Seeing the routed soldiers rushing towards the army formation, Dong Haoyun was secretly annoyed, the overall quality of the Heavenly Army was too low, and he was not allowed to rush into the formation, and he told the soldiers many times, but few people remembered it when it came to the end. The light cavalry of the officers and soldiers followed after the rout, not in a hurry, obviously waiting for the crossbow bolts to be fired to block the rout.

Dong Haoyun sneered, Ci is not in charge of the troops, since these defeated soldiers do not obey the military order, don't blame themselves for being ruthless. Seeing the light cavalry within a hundred steps, Dong Haoyun waved his hand and ordered: "Crossbow arrows are fired." ”

Most of the soldiers who fired crossbow arrows were officers and soldiers who had surrendered, and obedience to military orders had been carved into their bones, although the front was full of their own soldiers and horses, and since the military division had orders, they had to obey them.

The sound of "collapse" sounded continuously, and the twelve crossbow arrows were like twelve bolts of lightning, cutting through the barriers in front of them, bringing countless blood rains. The routed soldiers were pierced by the crossbow arrows and torn to pieces, and the soldiers who were not shot were also frightened, and many of them wet their pants.

Relying on the blocking of the rout in front, the power of the crossbow arrows was greatly reduced when they reached the light cavalry, and only a few horses were injured by the crossbow arrows, Wan Decheng brandished the machete and shouted: "The crossbow arrows of the thief army are finished, rush over, and cut off the heads of people for meritorious service." The sound of hooves was like thunder, and he slaughtered the heavenly army in front.

Dong Haoyun looked at the approaching light cavalry, left a thousand people to resist the enemy, and led the others to retreat, behind him was the second line of defense, where a trench had been dug and an earthen wall had been erected, and the defense had been greatly increased. There are still two more lines behind a line like this, and the last one is also the bottom line of his defense. Dong Haoyun set up four lines of defense in a row to lead the officers and troops into the real volley.

The battle reports of the light cavalry were constantly sent to Xiao Yanfeng, "The light cavalry defeated the 8,000 army of the heavens, and General Wan led the army to chase the enemy", "The report, the army of the heavens set up an ambush, and used a winch crossbow to resist the enemy, which was broken by General Wan", "The thief army dug a ditch and held on, and General Wan led the army to fight fiercely with the enemy"......

Xiao Yanfeng laughed proudly, and shouted at Rao Qiangfeng, who was retreating to the mountain rock: "General Rao, the reinforcements of the Heavenly Army have been broken by my light cavalry, and those who know the times are Junjie, you should surrender obediently, if you can lead the Heavenly Army to return to the court, the Son of Heaven will be merciful, and maybe he will spare your life." ”

Rao Qiangfeng believed that Dong Haoyun would never be easily defeated by the official army since the military advisor led the army to help. However, the soldiers around him have been fighting fiercely for a long time, and they are trapped on the mountain peak, so they can take the opportunity to take a breather. Rao Qiangfeng responded loudly: "Let's wait for Rao to discuss with everyone." ”

Xiao Yanfeng was overjoyed, he didn't expect Rao Qiangfeng to really agree, if Rao Qiangfeng could return to the official army, then his own credit would be too great. Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Xiao Yanfeng tried his best to say in a calm tone: "I will give the general a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, I will launch an attack, and then the jade will be shattered, General Rao, for the life of your subordinates, you must think carefully and return to the court." ”

Ten miles away, Wan Decheng's four thousand light horsemen happily harvested the lives of the heavenly army, the team was three or four miles long, scattered everywhere, Dong Haoyun saw that the time had come, and ordered to blow the horn. A low horn sounded, and countless figures with bows appeared in the mountains and forests on both sides, and the rain of arrows poured towards the officers and soldiers on the avenue. Everyone saw the situation of the officials and soldiers wantonly killing and poking against the heavenly army, and they were all brothers who were fighting against the heavenly army, and they shared the same hatred for the enemy.

