As Chang Pingchang ordered a retreat, the Ming army on the front line instantly retreated back at a faster speed than the charge!

The one that runs is called a fast, so that the Datang New Army behind can't catch up if they want to.

They all wanted to run faster than others and throw away everything they could, just like when Sun Yawei retreated from Liping Mansion City before.

The troops that are not organized enough can easily become a rout when they retreat, let alone the ancient cold weapon troops.

In fact, many units of the Datang New Army are no different from the Ming troops, and it is far more active to flee than to attack!

Zhu Zhihai in the rear naturally saw the rout of the forward troops at this time!

Although his face was not very good-looking, he could still understand Chang Pingchang's retreat!

Chang Pingchang has done his best to fight this part, and the total number of casualties in the troops is afraid to reach five or six hundred, which is already a huge number for the forward troops of nearly 5,000 people!

If you continue to fight reluctantly, I am afraid that the casualties will be even worse, and even if you defeat this pseudo-Tang thief army, I am afraid that you will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself.

No, it should be said that it killed 800 enemies and lost 1,000 yourself!

Anyway, your side has an absolute advantage in strength in this battle, so you don't need to fight to the death like this!

Immediately, he also sent an order: "Order the whole army to come forward and answer the forward!" ”

With these 30,000 men on his side behind, the retreat of the strikers will not turn into a big rout!

But you still have to be careful, after all, many times, the collapse of a small army often leads to the collapse of the whole army inexplicably!

At the same time, he continued: "Send people to Liping Mansion City, let the defenders in the city go out of the city, and cooperate with our army to flank the thief army!" ”

Originally, he thought that he would be able to defeat the thief army in front of him with 5,000 strikers before, but now it seems that these pseudo-Tang thief troops can defeat Song Zhiwen and the Ming army of the North Road in a row, and they do have some real skills.

Now, you have to pay attention to it!

Even if there are only more than 2,000 pseudo-Tang thief troops in front of him, he must pay attention to it!

The Ming army retreated, and in order to avoid the pursuit and chaos of the formation, Song Tianbiao immediately ordered the three main infantry battalions on the front line and the reserve battalion to stop the pursuit and regroup.

Well, anyway, the Ming army ran fast and couldn't catch up with a few people.

Therefore, when the Ming army was defeated and retreated, the 3rd Infantry Regiment did not launch a pursuit, giving up the opportunity to inflict greater casualties on the Ming army.

However, when the team was reorganized, looking at the still black and oppressive Ming army in front of him, Song Tianbiao still had a calm face.

This time it's 5,000 Ming troops, and how many Ming troops will come next time?

Even if the generals of the Ming army on the opposite side are fools, they know that it will not be useful to send another three or four thousand people, so next time they will definitely send more Ming troops, eight thousand? Ten thousand? Or more than 30,000 people rushed to the top?

Song Tianbiao didn't know, but the only thing he was sure of was that the next Ming army would definitely attack a lot, so much that his Third Infantry Regiment couldn't bear it.

Anxious, he couldn't help but look back at his chief of staff: "How long will it take for the Tenth Infantry Battalion and the Seventh Infantry Regiment to arrive?" ”

His 3rd Infantry Regiment, though in the vanguard, was not far from the 10th Infantry Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment in the rear, and in the morning they were eight miles away.

It's late afternoon, and it's been a few hours, and even if they're slower, they should feel about it!

The reason why Song Tianbiao dared to lead the Third Infantry Regiment to intercept the more than 30,000 main forces of the Ming army was naturally not because he was full of self-confidence and thought that his Third Infantry Regiment would be able to block the Ming army in front of him.

He's just trying to get reinforcements from the rear!

In the morning, he had already sent three waves of heralds in a row to convey the situation on this side of Lipingfu City and the news that the main force of the Ming army had been found outside the city.

According to the speed of the herald riding a fast horse, he was able to send the news back in half an hour, and at the same time bring back Fang Xitong's order.

And Fang Xitong's order was for him to delay the pace of the main force of the Ming army, appropriately launch an interception operation, and buy time for the troops in the rear to arrive.

As much as possible, don't let the main force of the Ming army enter the city of Liping Mansion!

The goal of all this is to have a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army outside the city of Liping Mansion!

At this time, Song Tianbiao was thinking in his heart that if nothing else, the other troops of the Second Brigade and the Seventh Infantry Regiment should be nearby, and the troops personally led by His Majesty should also be able to arrive this evening.

As long as you hold on for another hour or two, then you won't be in the dilemma of fighting alone now.

However, will these Ming troops be able to give themselves this time?

If they don't give, how can they fight for it?

At this time, the chief of staff of the Third Infantry Regiment behind him said: "Just now, our peripheral reconnaissance cavalry has already connected with the reconnaissance cavalry on the brigade headquarters, and now they are two miles away, not far away!" ”

Song Tianbiao looked back after hearing this, but he still couldn't see the trace of the friendly troops!

