There are actually not many cavalry on both sides. One is that war horses are expensive, and raising them consumes too many resources. The other is that cavalry is a difficult technical unit. It is a bit too difficult for rogue bandits.
There are few cavalry on Lu Xiao's side, mainly because there is too little time. Except for a few elites recruited directly from the army, it is difficult to train a team of qualified cavalry in such a short period of time. Therefore, the entire Zhongyong Guard only has
Zuo Liangyu's Thousand Cavalry Regiment.
The rest are all muskets, artillery, archers, and Qi Jiajun model infantry regiments.
At this time, Lu Xiao personally went into battle, holding a horse spear, and Ding Xiu and Zuo Liangyu were the left and right vanguards, protecting him and charging directly into the battle.
Zhang Xianzhong sneered, Lu Xiao was directly separated from him by thousands of soldiers. After that, there were Zhang Xianzhong's supervising team and personal guards for defense. He didn't believe that Lu Xiao could charge over with a thousand-man team.
During the attack, the horse in Lu Xiao's hand drove away more than a dozen bandits in succession. The entire cavalry team, like a sharp arrow, directly pierced the defense line composed of thousands of bandits.
Then a cavalry regiment also rushed out from the opposite side. This was one of Zhang Xianzhong's trump cards. After more than a year of fighting, he had accumulated a cavalry team of thousands of people. If it weren't for the enemy's fierce attack, Zhang Xianzhong would not have been willing to let these cavalry go on the field.
The leader was a tall general with a dark complexion. He was riding a war horse and brandishing a Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, and he rushed towards Lu Xiao.
They met each other, and the horse in Lu Xiao's hand blocked the opponent's sword. The blade smoothly cut through the opponent's throat. In just one meeting, Lu Xiao killed the opponent's cavalry leader off his horse.
"The shelf is pretty good, but it's just a flowery shelf."
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong finally realized something was wrong.
"Archer, shoot him to death."
Lu Xiao and his group quickly took off the shields on their backs and held them in front of them. They charged against the opponent's bows and arrows.
Zhang Xianzhong gave the order a little late. He did not expect that the Ming army's cavalry would have such strong combat effectiveness. The infantry camp was vulnerable, and his own cavalry was not a single enemy. The archers came on the scene a little too late.
After three rounds of volleys, Lu Xiao's cavalry had already rushed in front of him.
"shield!
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One of the guards shouted. Dozens of tall soldiers stood in front of Zhang Xianzhong, carrying huge shields like door panels. There were brackets on the back of these shields, which were specially designed to deal with cavalry charges.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong already felt that he was losing seconds. He called a personal guard and ordered the other party to prepare a retreat. Obviously, he still had an absolute advantage in numbers, but Zhang Xianzhong felt that the battle had been lost.
Because it doesn't matter how the rest of the soldiers fight. If he can't stop it, everything will be over. He is still dizzy. It has been almost three years since he started the army, and he has fought with the Ming army in various ways.
We have fought more than ten battles. We have never encountered such a tough and brave Ming army.
The general at the head was even more courageous than anyone else. He was able to perform tricks with a horse stick in an airtight manner. His cavalry, personal guards, and even the martial arts masters he had recruited with huge sums of money were cut into pieces in front of him like vegetables and melons.
, killed in pieces.
From this point of view, his last shield formation may not be able to stop his opponent. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong was already preparing to withdraw. He did not send a retreat signal to the army. There were as many refugees as he wanted, and he needed them to fight with the Ming army.
, holding back the Ming army. He only sent out flags to notify his cavalry and bodyguards to prepare to retreat.
Lu Xiao shouted loudly and jumped off his horse. The horse in his hand was stuck to the ground and inserted into the bottom of the giant shield. Then he exerted force with both hands and flew away a shield weighing dozens of kilograms. Behind him
, Ding Xiu held the Miao knife and jumped directly into the gap.
A gap was created in the shield array. Then the gap quickly expanded. Through the sparse shield array, Lu Xiao had already seen Zhang Xianzhong who was about to mount his horse and escape.
The horse spear in Lu Xiao's hand swept across and slit the throats of the four enemy soldiers in front of him. He took a step forward and used the horse spear in his hand as a javelin. With all his strength, he threw it directly.
The piercing whistling sound made the hairs on Zhang Xianzhong's body stand up. He didn't even want to dodge to one side. But Ma Shan's speed was too fast. Even if he avoided the fatal blow, he was still hit by the galloping Ma Shan.
Stung in the shoulder.
Zhang Xianzhong only felt a huge pain and impact, and he was knocked away. He flew more than five meters away and fell heavily to the ground.
On the other side, Lu Xiao pulled out the long knife from his waist and joined forces with Ding Xiu. Together they attacked Zhang Xianzhong's last bodyguard group.
On the other side, on the front battlefield.
The Hu Zun Cannon finally fired. This low-speed, small-caliber shotgun was simply cutting leeks against a swarm of enemies. Even though two rounds of salvos were fired from beginning to end, it still caused nearly a thousand casualties.
human casualties.
Although the remaining enemies barely managed to get close to the position, they faced the loyal and brave guards who had seen blood. So, there was another brutal massacre.
In this era, everyone has meat to eat and has received military training from Lu Xiao. At the same time, they also have Zhongyong Guards who possess the most powerful firearms at this stage. Fighting these bandits is basically a dimensionality reduction strike.
Even for a thief like Zhang Xianzhong, who was famous in history, his soldiers defeated the Ming army many times. But in Lu Xiao's view, it was just a matter of novices pecking each other.
There is not enough material supply, sufficient militarized training, no mature belief system, no sophisticated weapons, and no advanced combat concepts. These soldiers cannot be called elite at all.
The Tatars are different from the Ming army. They are deep in the mountains. In order to survive, they are extremely aggressive by nature. In addition, the Tatars’ elite troops have many heavy cavalry. The Ming Dynasty’s methods of dealing with cavalry are extremely different.
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Firearms were originally the best choice. However, the firearms of the Ming army killed more of their own people than the enemy. They were of no use at all. Therefore, they were completely unable to confront the Tatars head-on.
The very few Qi Jiajun and Baigan Army who were able to fight a tough battle with the Tatars were killed by their own people. This led to the corruption of the subsequent war. It can be said that in the later period, among the Ming army, rogue bandits, and Tatars, the Ming army was the
Become the weakest existence. Anyone can come and fight.
It was also the first time that Ding Xiu saw Lu Xiao fighting with all his strength. The long knife in his hand was so fast that the enemy soldiers could not see clearly. The whole person was like an efficient killing machine. He shuttled through the crowd, killing more than thirty people in a row.
The man directly caused an open space to appear on the battlefield around him.
Lu Xiao just walked straight through Zhang Xianzhong's bodyguards and walked towards Zhang Xianzhong, who was squirming on the ground. Hundreds of bodyguards around him looked on blankly, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.
Zhang Xianzhong turned around and wanted to say something. But as soon as he turned around, he was met with the light of Lu Xiao's sword.
