The war drums of "knock, knock, knock......" shook the sky in dozens of places in Valley City.

On top of a high tower, Su Dingfang saw that the Tang army lineup was divided into four, and immediately understood the other party's intentions; The partial generals around him also have high military knowledge, understood the meaning of the Tang Army's division of troops, and shouted: "General, the Tang Army is divided into four because it wants to use the wheel offensive to exhaust us to death." ”

"In broad daylight, Liu Hongji's dream is doing well." Su Dingfang said with a smile.

When the general saw the Tang army's swords, shields, crossbowmen, archers, and spearmen coming slowly, about 5,000 cavalry approached, he immediately waved his hand and said loudly: "The Tang army plans to charge the battle with cavalry." ”

"The light cavalry charged, what are you kidding? Liu Hongji will not be so stupid, but he is just deterring the officers and soldiers of our army. Su Dingfang smiled coldly and raised his hand: "The whole army is arrayed"

At the command, 15,000 soldiers were divided into four armies in the wilderness, and the front, left and right flanks, and rear armies were spread out.

At this time, all the soldiers of the Beizhen Army felt that the earth was trembling, and the cavalry was coming, and the soldiers were sweating in their palms.

The cavalry of the Tang Army did not stagnate, swept towards the Beizhen Army with an unstoppable momentum, and when they arrived in front of the formation, they were divided into two and approached the left and right flanks, and the foot soldiers behind accelerated their speed and rushed towards the Beizhen Army.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Su Dingfang's mouth, what he was waiting for was such a change of formation, and he immediately ordered: "Crossbowmen prepare!" ”

Three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward at the same time, with the crossbowmen in front and the archers behind, and the crossbowmen attacked from afar, responsible for breaking the shield array; Archers are close-range shots that kill people; Staggered combination of near and far.

Seeing the Tang army approaching, the crossbowmen took the lead in firing, they used the big yellow crossbow, in groups of two, a thousand crossbow arrows were like a storm, like raindrops to shoot towards the military formation one hundred and fifty steps away, only to hear a clanging sound, the Tang army's shield array was a lot sparse, but the powerful crossbow arrows certainly took the lives of hundreds of Tang troops, but it did not hinder their attack.

The crossbowmen quickly joined forces to wind, one soldier held a crossbow, another soldier released arrows, they used two feet four inches of armor-piercing iron arrows, the arrows were like elongated spindles, streamlined, made of fine iron, extremely sharp, can shoot through any armor, under the strong power, ordinary skin wooden shields will even be broken, with a bang sound, a thousand iron crossbow arrows like a black cloud shot towards the Tang army a hundred steps away.

Tang Jun also seemed to feel the strength of this round of arrow array, they raised their shields, and accelerated their forward speed, only to hear a click, the shield was pierced by iron arrows, and they were shattered, but the shield also removed more than half of the strength of the iron arrows, and a thousand iron arrows did not cause them much loss, but under the two powerful crossbow arrows, there was a huge gap in the shield array covering other arms.

This also aroused the ferocity of the Tang soldiers, and the general in charge of the first attack raised his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, kill all the rebels, the treasures of Gucheng belong to you, kill!" ”

"Kill!"

The Tang soldiers rushed closer, and Dugu Yanyun in front of him waved his hand coldly, "Shoot!" ”

The horn of "Woo, woo, woo......" sounded, and thousands of arrows were suddenly launched, and a cloud of arrows roared towards the Tang army.

The crossbowmen of the Beizhen Army were skillful in firing the upper crossbow, the incoming crossbow, and the starting crossbow in turn, and in only four rounds, the Tang army's array lost nearly 2,000 people, but their forward had also rushed to sixty paces away.

Two thousand crossbowmen of the Beizhen Army retreated according to the order at this time, and the archers of the Beizhen Army began to fire arrows.

The crossbowmen retreated, causing a slight confusion in the appearance of the Beizhen army, the Tang cavalry spied the fighters and launched an offensive on the left and right flanks, Cheng Yanjin and Da Xi'an, who were in charge of the left and right flanks, shouted an order, and under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, the pikemen suddenly killed, the spears stabbed in, and the melee was in one place.

