Before our eyes, there was smoke.
In my ears, the sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.
Chen Wang stared expressionlessly at the official road not far away. His mouth and nose were filled with the stench of blood, and the blood had stained the hood of his knife-holding hand red.
Thick blood slowly flowed downwards along the armor that covered the arm. The saber on the shoulder still shone coldly, but it was covered with thick blood.
The horse under the seat was breathing white air from its nose, making a whirring sound, and was digging the soil on the ground with its front hooves.
Chen Wang did not hold the reins, but put his hand on the neck of the horse under him, comforting his companion who lived with him day and night.
Ahead, the fiery red banner belonging to Cao Wenzhao was still bright.
Cao Wenzhao held his horse in his hand, turned his back to them, faced the official road, and waited on horseback.
Beside him, the commander holding the trumpet blushed and blew the horn hard.
The long and distant sound of the horn resounded in the sky above the cavalry formation, and then spread in all directions.
Looking around, one after another, Pao Ze is returning to the riding formation.
After breaking through the cavalry and subsequent troops of the left wing thieves, they scattered and drove the defeated troops everywhere to create chaos, and now they reunited under the call of the bugle.
The cavalry formation was reorganizing. They defeated most of the enemy forces on the left wing. Although it was a great victory, they also suffered casualties.
Chen Wang looked slightly gloomy. In the battle of Jinlingchuan in May, he followed Cao Bianjiao to attack the enemy formation.
There were twelve people in the team. After the battle, three were dead and five were injured. Only four were able to get out of the battle without injury. He was one of those four.
This time, he was still unscathed in the charge, but there was another familiar face missing from the team.
If the earthen pot is not broken outside the well, the general will inevitably die in battle.
What's more, they are pawns.
Chen Wang was speechless. After this battle, I am afraid that most of the people around him will die, or even all of them will be killed.
Although the current situation is much better than the original historical situation, it is still unknown whether they can make it off the battlefield alive.
The next battle is the real danger.
The sound of the trumpet has ended, and the cavalry formation has regrouped. Cao Wenzhao once again raised the horse in his hand, but he has not issued the military order to march again. He has no intention of putting down the horse in his hand, as if he is waiting. What are you wearing?
Chen Wang looked beyond Cao Wenzhao's shoulder and looked further away.
Chen Wang had a panoramic view of everything in the distance. He saw that the bandits' cavalry had gathered, and behind the low hills in the distance, there were still large groups of cavalry rushing towards them for reinforcements.
The large formation of rogue thieves is constantly mobilizing. They still have not given up and want to completely swallow up all the Ming troops above the official level.
Looking back behind him, he saw the defeated bandits on the left wing. At this time, there were also cavalry soldiers trying to regroup. It wouldn't be long before they would pose a threat again.
The number of horsemen in the distance has exceeded 2,000, and is still increasing. The number of troops attacking the official road must have exceeded 10,000.
The bandits used hungry people as the vanguard, followed by infantry, sword and shield soldiers, and gathered archers behind them to suppress with strong bows, and used diffuse attack to attack the Ming army's formation.
Counting the bandits who have not yet attacked after the slope, as well as the bandits in Qiutou Town, the total force used by the bandits in this battle is definitely over 30,000, ten times the force.
A sharp whistle suddenly sounded in Chen Wang's ears, and Chen Wang turned his head again and looked towards the official road.
In the thick smoke, Chen Wang saw countless firelights shining, and then a large number of rockets spurted out, shooting towards the swarming bandits.
The rockets and muskets in the Ming army's formation were fired at the same time, and the bandits' team was in chaos again.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The familiar sound of war drums slowly sounded from the Ming army's formation above the official road.
The high-spirited drum beat struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer. Chen Wang's eyes narrowed slightly and he clenched the saber in his hand.
The sound of war drums ringing above the official road is exactly the sound of marching drums!
"kill!"
Cao Dingjiao was the first to rush out of the military formation with a wild goose feather sword in his hand, roaring angrily.
Behind him, a group of servants wearing long body armor of the border army, wearing arm shields, high bowl helmets on their heads, and holding swords and shields followed closely.
"kill!!!"
Even louder shouts came from the Ming army's formation, and Cao Dingjiao personally took the lead in charging, arousing the bloody courage of the troops.
Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. The bandits in front were bombarded repeatedly by Crouching Tiger Cannons, and were covered in rocket fire. Their formation was already in chaos.
They have fought so many battles that they know what to do and when.
And now.
It’s time to pursue victory!
The Ming army's originally relatively tight spear formation collapsed instantly. The sword and shield soldiers in the front quickly moved forward, followed closely by a large number of spearmen holding spears.
They were all infected by the intense atmosphere, their faces turned red, their expressions were terrifying, and they roared forward.
The war has been going on for less than a moment and has already become intense...
The fiery red torrent suddenly crashed into the black tide that had stopped. Amidst the roar of the mountain and the tsunami, the Ming army rushed out of the thick smoke and charged in with overwhelming force.
The hungry people at the front had suffered repeated blows from the Tiger Crouching Cannon and rockets. They had already been defeated, collapsed, and were running away.
The infantry in the rear were holding steel knives and were killing those who retreated, forcing those in front to continue the attack.
No one thought that the Ming army, which was besieged on the official road, would launch a counterattack at this time.
The Ming army rushed in. Although it looked chaotic, in fact they all used flags as units. Under the leadership of the flag general, they formed long formations to attack the enemy's position.
The Ming army was well organized, but the bandits were in chaos. They were rushed into chaos and collapsed as soon as they made contact.
No matter how the old bandits in the formation roared, it was of no avail. The front and center formations of the right-wing bandits were completely in chaos, and only the rear formation could barely cope.
"Woo————"
The low horn sound sounded again.
Chen Wang's eyes also returned to the horse in Cao Wenzhao's hand.
The horseshoes were suddenly swung down, and hundreds of war horses stepped forward one after another. The rumble of horse hoofs echoed in Chen Wang's ears again, and the headwind hit him.
It was this opportunity that Cao Wenzhao was waiting for!
