Monk An was determined, so he immediately instructed Shang Zhixin to do so, so he personally wrote another book and sent him back to Shang Kexi.

Shang Zhixin got the promise of Monk An and the handwritten reply, and the pride in his heart was difficult to describe in words, and he did not stay for a while, and hurried back to Gaizhou, and reported all the things to his father Shang Kexi.

Shang Kexi got such a letter, and carefully read Monk An's handwritten letter, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. Then he immediately ordered Shang Zhixin to take 20,000 elite soldiers and horses of his family to Yingkou to surrender to the Tang army, while he himself led thousands of other soldiers and horses to continue to garrison Gaizhou City to protect the foundation of the Shang family.

Shang Zhixin took the promise and rushed all the way, and finally two days later, he rushed to Yingkou, handed over his soldiers and horses, handed over to Monk An, and let him fall.

Monk An saw that Shang's letter came as promised, and his heart was also very happy, so he ordered him to be the head of the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and made his department to be the pioneer, all the way to Anping Mountain.

Then, Monk An personally led the second town under his direct management and the fourteenth town of Gaojie, with a total of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, together with Shang Zhixin's 20,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed to Anping Mountain on the east bank of the Tang River.

During the period of emergency action between the Tang army and the surrendered Shang Zhixin Department, Kong Youde's troops and Geng Zhongming's troops and horses had been retreating from southern Liaoning and rushing all the way to Liaoyang according to Dolgon's instructions.

What Shang Kexi and the others didn't expect was that Kong Youde's retreat was extremely fast, they set off from Zhuanghe and hurried to Xiuyan, where Geng Zhongming's department was located, and Geng Zhongming's department had just finished cleaning up at this time.

So, the two troops joined forces and withdrew together.

Because the Tang army swept rampant in the Liaozhong region, leading to the destruction of the entire Liaozhong region, everything withered, Kong Geng's army marched everywhere, all of them found nothing, the people were almost extinct, only a clean and neat sorghum pole was left in the field, all the way north, as if walking in a no-man's land, only occasionally saw a few scattered Tang army sentry horses from a distance, but, when their cavalry wanted to pursue, the Tang army sentry horses had already disappeared as soon as they ran away.

Seeing that the Tang Army's sentry cavalry was about to leave with him, he seemed to be very timid, hiding like a timid rabbit and not daring to see anyone, Kong Geng's second department, who was originally cautious, suddenly gradually relaxed and slackened.

As a result, their vigilance began to decline rapidly, their loose nature began to be revealed, and soldiers began to break away from the main formation and act on their own, and the strength of the two armies began to gradually disperse and disconnect from each other, and the discipline and organization became more and more relaxed.

Everyone happily thought that they originally thought that crossing the Liaozhong region controlled by the Tang Army would most likely lead to an extremely difficult and heavy battle, but they didn't expect that the current march to Liaoyang would be easier than tourism.

Therefore, the two teams of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, as they became more and more scattered, also despised the Tang Army more and more.

It's just that what they don't know is that when they marched north one after the other triumphantly and without scruples, and their forces were becoming more and more scattered, the Tang army had already begun to quietly show its sharp fangs.

Three days later, Geng Zhongming's front troops and horses, after marching all the way, finally came to the Anping Mountain outside the Tang River.

It was close to the mountains, and the terrain began to rise and fall, and it was not as flat as the land it had passed before, and it stands to reason that it was appropriate to march on such a hilly and undulating territory with caution and send sentinels to scout forward. It's just that since Xiuyan sent troops, Geng Zhongming's soldiers and horses have not been able to find half of the Tang army for days, at most he has seen a few Tang army sentry horses from afar, and their vigilance has long been greatly reduced, and the mentality of arrogance and underestimation of the enemy has spread everywhere.

Therefore, this 3,000-strong army led by an adjutant general did not send sentinels to investigate in advance, but marched with the whole army without any scruples, and marched straight towards the Anping Valley.

