Before Li Yan was ready to attack, he saw the thieves retreating first. He immediately realized that it should be Li Zhong who had made significant progress.

So he immediately ordered: "Bai Shixiong, follow up with the cavalry!" If you have the chance, give it a shot. If you don't have the chance, you can monitor them, up to twenty miles. ”

"Yes!" Bai Shixiong clenched his fists and agreed, and then asked his own soldiers to inform the cavalry to assemble.

After that, Li Yan ordered: "Let the troops prepare quickly and advance in half an hour." ”

The soldiers immediately went to give orders, and Bai Shixiong also went out of the phalanx with two hundred cavalry and chased after the retreating thieves.

Zhang Nengqi took the initiative to retreat, and the losses suffered were not too great, so the retreat was quite methodical. Moreover, he and the cavalry were slowly retreating behind, so the infantry were not too panicked.

Zhang Nengqi looked at the two hundred cavalry hanging far behind him, frowned, and said, "Such a little person, dare to come and pursue?" Brethren, go back and pack them up! ”

As Zhang Nengqi's order was issued, his more than 700 cavalry slowly stopped and turned their horses' heads. They moved slowly, adjusting their shock formation.

And Bai Shixiong and the cavalry also stopped, and they were less than five hundred paces away from the cavalry of the thieves.

"Ready, as soon as they rush this way, let's run to the main formation." Bai Shixiong ordered. Then he instructed one of his own soldiers: "Go and send a message to the general, we will lead the enemy's cavalry over, and ask the general to be ready." ”

The soldiers immediately beat their horses and ran back, and he kept whipping the horses, wanting to buy Li Yan more time to prepare. Although their formations can be quickly lined up when marching, the sooner they prepare for the onslaught of cavalry, the better.

Zhang Nengqi looked at the officers and cavalry who were confronting him on the opposite side, and smiled angrily: "Two hundred riders, it's really bold!" Prepare, let's teach them a good lesson! ”

His cavalry was ready, clenched their weapons, and waited for the order to storm.

"Rush!" Zhang Nengqi ordered loudly, and then rushed towards the officers with the first platoon of cavalry. The second platoon of cavalry also followed after more than ten paces, followed by the third platoon. They shouted, waved their weapons, and slammed their horses on the belly, making them speed up gradually.

Bai Shixiong also gave the order to retreat after the thieves' cavalry began to charge. Although they were not too close, they had to turn around and then speed up and escape, and the time difference in between was not very large. Fortunately, they were all prepared, and the retreat was still very timely, so that the cavalry of the thieves kept chasing them at a distance of two hundred paces.

They were not too far away from Li Yan's infantry at this time, and after running for a while, they looked at the line that had been lined up and prepared.

Bai Shixiong reminded loudly: "Control the war horse!" Dodge to the west! Follow me! ”

He nervously looked at the queue in front of him, the pikemen had already clubbed the tail of the spear to the ground, and even if they rushed over, they would not move a single bit. Therefore, they had to keep a good distance and try to bring the enemy's cavalry forward, while at the same time avoiding attacking their own military formations.

With a distance of sixty or seventy paces from the military formation, Bai Shixiong finally turned his horse's head and ran westward. The team behind him also dodged to the west.

Zhang Nengqi, who was chasing behind, did not slow down, although he had already seen Li Yan's military formation, he wanted to rush and try. Although his cavalry was light cavalry and was not suitable for charging directly, his desire to defeat this army was still very strong. This small number of officers and troops actually gave him a sense of crisis, which was completely different from the feeling of other officers and soldiers, even for Shangzuo Liangyu, it did not make him have such a sense of crisis. So he wanted to give it a try and see if he could break Li Yan's military formation.

"Boom", "boom" suddenly sounded from the cannons. As soon as Bai Shixiong and the others got out of the firing range, the artillerymen immediately opened fire.

They used shotguns, and they had to kill and wound a large number of enemy cavalry in order to relieve some pressure on the infantry.

Among the thieves' cavalry, the horses that had been struck neighed and fell to the ground, throwing the cavalry above them far away. Let the cavalry behind control the horses in a panic to avoid the obstacles in front and the wounded brothers. But it didn't work at all except to make them chaotic. The cavalry on the ground was still trampled to death or rammed to death.

"Boom", "boom" is another ** artillery bombardment. At the same time, the crossbowmen also began to fire crossbow arrows, and the cavalry of the thieves had already rushed to a distance of more than seventy paces.

This time, the cavalry of the thieves fell even more. Zhang Nengqi was lucky not to be injured, he didn't dare to rush anymore, there were not only locust-like crossbow arrows in front, but also two rows of spears, as the first row, he basically couldn't rush in. With a deft flick of his horse's head, he ran eastward. Because the cavalry of the officers and soldiers who had fled to the west had already stopped at the back of the phalanx, they were likely to be followed and pursued if they went that way.

The other cavalry followed him eastward. The crossbow arrows of the officers and soldiers were still being fired, and the unlucky cavalry could be shot and injured at any time, and if they fell off their horses, they were basically hopeless.

The artillerymen did not adjust their direction and continued to fire their guns, knocking down some of the rogue cavalry that had cut in front of the formation.

Zhang Nengqi took his cavalry around in a circle and ran to the east. He glanced back at the military formation in the distance, and found that the cavalry of the official army had no intention of coming out to pursue, so he led his cavalry to slow down his horse a little, and trotted in the direction of his infantry. At the same time, let the soldiers go back to report the news, lest the foot soldiers think that they were fleeing and directly collapse themselves.

Li Yan still asked Bai Shixiong to follow with the cavalry, if he could lure the enemy's cavalry over again, then he would be able to kill and wound more of their cavalry. This counterattack is estimated to have caused more than 200 casualties to the thieves, and more than 100 corpses were left behind.

Zhang Nengqi no longer drove Li Yan's cavalry, but just stood guard behind the infantry to prevent Li Yan's cavalry from having a chance to attack. When they caught up with Zhang Xianzhong's large army, Li Yan's cavalry was even farther away.

"Father, the child is back." Zhang Nengqi hugged his fists to Zhang Xianzhong and said, "The child is incompetent and has not been able to cross the river." ”

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you." ”

Zhang Nengqi waited for a while before he spoke: "Father, this Li Yan is indeed powerful, let's be careful in the future." ”

"He's a guerrilla from Guide Mansion, let's go to the south now, and leave him alone for now." Zhang Xianzhong said: "We have suffered a lot of losses this time, so we have to take a rest first." Then go and get some good equipment, our current cannon is far worse than that Li Yan's cannon. ”

"Well, what Father Shuai said is right, that Li Yan's cannon is really powerful." Zhang Nengqi nodded and said: "It's easy to move, it's still far away, we should get some good cannons." ”

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