As soon as he left the capital, Haitian immediately sent people to Linzhou to mobilize men and horses, except for the necessary local garrisons, and ordered all men and horses to assemble at the junction of Linzhou and Bingzhou, and prepare for an all-out attack.

And he himself rushed to Dengzhou with the elite of the 3,000 Central Guard Regiment, and the soldiers were very fast, knowing that Haitian, who knew the importance of Dengzhou, must not let Leping and Xihe fall into the hands of Chen Kun, otherwise Chen Kun and Chen Shaojie would be like a tiger with wings.

According to intelligence, Chen Kun's total number of men and horses entering Dengzhou was only 20,000, and their troops were divided into two routes, marching towards Leping from two directions, destroying the city and uprooting the village along the way, and the local army was unable to make effective resistance to it.

Therefore, Haitian must rush to Leping as soon as possible and organize the local army to fight together, if there is a slight delay, relying only on the local army of Dengfeng and the reserve of 3,000 Leping will not be able to compete with Chen Kun's regular army.

When he was halfway there, news came from the front that Chen Kun's army had arrived in Dengfeng, but was blocked by the local reserves relying on the advantage of geography and could not move forward.

"What kind of character is he who can lead Leping's reserves to resist Chen Kun's army?"

While urging his subordinates to speed up the march, Haitian couldn't help but become interested in Leping's guards.

"It's a man named Bai Risheng. The person in charge of Leping wanted to surrender to the other party long before Chen Kun's army arrived, but was stopped by his Bai Risheng and had to lead the army to resist. ”

Before receiving the news of Haitian's expedition, Yang Yuying and his wife had already sent a large number of Heavenly Wolf members to infiltrate Bingzhou and Dengzhou to collect information that could be used.

Standing in front of Haitian now was also an intelligence officer from the Sky Wolf, and it was obvious that he had collected very detailed information before he came, so he was very fluent in answering questions.

Haitian asked Chen Kun's army about the deployment again, and after a little calculation in his heart, he immediately ordered the whole army to change direction and advance towards Jiangcheng, he wanted to cut off Chen Kun's back road and launch an attack from behind Chen Kun.

Since that person named Bai Risheng could lead the army to resist Chen Kunjun's attack, after getting the news that Haitian's reinforcements were about to arrive, he would be able to support it for a few more days.

In order to give the defenders of Leping the greatest encouragement, Haitian sent three groups of personnel in a row to convey the news of the imminent arrival of a large number of reinforcements to the defenders of Leping in a continuous manner.

At the same time, an order was issued to transfer the reserves in various parts of Dengzhou to the combat establishment, and to call up reservists to strengthen the garrison capability.

As soon as the qiē was properly arranged, Haitian rushed to Jiangcheng with the elite of the three thousand Central Guard Regiment to copy the path and pounce on Jiangcheng in the starry night.

Along the way, Haitian and they encountered several scouts of Chen Kunjun's army, the number of which was about one or two hundred, and it was obvious that while attacking Leping, Chen Kun's army was also expanding in all directions, intending to control the peripheral area.

In these sporadic encounters, Haitian is striving to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop, so that the elite of the Central Guard Regiment under his command can give full play to their high-speed mobility, and they have an absolute advantage, so they naturally fight very easily and beautifully.

From the confession of the captive, it is known that Chen Kun's army, which entered the territory of Dengzhou to attack Leping, was commanded by Chen Kun's nephew Chen Fan, and before leaving, Chen Fan had been appointed by Chen Shaojie as the person in charge of Dengzhou, that is, as long as Chen Fan conquered Dengzhou, this place would be his territory.

Therefore, after Chen Fan entered Dengzhou, the army was divided into two routes, he himself led the main force to attack Leping, and let the other army take a different route, so that they could subdue the towns along the way, while expanding the strength of the army, and finally form a siege of Leping.

For Haitian, what is interesting is that Chen Fan let this army take exactly the same route as the route he chose, except that his starting point is the end of the other party, and the starting point of the other party is his goal.

Therefore, it is inevitable that Haitian and Chen Fan's troops will meet head-on halfway.

