Ma Wannian's condition is very simple, that is, after this battle, the selection of trophies needs to be the first.

As soon as Wang Laixing heard this, a nameless fire suddenly rose. Before the battle was over, he began to think about the reward, and Ma Wannian has been grinding for so far, and he originally had the intention of threatening the battle.

Qin Qigong observed his words, and without waiting for Wang Laixing to speak, he instructed a Tang soldier: "Hurry up and go to the Luo courtyard and tell Master Ma that his conditions have been agreed by the general manager of the king, please march quickly." ”

Tang soldiers quickly left the hall, Wang Laixing clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "A group of barbarians, who don't want to forge ahead, are doing a lot of robbery while the fire is burning!" ”

Tan Hong smiled and said: "Mr. Wang is angry, Shi Yan can dominate one side in southeast Sichuan, and his ancestors have been used to such tricks for generations. This is their temperament, don't think that everyone in Shiyan is so aware of righteousness because Ma Qiancheng and Ma Xianglin are loyal and courageous. Ma Wannian is a hairy boy, less is more, this ghost idea is definitely guaranteed by the Qin family brothers. ”

"It's a pity that the old woman Qin is enthusiastic about serving the country, but her grandchildren and nephews are all short-sighted." Wang Laixing sighed repeatedly.

Qin Qigong said: "There are priorities, and the top priority is to let Ma Wannian enter the army with confidence, and talk about it later." ”

Not long after, it was reported that Luo's courtyard was dusty, and two thousand stone soldiers began to march south.

It was already a long time since the afternoon, and the progress of several battlefields was gathered into a military report, which kept coming in one after another.

First of all, there was Yangshipan facing the river in the westernmost place, where there were guerrillas in Dazhou and other places, Tan Wen led 1,200 people from his headquarters and 1,800 people from Tan Hong's department in Shibaozhai to attack 2,000 people from Yang Wu, the defender of the Western Army, and had the upper hand in the early stage. As a result, the rear of the Western Army quickly sent reserve reinforcements, and Tan Wenbu gradually ran out of support. Fortunately, Zhao Ronggui led his troops to arrive in time and quickly stabilized the situation, and the two sides were deadlocked, advancing and retreating, and it was difficult to distinguish victory or defeat for a while.

In Bailu Township, east of Yangshipan, although there were only 1,800 guerrilla Tan Yi in Tiansheng City, his troops fought bravely and completely suppressed Yao Zhizhen's troops of the Western Army, who had the advantage in numbers. Originally, Wang Laixing, Qin Qigong and others analyzed that the most promising gap in the entire battle situation was to open here. Unexpectedly, the sudden change in the wind and clouds, Liu Jinzhong's department suddenly appeared, and quickly detoured back to the rear of Tan Yi's department, although he had not yet launched an attack, but it also directly frightened Tan Yi, his troops were outnumbered, and the front was infiltrated, Tan Yi was worried about being surrounded, so he could only retreat in a hurry, and the advantage of Zhao Ying in this place instantly became a disadvantage.

Qin Qigong believes that Liu Jinzhong has been lurking for so long, and his plan is definitely not simply just to eat Tan Yi, and the reason why he has not launched an attack for a long time must be another plan. Judging from the battlefield situation, Liu Jinzhong has two destinations, either to force Tan Yi back and then go to Yangshipan to attack Tan Wenling to defeat all the front lines of the Zhao camp, or go straight to attack Shijiao Town to carry out the beheading operation of the Zhao camp. The former is stable, the latter is urgent, and how to choose in the end depends on Liu Jinzhong's character and judgment, but no matter what he does, it is very unfavorable to Zhao Ying, and Zhao Ying must not sit still.

Liu Jinzhong is a strange soldier of the Western Army, and if the strange soldiers are not eliminated, it will be difficult for Zhao Ying to win if he disrupts the overall situation.

Zhao Ying's method of dealing with it is the stone soldiers.

"Mr. Qin, Shi Yanbing...... Can you fight a thief? Wang Laixing was originally very confident in Shi Yanbing, but seeing Ma Wannian coil himself, he always felt unsteady.

"Ma Wannian is young, but Qin Gongming and Qin Zuoming have been in battle for a long time, although they have a small heart and a small pattern, they are still reliable in fighting. I have seen the two thousand stone soldiers, all of them are veterans of a hundred battles in the stone stone, and they are all about forty years old. Qin Qigong replied.

"Exactly, the stone soldiers are few but fine, and they fight on the battlefield, and no one in eastern Sichuan can compare with them." Tan Hong also said. He and Qin Qigong were both born near the Shi Yan Xuanwei Division, and they had a lot of dealings with Shi Yan soldiers in their early years, and their words were grounded.

