Knock knock!

Just as the thieves were waiting in formation, Cao Tai ordered his soldiers to replace the tiger squat cannons, move forward about twenty steps, and rows of cannonballs hit the dense thief army.

The thief army was bombarded by the tiger squat cannon, and the formation was immediately chaotic.

Many of the thieves were hit by the sand and stones from the shells, and they howled in pain.

The formation of the thief army that had just gathered was immediately chaotic, and the thief army was frightened by the shells and began to retreat, one by one screaming and fleeing, you pushed me, trampled on the bodies of their companions, and ran away.

How could Yang Xiaoyu let the prey in his hand fly out.

Without waiting for the thieves to pour in along the tattered gates, he ordered the Franco-cannon to bombard the gates.

Before the thieves who had crowded to the city gate entered the city, they heard the roar of artillery fire, and then the shells hit the city gate, and many of the thieves were covered by artillery fire in the roar.

The other thieves who were about to crowd into the city saw that the situation was not good, and they rushed to the battlefield like a swarm.

This time, Yang Xiaoyu didn't bombard with artillery fire, and when the thieves fled in all directions, he pulled out his saber, pointed at the thieves on the battlefield and shouted: "Kill!" ”

The war drums of the offensive sounded.

Sun Chuanting's spear was pointed at the fleeing thieves, and he rode out of the battle, "Kill!" ”

The cavalry behind him galloped out like a tidal wave with their spears, and the sound of horses' hooves broke through the sky, shaking the earth.

Look out of town.

Many thieves ran on their legs, and the brocade-clothed cavalry behind them rode horses to chase after them, and spears pierced the fleeing thieves like the cold rays of the scorching sun.

The exclamations came one after another, and the thieves fled in fear.

The cavalrymen wielded spears and reaped their lives.

In front of the ruined and crumbling city gates, there were dead bodies everywhere, and the thieves were mourning.

Yang Xiaoyu let the cavalry chase and kill the fleeing thief army, and silently calculated in his heart. According to the number of thieves who came out just now, there should be more than 5,000 thieves in the city at this time.

Why did these thieves hide in the city without going out of the city to fight?

Yang Xiaoyu guessed for a long time, but he didn't come up with a clue.

"My lord, the lower officials are worried that the thieves in the city have another conspiracy. After only chasing for a few miles, he brought people back! Sun Chuanting rode his horse to the front of the Chinese army and bowed his hand.

"This officer is thinking, what are the rest of the thief army in the city thinking?" Yang Xiaoyu frowned and said.

Sun Chuanting glanced at the ruined city gate, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, no matter what the thief army is thinking, our army won the first battle, and we should attack the city in one go!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Pass the order." Ordered Zhou Tong to lead the soldiers of his headquarters to rush into the city! ”

"Yes!"

Sun Chuanting turned his horse's head and gave the order to the horseman behind him.

Zhou Tong in front received the military order, turned over and dismounted, carried a spear, and ran to the city with his cavalry.

The wolf smoke was everywhere, and the collapsed city gate was filled with brocade clothes and horses, pouring into the city like waves in the river and sea.

Didn't wait a moment.

The sound of fierce fighting sounded, bows and arrows, screams, horses' hooves. The sound of weapons colliding was as loud as a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Yang Xiaoyu, who was outside the city, heard such a dense fight. Immediately understood that the two thousand thieves who came out earlier were likely to be bait, and the remaining thieves were ambushed in the city, waiting for him to send someone into the city and get into the pocket.

Yang Xiaoyu gasped, he was so vicious, using two thousand living people as bait. In order to succeed in the ambush, a blow hit him hard.

"My lord, Zhou Qianhu may have been ambushed!" Sun Chuanting heard the dense sound of fighting, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly said.

"Don't panic. Zhou Tong was ambushed, and he will definitely find a way to withdraw! ”

When Yang Xiaoyu said this, he sneered and said: "Pass the order, order Zhou Tong to retreat, all the armies retreat together, throw down the supplies, and flee with all your might!" ”

"Your Excellency!"

Sun Chuanting wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but suddenly, he reacted and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty obeys your orders!" ”

Ding Ding Ding!

A crisp and bright sound of gold sounded.

Zhou Heguang's department was originally behind the palace, but at this time he became a vanguard, threw down his baggage, and ran desperately.

Cao Tai ordered his soldiers and horses to throw down the Francophone cannons, and evacuated the battlefield with only light tiger squat cannons and shells.

The brocade-clothed guards outside Xia Zhen were like a flock of sheep, frightened, throwing down their baggage and fleeing in a hurry.

