All the cavalrymen of the three hundred batou bandits were wearing armor.

Some were wearing chain mail, and some were wearing scales. This group of bandits gathered in the silver mine, which was obviously richer than ordinary thieves. The cavalry among them were particularly elite. Qin Zhao looked over carefully and even saw several cavalry generals wearing mountain steel armor with silver shimmering on them.

The cavalry rushed to the vicinity of the Vajra regiment and divided into two torrents on the left and right, like a water flow encountered a reef, galloping from the Vajra regiment left and right.

They controlled the distance of the horse and kept the distance to serve the group for fifty steps, not too close or too far.

The distance was just right, as if showing off equestrianism.

It is unlikely to shoot cavalry at this distance, without such accurate heads. Bird guns cannot hit cavalry so far. Bird guns may shoot randomly when facing a large army that is stationary, or when facing clusters of enemies rushing upwards, they may succeed. However, it is basically impossible to hit the side attack of cavalry riding at high speed.

The cavalry of the Batou bandits deliberately rode at this distance, which increased psychological pressure on the service regiment.

After all, the three hundred people here are cavalry, all of whom are big horses, and they can turn their heads and rush in to step on the formation at any time.

Qin Zhao also had two hundred cavalrymen.

These two hundred cavalry are veterans, and they have been in the army for a year, and they have been practicing the ability to fight immediately. However, compared with the old bandits who have accumulated a lot of time, Qin Zhao has no confidence to win the cavalry of the Batou bandits. After all, cold weapons and martial arts can be practiced for a lifetime. Therefore, Qin Zhao asked the cavalry to protect the tail of the circular formation and did not let the cavalry go out to fight the enemy.

However, the recruits raised their spears and shields one after another.

The recruits had just joined the army, and their martial arts were mainly a spear formation to fight. When fighting this formation, one person held a shield to protect the upper and lower parts; one person held a spear to assassinate the approaching people; and one person held a strong bow and shot the enemy from a distance between the shields.

The recruits have just joined the army and do not seek to kill the enemy quickly on the battlefield, but only seek to use this kind of contradiction formation to defend their position.

The recruits squad roared loudly and issued an order. Some recruits raised their eight-force bows in the shield formation and shot towards the bandits fifty steps away.

Countless arrows shot out like meteors.

The recruits have been practicing for several months, and they have the strength to be sure. After the bows and arrows are shot out, they shuttle through the gap between the bandits, forcing the bandits to stick to the horse's back to avoid being injured by the arrows serving the camp.

The bandits rode by the two wings of the service regiment, amazed.

Their intelligence is that there are 30% or 40% of the new recruits in the service regiment, and they have never been on the battlefield at all. They thought that the cavalry would scare these new recruits by riding on both sides of the service regiment and cause chaos in the service regiment. But in fact, the service regiment does not regard these cavalry as a major enemy at all, and the formation is stable and there is no chaos at all.

The leader of the bandit cavalry was a middle-aged man in his thirties named Zhan Wen. He was wrapped in a yellow turban on his head and his face was covered with scars. He looked at the long-spoke shield formation of the new recruits of the service regiment and felt that the shield formation was quite well organized. To be honest, just about the array line, the discipline of the new recruits of the service regiment seemed to be stronger than that of the veterans of the Batou bandits.

In real large-scale field battles, you still have to line up in an upright battle. The scattered soldiers and roaming warriors are vulnerable in front of the battle formation. The most test of the troops is the formation of troops. In the battle formation, personal force plays a role, but discipline also has a great role.

After all, the bandits of the Batou bandits are bandits, and they are all disorganized. If they only talk about the queue, they may not be as good as Qin Zhao's new recruits.

Of course, the old thief of the Batou bandits is good at martial arts, and they still have advantages when encountering a service group in the array.

But what is surprising is that the new recruits in the service regiment are so elite, so what about the veterans?

Is it prohibited to follow orders, such as using your fingers?

The three hundred bandit cavalry originally wanted to scare Qin Zhao's new recruits. But after coming over and galloping for a while, they felt that the new recruits of the service regiment were not scared by them, but they were scared by the strict discipline of the service regiment.

Faced with such a unit, small cavalry had no choice. If Zhan Wen really ordered to step on the formation, he might not only fail to rush Qin Zhao's service regiment, but he would soon be stabbed to death by a spear stabbed from all sides.

The spear infantry with high morale and strong discipline is the natural nemesis of the cavalry.

Zhan Wen whistled and ordered to stop the troops.

The two cavalry gathered at the tail of the service regiment, turned a corner, and ran towards the way they came.

The cavalrymen serving the regiment immediately heard a sarcastic whistle.

The cavalry who served the regiment was not able to get Qin Zhao's attack order for a long time, and it was very uncomfortable to hold it in one breath. At this time, seeing the bandit cavalry returning without success, they immediately burst into laughter and screamed in a constant state.

Zhan Wen turned around and looked at Qin Zhao's cavalry, spit out an old phlegm, and quickly headed towards the way he came.

After riding all the way to the large army ten miles away, Zhan Wencai jumped off his horse in front of Guo Xiao's "Splitting the Sky".

When Guo Xiao saw Zhan Wen come back empty-handed, he smiled strangely and asked, "How is it?"

Guo Xiao shook his head and said, "The elite is extremely elite, the master of the country. Qin Zhao doesn't know what means he used to train. I feel that his soldiers are all fearless. They are just new recruits, even if they only hold a spear, their faces are full of determination, as if they can die for Qin Zhao's decision at any time."

Guo Xiao frowned and said, "There is such a thing?"

A bandit leader with a big scar on his face next to him was called Yi Ying, and he was the most informed. He said: "Big boss, I heard that Qin Zhao was equalizing the land tax in Xiangshan County and abandoning all the offerings. The people of Xiangshan County saw Qin Zhao as close as they saw his grandfather, with great prestige."

Ji Tian sneered: "So Qin Zhao's soldiers are not afraid of death like this? When they die, their younger brothers, sisters, wives and children in the family also have fields to support their families?"

Zhan Wen nodded and said, "I'm afraid this is the case."

He split the sky and laughed, saying, "It's interesting."

"It's a pity that the marching and fighting rely on martial arts. If you don't have martial arts, what's the use of having a full of passion? I, four thousand old thieves, all of whom are familiar with martial arts, can kill these new recruits who are not good at martial arts with one knife. No matter what Qin Zhao's effect is, they are farts!"

He split the sky and turned around and looked at a middle-aged man wearing a black hat and a bear and a robe.

"Wang Qianhu, what did I say?"

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "The boss said nothing wrong! The passionate blood on the battle formation is indeed useful, but martial arts is the most fundamental." The middle-aged man pointed his hand in front and said, "How can the boss's Batou Army be the only one in the fierce battle today? The 100 iron-armored veterans from Jishan Island I brought will also go into battle and fight side by side with the boss."

He split the sky and laughed three times, saying, "Wang Qianhu Gaoyi, then we will fight side by side! When the soldiers and horses in Xiangshan fled, would I catch Qin Zhao or the veterans of Jishan Island capture Qin Zhao?"

He waved his hand and shouted, "Beat the drum, speed up the march, go up and capture Qin Zhao alive, and avenge the prefect Lu!"

The drum beat was deafening.

Countless old thief leaders rode into their own queue and passed on the military order to capture Qin Zhao alive.

More than 4,000 old thieves shouted orders and walked towards the battlefield ten miles ahead.

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Chapter completed!