Soon 5,000 Tuntian soldiers arrived at Pusaka, and Tong Yuan arranged for Zhang Ji to be stationed here to be responsible for the follow-up soldiers, supplies, wounded, prisoners and other matters, and other generals to carry out operations according to the plan.

A few days earlier, Xu Huang and others led several directly subordinate battalions to attack Anyi, Xie County and Yi County. encountered a small group of thieves looking for an opportunity to annihilate, and when encountering the main force of the enemy, he immediately turned to the battle, which made Han Xian miserable.

That Han Xian did not have much martial arts, and only divided 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xie County and Yi County respectively, and his own 10,000 soldiers and horses and Shi tribes guarded in Anyi, strictly guarding the city every day, and resolutely did not come out. In this way, there are no forces in the Anyi direction that can maneuver into battle.

Early one morning in September, Tong Yuan learned that Li Le's soldiers and horses had approached Xie County, northeast of Puban County, last night, and the Third Guards decided to enter the scheduled battlefield today to meet the Baibo army.

Xie County is famous for being Guan Yu's hometown. Today, it belongs to Linyi City, which is now a subsidiary of Yuncheng, Shanxi. This place is also one of the few places in Shanxi where there are almost no mountains in the whole county, the terrain is dominated by wide plains, and there are abundant clear water sources.

On a slope fifty miles north of Xie County, the two armies met. Tong Yuan's army of 5,500 soldiers and horses, from the south to the north to meet the enemy, the soldiers and horses are divided into four parts according to the brigades and directly subordinate troops, Huang Yu is in front, Hu Lang'er and Yang Feng are lined up on the left and right to form a fish scale array.

Li Le's army of 60,000 people, attacking from north to south, was only divided into two parts, Li Le led 40,000 people to live in the center to the west, and Hu Cai led 20,000 people to live in the east.

This war also became the first major battle commanded by Tong Yuan, and after a long time of recalling, he still felt vivid.

Tong Yuan, Huang Yu, Yang Feng and others were all a little nervous, and even Hu Lang'er, who could keep calm in a desperate situation, was a little low. However, Xu Rong was full of confidence, and Xu Huang was eager to try, and the generals felt a little relieved.

Before then, the two armies were less than two miles apart, and the scouts withdrew from the battlefield and returned to their own positions, and the two sides gradually approached to the sound of drums.

Li Le and Hu Cai saw that the other party was really like a scout, and the number of people was about 6,000. In addition, they also have scouts pretending to be civilians, keeping an eye on the direction of Kasaka, and once there are enemy reinforcements out of the city or landing, they will definitely be able to report as soon as possible.

60,000 can't beat 6,000, and you know who wins and who loses with your toes, it seems that this Pingbei General is really an arrogant junior, and this time he must let him know that he has to pay back when he comes out of this troubled world.

Hu Cai was also thinking that if the other party retreated into Zhongtiao Mountain, lengthened the battle line on his side, and then used an ambush to take advantage of exhaustion, it would probably be bad. I didn't expect the other party to really let the main force reach Xie County's side for a decisive battle.

People in Hedong and Xihe counties all know that this Yishi Hejie County is the only place in this area where there are no mountains and only a few small dirt bags, and it is completely impossible to hide the army. That Yang Feng actually followed Tong Yuan to choose a decisive battle here, it was really unscrupulous.

It's a pity, it's a pity, I'm afraid this is the last time you're arrogant.

Huang Yubu, who was at the forefront of the Tong Yuan Army, could see a large number of infantry of the Baibo Army walking in the forefront from a distance, all of whom were dressed in the same clothes as local farmers, most of them were holding hoes and sickles and other farm tools, and did not have any armor and armor. Others were armed with stones, axes and even long sticks, and only a few had knives or hunting bows.

The formation of the White Polish army is relatively loose and long, and it is estimated that after the two sides fight, it will be difficult for the dreadnought army to fill the entire battle line, and will be surrounded and attacked by the enemy on three sides. When they were tired or retreated, the 5,000 armored elites of the White Polish army at the rear of the queue would come up and harvest the heads.

