With a series of muffled sounds of "Peng Peng Peng", the rocks in front of the official and military positions burst into the ground, and the dirt set off continued to fall to the ground from mid-air.

The official and army guerrillas, who were covered with sand and gravel, looked extremely embarrassed in the face of the Wugang chariot that approached a certain distance and began to shoot artillery, and one by one they had already lost their initial arrogance. In the face of unusually sturdy, behemoth-like chariots, their sporadic counterattacks were almost insignificant, and their pale faces revealed helpless panic.

The impassioned Qin Yong seemed to be crazy, wielding a waist knife invisibly, he visually measured the distance, and shouted in his mouth: "Echelon, prepare!" As soon as his voice fell, several Tang soldiers who were close to him immediately sounded the trumpet according to the rhythm, and together with the sound of the trumpet, nearly a hundred soldiers in the vanguard responded at the same time. These soldiers worked in groups of three, and each group carried a bamboo ladder that had been made out of the way.

Nearly 10 small Franc machines that fired from the hollow of the Wugang car were all loaded with scattered shells. With each shot, the gunner who accompanied the vehicle took out the empty guns, began to clear the chamber to cool down, and filled with new shells. This time has been coming and going for a long time, but even if they get a chance to breathe, it is still difficult for the single-clothed and lightly-armored officer and army guerrillas to hold on.

The rogues have a martial arts car, which is really unexpected by Hou Liangzhu. Zhao Dangshi raised his eyes and looked at the city, and found that not far from the city, Hou Liangzhu's handsome flag suddenly waved lightly, and then, the guerrillas who were behind the deep gully and rejected the horses retreated on all fronts, and all of them were scattered to the two flanks of the rear formation.

Taking advantage of the retreat of the official army guerrillas, under Qin Yong's urgent order, nearly 100 soldiers of the Zhao Battalion drilled out from behind Wugang's car one after another, advancing on the cat's waist, approaching the ravines at the fastest speed. Soon after they appeared, the next salvo of official artillery began on the city of Guangyuan. The sound of the cannon was so loud that Qin Yong couldn't help but cover his ears, but every time he just covered it, he couldn't help but swing his knife to command, and his ears were still open. He frowned, gritted his teeth on one side, endured a loud sound that was enough to burst his eardrums, and rushed out of the Wugang car with the soldiers who set up the ladder.

As soon as Bu came out, he hadn't run two steps, only to hear a bang behind him, and a powerful air current pushed him forward and threw him forward, with no possibility of resisting at all. He threw himself to the ground and rolled five or six times in a row, tensing his body in time so that he would not roll directly into the dark and deep ravine in front of him. Lying on the ground and looking back suddenly, he saw black smoke rising to the sky behind him, and the Wugang car that was covering him was already in pieces, and the dozens of soldiers surrounding the Wugang car were shattered.

"I'm fine, take the ladder!" Qin Yong stretched out his hand to pull out his mouth full of mud and sand, and opened his mouth to exhale. At this moment, there were no Tang soldiers around him, and although he tried his best, the sound was still annihilated in the sound of heaven and earth. Fortunately, he danced with his hands and attracted the attention of the soldiers, and the soldiers who were still advancing saw that he was unharmed, so they also calmed down and continued to act according to plan.

This time, the artillery of the official army directly destroyed the two Wugang vehicles, and many soldiers of the Zhao battalion who were lucky enough to escape rushed out from behind the burning wreckage of the chariots. This time, the guerrillas of the official army returned and took turns shooting, and for a time, the momentum of the vanguard of the Zhao battalion was greatly hindered.

Several projectiles hit Qin Yong's feet, and all the sand and gravel splashed up bounced into his face. Unbeknownst to him, he crouched down and waved behind him. At this time, there were already more than a dozen bamboo ladders on the ravine, and the vanguard soldiers who came from behind only stepped on them, and then jumped to the opposite side of the ravine by reaction force. Many of the soldiers jumped so hard that they could not restrain their feet, and scratched the sharp ends of the antlers of the horse-resisting deer, and the poison struck their whole bodies like lightning, and they fell into the deep ravine with a scream, and the sound of despair from the heart even broke through the noise and reached the ears of every soldier on both sides.

"Knock Knock Knock"

When the stalemate was in place, the second battalion formation with the flag in the sky lost no time in beating the war drums on a large scale, and the majestic drum beat coincided with the heartbeat of the soldiers, which inexplicably brought strong courage and motivation to people. Li Zicheng gasped heavily, and scolded angrily: "Hou Liangzhu is a thief, he is really cunning. "Defeat with guerrillas, come out at the right time - in such a shocking situation, you can still use a temporary strategy, Hou Liangzhu does have two brushes.

