Zhan Heng is a self-righteous person, ambitious and talented, but extremely self-esteem, the defeat of Xizhou is regarded by him as a great shame, this revenge cannot but be avenged, and Zhan Heng did not put the Jin army in his eyes, he felt that the defeat of Moyang was not because of his own command error, but because of Chen Tu's spy, if not, how could the Jin army be his opponent? It was out of this psychology that Zhan Heng sought to fight with the Jin army again and wash away his shame.

Li Xun only left 3,000 people to defend the city, and personally led 48,000 soldiers to pursue, which can be described as a desperate dispatch, Zhan Heng sought a battle, and Li Xun did the same, hoping to fight to the death.

Li Xun was not in a hurry to catch up and fight immediately, but walked forward without being fast or slow from Zhan Heng twenty miles away.

When there were still thirty miles away from Giant Rock City, Zhan Heng ordered the whole army to stop, and the three armies lined up to prepare for a decisive battle.

A fast horse galloped over, and when it was a hundred meters away, the cavalry stopped and shouted loudly: "My general has been waiting in formation two miles away, and you and I can fight here." ”

When Li Xun heard this, he laughed: "Tell your general, I also have this intention, you and I will put up a position and fight in a dignified manner." ”

When the cavalry heard Li Xun's words, they turned their horses and galloped away.

Shan Qiu was puzzled: "What does this leading Western Regions Lord General think? Garrisoning Boulder City is the best policy, and a decisive battle with us here is definitely not the best policy! ”

Zhao Wei also shook his head: "It's really unreasonable." ”

Li Xun said with a smile: "This is our opportunity, don't let it go, let's prepare for a fight." ”

After that, Li Xun issued an order, Shan Qiu commanded the main force of the infantry, Yu Yanhui and Li Changchun were the deputy generals, Wang Dezhao led the main force of the cavalry, and Yuan He and Zhao Wei were the deputy generals.

On Zhan Heng's side, the 80,000 army had also set up a formation, and as Li Xun's army slowly approached, the breath of death became stronger and stronger.

Li Xun here, 15,000 cavalry, 25,000 infantry, a full 40,000 people, and 8,000 soldiers, led by Li Cunxiao and Hou Quan, separated from the main army by about 20 miles, to guard against possible enemies, because Brother Ji led 20,000 people back to Chengzhou State, but it should not have entered the country yet, the news here is spread, Zhan Bai is likely to order him to lead the army back, to deal with Li Xun, has to be guarded.

The drums sounded.

The vision of the two armies could already see each other, Zhan Heng's blood was boiling, he drew his long sword and swung it forward, and roared loudly: "Attack." ”

Li Xun nodded at Shan Qiu, who began to give orders one by one, and the left and right heralds conveyed Shan Qiu's combat orders with the sound of horns.

10,000 sword and shield soldiers were at the front, 5,000 archers were in the center, 10,000 spearmen were behind, and the last 15,000 cavalry were hundreds of meters apart, lined up at the rear.

There are few cavalry in the Western Regions, 80,000 troops in Zhan Heng's hands, and less than 8,000 cavalry, and the 5,000 cavalry of this first wave of impact suffered a strong blow from the 5,000 archers of the Jin army.

The war has begun, Zhao Wei pointed to the battle situation ahead and said: "The other party's main general seems to be just a general person, who does not talk about strategy, only relies on a group of bravery, and lets the soldiers die in vain." ”

Yuan He said lightly: "The country of Chengzhou was broken, the grain and grass in the rear were destroyed, the morale was shaken, and the people's hearts were floating, we will win this battle." ”

Wang Dezhao also said with a smile: "The two generals are right, we will win this battle." ”

Although the army of the Western Regions has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, Li Xun seems to be trapped in Zhenshi City, but after the development of the war situation, the state of Cheng Zhou was broken, the old nest behind Zhan Bai broke out in turmoil, and the Qi City where the grain and grass were gathered was destroyed, a series of things were all superficial Zhan Bai's external strength and middle cadres, and Li Xun Although the strength was weak, he was always able to hold together, concentrate all his strength, and when the opportunity appeared, he broke out with all his strength, on the other hand, Zhan Bai, internal instability, people's hearts floated, each with their own ideas and thoughts, looking strong, In fact, it is just a rabble.

This time to send troops to the Western Regions, Wang Dezhao's subjective will is opposed, he feels that it is too risky, and from the heart, he does not want to accept Li Xun's command, he has been in the army for many years, and he has worked hard to get to this point, what about him Li Xun? It's just relying on relationships, this is emotional rejection, but Wang Dezhao didn't show it.

However, Li Xun, as the highest military and political commander in the western part of Longyou, coerced him with strong means, and Wang Dezhao had no choice but to obey.

But after this period of contact, Wang Dezhao was surprised to find that he had slowly integrated into Li Xun's group, Li Xun's subordinates, united, comfortable, bright, Li Xun's talent is average, but he is good at admonishment, dare to delegate power, Sima Tu, Fan Zhongyun and others are strategic, each general, no matter whose official is big or small, can express their own opinions, express their opinions, right to be adopted, wrong and there is no blame and contempt, in this environment, to be honest, Wang Dezhao is very comfortable.

And now it seems that Li Xun intends to occupy the land of the Western Regions, Wang Dezhao used to think that this was an obvious infatuation, but now that the opportunity has come, maybe there is really this possibility.

What a glory it is to occupy the entire Western Regions? It's heartwarming to think about.

Zhan Heng's army took the initiative to attack, the first wave of 5,000 cavalry experienced seven or eight rounds of volleys from the Jin army, and suffered heavy losses, although they finally rushed to the Jin army, but the number of people had lost most of them, and it did not pose much threat to the overall formation of the Jin army.

The follow-up army of more than 70,000 troops from the Western Regions slowly approached, the archers retreated, put down their longbows, and exchanged them for melee weapons.

Wang Dezhao's side also divided his troops into two routes, attacking from the left and right flanks.

In the face of a large number of Jin cavalry, the army of the Western Regions was a little flustered, Zhan Heng was a fool, but there was no lack of talent among the generals under him, at the moment of crisis, the two generals did not report to Zhan Heng, but immediately organized the troops and horses of the headquarters, and they were also divided into two formations, facing the Jin cavalry who came to attack, and the war between the two sides officially broke out.

Brother Ji's side has already entered the territory of Chengzhou and is heading towards Xingcheng, the national capital.

Li Xun ordered Hou Quan's troops to shrink and let Ji Ge's army in, Hou Quan naturally obeyed the order, withdrew the border defenders, and concentrated all of them in Xingcheng, waiting for the enemy, Ji Ge did not encounter any resistance, and smoothly entered the territory of Chengzhou.

Zhan Bai's order had been transmitted to Ji Ge's army late last night, but Ji Ge didn't pay attention to it at all, he had long been fed up with Zhan Bai's fingers, couldn't his own army be the master?

Brother Ji continued to lead the army and concealed Zhan Bai's orders, and his lieutenant Shang Zhidan had no knowledge of it.

Li Cunxiao, who was about twenty miles away from Li Xun, soon got the news of the scout, and Brother Ji did not lead the army back, but continued to advance, so far, there was no worries, Li Cunxiao immediately turned around and led 8,000 soldiers to the main battlefield.