Tiehai led more than 100 Ye Bubu cavalry and went deep into the west of Kaifeng fifty miles west of Kaifeng to spy on the enemy's situation.

Nowadays, each cavalry is equipped with two wheeled fire guns purchased from the Portuguese, replacing the original throwing weapons. In addition to the hand guns, each person is also equipped with his own hand-to-hand combat weapons. In each of the 100-man teams, there is also a rifle purchased from the Portuguese or the Dutch, which can shoot and kill enemy generals from a distance. These equipment that Yebiao is used to deal with Qing scouts, and now it is used to deal with the scouts of the rebel army, which is simply a slaughter.

Along the way, passing through the broken villages and trampled fields, the hammer picked up the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile, you can see the Yellow River ten miles away and all the way to Xinzheng County, which seems to be covered with continuous military barracks. The camps and shacks stretch from the north to the west to the far west, and then to the south. I saw wisps of smoke rising from the camp of the Break Army, and the smoke curled around under the morning sunlight.

"The old camp of treacherous soldiers are in the middle, and the refugee camp surrounds it." Tie Hammer put down Qianlijing and said.

After a while, there was a noise in the camp. The refugees who had eaten began to remove the tents, unplug the wooden stakes, and put away the wooden fences. It seemed that they were ready to set off.

"The thief cavalry is here!" Ye Bushou, named Shi Tou, suddenly shouted.

"Let's go!" shouted the hammer.

The gate of the military camp opened wide, and the black cavalry rushed out of the camp and ran towards Tie Hammer and the others. It was Liu Zongmin who found someone in the distance was spying on his camp, so he asked the scouts to go out of the camp to expel it.

More than a hundred men, Ye Busu, immediately pulled their horses back and retreated towards Kaifeng.

"Prepare to shoot arrows!" said the hammer, taking off the powerful rifle from the back. This gun was a Danish rifle sent by Li Guodong to buy from Haojing (Macao). Although Li Guodong himself knows how to build a rifle, the cost is too high and the production capacity is too low, so it is better to buy a gun than to build a gun.

In the era without Minnie bullets, the reloading speed of rifles was too slow, and the gun could only fire one bullet, and then it had to rely on bows and arrows.

The cavalrymen took off their bows one after another. These bows were all good bows seized from the hands of the Qing army's Bayala soldiers. The bows were not big and suitable for archery on the horse's back, but they were very powerful, reaching more than eight forces, and could shoot armor-breaking heavy arrows fifty steps away. When shooting light arrows, the range could reach 150 steps.

Iron Hammer turned his head and saw that among the cavalry of the Rebellion Army, a guy wearing red tassels and white felt hat and iron armor was particularly conspicuous, while the rest of the rebellion Army were wearing a short half-body armor outside the blue arrow suit. So he judged that the guy was the leader of the rebellion Army scout.

"Swoosh swish swish swish" Ye Busu turned around and shot a row of arrows. More than ten people from the rebel scouts who were chasing him were caught.

The hammer picked up the rifle, turned his head and aimed at the guy he had been targeting for a long time, and pulled the trigger.

The dog-locked bolt hit the medicine pool, the flint hit the iron tablet, ignited the medicine in the medicine pool, and a deafening roar sounded, and the muzzle spewed out of the fire, and a white smoke rose.

The leader of the rebel scout cavalry who led the Ming army to chase after the Ming army at night before he understood what was going on, he was hit in the chest by a high-speed spinning bullet and fell from the horse's back with a muffled groan.

"Sir! Sir!" Seeing that his commander was injured and dropped, the scouts and cavalry of the rebel army stopped chasing one after another, stopped the horse, ran to the officer, and helped him up.

"Don't worry about me, go chase the official dog..." the officer said weakly.

The rifled gun bullet penetrated the chest. Although it did not hit the vital part of the heart, the high-speed rotating bullet caused a huge wound in the chest cavity. After the severely injured officer was sent back, he probably wouldn't survive. With the medical technology of the rebel army, he would definitely not be able to save such a serious injury.

