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Chapter 51 The Great Victory
(Second update on the 15th)

In just three or four breaths, the cavalry led by Sun Zheng completely penetrated the officers and soldiers camp and reached the north bank of Dongbao River.

Glancing towards the south bank, I saw that the wooden box pontoon assembled on the bank was being pushed into the water by the guards' infantry.

"Fight with me!" After reorganizing the team, Sun Zheng led the cavalry to turn back and charge into the officers and soldiers camp again.

Entering the camp again, the cavalry was much slower, but due to its condescending advantage, it was difficult for the officers and infantry to defend when they cut.

"Commander Sun! There are high officials in the northwest!" a guard cavalry reminded loudly.

Sun Zheng took the time to glance toward the northwest and saw several officials wearing futou on their heads and blue official uniforms with round collars and large sleeves standing together, surrounded by layers of guards.

What surprised Sun Zheng was that these officials didn't even wear armor. After all, they came to fight.

"Fight with me!" Sun Zheng roared, turned his horse's head, and killed towards the northwest.

Whoosh!
There was a sound of piercing the air, and before he could react, a giant crossbow arrow flew past Sun Zheng's side, and the screams of the bodyguard cavalry were immediately heard from behind.

"Be careful, the officers and soldiers have large divine arm crossbows!" the commander next to him reminded loudly.

At this point, there is no use being careful, you can only rush!rush!rush!can solve the problem.

Sun Zheng gritted his teeth, increased his horse speed by another step, swung his saber even faster, and rushed to the outside of the defensive circle before the officer and soldier fired the second crossbow arrow.

"Kill!" The saber slashed at a Xiang soldier, and the horse's chest knocked a Xiang soldier flying backward.

How can the sword and shield infantry stop the cavalry?

The three or four layers of defense circles inside and outside were like an egg shell hitting a stone and being broken through with one blow.

Officials in blue official uniforms began to turn around and run away.

"Where to escape!" Sun Zheng kept a close eye on one of them, turned his horse's head repeatedly, and chased that person.

"Don't kill me!" Seeing that he couldn't escape, the official raised his hands to express surrender.

"Kill!" Sun Zheng kept swiping the knife and swiped directly at his head. The official's neck was protected by his raised arms. He was struck by the saber and spun around two or three times before falling to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Sun Zheng turned around and looked around, and saw an official running away again, taking off his official uniform as he ran.

"Dog officer! Don't even think about escaping!" He pinched the horse's belly with his legs, pulled the reins to the left, and the horse chased the escaping officer.

At this time, the camp's defense had completely collapsed. The officers and soldiers were only focused on escaping for their lives. No one raised their swords to resist, and Sun Zheng's pursuit became much smoother.

The fleeing official ran in front of a horse, stretched out his hand and pulled the ten generals off the horse, and was about to get on the horse.

"The dog officer shall die!" Sun Zheng bent down and pulled out a spear stuck in the ground, turned the spearhead, and threw it hard at the officer.

The distance was close, and with good luck, he hit the fleeing officer in the back.The official who had just climbed onto the horse felt severe pain in his back before he could feel happy. He couldn't control his body shape and fell off the horse.

After taking care of all the officials in sight, Sun Zheng led the cavalry to charge twice more. When he saw that the pontoon bridge had been set up, Lu Huihui led the infantry to kill them.

"Let's go after the prisoners."

"it is good!"

The cavalry began to withdraw from the main battlefield, and chased towards the north, shouting "Surrender without killing!"

"Who would have thought that the Xiang army of the Song Dynasty would be so weak!" Chen Lu couldn't help but sigh as he stood on the south bank of the Dongbao River and watched the guards' infantry clean up the mess.

"These Xiang troops don't have any training at ordinary times. They just do some chores for the government. The Song Dynasty still had to rely on the imperial army to fight." Chen Xun said.

How could anyone on Guangnan East Road know that even the Forbidden Army was rotten to the core?

Now against the Jin Army in the north, we can only rely on the Western Army. The Forbidden Army is defeated again and again, and the Song Dynasty itself does not believe in the Forbidden Army. "It turns out that our guards in Chenjiazhuang are so strong." Liu Yu praised.

