Li Yan asked Huang Desheng and Bai Shixiong to gather their troops, and let Li Mou attack with 10,000 horses on foot. Among them, there were six Franc cannons, six three-inch guns, and thirty tiger squat cannons, which passed through the trench from the two remaining passages, and then assembled in formation and steadily headed south. The rest of the men were left in place under his leadership, dealing with the thieves inside and outside the trenches.

Li Yan asked people to get the thieves in the trench. Except for some who were unlucky and were crushed to death by dirt bags and cars, the other more than 1,000 people suffered minor injuries, at most broken bones.

Li Mugang walked less than a mile with his troops, and he received a report from the scouts in front of him, saying that the cavalry of the official army had been ambushed, and it was estimated that they would be defeated and retreat immediately. Those Chen Yongfu's infantry two miles away were still collecting gold and silver treasures, and Li Mou's scouts came and went freely, and no one cared who ran past them.

Li Mu knew that this time the horse pistol was powerful, and what he wanted was to drive the enemy's rout back, form a reversal trend, and use the enemy's rout to impact the enemy's camp. He did not dare to slack off, and immediately set up his troops and put the cavalry on standby in the rear. He did not line up a hollow phalanx, but lined up a prominent arc-shaped line, and there was a barracks not far behind him, so he naturally didn't have to worry about being detoured by the enemy.

As soon as the ranks were lined up under the orders of officers at all levels, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling in front of them was heard.

"Artillery ready! The first shot is solid, and the other shotguns. Li Mou immediately gave the order, focusing on the guidance of the artillery. The cavalry was too fast, and they had to be turned at a sufficient distance, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

At this time, the foot soldiers who were still robbing the gold and silver treasures finally heard the sound of horses' hooves, and they all stopped robbing, and looked up in confusion to see what was happening.

"Oh my God, it's the Major General! There are thieves chasing behind! ”

"It's coming this way, run!"

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When the foot soldiers saw that it was Chen De's cavalry who was rushing and was being pursued by the thieves' cavalry, they knew the danger. So those veteran oilers quickly stuffed the treasure in their hands into their arms, and then ignored the gold and silver that were still scattered, and turned around and ran.

The newly recruited soldiers, on the other hand, were still squatting on the ground and picking up gold and silver, as they watched the cavalry rushing quickly, trying to get more treasures. However, they had no estimate of the speed of the cavalry, and when they got up and fled, they did not run a few steps before they were overtaken by the cavalry behind them, knocked down by the horses, and trampled by countless horses' hooves.

Chen De and the others did not stop and flee at all because those foot soldiers were his subordinates, and there were thousands of thieves' cavalry chasing after them. They had just chased them to the edge of a wood, and before he could decide whether to stop, he was attacked by the thieves' arrows and cannonballs. Then the thieves' cavalry and infantry swarmed out, surrounded his front of hundreds of cavalry, and rushed towards his central army, and he did not dare to engage in battle, so he had to turn around and flee.

He saw a formation of troops in the distance and knew that it should be Li Yan's troops. Now he was relieved, as long as he could get Li Yan's support, his cavalry would be able to keep it. He kept knocking on the horse's belly, and led the horse team to rush towards Li Yan's military formation. Although he also knew the truth that he couldn't attack his own military formation, but at the moment of life and death, all he thought about was how to survive, and he didn't remember anything else.

Suddenly, a puff of white smoke rose in the military formation in the distance, too far away, Chen De did not hear the sound of cannons, but a personal soldier next to him suddenly disappeared. He looked back and saw that the horse of his own soldier had been hit, and the whole horse was rolled up by the cannonball, knocking down or tripping several of the horses behind him.

At this time, Chen Decai was shocked, and he remembered the power of Li Yan's troops' artillery. Although he cursed in his heart, he did not dare to rush forward any further, but turned his horse's head and rushed westward.

Naturally, his own soldiers also followed and turned westward, and the cavalry behind also followed. However, this was not the result that Liu Zongmin and the others wanted, so the cavalry of the thieves began to speed up, attacking the cavalry of the official army from the west, trying to drive these cavalry to the Li Yan army formation in front.

"Boom", "boom" artillery fire came from the military formation three hundred paces away, and at the same time, the cavalry running in front was almost all knocked down in an instant.

The remaining cavalry of Chen Yongfu tried their best to control the war horses and fled to the west, so as not to be wiped out by Li Yan's artillery.

"Boom", "boom", after a short pause, the artillery under Li Mou continued to fire. As always, they were fired in two batches to ensure the continuity of the artillery fire. In their eyes, the cavalry that rushed in, whether it was Chen Yongfu's men or the thieves' troops, were their enemies. All they had to do was shoot projectiles at the enemy and not let any cavalry rush at them.

As the artillery fire continued, the cavalry began to run westward, and those who did not turn the direction were all knocked down by the dense projectiles, and they were not able to hold out three rounds of artillery fire.

The same is true of the rogue cavalry in the back, after the official cavalry in front is eliminated, they become the target of attack. Although their goal was to break through Li Yan's military formation, their bodies could not resist the blow of the shotgun. Lead bullet hit the body, deformed by the force, and broke their internal organs. Even if the war horse was hit, it couldn't run a few steps before it fell.

As they approached the military formation, Li Yan's troops began to fire flowering shells again. The "boom" explosion exploded in the herd of horses, and even if they had blocked the ears of the war horses, they still couldn't let the war horses charge with peace of mind. The horses neighed and ran uncontrollably in other directions.

The cavalry of the thieves could not, so they had to run to both sides as well, avoiding the artillery fire in Li Yan's army. However, when they ran to the flanks of the formation, they were hit by the artillery, which had already moved to the edge of the inner trench. They had no choice but to continue to speed up, keeping their horses away from Li Yan's artillery range.

Liu Zongmin and the others watched from a distance, and he said angrily: "This Chen Yongfu has ruined our good deeds!" If his people hadn't come out first, Li Yan's army would have been defeated by us a long time ago! ”

Liu Fangliang proposed: "Let's just retreat, those things are there, don't be afraid that they won't be moved." ”

Liu Zongmin said helplessly: "That's the only way." ”

They immediately had the gong ringing for the retreating troops, and their cavalry immediately retreated.

At this time, Li Mu also asked Bai Shixiong's cavalry to prepare, and after the thieves began to retreat, he released the cavalry. At this time, their cavalry had more than 2,000 horsemen, and they were in pursuit.

The handcuffs in the hands of the cavalry can be fired from a distance of thirty paces, and after a burst of gunfire with a "bang", "bang", many thieves can be knocked off their horses. After several rounds of blows, the thieves who were originally retreating really evolved into a rout.

The cavalry of the thieves was forced to sped up, but they scattered the foot soldiers in front of them. Fortunately, Li Yan's cavalry only pursued for less than ten miles, otherwise their large army would have been scattered.

Liu Zongmin, Li Jiyu and others had no strength left to fight back, and just reorganizing the troops was enough for them to work for a day or two.

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