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Chapter 50 Cavalry Charge
The army in Guangnan region lacks horse troops. In addition to the lack of horses, another main reason is the dense river channels.

The two armies are fighting, and the horse army charges!Before we even picked up the speed, a small river appeared in front of us.

The contact area of ​​the horseshoe determines that the speed of the horse cannot be fast on soft ground and shallow water, let alone deep water.

Therefore, the weapons carried by the officers and soldiers this time were normal infantry weapons such as six-foot spears and swords and shields, and they were not prepared to deal with the weapons of the cavalry army.

The officers and soldiers did not stop after gathering at the Daning Salt Field, and continued to march southward, and Shen Shi reached the north bank of the Dongbao River.

In this section of Dongbao River close to its mouth, the width of the river reaches [-] feet, and there is no bridge to pass directly.

In situations like this, a pontoon is usually built by the accompanying ships, and then people pass quickly along the pontoon. But it is going to be night soon, so naturally they cannot continue to cross the river.

Officers and soldiers began to camp on the north bank of Dongbao River.

As soon as Su Zhi's order was given, he saw an army coming from the south bank of Dongbao River.

This army has a neat appearance, and the soldiers are dressed in clean, neat, and close-fitting uniforms.Now that the weather has begun to get hot, everyone is wearing long pants and long sleeves, and they can maintain a stable formation during the march.

"What kind of army is this?" Su Zhi was very surprised. He didn't expect that when he came out this time, he would encounter an organized infantry army coming to fight.

It seems that the army on the opposite side has almost one battalion (command), which far exceeds the previous estimate of Chenjiazhuang's strength.

"It should be from Chenjiazhuang. I seem to have seen such clothes that are too close-fitting in the city before." Wang Xu replied.

In this era, literati all wear robes and coolies all wear shorts, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are loose.

Because the current textile technology is too low-level, the cotton and linen produced lack elasticity. If you want to move easily, you can only wear loose clothes.

Chen Xun chose a military uniform that was slightly close-fitting, but he actually sacrificed a certain amount of comfort for the sake of military appearance.

"I think Chenjiazhuang's intention to rebel must have been premeditated. Now if you look at this battalion of traitors, the intention to rebel is obvious." Su Zhi said angrily.

"Superintendent Su doesn't dare to say that. There are rebels in the jurisdiction, which is not good for all of us." Wang Xu, as the county magistrate and the chief official of a county, is even more sensitive to this kind of thing.

If there are rebels in the county that you govern, even if they are eliminated in time, it will show that you have a big problem in governing the people, which will greatly affect your assessment.

"The thief is on the south bank. We need to be on guard tonight." Su Zhi changed the subject.

He still didn't plan to start a war immediately, and his fighting style was to fight slowly and steadily.

Most of the officers and soldiers suffer from night blindness and become blind after dark. Seeing that it will be dark in another hour, there is no condition for fighting today.

If things don't go as planned, Su Zhi doesn't want to fight, but he can't let him.

The Chenjiazhuang infantry on the south bank actually began to build a pontoon bridge using wooden pontoons.

"Are they crazy?" Su Zhi couldn't believe it.

The enemy has fewer people than our own, and they plan to take the initiative to fight across the river. Where does the confidence come from?

"Let's let the naval warships come over to prevent the bandits from sneaking in at night and attacking at night." Wang Xu suggested.

"Okay." With sea ships defending, it is impossible to build a pontoon bridge. It happens that our own ships will be needed to build a pontoon bridge tomorrow.

The order was passed, but the warships still did not come. Su Zhi looked at the sea and found that there seemed to be not only his own warships in the bay, but also a wave of gathered warships, confronting the officers and soldiers.

"Is this also from Chenjiazhuang?"

"It should be!" Wang Xu replied: "Chenjiazhuang colluded with the pirates. It is very likely that these warships belong to the pirates."

"This battle is not easy to fight." Su Zhi sighed. He originally thought it was an easy job, but he didn't expect it to be more and more troublesome. He then continued to order his subordinates: "Send the order and ask the navy to send thirty ships." The warship is back."