"If the vanguard is defeated, then our soldiers will be defeated." Tian Jianxiu is young in the end, even if he has the ability to see the situation clearly, he still can't help but hang anxiety on his face.

Zhao Dangshi saw that the two of them looked at him, observed the front and said: "There are still hundreds of vanguards, and the path has not been spread out in time, and it is just in vain to add oil from behind." As he said this, his gaze suddenly turned to the west, and he raised his whip and pointed, "The officers and soldiers retreated on both sides, and I saw that they were waiting for a little chaos in the west. At this time, the western military formation of the official army was visually disturbed, and it was better to rush it with the horse army. ”

Hou Liangzhu laid a lot of obstacles in the front, but in order not to be trapped in a corner, and in order to facilitate temporary adjustment and even facilitate the pursuit of the enemy, he simply arranged the defense line on both sides. Zhao Dangshi was as careful as a hair, and he sensed the opportunity from the subtleties, so he proposed.

"No." Tian Jianxiu immediately objected, "The officers and soldiers stay on both sides and have their own precautions." However, seeing that there are many troops on both wings, if they break through, it may not be profitable. ”

"Definitely!" Zhao Dangshi resolutely retorted, "You only saw the people on his two wings, but you didn't see him arrayed. Although there are many people on the two wings, they are in a long strip, and they are not very thick when they enter from the west. And Hou Liangzhu is in the back of the formation, and one of them is scattered in front of the guerrillas, how can I be a sharp horse? ”

"But even if you break in, Hou Liangzhu's formation is guarded layer by layer, and there is no chance to take advantage of it!" Tian Jianxiu's delicate and fair cheeks were slightly red because of excitement, and he didn't give up arguing with Zhao Dangshi.

That's not true. The purpose of this sudden attack is not Hou Liangzhu, but the vanguard of our army. Zhao Dangshi still insisted, "Breaking in from the west and coming out from the east can directly disturb the belly and back of the official and military guerrillas, and when they are frightened and self-doubting, it is a great opportunity for our army!" ”

Tian Jianxiu didn't answer when he heard this, and raised his eyes to look at Li Zicheng who had a Hongyi face. Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, patted his hips, and shouted: "A tiger! ”

"The last general!" Li Guo, who was in the back, immediately stepped forward when he heard the news.

"You immediately arrange the horse army and prepare to charge the battle!"

After Li Zicheng finished speaking, Zhao Dangshi said: "This is the second time to kill the enemy, and swiftness is the first." It is not advisable to have too many fighters. Five hundred horsemen are sufficient. ”

Li Guo heard him say this, his face was embarrassed, at this time, a general urged the horse to come, everyone regarded it, this general is broad-mouthed and heroic, not a young general who broke into the camp Gao Yigong?

"The young general is willing to break the formation, and break through the military prestige for the king!" Gao Yigong's voice was very loud and full of confidence.

If it were someone else, Li Zicheng might not be at ease, but it was Gao Yigong who asked for the battle, and he had no doubts at all. This high level of merit has been in the camp for a long time, and it was not until his sister became Li Zicheng's wife that he began to rise to prominence. At first, all the generals thought that Gao Yigong was just a hairy boy who had not dried up, and he was only able to be in a respected position by relying on his in-law relationship with Li Zicheng. It's just that this suspicion and contempt are dispelled with Gao Yigong's gradual ability to excel. The resourcefulness and courage he showed in many battles were enough to convince the public, and his talent in organization and command was also speechless.

In February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, who was still wandering in the north at that time, was pursued by Hong Chengchou with all his might, and traveled west with Chaotianxing from Chengcheng, Haoyang, and Yichuan in Shaanxi Province, and arrived at Guyuan Town through Qingyang, and then arrived at the dry salt pond in Haiyuan County, Ningxia. The dry salt pond was built with a city to guard the passage, and the defenders were quite numerous, and Li Zicheng fought fiercely with Zuo Guangxian and Liu Shaozong here, and was hit hard. If it weren't for the mutiny of the Ningxia official army at the juncture and the Gaoyi power division pulling up tens of thousands of horses in Guyuan within a few days and meeting for reinforcements in time, Li Zicheng would have died there long ago. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Gao Yigong, who has both wisdom and courage, is the most respected young general in the camp.

Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu and others had no objection to Gao Yigong's invitation to fight, and Gao Yigong was full of ambition and straddled away with his head held high. After a short time, only to hear the sound of the cannon, Gao Yi led 500 soldiers to break away from the army array, like an arrow from the string, straight into the western flank of the official army.

On the battlefield, the so-called strange tactics do not refer to the act of stealing and stealing people's eyes. In essence, even if the enemy sentinel and the main general get the news at the first time, they will not be able to mobilize a huge army to deal with it in a short time. Therefore, most of the time, the ambushes mentioned on the battlefield are not hiding among mountains and rocks and trees, but are arranged on the side or rear of the main formation, but the timing is unexpected. Just like at the moment, Gao Yigong and other hundreds of horsemen directly attacked the flanks of the officers and soldiers, which is a strange soldier for the officers and soldiers who are difficult to adapt.

