After losing 400 or 500 cavalrymen in the cavalry regiment, they finally rushed to less than 40 steps from the official road.

With such a close fighter jet, the remaining 1,200 cavalrymen in the Cavalry Regiment will certainly not be spared.

In a blink of an eye, more than a thousand grenades emitting white smoke were thrown out by the cavalry regiment.

It was densely packed and all hit the official road where the new army of the court was located.

The grenade exploded, and the new imperial army blocked the cavalry regiment was directly submerged in the thick smoke generated by the grenade explosion.

Although there was no specific result of the battle, the remaining soldiers of the cavalry regiment knew that the grenade just now must have achieved considerable results.

After throwing another round of grenades, more than a thousand cavalrymen who had rushed to less than thirty steps from the official road. Without any hesitation, they directly pulled out their saber, rushed forward with a blade screaming and rushed towards the official road.

After fighting here, the result is self-evident.

After two rounds of nearly 2,000 grenades exploded continuously, the new army musketeers with less than 2,000 people were left on the official road, and more than half of them were directly lost.

As for less than half of the musketeers and hundreds of gunners, in front of the sabres raised by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, there was only the fate of being massacred.

When the main force of the new army rushing forward responded to rescue the trapped artillery, the remaining new army of the imperial court on the official road had been wiped out on the battlefield like a tiger and leopard army chopping melons and vegetables.

As for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who lost hundreds of people again, they were left behind a messy battlefield and retreated from the battlefield like the wind.

As for the twenty red cannons, the Tiger and Leopard Army did not blow it up.

In the words of the regiment commander, if these red-clothed cannons are left to the new army of the court, they will be a pile of scrap iron and will not have any effect. Besides, it won’t take long to take these red-clothed cannons to belong to them. If they just blow it into a pile of scrap iron, it is not something that they can explode... Only fools will go back to do this kind of thing.

"It's really a move that cannot be won. It's a loss... A little carelessness will pay such a big price..." Looking at the bloody battlefield in front of you, the new army general with a solemn and gloomy face couldn't help but sigh.

While speaking, a general who went to the battlefield to investigate the situation had already rushed over.

Under the general's clever eyes, he reported with a solemn expression: "General... the two thousand musketeers who protected the artillery team were destroyed... more than five hundred gunners were also destroyed... However, twenty red cannons were not blown up, and the flowering bullets and gunpowder were also intact and were not blown up by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry..."

"Bastard... a group of cunning tiger and leopard troops killed all the gunners, what's the use of leaving artillery for us? Not only does it not work, it will also drag down the speed of the troops' marching... It's better to blow it up directly." After listening to the report from his subordinates, the general of the new army clenched his fists and directly hit his thighs because of anger, and then cursed loudly regardless of his identity.

Just now, the deputy general suddenly reminded: "General, now we only have seven thousand musketeers and no artillery soldiers... What should we do next? Please come up with an idea immediately... Judging from the sound of gunfire on the battlefield, our five thousand soldiers will not be able to hold on. At most half an hour, the battle will be rescued. And we are at least five miles away from the battlefield..."

After the deputy general's question was finished, more than a dozen subordinates and more than a dozen eyes gathered on the general as if they had been discussed.

Without letting everyone wait too long, a trace of unprecedented firm expression appeared on the general's face.

Then, without thinking, decided to say: "Retreat... retreat immediately... retreat directly to Nanjing City..."

Regarding this decision, more than a dozen subordinates immediately showed different expressions.

Worry, thankful, and happy...

Before the general continued to speak, the deputy general, who looked worried, asked back: "General, think twice, as long as we retreat, the five thousand soldiers surrounded by the Tiger and Leopard Army will be completely finished... At that time, we will have no way to give Lord Shangshu an explanation... Please think twice."

Surprisingly, the general did not show any worry on his face because of these reminders.

As if I didn't hear the reminder from the deputy general, I still answered firmly: "Retreat... For the team, only retreat is the best choice..."

"You don't think about it. When we arrive at the battlefield, how many brothers will be left on the battlefield, and how many brothers will be rescued by us in the end... And in our next marching, how many brothers will die under the constant attacks of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry... The entire rescue, for the entire city guarding troops in Nanjing, should we increase the strength or reduce the losses..."

"Also, you don't think about it. After losing the red cannon, even if we arrive at the battlefield, we will still be the opponent of the Tiger and Leopard Army... Don't forget that although the Tiger and Leopard Army is not sick, it has at least 300 artillery pieces... ""Do you know what the scene is that 300 artillery pieces are fired at the same time... A round of more than 300 flowering bullets can kill and injure us four or five hundred people. As long as we do not have artillery fire cover, in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army with hundreds of artillery pieces, there will be only passive life left to be beaten..."

Under the explanation of the general, all the subordinates finally accepted the decision to retreat.

Then, the seven thousand new army musketeers dragged the red-clothed cannon and flowering bullets to retreat...

Of course, the every move of the seven thousand new imperial army did not escape the eyes of the cavalry regiment.

The new imperial army had just begun to retreat, and the commander of the cavalry regiment retreated two miles away received the news...

After subconsciously being stunned, he couldn't help but sigh: "Our opponent is very cunning... He knew that there was no need to continue to reinforce the battlefield, so he took the initiative to retreat, reducing the losses to the minimum... It was indeed a very difficult opponent..."

As soon as the regiment commander finished speaking, the deputy regiment commander, who had a strong bloody smell, couldn't help asking: "The regiment commander... The mission given to us is to drag the enemy outside Nanjing for two hours, wait for the infantry to finish the battle and surround the enemies on the official road again... From the perspective of time, we have only completed less than half of the mission."

"And our cavalry regiment, after half an hour of continuous battle, was very tired, so I won't say much... The most important thing is that the casualties are very large, and so far, there are less than 1,200 people who can continue to fight..."

"And our enemy still has a total of 7,000 people. Although they lost artillery... but they were equipped with muskets similar to our cavalry short-barrel muskets... Such a huge gap in strength is placed in front of us, I don't know how we should fight next..."
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