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Chapter 1408 Slaughter all the government soldiers, leave no one alive!
Li Shuangxi heard the government cavalry shouting "Capture Li Zicheng alive" from afar, and was already furious. He shouted to his personal guards from a distance, "Kill all the dog government soldiers, leave no one alive!"

As the adopted son of Li Zicheng, the rebel leader, how could Li Shuangxi allow the government troops to capture his adoptive father alive?
Let alone actually letting them capture our godfather alive, even just verbally abusing him is absolutely unacceptable!
Li Shuangxi now wished he could capture all the soldiers in front of him, boil them in hot oil until they were mushy, and then devour them all cleanly to vent his anger.

Although he was in the central command position, he could still hear it clearly, which shows how loud the officers and soldiers were shouting in unison.

"Kill all the government soldiers... Kill them all... Kill the government soldiers..."

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Three thousand elite cavalrymen of the rebel army, arranged in a triangular formation, charged toward Shao Dashun's position.

Although Commander He Zhenxiong had given strict orders that everyone must charge with the main force and not leave their positions at will, so as not to affect the entire assault plan.

But the reality was already clear: if left unchecked, the bandit cavalry of several thousand men would inevitably disrupt their own cavalry formation, and might even cut them in half.

Shao Dashun made a decisive decision and shouted to one of the commanders beside him, "Wang Zhanbo, you lead the troops to continue the charge."

Before Wang Zhanbo could receive the order, he had already galloped out of the cavalry formation and shouted, "Zhang Pingwen, you lead three squads of men to intercept the enemy soldiers."

Upon receiving the order, Zhang Pingwen immediately spurred his horse out of the ranks and shouted a few times. More than three hundred cavalrymen then rode out of the cavalry charge formation and formed a separate battle line. Zhang Pingwen spurred his horse forward a few steps, then reported from his horse, "General, the three cavalry squads have formed their ranks."

Shao Dashun didn't even bother with words of encouragement. He pointed his spiked club forward and roared, "Men, follow me and drive back these bandits, then capture Li alive!"

"Kill...kill!"

Shao Dashun was the first to rush out, shouting as he charged: "Scatter! Encircle the enemy soldiers and lead them to the north. We can't let those bastards charge into our main camp!"

"Kill...kill the traitors..."

Zhang Pingwen also shouted loudly, brandishing his tiger-shaped spear and urging his warhorse to charge in the opposite direction from Shao Dashun.

The three sentry cavalry units quickly dispersed like wild geese, their formation resembling a net. Shao Dashun and Zhang Pingwen were like the people pulling the net, as if they were the two of them pulling the large net forward.

Three hundred against three thousand—it was destined to be another brutal battle with no return!

But knights like Shao Dashun and Zhang Pingwen remained steadfast in their resolve. It was countless warriors like them, who were willing to die for their cause, who brought about victory after victory, established the invincible reputation of the Brave and Resolute Army, and created a new and prosperous dynasty...

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Although Shao Dashun was tall and strong, he was not clumsy. He ran forward, hung his mace back on the victory hook, reached out and took out his usual hard bow, and skillfully nocked a light arrow.

With a "whoosh," the light arrow flew out of the bow, cutting through the hot wind and heading straight for the oncoming enemy cavalry.

Shao Dashun's hands did not stop for a moment. "Whoosh...whoosh," two more light arrows flew away from the bowstring. Seeing that they were close, he casually put the hard bow back into the scabbard and took out his spiked club.

At a distance of sixty to twenty paces, the bows and arrows were at their most effective. Although the standard cavalry were also equipped with hand cannons, they had not abandoned their archery skills. Although only a little over three hundred of them could wound the enemy with mounted archery, that was still quite good among the border troops.

Those who followed Shao Dashun into battle were naturally the army's elite, with thirty or forty men skilled in archery and horsemanship. They followed their commander Shao Dashun's actions, each taking a bow and firing an arrow.

The sound of "whoosh whoosh whoosh" rang out continuously as nearly a hundred arrows flew out, heading straight for the enemy's cavalry.

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Unlike the infantry and cavalry soldiers of the Yongyi Army, the armor rate of the infantry and cavalry soldiers in the Chuang Army was not high. This was mainly because the armor in the Chuang Army had to be replenished by looting. They had no ability to produce it themselves and could only repair the old and damaged armor at most.

Therefore, the armor rate in the rebel army was never high; most of them wore old armor, and almost none were newly made!
Not to mention the infantry, even the cavalry's armor coverage rate was less than half. Even so, many of them had upper body armor but no lower body armor. The cavalrymen of the rebel army who could wear a full set of armor were quite formidable.

For this reason, the rebel soldiers had to take the incoming arrows seriously, even if the distance was a little far and the killing power was limited, they were unwilling to be hit.

After all, no one wants to lie down and rest for ten days or half a month just because they were hit by an arrow. If the war situation changes or the troops move out, wouldn't they fall behind?

He wasn't any important person, so why should he lead wounded soldiers on a march?

Wounded soldiers of the rebel army were mostly temporarily assigned to wounded soldiers' battalions and marched behind the old battalion. Even if they recovered in the future, they would not necessarily return to their old units and would most likely be reassigned.

This has happened more than once!

However, the light arrows fired by Shao Dashun and his men flew extremely fast, and even if they were prepared, they might not be able to dodge them completely. Even if the people in front dodged them, the people behind might not be able to dodge them.

Nearly a hundred arrows flew, and immediately more than thirty rebel cavalrymen fell from their horses. More than ten warhorses were also hit by arrows, either charging around wildly or rolling on the ground.

These arrow-struck knights and warhorses were concentrated in the very front rows. Whether it was the fallen bandit cavalry or the warhorses rolling on the ground, they all had a great impact on the bandit army that was charging forward, directly disrupting their rhythm and formation.

Especially those warhorses that were injured but did not fall and roll on the ground, they charged wildly through the ranks, completely out of control, like madmen, and were even difficult to kill.

The square formation in front of the "品" (pin) formation was led by the minor leader Mi Yihui, who naturally took the lead as the vanguard.

Mi Yihui was also an old thief from northern Shaanxi. He was originally one of the best among the child soldiers. Now he was only in his early twenties and had been a member of the cavalry for more than two years. He had quite a few military achievements.

"Don't panic, turn right, go around, and kill the government soldiers!" he shouted, giving orders.

His force consisted of over 800 cavalrymen, with 1,000 cavalrymen on the left and 1,200 cavalrymen on the right, bringing Li Shuangxi's total strength to over 3,000.

Although Mi Yihui only had 800 bandits, they still had nearly three times the strength of Shao Dashun's 300 cavalrymen coming from the opposite direction, so they naturally had nothing to fear.

Under his command, the bandits bypassed the enemy on the right flank, where fewer of their wounded men were located, and the two sides immediately clashed...