Because there were several successive low hills in the rear blocking the view, although he knew that the friendly army was more than a thousand meters away, but now he still couldn't see it!

"That's good! Let's hold on a little longer! Song Tianbiao said this as if he was saying it to others, as if he was saying it to himself.

At this time, the chief of staff of the Third Infantry Regiment said again: "Regiment commander, if we want to buy time, can we try to take the initiative to maneuver?" ”

Hearing the chief of staff say this, Song Tianbiao's eyes also lit up, yes, why should he stupidly stand still and wait for the Ming army's attack, he can completely maneuver on the battlefield, and then drag the Ming army away!

Thinking of this, he was a little annoyed, his previous tactical choice was still wrong!

His task is to delay the speed of the Ming army's entry into the city, as long as the Ming army is delayed for a few hours, then he can complete the task, and he does not have to fight with the Ming army, and then have a crushing victory or defeat!

Although his third infantry regiment is now directly blocking the Ming army's way into the city, it can't be motionless, and he completely leads the troops to maneuver, such as bypassing the Ming army's flank and making a gesture that threatens the Ming army's flank.

In this way, these Ming troops still dare to swagger into the city?

At that time, the Ming army will either adjust its formation and continue to fight against itself, or leave a part of its forces to contain itself, and then other troops will enter the city.

If it is the former, then he will be able to successfully complete the task, because even if the Ming army is delayed for half an hour to an hour, the brigade troops in the rear will be able to arrive, and if the Ming army delays for a few more hours, the troops led by His Majesty will also arrive, and at that time, the more than 30,000 Ming troops in front of them will not let alone enter the city, even if they run, don't think about running.

It's hard to fly, this is what awaits them!

If the Ming army chooses to send a part of the troops to contain itself and other troops enter the city, then these Ming troops will definitely not send another two or three thousand people to contain them after experiencing the previous defeats, and they will definitely be more than four or five thousand troops at that time!

And these Ming troops who stayed to contain themselves were certainly able to drag themselves and cover other Ming troops to enter the city, but these Ming troops who were holding back themselves didn't want to run away.

At that time, if you don't need reinforcements, your third infantry regiment will be able to completely defeat these pinning Ming troops!

And the generals of the Ming army will not fail to see this!

When Song Tianbiao thought of this, he couldn't care about the whole team, and immediately said: "Order the troops, move to the right front!" ”

After Song Tianbiao's order was issued, the phalanxes of the Third Infantry Regiment also began to move!

The troops maneuver on the battlefield, which is naturally different from the usual march, the daily march is to maintain multiple columns, but if you maneuver on the battlefield, you basically maintain the formation of the phalanx at all times!

In fact, this situation is more like a change of formation than a maneuver, and it is an extremely test of the organizational ability of the troops.

It is very difficult for troops whose military discipline is not strict enough and whose training is not strict enough to make such a consistent transfer of the whole army.

These infantry phalanxes, under the orders of the officers, listened to the drumming of the little drummers, how many steps to advance, and how fast to march, there were strict and uniform regulations!

In this way, the whole formation can always be kept tight and complete, and there will be no confusion.

Seeing that the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side moved, and it was still moving in the direction of the left front, Zhu Zhihai was a little confused for a while.

What do these pseudo-Tang thieves want to do?

Is this because they are afraid that their more than 30,000 troops will crush them into slag, so they will take the initiative to retreat and give way to the city? This doesn't look right, if it's to run away, wouldn't it be easier for them to turn around and run directly, why should they run to their left flank?

Or are they trying to go around their flank and then attack their flank?

These pseudo-Tang thieves are so weird!

At this time, someone also said to him: "My lord, these pseudo-Tang thief army must be afraid of the prestige of my Wang Shi, and fled in a cowardly battle. ”

Zhu Zhihai glanced at it when he heard it, and scolded in his heart: "Stupid! ”

Your eyes saw the puppet Tang thief army fleeing, they were obviously coming towards the left flank of their own army, so they were going to launch a flank attack on their own army.

So he just looked at this unlearned and unskilled commander with contempt, who could not even see through the most basic enemy movements, and then did not even bother to answer.

Someone next to him saw that the puppet Tang thief army's move was not simple!

"These pseudo-Tang thieves are still wearing heavy armor, the formation is not chaotic, and they are heading towards our left flank, I'm afraid they are not trying to escape, but to attack our flank!"

"Take the initiative to attack our flanks? Impossible, the leader of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side would not do this even if he was stupid, they were only more than 2,000 people, and we had more than 30,000 people! ”

But why are they doing this? It's not going to be idle, is it? Someone else said so.

At this time, Chang Pingchang, who had just led the remnants of the army to withdraw from the front line, said: "If this official's guess is correct, they must want to attack our flank when we enter the city!" ”