If Chenjiazhuang really only has so many troops, in this confrontation situation, the officers and soldiers continue to set up camp without being affected by the navy and land forces in Chenjiazhuang. This is a very safe way to deal with it and make Su Zhi invincible.

pity!His enemy is Chen Xun. ...

The Chenjiazhuang Cavalry Battalion, which made a large circle from the upper reaches of the Dongbao River and forcibly crossed the river in shallow water, finally assembled behind the officers and soldiers.

"Commander Sun has intercepted three waves of officers and soldiers' signal troops. If we continue to cut off the information transmission between officers and soldiers, I am afraid that the commander of officers and soldiers will notice that there is a difference in the rear." A horse army deputy horse envoy (deputy of Yidu cavalry) reported.

"Coach, let's set off." Sun Zheng reported to the Ma Army commander.

"It's almost time to rest, let's set off." The instructor of the Ma Army temporarily served as the commander. He was very knowledgeable and knew that he was paving the way for Sun Zheng, so this battle basically relied on Sun Zheng's opinions: "This battle is based on You direct it yourself, I'll be right next to you."

"Thank you, coach." Sun Zheng sincerely thanked him.

Three hundred cavalry began to set off, galloping towards the officers and soldiers.

The two armies were three miles apart. By the time Chenjiazhuang's horse army set foot on the official road, their whereabouts were already very obvious.As the distance between the two armies got closer and closer, three hundred horses advanced at the same time, and the huge sound was clearly transmitted to the officers and soldiers camp in front.

Sun Zheng saw from a distance that the officers and soldiers discovered that there were horse troops in the rear, and the entire camp immediately panicked.

The cavalry army advanced another mile, and the officers and soldiers showed signs of command. Spearmen were arranged in the rear and began to form formation.

"Speed ​​up! Charge!" Sun Zheng ordered loudly.

"Kill!" The cavalrymen who came later began to shout, cheering!

The cavalry formation gradually changed from the Long Snake Formation to the Yanxiang Formation, and Sun Zheng became the tip of the entire Yanxiang Formation.

The distance continues to approach, two hundred steps!

One hundred steps!

"Follow me!!" Sun Zheng changed the lance in his hand from erect to horizontal.

The arms were folded and attached to the waist, tightly clamping the tail of the lance. The tip of the lance was just at the chest of the enemy infantry.

"Kill!!!" All the cavalry behind raised their lances horizontally, forming an overwhelming array of spears.

The spearmen of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side also reluctantly set up a formation, but they did not expect to fight with a large-scale cavalry, so the spears in their hands were only more than six feet long, with the tail of the spear tilted on the ground, and the spear shaft leaking out in front of them. Just over three feet left.

This is very different from the two-foot spear designed to fight cavalry.

Fifty steps!
"Kill!" Sun Zheng roared to cheer himself up and at the same time cheer up the cavalry behind him.

"Kill!" The momentum of the entire cavalry formation reached its peak.

Twenty steps!Sun Zheng could already see the horrified expressions on the faces of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

He clenched the lance in his hand, and his violent heartbeat gave Sun Zheng a strong stimulation, making him extremely excited.

"Kill!" The two armies came into contact.

An officer's spear pierced the left side of Sun Zheng's horse's chest. The iron-plated breastplate was not penetrated, but the spear shaft was broken directly. The officer's and soldier's hands holding the spears immediately became dripping with blood.

Sun Zheng aimed the spear in his hand at the officer, and the point of the spear pierced his chest precisely. The thin leather armor was of no help at all, and the officer and soldier were directly pierced by the spear.

Let go of the long spear in his hand, let it stand upright by the corpses of the officers and soldiers, quickly draw the saber from the saddle with his right hand, and slash left and right at the officers and soldiers behind the long spear array.

Almost in the blink of an eye, as soon as two officers and soldiers were killed, the defensive line of officers and soldiers at the rear was penetrated by Sun Zheng, and the unsuspecting camp of officers and soldiers in front came into view.

"Kill!" Sun Zheng, who survived, calmed down, and the calm killing machine was even more powerful.

The Yanxiang formation tore apart the defensive formation of officers and soldiers, and three hundred cavalry rushed into the unsuspecting officers and soldiers camp along the gap, like wolves into a flock of sheep.

(End of this chapter)