However, the Zhao family's light cavalry did not cooperate very much. Although some light cavalry were as close to the official army array as possible, they ignored the provocations of the official army's light cavalry. They only started to fight back when they were chased tightly. Some even kept running. The two armies had a battle distance of 1,000 steps. This interval was easy to run back to the team and could not catch up.

Horsemen from Mongolia often take advantage of a lot of advantages. They are quite good at riding and shooting. Within twenty steps, both sides are close to the bumpy horseback and aim at launch. The Zhao family cavalry from Mongolia are not frightened and even have many tricks to play. Other Zhao family cavalry from Zhao family can only cooperate with each other or rely on their own team to protect them.

Even so, the light cavalry of the Zhao family army did not gain the upper hand overall, and the advantages of the official cavalry seemed quite obvious, which made the official army cheer and the morale were high, and the army led the team kept giving rewards.

"There are cannons on the city wall, but they have not been seen in the official army."

"More than ten artillery pieces are being pushed to the front of the formation. Just assume the artillery array on the east side of the enemy array, and there is no idea when the state ammunition will be in place."

The light cavalry of the Zhao family army kept moving forward and circling in order to find out the news. The ratio of the Ming Dynasty's military weapons and equipment was very high, and casting cannons was a tradition of the official army in recent years. However, these cannons are more used to defend the city and are less used in field battles. However, today's battle is of great importance, and the official army must also use their weapons as much as possible.

"According to the news of the inner guard, there are 23 artillery guns in total, and it seems that the location has been found out." After the light cavalry returned, Zhao Jin smiled on his face, and set up a watchtower with a bamboo and wood frame to the right rear of the formations of each regiment. Zhao Jin was standing on the stage and observing the enemy formation with a thousand-mile mirror. Below was the commanded personal guards.

"Follow the enemy's artillery and repay it at any time!" Zhao Jin gave the order, and the cavalry below roared away.

"The order for the artillery regiment Meng Zhiqi to stop immediately after the enemy's artillery position is started, and the army must not be delayed." Zhao Jin issued orders one by one.

The sound of war drums in the direction of the county town gradually became rhythmic. Zhao Jin also came down from the watchtower and said in a deep voice: "The enemy's army was divided into three groups. In fact, we fought two groups. The enemy's army was the weakest, but was only used to support and defend. The central army was the strongest, followed by the Western army. After the war started, it was estimated that the Western army would attack our left wing and the Central Army would fight head-on."

Following Zhao Jin's narration and the record of the fact that the clerks and personal guards around him could not stay, Zhao Jin said again: "But the enemy's movements are much slower than our army. I will use the horse team to restrain the Western Army. After the brigade defeated the front, he turned to the enemy. The artillery regiment always obeyed the orders and sent them!"

The guards below agreed loudly, and several clerks and guards quickly recorded and handed over the orders to the commanders. The commanders wanted to repeat Zhao Jin's orders. If they had any questions, they would use this text to proofread them. When it was really urgent, they were naturally just a command, and they had not reached that level yet.

The messenger rode a horse and left. Zhao Jinxin felt something. He looked up at the sky and found a black dot swept across the sky. It should be a bird like a falcon. It was flying high enough that he dared to come over. If it were a little bird, it would have been frightened and flew away from afar.

If you look down from the perspective of the eagle falcon in the sky, you can see that the eight regiments of the two brigades of the Zhao family have been arranged into horizontal and horizontal lines, the fourth regiment of the second brigade is in the first row, the first regiment of the first brigade is in the second row, the first regiment of the personal guard brigade is in the right back position of the big brigade, while the Suzhou regiment is in the left back position, the iron armored horse army brigade, the horse army brigade and the horse army brigade directly under the horse army brigade are in the right rear corner of the entire large formation, and the artillery array is in the further back position, but there are also artillery being pushed forward, and other teams of the teaching brigade are guard artillery arrays.

The formation on the side of the official army has also been set up. According to their respective ranks, they are arranged in units of soldiers led by the Thousand Generals. Cavalry are in front and infantry are behind. Generals, deputy generals, generals, and guerrilla military officers at all levels are at the critical position surrounded by personal soldiers. Flags are waving everywhere. Looking down from the sky, you can see that the official army is also neatly formed. The troops and horses of different military towns are clearly distinguished. However, compared with the neat array of Zhao's swords and axes, the official army is like barely formed batter.

The number of official troops is more than three times that of the Zhao family army, but because of the tight and loose formation, looking at each other from the sky, the scale of the official troops is five times or even more than that of the Zhao family army. This huge gap makes the whole army more confident.

On the side of the official army, the chief general Zhang Jixian was in charge of the Xuanfu army, surrounded by his personal guards, and the flag of commander was flying around him. The supreme commander of this official army, Wang Zaijin, was in Jinghai County at this time. The overall situation was decided, and the deployment of each army must be issued from the government office in the city. This is why the generals did not care about it and could not make the right decision in person.

