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Chapter 970 Cavalry Regiment ()

At around two o'clock at noon on the 24th, the final decisive battle between the Qing Army and Tianshui Gouzi officially began.

Because the two sides had a strong desire to completely resolve the battle today and did not want to drag it out any longer, there was no argument between the two sides as to who was attacking the other, and they launched an attack on the other side almost at the same time.

On Tianshuigouzi's side, the attack was arranged like this.

Zhan Xiang, Fengrui, and Lao She led the first and second companies of the first cavalry battalion, a cavalry unit of two companies, and killed Daqing's left flank.

Huang Yizhi, Ah Li, and Er Pang were the fourth company with the cavalry battalion. Killed towards Da Qing's right wing.

The troops they invested on the left and right wings were around 300 cavalry.

Yang Dongli, the second in charge of the team, and the remaining team members such as Lao Hei, Lao Tie, Ma Zi, Yuan Hai, Mr. Nanze, Shi Polu, Xiong Da, Han Jiang and others.

With the remaining company, a total of more than 1300 people fought as infantry, slowly approaching Daqing's central army position.

You read that right, in this battle, most of the members of their so-called cavalry regiment still dismounted and started fighting like infantry.

no way! Or because time is limited, there is not enough time for training.

If nothing goes wrong, the cavalry troops on both wings will engage in a fierce battle with the elite Eight Banners cavalry under Shengbao.

In this way, in a large cavalry regiment in Tianshuigouzi.

Only the first, second, third, and fourth ranks were the first to form cavalry companies. They had more training time, better equipment, stronger riding skills, and better tactical execution.

Able to take on the task of attacking from both wings, fighting with the opponent's cavalry, and winning.

The remaining companies are basically new troops formed by Yang Dongli and others after they arrived in Liaodong and recruited various bandits.

In terms of riding skills, they are basically only able to ride on a horse; it is simply a luxury to have them fight on war horses.

So there was a scene where after the war started, most of the people dismounted and slowly attacked the Daqing Central Army.

The reaction of the Qing Army was also a bit like gongs and drums in person.

On the two wings, all the remaining Eight Banners cavalry were divided into two, and under the leadership of Tepuqin and others, they took the initiative to greet the opponent's cavalry.

Prevent the opponent's cavalry from cutting in from the flanks and disrupting the formation of the Chinese army.

In the position of the central army, there are a group of infantrymen from the Green Battalion, plus some Eight Banners infantrymen, mainly Sauron soldiers, who are also advancing slowly.

In short, at the beginning of this battle, the two sides set up a scene of cavalry versus cavalry and infantry versus infantry, intending to engage in a head-on confrontation.

If I must say, there is any difference between the two parties.

That is the Qing Army, which has much more troops, more than double the number.

On the left and right wings, there were seven or eight hundred Qing Army Eight Banners cavalry at each position, which was more than twice as many as Tianshui Gouzi.

In the position of the central army, the strength of the Qing Army infantry reached nearly 3,000 people.

In addition to their great strength advantage, the Qing Army also had a total of about ten cannons.

The two largest artillery pieces were Daqing's 'magic general cannon', which weighed a thousand kilograms and fired shells weighing three kilograms and eighty taels, which was almost equal to the caliber of a Western five-pound cannon.

The smallest of the three artillery pieces is Daqing's powerful general cannon. It weighs four hundred kilograms and the shells it fires only weigh eighteen taels.

These ten artillery pieces were installed by the Qing Army on mobile artillery vehicles.

Currently, driven by a large number of green battalion soldiers, the Chinese army begins to move forward...

"You bastard, are you looking at your aunt? If my aunt doesn't punch you in the head, then after I go back, I will agree to the pursuit of that guy Lao Tie, and I won't be able to survive this day."

After putting down the telescope in his hand, Zhan Xiang felt aggrieved and secretly uttered a poisonous oath.

It was an expression of determination that in the upcoming battle, Tepuchin, the commander of the Green Army on the left-wing battlefield, must be killed.

