However, when they finally got within a hundred meters, they were faced with some sharp pieces of bamboo and wood stuck upside down on the ground.
Just when they were about to climb over these obstacles and move forward, they suddenly saw the heads of a large number of thief soldiers emerging from a low wall about the height of a person where the bandits in front were hiding, and a piece of gun barrel sticking out. …
The next moment, the dense crackle of fried beans was heard on the opposite low wall, and white smoke also rose up, almost covering the entire low wall.
At the same time, the Ming soldiers who were struggling to climb over and around the obstacles suddenly fell down in large pieces!
Along with the intensive gunshots, intensive screams and groans also sounded from the Ming army!
A guard soldier in armor had just crossed a few sharp wooden sticks and was about to rush forward with his armor on his body. Suddenly, his whole body felt as if he had been hit by a hammer, and his body shook slightly.
Looking again, a small hole had appeared in the armor on his chest, and blood was flowing out continuously.
After two staggering steps, he fell directly to the ground.
And he was not an exception. At the same time, a large number of Ming soldiers were shot by gunners of the Baoxiang Army.
At this time, a guard soldier holding only a rusty iron knife in his hand wiped his face. It was the blood that spurted out on the face of a comrade next to him after he was hit by a bullet in the neck.
Touching the warm and greasy blood, the guard soldier suddenly shouted "Ah", dropped the rusty iron knife in his hand, turned around and ran away.
At this moment, he forgot that before setting off, the officials above him kept repeating that if they escaped without orders, they would be killed immediately. He also forgot that he had seen dozens of guards turning around and running away during the previous charge. As soon as the soldier ran out, he was shot by a wave of bows and arrows from the supervising soldiers behind him, turning him into a tragic scene like a hedgehog.
At this moment, he forgot everything...
There is only one thought left: run!
Similarly, he was not the only one who reacted the same way. In fact, hundreds of people along the entire front started to turn around and run away.
Even in this attack, it was not the first time that the guardsmen had fled.
When they rushed to about 300 to 400 meters, they had already fled to a certain extent during the bombardment. At that time, Chen De, Chen Yongfu's son, personally led his troops to supervise the battle and killed dozens of the fastest runners. Empty.
He then forcibly drove the guardsmen to continue the attack.
If there weren't thousands of soldiers behind to supervise the battle and kill any guard soldiers who dared to escape, they would have completely fled.
But this time, Chen De looked at the fleeing guard soldiers in front, with a look of anger on his face.
When the guardsmen fled in the beginning, only two to three hundred people fled. However, he led the troops to kill dozens of people and stopped the retreat.
But now, almost all the guardsmen at the front have fled. What he has to do now is not even to kill the deserters, but to keep his own soldiers in formation to avoid being scattered by these defeated soldiers. formation.
"Maintain the formation. Once broken troops come forward and shoot and release arrows, they must not be allowed to break up the formation and force them to retreat in both directions."
At the same time, at the command post on the top of Zhaozhuang Mountain hundreds of meters away, Luo Zhixue took a cup of tea handed over by his own soldiers, drank it to moisten his throat and said calmly: "Let the cavalry attack now, tell the king. Brother, take it easy, don’t take the initiative to attack their phalanx of soldiers, just chase the enemy’s defeated troops!”
"Send a signal to the 4th Infantry Battalion and ask them to quickly enter the battlefield and launch an attack!"
When the enemy launched an attack, even if their guard formations were scattered, it was still risky for the cavalry to attack.
As for now, most of the enemy's offensive troops have collapsed and fled, even if the enemy soldiers still maintain a complete square formation.
But as long as you don't foolishly attack the opponent's phalanx of soldiers, then there won't be a big problem.
Just when Luo Zhixue ordered the cavalry to attack, Wang Dazhuang, who had finally arrived on the battlefield, ordered to immediately launch an attack.
Opposite him, Chen Yongfu looked horrified!
"Damn it, when did another bandit army come out and it's still on the west side of us? What do the scouts do for food? Why did they find them now?"
One of his subordinates lowered his head and responded: "The rebel cavalry is sharp, and our reconnaissance cavalry cannot get out..."
"If you can't kill them, why don't you take a detour? The place is so big, why do you still have to stupidly rush into other people's jingqi?"
"A bunch of rubbish, all a bunch of rubbish!"
The reason why Chen Yongfu cursed was not just because the frontline offensive army was defeated. In fact, the defeat this time was within his expectation. Although the casualties seemed larger, the casualties were all the guardsmen.
The soldiers of the headquarters led by his son Chen De were supervising the battle from behind. Apart from dozens of casualties and dozens of casualties from sporadic shelling, the actual losses were not great.
Although the defeat on the front line was a bit ugly, it was not unacceptable. According to his plan, it was time to retreat after this defeat.
At that time, he would give Hong Chengchou a handwritten letter informing him of the battle situation, and he could safely wait for the reinforcements to arrive. If the reinforcements did not arrive, he would dare to lead his troops back to Nanyang City.
Whoever likes to fight against the rebels who want to protect the countryside will fight him. Anyway, don't expect him to lead his own soldiers to fight with the traitors in the army to protect the countryside.
But the current situation was far beyond his expectation.
On the west side, a group of thieves with a strength of about a thousand men and wearing gray military uniforms suddenly appeared.
Just by looking at the color of his uniform, he knew he was a traitor to the Baoxiang Army.
No matter where this bandit army came from, but now that they appear on the west side, and the bandit cavalry has also attacked, the combination of the two has brought drastic changes to the entire battlefield situation. .
