After thinking about it, he made a surprising decision.

He asked the two hundred artillerymen just now to deal with the Manjit light cavalry in front of him, which had suffered serious losses, and then under their cover, the remaining cavalry completed the loading of the short muskets as quickly as possible.

In Chitard's idea of ​​building an army from beginning to end, he has always emphasized lightness and speed, so there is no real distinction between artillery, infantry, and cavalry in his team.

Those two hundred men are also excellent cavalry!

What's more, they still have flintlock muskets that have not yet been fired!

Although the Turguts' cavalry fighting skills are not bad, Kitard has a longer-term consideration. If he only fights with cold weapons, he will definitely suffer losses if he wants to win a big victory.

The four major tribes of the Khiva Khanate are also nomadic tribes and have just settled down. Their riding and fighting skills are not much worse than theirs.

In the past, when the Mongols were on their Western Expeditions, they relied not on head-to-head confrontation with the enemy, but on excellent tactics!

After receiving the order, the leader of this artillery unit immediately jumped into the battle without any hesitation. After firing another burst of short muskets, it will give people an illusion.

"Can the Mongolian short blunderbuss be fired infinitely?"

Therefore, even if they still have the numerical advantage, they cannot help but feel discouraged, so when they fight with sabers, their own side will have a great advantage.

Due to the fixed loading method, the remaining more than a thousand cavalry quickly completed loading.

Kitard said to a cavalry battalion commander: "You take a battalion to assist the artillery, and I will rescue Rasim!"

At this time, Rasim was already a little shaky. Although he had been trained for a long time and his long-term practice had made him extremely smart, it was a battlefield now, and his tricks were not easy to use on the battlefield.

More importantly, for a long time, the desert Turkmen have actually become an exile-like existence in the eyes of powerful tribes in Central Asia.

In their eyes, it is good that these people can win over them. If not, then let them struggle to survive in the two deserts (Kizilkum and Karakum deserts). It is not easy to gather these people, and it is difficult to deal with them.

pose a threat.

Therefore, although the number of Turkmens has not been large for a long time, they have not been able to enter the Khiva Khanate.

About an hour has passed in the battle. During this time, Rashim's 5,000 cavalry have been beaten to pieces by the opponent's 4,000 cavalry. More than a thousand cavalry were lost in one fell swoop.

Khorazbek is only a light cavalry here, but since it is led by the Lord of Nukus himself, it is obviously an elite force, regular cavalry that is regularly trained with the support of Turkmen serfs, herders and civilians in Khwarazm.
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How could the Turkmens be their opponents?

Even if a tribe lives in a wilderness area, it is impossible to develop strong strength if it just lives there without constant contact with surrounding forces.

At this moment, nearly a thousand riders led by Kitard finally arrived!

Since the enemy cavalry was divided into small teams to encircle and annihilate the Turkmen cavalry, Kitard also divided the team into ten small teams according to company-level units, and rushed towards the Manjit light cavalry.

Khorazbek historically succeeded his brother Artuk and became the second Yirak of the Khiva Khanate. Unlike his brother, who was both civil and military, he was a pure general who led troops, and his bravery and proficiency in battle were of no use to him.

Not an exaggeration.

He was able to break through the Turkmen cavalry in a short period of time just now because he had a thousand light cavalry with spears under his command. The Turkmen cavalry only had a scimitar in their hands, and there were usually fights between small tribes in the desert.

, also uses a machete.

Therefore, Khurazbek disrupted them with a single charge, and the next step was to chop melons and vegetables.

Although Kitard equipped his troops with a certain number of redundant muskets, shields, long knives, and cotton armor, they were not equipped with long guns. They also had to face the enemy's lancers. Can they get what they want?

Fortunately, if Khurazbek's cavalry gathered together to charge against them, even if they had short muskets, the result would be self-evident. But now they are attracted by the Turkmen cavalry, forming a

A team.

There is no need to be afraid. When the Torguts fought with the Russian army in the past, they also encountered Ottoman and Polish lancers. Although they did not charge face to face, they still adopted the tactics of their predecessors, luring the enemy deep and outflanking them in roundabout ways.

, but I have seen it after all.

What's more, they still have short blunderbuss in their hands!

Therefore, when the enemy noticed their appearance and sent a part of their troops to fight, they had no fear.

It's still the old method. When you get close to a distance of about two feet, aim at the enemy's horse and shoot. When the enemy's formation becomes sparse, then mount your horse and charge in!

Although Khurazbek's lancers had the upper hand in the battle with the Turkmen cavalry, they naturally suffered losses. After being attacked by Kitard's thousand cavalry with short muskets, there was not much left.

They are no longer afraid of the remaining cavalrymen of the Manjit cavalry who are also holding sabers. There are no complicated tactics this time. What Kitard needs is time, and it will not be his to make another detour to Chimboy City.<

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"Dangdang..."

