Chapter 68 Clutch
Zhejiang Governor Biao Battalion is divided into two battalions, with the left and right battalions guerrillas and central military commanding the entire army. [Fengyun Novel Reading]?.??` According to the military situation reported by the horse exploration station sent by Chen Wen, most of the left and right battalions have entered the city to encircle and suppress the defenders. Apart from the part that entered the city, the cavalry had already dispersed. There was only a unit of three or four hundred people left in the north of the city to protect the commander outside the city, guard the baggage, spoils, and the rear of the army.
With only more than a hundred cavalry in his hand, Chen Wen did not intend to rely on this vanguard to hit the Qing army's left-behind troops. Once he was entangled by these Qing infantry infantry, the cavalry under his command, which were far inferior to the Qing army's skills and martial arts, would be difficult for him to complete the task of restraining the Qing army, and would even be besieged by the Qing cavalry returning to defend with the remaining infantry.
Therefore, from the very beginning, he focused his attention on the scattered horses that were divided into small groups of horses that the Qing army had scattered. However, the Qing army's horses were relatively scattered, and the specific locations of these horses could not be completely understood. In addition, it is still unknown how long the defenders in the city could last, so he did not intend to continue waiting, but chose a simpler method.
After riding the horse from Xiaoshan, Chen Wen did not lift the horse too fast. It was still a long way from the nearest Qing army's horse exploration team. Proper saving of horsepower will also help in subsequent battles.
There were only two Qing army's horses that were discovered, and they were on scouts' missions, hiding on the edge of a small forest to observe the movements of the road. Previously, the Ming army's cavalry was lucky to have their direction. If it weren't for the horse's hoof marks left by the Qing army's war horses around the woods along the way, they might have passed by the road beside the woods and were first exposed by the Qing army's movements.
After observing the terrain here, it is difficult to encircle and annihilate the two Qing army provocations with horns in the woods. Chen Wen sent a team of cavalry through the road, playing a messenger-like manner, and advancing towards Xiuhu, west of Yiwu City. Another team of cavalry dismounted and lurked beside the road behind the forest, preparing to ambush.?`
The Ming army had a total of ten cavalry teams, which were definitely not something that the two Qing troops could afford. Seeing that the Ming army was advancing towards Xiuhu, the Qing army did not doubt that he had. After the Ming army passed, he immediately sent a man to turn over and go around the woods and run towards the Qing army's general flag.
However, the Qing army who reported the news had just passed by the woods and was immediately ambushed by the Ming army lurking beside the road. The trip horses suddenly pulled up, and the cavalry who reported the news had flew out as the mount fell. Without reacting, they were killed by the Ming army who was ambushing the side.
The first Qing army had been killed, so Chen Wen led a brigade of cavalry through the road. When the Qing army lurking in the woods saw the Ming army passing, they did not dare to rush to blow the horn for their own safety reasons. Instead, they planned to bypass the woods and then report to the Qing army's rear hall troops at the frequency of blowing the horns. However, he had just passed by the woods and immediately encountered the same fate as the Qing cavalry before, and was killed by the ambushed Ming army on the road.
The Qing army only lost two horses, but a small gap appeared in the intelligence network that was spread out. Chen Wen led his team to pass through the road, marched towards Xiuhu, and the ambushed Ming army heading straight for the Qing army's rear troops.
The outermost intelligence network lost a sense cell. It does not mean that the entire intelligence network was completely paralyzed. It was just that Chen Wen's troops were all cavalry, and the rest of the Qing army's explorers rushed over before they could react. The trumpet of the attack was blown repeatedly. The Qing army's rear troops had surrounded the baggage, spoils and flags with large chariots. Although the Ming army's cavalry rushed to the front, they did not cause any actual threat.
After riding his horse and shooting two arrows, Chen Wen dispersed the cavalry in a team of ten people, ignoring the troops behind the Qing army who were already on guard, but instead rushed towards the Qing army's explorers who had already reacted and tried to return to the aid of the Qing army.
The Qing army's horses tried to increase the strength of the cavalry through continuous aggregation on the way back to the aid, but most of them had not yet reached the time to complete the aggregation, and the Ming army's cavalry had already arrived... The Ming army's cavalry was a team of ten people, and the number of Qing army's horses, which were mostly only a few. In a hurry, most of the Qing army's horses chose to turn around and flee, and only a few were caught up by the Ming army who rushed to the death.
There were only five Qing army probing horses that Chen Wen was chasing closely. Facing the cavalry of more than ten Ming army members, he turned around and walked closer to the Qing army probing horses near. Looking at the cavalry chasing another Ming army from afar, Chen Wen continued to chase without hesitation.
Soon, the two Qing army's probing horses gathered together. The two teams of cavalry of the Ming army also gathered together at the same time. After turning back and shooting one or two arrows at the beginning of the gathering, the Qing army had to turn around and flee against the Ming cavalry whose troops were already in the upper hand.
Not far away is a forest. This team of Qing troops turned around the edge of the forest and headed towards another Qing army rushing to explore horses. This team of Qing troops not only had more than ten people, but there were no Ming troops behind them. Once the two teams merged, they could decide the outcome with the Ming army's pursuits through the advantage of numbers.
