Chapter 375: Miserable

The Houjin cavalry, which was encircled in an area of less than 1 kilometer between the infantry and cavalry of the Chinese Army, still looked like more than 400 people.

In the direction of their flanks, there were also some Houjin cavalry that had been assigned as scouts, sentinels, and rangers.

These Houjin rangers, who were still fighting at the beginning, have plummeted in momentum after the charge of the cavalry of the Huaxia Army officially began.

After a period of chase with the guards company and part of the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion of the Huaxia Army, they also returned to their respective positions, preparing to participate in the Armageddon.

However, there are still some remnants of the rangers who did not have time to return to the big formation, and they are still hovering in the nearby area at the moment. The number of them remaining is about 100 people.

These more than 100 people, after the Chinese army's infantry array approached, began to split, and some of the Mongol rangers fled far away from the flank, preparing to stay away from the battlefield.

And among this group of rangers, there are also some Houjin Eight Banner soldiers, whose performance is stronger than that of the Mongolian cavalry.

Ignoring the entanglement of the guard company and part of the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion, they dismounted directly in the face of casualties and began to shoot at the flanks of the Huaxia army's array with their rifles.

In the confrontation just now, they had already personally experienced it, and the "Ming Army" on the opposite side, under the mandarin duck's fat jacket, must still be wearing "iron armor", which is the information they exchanged for blood.

This group of veteran soldiers of the Houjin Eight Banners knew that at a long distance, the bows and arrows in their hands did not cause much damage to the enemy wearing the "iron armor", and many times, when they shot the enemy in the chest, they could not even cause impact damage to the people behind the "iron armor".

As a result, they all cunningly aimed at the war horses ridden by the Huaxia army, so that several people on the edge of the two wings of the Huaxia cavalry array were shot down and withdrew from the location of the array.

The distance of more than 100 paces was quickly finished, and in the midst of the neighing of people and horses, another round of cavalry collided.

However, this time, the cavalry of the Houjin Army took the initiative, and the Jiala Ezhen of the Zhenglan Banner led the assembled more than 400 cavalry to carry out a concentrated assault towards the location of the Huaxia cavalry.

These veterans of a hundred battles have learned the lessons of the last raid, and the distance between the left and right has been reduced as much as possible. However, this is really not something that they can easily play with their new hands, and after galloping for a distance, they still reluctantly gave up this tactic of "following the example of the east".

However, the other thing that I have just learned, which has performed well, is the problem of spacing, and they have stretched the distance between the front and back of the queue even more to avoid being clogged up by the chaos caused by the collision.

Jia La'e Zhen personally took the lead, and a group of regular soldiers and vests were the front, using the method of exchanging lives for lives, and opened a gap with huge losses. Almost all of the Houjin cavalry, who were able to quickly adjust their direction, immediately changed direction and rushed towards the gap.

And the Chinese cavalry who staggered with them did not fight with them, and still maintained a dense formation, passing by the Houjin cavalry.

Under the staggered high speed, the follow-up golden cavalry, who had already found a way, did not dare to block its front, and avoided the impact of the Huaxia cavalry as much as possible.

Only the Houjin cavalry on the edge, in order to save their lives and force back the surrounding Chinese cavalry, dared to shoot a dense wave of light arrows with a cavalry bow, of course, when fleeing for their lives, their accuracy was also ridiculously poor.

The stragglers of the Chinese cavalry who were soaked in the last column did not show heroes, silently moved out of the front, and aimed their revolvers at the Houjin cavalry queue is a rapid fire.

Then the Jin cavalry, also fired back a wave of light arrows, the cavalry of the two sides officially disengaged, and the participating troops of the Jin army fled to the north without stopping.

The three columns of cavalry in the main array of the Huaxia cavalry did not slow down, and they crossed the middle ground like an iron brush.

The Houjin cavalry, who were dragged in the center of the battlefield by the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and the cavalry of the Guard Company, were powerless at this moment.

Separated from the large army and completely abandoned, they have almost become individual soldiers at this moment.

The wall charge of the three columns of cavalry swept all the way, sweeping away the remnants of the Houjin cavalry in the middle, and then turned the horse's head and chased after the Houjin army that had withdrawn from the battlefield to the north.

The remaining enemy troops on the battlefield, as well as the remnants of the Houjin army that fled around, were cleared by the follow-up infantry.

When the Houjin cavalry broke through, there were still more than 400 people, but after rushing out, this number was directly reduced by nearly half, and only about 200 horses remained.

The 200-odd cavalry fled to the north, and they had only charged from that direction 20 minutes earlier. It's really fateful!

The Houjin stragglers on both wings, when the large army was still there, listened to the threatening battles and covered the retreat of their masters, and now, seeing that the leader had finally escaped, they were finally relieved, so that their families would not be punished as slaves.

However, the affairs of the old and young in the family were settled, and their own affairs were not finished, and the large army left, but they themselves were abandoned.

After seeing the tragic end of their own large army, no matter how strong the Houjin army was, they did not dare to stay and fight hard, they knew what a tragic end the stragglers would have against the array troops, so these people jumped on their horses one after another, flew up with whips, and galloped wildly with their deadly horses.

However, the fastest runner still had to lose to the Mongol cavalry.

As early as when the first round of assault of the Huaxia cavalry array was completed, these cavalry scattered outside saw the whole territory of the field clearly and realized that the situation was not good.

At that moment, many Mongolian cavalry were shocked by the indomitable ferocity of the Chinese cavalry, and fled early by detouring to the north on both flanks.

Several of Zachdan's staff officers galloped out at this moment, loudly conveying the commander-in-chief's next order to the commanders of the guard company and the second reconnaissance battalion.

"Lushun dispatched all the scattered cavalry of the army, immediately abandoned the deserters of the Houjin army who fled scattered on both wings, and pursued the main force of the Houjin cavalry along the official road."

The 1st Infantry Battalion of the 3rd Corps was collectively prepared for vigilance, while the 2nd Infantry Battalion disbanded the array and rushed to the battlefield on a run.

They ignored the pleas of the wounded soldiers in the vicinity, loaded their rifles with bayonets, killed the wounded soldiers of the enemy army one by one, and then began to busily treat the wounded of their own side and carry the bodies of their own martyrs.

After chasing for a while, the cavalry battalion saw that the enemy troops continued to frantically beat their horses and flee, so they temporarily stopped moving, withdrew to the northern slopes, and began to regroup.

After a total of two rounds of impact, most of the originally aggressive Houjin cavalry troops were damaged in the blink of an eye.

Coupled with the losses of those scouts, stragglers, and rangers, this Houjin army has been beaten and lost its formation, even if the Houjin side is not as good as the loss, and they are supplemented with new soldiers, but within a few years, they don't want to restore their original strength.

More importantly, the remaining part of the enemy who escaped was also frightened and could not go to the battlefield again in the short term.

On the record, for at least a year, they will cease to be an organized combat force.

The soldiers of the second cavalry battalion were howling loudly with excitement at the moment, and Battalion Commander Hou watched his subordinates cry wolf, and had no intention of stopping it.

When the 2nd Cavalry Battalion set out on the expedition, it separated all the officers of the shadow troops, so the total number of personnel on the expedition was more than 500 people.

In the battle just now, the number of soldiers who fell from their horses and were killed and wounded was nearly 100, which is already an extremely tragic casualty figure.

At this moment, in the thin three lines of front lined up, every soldier and officer was the lucky one who walked on the brink of life and death twice and survived unharmed, so he naturally needed to soothe his emotions.