According to the theory of arms compatibility summarized by Archer Jones, heavy infantry arrayed in frontal encounters with cavalry and crossbowmen lack sufficient defensive capabilities against the arrow rain of light cavalry, but they can be defended against a frontal attack by heavy cavalry.

The cavalry of the Qing army and even the cavalry of the Ming army were basically not much different in terms of tactics. At this time, the jungle of spears lay across the route of the cavalry, and it was like a rain of arrows from the sky.

It swept across the battle formation like hailstones, breaking off branches and leaves.

It is foolish for light cavalry to ride horses through a forest of spears. Even for heavy cavalry, the best way to break through the heavy infantry formation is from the flanks and rear, rather than from the front.

At this moment, Su Yangzhi's Nanxiong Town hurriedly formed a formation in the south of Mashi Town. What appeared in front of them were two to three hundred Qing cavalry wearing gray-blue military uniforms being chased away by a torrent about ten times the size.

Escape. What's even more terrible is that the Ming cavalry behind the Qing army seems to have consciously tightened its opening and made the arc smaller and smaller. Its intention is very obvious.

Seeing this, Su Yangzhi quickly signaled to the Qing army's retreating troops, because he knew very well what would happen if this Qing army cavalry, not large but not small, ran into his forest of spears.

.And the Ming army behind him was chasing so closely. Even if he wanted to open his mouth and let the Qing cavalry enter the formation, he would not have time to close it again. On the contrary, it would cause the entire battle formation to be cut off.

The semaphore had already been played. Both he and Jia Xiong were originally from Nangan Town. There was no difference in the semaphore of the two towns. It was impossible for the other party not to recognize it. According to his instructions, Jia Xiong should immediately lead his troops to turn around and go around.

His battle formation also exposed the Ming army cavalry behind them to the infantry archers in the Qing army's heavy infantry phalanx. At that time, although the Ming army's cavalry was numerous, it was difficult for the Qing army to defeat the heavy infantry's spears and light infantry.

In front of the battle formation composed of infantry and archers, there is always a wounded person. This is undoubtedly the most beneficial to the subsequent battle, and they can also use the Ma Shi Town behind them to readjust and try to retreat to Ganzhou Prefecture or Nan'an.

The boundaries of the government.

This is a script he has already written, and it can be officially staged just waiting for Jia Xiong's reaction. Unfortunately, at this moment, not only the Ming army will not develop according to his script, but even Jia Xiong does not have the ability at all

Opportunity!

With the sound of arrows and horns, the Ming cavalry spread out like a roc spreading its wings and quickly closed in, constantly squeezing the activity space of Jia Xiong's men. Whenever these green battalion cavalry wanted to turn to other directions, they would immediately be attacked by the Ming cavalry.

A targeted attack, while leaving some dead bodies behind, also forced the rest of the "people with distracting thoughts" back into the straight flow.

Under the sharp squeeze of the Ming army, the Qing army under Jia Xiong had no choice but to run straight towards Mashi Town. If you look down from above Mashi Town, what you see is more like a pair of red chopsticks.

A piece of gray-blue rot was sandwiched back into the disgusting dish that was also moldy and smelly.

The chopsticks held the rot and moved sharply towards the plate. When the mass of rot was like a meteorite hitting the earth, the hyphae were broken and splashed with drops of fishy stench. At this time, the chopsticks were bent to both sides against the rot in the plate, twisting and bursting.

The thin threads that came out spattered the rotten surface with holes. Until the end, the big hands holding the chopsticks did not put down. Instead, they dug their fingers into the rotten plate, as if it was not enough to do so.

To vent that anger and resentment.

Jia Xiong is a veteran who has experienced battles for a long time, and he also has certain attainments in riding skills, otherwise he would have died in the battle these years. Here, he performed at 200% of his usual level, slowly suppressing

The speed was reduced, and the cavalrymen who had lost their minds were allowed to crash into the jungle of spears.