Now let alone attack the bandit soldiers, I am afraid that even the thousands of soldiers from the headquarters led by his son would not be able to retreat back.
If he fails, the thousand soldiers of his headquarters led by his son Chen De will be intercepted and defeated.
And when that time comes, he himself may not be able to successfully retreat with the remaining one thousand soldiers used as a strategic reserve.
After he finished cursing, Chen Yongfu took a few deep breaths, forced himself to calm down and said, "Send orders to the cavalry camp to stop the enemy cavalry and prevent them from attacking Chen De's headquarters!"
"The soldiers of our headquarters line up to meet the enemy, stop the enemy coming from the west, and cover the retreat of the frontline troops."
"Send an order to Chen De and tell him to fight and retreat with our troops. He must maintain his formation and must not cause chaos on his own."
At this time, Chen Yongfu couldn't care less about passively fighting and preserving his own soldiers. Even Hong Chengchou and the Lu family were completely forgotten by him.
Now his only idea was to block the rebel cavalry and the enemy coming from the west, and cover the retreat of his son Chen De's troops.
As for the other guardsmen, he simply forgot about them. Not to mention that these guardsmen had collapsed. Even if they had not collapsed, they were unlikely to play a big role in this emergency situation.
After a series of orders were issued, the Ming army on the battlefield, well, mainly three groups of Chen Yongfu's own soldiers, including two infantry and one cavalry, began to take action.
As for the guardsmen, there were now fleeing guardsmen all over the mountains and plains, and Chen Yongfu couldn't take care of them anymore.
Even the Baoxiang Army, after seeing the changes in the Ming Army, did not pay too much attention to the defeated troops at the garrison.
The first and second cavalry posts led by Wang Xiazi had just dispatched. Before they had time to pursue the collapsed enemy troops, they saw more than 300 Ming army cavalry coming up ahead.
The direct encounter between the cavalry on both sides was also a misunderstanding!
Because the cavalry led by Wang Xiazi had no intention of attacking Chen De's soldiers, but simply wanted to chase and kill the defeated soldiers of the guard.
However, Chen Yongfu didn't know that. When he saw the thief cavalry led by Wang Xiazi coming in menacingly, he thought they were heading towards his son Chen De's army.
Then three hundred cavalry were sent to intercept.
No matter what caused the cavalry of the two sides to meet, since they met, Blind Wang was not timid and just fought.
Regarding the Ming army cavalry in front, he had led his troops to fight with them many times, and basically understood the opponent's combat power.
Just a group of mounted infantry.
If these people dismount and fight on foot, they can still be regarded as a group of elite infantry.
But these people mount their horses and engage in an upright cavalry battle with their own cavalry. I can completely suppress them throughout the fight.
Luo Zhixue, who was on the top of Zhaozhuang Mountain, saw that the cavalry led by Wang Xiazi quickly changed direction and did not rush directly towards the opponent's cavalry. Instead, it seemed that they wanted to turn and retreat.
After such an adjustment, the two sides were no longer in conflict, but formed an angle, and this angle continued to become smaller as the cavalry on both sides continued to maneuver.
The most important thing is that Luo Zhixue could see that the Ming cavalry on the opposite side turned many times in order to close the distance between the two sides, or even launch a direct melee charge.
However, Wang Xiazi led his cavalry and turned around many times.
After the two sides got closer, Wang Xiazi's cavalry had actually completed the turn in front of the formation, leaving only one tail that was still turning.
At this time, some of the cavalry on both sides were only tens of meters apart.
At this distance, many Baoxiang Army cavalry were already bending their bows and shooting arrows directly on the bumpy horses!
Qianhu, the Ming army cavalryman who was leading the charge, secretly thought something bad when he saw arrows flying toward him one after another.
Sure enough, in the next moment, five or six of the dozens of cavalry he led were shot at people or horses and fell down.
But this was only a small area on the battlefield, and in the sights of Luo Zhixue and Chen Yongfu, they could see Wang Xiazi, who had led the cavalry to complete the turn, once again led the cavalry to turn to the right and approached the Ming army cavalry, which was tens of meters away. within distance.
And began to shoot arrows at the Ming cavalry dozens of meters away.
Seeing this, the Ming cavalry also turned and wanted to rush over and fight at close range. However, just like before, Wang Xiazi and the others controlled the horses and began to turn again, continuing to maintain a certain distance.
So much so that the current battle scene between the cavalry of both sides seems to be that the Ming army cavalry is chasing the Baoxiang army cavalry to fight again.
But in fact, Wang Xiazi and the others always allowed some of their cavalry to shoot arrows at a certain distance!
But as for the Ming army cavalry, except for a very small number of cavalry who could counterattack with the same mounted shooting, the others could only be passively beaten.
Even though the leading Ming cavalry general realized that he could not continue to pursue them like this and wanted to turn around and lead his troops to retreat, Wang Xiazi and the others caught up in time and continued to approach and shoot arrows.
Can't catch up, can't hit, can't escape!
This is the embarrassing crisis faced by the Ming army's half-baked cavalry who lack long-range firepower!
Then something very strange appeared on the battlefield. The cavalry of both sides maneuvered back and forth on the battlefield, and the fight seemed to be lively. At first glance, it seemed that the Ming army cavalry was chasing the Baoxiang army cavalry and fighting again.
But in fact it was a one-sided massacre from beginning to end!
The elite cavalry of the Baoxiang Army massacred the Ming Army’s mounted infantry!
Facing such a scene, Luo Zhixue smiled lightly.
But Chen Yongfu's face was full of despair!
