At this time, it was already sunset, although the sky was not completely dark, but the shadow of the tree had been stretched very long, these Qing army iron horsemen shot heavy arrows in the forest, in fact, it was more to scare and scare the beasts and poisonous snakes in the forest, but they did not expect that there was really an ambush in the forest.

The entire Qing army's iron cavalry camp was immediately in chaos, and countless Qing army Tartars who were extremely brave on their horses in the past were directly shot and fell to the ground at this moment.

At this time, Aobai, who was also at the front, was busy stepping on the stirrup and getting on the horse, but found that the war horse under his command had suddenly fallen to the ground.

Not only his war horse, but other war horses also ran back in a panic at this time, and some Qing army Tartars also ran in a panic.

Ao Bai did not retreat, but immediately drew his sword and rushed towards the mountain with one of his own Niu Lu people.

The rest of the Qing army's iron cavalry also rushed into the forest desperately.

The dense bullets directly lifted the Tianling cover of many Qing army iron cavalry, causing some Qing army iron cavalry who originally wanted to charge to retreat.

Only a few hundred brave Bayala of the Qing army such as Ao Bai were still rushing, shooting arrows into the dense forest from time to time, but because the infantry of the Guards was too well covered, coupled with the smoke screen hindered by the smoke after the black powder was burned, the archery accuracy of these Qing iron cavalry was seriously reduced.

The guns and bullets of the guards can be shifted at any time to strike at the Qing army's iron cavalry in the dense forest.

Yes!

Ao Bai screamed, as if his arm had been bitten by something, but he still gritted his teeth and rushed up.

At this time, three Guards infantry in the forest came out, and three bayonets stabbed out directly, one directly into Aobai's thigh, one into Aobai's right abdomen, and one into Aobai's collarbone.

Ao Bai screamed again, and when the three guards drew their bayonets and were about to stab again, they hurriedly raised their knives to block them, and then rolled down the hill, endured severe pain, and snatched a horse to meet Azig.

This is not just the case with Aobai.

Whether it is the red armor soldiers of the Qing army, the white armor soldiers, or the most ordinary Tartar iron cavalry, no matter how brave and good they were in the past, no matter how powerful they were, they were like blind people in the jungle at this time, and they couldn't even stand steadily.

Dong Zhining used the cover of the bushes to assassinate two white-armored soldiers.

The Qing army's iron cavalry finally retreated, not daring to attack the mountain again.

Except for a few of the Guards infantrymen who had to be carried to the back for further care because of the arrows, most of them still sat in the bushes to clean the barrels of their guns.

Here, Azig also heard the gunshots, but he did not hesitate, but abandoned the dismounted 3,000 forward battalion iron horsemen, and continued to run along the valley in an attempt to find another trail to rush out of the area of Dahong Mountain.

Liu Xiyao had been lying on the ground at this time listening to the sound of horses' hooves, and not long after the Qing army's iron cavalry retreated, he immediately shouted: "It's getting dark, immediately chase me out in the northwest direction, shoot on the march, take the squad as a unit, disperse and advance, and be sure to give the enemy cavalry the maximum damage!" ”

As soon as Liu Xiyao gave the order, except for the First Association of Infantry, who stayed behind to take care of the wounded, all of them immediately continued to run in the bushes in small teams.

The remnants of the Qing army's iron cavalry in Azig were running rapidly in the river valley, in front of which were the iron cavalry of the Azig Chinese army, which was not yet in chaos, and behind was the defeated Qing army who had no war horses and could only run on foot.

And in the bushes above the valley were the infantry of the Guards running quickly.

The two armies were now running swiftly between the darkening sky as if they were two parallel lines.

From time to time, the muskets of the infantry of the Guards fired at the Qing cavalry on the opposite side, and sometimes they knocked the Qing cavalry in front of them off their horses, some of them fell directly into the river, and some fell directly on the ground of the valley full of pebbles.

And Azig and other Qing iron cavalry also turned around and shot arrows, trying to stop the pursuit of the Guards infantry.

However, each squad of the Guards had specially selected shield-bearers with better eyesight, who quickly blocked arrows when they saw them, and some simply placed their shields on the left side of the firearms men and ran.

Therefore, there are relatively few arrows on the side of the Guards, coupled with the protection of jungle trees, and the arrows of the Qing army are moving upward, and the acceleration is decreasing, while the bullets of the Guards are moving downward, and the acceleration is increasing, so the damage caused by the bullets of the Guards to the Qing army's iron cavalry is naturally greater.

Moreover, the river valley is a light area, which is a bright field of vision, while the jungle is a dark area, which is a dark area, and the accuracy of shooting at the light area of the field of vision in the dark area of vision is also higher.

As a result, the Qing army kept having cavalry falling, while the Guards suffered few casualties.

Liu Xiyao ran the fastest at this time, the oldest thief, he was a peasant child who grew up in the mountains around the Qinling Mountains since he was a child, and he was able to live with Li Zicheng in the south and the north to survive until now, in fact, the biggest advantage is that he ran fast enough, and now it is natural, forgiving the Qing army on horseback, but as a commander, he is still shuttling through the jungle like a sharp arrow.

Dong Zhining may be because he is young and has good endurance, so he has been following Liu Xiyao with his team.

And Liu Xiyao calmly shot at the Qing cavalry, and at the same time warned Dong Zhining to follow him, he could determine where there would be no poisonous snakes, where there would be no poisonous plants and spiky plants.

At this time, Liu Fangliang also chased after him with 5,000 iron horses, and killed the Qing army's iron horsemen one by one in the long river valley under the long sky at dusk.

However, because the sky has begun to be completely dark at this time, the visual field is greatly affected, and neither side can achieve accurate killing.

Seeing this, Azig simply ordered all the cavalry to dismount, and stabbed all the horses, and drove them in other directions, while he took the thousands of remnants of the iron cavalry into infantry and climbed up the jungle in the night.

Azig didn't dare to use torches, but fortunately, most of his Manchurian horsemen were nobles, and they had a good nutritional supply, and there was no serious night blindness, and it was a summer night when the moon and stars were scarce, so they could climb the mountain in the dark.

Here, Liu Xiyao heard the sound of horses in confusion, and judged from his own experience that the Qing army's iron cavalry must have gone up the mountain, so he ordered all the infantry to stop the pursuit, while he himself judged the escape direction of the Qing army's iron cavalry according to the sound of grass and trees.

Liu Xiyao lit a torch: "Follow my firelight!" ”

Liu Xiyao continued to run forward after speaking, and sure enough, he found a large number of figures in front of him, so he simply shot immediately, but he also heard the screams of the crowd.

But by this time Azig had also fired three arrows at the torch.

The arrow in the shield hand protecting Liu Xiyao fell to the ground, and Liu Xiyao himself was hit by an arrow in the wrist, and another arrow missed.

And Dong Zhining snatched the torch from Liu Xiyao's hand: "Commander, you run in front, I'll raise the torch!" ”

However, at this time, the rest of the Guards infantry had already been killed, and they were in a melee with these Qing iron cavalry in the night.

Seeing this, Ao Bai hurriedly ordered his subordinates to block it, and he personally grabbed Azig: "Lord Wang, let's withdraw quickly!" ”

Azig nodded, and continued to run forward with Aobai and the others.

At this time, Liu Fangliang's cavalry also chased up from behind, and the sound of killing resounded throughout the valley.