Stone soldiers are famous for their long spears, which are three and a half zhang long, equipped with large swords and sharp swords, and many people will bring their own bows and arrows. Compared with other soldiers who can only use a single weapon, everyone can be said to be proficient in a variety of martial arts, and they can be easily used in battle, regardless of distance and closeness. It is a very long growth cycle of stone soldiers, often around forty years old, before they can finally form a warrior with both martial arts and experience. In addition to the weapons, the armor of the stone soldiers is also quite good, in addition to the iron helmet and cotton helmet on everyone's head, and the body is covered with cotton armor in addition to the iron armor, all of which are double-layer protection, thick and solid.

The molding time and high equipment cost are all important reasons why the number of stone soldiers is small and it is difficult to replenish in time in case of heavy casualties. Therefore, the stone soldiers led by Ma Wannian can really be described as the most elite troops of the stone soldiers to comfort the division one in a hundred, Qin Liangyu hopes that his grandson Ma Wannian will be sharpened on the battlefield, and he is afraid that he and his father will suffer such an accident, and the feelings of licking calves can be seen.

Probably less than a stick of incense, Ma Bao rushed over and said: "The stone soldiers have already started a war with the thieves in the southeast Tianniu Rock in the Luo courtyard!" ”

Tianniu Rock is not too far from Shijiao Town, but it is obviously out of the range of the position in Bailu Township, Qin Qigong held the folding fan in his hand and said: "Liu Jinzhong is a rebellious fanatic, he really wants to go straight to our army's base camp!" ”

The personal martial arts of the stone soldiers were very effective in the small construction of the mountainous area, and the results of the Tianniu Rock were related to the overall situation, and Wang Laixing immediately scattered more than ten horses to explore the battle situation of the Tianniu Rock.

"Sacrifice the thief horse army at the bottom of the valley and divide the attack stone soldiers!"

Like Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong attaches great importance to the horse army, and he is even better, because he himself is a master of leading the horse army, and most of the generals promoted are from the horse army. For example, Liu Jinzhong himself is a native of Hanzhong in southern Shaanxi, and he was not Zhang Xianzhong's old descendant, but Ma Jun brought it well, and it can still be reused.

"Although the stone soldiers are infantry, they are all heavily armoured, and the order is clear, and Mount Tai collapses in front of it and does not change color. In the battle of the Hunhe River in the past, the Tartar iron cavalry rushed several times without being defeated. Offering thieves and horses, it is difficult to compare with Tartars, Liu Jinzhong hits the stone with an egg, and he can't fall well. Wang Laixing's face tightened when he heard Tang Bing's report, and Qin Qigong said with confidence.

After waiting for a while, a Tang soldier came to see him and said bluntly: "The stone soldiers are about to form a battle, Master Ma is in front, and the two Lord Qin are in charge of the battle. The thieves rushed forward, and the vanguard horses were connected by iron chains, and they ran fiercely. The stone soldiers did not retreat, and their spears poked out, dense as hedgehog hair. The thief turned the horse army to meet the blade, killed and wounded, and retreated without a fight. ”

"Good!" Wang Laixing patted his head and nodded. Just looking at the courage and organization of the horse army in the face of the charge and not retreating, the quality of the stone soldiers is enough to be admirable.

Then he came to the Tang soldiers and said: "The thief horse army went and returned, dismounted and fought fiercely with the stone soldiers. The stone soldiers drew a line in front of the formation every five steps, and the army ordered those who crossed the line to retreat and then cut off, so far everyone is just marching forward bravely, and no one is retreating! He added, "The thieves retreated, and the soldiers and horses in the front scattered into the mountains and forests, and fought with the stone soldiers, and it is currently a stalemate!" ”

When Qin Qigong heard this, he stroked his palms and said: "Offering a thief and abandoning a horse is like a knife losing its edge." Dismount and scatter in the mountains and fields, and fight with the stone soldiers, and there is no doubt that they will be defeated. As he spoke, he immediately bowed his hand to Wang Laixing and said, "Chief, you can take this opportunity to quickly divide Jing and the soldiers and horses of the rear battalion to the rear of Liu Jinzhong and cut off his retreat!" ”

Wang Laixing knew what he meant, Liu Jinzhong's troops were already fragmented at this time, not to mention reuniting in a short time, it was not so easy to retreat from under Shi Yanbing's hands, of course, he couldn't reach Shi Jiaozhen's whip. The changes in the tide of war are often in an instant, and Liu Jinzhong's troops have changed from throwing stones that can stir up a thousand waves to fish on the chopping board, and if Zhao Ying's soldiers and horses are stuck again, they will lose a great opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

"Send an order to Wang Guangying, asking him to immediately send Ma Bao to Tianniu Rock!" Wang Laixing made a quick decision. Wang Guangying's three outposts, the outpost is concurrently served by the Chinese officer Shi Meng, and he must sit in Shi Jiao Town to guard the base camp. Wang Jincai, the sentinel officer, is older, conservative in his use of soldiers, and lacks enterprising, only Ma Bao, the sentinel officer, is bold and able to change, and he is sharp, so it is better to let him attack.