To be more specific, the wind that blows on the face can still make people feel obviously cool.

The men and horses on both sides were slowly approaching their opponents.

In the process of getting closer to each other, the war elephant picked up the telescope in his hand and looked at the commander of the Qing Army on the opposite side who was protected by a group of personal guards and wearing a good iron-clad cotton armor.

Then I found that the other party was also holding a monocular and looked over here.

If that's all, it doesn't matter.

However, thanks to the war elephant's eyesight and the high-quality telescopes brought from the modern plane, he could see the unusually lewd expression on Tepuqin's face when he looked at him.

No need to think about what will happen after he is prepared to win and capture himself.

Immediately, Zhan Xiang, a girl with a bad temper, cursed like this in her mouth.

But even so, the war elephant's behavior was quite calm; even though she was filled with rage, she had rich experience in using war horses, and she was not in a hurry to increase her horse's speed.

Because of the qualities of these war horses, charging too early will waste the already limited physical strength of the war horses.

However, what surprised Zhan Xiang, Fengrui, and Lao She was that the commander on the opposite side, Te Puqin, also performed at a very good level.

They also did not charge immediately, but slowly advanced to save the horse's energy.

In this process, the Qing Army spread out an area of ​​​​the boss's area, appearing to be quite strong.

However, facing several times more opponents, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd companies showed no signs of panic on their faces.

Seeing this, the war elephant couldn't help but nodded, knowing that the process of leading them to continuously attack and annihilate one group after another was not in vain.

These victories have given these rookies enough battlefield confidence.

When the distance between the two sides reached one and a half miles, the war elephant kicked the horse in the belly, causing the war horse "White Feather" in the crotch system to start to accelerate.

He also opened his mouth and shouted in a clear voice: "Speed ​​up~"

Almost at the same time, the Qing Army cavalry on the opposite side also began to speed up.

It seemed that in unison, the commanders of both sides, including Tepuchin and War Elephant, issued orders for the war horses to gradually speed up.

Because based on the experience of the commanders on both sides, we know that if we start to gradually increase speed from the current position.

When the cavalry from both sides collided, they were able to increase their horse speed to the fastest possible situation.

For this reason, Yang Dongli and others of the Chinese Army could see that at almost the same time, the horses on both sides of the left battlefield, driven by their respective owners, began to trot, and ran faster and faster, and began to gallop.

In this gradual acceleration, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed.

The situation on the right wing is similar. The battle will start in tens of seconds at most...

*****

Facing the opponent who was about to enter the shooting range, the Eight Banners cavalry on the left battlefield drew their cavalry bows one after another amidst Tepuqin's shouts.

With the bow and arrow ready, he waited for the opponent to get closer before shooting him.

At this moment, an expression of indescribable confidence appeared on the face of the first-rank official of the Daqing Imperial Court.

Because he knew clearly that if they were able to swing a musket accurately and have the ability to make muskets, the Manchus would naturally be inferior to these Han people.

That's why I felt so uncomfortable when I was beaten with a black gun on the way here.

But in terms of riding and shooting, this is a skill passed down from their ancestors.

The Han people in front of them actually want to fight with them on horseback even though they are outnumbered by more than half. Isn't this because the longevity star hangs himself because he thinks he has a long life?

With such an idea, as the distance from his opponent got closer and closer, Tepuqin's emotions became higher and higher.

He even imagined that after defeating the opponent's cavalry on the left wing, he would continue to advance and disrupt the formation of their infantry.

For this war, it played a decisive role.

Unfortunately, Tepchin soon stopped laughing.

Because he suddenly discovered to his horror that these Han cavalry, who were nothing but mud-legged men before, still maintained the tight formation even after charging at high speed.

So now, the Eight Banners cavalry on both sides can see that the opposite side is like a wall hitting them.

If they are so close, aren't they afraid of their horses colliding with each other?

