Chapter 44 Riding Fighting
As a cavalry, cavalry warfare is only a basic quality, and it cannot even be called a quality. It should be said to be an instinct. 13? Identifying the opponent's number is almost a must-have skill for these light cavalrymen. Even if they know only a few words, they must understand that the enemy is coming from the opposite side, otherwise the army behind them is probably not much better than the blind.
"The general of the general of Quzhou Town, Daming, defeated the captive general Li"
What does this line of text mean? The Qing army officers who led the team knew very well that Chen Wen's confidant general Li Ruixin had arrived. According to information, Li Ruixin was a cavalry general under Chen Wen before the town was divided. Since he had started his old career again and arrived with his cavalry in advance, would Chen Wen, the commander of the Ming army, who had repeatedly defeated strong forces since the uprising, be in the direction of Yushan County behind him at this moment?
The momentum is born from the heart. Once this thought arises, the momentum of winning just now suddenly decreases a little. Although I have never seen a war, I don’t care that “I’m dead when I meet Chen Wen meets me”, but the powerful characters that the eight banners of the Han army cannot beat will never be as easy as those in the "bold words". In particular, I am full of doubts whether the monster in the eyes of the Qing army is spying on the distance behind me at this moment, and it is immediately like a huge rock pressing on his heart.
On the battlefield, the Ming army's cavalry were still extending to the two wings, and they were hunting, as if they were planning to drive them toward Yushan County in the southeast. The two armies were several war horses that had lost their masters. The Qing army also stopped and waited for the next command.
"General, the bandits and cavalry stopped to line up. Should we wait for them?"
can not wait!
The Ming cavalry dared to drive new recruits to come in large numbers. The infantry must be not far away, but there was absolutely no reinforcements behind him to reach the battlefield. The longer the battle, the smaller the room for turning around, and it was a bit early to decide the outcome in one battle, but if you could win with one blow, it would be a great victory.
"Change, gather troops, and attack the general flag of the thief head coach, and kill Li Ruixin!"
The Qing army abandoned the escorts and captured women and wealth, and there were 250 and 60 cavalry left. The officers of the Ming army roughly estimated that there should be 500 cavalry after the war. Two times more than him, but after just temptation, he was still full of confidence in defeating this Ming cavalry - his subordinates were brave and good at fighting, and more importantly, the Ming army was obviously the newly trained cavalry. The war horses seized from the Eight Banners of the Han army were indeed good horses, but the gap in riding, martial arts, and especially experience was too big.
As long as you kill Li Ruixin, even half of the troops are worth it. As for those guys without leaders, it is enough time to divide and crush the infantry before the arrival of the arrival of the arrival of the army.
With the flag bearer waving, the cavalry of the brigade quickly completed the turn, and while starting to charge, he showed a sagittal-shaped charge formation toward the Ming army that had just completed the extension.
The cavalry of the brigade passed the area in the center of the battlefield and ran rapidly, increasing the horse's speed to the best speed for charge. At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army also began to move, slowing down the central area where the flag was located, and the speed of the two wings was slightly faster, and soon formed a rough trend of a goose-shaped formation.
The geese-shaped formation emphasizes the use of the forces extended from the left and right wings to encircle the two wings, infantry and cavalry warfare, and is often used, but the officers do not care about this. What is more important in cavalry warfare is personal bravery. This Ming army is famous for infantry warfare, but cavalry warfare has never heard of their outstanding achievements, let alone encountering their elite troops from the Ganzhou Green Camp.
The war horses were galloping wildly, and the distance of hundreds of meters was only a blink of an eye. The Qing army's cavalry quickly rushed to the position where Li Ruixin was. But just a few breaths before the rushing, the Ming army's central army not only did not collide with it, but instead quickly moved closer to the two wings. The entire goose-shaped formation was divided into two, turning into two cavalry teams to give the Qing army. And in a moment of interlacing, the cavalry that continued to run forward twisted their waists and opened their bows, so the Qing army launched a shooting at the Qing cavalry between the two.
"Damn it, I'm fooled!"
In the first interlacing, the Qing army relied on its cavalry and shooting advantage, which left the lives of more than a dozen Ming army cavalry after the rain of arrows, and also injured some, but they were not dismissed and still followed the cavalry. This time, the Qing army was intending to charge, so each cavalry handed over the cavalry, lance, sabre, or other hand-to-hand combat weapons, but could only follow the premeditated round of shooting of the Ming army.