There was a loud sound of sabers clashing on the battlefield. The Manjit cavalry used sabers made of Utz steel, while the Truchen cavalry used steel sabers with manganese added. The two sides were almost the same, and they were fighting for their swords.

Technique.

Kitard's training in swordsmanship is a fusion of the Mongols, Cossacks and later generations. In this regard, he is no worse than the Manjit cavalry. For a while, the two sides were evenly matched at first.

However, the Truchin Cavalry still has short muskets to use!

Naturally, the short muskets at this time could no longer be fired, but when Kitard was training his cavalry, in addition to the strategy of shooting war horses with short muskets, there was also a drill of using empty short muskets to scare the enemy.

A few of the Manjit people had seen short muskets, but most of them didn't know it. When they saw that the enemy was aiming the short muskets at them, they naturally avoided it subconsciously.

At this moment, the saber of the Truchin Cavalry arrived!

The effect of this tactic is obviously not as good as shooting with a real short gun, but when the level of swordsmanship between the two sides is almost the same, the enemy's avoidance is a big flaw.

So, Chitard's cavalry defeated them again!

Then, some enemy cavalry began to run away. The short blunderbuss in the enemy's hands, which was raised at any time and aimed at them, acted as the Sword of Damocles, although some people had already realized that it was mostly empty.

, but with the bloody lessons of teammates, no one will relax.

After the sudden decrease in the number of cavalry on the opposite side, the Turkmen cavalry, which had been struggling to support themselves, finally recovered. At this time, they still had more than 2,000 cavalry, and they immediately fought a draw with the cavalry led by Hurazbek himself.

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The sudden escape of our own cavalry also distracted Khurazbek and the others. At this time, Kitard began to divide his troops again.

He asked some people to chase and kill the fleeing Manjit cavalry, while he personally led the rest of the people towards Khurazbek!

Different from Artuk's image of a jade tree facing the wind, Khurazbek is a tall and sturdy man. Just now he personally led the cavalry to fight against the Turkmens, and dispersed them with a single charge. During this period, two people died under his hands.

More than ten people.

With this strong fighting power, even though Kitard rushed towards him, he did not panic. He ordered his men to continue fighting with Rashim and others, and he gathered hundreds of horses to welcome him!

At this time, the time has come to an hour before dawn, and Kitard and the others only have one saber in their hands!

In the night, Khurazbek's majestic figure, colorful clothes, and sparkling gems on his turban, riding on a tall horse, all attracted special attention!

Kitard struck the horse hard with the barb of his riding boots, and the horse immediately flew away with a leap.

Kitard versus Khorazbek!

Although Kitard was born in a Mongolian tribe, he was no stranger to mounted combat. However, for him, firearms were still at his disposal. In terms of mounted combat alone, his abilities were not as good as those of Chuhu'er and Techina.

But he still rushed forward without hesitation!

Does he really believe that he can defeat a Manjit cavalry warrior in a mounted battle?

Of course, he only judged that the person opposite was Khurazbek based on his clothing, and could not confirm that he was it. But in this extremely tense situation, he had no choice.

Khurazbek on the opposite side seemed to realize that the other party was coming towards him, and actually broke away from the crowd of personal guards and rushed towards Kitard!

One foot!

In Khurazbek's hand was a heavy steel knife, much longer than an ordinary Uzi steel knife, with a black back, a sharp blade, and blood stains on it!

In Kitard's hand, he still has an ordinary saber that combines the length of the Manchu Eight Banners cavalry sword, the Cossack Chasik saber and the Turgut saber, but weighs only one and a half kilograms!

In the night, Khorazbek's face, guarded by his thick beard, was trembling, and his eyes seemed to be flashing with a menacing light.

In his opinion, the "little" riding sword in the opponent's hand will fly into the sky with one powerful blow...

"Bang..."

At this moment, the short blunderbuss that had always been inseparable from Kitard's left hand suddenly fired!

It turns out that Kitard only used a short blunderbuss in the battle just now, and only used up one of the reloads. He always has one at the ready!

This time Kitard did not target the war horse, but the huge Khorazbek!

Khurazbek fell down unwillingly. At this time, his horse seemed to be frightened by the short musket, and still dragged him forward.

However, because Kitard was too forward just now, he is the only one on the battlefield now, and Khorazbek's personal guards are only one horse away from him. They all looked angry when they saw their master was knocked down.

, shouted loudly and rushed towards Kitard!

At this time, Kitard's own bodyguards were at least two or three horses away from him!

He is not Zhang Fei, a ten thousand enemy like Guan Yu. He cannot even defeat Chu Hu'er. Under the siege of a group of people, there is only one outcome.

Die!

But he still didn't move, but took off the musket from behind.

Quietly, he pulled out the latch inserted in the barrel of the gun, and then pointed the musket at the cavalry running towards him at high speed!

"Bang..."

One shot knocked down the cavalryman facing him!

Then he aimed his musket at several other riders!
Chapter completed!