"It's really strong." Chen Xun was also very proud. When he fought against the pirates overseas, he only thought it was easy to win. He thought the pirates were just a mob. Now it seems that the combat power of the pirates is actually stronger than that of the Xiang army. .

I just don’t know how strong the imperial army in the southern part of the Song Dynasty is now.

The weaker the enemy and the stronger his own side, the sooner Chen Xun is confident that the troubled times will end.

It is better to be a peace dog than a liar.

In troubled times, it is the poor people who ultimately suffer.

For his own selfish interests, he forcibly intervened in the troubled times at the junction of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, disturbing the originally peaceful land of Jiangnan. It was already a major sin. He could quickly defeat the Song Dynasty and take over the dominance of the fate of the Han people. Everyone is fine.

"Let's cross the river too, otherwise it will be difficult to cross the river when the navy comes and demolishes the pontoon bridge." Chen Xun said.

People from Chenjiazhuang on the south bank of the Dongbao River quickly passed the pontoon bridge, and then the pontoon bridge was closed again.

At this time, the fighting on the north bank was basically over. The cavalry chased the defeated troops to capture prisoners. Lu Hui was leading the infantry to clean up the battlefield.

"Three hundred versus three thousand, we have a great victory." Lu Hui was very excited. Although he did not personally lead the troops to create this great victory, as a Chenjiazhuang native, everyone present felt honored.

"This is the standard victory of the weak against the strong." Second uncle Chen Lu's confidence in Chen Xun increased a lot.

"Yes, it was mainly because the officers and soldiers were caught off guard. They didn't expect that we would have three hundred cavalry." Chen Xun explained: "When the news is sent back, it won't be so easy next time."

When infantry fights against cavalry, there are still many countervailing weapons.

It is possible to form a giant spear array, two or even three feet long spears.The dense crowd stood up obliquely, and the cavalry rushed in, and there must have been heavy casualties.

There is also the tactic of cutting off the horse's legs, which can also make the cavalry useless in a wave.

In addition to hard resistance, there are also many defensive tools for cavalry, such as horse-rejection, large-scale horse pits (small pits slightly larger than a horseshoe and one or two feet deep), and triangular nails (with four corners, thrown on the ground, There is always one corner facing up), etc., which can effectively defend against cavalry attacks.

The sky quickly darkened, a large number of torches were lit in the camp, and prisoners were brought back batch after batch. It was not until Xu Shi (21 o'clock) that Sun Zhengfang returned with his bodyguards and horse troops.

The guard horse soldiers who came back all walked with their horses. At this time, horses are more tiring than people.

After handing over his horse to his subordinates, Sun Zheng went to the central army tent to report the battle situation to Chen Xun.

"Mr. Lang." Sun Zheng bowed and saluted.

"Congratulations! You're back from a great victory." Chen Xun stepped forward to help him.

"How dare you take the credit? It's mainly Lang Jun's good horses and the guard horses who dare to fight. I just took the lead." Sun Zheng said modestly.

"The spearhead is already very powerful. The sharpness of the spear depends entirely on the tip of the spear. You are the main contributor to this victory over the officers and soldiers." Chen Xun continued to praise.

"Thank you, Mr. Lang." Sun Zheng felt hypocritical if he continued to be more modest.

"How's the battle going?"

"The enemy's casualties have not yet been calculated. There are about 300 prisoners. We have 37 killed and 96 injured, and nearly a hundred horses were killed and injured." Sun Zheng replied.

The first wave of spear formations charging into the formation of officers and soldiers, because the other cavalry did not have adequate protective horse armor, our own casualties were still very high.

"What a pity, these are the seeds of Chenjiazhuang." Chen Xun was so distressed that he almost suffocated.

To be honest, if the personal guards of Chenjiazhuang were recruited into the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty, they would have to be at least ten generals, and the personal guards would all be literate. This is quite rare in this era where [-]% of the people are illiterate, no matter which branch they are in. In the army, they are all treasures.

(End of this chapter)