Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 264 Advance
The majestic Zhenghongqi collapsed under the impact of the cavalry wall, and more than 300 people turned into piles of corpses, and the rest fled back to the base camp.The Ming army chased them again and shot more than a dozen dead with bows and arrows. Then they retreated contentedly. Looking at the dead bodies all over the ground, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't believe their eyes.Did they really defeat Zhenghongqi?Hundreds of Jian slaves were killed just like that?Are you dreaming?

Lu Xiangsheng was very calm, and ordered: "Tui Nu has suffered such a big loss, and I will definitely not let it go. Clean up the battlefield quickly, and then retreat, otherwise Jian Nu will not be able to leave even if he wants to leave!" Then everyone thought of themselves. It is still on the site of Jiannu, and the army of Jiannu may kill them at any time... Thinking of this, everyone lost their joy, jumped off their horses, picked up a big knife or an axe, and chopped off the heads of the killed Houjin soldiers down.I have to say that when doing this job, Guan Ningjun and Cao Bianjiao's subordinates were all grinning from ear to ear. The bright smiles formed a great contrast with the bloody scene, which made people's backs shudder.Well, in the eyes of Tianxiong Army, their smiles are of course downright weird, but Guan Ningjun and his gang don't think so. This is not cutting off people's heads, it is clearly picking up money!Although the vast majority of Jiannu were killed by the Tianxiong Army, they also made a lot of military exploits. This trip was really worth it!

The Tianxiong Army helped the dead and injured Paoze onto the horse and tied it up carefully.In this battle, the Hussars battalion suffered heavy losses, with 800 casualties, the vast majority of which were attributed to Jiannu's bows and arrows.Fortunately, their armors were well protected, and more than half of them survived the rain of arrows fired by the slaves. As long as they could survive to Jinzhou, they would definitely be able to recover under the careful treatment of military doctors.The losses were not small, but the results were equally huge. With only 360 hussars, two wall-mounted charges overwhelmed more than [-] elite cavalrymen of Zhenghongqi, beheading [-] levels, which is equivalent to beheading every two hussars by one level. Such a record is really impressive. Guan Ningjun was dumbfounded - you know, for them, dragging thousands of people out to fight and beheading dozens of people is considered a great victory.In addition, [-] seven war horses were also captured. These were tall and sturdy Liaodong war horses that could not be bought with money. Needless to say, all of these war horses returned to the Tianxiong Army, and Lu Xiangsheng would not make any concessions.

While everyone was busy, thousands of people shivered out of the black forest. They were all dispersed Ming troops.They were surrounded in the dark forest, and they saw clearly the whole process of the battle just now, so their eyes were bulging, their mouths were open, and they looked in disbelief.Lu Xiangsheng asked several officers and learned that they were troops from the chariot battalion of Jizhen. During the Battle of Changshan, several chariot battalions in Jizhen were wiped out. They escaped the overwhelming misfortune, but Houjin Rangers came out everywhere, they were numerous, their targets were conspicuous, and they were quickly exposed. They were blocked in the dark forest, unable to enter or retreat, if it wasn't for the Tianxiong Army Arriving just in time, they were left with a choice between dying in battle and being prisoners.When Lu Xiangsheng asked if there were any scattered Ming troops in other places, these defeated generals shook their heads sadly and said, "My lord, it's gone. They all died on the north bank of the Xiaoling River. We are the only ones left!"

Lu Xiangsheng felt a pain in his heart. It seems that most of the 1000 Ming soldiers had already been buried on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, and only a few thousand were able to struggle back!At this time, the north wind became more and more violent, he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to probe forward, ordered dry food to be taken out for the defeated soldiers, and then retreated quickly.Those remnant soldiers and defeated generals were more conscious than he had imagined. After receiving the dry food, they wolfed down their feet while walking towards Jinzhou at the fastest speed, without mobilization at all.Lu Xiangsheng could only smile wryly, why can't you be so conscious on the battlefield?If you fought so actively on the battlefield, why were you beaten so badly?He asked fifty hussars to escort the dead and wounded soldiers of the hussar battalion back to Jinzhou, and he led the main force of the hussars battalion to cover the more than [-] people going to Jinzhou.The strange thing is that Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan didn't even need his persuasion, they took the initiative to lead people to stay and cover the retreat of the infantry with the hussar battalion.These were all created by the Tianxiong Army with one sword and one gun. The army has always respected the strong, as arrogant as the Guan Ning Army. Seeing the hussars battalion smashing down nearly a thousand Jiannu, they had to be flatly obeyed.

"My lord's cavalry is truly invincible!"

Seeing the hussars marching silently towards Jinzhou, Zu Kuan admired them from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled lightly: "General Zu, thank you."

Zu Kuan said seriously: "No, this is absolutely true! The general followed Zu Shuai outside the pass and fought countless small and big battles with Jian Nu. What scene has he not seen? But he has never seen Jian Nu. The slave was beaten so badly!"

Cao Bianjiao asked eagerly: "My lord, how do you train your cavalry? There are so many people, no matter where they charge, they are always in a straight line. No matter how Jiannu shoots, the team is always neat. Jiannu was destroyed by a single charge. Really Incredible!"

