Sure enough, less than an hour later, the scout Pegasus came to report that more than 150 people in my forward battalion were trapped by thieves.

Cao Wenzhao immediately jumped on his horse, held a spear, and shouted: "The whole army will come with me......"

The three thousand men and horses were already ready to go, and at this time, they followed General Cao and rushed out of the camp with murderous spirit.

After running for more than ten miles, I heard a shout of killing, just behind a high slope. Cao Wenzhao rushed up the high slope with a flying horse, looked down, and sure enough, there was a flat ground under the slope, and he was killing fiercely. At this time, a large circle was formed, with their own men and horses in the middle, and there were thousands of thieves and cavalry outside, constantly clashing back and forth, and when they could not rush in, they fired arrows in unison.

More than 100 Ming troops in the middle lined up in a circle, the horse's head was all facing outward, holding a soft shield in one hand and a spear in the other, using the soft shield to block the arrows that came in, and then using the spear to assassinate the people's army who dared to rush to the horse's head, and the two sides were killing inseparable.

The two armies have been fighting for a while, and although the Ming army is well defended, after all, the number of people is too small, and from time to time someone is hit by an arrow and falls off the horse, and the circle of the circle is getting smaller and smaller. However, the hundred households in charge of the command still held on, because he knew that he was holding on to the thieves here, and it wouldn't be long before General Cao's soldiers arrived.

Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao no longer had any hesitation, he roared loudly and rushed down with his three thousand men and horses.

More than 3,000 war horses, the dust and smoke raised were like a yellow dragon rolling, and the sound of hooves was like a muffled thunder passing through the sky, which shook people's ears and made people's ears hurt.

The more than 1,000 peasant troops who were besieging the Ming army, when they saw Cao Wenzhao's reinforcements coming, did not dare to fight, and they whistled one after another, turned their horses and fled. Where is Cao Wenzhao willing to let go, and he chased after him with men and horses. He knew that the strongest class of the enemy was the cavalry, and as long as the cavalry was annihilated, the remaining infantry would be like wooden men, and he would be able to cut them down.

For a while, the sound of killing shook the sky, Cao Wenzhao led the Guanning Iron Cavalry like a mad tornado, chasing closely, from time to time there were backward thieves who fell off their horses, and in less than a moment, they had already chased to Nanyuan.

In front of them was a vast wilderness, full of hills and low cliffs, and there were not many trees, and the thieves fled here, and hurried into a valley in the middle of the low cliffs.

Cao Wenzhao chased after Xingtou, where he was willing to put it, and followed with people and horses.

But after driving five or six miles, there were several forks on both sides, and Guan Ning's iron cavalry chased here, and rushed out of the fork in the road with a few soldiers and horses, and cut them into several sections.

Li Dusi stood on a high slope from a distance, staring at the battlefield below, and he smiled proudly when he saw Guan Ning's iron cavalry being scattered.

Pack up the titans, preferably in the valley. Li Dusi could already think of the scene of Guan Ning's iron cavalry clashing in the valley and making a mess.

Sure enough, his imagination became a reality, more than 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry had been cut into four or five sections by more than 10,000 peasant troops, although these civilian troops were not cavalry, but in the valley, the situation between the two sides was reversed. The power of the cavalry lies in the impact after the formation, thousands of horses galloping, no matter how many infantry you have, it can only be used as a stepping stone. However, in the valley, the terrain is narrow, and the cavalry cannot form a formation and cannot rush, on the contrary, the infantry can move and move, and are much more agile than the cavalry. Therefore, even Guan Ning Tieqi couldn't adapt for a while and panicked.

If it were to be replaced by another general, this 3,000-strong cavalry, even if it was not completely annihilated, would lose most of it, but the commander of this army was Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao and his people, who had followed Yuan Chonghuan to fight against Houjin in Liaodong, had seen countless battles in large arrays, and the use of cavalry had reached the point where he was handy, and when he saw that the situation was not good, Cao Wenzhao immediately ordered, desperate, to rush out of the valley.

There are three or four hundred cavalry around him, follow him all the way forward, encounter the blocking people's army, Cao Wenzhao's spear starts, a piece of blood, his marksmanship is unique, the spear used is also different, the spear head is wide and long, the blades on both sides are extremely sharp, like a two-edged axe, called the phoenix wing spear, it is intimidating to look at. Several militia soldiers rushed to his horse, and his spear shook from side to side, his neck was cut in half, and blood splattered with yellow sand.

Cao Wenzhao took these three or four hundred people and rushed out of the encirclement in one go. He placed them on a high slope, and when he looked back, most of his men were still in the valley, in a mess with the peasant army. Cao Wenzhao led a team of 100 people, all with spears in their hands, and rushed in again with a loud shout.

