In the distance, the dust covered the sky, and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves had already been heard, and in the bright light of the morning sun, the iron helmets on the heads of those officers and soldiers were dazzling, shining with the sabers raised in their hands, and these cavalry horses rushed up with human heads hanging from their necks and blood-red eyes open.

Hao Dayong led more than 200 cavalry to block the 3,000 iron cavalry of the official army, and blocked them for more than half an hour, except for Hao Dayong and the other three, all of whom were killed. Because of Chen Qiyu's heavy reward, the officers and soldiers all had red eyes, so they didn't want to impact with their lives.

Gao Yingxiang hurriedly ordered his archers and iron troops to seize the terrain of Gaogang and prepare to meet the official army, and at the same time sent someone to tell Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai that they should march separately and go to Xi'an by multiple routes.

You must know that at this time, the peasant army lacked both war horses and weapons, especially long weapons, so it could be said that they were helpless against the cavalry, so they had to divide their troops to advance to minimize their losses.

The herald went, and Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng occupied two highlands on both sides of the road, showing the momentum of horns, each commanding a thousand archers and more than a thousand iron troops, and set up a position and prepared to start a battle.

The remaining more than 30,000 infantry under the two men, led by Liu Zongmin and more than 10,000 people, were on the road not far away, with hundreds of wooden carts in front, and the materials on the vehicles were unloaded, loaded with wood, firewood and grass, and sprinkled with fire oil, and they were ready for battle.

Not long after, the vanguard of the official army rushed not far away, this group of officers and soldiers by a general named You Shilu led, this person was born in a family of officers, very brave, 27 years old this year, when the blood was strong, he saw from a distance that had caught up with the peasant army, very excited, rushed over first, and when he got close, You Shilu found that there were two groups of peasant troops occupying the high slope, tied up the corners, and was stunned, because these people have no horses, they are all infantry, and using soldiers to block the cavalry is tantamount to death.

But when he got closer, he found that these peasant armies had formed a circle, and there were all iron shields outside, and the tips of the spears were exposed outside the shields, but there were no human figures.

Looking further away, there were tens of thousands of peasant troops on the main road, waiting there, and there were hundreds of vehicles in front of the battle.

You Shilu knew that this was the army after the peasant army was broken, and wanted to block them here so that the peasant army could escape. He couldn't help but sneer, tore off the round shield from behind, blocked it in front of him, and shouted: "In a straggler formation, rush with me." ”

The cavalry behind him also used round shields to protect their bodies, and some even protected their horses' heads, followed You Shilu, scattered their formations, and rushed towards the high slopes. He didn't care about Liu Zongmin's men and horses in the distance, but first annihilated the peasant army on the high slopes on both sides, because if he went to deal with Liu Zongmin, the people on the two high slopes would make him suffer from the enemy.

When they rushed to within a stone's throw of land, Gao Yingxiang gave an order, and the two slopes fired arrows in unison, shooting at the official army.

Because the officers and soldiers were in a straggler formation, and they used shields to block their bodies, there were not many arrows, and some of the horses were shot down, but the formation of the officers and soldiers was very thin, and they were all lined up in horizontal columns, so there were not many people who tripped behind, and most of the cavalry still rushed closer and closer.

The peasant army fired three or four arrows, and the officers and soldiers had already rushed down the high slopes, and the slope of the two high slopes was gentle, and the cavalry did not have much difficulty when they rushed up, so they quickly rushed to the front of the peasant army's circular formation.

Gao and Li commanded their soldiers to use spears and iron shields to desperately block the attack of the official cavalry.

The shield-bearers, who were hiding behind their shields, held their shields in one hand and javelins in the other, and from time to time they shot their javelins, stabbing their horses, and then smashing the heads of fallen officers and soldiers with their iron shields.

However, the official army was fierce, You Shilu divided his 3,000 cavalry into two teams, sent a deputy general to besiege Li Zicheng, and attacked Gao Yingxiang with all his might.