The war horse was pierced by the spear, and the bamboo and wooden gun shafts were twisted and broken at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye under the huge force of the collision. The gun holder and more Qing troops were driven to the ground, vomiting blood.

.

Right in front of Jia Xiong, in the blink of an eye, the Qing army's jungle of spears had been broken out into large or small openings by those irrational Qing army cavalry. The threat of the spears pointing slantingly no longer existed, and he also

He took advantage of the situation and squeezed into the Qing troops. He then loudly identified himself and ordered the Qing soldiers to make way for him and his horses.

At this time, he no longer cared about whether any battle formations were intact. All Jia Xiong could care about was his own life, and how could he care about anything else. But at this moment, the Qing troops in the back row did not wait to get out of the way.

On the road, his own horse speed had already slowed down, and behind him, a lance pointed straight at his waist!

"ah!"

As he screamed and wailed in agony, blood and internal organs sputtered out. Life was passing by rapidly. Jia Xiong never thought he would die like this, but before he could recall whether he had ever experienced something similar,

Unexpectedly, the knight casually dropped his lance, drew out his sword, and struck him directly on the neck with the first sword.

"Jia Xiong is dead, kill the Tatars!"

The knights were like sharp arrows. Once they penetrated, other Ming cavalry took advantage of the situation and rushed in, killing every Qing army they saw around them.

The forest of spears was riddled with holes by the Qing army's own cavalry. Then, as soon as the Ming army's strong attack arrived, it became a breakthrough. Then, the holes continued to expand as the arrows penetrated deeper, as if a pair of big hands were closing in.

The entire battle formation was torn apart, and the entire Qing army's battle formation was to be completely torn into two pieces of rags that could be discarded like worn-out shoes.

The infantry does not fight without formation. When the battle formation is destroyed, the advantage of the infantry is gone. In a state of disunity, it will only become a target for the cavalry to hunt.

After the formation, Su Yangzhi saw all this clearly. The Ming army forced Jia Xiong's troops to attack his spear forest, but Jia Xiong's side was obviously frightened, and they ran straight into it. Next, the battle

The formation was damaged and the Ming cavalry forcibly broke in. In addition, Jia Xiong, a dignified commander-in-chief, died in the formation in full view of the public, which accelerated the formation's collapse.

At this point, Su Yangzhi no longer cared about anything else, and directly ordered the troops to withdraw to Mashi Town. The cavalry came and went like the wind in the wild, but if they arrived in those places where water networks are crisscrossed, mountain roads are rugged, or streets are intertwined,

If you can't take advantage of speed and impact, it won't be so scary anymore.

This is the best choice for Su Yangzhi at the moment, and it is also the only choice to save his life. The golden sound of withdrawing troops sounded, and the Qing troops in formation quickly retreated into Nama City. At the same time, Su Yangzhi had arranged in the town earlier

The archers were also waiting on the roofs, walls, and small buildings in the south of the town, aiming directly at the targets on the war horses.

The Qing army was defeated, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to kill them. They chased the defeated troops until they got close to the outside of the town, only to be forced back by the arrow rain from the town. When they broke the formation, they charged too hard, and these two places

They all suffered some casualties. As for chasing and tearing apart the Qing army's battle formation, it was already a one-sided massacre. The Ming army was almost all chopping and piercing the Qing army's back. I have never heard of anything like that.

The posture can also be used to counterattack.

The casualties were minimal, and the Qing army was forced into the town. Li Jianjie was not interested in counting the casualties. After a brief discussion with Wang Qifeng, the latter led a large group of cavalry to surround the town, while Li Jianjie

He secretly disappeared into the battlefield with more than two hundred cavalry.

There were about 2,780 Ming cavalry outside the town, but the green battalion soldiers in the town were not as many as their opponents. Su Yangzhi still had a few hundred cavalry in his hands, so it was not unthinkable to break through, but with the loss of 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command,

It's not too much to say, there is still enough power to fight, and Hu Yousheng is still waiting for him to lead his troops to rescue. If he only brings back a few hundred cavalry at this time, he will also have let down the commander for many years.

of cultivation.

