Chapter 622 Fighting Thief Riding (3)
"The thief army abandoned their property? I'm afraid it's a plan? If you pass the order, no one is allowed to pick up property on the ground. Those who violate the order will be killed!" Li Guodong gave the order loudly.
"No!" Several commanders retreated.
The well-trained Jinyang cavalry did not care about the property thrown by the rebels on the ground, or even the chaotic large groups of refugees, but just chased and killed the cavalrymen of the rebels in the old camp.
There were also some unsightly refugees who had no time to avoid and blocked the Ming cavalry's way. The cavalry rode their horses unceremoniously and trampled past them, trampling the unlucky refugees into meat paste.
The ground was full of wealth and property, and saw that the Jinyang cavalry ignored him at all. The refugees who fled behind turned around and ran back to pick up the property on the ground. The refugees who were already in chaos were even more chaotic. Everyone fought for each other, and they could fight each other for a piece of copper plate, and they trampled on each other, killing and injured countless people.
However, most of the refugees still ran away. Those who ran faster were old fryers. Every time they fought, the battle situation was not good, they would get rid of their feet. These guys ran very fast and didn't even care about their heads. They didn't know what was going on later. They only knew that they would be better off running faster than their companions.
The refugees who were thrown behind were in chaos, fighting for the property scattered on the ground by the rebels.
"Surrender and don't kill!" Just as the refugees were robbing, thunderous roars came from behind.
"Official dog! Official dog is here!" someone shouted.
On the east avenue, an elite iron armored infantry with a large shield and covered in iron armor appeared. The silver armor shone with dazzling light in the sun, making the refugees who looked up and couldn't open their eyes.
"The official dog is here, run away!" The refugees gave up the fight and turned around and ran away.
"Chasing!" He Xing shouted.
The heavy infantry of iron armor spread out to both sides, and teams of bird gun soldiers wearing light armor. The archers rushed out of the formation, spread their legs and followed the refugees to chase them. The bird gunman's bird gun was inserted with a bayonet, and the archers carried a short sword. Both long-range soldiers could fight hand-to-hand.
"Don't run!" Ming army shouted while chasing.
The Ming army's light-armored infantry chased very quickly, and the refugees who could not escape knelt on the ground and raised their hands to surrender. There were also a few people who resisted stubbornly, either killed by the bird gunner or shot overturned by the archer. Some bird gunners inserted bayonets into the bird gun that had been shot after the bullets, chased several escaped refugees and overturned them to the ground.
The cavalry of the old camp of the rebel army rode their horses in front and fled desperately. Groups of refugees followed the cavalry of the old camp of the rebel army and ran away with their legs. The cavalry of the Jinyang army chased after them and chased the refugees, but ordered them to kneel on the ground and surrender, and threw down the rope, so that they could tie themselves up, waiting for the infantry to accept the prisoners. The cavalry continued to pursue the cavalry of the rebel army.
"The thief is coming, prepare to light the fire!" Tang Chong, who was ambushing in Wangzhuang, put down Qianlijing and said.
Wangzhuang is right next to the official road. This is an abandoned village. The local people have died and fled. The village has been empty. A few or Xiali people have been looted by the rebel army. After Tang Chong and his friends entered the village, they searched it carefully twice and found only one boy, two girls, three children. It was a miracle that these three children survived. They relied on chewing on tree bark and grass roots, and even eating mice and dead meat.
After rescuing three children, Tang Chong asked people to prepare in the village and just waited for the riots to arrive to light the fire. Such a large village is on the edge of the official road. As long as it is burned, thick smoke will block the sky and the sun will block the official road. Tang Chong also sent a group of people to the opposite side of the official road, harvesting the withered weeds, piled them on the side of the road, preparing to light the fire.
"Immediately!" Tang Chong yelled.
The soldiers holding torches lit the firewood piled up in the village, and soon ignited a huge fire. The soldiers opposite the official road also ignited the firewood. The piles of hays ignited the firewood, and the flames quickly gathered into raging flames.
