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The Tang army was like a mad tiger, and the Lingnan army was killed and retreated, and was forced to retreat step by step. Finally, when Qin Kuan split a Lingnan officer in half from shoulder to crotch with a single sword, spraying all over the ground, and Qin Kuanwu, who was covered with fragments of blood on his opponent's body, grinned widely, revealing two rows of bloody teeth and shouting in a hearty battle, they collapsed.

More than 1,000 Tang troops chased after the Lingnan army, which was almost twice as large as them, and returned from Tiaoziling.

"Why didn't Ji Zhijiang come to the rescue? Sit back and watch his men be driven back, which will charge the main formation. Ding Hao, who was in the rear, looked at the battle situation and changed color.

"Major General, Ji Zhijiang is extremely experienced, this is exactly where he is old!" Behind him, a veteran said in a low voice: "Although the Tang army is fierce, there are only more than a thousand people, and the Lingnan army is just being beaten for a while, retreating to the bottom of the ridge, and only need to use the bow and crossbow to suppress the formation, it can be stabilized." Did you see it, the cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Ji Department was already preparing, if the Tang army really went down the ridge, without waiting for the rout to rush into the headquarters, the Lingnan cavalry would attack on both flanks, cut off the back road of the Tang army's retreat, and swallow them in one bite. ”

Ding Hao nodded again and again.

"I see!"

As soon as the words fell, the veteran behind him sighed again: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Of course, he was very sorry, because the Tang army suddenly stopped the formation in the midst of the sound of military trumpets, and then returned to the ridge without hesitation.

For Qin Kuan, he naturally knew this little bit of the opponent's calculations. After fighting for half a lifetime, how could he be calculated by such a little trick.

Seeing that the opponent's main formation was not moving, but the cavalry on both wings was already preparing to attack, he immediately made a decision and retreated.

For the Tang army on Tiaoziling, survival is the first, delaying time is the first, killing the enemy, but the second, seizing the opportunity to take a bite is a bite. If you see something wrong, of course you have to run away.

Whether it is Ren Xiaonian or Qin Kuan, they firmly believe that the Tang Dynasty will not let them go, and there will definitely be a backhand, and they will definitely come to the rescue. All they have to do now is try to survive and attract more enemies here.

This was also Ren Xiaonian's first thought after knowing that he had fallen into the trap of the other party.

Therefore, Qin Kuan seized Tiaoziling as soon as possible, the only place for them to quickly take it and temporarily settle down.

Seeing Tang Jun shrinking rapidly, Ji Zhijiang waved his fist in annoyance, his opponents had fallen to such a point, and he still maintained such a clear mind.

"Blow the trumpet, regroup, and prepare for an attack." He hated the authentic.

Qin Kuan, who retreated to the ridge, looked at the stone castle where the fire had gradually been extinguished, poked the knife in his hand, and with a bang, the stone castle wall in front of him actually collapsed like this.

The fire burned the stones to a crisp.

"I can't hold it here, let's retreat!" Looking at the rest of his companions, Qin Kuan said, "In the past two days, General Ren has set up a new defensive position before the military fortress. Where are we going to deal with the enemy again? ”

The so-called second line of defense is actually a large open field in front of the military wall, digging several criss-crossing trenches that are connected to each other like a labyrinth.

If you look up from below, you won't see much change in this area, but when you actually stand in front of it, you will find that such a trench like a spider's web can cause considerable problems for the attackers.

The excavated earth was built into half-man-high walls, which were certainly not very effective in defensiveness, but they were able to effectively shield the opponent's observation, making it completely unclear what kind of movement the opponent's forces were.

It's annoying that you can't see your opponent's troop movements, and that your opponent is in the middle of the army and can see you clearly with his condescending superiority.

Of course, it is not difficult for the attacker to use the tactic of crowds to fill all the trenches and then run them over flatly, even if they have a greater advantage in manpower.

But it is unknown how much they will pay for such a style of play, and whether they are willing to pay such a price has to be said for another matter.

Killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self is acceptable.

But to kill a thousand enemies and lose two thousand, anyone has to think about whether it is worth it.

The current Ren Xiaonian's department still has at least 5,000 troops, with the decisive attitude of the Tang Army, if you want to kill all these people, how many people will the coalition army lose?

After crossing the stone castle that was basically destroyed, when they saw the scene in front of them, Ding Hao and Ji Zhijiang both gasped. When Qin Kuan was desperately resisting in Shibao in the past two days, Ren Xiaonian's main force was behind him, and he did such a thing, that is, digging a pit.

"Burn it with fire again!" Ding Hao proposed.

