The terrible horn sounded suddenly, and the men and horses of the battalion of the town standard of the army rushed out of the barracks and assembled towards the only open space in the center of the town.

The shouts of fighting in the distance couldn't stop coming, and the voices of the people around him were boiling, and the Chinese officer circled around the team like a whirlwind, and shouted, "The whole army turns, who will I go outside the town to fight!! ”

In the midst of the sudden response, a whole column of troops marched in the direction of the Zitong River, Wang Fuchen watched for a long time by the side, and ordered the bird gun team and the spear team to follow up.

Unlike the weak military strength of the Zhenbiao battalion, Wang Fuchen's personal guard battalion had more than 4,200 people, including about 800 cavalry. This force can be said to be the work of Wang Fuchen's half of his life, each of them is a veteran of combat experience, fearless and loyal, although it is also a hurried team, but it seems to be orderly, except for the occasional blade collision and a slight cough, there is no noise at all.

When all the troops of the Zhenbiao battalion drove out of the street, the entire courtyard was already empty, and the 4,000 army filled this small open space, and the sound of news passed from one end of the team to the other end of the team.

Wang Fuchen nodded to the officers one by one, without saying a word, silently pulled his bridle and took the lead towards the rear of the town.

Hearing the sound of hunting wind, Wang Fuchen turned his head slightly, looked at his general flag, suddenly hesitated, was silent for a long time, and said to the flag officer, "Change the general flag!" ”

"What?!" The flag officer who has followed Wang Fuchen for decades and can be described as a confidant, was also taken aback at this time, and said in amazement, "Please also show Enshuai?!" ……”

"Change the flag ...... of the King of Han" Wang Fuchen was depressed for a while, turned his head, and waved his hand at the officer, "A few days ago, didn't the King of Han issue the military flag?" …… From today on, let's fly that banner......"

The army marched silently, thousands of strong and strong men looked up, the face of the wind waving the word "Wang" was slowly put down, the flag officer was full of tears, from the hands of the soldiers behind him to go to a pair of fiery red 'color' silk flag, slowly tied to the flagpole, in the hand.

At this time, it was already afternoon, I don't know when, the air was 'overcast' and cloudy, no longer saw a ray of sunshine, the wind was more urgent, this army marched all the way, the fiery red battle flag was swallowed with the wind, as if a flame was constantly jumping, floating, faintly visible "The Twelfth Army of the Han Infantry" eight big characters, close to the gap of the flagpole, there is a small line of regular script marking: "The town army Zhonglang General Wang".

After only half an hour, the battlefield was already in sight, looking forward through the undulating hills, a large cloud of black smoke rose into the air, and the voices of people in front of him seemed to be all at hand, with the occasional sound of bird guns and the roar of small cannons. Wang Fuchen suddenly became excited, as if the lost 'essence' power was continuously injected into his aging body, and even his war horse was jumping endlessly, constantly raising his head and neighing.

At this time, the outpost horse team had already turned around, and the officer leading the team jumped off the war horse from a distance, bowed and said, "Qi Yu En Shuai, a mile and a half away in front, the thief army has already occupied the post station, and dug a trench and antlers on the official road!" He wiped his sweat and added, "More than 1,000 soldiers in Zhou's guerrilla infantry battalion have been intercepted by him on our side, and they are now 'engaged' with them!" ”

"How many enemy troops are there?!" Wang Fuchen asked.

"Hui Enshuai, I really don't know how many real numbers there are, but it is estimated that there should be at least more than 3,000 people!" The officer frowned and shook his head imperceptibly, "They still have some shotguns and small cannons, our people are almost overwhelmed!" ”

was about to meet the enemy, Wang Fuchen didn't ask again, he turned back, slowly inspected his troops, and ordered loudly, "The horse team is all withdrawn to the back, and the infantry army is advancing in the whole team - the spear is in front, the bird gun is in the back, and the sword and card player is in the formation!" ——According to the old rules, it is sorted out and published in àp.(1)(6) Those who kill the enemy are rewarded, and those who retreat are beheaded! ”

