The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and they could hear the sound of fire behind them, and the thing hit the body, and it was basically hopeless. But rushing to his own thin military formation, there is still a chance to live.

However, there were also brave men, who tried to lead away from both sides, and some even threw their weapons behind to slow down the speed of Li Yan's cavalry. However, these actions basically had no effect, Li Yan's cavalry only needed to raise their hands and shoot them off, and their war horses would continue to follow the herd towards their own military formation. Or will there be too few of them to mount an effective counterattack.

At this time, thousands of war horses rumbled towards the military formation, and the pikemen standing in the front row trembled. Even the veterans were just as scared. It's been a long time since they've seen much of this kind of sight, even Sun Chuanting's army, and it's rare for thousands of cavalry to charge into battle.

"Hold on, keep the tail of the gun on the ground, it's okay," the officers shouted.

Some of the soldiers were so frightened that they dropped their spears and sat on the ground unable to move. Some are squatting with their heads bowed and their eyes closed, and as for the angle of the spear, they don't care to look at it.

With a bang, the intruding cavalry, which had fled in front, first collided with the spear formation. The spears were broken, the soldiers were knocked away, and the cavalry was thrown out, screaming in terror or pain. The horse was pierced by a spear, fell, and also neighed in pain.

Some of the cavalry made their horses jump and successfully jumped over a line of only one or two spears, but frightened the crossbowmen and musketeers behind them into scattering and dodging. Since they entered their own military formation, they no longer let the horses speed up, but took advantage of the moment when the horses had just fallen to stop the horses.

The cavalry behind was much luckier, whether it was the cavalry that was being pursued, or the Li Yan cavalry who was driving the enemy, they all tried their best to rush in through the gap that was knocked open. However, those cavalry who could not turn the direction could only follow the horses and rush straight towards the spear formation.

The Li Zicheng cavalry who rushed in front wanted to stop, but the Li Yan cavalry who followed up behind would not stop. After they rushed in, some with handcuffs and some with steel whips, they attacked the enemy's horses. Those horses were in pain, neighed, and rushed in other directions in a frenzy. It was surrounded by intruding infantry who were still preparing to line up or panicked and overwhelmed, and could disrupt the infantry wherever they charged.

The infantry in front of the intruder was confused and transmitted to the rear. The soldiers in front turned and fled for their lives, while the soldiers in the rear had not yet reacted, and even rushed to reinforcements under the orders of the officers. The soldiers, you pushed and squeezed, stirred up, and were hit and slashed by the cavalry that rushed over,

Li Yan's cavalry kept their horses moving and smashed left and right at the surrounding enemy infantry. However, since you enter the crowd of enemies, your speed will become slower and slower, and it is inevitable that you will be attacked by the enemies around you if you are unprepared. Some cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses, some were stabbed to death, and the cavalry had to break out of their saddles and fight on foot with the surrounding enemies.

There were too many infantry in the intruding army, and seeing that the speed of the cavalry was getting slower and slower, and the cavalry had already suffered a lot of casualties, Feng Taichu did not dare to continue to lead the cavalry to attack the enemy in depth. So he greeted and rushed out diagonally with his subordinates.

Fortunately, the terrain here is flat, and the farmland is bare, which is also suitable for cavalry galloping. As long as they can break through the crowd of enemies, they will be much safer. Although the invading infantry was in chaos, there were still many soldiers who broke into the army, nailed to the spot and did not retreat.

These people are either old people who follow Li Zicheng and others, or they are gangsters who have done a lot of evil. They all knew that if Dashun was defeated and fell into the hands of Li Yan, they would suffer if they didn't die. Therefore, each of them is desperately resisting, so that the whole army will not be defeated soon.

"Resist it, don't move, your family is all in Shaanxi."

"Li Yan will not let us go, brothers, Dashun is our way of life, we must not retreat."

From time to time, there would be such shouts in the army, reminding the soldiers around them. It was precisely because there were quite a few such people that they did not break up under the onslaught of several thousand cavalry. Another reason was that Li Yan's cavalry came too suddenly, the team behind them was still on the march, and the depth of the team behind them was too deep for Li Yan's cavalry to pass through.

Yuan Zongdi was very happy to see that although the team was chaotic, it did not break up after all. But before he could regroup his army, he saw a large cloud of dust rising in the distance. He knew that it was Li Yan's infantry who was keeping up.

"Go back and inform Your Majesty, let them immediately establish a defensive line at Baqiao, and I will try my best to block Li Yan's attack on the east bank of the Bahe River." He commanded his own soldiers.

After that, he ordered the other soldiers: "Go and inform the commanders of the various departments, let them immediately organize their troops, set up the military formation in place, and prepare for defense"

Although his troops did not disperse, it was not possible to end the chaos and reorganize the defensive front in a short time.

On Li Yan's side, he has been sending scouts to observe, knowing the chaos of the army at this time. So he let the artillery go to the front position, and the artillery, escorted by a small number of troops, first deployed to the front of the enemy, and then the rest of the troops began to line up between the artillery.

Although Yuan Zongdi saw Li Yan's artillery arrive in front of him first, he couldn't muster his strength to snatch and destroy Li Yan's artillery. The forward troops were the most chaotic, and also suffered heavy casualties. And his cavalry unit was monitoring Li Yan's cavalry in the distance on the south side, and he really couldn't send any troops.

And what disappointed him the most was that his artillery was still not brought up in the rear. The chaotic ranks hindered the forward movement of the artillery, and only a dozen tiger squat cannons were carried by the artillerymen, but Li Yan's artillery array was more than one hundred and sixty steps away from them, and their tiger squat cannons could not play any role.

The chaotic ranks of the invading army had not yet been reorganized, and the infantry on Li Yan's side had not yet set up their formation, and the artillery opened fire first. With the roar of cannons, countless shotguns were fired, shattering the shields of the invading army and knocking down the soldiers.

At this time, the soldiers who broke into the army began to flee in a panic again. In the face of cavalry, they still have some courage to resist, but in the face of countless unstoppable shotguns, even the bravest people dare not stand still.

Yuan Zongdi watched as his troops fell into chaos again, and all of them were turning around and preparing to flee. He knew that in a few moments, the soldiers in the rear would also turn and flee, and the crowding would end, and his troops would be crushed in a thousand miles.

He came to the rear of the team with his own soldiers and ordered: "The troops retreat and organize a defense on the east bank of the Bahe River." ”

After giving the order, he withdrew with his guards first, and did not even call the cavalry. He had already informed Li Zicheng to organize a defensive line in the Bahe River, and if he didn't go first now, it was estimated that he would not be able to cross the Bahe River. To be continued.

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