Although Gao Changgong's order to retreat to Yingchuan County to the west has not yet reached all the soldiers, those cavalrymen who are getting rid of the rain of bullets behind them are actually in a panic, and several groups of men and horses are riding their horses to the west!

But just when they had just rushed out of the attack range of those bullets and shells behind them, in a dirt slope not far in front of them, a row of Chen soldiers wearing white camouflage paper armor suddenly appeared, and then suddenly shot at them, they were the musket battalion that was ordered by Xiao Yao to ambush here!

The musket battalion led by He Fu, after being rebuilt, had more than 1,000 members, and had three companies under its command, and each company also had three platoons. Now these three companies are stationed in their own defense areas, and then form a blockade line against this group of Qi cavalry rushing head-on, and then they also follow the traditional shooting method of Minni flint muskets: first one platoon aims and shoots in front, and then retreats to the back to load the bullets, let the people in the second row shoot, and then it is the turn of the third platoon, through this cycle mode to maintain the continuity of fire, and suppress the enemy's attack with continuous shooting!

Although the firing rate of these Mini rifles could not be compared with the rate of fire of the hand-cranked Gatling machine guns just now, the firearms battalion was superior in numbers, with more than thirty people in one platoon, and then one platoon of three companies fired at the same time, and more than a hundred rounds of ammunition were fired at these cavalrymen at the same time!

And these musketeers were aiming before shooting, so they fired three rounds, and most of the cavalry who fled to the west had already been knocked down in the snow, some were killed on the spot, some were rolling in the snow and calling for help, and only a few hundred horses were left walking around in the snow at a loss!

Gao Changgong, who was preparing to retreat to the west, also discovered the musket team that suddenly appeared in the west at this time, and they were wantonly attacking their cavalry, and he was so frightened that he almost fell directly from his horse to the ground!

"The musketeers of the Forward Brigade? How did they end up in the west? Weren't they still on the artillery position just now? How many troops does Xiao Yao have in his hands now? This tactic of his, with only 5,000 troops, cannot be executed at all! Why did the intelligence say that Xiao Yao's rebuilt forward brigade still only had 5,000 people, could it be that the people on Chen Guo's side were uniting to deceive us? And this Xiao Yao, he actually guessed in advance that we would be defeated, and we would retreat to the west, so he set up this blockade in the west in advance? It seems that we can only concentrate our forces and force our way through this blockade! Gao Changgong said fiercely.

But at this moment, from Xiao Yao's position, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out, waving a saber and rushing straight towards his side!

"What? Cavalry? How can Xiao Yao's forward brigade still have cavalry! When he got up from the snow in embarrassment, he had already seen Xiao Yao's cavalry rushing past the cavalry who had just been knocked to the ground by machine guns and artillery, and the ruthless horses' hooves trampled their corpses, among which there were some cavalry who were not dead, including the Qi cavalry who was just shocked to the ground by the explosion of the cannonball just now, but at this time he was slashed by the roaring Chen cavalry and hacked to death on the spot!

Just now, when Li Nong's artillery battalion was shelling these Qi cavalry who had turned their horses and fled back, Huang Wenyuan, who had been watching the bloody slaughter from the side, finally got Xiao Yao's order to let him lead his cavalry battalion with 2,000 cavalry, immediately get on his horse, and as soon as the artillery battalion's shelling was over, he immediately rushed forward and harvested the heads!

So when Gao Changgong and the others thought that Xiao Yao's rebuilt forward brigade had no cavalry, and was ready to withdraw from the battle immediately in advance and retreat to Yingchuan County to the west, Huang Wenyuan's cavalry battalion rushed out and rushed towards the Qi cavalry who had fled!

Wei Xiangyuan held on to his feet and was still a little weak, looking at the cavalry on the opposite side who were rushing from behind to kill those cavalrymen who had been beaten to no fighting spirit and just wanted to escape, and said with an incredulous expression: "How is this possible!" Xiao Yao, how could he still have so many cavalry? Looking at this formation, the number of 2,000 cavalry in the cavalry battalion of their forward brigade is a lot! How many people did this Xiao Yao bring to Huaibei? ”

"Quickly, quickly organize the soldiers, defend, block the attack of their cavalry, and then let Zhang Dabao's artillery troops pull all the artillery and withdraw from the position as soon as possible! Immediately let those scattered cavalry gather together, form an offensive formation, launch an assault on the blockade line to the west, break through them in one go, and then quickly retreat towards Yingchuan County! Gao Changgong, who stabilized his emotions, immediately ordered and said.

But at this time, Huang Yuanwen's cavalry team suddenly ran in the direction of the west, and then the musket team in the west also rode on the Qi war horses that had lost their masters, and then they would form a cavalry force of more than 3,000 people, and rush from the west to Gao Changgong's position!

"Lord Wang, their musket team took our war horses, and now they have also become cavalry, and then after joining up with the cavalry battalion that rushed out just now, they came to us from the west, it seems that they just want to drive us to the east, because such a large group of cavalry, we can't rush through at all!" Wei Xiangyuan said angrily.

"This Xiao Yao is too cunning! He calculated that we would retreat to Yingchuan County in the west, and now he deliberately attacked us from the west, and then drove us all back to the empty city of Xiapi County, and finally ate us all! Gao Changgong also looked at the one-sided battlefield with reluctance, and then said with determination: "Although the west is no longer able to break through, we can't just be caught here, Wei Xiangyuan, you immediately go and urge the artillery troops, let them evacuate as soon as possible, I will go to collect those cavalry, and then we will retreat while fighting, and evacuate to Xiapi County!" ”

"Yes, my lord! The prince himself has to be more careful, even if he returns to Xiapi County, we have soldiers and generals, and there is still a chance to turn defeat into victory! After Wei Xiangyuan received the order, he immediately got on his horse, took his men and horses, and rushed towards Zhang Dabao's artillery position.

At this time, Li Nong's artillery battalion had already stopped shelling, and the hand-cranked Gatling machine gun also stopped shooting after Huang Wenyuan's cavalry battalion charged, after all, bullets and grenades are very precious materials, and now both sides have begun to enter a white-knuckle battle with fleeing on one side and chasing and killing on the other, so Xiao Yao hurriedly ordered all the artillery battalions to stop firing, and then gathered the formation and prepared to occupy the opponent's position!

And Huang Yuanwen's side, with his own 2,000 cavalry and He Fu's 1,000 temporary cavalry, rushed to the Qi army's position from the west with murderous violation! Huang Wenyuan held a saber in one hand and a fire pistol in the other, and after knocking down a Qi cavalry in front of him, he rushed over and hacked him to death, and then shouted loudly: "Brothers, last year we were chased by Gao Changgong and fled in embarrassment, and many brothers died under the pursuit of their cavalry!" Now we have to avenge these brothers and let them taste the power of our forward brigade cavalry! The commander said, we don't keep prisoners, everyone just kills! Whoever doesn't cut his saber today will be expelled from the cavalry battalion!" ”

"Revenge! Avenge! Kill! Kill! Kill! The three thousand cavalry let out a deafening shout, then raised their sabers and rushed towards the Qi position, where blood sprayed and wreckage and limbs were scattered everywhere they went!