As a battle-hardened general who had suppressed bandits for many years, and who had also fought in Jiliao and Dongdu in his early years, Huang Guangmao was no stranger to cavalry.
He just heard the rumbling sound and knew that a large group of cavalry was attacking. When he looked towards the valley, he saw a large group of rebel cavalry appearing.
How is this going?
Why did the rebel army show up with so many cavalry?
Could it be that the elite of the bandit army that he was chasing before ran back to Funiu Mountain?
In just a short moment, many thoughts came to Huang Guangmao's mind, but soon they were all occupied by one thought.
Ruined!
The bandits on the opposite side dispatched hundreds of cavalry to fight. Normally, I would have to gather hundreds of people and form a tight formation. At the same time, I would have to have a certain number of archers or musketeers.
Only in this way can safety be initially ensured.
But that's just to ensure safety.
However, now, the army under his command has been divided into four groups. One group originally attacked the hillside on the right, but has now been completely defeated, with only more than fifty soldiers left who are retreating down the mountain.
One group originally attacked the hillside on the left. Because it was a feint attack, it did not attack too hard, so the losses were not great, but they were also in the process of retreating down the mountain.
He couldn't count on these two forces now.
As for the troops on the front of the valley, they were a cannon fodder force composed of more than two hundred county warriors and civilians, and dozens of soldiers plundering the formation. This force was also used as a feint attack force, and they had no intention of attacking the valley frontally. This force was also the same. They also received his retreating troops and are now in the process of slowly retreating.
But because most of them are brave civilians in the county, there is no formation to speak of, and now that they are in retreat, there is no formation at all.
Such a force was attacked by hundreds of enemy cavalry. Needless to say, its fate was definitely doomed.
Next, Huang Guangmao personally led dozens of soldiers and two to three hundred civilians as reserve troops.
Those unarmed civilians can be ignored directly. All he can rely on is dozens of soldiers.
And in this way, can it block the enemy's cavalry?
No matter how confident Huang Guangmao is, he is not that confident.
So when he saw the bandits dispatching Baiqi, he knew it was over.
However, even though he was desperate in his heart, Huang Guangmao was still stunned for a few seconds and then shouted wildly: "Quick, form an array!"
"Hurry up and get into formation, or we'll all be doomed."
While Huang Guangmao personally directed his remaining dozens of soldiers to form an array, he also did not forget to send an order to the Chinese army to also form an array.
However, Huang Guangmao's order seemed to be ineffective at this time.
Because when more than two hundred county brave civilians in the direction of the Chinese army saw hundreds of rebel cavalry heading towards them, most of them made a choice, that is, turned around and ran away.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the few officers in the county army all ran away immediately, even earlier and faster.
Because these officers knew something about military affairs and knew the huge threat of the cavalry better than ordinary county warriors, they would not stay where they were and wait to die.
More than two hundred brave civilians from the county fled immediately, and dozens of soldiers who were used to plunder the formation were also taken in.
Although a temporary sentry officer who led these captains tried his best to gather the troops and organize the formation, he was unable to do anything in the panic. In the end, these soldiers were actually carried directly by the fleeing county warriors and ran back.
Huang Guangmao at the back also noticed that the Chinese army in front collapsed without even resisting, but at this time he was powerless.
He could only organize dozens of soldiers under his command to prepare for the attack as much as possible.
When Huang Guangmao organized his troops to line up to attack, Wang Jida behind him also looked stunned. At this time, his personal entourage leaned into Wang Jida's ear: "Sir, a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall!"
After Wang Jida heard this, he came back to his senses and said with an upright face: "Don't try to destroy my innocence. I will fight to the death with the bandits today."
Seeing Wang Jida like this, several of his followers looked at each other, and one of them said, "Master, I'm sorry!"
Immediately afterwards, these people picked up Wang Jida directly, and then walked quickly towards the horses on the side. At first, Wang Jida struggled and said something: "Let me go, and I will die in battle." I will never let you down on the battlefield." and the like.
But as he walked, there was no sound. If he looked carefully, he could see that Wang Jida was running ahead of several of his followers.
Although he is fat, he is not slow at all when running...
After a while, these people got on their horses and left immediately after Juechen!
After Huang Guangmao was busy commanding the troops to form an array, he looked around to find Wang Jida. After all, this man was a civil servant and a Jinshi, so Huang Guangmao subconsciously wanted to protect him in a panic.
But after searching for a while, he couldn't find it. At this time, he realized that Wang Jida must have taken advantage of the chaos and ran away.
"You bastard, you scream for a fierce attack and fight to the death every day. When you encounter danger, you will be the first to run away, towards your grandma."
Although Huang Guangmao had known that Wang Jida was a bastard, to be honest, Huang Guangmao felt that this man was crazy for wanting to get promoted and get rich, and he just didn't care about the lives of his soldiers. But he really didn't expect that this man was so cowardly. He came out and ran away without saying a word.
This man has repeatedly refreshed his bottom line for civil servants...
What now? Do you want to run away?