After reaching a distance of only three hundred paces between the two sides, Huang Yu's 13th Brigade came to a halt, and the archers were ready to meet at any moment. The White Polish army also stopped in confusion, but they didn't care, anyway, this battle would be won.

The two sides sent messengers to each other, and called each other's lords to come out and speak. Tong Yuan thought to himself, "How to fight a war and this set, it's so verbose." ”

Zhang Lu next to him saw that Tong Yuan had no intention of going out, and then said: "Don't disturb the lord, what is the status of the Baibo army, naturally you don't need the lord to go in person." Just go somebody. ”

After Zhang Lu left, Tong Yuan asked Xu Rong beside him: "Does this Baibo army have to shout or fight before the battle?"

Xu Rong said: "The military discipline of the Baibo army is scattered, and they rely on a brave force to fight, and they sometimes gain a psychological advantage by fighting or scolding in front of the battle, which is called to boost morale, but in fact, it is to strengthen the courage of these people who have been plundered as soldiers."

"For example, when you fight a war, you don't like to scold or go head-to-head. In my opinion, a good army is a battle or an ambush is the real war. The same is true for others such as Huangfu Song or Zhu Jun. ”

Tong Yuan asked: "Then is it that the excellent army is less single-handedly and scolding?"

Xu Rong replied: "That's not the case, if your own troops are weak, you don't have time to line up, or even if you are about to be defeated, you can also use these tricks to achieve the effect of delaying the situation." The men in the army admire the brave men with strong martial arts, and they also care more about the name of war, so they need to adapt measures to local conditions. ”

While the two were talking, Zhang Lu had already won the scolding and returned. Although Li Le of the White Bo Army emphasized that they were friendly forces, the party that had been betrayed and attacked, who was Zhang Lu, it was from the Jingdao Sect, a scholar from a poor sect who wandered between the Taiping Sect and other sects. After a lot of verbal scolding, Bai Bo couldn't speak.

However, this is a preparation before the big war after all, and it should still be fought. Many of the small leaders of the White Wave Army shouted loudly: "Brothers! After winning the battle, there are two meals of corn every day, and one meal for the family. Whoever wants to retreat, the whole family suffers! ”

"The Xiliang Army is brutal and unkind, and the Baibo Army eliminates evil for the sky, rush!!"

"Ahhh

Driven by the military officials, an army of 20,000 armed with farm tools slaughtered in front of the dreadnoughts.

After they entered the hundred and twenty steps, they were met with a rain of arrows falling from the sky, and the screams of wailing suddenly overshadowed the shouts, and the morale of the Baibo army instantly fell.

Many farmers were forced to join the White Wave Army as a puppet official because of their families and food. Where have they seen a dense salvo of compound bows.

When I saw the fellows around me being crucified to the ground, or holding the wounds and wailing, the ones who could step forward to save were already heroic warriors, and more people ran away.

When a small number of veterans saw it, they slashed with their knives, and the bloody nature of killing was aroused with one sword, and they showed no mercy to these fleeing "soldiers" at all. When the peasants saw this, they dared to approach and rushed to both sides, and suddenly the momentum of the advance of the White Polish army stopped, and the front team fell into confusion.

At the same time, the bow hunting team of the White Polish Army approached a distance of eighty paces and fired back with arrows.

However, this distance was the limit of the range of such a short single bow, coupled with the panic and haste when drawing the bow, and the need to dodge the arrows of the dreadnoughts. The sparse arrows didn't hit many people at all.

However, the dreadnought's crossbowmen had been preparing for a long time, specifically targeting these people to return fire. Especially at this distance, the White Polish army could not shoot through the armor, and the armored crossbowmen were not afraid at all, and they achieved remarkable results in an instant.

In short, the advance of the White Polish Army was in chaos, and the long-range firing was also an exchange ratio of tens to one.