As soon as he gave the order, the drummers began to throw the torches into the three cauldrons that had been prepared earlier, and the pots were filled with dry dung and wet wood in advance.

The three pillars of smoke rushed straight into the clouds, and they could be seen from ten miles away. [No pop-ups. 】

Ji Mengdie and Li Dang also saw it, and Ji Mengdie immediately picked up the double knife and said to Li Dang: "General Li, Sun Chuanting has sent a signal." ”

Li Dare nodded: "The troops get on their horses and prepare the rockets." ”

The Qin army, which had been ambushed in advance, began to hold the bow and crossbow in their hands, lit the torches, and prepared to release the arrows.

As the smoke rose, there was a sudden thunder in the distance of the rear camp, as if Lei Gong had thrown a drum to the ground, shaking the earth slightly.

Li Dare could hear that it was the sound of countless war horses stepping on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, a black and oppressive cavalry of the official army appeared on the path, and the horse's hooves were flying, rushing towards the Qin camp with murderous energy.

Li Dang stared at it, and saw that this group of officers and soldiers was different from all the Ming troops he had seen, not only in terms of momentum and military appearance, but also in terms of equipment.

Ordinary officers and cavalrymen are armed with sabers and wear leather armor, and only some officers wear iron armor or chain mail. And the team in front of them, all wearing iron helmets and iron armor, the most different thing is the weapon in their hands, not a saber, not a spear, but an iron rod more than three feet long.

Li dared to think that it was a mace, but when the officers and soldiers rushed closer, they found that it was not a mace, because there were not many iron tooth barbs and other things on the stick, it was almost a smooth iron rod.

This team of men and horses is the 1,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry, led by a deputy general under Zu Kuan, named Liu Yihu, he is a native of Liaodong, as soon as the Guanning Iron Cavalry was formed, he was involved in it, killing the enemy bravely, and he was not afraid of death, so he was promoted to the deputy general.

Guanning Iron Cavalry has always been the best paid among the officers and soldiers. Needless to say, when Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan formed this army, they wanted to build it into an iron-blooded army. Therefore, no matter in terms of equipment, horses, personnel quality, and treatment, it is a priority. At that time, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan were both celebrities in the eyes of the emperor, and there was no need to worry about military salaries. Moreover, they expanded their territory and developed agriculture and commerce, and they already had silver in their hands, so that the Guanning Iron Cavalry became a force that was not bad for money, so they could afford to be equipped with iron armor.

At this time, Liu Yihu took the thousand men and horses, galloping, and rushed to the rear camp of the Qin army.

Liu Yihu listened carefully, there was a drum sound in the camp, no need to ask, there were people inside. But there were no soldiers guarding the camp gate, he smiled, it seems that all the men and horses of the Qin army have been transferred to the front to fight a decisive battle, even if there are people in the camp, they will pay attention to the front formation, and not take care of the rear camp.

You're welcome, just rush in and burn it.

Although there was no one in the rear camp, but the gate was closed, Liu Yihu waved his hand, and seven or eight cavalrymen ran up behind him, one of them had a flying claw in his hand, they ran to the front of the gate, hooked the flying claw to the gate, and galloped backwards.

The flying claws were all carrying a long iron chain, and these people tied the iron chain to the belly belt of the horse, and the war horse galloped out, only to hear a bang, and the whole gate had been caught.

The door is open, unobstructed.

Liu Yihu waved his saber and commanded the men and horses to kill them.

These Guanning iron horsemen held the three-eyed eyebolt in their hands, ready to release it when they saw someone. But when they rushed in, there was no one in sight, only the big tents standing in the camp.

Liu Yihu was a little puzzled, how could he hear the drum but not see anyone? So he led the men and horses to the place where the drums were sounding, and when he came closer, he found that there was no one there, but a few sheep were hanging there, and the drums were beating with their hooves.

It's not good, it's a trick.

Liu Yihu was taken aback, and he looked around again, there was dry firewood and withered grass everywhere, but there were not many tents, and there was no heavy grain and grass.

It was an empty camp.

Liu Yihu is a veteran of a hundred battles, and at a glance, he immediately understood, and he shouted: "It's not good, quickly withdraw from the camp." ”

Before the words fell, I heard the sound of locusts flapping their wings in the sky, and when I looked up, countless feathered arrows fell from the sky, and the arrows were burning with flames, and fell on the firewood and grass and the camp tent.

The firewood and grass tents were immediately burned.

When Qin Jun arranged these things, he had already sprinkled them with fire oil, which was ignited when they were caught in the fire.

Suddenly, the entire Qin camp became a sea of fire. There was fire everywhere, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was trapped in it, some soldiers were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, and even their corpses were burned, and some horses were also shot, with rockets on their bodies, and they ran wildly, and they were dizzy and dizzy by the fire.

There was also a road in the rear camp, but it had already been blocked by a cart of firewood and grass, and there was only one way to enter. Liu Yihu was so anxious that his eyes were on fire, and he shouted loudly, asking everyone to take the road and withdraw from the camp, but at this time, even the smoke and fire, the entire rear camp could no longer see clearly, so he could only rush and bump into each other.

