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Chapter 1256: Rescue Master Ji!

Xie Junyou took the lead and rushed to the front, followed by more than 600 cavalrymen in his camp. They all rode on their horses, drew their bows and arrows, and rushed towards the knights such as Bai Minghe who were fleeing back.

When they were less than a hundred steps away from Bai Ming He, the more than a thousand Yong Yi Army cavalrymen who had just passed by also rode back on their horses, as if they wanted to isolate Xie Junyou and the others.

Seeing this, Xie Junyou hurriedly took out a bow, pulled out an arrow and put it on the bowstring. He clamped his legs against the horse's belly to stabilize his body, and his eyes were fixed on Ji Donglai who was a hundred steps away...

Just when the two sides were within sixty steps, Xie Junyou, who had been enduring, finally shot the arrow in his hand. With a scream of "Ah", the cavalry formation of the Yongyi Army rushing towards him was immediately stopped.

Ji Donglai, who was leading the way, suddenly fell to the ground as if his horse had lost its front hoof. The knights behind him were naturally in a panic when they saw this.

"Hurry... hurry and save Master Ji!"

The galloping cavalry naturally could not stop immediately. More than ten riders were seen protecting Ji Donglai, and several of them dismounted and helped him up.

In fact, Ji Donglai himself was not injured by an arrow, but the left leg of the warhorse he was riding was shot by Xie Junyou, which caused him to suddenly fall to the ground and throw him off the horse.

Although there were less than a team of knights left to rescue him, the remaining knights still followed their respective captains and sentinels and charged forward.

But after Ji Donglai fell off his horse, the speed of the entire cavalry team's charge was somewhat affected, and it was almost impossible to restore the original speed.

Fortunately, they did not originally intend to engage in close combat with the rebel cavalry. Just when they turned their horses' heads, everyone had already replaced their weapons with new short guns.

Seeing that they were about to be trapped by the two cavalry units of Bai Minghe and Xie Junyou from the north and south, Liu Dacheng, the commander of the left division at the rear of the Tengshe Camp, roared: "Old Hu, I will go north and you will go south. Let's separate and intercept him. Just shoot him with your guns to avoid a fight!"

The right commander Hu Dengwei immediately responded: "Okay."

He turned back and yelled again: "Follow me, Yousi, kill the bandits with me!"

Following the orders from the two captains at the rear, more than a thousand knights immediately divided into two teams and rode forward to the north and south.

They all controlled their horses with their left hands and held their pistols with their right hands, leaning forward slightly, ready to shoot at any time.

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Xie Junyou shot down the general who was charging at the head of the opposing army with one arrow, and he couldn't help feeling happy.

However, he had never expected that the opposing team of government cavalry actually ignored the fact that their commander had fallen off his horse. Only a dozen or so riders stopped to guard, while the rest of the knights still galloped forward on their horses.

Xie Junyou said in his heart: "Not good!"

He grasped the reins of the warhorse with his left hand, kicked the horse's belly with both feet, leaned forward slightly, and shouted angrily: "Don't be a coward, follow me, charge at him!"

The two sides were only about 60 to 70 steps apart. Although the government troops slowed down slightly due to Ji Donglai's fall from his horse, the impact was almost negligible. Soon, the two sides were almost at a head-on collision distance. Xie Junyou suddenly saw a flash of fire from the opposite government cavalry, followed by a puff of gray-white light smoke rising into the sky, which quickly merged into one, almost covering the government cavalry running towards them.

His reaction was also surprisingly fast. The moment he saw the fire, Xie Junyou suddenly lowered his body and completely fell on the neck of the warhorse...

"Bang... bang... bang..."

There were continuous explosions from short guns, and the cavalry of the rebel army fell off their horses one after another with a "crackling" sound. The scene was like dumplings being dropped into a pot, and they fell down in an instant.

Xie Junyou didn't need to look back. Just by listening to the sound, he knew that there were no less than thirty or forty knights who had fallen off their horses. However, the arrows were on the string and had to be fired. He suddenly stood up and shouted, "The soldiers' cannons have missed. Brothers... kill!"

Just as Xie Junyou said, the pistols of the knights at the rear of the Tengshe Camp had indeed been used up. However, they did not only rely on pistols to kill the enemy, their ability in horseback fighting was also outstanding.

They quickly put their pistols back into the gun bags on the sides of the saddles, drew out their sabers, and fought with Xie Junyou and other cavalrymen of the rebel army.

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The cavalry of the Yongyi Army are now equipped with uniform standard weapons. Their standard weapons are tiger spears, sabers and short-handed guns. Although the various strange weapons that everyone used in the past have not been completely confiscated, they are strictly prohibited from using them during training, exercises and combat. Only when they are on guard duty can they use the weapons they used to use.

There was initially a lot of opposition to this decision made by Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng. What everyone was most worried about was whether it would affect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry and cause them to suffer losses in fighting on the battlefield.

Replacing a weapon has always been a taboo in the military!

After all, everyone is very skilled in using their original weapons. Now that they have uniformly replaced their standard weapons, they have to practice from scratch, which will have a huge impact on the combat effectiveness of the army.

However, Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng rejected all objections and was very determined to replace the standard weapons. Although it was very likely to have a certain impact on combat effectiveness, it was not impossible to overcome it as long as they practiced diligently.

After all the cavalry in the army uniformly replaced their standard weapons, it was great news for logistics. Not only could the weapons workshop in the artisan camp use assembly lines for unified manufacturing, but repair and replacement on the battlefield would also become very simple and easy.

Furthermore, although the replacement of unified standard weapons will have a certain impact on combat effectiveness in the short term, in the long run it will greatly improve the overall combat effectiveness of the entire army and make the training of new recruits more traceable in the future.

Looking at this matter from a comprehensive perspective, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!

That is why Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng insisted on his own opinions and decisions. Today, the commanders, deputy commanders and other generals of each camp have also seen with their own eyes the benefits of uniformly replacing standard weapons, so naturally there is no opposition anymore.

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At this moment, the knights had just put their pistols back into their gun bags, and the enemy was almost right beside them, about to approach them. They had no time to take down the tiger spears hanging on the Deshenggou, so they drew out the sabers on the sides of the saddle.

They raised their shining sabers diagonally and rushed towards Xie Junyou and other rebel cavalry, and immediately engaged in battle with them...

  The clanging sounds of weapons colliding, the roars and curses of the knights on both sides, and the neighing and wailing of war horses, all intertwined together, like a symphony of battle, magnificent and grand!

If it weren't for the occasional splashes of blood and mist, as well as the screams of the fallen knights, which brought people back to the reality of the battlefield, some people might have thought this was a symphony performance...