The Tang army's light cavalry was killed in order to cover the infantry to reorganize the ranks, and in a moment, with a sound of gold, the Tang army's light cavalry quickly withdrew to both sides, and the Tang army's foot soldiers rushed forward like a mountain and a sea.

'When! While! While! The Beizhen army also sounded the sound of the two wings to return to the army, and the soldiers on both wings returned like a tide, and then attacked in a semicircle, sharing the pressure of the forward.

At this time, 5,000 cavalry of the Tang Army went up again, and the two sides fought in the wilderness, and in the tragic cry, the men and horses on both sides were injured by each other, and the blood stained the earth red, and flowed towards the Han River, and the shore waters were dyed red, which was extremely tragic.

But after all, the Tang army came from a long distance and marched for a full day, and in terms of physical strength alone, it was far inferior to the Beizhen army that was waiting for work, and Su Dingfang was extremely calm, even if the Tang army's army formation appeared a fatal blank area and was defeated and retreated, he also behaved unhurriedly, and always controlled the Beizhen army within the narrow mouth, and did not let the Beizhen army enter the vast area, so as not to be surrounded and killed by the Tang army with the advantage of troops.

Liu Hongji saw that the other party always held the bottom line and played so calmly and calmly, so that they could not give full play to their superiority in strength, and could only fight according to the rhythm of the other party, and a feeling of weakness rose in his heart.

The reason why their morale was so high before was supported by a firm momentum, and now they encountered the powerful roadblock of the Beizhen Army, which shattered the dream of the Tang Army to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and the arrogance of the invincible naturally fell, and all kinds of fatigue were finally reflected.

After nearly an hour of desperate fighting, the initial monstrous flames have almost disappeared, and the gap in physical strength is revealed, if it were not for the Beizhen army to hold the narrow pass, but to kill resolutely, their first army of 10,000 people would have collapsed long ago.

Liu Hongji immediately shouted: "The second part is pressed, the first part is replaced, and the other party is consumed by wheel warfare, Dugu Yanyun is too calm, if this person is not removed, Xiangyang will be uneasy!" ”

The surrounding generals felt the same and ordered without hesitation. The battle situation was like this, and they also had the idea of having trouble sleeping, and finally faced the rebel general 'Dugu Yanyun'.

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"General, the Tang army is in chaos." On the tower, the general said excitedly to Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang naturally also saw that between the alternation of the two Tang armies, there was a riot for a while, and he knew that the time was ripe, so he immediately ordered, "Beat the drum and order the ambush to attack." ”

"Knock, knock, knock......"

At the sound of an order, a deafening voice rang out.

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Listening to the sudden loud drum beat, Liu Hongji's heart tightened, and he saw a sound of the Beizhen Army coming out and bursting in the air.

Liu Hongji was taken aback for a moment, and when he was about to give the order to stop the alternation, thousands of Beizhen Army archers suddenly appeared on the mountains behind him, and the bows and arrows of each Beizhen Army archer were impressively attached to a faintly burning rocket, and the next moment, thousands of rockets had already been "instigated" to shoot into the central part of the Tang Army.

"Not good, fire attack!" Liu Hongji is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he immediately realized that he was a trick. The stragglers of the Beizhen Army, who appeared before the official start of the battle, were not at all to block their advance, but to induce them to kill, so as to ignore the ambushes on both sides of the road.

However, Liu Hongji realized at this time that it was too late, and before he could order a retreat, the rockets falling from the mountains had already ignited the sulfur, fire nitrate, dead leaves and other ignition things that had been buried in the god's place in advance.

Liu Hongji knew that there were 30,000 people in the Beizhen Army, and there were only 15,000 on the front, where would the other half go? Naturally, he was ambushed on the left and right sides of them, and when he came to this conclusion, he heard the shouts of killing behind him, his heart was cold, and he shouted: "The plan is in the middle, and the whole army retreats." ”

What can I do if I don't return it? Now that the fire has burned, it can't be extinguished at all, and if you don't run, you will really be buried in the fire, and even if you get out of the fire, more than 10,000 ambushes of the Beizhen Army will not let them go, and if you don't leave, the whole army will really be wiped out.