The relative distance between the two armies is not far away, and it is even more fleeting for the high power of galloping like lightning. On both sides of the official army, most of them were native and wolf soldiers recruited by various Tusi, who mainly fought in the mountains in the past, and rarely directly faced a large number of horse charges. The 500 horse troops led by Gao Yigong are the most elite heavy armored cavalry in the camp, with complete armor and horse armor, and they are also very well-trained.

There was almost no need for any command from a higher level of skill, and all the breaking troops and horses habitually gathered the arrays closer and closer together according to the tacit understanding honed over the years, until the scattered formations from the beginning were completely converged into an impact formation close to a cone. The high skill of courage and human strength is at the tip of the cone array.

The officers and soldiers obviously did not expect that the horse army of the second battalion would dare to take the initiative to rush out, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Gao Yigong led fifty knights, roared angrily, and first dispersed the first part of the official army at the forefront. Those officers and soldiers scattered in panic and fled, and they had no power to fight back.

Zhao Dangshi saw the blood of enthusiasm, and ordered the soldiers in the array to beat drums and cheer. The earth-shattering drums rang out, and the soldiers of the second battalion, who had been inspired, also began to shout loudly along with the drums, cheering for Gao Yigong and others.

In the blink of an eye, Gao Yigong broke through the three-layer official and military array. Li Zicheng, Zhao Dangshi and others stood on a high place and looked in that direction, and they only felt that it was very picturesque: it was like a spear poking into a piece of gauze, although the gauze was not broken, but it had been concave into a zigzag.

The officers and officers in charge of guarding the west and preparing for war felt bad and drove the soldiers to surround the Gao Yigong Division. However, these officers and soldiers from poor backgrounds have not received harsh and formal anti-cavalry training after all, and do not know how to face the knights who are united in man and horse.

This created a very interesting situation: thousands of officers and infantry wielded various blades to chase Gao Yigong and other cavalry, but they could not stop their advance, and could only pan and run in vain. Seeing that Gao Yigong had broken through layer after layer of official and military arrays, he was almost about to attack Hou Liangzhu's Chinese army headquarters!

At this time, the Chinese army camp officer under Hou Liangzhu couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly transferred a team of 500 crossbowmen and prepared to shoot the second battalion of cavalry with random arrows. At first, he didn't shoot arrows, because he was afraid that he would accidentally injure his own soldiers who were much more affected in the chaos, but now the commander is in trouble, and he can't care about that much.

However, Gao Yigong would not give him this opportunity, he judged the situation and did not continue to attack in the direction of Hou Liangzhu's Chinese army, which was already in full position, but shook a shot and turned around and rushed into another large number of officers and soldiers.

At this moment, the formation of the officers and troops was as chaotic as an explosion, and the horse army of only 500 people turned the front of the officers and troops with thousands of numbers upside down. This undoubtedly gave great encouragement to the soldiers of the second battalion, who were originally lacking in confidence. They desperately shook the weapons in their hands, tore their voices to cheer up their robes, and the spirit of the whole army was completely renewed.

Tian Jianxiu looked around at the encouraged soldiers on the city wall, and then realized Zhao Dangshi's intentions, and at the same time looked at Gao Yigong's back and forth conflict and wanton figure in countless officials and soldiers, and couldn't help but admire: "True tiger general!" "They are all young people, watching the rising star Gao Yigong slowly climb in front of him, no matter how open-minded he is, he can't avoid being angry, but at the moment, he sees that he is so bright, and he is also convinced from his heart.

At that end, Qin Yong, who was struggling to support, also saw that his blood was boiling, he found that the front army of the official army was in chaos, and felt that it was an opportunity, so he shouted to the vanguard soldiers who had been a little shaken in their fighting spirit: "Brothers, the official army is in chaos, if you don't kill it at this time, when will it be!" ”

Seeing Gao Yigong and other friendly troops so brave, the soldiers of the vanguard were greatly inspired and their fighting spirit was rekindled. Roaring and pushing forward again. Dozens of bamboo ladders fill the ravines almost in a few breaths.

According to the predetermined plan, once Qin Yong's vanguard crossed the obstacle, Gao Yigong and the others had to evacuate in time. Sure enough, Gao Yigong knew Zhao Dangshi's intentions early on. He observed privately, and also felt that the effect had been achieved, and saw that Hou Liangzhu's Chinese army seemed to have faint signs of soldier transfer, so he decided not to fight again. With a whistle, he informed all the cavalry brothers that they were ready to run away.