Li Yan joined Li Mou, and he commanded: "You are in charge of the west and the south, and I am in charge of the east and the north." How's that, no problem, right? ”

"No problem." Li Mu said with a smile: "But since it's a competition, there must be some color heads, right?" ”

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "If you win, I'll give you a set of golden wine vessels." ”

As soon as Li Mu heard it, he knew that it was the set he got from Zhang Dianshi's house, so he nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided!" Fourth brother, you can't be fooled. ”

Li Yan shook his head with a smile and beat his horse to the north. He felt that the thieves in the north were stronger, and their leaders were slippery enough to be taken care of.

Li Mu saw that Li Yan was gone, so he had no choice but to take his soldiers to the south. As he went, he commanded, "Show me, and if you find one of the thieves who commands and shouts, point it out to me." ”

"Humble duty understands." His own soldiers agreed to come down.

After Li Yan arrived in the north, the drums in the north had stopped, and the thieves let out a quiet shout, and then began to slowly approach Li Yan's phalanx.

Somewhat different from yesterday, the line of thieves is much sparser than yesterday, and the distance between people has been widened. But before they had gone twenty paces, the distance between them became small again.

Li Yan also found that the thieves here were more ghostly, and the archers followed behind the foot soldiers and slowly moved towards them. Li Yan came to the artilleryman and ordered: "Be careful, wait for the thieves in the north to enter one hundred and fifty steps before opening fire, don't let them approach." ”

"Yes, I understand." The gun commander agreed.

He looked to the east again, and found nothing to be bored, so he relaxed.

His attention was basically on the east, and there was basically no chance here in the north. Based on the performance of the thieves on this side yesterday, as soon as his side fires cannons, they will stop advancing, and even retreat directly.

When he came to the east, the thieves from the east also began to attack. They are also very careful and move very slowly. Yesterday, it was the thieves here who almost broke through his phalanx, but he withstood it, so the thieves on this side also suffered the most damage. Therefore, in today's attack, they are also the most careful.

Shi Qian was also watching from a distance behind him at this time, he most hoped that Li Yan's artillery would have no ammunition. Li Yan has always been a hurdle in his heart, and since his debut, he has failed the most and been beaten the most in the hands of Li Yan.

But he is also the most afraid of Li Yan. He once wanted to make a strong soldier like Li Yan, but the output of his workshop bow and crossbow was very small, and he couldn't keep up with the speed of attrition. And firearms, he captured a few small Franky guns, but the leaking gas burned his men, and one of the muskets blew up, blinding one of his men. Since then, no one has dared to use firearms again, which makes him distressed.

With a "boom", he saw a puff of white smoke rising from the corner of Li Yan's phalanx, and then there were screams from his troops, and there were signs of retreat.

"Hold on to the front!" Shi Qian ordered: "If you can't hear the gong and retreat, kill!" ”

His own soldiers immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly behind them. and lined up, each with a crossbow arrow in his hand, aimed at their companions in front of them.

The thieves in front wanted to retreat, but the people in the back did not dare to retreat, so they stalemate in place.

With a "boom", the second shot was fired again. The thieves in front of them were defeated again, and the archers who followed the team could only watch. They were originally more than 150 paces away from the officers and soldiers, but when they let their companions in front squeeze backwards, they reached more than 160 paces away from the officers and soldiers. Distance is not the main thing, they are now crowded, and there is simply no room to open a bow and launch arrows.

"Boom", another cannon sounded, and Shi Qian's troops were hit again.

Shi Qian frowned and hesitated, and it was not until after the fourth artillery fire that he finally made up his mind and sounded the gong to retreat.

The gong of "bang" and "bang" sounded quickly, and Shi Qian's subordinates finally began to run backwards with confidence. The pro-soldiers of Shi Qian quickly retreated so as not to be squeezed by their resentful companions.

Li Yan had already found a small leader among the thieves in the east, but before he could get into range, he heard the sound of a gong from the north. The thieves in the north retreated, and the thieves in the east also retreated, leaving Li Yan with no chance to shoot arrows.

The situation in the south and west is similar to that of Li Yan. The difference is that Yuan Laoshan in the south still has no intention of letting his descendants rush into battle, and still expects a breakthrough in the east. Yuan Shizhong in the west is not stupid, he has been looking at Yuan Laoshan and Shi Qian. In the north, Shiqian struck the gong and retreated, and Yuan Shizhong immediately asked the troops to retreat.

The thieves retreated quickly, and Li Mu, who was in the south, frowned, and immediately opened his bow and arrows, and with a few consecutive sounds of "boom" and "boom", he released four arrows to the thieves who retreated. He used a hanging shot, and the feathered arrow flew far into the sky, and then fell down, shooting three unlucky eggs.

"Oops," Li Mou's personal soldiers said loudly, "General, hit, hit again." ”

Li Mu smiled proudly: "I still have the strength to save it, if I open the bow with a full bow, I can shoot two hundred paces away." Then he asked, "How many shots?" ”

The soldier replied, "Three." ”

Li Mu said with some disappointment: "There are only three of them, and they actually missed an arrow." I don't know how many the fourth brother killed. ”

This is how the attack ended in a hurry. There were no casualties on Li Yan's side, but he caused more than 70 casualties to Shi Qian.

Yuan Laoshan camp in the south.

"What do you mean?!" Yuan Laoshan shouted dissatisfiedly at Shi Qian in front of him: "Why did you retreat in a hurry from the attack that just started?!" If you hadn't retreated first, we wouldn't have retreated without firing a single arrow this time! ”

Shi Qian explained: "This attack is to test whether Li Yan still has enough ammunition. Li Yan still started firing artillery at a distance of 150 paces this time, which showed that Li Yan's ammunition was still sufficient. Our temptation has come to fruition, and there is nothing wrong with retreating. ”

Yuan Laoshan said with a cold face: "If you can attack again like yesterday, maybe this time you will break up Li Yan's army formation!" ”

Yuan Shizhong interjected: "But I saw that the south side of Yuan's big boss didn't attack much." There were still two hundred steps left before Li Yan's army formation retreated. ”

"I have two sides to take care of, why do you only see the south side?!" Yuan Laoshan shouted loudly: "If the north hadn't retreated first, my subordinates would have continued to advance!" ”

Shi Qian said stiffly: "Let's stop here today, and when the anger of Yuan Da is gone, let's discuss what to do." After finishing speaking, he bowed his hand to Yuan Laoshan, turned around and left.

Yuan Shizhong also bowed his hand to Yuan Laoshan and said, "Master Yuan, let's discuss it tomorrow." After saying that, he also left directly.

Yuan Laoshan roared angrily: "Let the brothers have a good rest!" Defend the camp! ”

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