Ma Shouying led the Tang horse behind the old thieves' infantry, originally to guard the formation. But no matter how fast he chased and how fiercely he slashed at the deserters, the infantry who escaped like a tide still fled in all directions regardless of the situation.
.Obviously, no matter how fierce Ma Shouying's Tangma is, they are not as scary as the soldiers on the hillock who are like the heavenly soldiers.
In the blink of an eye, half of the five thousand old thieves were shot, and the rest were completely defeated. Ma Shouying turned pale and secretly thought that he was defeated like this today? At the hands of such an army with only more than a thousand people?
Even if he can escape, his prestige will be damaged in the future. Who else will think highly of his own team, and who will be willing to join his command? After being defeated by such an army of a thousand people, what will happen to his troops in the future?
When facing the army, wouldn’t it be necessary to tremble and run away when seeing the army?
No, Ma Shouying still has one last trump card.
Ma Shouying drew his sword and shouted loudly: "All the Tang horses followed me and charged at the artillery on the northern flank of the officers and soldiers, and defeated the officers and soldiers from the weakest point."
The Tangma cavalrymen were all old thieves who had followed Ma Shouying for many years, and they were the toughest ones. Knowing that the situation was desperate, they all shouted loudly, stopped chasing the deserters, and gathered together. They shouted to kill and planned to kill.
The horse went around to the left wing of the selection group.
The left wing of the officers and soldiers was full of artillery, which looked the weakest.
Only the sound of horse hooves was heard, and the hoofs of three thousand military horses shook the earth, leaving a cloud of smoke and dust in the abandoned farmland.
Ma Shouying had a ferocious look on his face and shouted loudly in the middle of the team to boost morale and vowed to overwhelm the army.
The pond horses rushed towards the left wing of the vanguard regiment. The distance was four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters away, and they were about to rush in front of the artillery.
The twenty artillery pieces on the left wing of the Selective Wing Regiment opened fire!
Ma Shouying had never seen cannon shot.
Twenty cannons opened fire one after another, spitting out a thick mist of flames and spraying two thousand rounds of fine shotgun pellets towards the rogue Tangma more than a hundred meters away.
The charging pond horses were too densely packed, making them the best targets for shotguns. In the continuous sound of cannons, the pond horses fell one after another like waves of wheat blown down by the wind. The front section of the bandit team immediately changed.
It became a Shura hell.
The dense shotgun pellets hit the horse's chest, the horse's head, and the cavalryman riding the horse, and penetrated deeply into the flesh. The speed of the shotgun pellets was faster than the minion.
, the destructive power is also stronger. Muscles are torn to pieces, bones are broken, and blood bursts out like a fountain.
One after another, about three hundred pond horses were shot by artillery. The cavalrymen who were shot were covered with blood. Whether they were killed, thrown to death, or crushed to death by the horses that were suddenly pressed down, these three hundred horses were shot by artillery.
Tang Ma immediately lost its fighting ability.
There were so many dead and wounded Tang horses and thieves struggling on the ground that they turned into a roadblock, blocking the way for the Tang horses to continue their charge. The Tang horses' charging formation was so dense that dozens of horses could not be stopped immediately.
The chariot tripped over the horse in front, causing the horse to stumble, causing the rider to flip onto his back and throw the cavalry off his back, causing dozens of cavalrymen to lose their combat effectiveness.
The neighing of horses and the screams of wounded soldiers merged into one sound, which sounded like the turbulence of running water.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Ma Shouying turned pale.
Lost.
He only had more than 2,600 pond horses left, and the charging route was blocked by horse corpses and wounded soldiers. The plan to defeat the officers and soldiers in one go was already an illusion. However, the enemy on the small hillock was uninjured and was about to attack him.
While shooting, I have no chance of winning.
"shooting!"
More than 800 musketeers on the left wing and center of the Selection Group began to shoot at the Tang horses in three sections.
At a distance of one hundred meters, the front selection group fired at the pond horses that stopped in front of the horse carcass, as if they were shooting at a stationary target, with almost 100 hits. Two hundred and seventy rounds of bullets passed by and pierced hard into the cavalry's bodies.