The round shield can protect itself, but it can't protect the war horses and horses

The neighing of pain continued to sound, and the light horses were constantly thrown to the ground by the war horses with raised hooves, and the rain of arrows fell mercilessly, harvesting the lives of the officers and soldiers. Wan Decheng was shocked, he was still paying attention to whether there was an ambush at the beginning, and he got carried away when he killed him, and the leader of the heavenly army was so ruthless, and lured himself into an ambush with the lives of thousands of his subordinates.

"Rush back," Wan Decheng ordered loudly. There is a heavenly army blocking the road in front, Wan Decheng doesn't dare to bet on breaking through this heavenly army, whether there are soldiers and horses blocking the road in front. The light horsemen turned their horses and rushed towards the way they came. The dense net of arrows and crossbow arrows intertwined was overwhelming, Wan Decheng was guarded in the middle, and there were people around him who were constantly hit by arrows and landed, Wan Decheng's war horse was also hit by two arrows, seeing that he was about to reach the place where the heavenly army fired crossbow arrows (winch crossbows), and rushed through the open land in front of here, Wan Decheng wanted to reorganize the men and horses, and kill those hateful thieves.

When breaking through the winch crossbow, Wan Decheng had the crossbow string cut to prevent the thieves from repurposing it. The abandoned winch crossbows were pushed to the side of the road, but at this moment they were re-piled into the middle of the road, twelve winch crossbows and trees with branches and leaves blocked the road tightly, and Shu Yongjie gathered the scattered Tiantian army, holding a series of crossbow arrows at the other end to block the way.

The way to the end of the road, trapped in the place of death, Wan Decheng immediately dismounted, towards the mountains and forests beside the road, the soldiers under his command naturally did the same, abandoned the war horse and rushed to the mountains and forests on both sides. The crossbow arrows came quickly, the officers and soldiers put up the round shields in their hands, or hid behind trees, the lethality of the arrows was greatly reduced, and Wan Decheng led his men to dodge and kill the mountain. The official army was dressed in leather armor and held a round shield, and soon fought with the ambush in the mountains and forests.

Dong Haoyun led the army to cover up from behind, and saw the official army abandon their horses and flee to the mountains and forests, and countless war horses roamed on the mile-long road. Dong Haoyun was overjoyed, he didn't care about pursuing Wan Decheng and other officers and soldiers, he first ordered people to pack up the war horses, there were not many war horses to ask the heavenly army, with these war horses, the strength of the heavenly army increased greatly, and the most important thing was that the mobility was enhanced. There are more than 1,000 uninjured and lightly injured horses, and there are thousands of horses that need to be treated.

Before a quarter of an hour arrived, the battle report shocked Xiao Yanfeng, Wan Decheng's light cavalry fell into an ambush by the Heavenly Army, the road was blocked, and life and death were unknown. Xiao Yanfeng decided that he couldn't delay any longer, if Rao Qiangfeng knew the news of the defeat of the light cavalry, he would definitely not surrender. And Rao Qiangfeng surrendered first, even if the Heavenly Army was killed, he could let Rao Qiangfeng order the Heavenly Army to surrender.

Xiao Yanfeng reappeared under the mountain rock and shouted: "General Rao, the time has come, whether to surrender or fight, make a decision." Rao Qiangfeng calculated that the time had not yet come, and Xiao Yanfeng was so impatient that the military division should have broken the enemy.

Secretly ordered his subordinates to prepare, Rao Qiangfeng appeared in Shanyan and said: "General Xiao, Rao is willing to surrender." ”

Xiao Yanfeng was overjoyed and said: "Those who know the times are Junjie, General Rao understands the righteousness, Xiao will definitely say good things for you in front of the Son of Heaven, maybe we will be ministers with the court in the future." Since the Heavenly Army is willing to surrender, General Rao will first let his subordinates throw out their weapons and accept the incorporation, General Rao, you will wait in the camp with Xiao first, and Xiao will put wine for the general to suppress the shock. ”

Rao Qiangfeng

Laughing secretly in his heart, Xiao Yanfeng was dreaming. However, the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be for the Heavenly Army, Rao Qiangfeng smiled: "Thank you, General Xiao, Rao will bring people out to surrender." ”

