The withered grass covers the ground, and the autumn rolls the sky and clouds.

At the end of August of the second year of Jianshuo, the first round of clashes between the Black Flag Army and the Jurchen Western Route Army broke out in the wilderness northeast of Yanzhou City on the night of August 23.

At that time, considering the existence of Hai Dongqing in the Jurchen army and the blatant surveillance of Xiaocanghe, it was difficult for the sneak attack of the Jurchen army to be effective. However, out of probability, before the frontal battle began, the middle and upper echelons of the Black Flag Army still prepared a sneak attack, and their plan was to make one of the hot air balloons fly over the Jurchen military camp and drop explosives on Wan Yan Lou's tent before the Jurchens realized the full effect of the hot air balloon.

The bombing time was chosen at night, and if it could be lucky enough to blow up Yan Lou's room, the Black Flag Army would have no trouble relieving the danger in the northwest. And even if the explosion occurred near the Shuai tent, the Jurchen military camp would inevitably panic if it was suddenly attacked, and then Han Jing's 4,000 troops would attack the camp, and it was very likely that the Jurchen army would collapse.

At this time, the direction of the hot air balloon - no matter what time it is - is a huge problem, but during this period of time, the hot air balloon operators in Xiaocang River have also initially grasped the trick. The flight of the hot air balloon is still controllable in the general direction, because the direction of the wind is not consistent at every height in the air, and in this way, the flight of the hot air balloon can be determined to a certain extent. However, due to the low accuracy, the location of the hot air balloon in the air is still not too far away from the Jurchen camp.

For this reason, the hot air balloon was finally discovered by the Jurchen scouts before it lifted off, perhaps because God didn't want the Black Flag Army to win too easily here. After that, Chen Xing, the leader of the Black Flag Army Special Regiment, decisively chose to give up the task and withdraw at high speed, and Han Jing naturally had to give up the plan of attacking the Jurchen at night.

However, after this, the Jurchen general Sakhalin Kanmu led more than 1,000 cavalry to follow, and there was friction with Han Jing's team during the night. What was supposed to be a tentative friction quickly escalated. Perhaps something neither side expected.

This Jurchen general Sakhalin was originally under the command of Wanyan Lou Mur, and the people he led were the elite of this Western Expedition. They went south all the way, and they were brave and fearless on the battlefield, and the Han army in front of them often collapsed under one or two charges.

The two sides took a look at each other, running in formation, riding and shooting. At first, it was fairly orderly, but after all, it was night. After two rounds of entanglement, Sakhalin remembered Yan Lou's order to want the flying thing, and began to tentatively intersperse with the other side, and the first round of conflict broke out.

Han Jing's cavalry, where is the fuel-efficient lamp. is the most fatal group of people in Luliang Mountain, when there is no food to eat, hang their heads on the waistband of their trousers, and it is common to fight with others. Many of them also participated in the battle against the resentful army of Xia Village. When Xiaocanghe's Black Flag Army defeated the 150,000 Western Xia army, these men who were already full of arrogance were already eager for a battle.

And the most fatal thing is that since this year, Ning Yi has publicized the battle of Dong Zhiyuan in Qingmu Village and Xiaocanghe, when Yu Zangma led the light cavalry to threaten the team, Zhou Huan, the chief of staff of the special regiment, led hundreds of people to charge in a violent way. In the end, hundreds of cavalry brutally crushed the morale of thousands of cavalry. What Xiaocanghe can do, what can't Qingmu Village do!

When both sides breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, it was night again. After the first round of charging and fighting "accidentally" broke out, the whole night suddenly boiled. The hysterical shouts suddenly burst through the night sky. When the small half of the front is already mixed, the leaders on both sides dare not call for retreat, and can only try to restrain their subordinates, but in the dark, who is who is this kind of thing, often can only be seen clearly by rushing to the front of the eye. In a matter of moments, the sounds of fighting, shouting, crashing and tumbling swept through the night sky!

In terms of the strength and calculations of both sides. These two armies are only meeting for the first time, and they may not be able to figure out the purpose of the vanguard team. In the moment of contact, the morale of each other was raised to the extreme, and then it turned into a situation of entanglement and fighting. It's rare. But when they reacted, they were already riding tigers.