"There is a fire in front!" someone shouted among the fleeing cavalry.
In the dry Henan, the weather was dry and the fire spread quickly after it started to burn. The entire village was trapped in a raging fire. The fire was blown by the wind across the official road, and it was connected with the fires ignited in the opposite field. A large sea of burning fire blocked the retreat of the rebel army.
"Quick! Bounce over in a roundabout way!" a riot officer leading the team shouted.
These rebel cavalry who were responsible for the task of luring the enemy were all light cavalry, with strong mobility and fast speed. The fire in Wangzhuang could not block their way. They bypassed the sea of fire and rushed over from a wasteland in the north. The wasteland was originally a wheat field, but because of the severe drought and locust plague in the past two years, the locals were all gone, and the farmland was deserted, and these farmlands turned into wasteland.
The light cavalry of the rebel army failed to escape, and the five hundred light cavalry of Tang Chong rushed out, blocking the retreat of the rebel army cavalry.
"The official dog is here! Brothers, fight with them!" The officer of the rebellion army shouted and rushed towards Tang and others with more than 300 rebellion cavalry.
Tang Chong did not let his light cavalry fight with the light cavalry of the rebel army, but gave an order. When the rebel army cavalry was about to rush to him, five hundred light cavalry dispersed to both sides, and each light cavalry took off the cavalry bow in his hand.
The cavalry of the rebel army also took off their cavalry bows, posed on their bows, and prepared to fight back. In fact, the cavalry of the rebel army also knew how to cavalry and shoot. Most of them were from horse thieves and were rampant in the Central Plains for many years, and the officers and soldiers were unable to wipe out them.
As the cavalry of both sides intersected, the cavalry of both sides shot feather arrows almost at the same time.
"Swoosh swish swish" rows of arrows shot out, and more than 300 cavalrymen in the rebellion army were dropped.
However, there were very few people who were caught on the Ming army! After most of the cavalry shot arrows, they immediately used their unique skills to hide in the stirrups to avoid the arrows shot by the Jinyang army. Compared with the light cavalry of the Jinyang army, these horse thieves are really not enough to see. The light cavalry of the Jinyang army are Han shepherd slaves who grew up on the grassland. They have lived with the Mongolians for many years and are already familiar with the Mongols' riding and shooting techniques and tactics.
Although the horse thieves on the opposite side of the Central Plains, their combat effectiveness is far inferior to the light cavalry of the Jinyang Army.
The two sides intersected, and more than 300 cavalrymen of the rebel army were shot down half, and the Ming army lost only more than ten people.
"Go away!" shouted the officer of the rebel army.
"Chasing!" Tang Chong gave an order.
The five hundred Ming cavalry followed the cavalry of the rebels and kept chasing them, shooting arrows from time to time, shooting down the fleeing rebels from the horse.
Tang Chong led the light cavalry to chase Wulilu, and more than half of the remaining 150 cavalrymen were left behind, and only more than seventy cavalry left fled back.
The cavalry of the rebels could escape back a quarter, and the bandits who were hiking on their way were in trouble. The official road ahead was cut off by the fire, and the refugees of the rebels had no way to go. Try to detour, and the Ming cavalry behind them chased after them and ordered them to kneel on the ground to surrender.
"We surrender!" Many refugees knelt on the ground.
"We are not worthy of our life in vain. I heard that Wu Wei Boren is very kind to the house and is very generous to the refugees."
"Surrender, if you surrender, Wu Weibo will have a bite of food."
"It's not just about having food, but I heard that it's also about dividing the fields."
The refugees in the middle of the crowd were talking, and finally they chose to throw away their broken weapons and kneel on the ground to surrender.
"A great victory!" Cao Bianjiao, who was following Li Guodong, laughed, "More than 30,000 bandits, except for the cavalry, the rest were wiped out!"
"Our army suffered minimal losses, and only more than 30 light cavalrymen were lost." Han Dashan came to report.
"First watch these refugees, wait for the infantry to come up, and let the infantry take them back." Li Guodong sent an order to continue.
Chapter completed!