Seeing Zu Dabi and other five or six horsemen re-entering the chaotic formation, Zhao Dangshi was able to breathe a sigh of relief. So far, this is not the most dangerous moment, but it must be the most shocking moment for him. After mixing in the northwest and the Central Plains for a long time, he thought that the world was so big, and it was not until now that he faced the troops from outside the Guan, such as Zu Dabi, that Zhao Dangshi really felt that he had been a frog at the bottom of the well for a long time.

Zu Dabi's troops are not the most elite troops in Liaodong, and even from the past life to this life, Zhao Dangshi only heard the name of "Zu Dabi" in the past few months. But because of this, Zhao Dangshi was even more shocked. A partial army in Liaodong is still like this, how difficult it will be for the elite of the real border army of a hundred battles to deal with, and how terrible is the Manchurian armor who plays with them in the palm of their hands.

It seemed too early to think about this, but when this thought flashed through Zhao Dangshi's mind, he deeply felt that there was still a long way to go in managing the army and training troops.

Back to the present, when Zhao Dangshi was in a trance, Hou Dagui approached and said: "Zhangpan, Zhou Jiang's life is safe, but he broke several ribs. "At the right moment, the person who sacrificed his life to deflect the horse's head with all his strength was Zhou Wenhe, the general manager of Zhao Dangshi. He has helped Zhao Dangshi save the day at critical moments more than once, and his loyalty and ability have been confirmed again at this moment.

"Hmm. I know, after the people are in the battle, they will take care of them, and there must be no difference. Zhao Dangshi said lightly. The form is urgent, there is no time for mother-in-law and mother-in-law, although this is Zhou Wenhe's job, his blood and sweat will not be in vain. It's just that right now, defeating the enemy is the most important thing.

While speaking, there was a thick drum beat dozens of steps away, Zhao Dangshi raised his head and saw that the banner of Li Yanyi's department was waving and swaying in a big way, and Hou Dagui said: "It's ready over there." Judging from the situation just now, Li Yanyi can be regarded as stable, and he did not mess up because of the accident on Zhao Dangshi's side, and now his five hundred people have been prepared in an orderly manner.

Soon, Zhao Dangshi's handsome flag also echoed and waved. Then, the drum beat in Li Yanyi's troops sounded rapidly, and at the same time, his five hundred men trotted and began to support Wu Mingfeng's troops, who were fighting in front.

To be honest, even if there are 500 people, Zhao Dangshi is sure that this is still a drop in the bucket to remedy the situation in the east. Zu Dabi's army had already played a rhythm, and Wu Mingfeng's thousands of troops were like a rag floating in the wind, allowing the cavalry of the official army to pull and impact at will.

Seeing that Li Yanyi's five hundred people converged into the front, they quickly merged with the chaotic array, and a Tang horse behind him was about to arrive, and the Tang soldiers rolled off their horses and said: "Zhang Zhangpan has promised to rescue, and it will be there immediately!" ”

Zhao Dangshi's heart moved, and he turned his eyes to look into the distance behind him, Hou Dagui sneered at this time and said: "Motionless, when we are all blind, we can't do it!" He had been paying attention to Zhang Miaoshou for a long time, and until now, Zhang Ying's "main elite" was still spinning in place, and no matter how he looked at it, he had no intention of rushing to the rescue.

"Whew." Zhao Dangshi exhaled, turned his back, and no longer looked back. Zhang Miaoshou had no idea of fighting from the beginning, no matter how much he hoped for it, it was in vain, and it was more worthwhile to pay attention to the battlefield ahead than to waste his energy on ethereal expectations.

The eastern end is chaotic, and the western end is equally confused. Zhao Dangshi saw the fall of Fei Yizai's banner, but he didn't receive the exact battle situation, and his heart was always like a bucket hanging seven up and eight down. Han Gon is the only card in his hand to save the game, but he really doesn't know how much he can achieve with just a thousand people.

In this fateful moment, no one can be calm. Zhao Dangshi was still dry and restless. Xu Hui also closed his eyes slightly, with a solemn face. Hou Dagui's face was covered with beads of sweat, and his lips trembled slightly. Whether it is life or death, victory or defeat, it will soon be clear.

Just after Zhao Dangshi felt that he had experienced a few long waits, finally, in their eager eyes, a flying horse shook out from the firelight in front of him, and the horse went straight to Zhao Dangshi's main formation, and the Zhao battalion soldiers guarding along the way all knew that they were here to report the news, and they automatically separated the road for them to drive when they were more than ten steps away.

The knight approached, blood-stained and half-kneeling on the ground, with tears in his eyes. At this time, Zhao Dangshi found that he was hanging a package around his waist, the package was black and red, and blood was constantly oozing outward.

