Everyone turned their heads to look at it, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back, the red flag was displayed, and there was a large group of cavalry of the Western Army and the armor of the Western Army, as well as the auxiliaries who carried the armor for them, the first member of the general with bright armor, and a snow-white high-headed horse in his crotch, which was ordered to come to the aid of the main general Qi Sansheng, who received Liu Wenxiu's fireworks order, and marched all the way with 6,000 armor soldiers and 500 cavalry, and arrived at the critical moment.

When Liu Tichun was still on the boat just now, he found through the telescope that there were almost no armor soldiers around Liu Wenxiu, only more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers and some non-combatants, so after going ashore, he went straight to Liu Wenxiu's banner, intending to capture the thief and capture the king first, but just halfway through, a large group of Western Army armor soldiers appeared on the flank, which frightened Liu Tichun.

"All of them, turn due south and line up to prepare for battle!"

This official road can be used for two large vehicles to drive side by side, much wider than those narrow and rugged mountain roads, Qi Sansheng's infantry lined up in four teams to march together, the long line is still not the end of the end, I don't know how many men and horses he has, Liu Tichun found that the enemy not only has strong troops, but also a large number of cavalry, and immediately ordered the troops to turn around to meet the battle, not caring about attacking Liu Wenxiu again.

On this wide official road, those cavalry can charge at the fastest speed, a distance of a hundred steps and two breaths, the musketeers of the Chu army are a great threat, if the first shot can not block the enemy's charge, the musketeers of the Chu army have almost no chance to fire a second shot, fortunately, in addition to this official road, the cavalry of the Western Army is almost useless, Liu Tichun preemptively deployed five hundred musketeers on both sides of the official road to ensure the density and continuity of firepower, if the cavalry of the Western Army launched a charge, They were beaten into a sieve with a continuous row of guns.

"Qi Sansheng has at least four or five thousand armor soldiers, has his rear army poured out?"

As the western army opened the battle line to the two wings, Liu Tichun roughly saw the opponent's strength, although there were some deviations, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation, he turned his head to look at the river beach, where there was no empty boat, after the Chu army fleet put down three thousand musketeers, it immediately turned around and returned, and now it has gone far.

"Steady, don't rush, outflank the river."

Qi Sansheng rushed all the way to the army, the soldiers were tired enough, seeing Liu Wenxiu's Chinese army standing high in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there should be no danger in a short time, so he did not rush to attack Liu Tichun, but slowly lined up in a good time, so that the soldiers could rest while wearing their helmets and outflanking the river below the hillside.

The muskets of the Chu army are sharp, Qi Sansheng has already heard of it, the five hundred musketeers are guarding the front, this official road is a dangerous trap, looking at the smooth and convenient road, but in fact, it is the closest to death, from this point the attack must be a heavy loss, since he has an absolute advantage in troops, he must spread the front as much as possible, and attack from the entire front at the same time, so as to reduce the lethality of the Chu army's musketeers.

The armored soldiers of the Western Army of the brigade slowly walked down the hillside and formed an offensive formation on the river beach, Qi Sansheng's combat intention was already very obvious, and Liu Tichun immediately ordered to take the initiative to attack and disrupt the deployment of the Western Army.

The war drums sounded, the Chu army musketeers marched in formation, the war drums they used were not the kind of cowhide drums that were more than half a person high, but small drums that could be hung on the waist, the drum rhythm of Qingyue was bright, and the Chu army musketeers walked down the hill with the drums, although the terrain was undulating, the formation was kept very neat.

"Chu thieves crisscross the north and south of the river, and they are really a strong army."

"It doesn't matter, Liu Erhu attacked my 6,000 elite soldiers with only 3,000 men, which is not in line with the art of war, and he will inevitably fail miserably."

"Hehe, you still only know one and don't know the other, muskets and crossbows are as good at defending and not attacking, this is the most important thing, you just have to wait and see, see General Qi show his might, and break the enemy with one blow."

With more than 6,000 armor soldiers against 3,000 musketeers, and there is no nasty river beach just now, those literati and masters around Liu Wenxiu have become optimistic, although the musketeers of the Chu army have shown strong combat effectiveness, but using simple musketeers to attack, it is a tactic that has never been heard of, and the effect is definitely not good, in their opinion, muskets and bows and crossbows are long-range shooting weapons, although they are powerful when defending, they are too thin when attacking, even if they look through the war books, there is no precedent that they can break through the enemy with only archers.

In this battle, Qi Sansheng has a great chance to win.

At the very least, it can be a draw.

"Ordered Qi Sansheng to order the cavalry to prepare for the attack, and once Liu Erhu launched an attack, he would attack with cavalry." Liu Wenxiu gave a strange order.

The left and right generals persuaded: "The hillside is steep and bumpy, and the war horses are difficult to control, and if you charge the thieves below the hillside with cavalry, I am afraid that you will kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself." ”

The horse is a spiritual animal, when running will try to avoid obstacles and maintain balance, but it is not a goat after all, if you leave the official road and rush down the hill, there will definitely be a large number of war horses fall and fall, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is a polite saying, in fact, killing eight hundred enemies and losing a thousand may not be able to stop.

