461 Great Qin crossbow cavalry

"Kill!"

After Liu Zongmin gathered his five thousand elite troops, he directly slaughtered out of the west gate of Luoyang, and happened to see Qi Wei and Huo Gang, who had just converged five miles outside the city.

Moreover, Liu Zongmin also saw the two directions of the north and south, leaving behind the corpses in one place, all of which were Li Zicheng's bandits, in fact, many of them were bandits directly under the command of Liu Zongmin.

This made Liu Zongmin angry, and directly ordered his subordinates to kill Qi Wei's 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion.

Liu Zongmin was completely reckless at this time, and he was carried away by anger, at this time they were facing the White Dragon Army, not the ordinary Ming Army they had encountered in the past.

If Niu Jinxing were here at this time, he would definitely stop Liu Zongmin.

And people are still cavalry, although you have the advantage in numbers, but after all, you are infantry, is it really good to rush like this?

At this time, Liu Zongmin directly gave the order to attack, on the one hand, because of his anger, and the hatred of the White Dragon Army in his heart.

The second time Li Zicheng was defeated in Yiyang, Liu Zongmin has always been obsessed, and Liu Zongmin has always had a good impression of Li Zixiao and the White Dragon Army under him.

And during this time, Liu Zongmin followed Li Zicheng to defeat Lu Xiangsheng, attacked the city all the way, and now captured Luoyang City.

This made Liu Zongmin's arrogance even more extreme, and he became even more rampant, not taking anyone in his eyes, and having an invincible arrogant attitude.

Moreover, Liu Zongmin is indeed confident in the strength of his subordinates, those bandits, and he has not killed the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty before.

Who said that the infantry is no match for the cavalry, he Liu Zongmin does not believe in this evil.

He planned to eat the cavalry of the White Dragon Army in front of him today and slap Li Zixiao in the face once to avenge Yiyang's revenge. 、

"I'm going, what's the situation? Are these bandits crazy? Are they rushing at us like this? ”

On Qi Wei's side, Huo Gang, the deputy battalion general, looked at the bandits rushing towards them at this time, looked confused, and spoke.

"Hahaha! Who is the leader of these bandits on the other side, it's really a two hundred and five, in the face of us, they should also rush over, I really don't know whether to live or die, I laugh to death. ”

Huo Gang had just finished speaking, and before he could speak, he laughed to himself.

"Ahem!"

Seeing Huo Gang's laughing appearance, Zhang Ming on the side hurriedly coughed.

"I'm sorry, General, I'm out of shape." Hearing Zhang Ming's cough, Huo Gang turned his face to look at it, and saw Qi Wei staring at him with a dark face, and quickly apologized.

"Hmph, since people ignore us so much, it means that they can't afford us at all, which means that the general is in Yiyang, and the lesson he gave them is not enough.

It's not enough to kill them, not enough of them, so this time, let's teach these rogues a good lesson and let them know how powerful our 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion is."

I want to see that the next time these bandits see our 'Flying Feather' banner again, they will be timid, they will tremble, and they will turn their heads and run.

Now I order, everyone is ready to charge, Huo Gang, take the soldiers, kill them for Ben General, kill them or not, come back and my military law will deal with you! ”

Qi Wei said coldly with a grim face.

"Yes, general, Huo Gang received the order, he can't kill these bandits, and he is willing to lead the army."

"Soldiers, listen to the order, kill me!"

Huo Gang also lowered his face, drew his sharp and bright saber, shouted at the cavalry behind him, and then rushed out first.

Thundered!

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and one by one the White Dragon Army's 'Flying Feather' cavalry accelerated and rushed out, forming a black torrent.

"Crossbow!"

In Huo Gang, with more than 2,000 cavalry from the 'Flying Feather Battalion', they lined up in a dense formation, forming a sharp arrow formation, and rushed towards the bandits on the opposite side.

Arrow Front, which is a cavalry charge formation that is more used by cavalry to charge, and to cut through the enemy's formation head-on.

In the face of the White Dragon Army's flying feather cavalry galloping on the opposite side, the bandits under Liu Zongmin on the opposite side did not show their fear.

As always, they roared with rage, their faces hideous, and they thought about rushing and killing their enemies.

I have to admit that these subordinates of Liu Zongmin have really inherited his combat style, and they are indeed a group of bandits, who do not want to die when they fight, and they are not afraid of death.

Even in the face of a powerful enemy, they still dare to rush to fight.

"Hmph, I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid." Huo Gang said with a sneer.

Then, he went and shouted at the cavalry behind him: "Shoot! ”

Whoosh! Bang bang bang!

With Huo Gang's roar, the flying feather cavalry of the White Dragon Army followed behind shot out the crossbow arrows in their hands, and three hundred cavalrymen with short guns also opened fire.

Ahhh

Immediately, there was a scream from the opposite side, and more than 2,000 crossbow arrows were fired, and at least 100 bandit arrows fell down, making a terrible scream.

At this time, the Flying Feather Cavalry had only rushed to a distance of about fifty paces from the bandits, and they were allowed to complete another volley before rushing in front of the bandits.

"Shoot again!"

Whoosh!

There was another rain of arrows, and again dozens of bandits fell, although there were not many of them, but it was a real blow to the morale of the enemy.