There were about a thousand soldiers who participated in the tragic melee in this night, and the rest were not idle, shooting arrows and pestering each other. Rockets, arrows that have never been ignited, speckled and scattered. The Jurchen side first released the fireworks of retreat, and then Han Jing's side also ordered to retreat, but it was too late.

The chaotic fighting in the darkness has long since spread, and the large-scale chaos has gradually turned into small groups, small-scale attacks, and firefights. On this night, the teams that had been entangled for the longest time probably fought all the way out of ten miles away. The soldiers who came out of the Luliang Mountains faced the Orions in the Changbai Mountains, and even if the two sides became small groups that were not organized, they never lost their combat effectiveness in the dark mountains. For half a night, the bloody battles between the mountains almost never stopped on the way to flee and find their companions and brigades.

When it was close to midnight, the receiving troops sent by Wanyan Lou arrived and Han Jing led his subordinates to retreat with Shi Shiran, and he did not choose to chase after him. After retreating for a few miles, Han Jing's men and horses stopped, camped, and did not intend to leave.

This night, the excitement that took place near Yanzhou City lasted for most of the night. And for Yan Zhenguo, who was still leading an army of 90,000 at this time, he was still confused about what was happening. It wasn't until the next day that they figured out that the Sakhalin had clashed with an unknown army last night, and that the origin of this army was faintly pointing to ...... In the mountains to the northeast.

Yan Zhenguo called his staff members Long Zhiyong, Mu Wenchang and others to hold a meeting in the camp. Although he is in the Qinfeng Road system, most of the area around Qinfeng Road is the territory of the Western Army, which makes him have a high position, but his actual status is not high. When the Jurchens were killed, he was clumsy, and he didn't run away, and finally was captured, so he simply surrendered to the Jurchens and was driven to attack Yanzhou City, but he felt that there was no way to retreat after that, and suddenly got up. However, after being here for so long, it is still clear to the various forces around it.

"At this time, in the northwest, the folded family has fallen. If it weren't for the fake surrender, what came out now would probably be the demon king of the mixed world in Luliang Mountain, this army is fierce, and I am afraid that it will have to fight with the Jurchens. If we do, we have to take precautions. ”

At this time, the city was still under siege outside, and Yan Zhenguo was a scholar. Thinking about this, I have a little headache. Staff member Long Zhi comforted him: "The proprietor is at ease, although the Black Flag Army is brave, the act of killing the monarch shows that its pattern is limited. The Jurchens swept the world, swallowing mountains and rivers, and Wanyan Lou was a famous general. If the black flag army really comes, the students think that it will be difficult to defeat the general trend of the golden soldiers. The proprietor just has to wait and see what happens. ”

Namu Wenchang said: "Our army of 100,000 is more than enough to attack the city. Since the owner is worried, first, the city should be broken as soon as possible, so that the Black Flag Army can come. Yanzhou City can no longer be rescued, it has no help from the Western Army, and it is useless to fight again. Second, we can set aside 20,000 men to line up behind and put up a defense. The Black Flag Army is indeed the Demon King of the Mixed World, but he is not many in number, and he has the marshal of the Lou family by his side. If he wants to deal with us, he will relieve the danger of Yanzhou. With just a little entanglement, how could the marshal Lou not be able to seize the opportunity......"

Mu Wenchang finished speaking. Yan Zhenguo laughed, nodded his head in favor, and then sent the generals to divide 20,000 horses and set up another camp at the rear of the camp to defend against the enemy from the east.

At this time, it was the afternoon of 24 August, and the offensive and defensive battles in Yanzhou were still fierce. In the rear of the besieging side, a military formation of more than 20,000 people was divided. The head of the city of Yanzhou, feeling the increasingly fierce siege of the city, was covered in blood and faintly noticed that something was happening, and the morale of the city head was also boosted.

And in the evening. In the foothills to the east, an army had rapidly leapt out of the mountains. The five regiments of the Huaxia Army, more than 13,000 people, stretched for miles in a queue outside the mountain, and only then did they stop and rest for a moment.

