Butcher Chen's proposal obviously attracted the attention of many people, and after Fang Dongquan and Wang Danxu heard this, they both showed a look of intention on their faces.

Wang Danxu said: "If you can beat them back, this is a good thing, at least let them have scruples when they pursue!" ”

Wang Danxu didn't say how many enemy soldiers they could kill and injure after firing a rifle, because this didn't make much sense, their goal was not to kill or injure as many Ming troops as they wanted from beginning to end, and even for the sake of grand strategy, they had to avoid causing heavy losses to the Ming army as much as possible.

Even if God gave the bandits in Huangzhushan a chance to annihilate the two thousand households of the Ming Army, they wouldn't dare to really do it.

Once these two thousand households are annihilated, there will be ten or twenty thousand households waiting for them in the future, and these two thousand households are the same as Longhua Town and Zhengtai County, they are all hornet's nests and cannot be stabbed!

Therefore, Wang Danxu said that he would shoot a horse pistol, but in fact, it was just to kill the arrogance of the Ming army, so that the Ming army had some scruples when pursuing, don't chase so hard like now.

At this time, Fang Dongquan also said: "I think it's okay, but the scale can't be too big, otherwise it is easy to have accidents, and once the main force of the Ming army behind catches up, it will be difficult to do!" ”

Listening to Fang Dongquan's words, he knew that Fang Dongquan was still afraid of the Ming army, after all, there were more than 100 Ming troops following behind, there were more than 400 Ming troops a little farther away, and as for the farther direction, there were also spies who reported that at least a Ming army of 500 people was coming.

In other words, the total number of Ming troops pursuing them was more than 1,000.

However, as for the Datang New Army, there were only more than 350 people before the expedition, and a baggage team of almost 50 people a few hours ago escorted the people to transport grain and detoured, that is to say, the total strength of the Datang New Army here and now is only 300 people.

These 300 people are less than one-third of the Ming army, even if the new army of the Tang Dynasty relies on the musket team to occupy a certain weapon advantage, but the gap in strength is not so easy to eliminate.

Therefore, it is normal for Fang Dongquan to be worried.

After the three main generals, Fang Dongquan, Chen Butcher and Wang Danxu, all expressed their desire to fight a small counterattack, Li Xuan also set his sights on Qian Mengjiu.

This scholar of the Jianji Palace in the Tang Dynasty is also the secretary of the military department, and at the same time he is also the chief imperial doctor in the Tang Dynasty, the only doctor in Huangzhushan, and his mental state at this time is obviously not very good.

Although he is the second person in the Tang Dynasty who doesn't have to walk except for Li Xuan, this is purely because of his poor physical fitness, so he is fortunate to ride a donkey to hurry, but even so, this wild run has tired him enough.

He is a literati after all, and he is also old, and his physical condition is not good.

However, although the mental state is not very good, Qian Mengjiu's voice is still full of energy: "If you rush to fight back, the effect of fewer people will not be great, but it may damage the manpower, and if there are more people, it will affect our speed, and it is easy to be caught up by the main force of the puppet Ming thief army, so from the perspective of the ministers, it is better to be cautious!" ”

Unlike those generals who were bent on fighting back and eliminating the grievances of being pursued in their hearts, Qian Mengjiu was quite cautious.

I only heard him continue: "Now we are not far from the mountain, and if we work harder, we will be able to return to the edge of the mountain before dark, and it will be easier to get rid of the Ming army at that time!" ”

At this time, Cai Erhu also spoke: "What if the Ming army chases us into the mountain?" We can't keep them chasing Huangzhushan, right? ”

At this time, Qian Mengjiu was also silent, and only said after a while: "If this is the case, we can fight another counterattack on the edge of the mountain!" ”

"But it's too dangerous to fight back outside the mountains, even if you want to fight back, you have to go back to the mountains we are more familiar with!"

After listening to Qian Mengjiu's words, Li Xuan also nodded slightly!

Outside the mountains and inside the mountains, there are two completely different environments, the former is the home of the Ming army, the Ming army can be said to occupy the right time and place, and the risk of rashly starting a war with the Ming army is too great, and it is easy to be entangled by the main force of the Ming army.

But if it is in the mountains, even if it is only the edge of the mountain, it is also the terrain that the bandits in Huangzhushan are more familiar with, and they can counterattack and retreat and escape, which is more conducive to the operation of the Datang New Army.

Looking at everyone, Li Xuan knew that it was time to make his own decision, because everyone who should have spoken had already spoken.

This time, Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua did not come, but stayed in Huangzhushan to preside over the summer busy affairs, and when the troops were divided, Huang Xueren and Bai Yunqi led a baggage and grain transportation team of more than 300 people to make a detour.

Only the four main generals Fang Dongquan, Chen Butcher, Wang Danxu, and Cai Erhu remained here, as well as Qian Mengjiu, a civilian official who acted as a military advisor.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment and then said, "In that case, let's let the Ming army go first, let the soldiers have a good rest, and then hurry up and hurry to get back to the mountains before dark." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said, "If the Ming army dares to continue to catch up, then we will find an opportunity in the mountains to knock out their forwards!" ”

Li Xuan knew very well that it was not a way to run all the time, since he couldn't fight a big fight, then just a small fight, as long as he could kill and injure dozens of them, it was enough to make the pursuing Ming army have some scruples. At that time, they will be able to get rid of these Ming armies, and then have more strategic room for maneuver.

After Li Xuan made a decision, Fang Dongquan and the others naturally had no objection, and soon arranged their own arrangements, ready to set off again.

The new army of the Tang Dynasty did not rest for long in place, but set off after hurriedly eating dry food and drinking water, and Ying Tianhu, who was behind, saw this scene, but also didn't care that the soldiers under his command were exhausted, urging the soldiers to get up and continue the pursuit.

Even if you can't catch up and entangle these pseudo-Tang thief army, you can't let these pseudo-Tang thief army escape, otherwise, Diao Leixun in the back may not know how to punish him.

So even if they were tired enough, the more than 100 Ming army forward soldiers had to get up.

As a result, there was a situation in this field where you chased after me, and the speed of both sides was getting slower and slower.

There was no way, both of them had been marching at a high intensity for several hours in a row, and the consumption of physical energy was quite large, and it was normal for them to go slower and slower, but even so, both of them still did not stop.

As for the main force of 400 people in Tong'an Qianhu led by Diao Leixun in the rear, they were also tired enough, they were actually chasing all the way, and the road they walked was not much less than that of the strikers under the command of Ying Tianhu in front, and many soldiers with insufficient physical fitness had already begun to fall behind.

It can be seen from here that in fact, the soldiers in the Datang New Army are still better than the Ming Army in terms of physical fitness, at least no one in the Datang New Army has been left behind.

As the sky gradually darkened, Li Xuan and the others finally arrived at the edge of the mountain, and Ying Tianhu, who was following behind their buttocks, was still in hot pursuit, and the distance between the two sides was kept within two or three miles.

In this regard, Li Xuan also knew that if he didn't give these Ming troops a ruthless blow, I am afraid that they would really be able to chase all the way to Huangzhu Mountain.

Immediately, he brought Fang Dongquan and them over to start the discussion, and there was only one topic to discuss, that is, how to kill a horse gun!