Twenty miles north of the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains, there is a big camp of thieves.

When Deng Maoqi heard that the 20,000 troops of the vanguard did not hold the southern slope and were annihilated by Liu Juntao's troops in one fell swoop, he immediately became angry and furious, and commanded the remaining 180,000 thieves to move southward and kill the south slope of the Huanggong Mountains.

Two days later, Deng Maoqi led his army to the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains, and set up a large camp to prepare for battle.

At this time, General Dai Jingkui had already deployed more than 40,000 officers and troops.

Liu Juntao led an army of 25,000 troops stationed on the north side of the southern slope, with his back to the southern slope to prepare for battle; The general Dai Jingkui led nearly 20,000 troops from the Beijing camp to be stationed on the southern slope to suppress the troops and horses of Liu Juntao's troops.

The more than 4,000 Mongolian iron horsemen were assembled on the southern slope, ready to rush down at any time to cover the thieves and kill the big array.

Deng Maoqi did not rush to start the battle, but spent three days to roughly figure out the deployment of the officers and troops.

Then, Deng Maoqi began to arrange the troops accordingly.

First of all, Deng Maoqi gathered 50,000 elite soldiers to take the lead, equipped his carefully prepared shield cart, and prepared to use these 50,000 elite soldiers and Liu Juntao's 25,000 troops to fight hard.

At the same time, Deng Maoqi also dispatched a main army of 100,000 troops, divided into two ways to attack the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains, each with 50,000 thieves, bypassing the defense line of Liu Juntao's headquarters in the north, and attacking simultaneously from the east and west of the southern slope, so that the rear of the official army was in chaos.

And Deng Maoqi led the remaining 30,000 thieves to suppress the formation of the Chinese army, so that when the war was unfavorable, they fled back to the Huanggongling defense line under the protection of these 30,000 thieves.

Of course, Deng Maoqi hoped that the 30,000 troops he left behind would not be useful, and this battle could kill more than 40,000 officers and soldiers in one fell swoop, and he could greatly increase his strength and overwhelm Ye Zongliu in one fell swoop!

After the two sides completed their respective deployments, they began to make frequent contacts.

Although there was no formed cavalry unit, there were still some scouting horses and sentinel horses, and they began to constantly spy and harass Liu Juntao's battalion.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao ordered someone to report to General Dai Jingkui: The thieves are about to attack!

At the same time, Liu Juntao ordered the iron cavalry soldiers attached to the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks to attack and counterattack against these thieves and horses who were constantly harassing!

In just four days, Liu Juntao's department and Deng Mao's seven departments launched a fierce fight, although the two sides did not invest many soldiers and horses, together it was only a thousand people, but the fierceness of the fierce battle between the two sides surprised each other.

Whether it is the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks, the Iron Cavalry of the Qi Barracks, or the horse team of the thieves, as long as they shoot, they will be killed, and neither side will leave them alive, as long as they meet, they will fight to the death.

After a few days, both sides lost a lot of men and horses, but on the whole, the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks with the iron cavalry had the upper hand.

At the cost of nearly 100 people, the two battalions of iron cavalry killed more than 300 thieves and horses, which made Deng Maoqi's heart ache and he was so angry that he scolded.

In this outpost battle, the three-eyed guns equipped by the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks and the Qi Barracks Iron Cavalry showed their might, taking advantage of the battle between the two sides, and the thieves and horses couldn't raise their heads.

Seeing this, Deng Maoqi's face was also solemn, and he said to his subordinates: "Liu Juntao's firearms are too sharp, and they must not fight head-on!" ”

And the general Dai Jingkui saw it from afar, and also said to the generals of the Beijing camp: "Liu Guji's subordinates make good use of firearms, and the three-eyed gun equipped with this iron cavalry can be used to shoot from afar, and it can be used as a big stick and a rake to kill the enemy, which is really a sharp weapon!" ”

Among them, Jingying also sighed, and some people even suggested buying some three-eyed guns and bird guns from Liu Juntao, even if it was to spend more silver.

However, everyone thinks that this is impossible, after all, these firecrackers were all built by Liu Juntao himself, and there is not even a military department, why should people sell them? Then it's better to go directly to the court!

After a few days, Deng Maoqi saw that his side had suffered losses again, so he was a little impetuous, and directly ordered all the armies to start attacking.

