The iron hooves of the war horses shook the sky, and the cavalry under the command of the royal courtiers were arranged in a neat attack formation, like a galloping iron stream rushing forward. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at their impact and might, the snooping rogues and horses outside changed color, many people were busy getting out of the way, and there were also people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead and intended to come up and intercept them.

"Kill!"

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer, the cavalry formed a raging wave, and soon twenty or thirty paces away from those thieves, and the two sides could see each other's faces with excited or hideous expressions, the royal courtiers roared, and the soldiers in the front row raised their three-eyed guns neatly.

Boom!

The sound of the fire fold igniting the primer was spewed out of a thick smoke from the mouth of a door, like the explosion of a short cannon, and the sparks were shot in all directions, and the thieves were shot one after another, screaming and falling off their horses.

The roar of the three-eyed gun was like thunder, and when it was released, the sound was several times louder than that of the bird, and the momentum was quite amazing.

And the power at close range is not small, even if you are wearing cotton armor, it is difficult to block the bombardment of the three-eyed gun.

A burst of people turned on their horses, and under the tide of cavalry under the command of the royal courtiers, those thieves and horsemen who snooped and intercepted were in chaos, especially under the three-eyed bullets, and the howls were even more miserable.

Boom!

The cavalrymen with the three-eyed guns continued to ride their horses and bombard, and at the same time, they turned their guns from time to time, lit the primer or fuse on the fire door, and the thieves aimed and shot, causing the thieves in their way to scream.

It is undeniable that the three-eyed gun is not high on the horse, but the nine sides, especially in Liaodong and other towns, are knights on the horse, and they still like to use the three-eyed gun.

Even if you shoot a target in the Gym, the Bird Gun hits ten times as much as the Swift Gun or the Three-Eyed Gun. Five times as much as a bow and arrow, the bird gun can also break through two layers of wet blanket quilts at a distance of eighty paces, and three to four layers of wet blanket quilts at a distance of fifty steps, and the effective lethality of the three-eyed guns is only twenty or thirty steps, but the equipment of the northland cavalry is still very common.

The reason is that the use of bird guns is cumbersome to operate, and the northern soldiers are impatient with dramas, so the three-eyed guns are much more convenient.

Moreover, the three-eyed gun has a rod and three tubes, and each gun can enter two or three, three or four leads. When shooting. You can use primers directly, or leads, depending on the battlefield, three leads together. Three-pronged strike. Or each tube is fired in succession. Very flexible.

In this way, when each tube is bombarded, several bounces are released. Or a three-pronged salvo, more than a dozen leads burst out, even if the accuracy is not high immediately, one lead can't hit the enemy, a dozen leads, there are always people who hit.

In addition, the three-eyed gun has a low rate of mute fire, and after shooting, it can also be used as a sticky or mace, so it is understandable that it is popular with the knights of the Northland.

Over the past hundred years, the Northland soldiers have developed a series of tactics for the use of the three-eyed gun, and many veteran soldiers have already known when and when to light the primer, or the best fuse, and some even use the five-eyed gun.

Of course, the five-eyed gun is heavier, and it is not possible for those who are not physically strong.

Boom Boom!

The cavalry soldiers under the command of Wang Tingchen rushed through in rows, their guns were in front, and the strange soldiers were behind.

Although the thieves and horsemen have horses, but few of them have the ability to shoot on horses, or guns, and they can only be beaten and unable to fight back when they are outside the range of swords and guns, which is also one of the reasons why the thieves are very afraid when the Guanning cavalry appears.

Although it is not as good as Liaodong Town, regardless of horse step, it is generally equipped with three-eyed guns, and the soldiers in the regular barracks in his town, in addition to the strange soldiers who are skilled in riding and shooting, can block and ambush, the rest are also armed with three-eyed guns, and the number of firearms is large and the firepower is sufficient.

Wang Tingchen is a master of using the three-eyed gun, in the smoke and dust, he led the family Ding Chong in the front, at this time, it was a large five-eyed gun, he rode on the back of a galloping horse, although the horse was bumpy, but his hand holding the gun, but it was as steady as Mount Tai.

He held the handle under his right armpit, his left hand held the body, and his right hand held a fire fold, and he controlled the horse purely with his legs.

Whenever there is a rogue horse soldier in front of him, he glances at it, and the fire fold goes to the three-eyed gun and a hole in the fire door, and there is a loud bang, and the thick fire smoke flashes, and the tube flies out several times, and immediately there are rogue horsemen howling and being knocked off the horse, or the horse is shot.