Ma Bao was overjoyed. He is young, that is, he has the nickname "two skins", and he has become too ordinary people to reach the power, and suddenly got the military order of Wang Laixing, who still hesitated for half a minute, and quickly came out. Although he was an infantryman, under the requirements of Zhao Dangshi's military system, he also rode many mules and horses, and his mobility was not bad.

After half a cup of tea, the news of Ma Bao's encounter with the enemy and the war was found. At this time, Tan Wen and Zhao Ronggui of Yangshipan also became more and more courageous. It is reported that the reserve Liao Yubiao Department of the Western Army in Yiba has put all 4,000 people in the department on Yangshipan to assist Yang Wubu, but the numerical advantage of only 1,000 people has not changed the situation.

There are more than 8,000 people in Wang Shangli, who is stationed in the royal field, but most of these people are temporarily wrapped up in vain, and their armaments are not repaired, and their combat strength is low, and secondly, to the west of Hejiang County, Zeng Ying of Huiqing Mountain has already coincided with the Zhao Battalion training camp who came by boat, and there are also 5,000 of them. Where does Wang Shangli dare to act rashly, only the regular army of the Western Army that is on the front line can hold on to the end.

Wang Laixing had a premonition that today's war would have eyebrows, and he couldn't suppress his excitement, only to feel that the huge Qingyuan Palace hall was still a little narrower, got up and walked out of the palace gate, and walked to the Zhenkou archway in Shijiao Town, staring at the dirt road winding into the distance and the boundless sky and mountains, so that he could breathe out the tight breath in his chest and abdomen.

"Newspaper—"

On the road, a Tang soldier rode a horse and galloped, and after dozens of steps, he stretched his voice and said loudly: "The Yangshipan thieves were defeated, and the thief Yang Wu fell into the water and drowned, and the body was hooked by our army, and he was beheaded on the spot to deter the remaining thieves." The thief ditch Liao Yubiao was frightened and led the people to retreat south! ”

At the same time, several horsemen suddenly arrived from the other direction, and the knight rolled the saddle and dismounted: "Tianniuyan Liu thief was defeated, our army took advantage of the situation to advance into Bailu Township to fight back, and it was difficult to support the thief, and the thief Yao Zhizhen abandoned the horse and walked up the mountain!" ”

After hearing this, Qin Qigong immediately asked: "This sincerity is a good opportunity to capture Hejiang County in one go, please give an order from the general manager!" ”

Wang Laixing was in high spirits, immediately drew his sword and pointed to the sky, and said loudly: "Pass my military order, so that our army in Yangshipan, Bailu Township and other places will defeat the thieves, do not chase and flee in battle, and go to Hejiang County to gather, and those who are advanced in the county town are the first merit!" ”

As soon as the order was issued, the Zhao camp in Shijiao Town was also mobilized. Wang Laixing immediately found Wang Guangying, and only a small number of troops were left to continue to be stationed in Shijiao Town, and the rest of the soldiers and horses all rushed to the county seat non-stop.

After the Luo courtyard, go to the Tianniu Rock, there is no one here except for the corpses all over the mountains and forests. At this time, Ma Bao on the front line sent someone to report that Wang Shangli had retreated west to Hejiang County. Wang Laixing said to Qin Qigong: "There is a training camp in Huiqing Mountain and thousands of people from the Ying Division, and it is more than enough to intercept and kill Wang Shangli. ”

Qin Qigong nodded and said: "Exactly, the victory of our army is clear, as long as we enter the county seat, the overall situation will be decided." ”

Even if the soldiers and horses of Huiqingshan are open chess rather than dark chess, but now that the strategic goal has been achieved, Wang Shangli has to break through even if he knows that there is an interception in front of him. Qin Qigong has always believed that soldiers are not deceitful but in battle, and this battle is his righteous victory in assisting Wang Laixing by arranging troops.

Wang Laixing led the army through Bailu Township, except for a few scattered stragglers wandering like headless flies in the mountains and forests, the stone soldiers and Ma Bao's outpost were still missing, which shows that the sentence "those who are advanced in the county town are the first to make the first contribution" has a great agitation effect.

However, just when Wang Laixing was urging the soldiers and horses to speed up the march, the sudden situation from the direction of Hejiang County made his original good mood fall - in the county seat, Shi Yan and Santan's soldiers fought!