"Get up, hurry up!" Ying Tianhu knew that he didn't have much time to think about it, let alone hesitate to hesitate, he had to gather the soldiers as soon as possible, and any momentary hesitation would cause irreparable consequences.

The casualties or even the collapse of the troops are nothing, and more importantly, once the puppet Tang thief army is killed, it is very likely that they will all die here!

However, even though he knew that the situation was extremely urgent, he still took several deep breaths in a row, and while ordering the soldiers to form a formation, he squinted his eyes and observed the pseudo-Tang thief army that suddenly appeared in front of him.

These pseudo-Tang thieves didn't seem to have musketeers, but at the forefront were dozens of armor-clad sword and shield men, and behind the sword and shield men was a group of archers.

However, even if there are no musketeers in these Tang thieves, those heavily armored sword and shield soldiers are not so easy to deal with.

He also knows about the puppet Tang thief army, and knows that there is a small group of bandits in the puppet Tang thief army, these bandits are all wearing armor, holding steel knives and shields, they are typical heavy armor sword and shield soldiers, even if such soldiers are placed in the Ming army, they belong to the most elite soldiers.

These hoplites, placed on the battlefield of cold weapons, are the most elite on both sides, and they are also the forces that directly affect the outcome of the battle.

In the Ming army, there were generally personal soldiers of various generals, and low-ranking officers were such soldiers.

Seeing these heavy-armored sword and shield soldiers, Ying Tianhu didn't dare to take it lightly, these people in the vanguard also caused a lot of losses to the Ming army, even if the other party had no right sex at all when he charged, and it looked chaotic, but with the armor and steel knife and shield on the other party, it was not so easy to deal with.

It is impossible for ordinary light infantry to stop these people, and if you want to stop these bandit heavy armored units on the other side, you must be the elite of your own side.

And if you want to rely on these ordinary guards and light infantry under your command to stop them, you must use a tight formation!

So he knew very well that his time was running out, and he had to immediately organize his men to form a resistance.

If you don't form a tight formation in time, or a loose formation like now, and are rushed by the opponent's heavy infantry, then the whole army will have to collapse!

And he couldn't let everyone lie down to avoid the bullets like before, because there were no musketeers on the opposite side, only dozens of archers, and for a thrown bow and arrow, there was basically no difference between standing and lying on his stomach.

When Ying Tianhu was shouting, the other Ming soldiers had already discovered that something was wrong, and many small officers of the hundred households and general banners had already formed a formation with people one after another.

Fortunately, at the beginning of their preparation to set up camp for cooking, the soldiers did not completely disperse, and they were all guarding against the attack of the pseudo-Tang thief army along the way, so the movement of the formation was still quite fast.

When the Ming army was in a hurry, Butcher Chen and the others had already killed them with men and horses, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, and eighty meters!

When he reached this distance, Butcher Chen held the pig-killing knife high and shouted: "Kill, rush over, kill the damn!" ”

"The first meritorious person will be rewarded with the general soldier!"

"Kill one enemy and reward a thousand households!"

Butcher Chen rushed and casually promised various titles and official positions, but unfortunately, the bandits behind him did not have much impulse towards this.

Who is it to deceive, just a few guerrillas and thousands of households, it is useless, it is better to reward a pot of wine for the big guy to drink!

The official hat of the Tang Dynasty is worthless, this is already known to everyone, even those bandit soldiers who can't read big characters also know that all kinds of titles in the army, down to hundreds of households, up to thousands of households, and even guerrillas, deputy generals, and general soldiers, are all worthless things, that is, they are verbally good.

What really precedes it is the actual positions at all levels, such as the officers of the three ranks of captain, lieutenant captain, and captain, or those positions in the Privy Council.

Therefore, if Butcher Chen wants to boost morale by rewarding official positions, he should also come up with actual official positions, such as Wu Chang, deputy captain or something.

But then again, officially because of the various thousands of households, titles such as chief soldier are not valuable, people Chen Butcher will shout out so generously and casually, those real positions, Chen Butcher didn't have the courage to promise on the spot.

However, although these bandits despised Butcher Chen's stinginess and were not at all moved by his words to boost morale, this did not prevent them from following Butcher Chen with the same slogans of fighting.

They were originally the most courageous and most fearless bandits in the entire Huangzhu Mountain, and they rushed to the front to fight every time they fought, and this rush was a common thing for them.

Secondly, there will definitely be a reward for winning the battle!

The actual reward naturally cannot be a garbage title such as a thousand households, a general soldier, etc., but something more substantial: such as meat, wine, and women!

Or be promoted to an official and be a little captain!

These are the reasons why they really care and fight for this!