As soon as the order to retreat, the Tang army was in chaos, and they all rushed to retreat, but the tents set up by their rear army became an insurmountable sea of fire, but at this time, the Tang army was all in chaos, and even if the soldiers in front of the fire did not dare to step across the sea of fire, the soldiers behind would push them forward.

In the chaos, countless Tang soldiers were squeezed into the sea of fire, and before they could get up, the raging fire had already engulfed them, and the soldiers behind them walked to the depths of the sea of fire, and then they were pushed to the ground by the soldiers behind them, and were forced to act as a stepping stone to extinguish the fire.

Standing on the mountains and looking down, there are figures running in the flames everywhere, and there are tragic wails everywhere, and the form is no less tragic than hell on earth!

Liu Hongji stepped on the corpses of the soldiers under his command, and finally escaped from the sea of fire, and the mutation was sudden!

The sound of horses' hooves roared in front, and a vigorous cavalry of the 'Beizhen Army' rushed out of the oblique spurs in front. Led by Luo Shixin, who had been in ambush for a long time, he led a thousand Xiaoguo troops to kill the chaotic Tang army, wielding a cold iron spear and galloping on horseback, like a tiger into a flock of sheep, the Tang soldiers were killed next to each other, touching death, killing flesh and blood, surrounded by corpses, and flowing like a river of blood.

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had just escaped from the sea of fire, were even more confused with the slightest psychological preparation for this cavalry that suddenly appeared.

Liu Hongji's face was pale, he couldn't have imagined that the Beizhen Army still had such a strong cavalry, but the Tang army soldiers didn't know the generals and the generals, and they were in a mess, and they couldn't organize an effective formation at all, so they could only blindly follow the public and kill the front under the escort of the guards.

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"Brothers, do you dare to fight with me again!" Seeing the ambush soldiers, Dugu Yanyun, who had been fighting in the front, raised his horse lance high and roared recklessly, and the heart of the already tired Beizhen Army was rippling, no matter whether he could fight again or not, whether he could shout or not. But they all converged into one "dare" word at this moment.

Kan Leng's voice had already shouted hoarse in the rush and killing, but at this moment, he felt that even if his voice was hoarse, he would not hesitate to wave the sharp Mo knife to kill forward.

The 5,000 Beizhen soldiers who set the fire saw their brothers kill for nearly an hour, and they held back a fire in their hearts, and under the leadership of the generals, they broke into the chaotic Tang army like five sharp blades, cut it into six sections, and fought hard to clear it.

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Liu Hongji killed through the small number of cavalry, turned around and counted the number of people, and wanted to die.

The 40,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 elite cavalry before the departure were less than thirty percent at this time, and most of them were wounded, many soldiers were empty-handed, and the weapons in their hands did not know where to go.

However, the more I worried about something, the more I came, and after running less than ten miles, the sound of landslides and tsunamis sounded in the dense forest beside the road. Liu Hongji had no intention of fighting at all, and after leaving thousands of people indiscriminately, he slipped away with a large group of people.

And after the break, the soldiers were already scattered, and the main generals fled, and suddenly the army's heart fluctuated, and no matter how much there was no weapon, who would be left to die in vain? didn't wait for Liu Hongji to leave, so he fled with the rout.

The 1,000 cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army led by Gao Yan saw that the Tang Army was about to collapse at the first touch, and screamed excitedly, biting the butt of the Tang Army's rout, where could the poor Tang Army's rout legs outrun the cavalry who were recuperated? In less than half an hour, the thousands of Tang troops left behind were slaughtered, and at this time, Luo Shixin also arrived with another Xiaoguo army, and the two joined forces and pursued and killed in accordance with Su Dingfang's prior arrangement.

