Thundered! The ground trembled, and the cavalry of both sides that had collided together parted for the second time. Again, the size of the two sides is much smaller. Many more valiant cavalry fell. The blood foam on the ground has invisibly thickened a lot.

Ma Qi's face was pale, and his eyes were full of disbelief. Most of the leaders of the other horses were also shocked. Because of this confrontation, the remaining cavalry strength in the Northeast should be about 7,000 people, while the Ma Jiajun is only about 10,000 people, which means that in the two short collisions just now, the loss of troops in the Northeast is about 3,000 people, but the Ma Jiajun Army has almost lost 5,000 people. The gap in strength between the two sides has been greatly narrowed, and in this fight, Ma Qi can even foresee the end of Ma Jiajun.

"Grand Commander, we can't fight anymore!" Ma Page said anxiously. The cavalry in the Northeast dared to fight because the Northeast Security Army still had the backing, and there were more than 10,000 Jīng Rebu Army as the backing, and even if they were defeated, they would be able to retreat with their whole body. And Ma Jiajun has these family backgrounds, and the reinforcements don't know where they are! Even if the cavalry wins the confrontation, the troops will not be able to break out of the encirclement of the northeastern infantry. What's more, now that their back road has been blocked, if they want to retreat, they must take a detour into the defense area in the northeast, and the northeast will watch them flee, and they will definitely be wiped out at all costs to weaken the strength of the Ma family's army in the Ganning area. At that time, it will be impossible for them to even surrender when their strength is greatly damaged.

Ma Qi has always thought of himself as a decisive person, but now he has never been able to make up his mind. Because once they choose to retreat, although they can rush out before the encirclement of the northeast is closed, but the Ma Jiajun who has lost their fighting spirit will not be able to resist the attack of the northeast, if they are lucky, they can only escape with their troops all the way, and the defended Guyuan area will 100% become the pocket of the northeast, which is a disaster for the entire Ma Jiajun in the Ganning area. Such consequences are not something that he Ma Qi can bear.

"Commander, withdraw! Where there is life, there is hope. The other horse commanders also advised. The Northeast is dominated by infantry troops, the cavalry has been established for a short time, has not experienced any major battles, and its combat power is not famous, but now the performance of the Northeast cavalry has completely subverted their cognition. Because the Northeast cavalry is integrated from top to bottom, the military orders are unimpeded, and the tenacity of the troops is stronger, which is not comparable to the patchwork troops like Ma Jiajun. Moreover, the casualties of the cavalry in the northeast are decreasing, indicating that their combat power is constantly growing. This kind of terrifying little fairy made the commander of Zhuma feel cold.

"Withdraw! Where to retreat? As soon as we retreat, the entire Guyuan region will be ceded to the Northeast, and if we lose Guyuan, the defense force of the Ganning area will be cut in two by the Northeast Security Army. At that time, the Ningxia region, where General Fuxiang was located, would be completely surrounded by the northeast. Have you ever thought about such consequences? Ma Qi said angrily. How could he not know the idea of the Commander of the Horses to preserve his strength. You must know that there are more than 2,000 of his remnants of the Ning Navy on the battlefield, which is the last hope for his Ma Qi's rise, and even his own brother has personally participated in it, and now his life and death are still unknown. Therefore, Ma Qi wanted to retreat more than anyone under the command of the horses, but Ma Qi, as the defender of Guyuan, knew that once the Ma Jiajun retreated, it would indicate that it had failed in the cavalry confrontation, and the sharpness of the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun would also be hit hard, but the sharpness of the cavalry in the northeast had increased greatly, and the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun without the will was even inferior to the infantry. In addition, from the perspective of the overall situation in the Ganning region, they must not withdraw. Otherwise, the Northeast will have an absolute strategic upper hand, and with the huge power in its hands, the entire Ganning region will be divided and swallowed by the Northeast at that time.

"Let's go to Lanzhou!" Ma Page whispered. The eyes of the Commander of the Horses lit up. Ma Qi sighed in his heart. How could he not know the thoughts of the commander of the horses, go to Lanzhou, and take refuge in Ma Anliang of the Western Army. If nothing else, the forces in their hands will be deprived by Ma Anliang. It's impossible to keep the current dú lì at all. If you are lucky, you can mix a half-official position in the Western Army, and if you are unlucky, you can only cut your post to the people. Use the wealth accumulated over the years to be a rich man and spend the rest of his life. And Ma Qi's prediction of his fate is best to be a powerless rich man, with his actions in the past few years, it is impossible to lead the army to power again under Ma Anliang's hands. Although Ma Anliang is not ruthless, he is definitely not a good man and a woman. Ma Qi has brought Ma Anliang a lot of shame in recent years by virtue of the powerful Ning Haijun, and it is almost certain that Ma Qi will be deprived of his military rights.