Pulling a bow and arrow, the chief general of the army shot the Qing army with a bow like an ordinary soldier, and he almost didn't need to aim. Li Ruixin shot out an arrow and shot a Qing army officer responsible for covering the flanks on the spot.
The officer was pierced by a sharp arrow while riding the horse. Before his hands could touch the sharp arrow, he fell off the horse and was trampled into meat paste by the war horses behind him. His war horse suddenly lost his master, slowly slowed down and turned to search, but what he found was a broken body that was trampled and wailed there.
In a blink of an eye, the cavalry of the Ming and Qing armies exchanged their directions, and they were getting closer and closer to Yulangxi to the west. Unlike the first confrontation just now, the Qing army, which was carrying cavalry weapons, was caught off guard by the Ming army, who had already prepared a bow. In addition, the number of Ming army cavalry was twice that of the Qing army, and it was distributed on the left and right wings. Under the attack, more than twenty cavalry were left but not even a single kill was caused, which happened to be reversed.
"Damn it, fortunately, I predicted that the tactics of these Tartars were right, otherwise I would have to suffer."
Li Ruixin came here, and all the cavalry battalions came, but not all the ones who actually sent to participate in the first battle were new recruits. Among them, two hundred cavalry came from the Yiwu battalion, which he led for nearly a year, and more than one hundred cavalry Chen Wen's guards. The rest were also the best among the cavalry battalions, in order to catch the Qing army off guard and have a good start to attack the arrogance of the superior cavalry of the Qing army. However, most of the cavalry in his hands were monks halfway through, and they were training harder. Faced with these Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camps, which had been fighting against the Han Hui Rebel Army and even the remaining Dashun Army, they still seemed a little too immature.
The Qing army's cavalry had turned around, and the two Ming army's cavalry teams were reunited. Li Ruixin picked up the monocular telescope and looked at the Qing army's cavalry from afar, as well as the Qing army's half-wading and half-aligning along the floating bridge. He waved his hands, and the flag bearer beside him waved his flags vigorously. The Ming army in the brigade began to list a long snake-like horizontal formation under the leadership of the officers.
"War as much as you fight less, you haven't fought such a war in many years. Today, let you Tartars see how Lao Tzu killed people!"
The Ming army in the brigade began to roll forward and pounced on the Qing cavalry that was not far from Yulangxi. The officers led by the Qing army were despaired to this area by the Ming army, and they felt regretful.
Those Qing troops who were escorted and captured could not give up these gains without cover, and then left some soldiers who had not crossed the river to flee westward. However, his troops were all east of Yulang River, and wading would become targets after wading. Recently, the most suitable wading point was the place of that floating bridge. Escape now would only be a crushing defeat; but if you evacuate directly to other places, you will be chased by someone, especially the infantry of the Ming army in Zhejiang, there is no way to know where the tenth ** can still be unable to escape.
"Fight!"
At this moment, the Qing army, who had already died and those who were injured and could no longer fight, had more than 200 cavalry intact and those lightly injured. Only at the command of the officer, he rode his horse and rushed towards the Ming army's long snake formation. After a moment, the collision broke out in the most intense way.
"kill!"
With one shot, the Qing army exerted force, Yu Youming's spear head still stabbed his neck. He subconsciously twisted, put away the gun, and blood sprayed far away, and even a few drops splashed on his face.
After the collision, both sides were planning to fight to the decisive battle, but the horse speed dropped a lot. At this moment, they were entangled. The Qing army relied on their personal martial arts and their tacit understanding in daily life, but there seemed to be something more on the Ming army, something they had never seen before.
"kill!"
Because Yu Youming has a hereditary military position and passed the assessment of the martial arts school, the Iron Cavalry Battalion has become the captain of a small team since its establishment. He led ten war soldiers and a fire soldier from the minimum riding, to horse racing, and riding and shooting. Even if he is considered a training officer, the captain can almost be said to be the teacher who teaches his subordinates the most skills.
Becoming an officer at a young age is not a new thing among the Ming army in Zhejiang, but the envy and jealousy caused by hereditary military positions is still endless. Even if he had already been qualified to become a cavalry captain after the assessment, it is no exception. People are afraid of words, and it is precisely because of this that Yu Youming worked harder to hone his skills and gave the professors he learned to his subordinates without hesitation, which made the team he led often ranked among the top in the assessment, and he had the opportunity to go on the battlefield and kill the enemy himself today.
