The Ming cavalry troops stationed in Huizhou Prefecture City received the order from Ren Jianxiu that a thousand cavalry left Huizhou Prefecture City to chase and suppress the small group of thieves who had been harassing the Ming army.

One thousand cavalry acted together, and the momentum was huge, and the situation of four or five thousand infantry charges was not much different. The most important thing was that the cavalry charge was much faster than the infantry.

The troops sent by He Yan to attack the Ming army stationed in the area near the mountains and forests were active, and they would not leave the mountains and forests too far, and they did not hide their traces. He Yan hid in the mountains and forests with the remaining troops, and could rush out of the mountains and forests to support the troops outside the mountains and forests at any time.

As for the Ming soldiers captured after several battles, they sent cold weapons troops to Guishan County. At the same time, some people were mobilized from Guishan County. The distance from Guishan County to Huizhou Prefecture City is only more than twenty miles away. At the speed of the People's Army, it can be completed in less than half a day.

Soon, the Ming cavalry unit learned the traces of the People's Army and rushed towards this side.

Not to mention the hundreds of People's Army against a thousand Ming cavalry, even if the thousand people led by He Yan gathered together, they could not face the charge of a thousand cavalry. Basically, the Ming cavalry could defeat He Yan's troops with just one charge.

The main reason is that the number of firearm troops is too small, and the speed of fire of the tiger head gun is relatively slow.

If there were one thousand people each had a tiger-headed gun, after that person fired a gun, there would be only a few cavalry left in the thousand Ming army. The People's Armed Forces had more than one thousand tiger-headed guns equipped by the People's Armed Forces, but they had been scattered into four mixed brigades. He Yan had only three companies and about three hundred and sixty tiger-headed guns.

Seeing the Ming cavalry troops rushing towards them, hundreds of People's Army soldiers who were active outside the forest quickly retreated towards the forest. At the same time, the troops in the forest were ready to fight and rushed out of the forest to fight at any time.

Step! Step! Step! Step!

A thousand war horses trampled on the earth together. If they were closer, they seemed to feel that the earth was about to split. The momentum of moving forward seemed to defeat all the enemies ahead.

Six hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

Four hundred meters!

"Open fire!" He Yan shouted.

The next moment, more than 120 tiger-headed guns fired.

Because the distance is too far, it is difficult for human eyes to tell whether it is the horse or the person on the back of the horse. He did not aim at it at all, but aimed directly in front of him and then fired. More than 120 lead bullets were directly pierced into the cavalry queue.

Suddenly, the cavalry lineup was in front of the horse and the horses were overturned. Dozens of cavalry were hit by lead bullets. Whether it was a person or a horse, with the power of a tiger-headed spear, these dozens of cavalry lost their combat power.

The Ming cavalry was still charging due to the loss of dozens of cavalry. Compared with the cavalry units of up to one thousand cavalry, dozens of cavalry were less than one-twentieth, and they could not scare the Ming cavalry back at all.

After a wave of lead bullets, within ten seconds, the second wave of lead bullets and the third wave of lead bullets followed, and each wave of lead bullets had more than 120 at most.

After three waves of lead bounces, the Ming cavalry troops had lost more than one hundred cavalry and more than one tenth of them. The Ming cavalry troops were still charging.

The distance between the two sides has been shortened from 400 meters to 300 meters.

"Crush, hurry up, the thief is right in front. Kill a thief and reward ten taels of silver. Kill the thief leader, reward one hundred taels of silver and upgrade one level!"

Promotion and wealth are the best motivation for the soldiers of the Ming army. The distance of only a few hundred meters is only a short distance for the cavalry. If you rush over and kill the enemy, they can be promoted and wealthy!

From 300 meters to 150 meters, the Ming cavalry lost more than 100 cavalry. The distance between the two sides was only fifty feet, and it was really close!

At this time, something unexpected happened to the Ming cavalry.

"Retreat, retreat back to the woods!"

The three companies of the People's Arms fired several rounds, facing the enemy cavalry that were about to rush over in front of them, quickly ran to the woods at most ten meters away behind them.

When all the People's Army soldiers ran into the woods, the closest distance between the Ming cavalry was less than thirty feet away from the woods.

"Damn it, the thief actually fled into the woods. Turn around quickly!" General Huang, who commanded the cavalry, issued a new order angrily.

Cavalry can exert their maximum combat effectiveness on the open ground, but they will not work when they encounter woods. Trees will block the cavalry. The firearms used by the People's Army can be directly next to the trees to the cavalry outside the woods.

General Huang thought of this and immediately ordered the cavalry to turn.

Just as the cavalry was turning, the People's Arms fired at the Ming cavalry again, and the tiger-headed cannons set up in advance fired solid artillery shells at the Ming cavalry. If the two sides were closer, the tiger-headed cannon could also fire shots, which would kill a large number of shots.

Waves of lead bullets flew out of the woods, continuously consuming the vitality of the Ming cavalry. When the Ming cavalry rushed out of the range of the tiger-headed rifle, there were only more than 400 cavalry left, and more than half of them were lost!

After looking at his subordinates who were lying on the battlefield, General Huang was furious, but he had no way to deal with the people's army hiding in the woods, so he had to retreat to Huizhou Prefecture City with more than 400 cavalry.

There must be many Ming soldiers who were not dead on the battlefield, but General Huang did not dare to go back to search. The People's Army's firearms made General Huang frightened. If he hadn't been in the back of the cavalry team most of the time, he might have fallen on the battlefield.

Seeing the Ming cavalry retreating and having walked out of the woods, He Yan showed a somewhat disappointed look. More than 400 of a thousand cavalry escaped, which only means that the cavalry troops were crippled, but the remaining more than 400 cavalry still have considerable strength.

There is only one chance to attack the Ming cavalry unit, and it is difficult for the Ming army to give He Yan another chance.

However, there is also good news. This battle eliminated more than 500 cavalrymen, and about 200 intact war horses were on the battlefield. The People's Army has always lacked war horses and cavalry. In the army, war horses were mainly used by scouts, commanders, and senior officers, and there was no separate cavalry unit at all.

This time, two hundred intact war horses were seized, and some of them needed to be transferred to other departments of the People's Army. He Yan felt that the rest could be formed.

"Cleaning the battlefield quickly and we will return to Shan County."

"yes!"

Before the People's Army of He Yan's troops had finished cleaning the battlefield, General Huang had already returned to Huizhou Prefecture City with more than 400 cavalry. General Huang came to Ren Jianxiu and personally reported to Ren Jianxiu about the situation of the battle.

The cavalry unit was severely damaged, General Huang didn't feel much, but Ren Jianxiu saw it.
Chapter completed!