When Major Fanner led more than 400 cavalry of the British Guards, the 1st King's Dragon Cavalry Regiment to the battlefield, the morale of the Indian Sikh cavalry on the verge of collapse changed slightly, and they gritted their teeth and persevered. ︽ Major Fanner learned the battle from a few retreating Indian Sikh cavalry. The fact that the enemy cavalry was able to carry out intensive fire strikes on horseback was beyond Major Fanner's surprise.

In the past, some small-scale conflicts broke out between the cavalry of the coalition and the Taiping cavalry in pursuit of the defeated Qing dynasties in Tongzhou. At that time, Major Fanner had heard of the examples of Taiping cavalry shooting on horseback. At that time, the coalition command believed that this was a few elite cavalry of the Taiping army imitating the Swedish cavalry hunting tactics. Perhaps the Taiping cavalry deliberately preserved some strength at that time, resulting in the coalition's misjudgment. In short, the coalition believed that the Taiping cavalry was just a special type of cavalry hunting tactics that were very good in light cavalry hunting tactics.

But at this moment, the Taiping cavalry is a perfect combination of hunting cavalry and heavy dragon cavalry. They can skillfully load, aim, and shoot on horseback, and launch a deadly powerful charge against the target like the heavy dragon cavalry or breastplate cavalry. They perfectly combine horseback shooting and horse fighting, and the Taiping cavalry is generally over 1.8 meters tall, and no matter their physique or height, they are not inferior to the coalition cavalry. In addition, they are riding tall Angron Norman horses, Major Fanner found that the coalition cavalry had no advantage in front of them.

"We still have the courage and discipline!" Major Vanner gritted his teeth secretly. He encouraged himself in his heart and made a short judgment. Major Vanner believed that the Dragoons should quickly join the battle group when the enemy had already begun to fight with the Indian Sikh cavalry. In order to offset the firepower advantage on the enemy's horseback, Major Vanner ordered the attack trombone without hesitation. The British guards Dragoon rushed towards the chaotic battlefield.

The 1st King's Dragon Cavalry Regiment led by Major Fanner was an elite heavy Dragoon, equipped with a bronze helmet with beautiful feathered ears, a well-loaded flintlock rifled rifled on the horse's back, each equipped with two short guns, and now they held high in their hands.

The British cavalry's scimitar was the Mamluk cavalry scimitar. Unlike the early British cavalry, after the Napoleonic War and the advancement of the times, the British cavalry finally gradually gave up the traditional wide-blade straight sword and replaced it with various standard scimitars that imitate the excellent cavalry swords of other countries. More than 400 Mamluk cavalry scimitars shone with a sharp light under the sun, but it was so wonderful. The sharpness of this scimitar and the huge impact on the horse's back allowed it to easily cut off any part of the human body. The perfect scimitar arc can better show the British cavalry's superb fighting skills. Major Fanner believed that they could defeat the Taiping cavalry unit with more than 300 people in front of him.

The commander of the Taiping cavalry obviously noticed the arrival of the British Dragoons. He decisively gave up fighting with the Indian Sikhs. A loud military horn sounded, and the Taiping cavalry turned their horses and retreated one after another.

Seeing the Taiping cavalry retreating, the Sikh cavalry who had just been held down and taught a lesson were proud. Without waiting for Major Vanner's order, they launched a chasing fiercely. Just like in the past pursuing the Qing cavalry, their spears could easily pierce the backs of the fleeing enemy.

Unfortunately, they were chasing a group of fierce enemies. The superb equestrian skills allowed the enemy to take out their equipped revolvers while turning around and speeding. At the closest distance, they attacked the Sikh cavalry who were chasing them behind them.

After the unexpected Sikh cavalry lost dozens of people in the pursuit, they dared not pursue them again. The Taiping cavalry seemed to be covered with spikes. No matter how they tried, they could not give the other party a powerful blow. They were always the ones who were injured in the end when they acted forcibly.

When Major Vanner led the Dragoons to join the battlefield, most of the enemy cavalry had left the battlefield. They only surrounded more than a few dozen enemy cavalry who had charged too deep, and dozens of Sikh cavalry were still fighting with them. At this moment, they finally wiped out more than a dozen Taiping cavalry with an absolute advantage in numbers.

"I noticed a Taiping cavalry who was attacked by five Indian Sikh cavalry at the same time. He bravely fought this unfair battle. One or two minutes later he stabbed a fatal knife in the throat of an enemy, thus killing an opponent. His battle with four other enemies lasted for about five minutes. Then at that moment, the Taiping cavalry's backhand slashed his opponent, causing the Indian cavalry's head-pack to fly together with the head inside. The horse galloped away, and the headless rider was still sitting straight on the saddle, blood splashing out from the artery like a fountain. Taking advantage of this gap, the long hand of an Indian Sikh cavalry

The spear pierced into the body of the Taiping cavalry. The huge pain made his bloody facial features even more ferocious. The scimitar in his hand and his arm were cut off to the ground by another Indian Sikh cavalry. At this time, I noticed that he used the remaining hand to pull the fuse of a grenade on his waist, and blue smoke immediately emerged. The remaining Indian cavalry around him were red in his eyes. They were not sure about the situation. They rushed up to capture the Taiping cavalry alive. Before I could remind them, the violent explosion fire burst out, and the huge wave of air made my mount stand upright and almost threw me down..." Major Fanner recalled this way in the book "The Elegy of the Dragoon".

