As the fleeting sharp whistling sounds flashed in the air passed by, in an instant, in front of the army that was rushing toward the enemy, the huge bunch of earth and rocks suddenly exploded and splashed like rain, and they slapped and fell on the armor, cards, and helmets nearby, waiting for battle; rustling sounds came.

At the same time, in an instant, the fleeting and short shrill howl and heavy impact puff sound also exploded in the official army array. The originally neat and strict military town seemed to be rushing past by an invisible force, and suddenly opened up many flesh-and-blooded orbits.

And in these blood-colored channels that could not be closed for a while, there were all wounded limbs and broken bodies that were torn into pieces, broken hands and feet, and slept in the pool of blood flowing out, wriggling and howling.

After suddenly being hit like this, the remaining officials were still at a loss and looked around, but they began to instinctively rush to stay away from the flesh-and-blooded areas full of casualties. They let the shouts and beats of the team officials and generals, but they could no longer maintain their basic formation.

At this time, the thieves on the opposite side held high a green flag, which was clearly visible in the rolling smoke and dust that were rushing.

"Where is the crossbowman in Runzhou?"

Ding Congshi shouted loudly while the crowd was lying on the back, but saw that the Runzhou crossbow soldiers who were leaning against the current had become incomplete; and the slightly intact Yangshan archers behind him also hurriedly shot arrows several rounds under the hasty order, but they were all not in the smoke and dust and didn't know how to kill them.

However, the green flags of peace thieves swaying in the air continued to come in the wind without being moved.

Then more large tracts of earth and rocks were splashing among these Danyang archers, and then slapped and knocked down the human body standing close to it. In the faint screams, something seemed to be bouncing among the crowd, sweeping across everything that dared to hinder, and smashing it, tearing it apart, crushing it.

After suddenly being hit like this, the Yangshan archer array with morale and lineup was still intact, and there were signs of collapse and escape; but it was even worse than those of Runzhou crossbow soldiers.

After all, compared with the Runzhou crossbow men who are listed under the famous official army, they are still covered with armor. Most of the Yangshan archers, known for their light bows and shooting durability, only have a cloth suit or leather chest protection. They cannot resist the splashing soil and rocks, and they will be beaten to the point of bleeding, and they will no longer be able to maintain the array.

Seeing such a situation and tragic situation, Ding Congshi felt heartbroken; these Runzhou crossbow soldiers were allocated to him by the Zhenhai Jiedushi one after another; and Yangshan archers were the special troops he had worked hard to recruit from Tianmu Mountain in the intersection of Hangzhou, Hu, Xuanzhou and other prefectures.

Both of them have strong crossbows, quick bows and longs, and have complemented each other since the army was formed and have never been detrimental to them. In addition, Changzhou led by him united his children to cover up and protect their wings. It can be said that they were under the jurisdiction of the Thirteen Prefectures of Zhenhai, and have repeatedly made military achievements in combating thieves and rebellion, but have never experienced such damage or wavering.

At this time, the vibration of the quake on the ground was becoming more and more obvious, and a familiar mixed smell and whistle sound was sent in the wind. It immediately made Ding Congshi no longer care about the periphery and other arrangements, and why he failed to issue a warning message in time; it was like being poured by a basin of shiver of ice water, and his heart was still cold to the end.

Because a horse team appeared in the attacking thieves. Ding Congshi suddenly remembered the rumors of the enemy situation in Jurong City. These peaceful thieves had different numbers of horse teams, and almost ended the war and defense in the city as soon as they appeared. Even an official army that had just entered the city that came to help the Dan disciples could not resist them and fled.

However, at this moment, the earth groups that were attracted to the wings and the outer buffer were mostly fighting in Guping Town, and they couldn't even call each other. He could only count on the thousands of people under his command and shouted loudly at the left and right.

"Unite my children and follow me to kill the thieves... I am not a thief. Kill..."

The soldiers who kept calling for the group trainees who were the key decisive force in the end, faced the Runzhou crossbow soldiers who were shaking their morale in advance, formed a long wall with five-colored and five-sided big cards, and set up a spear like a forest inclined to force the enemy's horse team to block the formation in the future.

However, the horse team running in the smoke and dust suddenly stopped at a slow speed visible to the naked eye. In the so-called two or three breaths, they covered the front row of the united children with a burst of rapid and dense rain of arrows, and pushed them down together with the large row in their hands and knocked them to the ground.

