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The sound of horse hooves sounded for a long time, but the figures of reinforcements never appeared. There was no way, the Ming army that came to reinforce must explore and advance carefully. The Tatar cavalry was very cunning. Their best skills were to besiege a certain stronghold and then ambush other strongholds out to reinforce the Ming army. Once the Ming army left the stronghold and met the Tatar cavalry halfway, the outcome was conceivable.

On the flat field, it is definitely the best place for Tatar cavalry to show its power. The Ming army had almost no good way to deal with the Tatar cavalry, and could only use muskets to fire volleys. The range of muskets was about fifty meters, and the accuracy was low, so it could not cause fatal damage to the high-speed moving Tatar cavalry. Unless the number of Tatar cavalry was not large and could not launch an attack from multiple directions, the Ming army would suffer a heavy loss.

Because he had suffered too many Tatar cavalry losses in the past, the Ming army in Ningxia Town was afraid of being beaten. As long as the number of Tatar cavalry exceeded fifty, the reinforcements in Pinglu City would never appear. If the number of Tatar cavalry exceeded one hundred, even the reinforcements of the guard commander would not appear. Unless the general officer of Ningxia Town Li Guozhen personally sent troops, other Ming troops would not come to reinforce, and they could only watch the Tatar cavalry rage.

Seeing that the reinforcements were cautious and as if they were facing a great enemy, Xu Xingxia frowned quietly. It seemed that the Ming army in Ningxia Town was indeed scared by the Tatar cavalry. After thinking about it, Xu Xingxia turned to Chen Hai and said, "General Chen Qi, please send someone to contact us. The Tatars have been killed. When will they be?"

Chen Hai then reacted and hurriedly said, "Okay!"

He turned to Zhang Quanfu and said, "Old Zhang, go and take them over."

Zhang Quanfu agreed, and turned his horse with great enthusiasm and rushed towards Weizhen Fort. Now, he had two Tartars in his hands, and it was the time when the horse was sprinting in the spring breeze. Soon, his figure disappeared at the end of the field. After a moment, the brigade of Ming reinforcements finally appeared.

The first ones were hundreds of Ming cavalry. Ming helmets, armor, arm ties, belts, waist knives, bows and arrows... These are all standard equipment for Ming cavalry. Unlike the Guanning Iron Cavalry well-known later generations, most Ming cavalry were not equipped with long weapons, spears, spears, and other weapons, and only a small number of Ming cavalry were equipped.

Obviously, such cavalry equipment was at a disadvantage when confronting the Tatar cavalry. Most of the Ming cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's knight skills were not as good as those of the Tatar cavalry. When fighting between medium and long distances, they lost first. However, the close-range confrontation on the horse's back could not take advantage of the waist knife. In this era, there was no special saber.

Behind the cavalry are densely packed with infantry. Most of the Ming army infantry only have a worn red felt hat and a worn green straight military uniform, and most of them are barefoot. A small number of the archers have a black felt hat and a blue dress, and they are basically barefoot. The Ming army is equipped with boots, shoes and socks, but unfortunately they are all floating away.

The best-equipped infantry should be the flag plaque officer. They have bright helmets, green cotton cloth waist armor, war skirts, tokens, and holding order flags, which seems to be similar. Unfortunately, their number is too small. The trumpeters are equipped with good equipment, including red felt hats, red mattresses, green clothes, shoes and socks, and small copper horns. Similarly, their number is not large.

The equipment is relatively good, and there are also generals and schools of various levels, such as small flags, general flags, tutelages, hundred households, etc., which are generally equipped with bright helmets, waist-length armors, cotton coats and skirts, python pattern swaying, etc., which are quite eye-catching among the crowd. As generals and schools, they all have their own war horses and cannot be included in the infantry category.

The total number of reinforcements was more than six or seven hundred. Every time the Ming army went to fight, it was almost like this, relying on the number of people to win. Their purpose was not to eliminate the invading Tatar cavalry, but to find a way to force them away. Yes, they could only force them away temporarily. If they wanted to eliminate the Tatar cavalry, they would not be able to do so!

When they learned that the Tatar cavalry had been killed, officers at all levels in the reinforcements rode forward and appeared in the front of the queue. The first thing Xu Xingxia saw was a hundred households guarding Weizhen Fort, named Wang Shoulu. Wang Shoulu was also a relatively authoritative person in Weizhen Fort. Originally, there were two other hundred households in Weizhen Fort, but because they were worried that Weizhen Fort was unsafe, they all moved to Pinglu City.

In addition to Wang Shoulu, there are also deputy Qianhu Zhang Qiuqing and Qianhu Peng Feng. Basically, the people who can fight in Pinglu guards and Qianhu Peng Feng appeared here. Peng Feng can now pull out hundreds of soldiers. Of course, this is also related to the large population growth of Pinglu Qianhu Junyuan.