But at this moment, when the Qing army had just completed the turn, with Chen Wen's shout, the Ming cavalry shortened the distance between the two sides by turning inside. When they were close, they opened their bows and shot at the Qing army.
Compared to the cavalry under his command who are training every day, Chen Wen's riding skills can only be used to ride a horse and charge. For him, he is a relatively high-end skill, let alone riding and shooting. Seeing that he was approaching the distance, Chen Wen picked up a short crossbow and shot behind the back that was closest to a Qing army's probe.
The crossbow arrows slashed through the air, and the whistling sound brought by the Qing army was faster. Before the crossbow arrows were brought to the ears of the Qing army, they saw the Qing army's exploration horse lying on the horse, and the crossbow arrows shot by Chen Wen flew over the tip of the guy's nose.
If he had not been in a hostile camp, Chen Wen really planned to give this Qing army's horse recruitment a glory. After all, this reaction was obviously immersed in horsemanship for many years, and his martial arts were obviously not bad. However, before Chen Wen dropped his crossbow and drew his sword to chase him and chopped him up, the crossbow arrow, after rubbing the nose of the Qing army's horse recruitment, penetrated it straight into the neck of a Qing army further in front, and shot it directly off the horse.
"I'm mistakenly taking the secondary car, how can this work?"
The complaints in his heart flashed and Chen Wen, who had already drawn out his sword, rushed up without hesitation, and slashed at the Qing army's probe who had just sat up again.
The equestrian master was an equestrian master. He was holding his back to Chen Wen, who was catching up with the horse. He heard the sword roaring. The Qing army immediately lowered his head and lay on the horse's neck. However, before he could completely lower his head, he took advantage of the horse's faster advantage and Chen Wen's sword had already chopped on the "lightning rod" of his helmet and brought the entire helmet down.
At this moment, Chen Wen's strength was exhausted. Although the Qing army's helmet fell, he was not injured. Seeing that Chen Wen had no time to withdraw his sword, the Qing army also descended while getting up again. He immediately pulled out his sword and slashed at Chen Wen after missing half of his body.
The blade had arrived, but the sword in his hand had just been withdrawn. Just as the old force had not yet emerged, Chen Wen had to use the small shield on his arm armor to carry the Qing army's chop. The next second, he heard a metallic strike and collided. Chen Wen felt that his left arm seemed to be hit by a blunt weapon, and half of his body immediately became numb.
Enduring the pain that followed, Chen Wen stabbed the Qing army's neck with a sword and habitually twisted the sword body. The Qing army's blood splattered Chen Wen's hand and fell off the war horse, obviously losing his life.
As the rabbits rose and falcons fell, the Qing army had been shot and killed by the Ming army that was chasing, and several people were killed. However, the Qing army's reinforcements were not far away. Chen Wen did not care about checking the injuries and immediately commanded the two teams of cavalry around him to give up and continue to chop the Qing army that was being chased, and turned around to move closer to the other team of cavalry to gain a superior force.
The cavalry's actions are light and flexible, and they can be separated and merged. They last for a hundred miles, travel thousands of miles, and go in and out without interruption. Chen Wen made this plan that was almost hunting based on some of the theories in his impression and combined with the experience gained from the cavalry generals such as Li Ruixin, Chen Guobao and others.
Apart from the provocations who ambushed the Qing army, the principle of fighting is very simple. When the Qing army is less than its own, it will disperse and pounce on it and chop. If the Qing army gathers its troops, it will gather at other Ming cavalry to form an advantage in force before attacking.
Although Fubiao Battalion has more than 200 cavalrymen, many of them have entered the city, and the number of horses left outside the city is even worse than that of the Ming army. Although they are much better than the Ming army in equestrian and martial arts, the Ming army's cavalry responded in advance and had controlled the rhythm, so in this moment the Ming army suffered far fewer casualties than the Qing army.
Looking at the cavalry of the two armies chasing and fighting on the battlefield from afar, the guerrillas of the Fubiaoying, the main general, soon saw the clues.
The cavalry of Fubiao Battalion itself is at a disadvantage in this area of battlefields, so it will definitely not work. Moreover, according to the information, the number of cavalry in this Ming army is very small, and it is entirely based on infantry. Since there are large groups of cavalry here, is it because the main force of the Ming army has returned to aid?
Is it forced to return to aid, or has defeated the Qing army on the southern front, and cooperated with the power of new victories to cooperate with the defenders to encircle and annihilate the isolated Fubiao camp. These left-handed guerrillas were not known, but if it were the latter, wouldn't the Fubiao camp soon fall into the siege of the Ming army?
There was not much time left for him, so we must think about where to go as soon as possible. After a while, the order to withdraw troops from the Central Banner of Fubiao Battalion to regroup the troops was issued. The Qing army provocateurs who were fighting with the Ming army quickly returned to the rescue flag. Even the siege troops who had almost done their best in the county began to restrain their soldiers and evacuate to the north of the city... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!