The three-barreled gun is a three-barreled single-soldier hand gun, with a length ranging from one foot to one foot and three inches (35-45 cm).

There is a handle seat at the tail, which can be installed with wooden handles of different lengths.

The specific length of the wooden handle is decided by the soldiers themselves. If it is too long, it will be inconvenient to carry and load powder and ammunition, so under normal circumstances, the length of the wooden handle does not exceed six feet (2 meters).

On the battlefield, an inch longer is an inch stronger. After the two armies came into close combat, the Ming cavalry holding three-barreled guns had only two actions: swing and smash!

The long wooden handle and the three-barreled gun combined together become a blunt weapon.

The advantage of blunt weapons is that they can ignore the protective capabilities of armor and directly cause internal injuries to the opponent.

With a puff sound.

A Ming soldier holding a three-barreled gun hit the helmet of the Dashi soldier.

The seemingly hard helmet was directly smashed and dented. The soldier's blood and brain matter spilt out, his limbs twitched and he fell off his horse.

"Go to hell!" Another Ming soldier swung his three-barreled gun and smashed it at the opponent's right side.

The Dashi soldier had no time to dodge and subconsciously stretched out his right hand to block.

Crack, there was a sound of breaking bones in the right arm.

"Ah..." The scream just started and then stopped abruptly.

Because he was pushed off his horse by the Ming army with a three-barreled gun, and then trampled to death by the horses' hooves.

The battlefield is like purgatory, with people dying every moment.

However, most of the deaths were from the Dashi Army, and very few were from the Ming Army.

Bai Wenxuan was stunned. He knew that his cavalry was weak, but he didn't expect it to be so weak.

"What the hell, I can't defeat my opponent with twice the number of troops! Soldiers of the Central Army, follow me and charge into battle!"

"Kill!" Bai Wenxuan led the remaining two thousand cavalrymen and rushed to the battlefield.

Before he could rush into the battlefield, dust flew up on the right wing.

From the flag above, we can tell that the other side is the Ming army.

Bai Wenxuan did not dare to ignore it, so he could only lead the cavalry around and then return to the original place for vigilance.

He did not dare to attack rashly without knowing the enemy's situation, as that would only destroy the Dashi cavalry.

The two thousand cavalrymen who appeared on Bai Wenxuan's right wing were sent by Li Xingzhong. Although the number was not large, it was enough.

at the same time.

He deployed 3,000 cavalry in front of Sun Kewang's infantry formation and 1,000 cavalry on each wing. These cavalry neither attacked nor retreated.

Just stay where you are and confront Sun Kewang.

As long as the infantry dared to retreat to support Bai Wenxuan, these cavalry would charge immediately.

Sun Kewang began to sweat on his back because he was completely at his wit's end.

attack?

Dare not!

Once the attack begins, the army must find a way to move. A moving army will expose its flaws, and if the enemy sees and seizes the flaws, the battle will be lost.

retreat?

no!

The soldiers are likely to be defeated during the retreat and collapse without fighting.

Stalemate?

Still doesn't work.

Bai Wenxuan's cavalry had already fallen into a disadvantage. Once the cavalry was destroyed by the Ming army, his infantry would face the same fate.

"Give an order to Bai Wenxuan to send troops to ask Li Dingguo for reinforcements!" Sun Kewang shouted at the messenger.

After seeing the command flag waving, Bai Wenxuan whispered a few words to the soldiers around him.

Five or six personal soldiers turned their horses and left the team, galloping towards the west.

However, before they disappeared from sight, they were shot and killed by the Ming army who were ambushing behind them.

Li Xingzhong thoroughly implemented the tactics of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

He deployed 8,000 cavalry to block the enemy in the front, and then divided the remaining 7,000 cavalry into two, with 2,000 of them blocking Sun Kewang's rear, and the remaining 5,000 cavalry, led by him personally, rushed towards Luoshan County.

Li Dingguo's 20,000-strong army was resting on the spot.

"Report!" The scout came running over in a panic: "General Sun Kewang is surrounded by Ming cavalry. He dares not attack, and dares not retreat."

"What?" Li Dingguo was shocked.

"Report!" Another scout came running over, "We spotted a cavalry unit four miles ahead, without flags, and it looks like the Ming army."

"How many soldiers are there?"

"There's so much dust flying that it's impossible to count!" the scout replied.

"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy!" Li Dingguo quickly set up a defense line.

The troops under his command were all elite soldiers of the Dashi, much stronger than Sun Kewang's soldiers. In addition, the military formation had already been arranged before, so they quickly formed their formation.

Twelve thousand infantry were in front and eight thousand cavalry were behind.

"Where is Jin Tongwu?" Li Dingguo looked around.

Jin Tongwu, the commander of the camp, rode his horse to Li Dingguo and said, "General, I am here to serve you."

Li Dingguo unfolded the map in his hand, pointed at it and said, "Two miles south of our army there is a small river, but the water has dried up. Further south of the river is a stretch of hills and mountains. The terrain there is undulating, which is suitable for concealed marches."

"You lead 3,000 cavalrymen across the creek, and then go around the hills to the rear of the Ming army."

"After the two armies engage in battle, you will immediately attack from behind the Ming army. The Ming army will surely be defeated if they are attacked from both sides."

"Don't worry, General. I'll go right away!" Jin Tongwu led 3,000 cavalrymen to retreat first. After retreating far enough, they stopped and marched towards the river.

......

"Report!" The Ming army scouts ran to Li Xingzhong and said, "Your Excellency the General, tens of thousands of bandits have been spotted ahead."

"Who is leading the troops?" Li Xingzhong asked.

"Looking at the flag, it seems to be Li Dingguo."

"Li Dingguo..." Li Xingzhong whispered the name.

Although he didn't know why His Majesty wanted to surrender Li Dingguo, His Majesty's order was an imperial decree.

He must comply.

"Order the entire army to retreat, and send another 500 cavalrymen to the north to sneak along the shallows of the Huai River towards Luoshan County! There is no need to engage in battle when we reach the county, just let them see our flag!"

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