Many of the bandits who rushed to the front were slaughtered again, which couldn't help but make the bandits behind hesitate.

Before they met the enemy, the bandits who rushed to the front were attacked by round after round of arrows, which was a great blow to the morale of the bandits.

Under normal circumstances, the White Dragon Army's Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion was able to complete three salvos when rushing into the enemy group.

But unfortunately, this time the distance between their bandits was a little close, and they could only complete two rounds of salvos, Huo Gang came down and put away the crossbow, drew his saber, and prepared to chop.

Later, Qi Wei, Zhang Ming and others did not participate in the charge.

At this time, like Qi Wei, when it is not very necessary, he will not take the initiative to lead the troops to charge, he understands his identity very well at this time, and the commander of the three armies has to be in the position of the commander.

As for the film and television dramas of later generations, the audience often sees that the commanders of the three armies take the lead in the charge at every turn, it is purely for the film and television effect, and it is nonsense at all.

Not to mention the commander of the three armies, he is an ordinary general, and he will not take the lead in the charge, once he dies, then the dragons will be leaderless.

Generally, those who charge at the forefront are the most junior officers, or some deputy generals.

"That's a crossbow...... Great Qin Iron Rider! ”

At this time, Qin Xiong was standing next to Qi Wei, he did not participate in the charge, and when he saw this crossbow attack of the White Dragon Army's Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed.

In Chinese history, the crossbow cavalry of Great Qin was famous.

"Huh? Qin Xiong, you can see it too. At this time, Zhang Ming next to him turned his head and said to Qin Xiong with a smile.

"Our Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion was established by the Great General after the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, or rather, we imitated the combat method of the Great Qin Crossbow Cavalry.

In fact, if we really encounter a strong enemy, we will not directly attack the enemy head-on as we did today, but mainly attack with crossbow arrows, flank guerrillas, and finally charge.

However, today these rogues who do not know whether they live or die dare to charge at us, and we do not mind gouging through them in the most violent way. ”

Zhang Ming explained to Qin Xiong with a smile.

In history, the most important attack method of the Great Qin crossbow cavalry was mainly crossbow arrow attacks.

Judging from historical data, there has never been a record of the cavalry of the Qin army attacking the enemy's frontal defensive positions.

Even if it was a flank attack, it was not recorded, of course, it cannot be said that there was no at all, unless it was a last resort.

It is also said that the crossbow cavalry of the Qin army is actually more similar to the light cavalry of the Mongols back then, and even the tactics are almost the same.

The Qin crossbow is a simple version of the infantry arm crossbow, and the cavalry can completely control the war horse with one hand and turn back with the other hand to complete, from aiming to firing.

It can adapt to the kind of cavalry tactics of running and shooting.

And at this time, the White Dragon Army's Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion has surpassed the Qin Army countless times in terms of weapons and equipment alone, at least the Qin Army cavalry at that time, but there was no saddle or anything.

Moreover, the armor of the soldiers of the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion is the most sophisticated, costing Li Zixiao a lot of silver, light and strong protective ability, which is definitely countless times more than the cavalry of the Qin State thousands of years ago.

Moreover, at that time, the cavalry of the Qin army used bronze swords, which were very easy to break, which was probably one of the reasons why they were unwilling to attack the enemy formation head-on.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the hundred steel knives made of iron, I don't know how many times stronger the bronze sword was, and the cavalry who galloped and chopped did not have to worry about the steel knife breaking at all.

It is precisely because of this that cavalry will become the trump card of cold weapon warfare in this era.

And thousands of years ago, in the Qin State, cavalry was just emerging.

At this time, Li Zixiao's Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion, to be more precise, should be like a combination of the Great Qin Crossbow Cavalry and the Tang Xuanjia Army, which can flank guerrillas and charge head-on.

"Guerrilla, charge, Great Qin crossbow cavalry!"

After listening to Zhang Ming's words, Qin Xiong couldn't help muttering to himself, his eyes lit up, and he came up with the idea of joining the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion.

Just now, Huo Gang led the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion to charge, shooting crossbows, Qin Xiong was excited, he also wanted to be a cavalryman in his early years, but unfortunately there were few Ming cavalry, and he didn't get a chance.

While Zhang Ming was talking to Qin Xiong, the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion led by Huo Gang in front had already crashed head-on into Liu Zongmin's bandit group, and suddenly the heads were rolling and the screams were continuous.

No matter how brave these bandits are and how they are not afraid of death, it will not help at all, because they are not afraid of death, but it does not mean that they will not die.

Huo Gang led the Flying Feather Cavalry Battalion to rush back, leaving only the corpses in one place.

It wasn't until this time that Liu Zongmin woke up suddenly, realizing what a wrong decision he had just made.

"Oh no, this time it's a disaster. Withdraw, hurry up and let them withdraw. ”

Liu Zongmin's face changed suddenly, and he yelled at the dog next to him, and then kicked him away and asked him to go down to give orders.

However, everything is already like this, how can the bandits who rushed out still withdraw back!

"Withdraw, withdraw! It's really a straw bale, and Lao Tzu is strong as a general. ”

The dog was kicked by Liu Zongmin, and quickly ran away, with a gloomy face, and said in a low voice.

This is bound to be a massacre!

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