Xiao Yanfeng took two steps back and whispered to his subordinates: "Beware of deception, if Rao Qiangfeng makes any abnormal moves, shoot him immediately." ”

Half a cup of tea has passed, there is no movement on the hill, the sound of horses' hooves came from the west avenue, Xiao Yanfeng thought that Wan Decheng had returned, and shouted: "Rao Qiangfeng, the reinforcements of my light cavalry to defeat the Heavenly Army have returned, and you will wait for a while if you don't surrender at this time." ”

Rao Qiangfeng squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the light horse coming towards the sun, a red flag fluttered in the wind, although he couldn't see the word "begging for heaven" on the flag, Rao Qiangfeng was determined in his heart, and laughed loudly: "Xiao Lao'er, you stare at your dog's eyes and see who is coming?" ”

Xiao Yanfeng was so shocked that he looked back, the red flag won the fire, and he waved in the wind, which was clearly not the banner of the official army. Fooled, Xiao Yanfeng was furious and ordered to attack. Stones fell like raindrops, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses, and seeing the light cavalry getting closer and closer, Xiao Yanfeng had no choice but to order a retreat with hatred.

Rao Qiangfeng took the lead in jumping out of the mountain rock, flying with an axe in his hand, killing the officials and soldiers who only hated their father and mother for having two legs. Xiao Yanfeng is a general, although he is defeated, he ordered more than 10,000 officers and troops to form a formation, and Dong Haoyun led more than 1,000 light cavalry to charge into battle, but was blocked back by spears and shields. Xiao Yanfeng didn't dare to fight, so he packed up the remnants and slowly retreated.

Dong Haoyun and Rao Qiangfeng merged and did not pursue Xiao Yanfeng, and after cleaning the battlefield, in addition to getting more than 2,000 usable war horses, they also captured a lot of ordnance, but unfortunately the catapult was destroyed by Xiao Yanfeng's order. Joining forces in one place, taking a short rest, Rao Qiangfeng and Dong Haoyun took the victorious division back to attack Yuanhe County and Kaifeng County, with nearly 20,000 people joining the Heavenly Army, before the time of Shen, the two county towns fell one after another, and the blockade arranged by the court on the eastern front was completely torn apart.

Xiao Yanfeng cleaned up the remnants of the defeated army, and only 18,000 of the 30,000 horses were left, and he could no longer stop the Heavenly Army, so he had to retreat to Xinqi and Nanhe counties, and appealed to the Andong Protectorate to ask for reinforcements.

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In the Gobi, Feng Siyan's road to the military town was not smooth, and the black smoke stopped the robbery halfway, Feng Siyan had no desire to fight, so he fled by seizing the road, and there were only more than 2,600 light horsemen who returned to the military town. He Xigui hurriedly complained to Jiang Anyi and Guan Pingzhong, Li Mingfeng quietly returned to Huiye Mansion, this time he was sent as an envoy by Yang Siqi to talk to Jiang Anyi about the exchange of prisoners, 4,000 infantry plus more than 300 light cavalry, in exchange for 100,000 stone grain and 2,000 sets of armor, swords and guns.

After Jiang Anyi discussed with Guan Pingzhong, he decided to redeem people and give food and ordnance to the Great Qi State as promised. Feng Siyan returned to the Anxi camp in frustration, he didn't dare to make a sound, Guan Pingzhong looked at Feng Siyan like a water dog, and felt relieved, this kid also has today, and he is still thinking about Lao Tzu's position, this time I am afraid that I have to think about saving my life first.

When the news of the successive defeats of Dezhou and Gobi was reported to the court, Shi Chongwei was furious, and ordered Xiao Yanfeng and Feng Siyan and other criminal ministers to be escorted into Beijing to be questioned, so that Shen Guogong could take the initiative to attack and exterminate the Heavenly Army by the end of the year. At the same time, let Jiang Anyi send troops to the Great Qi State to avenge the revenge of one arrow.

The will is still on the way, Jiang Anyi has led 30,000 soldiers and horses out of the pass, and officially began the western expedition.

(Drunk, dizzy)