interesting!

After witnessing Shen Bao's methodical use of troops, Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but praise in his heart.

Historically, Shen Bao has always been the lieutenant general of Liu Liangzuo's army, and he was also quite active after he was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Such a person always has his own merits.

However, in just the first battle, they knew how to play to their strengths and use vehicle formations, artillery, muskets, and even ropes to inflict heavy losses on the Manchu and Qing cavalry. Such adaptability was not something Chen Wudi and the others possessed. After all, like Shen People like Leopard were torn out of battle formations.

This man is like a hunting dog. The key is to use him well. If you use him well, you may be a good hunting dog.

Just like in this battle, he seemed to be conservative in his use of troops, but his use of troops was indeed remarkable.

"Your Majesty, do you want to order the Swift Battalion to pursue us?"

Regarding Chen Wudi's suggestion, Zhu Guoqiang just smiled.

"No, this battle is just a small test, signaling for the cavalry to pursue, telling them not to be reluctant to fight, we have to entangle Abatai's main force..."

Although the order was not to be reluctant to fight, the cavalry chasing the fleeing enemy still chased up from the flank of the Qing cavalry. They galloped behind the Qing army like a tide, pursued them at close range with muskets, and then moved to one side like a tide. Escape, wave after wave, endlessly.

Every time a wave rose, hundreds of bullets would roar into the Qing cavalry, penetrating their armor and splashing out in dazzling bursts of blood.

When they fled to one side, the Qing troops who had suffered a loss immediately scattered and fled instinctively. This gave the Ming cavalry a chance to show off their power. They were divided into small groups, one in the east and one in the west. , in a place dozens of steps away from the Qing cavalry, they used fire blunderbuss to "encircle" them, and the bullets kept hitting the cavalry or horses. This kind of killing was difficult for the Qing cavalry to guard against. When they wanted to When they used bows and arrows to fight back, the opponent was already far away. When they tried to use swords and guns to get close to the horse, the Ming army kept a distance from them, clinging to them like brown candy.

After a pursuit that lasted for more than an hour, the Qing cavalry was exhausted from being chased, and many of the horses were even foaming at the white from exhaustion.

"These damn bright dogs!"

Finally, Battle, who could no longer stand this style of fighting, suddenly turned his horse around. Facing the pursuing Ming cavalry, he threw aside the iron helmet on his head, and then firmly grabbed the long spear.

"The Baturus of the Qing Dynasty! Kill!"

He kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and the exhausted war horse ran forward again. Dozens of horsemen around Battle were all like him, lying on the horse's back, holding carbines, and menacingly charging toward the pursuing Ming. The army launched a counterattack.

Once upon a time, they relied on such attacks more than once to defeat the Ming army's resistance and break their will, but today, their charge was desperate.

despair!

Compared to Battle's despair, Sun Chengang, who was leading a group of cavalry in pursuit, had a smile on his face.

"Be careful, don't let them get close!"

No close combat!

This is the principle of the musketeers. Once they get into a close fight, they are likely to suffer the consequences, so keep a suitable distance and give full play to the role of the muskets. This is the combat principle of the musketeers.

Just when Battle led less than a hundred cavalry to launch a desperate attack, and at the moment when the two sides were about to collide head-on, the Ming cavalry suddenly dodged to both sides, giving up the way forward to the Qing cavalry. At the same time, they The trigger was pulled, and for a moment, bullets rained down...

A moment later, Battle, who fell off his horse, looked around in despair. The injured horses beside him let out pitiful wails. Several ownerless horses were wandering on the battlefield. On the snow, injured soldiers were seen from time to time.

He groaned and cursed the Ming army for its cunningness.

Defeated!

The defeat was so disastrous that the more than a thousand cavalrymen he commanded were completely unable to fight back, from infantry battles to horse battles.

His leg was broken. When he saw the Ming cavalry galloping towards him, he wanted to stand up, but he couldn't stand up at all. He wanted to pick up a spear and stab the opponent, but he couldn't lift the heavy spear.

As the war horse passed by him, he saw a white light passing before his eyes, and then he felt as if he was floating and spinning in the air...

It was like a free hunt. When the battle came to an end, the cavalrymen joyfully drew their sabers and galloped around the battlefield, counting the remaining enemies with their sabers. When the sabers slashed, they dragged their heads and rotated in the air, and then fell down.

On to the snow.

After the battle, only pieces of corpses were left on the battlefield...

When the cavalry made the final pursuit of the scattered Qing army, on the battlefield where the smoke had cleared, the officers and soldiers of the Swift Battalion were cleaning the battlefield. They dug out a lot of money from the corpses of the Qing army - except

In addition to silver ingots and broken silver, there were also many bracelets, rings, and hairpins. These things were all stolen by them. Now they became the trophies of the soldiers. The discovery of the silver inspired the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and they cleaned up happily.

Walking around the battlefield, looking for all the weapons that can be obtained.

As the captain, Niu Jinxing, of course, did not need to clean the battlefield himself. The soldiers under his command brought a handful of silver, including silver ingots, bracelets, and hairpins, all of which were stained with black blood without exception.

Staring at the dried blood on the silver, Niu Jinxing's expression changed. He could imagine how these things were obtained. Donglu snatched them with a knife...

Just when Niu Jinxing's heart was stirred up, he saw a group of cavalry in the distance escorting several large flags.

"The prince is here!"

Seeing the prince coming, Shen Bao shouted loudly.

"Hurry up, hurry up, assemble, form a team, form a team..."

The soldiers who had almost cleaned the battlefield all regrouped and lined up. Their movements were faster than people imagined. After all, the fear of the prince had long been engraved in their bones.

Breathing in the residual smell of gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, Zhu Guoqiang looked at the entire team of officers and soldiers of the Swift Battalion standing in front with a smile on his face.

"I will finally meet the Crown Prince!"

Different from the fear when he first met the prince, Shen Bao's expression seemed a little proud when he saw the prince again.

"Victory?"

"As I said to you, it was all thanks to the sacrifice of the soldiers that we were able to defeat the cavalry!"

"Victory is victory, what is repelling! Why don't you even have the ambition to show off? Show off the ambition you just had to defeat the slaves!"

Although it seemed like a scolding, the prince's scolding was only met with laughter from everyone.
Chapter completed!