Liu Zhaoji finally made up his mind, and he clearly knew that if the various artillery pieces of the Qing soldiers were fired together, it would not be easy for the Wehrmacht to get close to the Qing troops, and they had to ignore heavy casualties, and this would also be a great test of the troops' willpower.

Li Chengdong saw that Liu Zhaoji's face was constantly changing, and he guessed in his heart what he was thinking, and he was also insightful about the current situation, but at this time, every loss of a soldier in the army would make his heart ache.

"I said Lao Liu, you don't want to ignore the artillery, let's catch up directly? You have to think about it, the artillery of the Qing soldiers is not vegetarian, so the casualties of the troops will be too great, and I will die of pain for the loss of such a unit, let alone suffer heavy casualties? ”

Li Chengdong pointed to the troops who were resting, and said to Liu Zhaoji distressedly.

"I said, are you kid used to fighting with the wind? How can the troops fight a war without losses? Now the situation is urgent, and we can't afford to delay! The situation in Guangxi is getting tighter and tighter, you know this, if the Qing army captures the whole territory of Guangxi, if we want to take it back in the future, we will have to pay more price? ”

Liu Zhaoji glared at Li Chengdong, in fact, he also felt sorry for these soldiers in his heart, but as a senior commander of the army, what he had to consider was the victory of the overall situation.

"Why don't all the horses of our cavalry be used to pull artillery, do you think it's feasible for the division commander?" Although Lou Ting himself became the commander of the cavalry division, he had always regarded Liu Zhaoji as his division commander, and seeing that the two had different opinions, he came up with an idea.

"You are all war horses, it will definitely not work to use them to pull artillery, if they are scrapped, it will be a pity, we don't have many cavalry."

Gu Yuanjing stood next to him and listened to a few people, and when Lou Ting said this, he raised his hand, and then said:

"Generals, I have an idea here, I wonder if you can listen to me?"

"Oh, please." Liu Zhaoji looked at Gu Yuanjing and said.

"I also heard General Liu's words just now, the Wehrmacht is thousands of miles away to rescue Guangdong, so we should also be able to help, right? Our Guangzhou army is fine now, there are still so many people in the city, the Wehrmacht is going to fight the Tartars, I think they can't do anything else, it's always okay to help push the artillery, right? ”

"This..." Liu Zhaoji heard this, this is a solution, but the national defense force has a lot of food, grass and ammunition, plus a hundred artillery pieces, all of which used to be transported by mules and horses, but now it relies on manpower, and it will definitely not work without tens of thousands of people.

Just when Liu Zhaoji was still thinking, several Ming army generals came over.

"General Liu, let's do our part!" Several generals came up and said.

"I think this method will work, there are a lot of cannons in the Qing soldiers, and they can't go fast!" As soon as Li Chengdong heard that the cannon could go up, the soldiers would not be used as a major sacrifice, and of course he was very happy.

"Gu Shaobao, not only artillery, we also have so much grain, grass, baggage and ammunition, I'm afraid this road condition has to be pushed by people."

Liu Zhaoji meant that after this battle, the troops would no longer return to Guangzhou and march directly to Guangxi, so they must bring all the grain, grass and ammunition.

"General Liu, no matter how much supplies you have, it's no problem, look!" Gu Yuanjing pointed to the gate of Guangzhou City and said.

Liu Zhaoji raised his eyes and saw countless people coming out of the city gate, some holding ropes in their hands and some holding flat poles in their hands.

Seeing this scene, Liu Zhaoji no longer rambled and directly gave orders to the troops.

"Organize the troops to eat immediately, and we will set off after eating!"

The Wehrmacht's wartime lunch was as simple as a piece of compressed dry food and a canned fruit. After receiving the order, the logistics officers quickly led people to carry the boxes down and began to distribute them.

"Wait, General Liu, the soldiers will eat this at noon?" The soldiers all ate dry food first, and the canned food had not yet been distributed, Gu Yuanjing saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Liu Zhaoji.

"This tastes good, this is developed by Mrs. Dadu herself, according to Dadudu's words, this dry food is nutritious and easy to carry, Gu Shaobao, you can also taste it?" Liu Zhaoji took a piece of compressed dry food and handed it to Gu Yuanjing.

"Well, it tastes really good, but General Liu, you better keep the dry food, I have asked the city to prepare hot food, and I will be here soon." Gu Yuanjing took the dry food and really tasted it, not to mention, it tasted good.

Li Chengdong, who was looking down and nibbling on dry food, suddenly became interested when he heard that there was still hot food, and he was about to speak when he looked up.

"I said, are you a glutton? What is our discipline? If you don't take a stitch from the people, will you forget? You don't want to eat the dry food made by Sister Liulan herself? Gu Shaobao, we appreciate your kindness, and our national defense force is disciplined. Liu Zhaoji first counted Li Chengdong down, and then said to Gu Yuanjing.

"General Liu, I now understand why the Wehrmacht keeps winning battles, although I haven't met the Governor yet, but now I have served. However, General Liu, this meal has been prepared, you see that the weather is so hot, if you don't eat it, you have to waste it, what do you think? You have annihilated the 'Heavenly Aid Army', and there are not a few weapons and materials that have been captured, so you can't look down on these things, right? How about these things? ”

Gu Yuanjing was really a little moved, this should be according to the previous If the imperial court sent reinforcements, even if the Qing soldiers were repulsed, Guangzhou City would definitely bleed hemorrhage, and it was not ambiguous that these armies of the imperial court would harm the people.

