Chapter 1489
Han Army Flag
Chapter 1489 Han Army Flag
"Look carefully at the changes in their army's flags." Seeing that Li Nai was at a loss, Qian Tiandun reminded him.
Li Nai observed for a while, and finally understood what Qian Tiandun meant.After that, there was actually a flag with a big "geng" written on it in the Jin army formation. Obviously, this is the Han army flag in the Jin army.As for the generals surnamed Geng in the Han army flag, only the rebel general of the Ming Dynasty, Geng Zhongming.
Geng Zhongming was a Han from Liaodong, but he joined Houjin as a soldier in his early years and became an officer of Qian Zong. Later, he defected to Pidao and served as an official under Mao Wenlong.After Mao Wenlong died under Yuan Chonghuan in the second year of Chongzhen, Geng Zhongming refused to accept the jurisdiction and went to Dengzhou, Shandong to defect to Sun Yuanhua, and then became a general in the Chinese army.In the fourth year of Chongzhen, after Kong Youde launched a mutiny at Wuqiao, Geng Zhongming acted as Kong Youde's inner responder in Dengzhou, and he won Dengzhou City.
In the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, the rebels in Dengzhou finally could no longer support them. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming abandoned the city and fled to the sea, and then surrendered to Houjin.Later, Emperor Jinhan Emperor Taiji went out to greet Shili, and granted Geng Zhongming the post of chief soldier, and called the rebels they brought out from Daming "Tianyou soldiers".
According to the original history, after Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor this year, Geng Zhongming would be named King of Huaishun, and together with Kong Youde, King Gongshun, and Shang Kexi, King Zhishun, were collectively called "King Sanshun". He was one of the senior generals who followed him, and his position in the post-Jin army was very important.However, Haihan's intervention changed the original historical trajectory. After the Jin Army suffered consecutive defeats in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji lost the mood to be enthroned and proclaimed emperor. Naturally, the matter of Geng Jingzhong's title to the king was postponed indefinitely.
Azige has been sluggish and unable to open the situation in Jinzhou. Even the general Yangguli died on the battlefield here. It is naturally impossible for Huang Taiji to be satisfied with such a record.However, the troops of the Manchurian Banner and the Mongolian Banner were mainly cavalry, and sending reinforcements to Jinzhou was just a tactic to add fuel to the opponent's record.Huang Taiji considered it again and again and decided to transfer the Han army flag with a high proportion of muskets and artillery to Jinzhou to deal with the mysterious and powerful Haihan army.
The Han army flag has a special status in the Houjin army. On the one hand, the Han people are often used as slaves in Liaodong, and their social status is extremely low. A system such as the Han army flag was specially set up.The Manchu generals actually looked down on these surrendered generals, and they respected them only because they were intimidated by the majesty of Huang Taiji.However, as a soldier, one's status is ultimately maintained by record. Whether the Han army flag has the same combat power as its status, this time being transferred to Jinzhou to deal with the Haihan people is actually a test.
In fact, Geng Zhongming didn't want to take this errand. Before he fled to Liaodong to make money, he had heard of a group of very good armed merchants from the south. Baishizhi, who was the first tyrant in the South China Sea, was also defeated in his hands.
Geng Zhongming heard that the Haihan army went north and shot Zhoushan Island outside Hangzhou Bay not long after the gold was dropped in the sixth year of Chongzhen. After another year, the tentacles of the Haihan people reached Dengzhou, Shandong.Geng Zhongming thought that Daming would have a more violent response to this kind of invasion, but he did not expect that the Haihan people would quickly stand on their feet in Dengzhou, and began to pay attention to Liaodong.
When Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde fled across the sea from Dengzhou to Liaodong, they also carried a group of navy personnel and a large number of ships. It can be said that they were the first professional navy unit in the post-Jin army.However, the Haihan people sent fleets from time to time to sweep back and forth on the coast of Liaodong, but in a few months they destroyed most of the warships they brought over with great difficulty, and the remaining ships could only escape by trying to hide in the upper reaches of the inland river. The blow of the Haihan warship.The incompetence of the Haihan surface armed forces was also Geng Zhongming's first intuitive impression of the Haihan Army.