The gun turned, the fire fold was a little more, and in the loud noise, there were thieves and horsemen who were shot, and after the five guns were finished, he alone hit four thieves, which was still on the galloping horses, which can be described as outstanding gun shooting skills and masters among masters.

After the five-eyed gun was finished, he waved and roared, striking left and right, smashing the brains of many thieves on horseback along the way, and the brains were splashed, very bloody and violent.

Like the royal courtiers, the knights beside him could not fill the three-eyed guns immediately after firing them, and they also brandished the three-eyed guns and used them as maces, knocking the thieves and horsemen who tried to intercept them all the way to break their tendons and fracture them, and the horses vomited blood.

The rogue horsemen on the periphery looked sparse, but in fact they were surrounded by many people, and they gathered more and more, but under the fierce impact of the three-eyed horsemen of the royal courtiers, they were quickly knocked to pieces, like cheese meeting a soldering iron.

Not only that, the cavalry of the Ming army also used the tactics of taking turns to fight, taking the team as a unit, after shooting in front, the three-eyed gunners in the rear drove their horses to the front to shoot, so that the sound of the three-eyed platoon guns was wave after wave, and the hitting was endless.

Soon, the royal courtier burst out again, and the heavy five-eyed gun in his hand smashed heavily on the chest of a thief, and in the sound of leaking fractures, his iron-inlaid cotton armor was connected to the sternum and sunk into a large piece, and blood spurted from his mouth and fell under the horse, and he couldn't survive.

As soon as his eyes lit up, half of the enemy could no longer be found on the vast plains ahead.

"It's prominent!"

The knights beside him shouted excitedly, and like the royal courtiers, they were all covered with blood and brains, and they were so murderous that the faint of heart did not dare to look at them.

"Good!"

Wang Tingchen let out a loud shout, wiped the red and white sticky thing on his face, and shouted: "Non-stop, set off towards Xiayi immediately, the sooner the city is consolidated, and the army breaks through the encirclement, the more sure it will be." ”

The knights had galloped forward for more than ten miles, and suddenly, the crowd reined in their horses.

I felt that the ground trembled, and the tremor became more and more severe, and when I looked back, the overwhelming smoke and dust seemed to envelop the ground behind me, in the smoke and dust. Flags looming like the sea, and countless teams of horses, rushed from the rear to the left and right, intending to converge.

The main force of the rogue horse army has arrived, look at them rushing wildly, the black pressure is boundless, how many thousands of horsemen are there?

Looking at the soldiers beside him, they all bit their lower lipes, their faces were pale, and the thieves and foot soldiers had not yet arrived. But so many thieves arrived. It is impossible for the brothers in the rear not to be entangled, and if hundreds of thousands of thieves are surrounded by them, they will be more than lucky.

Wang Tingchen took a deep look at the rear and saw the thieves riding behind. It seems that some people are going to chase after them. He wanted to speak, but he stopped. Eventually, a low roar came out of his throat: "Go, according to the original plan." Continue to Xiayi, don't care about horsepower, the sooner the better......"

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In the sound of thunder and hooves, the black pressure of the thieves and horsemen surged, and the tide seemed to be endless, and the wilderness and plains were covered with them.

Cao Bianjiao saw the torrent of cavalry, and the tide seemed to be surging from the two wings in front, and there was a tide in front of them, but there was no tail behind them.

At the beginning, it was just the vanguard of the thieves who arrived, and they joined the thieves and horsemen who were snooping around the area, after all, although the thieves had a plan to encircle and agreed on a location, the battle situation was changing at any time, and the location of the besieged people was also changing at any time.

To know exactly where the people are besieged, you need to contact and search from time to time, otherwise when you arrive at a certain place, but the people are gone, there is the possibility of swooping into the air.

However, after all, it is difficult for the army of the two towns to achieve battlefield shelter, and there are many people and horses left, and the same goal is vast and eye-catching, looking for convenience, and soon, under the mutual contact, the follow-up thief cavalry has a clear location, and they have arrived near the army, and they are more and more, thousands and thousands.

In the cheers, they continued to converge, and each other's excited shouts seemed to break the sky, and in the riding formation, they raised the flag one by one.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao led the rest of the horse infantry army, and after Wang Tingchen took the lead, he led the army of the two towns and hurriedly followed.

It's just that the mobility of the infantry can't be compared with the cavalry after all, and the cavalry in Cao's camp has to cover the infantry battalion of the second town, as well as the baggage in the army, they also walked very slowly, and they couldn't go far, and they were finally caught up by the rogue cavalry.

Seeing that most of the thieves rode towards him, and even surrounded the army, Cao Bianjiao immediately ordered to stop the march and form a formation to go to the camp.

