"Stride, stomp!"

The horses galloped down the hillside, and the cavalry of the Western Army finally joined the battle and began to attack.

Five hundred cavalry opened a long battle line, the formation was more loose than the infantry, one was to avoid the Chu army's shooting, and the other was to avoid blocking each other, the hillside was full of gravel potholes, when the war horse ran at full speed, a small stone could make it break its leg, a small dirt pit could make it lose its front hooves, and in a blink of an eye, the cavalry of the Western Army was already turned over on their backs, and the neighing of the war horse became a piece.

Bypass them and rush!

Qi Sansheng gave the cavalry a death order, and after starting to charge, he must rush forward desperately, don't be afraid of falling, don't be reluctant to fight horses, if he can't break through the defense line of the Chu army's musketeers, five hundred cavalry and horses will be beheaded.

The speed of the war horse is much faster than that of a person, the weight of the armor and weapons has little effect, hundreds of war horses charge together, the earth trembles, the momentum is amazing, and in the other two directions, Qi Sansheng wields the sword, commands the troops to press on the whole line, and attacks together with the cavalry.

About a quarter of an hour after the battle began, Qi Sansheng's 6,000 armor soldiers lost more than a thousand people, but the distance from the Chu army's musketeers was still far away, if it continued to develop like this, the infantry alone would definitely not be able to win this battle, Qi Sansheng knew that the opportunity was running out, so he fought with all his might.

"Those who capture Liu Tichun alive will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver." In order to boost morale, Qi Sansheng did not hesitate to reward him, and also ordered the supervising team to kill the soldiers on the spot mercilessly when they saw the soldiers who were hesitant and afraid of battle.

Stimulated by the heavy reward, and forced by the bright broadsword of the warlord, the soldiers of the Western Army rushed forward with a roar, and the morale of those who had just been beaten rose again, because of the large number of people, their formation became tighter, which would undoubtedly bring more casualties, but Qi Sansheng couldn't care about it so much.

The Chu army put on an N-shaped formation, with more than 300 cavalry rapidly approaching on one side, and infantry charging in a "group" style on the other side, which seemed to be precarious, but the Chu army did not rush to fire, but began to adjust the formation under the command of the officer.

"Is the thief going to run?"

There were already more than 100 cavalrymen who fell, but Liu Wenxiu was indifferent, seeing the change in the formation of the Chu army, he thought that the enemy was in a mess, but the cavalry of the Western Army had just rushed down the hillside, and the formation of the Chu army had changed from an N-shaped formation to a figure-7 shape, and about 1,200 soldiers of the Chu Army had formed a shooting formation against the Western cavalry who rushed from the flank.

At the same time, Liu Tichun also rushed to the battlefield with the remaining 1,000 musketeers, and raised his gun at the silhouette of the cavalry of the Western Army.

"The thieves are not chaotic in the face of danger, and they change their formations so quickly! Alas, I still underestimated the Chu army before, and I shouldn't have started a war with them easily......"

Liu Wenxiu secretly complained, he had a premonition of defeat, but there was nothing to be done for a while, the whole battle situation is very passive now, if he doesn't pull out the nail of Liu Tichun, tens of thousands of troops are in danger of being wiped out, so he still holds a glimmer of hope, hoping that the five hundred cavalry can create a miracle and break through the enemy.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

After three rounds of guns, the cavalry of the Western Army once again turned over on their backs, because of the undulating terrain, standing at Liu Tichun's angle, you can only see the upper body of the cavalry of the Western Army, they are like stepping on the ice that suddenly cracks, even the people and horses suddenly fell down, more than 150 cavalry were knocked down, and some cavalry tripped over their companions, the size of the war horse is much larger than the person, but it is equally fragile after being shot, the first few rows of Western cavalry were swept away, and only a few lucky people who were left alone continued to charge.

"Bang bang bang!"

When the Chu musketeers fired again, their good luck had run out, and they were fired by hundreds of flintlock muskets, and they were instantly beaten into a sieve.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

……

The Chu army musketeers began a new round of death rolling, turning into a sophisticated killing machine.

Next, there was the third round of platoon guns.

If it is on flat ground, the Chu army musketeers may not have the opportunity to fire the third shot, charging on the steep and uneven hillside, the speed of the war horse is still greatly affected, much slower than on the flat ground, so that the Chu soldiers calmly hit the third round of guns, in fact, after the second round of guns, the cavalry of the Western Army has collapsed, and the third round of guns is just to destroy some more enemies, after all, the threat of cavalry is too great, take this opportunity to completely cripple them.

The remaining cavalry of the Western Army was less than seventy cavalry, and if they rushed up, they would be sent to death, and they were routed backwards with a bang, but the battle was not over, taking advantage of the opportunity just now, the infantry of the Western Army in the other two directions had rushed to within fifty paces, and their eyebrows and eyes could be seen clearly.

The Chu army did not have time to change the formation as a whole, only more than 300 musketeers in the vicinity hurriedly ran to their companions, changed from a figure 7 to an incomplete T-shape, and then opened fire again, within a distance of fifty paces, the hit rate of the flintlock pistol increased significantly, and a barrage of death was formed in front of the Chu army's formation.

Fifty steps.

Forty-five steps.

