After seeing the more than 200 soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Wing in front of him, General Xiao Yang was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and immediately turned around and ordered a soldier to report to Zhendong Hou, and at the same time instructed the others around him: "The top priority is to monitor this group of thieves and see how many of them there are. ”

After realizing that the other side did not have a large cavalry, General Xiao Yang led the direct guards to approach Li Laiheng's camp to monitor them, and one of the direct guards suggested to General Xiao Yang: "This group of thieves will consolidate the flank of Li Chuang's retreat, should we defeat them first?" ”

Seeing only 200 panting infantry on the opposite side, many of the guards were eager to try, and some of them had already drawn their handcuffs or swords.

Seeing that General Xiao Yang was still hesitating, the people around him couldn't help but urge: "My lord, should we charge with a horse sword and pursue with a fire gun, or should we charge with a fire gun and pursue with a horse sword?" ”

General Xiao Yang stared at the intrusive army on the opposite side with a telescope, still did not give an order, waited for a while, and once again had a direct guard who couldn't bear it and said: "My lord, attack, there are only two hundred intruders, and we can defeat them with one charge." ”

But after General Xiao Yang put down the binoculars, he vetoed their proposal: "What's the use? We don't have a battalion of guards and infantry battalions behind us, so what's the benefit of defeating them? Let's spy on them. ”

"My lord, didn't the marshal let us insert it behind Li Chuang's side? How can we hold back? "Before, Zhiwei had always fought under the command of Jin Shentong, and General Xiao Yang was only responsible for some military discipline and camp affairs, and there were not many of them, and the people accompanying him this time were on the battlefield for the first time under his command.

"With two hundred infantry, it's not a good idea to charge the infantry with cavalry. Our Zhiwei has never fought against Xu Ping's troops, and they have been able to defeat our new army several times, which is enough to prove that they are not under the infantry of our new army. General Xiao Yang had already made up his mind in his heart, he didn't say it explicitly, just shook his head and said: "This is the first time that Zhiwei has fought with Xu Ping, and it is right to be cautious." ”

"No matter what kind of thieves they are, our direct guards can defeat them in one fell swoop!" Seeing Li Laiheng preparing for battle in an orderly manner, and there were no more reinforcements around him, the direct guards of the new army wanted to rush up and kill all the infantry: "My lord, we have also encountered many more thieves than this, and it is a much thicker formation than this, and Lord Jin can take us out of the formation." ”

At the same time, Li Laiheng also felt that this team of direct guards was a big threat to him.

"If this group of direct guards of the new army monitors us like this, our movements will be exposed to the field of vision of the Marquis of Zhendong," Li Laiheng pondered in his heart, but since there were no cavalry, he could not even expel such a small group of direct guard cavalry: "If they stop here to observe, they will soon find that we only have one infantry wing, and the three battalions of the new army will come from the ground." ”

Li Laiheng waited patiently, he remembered that Xu Ping said that the direct guards were well-equipped and over-the-top, so he judged that this group of new army direct guards would rush into his formation, but he waited for a long time and did not wait for the new army to attack.

"It's really troublesome, if they don't take the initiative to attack us, how can we get rid of them?" If the direct guard attacked, Li Laiheng would be able to counterattack, but time passed bit by bit, and the new army on the opposite side always maintained a posture of imminent departure.

"That's right, the main force of the new army is behind, and the general must be notified immediately." The only few heralds just now were sent out, and after making a judgment, Li Laiheng jumped off his horse and asked the other person to use his own mount to report to Xu Ping urgently, and then said to the surrounding subordinates: "We have to take the initiative to attack." ”

Li Laiheng ordered half of his subordinates to bayonet their rifles, and the rest stood in the front row, ready to rush up and shoot a round and then engage in hand-to-hand combat: "Remember your training, don't rush to stab people, give priority to stabbing horses - stabbing horses in the belly." ”

"My lord, this is the direct guard of the new army, and the general has told you to be careful." During the training in Kaifeng, Xu Ping popularized some knowledge about the direct guard to his subordinates: all the officers and soldiers of the direct guard have four handguns, so the assault fire is very fierce.

If the opponent's long-range firepower is weak, the guard will rush up and shoot fiercely, if it is defeated, it will be pursued with a sword, and if it does not crush the opponent, it can be reloaded. These also have a horse sword and a sabre, of which the straight horse sword is quite long, and when charged against the knee it resembles a small spear.