However, Ding Congshi felt a little relieved and tried his best to drive more united children to fill it up with their licenses, using a thicker shield wall to block these hard arrows that were approaching. At this time, as the saying goes, one wave after another, someone in the array called loudly and shrillly.

"Be careful of both wings..."

"The horse team rushed in..."

"Push up...can't stop it."

However, at some point, the bandits and horses rushed out of the smoke and dust, and they had already been separated from left and right to side and left to kill the two wings where the official army had no time to take care of and neglect their defense. They flew away the resistance of the officers and soldiers on the edge, and crashed into the weak parts of these arrays and trampled and killed them.

It was like stabbing deeply into the wound and stirring the sharp blade hard. In a few moments, the entire formation that had disturbed and driven the whole plate was shaken. The crossbow soldiers and archers who finally stopped and forced to close it together seemed to be killed and trampled at a close distance, and were frightened and horrified again.

Then, the Taiping Army infantry standing in the upper wind attacked, with the rolling smoke and dust, like a storm that had swept over the land, also submerged the loose and scattered front line of the government army; and with the thunder and lightning, they were squeezed and tore them apart, dispersed, divided and divided them.

So in the following moments, Ding Congshi, as the chief general, even though he tried his best to shout hoarsely, he could only gather a small number of people around him in the confusion of smoke and dust.

Until this moment, he was not angry or given up. He still tried his best to shake the flag and shout the flag to guide him, and rushed forward against the trend towards the enemy. It was like a bright group of fish moving upstream in the blue-gray surge covered by the rolling dust and smoke.

As the slow reduction and shrinkage were slowly reduced, they pushed forward more than 200 steps away. Then, as a smoke ball that was thrown into it, it exploded with a thunderous sound of black smoke, overturned the flag-plaque officer holding the big flag with his men and horses, and since then it announced the complete collapse of the counterattack of this group of officials.

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In the end, before the Central Army headquarters where Zhou Huaian arrived, the government troops gathered outside the Guyu Temple had collapsed; then the Turkish regiments and the garrison soldiers who assisted the war also fled. They entered the subsequent pursuit and expanded results; of course, this also reduced the corresponding gains.

However, even if the enemy releases the sheep, there is a considerable probability that it can be captured in subsequent pursuits. In this battle, the most remarkable one is undoubtedly the application of horse-drawn cannon carts in the battlefield.

The horse-drawn artillery carts entered the preset position and launched bombardment first, disrupting and frightening the enemy formation; then the riding infantry, who were good at maneuvering power, approached and used a powerful crossbow to shoot further weakening and killing them; finally, the cavalry circled around the left and right wings to assault; one was also the enemy formation and the foot was shaken and chaotic, and the riding infantry that had been well formed to cover up and kill with all their strength.

So before the main force and the subordinate entered the battlefield, these enemies who seemed to have numerical advantages and superiority inevitably suffered the result of being defeated by a series of combined punches.

Although it would be a bit too bullying to directly use artillery and improved cavalry to deal with these traditional cold weapon troops; it is obvious that Zhou Huaian would not feel uneasy because of this. After all, on the battlefield, any means that can kill and damage the enemy more and protect himself as much as possible is worthy of encouragement and promotion.

Therefore, the final result was that more than 3,000 were killed in the formation and twice as captured; the others were probably more than this; and the Taiping Army's own injuries were only in units of hundreds. Among them, the more painful ones were the casualties of nearly 100 cavalrymen;

There is no way, to say that the biggest enemy of the use of cavalry in this Jiangnan area is not the various official troops, earthen groups, and garrison troops, but the ubiquitous paddy fields and rivers and ditches with branches;

If you marching along the road in a hurry, you will probably accidentally fall into a certain river, or fall into a muddy area.

It can be said that in many cases, if you want to find a solid field suitable for large-scale cavalry activities and battlefield impact, you can't find it. The same is true for the problems exposed this time. The casualties of people are not large, but after the corresponding mount is injured, it can no longer be used.

On the contrary, using small riverboats to maneuver can obtain a lot of convenience; but this involves obtaining sufficient cooperation from the local party.

"It is better to pursue the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlords..."

Just after chasing the dead and rushing the north and capturing prisoners, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but recite these two sentences.

"Where should we go next."

Ge Congzhou and others who were already standing outside the city gate greeted him, but when they heard the sound, their expressions lit up and immediately asked for instructions.

"Of course, it's the sword to point the Dan disciple, and by the way, the instructors' army tastes the feeling of being cut off from the rear...."

Zhou Huaian smiled slightly and said
Chapter completed!