When Wu Sangui left the city, another cannonball hit, but this hit the battlement a little farther away. It is almost impossible for the artillery to be pushed back into position and then aimed and fired, and it is almost impossible to hit the same position.

Wang Renfu saw that the cannon at the head of the city had not been fired for a while, so he let the troops continue to advance. As long as you enter the distance of 400 paces, the current four-inch cannon can also achieve the purpose of destroying the city wall. However, at this time, the four-inch cannon continued to fire, threatening the artillery fire on the city wall.

However, the cavalry of the defenders outside the city did not move, and kept watching from under the city. The artillery on the city wall also did not fire actively, Wang Renfu only had two four-inch cannons here, and he focused on taking care of the largest artillery, but the other artillery fired very few projectiles, only causing a limited number of casualties to the advancing team.

After Wang Renfu's troops hastily erected a bunker at a distance of 500 paces, the six three-inch guns in the troops took over the task of suppressing the city wall, and the four-inch guns began to move forward. At the same time, the troops on the west bank were sent to bring in two other four-inch guns to prepare to start bombarding the city walls.

For the siege, they are not willing to use manpower to climb, which will cause too many casualties. It's better to climb the wall directly after it has been destroyed. Their bows, muskets, tiger cannons, and bombs have an overwhelming advantage against enemies on the city walls and opponents who dare to fight in the streets.

Before the bombardment of the city wall was ready, the east gate of Funing City was opened, and many cavalry and infantry came out of it. They formed a number of formations on the south side of the city, and then out of the city some more civilians, who were escorted by infantry and fled to the east, while thousands of horsemen remained on guard.

Wang Renfu knew that Wu Sangui was about to escape. However, he only had a thousand cavalry here, and he was not capable of attacking Wu Sangui's thousands of cavalry. Moreover, the infantry phalanx should also maintain a good formation, so as not to be broken by Wu Sangui's cavalry by seizing the opportunity. Therefore, he could only notify the troops in the West Bank to come over, and then pursue them with all his troops.

Wu Sangui watched Li Yan's phalanx stand still, a little relieved and a little disappointed. If Li Yan does not move, then his infantry and civilians will retreat much more calmly. However, Li Yan's army did not move, and he did not want to consume a large number of cavalry to attack. As a world-famous general, he was still unwilling to run away in such a disgraceful way, but Li Yan didn't give him a chance to fight back at all, which made him very disappointed.

By the time Wu Sangui's cavalry also began to retreat eastward, Wang Renfu's troops had not yet converged. After Wu Sangui's cavalry had withdrawn, they took advantage of this gap to re-form a large phalanx, and let the cavalry chase first, while the infantry phalanx followed behind.

Since Liang Zhenfang was taking all the cavalry to pursue, it was easy to clean up the one hundred and ten cavalry sentries of Wu Sangui that were dragging behind.

Wu Sangui knew the strength of Li Yan's cavalry, so he had to send 4,000 cavalry to turn around and block, while he continued to retreat east with a large army. However, he had already instructed his cavalry, as long as Li Yan's cavalry was not allowed to catch up, and he must not pursue. The loss he suffered in the morning was big enough, so that he lost more than 600 cavalry, and one cavalry was worth ten infantry, which made him feel distressed to think about it.

Liang Zhenfang led the cavalry to retreat slowly, as if dealing with the pursuit of the Qing army, and after Wu Sangui's cavalry rushed up, they threw bombs and turned around to fire firearms. After only a short period of effort, before the speed of their horses could add up, Wu Sangui's cavalry stopped pursuing.

After that, they began to reflexively rush over, taking advantage of the fact that Wu Sangui's cavalry was not ready, and disrupted the enemy's cavalry troops in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, their sudden onslaught went well, and Wu Sangui's cavalry was confused. Those in front retreated, but those behind were ordered to line up in place and prepare to rush over, and they themselves made their ranks into disarray.

Liang Zhenfang and the others rushed over, and with a handcuff, the team in front of Wu Sangui was completely dispersed. Some dodged to the sides, while others rushed directly towards their companions behind, all of them panicking, only thinking of seeking protection from their companions.

Wu Sangui's cavalry was still quite elite, and the cavalry in the back row began to accelerate under the orders of the officer, and they didn't care about their companions anymore, and rushed directly towards Liang Zhenfang's team. It's just that they don't start when they encounter their own companions, just let them pass. When you encounter the enemy's cavalry, you have to swing your weapon to kill them.

However, Wu Sangui's cavalry was still greatly affected. Their horses are very slow and cannot borrow horsepower at all. And after they avoided their companions, they were knocked off their horses by Li Yan's cavalry with handcuffs before they could react.

Liang Zhenfang's first platoon of cavalry quickly finished all four handcuffs, they changed their steel whips, raised them high, and continued to charge towards Wu Sangui's cavalry. When they encounter an enemy, they simply smash the steel whip diagonally towards the enemy on the right, forcing the enemy to make defensive moves. As long as the enemy blocks it, their mission is complete, and the rest is left to the companions behind to deal with. Still, they continued to charge at high speed, rushing to the next enemy.

There are also those under Wu Sangui who are not afraid of death, especially those officers. Some of them didn't resist at all, and they also slashed at Li Yan's cavalry, and they all knew that once they were on the defensive, they would easily be knocked off their horses in front of wave after wave of enemies, and only attacking was the best choice.

So against an opponent with the same courage, the most likely outcome is that both of them are hit at the same time. And in the end, those who are timid and want to change their tactics can only be tragically hit, leaving the opponent unharmed. Li Yan's cavalry all have chain mail, as long as they don't fall off their horses, the chance of survival is still quite good.

There were also left-handers who attacked Li Yan's cavalry on the left. Of course, this was easy to do, but they would also be killed by the enemy cavalry on their right.

In the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, in the firing bodies of the firearms, the cavalry weapons of both sides collided with a sonorous sound. One by one, the cavalry fell off their horses and were trampled by countless hooves, and the screams were not drowned out by the sound of the horses' hooves.

Liang Zhenfang finally rushed out of the array of Wu Sangui's cavalry. He gasped and looked up, and found that there was a group of Wu Sangui's cavalry in the distance to the east, which seemed to be turning around and coming this way.

He knew that they would not be able to rush, so he took the lead in walking around to the south, and beckoned: "Go, go back, don't fight." ”

Luckily, the area is open enough and has plenty of room to maneuver, otherwise they would be in danger of being caught between two sides.

Wu Sangui personally brought his family cavalry over, but at this time he saw that there was only a mess all over the ground, and there were countless ownerless war horses wandering around. In the distance, Li Yan's cavalry lined up again to attack, but the personnel were loading their handcuffs with ammunition.

A cavalryman pulled a horse over, handed the handcuff to Wu Sangui, and said, "Uncle, this is the short gun used by Li Yan's cavalry. ”

Wu Sangui glanced at it casually and handed it over to his own soldiers. "Retreat quickly, their infantry is almost here." ”

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