Xie Junyou has been fighting with Zhang Guangda's cavalry camp, although the equipment, patrols, and even the cooperation between the cavalry are not as elite as Zhang Guangda's cavalry camp.
However, his bandits and cavalry were spread out widely. Although their battle formation was not as strict as that of the official army, they were more flexible and changeable. They were evenly matched against the official army for nearly an hour.
Although both sides suffered some losses, no one could defeat the other in a short period of time. What's more, Xie Junyou was only fighting from a distance and had no close contact with Zhang Guangda. Even if Zhang Guangda's officers and soldiers had the advantage of short-handed cannons, But it couldn't be used.
Just when Xie Junyou had gradually adapted to this style of play, a large stream of smoke suddenly rushed towards his right side, and the sound of "rumbling" hooves came from the smoke, like a big ball that could swallow everything. Coming like a mudslide.
Xie Junyou was panicked for a while, and he hurriedly ordered his troops to form a team quickly. However, they had been confronting Zhang Guangda for almost an hour, and everyone had already adapted to this new way of teasing each other.
Nowadays, Xie Junyou's more than 800 insurgent horse teams are scattered in all directions. How can they gather together at once? After all, these are horse thieves, bandits from all over western Henan, as well as some officers and soldiers who have defected here. .
Although there are some old horse thieves who have followed King Chuang for many years as the backbone, they do not receive formal training like the official army, and they all rely on orders when gathering and dispersing.
These thieves and bandits are all newly gathered together, and the orders are still very simple, and everyone's cooperation has not yet formed a tacit understanding. Unless they are already together, and they are not familiar with each other, there is no need to talk about it. Cooperate.
Xie Junyou shouted for a while, but he was able to gather less than 200 horse thieves around him. The remaining horsemen were still more than ten or dozens of horsemen gathered together to fight with Zhang Guangda's cavalry battalion officers and soldiers who were chasing them from a distance. middle.
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Zhang Cheng shouted loudly to Lin Fangping next to him: "Go over there, stop the traitors coming back, get close and shoot first, and then fight!"
Lin Fangping responded and led his Tiger Guards to the south to greet them. While riding, he did not forget to signal Su Laohu and Mo Rigen to ride and shoot from the outside to contain the intruder cavalry, and to cover himself and lead the charge into the formation.
He led the hundred tiger guards under his command to gallop forward and let the glory cavalry charge forward. All of them controlled the horses with their legs, and each held a short-handed musket in their left and right hands. They rushed forward in two columns.
When he was about sixty steps away from the invading cavalry, Lin Fangping clamped his legs on the horse, and used his waist to control the horse to turn to the west. The two columns of cavalry behind him also followed him and turned. The two sides instantly changed from hedging to confrontation. a parallel situation.
"Bang...bang bang...bang bang..."
When the cavalry on both sides were more than thirty steps apart, bursts of gunfire sounded, dust mixed with smoke instantly dispersed, and in the pungent smell of sulfur, the thieves fell off their horses one by one.
For a while, there were screams and screams, both from the rebels and the officers and soldiers. The distance between the two sides was too close. The cavalry of the invaders also fired many spears, iron bones, short axes, etc. Occasionally, some of the officers and soldiers were hit. They also fell off their horses, but more cavalry and horses fell to the ground.
The screams of people were mixed with the neighing of war horses. As the rising smoke slowly dispersed, the cavalry of both sides had also left the battlefield just now, leaving only the bright red on the ground and the bodies lying on their backs and sides. , the bursts of wailing and mourning lasted for a long time.
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Zhang Cheng has never had the opportunity to visit the battlefield in person since the incident of King Qin in the 11th year of Chongzhen. Today, he once again led the troops in a galloping horseback and such a fierce killing field once again aroused the overwhelming pride in his native body.
I saw Zhang Cheng shouting to Chen De loudly when Lin Fangping led the army south: "Mr. Chen Qian, let's see who can kill more bandits. How about it?"
Gu Xian and Chen De also shouted excitedly: "How dare you compare with Zhang Shuai? Chen De is just trying his best to kill thieves!"
"Hahaha……"
Zhang Cheng laughed loudly. He held up the reins with his left hand to control the horse. With his right hand, he took off the knife-clutching stick from the winning hook and held it in his hand. He shouted: "Kill, first break up the gathered thieves, and then chase them one by one!"
He then shouted to Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai who were following him: "Boys, kill the thief, it's time for you to make a contribution."
The two boys Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai have been following Zhang Cheng. Except for the attack on Yanshi County some time ago, they have not experienced any particularly big battles.
As for the rescue of Kaifeng, the two of them didn't get a chance to participate in the battle. They were already itchy. This time they had the opportunity to show off their skills, so how could they not be excited.
Their faces were covered with red clouds, and they roared loudly and shouted at the boy scouts behind them to rush towards Xie Junyou in front.
Chen Deben, who is on the other side, comes from a military family. Although he cannot say that he has been in battle for a long time, he is at least a young general who has practiced martial arts since he was a child and joined the army at a young age. He only spoke like that out of etiquette, but in his heart, he had long been with Zhang. Cheng Yipin's idea.
Now, seeing Zhang Cheng galloping towards Xie Junyou, he also shouted and ordered the servants around him to rush forward, and called on the two servants to lead a hundred cavalry each to intercept the small groups of intruders scattered everywhere. cavalry.
Zhang Cheng and Chen De led the elite cavalry of less than 400 officers and soldiers, rushing like a red cloud toward Xie Junyou's newly assembled cavalry of more than 200 troops. The smoke and dust they rolled up along the way mercilessly devoured everything they encountered on the road. everything of!
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Zhang Guangda had also received the military orders from the sentry cavalry. He continued as before, sometimes advancing slowly, sometimes advancing rapidly, and sometimes standing still, teasing the less than 800 cavalry led by Xie Junyou, the intruder from the south.
In this nearly hour-long cavalry battle, the two sides mostly engaged in long-distance cavalry shooting. Even if they occasionally came into contact, they just missed each other. However, both sides also suffered the loss of dozens of cavalry.
It's just that Zhang Guangda's elite cavalry are protected by light armor such as leather and cloth armor. Even if they are shot or slashed, they are mostly not fatal. However, Xie Junyou's cavalry team does not have such good protection, so they suffered losses. It's obviously bigger.
Now, Zhang Guangda also saw the large cloud of smoke rising behind the invading cavalry. He naturally knew that this was the right-wing cavalry led by his general Zhang Cheng who was attacking.
The opportunity was fleeting and Zhang Guangda did not dare to neglect at all. He hurriedly ordered the more than 800 elite cavalry under his command and galloped forward. They used sentries as units, and the more than 100 elite cavalry formed an independent combat team and charged forward. Breaking into the army and cavalry.
Amidst the roaring shouts of killing, the elite cavalry of the army and soldiers were like tigers descending the mountain, urging their horses forward, while the intruder cavalry on the opposite side was in the opposite state.
They were all stunned, looking around in a panic, as if they were at a loss. Some of them were old thieves and newly recruited officers and soldiers, and they all had a special ability.
That is the ability to escape. It is this specialty that allows them to survive to this day in such an era of frequent wars.
