As Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao's army continued to approach Qinghe County, their superiority in strength became more and more obvious, and Wu Xingye could only fight and retreat, otherwise the losses would be too great.

Wang Chaodong looked at the battlefield ahead, Wu Xingye's sentry cavalry kept retreating, and immediately asked Zhou Shixian for orders:

"Don Ma, there are too many cavalry of these rebels, Lao Wu is about to be unable to hold on, please allow the last general to lead troops to support."

"No need, Wu Xingye is about to withdraw."

Zhou Shixian raised his eyebrows slightly, and continued: "It is in our best interest to let Lu Jiude and them attack. If it is a direct short-handed encounter, it will be won, and our army will be abolished. ”

Wang Chaodong heard this, so he had to sing a "meow", he also knew that the opposing side had a great advantage in troops, and the musket did not have any power in the active attack, if even this almost only advantage could not be played, it would actually be very disadvantageous for them.

Although Wang Chaodong, like Zhou Shixian, is full of confidence in the final result, after all, the southern soldiers have always been weak, and they still have Xue Lao Er as reinforcements, but it is naturally better to reduce casualties and use them to train new soldiers, fight rogues, and kill Tartars.

Zhou Shixian saw that Wu Xingye was about to withdraw, and then turned his head to look at Zhu Maozhen beside him and said, "Are the departments ready?" ”

"It's all ready, just waiting for these rebels to come." Zhu Maozhen immediately replied.

"Good!" Zhou Shixian smiled lightly, "Wang Chaodong, go back to your position, and wait for a while to give you the opportunity to exterminate the rebels." ”

"Whoa!"

After Wang Chaodong retreated, Zhou Shixian raised his head and looked ahead, Lu Jiude, Ma Huabao's recognition flag had already appeared in his eyes.

At the same time, Lu Jiude also saw Zhou Shixian standing on a temporary lookout platform made of a carriage from a distance, but the distance was too far, even his eagle eyes couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly.

After Lu Jiude and Ma Huabao joined forces to surround Zhou Shixian outside Qinghe County, they immediately sent more than 400 cavalry, and soon drove Wu Xingye's dozens of cavalry back into the military formation.

Wu Xingye had fought and retreated, so there was little effective resistance, which made his retreat look like a rout.

Under the cover of the soldiers and archers, the cavalry quickly retreated into the formation, while Lu Jiude and other cavalry did not dare to directly attack, so they had to gallop around Zhou Shixian's position, constantly throwing arrows and attacking them.

It was only when the trumpets of the retreating army sounded that they withdrew from the large army that was gathering in, but they still left seventy or eighty horsemen around the position.

Ma Huabao rode his horse to Lu Jiude's side, clasped his fists and said, "Father-in-law, these thieves who dare to pretend to be holy drivers have been surrounded by our army. ”

Wang Hui also came next, and said to Lu Jiude with the same respect: "Father-in-law, this thief army is extremely fierce, I'm afraid the combat power is extraordinary, father-in-law must be careful." ”

Lu Jiude nodded, and immediately asked, "What happened to Lu Zhenfei's ungrateful guy?" ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry, the last general will obey his father-in-law's orders, and just tie up Lord Lu." Wang Hui replied quickly.

After confirming the safety of his old friend, he looked up at Zhou Shixian's military formation, but the military appearance was neat and awe-inspiring, just by looking at the array, he knew that this was a strong army!

"The Northern Soldiers are still not to be underestimated!" Lu Jiude sighed, frowned slightly, and said: "I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of elites of the Beijing camp are among the thousands of people in this area, so it's no wonder that they can go all the way south." ”

"Father-in-law, no matter how elite they are, they are invincible with two fists and four hands, we have more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, is it possible that we can't beat them? Everyone eats the same bowl of rice, and I don't think they are much better. Ma Huabao snorted lightly, quite unconvinced.

He is a vicious person, because he looks fierce and vicious, and he is also rumored to have a bad reputation for cannibalism, so he naturally has nothing to fear about these so-called "family members". What he brought with him were also elite soldiers and elite soldiers, more than 1,500 people, and more than 400 families, which was the foundation of his position in the army.

Lu Jiude knew Ma Huabao's temper very well, and he didn't refute the other party, but smiled and said: "General Ma is right, no matter how strong these people are, they can't beat our army, but they are just some family members who can fight, it's not a big deal." ”

Wang Hui nodded in agreement.

This is their unanimous evaluation of Zhou Shixian's army, and it is also a very high evaluation.

After all, the Jiading in the Ming Army is like Bayala in the Eight Banners Army, they are the elite of the elite, if a small force fights, evenly matched, the Ming Army Jiading and Bayala who wins and who loses is uncertain.

But even if they knew that the strength of the escort army was very strong, they could only continue to attack and fight to the death.

