"My lord, it's Penghu Sailor Li Zongbing, and they brought people to support us!!"

The henchman who went to the rear to investigate the results came back, and gave a news that was both reasonable and at the same time made Deng Xi feel ashamed.

Wiping his face I don't know if it's his own sweat or other people's blood, Deng Xi looked at the distance that he couldn't see at all with an expressionless face, and when the sound of the retreating peasant army sounded, Deng Xi's whole person was relieved, this time it was his fate, at least he left some backbones of the Henan army.

Unloading the last breath of fighting spirit, Deng Xi sat down at the battle scene full of corpses without any image, panting heavily, these years of pampering have made him wait for his body to be blessed a lot, and his physical strength has dropped too much, although it is only a little more than half an hour of fighting, but it has made Deng Xi breathless.

"Well, I know, I thanked Mr. Li for me, and said that I would wait until the general settled down the soldiers, and then I would personally come to the door to thank you!"

After the breath calmed down, Deng Xi opened his mouth and continued to instruct the guards to hand over to the reinforcements in Li's rear.

In fact, at the moment when the artillery fire sounded, Deng Xi had a guess about the sudden reinforcements behind him, and the biggest possibility was naturally the remnant army where Li Tianyang was.

In addition to Li Tianyang's department, Deng Xi really couldn't imagine that there was a powerful artillery that the Ming army could have such firepower, and where would it have time to keep up with his pace.

As for Li Tianyang's repaying virtue with grievances, Deng Xi himself felt both ashamed and grateful.

It was strong before, and it was barely the main general of this war, so when it found that the bird guns and artillery under the command of Hongtang's army were very powerful, in addition to envy, it naturally thought of taking it for itself.

What Deng Xi didn't expect was that this guy from Haikou had a stiff body, and when he knew that his troops were lost and his strength was not as good as before, and Deng Xi's department had 30,000 soldiers, he didn't give Deng Xi the slightest face, so that Deng Xi almost couldn't get off the stage, and the two sides tore their faces.

However, at the moment when Deng Xi's department collapsed, it was Li Tianyang's department who ignored the past suspicions, saved countless Ming troops from danger in the black light, and even pulled Deng Xi, who was falling into the abyss, to prevent himself from really falling to the bottom.

Taking advantage of the night, Deng Xi gave the remnants of the Ming army an order to retreat in the dark, due to the sudden arrival of Li Tianyang and others, the team commanded by He Sanjiang was full of scruples, and did not dare to launch a comprehensive pursuit of the Ming army in the middle of the night, and finally let the rest of Deng Xi's troops evacuate safely.

In fact, there is not much difference between Deng Xi's order and not, the Ming army that can escape has almost fled at the beginning, and it is still with Deng Xi, in addition to his more than 1,000 private soldiers, that is, the remnants of hundreds of people.

By the time it was dawn, Deng Xi and the others had already evacuated for dozens of miles from the edge of the battlefield, and there was no danger of being pursued in the short term.

It was only at this time that Deng Xi was able to completely see how many people were left in the rest of his own army.

Countless soldiers of the Ming army fled in all directions in the dark night, and along the way, Deng Xi retreated while gathering manpower, and now, the number of Chinese soldiers in hand is only just over 3,000.

Compared with the time of punishment, China had 30,000 troops in his hands, but at this time, these 3,000 soldiers were only one-tenth of their original army.

Looking blankly at the defeated group of remnants around him, Deng Xi suddenly felt that maybe he died on the battlefield last night was also a good choice.

After going back, Deng Xi didn't even know how to face the anger of Shangshu Xiong Wencan, who had been advancing all the way before, although there were many losses, but the results were also expensive; Look at yourself again, just after a big battle, he almost caused the annihilation of his own soldiers, so that Deng Xi, who thinks he has a good way to lead the troops, is not ashamed!

"My lord, Penghu Sailor Li Zongbing asks to see you!"

The guards quietly walked to Deng Xi's side, whispered a few words in Deng Xi's ear, which exuded a sense of decadence, and pulled him back from his depression.

"Hurry up, please!!"

Deng Xi hurriedly got up, sorted out the messy military uniform on his body, and at the same time followed behind the guards to greet Li Tianyang in person.

"It was supposed to be my brother who went to visit Brother Tianyang, but he bothered Brother Tianyang to come to see me and shame me!"

Deng Xi has long lost the arrogance he had faced with Li Tianyang before, and at this time he was more grateful, and in order to get closer to each other, he recognized Li Tianyang, who was more than ten years younger than him, as a brother.

"Why did General Deng say this, you and I are colleagues in the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't we take care of each other? What's more, this expedition, the general was originally the vanguard army, and it is only right to speak with General Deng!! ”

Li Tianyang did not slow down in his attitude because he was kind to Deng Xi, and even from his face, he couldn't see any clues such as turning his face with Deng Xi and having dirty.

Deng Xi's eyes were like torches, trying to find a little clue on Li Tianyang's face, but to his disappointment, what Li Tianyang said seemed to come from his heart, and there was no falsehood at all.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's my own confusion!!"

As a military general, there is a great difference between the natural and literati in the city, after these things, Deng Xi's perception of Li Tianyang in his heart suddenly rose a few points, and he regarded him as a true friend worthy of being entrusted.

"The lower officer came to meet the general this time, firstly, to ask the general what his plans are next, and secondly, to ask the general to receive back the rout that our army stopped last night!"

Li Tianyang didn't dwell too much, but told his intention on the spot, after all, at this time, there were tens of thousands of thieves chasing behind them, and last night was the cover of night, and the enemy didn't know the depth of reinforcements; But now that it is daylight, Li Tianyang brought these thousands of soldiers, for the peasant army, it is really not as great as last night's threat.

"Oh? Brother also contained the rout? ”

Deng Xi was overjoyed after hearing Li Tianyang's intention, and asked repeatedly: "I don't know how many soldiers of our army have been taken in by my brother?" ”

"It's hard to see in the dark night, and the lower officials can only stop the soldiers who are retreating head-on, and now there are only more than 4,000 soldiers in their hands!"

Li Tianyang replied ashamedly.

"This, how can I thank you, brother!! We don't play with the old things that wash our hair, in the future, Brother Li will be my brother and I are a great benefactor, as long as Brother Li has any difficulties, just repair a book, brother, I will not give up! ”

Although the more than 4,000 soldiers are not very many, but with the more than 3,000 people around him, he has coerced some young men along the way in this retreat, and he should be able to let Lord Shangshu rest his anger when he goes back.

Moreover, his own merits are not immediate, although there are not all the battles during the day, but if it is only a rough calculation, the losses on the thief's side will inevitably be more than his own, not less than his own.

(End of chapter)