Watching the light cavalry fighting between the two armies and watching the cavalry of the Xuzhou bandit army turn their heads and flee back from time to time, the morale of the official army array became increasingly high, and cheering and shouting wave after wave. However, the generals and subordinates at all levels in the army were not so happy. Although there were many people on their side, the neatness and calmness of the bandit army made people feel very uncomfortable. As a general, he naturally knew that this queue was important for combat power.

"What a luxurious military armor, is this made bamboo and wood painted?" More than one person said this.

In the morning light, the armor of the Zhao family soldiers reflected light. Even if the thieves in Xuzhou were greedy, how could they have money to build so many armors? Is this rebellion just to equip soldiers, so don’t you enjoy it? Many people are wondering if the thief is bluffing, getting bamboo and wood paint, and deliberately making such metal reflections. But the thief paint also costs a lot. Looking at the thief array opposite, he is not as crazy as if he is so heartless.

What is even more puzzling is the opponent's style of play. The array and movements of Xuzhou thieves are completely incompatible with military tactics and warfare examples. Teams are standing densely, and the spears look like a dense forest. Then before the spears of this team, there is a relatively loose horizontal lineup. A light cavalry saw the reward and said that they are all holding muskets.

Is the Xuzhou thief crazy or not? Do you know that this firearm is not the decisive victory in the formation? As soon as the cavalry rushed over, what could his musket be used to? It was not the end of being rushed in front of him to cut melons and vegetables. However, since entering the Northern Zhili Xuzhou thief, he has been very calm and should not make such a mistake. The remaining cavalry of Er Yang said that the firearm of the Xuzhou thief was extremely sharp and specialized in defeating the cavalry, but the blocking near Qingxian proved that this firearm may not be the case. Xuzhou's firearm was indeed not bad, but in that situation, as long as there were enough cavalry invested and some strength added, you would definitely attack.

The flags in front of the official army were about to move, and the cavalry of each battalion began to gather here. Since it was a dignified battle, there were not many tricks to play. It was just to use the elite cavalry to destroy the bandit formation first, and then the army covered and killed. At this time, it was nothing more than the determination of the commander and generals. If you were willing to die and injured, you would not lose.

At this moment, a low roar sounded in front of the Zhao family army array. The sound made the official army array scattered immediately. The thieves fired so early? The distance between the two sides was almost a thousand steps. Could it be that the Xuzhou thief had a general artillery? Is it bluffing?

In the chaos, artillery shells roared on one side of the team, causing the government troops there to flee everywhere immediately. Someone looked over, but found that it was the official artillery team. The official gunners on the other side were running away in panic, but the casualties were not serious. The shells hit the empty space, but they took two lives when they jumped. But the gun was already panicking, and no one dared to lean over.

Not only was the cannon formation panicked, but the troops of the government army that had just stood were panicked. The other party could hit so far. What if they were fighting towards their own queue? The roar of cannons continued. The front line of the government army was already a little panicked, but the shells always landed near the official army artillery team. The soldiers and soldiers who were still building artillery turrets fled far away, and no one dared to get close.

"The horse team attacks the enemy's formation, and the Western horse team attacks the enemy's left wing, send troops immediately!" Although the coach Zhang Jixian didn't understand why the opponent was staring at the irrelevant artillery team, he knew that if the opponent allowed to fight, the entire army would be unable to maintain and had to fight back.

The cavalry received the order from the generals and started to move forward. They had no intention of staying for too long. The sound of the cannon was very frustrating. God knew when it would fall on their own.

While the cavalry was moving forward, there was a blast at the position of the official army's artillery array, with sparse screams, and some people shouted heart-wrenchingly: "The gunpowder exploded!"

The official army was scolding and complaining. Since the thieves fired the cannon, everyone had already avoided the position where the shells fell, but there was still such a problem that they could not be shaken away. The cannon was bulky and had no killing. It was said that it was a decay of more than ten miles and killed thousands of people. But I never saw such a mighty time, and it was a mess at this moment. To put it bluntly, the cavalry and infantry came to fight for the battle. Is there a bird for the muskets? If it was useful, the grassland, Mongolia, and the Jianzhou Jurchens would have been pacified long ago.

There are even more things that people don’t want to think about. The official army is well-armed and has superior equipment. Shouldn’t the official army show off firearms and bombard them with cannons. When the cannon sounds, the thieves will collapse? But now it seems that who is the thief and who is the official army? The generals and the generals are better, and the soldiers below can’t help thinking, and the more they think about it, the more they feel panic and guilty.

"Jiang Ye, it may be that the thief's shells hit our arms brazier, and the charcoal fire ignited gunpowder."

The one who commanded the artillery team was a Qianmai in the Beijing camp, but this Qianmai was not very popular in the Beijing camp, so there was no reliance in front of the chief general, and Zhang Jixian was too lazy to pay attention to it. In his opinion, the soldiers who manipulated the firearms were all greedy and afraid of death.

But at this time, he was too lazy to care about the other party, and just said coldly: "Useless waste, when the army is pressing forward, go and clean up the artillery, and then go to the city to stand by."

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