"Say." Zhao Dangshi's heart was beating like thunder, his mind was empty, and he almost subconsciously asked. Next to him, Hou Dagui grew his mouth, and Xu Hui sighed a few times and closed his eyes again.

"Fei Yizai and Zu Jie have all been given the heads, and General Han ordered the villain to come to report the news!" When the knight finished speaking, he could no longer hold back, and tears immediately burst out of his eyes. These few words, every word is like gold, and one by one they are branded on Zhao Dangshi's heart. At the same moment, Xu Hui's eyes suddenly opened, and Hou Dagui burst out of his throat with a thunderous laugh.

Zhao Dangshi stood still, unable to believe what he heard. In his expectations, it was not easy to defeat either Fei Yizai or Zu Jie by surprise, and it was even more extravagant to defeat both of them. And now, the result is really in front of them, Fei Yizai and Zu Jie have actually become ghosts.

"In the waist of the villain is the head of Fei Yizai, Zu Jie has been confirmed to be killed in battle, but his head was snatched by the rebels and has not been found." The knight's two lines of tears were like beads of broken threads, and he couldn't stop flowing, but he didn't care, trembling his hands, wrapped the blood around his waist next, and handed it to Zhao Dangshi's personal soldiers.

This is enough for the turn of the tide of the war.

Han Gon took a thousand horsemen and launched a one-time charge of four or five waves, completely crushing Fei Yi's slaughter without accident. Because Fei Yi Zaibu was in a hurry to advance, the array was stretched too long, which on the one hand provided convenience for the Zhao Ying horse army that expanded the impact, and on the other hand, it also weakened its own depth a lot. Han Gon seized this opportunity and urged the whole army to rush in the direction where Fei Yi Zai's banner was located, and after three or four charges, the defense around Fei Yi Zai himself collapsed, and he himself was directly exposed to the sight of Zhao Ying's horse army. He died a terrible death, almost being slashed at the same time by the knight galloping from both directions, and before the first blow of the head was slashed, the second knight's slash cut off all the flesh and skin that was connected at the end.

The collapse of the Fei Yi Zaibu caused panic in the Zujie Ministry. Originally, it was only because of Fei Yizai's cover and support behind him that Zu Jie dared to rush into the fence head-on and fight with the long-prepared Bai Jiaolong Division.

Zu Jie was flustered, observing Zu Dabi at the eastern end, and found that he had not yet completely rushed into Zhao Dangshi's main formation, he couldn't help but be even more frightened, and he didn't know what to do next. As soon as he hesitated, he gave Han Gon a chance, and he didn't wait for Zu Jie to draw troops out to adjust, so he led Zhao Ying's horse army to kill from behind like a storm, and attacked back and forth with the Bai Jiaolong Division, and quickly defeated the Zu Jie Department like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves. Zu Jie fled wildly, but in the panic the horse stumbled and fell into the trap and obstacle arranged by Zhao Ying in advance, he struggled, but he was knocked down by seven or eight wolves in Wu Mingfeng's minister's army, and then a group of Zhao Ying's horse army swarmed in, and before he could scream, he trampled the rainy horse's hooves into a meat pie.

Han Gon's purpose was to defeat Fei and Zu's two tribes, not to kill them, and he was not carried away by the sudden huge results. On the contrary, he was as calm as ever, and he knew that if he couldn't contain Zu Dabi's attack from this side, everything would be in vain.

Therefore, he did not greedily chase the remnants of the second army, and even had no time to cut off the head of Zu Jie, who died tragically, so he began to move towards the east without stopping. And the incomplete and unconscious Bai Jiaolong Division, under the leadership of several officers, followed to the east to support despite exhaustion.

It can be said that Zhao Ying's center of gravity has been tilted towards Zu Dabi's location.

The change in the situation can be seen by Zhao Dangshi, and so can Zu Dabi. In fact, he was a little discouraged after Fang Cai missed the most likely opportunity to kill Zhao Dangshi. Back in the chaos, he already felt that even though his brothers were still able to tear at Zhao Ying's front unscrupulously, they were gradually beginning to show fatigue. Especially after Zhao Yingxin's 500 people came to support, they already had the intention of retreating.

It is true that his subordinates have not yet reached the limit, and if they continue to fight, they can hold on for a long time. But the so-called limit is not something that can be reached ordinarily. For the Ma army under Zu Dabi, whether to fight or stay, it is all up to their own will, without the pressure of life and death, how can they burst out with the strongest will? In fact, when Zu Dabi returned, several cronies and generals came up and persuaded him to fight again next time.