On the one hand, those officers and soldiers violently lifted the reins of horses, smashed the iron shield of the peasant army with their horses' hooves, and on the other hand, they slashed with sabers, and the peasant army was infantry in the end, and could not block such an attack.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng had calm expressions, because in their eyes, archers and iron soldiers were just the first line of defense, even if they were crushed, it was nothing.

After another fight, the cavalry finally broke through the corner of the formation and stirred into the circle.

Gao Li and Li ordered at the same time to withdraw from Gao Po and retreat in the direction of Liu Zongmin's men and horses behind.

Thousands of people retreated in unison, leaving hundreds of human and horse corpses on the slope.

You Shilu could not let go of the opportunity to pursue, he ordered the cavalry to rush to the main road, join the army, and charge and fight.

Gao Li and the others fought and retreated, and Liu Zongmin also brought people to meet them, and they let go of their own people and pushed the car to the front, blocking the road.

Hundreds of cars blocked the road tightly, and it stands to reason that these wooden carts could not stop the cavalry, but unexpectedly, Li Zicheng had already thought of this problem when he arranged the car formation, so he asked Liu Zongmin to fill the car with firewood and grass and sprinkle it with fire oil.

By this time the peasant army had all withdrawn, and the cavalry of the officer army had rushed to the wooden cart.

Liu Zongmin gave an order, and the peasant army lit torches together and threw them at the car.

Because the firewood and grass were sprinkled with oil, as soon as it caught fire, it immediately burned, and the firewood and grass had already dried up, but in the blink of an eye, the wooden cars became trains, and they were connected into a piece, and there was no way to save them.

The sky-high fire blocked the road, and the officers and troops could not advance from the main road, so You Shilu had to order a bypass to pursue. There were some wild forests and ravines on both sides of the road, and it was not easy for the war horses to pass, and they watched Gao Li and the others withdraw with their men and horses.

You Shilu gritted his teeth in anger, and ordered to take the spear, and dozens of cavalrymen held the spears and picked up the burning cars.

These cavalrymen also fought hard, the fire was raging, their hair and beard were scorched, some people's sleeves were already on fire, and these people couldn't take care of much, you know, a head of the peasant army was only a tael of silver.

The officers and soldiers picked off the cars with their guns and slowly drove out of a road, and when the last car was picked off the main road, You Shilu took the lead and rushed over.

At this time, Gao Li and the others did not go too far, and the cavalry could catch up in less than half an hour, You Shilu secretly sneered: Look at how many vehicles you can use, this time Lao Tzu has to stick to you like cowhide glue.

Although he only had 3,000 people, he was still full of confidence in the face of tens of thousands of peasant troops, because his men were all cavalry, and they could not fight or withdraw, and the peasant army could not be beaten, chased or chased away, and could only be slaughtered by him.

More than a year ago, Cao Wenzhao used this method to kill Wang Jiayin and Zijinliang, who had ten times more people than him, but in the end they were swallowed by Cao Wenzhao in one bite, and there were no bones left.

You Shilu felt that he could be the second Cao Wenzhao.

The opportunity is right in front of you, how can you let it go, chase!

Not long after chasing, he saw Gao and Li's team from a distance, and the banner was still high, and it seemed that Gao Yingxiang was in the team.

You Shilu ordered his men and horses to be careful with their arrows, and they took their shields in their hands and rushed towards the peasant army fiercely and cautiously.

Surprisingly, when they approached this time, the peasant army did not stop, did not shoot arrows, as if they had not been spotted, and continued to walk unhurriedly.

You Shilu was a little puzzled, afraid of the ambush, so he looked to both sides, only to see that both sides of the road were empty, there were no forests and hillsides, and there was no way to hide the people and horses, so he put aside his worries and ordered the troops to speed up, he wanted to crush this peasant army in one fell swoop.