Li Zhen's heart moved, and he secretly thought that Bai Gui would lead the army to fight, just to defeat Bai Gui, so as to boost morale. Li Zhen looked at the soldier who reported the news and asked, "How long will it take for Bai Gui to lead an army of more than 40,000 to chase after him?" ”

"In half an hour," the soldier affirmed

Half an hour, almost an hour

Li Zhen carefully estimated Bai Gui's marching speed, and secretly guessed that it might be more than forty minutes

"The old man has a question"

Just as Li Zhen made up his mind in his heart, Liu Taiping's voice suddenly sounded in his ears

Li Zhen's eyes flickered, he was a little excited, and he was still excited about Bai Gui's battle, and said casually: "Sir, if you have any questions, you don't have to be restrained, Bai Gui will lead the army to kill and you will rush within half an hour."

You have to hurry up and deploy."

Liu Taiping looked at the soldier who reported the news and asked, "Are there foreigners in pursuit?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "No foreigners are all noble soldiers."

Liu Taiping said in a low tone: "My lord, it's just that Bai Gui led the army to fight, it's not normal, and the old man thinks that this is a foreigner's plan to kill people with a knife, and wants to use Bai Gui's soldiers to weaken the strength of the adult, even if Bai Gui's soldiers are not strong in combat, it is impossible for the two armies to fight head-on without killing or wounding soldiers, Bai Gui has more than 40,000 people, but we only have less than 5,000 people, one less is one less, and it can't be replenished, it's not cost-effective."

Li Zhen frowned and said, "Is Mr. going to retreat?" ”

After listening to Liu Taiping's words, Li Zhen also felt that the battle was too cost-effective

You can't set up an ambush, and 5,000 soldiers can't go to the battlefield

Liu Taiping nodded and said in a deep voice: "The old man thinks that he can only retreat, and the current retreat is for the victory in the future, Bai Gui sees that we will retreat without a fight, although we will pursue, but it will be more arrogant, and it will be good for us, so let Bai Gui be arrogant for a while."

"It's up to Mr.

With a turn of his eyes, Li Zhen looked at Qi Zhenhai and said: "Zhenhai, you led the soldiers of the cavalry company to rush back to the camp immediately, and ordered the soldiers to pack up and prepare to retreat, and you led the soldiers of the cavalry company to quickly come to meet me with three mines each."

"Yes"

Qi Zhenhai agreed, and his heart was extremely excited

At the beginning, Qi Zhenhai proposed to form a cavalry company of 100 people, although Li Zhen agreed, but the cavalry company was not reused after it was formed, and now the soldiers of the cavalry company have been ordered to be useful, Qi Zhenhai is very happy in his heart, Qi Zhenhai wants to prove his vision, he must hope that the cavalry company will shine

Li Zhen looked at Huang Shihai again and ordered: "Huang Shihai, you led the soldiers of the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, and the fourth regiment to withdraw to the battalion, and then led the army to retreat fifty miles to temporarily avoid its edge."

"Yes"

Huang Shihai agreed, and passed on the order

Zhu Wu asked, "What about the Great Shuai Sharp Knife Battalion?" ”

Li Zhen said with a serious expression: "All the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion stay and act with me, we will temporarily retreat with the army, speed up and distance ourselves from Baigui's army, and wait for the army to return to the camp, we will block Baigui with the soldiers of the cavalry company and delay time."

"Yes"

Zhu Wu nodded, also excited

In less than fifteen minutes, Huang Shihai ordered the soldiers of the four regiments to leave for the camp, and Liu Taiping also hurried together

Only Li Zhen, Zhu Wu and the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion were left in the official road

Li Zhen and Zhu Wu led the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion to follow behind the army, and Li Zhen was looking at the surrounding situation all the way, the official roads in this area were flat, and if the 40,000 troops killed, the Sharp Knife Battalion and the cavalry company could not stop it, and even time could not be delayed

Li Zhen pondered left and right, but the roads around him were all flat roads, there was no valley, and it was difficult to use the high points to ambush him, and Li Zhen also felt a little embarrassed in this situation

Fortunately, there is still time to retreat and buy more time

When retreating, Li Zhen sent ten soldiers from the Sharp Knife Battalion as scouts to inquire about the news

