What caught Shen Fu off guard was that the cavalry that rushed out of the morning fog was not only the armor, but also the formation of the cavalry on the opposite side.
Shen Fu's reaction was not unpleasant, the 1,500 cavalry under his command moved faster, and the moment he saw the enemy, he had already flashed his sword with a slash.
Fifteen hundred swords stood close to each other, and between the cold light of the blades, there was a breathtaking killing aura in the sky, and the air around them seemed to freeze all at once.
Shen Fu's reaction was not slow, and the 1,500 cavalry under his command moved faster, and the moment he saw the enemy, he had already flashed his horse chopping knife.
Fifteen hundred horses went from galloping to trotting, and then began to accelerate again, and in the blink of an eye they had formed a huge cone-shaped formation, like a huge arrow shooting at the strange cavalry that was coming at them.
Fifteen hundred swords were raised diagonally, and between the cold light of the blades, the breathtaking aura of slaughter spread out in the sky, and the air around them seemed to freeze all at once, which was the great deterrent power of the cavalry.
Like a knife cutting bamboo, Shen Fu commanded 1,500 cavalry to immediately adjust to the Yanling formation, using nine war horses as arrows and blades, and slashed straight at the oncoming brown dragon.
This was originally a normal way of cavalry duel, but the brown dragon suddenly split in two, as if it had been cut through by the cavalry commanded by Shen Fu.
Feng Yangzhu, who was covered in cold sweat on the mountain, saw the next scene on the flat ground below the mountain.
What caught Feng Yangzhu sweating and caught Shen Fu off guard was that the brown cavalry that rushed out of the morning mist was more than just armor.
What is really strange is that these cavalrymen who came head-on did not draw their swords at all, nor did they attack their opponents, but took advantage of the situation to divide the sides when the enemy rushed over, and then pressed to the opponent on the left and right, maintaining a distance of a hundred paces and galloping in each other.
If it's just galloping, then of course it's not a big deal, the point is that everyone in this cavalry shoots three arrows at their opponent in a row. As a result, Shen Fu found that he had only blinked his eyes twice, and more than 300 people under his command had already been shot off the horse.
The whole process is as fast as a storm and overwhelming.
The enemy's "heavy cavalry" turned out to be faster than his own light cavalry, which was really too strange for Shen Fu to accept psychologically.
What is even more unacceptable is that although there are only more than 2,400 people in this strange cavalry, their riding and archery skills are too outrageous.
They turned out to be more powerful than the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty. A hundred paces away, he fired his bow and arrows, and he was still on the back of a galloping horse, and he shot more than 300 people in one shot.
Just when Shen Fu was about to adjust the queue again, the strange cavalry that had just rushed over blew back like a whirlwind, and the same queue that was close to him flickered a hundred steps away, and the same arrows rained down, resulting in more than three hundred people missing him.
Seeing this pure cavalry and archery combat method, Shen Fu's psychology collapsed first.
It's not that his nerves aren't strong enough, it's that the enemy in front of him simply can't be defeated.
After more than ten years of fighting on the battlefield, Shen Fu is certainly not a person who can be caught with his hands tied.
As soon as the strange cavalry appeared, Shen Fu had already adjusted his strategy against the enemy, and his brothers also counterattacked according to the order.
However, the enemy's arrows can kill their own brothers, and their brothers have no effect on their bows and arrows, which is simply a waste of effort.
On the one hand, the distance between the two sides is too far, and there are not many people who can shoot a hundred paces away on the back of a galloping horse.
On the other hand, even if a small number of hard archers are able to shoot the enemy, all the arrows that hit the enemy's armor will bounce off, and they will not be able to deal damage to the enemy at all.
If you can't shoot the enemy yourself, you can only wait to be shot by the enemy.
was unilaterally slaughtered by others, and he had no power to fight back, so he couldn't fight this battle.
Staying where he was and waiting for death, Shen Fu stared at his blood-red eyes and roared, and finally gave the order to disperse and break through: "You don't have to keep in formation, everyone immediately withdraw from the battlefield, and then gather outside the west gate of Suizhou City!"
It was none other than the guerrillas of the Chige Shooting Battalion who had been here last night on the third watch, everyone was a five-stone bow, and they were all equipped with improved rattan armor.
Chige and the other twenty-four marksmen did not participate in the battle, but monitored the entire battlefield from three hundred paces away.