This is a thing that has no way out at all, or it will be done, from the dragon's support, from now on under one person, above ten thousand people, or it will be defeated, kill the nine clans, and leave a stench for 10,000 years.

"I just don't know who the leader is, he can actually unite the Beijing camp in the chaos and collect its elite, if such a strong general came out a few years earlier, maybe the situation in the world will not be where it is today." Lu Jiude couldn't help but sigh.

Although he is loyal to King Fu, but he can't bear the death of the Ming Dynasty, for him, the Zhu family is the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is the world, the world can't die, if he dies, he will accompany the funeral.

To a certain extent, Lu Jiude is much more manly than those literati and doctors who are full of benevolence and morality, but in the end they kneel faster than the other, he is loyal and righteous, brave and resourceful.

Although behavior is debatable in later generations, thought is limited to the times.

"Father-in-law doesn't need to be a pity, when father-in-law takes charge of the army in the future, he will be able to reuse talented people." The king will immediately flatter.

"Hahaha." When Lu Jiude heard this, he burst out laughing,

"If it weren't for the help of two great talents today, how could great things be accomplished? The two generals, who have made great achievements, at this moment, kill these thieves, and the glory and wealth will be at your fingertips! ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry, this array is waiting for my old horse to rush!" Ma Huabao immediately asked, he is a person who knows the inside story, whether he can win a chief military officer or even an earl with this, it depends on this battle.

"Father-in-law, the last general also invites Ying to fight for the first time, and never let your father-in-law down!" Wang Hui also hurriedly hugged his fists, he was not willing to be just a pacesetter battalion governor.

"Okay, with the words of the two generals, our family will be relieved." Lu Jiude waved his hand and said with a smile.

People die for money, birds die for food, these two people know that this opportunity is hard to come by, and they also think that they have a great advantage in this battle, and they are all vying to perform in front of Lu Jiude.

It can only be said that when the temptation is big enough, people will be more courageous, even lose their minds, and be more willing to take risks, or in other words, selectively ignore risks.

Soon, Zhou Shixian saw the Ming army not far away rushing towards him like a tide, dense footsteps, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbling.

"Beat the drums, fight with all the arms, check the weapons and ammunition." Zhou Shixian immediately shouted.

"Boom!" The war drums sounded at the makeshift lookout, and then the whole army began to respond to the flag, and under the command of the banner, the whole army was put into combat readiness, and the musketeers finally lit the arquebus clamped to the dragon's head.

Sun Hu stood in the second row, he was in charge of commanding all the musketeers behind the shield, watching the Ming army on the opposite side spread across the land like a tide, like thousands of troops coming, his heart couldn't help but be a little touched.

And judging from the appearance of the army, the other side is by no means a weak division.

He estimated that there were 2,000 Ming troops attacking in the first round, including more than 300 cavalry, and if you include the cavalry that is still attacking around the military formation, it is close to 400.

These Ming troops finally stopped about one hundred and fifty steps away from Zhou Shixian's army, confronted each other, observed each other, Ma Huabao and Wang Hui were both battle-hardened generals, although most of the battles were fought with the Liukou, but the Liukou was also getting stronger and stronger, they were not people without basic military command ability.

Ma Huabao looked at the military formation in front of him, which was still as stable as Mount Tai, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "The array is so neat, and there is no fear in the face of several times the enemy, it seems that it is really not simple!" ”

The performance of Zhou Shixian's soldiers and horses also made Wang Hui a little surprised, if the distance was too far just now, or the opponent's soldiers were few, he couldn't judge, now the distance between the two armies was only one hundred and fifty steps, he naturally observed something strange.

Of course, the reason why he felt strange was because he didn't know that the Ming army on the opposite side, the most elite part of it, had already regained confidence after breaking through the siege of the capital and defeating the Shun army on the night they broke out.

In addition to Sichuan and Zhejiang, the northern soldiers have always looked down on the southern soldiers.

Now, they can defeat the Shun army, and they still need to be afraid of the southern soldiers?

What's more, their commander was the court horse, and he led them to defeat the Ming horse of the Shun army!

"Wang Dudu, first send cavalry to attack and harass, cover the charge of the soldiers, and when it reaches seventy paces, the archers will shoot him three or four rounds first, and when the time comes, their formation will inevitably be unstable." Ma Huabao said his battle plan.

Wang Hui nodded, although there was nothing surprising about this battle plan, it was definitely enough: "Okay, General Ma, without further ado, give the order now!" ”

Ma Huabao and Wang Hui waved their hands almost at the same time, and their guards immediately shouted at the same time: "Blow the trumpet, the cavalry attack!"

A moment later, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves on both sides of Lu Jiude's army, and more than 100 cavalry galloped out on each side, and they rushed towards Zhou Shixian's army formation, and when they entered seventy or eighty steps, they began to slow down their horses' pace.