It was bright, the snow was still falling, and the world was pale.

Li Dingguo rode a horse on the hillside, and a layer of snow fell on his body. Not far away, more than 10,000 Qing troops were still crowded on the west bank of the relatively wide Whistle River, and fled eastward through the not-wide stone bridge.

There were nearly 10,000 soldiers in the Qing army, and more than 10,000 ordinary people. It was a miracle that it was a great miracle that seven or eight thousand people could successfully escape to the east coast overnight.

What's different is that in the past, more than seven or eight thousand people were ordinary people, and most of the Qing soldiers stayed on the west bank were Qing soldiers. Among them, nearly three thousand elite Qing soldiers led by Hunta were all left on the west bank, which was his responsibility as a chief general. As for whether he would regret his decision at this moment, only he could know.

It is also thanks to Hunta leaving its elite on the West Coast.

When Sun Bao led more than 300 cavalry to attack suddenly, causing chaos in the Qing army and the entire army was about to collapse, the elite troops led by Hunta stabilized the situation and repelled Sun Bao's first round of attack.

Sun Bao was a young man, and he missed the first opportunity, and there was no second time.

Although Sun Bao took advantage of the Qing army's advantage in the dark night that he did not know how many troops he had, and continued to attack from all directions. This caused chaos among the Qing army, delayed their speed of crossing the bridge, and even made some people choose to cross the river from the not-completely solid ice surface in order to cross the river as soon as possible, and then fell into the water and drowned or frozen to death.

But in fact, Sun Bao did not cause much casualties to the Qing army.

When Hunta discovered that the enemy's offensive was not fierce, and with the help of the snow light, he found that there were not many enemies, he gradually stabilized the situation. He placed all the baggage chariots outside and formed a simple half circle to resist the impact of the cavalry. At the same time, he arranged spearmen at the gap between the chariots and archers behind them.

Whenever the enemy approaches, they shoot bows and arrows and spears, and force the enemy to be forced to come close, but can only shoot with bows and arrows. This obviously cannot cause too much damage to the Qing army.

It is impossible not to let people sigh. In this era, the Qing army, especially its elite Eight Banners soldiers, is still the most powerful army in the world.

Whether it is the quality of his generals or the speed of reaction and obedience of ordinary soldiers, they are the top presence.

Thanks to Hunta's rapid reaction, the morale of the Qing army was re-stabilized. Hunta ordered all the people to throw away everything they carried and cross the river quickly. More than 7,000 or 8,000 people passed by that period.

Hunta stabilized the situation and allowed more people to cross the river, but now the elites under his command could not leave. Li Dingguo looked at him, and he also looked at Li Dingguo.

Saha did not come back, and the more than 2,000 cavalry behind him led by him escaped only more than 200. They brought back his body, had an arrow on his neck, and had an arrow on his face, all of which were vital. The other cavalry might not have died, but they just fled to other directions, but they could no longer help the battle situation at this moment.

The cavalry around Li Dingguo gathered more and more, with nearly two thousand cavalry. But he did not launch an attack, but sent two teams of cavalry, each with 300 people, to launch a series of attacks on the Qing army. The attack was not fierce, but continued, which was undoubtedly a torture for the Qing army, which had extremely low morale.

Especially the ordinary people who had not crossed the river and the surrounding garrisons who were temporarily recruited, all looked fear and uneasy. If Hunta was not still there and the elites under his command were standing in front, they would have dispersed. But behind it was the Whistle River, where could they escape?

Li Dingguo was waiting, and when his own army was in chaos, he was driving his troops to kill him. Hunta knew this, so he was still struggling with his elite soldiers. They could not leave, nor did they dare to leave. Once they left the place, it might cause a complete defeat, and the kind of defeat that would be without a burial place.

Hunta could only use himself to boost morale of his own army. He stood in front of the formation, straightened his body, and his face was serious and calm. The soldiers around him gradually stabilized when they saw the chief general. Some people still evacuated eastward through the stone bridge, but first the people, then the garrison soldiers, and the elite flag soldiers did not move.

But Hunta knew that their hearts were definitely not as calm as they appeared, and Li Dingguo would definitely not allow him to retreat to the east coast safely. As for when the other party would launch an attack, it was really hard for him to know. He could only persevere with this fear, and his inner uneasiness was extremely uneasy.

Gao Shilin came over and handed a large piece of barbecue to Li Dingguo Highway: "General, the baked one, you can eat something!"

Li Dingguo looked at him, but did not answer, but asked, "How long will it take for Zhao Xusheng to come?"

Gao Shilin said: "It should take half an hour."

Li Dingguo nodded slightly and thought for a moment: "Let Zalari pick up Zhao Xusheng now, and let them take a break five miles away. When they have enough food and drink, they have enough rest, then come over. Tell him that he is not so anxious now."

Gao Shilin was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "I'll go here. Then..." He looked at the piece of barbecue in his hand, a little confused about what to do.

Li Dingguo Highway: "Send it to Zalari and let him eat on the way. At the same time, let Sun Bao and Tushan retreat, use Lan Zhide and the one who shot Saha. By the way, what's the name of that person?"

When he shot Saha, two arrows were shot at the same time, one of which was shot by Gao Shilin. The other arrow's archery technique was even more superb than Gao Shilin, which made Li Dingguo feel attentive.

Gao Shilin replied: "His name is Liu Wence, and he is the 1,000 general under Wu Zhiying."

Li Dingguo nodded, waved his hand, and asked Gao Shilin to leave. He was still staring at the Qing army below, with a clear decisive expression on his face.

He inexplicably thought of Wu Zhiying, that idiot, who ruined his major affairs. As a general who led the army, he led a team of people to charge forward, making it impossible for him to find him at a critical moment. He fought with the Qing cavalry behind the palace for so long, but it was still difficult to break through, resulting in the time delay, causing the current situation.

At this moment, it is impossible to completely wipe out the Qing army. The only thing Li Dingguo wants is to leave most of the Qing army. They must not let them withdraw back to Tongyuan Fort, otherwise it will add a lot of trouble to his future attack on Tongyuan Fort.

The snow stops the wind and the branches are clamoring.

Infantry battalion, more than 2,000 cavalry were waiting for battle.
Chapter completed!