In order to save the body, it is better to fight in possible encounters. The elite of the 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Army, after leaving Datong City, did not ride their horses under the leadership of the commander Zhao Yun.

Therefore, the mighty cavalry troops walked for two full hours before they reached less than twenty miles.

Of course, Zuoyun County, which was captured by the Tartars, is only less than eighty miles away from Datong City.

Even at this slow pace of cavalry marching, at the latest, the 5,000 Tiger and Par Army cavalry would collide with the elite Houjin cavalry.

As the commander of the five thousand cavalry, Zhao Yun rode a war horse without surprise and walked in the middle of the team.

Just when Zhao Yun was thinking about his repeated explanations before leaving. The commander of the First Cavalry Regiment, who was also riding on a war horse, suddenly sped up and walked to Zhao Yun's side.

Then, with a worried face, he asked, "General, if we really have an encounter with the Houjin cavalry on the march... Judging from the experience of the last general and the Houjin cavalry, the five thousand cavalry under our command are simply no match at all..."

"So, the last general hopes that the general will prepare early... lest after the encounter really happens, these cavalry, who have only been trained for only four or five months, will be defeated on the battlefield..."

Zhao Yun's brows furrowed, and a trace of dissatisfaction appeared directly on his contemplative face.

However, in the blink of an eye, this expression of dissatisfaction was replaced by calmness.

After taking a deep look at Luo Jingshan, the commander of the First Cavalry Regiment that he relied on the most, he asked in a deep voice: "Commander Wang, we will discuss this issue later. In the middle of several regimental commanders. As far as you have experience in field battles with the Tartar cavalry... You and Ben will go into as much detail as possible. The real combat effectiveness of the Tatar cavalry. Where the hell is he ......?"

Although Zhao Yun did not respond to his worries head-on, when he asked himself about the specific combat effectiveness of the Houjin cavalry, he undoubtedly told himself that Zhao Yun beside him had paid enough attention to the Tatar cavalry, and his reminder worked.

So, Luo Jingshan, who was worried, directly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied under Zhao Yun's gaze.

"General. With the last general's understanding of the Houjin cavalry, their most powerful thing is to ride and shoot... In the course of previous engagements, before the actual battle between the enemy and our cavalry, the Tartars first used cavalry to shoot and constantly harass and kill the living forces of our army. When our cavalry units are passively beaten and slowly become chaotic, they will take advantage of the situation to kill us......"

"Many times, because our cavalry has been frightened by the salvo that the Tartars are best at, and in the face of the Tartar cavalry that is unstoppable and rushing towards us, we have lost the courage to fight. Directly turn the horse's head and retreat..."

Hearing this answer, Zhao Yun's face quickly showed a trace of incredulity. He continued to ask Luo Jingshan: "Then the officers and soldiers who are fighting with the Tartars cannot shoot at the Tartars. Fight back against the Tartars? ”

At this time, a look full of helplessness appeared directly on Luo Jingshan's face.

Then, he replied to Zhao Yun: "General, we also want to counterattack and get rid of this situation of being passively beaten." However, we do not have the ability to shoot with horse bows and Tartar cavalry on our horses..."

"In the impression of the last general, our best cavalry, in salvo, is not as good as an ordinary cavalry of the Tartars, let alone other ordinary cavalry soldiers"

"The Tartars are a people who grew up on horseback, and they have been trained in riding and archery on horseback since childhood. So, they shoot arrows on horseback, and there is not much difference at all between them and on the ground, except for the difference in range...."

"And the officers and soldiers where the last general was originally were all cavalrymen who had just ridden on war horses for less than three years. The salvo that has been trained in three years, no matter how powerful it is, is not as good as the Tartar who grew up on a war horse since childhood..."

After listening to Luo Jingshan's analysis, Wei Zheng not only did not show the slightest expression of worry on his face, but a trace of heat flashed.

Under Luo Jingshan's incomprehensible gaze, he said with a strange expression: "The task given to us by the Governor is to try our best to drag down the five thousand cavalry of the Tartars, instead of fighting a decisive battle with these five thousand cavalry...":

"With our level of equipment, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to drag five thousand Tatar cavalry."

"However, after listening to your analysis of the Tartar cavalry, I decided to take a gamble...... Not only must we hold back the 5,000 cavalry sent by the Tartars, but we must also find a way to eat them and fight the first tough battle since the formation of our Tiger and Leopard Army cavalry......"

Luo Jingshan's brows furrowed, and he said anxiously: "Please be cautious....The last general thinks that if we really fight an encounter with the five thousand cavalry of the Tartars, we will never be their opponent......"

Zhao Yun waved his hand, and after signaling the other party to be calm, he asked very unexpectedly: "Commander Luo, you just said that in the course of the battle, the Tartar cavalry will generally harass the enemy with a salvo first, and then engage the enemy..."

