Meng Jisi led an army of 10,000 on a rugged official road to march quickly, Meng Jisi, like He Quan, is Ma Sui's right-hand man, and has followed Ma Sui for decades, compared to He Quan's selfishness, Meng Jisi is more loyal to Ma Sui, and more self-disciplined, and there has never been any scandal.

Meng Jisi is also a veteran, almost sixty years old, making a fifty-pound big knife, riding on a war horse majestic, old and strong.

The south bank of the Yangtze River is not easy to walk, the hills are undulating, the forests are lush, the people are sparse, the so-called official road is just a small road overgrown with weeds, the ground is uneven, the road is potholed, and it is extremely difficult to walk.

The 10,000 troops had walked for a whole day, and the soldiers were exhausted, and they came to an open area, in front of which was a shallow river, the water was crystal clear, and on both sides were undulating fields, and the field of vision was very open, and in the distance there was a forest more than ten miles away, and the grass was fortunately not high, like a shallow layer of soft blanket.

It was indeed a good place to camp, Meng Jisi immediately ordered to camp in place, and the soldiers cheered and ran towards the field.

The 10,000 troops were buried in the pot to cook, they were full of food and drink, the soldiers spread out blankets, looked at the starry sky, the moonlight was like silver, and soon, the exhausted 10,000 soldiers fell asleep soundly.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and when the time reached two watches, a huge cavalry appeared next to the forest more than ten miles to the west, with 20,000 people, and the main generals were Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying.

It is about one hundred and fifty miles away from Gangneung, and 20,000 cavalry arrived here one day earlier than the enemy.

The starlight and moonlight tonight are very good, paving the earth with a layer of silver radiance, and the situation in the distance is clearly visible, which is also a good opportunity for the Jin army to launch a night attack.

"There are more than ten miles here, the distance is too far, killing the past will give the other party enough time to prepare for the battle!" Yang Xuanying reminded in a low voice.

Pei Xin nodded, he looked around again, the north was also a forest more than ten miles long, only about three miles away from the enemy camp, he pointed to the north woods and said: "You take 10,000 enemy troops around the north woods and attack from the northeast, the enemy army will inevitably flee to the west, and I will intercept them from the west." ”

"Humble duty understood."

Yang Xuanying waved his hand, "The first army will come with me!" ”

He led 10,000 cavalry north, rounded the woods a few miles away, and then turned east.

In less than half an hour, Yang Xuanying led 10,000 cavalry in place, and they were located in the northeast of the enemy's army, only three miles away from the enemy's camp.

Pei Xin did not stipulate the time of the attack, everything was decided by Yang Xuanying himself, in fact, Pei Xin gave him a chance to become the main general, and he led the army to attack the enemy army.

Yang Xuanying's heart was really nervous, and his heart was pounding, but he knew that there was no need to assassinate the patrol posts at this time, even if the patrol found them, it would be too late.

Yang Xuanying's heart was crossed, and he shouted sharply: "He took the lead, waved his spear and rushed towards the enemy, and 10,000 cavalry followed him, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rose, like a muffled thunder rolling through the sky."

Ten thousand cavalry rushed like a flood to the enemy camp three miles away, but they ran less than a mile before they were spotted by the patrol soldiers, who sounded the horns of urgent military information, 'Woo-woo! Woo! ”

Meng Jisi, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened, and he immediately felt that the earth was trembling, and bursts of thunder came from the northeast.

"Not good!"

Meng Jisi, who had been fighting in the south and north for many years, immediately realized that this was an attack by enemy cavalry, and he shouted: "The whole army rises up and ranks up!" ”

The soldiers were also awakened by the trembling of the earth, and they hurriedly got up, dazed and at a loss, and the generals rushed and shouted, "Queue up to meet you!" ”

At this time, the cavalry was like a raging sea tide that had already killed a hundred paces away, and it was too late to line up, let alone deploy archers, spearmen and other formations, and the soldiers in the north were shocked by the terrifying momentum of the Jin cavalry, and they were so frightened that they retreated.

"Don't go back, go up!" Meng Jisi shouted loudly.

Ma Sui's army far surpassed Liu Pi's army in terms of morale and training, and when it was attacked by the cavalry of the Jin army at night, it was still able to respond to the battle in a hurry, and there was no situation of collapse without a fight, which was also a bit unexpected by Yang Xuanying and Pei Xin.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the cavalry rushed into the ranks of the enemy troops, the horses neighed, the soldiers screamed wildly, and the horses galloped in the clearing, spears stabbing the enemy soldiers.

In the case of equal strength, if there is no infantry with a large array of spears, the infantry is basically no match for the cavalry, this is a natural difference in strength and speed, if the morale of the infantry is a little lower, it is a one-sided slaughter.

