Wu Sangui was stunned and watched his men and horses rush forward, as if they had stabbed a hornet's nest, and the Xingtian Army's formation immediately erupted with a dense sound of popping beans, this kind of sound can be said to be endless, hitting towards the outside of the formation, and the soldiers under Wu Sangui's command were miserable again and again, almost becoming a dead place within dozens of steps, no matter how they rushed, they couldn't rush to the front of the Xingtian Army, and were repelled by waves, and the reloading speed of the Xingtian Army's firecrackers seemed to be very fast, as if they would not stop at all. The firing of rows after rows made the official army's perception of the bird gun completely overthrown, and they were only beaten to the back, but they were never able to shake the formation of the Xingtian Army.

The formation of this Xingtian Army was like a rock, allowing the officers and soldiers to beat at them like a monstrous wave, but they were still immovable, constantly transporting death to the officers and soldiers who poured up, and the exchange of casualties between the two armies was so large that the officers and troops almost collapsed.

After all, the officers and soldiers under the command of Wu Sangui belong to the elite soldiers and horses outside the pass, and the generals under his command are also some brave men, some of them braved the rain of bullets and deaths to rush to the front of the Xingtian Army, but what was waiting for them was the counterattack of the spearmen and sword players of the Xingtian Army who were already anxious and screaming, and they were immediately either stabbed to death in front of the battle, or were overturned by the enemy sword players, but they were never able to break through the Xingtian Army's formation from any direction.

The officers and soldiers also cast fire guns and arrows on their side, but the firepower has never been able to suppress the Xingtian Army, and the new cuirass of the Xingtian Army has played a good protective role, the arrows are shot on their armor, and they can't effectively penetrate at all, and most of them slip across the armor, unless they are shot on the front door of the Xingtian Army or on the limbs with poor defense, they can cause damage to the Xingtian Army generals, but there are few opportunities to shoot the faces, and shooting the limbs will not cause much damage, Many soldiers of the Xingtian Army can continue to fight with pain after being hit by arrows in their limbs, but if an officer or soldier is hit by a bullet from the Xingtian Army, no matter where they are shot, they will basically lose their combat ability immediately, and if they do not die, they will be seriously injured.

Even the bullets fired by the guns of the officers and soldiers, if they do not hit the generals of the Xingtian Army at close range, it is difficult to effectively penetrate the breastplate covered on their torsos, often hitting a pit, which is just frightening, even if it is penetrated, there is a layer of cotton armor inside, it is difficult to cause serious damage, unless it is at a very close distance, the three-eyed gun can effectively penetrate this strong breastplate.

Therefore, this battle also tested the defensive ability of the cuirass of the Xingtian Army, which made many generals feel at ease about this, and also protected the lives of many generals, making the generals of the Xingtian Army more and more brave as they fought.

As a result, it was obvious that Wu Sangui failed to defeat this Xingtian army, which was far less powerful than him, so he could only retreat in defeat, regain the soldiers and horses, and gather together again in a stunned, frightened, and uneasy manner, and no longer dared to go up and fight easily.

"Military Gate! The Torture Heavenly Thief really lives up to its name! Their tactics are really powerful! It's not a way for us to fight like this! Please also ask the military gate to ask Inspector Sun for help again! A subordinate of Wu Sangui said to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui can be said to be in a bad mood at this time, he was originally going to lead the troops to bargain, and wanted to show the strength of his generals in front of Sun Chuanting and those officers and soldiers in the pass, and make a head to talk about it, but he didn't think that this time he bumped into an elite soldier of the Xingtian thief, not only did he not get it cheap, but he didn't get it, but he kicked it on the iron plate and kicked his toes off, which can be said to be a dog lifting the curtain, originally wanted to show a nose, but instead of showing a nose, he touched a nose of ash, made Wu Sangui depressed enough.

At this time, he also realized the strength of the Xingtian Army, which made him secretly a little frightened in his heart, fortunately, there were only about 2,000 people in the thief army to stop them today, if there were 18,000 people who came, then they would be likely to be defeated on the banks of the Jindi River, thinking about his luck A large number of main forces were still on the north bank of the Jindi River and did not come, if this is the case, if it is not good to mess up by the river, his men and horses may be wiped out here in the Jindi River.

After eating such a big one, Wu Sangui completely put away his contempt for the Xingtian Army, knowing why Sun Chuanting led his troops to rescue Jining Prefecture so cautiously this time, the Xingtian Army does have such a ability, so that everyone does not dare to despise them, and now he can also see that if he relies on his four or five thousand people, not only can he not kill this Xingtian thief, but if he does not make the other party counterattack, he may even defeat his people, in that case, he will immediately become a big joke.

However, if he wants to defeat this thief army, his heavy artillery is still on the north bank of the Jindi River at present, and the temporary bridge to cross the river has not yet been built, so it cannot be transported in a short time, so he only has some light tiger squat cannons and Fran machine guns at hand, but because of the haste of coming, he did not even bring these heavy weapons, so in the face of this fire gun of the Heavenly Thief, his firepower is at a complete disadvantage.

And this time he brought basically his subordinates who crossed the river in advance, these are all soldiers of their Wu family! In just a while, one or two hundred people died and more than 100 people were injured, and even the cavalry's war horses were killed dozens of them, which almost made the thousands of people under his command collapse, this dead and injured so many people, go back to pay a pension, although you can reach out to the court to ask, but the current situation of the court is also very difficult, whether the money can be returned is still a question!