Zu Dabi was also hesitating. With his own part, he fights with his life at any cost, and it is possible to capture and kill Zhao Dangshi. But the problem is that he doesn't want to play with his life. Standing in his position, he killed Zhao Dangshi with his life, what is the picture? He couldn't be clearer about the situation in Shaanxi, he couldn't allocate food, he couldn't get silver hair, even if he killed Zhao Dangshi and even took Baocheng easily, his greatest possibility was to get the court's praise like an empty word and the ethereal reward that he didn't know when he could cash it. Using his brother's blood to exchange for these bullshit things, Zu Dabi was not stupid to that extent. He wanted to make meritorious contributions, but he would never accept paying a heavy price for it.

Zu Dabi's thoughts now are very clear, only when Fei Yizai and Zu Jie in the west have eyebrows and are in harmony with them, he is willing to kowtow to the end with Zhao Dangshi.

However, it backfired, and what he was waiting for in the end was the news that the two were defeated and died.

"Holy. Talking about this old day for a long time! Zu Dabi was furious and roared. His anger was not because of the death of Fei Yizai and Zu Jie, but because he had been busy for a long time and ended up falling short.

"Gone, fuck the fuck!" Zu Dabi was angry, but he did not hesitate to give orders. He had already noticed that the Zhao battalion soldiers in the west had begun to gather on his side. According to this form, even if he had to fight, no matter whether he won or lost, the final result would be ugly, and besides, he found out that there were still a thousand thieves in the rear who had not moved, and if these people and the thieves in the city came out to support again, there would be no chance of victory.

Zu Dabi gave an order, and his subordinates, who had long been impatient, began to withdraw one after another. With their vigorous skills, skilled equestrian skills, and sophisticated equipment, the Zhao battalion soldiers who couldn't beat them couldn't stop them from retreating. In a short period of time, the horse army of the Zu Dabi Division, who was still in chaos, broke away from the beach of Zhao Ying at the fastest speed, like the sea water at low tide.

Han Gon pretended to chase for a while, deliberately slowing down his speed gradually, and the Zongzu Dabi Department left calmly, and then stationed in place and waited for the last soldier who could not see the other party to return. Behind them, Wu Mingfeng and the others were panting and catching up, but Han Gon stopped their pursuit.

It wasn't until the battle settled and their minds calmed down a little, that the exhausted soldiers of the Zhao Battalion looked back and were shocked to see that the vast battlefield behind them had already been full of corpses and blood. Such a tragic scene, Rao is a veteran who has held a knife for more than ten years, and it is rare to see it a few times.

This battle was indeed very bad.

The two divisions of Bai Jiaolong and Wu Mingfeng, who were lined up at the forefront of the Zhao battalion, suffered nearly half of the casualties each, among which Bai Jiaolong hit the horse army of Zujie's department in the chest and fell unconscious, and Wu Mingfeng was also injured in many places around his body. At the left and right ends and the two divisions of Guo Hutou and Bai Wang prepared in the second column, the two generals were in a coma due to injuries, and the soldiers of the two divisions were basically reimbursed two-thirds, most of which were still firearms teams that could be called Zhao Ying's sharp weapons. In addition, Li Yanyi and Han Gon's troops were also damaged, ranging from how much, and the general Zhou Wenhe was also seriously injured and treated. According to a rough calculation, the soldiers of the Zhao battalion suffered more than 2,000 casualties, accounting for more than one-third of the total strength of the battle.

For the official army, it is only a temporary rough statistics, Fei Yi Zaibu suffered the largest casualties, basically the whole army was wiped out, Zujie was a horse army, there were many escapees, and Zu Dabi's casualties were less than 100. In total, there were nearly 1,000 dead and wounded.

Zhao Dangshi was satisfied with such a result, but he was also not satisfied. The satisfaction lies in the fact that the battle was won after all, and a series of evil consequences that would have been caused by the original scruples were eliminated; The dissatisfaction lies in the fact that Zhao Ying was prepared for this battle, but it almost capsized, exposing many problems such as the quality of soldiers, the ability of generals, and the coordination of various departments.

Hou Dagui looked at the soldiers scattered all over in front of him, who were cleaning up the battlefield in twos and threes, his body relaxed, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and said, "I finally won." ”

Zhao Dangshi didn't answer, shook his head silently, this battle, at most, can be called the repulsion of the officers and soldiers, and it is not the word "win" at all. Hou Dagui looked at the speechless Zhao Dangshi and Xu Hui, and seemed to feel their mood, and he also bowed his head and said nothing. The first time, the enemy retreated, but they had no joy or pride. In the distance, cheers were heard in droves, but they did not develop into cheers of the whole army—because so many people had lost their partners or even relatives in this battle, and the grief far outstripped the joy of victory.

Zhao Dangshi lowered his head and thought for a while, but the more he thought about it, the more chaotic his head became. Hou Dagui let out an "oh" in his ears. He turned his head to look, and saw that under the slanting sun, the city gate of Baocheng County was slowly opening.