Sometimes, luck is very important.

Just like Li Laiheng is very lucky today!

Not every ship owner would park his ship at the dock due to the chaos of war. There were dozens of large and small ships hidden on the shore near Zhangjiawan, and there were even many cannon boats parked on the shore for the winter.

When the cavalry sent by Li Guo discovered these ships, Li Laiheng happened to lead his troops and came over. When he learned that the Zhu Thief Emperor had left on the ship, he immediately asked Tang Tong to lead his troops on board the ship to pursue them.

With everyone paddling, the boat naturally went much faster.

While Tang Tong led his troops to pursue them by boat, Li Laiheng himself led two thousand cavalry to pursue them. It has to be said that the bandits had many horses. Even if the court wanted to gather tens of thousands of cavalry, it would not be easy, but Li Zicheng easily did it.

When it comes to 70,000 to 80,000 horses, there is still no business, so it comes quickly!

Whether it is Shaanxi, Shanxi, or even Henan, Shandong and Beizhili, there are a large number of horses among the people, especially in Shanxi, Shanxi and Shanxi merchants. In the smuggling activities outside the customs, horses are the most important goods, and there are thousands of them every year.

Tens of thousands of horses of varying quality flowed into the pass through the hands of Shanxi merchants. Maybe the government had no horses to use, but the people in the north... there were many horses, especially in the homes of wealthy gentry families. Who didn't have dozens of horses, and they were too embarrassed to go out to say hello.

In the past, these wealthy gentrymen, when facing the government's fundraising, all of them were like iron roosters, plucking away their hair, but when Li Zicheng came, they immediately plucked out all their money.

In the end, it was easy for Chuangjun to take advantage of him. When King Chuang came, he didn’t pay for food. That’s true, but it’s for the common people. As for the gentlemen...

Not only were the money and grain gone, but the horses were also used to pull grain and money, and even the people were gone. Maybe they looked at the wife and daughter Shui Ling and pulled them away with them.

Relying on the stolen horses and arming tens of thousands of cavalry, the mobility of the invading army was far beyond that of the Ming army. Li Laiheng, who led the cavalry, was the first to come over, and it was the vanguard he sent who came first.

When he saw the billowing dust in the sky through the telescope from a distance, Zu Dashou's face changed color. Although he set off fire boats to burn the beams blocking the bridge hole, the bandits still kept putting beams there.

, it’s not a problem to continue like this!

"Uncle..."

Zu Mingsan looked nervously at the distance and the smoke, and then said.

"Uncle, otherwise..."

At this moment, suddenly there was a burst of chaotic shouts and bursts of gunshots from behind the river embankment. Because he could not see the situation on the other side, Zu Dashou, who was originally desperate on the boat, wondered.

"What happened on the shore?"

Although he was confused, his face was full of joy.

Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!

…

Reinforcements are coming!

After receiving the imperial edict from King Qin, Zhu Guoqiang also sent a messenger and transferred a troop from Shandong to King Qin in the capital. After receiving the order from the Crown Prince, Yu Shujie made some preparations and led 15,000 rural troops.

He rushed to the capital with ten thousand people.

Considering that rescuing troops was like putting out a fire, he let the infantry rush behind him, while he and more than 5,000 cavalry rushed to the capital day and night. This afternoon, the sentry he sent discovered that the bandits were chasing a fleet along the river, and from the captured

When he learned that the fleet had escaped from the capital, and that the "Emperor" was even on board, Yu Shujie felt so entangled in his heart!

As a general of the palace, he certainly knew what it would mean to the prince if the emperor fell into the hands of thieves. Even when he was ordered to lead the army to serve the king, he was still thinking about how diligent the king would be then. However,

He wasn't worried about how diligent he was. After all, the prince's brother-in-law Li Chengqi was here, but right now... he wasn't there!

How to be diligent?

Are you turning a blind eye, or...

Everyone is looking at the military gate. As soldiers from Shandong, they are more grateful to the prince than the emperor. After all, when Shandong was ravaged by the slaves, it was the prince who raised troops to save them. When they fell into starvation

In the same way, it was still the prince who stood up.