"Yes!!" The four thousand men agreed with a bang. The army slowed down, and as it advanced, it spread out in formation, and the huge military formation spread out from the official road to the wilderness on both sides, and in a moment, it had changed from a column to a horizontal column, and the various arms of the troops, such as spearmen, shotspearmen, and sword and shield men, were in their own positions, and between their movements, they were both swift and concise, and they were indeed well-trained 'elite' troops.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, the shouts on the battlefield shook the sky, and in a smoke screen, a large group of Dinan Zhou iron cavalry suddenly killed from behind the infantry, violently impacting the battlefield of scattered 'chaos' entanglement, and suddenly encountered such a fierce blow, the Han infantry who were still struggling to support collapsed, and the routs dropped their heavy weapons one after another, and while rushing towards Hekou Town, they took off their armor and screamed loudly: "The thief has reinforcements again!" …… The thief is pulling reinforcements again!! ……”

At this moment, the army, which had been huge, suddenly appeared behind the official road, with neat banners and strong armor. In the long smoke and dust, the long barrel of the gun pointed obliquely at the sky, the sharp edge, and the cold light flickered.

Wang Fuchen 'drawn' his long knife, pointed straight ahead, and shouted, "Take it down!" ”

The army shouted in unison, and countless spearmen were lowered, and at a glance, it looked like a dense forest of steel. The leading officer shouted the order, and thousands of tied 'legs' stepped forward together, constantly 'pressing' to the front, the armor was heavy, the soldiers were 'chaotic', and the sound of the bang was like thunder, and for a while, whether it was the fleeing Han infantry or the Southern Zhou cavalry who were chasing and killing, they were all taken aback, and the battlefield was miraculously silent with the sound of killing, and after a while, a Han army officer suddenly hissed and shouted, "Brothers...... The handsome man is here...... The handsome man is here! …………”

As if injecting a heart booster, the constantly routed Han infantry immediately turned around and killed back, and dozens of cavalry chased the Southern Zhou cavalry at the forefront by surprise, and were stabbed off the horse by the rout on the spot, and then the 'chaos' blade fell, and was chopped into 'meat' mud in a blink of an eye.

The morale of the Southern Zhou army was greatly depressed, and the post station camp immediately sounded gold, and urgently called the cavalry troops to retreat. Before Wang Fuchen's reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the battle situation had changed dramatically again, and the small units that were fighting in a chaotic manner left their opponents one after another and moved closer to their main forces, and the battlefield was once again clearly distinguished.

Wang Fuchen ignored the stray arrows flying left and right, spurred his horse forward, and shouted at the defeated troops in front of him, "Whose troops?!" ”

The voice came from afar, and a group of defeated soldiers looked at each other, when the Nanzhou army suddenly launched an attack this time, they were still marching, so since the beginning of the battle, there was no complete command system, and most of the soldiers fought in units such as "sentry", "team", "shed", etc., this kind of battle was completely out of instinctive reaction, so although there were more than a thousand soldiers, the resistance efficiency was very low, and it did not last long, if Wang Fuchen's personal guard battalion did not arrive in time, I'm afraid that this remnant army has been eaten by the Southern Zhou army at this moment.

At this time, hearing the main general's question, the few officers in the crowd crowded in front one after another, looking at each other, and one of the officers with the highest rank bowed down and replied, "The 'door' of the Qiyu army, the thousand general kings of the lowly infantry barracks!" He secretly glanced at Wang Fuchen, only to see that the handsome face was silent, unhappy or angry, and his heart became more and more uneasy, and hurriedly explained, "This time we were attacked by the thief army, let's ......."

Wang Fuchen waved his hand, "I know, I don't blame you-" He looked to the rear, and the army behind him had already 'forced' up at this moment, "You immediately go around to the sides and form a team, don't block the military formation!" ”

The flow of people dispersed, the smoke and dust gradually fell, Wang Fuchen could see clearly, the official road in front of him had been dug out of a deep trench by the enemy, on the loess of the high base, there were some wooden 'sticks' and planks scattered on the trees, some of which were just removed from the house of the post station at a glance, and the top had been barely sharpened, facing the direction of their own army. Seeing that the Han army brigade kept approaching, a sharp whistle sounded behind the position, and the infantry with spears in the brigade swarmed up, and the black crows crowded all the gaps, and the eyes were full of spiky 'hair' and 'hair' worms.

Wang Fuchen glanced at the sky, it was already afternoon at the moment, and in two hours, the sky was dark, and the time was extremely urgent, so he decisively ordered, "Spearmen and birds go up!" - Take it down for Lao Tzu! ”

The formation strode forward, and a moment later approached the enemy's position, and at the officer's order, the spearmen stopped with a bang, their weapons pointed diagonally forward, and through the gap in the ground in the front row, the bird's gunners stretched out their guns and fired in unison.