Zu Kuan also said: "That's right, my lord, what kind of tactics are your cavalry using? Can you teach the junior general?" He was also a cavalry general. Learn this trick.

Facing the longing eyes of the two warriors, Lu Xiangsheng let out a sigh of relief, and said: "This is called the cavalry wall tactic. To put it bluntly, it is to let the cavalry line up in a dense formation and charge forward knee to knee. In terms of archery, no matter how our army trains, it cannot compare with those slaves who grew up on horseback. Even if our cavalry is twice as many as them, it is easy to be overwhelmed by them. Only a dense cavalry wall , Forming a situation where the more you fight the less, you have a chance of winning. You have also seen that even the fierce white-armored soldiers, in front of the cavalry wall of our hussar battalion, cannot display their extraordinary martial arts. Maybe they can kill a Two hussars, but the end will definitely be pierced into meat skewers by horse lances, or chopped into meat paste by broken blades."

The two warriors' eyes widened: "Is it that simple?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's that simple."

Zu Kuan thought about it carefully, although this sounds simple, it is not easy at all to do it. Without hard training, it is simply impossible to maintain a complete formation during a high-speed sprint.Moreover, the formation is so dense that once they are shot by bows and arrows, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. It is really necessary for the cavalry to charge against the dense arrow rain, knowing that there are arrows coming towards them, but still staying in the queue honestly. courage.Thinking of the scene where the Hussar Battalion silently charged forward while ignoring the rain of arrows and falling companions, he couldn't help shivering. This is not a fucking human thing!

Cao Bianjiao is still young and has little actual combat experience. He hasn't figured out the key to it yet, but he became worried: "This tactic is so simple, but its power is so terrifying. If Jiannu learns it, wouldn't it be terrible!?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Even if we let Jiannu learn it, it is nothing more than a cavalry wall against a cavalry wall, and one life is exchanged for another life. Fighting for human life, can Jiannu, who only has more than 7000 Ding, fight against Daming, who has [-] million Ding!? "

Cao Bianjiao was dumbfounded again.He never dreamed that fighting a war could be so simple, so simple that whoever can afford to die can win!But think about it carefully, not to mention one life for one life, even if it is three lives for one life, Da Ming is sure to win. , but it means the death of the country and the extinction of the species!Of course, the premise is that the Ming army can really achieve three lives on the battlefield to exchange Jiannu for one life, instead of tens of thousands of people being chased by hundreds of people!

Thinking of this, he smiled wryly: "This move just hit Jiannu's vital point. My lord really deserves to be an incomparable handsome talent!"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "I didn't come up with this trick."

Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan asked in unison: "Who thought of that?"

Lu Xiangsheng cast his gaze to the south, showing a slight smile: "A genius, a real genius."

"Ah chirp—"

Yang Menglong, who was riding on the back of a camel, sneezed for no reason, rubbed his nose and muttered, "Who is talking about me behind my back?"

Xue Siming, Han Peng and others didn't bother to pay attention to him, and hurried on their way.Like the Tianxiong Army, the Wuyang Guards also received a cold reception from the Guan Ning Army, who refused to provide them with carriages.Fortunately, Wuyangwei brought enough camels and horses, and there was still room for each person. Now these more than 2000 people are forming a long snake that stretches for several kilometers, braving the howling north wind towards Jinzhou.Yang Menglong is the leader, so naturally he has preferential treatment. He occupies two horses by himself, and when he has enough horses, he can ride a camel, leisurely and leisurely.He wiped off his nose and shouted to the soldiers behind: "Hurry up, big guys. When will we be able to reach Jinzhou after such a long time? By the time we get to Jinzhou, the daylily will be cold!"

Han Peng said: "My lord, we travel eighty miles a day, which is already fast enough. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, is there any army that can compare with us!?"

Yang Menglong said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't it say that Cao Cao's general Xia Houchun's troops marched eight hundred in three days, and one thousand in five days? We can't even get a fraction of others!"

Han Peng almost spat out a mouthful of blood: "My lord, it's a romance novel, don't take it seriously, okay?"

Yang Menglong really took it seriously: "Why can't novels be taken seriously? It can be done!"

Han Peng called: "It is also said in the novel that every powerful general can call the wind and call the rain, and spread beans to form an army. The worst one has the courage of ten thousand men, and it is easy to enter and exit seven times among thousands of troops..."

Yang Menglong's face collapsed, and he muttered: "Okay, the novel can't be taken seriously... Hurry up, otherwise even if we arrive in Jinzhou, we won't have time to rest! You probably don't want to make your eyes stare and you can't even catch your breath Have you been thrown into the battlefield? Let’s work harder, and I can tell you that the land outside the pass is so fertile that even a chopstick can grow sprouts! Let’s go and wipe out Jiannu, and wipe out those lands, pastures, The mountain farms and fishing grounds are divided, and each person gets a thousand or hundreds of acres of land, and everyone becomes a big landlord!"

Good guy, I started paying for the spoils before I even followed the golden photo!The soldiers of Wuyang Guard laughed loudly, and the official road was filled with joyful atmosphere. Correspondingly, the speed also accelerated a lot!

They are still several days away from Jinzhou.

(End of this chapter)