Say it! Having stayed outside the pass for many years in a vast and sparsely populated area, Tepuqin and his group of Eight Banners cavalry had never seen such a "wall charge" tactic.

For a moment, everyone felt a little confused. Looking at this weird tactic, I felt a little confused.

However, with the continuous acceleration of the two sides, the distance between them was now only more than a hundred meters. They were about to collide with each other, and it was too late to do anything.

Tepuqin simply became heartbroken and shouted: "Shoot arrows and shoot them to death~"

Under such an order from him, the Eight Banners elites who had completed the action of picking up their bows and setting up arrows all called over with sharp arrows in their hands.

Suddenly, hundreds of sharp arrows surrounded those weird Han cavalry.

But the result of this round of arrow rain was quite unsatisfactory.

Except for the eleven or twelve rebels who fell off their horses in a flash after being hit by arrows, the remaining opponents were obviously hit by several arrows in their chests and abdomen, but nothing happened.

Judging from the fact that some sharp arrows were actually bounced away after hitting the target.

Underneath all kinds of clothes, these people were actually wearing a pair of fine battle armors.

After realizing this, Tepuqin felt very depressed; but seeing that the two sides were about to collide, he still issued a brand new order:

“Get closer in formation, charge forward, scatter them, and kill them.

Warriors of the Eight Banners, with so many of us, we will definitely defeat these rebels~"

Under such an order, a group of Eight Banners soldiers could no longer care about these muddy legs, but they were still wearing good armor.

They all put away their bows and arrows and picked up weapons such as swords, guns, swords and halberds that they were good at.

Beating the horses desperately, they rushed towards the walls and faced the opponents; just as Master Tepuqin said: There are many of them, what are they afraid of...

Because of the lack of time, Tianshuigouzi's cavalry regiment has not yet had time to make uniform military uniforms; it is just standard armor, but it has already been produced in batches under the hammering of steam-powered forging hammers.

This type of armor actually only has one piece on the front.

After being tied to the chest with leather, it is a simple half-cuirass that only protects the vital points of the chest and abdomen.

The overall weight of this thing is only 4.5 kilograms, but its defensive power is quite good; at least with the current cavalry bows in the hands of these Eight Banners soldiers, it is impossible to break through the defense.

Coupled with a flying saucer-style steel helmet, this set of armor can be said to be quite useful.

Unfortunately, due to the rush of time, the equipment manufacturing workshop led by Lao Tie is quite limited in terms of output; so far, it has only been able to complete the equipment replacement of the left and right wings, a total of four companies.

In the remaining company, only the officers were assigned one piece.

Of course? The defensive area of ​​this thing is limited, and it can only protect the chest and abdomen area.

Therefore, in the Qing Army's round of arrows, there were more than a dozen people in the front row who were hit by arrows in their necks and faces.

He fell off the horse on the spot. He was not shot to death, but was trampled to death on the spot.

There were seven or eight others who grunted because they were hit by arrows in their arms and thighs.

But when their ears were filled with the painful groans of their comrades after being hit by arrows, the Tianshuigouzi cavalry still paid attention to controlling their horses, keeping them as consistent as possible with the speed of their comrades on the left and right.

Let our side's 'cavalry wall charge' tactic be maintained.

After seeing such a scene, the relief in the eyes of Zhan Xiang, Fengrui and Lao She became more and more obvious; they knew that the battle on the left wing battlefield was basically stable.

Then, the three of them shouted an order without any communication, but in a tacit understanding: "Draw the gun..."

Under the command of "draw the gun", all the cavalry under their command immediately loosened the reins in their hands, relying only on their legs to control the horses and maintain balance.

With both hands free, he quickly pulled out two short flint-haired muskets from the holster on his waist.

Pull the hammer back with your thumb, raise your arms and aim forward, waiting for the order to fire.

That’s right! The mainstream weapon currently used by Tianshui Gouzi is this flint-hair short gun that can only be fired once, and subsequent reloading is extremely cumbersome.

Rather than the type of revolver currently used by the team.