As for the slogans that Butcher Chen is shouting now, everyone should not have heard them!

The bandits rushed to the front with long knives and shields, and the archers at the back trotted to follow!

Immediately, the distance narrowed, and when it was more than sixty meters, several officers of the archers were already shouting in unison, "Ready!" ”

The archers quickly stopped, and one by one they began to bend their bows and arrows!

"Archery!" With the order of the officers, nearly forty archers released the first arrow in unison!

"Free Fire!"

Immediately after that, the archers did not stop shooting, but continued to bend their bows and shoot arrows!

The reason why there is a high level of free fire, and not a wave of salvo fire like before, is because the quality of the archers in the archer team is uneven.

Some archers are from Orion and are quite skilled in archery, while some are half-monks, and their archery skills only stop at the simplest bow bending and archery, so the accuracy and frequency of their bow and arrow are still very different.

In order to ensure the maximum efficiency of firepower, these archers of the Datang New Army do not force the pursuit of salvo firepower, everyone shoots freely, and how many arrows can be shot!

As the archers began to shoot arrows, the arrows continued to fly into the array of the Ming army, although the distance was still a little far, and the use of throwing led to the lack of power of the arrows, but there were not many people in the Ming army who were wearing armor, most of them were dressed in single clothes, even if the power of the bow and arrow was weaker, but as long as it hit, it could cause effective damage.

It's just that the number of archers is limited, the arrows are not dense enough, and the Ming army is not stupid and will use shields to block, so the actual casualties caused by the first two waves of arrow rain to the Ming army are limited.

And at this time, there were more than a dozen people in the Ming army who began to fight back with bows and arrows!

However, the Ming army had better archers, and the enemies they faced were heavy armor sword and shield men like Chen Butcher, who were all wearing cloth iron armor, and their defensive capabilities were not comparable to those of light infantry.

As long as they are not unlucky enough to be hit in the façade, then this kind of bow and arrow at medium and long range is hardly a real threat to them.

However, if you are shot by the Ming army's bow and arrow at close range, then it is a bit dangerous, although the armor can protect people, but the military strong bow can still penetrate ordinary armor at close range.

But then again, very few archers will bend their bows and shoot arrows when the enemy's heavily armored hand-to-hand combatants are ten or twenty meters in front of them, and they will run behind the rear of the hand-to-hand combatants.

Most archers or crossbowmen will start to retreat within 30 meters of the enemy, or simply abandon their bows and arrows and draw their swords for hand-to-hand combat.

When the distance between the two sides is close to twenty or thirty meters, they have actually entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat, and the next step will be a hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.

At this moment, Butcher Chen rushed forward with more than 30 people like a fierce tiger, although in the process of charging, several unlucky eggs were shot by bows and arrows, but except for one person who was unlucky enough to be shot by an arrow at close range and fell to the ground, although the other people who were shot were slightly injured, but after being protected by armor, although the arrows penetrated the armor, the remaining power was not enough to cause them too much practical damage, but it stimulated the blood type of these bandits even more.

Soon, under the leadership of Butcher Chen, they ran headlong into the array of the Ming army!

Ying Tianhu saw the tall and mighty Butcher Chen early, and when Butcher Chen rushed up with people, Ying Tianhu was not to be outdone, and directly took a few low-level officers and his own soldiers, a total of about 20 people to greet him!

But before he could catch up, Butcher Chen and the others had already fought their way out of those ordinary Ming light infantry.

Everywhere these heavily armored bandits passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the screams continued!

But don't look at the momentum of their killing, as if they caused a lot of damage to the enemy, but in fact, their impact and the actual damage caused to the Ming army were not as great as those caused by the archers in front.

These light infantry can't be defeated, but they can dodge and escape!

So don't look at Butcher Chen's appearance as a tiger entering the flock and killing all directions, but in fact, the Ming army ran away by itself, and at most they grabbed a few unlucky eggs who couldn't run away and cut them twice.

Therefore, after Butcher Chen and the others entered it, the number of enemy casualties caused was not very large, but the chaos caused was more terrifying than the direct death of dozens of enemy soldiers.

When Ying Tianhu finally rushed over with more than a dozen of the same personal soldiers, wanting to face Butcher Chen, those ordinary guards could no longer withstand such a huge casualty pressure and began to collapse!

Seeing this scene, Ying Tianhu knew that although he didn't bring his own soldiers to meet him, he already knew that this battle could not be fought, and no matter how stupidly he rushed forward with his own soldiers, it was estimated that today next year would be his death day.

He looked left and right, then exhaled, and then said in a neutral voice:

"Withdraw!"