Thirty minutes later, the first soldier to inquire about the news rode back on horseback and reported that the distance between the two sides was still thirty minutes before he could catch Li Zhen, but he didn't expect Bai Gui to lead the army to rush so fast, and immediately sent an order to Huang Shihai, asking Huang Shihai to lead the army to advance at full speed, and be sure to widen the distance between the two sides

At least delay the distance to an hour

Huang Shihai gave the order and ordered the soldiers to move forward at full speed

The 5,000 soldiers under Li Zhen's command were all elites, all of them were brave and good at fighting, and when the 5,000 soldiers accelerated their speed and advanced, they immediately opened up the distance, and the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion, who were on horseback to inquire about the news for an hour, sent back the news, and the distance between the two sides had been delayed from thirty minutes to an hour

After running for an hour in a row, the soldiers under Li Zhen's command were almost twice as fast as the soldiers under Bai Gui's command to pull the distance away

At this time, Qi Zhenhai led the cavalry company, and each soldier had brought three mines

Seeing this, Li Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart

With hundreds of mines, it was possible to stop Bai Gui's pursuit for a short time, otherwise Bai Gui would not be able to get rid of Bai Gui if he stalked Li Zhen, and it took another fifteen minutes, Li Zhen led the sharp knife battalion and cavalry company to follow the army back to the camp, Li Zhen asked Huang Shihai to lead the army to pull out the village and leave, but Li Zhen led the sharp knife battalion and cavalry company to stop and rush in the direction that Bai Gui came

The road from the camp to the city of Guangzhou is flat, there is no valley, and it is difficult to lay an ambush

However, there are green paddy fields on both sides of the road

Bai Gui led the army to attack, taking the official road, not the paddy fields, so Li Zhen took the soldiers of the sharp knife battalion and the cavalry company to choose a road about 20 meters wide and about 100 meters long, the two sides of the road were all green paddy fields, overgrown with rice, and the soldiers of the cavalry company brought 300 mines, Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to bury all the 300 mines, and the road stopped at the end of the camp and waited quietly

Fifty minutes later, the road ahead was filled with smoke and dust

Seeing this, Li Zhen knew that Bai Gui led a large army to chase after him, and Bai Gui knew that Li Zhen's marksmanship was powerful, so he was surrounded by dozens of guards, for fear of being shot by Li Zhen

"Stop"

Bai Gui saw that Li Zhen led a few soldiers to stop on the opposite side of the road and ordered to stop advancing

It's a weird situation

Li Zhen was also standing around Li Zhen, and soldiers surrounded Li Zhen like making zongzi, Li Zhen laughed and shouted: "Baigui, Baigui, you dare to lead an army of 40,000 to chase after you, why don't you have the courage to kill it?" ”

Seeing this, Fu Zhiyun shouted: "Where is Qin Eighteen? ”

"The Last Will Be"

Qin Eighteen is a member of Fu Zhiyun's command, and he is always extremely brave, this Qin Eighteen ranks eighteen in the family, thirteen of the seventeen brothers and sisters in front of him died, and the remaining three sisters and one elder brother Qin Eighteen were born lean and thin, with fine eyes and thin lips, revealing a mean feeling

Fu Zhiyun shouted: "You are the vanguard of the army and lead the troops to kill and rush over"

"Obedience"

Qin Eighteen turned over, and with a wave of his horse, more than four hundred soldiers rushed out under his command, but the corners of Li Zhen's mouth were hooked, and he shouted: "Zhu Wu ordered the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion to prepare for me to aim and fight" After speaking, Li Zhen turned over and dismounted, stood on the ground, leaned on the right shoulder, and aimed at Qin Eighteen who was riding a horse and preparing to charge through the gap left by the soldiers

"Bang"

Gunshots rang out, followed by screams

A blood hole appeared in Qin Eighteen's head, and the legs that had just clamped the horse's belly released their bodies and fell to the ground with a cheap snap to the right side, and the surrounding soldiers were all startled when they saw this, but they didn't expect Qin Eighteen to die before they could kill it, and the soldiers who had just taken a step forward stopped and didn't dare to move forward again

A wave of fear spread in the hearts of the four hundred soldiers