Luo Dingxi looked ashamed and bowed: "Young Master, you are humble and incompetent, we have fallen into Chu Huan's trick."

Xiao Jingsheng's eyes twitched, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "That bastard Chu Huan, he...!" Frowning, "We only have these thousands of cavalry left?"

"The eldest son, please report the details again. It is urgent to ask the eldest son to organize defense immediately to resist the pursuers of Xiguan." Luo Dingxi said with a solemn expression: "The eldest son came in time. With the troops brought by the eldest son, and our cavalry, we can form a defense to temporarily resist the Xiguan army."

"Chasing soldiers?" Xiao Jingsheng couldn't help looking towards Qingtang City. He saw countless corpses lying on the seventy-eighth side of Qingtang City, and the air was filled with blood. He knew that it was the result of Pu Cunrui's ambush by the Xiguan Army before. At this time, the Chu flag was floating on the top of Qingtang City. Looking from a distance, you could still see the figures of people on the top of the city.

"Weizhi was worried that the retreat was cut off, so he led the cavalry to open up the retreat path first, and then organized the cavalry to set up a formation to meet the enemy." Luo Dingxi explained: "Our retreating troops will arrive soon, and the Xiguan army will follow us. In order to buy time for Danyang defense, we must set up a formation here to block the enemy."

Although Xiao Jingsheng led his army to aid, the reason was that he was afraid that the Beishan army would be ruined in the territory of Jiazhou. That meant that he would keep Beishan’s capital, but he had no experience in marching and formation. At this moment, he knew that the situation was urgent and hurriedly said: "Luo, you will command all the troops and horses, and set up the formation to meet the enemy."

"Young Master, it's not advisable to stay here for a long time. I'm humble and think that you're still...!"

"Luo's rule, how can I go at this time?" Xiao Jingsheng knew what Luo Dingxi meant. Of course, he knew that there were great risks in being on the front line, not to mention that he was still in adversity now, but he understood better that he and Xiao Jingqian had always been in charge of the economic and military power of Beishan. The economy was in his hands, while the military was in the hands of Luo Dingxi and Xiao Jingqian.

Although he was born with a tiger-backed and bear-beaten waist, he knew nothing about military strategy. He liked to do things on weekdays to exploit gentry and people, make money, control taxes, and run business. He did not have much contact with military people.

It is precisely for this reason that in his heart, he has always been afraid of Xiao Jingqian. After all, Xiao Jingqian holds military power. If one day Xiao Huanzhang really dies, the power of Beishan will naturally be inherited by his eldest son. However, Xiao Jingqian holds military power and has close ties with the military generals in Beishan. Once Xiao Jingqian really wants to make things difficult, Xiao Jingsheng will not be able to deal with it. For this matter, he has always been worried, but Xiao Jingqian was assassinated. Although his brothers were killed, from a certain perspective, one of his biggest stumbling blocks was to clean up.

But he also understood that if he wanted to truly inherit Xiao Huanzhang's position and master the military and political power of Beishan, he not only needed to control the economic lifeline of Beishan, but also needed to control the troops of Beishan.

He did not have much prestige in the Beishan military. This time he had such an opportunity, and he also wanted to accumulate his military prestige in this war with Xiguan. It was because of this that he personally led his army to rescue.

Now Luo Dingxi is considering security and hopes that he can withdraw from Danyang. In his heart, Xiao Jingsheng certainly does not want to stay on this dangerous battlefield, but he also understands that if he retreats alone under such circumstances, the little prestige he had accumulated before led the army to aid will disappear instantly. Not only will he not give himself points to the military, but afterwards, there will probably be many soldiers in Beishan who feel timid and afraid of things, cowardly and fearful of war. Of course, this is not the result that Xiao Jingsheng wants.

He made up his mind, as the saying goes, "Good and wealth are in danger, and if you don't enter Hushan, how can you get a tiger? Only in this dangerous moment can you stay here to make the soldiers of Beishan admire him and be able to act in the military in the future. Moreover, he also felt that even if the Xiguan army really came here, he would still have nearly 10,000 people and thousands of cavalry on his side, no matter what, his life should be safe.

Luo Dingxi seemed not to see Xiao Jingsheng's thoughts and advised: "Grand Prince, the Xiguan Army will arrive as soon as possible. This place is very dangerous. It is really dangerous to stay here as the noble body of the eldest prince."

Xiao Jingsheng waved his hand and said righteously: "Luo Tongzheng, you don't have to say much. Now is a time of danger. You don't care about your personal safety and fight bloodyly on the front line for Beishan. How can I keep myself alone? I have already thought about advancing and retreating with you, sharing life and death with you, and never retreat. Everyone, the safety of Beishan is all about you. I am willing to fight with you in the bloody battle on the battlefield!"

He was righteous and passionate, which also boosted his morale.

"Luo, the situation is urgent. You immediately order to set up a formation to meet the enemy." Xiao Jingsheng said solemnly: "I will listen to your order!"

Luo Dingxi knew that it was useless to say more at this time, so he bowed and said, "It's a pity to be humble." He ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, the cavalry lined up in front, and the infantry followed closely. When the pursuers came, the cavalry rushed forward, and when the enemy formation was scattered, the infantry rushed forward according to the order, and tried their best to fight bravely to block the enemy!"

