Hearing this sentry horseman's urgent question, Wang Deren's heart became more and more irritable, and his brows were tightened like locks. He kept his face stiff and paced back and forth like a trapped beast before he finally made up his mind.

Hum! Grandma's, now that the Tang army is attacking the door, our army can only give them a soldier to block it now, and they have to go on the road.

"Chuan Ben will give this order, and the whole army will quickly prepare, just outside Macheng City, set up a position with the enemy army, and have a duel with them!" Wang Deren coldly ordered.

"General, this, how does this make." An adjutant general next to him hurriedly came over and whispered: "General, our army has been in a hurry to retreat now, the army has no fighting spirit, and the Tang army is so fierce, how can our army resist it." If the Tang army makes a noise to attack, the morale of our army is so low, I am afraid that we will not be able to cope with even the combined strength. It's better to hold on to the city and wait for backup......"

"Phew! Reinforcements are a fart! Wang Deren said a foul word coldly, and said: "You don't know your intentions." It's just that now that the Tang army is coming from afar, if our army does not dare to respond to the battle, and only dares to retreat into the city, it will definitely see through the truth of our army. Our army's plan to bluff and attack on the surface, but in fact to retreat, will surely be completely seen through by it. At that time, the Tang army will attack with all its might, and our army will be in danger of being annihilated. Even if the Tang army does not attack the city for the time being, if they come to besiege the city with a heavy army, will we have a chance to withdraw again? Therefore, the general decided to do the opposite, simply leaving the city with the whole army, and putting on a posture of fighting to the death with the Tang army, which would make the Tang army suspicious and dare not act rashly. In this case, if he could hold out until dark, he would have his own way to let the whole army evacuate Macheng and return to Wuchang. “

Seeing that the deputy general and the people around him were still suspicious, Wang Deren looked around at everyone, sighed, and said: "Everyone, since ancient times, how can there be anything perfect in fighting with soldiers. Now the general's move is considered a last resort, as for whether such an act can be seen through by the Tang Army, it depends on the will of God. Everyone, take a break and listen to the arrangement. ”

When everyone heard him say this, although they were helpless, they could only bite the bullet and answer: "Yes, please give the general an order." ”

"Okay, everyone, please listen to my military orders......"

Soon, according to Wang Deren's military order, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command all went out of the city, and outside the city of Macheng, they set up a battle formation, and faced off head-on with the Tang army that was striding forward.

At the same time, among these soldiers who went out of the city to line up, there were a very large number of young men in the city, who were also quickly recruited, lined up behind the formation, filled with numbers, falsely recruited flags, and made a strong force and a large number of men and horses.

Zu Dabi, the main general of the Tang Army, saw from a distance that the enemy army of Wang Deren's department really went out of the city to meet the city, and fought against himself with the city array, and he was taken aback.

Especially when he saw that the scale of the enemy's formation was really very large, with nearly twice the number of troops of his own, he was originally high-spirited, but he was not suspicious in his heart, and the drunken spirit above him was half sober.

Wang Deren's guy is not afraid of the momentum of our army, and he really dares to go out of the city to fight, and the scale of his formation is so grand, which makes him open his eyes. Could it be that this guy really has a large number of reinforcements, so that they have the courage to fight our army to the end?

Although Zu Dabi has a rough appearance, he is not a brave and unscrupulous person after all, but his mind is also quite meticulous. Seeing that Wang Deren's army formation had such momentum, he did not dare to advance lightly without understanding the reality of the enemy's soldiers, so he ordered the whole army to strengthen its vigilance, slow down the march, and be sure to keep the army in strict order.

About two miles away from Wang Deren's army on the opposite side, Zu Dabi stopped the army formation and confronted each other at a distance from Wang Deren's troops and horses on the opposite side.

At this time, it is nearly dusk.

As the sun sets, the originally hot weather begins to cool down gradually, and the evening breeze brings a hint of coolness. It's just that the cooler weather has not reduced the solemn atmosphere of the confrontation between the two armies in the slightest.

Seeing that it was getting late, but the enemy army on the opposite side did not know the reality of the reality, Zu Dabi was anxious, and the idea of fighting or not fighting, in his heart, the battle between heaven and man, made him even more annoyed.

On the opposite side, seeing the Tang army lined up a stone's throw away, Wang Deren, who was originally very panicked, found that the Tang army had not moved for a long time, and he was secretly happy.