But even so, Geng Zhongming did not expect that the Haihan Army would one day send troops to land in Liaodong, and put on a posture that if Lao Tzu came, he would not leave again.In his view, almost all the Han people in the southern part of Jinzhou were moved to the north, and even if the Haihan people occupy such a sparsely populated area, it would be unsustainable.Besides, this place originally belonged to Daming, what motivation did the Haihan people have to fight such a thankless battle for Daming?
As the war that started last winter gradually progressed in the unfavorable direction of Houjin, Geng Zhongming gradually realized that the opponent's purpose in coming to Liaodong was not to avenge Daming or regain lost territory, but that the Haihan people themselves planned to Liaodong occupies an area - just as they did in the south before.
Azige and Yanguli fought very hard in Jinzhou. From last winter to now, they have hardly achieved a successful record. Their subordinates Jialaerzhen and Niuluerzhen killed a lot of people, and finally they killed Yang Gurley himself jumped in.Under such circumstances, he was transferred by Hong Taiji to be the top bag. Geng Zhongming thinks that his situation is not much better than that of Azige. In the past few months, there have been at least a dozen troops planted in the hands of the Haihans. Niu Lu, and a considerable proportion of them are cavalry, Geng Zhongming is not arrogant enough to think that his troops can outperform such a large number of Houjin troops.
And Azig's harvest during this period is only less than 20 prisoners, and an unknown number but certainly not much number of killed enemies.Geng Zhongming even thought maliciously, if Azig hadn't been Nurhachi's own son, he had made a lot of contributions in the past, and he would have been punished by Huang Taiji for such a record.
The military information obtained by the Jin army through interrogation of prisoners and other reconnaissance methods has been sent to Geng Zhongming a few days ago, but there are not many useful parts.Among the few captives, there was not even an officer, which made it difficult to use the information that could be obtained from the captives.Apart from knowing that the number of troops deployed by the Haihan Army in Liaodong will not exceed 5000, and the names of several Haihan generals who commanded the battle, there is no other valuable information.
As for the few rifles distributed by the Haihan Army that were seized by chance, Geng Zhongming has also personally checked, but the structure of the thing is obviously different from the matchlock guns and Lumi guns equipped by his troops. The gunpowder used , and projectiles are also completely different. Even the artisans who made guns in the army could only shake their heads after seeing them, indicating that it was difficult to copy them in batches.If nothing else, just the steel used for the barrel and body is not something that can be made of today's post-gold.But its range, lethality and accuracy are indeed far higher than the weapons equipped by their own troops, and they can even fire several bullets in a row. It is no wonder that Azig's cavalry can't get a little cheaper on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming believes that the main reason why Houjin and Haihan appear one-sided on the battlefield is that the weapons performance of the two sides are too different, and their existing tactics are difficult to smooth out the disadvantages of weapons.He originally hoped to find some usable technologies on Haihan's weapons, but the fact is that the technical generation difference between the two sides is so great that even if there are samples in front of them, it is difficult to make a complete imitation. It was undoubtedly a huge blow to Geng Zhongming, who was bent on shortening the gap in weapon performance between the two sides.
Geng Zhongming was very dissatisfied with this. He was able to be valued by Huang Taiji at the beginning because he brought a large number of military craftsmen to Houjin, and brought the technology of making guns and gunpowder to this backward civilization.And Huang Taiji attached great importance to the advanced nature of weapons and equipment, and did not despise firearm tactics because the Ming army was his own defeated general, but also gave craftsmen the authority and sufficient funds to develop new weapons.But when he really needed to use these technologies, he was told that the arms manufacturing technology he had mastered was not even close to the opponent's threshold, and he didn't even dare to tell Huang Taiji this news, so as not to let him develop weapons for the Han army flag. Disappointed in manufacturing capacity.
Even if there is no way to imitate the opponent's weapons, the battle must continue, so Geng Zhongming can only bite the bullet and bring his troops to Jinzhou to confront the legendary Haihan Army on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming waited for two days outside the city of Jinzhou, and then waited for the opportunity for the Haihan Army to leave the fort and come out for activities.Although he knew that this might be another trap set by Haihan, Azige still ordered the gathering of troops, including the Han army flag, to launch an offensive against the Haihan army.Of course, because of the participation of Geng Zhongming's department in this operation, the mission of other Houjin troops became a feint and cooperation operation, and the task of acting as the main force on the battlefield was handed over to Geng Zhongming's department.