"I know," Li Laiheng only asked half of the troops to prepare for shooting, because he was worried that the formation would be scattered and broken by the other side, and since the other party had powerful firearms, he had to let the other half take the front, if the other party did not rush over with a sword, Li Laiheng thought that the power of the rifle was enough to offset the numerical advantage of the direct guard. Xu Ping's department didn't have any experience in fighting with the direct guards before, and Li Laiheng could only cross the river by feeling the stones: "Before the confrontation between Lanyang and the Xuanfeng Battalion, didn't we fight against the new army?" There is always a first time for everything. ”

Seeing that the intruding army began to move forward, General Xiao Yang immediately ordered the direct guards to retreat slowly, keeping a distance and not entering the range of the opponent's fire.

Zhiwei reluctantly retreated with the commander, and after retreating for a while, Li Laiheng didn't dare to go too deep, and retreated, General Xiao Yang led the troops to continue to approach, and ordered in advance: "If the thief turns back, we will retreat again." ”

"My lord, we are a new army, a direct guard, so what is the difference between us and the Jiangbei Army?" Another straight guard couldn't help but complain.

"Don't you think the other side wants to fight us?" General Xiao Yang observed Li Laiheng's movements and said thoughtfully: "Although I don't know what the other party is thinking, but since they have this plan, of course I can't follow their hearts." ”

After repeating it twice, Li Laiheng felt tired of this kind of advance and retreat, Li Zicheng's main force had almost retreated to his rear position, and the current situation made him feel more and more oppressive, and the new army that could appear at any time and did not know where it would appear put tremendous pressure on Li Laiheng.

"Don't play with them anymore." Li Laiheng suddenly remembered that Xu Ping had said that General Yang, who was the son of Yang Zhiyuan, was a good man, and he respected his elders very much, and was not very feared by his subordinates, so he felt that he had a strategy to use: "Let the soldiers shout in unison: 'Kill Yang Zhiyuan'." ”

The officers around him immediately rushed to make arrangements, and Li Laiheng thought in his heart: "An honest man who is filial to his elders, he should be angry when he hears this shouting God, right?" ”

"Kill Yang Zhiyuan!"

"Kill Yang Zhiyuan!"

Hearing the shouts of the intruding army laughing and smiling, the Zhiwei were all furious, and without waiting for General Xiao Yang's order, they all drew their straight horse swords and stood side by side in tacit understanding. The guards put their swords on their laps and moved so close to each other that they were almost always on their knees.

"My lord, charge, tear the dog's mouth of these thieves!"

His subordinates saw that the muscles on General Xiao Yang's cheeks were twitching slightly, but he still refused to give the order, and after a while, not only did he not give the order to charge, but looked around and drank: "Put away your swords and hold the reins with both hands!" ”

The subordinates unconsciously carried out the order to collect their swords, and the intrusive army on the opposite side was still sending all kinds of ridicule, General Xiao Yang held the reins tightly with both hands, and thought in his heart: "The intruders are indeed intent on fighting, and I can't march out of anger." ”

……

After receiving Li Laiheng's urgent report, Xu Ping rushed over with the fifth infantry wing, and after seeing thousands of intrusive firearms troops appear in front of him, and there were hundreds of cavalry around them, General Xiao Yang nodded: "Yes, sure enough, Xu Ping is here." ”

The heralds who reported to the Marquis of Zhendong were sent out again, and General Xiao Yang walked a little farther with the cavalry to ensure that he would not be dragged by the cavalry of the other side.

After seeing Xu Ping, Li Laiheng immediately greeted him, before Xu Ping had heard the sound of the invasion army, he frowned and looked at the direct guard opposite, and asked Li Laiheng: "What did you find?" ”

"Not at all, this group of new army guards is blocking us," the small number of scouts who broke into the camp could not reconnoiter the depth of the battlefield that was covered, and Li Laiheng smiled bitterly: "There is no way at all." ”

"I don't think there is the main force of the new army behind General Yang, at least not here," Xu Ping looked at the direct guards who distanced himself and said softly: "If there is a large group of people behind the other party, why do you have to pull so far?" Shouldn't they have lured us into attacking this small group of cavalry in order to disperse our army? ”

"Maybe they think they have enough troops," Mr. Lee said, "and they're just monitoring our movements to make sure we don't lose them." ”

"I think this team of direct guards seems a little unconfident," Xu Ping looked at the opponent, since he saw the other party's actions, he immediately felt a lot more relieved, and felt that what Li Laiheng was worried about probably would not be a reality: "It's strange, is it only this direct guard that the new army has come?" ”

"Why does the general say that?"

