"Mr. is serious, Dayan will not let the righteous man die in vain, if there is any difficulty in the future, he will make it clear to the handsome!"

When Du Zhi heard this, he replied excitedly:

"The handsome is benevolent and righteous, and the humble is admired!"

Sun Xiaozhe enjoyed this sincere flattery very much, and couldn't help laughing, but then, the laughter stopped abruptly, and then his face was full of anger. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Zhang Tongru, this idiot!"

Seeing that Sun Xiaozhe's face changed, Du Zhi was very eye-catching, and even got up and retired.

Sun Xiaozhe's mood deteriorated, and he didn't keep it, so he let Yan Yi and Du Zhi leave.

Zhang Tongru still lived up to his trust, and with the most elite people, he only won half of Feng Yijun, and what he got was still a scorched earth, not to mention that there were few people in terms of food.

In this era, the most important thing to gain from war was not only food but also population, and it can be said that whoever controls the absolute majority of the population has an absolute advantage. Therefore, while plundering food, the Yan army also plundered the population. Now Zhang Tongru has only grabbed a piece of uninhabited land, what is the difference between it and wasteland?

What's more, when the new Feng Yi County Taishou Du Fu evacuated Feng Yi County to govern Tongzhou City, he burned down the entire Tongzhou with a fire, but I don't know if sixty percent of the grain in that pass was also turned to ashes in the fire. If so, it was not just the Tang Dynasty that was lost. If not, then there is a glimmer of hope, it's a big deal to send heavy troops to take it back!

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Xiaozhe and the Chinese army commander could no longer sit down, and decided to go to Feng Yi to meet Zhang Tongru in person.

……

Shaanzhou, Dugi Province, since the last few years of the war, the local area has been depopulated, and the most common thing on weekdays is the Yan army riding back and forth from east to west, as well as the mighty grain transportation team. To the north of the road is a high saka full of dead wood, from which thousands of soldiers are hidden, Lu Qi rubbed his numb hands, and waited motionless here for most of the day, the road below is still not moving, the low temperature and the north wind almost froze him half stiff.

However, this ambush is related to the success or failure of the entire battle situation, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, and I am afraid that even if it snows heavily in the sky, I cannot give up easily.

"Exploring the horse!"

The horse's hooves sounded, and a war horse came from afar, this is the Shenwu Army Ranger, specializing in reconnoitring the enemy, and at this time he must have found an abnormal situation in a hurry.

"General Lu, the two teams of rebels are already ten miles away, but there are still 10,000 traitors and Ma Bujun escorting them!"

This news was expected by Lu Qi, and it was also unexpected.

According to the usual reconnaissance, the rebel grain convoy went west once a month, and the accompanying escorts ranged from 2,000 to 5,000, but this time it was unusually increased to 10,000. The Shenwu army ambushed by Lu Qi in this Gaosaka was only about 10,000 people, and attacking the 10,000-strong rebels head-on with the 10,000-person Shenwu army was definitely the next strategy in his consciousness. But the situation is urgent, and there is no second option, even if you make a decision, you have to bite the bullet.

"Pass the order, the whole army is ready, the grain team is already ten miles away, the rebels will come over soon, everyone hides their tracks, and they must not make a noise!"

The Shenwu Army has always been known for its strict military discipline, and the military order has been spread, and the originally noisy Takasaka is immediately silent, only the howl of wild wolves can be heard from time to time in the dry grass in the distance.

As the sun set, more and more rebel rangers appeared, but fortunately, the high saka where Lu Qi was located was three or four miles away from the main road, and the dead trees were growing, and the south side of the road was a barren grassland, this kind of place was not a good place for ambushes, and most of the rangers and horses galloped past without care. If one person leaves the main road and goes to Takasaka, Lu Qi's department may have nothing to hide.

Lu Qi, who was hidden in the dead wood, had been secretly praying, hoping that the good fortune would continue to last, and as long as he lasted another half an hour, the rebel vanguard guarding the grain team should arrive. According to a recent reconnaissance report, the 10,000 rebels were divided into two parts, the front and the rear, at the head and end of the food team.

As a result, Lu Qi chose the striker as his preferred target. However, he was still a little worried, seeing that it was about to get dark, if they camped on the spot before that, their vigilance would naturally be strengthened a lot, and a forcible attack might not be sure of winning a battle, not to mention that even if they were defeated, it would definitely be a disastrous victory.

Lu Qi was moving his frozen limbs, and all kinds of thoughts were racing in his mind, but he had actually prepared for the worst, no matter what, he couldn't let these grain transport teams from Luoyang pass through Shaanzhou, and after Shaanzhou would be equivalent to losing the opportunity to finally wipe out the grain transport team.

This kind of work to cut off the grain route Lu Qi had done it in the summer, and now he was familiar with it, and now his fierce opponents were the 10,000 guards of the rebels, the north wind and the bitter cold. If the rebel food team planned to set up camp, I am afraid that he and his 10,000 men would have to endure all night in this ice and snow.