Guan Ning Tieqi panicked for a while, and gradually calmed down, although the conflict could not be opened for a while, but the defense was okay. These cavalry formed a circle and stood guard. Then step by step, the attack advanced to the outside of the valley.

Li Dusi still underestimated the adaptability of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and seeing that the situation on the battlefield had become stalemate, he had to send all his men and horses to rush up and surround the enemy army to the death, even with his fists and teeth, he had to nail them to death in the valley.

His 20,000 horses, if all of them are pressed up, they can squeeze this small valley to the brim, not to mention the war horses, even if it is a Tyrannosaurus rex, it is unlikely that they will find a way.

But Li Dusi's decision was still a little late, compared to him, Cao Wenzhao was too fast, and he had already seen that it was not good to fight for a long time, so he desperately wanted to rush out of the way and rescue the besieged men and horses.

Cao Wenzhao and the hundred people rushed inward with red eyes, no matter what swords, guns, swords, halberds, heads and horses, stepped straight over, many peasant soldiers were trampled down by war horses, and these hundred people almost rushed over by the human body.

Whenever Cao Wenzhao received a force of men and horses, their strength grew a little stronger, and they rushed more violently, and the besieged people and horses saw that the general soldier came to rescue them in person, and they immediately had a hundred times more courage, shouting and rushing to kill, and the peasant army finally couldn't surround them, and was rushed out of the valley by the Guanning iron cavalry.

According to common sense, since you have broken through the encirclement, you have to retreat, and you are already lucky not to be surrounded and killed, you can return to your camp, rest for a day, and fight again tomorrow. However, Cao Wenzhao rose up to kill, as if he had forgotten the danger that his men and horses were in, and also forgot that the enemy still had 20,000 horses, and he did not suffer great losses.

He actually took all the horses up the high slope, formed a circle, and shouted at the peasant army surrounded by black pressure from all sides.

Li Dusi was very angry, he felt that his plan was perfect, the terrain in this area, he looked at it again and again, so he set this ambush plan, and he didn't want Cao Wenzhao to fight back with just one counterattack, so he took the men and horses out. He saw it very clearly from the heights, it was not that his own men and horses were too bad, but that Guan Ning's iron cavalry was too strong, and the speed was too fast, he couldn't surround it today, and he wouldn't have such a chance in the future.

But what happened afterwards made him feel puzzled, Cao Wenzhao actually didn't run, but took the men and horses up the high slope, that place was flat on all sides, once surrounded, there was no way except to rush desperately, Cao Wenzhao fell into a desperate situation, is he dizzy, or is he too confident in the strength of his three thousand men and horses?

In any case, this opportunity cannot be missed again.

Li Dusi commanded more than 20,000 people and tightly surrounded Gao Po from all sides.

He put the shield army in front and the pikemen behind, and the iron shield was like a mountain, and the spear was like a forest, and he was in position.

Zhang Gan, who was beside Cao Wenzhao, wiped his sweat and said in a low voice: "Chief soldier, why don't we rush out while their foothold is not stable, but instead defend this Jedi, which article is this in the military book?" ”

Huang Long on the other side also said: "That's right, the terrain here is not conducive to guards, you should rush out as soon as possible." ”

Cao Wenzhao pouted: "Shut up for me, don't you know that there is an article in the book of war, which is called putting oneself to death and then being born?" That's how Han Shin won the battle back then. ”

Zhang Gan couldn't help but smile: "Han Xin? How do I look at it, we look like horses? ”

Cao Wenzhao glared at him: "If you dare to let go of the crow fart, Lao Tzu will whip you!" Zhang Gan stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to speak. Cao Wenzhao whispered to his generals: "The purpose of our coming all the way is to gather and annihilate the enemy army, and now the enemy army is easy to gather together, this is the opportunity left by God for us, how can we miss it." Believe me, as long as this battle is won, the entire territory of Gansu will be completely stable. It's all in one battle, right today. ”

When everyone heard this, they all admired Cao Wenzhao's bold decision, and the three armies immediately became more courageous. Huang Long said: "Since this is the case, then let's rush." ”

Cao Wenzhao glanced at him and smiled slightly: "Hurry you bird!" Tell everyone to take a breath first, see the good show, and then it's not too late to fight. Huang Long was stunned: "Good show? Does the chief soldier still have a troupe? Cao Wenzhao ignored him, and suddenly shouted: "Li Dusi, Lao Tzu is Cao Zongbing, do you dare to say a few words to me?" ”

Li Dusi saw that his encirclement had been formed, and he had no fear, and when he heard Cao Wenzhao say this, he sneered and replied: "Cao Wenzhao, you have fallen to Pingyang, surrender as soon as possible." Otherwise, you and your men will die without a place to be buried. ”