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Chapter 108 Meeting in a narrow road

The Jialazhangjing Alzin of the Zhenglan Banner of the Qing Army galloped to the front of the Zhijin Dragon Banner, clasped his fists and saluted Hauge in gilt armor and reported: "Reporting to Lord Su, the Ming army is suspected to be Lu Xiangsheng Xuanda Bian There are more than [-] cavalry and more than [-] infantry in the town army, and there are about [-] Ming cavalry who are chasing our troops."

Hauge's golden helmet and gold armor rode on a pure white horse. His appearance was extremely mighty. His face was solemn and cold without any expression. He marched back, collected his cavalry, and re-changed his horses to complete the team.

This time the Qing soldiers entered the bandits, in addition to the armored soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, they also recruited the Eight Banners of Mongolia and a newly built Han Army Banner, in addition to tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers.

Although there are [-] people, only [-] to [-]% of them are real armored soldiers, and the rest are Yu Ding from various banners, and there are some coated Ahha brought by the vest soldiers.

However, at this time, since Baoding, the main force of the Qing army has been divided into eight routes to plunder southward. Up to now, the strength of the Qing army has been diluted in every place and every route.

In the past, they had been bullying the Ming army and dared not fight with them in the field, but now they met the Ming army who dared to fight with them in the field, but they had no choice but to realize that their troops were too weak.

Take Hauge's troops for example, there are more than 2000 troops, but he has less than [-] armored soldiers in the Zhenglan Banner, and there are more than [-] horsemen from the Outer Kingdom of Mongolia, and more than [-] horsemen from the Han army who obeyed the king. Nearly [-] people are just Yu Ding in the banner and some coated Ahha.

After several days of attacking the city, and Lu Xiangsheng lost hundreds of horses in the battle against Alzin, the number of real armored warriors under his command is now less than four thousand. is no longer dominant.

However, Hauge firmly believed that the Ming army was like a dog. In front of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, they would either run wild or beg for mercy. How could there be anyone who dared to fight against the warriors of the Qing Dynasty?
Even if there were, such as Mangui, Zhao Srate, Yuan Chonghuan, etc., have already been dealt with by my Qing Dynasty with various methods!
"Hmph, even Zu Dashou is still staying in Jinzhou honestly. Seeing me, a warrior from the Qing Dynasty, he dare not even leave the city."

Hauge rode his horse to wait and see, and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising more than 600 steps away. The Ming army on the opposite side must have also spotted them, stopped chasing, and was sorting out the cavalry formation.

He looked through the smoke and dust, and it seemed that the Ming army did not retreat in a panic because they suddenly saw most of his elite cavalry.

Hauge sighed secretly, it was quite a pity that he could not chase this group of Ming soldiers like rabbits for the time being.

He hurriedly said to the Bayala warriors beside him: "Heading orders, all ministries attack according to military orders, and those who go out without permission will be killed immediately; order the Mongolian cavalry of the Outer Domain like Deke and the Han army of He Chenggong to protect their wings tightly. The former, cut immediately!"

Immediately, two Ba Ya La Jing rode out on horseback, and ran to both sides, shouting as they ran: "...Hold back...Slash..."

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Lu Xiangsheng waved a fine iron sword weighing tens of kilograms, and urged his horse to chase the enemy. He suddenly saw a large banner woven with golden dragons appearing in the wilderness to the east, and then saw the flashing banners of various colors, a sea of ​​blue armor, Appears between heaven and earth to the east.

He hurriedly reined in his horse and slowed down, and Xuanda's generals were the same. Seeing the Qing army brigade appearing in the distance, they reined in one after another, and stopped slowly at a distance of more than 600 steps from the Qing army.

Zhang Chengce was on the horse, looking at the cavalry formation of the Qing army on the opposite side, feeling a chill in his heart. The nearly [-] Qing army cavalry on the opposite side were lined up in four rows, arranged in a large area, and the blue armor flags formed an ocean. .