Almost at the same time, a puff of white 'colored' smoke suddenly rose from the fortress, and a loud noise rumbled and rolled over like thunder, small cannons, guns, birds, bows and arrows were all 'shot' at the same time, arrows and bullets flew in all directions, and the entire battlefield was immediately submerged in choking gunsmoke, and a large area of soldiers fell to the ground without saying a word like wheat stalks behind the ball, and the blood and flesh in the array flew sideways, and the blood on the ground flowed in a flash, and suddenly it was red.

Before the second round, the horn of the Han army suddenly sounded, the drums were made in unison, under the cover of the birds, the rear team shield hand suddenly broke out into an earth-shattering shout, swarming forward, towards the southern Zhou army's humble position storm, rushing to the closer, the soldiers were shocked to find that the bottom of the one-person high trench, there were still a lot of bamboo poles upside down, but at this moment, the flow of people was crowded, and the soldiers who rushed to the front did not even have time to make a warning sound, they were pushed down by the follow-up comrades, groaning and falling into the pit, with their own blood. The flesh's body paved the way for the charge.

The shouting of killing became more and more high-pitched, the spearmen on both sides violently confronted each other, the nearly five-meter-long poles slapped each other, stabbed each other, and constantly stabbed the enemy in front of them. Within a moment of engagement, hundreds of officers and soldiers on both sides were killed on the battlefield.

At this time, the shield bearer had already advanced with a short body, 'forced' outside the camp, brandished a long knife and stabbed it along the gap, and when the whole formation was charged, countless people crossed the body, leaning on the shield, and hummed desperately "Hey...... Hey, ......", desperately hitting the wooden fence in front of him, several 'fine' strong men were covered in blood, and at this time they were so killed that they threw off their shields and slashed the fence with a big axe, but after a while, they were stabbed all over by the Zhou army holding a short spear.

"Squeak...... ......The hastily built fence made a terrifying sound, and finally collapsed under the desperate crowding of thousands of people, and suddenly the smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, the sand and soil flew, and the battlefield was blurred, and as far as the eye could see, you could only see a few feet away.

The Han army cheered loudly, the sword and shield hands rushed to the front, and they hacked a large number of Zhou troops to death, and the overseer shouted loudly, and dozens of heralds straightened their throats and shouted, "The shield hand is back!" The shield hand is back!! …… The spearman ...... forward Spearmen forward!! ……”

There was a soft sound of "......", and more than 1,000 spears fell at a 90-degree right angle, pointing straight ahead, and the sharp spearheads were dripping with blood, and many of the guns even had enemy limbs hanging on them. Stepping on the corpses of the enemy and our soldiers, the brigade marched forward violently, approaching the hinterland of the Zhou army step by step, murderous and indomitable.

The formation of the Zhou army was on the verge of collapse, the spear phalanx in the front had already fallen in pieces, countless spearmen, bird guns, and gunners had fled to the rear, and the scattered weapons were left all over the battlefield, at this time the rear of the Zhou army suddenly heard a terrible horn, in the heavy smoke, countless long arrows flew out, and a large number of routs were nailed to death, from the direction of the Han army, the road ahead was a corpse, blood was all over the ground, countless wounded soldiers on the verge of death were wearing long arrows, and they were so painful that they were spasmed, and they wailed loudly at the moment, and slowly crawled towards their own camp, With each crawling step, blood spurted from all four limbs of the body, dragging a long streak of blood on the ground.

The Han army formation was unmoved, and thousands of tied 'legs' stepped forward and fell; Stepping again, falling again, stepping the wounded soldiers on the ground into 'flesh' mud. At this time, the smoke and dust slowly fell, and the front position was exposed, and the Southern Zhou infantry of the brigade formed a huge phalanx, and they were waiting for it at this moment.

"Stop...... On the Shield!! ......" the officer in the front shouted loudly.

Before the words fell, the rain of arrows suddenly came, and the 'shot' knocked down a large number of spearmen, and the follow-up soldiers immediately strode forward to replenish the queue, and by this gap, the sword and shield hands had already pushed through countless large shields and were at the front of the queue.

Wang Fuchen's Chinese army headquarters had already advanced forward, and at this time he was on his horse, holding a monocular, carefully observing the enemy formation in front of him.

According to the visual situation, the enemy's strength is about 2,000 yuan, and the troops are complete, and the morale is not declining. The enemy commander was very courageous, and when he saw the palisade collapse for a moment, he did not care, and still drove the army forward, refusing to take a step back.