Screams rang out one after another, and more than two hundred cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses.
After just one round of shooting, Ma Shouying's Tang Ma collapsed.
The defeat of the old thieves' infantry had already affected the morale of the Tang horses. The powerful firepower of the official army made them even more confused. The morale of the cavalry was not high. At this time, the Tang horses were hit hard by shotguns and were beaten by the musketeers.
In one round, more than 500 cavalrymen were killed and injured. The discipline of the Tang horses had broken down, and they all turned around and tried to flee.
Ma Shouying was defeated, completely defeated.
Ma Shouying glanced at the small mound. He wanted to see who the leader of this army was, and he had actually trained such a terrifying force.
What he saw was Li Zhi's young figure. Nineteen-year-old Li Zhi looked like a teenager.
Ma Shouying felt that his world collapsed at this moment. He had been fighting in the north and south for seven years, and had experienced countless battles with officers and soldiers. Today, he was defeated miserably at the hands of a young officer and lost all his money. The hungry soldiers fled, and the old thieves' infantry collapsed.
Well, the pond horse was maimed. How long will it take for you to regain your glory?
But now is no longer the time to consider this issue, now is the time to consider whether he can survive.
He turned his horse's head and ran regardless of the road ahead, hoping to save his life.
He escaped too late and was left behind by the fast cavalry around him. As soon as he turned his horse's head, the vanguard group started another round of volley fire. A bullet was fired steadily and entered Ma Shouying's left back.
Ma Shouying's body was broken, spinning and tearing his heart into pieces.
Ma Shouying screamed and fell to the ground like a sandbag, unable to get up again.
Li Zhi stood on a small mound and saw a general surrounded by bandits being killed by a rifle. He slapped his thigh excitedly - maybe it was Lao Huihui who was killed, and he would make a lot of money.
Li Zhi won a complete victory on the flank, but the situation of the officers and soldiers on the frontal battlefield was murky.
Lu Xiangsheng and several generals and lieutenants stood on a raised mound observing the fighting on the battlefield not far away, all of them frowning and saying nothing.
The officers and soldiers have always believed that their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the bandits. In the past few years, Lu Xiangsheng could even lead thousands of officers and soldiers to chase down tens of thousands of bandits, killing the bandits until they fled. But since this year, this situation has been reversed.
The bandits not only dared to confront the official army head-on, but also persisted in fighting to defeat the official army.
A few months ago, Liu Honglie, the deputy general who suppressed bandits, was captured by the bandits. Not long after, deputy general Ai Wannian died in the battle in Liuguozhen. Next, the ace of the army, the commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao, who had been victorious in all battles, was captured in Qiutou Town.
The rebels ambushed and killed him. From then on, the rebel army's momentum greatly increased and they were no longer afraid of the official army.
In this battle in Ruzhou, the officers and generals still held the idea of despising the traitors, but the actual situation on the battlefield made Lu Xiangsheng and others understand that the traitors had considerable combat effectiveness.
On the battlefield, 25,000 officers and soldiers faced off against Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's 37,000 cavalry. Not only were the officers and soldiers unable to defeat the rebels, they were also at a slight disadvantage. Originally, Lu Xiangsheng and others planned to defeat the rebels within an hour, but now it seems
, if the fight continues like this, it is the officers and soldiers who will be defeated.
Lu Xiangsheng frowned and held the sword on his waist without saying a word. If this continues, it is obvious that he will be defeated. And Lu Xiangsheng has only Shanhaiguan Deputy General Li Chongzhen's troops left that can be put into the battlefield again.
Li Chongzhen had other uses: According to the plan, Li Chongzhen wanted to contain Lao Hui's troops after Li Zhi's defeat, so he did not enter the stalemate battlefield, but guarded the army on the right wing. Lu Xiangsheng deliberately used Li Zhongzhen's three thousand soldiers and horses
He also went into the battlefield, but he was worried that after Tianjin's troops were defeated by Lao Huihui, no one would be able to restrain Lao Huihui.
If there is no one to restrain Lao Huihui and Lao Huihui calmly attacks the flanks of the army, then the army will be completely defeated.
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