More than half an hour has passed since the final death of Yang Yanchang, the general of Dashun Guoyi, and the noise of the battlefield that once shook the mountains has dissipated, and the victorious soldiers of the Zhao Battalion have calmed down a little when they were excited and almost crazy at first, but they still can't hide the excitement in their hearts. The vast battlefield was now filled with silent corpses, pools of blood that were slowly beginning to dry up, and scattered armor blades. The captured enemies, including Yang Yanchang's deputy, Du Wei Ji Jue, have been escorted away one after another, and at sunset, only a small number of soldiers are orderly paradling back and forth under the command of the commander, and more guerrillas are scattered in every corner of the wilderness to clean up the battlefield.

Guo Ruke held the wet bag, sat on the earthen ridge, and looked at everything in front of him in a daze. Suddenly, a few crisp bells rang in his ears, and he turned his head to look, but saw that one horse had already walked in front of him, and several other horses followed, waiting a few paces away. The knight on the horse was covered in blood, holding a large flag in his hand, the flag was dirty and broken, but he could vaguely see that it was Yang Yanchang's handsome flag. He turned over and landed, stuck the banner at his feet, and arched his hand: "Yuzhai Xue Copy, I have seen Mr. Guo." ”

Guo Ruke stood up and patted his buttocks, and returned the salute, only to hear Xue Xuan smile and say: "The war is over, the sky is about to dark, why is Manager Guo still here?" Didn't you personally supervise the soldiers to clean up the mess? He added, "On the way I came, I heard that General Manager Guo told him that no one was allowed to hide a stitch or thread in this cleaning of the battlefield. Ten military sticks, if they are really beaten, the old bull will also be paralyzed by half, who dares to say that his bones are hard to come up and try? ”

"Brother Xue misunderstood, the reason why I'm here is not for anything else, just to see this battlefield again."

"The battlefield is full of stumps and broken arms, what's the catch?" Xue Jian smiled.

Guo Ruke shook his head and sighed: "Take a walk outside the ghost gate, don't look twice, I'm sorry for myself, I'm sorry for the dead brothers." As soon as the words came out, a gust of wild wind blew and raised the banner around Xue Xuan. The banner was unfurled in the wind, covering most of the sunlight blocked by the sparse clouds at the upper end, casting shadows and adding a bit of pathos to the devastated battlefield.

At noon today, Guo Ruke led his army from Ye County and arrived at the Maqi Camp in the southeast of Baofeng County, Ruzhou, where he was besieged by nearly 20,000 Shun troops who had been waiting for a long time.

The tactics of the Shun army were as always, divided into three divisions in a hook-shaped formation, but it was different from the battle of Yexian, this time, almost more than ninety percent of the Shun army was a horse army. On the left, the mighty general Gao Yigong commanded the horse army of 4,000; On the right side, Gao Yigong's deputy, Du Lieutenant Ma Shitai, commanded the Ma army of 3,000; In the middle of the forward, General Guoyi Yang Yanchang commanded the horse army of 5,000; After the middle road hall, the royal village led the sentry Xue to command the horse army of 4,000. A total of 16,000 Ma troops.

Although the Zhao battalion army from afar rode on horseback, it was still the same as before, and most of them dismounted and lined up with infantry. 2,000 people from the Qihun battalion were in the front, 2,000 people from the Zhenxiao battalion and 2,000 people from the Qingtong battalion infantry army were guarding the two wings, and 1,000 people from the Qingtong battalion horse army were in the rear. In total, the number of horses was less than seven thousand. It's completely on the defensive.

In order to lure the snake out of the hole, the Shun army released rumors that Jiaxian, Baofeng and Lushan counties were abandoned, and the whole army retreated to Ruzhou City. Gao Yigong thought that Guo Ruke would not be seduced by such an inferior strategy, and he was ready to see Yang Yanchang and Xue copying jokes, but who expected that the news of Guo Ruke's march would soon come over, and he was shocked, and he had nothing to say in the face of Yang Yanchang, so he could only cooperate with the arrangement of this field battle.

"Guo Ruke's dog thief is bold, and he regards our army as nothing, so this time he will let him come and go, and give Zhao Thief some color to see!"

After arranging the formation, Yang Yanchang deliberately went around to find Gao Yigong and threw him such a sentence. Gao Yigong didn't respond with a blushing face at that time, but he didn't expect that he would have no chance to respond in the future.

Yang Yanchang immediately began to act after returning, he divided the 5,000 horse army into three platoons, and launched a frontal charge against the Zhao camp one after another. According to the agreement, Gao Yigong and Ma Shitai on the left and right roads need to outflank the two wings of Zhao Ying's soldiers and horses at the same time after the first row of Yang Yanchang's middle lane moves, and charge together with the second row of horse troops in the middle lane. Rushing on three sides, there is great hope of breaking the Zhao Ying formation that is firmly in place. In fact, Gao Yigong and Ma Shitai did the same, but just as they had led the army to the predetermined location and had not yet charged, an unexpected variable occurred-Xue Zhao's 4,000 horse army, which should have stayed in the rear and responded to the battle situation, suddenly galloped without any communication and instructions.