Geng Zhongming is dumb and can't tell if he suffers from Huanglian. He is not as arrogant as a warrior like Azig. He will think that the post-Jin army is already number one in the world. It is difficult to qualify as an equal on the battlefield.Moreover, the few naval armed forces in Houjin are about to be wiped out by the Haihan Navy, and they have almost no resistance to the harassment warfare launched by Haihan on the rear coast.Fighting in such a situation of extremely asymmetrical strength, trying to defeat a well-prepared opponent is nothing short of a dream.
Geng Zhongming saw the situation of the Golden Cavalry before and after the battle. Although the offensive was ferocious, it failed to cause real trouble to the Haihan Army in almost the whole process.However, the opponent's artillery fire easily tore apart the cavalry's attack formation, making it difficult for the rear golden cavalry to shorten the fighting distance to a level that was beneficial to them.After paying hundreds of cavalry casualties, the cavalry responsible for the feint could only withdraw from the battlefield angrily and return to the rear to regroup.
Geng Zhongming understands that the time has come for him to play. Although he has no certainty of defeating his opponent, the current situation does not allow him to choose whether to fight or not.Azige's order has been sent to let the Han army flag attack immediately, and Geng Zhongming can only follow the military order and call for troops to fight.He only hoped that his opponent would not be too excited and give himself a little time to react, at least not to lose as ugly as the cavalry.
But it is a pity that his wish could not be received by the commander on the opposite side. After Qian Tiandun identified the identity of this enemy army, he had already decided to give the other side some hardship.For villains like Geng Zhongming who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, Qian Tiandun didn't even have the slightest favor. Since he met him on the battlefield, he didn't mind spending more time educating the other party - if he could kill Geng Zhongming directly Better yet.
Qian Tiandun immediately issued an order to let the two mobile companies that had assembled nearby immediately mount their horses and prepare to attack.These two mobile companies were recently transformed from the subordinate units of the special operations battalion. The biggest change was that each soldier received a warhorse, which allowed them to be upgraded from infantry units to more mobile light cavalry units.Although the horsemanship of these soldiers is far less proficient than the veterans of the cavalry battalion who have been tempered for a few years, they can at least cooperate with the cavalry battalion to perform some fast forward and fast rewind tactics.After the previous confrontation, the Golden Cavalry had been on the defensive to lure the enemy to attack, so they did not use cavalry units, but now that the opponent has sent a Han army flag that is also equipped with muskets and artillery, Qian Tiandun does not plan to hide it any more.
Of course, Harrugon will not miss such an opportunity, even if he pulls the reins, he intends to personally go into battle to direct the next battle.Qian Tiandun didn't stop him, but reminded him not to charge too hard and keep a safe distance from the enemy's army formation.With who they are now, it's not worth it to get hurt on the battlefield for the sake of being brave.
Qian Tiandun also ordered to notify the sniper team in the formation to look for Geng Zhongming, the leader of the enemy army. Once his identity was confirmed, he could shoot and kill without asking for instructions.If anyone can kill Geng Zhongming, they will be rewarded for their merits immediately after the battle.It happened that Baix was also near Sujiabao at this time, and he was the plenipotentiary representative of the Executive Committee, and even the time to send a telegram to ask for instructions was saved.It's a pity that Morgan didn't come out today, but went to the field hospital to perform a surgical operation. Otherwise, if Morgan was present, he would have a better chance of killing Geng Zhongming.
Geng Zhongming did not expect that the reaction of the Haihan Army was much more intense than just now. Before his troops entered the battlefield, he saw that hundreds of horses had already been separated from the opponent's formation, slowly coming out from the left and right flanks. It seemed that he planned to form a three-sided attack on himself on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming has been carefully guarding against the opponent's movements. As soon as he saw that the momentum was not good, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, and at the same time transferred cavalry to both sides of the infantry formation to serve as guards.Although he also knew that his cavalry might not be able to stop the opponent's offensive, even if it was just psychological comfort, it was better than exposing his flanks to the enemy's cavalry.
Geng Zhongming was a little relieved until his cavalry was in place, and ordered the army to move forward.His troops had guns and cannons, but he wasn't too worried about Haihan's cavalry charging.Just seeing that these Haihan cavalry were equipped with rifles made Geng Zhongming feel a little uneasy.