However, due to the extremely fast speed of Haitian's advance, and the opponent's need to conquer the towns along the way, recruit troops and horses to expand the team, and the speed of the march is slow, the meeting point of the two sides is expected to be in the southern area of Jiangcheng.

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"There's an enemy ahead."

Outpost scouts kept transmitting news to the Chinese army in Haitian.

"How many?"

Haitian asked as he ordered an all-arms battle.

"The small ones counted slightly, and there were probably more than five thousand people."

The investigator who was questioned wanted to get out of the car and return to his general, but Haitian waved his hand, so he saluted in the car and replied respectfully.

Haitian looked at his surroundings and immediately had an idea in his mind.

He sent a thousand men to lie in ambush on the hills on either side, waiting for his orders.

Then he took the remaining 1,000 men and horses back a little distance, and set up a position on an open meadow.

A moment later, the banner of the enemy army appeared in the line of sight ahead, and the black and suppressed figure gradually occupied Haitian's field of vision.

Haitian did not take any action when the opponent set up the formation, which surprised the commander of Chen Kun's army, Haitian should use mobility to launch an offensive before they lined up their formation, if they waited until they set up the formation before charging, it would be a self-defeating road.

"Does he believe that the elite combat power of the Central Guard Regiment can really break through his dense formation?"

When he was suspicious, Haitian had already given an order, urging a thousand men and horses to slowly approach forward, and without thinking about it again, he also ordered an attack, and the entire formation moved forward.

The men and horses in the rear were about to prepare for their first attack when they suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly under their feet, and then the sound of rapid wheels sounded on both sides like a torrential rain.

"Damn! It's the enemy's mechanized troops! ”

Chen Kunjun immediately realized that he had been scheming, Haitian was standing in front of them just as a decoy, and the real attack was launched from their wings and behind, and this was the biggest weakness of his dense formation, if he wanted to turn around and fight, he would inevitably disrupt the formation that had been arranged, and there was not much time left for them to change formations.

From the appearance of a large number of men and horses behind the hills to the fact that they rushed to Chen Kunjun's side, it only took a moment of effort, the enemy only had time to fire a shot, and because of the suddenness of the incident, the originally prepared salvo turned into a random diffuse, plus the charge formation of the mechanized troops was relatively open, and the damage caused to them by the bullets was very slight.

At this time, the men and horses guarding the two flanks of the formation turned around one after another, facing the rushing enemy, buying more time for their own formation to change the formation.

But the difference in strength between them and the elite of the Central Guard Regiment was revealed at this moment of contact, whether it was in training, equipment, or combat effectiveness, they were all more than one level apart.

The men and horses of the two sides soon collided completely, the swords slammed violently in the air, bursting into sparks, and the next moment, the blood smoke rose, and the constant screams formed the first movement on the battlefield.

Chen Kunjun was unable to inflict substantial damage on the elite of the Central Guard Regiment, but the sword swung by the elite of the Central Guard Regiment tore apart the clothes on his body along with the flesh and blood inside.

Blood poured out, shook twice, and fell to the ground heavily.

The elite of the Central Guard Regiment that came up from behind stepped mercilessly over him, blood splattered, and the last mournful screams of the enemy seemed so slight in the roar of the cars.

The elite of the Central Guard Regiment tore through the two flanks of Chen Kun's army without difficulty, and the enemy's defenses could not even slow down their charge.

Except for a small number of elites of the Central Guard Regiment who went out to chase and kill the fleeing enemy and clean up the battlefield, most of the elites of the Central Guard Regiment swooped down on the two flanks of Chen Kun's army in a half-moon formation.

Chen Kunjun did not lose his fighting spirit because of this, and his movements surged from the gap between the queues towards the two wings, trying to block the elite attacks of the Central Guard Regiment in order to protect the snipers who were not capable of melee combat. Gunslinger and let them play terrifying ranged attacks.

Unfortunately, there was a slight collision between them and the mechanized troops on the second line that were moving at the same time, which caused some confusion in the whole formation.