Su Yangzhi was still seizing every moment to reorganize his troops and try to bring more troops back to Ganzhou. Such exhaustive thinking actually lasted less than an hour, and he gave up completely because the Ming cavalry outside was too strong.

There was no way he could use a mere five to six hundred cavalry to cover two thousand infantry for nearly three hundred miles. Even just escaping to Nanxiong Fucheng would be just a dream.

What's more, the Ming Army's cavalry is pursuing them, and there will definitely be more infantry following them. I'm afraid that by early tomorrow morning, the Ming Army's camps will already be covered outside the town, and even these five or six hundred cavalrymen will not be able to fight.

Can't force it out.

"It's better to abandon the car and save the commander, Marshal. Here, the general is willing to fight with these officers and soldiers until the last moment to buy time for the Commander!"

The deputy general of the middle camp is an old subordinate who has followed Su Yangzhi for many years. When Su Yangzhi was a guerrilla, this person was General Qian. Su Yangzhi became the deputy general, and this person also became a guerrilla. Now Su Yangzhi is the commander-in-chief of a town.

As a deputy general, he was in charge of the most powerful middle camp in Nanxiong Town. When it came to loyalty, he was much more loyal than Su Yangzhi to Hu Yousheng.

"If you can escape, you should try your best to escape. Don't die here in vain. Our brothers still have a long life."

Patting the lieutenant's shoulder, Su Yangzhi gathered the more than 500 riders from Nanxiong Town, mounted their horses, and led them to accelerate slowly through the streets of Mashi Town, roaring out from the northeast of the town.

The Ming army's cavalry had an absolute numerical advantage. Once the Qing army was surrounded in the town and the cavalry came out in all directions, although there was no way to completely block the town, as long as someone wanted to go out, they would definitely be intercepted by the superior cavalry.

and pursue. At this moment, Su Yangzhi rushed out with more than 500 cavalry. The scale was not unreasonable. However, he was still intercepted by the Ming army gathered in the northeast of the town. Even the horn sounded, and the troops further away were intercepted.

The Ming army cavalry also quickly converged here.

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At nightfall, the winter sky had already dimmed, and it was difficult to see the details that were farther away. On the city wall of Nanxiong City, the green battalion soldiers of the City Guards Association did not dare to be careless at all, because in the past two days,

, Nangan Titiao, who originally went south to assist in the war, suddenly stopped coming, and Su Yangzhi, the commander-in-chief of Nanxiong Town, was also making an orderly retreat. Anyone with a head still growing on his neck could tell that at the moment

The war situation was obviously so unfavorable to the Qing army that the Qing army was forced to switch from fighting the enemy in the field to outright defense.

The Zuoying of Ganzhou Town and the Right Battalion of Nan'an Town passed through this place in the past two days and turned back. Next, it was time for Nanxiong Town to slowly withdraw its troops, first returning here, and then bringing the city guards and local officials with them.

Go up and retreat to Ganzhou Fucheng to defend it. As for Shaozhou Town, you can't take care of it at all.

Under such an arrangement, the least thing that can be done is panic. The only good thing is that the two thousand Qing troops that Su Yangzhi evacuated in the early stage have passed through here safely, which undoubtedly gave the Qing troops here some peace of mind. But there was no

When the army returns tomorrow, a group of cavalry rushes from the direction of Mashi Town in a hurry. Before they reach the city gate, there are a group of people shouting with northern accents, shouting that Shixing County is broken, Su Yangzhi is defeated.

He was seriously injured and asked them to open the city gate immediately so that Su Yangzhi could be sent for treatment.

In this way, it was undoubtedly like a bolt from the blue for the Qing army of the City Guards Association. Shixing County was suddenly defeated. And Nanxiong Town in Nanxiama Town seemed to have been attacked by the superior force of the Ming army, or even besieged.