For a time, the army on the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains mobilized and shook the sky, and the army of 180,000 thieves divided into several roads and pounced on the more than 40,000 officers and troops stationed on the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains.

Seeing this, General Dai Jingkui also hurriedly ordered all battalions to stand by and fight to the death with the thieves!

At this time, Liu Juntao drove the 25,000 troops under his command out of the camp and assembled in the north of the camp.

This time, the front and rear battalions of Yushan Town, as the main force of the battle, formed two huge phalanxes on the left and right, forming an impregnable huge defensive line.

and Liu Juntao led the soldiers of the Yanzhou Mansion Strange Battalion to line up behind the defense line, as the Chinese army pressed the formation; At the same time, Liu Juntao was not worried about the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp on the southern slope, and was worried that the army of thieves would make a detour and rush up, so he deliberately left Sun Xu's department to support the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp at any time.

Finally, there was the iron cavalry battalion of Yushan Town, where Zhou Zongsheng's three thousand iron cavalry were divided into two, protecting the two wings of the army, ready to launch a counterattack against the army of thieves at any time.

"Soldiers! Defeat the army of thieves and capture the thief leader Deng Maoqi alive! Wansheng! ”

Seeing that the deployment of the army was completed, Liu Juntao stood in the middle of the large array of the Chinese army and shouted, and the herald on the watch cart beside him waved the trumpet flag in his hand and issued orders to the rest of the battalions.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers of each battalion roared angrily, the shouts of "Wansheng" shook the sky, the morale of the army rose sharply, and Deng Maoqi in the distance was shocked when he saw it!

And the general Dai Jingkui also widened his eyes and exclaimed: "With such morale, it is difficult to compete with even ten times the enemy!" ”

At this time, 50,000 thieves and elite soldiers pushed hundreds of shield carts and slowly advanced, and there were only two hundred steps away from the defense line of the front and rear camps of Yushan Town.

After Liu Juntao saw it, he secretly said in his heart: "It's a pity that there is no artillery in this army, otherwise the shield car of the thieves will fall apart and be useless!" ”

Soon, the army of 50,000 thieves in front rushed within a hundred steps, and Liu Juntao ordered the front camp and the rear camp of Yushan Town to meet them.

Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu also had a lookout car next to them, and at this time they received an order from the Chinese army, and almost ordered their subordinates to open fire.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Fire!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

In an instant, a huge smoke dragon rose in front of the army's defense line, and with the help of the strong wind, the forward of the 50,000 thieves army was completely enveloped, and the screams of the impenetrable smoke continued to be heard one after another, which made people tremble when they heard it!

"Second row! Put! ”

"Third row! Put! ”

At this time, the large horizontal formations of the front camp and the rear camp of Yushan Town continued to fire in turn, as if they were two never-ending death machines, strangling the thieves who kept rushing up on the battlefield.

Watching the two battalions of birds shoot calmly, Yan Hu and Zhang Xiaojun were very proud in their hearts: This is a strong army!

In the front camp of Yushan Town, Liu Youcai and Liu Youfu brothers were excited, and the two commanded their subordinates to fire in an orderly manner, with high fighting spirit in their hearts.

Especially Liu Youfu, looking at the increasingly dense gunpowder smoke in the distance, he secretly said in his heart: "This time, the soldiers of my former battalion will still win the first merit, and we must not let other battalions rob it!" ”

At the same time, Fan Jing, who was waiting behind the rear camp horizontal formation, was also anxious, and the long knife hand beside him kept looking at the gunsmoke in front of him.

"I don't know when the commander ordered us to attack, if we wait a little longer, it is estimated that the thieves in front of us will be killed by those birds!"

Fan Jing secretly thought in his heart, the hand holding the handle of the long knife turned blue, and at this time, he couldn't help but look at Yan Hu's place, his face was full of expectation.

Different from the mood of the soldiers in the front and rear battalions of Yushan Town, Deng Maoqi's face was extremely ugly at this time, and he originally thought that the hundred shield cars he had made temporarily could play a big role, at least allowing his 50,000 elite soldiers to kill in front of the official army.

But I don't want to compare with the 50,000 army, a mere hundred shield cars can't cover it at all!

There were thieves and soldiers in front who fled back in panic, bringing back the news from the front, and hearing that the army under his command had suffered heavy casualties, but could still only linger fifty steps in front of the official army, Deng Maoqi's heart burned with anger.

"Pass the order! Let the 100,000 army on both flanks attack, attack now! ”