Under Su Yan's gaze, the cavalry galloping from Jianshan stopped within a hundred meters in front of the line infantry.

He stopped his horse, looked at the banners held high in Su Yan's army, and at the same time looked at the soldiers' attire, with a somewhat thoughtful look on his face, as if he was judging where this army came from.

After a while, he asked in a loud voice, "This is the residence of General Xu Yujing in Chishui, why did the general on the other side come?" ”

Su Yan glanced at Chen Shenggui, who immediately understood what he meant, so he stepped forward and replied with a snark voice: "What you do is no different from that of a bandit, how dare you call yourself a general?" When my family heard about the atrocities of the soldiers in Jinshui, they sent troops to this point, and they surrendered quickly, otherwise, the jade will be burned! ”

Hearing this, the cavalryman took a deep look at Chen Shenggui, did not answer, and directly turned his horse's head and returned to the mountain.

When Chen Shenggui saw the other party leaving, he returned to Su Yan's side and looked at him as if he was appreciative, Su Yan nodded with a smile and expressed his approval.

Soon after the cavalry returned to the mountain, the army assembled on the mountain drove down the mountain in a mighty manner, and actually killed Su Yan's troops who were directly at the foot of the mountain.

"That's how we attacked." Su Yan looked at the army that was killing down the mountain, the stunned look on his face was quickly replaced by a contemptuous smile, and he immediately raised his right hand and shouted, "Prepare for battle!" ”

"General." Chen Shenggui opened his mouth at this time, looking at Su Yan expectantly.

Su Yan understood what he meant, nodded, and said, "You go to the front to command, behave well, and don't let me down." ”

Chen Shenggui was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "Subordinates take orders!" ”

Afterwards, Chen Shenggui ran back to the Zhongwu camp and commanded the sword and shield men of the Zhongwu battalion to line up behind the line infantry to ensure that when the line infantry retreated, they could cover the complete withdrawal of their comrades.

While the Zhongwu battalion was arrayed in a chaotic manner, the rebel army on the mountain finally rushed down, which allowed Su Yan to see clearly the dress of most of them, most of the rebel army was obviously a peasant who had just taken up arms, wearing only a coarse cloth short coat, and most of the weapons were simple bamboo spears made from bamboo cut down on the mountain.

Only the people who surrounded the "Xu" flag behind them could wear armor, and they were all iron weapons in their hands, their faces were ruddy, and their bodies were more robust than others, which showed that they were the core members who followed Xu Yujing.

"It's just a rabble."

The two line infantry company commanders standing in the first column invariably had this thought in their hearts, but immediately, their faces put away a look of contempt, became serious, raised their flintlock pistols, and said: "Raise your gun, prepare to shoot!" ”

Hmmm-

The soldiers in the first row raised their rifles and aimed at the rebel soldiers who were rushing to the front.

The visual impact of the 2,000 rebels rushing down the mountainside was indeed strong, but it did not affect the morale of the line infantry, and at this moment, the rebel soldiers who were running in the front finally rushed into their range.

"A platoon, shoot!"

Bang bang bang –

In an instant, the thin line was shrouded in rising smoke, and the rebel soldiers who rushed to the front also fell dozens of people after the gunshots, but the first volley interrupted the momentum of the rabble's charge, and most of them looked at their comrades who had fallen from the bullets, and hesitated to continue running.

At this time, the second and third rounds of salvos came as scheduled, although the number of people shot in just three rounds of salvos was small, but the success made most of the rebels lose their will to fight, they looked at their fallen companions in horror, and they didn't want to turn their heads and run directly, the first person fled, and then soon more people fled, and the battlefield was instantly chaotic.

Seeing this, without waiting for Su Yan's order, Chen Shenggui, who was sitting in the Zhongwu Battalion, immediately made a decision and ordered a charge, intending to chase down the rout, expand the results of the battle, and take the opportunity to impact the soldiers around Xu Yujing.

"Brothers, kill with me!"

Chen Shenggui shouted loudly and took the lead in rushing out, and the soldiers of the Zhongwu battalion immediately followed and charged, interrupting the line infantry who were still trying to continue shooting, and the latter had to reluctantly put away his rifle and retreated under Su Yan's order.

At the same time, the 45 volunteer cavalry on standby was sent out by him, raising their sabers and roaring into the pursuit sequence.

On the other side, Xu Yujing was also stunned when he saw the defeated soldiers, and he angrily ordered his own soldiers composed of his family and tenants to go forward to stop the defeat of the rout.

"Don't retreat, those who leave without permission will be killed!"

The soldiers roared angrily, and with the bloody swords in their hands, they successfully deterred some of the defeated soldiers, allowing them to come back to their senses and resist the Zhongwu battalion that caught up.

But their will to resist was soon shattered again, and the sons and daughters of the Zhongwu battalion had already experienced a hundred battles, rushing into the rout of the chaotic army, just like a hungry tiger entering the sheepfold, with knives in their hands, they cut down dozens of people in front of them, and their mouths also shouted the words "surrender or kill", which made more and more defeated soldiers hurriedly drop their weapons and kneel to beg to surrender.

"General, we, let's withdraw to the cottage and defend it."

Seeing that the decline had been set, Xu Yujing's personal soldiers persuaded him one after another, and Xu Yujing also knew that it was very dangerous for him to continue to stay on the battlefield, because the wolf-like loyal battalion and volunteer cavalry were rushing in the direction where he and the military flag were.

After thinking for only a few seconds, Xu Yujing made the wisest decision, he turned his horse's head and said in a trembling voice: "Retreat, retreat to the cottage!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Yujing took the lead in evacuating the battlefield and fled to the cottage, he couldn't care about those routs, so he could only maintain the formation of his core soldiers as much as possible, and retreated back to the cottage in a chaotic manner.

Chen Shenggui still wanted to continue the pursuit, but the horn to stop the pursuit had sounded behind him, and he could only look at Xu Yujing's embarrassed back and collect the prisoners of war.

"General, why don't you let your subordinates continue the pursuit?"

As soon as he returned to Su Yan's side, Chen Shenggui asked.

"Don't chase after the poor." Su Yan looked at the reclosed cottage door and said.

At the end, he added: "The thief army occupies a favorable position, and you can't break through the cottage if you catch up, it's just a futile effort, first collect the prisoners of war and set up camp." ”

"Yes." Chen Shenggui promised, he then looked at the prisoners who were driven and squatted together, and said with emotion: "These should be homeless people who have been coerced, if they can be well settled, the young and middle-aged among them can also be used by our army." ”

Su Yan didn't speak, just nodded in agreement, and at this moment, he saw Yan Fang, who was leading the way, rushing towards several of the captives, and several of them cried bitterly and hugged each other, not knowing what they were saying.