"We can't retreat!" Ma Yin said. He was the representative of the Anning Army in the Guyuan area. How could he not understand Ma Ye's words. But as the general of the Anning Army, he Ma Yin can't do anything to betray the master. Even if it finally breaks through, it will be towards Yinchuan, not Lanzhou. Ma Fuxiang's Anning Army system is different from the formation of Zhuma, they did not originate from the Western Army, but based on the veterans of Ma Fulu's bloody Forbidden City, Ma Fuxiang's own forces developed little by little. Therefore, the Anning Army had almost no sense of belonging to the Western Army. And with Ma Yin's understanding of his boss Ma Fuxiang, Ma Fuxiang will not ask Ma Anliang for help even if he dies in battle. This also made the entire Anning Army have an arrogance from top to bottom. Therefore, Ma Yin cannot retreat, let alone let other forces retreat.

"What should we do if we don't retreat? Could it be that everyone is dying here! Ma Page said impatiently. The other Horse Commanders also nodded, and the Horses would have the same hatred for the common enemy, but when the enemy's strength was too strong to resist, these allies would have their own careful thoughts, which led to the seemingly unbreakable alliance almost collapsing.

"If we retreat, what will happen to the old general in Yinchuan? Do you watch the old general being surrounded by the northeast, and then swallow it one bite at a time. Do you still have a conscience, think about the general's care for you all these years, and ask yourself if you have ever been grateful. The more Ma Yin spoke, the more angry he became, and finally he almost roared.

"Don't say anything! I am the commander of the Majia coalition army in the Guyuan region. I have the final say in everything, and I will bear any consequences alone! Ma Qi interrupted everyone's argument. The god stared at the battlefield in a deep voice.

Now the third wave of the cavalry charge has begun. When the cavalry is strangled together, if one side suddenly retreats, the other side will definitely take advantage of the situation to cover the kill, and there is a high chance that the enemy will be routed. So no matter what Ma Qi chooses in the end, he can only watch the situation develop now.

Ma Qi is pessimistic. If he had been able to unite his mind just now and lead his troops to break through after the second battle of cavalry, the enemy's infantry encirclement would not have succeeded at all. But now in the third charge, the cavalry of both sides are strangled together, and everything can only be done after this charge is over. At that time, whether the encirclement in the northeast will be completed or not is not guaranteed. Now he can only hope for luck.

Zhang Xiaoshan's temporary headquarters.

"Lao Liu, we really underestimated the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. With the current situation, if Ma Jiajun continues to be entangled without knowing whether he is alive or dead, we will win! Zhang Xiaoshan said excitedly.

"Yes! Our ideology is still too old. The cavalry has such a strong combat effectiveness, and we military and political chiefs don't even know it, it's a dereliction of duty! Commander, it's better for you to have a good eye! Liu Jiaqiang said ashamedly.

"Lao Liu! You're going too far. After all, the cavalry has not experienced a large battle formation, and it is normal for us to not know the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. But now is not the time to discuss this matter, although looking at the current posture, we can win by hard work, but I am afraid that the cavalry brigade that we have worked so hard to train will also be disabled. This is something we absolutely cannot allow. Order the truckers to go out and help the cavalry! "Since the last time Li Jun used a car to load a heavy machine gun to defeat the Ning Navy, Zhang Xiaoshan has used those dozen trucks as a weapon against cavalry, and even installed steel plates in the weak places of the trucks to improve the protection of the cars. The result was a drastic change in the truck, with thick steel plates reinforced in both the driver's place and the machine gunner's position, which looked strange but had the rudiments of a later tank. It's just that the combat effectiveness can't be compared with regular tanks at all.

After these trucks were refitted, they had not yet been on the battlefield, and Zhang Xiaoshan was not sure about their specific combat power. But the net of fire created by almost forty heavy machine guns could definitely tear through the lines of any cavalry.

Thundered!

Hearing the roar of cars from the northeast, Ma Qi's face changed wildly. You must know that since the last battle of Xiliang Ancient City, the roar of this car has left a shadow in his heart. It has become Ma Qi's nightmare, and now when he hears this voice, Ma Qi instinctively feels a chill in his heart.

"Send the flag, let the soldiers be careful, the automobile soldiers in the Northeast are going to be dispatched!" After the last defeat, Ma Qi carefully thought about how to deal with the Northeast Automobile Army. Judging from the last battle, there are not many trucks in the northeast, only a dozen, although this is also a huge firepower, but in the battle of tens of thousands of cavalry, it can only play the role of attacking arrows. The greater effect of the car is the psychological pressure on the enemy soldiers. Ma Qi thought about it, and finally he thought of several ways to deal with the Northeast Automobile Army. There are two of the most effective.

The first is to dig trenches and block the way of cars. The second is to send sharpshooters to kill the driver of the Northeast Automobile Army. Without the driver, no matter how sharp the heavy machine guns on the car are, it is useless to catch up with them.

Now that the two sides are clashing, the battlefield is constantly moving, and the Ma Jiajun has no time to dig trenches. However, Ma Qi's side also maintained a 100-person sharpshooter cavalry that did not participate in the battle, in order to deal with the Northeast car soldiers, and now the Northeast car soldiers are dispatched, and his sharpshooter guards also hurriedly stepped into the battlefield.

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