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Chapter 546 Oops, I've been tricked by a mother thief!

Liu Zongmin rode his horse on a high ground. Looking at the officers and soldiers approaching from the north, his eyes were extremely firm. He raised his finger and pointed at the infantry formation of the officers and soldiers and said: "The infantry of the officers and soldiers have sharp guns. We don't need to fight them. Just keep your distance and keep my cavalry out of range."

He went on to say: "Li You, I order you to lead the [-] cavalry in front of the official army formation, remember to keep a distance of [-] paces away from them, retreat slowly, and use the horsepower of our cavalry to drag him down." team.

Zhang Li and Tong Shoushan each lead [-] cavalry and obey my orders. As the central army, they can be used at any time; I kept a distance of three or five hundred steps to support each other. "

He said with a gloomy gaze: "All the ministries can only ride and shoot, and try their best to avoid fighting with the officers and soldiers. My main task is to hold the officers and soldiers back. After King Chuang's army is in ambush in Zhuxian Town, we will lead the army back to the army." If the officers and soldiers pursue us, let them know how powerful we are."

"Master Liu, the Chief Inspector, please don't worry, I'll find out later!" Everyone responded in unison, riding their horses back to their teams.

They quickly dispersed and divided into four parts, fighting each other and echoing each other, retreating slowly to the south.

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Chen Dakuan's [-] infantry still used shield formations to cover them in front, gun soldiers formed behind, and spearmen to cover the wings, and marched in formation, but the bandit army was always out of the range of the fire guns.

If he marched a little more eagerly, the formation would be difficult to keep intact. Hundreds of bandits on the opposite side would charge in a formation two or three hundred paces away. Step out and turn back.

Chen Dakuan was also helpless about this. He was afraid of being attacked by bandits and cavalry in disorder, so he didn't dare to order to rush forward lightly, and he couldn't give up the pursuit, so he had to send sentry cavalry to report the situation to Zhang Cheng.

On the other side, Zhang Guangda's heavy cavalry did not wear heavy armor to facilitate prolonged battles, nor did their horses wear armor. Like Wang Tieren's light cavalry, they were all light armored cavalry.

Opposite him was the cavalry of the bandit general Xie Junyou who had dealt with in the early morning, this time Xie Junyou didn't need to guard the camp, he also learned to be smart, no longer fought with Zhang Guangda's troops, and only roamed around the periphery.

Sometimes they rode their horses to intercept Zhang Guangda's outside to the north, sometimes they galloped their horses to flee southward, and sometimes formed an formation to wait for Zhang Guangda. The two sides also fought occasionally, but the bandits and horses ran away at the touch of a touch and did not fight.

Zhang Cheng led Lin Fangping's [-] riders, and Chen De's [-] riders fought against the bandit Ren Rongguang outside the west gate. This Ren Rongguang, like Xie Junyou, received Liu Zongmin's military order and did not compete with Zhang Cheng's troops. Engage in combat.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng also received a military report from Chen Dakuan. He rode his horse up a mound and looked towards the infantry. It was indeed difficult for them to chase the cavalry. Teased Chen Dakuan's more than a thousand elite infantry to be helpless.

In fact, if the rebel cavalry charged into the formation, although Chen Dakuan's troops only had a thousand troops, they could still fight against them. Even if Liu Zongmin gathered more than 2000 cavalry in one place, it would not be a problem for Chen Dakuan's infantry to hold out for an hour.

But now it is really difficult for Chen Dakuan to lead the infantry to chase the cavalry of the Chuang army. He can barely touch the buttocks of the cavalry of the Chuang army.

Even if Zhang Chengdang told the sentry cavalry to go back and send an order to Chen Dakuan, after a while the infantry rushed to chase the thief for two miles, and then formed a defensive formation on the spot. After the intruders retreated, they could station at the South Pass of Kaifeng and wait to enter the city. Chase the bandits.

He immediately ordered people to call Lin Fangping and Chen De to come, and after a while, they rode their horses up the mound, and Chen De rode to Zhang Cheng and said to him: "Zhang Shuai, this is not possible, you have to think about it." It's the way to go!"

Zhang Cheng also felt embarrassed, he said: "Liu Thief is determined not to fight with me, it doesn't make much sense to continue fighting like this, so I want to take a risk."

Chen De looked at himself after Zhang Cheng finished speaking, and he hurriedly said: "Please tell Zhang Shuai, Chen De will go through fire and water, and he is definitely not a person who fears death."

Zhang Cheng smiled, and then said in a deep voice: "It is indeed difficult for our infantry to chase the thief, but I have ordered Chen Dakuan's troops to rush for two miles. The infantry battalion is advancing so fast, it must be bigger than the intruders expected."

He looked at the two and continued: "I have ordered someone to order Zhang Guangda to continue as usual and try to hold back Xie Junyou's invading cavalry, but we have to cooperate with the infantry's rapid advance and protrude to the front of the infantry.

We are all two riders. If we chase the cavalry of the invading army for a long time, we can catch up, but we are afraid that the intruders will set up an ambush on the road ahead to wait for us. Therefore, we will divide into two teams and cooperate with the infantry battalion to chase the thief together. .

When the Chuangjun was driven back two miles away, he quickly moved obliquely to the right, blocked the retreat of Xie Junyou's bandit army, and joined forces with Zhang Guangda to wipe out the army here! "

Chen De clasped his fists and said, "I respect Zhang Shuai's orders!"

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Ren Rongguang has always kept a distance from the bandit army on the opposite side. Their cavalry supporters have all retreated with the army, and now all that are left are cavalry.

It took almost an hour to ride the horses back and forth. Everyone felt tired, but there was nothing they could do. If he followed his idea, he should have a tough fight with the officers and soldiers. Why bother fighting so aggrievedly.

But he also always knew that Master Liu, the commander-in-chief, was even more ruthless than King Chuang, and he really dared not disobey his military orders, after all, he only had one head.

Suddenly, the officer on the opposite side seemed to have gone crazy, desperately urging the horse under his crotch to rush forward, which really shocked him.

Ren Rongguang didn't dare to fight, he was afraid that his cavalry would be overtaken by the officers and soldiers. If there was a real fight, Master Liu, the chief sentry, might really cut off his head.

He hastily ordered a group of horse thieves to step up their whips and spur their horses, and fled southward quickly. When thousands of horses were galloping, a large cloud of smoke rolled into the sky, rolling southward like an earth dragon.

In a short while, Ren Rongguang led the bandits and rushed all the way for more than three miles. Suddenly, he found that the thick smoke cloud behind him turned straight to the west.

He reined in his horse and turned around to look around, only to see clouds of smoke billowing to the west, and the sound of hoofbeats "rumbling" came from his ear, Ren Rongguang was full of suspicion: "Why don't you chase after and stop playing?"

Looking at the cavalry of the officers and soldiers who were no longer rushing after him, Ren Rongguang seemed to have remembered something, and he said loudly with a frightened expression on his face: "Oops, I have been tricked by a mother-in-law!"

It was only then that Ren Rongguang realized that the officers and soldiers just wanted to force them back, so he changed his mind and ran to surround and intercept the cavalry of Xie Junyou's cavalry. Thank you Junyou, brothers, rise up and kill the officers and soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)