He knew that his bluffing plan really worked, so that the Tang army, which had been attacking all the way, was afraid of his own military momentum and did not dare to attack directly, and the goal he wanted was finally achieved.

Wang Deren looked at the gradually darkening sky, and estimated that the Tang army would not dare to attack now, so it was very likely that it would retreat on its own after dark, so he told his subordinates to take advantage of the current confrontation opportunity to speed up the transportation of ordnance, grain and grass in the city to Wuchang, so that after dark, they could just withdraw the Wen army.

Wang Deren used the huge formation as a cover, arranged a large number of logistics auxiliaries, and urgently withdrew the grain, grass and ordnance in the city. This evacuation to Wuchang was done in an orderly manner, and Zu Dabi, the commander of the Tang Army, could not see it at all on the opposite side, and the enemy general Wang Deren still had such a hand.

As the sky got later and later, Zu Dabi's heart became more and more restless.

At this moment, a messenger sent by Liu Guoneng, the mayor of the sixth town of the Tang Army, hurried to the middle of the formation.

"General Zu! General Zu! General Liu has an order, now that the enemy army is moving, and the enemy situation is unknown, the general must strictly guard the camp and not go out to fight without authorization. ”

The messenger, who ran so much that both men and horses were drenched in sweat, took out the sweat-soaked letter from his bosom and hurriedly handed it to Zu Dabi.

Zu Dabi's face was very complicated, he opened the letter, looked at it roughly, and the anxiety and shame in his heart were difficult to describe in words.

Damn, what a fucking shame!

Lao Tzu led all his troops and horses to fight against Wang Deren's troops this time, if the two armies faced off, he could only lead the troops to withdraw in disgrace, and this face was too big. In the future, in front of the soldiers of the whole army, I am afraid that I will not be able to raise my head because of this incident.

A wisp of cool wind blew, Zu Dabi gave a long wine burp, and the feeling of alcohol came to his head for a while.

Fuck it!

Wang Deren is not a three-headed and six-armed guy, I'm afraid that he will be an egg, and Lao Tzu will beat him, what else can he do!

What's more, now that it's going to be dark, if you don't hurry up and give him a fuck, when it's dark, there's no way to fight. At that time, there is really only one way to retreat.

Hmph, such a fighter cannot be missed.

I must fight him, and if there is anything wrong, I will explain it to Liu Guoneng in person. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if this battle is really lost, it's a big deal to give this three-pound head to Liu Guoneng's house, and it's worth it.

Thinking of this, he took a long breath and waved his hand vigorously, signaling the messenger to step back first. After the messenger retreated, he stared at the blood-red eyes and shouted at the soldiers of the whole army: "Grandma, there is no turning back from the bow!" We are all long-term masters, how can there be a reason for this army to retreat without a fight before the battle! Listen to my command, and the whole army will continue to attack! ”

"Order!"

"Listen, our army fought this time, first with a volley of artillery, then with a fire attack, then with a spear and shield battle array, and finally with a cavalry to outflank the enemy's flanks. In short, you will do your best to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

"I understand it below!"

Zu Dabi, who had finished the military order, still had a sneer on his blushing face, and a sneer flashed, and he said: "Enter his mother, what if the enemy army is large, and what if there are more troops, in my opinion, even if they have a large number of people, they are just wine bags and rice bags, and they are just rats who come to give away people's heads." It's been more than half a year, and we've been idle, and today it's time to see blood on the knife. Brothers, listen well, work hard to kill the enemy, and make meritorious deeds. Gain fame and wealth, just fight here and move forward! ”

"Forward!!"

Soon, in the Tang army's formation, which had been silent for a long time, the war drums rumbled, the banners and the army moved like a wall, and the officers and men of the whole army shouted slogans and advanced in an extremely orderly and neat manner towards the enemy army formation on the opposite side.

At this time, hearing that the Tang army was in the formation, the war drums suddenly rose, and the whole army continued to push towards itself, and Wang Deren, who was originally proud on the opposite side, thinking that the Tang army was afraid of his own military situation and only dared to quietly withdraw while it was dark, couldn't help but be shocked.

Damn, I didn't expect Tang Jun to hesitate for a long time, and he dared to come really!

Now that the Tang army is clamoring to attack, how should he deal with it?

Do you really want to bite the bullet and go face to face with the Tang Army?

In this case, this army with low morale and no fighting spirit, as well as those young people in the city who have no combat experience behind the formation, are really capable of fighting with the brave and elite Tang Army's long-fought division?