Forty steps......

The soldiers of the Western Army also took out their desperate strength, desperately rushed up, but at most rushed to a distance of forty paces, and the speed of filling the position could no longer keep up with the speed of casualties, seeing that the soldiers of the Western Army were running forward, but the soldiers in front were all knocked down, and the battle line began to move back slowly, and the musketeers of the Chu army were all elite soldiers like the old soldiers of Wu, while fighting, they continued to adjust the formation, and the firepower and rate of fire quickly returned to the best state, because the distance was too close, and the casualties of the Western Army increased significantly.

Forty steps.

Forty-five steps.

Fifty steps......

After Liu Tichun's 1,000 musketeers arrived at the battle position, they immediately joined the battle, and the flanks of the western army were also exposed to the rain of bullets, and they could no longer hold on, and the soldiers suddenly shouted in unison, turned around and ran. If they could see the hope of victory, they could continue to fight with more casualties, but this hopeless slaughter destroyed their fighting spirit, and the escape of a group of soldiers quickly turned into a rout on all fronts.

"Run! Run! Run! I'll let you run! ”

Qi Sansheng stepped forward and rushed into a rout team to slash wildly, the horse sword continued to chop, cutting one after another rout into two sections, some soldiers had stopped, and he cut off his head without hesitation, the rout behind was frightened by his fierce flames, and finally stopped running away, Qi Sansheng commanded the supervising team again, intercepting other routs in four directions, and trying to gather the troops.

Although he was defeated by the musketeers of the Chu army, Qi Sansheng did not give up, and when he rebelled with Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the Eight Great Kingdoms, he also broke through the life and death pass again and again, and now he can't just take care of his own life, it is impossible to eliminate the musketeers of the Chu army, at least stop them and hold the back road for the army.

"Do you still want to fight again? No chance. ”

Liu Tichun smiled coldly, and ordered the whole army to chase and kill from behind, and the three thousand musketeers formed two phalanxes, one large and one small, marched forward in unison, and shot the Western soldiers they encountered along the way one by one mercilessly.

"The thieves are attacking fiercely, I'm afraid our army won't be able to resist it!"

Behind Liu Wenxiu, those scribes and masters were all panicked, they originally thought that the musketeers were good at defending and not attacking, but the Chu army had taught them a lesson now, this kind of attack method of advancing in formation seems to be slow, but in fact, it seems to be slow and fast, invincible, if the western army stepped forward to intercept, they would be beaten to the ground by them if they were far away, and they could not form an army, no wonder Qi Sansheng couldn't wait to attack just now, and was attacked by the Chu army's musketeers like this, there was no way to stop it.

Qi Sansheng spent a lot of effort to barely gather more than 2,000 routs, Liu Tichun attacked, more than 2,000 people were shocked, Qi Sansheng did not dare to fight with the Chu army, he could only retreat again and again, the troops became more and more chaotic, fortunately, the Chu army had to maintain the formation, and the speed of advance had been unhurried, and the western army did not collapse again, Qi Sansheng took hundreds of remnants to guard the back road of the official road, and sent a thousand people to meet Liu Wenxiu, and at the same time sent a signal to Liu Wenxiu, urging him to retreat quickly.

Liu Wenxiu had already returned to the official road at this time, and the phalanx with the larger musketeers of the Chu army was killing this side, and the generals on the left and right persuaded him to leave the danger as soon as possible and retreat to the camp at the foot of the mountain.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, hurry up, it's too late if you don't leave!"

"No, I can't go! Tens of thousands of troops are still fighting fiercely with thieves, how can this king escape? ”

Liu Wenxiu jumped on the war horse, raised his horse sword and shouted: "Sons, today there is no thief for me, there is no thief for the thief, follow me to fight the thief to the death!" ”

After speaking, Liu Wenxiu urged the horse to rush down the hillside, and the wrestlers behind him held high the handsome flag, and dozens of guards surrounded the left and right, rushing towards the Chu army.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu!"

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! ”

"Protect Your Highness!"

"Fight with Chu thief!"

Seeing Liu Wenxiu personally rushing to kill, the morale of the Western Army was suddenly greatly boosted, and the soldiers who were scattered and fleeing looked back, and saw that the cavalry that rushed to the front was their beloved Shu King Liu Wenxiu, and they all rushed back with shouts, and Qi Sansheng sent a thousand reinforcements to meet Liu Wenxiu ran at the front, eager to replace him immediately and not let the King of Shu take risks.

"There is still a chance, as long as Wang Shangli returns to the army in time......"

Liu Wenxiu galloped on horseback, swept past the front of the Chu army, saw the other party raise his gun and was ready to shoot, suddenly pulled the horse's head, turned to dodge, and suddenly heard a long horn coming from the direction of the Nanming River, and quickly turned to look, only to see a long fleet appear on the river, with a square red flag on the bow, which was the Chu army fleet that went and returned.

The fleet of the Chu army came back so quickly?!

What he didn't expect was that the follow-up troops of the Chu army had already left Guiyang City and rushed to the vicinity of the battlefield, and it only took more than half an hour for the fleet to come and go, and three thousand reinforcements were sent.

Just when Liu Wenxiu was stunned, a stray bullet hit him in the chest.