Ji Zhijiang spread his hands: "Major General, we also have a number of fierce fire bombs, and we have used a lot, like this position, we can't see where the enemy is at all, what effect can the use of fierce fire bombs play?" Even if it burns, they can return to the main village. As you can see, these ditches are connected to the main village at all. As soon as the fire was extinguished, we began to attack, and they came out. It's not like we're back to square one, and we're wearing out our weapons and equipment in vain. ”

"Then you can only fight hard?" Ding Hao said.

"You can only fight hard!" Ji Zhijiang nodded: "That's all for today, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." Let's go back and have a good time. ”

Ren Xiaonian stood on top of the sentry tower of the main village, watching the coalition army slowly retreat, and Qin Kuan, who was covered in blood, also retreated to the main village with his subordinates.

"Good work!" Ren Xiaonian greeted Qin Kuan.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to hold it for two days." Qin Kuan said while unloading his armor: "If the enemy is determined to fight hard, we will not be able to hold it, they have at least 50,000 people. ”

"But they have three camps, the Jiangxi army, the Hunan army, and the Lingnan army!" Ren Xiaonian said: "Everyone knows which army takes the lead, and it is bound to be the one with the heaviest losses, and it may be killed by all of us, so they still need to weigh and discuss, otherwise, they will fight now." ”

"But they're going to have a result." Qin Kuan sighed: "And we can only wait passively. Once the war starts, it will be a life-and-death battle. For us, we are afraid that there is no life or death. ”

"It is one day to be able to keep one day, and it is two days to be able to keep two days." Ren Xiaonian took a deep breath: "It's been almost half a month since we fell into the siege, I think, the imperial court should have reacted, and Yu Xiaowen should have arrived in Yichun at this moment." ”

"Can't count on him." Qin Kuan said: "Yichun and Zhuzhou have all fallen into the hands of the enemy. ”

"I didn't count on him, I was counting on General Shi Zhuang!" Ren Xiaonian said in a low voice: "Before the operation, I wrote a letter to General Shi Zhuang, he should have been mobilizing the army from that time, and now that we are surrounded, he must also know." If he is bold enough, with Deng Wenchang's navy as the vanguard, from Dongting Lake to the Xiangjiang River, half a month, almost can go straight to Changsha, Xiangtan and other places, if this is the case, we still have a glimmer of life. ”

"Will he who attacks the enemy be saved?" A hint of joy flashed on Qin Kuan's face, but he immediately said gloomily: "Yiyang, or General Shi will take Yiyang first." Didn't our scouts discover Lu Yuan's cavalry a few days ago? That is Yiyang's army, now Yiyang is empty, there is a leak in the defense line, if it is me, I will definitely take Yiyang first, this is the safest way. It's too dangerous to go deep alone, and if something goes wrong, it will end up with us. ”

"General Shi's soldiers are not comparable to me." Ren Xiaonian said: "Maybe there will be a miracle, apart from this, what else can we look forward to?" ”

"Tonight, I'm going to steal the camp, and if I can get it, I'll be able to drag it out for another day." Qin Kuan took the water handed over by a soldier and poured his anger into the sky.

"It's a good rest, don't go at night, a general like Ji Zhijiang won't be unguarded against this hand, and when the sky is about to dawn, he will go to steal the camp, at that time, the opponent waited all night, and he was almost slack, but don't fall in love with the war, beware of the opponent's cavalry going back."

"Understood, just do it and leave. Never in love! Qin Kuan nodded.

Things are just as Ren Xiaonian said, after the three parties discussed, this battle finally fell on the Jiangxi soldiers. As soon as the Hunan soldiers have been fighting for several days, the Lingnan army has also gone into battle today, and only the Jiangxi soldiers and horses have not yet started, and it is their turn. Moreover, Jiangxi soldiers are here, and there is no one who can make a final decision, and Qian Shouyi handed over all the power to Ji Zhijiang when they were leaving. Even if the Jiangxi soldiers were unwilling, they could only obey the collective decision this time.

To prevent night attacks, it is naturally in place.

However, no one expected that the night attack of the Tang Army would be launched when the sky was about to brighten.

At this time, the coalition army, which had been on guard all night, was exhausted, believing that the opponent would not come. The resting army had just gotten up, sleepy-eyed and ready to eat breakfast. When there was such a little gap in the handover between the two compartments, the Tang army on the mountain suddenly launched an attack.

What made Yamashita the most frustrating was that the other party just slashed and killed at the edge, and then ran back again, and when the soldiers and horses were mobilized below, the opponent was long gone.

There was not much loss of people, plus the sentinels who were touched by the opponent, it was only a loss of a hundred people, but it was enough to make everyone down.

Obviously, they have an absolute advantage, but the enemy is like a copper pea that cannot be chewed or beaten or cooked, and from time to time it will pop out to disgust them, and come to gurgle their teeth.