Two soldiers of the rebel army carried the seriously injured officer on their horses and took him back to the camp, while the rest continued to pursue Tie Hammer and the others.

The scout cavalry of the Break Army followed the Ming army Yebukuan and chased him reluctantly. Tiehaw and others turned their heads to shoot arrows from time to time. Every round of arrows shot out, they could shoot down seven or eight scout cavalry of the Break Army. The Crane Army chased for more than 30 miles, not only did not hurt one Ming army Yebukuan, but instead lost more than 60 people.

"We can't catch up, let's turn around!" said a rebel soldier.

"Chasing after you, you'll be almost in Kaifeng!"

"Let's go, let's look back."

The scouts of the rebel army finally gave up their pursuit, turned their horses and returned to the camp.

Ye Bu Shuo returned to report: "The thieves are only sixty miles away from our army. We just went to the thieves to spy on the enemy's situation near the thieves camp and found that they had already set up camp and were ready to set off. It is estimated that the thieves will be able to arrive more than ten miles away from us tonight.

"Since the rebel army has come, we should go and meet them! It is best to capture some refugees and come back. We are still short of people. Capturing refugees can solve the problem of insufficient manpower on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also weaken the strength of the rebels. Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead 6,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to meet the rebels! Han Dashan, you lead 3,000 heavy cavalry and wait for orders! Zhang Wei, you lead 3,000 light cavalry and raid the rebel army on both wings; He Xing, you lead 5,000 infantry, remember that your mission is not to bear the same task as the rebel cavalry, but mainly to rescue the refugees!" Li Guodong made the arrangement.

"Oh, there are 30,000 cavalrymen in the thief, and we only have 6,000 cavalry. Is it too risky to go there?" Zhang Wei asked.

Cao Bianjiao stepped forward and said, "Boye, Beizhi knows how the bandit army fights every time. They will not suppress 30,000 cavalry at once, but use refugees and a small number of cavalry to lure the enemy in front. When our army pursues their refugees and a small number of cavalry, we will lead our people into the ambush circle and then attack them with heavy troops. This is how Uncle Bei of Beizhi was killed in the battle. Therefore, Boye, Beizhi does not agree with our army's pursuit of refugees."

"General Cao, do you think our cavalry is not the opponent of the thief cavalry?" Li Guodong asked.

"No, Wuwei Bo Cavalry is the elite of our Ming Dynasty. Even the Guanning Army cavalry is not the opponent of Boye Cavalry. However, the treacherous bandits have created a cavalry tactic called the Three Walls. When their 30,000 cavalry attacks, it is like the three walls pressing over, and it is unstoppable. If our army accidentally falls into a trap, the bandits will sprint with 30,000 infantry spears and crush them with 30,000 cavalry. No matter how many of our soldiers are, they will not be able to resist."

Li Guodong smiled and said, "Brother Ben just wants to meet the three walls of the thief army for a while! I see if the thief's cavalry is powerful or my cavalry is powerful."

"Mr. I must not underestimate my enemy! My uncle's cavalry is one of the best elites in the world, but after being trapped, my uncle was harmed by the thief. I don't want you to follow in my uncle's footsteps."

"General Cao, you go and rest first. I will follow General Han to go to war tomorrow. Then let you see how Li defeated the thief!"

That night, there was a night when I didn't receive a report: "The thieves set up camp twelve miles away from our army."

"Okay, tomorrow morning, you get up early and check in again."

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Li Guodong's night was thrown out.

In the morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone on the camp, one after another, there were times when they didn't take it back to report the military information and the movements of the rebel army.

"The thief has started cooking with the stove!"

One hour later, Ye Bu took it back and reported: "The thief has left the camp and is coming to Kaifeng!"

Half an hour passed, and Ye Bushang reported again: "The thieves were only six miles away from our army. Bei Zhi discovered that the thieves had divided their troops, and a large group of refugees and a small number of cavalrymen were setting off the road in front. Their main cavalry was hidden where they were hidden."
Chapter completed!