The Ming army began to retreat on a large scale, and Chang Yu led his own soldiers to personally command the cavalry palace, which he did not dare to be careless, for fear that one accident would become a rout.

There are two things that generals are most afraid of in the dark night, one is to be hunted down, which is too easy to cause a situation of collapse, and the second is to be attacked in the camp, and the camp of tens of thousands of troops can be overwhelmed by thousands of people, to be precise, frightened.

Therefore, Chang Yu was extremely cautious and commanded the cavalry behind the formation to cover the retreat of the infantry.

Fortunately, the thieves chased the thunder loudly and the rain was small, after all, it was already dark, and they also had fear in their hearts, plus they were exhausted from the fight just now, and they were behind the cavalry of the Ming army in front of them, so they just bluffed and waited for the rear cavalry to come to support.

Niu Yong, Wang Yongkui and other two-winged men and horses and Zhou Yuji's main force gradually retreated to the north, and the soldiers fled in a panic in the dark snowy night.

There are thousands of corpses in the south river, most of them are thieves and refugees, after all, the casualties of the previous officers and soldiers were not heavy in the favorable terrain, but only those cannon fodder and the thieves who charged into battle.

Li Guo swept the river coldly, looked up and looked north, there was still a sound of killing and shaking the sky, but it was dark and there was no fire, which showed that the Ming army was in a hurry to light the torch when fleeing.

"Praying mantis blocking the car!" Li Guo snorted, and was about to say something to Zhang Nai, who was beside him, when a herald rushed over

"Report, general, there is an ambush ahead of the Ming army!"

Ambush? Li Guo was stunned for a moment, glanced at the north, but he couldn't see anything clearly in the dark light, but the killing sound was indeed much louder than just now: "How many people and horses?" ”

"I can't see clearly when it's dark, but it is estimated that there are more than twenty or thirty thousand!"

It turns out that the back hand is left here? Li Guo realized that when he fought before, he also saw that there were more than 30,000 officers and soldiers at most, but when he deceived and beat him in the afternoon, he clearly had 40,000 or 50,000 horses.

"P's ambush!" Li Guo scolded with a shout: "Pass the order and continue to chase and kill!"

They were all experienced veteran drivers, and Li Guo instantly guessed that this was just the officers and soldiers reserving manpower for the retreat.

Suddenly, two groups of officers and soldiers were killed from both sides, which made the already bluffing thief pursuers suddenly startled and stopped.

It was also at this gap that the officers and soldiers who had participated in the war and retreated were finally less embarrassed and began to slowly integrate and retreat in an orderly manner.

"Factory Gong, you first withdraw to Taiyuan, and the last general will be the queen!" Zhou Yuji hurried over with his own soldiers to take over Chang Yu's command of the palace.

Chang Yu shook his head and looked at the lights in the distance, that's right, the torches of the thief army have been lit: "The thieves will definitely not let us withdraw to Taiyuan easily, but our family doesn't plan to let them bite tightly, General Zhou, the army needs you to be in command, this kind of thing of playing the front will be handed over to our family, our family is good!" ”

Zhou Yuji stared at Chang Yu, this little eunuch was sweating, although he was tired, but he still had a monstrous fighting spirit, he couldn't understand how a slave from the palace could be so belligerent!

"You should be careful, first, you must not fall in love with war, and second, you must no longer use the ability of a puppet to engage with his short-handed soldiers" Zhou Yuji told Chang Yu, so he stopped talking nonsense, turned his head and left with his own soldiers.

Zhou Yuji left, Chang Yu looked at the thieves less than a mile away with a solemn face, and the torches stretched for several miles, so it was inferred that there were at least more than 30,000!

"My lord, what are the thieves doing, confronting us?" Zhou Tianpeng asked curiously.

"Confrontation? What do you want to do good? Chang Yu snorted coldly: "They were just a little shocked and thought that we were ambushing, and our family dared to conclude that they would attack ...... after a cup of tea."

"Shall we fight or ...... Remove? Duan Wuhu swallowed his saliva and asked.

"Fighting and withdrawing" Chang Yu regretted a little, or was a little annoyed! In the morning, I tried to lure Li Guo into the city to be stabbed secretly but unsuccessfully, but fortunately, I took advantage of it.

In the evening, he wanted to fight a sniper battle, stabbed and ran, and fought quickly, but the thief army doubled his strength and cannon fodder to break his small abacus, and now it sticks to his body like a dog skin plaster and can't throw it away.

It seems that he is still so stupid and naïve, thinking that he will be awesome when he comes through, and he thinks that he can play the thieves in the palm of his hand with a little cleverness, in fact, these thieves can mediate with the court for more than ten years to challenge the Ming Dynasty, how many can minister and military generals are still alive and kicking up and down, aren't they good people, which ones don't become fine.