"The thief has a sharp musket, so he can only make this decision." Liu Wenxiu explained lightly, and ordered fireworks to be set off to summon the message, ordering Wang Shangli to break through the siege immediately and move closer to the Chinese army.

This order was even more unreliable, and the generals on the left and right were shocked and dissuaded.

"Gu Yuan Hou is fighting fiercely with Tan Thief, retreating at this moment, he will inevitably be chased and killed, and the three stops may not be able to withdraw and stop, please think twice!"

"Once the front army is defeated and retreats, this battle will definitely be lost, and our army can only withdraw its troops, and it will no longer be able to capture Guiyang."

"Gu Yuanhou was asking for help just now, even if he wants to withdraw from the army, he may not be able to escape......"

Wang Shangli has warned and asked for help several times in a row, he must have fallen into a bitter battle, stick to the spot and wait for help, there is still a glimmer of life, and now breaking through and retreating is to put the sword with his back to the enemy, let the family cut it at will, needless to say, the losses are heavy, and the whole army will collapse if it is not good.

"This king speculates that this battle can no longer be won, and it is better to withdraw three stops and one stop than to annihilate the whole army, if Wang Shangli does not retreat, I am afraid there will be no chance."

Liu Wenxiu's voice was low, and he explained to the left and right generals as patiently as possible, as the commander of the whole army, he got the most comprehensive information, and he knew the power of the Chu army's flintlock pistol, and the battle on the river beach just now was a living example, although Qi Sansheng's troops were more than twice that of Liu Tichun, he was not sure of victory. What made Liu Wenxiu even more worried was that the fleet of the Chu army behaved very abnormally, and after letting go of Liu Tichun just now, it actually returned directly.

According to the general truth, Liu Tichun's landing operation is an adventurous act of fighting against the water, and the Chu army fleet should stay on the shore and meet Liu Tichun at any time, but they hurriedly returned to the sea as soon as possible, and there are obviously other more important tasks, Liu Wenxiu speculated that they are likely to transport the second batch of landing troops, in other words, the Chu army has more follow-up troops, far more than 20,000 soldiers!

This is, of course, just a guess.

But you can't afford not to guard against it.

After today's war, the various performances of the Chu army show that their plan is not only to repel the Western Army, or to severely damage the Western Army, but to try to fight a large-scale war of annihilation and eliminate Liu Wenxiu's main force, the battle has only started for half a day, and there have been too many unexpected things happening, indicating that there is a big problem in judging the enemy situation at the beginning, Liu Wenxiu has been unable to determine the strength of the Chu army, and in this situation where the enemy situation is unknown, the best choice is to retreat.

After the Chu army fleet returns, how long will it take to come again, and where it will choose to land, Liu Wenxiu can't predict, the front, middle and rear armies of the Western Army have all been stretched to the limit, if the Chu army fleet sends another 3,000 new troops, no matter where it is thrown, it will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back, if you don't take advantage of this time difference to retreat, what are you waiting for?

In fact, Liu Wenxiu really wanted to order the whole army to retreat now, but in this way, it would inevitably evolve into a collapse of the whole front, and he still wanted to retreat as organized as possible and reduce losses as much as possible. Therefore, only let Wang Shangli, who was in a forward position, withdraw first and move closer to the Chinese army, and Wang Shangli's troops would not be able to care so much about how much loss they would cause.

On the side of Gao Wengui and Lu Mingchen, there are still 15,000 armor soldiers and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, they were tightly bitten by Zhou Guodong, and they could only retreat through a narrow path.

There are also Yunnan soldiers who came from the west side of Guiyang, calculating the distance and time, most of them will not be able to catch up with this big battle, but they are still coming in a hurry, and if they don't do well, they will become self-defeating and add a hard dish to the Chu army.

The rear army's soldiers were exhausted, and there were only a few thousand auxiliary soldiers left to carry grain and grass and baggage, and if the Chu army fleet landed at the rear army, it would be unimaginable to close the door and fight the dogs. To the extreme, the Chu army fleet simply came more ruthlessly, ran to the position of the big camp at the bottom of the mountain to land, and ran back and forth a few more times to send enough troops, and the big camp under the mountain may not be able to hold it, at that time, even if Liu Wenxiu can lead the army to break through, he will be defeated because of the lack of food.

There are flaws everywhere, and it is impossible to prevent them.

Hurry up.

Liu Wenxiu's plan was to roll and retreat, alternate cover, and reduce losses as much as possible, so he had to act first, which could also be interpreted as a normal transfer adjustment to maintain the morale of the army, but before the army retreated, Liu Tichun's nail must be pulled out, so the cavalry was ordered to participate in the battle at any cost.

Liu Tichun had 3,000 musketeers in his hands, and after walking forward for a certain distance, he was divided into two parts, 1,000 people stayed in the rear, guarding the official road and the hillsides on both sides, and launched an attack with 2,000 men.

The drums disappeared suddenly, and the battlefield was much quieter than just now, and with a gust of mountain wind blowing, the sound of fighting in the distance was faintly heard, adding a bit of solemnity.