The cavalry rushed forward and the infantry followed. Peng Chun adopted the most standard offensive mode in the era of cold weapons, but his opponent was not the army of the past. The eight rapid-fire cannons installed on the four inland gun ships above the river were not just different from their weapons and equipment, but were too much ahead. The fierce shelling broke up the cavalry's charge queue and blew up the subsequent infantry array. Yang Zhi's one hundred hands

The personal bodyguards who hold the Ming Style 1 have a particularly huge killing of cavalry. Whether it is a man or a horse, whenever a cavalry rushes through the Iron Curtain of Death composed of artillery fire, the Ming Style 1 in their hands will always sound at the right time, killing these cavalry sixty to eighty steps away from the formation. There are very few cavalry who can escape these two blocking channels by chance. Under the repeated attack of the crossbow machine, there are already very few who can really attack the Ming army's formation before it.

Then, they fell before the shield wall.

Yang Zhi on the bridge raised his hand and pressed it slightly down. The gunships on the river were all silent in the next moment. The airtight shield wall suddenly broke left and right, revealing the thousand iron cavalry led by thunderstorms behind them.

This army was a heavy cavalry formed by the Minister of War Xiaomao after being inspired by the miner's battalion. The number of people was not large. Since its completion, there were only more than one thousand people. The horses of these cavalry were selected from thousands of war horses, and their size was one-third larger than ordinary war horses. Compared with them, the so-called divine horses were like a donkey.

These war horses were all equipped with helmets, and they were not spared from the huge horse's head. The long spike on the helmet looked like rhinos. Like the war horse, the knight was tall and basically sealed in armor.

However, such heavy cavalry did not receive the support of Emperor Qin Feng from the beginning, because there were too few people when they could be used. In more cases, such a cavalry could be killed by a light cavalry. Therefore, from the beginning of its establishment, there were only one thousand cavalrymen. With the invention of gunpowder and the rapid development of thermal weapons, the presence of this heavy cavalry became even lower, because even if they were wearing better and heavier armor, they would still be vulnerable under the attack of shells.

But today, this heavy cavalry is the most suitable one.

The sound of cannons stopped and the gunshots stopped. After the five thousand Ming Dynasty infantrymen, such a steel monster was exposed. The thunderstorm led by him raised his mace high, and the steel army pressed over from the battlefield.

Behind them, five thousand infantrymen were beating the war drums, holding swords and shields, and slowly following up.

Countless feather arrows fell on the iron-armored monsters, but they made a jingle sound, leaving some small white dots and then slid down helplessly. Wherever they passed, they were like a huge mill, and both people and war horses were pressed flat on the ground.

Peng Chun was sadly aware that he had an absolute advantage over the number of people, but under the fierce attack of the opponent, the army was already disintegrating. Seeing the heavy cavalry rushing towards his central army banner, he sighed, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted sternly: "Bang the drum, attack!"

It is impossible to escape. It is not that he cannot escape from this war. But even if he escapes today's disaster, he will be chased by Jiang Shangyan and run around like a dog, and he will eventually be unable to escape, defeat and die.

More importantly, he suddenly discovered the real combat power of the Ming army, which was very different from what they had expected before the war, such as Qi generals. This was just a reserve force!

Peng Chun was completely depressed. He seemed to have seen the scene of Guo Xiancheng being defeated in the battle. He was about to finish, Li Jiarong was already finished. Can the troops in Xuzhou last longer?

Both the left and right wings were all over, and the Ming army would inevitably penetrate into Luzhou from both wings. At that time, Guo Xiancheng would be threatened. The sudden large-scale offensive by the Qi army did take some advantage in the early stages of the war, which caught the Ming army off guard. However, as the war deepened, the gap between the combat power between the two sides became clearer and clearer.

Yang Zhi stood alone on the bridge and looked at the battlefield. Although the Ming army was smaller in number, it had already controlled the situation firmly. The thunderstorm was like a millstone. Five thousand Ming troops formed several square formations, following them, chopping down the ground like a sparse Qi army that was hit by the impact. Several square formations were divided and time-to-time, perfectly showing the style of the eastern border army in the most powerful period of Chu State.

This made him a little sad. The Chu State was so powerful back then. There were Yang Yihe in literature and Cheng Wuben, and each literature and martial arts were all handed over the attack of Qi State for many years. Unfortunately, there were too few people left in this powerful army. After this battle, he could write to the emperor to keep the only remaining organization of the eastern border army, which could be regarded as a comfort to the grandfather and the old commander Cheng Wuben in the nine springs.

