In the distance, there was already a platoon of Huaxia cavalry, trying to rush in the direction where dozens of Houjin cavalry were located.

These Houjin cavalry also ran and began to assemble again beside the much empty woods. Looking at their appearance, it seems that they are also preparing to retreat.

At the crossing position, the flintlock musketeers of the cavalry infantry company under the commander of the cavalry battalion, who had already crossed the river and organized the defense on the spot, were shooting at the cavalrymen of the Houjin Army in turn from a distance.

The cavalry of the Houjin Army were constantly hit and fell off their horses, and under their counterattacks, the cavalry company also kept falling to the ground.

The Houjin army had been keeping an eye on the array of cavalry companies and the cavalry platoon that was rushing over at the ferry, so they could not notice a small infantry cannon in this chaotic scene, which was already aimed at them under the operation of the artillery crew.

The cavalry battalion commander saw that the other party's assembled team was becoming more and more dense, and knew that this was the best time, if it was any later, maybe the enemy would start to retreat.

So, he hurriedly whispered, "Quick, bring the rope!" ”

This artillery group was not attached to the cavalry infantry battalion, so they did not know the officer in front of them, and could only report according to the rank on his collar badge: "Major, pull the arquebus, drop, fall into the water, get wet." ”

The cavalry battalion commander glared angrily, "XX, such an important thing, you can actually get wet?" ”

After that, he waved his hand, "Forget it, now is not the time to pursue this issue, without pulling the fire rope, what spare ignition device do you have?" ”

These artillerymen are all new recruits, who only joined the army a few months ago when the army was expanded, and for a few months, they only knew how to maintain the artillery, and then fired on the battlefield according to the coordinates issued by their superiors, and they could not answer the question of the cavalry battalion commander at all.

At the critical moment, it had to be a veteran, and the artillery commander was a non-commissioned officer who had been in the army for more than two years, and he hurriedly took out a stick-like thing from the bag on his waist and said, "Major, there have been regulations in the army, requiring us to carry this kind of fire fold in case of emergency. ”

The cavalry battalion commander frowned and took the fire fold, this thing was made so coarse that it could not be stuffed into the fire hole to ignite the projectile of the cannonball.

However, the soldiers of the Houjin Army over there had already begun to retreat to the south, and had just passed in front of their artillery crew.

Two soldiers of the Houjin Army were pointing in the direction where the artillery group was located at the moment, and it seemed that they had noticed the situation here.

The battalion commander did not allow the cavalry battalion commander to think too much, and he ordered the artillery commander to sign with a latte to clear the gunpowder at the location of the fire transfer hole.

While unscrewing the lid of the fire fold, I blew it a few times. Then he quickly shook at the position of the fire hole.

He was going to shake the spark into the fire hole and ignite the cannonball propellant, although he didn't know if this method would work, but at this time, there was no other way.

Fortunately, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and the sparks that were shaken off on the fire fold fell into the propellant that was brought out by the iron signature outside the fire transmission hole.

The propellant on the outside ignited the propellant inside the fire hole.

The 40mm caliber infantry cannon roared, and in a thick smoke of gunpowder, dozens of small lead bullets smashed like raindrops on the retreating Houjin cavalry.

At close range, the grenades fired from the artillery can be more ferocious than rifle bullets.

In the cavalry group of the Houjin army, there was a burst of blood mist in the vast area hit by lead bullets, and the Houjin cavalry close to the side of the infantry cannon fell to the ground in unison, leaving only the screams of soldiers and the neighing of war horses.

The roar of artillery at close range is so loud that even ordinary rifle fire can cause the horses to go crazy, how can this cannon be so simple.

Just like that, the horses in the Houjin cavalry panicked one by one, even if the Houjin army had good riding skills, there were several cavalrymen who were thrown off their horses and couldn't get up for a long time.

At this critical moment, being unable to move means that the person is already a dead person.

There were dozens of people, and in the blink of an eye, there were only more than twenty left, and this huge battle damage made the soldiers of the Houjin Army even more panicked.

They didn't dare to stay in the slightest, they didn't even dare to help their comrades, they just desperately fled to the south.

That team ran for a long time, and they were side by side with Huaxiaqi, who came from this group of Houjin cavalry, and at this time, they finally rushed to the ferry.

Their shouting and shouting continued to accelerate, and they rushed past the position of the infantry artillery led by the cavalry battalion commander at once, and successfully attacked the waist and flank, intercepting the group of Houjin cavalry.

What is the scene of attacking the fleeing enemy cavalry from the flanks?

Well, it seems to be more accurate to describe it as chopping melons and vegetables.

That one side by side, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, and in one breath they wiped out those panicked Houjin cavalry.

The Houjin forward cavalry troops, in this short period of time, and the Huaxia Army's river-crossing troops engaged in a melee battle, in which they suffered extremely heavy losses, and Bayala, which had more than 300 people, is now only about one-third left.

However, in this melee, the casualties of the 1st Mixed Brigade were not small, with dozens of casualties.

However, everything was worth it, because they, the hundreds of soldiers of the Huaxia Army, finally held the position of the ferry and did not let the enemy's plan succeed.

The cavalry battalion commander looked at the current battle situation and the gradually fleeing enemy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Then, he turned his eyes to the side of the cavalry, about a company or so of cavalry, pursuing the remaining forward cavalry of the Houjin army.

The soldiers of at least one of the infantry companies crossing the river were using bayonets to deal with the wounded soldiers of Houjin.

Other cavalry units, such as the Scout Battalion, also regrouped.

When the situation finally stabilized, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked a gunner to give the order to let the various teams that crossed the river return to their respective formations.

After the second company under his command also went ashore, together with the previous company, after setting up the front and rear arrays a hundred meters in front of the ferry, the cavalry battalion commander finally settled down.

Now, the defensive strength of your own ferry has finally reached a minimum value, and it can form a complete defensive position, so that you are not afraid of the tough charge like the Houjin cavalry just now.

The cavalry battalion commander silently summed up the situation of the battle just now.

It's impossible to say who won and who lost.

The river-crossing unit on the right flank of the 1st Mixed Brigade was disorganized due to factors such as crossing the river, and lost dozens of people, and the battle losses were not small.

Later, the Golden Tartar vanguard troops also lost most of their cavalry, and they neither recaptured the key position of the ferry, nor broke through the military formation arranged by their own side, let alone won the battle.