Zhang Zhenzhou personally escorted the formation, commanded if he was determined, did not hurry up, tried his best to stabilize the morale of the army, and ordered the cavalry to outflank both flanks, to cut the enemy's cavalry and weaken the impact.

"Boom-"

The cavalry of the two sides fought, fell into a struggle, and fought on horseback with real swords and guns.

"Kill—"

The men and horses were like a tide, the hooves were thundering, and on the periphery of the infantry phalanx, the cavalry on both sides fell into a melee, constantly colliding.

Qin Qiong came with his troops, and instead of charging directly, he circled the battle situation and began to gallop wildly, rolling up smoke and dust.

His strategic purpose was not to annihilate the 50,000 or 60,000 Tang army, but to delay time, because he only brought 23,000 cavalry, which was not enough to eat the 50,000 or 60,000 Tang army, so he ran around the periphery of the phalanx, saw the flaws in the formation, and directly sent a thousand troops to attack.

After the horse team of more than 10,000 people galloped over, with a strong momentum, it inserted when it saw a gap, so that the dense formation of the Tang army had been disrupted, waving spears and sabers, and condescendingly occupied.

After fighting for half an hour, Qin Qiong ordered the withdrawal of the army, and did not fight with the Tang army, because once the iron cavalry stopped, the advantage continued to decline, and finally fought in place, surrounded by infantry, and it was easy to attack it in groups, and even people with spurs into holes and chopped into meat paste.

The cavalry came and went as fast as they came, and rolled away like the ebb of the tide.

Tang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and continued to hurry, but within two hours, people were sleepy and horses were lacking, so Qin Qiong came again with 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Zhang Zhenzhou's face was solemn, and he continued to order the whole army to set up a formation and fight the Dahua army to the end.

This time, the cavalry sent by Qin Qiong did not directly rush to the main formation of the Tang army, but after entering the land of one stone, they quickly spread out to the two wings, avoiding the attack of the rain of arrows, and then wandered around the big circle, mainly to disturb the Tang army, making the Tang army desperate, disintegrating its morale, and affecting its march.

The role of the war horse at this time is vividly embodied, attacking and retreating, and it can also enable the knight to replenish his physical strength, without having to run by himself, plus the iron horse is majestic, and the courage is also strong, and there is a huge advantage.

The Tang army, on the contrary, 10,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, after some casualties, the cavalry was only less than 7,000, and the infantry killed four or five thousand people.

Zhang Zhenzhou ordered the march, he had already seen through the strategic intention to deal with it, but he couldn't get rid of it, because the initiative was on the Dahua side, and what he could do was to guide the infantry, maintain the morale and combat strength of the army, and gradually go on, and when it was dusk, he felt a hillside camped and repaired.

He has already seen through that this army of more than 20,000 cavalry does not dare to fight head-on, but wants to drag them down and wait for reinforcements, but it is a pity that although Zhang Zhenzhou knows it, it is difficult for the Tang infantry to hurry quickly, so he can only be anxious, and he must be calm as usual on the surface.

"The Dahua army did not dare to rush forward, because of the lack of troops, the outer shield bearers, the pikemen covered, and the archers were on the inside, and when they found the cavalry approaching, they immediately released arrows to block it." Zhang Zhenzhou commanded the army to move on.

In order to avoid being ambushed, go straight to the wilderness area instead of dense forest areas and mountains, so that the ambush soldiers cannot hide, but the distance will increase.

At noon, Qin Qiong saw that the Tang army was suitable for supplying dry food, launched an attack, and paid some casualties, but inflicted greater trauma on the Tang army, killing more than 1,000 cavalry, but killing many infantry in front of him, and withdrawing after an hour of fighting.

This seriously tested the will of the Tang army, among these armies, not everyone wanted to sacrifice their lives for the country and be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, they could not see hope, witnessed the terrible Dahua army, the army was discouraged, and did not want to go again.

"Why should we run away, why are we fighting with Dahua, our families are in Fufeng County, and Beidi County, these territories are occupied by Dahua, we have lost our families, if we continue to fight to the death, we will not get anything, return to Dahua, and our families will be exempt from taxes......"

"Yes, if you don't go, if you go any further, you will have to die on the way, so it's better to surrender."

The Tang sergeants and soldiers discussed a lot in a small area, and they were very inflammatory, and their will as soldiers was gone, and they became war-weary.

"Don't talk about it, whoever is talking about it, disturb the morale of the army, don't be killed!" When Captain Tang heard about it, he immediately came over to stop it.

The soldiers shut up, but their eyes were full of disgust and disgust.

The long distance, the army advanced, along the way Qin Qiong's ghost did not disperse, never fought a decisive battle, did not give up, bit the tail and did not relax, kept fighting, the two armies fought and walked, more than ten times of large and small battles, until dusk came, the attack stopped, and the cavalry also needed to be repaired.

The Tang army chose a place with a hillside and a river, and camped on the bank of the river, on the one hand, there was a water source to use, and on the other hand, the river could also be used as a natural danger to block sneak attacks.

After a day's running, the Tang army suffered 17,000 casualties, and the Dahua army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties.

Although it is safe for the time being, Zhang Zhenzhou understands very well that Hou Junji's cavalry behind him is likely to arrive tonight, and he led this army of more than 40,000 infantry, at least two days to rush back to Chang'an City, waiting for him in front of him is the main force of Dahua, even if they can get rid of Qin Qiong and Hou Junji's cavalry pursuit, but when they arrive at the city, how many people can get up and down, and in the face of the army of Emperor Dahua's personal expedition, can they stop it?

This is completely the momentum of moths fighting fires, Zhang Zhenzhou knows it, looks up to the sky and sighs, he is in his sixties, and it is not a pity to die after the age of sixties, but looking at tens of thousands of children, it is a pity to be buried like this.

There were several lieutenant generals and strategists around him, all of whom were silent, including Liu Wenjing, Duan Zhixuan and others.

"How do you think we should choose, whether to live or die?"

"General, our way back is too difficult, I'm afraid, it's difficult to get to Chang'an City alive." An adjutant general said this pessimistically.

Liu Wenjing sighed, although he was concerned about the Tang Dynasty, in fact, he also wanted to seek wealth and officials, and he became a minister of Conglong and made meritorious contributions to the founding of the country.

Zhang Zhenzhou felt that his heart was not strong at this time, and sighed: "Ben Shuai was found by the Tang Emperor, entrusted with a heavy life, and cannot be betrayed, but I am a handful of age, not a minister cultivated by the Tang State, but I am only ordered to be in danger, and now I can't do anything, I can't lose the lives of so many soldiers because of my stubbornness and foolish loyalty, so, after tonight, I, Zhang Zhenzhou, plan to resign as marshal. ”