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Xiao Tianjian watched the stone bridge being blown up, stopped on the earthen embankment, and looked at the He Renlongbu on the other side from a distance, the reason why he only blew up the stone bridge now was mainly because the scouts came to report that there was an official army on the north and south sides that was rushing towards the big stone bridge, so he was worried that once He Maniac sent another officer army to forcibly cross the big stone bridge at this time, he would have to deal with the attack of the three-way official army at the same time, in that case, he was worried that his troops were insufficient, and he was afraid that he would suffer a loss.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to take out two barrels of gunpowder and sent Huang Shengqiang's men to blow up the stone bridge, so as to prevent He Renlong from using the stone bridge to cross the Wanzi River again.

After seeing that the stone bridge was blown up, Xiao Tianjian returned to the earthen embankment, stopped and looked at the east of the river again, because it was still two or three miles away from He Renlong's main force, so it was not very clear to see the shadows, so Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but think of the common telescopes in later generations, if there was that thing, he could clearly see the current movement of He Renlong's department.

Counting from his fingers, Western countries may have invented telescopes in this era, but unfortunately he doesn't have this ability now, if he has the opportunity, he will find a way to equip his generals and scouts with this thing, so that he can grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

However, this thought only stayed in his mind for a while, and then he left it behind, and he would not bother with the things that could not be solved now, and his main energy should still be on the current war.

In fact, from now on, it seems that he has achieved the purpose of this battle, after the two battles with He Renlong just now, his Xingtian Army has achieved quite good results, the two attacks of the official army were repelled by them, and even the second time almost gave the official army a round, a total of three or four hundred officers and soldiers were killed and captured, and a lot of armor was captured, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement, which can definitely make Li Zicheng or Gao Yingxiang dare not despise him Xingtianjun anymore.

But he was still a little unwilling, so he withdrew, the performance of the new battalion just now exceeded his expectations, as a result, the troops available to him now have exceeded the strength of a thousand people, and the number of officers and soldiers killed from the north and south is not much, plus the auxiliary soldiers are only more than a thousand people, he is fully capable of defeating this official army, if he defeats these two official troops, then for He Renlong, it will definitely be able to make him lose his strength, and even if He Renlong returns to Longzhou City, it is estimated that there will not be much combat effectiveness, The morale of the defenders of Longzhou City will definitely plummet, which will create more opportunities for the next attack on Longzhou City.

Although he is not very optimistic about the siege ability of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, the nephews and uncles, but as a rebel rebel, he still hopes to capture Longzhou City and take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie.

And their Xingtian army is also not good at siege warfare, so if he can consume He Renlong's troops as much as possible in the field battle, he is still willing to consume a large amount of the strength of the official army, and as long as he wins, he will have a advantage to take advantage of.

In the two battles just now, he seized a lot of various weapons and armor, these things can't be produced by himself at the moment, and even if he has money, there is nowhere to buy them, so only by constantly grabbing them from the hands of the officers and soldiers, he can continue to expand his strength, and this war dividend is really tempting!

While pondering the next plan of action, he carefully watched the movements of the main force of He Renlong in Hedong, because the two battles just now ended in defeat, and the chariots and artillery of He Renlong Chen Bu in Hedong were afraid of being hit by the artillery fire of the Xingtian Army, so they also retreated back at this time, and retreated to a place where the Furang machine guns of the Xingtian Army could not hit.

Just when Xiao Tianjian was still pondering what kind of action He Renlong would take next, he suddenly saw that the officers and troops who were originally arrayed on the opposite bank actually began to slowly retreat, shrinking the formation, and after careful observation, he suddenly realized that the officers and troops seemed to have a tendency to evacuate here.

"General, the madman He was scared, and it looks like he is going to cross the river in a different place! Shall we follow him and block them? ”

Shi Ran also saw the dynamics of He Renlong's department, so he immediately said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian frowned and thought for a while, He Renlong's actions seemed to be a bit abnormal, it stands to reason that although He Renlong lost two battles in a row, the loss of strength was not big, not to mention that he had already sent two generals to cross the river from two places upstream and downstream of the Dashiqiao, it can already be said that he had formed a direct attack on the Xingtian Army, if he continued to lead his troops to attack on the Dashiqiao, even if it was just a feint, he could contain the Xingtian Army, so that the Xingtian Army had to distract his energy and fall into passivity, but now he suddenly gave up here, It seems that he plans to cross the river in another place and return to Longzhou City, which makes Xiao Tianjian a little incomprehensible.

It stands to reason that He Renlong can get the nickname of a He madman, he should be a bold and belligerent person, but today's performance is really not a famous general's style, first he is empty-eyed, and after just losing two battles and his strength has not been greatly damaged, he has become so cautious again, and his name is really a bit incommensurate.