Although a team of cavalry rode on the war horses, they still maintained a very small formation, cooperating with the Qing army, just like infantry forming formations.
Sabers, palladium, gun sticks, big sticks, long and short blades, sometimes one or two, sometimes three or four, and they always greeted each other, which made the Qing cavalry from the Ganzhou Green Camp in the Ganzhou area exhausted, especially at this moment, the Ming army had twice the strength, and overall the number was more than the few, and the same was true for a small range, which made these Qing soldiers extremely uncomfortable, but instead lost their usual style.
"kill!"
With a powerful and powerful blow, the two horses intertwined. Li Huanxiang used this knife to cut off the Qing army's arm in front of him. The Qing army was very brave and had already chopped down two Ming cavalry. However, this time, the Qing army was stabbed to death by a spear stickman from the same team and fell under the horse.
Unlike the newly built cavalry camp, Li Huanxiang is located in the cavalry guard of Anyuan Marquis' Mansion, responsible for protecting Chen Wen's safety on the battlefield. Of course, most of the time they are still following their desperate commander. This time, he came with Li Ruixin, and it was also Chen Wen's order that he could fight the cavalry from the Ganzhou Green Camp with such a clear sword and spear, which made a factor called excitement burst out in every pore of his sweat.
"kill!"
This Qing army came from the Green Camp in Ganzhou, and was under the jurisdiction of the former Gansu Admiral Zhang Yong. They fought with enemies who were good at cavalry warfare for more than 200 years. They were called "hard and brave". However, because there were few enemies, there were many enemies, and they were calculated by Li Ruixin, whose experience in cavalry was no less than that of theirs. In addition, the strange tactics used by the Ming cavalry in Zhejiang made them step by step into the dilemma of losing.
"Damn it."
A lower-level officer of the Ming army was stabbed to death with one sword. The Qing army officer led the team immediately welcomed several soldiers from the same team. The long soldiers and short swords intertwined, and relying on several personal soldiers to barely kill the Ming army that cooperated with each other, but they also paid the lives of the two personal soldiers.
On the battlefield, the Qing army had fewer and fewer cavalry, while the number of Ming army cavalry declined much lower than that of them, which made him increasingly inclined to bet all.
"The surname of Li is here to fight me!"
The Ming army's general flag was getting closer and closer, but there were fewer and fewer subordinates around him. Perhaps they had been killed by the Ming army if they could not rush to Li Ruixin at all. In desperation, the officer shouted loudly, but unexpectedly he immediately received a response from Li Ruixin.
"Go away from it, I will let him know who is the one I am!"
A cavalry rushed out, and several Ming soldiers guarded the side, and they formed a group with the officer's personal soldiers in advance. In a blink of an eye, Li Ruixin rushed closer, and a ancestral spear trembled like a dragon in his hand, and stabbed the officer's throat with a slant.
With a "wa" sound, the sword slashed and slashed the direction of the horse lance to slash a little, and Qiang Qiang passed through his beards and bypassed the fatal throat. However, the huge force of the recoil made half of his arm numb, so that even the plan to use the disadvantage of the horse lance being too long and short to cut and kill nearby was completely impossible.
"It's a little bit interesting."
The dark clouds under his crotch were given to him by Huang Degong back then. The war horses are usually seven or eight to the 14th and 15th years old, which is the most suitable golden age for combat. This one is a little old now, but he has been tacitly understanding for many years and has worked hard to serve. Now he is still able to fight, which is no less than that of the past.
He rode his horse for a short period, and took advantage of inertia, Li Ruixin took off another Qing army that was forced to fall off, turned his head and rushed towards the Qing army officer again.
There are not many Qing troops left in the vicinity at this moment. Some people who really can't reach the Qing army simply stop to watch this rare cavalry battle. Unfortunately, jokes like the storytelling that have been fought for hundreds of rounds are basically fabricated. The battlefield changes rapidly, and the outcome is often only a moment.
"kill!"
With one shot, Li Ruixin felt the force that the officer used to pick again. However, this time, I don’t know if it was the Qing army officer who had not recovered after the attack just now. Although the sprint was used to pick it all, he did not pick it up at all. He directly stabbed it into the throat with a straight shot. Subconsciously twisted, pulled the spear, and blood splashed, and the Qing army officer also fell under the horse.
"The guerrillas are dead, run away."
Chapter completed!