Under normal circumstances, people from Weizhen Fort are all from Weizhen Fort. After learning the news, they immediately gathered their teams and waited for reinforcements from Qianhu Institution. Only when reinforcements from Qianhu Institution were dispatched, the reinforcements from Weizhen Fort would follow. The reinforcements from Weizhen Fort would never be dispatched alone. Therefore, most officers appeared in concentrated areas.

Xu Xingxia's eyes were very sharp. He actually saw Liu Guangliang's figure in the dense crowd. He couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that his uncle was also arrested to count the number of people. After a look, he found that Dachun and Xiaochun were also in the team.

Subconsciously, Xu Xingxia shook his head quietly. What kind of war is this kind of team fighting? If he really encounters Tatar cavalry, he can't even escape. He will pull all those who can't fight onto the battlefield. What is this?

Liu Guangliang was originally a craftsman, and Dachun and Xiaochun were also hereditary craftsmen. Logically, their main responsibility was to manufacture various weapons and equipment and would not participate in the battle. These three people themselves did not have any combat skills. In Xu Xingxia's understanding, the three of them had absolutely not received any combat training. Not to mention meeting the brutal Tatar cavalry, even the ordinary Ming army, all three of them were slaughtered!

Liu Guangliang was holding an ancient mesh rope gun in his hand, and the long mesh rope drooped and kept swinging. It is hard to say whether the mesh rope gun in his hand could be fired. The helmet that the musketman should be equipped with is a full set of cotton armor (lined with iron armor pieces), and Liu Guangliang did not. He only had an old set of blue cloth clothes on his body.

Dachun and Xiaochun were holding a waist knife in their hands. The three of them had no armor protection. To be honest, with the equipment of the father and son, if they really encountered the Tatar cavalry, they would not even have a chance to take action. The Tatar cavalry came with a rain of arrows, and the three of them would be all over.

Looking at the other Ming soldiers, there are quite a few people holding muskets. At first glance, I thought the musket team was coming. In fact, they were all scary. It was like the muskets inside the Niujiao Dune were all arranged and could not be fired. In fact, no one dared to fiddle with those muskets unless they wanted to commit suicide.

According to Xu Xingxia's cognition, the Ming army's firearms cannot be said to be technically not good, mainly because of their poor quality. The craftsmen who make muskets do not care about the quality of the muskets and complete tasks roughly, even if they pass the task. No matter how advanced the equipment is, without the guarantee of quality, it is still a scum! Muskets that cannot be fired are not as practical as spears.

In addition, the probability of blowing chambers such as muskets and cannons is too high, which is also the fatal point of the Ming army's equipment. According to Qi Jiguang's previous statistics, the probability of Ming armies killing and injuring their own people is much more than that of killing and injuring enemies. In other words, these firearms are not used to kill enemies, but to kill the Ming army themselves. In this case, who is willing to use firearms?

When they learned that all the Tatar cavalry invaded had been killed, all the reinforcements were greatly relieved. What they feared the most was that they were ambushed by the Tatar cavalry halfway. The Tatar cavalry's cavalry was powerful and moved at a fast speed. It was almost impossible for them to catch the other party. In other words, they were only able to be attacked by the other party.

Liu Guangliang secretly gave Xu Xingxia a thumbs up and expressed his admiration. Xu Xingxia smiled slightly, raised his right hand, and made an OK gesture, indicating that he had seen the three of them, father and son. Then he saw Liu Guangliang's face was confused. Xu Xingxia then woke up. Liu Guangliang did not understand the meaning of the OK posture. So he smiled and nodded.

Peng Feng, Zhang Qiuqing and others slapped out and rushed towards Niujiaodun. They had already seen the corpses of the Tatar cavalry on the ground from afar. Obviously, this was definitely not a lie to report on military achievements, but a lie to the Tatar cavalry was indeed killed. This made both of them very happy. Before seeing the corpses of the Tatar cavalry with their own eyes, they would not easily believe the war report. Lies about military achievements are indeed too common in the Ming army. They are masters who lie to report on military achievements, so how could they not know the tricks inside?

Chen Hai hurriedly went up to report the situation. Thinking that he had three Tartar leaders in his hands, Chen Hai's report was naturally full of energy and enviable. He exaggerated the cruelty and bravery of the Tatar cavalry several times. In this way, the Niujiaodun soldiers had unprecedented military achievements in killing the twenty-three Tartars.

"You have all killed the twenty-three Tartars? None of them left? Including the centurion of the Tartars?" Peng Feng interrupted Chen Hai's report in disbelief. His voice was loud, and many people around him could hear it clearly. For a moment, everyone's faces seemed very strange. The scene was silent.
Chapter completed!