Although Luo Jingshan didn't know why Zhao Yun had this question, in order to dispel Zhao Yun's desire to have a decisive battle, he still replied very cheerfully: "Yes, general..."

"The Tartar salvo is very powerful, fifty paces away, almost anywhere it hits..."

"Once the Tartar cavalry comes close to us at a distance of fifty paces, what awaits us must be the precise and dense arrows of the Tartars."

"When the time comes, we will suffer heavy losses before we really make contact with the Tartar cavalry..."

"Therefore, the last general hopes that the general will carefully consider not engaging the Tartar cavalry head-on, and not engage the Tartar cavalry head-on."

Zhao Yun nodded, and did not answer Luo Jingshan's concern, but continued to ask rhetorically.

"In that case, do you think that if we meet the Tartar cavalry during the march, the Tartar cavalry will still use this style of play, first firing at us in a volley, and then attacking us at close range..."

Luo Jingshan replied with a firm face: "Unless there is an accident, otherwise, the Tartars will definitely kill and injure us with a horse first..."

"The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the Tartar cavalry has the advantage of mounted archery, and on the other hand, it is also the last resort of the Tartar cavalry..."

Seeing a trace of puzzlement quickly flashing on Zhao Yun's face, Luo Jingshan hurriedly explained.

"General, you should know that there are so many people in the entire Houjin...... Even if every Houjin strong man joined the army, the total number of troops that Houjin could raise would not exceed 100,000. ”

"Therefore, in the process of fighting with us, the Houjin army will try their best to alleviate their losses."

"And the first thing to do to us is the best way for them to mitigate their losses."

"Think about it, if the battle starts, the Tartar cavalry will directly engage us in close combat. Even though their combat effectiveness is very strong, however, we have relatively high morale, and even if they fight for their lives, they can inflict very heavy losses on the Tartar cavalry. However, the Tartars can easily defeat us by shooting us first with mounted shots and disrupting our formation. ”

"So, the last general can be sure if we really run into the Tartar cavalry on the way to Zuoyun. The Tartar cavalry will definitely attack us with cavalry first......"

Zhao Yun nodded, and the two hot gazes shot out from a pair of eyes became more intense.

Facing his confidant Luo Jingshan, he said without hesitation: "If the Tartar cavalry really attacks us with cavalry first, then we really have the possibility of destroying these five thousand Tartar cavalry with five thousand cavalry..."

Hearing this, Luo Jingshan looked at Zhao Yun as if he was looking at an alien, his face was full of incredulity.

Subsequently, he directly asked Zhao Yun rhetorically: "General, how is it possible..."

Zhao Yun nodded and replied: "Nothing is impossible....you don't forget, the Tartar cavalry has cavalry shooting, and we also have cavalry shooting." Not only that, but our mounted archery is more powerful than the Tartars' mounted archery......"

At this time, Luo Jingshan, who had an incredible face, finally reacted and thought of the short-barreled flintlock musket that had been mounted on the cavalry.

However, after thinking of the short-barreled flintlock musket, Luo Jingshan's facial expression, which had just calmed down, once again showed a trace of solemnity.

He reminded Zhao Yun bluntly: "General, although the short-barreled musket we are equipped with can penetrate the iron armor of the Tartar cavalry from a distance of eighty paces. However, it can only fire one bullet....we can't always reload our short-barreled muskets in a battle......"

Zhao Yun shook his head and replied, "Of course, it is impossible to reload the musket during the battle. ”

"But there is one more you don't forget....in addition to short-barreled muskets, we are armed with grenades and throwing guns ...."

Seeing the puzzled expression on Luo Jingshan's face, Zhao Yun directly explained: "Do you think that at a distance of eighty paces, the Tatar cavalry who were suddenly attacked by five thousand rounds of lead bullets still had the courage to launch a salvo against us..."

"Besides, even if they still have the guts, we are not other officers and soldiers, because each of us wears iron armor. Unless the arrows fired by the Tartar cavalry hit our face directly, this is absolutely unlikely. ”

Luo Jingshan replied thoughtfully: "Five thousand short-barreled muskets, in the course of the battle, it is absolutely impossible to shoot the lead bullets in the chamber at the same time. After the 5,000 muskets were fired one after the other, the 5,000 Tartar cavalry attacking us would lose at least 1,000 men. “

"Because, in order to ensure the power and density of their cavalry, the Tartar cavalry will definitely completely spread the five thousand cavalry on the battlefield, so that each cavalry can shoot arrows into our position. And this, too, increased the hit rate of our army's short-barreled muskets on a certain extent. ”

"In the blink of an eye, the cavalry that lost more than 1,000 people, no matter how fierce the Tartars were, they would feel chills in the face of the bloody casualty figures. At that time, even if they continue to attack us with mounted fire, their arrows will hardly hit the target........."