So much so that even commanders like Su Yangzhi were seriously injured.

Hearing this, a group of gatekeepers were about to open the door to admit the defeated troops into the city, but at this moment, the officer stopped them, climbed to the top of the city, and began to exchange words with the cavalry who had already approached the city.

"Commander Su is injured, but are there any officers who can come forward and say a word?"

Standing at the top of the city, it was so late that I couldn't see clearly the appearance of the cavalry outside the city. There were probably more than a hundred cavalry, wearing Qing army gray-blue military uniforms. Their armor was skewed and tattered. The horses seemed exhausted and snorted.

Even he could be vaguely heard on the top of the city. But even so, these cavalrymen were still closely guarding a war horse. The war horse seemed to be dressed like an officer, but the appearance was still unclear.

The matter was so important that the officers guarding the city did not dare to let people in easily, especially because they heard that Li Chengdong had deceived the city gates of Guangzhou and destroyed the Shaowu court. In the Ming army opposite, there was Li Chengdong.

His godson also has his subordinates. Who can guarantee whether those guys will repeat the same trick?

The relationship between the City Guards Association and Nanxiong Town Chief Military Officer Su Yangzhi is not a direct superior-subordinate relationship. The City Guards Association has its own deputy generals to control it. But according to the system of the Qing court, they are also subject to the control of others. At this moment, the officer gritted his teeth and asked his subordinates

When asked, the cavalry under the city were furious and were too anxious to identify each other. They only said that most of the officers from each battalion stayed behind in Mashi Town to contain the main force of the Ming army. The rest were also scattered in the pursuit of the Ming army.

Now only Su Yangzhi was left. Then, seeing that there was still no movement in the city, they even cursed that if Su Yangzhi had any good intentions, they would sue these bastards even if they got to the Jinluan Palace.

There is no one in the cavalry under the city that the officer knows, so there is no way to confirm their identity. The officer is just a commander, so how can he easily provoke these arrogant and powerful generals? At this time, someone has been sent to invite the deputy general of the City Guards Association, but

Su Yangzhi outside the city seemed to be on the verge of death. Delaying the opportunity for treatment would be enough to kill him a thousand times. At this time, even if he persisted, the big beads of sweat would fall out on the crenel.

At this moment, in the darkness, even time seemed to pass much slower. In the eyes of the officer, every minute and second seemed like thousands of years. Looking back from time to time, the deputy general of the city guard association was

He never came, but as the anger outside the city became more intense, another cavalry seemed to be galloping in the distance, heading straight for the city gate at his feet.

"It's the bandits' cavalry, the traitor Li Jianjie!"

Hearing the commotion behind them, the cavalry thought there was a commotion. That scream happened to be heard in the ears of the officer. At that time, it was obvious that Su Yangzhi could no longer escape, and there were more Ming soldiers behind him.

The cavalry came after him, and the Ming army would probably kill all Su Yangzhi and his party in front of him. He could never bear this responsibility!

"Open the door, quickly, open the door and invite Su Shuai into the city!"

They ordered the gatekeepers to open the city gate, and their speed was not bad. Once the city gate was opened, only a gap was exposed, and the cavalry from outside the city began to pour in. Before the Ming cavalry in the distance arrived, they

They rushed in one after another and finally escaped the fate of being killed by the Ming army outside the city.

Outside the city, there were angry scoldings from the Ming army. The officer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly went down to the city. An explanation and apology were indispensable. At the same time, he also called a group of soldiers to embolden and intimidate. A group of people arrived directly.

Under the city, approaching the group of cavalry, the officer stepped forward and explained to the leader of the cavalry, who seemed to be Su Yangzhi's personal soldier, and said that he had sent someone to find the best doctor to treat Su Yangzhi.

So much.

However, before he could finish these words, right in front of his eyes, in front of him, the blood-covered "Su Yangzhi" sat up on his own, and then didn't even look at him.

Draw the sword in hand.
Chapter completed!