Now that he understands the other party's strategic intentions, Wang Xiaojie will certainly not back down. Therefore, he led the elite vanguard to kill the main Khitan force, in order to annihilate the enemy here, so as not to be escaped by it. If the Khitans ran away, the war would inevitably be protracted, and this was what Wang Xiaojie was most worried about.

During the battle, Sun Wanrong caused the Khitan soldiers to feint defeat and lured the enemy deeper according to Mr. Wang's plan.

Wang Xiaojie has been on the battlefield for a long time, of course he can see the tricks of the Khitans, but he is not worried at all, leading the elite vanguard to follow up, never leaving contact with the other party in dangerous areas, and constantly fighting with the Khitan army.

He knew very well in his heart that as long as the enemy was dragged down, it would mean that the enemy would not have time to deploy encirclement and flank maneuvers.

Although the battle in the East Kip Stone Valley was very fierce, the Khitans had never been able to fully encircle the Tang army like in the Huangzhang Valley, and could only retreat step by step under the continuous squeeze of the Tang army's elite.

Su Honghui led the rear army to follow up behind Wang Xiaojie, which is where Wang Xiaojie's confidence lies. Once it is time for the decisive battle out of the valley, as long as Su Honghui's fresh army can quickly join the battle, the entire battlefield situation will be under the control of the Great Zhou army.

Sun Wanrong had a sad face, and led the Khitan army to fight and retreat. Wang Xiaojie, on the other hand, fought and advanced, chasing from the southern end of the Dongxia Stone Valley to the northern end.

At this time, the army of more than 100,000 people in the Great Zhou Dynasty formed a long dragon, Wang Xiaojie, who was located at the position of the dragon's head, had already arrived at the valley mouth at the northern end of the valley, and the front of the rear army was located at the dragon's body for more than ten miles, and half of the rear army was outside the valley mouth at the southern end of the valley.

Wang Xiaojie's side has the advantage of troops, but the valley road is narrow and the number of people who can engage and fight with the enemy is limited.

As the Zhou army continued to squeeze, the Khitan army was forced out of the valley. Once out of the valley, the road ahead was smooth, there was no terrain restrictions, the situation was more favorable to the Zhou army, and Wang Xiaojie saw victory in sight.

When Wang Xiaojie led the vanguard to attack the valley mouth, the main Khitan army was hastily arranging to meet the enemy.

Mr. Wang's face was solemn, seeing that Wang Xiaojie's vanguard troops had just left the valley, and suddenly urged Sun Wanrong to order the Khitan army to counterattack with all their might, and to force Wang Xiaojie's forward troops back into the valley regardless of life and death.

Chased and killed by Wang Xiaojie, Mr. Wang never said a word. At the critical juncture of the decisive battle between the two armies, Mr. Wang finally spoke. Although Sun Wanrong didn't know what Mr. Wang meant, he still gave the order.

"Kill those who retreat, and drive the enemy back to the valley at all costs!"

After receiving Sun Wanrong's order, the Khitan army immediately launched a general attack while the vanguard troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty had a unstable foothold in the valley.

Perhaps it was the feints along the way that aroused the blood of the Khitans, or perhaps it was Sun Wanrong's strict orders that played a role. The Khitan soldiers were not afraid of death, and killed Wang Xiaojie's forward troops like a tide.

It was the first time that the Khitans had been fighting for so long, and they had been attacked so fiercely. Wang Xiaojie was a little surprised, but after all, he was a famous general of the Great Zhou, although the vanguard troops could not be deployed in the whole army, they could still rely on arranging the phalanx to barely meet the enemy.

The main general was so calm that he inspired the forward troops, and they fought with the Khitans according to the formation they usually trained, so as not to panic and rout.

When it comes to arranging troops, the Han army is far stronger than the grassland peoples.

Whether it is the previous Tang army or the current Great Zhou army, the infantry phalanx is a formation with strong combat resilience.

In that year, in the battle of the Tang army to destroy Xue Yantuo, the phalanx formed by the dismounted cavalry of the Tang army once defeated the Xue Yantuo foot archers, who were famous for their strong bows.

Although Wang Xiaojie faced the onslaught of several times the Khitan army, he was not worried at all, as long as he could hold out for half an hour, Su Honghui's reinforcements would arrive, and the Khitans would be defeated at that time.

However, Wang Xiaojie's forward troops fought with the Khitans for nearly an hour, but they did not see Su Honghui's rear army arrive.

During this period, Wang Xiaojie sent several groups of scouts to the rear army to urge Su Honghui, but there was no response.

At this time, after a long march and constant fighting, the forward troops had fallen into a low ebb of physical strength.

Could it be that something is wrong with Su Honghui's side?

Wang Xiaojie was anxious.

The rear army led by Su Honghui did have a problem, Wang Xiaojie was fighting desperately, but the backyard was on fire.

It all started with Mr. Wang's previous arrangement.

The Zhou army had more than 100,000 people, but the Khitans only had 50,000, and it stands to reason that the Khitans were completely at a disadvantage. However, due to the limitations of the terrain, the large number of troops of the Zhou army could not be used after entering the valley. Since the strength advantage of the Zhou army could not be brought into play, the Khitan did not need to arrange all the 50,000 troops in the Dongxia Stone Valley.

Mr. Wang made two preparations, he only arranged 30,000 troops at the mouth of the valley, and the other 20,000 soldiers and horses were ambushed in the Huangzhang Valley.

If the Zhou army really dared to pass through the Huangzhang Valley, the 20,000 troops would be able to hold on to the favorable terrain, and the 30,000 troops he placed in the Dongxia Stone Valley would also be able to go to the aid in time to cut off the Zhou army.

