In the rumbling drums, tens of thousands of elites of the Liang Army slowly pressed up from the rear, and Xia Long, the general of the former Tianping Army, had a gloomy face and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

In the sound of swishing feather arrows, the group training who fled back fell to the ground screaming, and when these people fell, their faces were full of disbelief, they actually died in the hands of their own people.

"Shout, live to the former, die to the latter!" Xia Long snapped.

The long knife men lined up in a neat line, and the large knives with cold light in their hands slashed down with the sound of the wind, and those who retreated, whether officers or soldiers, fell to the ground one after another.

"Live to the former, die to the latter!" One shout after another spread throughout the battlefield.

The retreating group came to a halt amid the dense flow of crossbow arrows and the light of the swords, and the death of their companions confirmed them that the people behind them were not joking at all.

Born to the former, die to the latter.

They turned around and turned their heads towards the camp in front of them again.

Peng Ming glanced at Xia Long's figure in the distance with great resentment, turned his horse's head suddenly, and roared loudly: "Follow me, live on the former, and die to the latter." ”

His family was originally a powerful landlord in Bianzhou, with hundreds of hectares of land and thousands of private soldiers, and he has always been a hardcore supporter of the Liang army. He hated the Tang Army because of the Tang Army's land policy, and according to the system of the Beidi Imperial Court, his family would lose the wealth accumulated by the generations.

Therefore, when Cao Xuanzheng was training the group, he did not hesitate to bring all his private soldiers, his own grain and grass, and his own weapons to gather into the army.

In fact, the regimental training from all over the country that was gathered this time was basically the same situation as his, and unlike the ordinary people, their combat effectiveness in these regimental exercises was still quite strong.

After assembling, he was shocked by the scale of the Liang army this time, so he also had the belief that he would win, and felt that the Tang army on the opposite side would inevitably be vulnerable in the face of such a huge force.

But reality hit him hard.

In the half-day attack, the battlefield was full of corpses, and the trenches that were several meters deep were filled with corpses. But the camp of the Don Army still stood in front of them.

Their retreat was not out of fear, Peng Ming thought that all the regimental exercises that took the lead in attacking had proved their bravery to Cao Xuan, but they also needed to rest, and they also needed to eat, drink, rest, and accumulate strength in order to attack again.

They came to fight the Don Army voluntarily, they were for their own property, their own glory.

But it is clear that the current situation is that Cao Xuan treats them as disposable consumables. Want to use the lives and blood of all of them here to pave a bloody road to open the camp of the Tang Army.

He couldn't figure out why this was happening.

Wouldn't it be better to let them rest and recuperate, and then launch an attack? What good will it do for the future girder to let them be consumed in such a battle in vain? He did so, will anyone come to help them in the future?

In the midst of all the confusion, Peng Ming, with the remnants of his men and horses, roared and rushed towards the Tang army camp again.

They have no choice.

Forward, or a way out.

Cao Xuan is very calm on the surface, but deep down, he is also extremely bitter.

He is not only a general, he is also a festival envoy who once governed one side, and naturally understands that now he is killing chickens and eggs, after this battle, if he wins, he still has the opportunity to appease people's hearts, if he loses, then the Liang army will lose more than just territory.

But he couldn't help it, because he had just received the message. Huang Fenghua's cavalry on the right flank had already failed, and now they were there, just trying their best to delay, leading Chen Changping's cavalry to pursue them.

If Huang Fenghua's defeat was still in his expectation, another military situation made him suspicious. A cavalry of the Tang Army, which they had not expected before, suddenly appeared in Madian, which was less than eighty miles away from Changyuan.

And that cavalry is the famous ranger in the Tang army sequence.

Eighty miles, for the rangers, at most half a day's effort, will arrive. If they can't take the Tang army camp in front of them before dark, this battle will be a complete failure for them.

Regardless of the outcome of the battle on Xu Chong's side, on the whole, they all lost.

He had to take down the Tang soldier battalion in front of him, and completely annihilate the nearly 20,000 Tang soldiers in it.

Now that he had given up the attack from the north and south, leaving only the cavalry to watch, and concentrating all his forces on the west, that is, he would not hesitate to bury the lives of more than 20,000 regiments of young and strong people with corpses and human lives.

He has fought with the Tang Army many times, and he has lingering fears about the Tang Army's bows, crossbows, fierce fire and oil bombs and other weapons, so letting these regiment trainers rush to the front, consume the opponent's materials, and try his best to exhaust the Tang Army, is his only thought at the moment.