Although these dozen Taiping cavalry were unable to escape in the end, they all detonated the only grenade on their bodies. Major Fanner, who was captured after the war, learned from the Taiping cavalry that this grenade was their glorious bullet and that the Taiping guards cavalry were not allowed to appear.

The Taiping cavalry escaped very quickly, and they did not fight at all. Major Fanner wisely gave up the pursuit in order to gather the almost collapsed Indian Sikh cavalry. He knew very well that once the shooting distance was widened, the pursuit would not be successful, and their war horses did not seem to be able to easily catch up with the enemy.

When cleaning the battlefield, the British army found only more than 70 bodies of Taiping cavalry, without captives, and even injured survivors. The bodies of more than 250 Indian Sikh soldiers were the damage they caused, and several British Dragoons were also killed and injured in the last opponent's death.

Major Fanner found Major Probin's body in the body. He had a deep knife in his chest, almost cutting him off in his chest. His face was facing up, his eyes wide open, his mouth wide open, and his shocked expression frozen on his blood-stained face.

The Taiping Army gained a clear advantage in this short cavalry outpost battle. Major General Michele and General Colino felt a little nervous after receiving the news. What if the enemy cavalry raided the infantry following? Major General Michele was unsure for the first time whether the coalition's infantry hollow phalanx could block these fierce cavalry, let alone whether they could form a hollow phalanx before the enemy cavalry rushed to their side during the march? So, after Major General Michele and General Colino discussed, they decided to slow down the army to prevent the enemy cavalry from raiding.

Shortly after Major General Michiel's order was issued, the French infantry regiment on the left was raided by the Taiping cavalry. Fortunately, the loss was not great, and the enemy just opened fire at them from afar. When the French infantry formed a phalanx, the enemy cavalry quickly left. When the coalition cavalry arrived after hearing the news, they were no longer visible.

Repeatedly, these cunning and elusive Taiping cavalry always cruised around this coalition of more than 8,000 people. They seemed to be equipped with sufficient ammunition and were always able to harass unexpected places during the coalition marching. The coalition infantry could not bear this provocation. Whenever they set up a phalanx, the enemy would always leave immediately. If they ignored it, the enemy cavalry would act as a charge, and the cautious officers had to organize infantry formations.

The coalition cavalry rushed to carry out several expulsion and pursuit battles, but they were always ineffective. Each time the coalition cavalry would lose manpower, and the enemy suffered almost no losses. Major General Michiel was very annoyed. He wanted to stop and arrange a precise trap to lure these cavalry to charge, and then the infantry and cavalry jointly wiped out these annoying flies. But General Colino felt that they didn't have much time. If they could not recapture Tianjin or Hexi Wu Town before nightfall, the coalition would be forced to sleep in the wild. This was a very dangerous thing. The Taiping Army was also an army good at night fighting. Therefore, Major General Michiel had to accept the reality. The troops were slow to move and the soldiers were very tired.

Along the way, over the thirty kilometers, there were many harasses of all sizes and many dozens of times. The most dangerous time was that a team of Taiping cavalry rushed into the artillery convoy. Fortunately, the coalition cavalry supported it very quickly. The enemy just cut off a few war horses holding artillery and left. They didn't have time to attack the few ox carts carrying shells, otherwise it would be very lively.

This harassment slowed down Major General Miqier's march. He was still several kilometers away from Hexiwu Town at noon. From 6 a.m. to twelve a.m., he had been marching for six hours. Major General Miqier decided to stop and rest, let the soldiers have lunch, and then take a break, and then launch an attack on Hexiwu Town as soon as possible.

Major General Michele set up many temporary positions to guard against him. He was still worried about the harassment of the enemy cavalry, but fortunately the enemy cavalry seemed to have gone to have dinner, and no one came to disturb the coalition forces during the lunch break.

At 140 pm, after resting, the coalition forces continued to move towards their targets. When they approached two kilometers from Hexi Wu Town, the coalition forces and other institutions began to unfold, logistics supplies and command centers, field hospitals, etc. were set up, combat troops set up, and the reconnaissance teams were dispatched to detect the enemy's movements.

Major General Miqier set out with a reconnaissance team at an hour ago and conducted a reconnaissance in advance. When he came to a small hill outside Hexiwu Town to observe, he was stunned to see that the entire Hexiwu Town was filled with dense trenches and barbed wire mesh inside and outside Hexiwu Town... (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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