The cooks distributed steamed buns and broth.

Zhuo Yongqing is a recruit in the Black Flag Army, originally from Yanzhou, sitting on the edge of the ridge at this time, eating steamed buns and drinking soup, and most of the companions in the row next to him are in the same posture. Night was approaching, but as far as the eye could see, in the barren world, the roads were full of Black Flag soldiers, and the rows and rows seemed to be not in the field at all, so he suppressed a little nervousness.

The Black Flag Army has a lot of training on weekdays, and for Zhuo Yongqing and others, a day's march is only a little tired, and it is more of a nervous feeling to go to the battlefield. Such a sense of tension is also in the veteran, but it is rare to see that Zhuo Yongqing's squad leader is Mao Yishan, who is a good person on weekdays, honest and easy to talk, and will also care about people, Zhuo Yongqing asked him softly: "Squad leader, what does 100,000 people look like?" ”

Mao Yishan buried his head in eating and glanced at him: "The food is good, don't speak." Then he buried his head in the soup and ate the meat in the soup.

Everyone swept the bottom of the bowl with steamed buns, and after a short rest, the army set off again, and then walked about five miles before setting up camp, on the way Mao Yishan said to Zhuo Yongqing: "It's about the same as 10,000 people." In the night, there were continuous torches, soldiers and companions who were also walking, and this unanimity actually made Zhuo Yongqing's tension disappear.

In addition to the necessary rest, the Black Flag Army almost did not stay, the next day, it was twenty-five miles away, in the afternoon, Zhuo Yongqing could already vaguely see the outline of Yanzhou City, in the distance ahead, the mountains were full of people and military tents, and above the head of Yanzhou City, there were faint signs of red and black, which showed the tragedy of the siege battle.

Zhuo Yongqing's army took a short rest, and in front, an army of unknown numbers slowly pushed over. Zhuo Yongqing was called up, and the army began to line up, he stood in the third row, raising a shield and holding a knife, and on both sides of his body, in front and behind, were the figures of his companions, just like every time they trained, waiting in formation.

Next to him, squad leader Mao Yishan was quietly exhaling a long breath through his mouth, and Zhuo Yongqing followed. And in front of me, someone shouted: "Do you remember what you said when you set off!?" When you meet an enemy, there are only two words-"

Zhuo Yongqing paused, and then, blood welled up in his eyes, and he shouted vigorously, at this moment, the entire military array was shouting: "Fierce!" Remnants—" There was a buzzing sound in the field.

He didn't know how many people were around him. But the autumn wind rose, and huge balloons flew over their heads.

On Yanzhou City, Chong Yan put down the inferior telescope in his hand, and frowned slightly suspiciously: "They ......"

On August 25, the Black Flag army divided into two routes, a group of 8,000 men, and joined Han Jing in the northeast of Yanzhou City, and after the 12,000 men converged, they slowly pushed towards the Jurchen military camp. At the same time, more than 5,000 people of the second and third regiments confronted the 90,000 siege army led by Yan Zhenguo a little south.

Wanyan Lou ordered Yan Zhenguo's troops to attack the Black Flag Army, but Yan Zhenguo did not dare to disobey and ordered more than 20,000 people to advance towards this side. However, before the battle, he still hesitated: "Should you send an envoy and surrender first?" ”

The staff thought about it and responded: "What the adults say is very good, and it is the way of saluting first and then soldiering." ”

In the evening, they sent messengers to the side of more than 5,000 people, and when they were halfway there, they saw three huge balloons flying over, and 5,000 people pushed forward in formation. In the north, the main forces of the two armies are facing each other, and all the movements will affect the whole body, but the Black Flag Army that rushed all the way did not hesitate at all, even in the face of the Jurchen God of War, they did not give any face.

One of the hot air balloons dropped explosives bags at the position of the handsome flag of more than 20,000 people. Zhuo Yongqing rushed forward with his companions around him, and started a fight according to everyone's appearance. As the vast darkness of the night began to devour the earth, blood and fire bloomed on a large scale...... (To be continued.) )