(End of this chapter)
"Look carefully at the changes in their army's flags." Seeing that Li Nai was at a loss, Qian Tiandun reminded him.
Li Nai observed for a while, and finally understood what Qian Tiandun meant.After that, there was actually a flag with a big "geng" written on it in the Jin army formation. Obviously, this is the Han army flag in the Jin army.As for the generals surnamed Geng in the Han army flag, only the rebel general of the Ming Dynasty, Geng Zhongming.
Geng Zhongming was a Han from Liaodong, but he joined Houjin as a soldier in his early years and became an officer of Qian Zong. Later, he defected to Pidao and served as an official under Mao Wenlong.After Mao Wenlong died under Yuan Chonghuan in the second year of Chongzhen, Geng Zhongming refused to accept the jurisdiction and went to Dengzhou, Shandong to defect to Sun Yuanhua, and then became a general in the Chinese army.In the fourth year of Chongzhen, after Kong Youde launched a mutiny at Wuqiao, Geng Zhongming acted as Kong Youde's inner responder in Dengzhou, and he won Dengzhou City.
In the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, the rebels in Dengzhou finally could no longer support them. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming abandoned the city and fled to the sea, and then surrendered to Houjin.Later, Emperor Jinhan Emperor Taiji went out to greet Shili, and granted Geng Zhongming the post of chief soldier, and called the rebels they brought out from Daming "Tianyou soldiers".
According to the original history, after Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor this year, Geng Zhongming would be named King of Huaishun, and together with Kong Youde, King Gongshun, and Shang Kexi, King Zhishun, were collectively called "King Sanshun". He was one of the senior generals who followed him, and his position in the post-Jin army was very important.However, Haihan's intervention changed the original historical trajectory. After the Jin Army suffered consecutive defeats in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji lost the mood to be enthroned and proclaimed emperor. Naturally, the matter of Geng Jingzhong's title to the king was postponed indefinitely.
Azige has been sluggish and unable to open the situation in Jinzhou. Even the general Yangguli died on the battlefield here. It is naturally impossible for Huang Taiji to be satisfied with such a record.However, the troops of the Manchurian Banner and the Mongolian Banner were mainly cavalry, and sending reinforcements to Jinzhou was just a tactic to add fuel to the opponent's record.Huang Taiji considered it again and again and decided to transfer the Han army flag with a high proportion of muskets and artillery to Jinzhou to deal with the mysterious and powerful Haihan army.
The Han army flag has a special status in the Houjin army. On the one hand, the Han people are often used as slaves in Liaodong, and their social status is extremely low. A system such as the Han army flag was specially set up.The Manchu generals actually looked down on these surrendered generals, and they respected them only because they were intimidated by the majesty of Huang Taiji.However, as a soldier, one's status is ultimately maintained by record. Whether the Han army flag has the same combat power as its status, this time being transferred to Jinzhou to deal with the Haihan people is actually a test.
In fact, Geng Zhongming didn't want to take this errand. Before he fled to Liaodong to make money, he had heard of a group of very good armed merchants from the south. Baishizhi, who was the first tyrant in the South China Sea, was also defeated in his hands.
Geng Zhongming heard that the Haihan army went north and shot Zhoushan Island outside Hangzhou Bay not long after the gold was dropped in the sixth year of Chongzhen. After another year, the tentacles of the Haihan people reached Dengzhou, Shandong.Geng Zhongming thought that Daming would have a more violent response to this kind of invasion, but he did not expect that the Haihan people would quickly stand on their feet in Dengzhou, and began to pay attention to Liaodong.
When Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde fled across the sea from Dengzhou to Liaodong, they also carried a group of navy personnel and a large number of ships. It can be said that they were the first professional navy unit in the post-Jin army.However, the Haihan people sent fleets from time to time to sweep back and forth on the coast of Liaodong, but in a few months they destroyed most of the warships they brought over with great difficulty, and the remaining ships could only escape by trying to hide in the upper reaches of the inland river. The blow of the Haihan warship.The incompetence of the Haihan surface armed forces was also Geng Zhongming's first intuitive impression of the Haihan Army.