In the afternoon, we should have withdrawn directly to Taiyuan, and not to engage in this sniper, not to mention how embarrassing the retreat is now, and the situation is still very tricky.

But if you withdraw directly, let the thief army go all the way to the city of Taiyuan, and I am really unwilling.

But at this time, if all the bees are withdrawn, the thief army will pursue closely at the same time, and it is estimated that the officers and soldiers under Taiyuan City have been defeated, and there is not much left.

But after leaving the people and horses in the palace, just like now, there is less to welcome more, and it is impossible to resist hard, but it has to be carried in order to retreat and retreat the large army.

"It's so dark?" Zhou Tianpeng turned his head and glanced behind him, and then looked at the camp of the thief army opposite, "My lord, do you want to light torches too."

Chang Yu moved when he heard this, and looked back, it was really dark, and he couldn't see the figure clearly from three steps away from the wind and snow.

Case......

"No!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Chang Yu's mouth, the best cover for the night, I believe that the thief army did not rush over at this time, but he did not know its truth.

After another moment, the thief army seemed to be tossing something, and the torches walked back and forth, but they did not charge as Chang Yu had expected.

Could it be that they were really frightened by themselves, or did they plan to consume themselves and couldn't help the cold to retreat first and then chase after them?

Instead of that, why not give him an anti-routine! A bright light flashed in Chang Yu's heart.

Take the initiative and hit him with a charge!

The thief army previously pursued by victory, but the morale was exhausted, mostly bluffing, and then the cavalry crossed the river to join the pursuit, but suddenly the Ming army killed two support armies, and the wind and snow did not know the depth of the night, so they only dared to pursue carelessly, only waiting for the main general to transfer troops after the formation to make a decision.

At this time, the torches in the thief army were bright, and the Ming army was pitch black, so it was better to immediately mobilize the cavalry to take the opportunity to charge, and they could definitely be caught off guard or even retreated!

It's better to act than to be moved, Chang Yu told Duan Wuhu and others about the plan, and everyone felt that it was feasible, so they immediately mobilized their men and horses, prepared bows and arrows, and charged the battle with cavalry!

Mounted archery is definitely a powerful attack formation, ten thousand horses galloping, ten thousand arrows firing at once, no matter what formation the opponent is, how stable the formation will suffer a heavy blow, and even be crushed in an instant!

And the best at this kind of play is the Qing soldiers, the Manchu Qing are good at cavalry and archery, and the Ming army, which is agriculture and animal husbandry, is relatively weak, which is one of the main reasons why the Ming army is always easy to defeat once it encounters the Manchu army.

Of course, there are still many border troops in the Ming Dynasty that can be carried, such as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which imitates the Qing soldiers and builds a cavalry corps that is good at riding and archery for the Qing soldiers.

However, it is a pity that the usual tactics of the inland Ming army are that the archers strike from a distance first, and then the cavalry charges, and the infantry follows, and they are far from proficient in cavalry archery!

But at this time, the blind man beat the dog and danced wildly, Chang Yu's purpose was to use the cavalry to disperse the pursuers, so it didn't matter whether the cavalry was proficient in cavalry archery, and all the bows and arrows in the army were distributed to the cavalry to prepare for the charge.

I didn't know that this side was just getting ready, and suddenly there was a sound of gold on the other side!

The thieves have withdrawn!

Chang Yu was stunned!

The arrow is on the string, but it will not be sent!

The thief army has always been in pursuit, why did it suddenly stop moving? Chang Yu was stunned for a while, but he woke up in a blink of an eye.

This snowstorm, this dark night, and my own slippery head, I am afraid that the other general will not dare to wade into danger!

Remove! Quietly, slowly withdraw!

Chang Yu also immediately ordered to slowly retreat to Taiyuan under the cover of wind and snow!

On the bank of the river, on the earthen platform where Zhou Yuji commanded the battle before, Li Guo's face was pale, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frozen, but it was extremely ugly anyway.

Looking at the dark night due north, he was unwilling, it was difficult to extinguish the anger in his heart if he didn't kill Chang Yu, he was determined to chase and kill the past, and even gave a military order.

However, when Ren Jirong and Ma Chongxi came to persuade him, he slowly calmed down.

The wind and snow are tight, the sky is dark and invisible, and the officers and soldiers are extremely treacherous, since they dare to fight a sniper war, they naturally have a back hand, if they are careless, they are afraid of accidents, and then think about the dead eunuch who always has a bad smile on his face, despicable and treacherous, Li Guo couldn't help but beat the spirit, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

It's just that even if his military order is two or three minutes later, I'm afraid the ending will be different.