More than 30,000 members of the Wehrmacht entered the city of Guangzhou the day before yesterday, and there was not a single Wehrmacht soldier in the city. Even after eliminating so many Qing soldiers just now, and not a single soldier was seen to loot money, this was enough to surprise Gu Yuanjing.

Now I heard Liu Zhaoji say that he couldn't even eat the food sent by Guangzhou City, and his heart was indeed shocked.

Liu Zhaoji pondered for a long time, and then said:

"Gu Shaobao, since the meal has been prepared, then we will eat, but this cost must be calculated, and we must not eat it in vain."

While a few people were talking, the food in the big and small baskets in the city had already been delivered, and Liu Zhaoji hurriedly called the quartermaster over to explain repeatedly, and asked him to settle accounts with the officials in Guangzhou City.

"You go and arrange it again, let the city do more, let the people eat together, let's carry the cannon to fight the Qing soldiers!" Gu Yuanjing's eyes were a little wet, and he rubbed his eyes, and then he instructed several officials.

The scene of nearly 100,000 people eating together outside the city of Guangzhou was very shocking, and the common people were extremely interested in the Wehrmacht, gnawing on dry food one by one, holding large porcelain bowls around the Wehrmacht's circle, and chatting with the Wehrmacht soldiers.

Yan Yingyuan's artillery was the most popular among the people, many people didn't care about eating, ran to the position and circled around the artillery, and some even stepped forward to touch it gently, Yan Yingyuan did not stop it, he knew best that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unable to make such artillery at present.

Truckloads of food, grass and ammunition had been pulled out of the city, and when the troops had finished eating, they were about to leave.

Liu Zhaoji, Li Chengdong and others squatted on the ground to eat, while carefully arranging the transportation of materials, there were too many people, and if the organization was not good, the efficiency would be even lower.

Hong Chengchou was also anxious at the moment, the bad road conditions had a greater impact on the Qing troops, and from the withdrawal of the army in the morning to the afternoon, the army had only walked less than 20 miles.

Dozens of red-coated cannons and all kinds of small cannons were pulled by mules, and now more than a dozen red-coated cannons have fallen into the mud, and the artillery alone can no longer get them away, so Hong Chengchou had to order the Qing soldiers to help carry them.

Hong Chengchou knew that the Wehrmacht would not let him go, and he could see clearly in the morning battle that the Wehrmacht's firearms were too powerful, and if they let them catch up, he would definitely not be able to please him.

Although he still has 100,000 horses here, only Tong Yangjia's more than 50,000 horses have real combat effectiveness, and the rest are basically auxiliary soldiers.

Looking at the Qing soldiers who were trying their best to drag the artillery out of the mud, Hong Chengchou changed his mind, these artillery pieces were almost useless against the Wehrmacht, and thought that these artillery, if they were thrown here, they might be able to block the Wehrmacht's way.

"Don't delay any longer, throw all these cannons!" Hong Chengchou said to Tong Yangjia, who was following him.

"Dashuai, don't you want these cannons?" Tong Yangjia asked in surprise.

"Don't! If the Yangzhou army catches up, we won't be able to leave. Hong Chengchou said dryly.

Tong Yangjia groaned for a moment, gave an order to the troops, abandoned these trapped artillery, and the troops retreated quickly.

"Marshal, the Yangzhou army is so powerful, what should we do next?" Tong Yangjia patted his horse and caught up with Hong Chengchou, who had already set off.

"Let's retreat to Ganzhou, the city wall of Ganzhou is tall, it is not a day's work for the Yangzhou army to capture, we are making rapid progress in Guangxi, as long as we withdraw far, they will not be able to take care of us, they will definitely turn around and go to Guangxi, if they leave, we will march to Guangzhou again, so that they can not take care of each other."

Hong Chengchou thought for a moment, then immediately turned his head and said to Tong Yangjia.

"Then the general will order the troops to throw away some baggage, it's too slow now, we have to speed up." When Tong Yangjia heard this, the main task now is to break away from the Yangzhou army, so he said to Hong Chengchou.

"That's right! The troops were ordered to throw away all bulky supplies and retreat with all their might, but the remaining artillery still had to be carried. Hong Chengchou was still very satisfied with Tong Yangjia's quick understanding of his intentions.

What Hong Chengchou didn't know was that the Wehrmacht Cavalry Division had already set off, and the detour was outflanking him.

Under the leadership of several Ming army guides, Lou Ting's cavalry division was making a detour to Fukuoka County, where they wanted to intercept the Qing soldiers, Liu Zhaoji assigned all 20 mortars to him, to stop 100,000 Qing soldiers, the cavalry division's task this time was not light.

Liu Zhaoji did not expect that the road conditions would be so bad, and the rain for several days and the trampling of the Qing troops during the retreat had turned the road surface of the official road into a mess, and there were large and small pits left by the Qing soldiers when they were hauling artillery, and the infantry of the Wehrmacht had great difficulty walking.

Each artillery piece of the Wehrmacht weighs more than 2,000 kilograms, and although it is equipped with bearings, such a road surface is simply impossible to walk, not to mention that Yan Yingyuan was worried about damaging the artillery, so he was not allowed to drag it at all.

The cannons were carried by the people, two thick logs, and on each side were carried by ten young men who wore straw sandals, which were worn to prevent slipping, and although it was extremely difficult to walk in the mud, none of the people withdrew.

Hong Chengchou was already in a complete hurry at this time, and only a few people came back from the several teams of scouts he sent, and these few people reported that the Yangzhou army brigade was already less than twenty miles away.

"Marshal, these cannons are too cumbersome, so we can't withdraw them." Tong Yangjia was also anxious, and ran forward and said to Hong Chengchou.