But even so, Geng Zhongming did not expect that the Haihan Army would one day send troops to land in Liaodong, and put on a posture that if Lao Tzu came, he would not leave again.In his view, almost all the Han people in the southern part of Jinzhou were moved to the north, and even if the Haihan people occupy such a sparsely populated area, it would be unsustainable.Besides, this place originally belonged to Daming, what motivation did the Haihan people have to fight such a thankless battle for Daming?
As the war that started last winter gradually progressed in the unfavorable direction of Houjin, Geng Zhongming gradually realized that the opponent's purpose in coming to Liaodong was not to avenge Daming or regain lost territory, but that the Haihan people themselves planned to Liaodong occupies an area - just as they did in the south before.
Azige and Yanguli fought very hard in Jinzhou. From last winter to now, they have hardly achieved a successful record. Their subordinates Jialaerzhen and Niuluerzhen killed a lot of people, and finally they killed Yang Gurley himself jumped in.Under such circumstances, he was transferred by Hong Taiji to be the top bag. Geng Zhongming thinks that his situation is not much better than that of Azige. In the past few months, there have been at least a dozen troops planted in the hands of the Haihans. Niu Lu, and a considerable proportion of them are cavalry, Geng Zhongming is not arrogant enough to think that his troops can outperform such a large number of Houjin troops.
And Azig's harvest during this period is only less than 20 prisoners, and an unknown number but certainly not much number of killed enemies.Geng Zhongming even thought maliciously, if Azig hadn't been Nurhachi's own son, he had made a lot of contributions in the past, and he would have been punished by Huang Taiji for such a record.
The military information obtained by the Jin army through interrogation of prisoners and other reconnaissance methods has been sent to Geng Zhongming a few days ago, but there are not many useful parts.Among the few captives, there was not even an officer, which made it difficult to use the information that could be obtained from the captives.Apart from knowing that the number of troops deployed by the Haihan Army in Liaodong will not exceed 5000, and the names of several Haihan generals who commanded the battle, there is no other valuable information.
As for the few rifles distributed by the Haihan Army that were seized by chance, Geng Zhongming has also personally checked, but the structure of the thing is obviously different from the matchlock guns and Lumi guns equipped by his troops. The gunpowder used , and projectiles are also completely different. Even the artisans who made guns in the army could only shake their heads after seeing them, indicating that it was difficult to copy them in batches.If nothing else, just the steel used for the barrel and body is not something that can be made of today's post-gold.But its range, lethality and accuracy are indeed far higher than the weapons equipped by their own troops, and they can even fire several bullets in a row. It is no wonder that Azig's cavalry can't get a little cheaper on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming believes that the main reason why Houjin and Haihan appear one-sided on the battlefield is that the weapons performance of the two sides are too different, and their existing tactics are difficult to smooth out the disadvantages of weapons.He originally hoped to find some usable technologies on Haihan's weapons, but the fact is that the technical generation difference between the two sides is so great that even if there are samples in front of them, it is difficult to make a complete imitation. It was undoubtedly a huge blow to Geng Zhongming, who was bent on shortening the gap in weapon performance between the two sides.
Geng Zhongming was very dissatisfied with this. He was able to be valued by Huang Taiji at the beginning because he brought a large number of military craftsmen to Houjin, and brought the technology of making guns and gunpowder to this backward civilization.And Huang Taiji attached great importance to the advanced nature of weapons and equipment, and did not despise firearm tactics because the Ming army was his own defeated general, but also gave craftsmen the authority and sufficient funds to develop new weapons.But when he really needed to use these technologies, he was told that the arms manufacturing technology he had mastered was not even close to the opponent's threshold, and he didn't even dare to tell Huang Taiji this news, so as not to let him develop weapons for the Han army flag. Disappointed in manufacturing capacity.
Even if there is no way to imitate the opponent's weapons, the battle must continue, so Geng Zhongming can only bite the bullet and bring his troops to Jinzhou to confront the legendary Haihan Army on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming waited for two days outside the city of Jinzhou, and then waited for the opportunity for the Haihan Army to leave the fort and come out for activities.Although he knew that this might be another trap set by Haihan, Azige still ordered the gathering of troops, including the Han army flag, to launch an offensive against the Haihan army.Of course, because of the participation of Geng Zhongming's department in this operation, the mission of other Houjin troops became a feint and cooperation operation, and the task of acting as the main force on the battlefield was handed over to Geng Zhongming's department.
