After tossing all night, Fang Xiong finally gathered all the martial arts masters of the whole army.

The next morning, after the army was deployed, these elite squads carried out counterattack and harassment operations against the mountain battalions that were harassing them. And this elite squad is armed with strong bows and crossbows to fight against the firearms of the mountain battalion.

After the battle, this elite squad did cause some trouble to Wolf Tao, so the marching speed of Fang Xiong's army accelerated a lot. But before he left, an urgent order from Governor Kang Dingtai arrived overnight.

After receiving Kang Dingtai's urgent order, Fang Xiong was almost so depressed that he vomited blood. He had finally reached Ruzhou with great effort, but the Governor had him turn and head in the direction of Xingquan.

Although he was depressed, the military order was like a mountain, and Fang Xiong had to turn around and march. But then Fang Xiong found that the Vermilion Bird Army, which had been constantly harassing them, had actually disappeared, which made him a lot easier along the way.

In fact, it was not that Wolf Tao gave up, but Li Yun gave him an order that if Fang Xiong's army continued to march towards Ruzhou, he would continue to attack and harass. However, if they turn around and march towards Xingquan, they can just give up raiding and tailgating.

Because Li Yun wanted to transfer Fang Xiong's army out of Ruzhou and then annihilate it in the Xingquan area, he naturally would not delay time.

So Fang Xiong's army marched all the way to Xingquan, and on the way, it also converged with Pang Tianzheng, who had previously sent reinforcements.

And the Suzaku Army is also actively preparing, preparing to meet Fang Xiong's counterinsurgency army.

Li Yun was just a self-appointed military expert, although he ran a military academy and lectured everywhere to train professional officers. But in fact, he is just a military enthusiast with a half-bottle dangling, so his war is nothing more than a cat and a tiger.

And since the Suzaku Army started its troops, it has hardly used any advanced and complex strategies and tactics, and almost every battle has relied on equipment superiority. First bombard with artillery, then charge at the infantry, and use super-heavy rifles to deal with advanced enemies, relying on firearms to win each time, never playing with strategy.

Because Li Yun believes that it is never strategy that determines the outcome of a war, but visible steel and explosives! It's these real strengths. Even if he was as wise as Zhuge Liang and close to the demon, he still failed in the end, so Li Yun endured and planted the field for more than a year.

So from beginning to end, Li Yun didn't plan to play strategy, but decided to use steel and explosives to complete his great cause! Therefore, his resourcefulness is also used more to create explosives, steel and firearms.

Similarly, this time to annihilate the imperial court counterinsurgency army, Li Yun did not plan to use strategy, but to fight with iron fist and steel knife against steel knife, and to defeat it in a field battle!

So the main force of the Vermilion Bird Army, facing the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court, finally set up a position outside Xingquan City.

"My lord, this thief army doesn't seem to be weak!" Qian Hui looked at the neat array of the Vermilion Bird Army and couldn't help but say softly.

At this time, Fang Xiong was also surprised, because in his impression, the thief army should be uneven and scattered, relying on ordinary people to fight against the official army. However, the thief army on the opposite side was well-equipped and well-organized, and its momentum was not weaker than its own.

Although Fang Xiong was arrogant, he also had real materials, otherwise Kang Dingtai would not have handed over the Jiangning Patrol Battalion to him.

Seeing Fang Xiong's face straight, he immediately ordered: "Pass the order, let the brothers cheer up and be vigilant, this gang of thieves is not simple, and they must not capsize in the gutter." ”

"No!"

At the same time that Fang Xiong was looking at the Vermilion Bird Army, Li Yun was also looking at Fang Xiong.

The forces of the two sides in this battle were roughly equal, but Li Yun still had some absolute confidence. He has been preparing for so long, if he can't even fight the patrol battalion, then how can he conquer the world!

I saw that both sides were fully armoured, and a murderous aura couldn't help but spread on the battlefield, and even birds and reptiles were also photographed by this murderous aura, and they didn't dare to approach this area.

"Are you all ready?" In the military tent, Li Yun looked at the sand table on the battlefield and asked.

"It's all right, the divisions are fully deployed, and the artillery is ready to shoot!" Xu Tianhua next to him immediately replied.

The two armies are facing each other, how can there be so much nonsense to talk about! Once the preparation is completed, it is a life-and-death struggle of swords and swords.

So Li Yun immediately ordered: "Order the artillery, open fire!" ”

"No!"

As a follower of the artillery doctrine, the Suzaku Army once again turned on the shell washing mode, and this time even the slow heavy artillery battalion joined the shelling.

"Boom......!"

"Boom......!"

"Boom......!"

Fang Xiong was not to be outdone when he saw the Vermilion Bird Army firing artillery, he had long heard that the Vermilion Bird Army was sharp, so he also carried a large number of artillery, and immediately ordered the artillery under his command to return fire. For a while, the cannon roared, and both sides fought very lively.

However, in this artillery battle, the Suzaku Army had the advantage. Because the artillery of the officers and soldiers was inferior to the Suzaku Army in terms of range and power, they did cause some damage to the Suzaku Army at the beginning.

However, in the ensuing artillery battle, the artillery of the Imperial Army was attacked by the Suzaku Army artillery battalion, and soon lost most of its combat strength. Moreover, most of the ammunition used by the Imperial Army was solid ammunition, and a small number of flowering shells were also filled with black gunpowder, and their lethality could not be compared with the high explosives shells of the Suzaku Army.

At the same time, the front army of the Suzaku Army also dug complete trench fortifications, so the damage was not great.

On the contrary, the Imperial Patrol Battalion is different, although they have long known that the Suzaku weapons are sharp, but they have no bottom to what extent they are powerful, but they simply think that they may be better than their own. So they are completely unaware of the power of high-explosive shells and lack the necessary protective fortifications.

In addition, the army in the era of cold weapons was very dense in formation in order to exert its combat power, and this became the best target for artillery. Therefore, in the shelling of the Suzaku Army, the Imperial Patrol Battalion suffered extremely heavy losses.

"Damn! Why are these thieves' artillery so powerful! Fang Xiong was already a little speechless at the moment.

Although he had already learned the firearms of the Suzaku Army, he was still shocked by the fierce artillery fire of the Suzaku Army.

"My lord, the artillery fire of the thief army is too fierce, it is better for us to avoid its edge first, and choose another time to fight!" Qian Hui proposed.

But Fang Xiong disagreed, "What to avoid!" As soon as the battle is engaged, it retreats, where is the prestige of the army! ”

Immediately, Fang Xiong said again: "Don't mess up, this gang of thieves is just relying on the power of artillery, as long as we rush up, we can kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" Immediately order Luo Da Kai to attack and storm the enemy formation! ”

"No!"

Qian Hui immediately went to give the order, and then a group of imperial patrol battalions rushed out of the array, braving artillery fire and rushing towards the Vermilion Bird Army.

According to the usual situation, Fang Xiong's idea was not wrong. Because the Qianyuan Empire was founded for 800 years, there have been countless rebellions. But most of the rebellions did not need to be fought by the eight main battle legions at all, and the local patrol battalions alone were enough to quell them.

Therefore, against these thieves, even if the other party had some strength, Fang Xiong still had absolute confidence. But this time he miscalculated, because he met the Vermilion Bird Army!