The remaining 1,700 cavalry of the cavalry regiment, after losing four or five hundred men successively, finally rushed to a position less than forty paces from the official road.

With such a close fighter, the remaining 1,200 cavalry of the cavalry regiment will certainly not let go.

In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand grenades emitting white smoke were thrown out by the cavalry regiment.

It was densely packed, and all of them smashed on the official road where the new army of the imperial court was located.

The grenade exploded, and the new army of the imperial court, which was blocking the cavalry regiment, was directly drowned in the thick smoke generated by the grenade explosion.

Although they could not see the specific results of the battle, the remaining soldiers of the cavalry regiment knew that the grenade just now must have achieved a lot of results.

After throwing another round of grenades, more than a thousand cavalrymen had already rushed to less than thirty paces from the official road. Without the slightest hesitation, he directly drew his saber, bladed forward, and rushed towards the official road with a roar.

The battle is here, and the results speak for themselves.

After two rounds of almost 2,000 grenades exploded in succession, the new musketeers, who had less than 2,000 men left on the official road, directly lost more than half.

As for the remaining less than half of the musketeers, hundreds of gunners, in front of the sabers raised high by the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army, only the fate of slaughter remained.

When the main force of the new army that rushed to the front reacted and wanted to rescue the trapped artillery, the remaining new army of the imperial court on the official road had been wiped out on the battlefield like the tiger and leopard army chopping melons and vegetables.

As for the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which lost hundreds of men again, they left behind a messy battlefield and withdrew from the battlefield like the wind.

As for the twenty red-coated cannons, the Haw Par Army did not blow them up.

In the words of the regiment commander. Lose the gunner. These red-coated cannons were left even for the new army of the imperial court. That's also a pile of scrap metal, and it doesn't do anything. Besides, it won't be long before these redcoat cannons will be their own. If it just blows up into a pile of scrap metal, it's not something that blows up itself...... This kind of thing is something that only a fool would go back to do.

"It's really a win-win move, and you lose all the games...... A small carelessness will pay such a big price......" looked at the bloody battlefield in front of him, and the general soldier of the New Army had a solemn and gloomy face. couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

As he spoke, a general who had gone to the battlefield to investigate the situation had already hurried over.

Under the gaze of the general soldier's sharp eyes, he reported with a solemn face: "General...... The 2,000 musketeers protecting the artillery were wiped out...... More than 500 gunners were also wiped out...... However, the twenty cannons in red were not blown up, and the flowering shells and gunpowder were also intact and were not blown up by the cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army......"

"Bastard...... A group of cunning Haw Par troops, killed all the gunners, what's the use of leaving us artillery? Not only does it not work. It also slows down the troops' marching speed...... It's better to blow up Ben directly. After listening to the report of his subordinates, the general soldier of the new army clenched his fists. Directly smashed on his thigh because of anger, and then, regardless of his identity, he scolded loudly.

At this moment, the deputy chief soldier suddenly reminded: "General, now we only have 7,000 musketeers left, and there are no more artillerymen...... What to do next, please come up with an idea right away...... Judging from the sound of guns and cannons on the battlefield, our 5,000 soldiers will not be able to hold on, and at most half an hour, the battle will be over. And we are at least five miles away from the battlefield......"

After the adjutant general's question was finished, more than a dozen subordinates and more than a dozen pairs of eyes, as if they had been discussed, converged on the general soldier at the same time.

didn't make everyone wait too long, and an unprecedented firm expression appeared on the face of the chief soldier.

Then, without thinking about it, he decided: "Retreat...... Retreat immediately...... Directly return to the ...... of Nanjing"

For this decision, more than a dozen subordinates immediately showed different expressions.

There are worries, there are rejoicing, there are joys......

Before the general soldier could continue to speak, the adjutant general with a worried face asked rhetorically: "General think twice, as long as we retreat, the 5,000 soldiers surrounded by the Tiger and Leopard Army will be completely finished...... When the time comes, we will not be able to give Master Shangshu an explanation...... Think again. ”

Surprisingly, the general soldier did not show any worry on his face because of these reminders.

As if he hadn't heard the adjutant general's reminder, he still replied with a firm face: "Retreat...... For the team, the only way to do this is to retreat......"

"You don't want to think about how many brothers will be left on the battlefield when we arrive at the battlefield, and how many brothers will be rescued by us in the end...... And how many of our brothers will die in the next rapid march under the constant sneak attacks of the Haw Par cavalry...... The whole rescue, for the entire garrison of Nanjing, is it to increase the number of troops, or to reduce the losses......"

"Also, you don't want to think about it, after losing the red-coated cannon, even if we rush to the battlefield, we are still no match for the Haw Par Army...... Don't forget, although the Haw Par Army is not very sick, it has at least 300 artillery pieces...... "Do you know what it is like to fire 300 guns at the same time...... A round of more than 300 flowering bombs can kill and injure four or five hundred of us. As far as our people are concerned, as long as there is no artillery cover, in front of the Haw Par Army, which has hundreds of artillery pieces, there is only the life of being beaten passively......"

Under the explanation of the general soldier, all the subordinates finally accepted the decision to retreat.

Afterwards, 7,000 musketeers of the new army began to retreat with red-coat cannons and flowering shells......

Of course, every move of the new army of the seven thousand imperial court did not escape the eyes of the cavalry regiment.

As soon as the new army of the imperial court began to retreat, the commander of the cavalry regiment, who had retreated to two miles away, received the news......

After being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Our opponent is very cunning...... Knowing that it is not necessary to continue to reinforce the battlefield, take the initiative to retreat and minimize losses...... Sure enough, it was a very difficult opponent to ......."

As soon as the regiment commander's words were finished, the deputy regiment commander, who still had a strong smell of blood on his body, couldn't help but ask: "Commander...... The commander gave us the task of dragging the enemy outside the city of Nanking for two hours, waiting for the infantry to finish the battle and re-encircle the enemy on the official road...... In terms of time, we have completed less than half of the task. ”

"And our cavalry regiment, after half an hour of continuous fighting, is very tired, so I won't say much...... The most important thing is that the casualties are very large, and so far, there are less than 1,200 people who can continue to fight......"

"And our enemies are 7,000 men. Although the artillery was lost...... However, they were armed with muskets similar to those of our cavalry short-barreled muskets...... With such a big disparity in strength in front of us, I don't know how we should fight next......"

After the deputy regiment commander put the facts in front of him, the regiment commander clearly saw that many of his subordinates had gloomy expressions on their faces. (To be continued......)