As for the emperor, what did he do?

But...the emperor had to save him!

Otherwise, the prince will be trapped in disloyalty and unrighteousness!

Finally, Yu Shujie took a deep breath, looked at everyone and said.

"Everyone, listen up. The Crown Prince sent us here just for King Qin and to rescue him. We have to save him. Everyone has it!"

Without any hesitation, following the order, everyone straightened their chests. They rode tall Liaodong horses. Everyone stared quietly ahead, staring at the battlefield several miles away.

They are Shandong soldiers. In the past few years, when bandits emerged in the northern land, it was precisely because of their existence that Shandong became a rare peaceful place. Although they had suppressed local bandits in Shandong, this time they wanted

What he faced was the elite cavalry of thieves.

As rural soldiers, they did not have many double-barreled short rifles from the Pinglu Army, only lances and swords that were ten feet long. But even so, they did not feel the slightest fear. Yu Shujie looked to the left and right, slightly

While lowering his head and holding his breath, he held the handle of the cavalry sword. Their cavalry swords were the same as those of Pinglu, which were straight swords that were not conducive to cutting. This was because the cavalry used them on galloping horses.

The sword's tactics such as chopping, slashing, and beheading have limited damage to armored infantry. In contrast, the "T"-shaped straight sword can easily pierce the enemy's armor with the help of the impact of the horse.

In fact, for the Shandong soldiers, they did not need this kind of straight sword. After all, they faced unarmored bandits. However, they were deeply influenced by the Pinglu Army and still used this kind of straight sword.

The moment his right hand passed through the leather strap at the end of the knife handle and held the knife handle, Yu Shujie's eyes narrowed slightly and two words burst out from his throat.

"Draw the sword!"

Following the order from the military gate, there was the sound of drawing swords all around. The cavalrymen who drew their cavalry swords held the sabers against their right shoulders and stared quietly ahead. At the same time, they comforted their horses with their palms.

, waiting for the final order.

"Move forward!"

After the order was issued, the cavalry were dispatched. Their speed was not fast, but the rhythm of the horseshoes was so neat that it gave people the illusion that the horses were marching in goose. This is precisely the biggest difference between the Pinglu Army cavalry.

, they are completely different from the ancient cavalry after receiving modern cavalry training. The horses they use have been strictly trained and can even "walk in unison" in a relatively orderly manner like soldiers.

After the two thousand war horses marched several hundred meters ahead in neat steps, as Yu Shujie gave the command of "jog", the cavalry began to speed up slowly.

Even as Shandong soldiers, their daily training is carried out strictly in accordance with the "Cavalry Training Manual". During battle, they are also implemented according to the teaching manual, and are even somewhat textbook-like. From marching to jogging, all movements are

According to the orders, no one acted rashly, and there was no individual bravery. There was just a neat group and this even somewhat rigid queue.

As they galloped, the sound of the horses' hooves became louder. When the horses' hooves stepped on the ground, it even felt like beating war drums. The drums with distinct rhythms echoed on the ground. The vast land was the drum head, and thousands of troops and horses

The horse's hooves are drum hammers...

The deafening sound of horse hooves echoed like rolling thunder, coming from far and near.

It's the cavalry!

When the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the north, Li Guo just raised his head and glanced up. At first, he was a little surprised because there was something wrong with the sound.

There seems to be something wrong with the sound of horse hooves.

After marching and fighting for so many years, he certainly knew what the sound of the horse's hooves sounded like. Although it was like thunder, the sound was scattered, but the sound of the horse's hooves that reached his ears now seemed to be unified, with a strong rhythm.

, even giving people the illusion that this sound is made by a horse.

is it possible?

"Is it Leghorn?"

Li Guo wondered in his heart,

"If not Leghorn, who?"

"Keep the formation, keep the formation..."

Yu Shujie, who was in the front row, was galloping on his horse while urging loudly. His words were passed among the cavalry. Everyone kept the same speed. To his left, right and behind, there were nearly two thousand cavalry.
Chapter completed!