After the initial panic, the Ma Sui army quickly began to assemble and counterattack, but at this time, another 10,000 cavalry came from the west, and the flanking attack of 20,000 cavalry finally made the Ma Sui army unable to resist and began to break and flee.

At this critical moment, the collapse of a very small number of soldiers would trigger a full-scale avalanche, and the army of 10,000 would finally collapse, and they would rush across the shallow river and flee to the south.

The cavalry pursued all the way, shouting: "Those who surrender will not be killed!" Those who surrender do not kill! ”

The soldiers surrendered on their knees, Yang Xuanying had been looking for the enemy commander, he led a cavalry to run for three miles, but was blocked by a group of more than 100 enemy infantry.

One of the opposing horseback veterans is the enemy commander Meng Jisi, both of them are looking for each other, Meng Jisi's only hope is to kill the enemy general, maybe they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

"Ignorant child, give me my life!"

Meng Jisi shouted, urging the war horse to gallop over, swinging his knife and slashing at Yang Xuanying, as fast as lightning.

Yang Xuanying only felt a cold light slashing towards his neck, and he sneered, "It's a good time!" ”

He leaned over the knife, the spear stabbed the opponent's lower abdomen, Meng Jisi hurriedly closed the knife to block, the two fought together, Meng Jisi's knife skills are exquisite, experienced, and Yang Xuanying is Hongnong Yang's family marksmanship, known as the world's first gun, even Pei Xin has to learn marksmanship from Yang Xuanying.

The two fought fiercely for twenty rounds, and Meng Jisi was over sixty years old, and his follow-up was weak, and he gradually couldn't resist.

Yang Xuanying became more and more courageous, and the speed became faster and faster, at this time, Meng Jisi slashed the air with a knife and almost fell off the war horse, he secretly screamed that it was not good, but Yang Xuanying seized the opportunity, grabbed his back waist silk, dragged him off the war horse, and shouted: "Tie up!" ”

Several pro-soldiers rushed up, pressed Meng Jisi to the ground, and tied him firmly, Meng Jisi sighed, stopped struggling, and let the enemy soldiers push him away.

Yang Xuanying saw that the opponent's weapons and war horses were good, and ordered the soldiers to accept them and become his trophies.

The capture of the main general made the Ma Sui army completely lose the will to fight, and the way out in all directions were blocked by the opposing cavalry, and the soldiers of the Ma Sui army had no way to escape, so they had to put down their weapons and surrender on their knees.

As the day drew bright, groups of prisoners of war were listlessly escorted westward, with three thousand cavalry escorting them on either side.

This time the southern expedition Guo Song set the tone in advance, and tried to capture the enemy as much as possible, these young and strong men are valuable population wealth, and they cannot be killed indiscriminately.

In this night attack on the enemy, 10,000 enemy troops were killed and wounded nearly 2,000 people, of which 1,000 were killed and more than 700 wounded, while the Jin cavalry suffered nearly 400 casualties.

In order to prevent unnecessary prisoner of war riots, Pei Xin has publicly told more than 8,000 prisoners of war that they are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty and will not embarrass them, and that all prisoners of war will be released directly after the end of the war, which undoubtedly reassures the prisoners of war.

The prisoners of war will be escorted to Gong'an County, 40 miles away, where a temporary prisoner-of-war camp has been established.

Pei Xin left only 3,000 cavalry to escort the prisoners of war, while he led the rest of his army south along the perimeter of Dongting Lake, and surrounded the 10,000 troops led by Ma Sui with the 20,000 troops of Guo Song, the king of Jin.

After marching northwest for three days with an army of 10,000 men, Ma Sui crossed Zishui and arrived in Yiyang County, where they replenished supplies and Ma Sui let the army rest for half a day.

Yiyang is not Ma Sui's territory, but Liu Pi's territory, Ma Sui did not disturb the people, ordered the army to rest outside the city, and asked the quartermaster to go to the city to purchase a batch of medicinal materials.

In a rather small marching tent, Ma Sui stood alone in front of the map and pondered, he also had a trace of worry in his heart, this worry came from the fact that he didn't know the details of the Jin army, how many Jin soldiers attacked Jiangling County? What is the situation in Gangneung County now? What happened to Meng Jisi?

Fighting a war is about knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, but he doesn't know anything about the situation of the Jin army now, and Liu Pi's distress letter to him is also vague.

This unknown did not fit Ma Sui's style, which made him a little hesitant, which is why he let the soldiers rest for half a day, and he needed to straighten out his thoughts.

At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported: "Old general, Wen joins the army and asks for an urgent matter!" ”

Wen joined the army as the quartermaster sent by Ma Sui to buy medicinal materials in the city, Ma Sui couldn't help but be stunned, what urgent matter would there be? Could it be that Wen Senjun got any important news in the city?

Ma Sui hurriedly said, "Let him in!" ”