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As soon as it got dark the next day, the army after breakfast set off to the battlefield scheduled in advance.
There is only one road from Yingzhou to Xi'an Fort. Jia Liu is not worried about the officers and soldiers bypassing them to reach Xi'an Fort.
Several sentries from the army were sent out.
They went in different directions to find out the news about the official army from Taiyuan in Yingzhou.
At the same time, Yingzhou's officers and soldiers also sent out their own sentries to search for news about the bandits in Xi'an Fort.
Most of the sentry riders in the Tiger Flag wear breastplates and iron helmets. Each has a musket and a saber in the pocket on the horse's back. In addition, there are one or two hand muskets on the waist. .
The standard equipment of the Tiger Flag for sentry riders is a handgun. Those who carry two handguns usually prepare an extra handgun for themselves.
Within the Tiger Character Banner, opponent guns and some weapons will be sold to our own people, and the price is only slightly higher than the cost price, and we will not make any money from our own people.
On the other hand, most of the sentry cavalry of the official army stayed at night, wore cotton armor, and had a variety of weapons. Their medium and long-range attacks were mainly short spears and bows and arrows.
There is only one main road from Yingzhou to Xi'an Fort, and other small roads are not suitable for large armies.
A group of more than a dozen people stayed at night, walking on the official road, exploring along the road, and at the same time clearing the way for the army behind.
Similarly, a team of ten or so sentry riders from the Tiger Character Banner also appeared on the official road.
Two sentries from different camps were walking on the same road, facing each other. Just after leaving Yingzhou, the more experienced officers and soldiers discovered a strange situation in front of the road.
A man named Ye Buzuo jumped off his horse, leaned down, put his hands on the ground, and listened to the noise coming from the road.
After a few breaths, Ye Buzuo, who was lying on the road, stood up from the ground, looked at the leader, and said, "Head, something is wrong ahead. A small group of cavalry is approaching in our direction."
"There are still horse teams appearing on this road at this time. They are probably bandits. Can you tell the number of horses?" The leader of this night guarding team was a small flag officer.
Xiaoqi officer is considered the lowest-level officer, with only about ten people under his command.
The Ye Bushou who followed him around him were all people of his own Xiaoqi.
The night warrior lay down and listened for a while, then straightened up and said, "The number of people is not too large. It's not like they can exceed fifteen riders, or even less."
The experienced Ye Bushou could estimate the number of horses from the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
"The number of them is about the same as ours. Don't worry. If we encounter them, we will eat them directly." Xiaoqiuan explained to the surrounding subordinates.
As Ye Bu Shuu, an elite cavalry in the army, he did not think that their sentinel cavalry composed of Ye Bu Suo could not deal with the bandit's sentry cavalry when the numbers of both sides were about the same.
In his eyes, most of the bandit cavalry are ordinary people who can ride horses. Even if they are the bandit sentries composed of cavalry from the Datong frontier army, he is not afraid of them. The elite of the Sentry Riders.
When the numbers are about the same, he is not afraid of any opponent.
Ye Bu, who had just been lying on the ground listening to the noise ahead, returned to his horse and continued to move forward along the road with his companions.
A mile away from this night, a group of ten tiger flag sentry riders finally discovered the movement ahead.
"Stop!" The team leader raised his hand to make a stop motion.
Then, he took out the monocular from his waist and put it in front of his eyes to look at the other end of the road.
No one around him spoke at this time, they were all waiting quietly aside with serious expressions.
The captain of the sentry team put down the monocular telescope in his hand, looked at his companions and said, "It's night, there are twelve or three people, and we are less than two miles away."
"Most of these night warriors are just like us. They are sentinels, here to get information." A cavalryman next to him said.
The captain of the Sentinel Cavalry nodded in agreement and immediately said: "I have the same idea as you, but since we have collided with each other, there is no need to avoid them. My opinion is to deal with them."
"I agree."
"I listen to the corps commander."
"I have no opinion."
"Let's do it. We, the cavalrymen of the Tiger Flag, are not afraid of not being able to collect them at night."
The cavalry around them spoke one after another, all supporting the fight against the officers and soldiers at night.
"Well, since we all agree to take action, now let's check the cavalry and hand cannons on each of them. We will start the first stop with the Taiyuan army. When we start to take action later, no one is allowed to hold back. We are going to hit our tiger-shaped flag cavalry. So majestic." The captain of the Sentinel Cavalry swept the faces of everyone around him one by one.
Every cavalryman is holding on to his riding and hand guns, ensuring that the gunpowder and lead are loaded and ready to go.
When used, there is no need to reload, just take it out and kill the enemy.
The cavalry's cavalry muskets and hand muskets are both self-produced muskets. They do not require match ropes or igniters. When using them, they only need to pull the trigger and hit the rocks to fire.
"Have the weapons been checked?" the captain of the sentry cavalry asked again.
"Checked."
"alright."
"Checked."
All the cavalrymen spoke one after another.
"Let's go." The captain of the sentinel cavalry grabbed the musket with one hand, knocked the horse's belly with his heel, and urged the horse to rush towards the officers and soldiers in front of Ye Bushou.
The other cavalrymen were similar to him. They all held their muskets in one hand and the reins in the other as they galloped.
As the distance between the two parties closes, each other can see each other.
In the middle of the night, someone took off his bow, pulled out an arrow and hung it on the string. One end of the arrow was aimed at the oncoming tiger-shaped flag cavalry.
Ye Busuo, who didn't have a bow and arrow, also grabbed the handle of the short gun on his body, getting ready to throw it when he got close.
The distance is getting closer and closer.
The atmosphere gradually became tense.
After the two sides got closer, both sides consciously slowed down their horses.
Whoosh!
Ye Busu took the lead in pulling the bow string and shooting the arrow in his hand.
Seven or eight arrows were shot out, flying towards the oncoming tiger-shaped banner cavalry.
Except for one arrow that missed, the rest of the arrows accurately hit the Tiger Cavalry on the opposite side.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
A series of arrows hit the iron plate with a crisp sound, and each arrow was blocked by the breastplate of the Tiger Banner Cavalry.
I have to admit the skills of these night-time archers. Except for one arrow that missed and one that missed, only hitting the arm, the remaining arrows accurately hit the vital part of the chest.
If not for the breastplates worn by all the Tiger Banner cavalry, that round of arrows could have claimed several lives.
The cavalryman of the Tiger Banner who was shot in the arm dropped the musket in his hand. He endured the pain and pulled out the musket from his waist.
boom! boom! boom!
The Tiger Banner Cavalry, who often train in cavalry and archery, know exactly when to fire their cavalry guns and do not need to give orders. Once they enter the shooting range, everyone takes the initiative to fire their cavalry guns at the enemy.