So Wu Sangui cherished the soldiers very much, and it was not a way to fight like this, so he quickly ordered to suspend the attack, and retreated to a few hundred steps away from the Xingtian Army, seeing that the Xingtian Army did not seem to have a posture to attack, it seemed that he only wanted to drag them down, so he stopped retreating, and Wu Sangui ordered to shoot the formation and stop retreating.

"Someone, go and ask Inspector Sun for help! It's best to get some cannons, and ask Inspector Sun to send people over as soon as possible! Wu Sangui put away his arrogance, and finally decided to ask Sun Chuanting for help, he couldn't just kill his Liaodong soldiers, and Sun Chuanting's subordinates in this pass should also die.

Although Wu Sangui's heart was shocked, but at this time he didn't think that the two thousand thief army could really defeat him completely, after all, their official army had already crossed the river with more than 10,000 people, and it could be said that it was a joke to stop the two thousand thief army, so after recovering the soldiers and horses, Wu Sangui was not very nervous.

At this time, Sun Chuanting had already heard the shouting and killing sound and the dense sound of fire in the distance on the south bank on the north bank, Sun Chuanting knew that Wu Sangui and the thief army had handed over, he was a little worried, so he climbed high and looked at the other side in the distance, but because the distance was too far, he could only see the flags of the two soldiers and horses, and heard the faint shouting and killing, but he didn't see it really, so Sun Chuanting was ready to cross the river in person and go to the other side to see it first, but his family members and generals stopped him one after another, saying that his identity was not easy to get into danger, or sit on the north bank to watch the enemy's formation command.

So Sun Chuanting thought about it, as a supervisor, he went to the front line at every turn, obviously distrusting the generals under his command, and in front of him was Wu Sangui, a young general, he was afraid that Wu Sangui would not like it, so he sat and waited for Wu Sangui to send back the news in front, and sure enough, Wu Sangui sent someone to run back, saying that the thief army was fierce and incomparable, and the Liaodong army did not defeat them, but because there was no artillery, they suppressed the other party, and as a result, they were seriously injured by the opponent's firearms, so Sun Chuanting was asked to send reinforcements quickly, and transport artillery to help the battle.

Sun Chuanting's heart tightened after hearing this, and he hurriedly inquired about the battle situation again, when he learned that the strength of the thief army that came to block the road was indeed only more than 2,000 people, Sun Chuanting thought about it for a while and was a little relieved, he had an unforgettable experience of the strength of the Xingtian Army, and the combat effectiveness of the auxiliary soldiers (reserve battalions) of the Xingtian Army was okay to say, but as long as they ran into their main combat battalions, often the officers and soldiers could not bargain for a little bit in their hands, Wu Sangui just asked for battle, he had a feeling, This time, I am afraid that it is the main combat battalion of the Xingtian Army, although Wu Sangui's Liaodong Army is strong, but it is only relative to the official army in the mainland, but for the combat battalion of the Xingtian Army, it is not necessarily their opponent.

Now it seems that his prediction is still reasonable, Wu Sangui really went to touch a nose of ash, and now he came to ask him for help, Sun Chuanting thought about it, first ordered Ye Bu to search on the north bank of the river towards the two wings, to prevent the Xingtian army from hiding soldiers and horses on the north bank of the river, and sneak attack on the baggage behind his palace, and considering that once Wu Sangui was defeated, if the Xingtian army waved the army to cover the killing, it might cause the collapse of those officers and troops who had crossed the Jindi River, so he hurriedly ordered Ma Dazhi, who had crossed the river in advance, to lead two thousand soldiers and horses, Carrying some of the tiger squat cannons that had been transported across the river and small and medium-sized Fulong machine guns went to Wu Sangui to listen to the order to help the battle, and sent another order to go down, ordering the auxiliary troops to step up the construction of a temporary bridge, so as to transport the heavy artillery across the river in advance, defeat the road-blocking bandit army on the south bank of the Jindi River, and cover the rest of the soldiers and horses to cross the river.

Tens of thousands of people crowded on both sides of the Jindi River, stretching out along the bank of the river for more than ten miles, and the thickness reached several miles wide, and the black pressure was crowded with soldiers, mules and horses.

But Sun Chuanting saw such a scene, but worried, as a member of the imperial court who had presided over the suppression of bandits for many years, he knew that this time was the weakest time for soldiers and horses, although when he ordered to cross the river, the official and military departments could not be confused, but when it was really done, it was not easy, these soldiers and horses were gathered from all over the country, although they obeyed his orders, but the orders were not uniform, especially the generals of the Liaodong Army under Wu Sangui were very arrogant, and they did not obey his dispatch at all, In the early stage, part of the river was crossed, and the rest did not want to go down to the icy river water, so they stayed on the north bank and waited for the bridge to be built before crossing the river, so that when Wu Sangui asked for a battle, most of the men and horses under his command did not cross the river on the north bank of the Jindi River, so that many soldiers and horses had begun to be chaotic at this time, and if they encountered a large-scale surprise attack by the enemy army at this time, then they would collapse immediately.

(Today's thanks to the Doomsday Glory Friends for their tip!) ）