The reverse is also true, if the Zhou army chooses Dongshi Canyon as a breakthrough, then the 20,000 Khitan soldiers and horses ambushed in the Huangzhang Valley can also rush to help in time when the battle is in full swing here.

From this arrangement, Mr. Wang's hand is indeed better than Wang Xiaojie.

Su Honghui commanded the army to enter the valley for further study, and 20,000 Khitan iron cavalry suddenly came out from the flank, and they shouted while rushing to kill: "Annihilate the Zhou army!" ”

Seeing the 20,000 Khitan troops killed, although he was a little surprised, Su Honghui was not worried at all.

There are more than 100,000 people in the rear army, and only some men and horses need to be arranged to block the 20,000 Khitan troops, and the remaining troops can calmly rescue Wang Xiaojie, and at the same time annihilate all the main forces of the Khitans.

However, everything was beyond Su Honghui's expectations, and when he gave the order, the rear army did not follow his order, but retreated backwards in a swarm.

Zhang said that he didn't know what to do, and he was taken aback when he saw that the rear army suddenly began to retreat in a disorderly manner.

Wang Xiaojie is fighting hard with the Khitans, and if the rear army does not go to reinforcements, the forward troops that are alone in the deep will definitely be more than lucky.

Thinking of Lu Xiaoxian's previous explanation, Zhang Shuo hurriedly took Yang Si to find Su Honghui. Yang Si had Wu Zetian's secret decree, and Zhang said that Su Honghui must be forced to hand over the command. Although Zhang said that he was only a civilian official, as long as he took over the command of the rear army, he was still confident that he would organize troops to rescue Wang Xiaojie.

Who knew that Zhang Shuo and Yang Si hadn't had time to find Su Honghui, so they were surrounded by Su Hao and others.

Although Yang Si's martial arts are not weak, his two fists are difficult to defeat his four hands. Zhang said that without Yang Si's protection, he could only be arrested. After a while, the two were tied up in a sturdy knot.

Zhang Shuo was shocked and angry, and kept scolding Su Honghui. It wasn't until Su Hao asked him to gag that he quieted down.

When it came to this, Zhang Shuo finally understood: either Su Honghui had a problem, or Su Hao faked the order. In short, the rear army units received orders to retreat at full speed.

Because of this fatal and inexplicable order, the Great Zhou Hou army thought that they had fallen into an ambush by the Khitans. Especially when he saw 20,000 Khitan iron horsemen rushing towards them with Huan'er, they were overwhelmed at a glance, and they didn't know how many people and horses there were on the other side, so they immediately became confused.

Half of the rear army that had not yet entered the valley didn't care about the formation anymore, and immediately fled.

The Khitan cavalry frightened away the Great Zhou rear army that had not yet entered the valley, and did not chase after it, but immediately rushed into the valley from the southern end and attacked the back of the Great Zhou army that had entered the valley. At the same time, according to Mr. Wang's instructions, they continued to shout that the Zhou army had been ambushed.

The Great Zhou army in the valley is unknown, only that there are Khitans attacking before and after, and the army is in turmoil.

After a while, the Great Zhou Hou army that entered the valley was either beheaded or forced off the cliff, and the rest obediently became prisoners of the Khitans.

After the Khitan cavalry solved the rear army of the Great Zhou, they shouted all the way to attack the back of the forward of the Great Zhou.

Wang Xiaojie's forward troops were struggling to support, and it was the end of the strong crossbow, and then when he heard the sound of shouting and killing behind him, he suddenly became chaotic, and was forced to retreat to the valley by the Khitans in front of him under the unintentional war.

After retreating into the valley, the situation became even worse, and the front and rear ends were flanked by the Khitans, while the left and right ends were bordered by cliffs on one side and cliffs on the other.

Although the vanguard led by Wang Xiaojie was the elite of the Great Zhou army, with physical exhaustion and no reinforcements, he could only watch as the Khitans slaughtered, and many soldiers were squeezed off the cliff.

Zhao Lang's eyes were blood-red, and he, Cong Chen, and Wang Haibin led the only forty or fifty remaining members of the Whirlwind Brigade to protect Wang Xiaojie, and from time to time slashed and killed the rushing Khitan soldiers.

Since its formation, the Whirlwind Brigade has experienced no less than 100 large and small battles, but this time it suffered the heaviest losses. Judging from the current situation, the Whirlwind Brigade is probably going to be wiped out here.

At this moment, Zhao Lang didn't have time to think about the future of the Whirlwind Brigade at all, the only thing he had to do was to protect Wang Xiaojie's safety with all his might, even if there was only one person left, this was the duty and mission of the Whirlwind Brigade.

Wang Xiaojie has long lost his former appearance, his eyes are dull and desperate.

Everything was planned so well, he really couldn't understand how the good situation could be like this.

What about Su Honghui, where has he gone?

And the rear army, why didn't they come to reinforce and retreated?

Wang Xiaojie was like a demon, turning a blind eye to the fight in front of him, and letting Zhao Lang and others drag him left and right like a log.

Seeing his father like this, Wang Haibin, who was covered in blood, slashed and killed the second Khitan queen who rushed up, and looked at Wang Xiaojie from time to time, with a worried look on his face.

After slashing and killing a Khitan hundred-household chief, Wang Haibin hurriedly ran to Wang Xiaojie, shook his body, and shouted eagerly: "Father, what's wrong with you, are you talking?" ”

In the army, Wang Haibin never called Wang Xiaojie his father, this was the agreement between father and son.

But now that the situation is urgent, Wang Haibin can't care so much!

Wang Xiaojie was like a puppet, swaying back and forth with Wang Haibin's strength, but there was no response.