Specifically, it is to monitor the 3,000 people of Feng Yangzhu's department who are descending the mountain.
It's actually hard to be a slave who surrenders.
The unilateral massacre under the mountain, of course, Feng Yangzhu and his subordinates saw it, and they were also trembling with fright.
Shaking all over the body won't solve the problem.
If Shen Fu and his men were wiped out, none of Feng Yangzhu's men would survive, and neither would the "protected" wives and children in Xiangyang City.
One wrong step, one wrong step.
Feng Yangzhu was shocked, but still gave the order to go down the mountain for reinforcements.
Chige and his twenty-four marksmen kept watching the movement on the mountain, not caring at all about the battle between the large army and Shen Fu's cavalry.
The scouts had already reported that Feng Yangzhu was a traitor to the Dashun Army.
Feng Yangzhu surrendered without a fight in Xiangyang City, and his deputy general Zong Ze surrendered without a fight in Suizhou City, both of them were spineless raccoon dogs.
"Leave the enemy's cavalry alone, let Sahur in Suizhou City pick them up! Whoever dares to move will be shot!"
Prince Xiong hates traitors the most, so Chige and his brothers hate traitors the most, and what they hate most is naturally a traitor, and what they are in front of them is still a traitor who surrenders without a fight.
Feng Yangzhu was forced to lead the team down the mountain, originally to plan the cavalry in Shen Fu. But as soon as his vanguard came down the mountain, Shen Fu actually fled with his subordinates, and Feng Yangzhu suddenly panicked.
With 3,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 cavalry, and against cavalry who are good at cavalry and archery, there is absolutely no way to survive, it is purely looking for death.
If Ma Yangzhu was a person who casually looked for death, it would be impossible for him to surrender in Xiangyang City without a fight.
The Lord will be afraid of death, and of course the 3,000 men under his command are even more afraid of death.
Chige and his archery battalion prepared their bows and arrows, but they did not release them, because all those who came down the mountain had already thrown away their weapons.
Chige waved his hand, which had been a fixed gesture for more than ten years, and the soldiers of the Shooting Battalion immediately roared.
More than 2,000 people shouted at the same time, absolutely earth-shattering: "Those who hold the position of centurion or above, immediately go out for thirty steps!"
Chige's order to immediately clear out the centurion and above generals who surrendered to the enemy was of course justified and imminent.
It turned out that Chige gave up chasing and killing the scattered Shen Fu Department because of the news from the three hundred people who were ambushed in Lei Gongzhai:
To the west of the watershed, Shen Zhixiang's army of 20,000 appeared, including 6,000 cavalry and 14,000 infantry. Six thousand cavalry were less than ten miles away from the foot of the watershed hill, and they were still speeding up.
Chige didn't expect Shen Zhixiang's main force to come so quickly, if he couldn't solve the three thousand rebels of Feng Yangzhu in front of him, he would face an enemy ten times his size.
The "Suizao Corridor" is a narrow strip of land facing northwest, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry roundabouts.
If Shen Zhixiang's 14,000 infantry army occupied the watershed, and then ordered 6,000 cavalry to go down the mountain and rush to kill, Chige knew that his more than 2,000 people would definitely not be able to stop it, and he would have to pay heavy losses.
If you can't hold the commanding heights of Lei Gongzhai, you won't be able to hold the Suizhou City you just captured, and you will even let Ma Jinzhong, Ma Guangyi and others on the front line of Yingshan County and Xiaochang County be attacked, then all your efforts will be wasted.
The only way now is to immediately take down Feng Yangzhu's 3,000 infantry army, and then we can deal with a more critical situation.
In this line of thought, Chige saw Feng Yangzhu and more than a hundred others leaving his queue, his right hand clenched his fist and fell, and the soldiers of the shooting battalion on both sides suddenly fired arrows in unison.
"Feng Yangzhu surrendered without a fight, and handed over Xiangyang City to others, the sin is unforgivable, but this has nothing to do with you. I know that you all have no food to eat, so you followed the Great Shun Emperor Li Zicheng to rebel. ”
After shooting Feng Yangzhu and the others, Chige finally spoke: "Now, the Manchu Tartars have penetrated deep into the hinterland, and not far to the west of Lei Gongzhai is the 20,000 main forces of Shen Zhixiang's subordinates who are following. Those who are afraid of death leave quickly, and those who are not afraid of death pick up their weapons and participate in the battle!"
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