In the north of Mi County, the bandit leader Yu Dazhong still wanted to resist, but after all, they were just a group of bandits. Against the local soldiers and officers in Henan, they might be able to win with their bravery and the strength of their numbers.
But what they encountered today was their nightmare, the Xuanzang Jingqi, which even the Tatars did not pay attention to. Not only were they fully equipped with armor, but also the blunderbuss and swords and guns in their hands were used against the bandits, which was almost like a dimensionality reduction strike.
More than two hundred and thirty elite cavalry broke through the first-level bandits' defense line with one round of handgun fire. They left more than a hundred corpses of bandits and fled in all directions.
Many of the thieves were just hit by bullets and fell to the ground wailing, but then Zhang Cheng and the others trampled over their bodies with their horses, causing a bright red mess all over the ground.
Yu Dazhong originally thought that he could stop the more than 200 cavalry officers and soldiers with foot thieves. He led the horse thieves and charged again. The hungry people on both sides surrounded them and started a group fight, and the battle was over.
Too naive, he is really too naive!
Yu Dazhong urged his horse to rush forward. He saw a burst of cannons and artillery fire in front of him, and the thieves fell to the ground. The rest also fled in all directions, as if they encountered a ghost.
But at this time, the war horse was already moving. If he stopped now, it would be like letting others slaughter him. He could only bite the bullet and continue howling and rushing forward: "Kill, there are only these officers and soldiers, kill all the officers and soldiers, and eat the meat." Drink!"
Under his instigation, a group of horse thieves who did not know whether to live or die, vigorously whipped their horses, brandished their swords and carbines and rushed towards the official cavalry on the opposite side, but they did not know that the god of death was waiting to harvest their lives.
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"Whoosh..."
A cold light flashed, and an arrow flew towards him. Zhang Chengfang was so frightened that he suddenly shrank his neck and tried his best to tilt his body to the right, but the arrow was shot one step away from him.
With a sound of "ding...", it hit the breastplate of a boy camp knight. The tip of the arrow penetrated the iron armor, but did not hit the body. It was a near miss.
After being frightened by this, Zhang Chengfang became angry. He rushed to the front of the team. He had put away the blunderbuss in his right hand and held a short ax in his hand. He clamped his legs on the horse's belly and urged the horse to gallop while steadying his body. Lift the end slightly.
"boom!"
As the fire flashed, there was a crisp sound, smoke rose, and lead bullets shot out from the gun's muzzle. A horse thief on the opposite side fell off his horse. The moment he fell off his horse, blood arrows spattered upward, speckled with blood. Red spreads in the dazzling sunshine.
"Bang...bang bang...bang bang bang..."
Then there was a series of "crackling" explosions, smoke rose, bullets flew across, and the horse thieves on the opposite side fell off their horses one after another.
Zhang Cheng was in the middle, with Tongziying and Ma Sanzhuang's cavalry on the left, and Lin Fangping's escort of Bureau B troops on the right. They rushed through the opening opened by the horse thieves on the opposite side.
The moment he rushed through the team of horse thieves, Zhang Cheng saw a horse thief wearing fine iron armor and a dark green cloak. He almost passed by Lin Fangping on his right.
He hurriedly shouted: "Keep him!"
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Although Yu Dazhong is fierce, he is not a fool. He is even more afraid of death than others. He who rushed at the front saw that the infantry thieves in front were dispersed by the army and cavalry after just one look, and he knew that this battle was impossible. Hard to please.
He first loudly encouraged his horse thieves to charge forward, but he secretly slowed down his horse, turned his horse slightly to the right and charged diagonally. As the horse thieves were rushing forward, no one noticed his small movements.
I thought that the local Henan officers and soldiers on the other side were also desperate for life and death, but at thirty steps, there was a sudden burst of cannon and artillery fire from the opposite side, which embarrassed them alive.
Dozens of horse thieves fell off their horses one after another. Amidst the neighing of the war horses and the wails of the horse thieves, Yu Dazhong and Chen Zhong passed each other.
He saw that the city of Mi County had been breached, and Li Jiyu and Shen Jingbang were snatching away a large number of gold, silver, grain, women, and young hungry people. He couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. He turned back and struck a big ax in his hand. The official knight threw it away.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Suddenly, there was another burst of gunfire, and the cavalry from both sides passed each other as the smoke rose.
It turned out that Zhang Cheng and more than 230 riders formed a four-row column. The three or four rows in front of them rushed towards the horse thieves and fired their muskets to tear open the gap, and then rushed past. The knights behind them staggered on both sides. At that time, he just raised the gun and fired.
In this round of fighting, Zhang Cheng's more than 230 cavalrymen and a total of more than 460 handguns fired more than 390 bullets. The misfire rate was as high as 15%. This is still a well-made product. Only then can the effect be achieved.
In this case, 1,780 foot thieves and nearly a hundred horse thieves were killed and wounded. With such results, it can be said that this group of thieves has been defeated.
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Just as they were passing by the horse thieves, Zhang Cheng reined up his horse and shouted, "Go back, spread out, and wipe out these horse thieves! Kill..."
"Kill...kill..."
A group of knights turned their horses around one after another. They had transformed into a fan-shaped formation this time, and spread out to both sides to form a horizontal formation with Zhang Cheng as the center, and surrounded the panicked thieves on horseback.
After all, the horse thieves were old bandits. They didn't know how powerful this army was at first, but during the battle just now, they could feel that this army was definitely not local troops from Henan.
They were all extremely slippery, and their ability to escape was deeply ingrained in their bones. They didn't need anyone else's reminder. Before Zhang Cheng and others could rush in again, they formed a group and hurried away in the direction Zhang Cheng came from.
The unlucky ones were the foot thieves. They had just been dispersed by Zhang Cheng and other knights. Before they could react, a group of horse thieves galloped in front of them. Many of the foot thieves who had not rushed to avoid were chopped down by the horse thieves. Fall to the ground.
They were wailing heart-breakingly, with hatred, reluctance, and deep resentment in their eyes. They kept rolling on the ground, staring at the horse thieves running toward the northeast.
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Zhang Cheng was also quite surprised. This group of horse thieves was really slippery. They would run away if the war went against them at the slightest disadvantage. Moreover, they were so cruel that they would even attack his former brothers in order to escape with their lives.
He shouted loudly: "Fang Ping, go catch up with those horse thieves for me, don't let any of them go!"
Lin Fangping responded loudly, and then led the elite cavalry of the B Bureau under his command straight towards Yu Dazhong and other horse thieves to catch up.
Here, Zhang Cheng loudly ordered again: "Three Zhuangs, lead your men and gather all these hungry people together."
He turned around and said to Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai: "I'll leave those thieves in front of you to your two boys!"
After Ma Sanzhuang received the order, he shouted and ordered the outpost rangers to disperse, and surrounded the hungry people who had fled in all directions.
Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai led more than thirty young knights from the boy camp, roaring and rushing towards the panicked thieves of more than four hundred steps.
Zhang Cheng looked at the situation around him and realized that there was no suspense in this battle. He had won a complete victory with only slight damage. The rest would depend on the situation at the west gate of Mi County.
He couldn't help but raise his eyes and look in the direction where Yu Dazhong was escaping. He saw another large piece of smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and a strange smile flashed on his face!
