The north wind whistling across the Baigou River covered up the roar of thousands of armored cavalry advancing. There were dense clouds, and the thickness of the clouds in the sky was much heavier than the previous few days. Only a few rays of light could penetrate.
It passed through the gloomy sky and shone onto the ice.
The meager light was reflected by the frozen ice surface, and immediately shined dozens of times, turning into a layered, frightening brilliance like scales.
The knights in the left camp and the front camp have completely different fighting habits. The cavalry team in the left camp is more dispersed. The warriors either use horse swords, long-handled swords and jujube sticks, and there are also many people beside the saddle.
They are equipped with bows and arrows; the knights in the front camp have different styles. Their equipment is uniform, using spears and sabers. The number of bows and arrows is smaller than that of the left camp, but the biggest feature is that many people are equipped with one or two short swords.
pistol.
Ma Bao's personal soldier Jiao Da rushed to the front of the team. He was a rough guy, and unlike the soldiers in the Huguang army who lacked cultural knowledge, but he was actively studying in the camp school, Jiao Da had no interest in reading or literacy.
, and very contemptuous.
He took the lead and was the first to rush onto the ice of Baigou River. The iron hooves of his war horse flew and ice fragments flew in all directions. With an indomitable and cheerful mood, Jiao Da galloped towards the northeast along the horse path.
"Follow me!"
Ma Bao shouted loudly, and Chu Chuang's three wall knights followed suit one after another. Then the cavalry from the left camp couldn't hold back. They didn't wait for Liu Fangliang and Ma Shiyao to get into formation, and they started making noises, shouting, and dancing with their hands.
With his sword, he followed the Huguang army to kill them.
Jiao Da rushed forward more and more. He only held the spear tightly with one rough hand, and pulled the helmet low with the other hand, almost revealing only a pair of focused eyes. Jiao Da didn't think it was enough, and then he pulled the helmet down.
The visor was put down, and the north wind, covered with morning frost and ice shavings, hit the visor with a crashing sound, making a metallic sound.
On the other side of the frozen Baigou River, Li Fuming straightened the Ming army's customary helmet. He raised his right palm flat and put it between his eyebrows, looking at the impact of the invading cavalry in front, and then turned around to follow the few
The general who followed him closely said:
"The thief sent me his head. God is helping me."
Although Guan Ning's army faced repeated defeats against the Qing army, it was worthy of being a powerful force built by the Ming Dynasty with all its wealth and painstaking efforts. Li Fuming was also a brave and good general who dared to fight hard. He did not use his speed at all.
The invading cavalry looked down upon them and shouted shamelessly:
"Kill thieves for my emperor!"
With a roar, the Qiantun Town cavalry lined up to attack, and the horses galloped on the ice, which actually made people think of artillery bombardment.
The Ming army's tactics were different from those of the Chuang army's left camp and front camp cavalry. The Guan Ning cavalry's assault team was more dispersed. With the capable Yi Ding cavalry and Jia Ding soldiers as the core, their battle lines were spread wider and they used
The weapons are also heavier than those of the barracks knights. And similar to the front camp cavalry, they are equipped with a considerable number of firearms.
The two armies were getting closer and closer, with Jiao Da taking the lead. He could almost clearly see the faces of the Ming knights on the opposite side. In the blink of an eye, the first shot was fired by the Ming knights. There were several rapid shots and several arrows.
They all aimed at Jiao Da.
But the fast-moving cavalry was not so easy to be shot. Jiao Da first lowered his body on the horse's back to avoid the arrows, and then took the bow and arrow from the side of the saddle and fired back a flying arrow.
Unfortunately, this arrow also missed. Fortunately, the other cavalrymen behind Jiao Da had already released more arrows and bullets.
The intruder army took the lead and took the lead to achieve effective kills before the two armies fully came into contact, immediately shooting down several Guan Ning cavalry who were charging at the front.
At such a close distance with little room for maneuver, it was impossible to retreat. The enemy would pursue them and probably eat them all. There was no way to escape from the side. Both of them were extremely energetic.
The troops are like a pair of life-and-death enemies who suddenly meet on a narrow road. They are extremely jealous and must fight to the death.
Following Li Fuming's roar, Guan Ning's cavalry also released a large-scale rain of arrows, and many people raised three-eyed muskets at the limit of the effective range and fired a wave of firearms.
The cavalry from both sides shouted together and rushed forward, each looking for its opponent to fight.
Because Jiao Da is not good at studying, he has not made any progress in military strategy. Therefore, he is obviously a promising and courageous general in the Huguang Army, but he is still just a small cavalryman.
But he is worthy of being the number one warrior in the Huguang army.
Jiao Da rushed into the enemy soldiers, hacking and slashing, and his robes were stained with blood in an instant. He was not satisfied with killing a few ordinary enemy soldiers, but narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the fighting army.
Looking for more valuable goals.
Soon Jiao Da targeted a group of Yiding cavalry with funny Mongolian hairstyles. He saw the target, tightened the spear in his hand, suddenly charged forward with his horse, and was in front of the Mongolian soldiers in the blink of an eye.
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The Mongolians were a little panicked, but more people responded by quickly setting up their strong bows, aiming at Jiao Da and releasing a dense wave of arrows. Jiao Da relied on his armor to withstand the rain of arrows.
With a pop, a Mongolian soldier was "skewered" on his spear.
Then there was a click, and the spear in Jiao Da's hand broke from the spearhead due to excessive force. He threw aside the weapon with the Mongolian soldiers strung on it, immediately pulled out his saber, and with a clang, made a diagonal slash, and the sword was bloody
Guang Guang wounded another Mongolian soldier. Unfortunately, Jiao Da's sword was slightly crooked, and he only wounded but did not directly kill the enemy.
Guan Ning's army counterattacked even more fiercely. Two Yiding cavalry clamped Jiao Da's left and right sides. One shot hit his horse, and the other shot went straight to Jiao Da's body, but he nimbly avoided it.
But Jiao Da, who had stumbled in front of his horse, was deeply surrounded by Guan Ning's soldiers and fell to the ground. If he could no longer gallop left and right, he was about to die.
Fortunately, Liu Fangliang issued the order for a general attack at this time, and the three wall cavalry from the left camp attacked in full force. The number of cavalry in the invading army was slightly more than that of Li Fuming's Qiantun Town, and this slight gap became apparent at this time.
A considerable advantage.
Ma Shiyao led his troops to forcibly break through from the center, attracting the attention of a large number of Guan Ning soldiers. Then Ma Bao raised his right hand high and immediately waved it down hard. The three wall cavalrymen of the Huguang Army received the order from their coach and rushed
Sounded their unique charge call.
The sharp sound of trumpets immediately filled the ice of the Baigou River. The knights of the Huguang Army all shrank inward, making the Phalanx more condensed than before.
Just like the exertion of a master of martial arts, Chu Chuang's cavalry briefly contracted in order to save powerful kinetic energy for the next fierce attack.
The knights learned the lesson from the Battle of Dangshan and did not form so densely that they were shoulder to shoulder or hand to hand. However, the distance between each of them was still much smaller than the usual formation practice during the general cavalry charge at this time.
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Moreover, compared with the situation during the Battle of Dangshan, the overall formation of the Chu Chuang cavalry, that is, the distance between each small phalanx, was even smaller.
After adjustments after the Battle of Dangshan, the "wall charge" of Chu Chuang's cavalry changed from emphasizing the "wall" formed by the dense arrangement of knights to requiring an overall impact.
In the middle of each cavalry detachment, Li Laiheng also left enough space for Chu Chuang's three walls, allowing the knights enough room to reorganize their teams.