At the beginning, Gao Yigong thought that Yang Yanchang was angry with himself, and he privately asked Xue Zhao to tell him what to do, so he stopped and watched, but the subsequent scene made him at a loss. But seeing that the four thousand Yuzhai horse army was galloping, they rushed to the front line in a blink of an eye, but they did not help Yang Yanchang's troops to penetrate the Zhao battalion's large array, but instead rushed into the rear of Yang Yanchang's department, which was fighting fiercely with Zhao Ying.

The gap in front has not yet been opened, the rear hair has been unexpected, and the abdomen and back are subject to the enemy, and Yang Yanchang's troops are inevitably in chaos. The matter has come to this point, and Gao Yigong suddenly realized that Xue Zhao's grandson had been fighting in the morning with the ghost mind of defecting. instigated himself to fight this field battle with Yang Yanchang, perhaps it was also a trap laid by him in collusion with Zhao Ying.

Gao Yigong only felt that the world was spinning for a while, if it weren't for his strong will to endure his anger, I am afraid that he would have to spurt out a mouthful of old blood. Fortunately, the sound of the horn that broke through the air woke him up, and he did not hesitate to continue to give the command to attack.

"Zhao thief is shameless, even if he is broken today, he has to fight!"

After saying this, Gao Yigong set up his spear, and galloped in the torrent of steel and flesh, looking up to the sky and roaring. Not only him, but Ma Shitai on the other side also made the same choice, and even Yang Yanchang, who suffered the most fierce attack, was also fighting to the death.

Guo Ruke made full preparations in advance for this battle. The Zhao Ying army brought not only antlers and horses this time, but also all kinds of carts collected from Yexian and the surrounding areas. The cart was loaded with heavy earth and stones, and the wheels were fixed with inserts, and the front and rear were connected to form several car walls, and the front and rear of the car walls were temporarily covered with sharp objects such as thistles and guest accommodation. The Bird Gun Rider section shoots freely between the walls of the car. The Hongyi cannon and the big Buddha cannon also poked their heads out of the gap, and they roared. The pikemen leaned on the cover of the obstacle and were on standby at any time, resisting with guns and cannons.

Such tactics were once abandoned by Zhao Ying because of rigidity and sluggishness, but it was only because the two sides did not know each other in ordinary field battles, and it was difficult to adapt to the complicated battle situation. But now this battle is different, Guo Ruke expected that the Shun army would inevitably only attack, so he could improvise, see the moves, calmly put out the copper wall, and wait for the other party to collide.

Ke Rao has a perfect strategy, and was besieged on three sides by the swift and even violent Shun army, and the Zhao camp was once loosened. On the front, Yang Yanchang's department is declining, and Zhao Ying and Yuzhai join forces to occupy the absolute upper hand. Ma Shitai played against Qingtong Camp on one side, between the two sides. Only on the side personally led by Gao Yigong, the offensive was as fierce as a frenzy, the men and horses were united, and there was no retreat, and the car wall of the Zhenxiao camp was destroyed twice, and in less than half an hour, the casualties were close to one-third.

"The thieves and our army were equal in casualties, but they all fought to the death and did not retreat, rushing forward and then rushing and coming, taking turns!"

The disadvantage on the side of the camp was soon known to Guo Ruke.

"The left sentry of the town camp is the general ...... Killed in battle...... Outpost Captain Liu ...... Killed in battle......"

"Enough, don't say it, send an order to He Renji, let him lead the troops directly through the main formation and support the Zhenxiao camp!" The Tang soldiers chattered endlessly about the names of the officers who died in the battle, and Guo Ruke was so annoyed that he waved his hand to interrupt.

The Tang soldiers retreated, and Kong Quanbin said worriedly: "He people are extremely guarding the back of our army, and if they are transferred to the town camp and let the thieves take advantage of the loopholes, this formation will be worried!" "His side of the Qingtong camp was still able to maintain the battle line under the stubborn resistance of the Chinese officer Guo Tiancai, so he thought that the disadvantaged situation on the side of the Zhentong camp was deliberately exaggerated by Zhou Jin.

"The soldiers of the Zhenxiao battalion are not like you and me, most of them are Chenzhou native soldiers. Field warfare is fierce and fearless of death, and its combat power is strong, but after all, the wild nature is difficult to tame, and even if there are many trainings, the order and cooperation of the ranks are still worse after all. In peacetime, the melee is fiercely fighting, but if you really encounter such a battle formation that requires close cooperation, it is inevitable that flaws will be exposed. If you don't save Zhou Jin, the flank will be broken through by the thieves, and this formation will be hard to escape! Guo Ruke said with a solemn face.

