At this time, while the two armies were temporarily separated from the war, Xie Miao also came to see Chechen.


    Xie Miao asked, "Captain, what should we do next?"


    "What we do next depends on what the other party will do next." at this time, Chechen was in a good mood because he beat back an attack of the enemy. He said in a roundabout way.


    Xie Miao didn''t understand Chechen''s meaning. Xie Miao scratched his head and was at a loss.


    "Ha ha, ha ha..." seeing Xie Miao, Che Chen couldn''t help laughing.


    "Xie Miao, what we do next depends on what the other party will do next. If they don''t pursue, we will retreat slowly, and our people will wait and cover us five miles away; if the Kalmyks dare to attack again, we will give them another hard blow," Chechen explained.


    Xie Miao looked suddenly enlightened.


    "I see, commander! I''ll decorate it now." Xie Miao said.


    Just as Xie Miao and his men began to retreat slowly, the lost Kalmyk cavalry appeared again.


    This time, the karmec cavalry opened a long scattered line, with each cavalry three to five meters apart, obviously in order to prevent heavy casualties from being shelled again.


    At this time, Xie Miao''s infantry were slowly approaching the artillery position where Che Chen was located.


    "Change the shrapnel!"


    Che Chen pulled out the saber at his waist and pointed diagonally at the front. He ordered.


    When the Kalmyk cavalry entered the range of the artillery again, Cherchen was ready to wave the saber down and order to fire, but the Kalmyk cavalry stopped outside the range of the artillery.


    Seeing this, Chechen immediately ordered: "one gun is ready to fire, nine guns are ready!"


    "Boom!" a gun on the far right roared again, and a burst of gunsmoke rose across.


    The movement was much weaker this time than last time. The shrapnel landed on the ground after flying to the maximum range, causing no casualties to the enemy.


    When the shelling stopped, the Kalmyk cavalry moved again. They opened a longer front width, and then stood in groups of ten, like an open net, to surround the mercenary regiment.


    "Yelishei, see? These Kalmyk cavalry seem to be going to nail us here!" Chechen pointed to a flag bearer holding a triangular flag opposite and said to yelishei who came to him.


    "Let me see... Ah, it''s really like this. But they made a big mistake. With such a sparse formation, I can defeat them with only one charge! Commander, let me take Hessen cavalry and the tribal cavalry of asak clan leader to fight back while the enemy''s forces are scattered." yelishei couldn''t help asking for a fight.


    The idea of taking the Isak Tatar tribal cavalry, which yelishei said, had also occurred to fachechen, but he finally rejected it. Chechen is worried that once the Tatar cavalry is out of the range of fire guns and artillery, a counterattack may be turned into a rout by them. At that time, the rout of the Tatar tribal cavalry will impact their own people. In that case, it''s better to let them continue to cover Xie Miao on the flank and retreat.


    "No, it''s better to keep the 300 Tatar cavalry of Isaac," said Chechen.


    Next, Chechen ordered yelisheyi to lead Hessen cavalry to stand by. Xie Miao and others were half of the soldiers in full readiness, and the other half took a break. He also ordered a group of soldiers to dig a trench around the artillery position under the cover of musketeers.


    The karmec cavalry mistakenly thought that the mercenary regiment''s move to add fortifications was to stand firm and wait for help. Sure enough, they tried to stop it, but under the eyes of the black muzzle of the musket, the commander of the Kalmyk people didn''t dare to act rashly.


    Captain Kalmyk''s "timidity" failed Cherchen''s plan to lure the enemy, and the two armies began to stand in a stalemate.


    Obviously, the longer the time, the more unfavorable it is to Cherchen.


    As the sun sets, Chechen leads the blocking forces to retreat quickly. First, they launched a counter charge with Hessian cavalry, pretended to be defeated after meeting resistance, and then slowly introduced the Kalmyk cavalry into the range of musket artillery. Then, all muskets fired together, taking the Kalmyk cavalry by surprise.


    While the Kalmyk cavalry was beaten, Cherchen led the army to quickly get out of contact with the Kalmyk cavalry and rush towards cherkesk.


    Because the Kalmyk cavalry surrounding Chechen had only 1000 people, they had no advantage in number, and only had bows and arrows instead of guns, and their two losses also made them have a long memory. Therefore, the Kalmyk cavalry only dared to follow from a distance and did not dare to approach the range of the musket.


    Before sunset, the guard led by Chechen met with the main force of the mercenary regiment. After another hour''s March, they finally returned to cherkesk.