Even if 20,000 pigs stand in line for the Tang army to chop, it will make them tired enough, not to mention, the current training of 20,000 regiments is really not bad.

"The Chinese army moves forward, beat the drums to help!" Cao Xuan ordered.

Cao Xuan's lonely throw forced Liang Junlian to launch waves of decisive attacks towards the Tang army camp like crazy, and Li Rui's pressure was getting heavier and heavier. The opponent does not attack the north and south, which does not mean that he can completely abandon the defense in these two directions, because the cavalry of the Liang army has been fighting in these two directions, and will come up from time to time to harass them. Therefore, although some troops were withdrawn to leave, he still maintained considerable strength in the north and south directions.

And by this time, Cao Xuan's main force was still not moving. He's a full 20,000 elites!

"Integrate the young and strong, top to the front line!" After thinking for a moment, Li Rui said: "Take turns to replace each team into the second layer of defense." ”

"General Li, Qingzhuang is on top, I'm afraid that the casualties will be very large." One of the soldiers said in a low voice: "These people have only received limited military training. ”

Li Rui pointed to the desperate Liang army on the opposite side, and said, "Look at the other side, if our main force doesn't get rest and is broken through the camp by Cao Xuan, will these young men be able to survive?" Tell them, "Today you will either die or I will die." If you want to live, you have to fight hard. ”

The army was silent for a moment, then turned and flew away.

The Tang army began a large-scale rotation, and groups of young men received weapons and rushed to the front line, while the withdrawn troops entered the second layer of defense one after another, seizing all the time, eating, drinking, treating, and resting.

The large-scale rotation immediately shook the first line of defense of the Tang Army, even if these young men had desperate intentions, their combat ability and skills were far from comparable with the soldiers.

Half an hour later, the first line of defense was breached in several places. With Li Rui's order, the entire first line of defense was completely abandoned, and the withdrawn Tang army retreated into the second line of defense in the camp.

And this was something that Liang Jun didn't expect.

They didn't expect that the Tang Army actually set up a second line of defense in their own camp.

Compared with the first line of defense, the entire Tang Army's defensive position was suddenly reduced by half.

Peng Ming limped in front of Cao Xuan with a spear, dripping blood all the way along the way. As the first regimental training to break through the Tang Army's defense line, his bravery was naturally seen by everyone.

"Shuai, we did our best. I have 1,120 sons in Pengjiazhuang, and now there are only 123 left, and I really can't afford to fight anymore, so please allow us to withdraw and rest." Throwing away the spear, Peng Ming fell to his knees in front of Cao Xuan with a thud.

Cao Xuan's face was a little ugly, originally he wanted to continue to drive these people forward to attack. But at this time, looking at the eyes of the surrounding generals, Cao Xuan had to put away this thought.

It can't be forced anymore, otherwise not only will these regiments mutiny, but other generals will also have a sense of sadness for the death of rabbits and foxes, and they must now be under their own control not only of their own Tianping Army, but also of the Xuanwu Army. And Peng Ming, the leaders of the regimental training, not only knew these generals of the Xuanwu Army, but many of them were relatives and friends.

"Peng Tuan's training has worked hard, and I have seen your bravery." personally stepped forward to help Peng Ming, "You have completed the task, next, it's up to us!" ”

Hearing this, Peng Ming breathed a sigh of relief, his legs were weak, and he fainted like this.

"Come on, help Peng Tuan Lian to go down and rest, and find a doctor to treat his injuries." Cao Xuan said loudly.

When Peng Ming was carried away, Cao Xuan glanced at the surrounding generals, and his eyes finally fell on Xia Long: "Xia Long, you will be the main attacker next." ”

If you drive the generals of the Xuanwu Army again, I am afraid that these people will be disgusted, and in the battle to break through the first line of defense, it is all Xuanwu people who die. Even in Cao Xuan's eyes, everyone is now a grasshopper on a rope, but in the eyes of others, they don't necessarily see it this way.

Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, he can only send his own Tianping army. This is also a balance that must be struck.

The Tang army was not unable to hold and be repulsed, they took the initiative to retreat. Cao Xuan saw this very clearly, which could be seen from the long-range weapons such as the strong crossbows that they calmly took away. Like that kind of large trebuchet, although they did not take it away, but they dismantled the most critical parts of it, these big guys who still stood above the first line of defense, now for Liang Jun, there is no use at all.

The smaller the defensive circle, the stronger the resistance. Of course, the harder they will suffer.

"Gather all our trebuchets and give me a blast first!" Cao Xuan's voice was cold. "Sharon, before it gets dark, I'm going to take this camp."