Haitian was waiting for this opportunity, and with an order, he rushed out first, and the thousand elites of the Central Guard Regiment behind him shouted in unison, each raising his weapon in his hand, closely following his commander, and launched a fierce charge against the enemy in front of him.

The speed of the elite charge of the well-equipped Central Guard Regiment was so fast that it approached the enemy's side in an instant.

The enemies, who did not have time to turn around, were cut down one after another.

The enemy behind immediately stood in front and put up a stubborn resistance, but their resistance became insignificant in front of Haitian, and the fish intestine sword was like a dazzling rainbow, rolling up a rain of blood in the sky, and every swing sucked the enemy's life.

The heroism of the commander inspired the elite and powerful fighting spirit of the Central Guard Regiment, who were like tigers and horses, and harvested a large number of lives from the enemy all the time.

But Chen Kunjun, who was caught in the flanks, still worked hard to persevere, and their discipline and fighting spirit were not inferior to their strong opponents.

However, the enemy, who had lost the cover of the formation, was undoubtedly the most vulnerable opponent in front of the elite of the Central Guard Regiment, and soon fell on the battlefield with rows of corpses and a large number of broken weapons and swords.

Haitian broke through the three lines of the enemy's heavy infantry in a company, he didn't know how many enemies fell under his sword, blood stained his whole body, and the fish intestine sword in his hand showed a strange brilliance because it absorbed a large amount of life, and from time to time burst out of bloody flames that captured people's hearts.

Facing a tall enemy roared and slashed at him with a sword, Haitian did not avoid it, and turned his hand with a sword, cutting the opponent in half with a sword, and a rain of blood bloomed in front of his eyes.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a beam of cold light suddenly stabbing from the left side, and his strength was full of energy, showing that the opponent's strength was not bad.

With a flick of his body, a spear swept over his shoulder. While sitting up straight, Haitian slashed down the enemy who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak up with a backhand sword.

The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, Chen Kun's army finally couldn't resist, and as the flag of the Chinese army was cut down by Haitian, the entire formation collapsed, and the soldiers who were completely defeated dropped their weapons and turned to flee backwards.

The next battle became very simple, and the elite of the Central Guard Regiment followed behind Chen Kunjun under the leadership of Haitian, and chased and killed for more than 20 miles in one breath before stopping.

In this battle, the elite of the Central Guard Regiment only lost one hundred and forty-two, while the five thousand Chen Kun army lost more than three thousand, and the rest were completely scattered, almost a complete victory.

After a brief rest, Haitian immediately commanded the army to continue to advance rapidly, and Chen Kun's army along the way was about to collapse, and there was no resistance anymore, allowing Haitian's army to recapture the towns along the way one by one.

The successive victories boosted the morale of Haitian and his troops, and they advanced faster and faster, and at a distance of sixty miles from Jiangcheng, they encountered a Chen Kun army from Jiangcheng, and as soon as the two sides engaged on the banks of the Bo River, a tributary of the river, Chen Kun's army retreated.

"Onward! We had lunch in Jiangcheng. ”

Haitian was in high spirits, raised his sword and ordered loudly.

The elite of the Central Guard Regiment, who was full of ambition, responded with a roar, biting the enemy's tail and pursuing the victory.

With the title of the most elite unit in the army, after this period of fighting, they have completely ignored their opponents.

The defeated Chen Kunjun waded across the river and retreated to the flat land behind, and Haitian and the elite of the Central Guard Regiment also crossed the river one after another, covering the past with high morale.

Chen Kunjun, who retreated to the flat ground, did not hold his position, and continued to retreat under the pressure of the elite of the Central Guard Regiment.

Two and a half miles from the river, there was a slope covered with woodland, and as soon as they arrived, Chen Kunjun's soldiers quickly disappeared into the woodland.

After stepping on the flat ground, Haitian's heart inexplicably rose a wave of uneasiness, when he pursued to the bottom of the slope, the uneasiness in his heart expanded more and more, especially when he saw the lush woodland above the slope, a very uncomfortable feeling arose from Haitian's body.........