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Chapter 1420 Hand-to-hand combat
Black-haired Qianzong Qiu Yingquan led the vanguard cavalry in a well-rested manner, unlike Xie Junyou and his men who had already traveled seven or eight li and had just rushed to pursue for more than a li, exhausting much of their warhorses' strength.

He commanded his cavalry to form a battle formation on the official road, and coldly watched as Xie Junyou led his cavalry out of the square formation and charged towards him forty or fifty paces before shouting: "Right Division, second wave of attack! Left Division, follow me first!"

"Kill the traitors! Kill them! Kill them...!"

"kill……"

More than a thousand elite cavalrymen, following behind Qiu Yingquan's horse, launched a deadly charge against Xie Junyou's cavalry.

They first spurred their horses to trot for forty or fifty paces, and when they were less than two hundred paces away from Xie Junyou, they spurred their horses to gallop and charged fiercely towards Xie Junyou's bandit cavalry.

"The first two rows, firing handguns."

"Throwing spears and axes from behind, charge!"

Since both sides were charging at full speed, they would soon collide. Qiu Yingquan had no intention of retreating, so he dared not let his cavalry use grenades, lest they be thrown too close and blow up his own men.

However, the advantages of the Yongyi Army cavalry were not limited to throwing grenades.

The standard-equipped cavalry pistols were the real weapons for killing the enemy during cavalry charges. On the official road, which was more than 20 zhang wide, a horizontal line could be arranged for 40 cavalrymen, and the front left wing had more than 500 cavalrymen arranged in 13 rows.

The first two rows consisted of eighty knights. When they were twenty paces away from Xie Junyou's bandits, they fired two volleys of handguns. With a series of crisp "bangs," thirty-four horse bandits immediately tumbled off their horses.

More than a hundred bandits leaped off the official road, some because their horses were startled and they had no choice, but most were cowardly and wanted to escape through the open fields on both sides of the road.

Some bandits, when leaping off the official road, were so jolted that their horses stumbled and fell directly into the thicket of weeds. Although the dense, thick weeds helped them avoid injury, they were not seriously hurt.

But the warhorses showed no pity for them; many bandits, even if they didn't fall and get hurt, were trampled and kicked by the warhorses behind them.

Some were even trampled in the belly by warhorses, their intestines wrapped around the horses' hooves and carried far away, dragged along as they were. The horror of their suffering was something that even the deepest hell might not have seen!

In addition, javelins and throwing axes were fired simultaneously with the volleys, which not only caused some damage to the bandits, but also increased their panic.

Although the bandits fired many throwing axes and javelins as the two sides were about to clash, the cavalry of the Brave Army were all armored, so the damage they caused was very limited.

Only a few warhorses were accidentally wounded, causing some chaos to the vanguard of the charging Tengshe cavalry, but there were no large-scale casualties and the overall charging formation was not affected.

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Qiu Yingquan shot down a bandit with his pistol in his left hand. Before he could put the pistol back in its holster, he threw it forcefully at another bandit's face. Without checking whether it hit, he thrust out his tiger-shaped spear with his right hand.

It turned out that when Qiu Yingquan was preparing to fire his pistol, he had his eye on Xie Junyou, the bandit general. Based on the belief of "capturing the king first", he originally aimed his pistol at Xie Junyou, but the horse was jolted and the shot went astray.

But Qiu Yingquan's determination to capture and kill Xie Junyou remained unchanged. As he threw out his pistol, his right hand also thrust out with his tiger-shaped spear, aiming directly at Xie Junyou, the leader of the band of bandits.

Xie Junyou was also a seasoned veteran, and his fighting skills were earned with his life. How could he have been so easily stabbed by Qiu Yingquan?

He dodged the thrusting spear with a swift movement, his left hand gripping the shaft with a backhand motion, while his right hand swung the steel saber down towards Qiu Yingquan's neck. Seeing the dire situation, Qiu Yingquan was forced to release his grip on the spear…

However, just before letting go, he pushed forward with all his might, leaning forward and resting his body on the warhorse's neck, barely managing to dodge Xie Junyou's steel blade.

At the same time, the sudden release and the strong forward push caused Xie Junyou's body to sway a few times on the warhorse before he regained his footing.

At this moment, Qiu Yingquan's situation was extremely critical. Xie Junyou's steel knife could strike at any moment, and although he was protected by iron armor, he might not be injured.

However, it is still very dangerous if he cuts your face or neck. Even with a mask and neck protector, it is impossible to say that you will be completely unharmed.

Moreover, in order to end the battle as soon as possible, Qiu Yingquan also wanted to kill the enemy leader as soon as possible.

In a moment of panic, he suddenly felt the short dagger tucked into his boot. He made a snap decision, and as he pulled the dagger out with his left hand, both feet were halfway out of the stirrups...

Qiu Yingquan suddenly pushed off the stirrups with both feet and braced himself against the saddle with his right hand, leaping into the air and pouncing towards Xie Junyou to the side.

Xie Junyou had just regained his footing and was about to swing his sword again when a dark shadow flashed before his eyes...

He immediately understood everything, and quickly pulled his arms back, holding the knife hilt in front of his stomach with both hands, the tip of the knife protecting his face, while the blade faced outwards, directly towards Qiu Yingquan who was charging at him.

With a loud crash, the two collided.

Fortunately, Qiu Yingquan was protected by iron armor, so he was not injured by the blades standing in front of him. However, the huge impact made him feel suffocated. He could only hold on tightly to Xie Junyou's shoulder armor with his right hand to barely keep from falling off his horse.

Xie Junyou's situation is also not optimistic...

Although he was wearing armor, he lacked a neck guard and a mask. He endured the pain of the hilt of the sword striking his stomach, but the tip of the sword struck his nose.

I felt a stinging sensation in my nose, and then a sticky substance flowed down my nostrils. The feeling was... both painful and itchy, and also very uncomfortable, but I could only endure it.

The intense pain caused Xie Junyou to involuntarily shed tears!

"what"

He roared loudly, trying to push Qiu Yingquan away, but his hands, gripping the knife handle, were tightly squeezed between their stomachs, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull them out.

He wanted to push Qiu Yingquan forward, but because of his posture, he couldn't exert his full strength, which made Xie Junyou shout in frustration.

On the contrary, Qiu Yingquan was much more relaxed than him. After all, with both hands outside, his movements were not restricted and he could exert force normally. He first bumped Xie Junyou with his head, and then pulled back with his left hand.

The gleaming dagger flashed blindingly in the sunlight, poised to plunge into Xie Junyou's neck...

Xie Junyou saw all of this, but he was trapped by Qiu Yingquan's tight grip and could not free his hands. Helpless, he could only shake his body to pull his right foot out of the stirrup, while leaning to the left to try to fall off the warhorse in order to get out of the immediate crisis!