After a moment of confrontation, the enemy's arrow rain stopped for a while, and the Han army's bird gunners immediately stepped forward to fire, and the gunfire roared again, but at this moment the two armies were still far away, and they did not wait to give each other a large number of casualties.

A horse from the front army flew in, and when it approached, he reined in his bridles, clenched his fists on his horse, and reported loudly, "Qi Qi Shuai, our army has taken the front line, beheaded more than 1,100, and suffered more than 600 casualties!" - Please show me! ”

Wang Fuchen didn't make a sound, he still squinted his eyes and stared ahead, and after a long silence, he slowly raised his hand and waved his horsewhip forward.

"Order!!" The officer answering loudly, immediately pulled the reins and ran forward.

The shield bearers were in front, the spearmen were behind, the phalanx advanced again, the military drums of the opposite side roared, the archers quickly rushed back to the back of the formation, hundreds of sword and shield soldiers dressed in short clothes swarmed out from the gaps in the array, lined up neatly in front, and suddenly squatted down together, and just behind them, the spearmen roared, took a step forward together, resting the long spear shaft on their shoulders, facing the Han army.

The archers kept firing arrows, and occasionally the birds roared, and at this time, the rear team of the Han army actually pushed over the small cannons and guns abandoned by the Zhou army, and sent them to the front to get close to the bombardment. Before the two armies could take action, a large number of soldiers fell.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded in the rear of the Zhou army, and the sound of shouting and killing came like a 'tide' of water, and the local sound was local, and the Han army suddenly made a big uproar, and the soldiers immediately heard the familiar Qin sound, and involuntarily cheered loudly, "It's our people!" …… It's our locals!! …… The thieves were defeated...... The thieves are defeated......"

The leading officer took the opportunity to give a loud order, and the phalanx immediately sped up and slammed into the Zhou army's formation, and the two armies took on the formation in an instant, and more than a hundred soldiers in the front row were stabbed to death by sharp spears before they could snort. The sword and shield soldiers immediately collided with each other, pressed each other's solid shields against their bodies, waved their swords in their hands, and stabbed them in front of them regardless of the 'chaos'.

The sound of fighting in the rear was 'approaching' again, and a big banner with the word "Zhou" appeared behind the Zhou army, and a large group of soldiers of the Han Army suddenly appeared on the horizon, swooping towards the battlefield, surging, and it seemed to be endless.

The morale of the Zhou army was greatly weakened, and before the commander gave the order, the archers of the rear team immediately turned around and fired arrows and "shot" at the rear, the military heart floated, and the sword and shield men and spearmen in the front row retreated one after another, and the comrades in the rear were huddled together, and the officers who led the team shouted loudly and scolded loudly, and even 'drawn' out their waist knives and slashed and slashed, but at this moment it was useless, and the "chaos" and "chaos" spread immediately like a plague, and in a blink of an eye, the entire phalanx had been pulled, and with the tight attack of the Han army's military formation, the front leaned back and leaned back,' It's a mess.

Seeing that nothing could be done, the commander of the Zhou army immediately raised the general flag and moved towards the wilderness next to him. As soon as the sound of gold sounded, the army formation immediately collapsed, and the soldiers dropped their weapons one after another and fled towards the side of the official road with the main general. All kinds of flags, weapons, and war drums were abandoned in one place, and large areas of the Zhou army broke and fled one after another, and the Han army cheered, and the ranks scattered, closely following the enemy army, and pursued reluctantly.

Wang Fuchen shouted loudly, "Horse team!! …… Colts!! - Cavalry on me!! ……”

Before the words fell, the sound of horses' hooves beside him roared, and hundreds of 'elite' cavalry immediately drove their horses forward to chase and kill the fleeing enemy army.

At this time, the friendly troops in the rear of the Zhou army had rushed to the front of him, Wang Fuchen looked at it, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, only to see this group of troops dressed in the foot barracks, at a glance, he knew that it was Niu Shen General or Zhou's guerrilla subordinates, running all the way through the mountains and wilderness, losing their armor and being embarrassed.

Before he could be cross-examined, in the 'tide' of people who had been defeated in front of him, an officer suddenly came out of the crowd and cried to Wang Fuchen from afar, "...... Checkmate...... Military 'Gate'...... Da Shuai...... Enshuai ...... I am, I am ......"