Wang Deren quickly dismissed this idea in his heart.

No way! Absolutely not!

The morale of the soldiers of the Fang army is so low, they have been standing here all the time, as long as they really confront the Tang army, they are afraid that they will immediately reveal their prototypes, or even collapse immediately, which is very likely.

Wang Deren raised his head and looked at the sinking sunset, and a cruel color flashed across his face.

Hmph, in the future, I can only lose the car to protect the handsome!

Now, the front army and a group of cavalry can only be used as vehicles that can be thrown away to block the attack of the Tang army. And let the main force of the Chinese army as a commander who can be saved, and quietly retreat with himself, hoping to use the battle between the front army and the Tang army, as well as the night that is about to darken, so that the main force can rush back to Wuchang, then even if the strategic goal is achieved in this battle, these former troops and cavalry as victims are also worth the money.

As for the young people in the city who are used to support the momentum of the scene behind the battle, they are pure cannon fodder and victims, anyway, these people are temporarily summoned, and they will not feel distressed if they die.

Ci is not in charge of the army, and when it is broken, it is broken.

"Pass on our military order, the front army and the cavalry will defend the defense line together, strictly prevent the Tang army from attacking, and the main force of the Chinese army will retreat immediately to prepare for another battle! Those young and strong people in the city still stayed behind the battle to wave their flags and shout to help the momentum, and they could not retreat without permission. ”

"This ......, it has to be ordered!"

Wang Deren retreated with the Chinese army, but his heart was indescribably sad.

Brothers, don't blame the general for being ruthless, the situation has changed too much, and in order to protect the main force, there is really no way to use this strategy of losing the car to protect the handsome!

The sun was setting in the distant mountains, Wang Deren led the main force to retreat in a hurry, and the Tang army's formation was constantly pressing.

Soon, the thirty heavy dragon bombarders of the Tang Army were pushed to the forefront by the gunners with gritted teeth. Immediately afterward, in the drowsy twilight, they began to urgently fix the gun mount, reload the gunpowder, measure the elevation angle and distance with the bell, and quickly made preparations.

The commander of the artillery of the Don Army, who commanded the firing of the artillery, held the red order flag in his hand and held it high.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

……

In the dwilight, thirty heavy dragon bombers were fired at the same time, and the white choking smoke was filled with a large air, and in the muzzle flames like bright red silk cloth flying, thirty black dragon shells weighing thirty-two pounds, like the fist of death, whistled out of the cannon chamber, and slashed through the air with a long whistling sound, and rushed straight into the left army formation opposite.

Blazing shells, with a sharp whistling sound, slammed straight into the left army formation with an extremely strong and brutal attitude, plowing straight and bloody artillery paths. Wherever the shells went, limbs and corpses flew sideways, internal organs splattered, blood spilled, and screams were repeated, and the left troops that touched them were either killed or wounded, and immediately and completely lost their combat effectiveness.

This round of volleys caused a total of more than 100 casualties among the soldiers of the Left Army and the young men in the city, although the casualties were not many, but such an absolutely terrifying death and power immediately caused the enemy to fall into a huge panic.

However, although the soldiers of the left army at the front were panicked, the degree of confusion was controllable. It's just that the young people who were temporarily pulled in behind were suddenly bombarded by such a fierce artillery, and suddenly there was a big chaos, and many people were frightened, wailing and throwing the weapons and flags in their hands, like a group of panicked rabbits, turning around and fleeing backwards in a hurry.

If you want to run, it's not that easy!

The main general, Wang Deren, had long expected that those young men might be scattered by the Tang army's artillery, so he made arrangements in advance.

That is, he arranged a large number of cavalry as a warlord, and when these cavalrymen saw that these young men had fled, they immediately stepped forward, slashed and slaughtered, and ordered them to return to their positions quickly.

Those who fled in a hurry were slashed by the fierce cavalry of the left army, and the rest were afraid of the power of the sword, so they had to return to the formation.

After the Tang army finished this round of artillery bombardment, the originally stopped formation continued to move forward, and at the forefront were 3,000 musketeers with flintlocks.

At this time, the sky was dark, the sunset was gone, and Zu Dabi estimated that his own firecrackers could only play one or two rounds at most, and they would not be able to let go because their eyes were blocked. Therefore, he did not let the musketeers line up in the usual three-stage strike battle formation, but made them line up in two long columns, beating neat drums, and pressed towards the opposite left army battle formation, and soon reached the best firing range.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang bang bang! ……”