The thief cavalry came faster than expected, and it looked quite elite, and many generals did not look good, even if the thief cavalry army had not yet arrived, but the people and horses gathered in front of him were enough for the army of the two towns to drink a pot, not to mention that their whole army arrived, it was only a matter of time.

The situation was grim, the soldiers on the left and right looked resolute or frightened, and Cao Bianjiao's expression remained unchanged, and he only watched carefully on the horse.

The thieves arrived so quickly, and they rode a lot, looking at their main horse team, it seems that those who came from the direction of Dangshan played the banners of "Liu, Li", those who came from Haozhou, played the banners of "Yuan, Hao", and those who came from the direction of Yongcheng in the rear, looked at the banners, it was the men and horses of the five battalions of Ge and Zuo.

Perhaps because of their hurry, many of their horses snorted and snorted, and from a distance, the white gas emitted by the war horses seemed to merge into one, and all kinds of flags spread to the end of the sky.

According to rough estimates, there were already 20,000 or 30,000 people in the team of thieves who arrived at this time. Listening to the sound of hooves, there are still waves of thieves coming, and the more latecomers, the more elite the men and horses, the more black and pressing, and the more people and horses are rushing behind.

Yang Shaofan also rode his horse to Cao Bianjiao's side, he looked in all directions, not far from the front and the two wings, and the cavalry had converged, surrounding the periphery of the army, and the dense turn did not know how much it was surrounded.

Looking at the side of Yongcheng again, although there are slightly fewer horsemen surrounding it, it must be a trap for thieves, if you go back, not to mention that it is not in line with the previous strategy, you will take the initiative to fall into the wave of thieves' foot soldiers, and the consequences are unimaginable.

He looked at it for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "I have heard that the thieves select and train the troops, if they raise Gu, from the hungry people to the foot soldiers, from the foot soldiers to the horse army, from the horse army to the old camp horsemen, after the war and elimination, those who can survive are not idle people." In particular, its main force is finely ridden, all of them are old soldiers, three or four horses, and the human belly is used as a trough to feed the horses, for a long time, the horse is violent, and the enemy is seen in battle, and the sawtooth is like a tiger and a leopard, and the soldiers take it, such as a tiger with wings. ”

Looking at the many thieves around him, his demeanor was quite fierce, which was quite different from the past, he frowned, and continued: "Seeing the battle, they are all thieves and ordinary hungry foot soldiers, or some horsemen, and now the thieves are riding tens of thousands of people, and there are quite a lot of elites in it. ”

All the generals gathered around Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen's new military camp was also entrusted to Cao Bianjiao, and the main general was a deputy general, surnamed Sun, with a burly figure. He has a lot of black hair on his body, and he was born as a pig butcher, but he has been fighting for many years, and his face full of scars is full of wind and frost.

Like Wang Tingchen, Vice General Sun has a fierce temperament and a short temper, which is very much in line with Wang Tingchen's appetite.

He shouted: "Fighting hard is also a battle, and now the thieves are only part of the horse team has arrived, and there are many flaws in the siege, and there is still a way to survive when you break through the siege." If they are all horsemen. Surrounded by the infantry team, hundreds of thousands of people were entangled, and they really fought for the old bottom, and there was no life or death. ”

He's pretty straightforward. I don't think about my tone when I speak. Of course, Cao Bianjiao wouldn't blame him. Yang Shaofan's expression did not move, he arched his hand, and only looked at Cao Bianjiao.

"Dashuai."

"Handsome ......"

The generals also looked at Cao Bianjiao anxiously. Waiting for his decision.

"A man is as determined as iron."

Cao Bianjiao groaned slowly, he glanced around, although this Count of Daming was murderous, his voice was still low and majestic, he said: "According to the original strategy, while the thieves are not stable, the army will attack in front of them, alternating on foot and horse, taking turns to fight, advancing and retreating!" ”

He said: "Even if we die in battle, how can we, as officials and soldiers of the imperial court, be afraid of thieves? ”

"Gentlemen, let's fight!"

Cao Bianjiao set a slight down, take turns to fight, alternate foot and horseman, and fight and go, the current situation, the front of the open thief riding too much, if the cavalry assault, I am afraid that it will fall into the sea of thieves and horsemen, the cavalry is exhausted, this is the thief's hope.

In order to entangle the army of the second town and wait for the arrival of the hungry people, those thieves may also be desperate.

Although these thieves in front of him are slightly inferior to their own combat power, there are too many of them, and many ants bite and kill elephants.

Therefore, Cao Bianjiao decided to attack with an infantry battalion, giving full play to the power of firearms, sandwiching the cavalry battalion in the rear, pursuing when the infantry wins, to expand the results of the battle, and at the appropriate time, the cavalry battalion can also be in front, and the infantry follows.

