Chapter 134 The first battle of the lancers
Although Lin Feng did not know the "Murphy's Law", he also heard a proverb from the Guanzhong area: "The place in Guanzhong is evil. The more you fear, the more you will be, the better you will be. The bad ones are."
What he was most worried about now was that he encountered obstacles from the Wei people on their way to retreat. The team of black-armored cavalry, who were strong in combat and decisive in advance and retreat, made him worry.
I hope I think more.
Just this thought arises, Lin Feng's ears move, and he suddenly stands up and looks into the distance.
A team of cavalrymen in red robes and black armor were desperately rushing towards this side, shouting loudly while running wildly.
Behind them was dust flying, a yellow earth dragon followed closely, and there were faint shouts of killing.
Lin Feng's heart sank, and the thing he was most worried about happened.
The galloping cavalry in front were the scouts they had just sent out, and those who were following them were all enemies.
"Get on horse! Get on horse!"
Without thinking too much, Lin Feng immediately jumped onto the horse, yelled with a spear, and ordered the soldiers to meet the enemy immediately.
But these soldiers had just run for more than ten miles and were depressed. After getting off the horse, they were relieved. It was not easy to mention it again.
Although he tried his best to climb back onto the horse due to the anger of generals and officers at all levels, the morale of the army in the face of sudden enemy situations has reached the brink of collapse.
Before the Qin army could prepare, the scout cavalry on its side had been chased by the enemy, followed by a cavalry in black robes and black armor.
These strong and elite cavalrymen, although they were also wearing light armor, had a rainbow of morale and were full of energy.
Especially when a group of black-armored cavalry rushing in the front, when they were chasing the Qin army scout cavalry, the weapons in their hands kept making loud "bangs", and streams of white smoke rose up. Almost every sound, a Qin army scout was shot and dropped.
"It turned out to be a cavalry holding a musket?" Lin Feng was shocked when he saw this scene and was even more convinced that the group of enemies in front of him were elite troops trained by the Wei State.
The Qin army scouts were hunted and rushed directly into their own formation. The Qin cavalry who had just climbed onto the horse again were dispersed before they had organized an effective formation.
Before they could reorganize the formation, the "Wei Army" cavalry in black robes and black armor rushed over, forcing them to disperse again and fight for themselves.
Each of these "Wei Army" cavalrymen had two short-barrel muskets in their hands. After firing, they hung the muskets on the leather belt around their waists, then took off an iron bone from the saddle, held it high and rushed towards the Qin cavalry.
The Qin cavalry had reached its limit in their physical strength and their morale was very low. Facing the enemy who rushed over, Yu Yong tried hard to resist, but it was difficult to compete with the enemy who had the advantage of both physical strength, morale or equipment.
As soon as they met, hundreds of Qin cavalry were shot down. The sharp short-barrel musket first took the lead, and the heavy hitting weapon came roaring. Even heavy armored cavalry with full body protection was difficult to resist, let alone these light cavalrymen with light armor for the sake of rapid raid.
This cavalry that Lin Feng mistakenly thought to be the "Wei Army" was naturally the cavalry camp under Li Xu.
The group of lancers who were leading the way using short-barrel guns was the newly formed 200-man lancer team after this upgrade.
Two hundred lancers rushed into the Qin army formation with one horse and killed hundreds of Qin cavalry in one fell swoop, causing the Qin army, which was already on the verge of morale collapse, quickly fell into collapse, and turned around and fled in all directions, regardless of the anger and scolding of generals at all levels.
Seeing that the situation was over, Lin Feng had no choice but to fight to the south and break through with hundreds of personal soldiers.
The military pay and treatment of these hundreds of personal soldiers far exceeds that of ordinary soldiers. It is the last way for the main general to save his life on the battlefield. Therefore, he is loyal to Lin Feng and protects Lin Feng and fights to break through.
Although the Qin army collapsed, due to its large number of troops, there were only one thousand people in the Cavalry Camp. Although it has defeated the three thousand vanguards of the Qin army, it is unrealistic to completely encircle and annihilate them.
Under the desperate escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, although Lin Feng was wearing several tricks, he successfully broke out and ran towards the south with the last dozen remaining bloody personal soldiers beside him.
Guo Lei, the captain of the cavalry camp, did not order the pursuit, but asked his subordinates to start cleaning the battlefield and treat his wounded soldiers, lifted the bodies of his own robes to the side, and inspected the wounded Qin soldiers on the ground. If they were seriously injured and were about to die, they would just take the blow, and if they were slightly injured, they would bandage them briefly and then tie them up and throw them aside for a while for interrogation.
At the same time, people gather those war horses that have lost their masters and wandered on the battlefield.
In addition, someone was sent to report on the battle situation on Tan Lun's side.
According to preliminary statistics, in this encounter, there were more than 570 soldiers killed in the Qin army, more than 230 were injured and captured, and most of the remaining more than 2,000 people fled.
The number of casualties in the Knight Camp was only a few dozen, and most of them were slightly injured.
This huge difference in proportion does not mean that the Qin army's cavalry is too weak, but is caused by multiple factors.
The long-distance raid caused the lack of people and horses, and the two sides encountered it suddenly. The Qin army was unprepared and had a gap in weapons and equipment. In addition, they were also made dumplings in unknown circumstances.
It was a very good result to be able to escape in the end.
Of course, if the troops on the Cavalry Camp doubled, the number of soldiers who lost to the Qin army here today would definitely have increased by at least twice or even more.
On the side of Ning County, Tan Lun personally led the Shenyong Camp and the Pili Camp to reach outside the south gate of Ning County.
The Shenwei Camp and the infantry battalion, which had completed the ambush mission, were also coming quickly.
The Second Battalion of Infantry, which was responsible for blocking the bandit army ten miles east of Ning County, is about to arrive at the pre-determined location to set up an ambush.
The soldiers on duty on the front of the city were shocked when they found the unidentified army that suddenly appeared under the city. While hurriedly sent someone to report to Zhao Biao, they were ready to close the city gate and prepare for defense.
The soldiers are very fast, so Tan Lun naturally would not give these thieves the time to calmly arrange defense. After arriving, he ordered the ten eagle cannons that arrived in advance in the Pili Camp immediately to start forming artillery positions and prepare to bombard the city gate.
At the same time, the two hundred heavily armored infantry from the Shenchang Camp were ordered to prepare to immediately attack the city after the city was broken.
Three hundred grenadiers will follow the two hundred armored infantry to provide fire support. Once they encounter enemy arrests, they will immediately greet them with bombs.
The five hundred vine shield soldiers have also quietly sneaked to the west gate of Ning County. Once the south gate starts to attack the city, the bandits' army's attention will definitely be attracted by this side. They will take the opportunity to enter the west gate and attack directly at the location of the bandits' army's granary.
Each eagle cannon was operated by four artillery soldiers. Two ammunitions were quickly loading the fired gunpowder and shells. The firinger raised the torch and stood behind the cannon with a serious face. The long fuse was only one foot away from the torch.
The cannon leader looked at the place where the central army flag was not far away. As soon as the flag was moved there, they would immediately order the launch.
Chapter completed!