The cavalry packed up their equipment and headed east. They spread out in groups of ten, controlling the middle ground between the thieves and the large army, and guarding against the thieves' spies.

This area is all plains, but there are small forests scattered here. The cavalry hid in the woods, and when they saw the thieves' sentries, they suddenly rushed out to eliminate the thieves' sentries. Otherwise, when they find the thieves' sentry and catch up, I'm afraid it will be too late.

In the darkness of the night, a flock of birds suddenly woke up in the woods. The sound of flapping wings and all kinds of chirping sounds.

The two thieves' sentinels were startled, and one shouted: "Someone, get out quickly"

As soon as the two of them turned their horses' heads, they heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing out of the woods. The two of them whipped their horses desperately, trying to escape back as quickly as possible. There are cavalry of the official army here, which means that the official army is nearby, and they are all official soldiers who followed Tian Yong out of Fucheng, and they know how dangerous this is.

Bai Shixiong rushed out quickly with the cavalry, they had already checked the handcuffs before rushing out, as long as they were close to the distance of thirty paces, the two rogue sentry detectives would not be able to escape.

Both of them were desperately urging the war horses, Bai Shixiong had been resting for a long time, and there was a small slope coming out of the grove, which was just right to make the horses increase their speed to the maximum. After running for a while, the distance between the two sides slowly approached, closer.

"Bang", "bang", "bang" three gunshots rang out, and the two thief sentries who had escaped less than twenty paces in front fell off their horses one after another.

Bai Shixiong ordered: "Chase the horse and clean up the corpse." ”

Three of the cavalrymen continued to chase after the horses that had run away, while the others dismounted to dispose of the corpses, while others stood on guard.

A cavalryman came over and said with a smile: "This firearm is really domineering, as long as it hits, even if it is not critical, it is most likely to be a death, much more powerful than a crossbow arrow." ”

Bai Shixiong smiled: "That is, as long as you hit the body, it is basically hopeless." If it weren't for this great power, the general would have used this instead of a crossbow arrow? ”

"That's the same," Feng Taichu also said with a smile, "Now there are more than a hundred people in that musket team." It's just that the musket operation is too cumbersome, and it is not as good as the crossbow arrows to train. ”

Bai Shixiong said with a smile: "If you keep repeating training like them, you can practice for three months, even if you are stupid, you can get good at it." ”

"Captain, it's all packed." The subordinates reported.

Bai Shixiong ordered: "Okay, go back and continue to guard, we will keep watch for another hour." After that, with his cavalry, he dragged two corpses with captured horses and returned to the grove.

After waiting for a while, the flock of birds hovering in the sky slowly fell into the forest to continue to rest, and the night was silent again.

When he first arrived, Li Yan's subordinates were ready. Led by the captains, they lined up and began to march towards the camp of the thieves.

Today's moon is not bad, and you can move forward without lighting a torch. The cavalrymen came to the flanks of the procession as they passed them.

Half an hour later, they saw the light of the thieves' camp.

The thieves were relieved, and they all slept by the campfire. They didn't build a camp, they didn't even send guards, they just lit bonfires in the clearing.

Tian Yong is no exception, he also sleeps by the campfire. They ran so fast that they didn't even bring out the tent, and he had to sleep by the campfire, just like the little minions. But he didn't have much to worry about, he sent out a sentry six or seven miles away, and if there was a situation, he would have been informed a long time ago.

Until now, there has been no report of the situation, that is, there is no situation. It shows that Li Yan has given up chasing them, and they are safe. After that, it is necessary to pay attention to staying away from the county seat, especially away from the county seat where Li Yan is there.

Li Yan finished observing with a telescope and ordered: "Walk in a line, try to get as quiet as possible, and stay sixty steps away from the enemy." Tiger squat artillery ready, follow behind the infantry, and form a position ninety paces away from the enemy. ”

The herald quickly passed the order on. Then the troops began to line up and march.

It is basically impossible to advance in formation, and it is basically impossible to do it quietly, and soon the enemy will be awakened. However, they slept in a daze, and some looked up suspiciously, thinking that they were the sentinels who had come back to report the news. Some are looking at the dark shadows in the distance, and some are not sure what is coming.

And Tian Yong was the most vigilant, as soon as he was awakened, he stood up and looked into the distance. Finding that it was a row of black shadows moving, he immediately knew that this was the queue of officers and soldiers. He didn't have time to be surprised, but immediately kicked and hit his subordinates beside him, and shouted loudly: "Get up, the officers and troops are coming, retreat south, retreat south."

I heard the voices coming from the enemy camp, and saw that there was still chaos in the camp of the thieves. Li Yan immediately ordered: "Speed up, get in place quickly"

After receiving the instructions, the troops no longer moved slowly and carefully, but trotted forward. Soon reached a position sixty paces from the enemy camp. The infantry stopped in place and began to regroup their ranks, the sword-and-shield and pikemen crouched down and prepared for defense, and the crossbowmen wound up and were ready to shoot.

The gunner of the Tiger Squat Cannon stopped behind the infantry with the parts and simply dealt with the ground. The gunner holding the backing plate pushed the backing plate to the ground with all his might, letting the four iron tips at the four corners dig into the dirt. Then the gunner with the barrel puts the ball at the end of the barrel into the hemispherical pit of the pad, and finally the gunner with the leg fixes the leg to the barrel, and at the prompting of the gunner, aims the muzzle of the gun at the position where the gun is to be fired, and then pierces the iron tip of the foot into the dirt.

"General, the Tiger Squat Cannon is ready." Wang Renjie reported.

Li Yan looked at the camp of the thieves, where many people had already risen, and ordered: "Shoot two salvos at the enemy camp, the maximum range." ”

Wang Renjie promised and immediately went back to give the order.

Twenty-six tiger squat guns were lined up in two rows, and none of them had adjusted the height and low planes, which was forty-five degrees, with the maximum firing range. As soon as you get the order, prepare the shells.

"All of them, let them go," Wang Renjie ordered loudly while his adjutant waved the red flag in his hand downward.

"Put"

"Put"

……

Almost at the same time, the artillery commanders were waving the red flag in their hands downwards and giving orders loudly.

The igniter lit the fuse, and a gunner put the shell into the muzzle. All the gunners were half-kneeling and motionless, waiting for the shells to be discharged. They waited quietly, and they watched. If the shells don't come out, they have to deal with them in time.

"Bang", "bang", "bang" continued to sound in the chamber, white smoke came from the muzzle, and the fire could be seen in the darkness.

A moment later, explosions of "boom", "boom", "boom" exploded in the already chaotic enemy camp. Some of the explosions were far and near, and some landed next to the campfire, flying the firewood out of the way, allowing the thieves to hide in terror. At the same time, the lead pellets in the shells flew in all directions, killing and injuring the crowd who fled in panic nearby.

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