Zhou Tong, who was ambushed by the thieves, received an order from General Yang Xiaoyu to take his cavalry to fight and retreat, and when the last cavalry came out of the hole in the ruins of the city gate, the remaining more than 700 cavalry screamed and fled for their lives.

The thief army was in great momentum, and chased after him from the city, roaring with weapons and chasing after him.

Zhou Tong took his subordinates and horses to run for their lives, ran three miles away, and suddenly stopped, and everyone turned around and lined up.

The thief army thought that Zhou Tong was going to die with them when he put on this appearance, and the thief army who had the upper hand was not afraid of a group of defeated soldiers, and they rushed towards Zhou Tong's department like lions.

Boom Boom!

Sun Chuanting led five hundred cavalry to kill from the west like a ghost!

The thieves panicked instantly, and above the flat ground, the cavalry was born to be the nemesis of the foot soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a black thief general hurriedly shouted to retreat, commanding the thief army to retreat to the city.

At this time, the tiger squat cannon under Cao Tai's command was launched with a bang, and it accurately hit the gathering place of the thieves.

When Zhou Tong saw that his reinforcements were coming, he hurriedly shouted, jumped up with a long knife, and killed the panicked thieves in front of him.

The thieves were attacked on three sides, and their momentum disappeared in an instant, and the follow-up thieves turned into the front army and rushed to the city one by one.

Five hundred cavalry galloped on horseback, stepping on smoke and dust like killing gods.

Wherever the iron rider passed, people's heads were rolling, and blood was raining up.

Cao Tai saw that his soldiers and thieves were fighting with weapons, so he ordered his subordinates to throw the tiger squat cannon, and raised their spears and ran towards the battle group.

The thieves were attacked by the Jinyi guards from three directions, and they suddenly became a swarm of bees, fleeing for their lives, resisting the resistance, and the frightened thieves simply threw their weapons and ran away.

Yang Xiaoyu took Zhou Heguang's troops to look at the battlefield two miles away, only to see that the thief army was defeated like a mountain, and the indomitable morale just now disappeared, replaced by endless fears.

A month ago, the thieves were honest people who could only grow crops, but now they picked up their weapons, but they still couldn't change the people's problems.

Yang Xiaoyu sneered, these thieves in front of them can only fight a good battle, once they encounter a vicious battle, they can't hold out for a long time, they will be discouraged, morale will be exhausted, so that they have the idea of escaping, ignoring the overall situation.

Looking over from him, I saw that the brocade guards on the battlefield raised their guns and fell, and there was a thief soldier on the battlefield.

The thieves killed by the three Jinyi guards cried and screamed, embarrassed, and many of the thieves were cut off by the Jinyi guards on the way to escape, and they died without seeing it.

Yang Xiaoyu looked at the scene on the battlefield, and ordered Zhou Heguang: "The thief army is at the end of the road, take advantage of this opportunity, you take people around to the front to support Zhou Tong, so that the victory can be established in a battle." ”

Zhou Heguang bowed his hand, and led the tiger and wolf athletes under his command who had been waiting for a long time to step on the smoke and dust to attack the battlefield.

The thieves were already dispersing, and at this time, there was another officer and army on the battlefield, which made the panicked and fleeing thieves tremble.

Many thieves were afraid that their lives would not be guaranteed, so they threw down their weapons and prostrate on the ground, begging the officers and soldiers to spare their lives.

Sun Chuanting issued an order on behalf of Yang Xiaoyu: "Those who descend will not be killed!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many of the surrounding thieves threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Some stubbornly resisting thieves were crushed by the joint efforts of the officers and soldiers, and all of them were turned into corpses.

When the battlefield was calm and there was no sound of fighting, Yang Xiaoyu took more than 20 horsemen to gallop forward.

The armor on Sun Chuanting's body was stained with blood, and he stepped forward with a bloody spear in his hand and said, "Congratulations, my lord, I won the first battle!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu smiled slightly, quickly sent the order, and ordered the cavalry to count the number of prisoners.

After a short time, Cao Tai counted the number of captives who surrendered, and a total of more than 1,300 people surrendered, and the thief army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.

Yang Xiaoyu thought about it slightly, and according to this calculation, there were more than 1,000 thieves who escaped just now.

Yang Xiaoyu sneered and ordered Sun Chuanting to lead the cavalry in pursuit, the prisoners were handed over to Zhou Tong's custody, and Cao Tai led the army into the city.

The generals will be ordered, and the generals will go their separate ways.

There were less than 500 thieves in the city, and all of them were old and weak, and before Cao Tai could lead the army to fight, they had already thrown down their weapons and surrendered. (To be continued......)