The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 129: Various Ways of Cavalry Warfare

Teng Yuzhao only felt the sharp German cavalry knife in his hand pause slightly, and the blade of his sword flashed across the forearm of the Japanese squad leader. As Teng Yuzhao's blade flashed, the small half of the Japanese cavalry squad leader's forearm that was still holding the sword had already separated from the Japanese squad leader's body along with his sword and flew into the air.

After cutting off the arm of the Japanese squad leader with one blow, Teng Yuzhao did not stop at all and swung his sword again on the galloping horse. With a crisp "clang" sound of iron collision, the sword in the hand of a Japanese cavalryman who swung his sword at him first was knocked aside by Teng Yuzhao's swift blow.

Teng Yuzhao, who was an expert in swordsmanship, had an extremely flexible and powerful wrist. At the moment when the white horse was about to charge past the Japanese cavalry, he suddenly turned his wrist and slashed the back of the Japanese cavalry's neck with his backhanded sword like lightning.

Although due to the excessive speed of the white horses, Teng Yuzhao still lacked understanding of the speed of these Spanish war horses, or to be more precise, he underestimated them. His sword did not actually hit the back of the Japanese cavalry's neck, but only barely scratched the side of the Japanese cavalry's neck.

Even so, Teng Yuzhao knew from the feeling of his hand that his knife should have cut the side of the opponent's neck, and it is even possible that it has severed the artery of the Japanese cavalryman, which is enough to kill him.

Teng Yuzhao's white horse was surprisingly fast, but after all, he was in the midst of a chaotic fleeing army. In order to avoid knocking out the training soldiers and the Boxers, who had begun to stabilize after seeing their reinforcements coming but were still in chaos, Teng Yuzhao had to try his best to control the speed of his horse and try to avoid the fleeing soldiers in front of him, which slowed down the speed of his big white horse a little.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the row of cavalrymen sent by Xue Zhiqian to protect Teng Yuzhao, although their horses were the best Ujumchin horses in the cavalry battalion, did not finally have a chance to catch up with Teng Yuzhao until then.

As soon as this row of cavalry caught up with Teng Yuzao, under the command of the cavalry platoon leader, they immediately separated a squad of cavalry and tightly surrounded Teng Yuzao's white horse, leaving so much space that Teng Yuzao's horse had almost no room to turn around.

After effectively surrounding Teng Yuzao, the cavalry squad, under the order of the squad leader, put their swords in their left hands, took out their revolvers with the other hand, and stared nervously at the surroundings to prevent any Japanese cavalry from rushing over.

Because they no longer dared to disperse or attack to kill the enemy. Once they gave the president a chance, it would be difficult for them to catch up.

Their captain had said in advance that if their president was safe and sound after the war, each of them would be rewarded with five taels of silver. However, if the president was injured, even with just a slight scratch, the entire platoon's pay would be deducted, and the platoon leader and squad leader would all be dismissed on the spot.

If their injuries were serious, they would all be expelled from the vanguard army, which had the highest salary among all the Qing troops in all provinces across the country, and they would not want to do that even if they were beaten to death.

As for the fact that their president was accidentally killed due to their failure to protect him, it goes without saying that they would all be beheaded.

After giving the order to protect Teng Yuzhao, the cavalry platoon leader and the deputy platoon leader, who were inspired with a strong fighting spirit by Teng Yuzhao's consecutive killing of several Japanese cavalrymen, each led a squad of cavalrymen, brandished their sharp sabers, and shouted to charge towards the twenty or so Japanese cavalrymen who had surrounded them.

This time, no matter how Teng Yuzhao shouted or even scolded, the cavalrymen surrounding him all had bitter faces and remained silent.

Looking at the pitiful appearance of the cavalrymen who were surrounding him tightly, Teng Yuzhao knew that it was impossible for him to escape and fight on horseback. However, he could not just watch the soldiers kill the enemies. The two squads of cavalrymen who were fighting with the Japanese cavalry here did not have an advantage in numbers.

Teng Yuzao also handed the sword stained with the blood of the Japanese cavalry to his left hand, and quickly pulled out the Browning pistol from his waist with his right hand, rubbed it on his thigh, and loaded the bullet into the chamber, while looking at the cavalry platoon soldiers who were facing the Japanese cavalry. In this instant, the cavalry platoon had already been entangled with the Japanese cavalry who were howling and charging fiercely.

The reason why it was said that they were fighting was that the war horses of both sides were not running fast. When the cavalry met, the war horses would not miss each other. They would still have time to strike a second or even a third time. Losing the speed advantage would be very disadvantageous for these new recruits of the cavalry battalion, because the Japanese cavalry's horse-riding fighting skills were obviously much better than those of the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion.

Fortunately, the heights of the war horses of both sides were obviously different, and the height of the cavalry was generally taller than that of the Japanese. The officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion riding on Mongolian horses had a clear advantage in height. Although it was not as big as the height difference between Teng Yuzhao and the Japanese cavalry on horseback, the advantage was also very significant. They were able to barely fight the fierce Japanese cavalry to a draw, and the two sides fought back and forth.

Teng Yuzhao was anxious. He raised the Browning in his hand and after a moment's hesitation, he aimed at a Japanese cavalryman who was leaning forward on horseback, swinging his knife and preparing to kill a soldier from the cavalry battalion who had just passed him by, and decisively pulled the trigger.

With the sound of a gunshot, the Japanese cavalryman's body shook violently, and the sword in his hand had no strength to chop anymore. His body swayed twice and he fell off his horse.

Although he was only shot in the abdomen and would not die immediately, he would be in danger at any time after falling off his horse in a cavalry melee. Not only would he be chopped by the enemy's saber at any time, but he would also be hit and trampled by the horses of both sides, which would put him to death.

As for being injured and falling off the horse, or even seriously injured, the possibility of survival is even lower.

Sure enough, the wounded Japanese soldier, who was holding his bleeding abdomen and trying to struggle to get up and escape from the range of the cavalry battle between the two sides, was first knocked down by his comrade's pony, and then trampled on his chest and abdomen by several horses in succession, and soon he was motionless.

Although Mongolian horses generally weigh only more than 300 kilograms, their leg strength is not weak. With one kick of their hoof, they can even crush the head of a jackal on the grassland.

Teng Yuzhao's shot that killed the enemy made the cavalry soldiers surrounding him feel itchy, but they were very clear about their own marksmanship. In such a chaotic situation, if they fired, they might hurt their own people.

After getting the Browning in his hand, Teng Yuzhao had never fired the gun, so he had no feeling for the recoil of this kind of pistol. Teng Yuzhao was also a little worried about accidentally injuring the soldiers of the cavalry battalion.

Therefore, Teng Yuzhao's target for this shot was the Japanese cavalryman who was a little far away from his own cavalryman. He also did not dare to shoot at the opponent's chest area which was shaking more, but chose the relatively stable abdomen of the Japanese cavalryman as the target.

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