"Not necessarily! We're not here to fight He Renlong to the death this time! We have already defeated him twice in a row, we should have taught him a lesson, and we can't continue to fight him to the death! For now, let's think about it, how to bite off a piece of He Renlong's flesh again! Shi Ran, quickly send scouts to probe along the river to the two wings, and see where the officers and troops on both sides have arrived now! ”

Xiao Tianjian rejected Shi Ran's proposal, and after a quick turn of thought, he quickly made up his mind.

Xiao Tianjian judged that the reason why He Renlong behaved like this was probably because he attached great importance to the safety of Longzhou City, was eager to return to Longzhou City, and did not want to consume too many troops in this area, so since the purpose of the Xingtian Army in this battle had been initially achieved, then if he did not accept it and chased He Renlong to continue to prevent him from crossing the river and returning to Longzhou City, then it would not be a wise choice.

Killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800, although the two battles just now ended in a complete victory, killing and wounding as many as about 400 officers and soldiers, but for the Xingtian army, the loss is also inevitable, although the new battalion is unexpectedly good, but after all, the quality of the equipment is poor, almost all of them are not armored, so a fierce battle, although the officer army was defeated, but the new battalion also paid more than 40 casualties, plus the gunners of the artillery team killed and wounded by the artillery fire on the opposite bank, they have also paid the price of more than 60 casualties in this battle, Therefore, Xiao Tianjian does not plan to continue to fight with He Renlong, in case He Renlong is forced to jump over the wall in a hurry and fight to the end with Xingtianjun, then even if Xingtianjun can win this battle, I am afraid it will definitely be a miserable victory.

Since discovering that there were officers and troops crossing the river on each wing, Shi Ran has been paying attention to the movements of the officers and troops on both wings, and constantly sent scouts to explore the two wings.

"General Qiyu, the officers and troops on the north side have stopped pressing towards us, and have begun to retreat, as if they want to hold their newly built pontoon bridge!" After a scout rushed back from the north, he dismounted and ran to Xiao Tianjian to report to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian thought about it slightly, and he could be sure that He Renlong really planned to cross the Wanzi River from the north and return to Longzhou City! He was basically sure of this, so it was up to him to see what the officers and troops on the south side were going to do.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour or so, he also galloped back from the south, and the scout on horseback lay in the saddle, and as soon as he returned here, he fell from his horse's back and fell heavily to the ground.

Shi Ran hurriedly greeted him with a few subordinates and helped him up, only to see that this scout had three arrows stuck in his back, although he was wearing leather armor, but these arrows were still deeply embedded in his body, blood continued to ooze from his back, and the person was also a little dying, his face was sallow, and he was obviously seriously injured.

When Xiao Tianjian heard the news, he immediately hurried to the injured scout, knelt down on one knee, ignored the blood stains on this scout's body, held his head and said, "This brother! How does it hurt? ”

When the scout saw Xiao Tianjian coming over in person, hugging his body, there was a hint of emotion in his eyes, and he struggled and gasped and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General Qiqi...... Subordinate...... It doesn't matter! The southern officer army has ...... The river has been crossed and is heading towards ...... He was still heading towards us just now...... But now, it's ...... Now it's stopped!

Several of their subordinate brothers were discovered by them and sent ...... sent a group of night chasers and kills...... Hunt us down! The remaining four ...... Four brothers...... All...... Only his subordinates ......," he said, and a sad look appeared on his face.

Xiao Tianjian's heart was suddenly gloomy, although this scout's words were not very clear, but he also figured out that the remaining four scouts would definitely not be able to come back, but this scout had already made the enemy situation clear, and the enemy army had stopped and continued to approach this side, obviously receiving the news from He Renlong, and he didn't dare to come over to confront the Xingtian Army again.

"Hurry up and save this brother! We must save this brother! Xiao Tianjian yelled at the people around him.

A short time later, a medician rushed over with a medicine box on his back, and laid the scout face down on the ground, and several people held his hands and feet, and the medics quickly cut off the shaft of the arrow on his back, and cut the leather armor on his back, revealing his back.

Xiao Tianjian stood up and patted the scout and comforted him: "Hold on, brother!" It didn't hurt the vital point! You'll be fine! Hold on! ”

The scout lay on the ground, his forehead covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, and gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "General rest assured...... Subordinate...... The subordinates can hold on...... Hmm......" Before he could finish speaking, the medic pulled out an arrow embedded deep in his back, and he let out a muffled grunt of pain in his throat, rolled his eyes, and fainted in pain.

Xiao Tianjian stood up and shouted: "The sentinels are all here to discuss matters!" ”