"Master Hou asked Zhiwei Tongzhi to command the reconnaissance, if there is a large army, this is impossible."

"Didn't the general just let me command 200 men?" Li Laiheng asked rhetorically.

"Yes, but do you think we have tens of thousands of troops behind us?" Xu Ping's expression became more and more relaxed, General Xiao Yang had not been on the battlefield a few times before, nor had he shouldered such a heavy responsibility as today.

Soon, not only Xu Ping, but Li Laiheng also saw a lot of signs: "The general is right, it seems that the new army is not coming. ”

"It's strange, Hou Ye is so confident that he thinks he can defeat us without a new army?" Xu Ping pondered: "Is it really like what Di Bao said, the imperial court wants the direct guards to stay behind to defend the Beijing Division, and the Hou Ye agreed?" So what are the two battalions of the new army in Shandong doing? Well, maybe Hou Ye still has a few thousand people in his hands, but for the sake of safety, he did not surround King Chuang from the flanks. ”

"Raise my banner!" At this time, Li Zicheng had retreated to a place parallel to Xu Ping's position under the pursuit of the Jiangbei Army, and Xu Ping ordered the armored battalion to turn to meet the pursuers, breaking off Li Zicheng's old battalion.

Seeing Xu Ping's banner appear in front of him, Xiao was slightly surprised.

"Xu Ping, the marshal's eldest disciple, this is not an opponent that I can match." Xiao Luo did not hesitate to order to stop, he quickly observed Xu Ping's movements, and saw that the other party had no intention of attacking, so he honestly confronted him.

Li Zicheng's old battalion was much more morale-boosting than the other invading troops, and when it was pursued by a large number of officers and soldiers, there was never a large-scale rout, but inevitably there were still some who could not hold back. Although the pursuit of officers and soldiers was not very brave, Li Zicheng still had to leave behind some people who had fallen behind, and every time the formation was in formation, there would be some people who ran in front of the team to desert, and if they continued to run like this, even if they would not be defeated today, they might have to run away by four or five percent.

Xu Ping asked people to inform Li Zicheng to continue to retreat, hide behind his army and then rectify, and let go of Li Zicheng's old battalion, Xu Ping saw that the officers and soldiers of the black pressure had gathered in front of him, so he ordered the whole wing to retreat in four groups alternately according to the team structure.

In the first wave, Yue Mu followed his companions from the gap in the formation and quickly ran to the rear, and then the team officer Hu Chen gave an order, Yue Mu and they scattered to the sides, and the soldiers half-crouched on the ground and raised their guns to aim forward. Yue Mu also landed on one knee, clenched his spear, and waited quietly in this position. There were companions passing by continuously, and soon a group of people in front of them received the order to stand up, passing by Yue Mu, and the reappearance in front of them became vast: the lineup of the Ming army on the opposite side was grounded, filling the entire field of vision.

Seeing that Xu Ping also began to retreat, and the Jiangbei Army colleagues behind him had already caught up, Xiao Luo couldn't hold back his desire to grab credit.

"Kill the thief!" Xiao Xiao shouted: "Don't let the thief escape." ”

After hearing this familiar order, a few subordinates with bad brains thought that the same situation had happened just now when they were chasing Li Zicheng, so they shouted and rushed forward quickly, although the Ming army was not chasing very closely just now, but from time to time there were soldiers who broke into the camp that fell behind and were caught up by them, and Xiao Luo's men had been beheaded quite a lot.

"Fire!"

Hu Chen shouted when he saw that someone from the Ming army had already entered his shooting range.

Yue Mu's team responded to their officer's order with a neat platoon of gunfire, and then retreated to the back row without looking, when Yue Mu and his companions walked past the side of the row behind them, they heard another "fire" order, and when they ran to the end of the team again, their companions had already finished filling the medicine on the move, and were busy loading the lead bullet into the barrel.

……

"My mother."

Several wounded soldiers fell to the ground holding their wounds and groaned in pain, surrounded by hundreds of Jiangbei Army soldiers who were shocked by the sound of gunshots, Xiao Luo hid himself behind the soldiers, and secretly calculated in his heart: "The thief's gun will probably be able to hit so far, I have to be careful, this sword is ruthless, what should I do if it hurts?" ”

……

Taking advantage of the stagnation of the Jiangbei Army, Xu Ping commanded the troops to retreat quickly and alternately, and finally, he saw the banner of the Marquis of Zhendong appear in his field of vision.

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