Since Yang Zhi led his army away, Hu Rui was as restless as an ant on a hot pan. He couldn't even stay in the government office, so he simply ran to the city and looked forward to it. He organized all the young and strong people in the city to the city. The city gates had long been closed and all the martial law in the city were also strictly enforced. But as long as he looked at the guys above the city who could use nothing, he felt that his neck was cold. He had seen strong troops. These young and strong people who were barely armed would be really useful at that time? Is it a fear that when the enemy's flag appears, they would throw their weapons and run away?

In the midst of torture, when night was about to fall, he finally saw a horse flying towards the city wall in the distance. Looking at the red flag behind the knight, Hu Rui let out a whimper from his throat. The loud voice scared him.

This is an unconscious reaction after suddenly relaxing from the extremely tense nerve.

The red flag will win!

"The general is mighty!" He couldn't help but wave his fists and roared.

The knight rushed to the city, and a beautiful small arc stopped sideways. The two front hooves of the war horse were raised high and stepped down heavily.

"A great victory in Qingtan, our troops annihilate the main force of the Qi army and kill the Qi general Peng Chun. The general has an order, and the Xiangzhou County Magistrate Hu Rui immediately organized the young and strong people in the city to go to Qingtan to assist the army in cleaning the battlefield and capture Yu Kou."

"Hu Rui, the governor of Xiangzhou, strictly abides by the general's order!" Hu Rui smiled happily above the city.

The 10,000 cavalry of Jiang Shangyan arrived the next day after the Qingtan war. What made him speechless was that he had nothing to do here. He was doing nothing except assisting Yang Zhi to clear out the fish that had broken through the battlefield.

Three days later, the logistics supply from Xiangzhou brought the two troops back to full health. They immediately set off for Kunling County. Zhou Jiyun faced Guo Xiancheng's main force. His troops were slightly insufficient. Now the entire Chu area mobilized troops were rushing from all over the place to Kunling County.

This war is not just a decisive battle with Guo Xiancheng. The emperor's words of going to Luzhou to celebrate the New Year have been passed down to the senior generals. Defeating Guo Xiancheng and taking down Luzhou City has become a problem they need to consider.

The form of Kunling County has gradually become clearer. With the two armies sent by Guo Xiancheng, one was destroyed and the other was blocked in Xuzhou and unable to make a substantial breakthrough, the focus of the entire battle was on the decisive battle between the main forces of both sides. For both sides, the Ming army still had a way out. Even if the battle failed, they would at most retreat to Kunling County. The troops that launched counterattacks from Wanzhou and Xuzhou on both sides could still force Guo Xiancheng not to be too deep, thus forming a stalemate again. However, for the Qi army, once the battle was lost, they would lose everything.

The overall form is extremely beneficial to the Ming army, but Zhou Jiyun dared not be careless at all. Sometimes the sad soldiers may collapse at once, but sometimes they can also burst out with amazing combat power. The combat power of the Qi army is actually not weak. Zhou Jiyun, who once was a general of Qi, certainly had a deep understanding of this army. If the Ming army had not had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, then it would be hard to say which one would win or lose in the two armies in the face of each other.

But weapons ultimately need to be manipulated by people. He did not dare to slacke in this battle, not to mention that the emperor said he wanted to go to Luzhou to celebrate the New Year, which put him in great pressure.

When both Kunling County and Luzhou were silently preparing for the final decisive battle, Cangzhou was not calm. Since the Ming army killed Tuobayan in the Hengduan Mountains and forced the Qi army to withdraw from Guangyang City, they have controlled the Hengduan Mountains. The army led by He Weiping has used Guangyang City as the base, and the army has already highlighted the Hengduan Mountains and posed a fatal threat to Cangzhou. At this time in Cangzhou, with the defeat of Tuobayan, the morale has also fallen to a lowest point. Yan Xiaoyi, who temporarily served as the army of Tuobayan, had 20,000 troops in his hand, but he has been unable to leave Cangzhou City.

After processing the last document, Wu Jing, the governor of Cangzhou County, stretched his waist long and rubbed his drowsy mind. After coming to Cangzhou for several years, he did his best to enable Cangzhou to support tens of thousands of troops with a group of land. As the former prince of Yue, his ability to use his talents to govern a county is really a trivial matter.

"Chang'an has a messenger again, asking us to take the initiative to seize Guangyang City. Is General Yan not ready to attack?" After taking a sip of tea, he turned to look at an official beside him.

"County magistrate, General Yan is afraid that it is not that he is not ready to attack, but that he has no intention of attacking at all." The official smiled bitterly.

Wu Jing was silent for a moment. He and Tuobayan came to Cangzhou. Each civil and military force had always been the forbidden area of ​​Tuobayan. He had never been able to reach out. Now he regretted it very much, because after Tuobayan's death, the command of this army fell into Yan Xiaoyi's hands. He wanted to obtain the command of this army several times, but returned in vain again and again.

"General Yan was scared by Mingren. Such a person is really not suitable to stay in this position anymore."
Chapter completed!