Liu Yihu grabbed a three-eyed gun, tom ”

At this time, he no longer dared to rush forward, lest the Qin army still have an ambush in front of him.

After listening to Liu Yihu's order, the soldiers behind jumped off their horses, waved iron rods, and picked up the burning firewood and grass little by little.

As soon as he saw the road open, Liu Yihu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately got on his horse and rushed out of the camp.

At this time, the thousand Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, even burned to death and shot, nearly 300 people have died, and many of the rest are injured, either arrow wounds or burns, and they are embarrassed.

It's not bad, it's not all wiped out. Liu Yihu rushed out of the back camp with these 700 people.

As soon as he rushed out, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a shout of killing, and when he looked up, a group of cavalry rushed out from the left and right sides in front of him, and besieged them.

Liu Yihu roughly calculated, and there were 2,000 people on the other side.

If you change to another officer or army, fall into an ambush, break a third of your men and horses, and you don't know how many people are wounded, and then you encounter ambushes several times more than yourself, it is strange that the whole army is scattered. But Guan Ning Tieqi is really not an ordinary person.

In their heads, there was never a concept of running away without a fight.

They are well-armed, well-trained, obedient to commands, and fearless of life and death.

Liu Yihu is also a fierce general, as soon as he saw the enemy coming, he came to the spirit, and shouted: "Reorganize the team and prepare to attack." ”

Fang was in the camp, and his enemy was fire. This enemy cannot be defeated, only flee, and the enemy in front of him is a man, as long as it is a man, he is not afraid. The Houjin cavalry is known as the first in the world, and in the eyes of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it is also the general of the defeated army, not to mention this group of stragglers and brave peasant army.

His soldiers were also in the same mood as the main general, and they were so angry that they were venting at this time. So the men and horses began to regroup, integrate, and line up in formation.

The two sides were less than a stone's throw away, and Liu Yihu waved his sword, led the 700 or so people, and rushed up against the Qin army.

This is the first time that the two sides have gone head-to-head.

In the past, when they were under the city of Xi'an, Li Kang and Ziyi led the cavalry to defeat the official army, but at that time, Cao Wenzhao had already left the battlefield with three thousand Guanning iron cavalry, but he chased and killed Zhang Xianzhong, so the two sides did not really fight.

Gunfire erupted.

Guan Ning Iron Cavalry each had a three-eyed gun in his hand, and when he was about a foot away, he shot at the Qin army in front of him.

Although the Qin army is powerful, where has he ever seen such a style of play, the two sides are too close to dodge at all.

Fortunately, this is a small road, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry cannot be fully deployed, and the people who rushed in front were more than 20 people, and after these more than 20 shots, more than 20 people in the Qin army fell off their horses.

Before the Qin army behind them had time to be surprised, the men and horses on both sides collided.

For a time, the battlefield was overturned, the light reflected the sun, and the earth-shattering shouts spread throughout the field.

The two teams of men and horses are mixed in one place, due to the narrow terrain, many soldiers are horses next to the horse's head, crowded together, not to mention the vertical horse loop, galloping back and forth, even if the weapon is a little longer can not be used.

Li Dang saw how this could be done, and immediately ordered to outflank, so the Qin army behind began to circle around, preparing to copy behind the official army.

Liu Yihu also has the same confusion, the most powerful thing in Guan Ning's iron cavalry is the three-eyed gun, but now everyone is huddled together, they can only wield a saber, the three-eyed gun is three feet long, and they can't move at all, if they continue to fight like this, their own people and horses will suffer a big loss.

So he shouted an order, divided a group of men and horses, and went to the back to fight the outflanked Qin army.

In this way, the battlefield was divided into two groups of men and horses to fight, and the cavalry finally had room to gallop on horseback.

Li Kang had already kept an eye on Liu Yihu, saw that he was the chief general of the whole army, and was determined to capture and kill this person first. He sent a few people around Ji Mengdie and told them that no matter what, don't let Miss Ji rush up, even if it is tied up, leave her in a safe place.

Then he took a team of elite horsemen, quietly retreated a few dozen paces, and gave the order to go, dividing his men and horses into two sides and giving way to the middle.

Li Dang led this group of elite horsemen, whipped his horses suddenly, and rushed towards the enemy like crazy.

Kankan rushed in front of the enemy's eyes, and the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry in front of him knew that he was going to charge into battle, so he hurriedly raised his three-eyed gun and hit Li Kang.

When Li Dang saw this thing, he didn't know what it was for, but after handing it over, he found that the officers and soldiers lit the fire rope on the iron rod, there was a sound, and a puff of fire smoke came out of the mouth of the stick, and then the oncoming person was knocked off his horse, although he didn't know what this thing was, but he also added caution, and when he rushed into battle, he hid an iron shield on the back of the horse.

At this time, he saw that the oncoming enemy army had raised an iron rod against him, and there were three black holes in the mouth of the rod, and he knew that it was not good. So he immediately pushed the iron shield in front of him.