    In cherkesk, Pedro and his two squadrons, who arrived earlier, had already reinforced their positions with the defenders who remained here. Since there was not enough time to dig the trench wider and deeper, the defenders scattered a circle of triangular nails on the periphery of the trench to stop the charge of kalmec cavalry.


    As soon as the sentry on the watchtower saw Cherchen, they withdrew back and quickly put down the suspension bridge to let them enter the city. Then the Hessian cavalry and artillery entered the fortification together.


    Standing in the suspension bridge, Pedro hugged his nephew as soon as he saw that Chechen was safe and sound. When sparsokukotsky and others saw the moving scene of family reunion, they couldn''t help smiling.


    Pedro held Chechen tightly for three times, and then released his hand.


    He said to Chechen, "my nephew, you must listen to your uncle this time. Cross the river and hurry to cross the river before the Kalmyks come. Let''s go back to Azov castle and then take a boat back to Poland. No! Go back to Spain. In short, we can go anywhere!"


    "My dear uncle!" Chechen smiled when he saw Pedro''s incoherent words.


    "You still laugh!" Pedro glared at Cherchen. He continued: "I''m telling you the truth! Karazimir, we and saijetbei are finished. We are now alone and can''t win the war. Although our temporary fortifications can block us for a while, what''s the use of this top? As long as they trap us for more than ten days, we''ll be hungry. Besides, Muhammad gley doesn''t treat you very well, we''ll be hungry And work hard for them. "


    After Pedro''s words, Chechen smiled and said, "uncle, of course we''re going back to Azov castle now. There''s no doubt about it. But when it comes to escaping back to Spain, it''s too far!"


    Pedro said that he was anxious to go back to Spain. Seeing that Cherchen did not object to withdrawing to Yasu castle, he quickly explained: "you bastard, now you''ve learned to make fun of my uncle."


    Chechen smiled back at Pedro. He clapped his hands and was about to say a few words of thanks to the officers of the mercenary regiment. But inadvertently, Chechen glanced around the suspension bridge. Some soldiers showed a look of fear and retreat. Obviously, his uncle Pedro''s frustrated words had affected them. Seeing this, Chechen had to say something encouraging Angry words to recover the adverse effects caused by Pedro just now.


    Che Chen said: "Ladies and gentlemen, although we retreated without winning this time, this is not because we are inferior to the Kalmyks, but because some of our friendly forces acted without authorization and did not listen to the command. In the blocking battle just now, our infantry fought against the cavalry with a force different from that of the other party, which fully shows that our combat effectiveness is better than that of our opponents. Ladies and gentlemen, wait Let''s go back to Azov castle to have a rest and let these Kalmyks know our strength! "


    Chechen''s words were not only for yelishei, but also for the soldiers around him. After hearing Chechen''s words, the morale of the people was raised again. Even yelishei and others thought, "yes, as the leader said, we were simply trapped by our teammates like pigs, otherwise we won''t be able to defeat these Kalmyks?"


    Then, seeing that everyone''s morale was boosted, Cherchen began to arrange the next retreat plan.


    In order to prevent being ambushed and raided by Kalmyk cavalry again, before the large army retreats, Cherchen is ready to send reconnaissance cavalry in eight directions. These cavalry are both reconnaissance soldiers and signal soldiers. What they do is to explore the enemy situation and report information during the March. There are five reconnaissance cavalry on each route. These five people look at each other during the investigation and cannot be separated from each other And everyone is equipped with flares to alarm the army in case of emergencies.


    Then all the troops in the camp were divided into six teams. The first to retreat were the cavalry and engineers. They would quickly advance to the ferry of the Don River and guard the bridge on the river. If the bridge had been damaged by the Kalmyks, the engineers with the army must quickly set up a floating bridge on the river.


    Then the infantry units and artillery retreated. The order of all infantry was the infantry squadrons of the two mercenary regiments led by father Pedro and father sparsokukotsky, the 200 infantry and artillery led by Xie Miao, and the 500 Hessian mercenaries. After all the four infantry units left the camp, they marched at a distance of two miles.


    At the end of the procession were 300 Tatar cavalry led by the head of Isak, who were in charge of the rear of the hall.


    Although he always puts the Tatar cavalry of the Isak clan leader in the last and most dangerous position, Chechen is also a little sorry, but compared with other departments of the mercenary regiment, if he wants to lose, Chechen would rather lose the Tatars. People are close and distant, and Chechen is no exception.


    But soon after Cherchen arranged the evacuation plan, a huge yellow smoke suddenly rose in the north. Cherchen knew that it was the main force of kalmec cavalry.