Geng Zhongming is dumb and can't tell if he suffers from Huanglian. He is not as arrogant as a warrior like Azig. He will think that the post-Jin army is already number one in the world. It is difficult to qualify as an equal on the battlefield.Moreover, the few naval armed forces in Houjin are about to be wiped out by the Haihan Navy, and they have almost no resistance to the harassment warfare launched by Haihan on the rear coast.Fighting in such a situation of extremely asymmetrical strength, trying to defeat a well-prepared opponent is nothing short of a dream.
Geng Zhongming saw the situation of the Golden Cavalry before and after the battle. Although the offensive was ferocious, it failed to cause real trouble to the Haihan Army in almost the whole process.However, the opponent's artillery fire easily tore apart the cavalry's attack formation, making it difficult for the rear golden cavalry to shorten the fighting distance to a level that was beneficial to them.After paying hundreds of cavalry casualties, the cavalry responsible for the feint could only withdraw from the battlefield angrily and return to the rear to regroup.
Geng Zhongming understands that the time has come for him to play. Although he has no certainty of defeating his opponent, the current situation does not allow him to choose whether to fight or not.Azige's order has been sent to let the Han army flag attack immediately, and Geng Zhongming can only follow the military order and call for troops to fight.He only hoped that his opponent would not be too excited and give himself a little time to react, at least not to lose as ugly as the cavalry.
But it is a pity that his wish could not be received by the commander on the opposite side. After Qian Tiandun identified the identity of this enemy army, he had already decided to give the other side some hardship.For villains like Geng Zhongming who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, Qian Tiandun didn't even have the slightest favor. Since he met him on the battlefield, he didn't mind spending more time educating the other party - if he could kill Geng Zhongming directly Better yet.
Qian Tiandun immediately issued an order to let the two mobile companies that had assembled nearby immediately mount their horses and prepare to attack.These two mobile companies were recently transformed from the subordinate units of the special operations battalion. The biggest change was that each soldier received a warhorse, which allowed them to be upgraded from infantry units to more mobile light cavalry units.Although the horsemanship of these soldiers is far less proficient than the veterans of the cavalry battalion who have been tempered for a few years, they can at least cooperate with the cavalry battalion to perform some fast forward and fast rewind tactics.After the previous confrontation, the Golden Cavalry had been on the defensive to lure the enemy to attack, so they did not use cavalry units, but now that the opponent has sent a Han army flag that is also equipped with muskets and artillery, Qian Tiandun does not plan to hide it any more.
Of course, Harrugon will not miss such an opportunity, even if he pulls the reins, he intends to personally go into battle to direct the next battle.Qian Tiandun didn't stop him, but reminded him not to charge too hard and keep a safe distance from the enemy's army formation.With who they are now, it's not worth it to get hurt on the battlefield for the sake of being brave.
Qian Tiandun also ordered to notify the sniper team in the formation to look for Geng Zhongming, the leader of the enemy army. Once his identity was confirmed, he could shoot and kill without asking for instructions.If anyone can kill Geng Zhongming, they will be rewarded for their merits immediately after the battle.It happened that Baix was also near Sujiabao at this time, and he was the plenipotentiary representative of the Executive Committee, and even the time to send a telegram to ask for instructions was saved.It's a pity that Morgan didn't come out today, but went to the field hospital to perform a surgical operation. Otherwise, if Morgan was present, he would have a better chance of killing Geng Zhongming.
Geng Zhongming did not expect that the reaction of the Haihan Army was much more intense than just now. Before his troops entered the battlefield, he saw that hundreds of horses had already been separated from the opponent's formation, slowly coming out from the left and right flanks. It seemed that he planned to form a three-sided attack on himself on the battlefield.
Geng Zhongming has been carefully guarding against the opponent's movements. As soon as he saw that the momentum was not good, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, and at the same time transferred cavalry to both sides of the infantry formation to serve as guards.Although he also knew that his cavalry might not be able to stop the opponent's offensive, even if it was just psychological comfort, it was better than exposing his flanks to the enemy's cavalry.
Geng Zhongming was a little relieved until his cavalry was in place, and ordered the army to move forward.His troops had guns and cannons, but he wasn't too worried about Haihan's cavalry charging.Just seeing that these Haihan cavalry were equipped with rifles made Geng Zhongming feel a little uneasy.
(End of this chapter)