At this time, Ma Dai rode over and shouted: "Uncle, the big thing is not good, the eldest brother has suffered a defeat, I will say that this Flame Army cavalry is difficult to deal with, you still don't believe it, now this situation, the periphery is lost, once the Flame Army cavalry attacks our army's flank, our army will be extremely difficult to resist?" ”

Ma Teng looked at the periphery of the left flank, and there were more and more Flame Army cavalry chasing the remnants of Ma Chao, and there was another Flame Army cavalry coming from the northeast.

He was in a hurry, if he let these Flame Army cavalry follow the rout and rush into the army, these tens of thousands of horses would collapse in an instant.

He immediately ordered: "Order, drop the archers to the inside of the left flank, prepare to meet Ma Chao, if the enemy cavalry pursues, immediately release the arrows, do not wait for the military order!" ”

"No!"

Ma Chao with the remnants of the defeated more than 1,000 people finally withdrew to the rear of the formation, and the Tang Tingbu who caught up was blocked by the archers of the Xiliang Army head-on, and after more than 20 dead and wounded horses, he turned around and quickly withdrew to open the distance.

In terms of the range of bows and arrows, the range of cavalry bows is much shorter than that of infantry bows, and letting cavalry and infantry shoot against each other is undoubtedly the rhythm of death.

If there was no Xiliang sword shield and spearmen in front of him, Tang Ting would definitely lead the cavalry to rush over with arrows, and it would only take a few seconds to rush in front of the enemy archers, and that would be the beginning of the nightmare of the enemy archers, but the Xiliang sword shield soldiers and spearmen became an insurmountable obstacle for him and the cavalry of the Flame Army under his command.

Since the charge was blocked by the Xiliang archers on the rear flank, Tang Ting immediately withdrew to the rear of the Xiliang army, and this place was also within the range of the Xiliang archers, and Tang Ting led the army to the right rear of the Xiliang army.

Ma Teng immediately dispatched half of the archers to the right rear to prepare to block the attack, and the Xiliang army in the right rear was driven away by the archers who rushed to reinforce after withstanding several rounds of arrows from Tang Ting's cavalry.

By this time the battle had been fought, the sergeants on both sides were exhausted, but everyone on both sides was holding on.

Tang Ting withdrew two miles with the cavalry under his command to let the soldiers and horses thank them and breathe a sigh of relief, the war horses on Ma Chao's side had no strength, so they could only nest in the rear and pant for breath, while on the other side, Chen Zhi and Yang Zheng took two thousand men and horses to kill, and kept firing arrows at the infantry of the Xiliang Army in the inner circle on the periphery.

The infantry of the Xiliang Army finally couldn't hold it anymore and began to retreat one after another, but because it was too densely crowded, it couldn't turn around and flee for a while, so they could only retreat step by step, and the two armies were still fighting with dead people.

Seeing that the sky was darkening, Qin Feng's face sank like water.

On the other side, Ma Teng couldn't hold back, and took advantage of the fact that it was almost dark, and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

"Dangdangdang······"

Mingjin's voice sounded, and the Xiliang army withdrew to the rear, but they didn't dare to leave their backs to the Flame Army, so they could only fight and retreat.

Qin Feng looked at the retreat in the other direction of the woods, thought for a moment, and ordered: "Mingjin collects his troops and fights again in the future!" ”

Zhu Ling couldn't help but say: "Lord, the enemy army is already in decline, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue it?" ”

Qin Feng looked at the sky and shook his head: "No, it's late today, and the other side is retreating from the pine forest, as the saying goes, if you enter the forest, it is appropriate to collect troops at this time!" ”

"Dangdangdang······" When the infantry on the Flame Army's side was about to pursue with their shields on their heads, they heard the sound of gold, so they had to stop themselves and retreat.

Chen Zhi and Tang Ting planned to make another wave of attacks from the left and right flanks, but when they heard the sound of Mingjin, they could only give up this plan and lead the army back to the Chinese army to join the main force.

Ma Teng's army completely withdrew into the woods, while Qin Feng retreated eastward with his men and horses, until all the flame soldiers and horses disappeared, and Ma Teng, who was hiding in the woods, breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Feng and the Flame Army under his command The combat power is beyond his imagination, after Ma Teng thinks that he is a famous general, he is already familiar with the family art of war, and the combat power of the soldiers and horses under his command is already a rare opponent in the Xiliang area, but today he is facing the Flame Army head-on, if there are not two woods behind him, and it is getting late, he is bound to lose this game, and the final result does not know what will happen, but it will be very miserable.

This made him feel uneasy, and Ma Teng suddenly had the idea of withdrawing his troops and returning to Jincheng.

"Chao'er, why is it like frost, are you okay?" Ma Teng asked when he saw that Ma Chao was in a wrong mood.

Ma Chao was so depressed today, with super strength, he encountered the two thousand flame army led by Tang Ting without any force, and he was beaten so powerless that he couldn't fight back, how could he not be depressed and aggrieved?

Seeing Ma Teng asking, Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Father, my son is fine, it's just that today's battle is too boring, and my son's martial arts are useless!" ”

Ma Teng has heard Ma Dai say that the cavalry of the Flame Army tactics, when encountering this kind of tactics, the general army is only passively beaten, Ma Chao can bring back half of the men and horses unscathed is already very good, a few days ago Ma Dai almost lost his life, the soldiers and horses were almost lost, if it wasn't for Ma Teng and Ma Chao with a large army to come, I was afraid of being wiped out.

He had to admit that this was a terrible cavalryman!

Ma Teng patted Ma Chao on the shoulder and said, "There's no need to be discouraged, it's just that you happened to meet a class of Xiang Ke!" ”

In the face of this kind of cavalry based on bows and arrows, Ma Teng, who has lived in the Xiqiang region for a long time, can't think of a good way, the opponent's tactics are too flexible, and the leading general is not greedy for merit, and knows how to advance and retreat.

However, even if you form an army of the same archers, you may not have been able to fight, and you can learn combat techniques, tactics and tactics, but it is useless to not understand tactical ideas and purposes.

This branch of the armed forces is truly capable of bringing the ideology and purpose of guerrilla warfare into full play, and unless there is a way to lead this army into ambush circles and traps, it is not to be defeated by conventional tactics.

The camp left by Ma Teng became an empty camp, and when Qin Feng led the army to retreat here, it was already pitch black in the field, and he could only camp here, with ready-made camps and tents, Ma Teng originally wanted to pretend to retreat and set up an ambush on the way to defeat Qin Feng, this camp still had to continue to be used, so all the things in it were useless, and even the baggage was left, which happened to be cheaper for Qin Feng and the Flame Army.

On Ma Teng's side, Ma Chao asked: "Father, how do we act now, I'm afraid that the camp has been occupied by Qin Feng, and we won't be able to turn back to the camp!" ”

Ma Teng thought for a moment and said, "Withdraw the army and go to Huang Elk County!" ”

Ma Chao asked, "Is the moose too close?" ”

"Tens of thousands of horses have no baggage, how can they go too far?"

Ma Teng's rhetorical question made Ma Chao realize that he was still too tender, and there were many things that were not well thought out during the march and battle.

After the military order was issued, the Xiliang Army immediately withdrew to the northwest overnight.