It was the first time he saw so many cavalry from the Qing army, and he couldn't help looking left and right. There were more than 5000 Xuanda elite cavalry on his side. It is exuberant.

Moreover, they also have an advantage in numbers, except for Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and his thousands of knights, because the horses are already very tired, and I am afraid they will not be able to ride and fight.

The remaining more than 4000 knights, when chasing the hundreds of captives, they all rode with one person and two riders. Some of the knights with excellent riding skills changed their horses back and forth during the pursuit to maintain the strength of their horses and catch up with them. escape from the enemy.

Over there, Lu Xiangsheng's personal soldiers rode their horses and called to the generals of the three towns to rush over to listen to the order. Zhang Cheng loudly ordered: "All dismount, let the horses slow down, and feed some beans and water. People will not be disarmed. Fight anytime."

After Zhang Cheng gave his orders, he also changed a horse, and urged the horse to run in the direction where Lu Xiangsheng was.

All the knights got off their horses one after another to lighten the burden on the horses. They took out a small cloth bag from the bag next to the saddle, took out some beans, held them in their hands, and brought them to the horses' mouths.

Then, he took out the leather pouches and ladles one by one, poured the clear water in the pouches into the ladles, and fed them to the mouth of the war horse, so that the war horse, which had already sweated a lot, could replenish some water.

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Lu Xiangsheng was on the horse and said to the generals: "My governor, look at the four thousand cavalry in front of us, our army is superior, but the soldiers of Datong Town have fought for a long time and chased the enemy for more than ten miles. They are exhausted and embarrassed to fight again;

Wang Pu, I order you to lead the officers and men of Datong Town to stand firm here and guard the horses. The governor has sent an order to Xuanzhen's general Zhang Yan, ordering him to lead the infantry in formation to meet us and join forces with the captive cavalry;

Now that the Eastern Captives are right in front of you, all the generals must be brave and work together to kill slaves and serve the country! "

All the generals rode their horses and cupped their fists, loudly received the order, and shouted in unison: "Work together, kill slaves and serve the country... Kill slaves and serve the country..."

At this time, when we met the captive cavalry brigade, the only option was to fight to the death. If they fled, the Qing army would be like dogs chasing rabbits, chasing them mercilessly and harvesting their heads.

Zhang Cheng urged the horse to take a step forward, clasped his fists and said: "Minister, the last general looks at the captive cavalry formation on the opposite side. It seems that the two wings are not as elite as the middle one. It seems that the middle part can lure the enemy to attack, and then flank its two wings in order to break the enemy."

Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, also suggested: "Minister, it is true. Our army lures the enemy's central captives with most of them, and sends elite cavalry to flank their wings. Maybe we can fight."

Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse to watch the formation of the Qing army on the opposite side, pondered for a while, and then said: "Take the governor as the center, Xuanzhen Yang Zongbing is on the left, and Shanxi Tiger Zongbing is on the right, fighting against the cavalry;
Zhang Cheng, your troops are waiting for the opportunity to attack the right flank of the Donglu, and Jiang Mingwu, your troops are staring at the left flank of the Donglu. After our troops confront the Qiqi, the two of you must quickly attack the two wings of the Donglu, and do not love to fight. "

After receiving the military order, all the generals returned to their own formations and lined up to prepare for the battle. Especially the troops under Zhang Cheng and Jiang Mingwu had to spread out to the two wings. One is to make room for the central army to deploy the formation, and the other is to make it easier to burst into battle instantly. , Assault the captives on the flanks.

Zhang Cheng rushed back to the headquarters, led the soldiers to move to the left, and made enough space for the cavalry under the command of Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Guozhu in the middle to deploy. They moved more than 300 steps to the wilderness on the left before stopping. And the saddle was tightened again.

He also carefully inspected the three-eyed blunderbuss, long weapons and other cavalry weapons, including throwing guns, and put three or five in the throwing gun bag on the side of the saddle.

(End of this chapter)