It's not that Lao Tie can't process this kind of revolver without the Langqing.

Lao Tie, who is a senior member of the equipment production team, can make this thing just by rubbing it with his hands. The key is that without a suitable machine, the speed and output of production by just rubbing it by hand will be terrible.

In the end, after taking into account the production process, speed, and efficiency, the only choice was to produce this kind of short flint gun.

Fortunately, facing Daqing's last Eight Banners cavalry, this short flint-haired musket, which can only fire a single shot, is completely powerful enough.

When the two sides were twenty to thirty meters apart, the war elephant's thick fingers pulled the small trigger with some effort.

With twelve rounds of ammunition from a pair of revolvers in his hand, he was summoned in a very short time.

The sound of her shooting was the clearest signal to take action for Fengrui and Lao She, as well as the soldiers from Tianshuigouzi on the left-wing battlefield.

Everyone pulled the triggers one after another, emptying the guns in their hands.

Then, they decisively let go of the revolver or flintlock musket in their hands, letting it fall to the ground while holding the spear hanging on the victory hook of the war horse in their hands.

They all raised one hand and clamped one end under their arm, forming a jungle of spears.

At this point, 2670 spears were fired at the Daqing cavalry who were already in a panic after a round of firepower in front of them.

Therefore, Tepuqin, who was behind him at this moment, could see this scene in horror:

Behind a burst of gunfire that was like fried beans, a large number of the Eight Banners warriors in front of him were immediately knocked off their horses.

The tight formation of our side that had just gathered suddenly became sparse.

Then, these sparse cavalry faced the opponents who rushed towards them like a wall in front of them, holding spears in their hands.

Even in Tepuqin's impression, he is regarded as a brave Eight Banners warrior.

After a slight hesitation, he tried his best to whip the war horse and adjust the direction of the horse's head, trying to avoid such an astonishing impact.

They either managed to escape, but their faces were pale with fear and their morale dropped crazily.

Either because they were unable to dodge, they were stabbed by several spears and were lifted up from their horses. The horse that lost its owner was hit by several horses at the same time and was knocked to the ground.

In short, the Daqing court started with a high-ranking official, General Tepuqin of Hei*jiang.

I saw the Eight Banners Cavalry that I was proud of. After charging forward, even if they suffered heavy casualties, they could not stop these smaller opponents at all.

Instead, the opponent was like a peerless sword, easily splitting apart their team and killing them all the way.

Upon seeing this, Tepuqin was heartbroken with grief, and he felt as if he was stupid.

However, at most a few seconds later, he was awakened by the sound of "Run, my lord". After taking a quick look at the situation, he almost died of fright.

Because in the observation in front of the station, the blond woman who was much taller than the man and riding a big horse was actually riding towards him alone.

Swinging a huge two-handed ax in his hand, there was no enemy at all, and he was about to kill him before his eyes.

The guards around him were also loyal. While one of them pulled his horse to retreat to the right, the other six guards took the initiative to meet him, trying to buy some time for him, the general, to avoid him.

Unfortunately, the loyalty shown by the guards did not have the slightest effect.

The blond woman kicked the war horse violently, and the speed of the war horse under her crotch, which was originally astonishing, suddenly increased to a great extent.

Relying on her speed, she directly passed through the interception of four personal guards. The remaining two personal guards were swept away by her axe, and she killed two of them with one move.

Then, everything came to an end for Tepchin.

One second, he saw the last bodyguard beside him being cut in half. The next second, a fist as big as a casserole hit his head with a roar that broke through the air.

Then, of course, he couldn't see anything anymore.

But others could see in horror that General Hei*jiang's head was blown open by a punch when Zhan Xiang took action with hatred.

That scene was like swinging a hammer and hitting the watermelon hard...

　PS: I have been in a bad state these past two days, and I feel like my writing is sloppy, so brothers, please allow me to adjust it; there is only this update today, and I will finish writing this volume tomorrow.

　　

　

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