The twenty-mile road would take at least an hour for the new army of the imperial court, which relied on two legs to march.

However, for the cavalry of the Haw Par Army, which relied on the four legs of their horses to march, it was not even half an hour.

Therefore, the reinforcements discharged by the imperial court had just left Nanjing City less than five miles, and Wang Feng, who was twenty miles away, received the news that the new army of the imperial court was attacking with 20,000 troops.

When he first heard the news, Wang Feng was directly taken aback by the number of 20,000.

Because, at this moment, all the limited troops under his command have been sent out, and they are fighting with more than 10,000 new troops of the imperial court.

Once the 20,000 new imperial army appeared in any two of the three battlefields, the tiger and leopard army on those two battlefields had to face the risk of hastily withdrawing their troops to avoid being divided and surrounded by the reinforcements of the imperial court.

However, this worry did not last long, and Wang Feng showed a thick hot expression on his face.

Because, he remembered the cavalry division. At the same time, a very bold idea also came to Wang Feng's mind......

After taking a deep breath, he made a very decisive decision: "Since the defenders of Nanjing sent such a big fighter plane to the general, if the general does not grasp it, it will be too sorry for the sincerity of the defenders of Nanjing......

"The general ordered: The first and second regiments of the cavalry division must be given 20,000 reinforcements to the general to drag Nanjing out of the city...... No matter what the cost, the 20,000 new imperial army must be dragged between the battlefield and the city of Nanjing for two hours......"

As soon as the cavalry division commander who conveyed the military order left, the order of the army commander Wang Feng sounded again......

"Immediately give the first, second and two who are in the battle to the general of the Chuan Ben order: the battle against the new army of the five thousand imperial court. It must be over in an hour......"

"After the battle. No need to clean the battlefield. Rapid reinforcement of two cavalry regiments......"

"Since the defenders of Nanjing City dare to send so many reinforcements, then the general will play a big game with them and eat up these 20,000 reinforcements."

Compared with Wang Feng's arrogant face, the two commanders of the cavalry division who received the order were frowning and worried......

Because, in the battle that is about to begin, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is really too great.

More importantly. Compared with the equipment of the new army of the imperial court, the short-barreled muskets equipped by the cavalry of the Haw Par Army did not have any advantages.

One is not good, the remaining less than two thousand cavalry of the cavalry regiment will be consumed here.

"Regimental commander, the enemy has ten thousand new troops, muskets, grenades, and even redcoat artillery...... All equipped. In terms of firepower alone, it is definitely far superior to us. So. You must not fight hard with them, otherwise. It's no different from sending him to death......" Looking at the regiment commander in front of him, the battalion commander analyzed with a serious face.

The regimental commander, of course, knew about these gaps. And it was precisely because he knew these gaps that he didn't know how to fight this battle well, and called all the battalion and company commanders under his command together to think about solutions.

After waving his hand to the battalion commander who had just spoken, he said eagerly: "We all know what you said...... I don't want analysis, I want solutions......"

After a short silence for more than a dozen subordinates, the artillery company commander suddenly spoke: "Regiment commander...... The new army of the imperial court is equipped with red-coated cannons, and although they are very powerful, they have a weakness, that is, they are too heavy......"

"During the march, even if they are attacked, they generally do not stop to set up artillery for counterattack...... Because, the bulky red-coated cannon, from the erection of the artillery to the re-marching, there is no less than half an hour to do it......"

"Since the enemy will not use the redcoat artillery, the mortars we are equipped with are absolutely heavy firepower...... You see, can we use mortars and attack them from a distance......"

"If they send troops to fight back, then our cavalry regiment can destroy their counterattacking forces and kill and wound as many of their living forces as possible......"

"If they don't get fooled and continue to march despite casualties, then we have to think of other options...... It really can't be done, so we can only attack their main force under the cover of artillery fire and slow down their march......"

After some contemplation, the regiment commander decisively decided: "I can only try it first...... I hope the enemy will be fooled, otherwise, the soldiers will only have to hit the enemy's gun......"

With a series of screams reaching the ears of the reinforcements of the new army of the imperial court, more than a dozen flowering bullets, as if they had eyes, smashed very accurately on the dense marching columns of the new army on the official road.

The flowering bomb exploded, and dozens of officers and men of the new army were undoubtedly blown to the ground.

However, as a battle-hardened veteran, the new army reacted quickly.

The thousands of officers and men of the New Army in the area covered by the flowering bombs quickly dispersed to both sides of the official road under the leadership of their respective officers before the second round of flowering bombs fell......

As a result, the second round of flowering bombs fell, causing less than 30 casualties to the Forces nouvelles.

However, even so, more than a dozen mortars continued to fire flowering shells at the official road.

In the face of the sudden artillery attack, the general soldier of the new army directly showed a solemn expression on his face.

However, when he saw that the only thing that was attacking him was the blossom bullet, the solemn expression on his face slowly became relaxed.

Because, the one in front of him directly told himself that the number of Haw Par troops attacking him was not large, and they had only one purpose, that is, to slow down the speed of their reinforcements on the battlefield.

Faced with this situation, the first reaction of the general army was to eliminate this harassing tiger and leopard army, and then use their own speed to reinforce the battlefield. Otherwise, during the entire march, the 10,000 soldiers under his command would be exposed to the artillery fire of the Haw Par Army......

The artillery attack of more than a dozen artillery pieces was not likely to cause too many casualties to the officers and men under his command. However, a steady stream of blows can deal a great blow to the morale of the officers and men under his command, and in serious cases, it can even affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

As a result, after only a brief hesitation, the commander-in-chief made the decision to send troops to eliminate the Haw Par Army's sneak attack troops.

Soon, the new army of the 1,000th Imperial Court, under the leadership of a thousand generals, quickly outflanked the position of the artillery of the cavalry regiment.

However, what this thousand new imperial army did not expect was that in front of them, more than a thousand cavalry were already ready to attack them at any time.

Just as the 1,000 new troops were about to take fifty paces from the official road, the cavalry lurking in front of them moved directly.

At first, it was still messy with the sound of horses' hooves, but as the horses became faster and faster, they slowly became deafening. (To be continued......)