Just when the Ming army was in chaos, Wang Xiazi had already led his cavalry out of the valley and came to the flat land in front of the valley.
At this time, the benefits of Luo Zhixue's previous mission to cut down all the trees in front of the valley were revealed. Although the open space was not large and the overall terrain was not too flat, it was still enough for the cavalry to run.
Wang Xiazi rushed at the front. After the Ming army in front was defeated, he directly clamped the horse's belly with his feet, bent his bow and arrow with both hands. In the next moment, an arrow flew out and directly hit a man who was running away. The back of the Ming army's small leader.
Then he shot a second arrow and a third arrow.
Seeing that the opponent had suffered many casualties and the formation was completely scattered, he put down his riding bow, then brandished his saber and charged forward.
The other cavalrymen also followed Blind Wang and charged forward with their sabers.
The cavalry rushed through the scattered and sparse ranks of the Ming army. Every time the sword flashed, one Ming army was killed or injured.
Soon, many people saw that the rebel cavalry was coming and that they were completely unable to resist. They threw away their swords and spears on the spot and knelt on the ground, shouting to surrender and spare their lives...
Blind Wang didn't pay attention to the surrendered Ming soldiers, or even the defeated Ming troops fleeing for their lives on both sides. Instead, he continued to rush forward, directly penetrating the ranks of the Ming army, and behind his More than a hundred meters ahead, dozens of soldiers led by Huang Guangmao were already in formation.
Look at these listed complete formations, as well as shield protection, and soldiers with bows and arrows.
Huang Guangmao also wanted to run away, but Wang Xiazi and his cavalry rushed over too fast, giving him no time to escape, so he could only continue to line up and wait.
Blind Wang snorted coldly, then turned around with the cavalry behind him, led people around, and blocked Huang Guangmao's troops behind.
At the same time, a group of cavalry was sent to continue to charge and force the remaining enemy soldiers to surrender.
As for Huang Guangmao, he could only watch helplessly as the rebel cavalry repeatedly charged and killed his own Chinese army, killing them and bleeding them into rivers.
And one by one of the remaining hundreds of survivors, they all knelt on the ground and surrendered...
Just before playing, at this time, Wang Dazhuang also received an order from Luo Zhixue and rushed out from the valley to reinforce the cavalry post.
The combat effectiveness of Wang Dazhuang's hundred-man Chinese army was naturally not very good, but there was no problem in taking over and handling the more than one hundred surrendered prisoners of war.
As for Wang Xiazi, he asked An Yongduo and Ma Dapao to each lead a team of cavalry, and directly attacked the left and right sides. There was also a team of Ming troops on each side.
As soon as these Ming troops climbed down the mountain, their own central army was attacked by the bandit cavalry. They saw something bad and wanted to run away, but two legs could run faster than four legs. They were killed by the thieves before they could get very far. The army cavalry caught up.
After a charge, more than a hundred county warriors and dozens of soldiers on the left were killed and injured, and the rest also surrendered, and a few people ran directly into the dense forest on the edge.
The dozens of soldiers on the right were more decisive. These people were more knowledgeable and more organized than the county warriors. They formed formations early to protect themselves and did not directly collapse.
Facing the over 50 defeated Ming army troops formed on the right, Anyongduo did not rush forward stupidly, or even tried riding and shooting from the outside. Instead, he stayed directly in front of them a hundred meters away.
By now, hundreds of cavalry led by Wang Xiazi and Anyongduo had defeated the Ming army in the middle and the Ming army in the left.
At the same time, they held back the remnants of the Ming Army on the right and the Ming Army reserves in the rear.
Luo Zhixue, who was continuing to direct the operations on the left side of the mountainside, couldn't help but loudly said: "Okay, the cavalry sentry is indeed the mainstay of our rural protection camp!"
While marveling, Luo Zhixue did not forget to continue to mobilize his troops. He wanted to kill the Ming army in front of him in one go. In particular, he had to continue to mobilize his troops to move the Ming army's right flank and the reserve team, which were already in formation. Trapped.
Under his order, the left army and the right army on the hills on both sides took the initiative to attack one after another. At the same time, the two teams from the transport camp also strode forward and rushed out.
However, even when he saw the great victory, Luo Zhixue still did not use the first and second teams of the supply camp.
No matter what the situation was, he had to keep a certain reserve team to prevent any possible accidents, even if the possibility was small.
The two armies on the left and right, and the two teams of the baggage battalion attacked one after another, plus the hundred men of the Chinese army who attacked one step ahead.
Now the various departments of the Baoxiang Camp have launched a comprehensive counterattack.
Because the battlefield was actually quite small, the infantry of the Baoxiang Battalion who quickly came up for reinforcements cooperated with the cavalry to complete the siege of the Ming Army on the right and the Ming Army in reserve. Incidentally, they were able to free up manpower to collect the Ming Army's center and left flank. surrendered soldiers and pursued sporadic small-scale Ming troops.
Luo Zhixue did not pay too much attention to the situation of the prisoners of war of the Ming army, but always paid attention to the two besieged Ming armies.