However, in order to prevent thieves from rushing from the rear, one battalion of men and horses needs to be arranged in the rear of the army, and two infantry battalions take turns to cover or attack.

Cao Bianjiao thought about attacking purely with the second battalion of infantry and covering the rear with cavalry, but if it was only an infantry attack and pursuit, it would be difficult to expand the results, so it was most appropriate to alternate infantry and cavalry, and of course it could be the case at the right time.

Vice General Sun volunteered to lead the battalion as the vanguard of the attack force, but Cao Bianjiao refused, and Wang Tingchen entrusted the infantry battalion to himself, how could he have the intention of consuming his subordinates? After all, this wave of attacks is obviously not easy.

Only Yang Shaofan led the new military camp in his own town to attack first, and after the foot camp, his own barracks followed.

Cao Bianjiao's army is strict, the strategy is decided, the palm is a trumpet, and the infantry battalion in the town is immediately calmed down, the cavalry battalion soldiers get on the horse, and then the horn is ordered, and the cavalry army immediately moves forward according to the team, and the one who is in the front is the Cao Bianjiao new military camp soldiers.

They wore cloud-winged helmets, the musketeers wore red cotton armor, and the pikemen wore cyan waist-length armor.

In the end, Adjutant General Sun's new military camp was also well-trained, and he did what he was ordered to protect the rear of the army, as well as his baggage.

Seeing the Ming army set off, the nearby thieves did not act rashly, but only followed the snooping around the perimeter, rode the thieves in front, and even got out of the way in waves.

The border army is famous, many thieves are subconsciously afraid in their hearts, Cao Bianjiao ordered to march in formation, the momentum is strict, it is not easy to provoke at first glance, how dare the surrounding cavalry move lightly?

In this ancient battle, the cavalry met the infantry, and it was also known as the formation without fighting, the typical is that the Liao army met the Song army, as long as the Song army formed a formation, the Liao army would be quiet, otherwise an attack on the formation, it would definitely not be able to eat and walk.

Of course, the cavalry also has an advantage, and the infantry marches in formation, and the surrounding groups of enemies snoop around, and they can't help but be nervous.

Dense cavalry moved around the military formation, overlooking from the air, the vast plain was endless, trees, villages, and rivers were scattered among them, and the land was covered with a black and misty horse tide, all with a nest of human figures surging in the middle, and in the distance around the horse tide, there were more horse tides coming.

After traveling so fast for several miles, slowly, the surrounding thief cavalry became a little agitated, because further on, some areas ahead, there were relatively dense villages, ravines, forests, etc., which were not very suitable for cavalry combat.

This cavalry battle also requires terrain, and the requirements are higher than the infantry formation, and a sudden trench on the plain may make the imposing cavalry charge a joke.

If the Ming army is allowed to get there, it is possible to let them go in the direction of Xiayi and easily walk more than ten miles.

The sound of trumpets and drums kept sounding, and the front and the two wings of the cavalry continued to converge, and began to line up, and the Ming infantry battalion was about to launch a tentative attack, and the men and horses of the rear leather and the left fifth battalion were also forced closer.

"Forward!"

Yang Shaofan led the soldiers of the new military camp, still moving forward, seeing the thief riding in a fan-shaped slow copy, slowly not far away, he shouted an order, immediately knocked the cymbals, the drum stopped, in the palm horn, the teams quickly lined up, holding guns, ready for battle.

These new battalion soldiers are all well-trained, they have experienced bloody battles in Liaodong, and have faced vicious Tartars, although the thieves are numerous, they are not flustered, and their manners are orderly.

The black-pressed thief rode closer and closer, and gradually, they accelerated, and thousands of horsemen charged, the sound of hooves became more and more dense, and the earth kept shaking.

The momentum of these people is indeed much more fierce than the previous hungry infantry horse team, and some of them even have the ability to ride and shoot.

The two sides are getting closer and closer, the vibration of the ground is getting clearer and clearer, and the charge of the cavalry, regardless of the grade of the horsemen and cavalry, always makes people feel frightened, but Yang Shaofan's new military camp soldiers are still solemnly arrayed, and everyone does not move.

In the blink of an eye, the tide of rushing rode into one hundred and fifty steps.

"Raise the gun!"

The officers roared loudly and shouted orders.

All the soldiers in red cotton armor shouted in unison, and the dense fire guns in the front row flipped down and aimed at the thieves who were approaching in front.

Their expressions were firm, not afraid, and the red tassels on their helmets fluttered in the autumn wind. (To be continued.) )