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"Arrow ready!"

With the order issued, a team of archers walked out of the middle of the official army and appeared in front of the official army array.

Beep! Beep!

Two long copper whistles sounded, causing the array of thousands of people who were originally moving forward to stop.

The distance between the two sides is only 150 steps.

This range has exceeded the farthest range of the archer, and the muskets on the side of the tiger flag cannot cause any damage to the official army a hundred and fifty steps away.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two sides solidified and neither went further.

"General, it seems that these bandits also know how powerful the archers are, and they dare not move forward." Xue Mu flattered beside Yang Guozhu.

When the Tiger Flag Army defeated nearly 10,000 people from the three camps of the government army, many people in the rear began to panic.

Now the invading army of tiger flags was blocked by the archers of the official army, which made many people secretly relieved.

Xue Mu is one of these people.

Yang Guozhu turned his head and said to a subordinate beside him: "How many defeated soldiers have been gathered?"

"I have collected two or three thousand people, and if I can get another half a day, I can at least double the amount." The general next to me replied.

Yang Guozhu nodded slightly.

In such a short time, it was no longer a small number of defeated soldiers. Of course, he also understood that a large part of these defeated soldiers were fleeing back to the camp.

With these two or three thousand defeated soldiers, another battalion of troops is equivalent to a new battalion.

The general next to him said, "General, it's not a problem to drag on this. If the bandits ignore the casualties, they may not be able to escape the archers' obstruction."

Anyone who was present could see that the reason why several arrays of bandits stopped was entirely because they were concerned about the archers on the official army.

"I hope these bandits are not afraid of the archers' forced attack." Yang Guozhu sneered, "The bandits are strong in their strange-looking formation. As long as the archers disrupt the formation, it will be the bandits' defeat."

He has been paying attention to several military formations arranged under the tiger flag.

Even when the soldiers with the tiger flag attacked forward, they obviously slowed down their speed in order to ensure that the formation was not messy.

The reason why the three previous official camps were defeated was because they failed to shake the military formation with the tiger flag.

But as long as he could disrupt the military formation of the Tiger Flag, he believed that even if the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag were stronger than the ordinary battalions of the border army, he would not be able to rely on 1,000 people to defeat tens of thousands of soldiers of the official army.

The general on the side said, "Looking at the current appearance of the bandits, I'm afraid they won't continue the attack for a while."

"There are not many troops in the rioters. As long as General Wang's Xuanfu troops arrive, they can attack each other from both sides and wipe out this group of rioters." said several generals around Yang Guozhu.

The person sent to deliver the letter to Wang Bao had already left the camp.

"General, wise, these rioters thought we were consuming with them, but they didn't know that the general had already sent someone to contact another army and was ready to attack these rioters. After destroying these rioters, the city would be destroyed just around the corner." Xue Mu flattered.

Yang Guozhu proudly stroked his beard with his hands.

Xue Mu's words tickled his itchy spot.

After several battles, Yang Guozhu found that the soldiers with the tiger flag were also considered elite among the border troops.

Such elite soldiers are powerful, but to support such soldiers, the money and food consumed is not a small amount.

In fact, just as he thought.

Although the soldiers with the tiger flag are powerful, they have never been at a disadvantage when they face head-on battles with the government forces several times, but the number of such elite soldiers is limited.

The imperial court sent nearly 50,000 troops to the Xuanfu and Datong towns this time, but the defenders of the Tiger Flag in Xinpingbao only had more than 10,000 troops.

Just as his aide Xue Mu said, as long as the rioters who were out of the city were wiped out, the remaining rioters in Xinpingbao City would be only a few thousand, and it would be easier to attack the city.

More importantly, the rioters outside the city brought a lot of artillery. As long as the rioters outside the city were wiped out, they could get these artillery and used to attack Xinpingbao.

Thinking of cannon, Yang Guozhu always felt something was missing, so he asked several generals around him, saying, "Have you noticed something wrong?"

Several generals beside him looked at each other and shook their heads to show that they were not clear.

At this time, Xue Mu said, "The students also found something wrong. It seemed that the sound of the cannons of the bandits stopped and they didn't hear it for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Guozhu's face suddenly changed.

"Order the archers to retreat immediately, no, advance, and take the initiative to attack the rioters in front of them." Yang Guozhu ordered anxiously.

Several generals around immediately reacted.

The musket cannot hit the archer at a distance of 150 steps, but the cannon can hit so far.

The rioters cannot give up their advantages in cannons without using them.

The commander immediately ran to pass the command.

However, at this moment, the roar of cannons sounded in my ears.

"It's over!" Yang Guozhu's face turned pale.

Cannons fell into the archers' crowd.

Screams and wails immediately resounded in everyone's ears.

"General, the archer is over." A general next to him said with an ugly expression.

These hundreds of archers are his subordinates.

The shelling of the bandits may not necessarily kill all the archers, but the remaining archers are no longer effective after all, and it is difficult to pose much threat to the bandits.

"Boat!Boat!" Yang Guozhu gritted his teeth and spit out two words of "Boat".

Facing the soldiers with the tiger flag, he thought he was at a loss because he did not bring many cannons.

If he could have so many cannons like the bandit in front of him, he believed that he had already captured Xinping Fort when he sieges the city last time, and there would be no scene where the bandits took the initiative to invade.

"General, what should I do next?" Xue Mu asked nervously.

Previously, the archers restricted the invading army of tiger flags. He thought the official army was sure to win. Now, when one side of the tiger flags fired, the situation obviously became a failure of the official army.

Yang Guozhu took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and ordered: "Let the remaining archers clear the way in front, find ways to destroy the military formation of the bandits, and then order a battalion of soldiers to follow behind and take the opportunity to eat the bandits in front of him."

The generals next to them all lowered their heads.

Most of these people were the chief generals of a certain battalion. At this time, a battalion of troops was sent to fight against the military formation of the rioters head-on, and they obviously could not take advantage.

After all, the number of soldiers and horses in the border army is not as large as that of these rioters in front of them.

When Yang Guozhu saw that no one came forward to ask for the fight, his face darkened.

He looked at the generals around him.

Finally, he said, "General Zhang, you have the opportunity to make contributions. Be sure to delay the rioters."
Chapter completed!