Kong Quanbin nodded yes, only a moment, the wind behind the formation brought grass ashes, and He Ren led more than 1,000 horse troops across the array, and the horse's hooves were thundering, rushing straight to the side of the dangerous Zhenxiao camp.

"Drums, cheers!" Guo Ruke drank the order.

The soldiers who could be sent to the front line to fight were all in a fierce battle, and Guo Ruke's own formation was only guarded by a few dozen soldiers. The strategy is exhausted, and victory or defeat depends on who can hold on to the end.

"I'm coming!" Kong Quanbin jumped up, snatched the drumstick in the soldier's hand, and slammed it into the drum surface as wide as a table. The drum made of old buffalo leather vibrated endlessly, making a loud sound that made people's hearts beat violently, "Kill the thief—"

"Kill the thief!" Guo Ruke raised his arms and shouted.

The generals and soldiers of this formation also burst out at the same moment with a loud roar: "Kill the thief!" ”

Flags are swaying in all directions, soldiers and horses are going back and forth, and in just a quarter of an hour, Guo Ruke and others are in the bureau, as if they have spent several cold and summer.

I don't know how long it took, a horse suddenly came through the chaotic formation, and immediately the knight swept past the formation, and said loudly: "Zhou Tong is unconscious with three knives in his body, and more than half of the dead and wounded in the Zhenxiao battalion have no combat strength, and he is currently leading troops to block the enemy army!" "After that, a gust of wind seems to be back to the front line.

"Keep beating the drums!" Guo Ruke and Kong Quanbin both heard this, but Guo Ruke didn't say much, and Kong Quanbin didn't have any wavering or concerns.

"Kill the thief—"

The drumsticks in Kong Quanbin's hands became more and more intense, and his arms were as straight as a machine swinging. He thought to himself that as long as he could win this battle today, he would be willing to scrap these hands from now on.

"Gather your own soldiers!" Guo Ruke's eyes were resolute, and he ordered the officers on the left and right. At this point, he was mentally prepared to become a benevolent if he didn't succeed.

At that time, another horse suddenly galloped to the frontal front, Guo Ruke's heart was like thunder, and he looked fixedly, but it was Peng Guang, an officer in the Qihun camp. Peng Guang, as the commander of the front line, came here in person, and there were only two possibilities, either his own array had been completely defeated, or the enemy's army had been destroyed.

"The enemy general Yang Yanchang has been killed for our army, and the enemy general Ji Qi has captured our army alive!" Peng Guang, who has always shown himself to be cold and strong, almost cried out this sentence at this time.

When Guo Ruke heard this, he was relieved and sat on the ground. The positive victory and defeat have been divided, so the next step will be to divide the troops to rescue the two sides of the battle.

Sure enough, after the frontal battle, there were also riots in the two divisions of Gao Yigong and Ma Shitai, who were still fighting hard. The Qihun battalion was divided into four routes, Ha Mingyuan's outpost galloped to aid Heren's extreme department, Wang Guangen's left outpost galloped to aid Guo Tiancai's department, Wei Shanhong's right outpost consolidated the frontal front, and Yang Youxian's outpost returned to protect the main position. In this way, with a chain effect, first the Ma Shitai Department began to gather soldiers and horses and retreated to the periphery, and then, the Gao Yigong Department, which had the strongest combat power and the highest fighting spirit, finally lowered its head in front of the Zhao Ying soldiers and horses that came from the steady stream, and fought and retreated.

"The high thief was shot several times, his lips and teeth were bloody, and he still fought without retreating. He Zhongjun led the guards and horses to rush and stabbed over their horses. It's a pity that the thieves snatched it away, although they failed to capture him alive, but the thieves' courage has been lost, and the defeat is a foregone conclusion! ”

A quarter of an hour later, the fighting gradually subsided like a tidal wave, and Peng Guang, who had gone and returned, reported to him again.

Guo Ruke nodded and didn't speak, and then looked around Siye. In the vast and distant field, there are now countless abrupt small piles, one after the other in the east and west, stretching out to the extreme of the line of sight. The unbridled blood mixed with the muddy water stretched out around the small piles, like splashing ink patterns, and with this scene was a very strong and fishy smell like abalone. Rao is soldiers around him have been in battle for a long time, and there are many people who can't stand it and cough.

Kong Quanbin, who collapsed, sat there with his back against the war drum and smirked. A wounded person was carried on a stretcher, and when he passed by, the injured man, who had closed his eyes tightly, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Kong Quanbin and said, "Victory?" ”

"Won." Kong Quanbin smiled at Zhou Jin, who was seriously injured.

Zhou Jin also smiled reluctantly, then tilted his head and passed out again.