After Liu Hongji was pursued for more than ten miles, he was forced to break his wrist again and send his henchmen to fight to the death of the palace, so as to end the tragic battle and resist the fierce momentum of the Xiaoguo army, but the more than 4,000 soldiers behind the palace were elite soldiers and were almost wiped out.

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Not to mention Liu Hongji's hasty defeat and escape, let alone the soldiers of the Beizhen Army, they will be happily enjoying the killing feast!

More than 40,000 Tang soldiers were menacing, but in the end, they lost their armor and lost their armor, and the number of casualties was as high as more than 10,000, and countless were seriously and lightly wounded. The most important thing is that after this battle, Liu Hongji, who was dispatched from Yincheng County, can no longer pose a threat to Gucheng.

"General, this battle is really too painful!" Dugu Yanyun, who was covered in blood, strode in front of Su Ding, and before he had time to salute, he shouted loudly, "It's enjoyable, it's really enjoyable!" ”

"I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that more than 40,000 Tang troops would be defeated by us in this way...... Haha, the last generals are still like dreams, this brilliant victory is unbelievable! Da Xi'an, who was following behind Dugu Yanyun, was so tired that he couldn't even walk, but the excitement on his face could not be hidden.

"yes, speaking of which, we never dreamed that there would be such a hearty victory, and it would be nice if we could win such a big victory every day?" Yu Qinming, a 'literati' covered in blood, staggered over with a war knife, obviously tired, he is the son of a famous general Zhongwen, although he turned to literature, it doesn't mean that he can't fight, he can't fight.

Tian Jin, Yi Xian, Xin Han, Helian Chu, and several generals were still chasing and killing the remnants of the Tang army who had fled all over the mountains.

"General, the morale of our army is booming, so we simply waved our troops north in one go, captured Yincheng, and then welcomed General Xue Wanjun on the other side of the Han River into the country." Dugu Yanyun put forward his own opinion.

When everyone heard this, they eagerly looked at the calm Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang smiled indifferently and looked back at the generals behind him: "Pass the order, let the generals of the whole army stop chasing and killing, and return to the city immediately!" ”

"Back to the city?"

"Not chasing?"

The generals were stunned.

"It's boring to rout the army, if you want to kill, kill Li Shimin and Dou Cong's army."

Su Dingfang was actually very excited, the strength of the Beizhen Army was completely beyond his expectations, but on the surface, he was extremely calm, not that he was deliberately camouflaging, but because of his personality, no matter how excited he was in his heart, there would always be some light and light high coldness, giving people an unfathomable attitude. It was as if a million enemy troops were in front of him, not worth mentioning, they were like clouds in the sky.

The generals didn't know that his character was like this, and because Luo Shixin was willing to be his deputy, and this hearty victory was evidenced, the reverence rose to an unprecedented height, and he excitedly collected his troops and returned to the city.

After entering the city, Dugu Qingyun and Helan Shiren stepped forward excitedly and said in a low voice: "General, we have emptied the entire valley city, do you want to get some wine and food from the mountains to reward the army?" ”

Su Dingfang waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need, wait until Li Shimin and Dou Cong are defeated and celebrate together." ”

The feeling of looking up to the mountains was born in the hearts of the generals.

Su Dingfang walked towards the head of Gucheng, the water under the afterglow of the sunset was shining, and the golden light made his eyes involuntarily squint slightly, and he tried to review the terrain of Gucheng, and had a plan in his heart.

His eyes fell on the faces of Dugu Qingyun and Helan Shiren, and said, "General Qingyun and Helan Sima, you two have to work hard to make a trip." ”

"Ask the general for orders." Dugu Qingyun and Helan Shiren responded respectfully.

"When I returned to the army, I seemed to see a bamboo forest in the north of the city, did you find it?"

"General Qiyu, under the hill where we hide our grain, there is a large Nanzhu forest, called Qianzhangping."

"That's good." Su Dingfang nodded and said, "You led the fifth and sixth divisions to Qianzhangping to cut down Nanzhu, and then transported them into the city overnight. ”

"Whoa." Dugu Qingyun and Helan Shiren responded to the order.