Wang Fuchen looked at him in disgust, waved his hand at the soldiers who were blocking him, and the officer staggered to his horse and knelt down, his expression still frightened, "Great handsome...... The 'gate' of the Qiyu Army, the humble position is the commander of the Infantry Battalion Niu Shen General Yang Lao Liu......"

"'Bastard' account!!" Wang Fuchen was very anxious in his heart, lifted the horsewhip, and "snapped ......" fiercely 'whipped' his back, and shouted angrily, "What are you panicking about? Slowly say ...... to Lao Tzu"

"Yes, yes, yes! ......" Yang Lao Liuqiang endured the pain and hugged his fists, "Qiqi Dashuai, we have been ambushed, and the team has been scattered!" ……”

Wang Fuchen trembled, and for a while, he only felt that something was rushing up to his throat, he was in a trance, and shook his head, "Cow...... What about people?! ”

"Lord Huiyu Army's 'Gate', Niu Ginseng will be hit by a bird gun and killed on the spot!! ……”

"That'...... Guerrilla ...... Zhou"

Yang Lao Liu's face was miserable, and he said in a trembling voice, "Zhou Guerrilla met the enemy in front and was pierced through the stomach by a spear...... After the brothers desperately rescued them, they were 'shot' by the thieves on their backs, and at this time they were already unconscious, and they were afraid of being humble...... I'm afraid ......"

Wang Fuchen kept trembling, his body shook, and he almost fell off his horse, and the soldiers next to him hurriedly stepped forward to grab the bridle and support his body. He closed his eyes in pain, two lines of 'muddy' tears couldn't help but roll down, and asked in a trembling voice, "Where is Lord Liu Zheng of the artillery battalion?!" ……”

Yang Laoliu kowtowed heavily, and when he raised his head, his forehead was already full of bruises, "Lord Huijun's 'Gate' - lowly incompetent, Lord Liu Zheng's artillery team is at the end, at that time, the thief army suddenly attacked, and our General Niu personally went to lead someone to respond, but unexpectedly, as soon as he rushed out of a hole, he was killed by the thief's bird...... "He said loudly in a hoarse tone with a crying voice, "My lord...... Later, later, most of our people were scattered, and Zhou Guerrilla reluctantly rescued from all sides, gathered the scattered 'chaotic' brothers, and rushed out of the front, and now we are ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Fuchen 'whipped' him again, and said viciously, "'Mess' things, Lao Tzu is asking, how is Lord Liu Zheng and Lord Liu now?!" ”

Yang Laoliu's face was untouched, and he trembled all over, "Qi ...... Qiyu Army's 'door', I don't know if I am lowly......" Seeing that Wang Fuchen's face changed again, he hurriedly added, "...... However, when the humble post came, I heard from the brothers who rushed behind that Lord Liu originally planned to fight with us, but later saw that there were too many enemy troops and the road had been blocked, so he led his troops to break through in the direction of Jianzhou...... At this time, at this time...... I don't know how it is......"

Wang Fuchen put down his horsewhip in a dejected manner, and a group of soldiers and officers around him, everyone was silent, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked in a hissed voice, "How many men and horses do you have left?!" ……”

"Returning to the 'gate' of the army, it is too late to count the inferior ranks, but judging from the number of sentinels in each team, it is estimated that there should be about 2,000 people left......

After an average of 8,000 'elite' sharp, there were only about 2,000 people left!! Wang Fuchen spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "po......of", his body shook and fell 'want', and the soldiers beside him were startled and hurriedly stepped forward to hold him. He coughed violently, wheezed, waved his hand at Yang Lao Liu, and before he could speak, a small group of cavalry in the distance suddenly rushed over and shouted loudly dozens of feet away, "Dashuai!" …… Enlightened handsome...... The enemy brigade was found ahead......"

The sound did not fall, a rumbling drum faintly came, over the figure of the cavalry, everyone looked at it together, a black figure gradually appeared at the end of the official road, horses, shields, spears, small cannons came into view, the banner was neat, the team was clean, flooding the entire wilderness, afraid that there would not be tens of thousands of people.

The sound of hooves is loud, the drum beats very tightly, in the loud bang, this huge army gradually moves forward, the more 'forced' closer, Wang Fuchen looks up awe-inspiringly, a snow-white Daxu is fluttering in the wind in front, and there is a line of big characters on it, "The Great Zhou rebels against the general king".

Wang Fuchen reluctantly raised his 'spirit' spirit, and waved his hand at the herald, "After guarding the camp hall, the whole army will turn around and withdraw to Hekou Town!" ……”