"Everyone obeys the command of Commander Luo." Xiao Jingsheng said loudly: "After this battle, you will be rewarded with great rewards!"

It seems to be a good weather today, with a bright sunset, but the air is quite cold, the climate in the northwest is harsh, the winter time is spreading for a long time, and the weapons and armor are also cold and tight.

"Luo Zheng, if the fight starts, what should I do?" Xiao Jingsheng volunteered.

Luo Dingxi hesitated for a moment and finally said, "How many soldiers will the eldest son bring this time?"

"I almost brought almost all the soldiers and horses left in Danyang." Xiao Jingsheng said: "After Pu Cunrui's troops were defeated by the Xiguan Army, they retreated to Danyang. I asked me to gather them again. There were thousands of troops, and together, there were more than 3,000 troops."

"Okay, my grandson, look at Qingtang City, there are probably many Xiguan troops in the city." Luo Dingxi said: "The pursuers come, I am afraid that the Xiguan troops in Qingtang City will take advantage of the situation to attack. Qingtang City is on our flank. Once it comes, our flank will be threatened. Please ask the eldest son to lead a thousand troops to defend our flank."

Xiao Jingsheng nodded and said, "Okay, leave the wings to me. If they don't come, they will be fine. If the miscellaneous people in Qingtang City dare to come out of the city and kill them, I will let them go without a return!"

Luo Dingxi said to Yuan Liao again: "Yuan Liao, I will lead the cavalry to attack. You will lead the infantry and then kill. This place is only ten miles away from Liangzi River. As long as our army retreats and crosses Liangzi River, we will withdraw our troops immediately and retreat to the south bank to guard the Liangzi River. At that time, we will be able to defend the Liangzi River. There is no need to get involved with them." He said to Xiao Jingsheng again: "Young Master, once the horn of withdrawal sounds, the Young Master will immediately lead the troops to the south bank to retreat to the south bank of Liangzi River. After crossing the river, we will stay on the south bank to guard the south bank. The Young Master will take people back to Danyang City first and reorganize the defense."

Xiao Jingsheng nodded.

Soon, someone said, "Grand Master, Master General, look..."

Everyone looked over and saw that under the sun, the Beishan soldiers who had retreated in a mess had already appeared in their sight. Luo Dingxi had led the cavalry to retreat near Qingtang City. The human legs were not as good as the horse legs, so they naturally could not catch up. However, this time was not long, and the defeated soldiers had already retreated here, which also showed that the speed of the defeated soldiers was indeed very good.

Luo Dingxi had quickly organized a formation on the vast land, with cavalry lined up in front, and infantry followed closely under Yuan Liao's leadership, while Xiao Jingsheng led a thousand infantry to move to the flanks, and the defenders of Qingtang City in the local area would take advantage of the situation.

This is the last barrier of the Beishan Army.

On both sides of Qingtang City, there were all Beishan soldiers who were desperately fleeing. Some soldiers and generals wearing armor even thought that the armor was too heavy, which affected their speed and took off.

Although Xiao Jingsheng knew that the Beishan Army was defeated, he was still shocked when he saw the Beishan Army running away like a rabbit, and his muscles twitched on his face.

Some soldiers ran past the Beishan cavalry and saw their troops gathering here. Some generals shouted loudly. Some soldiers stopped and lined up into Yuan Liao's infantry formation. However, among the ten people, only two or three people could stay. Most of them were obviously scared and rushed south without even looking at the troops in their headquarters.

The Xiguan Army was really unyielding. Although the Beishan Army was a mess, the Xiguan Army was not loose. At least fifty people kept a distance for a small team and followed behind to kill. Xiao Jingsheng had not seen the scene of the war, but the rare scene in front of him was incredible. The Xiguan Army was like a group of wolves chasing the fleeing prey. Looking around, there were clusters of east and west. Only the Xiguan Army was seen chopping and slashing the Beishan soldiers in groups, but it was difficult to see the Beishan soldiers fighting.

The defeat was like a mountain of fallen, and the most profound sayings were indeed true.

"Go on the horse!" Luo Dingxi gave the order, and the cavalry soldiers standing beside the horse holding the reins immediately turned over the horse.

Luo Dingxi understood that the Beishan Army was in chaos and the Xiguan Army was scattered and chased. If the Beishan cavalry also scattered to confront those small soldiers scattered in Xiguan, it would be easy to defeat the opponent, but the cavalry would also be dispersed. Once the cavalry was dispersed, it would be broken into pieces. When the main force of Xiguan caught up, the scattered Beishan cavalry would face great trouble and the consequences were very serious. Therefore, if you want to truly block the enemy, you must launch an attack on the enemy's main force to shock the opponent.

In fact, he had already seen the target at this moment. A large group of Xiguan Army chased him up in the distance, densely packed with thousands of people. He was still a long way from the cavalry formation, but it just gave the cavalry room to attack.

With the saber in his hand, Luo Dingxi shook the reins of the horse, and the war horse slowly moved forward. Thousands of cavalry followed behind him in rows, each with a certain distance between each column, from slow to fast, and finally sprinted quickly and rushed straight towards the Xiguan army. In a moment, the sound of the galloping horse's hooves was like thunder, and the rumbling sound of horse's hooves seemed to make the earth tremble.
Chapter completed!