It was a very cold night, and maybe some people with weak constitutions will never see the sun tomorrow again.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

With a low shout, Lu Qi suddenly noticed a group of foot soldiers appearing on the road, followed by endless ox carts and mule carts, loaded with tall cloth bags.

Although he had long been accustomed to all kinds of strong winds and waves, Lu Qi's heart still couldn't help beating suddenly, after all, the long wait finally got the result, and success or failure was a battle here.

"Thunderbolt ready!"

As the sun set in the west, the earth grew dark, and five bed crossbows were pushed out of the shelter, arm-thick crossbow arrows strapped with thunderbolts, and a dozen leads were rolled into a single one, extending to the tail.

The winch creaked, the finger-thick bowstring was slowly filled, and with a click it jammed into the bracket, and the bolts strapped to the bolts were loaded onto the ballista, and everything was ready for the rebel foot soldiers to enter the ambush range.

In the end, Lu Qi felt that time passed more slowly, almost every second was like a year. As the shouting voices grew louder, five thousand rebel foot soldiers completely appeared in his field of vision.

"Bed crossbow fire!"

The stranded lead was lit, sparks sizzled, the bowstring snapped through the air, and arm-thick crossbow arrows shot out and headed straight for the road three miles away.

In the blink of an eye, I saw a dazzling light suddenly flash among the rebels, and loud noises followed one after another.

The ballista twisted again, the bolts wound, and another wave of bolts with thunderbolts fired, and the rebels were in confusion without knowing where the attack came from, and having never seen such a weapon that could explode and hurt people.

A sneer appeared on Lu Qi's face, disturbing the morale of the army with a bed crossbow and thunderbolt cannon was the first step, he didn't expect this weapon to kill and injure a large number of enemy soldiers, as long as it could make the enemy's morale chaotic, it was already half of the success.

"Let me kill the thief!"

He drew his horizontal knife from his waist, shouted loudly, and was the first to rush down the steep Takasaka.

In a moment, shouts of killing erupted, and under the cover of the thin night, there was a tendency to overwhelm the mountains and seas!

The darkness of the night blocked the view of the Shenwu army, but it also provided them with cover, making it difficult for the rebels to discern where the raid came from for a while.

Lu Qi knew very well that the rebels' grain transportation team stretched for nearly ten miles, and even if the rebels behind the palace got the news, it would take at least half an hour to rush over, and the rapid march would also greatly consume physical strength, and it would be much easier to deal with.

There is only one point that is crucial, this striker must be completely defeated within half an hour, otherwise it will inevitably fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.

As soon as the two armies clashed, the rebels showed their decline, and the bed crossbows fired a total of seven rounds, although the damage caused to the rebels was very limited, but this explosion greatly dampened their morale. The Thunderbolt was only used in the battle with Cai Xide in Hedong, and the rebels south of the Yellow River had never seen such a loud firearm except for Sun Xiaozhe's troops in Guanzhong. As a result, the fear of the unknown causes far more damage to the morale of the military than the limited damage.

Lu Qi led all the lightly armed foot soldiers, without spears and halberds, but the horizontal knives were too short, so they used the most powerful weapon in the Tang Dynasty's border army this time, the Mo knife.

The long hilt extends the killing range of the Mo knife, and it is extremely easy to use, as long as the arm strength is enough, it can be almost invincible.

In contrast, half of the rebels' soldiers used spears, and if they could not form a formation in the dark, they would not be able to effectively use the advantages of spears. Under the attack of the Shenwu Army, the rebels scattered and fled, but they had no power to resist.

However, after the initial chaos, the rebels showed great organizational ability, and even gathered about a thousand people in the chaos, and launched a counterattack against the Shenwu army.

This was something that Lu Qi had never seen in previous battles, and even so, it still couldn't save their defeat.

"Kill them all, not a single one!"

Lu Qi issued a killing order, that is, to kill all the rebels who resisted and gave up resistance, and not a single one was left alive!

This is also a characteristic of the Shenwu Army's fight against the rebels, and Lu Qi's department is also the most thorough implementation of this military order.

Resistance finally wore down, and the last 1,000 men of the rebels began to crumble and scatter.

The Shenwu Army did not pursue the fleeing rebels, but roamed around the perimeter with a cavalry of 100 men, or looted or pursued. The main foot soldiers all slaughtered the convoy carrying grain, and everywhere they passed, all the cattle and horses in the carts were killed, and the coachmen were all dispersed.

In addition to this, these foot soldiers had to be vigilant against the attack of the five thousand men behind the rebel palace, and according to the time, if the march was rushed, it would have been time to arrive. At this time, Lu Qi had long ceased to worry, and there would be no suspense for the Shenwu army to defeat the 5,000 rebels who were rushing to march with the power of victory.

However, the expected battle did not take place, and the five thousand rebels behind the palace did not know where to go. The rangers searched everywhere and found nothing, so Lu Qi ordered all the grain to be poured with fire oil and burned on the spot.

There was too much food to take away, so it had to be burned and never left for the rebels.

Half an hour later, the fire rose into the sky in the dark night, and a fiery dragon winded for miles.