At this time, Geng Zhongming, the commander of the Chinese army, who was sitting on a horse, looked at the not wide Anping Mountain in front of him, and saw the sparkling Tang River in the distance in front of him from the clairvoyant mirror, and he felt a little comforted.

Damn, in this scorching summer, he and his subordinates, in order to understand the siege of Liaoyang, since the order of Dolgon, are like a lost dog, all the way to the north in a hurry, these days have been sleepless and rushing, this man and horse are tired.

Fortunately, when the morale of the whole army was almost at the bottom, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command finally successfully arrived at Anping Mountain, which is extremely close to Liaoyang.

"Brothers, quit the hard work, the whole army will work harder, advance quickly, first cross the Anping Mountain, and then cross the Tang River, and then enter the Liaoyang territory. After crossing the river, I rested in the local area for half a day, and then went to Liaoyang City. ”

Geng Zhongming wiped a handful of sweat and mud stains on his face, and shouted loudly at the scattered and languishing soldiers of the banner, giving them the most practical encouragement to the exhausted.

The entire army let out a low cheer, which was regarded as a perfunctory response to the commander-in-chief.

What they never expected was that in an unnamed valley in front of them, the second and eleventh towns of the Tang Army, as well as the soldiers and horses of Shang Zhixin's troops, had quietly arranged a pocket formation, waiting for them to arch in like a group of ignorant and fearless stupid pigs.

Geng Zhongming's front, which numbered more than 5,000 people, lined up in a long snake formation on a hot afternoon, and walked into the pocket formation of the Tang army without noticing.

After the more than 5,000 people had all walked through the valley, Monk An, the commander of the Tang Army, who had been hiding in the grass, smiled coldly and gave the order for an all-out attack.

The two ends of the valley were quickly and firmly blocked by a large number of Tang army spearmen, and the pockets were tightened, and on the mountainsides on both sides, 8,000 firearms were fired almost simultaneously, and the sound of popping beans immediately sounded intensively.

The flames were dazzling, the embers were flying, huge clouds of white smoke were rising, and more than 7,000 small rice bullets, like birds of death, flew towards the enemy with a cry of joy. In the first round of volleys, more than 800 Geng soldiers were killed.

A series of screams rang out from the valley, and the remaining Geng troops were instantly beaten, and just as they were frightened and scurrying around like headless flies, the second volley of the Tang army began again.

More than 600 rogues were put down in an instant, and the remaining rogues quickly collapsed.

The ambush battle that stands out in this way is more like a massacre.

The frightened rogues ran towards both ends of the valley with a wail, and at this time, the third volley began, and hundreds of the rogues who could not escape were overturned.

This was followed by a fourth and fifth volley.

The remaining Geng army, at this point, no longer had the slightest will to fight, and they were lucky enough to escape from the dense rain of bullets, and rushed to the entrances on both sides of the valley like crazy, hoping to escape from this hellish scene. It's just that they were greeted by countless fierce and ruthless 4-meter stainless steel spears.

These spears, like eyes, pierced their heads, necks, and chests with swift precision, causing them to die.

In the face of such brutal slaughter and absolute death, the Geng army surrounded in the valley completely collapsed, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Monk An, who had been calmly watching the progress of the battle, finally showed a faint smile at this time.

He immediately ordered to accept the surrender of the remaining 3,000 Geng troops, and then the whole army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and then arranged for a group of auxiliaries to evacuate the prisoners first.

As for himself, he took all the soldiers and horses, left the ambush place, and formed a formation under Anping Mountain, inviting Geng Zhongming's rear soldiers and horses forward.

The continuous and deafening gunfire from the valley immediately attracted the attention of the Geng troops in the rear, who were heading towards Anping Mountain, and they reported to the higher authorities in panic, and at the same time urgently assembled and formed a formation on the spot to protect themselves.

Geng Zhongming, who was marching forward in the back, was almost incredulous when he heard the report from his subordinates.

No, the Tang army was not seen all the way, but they didn't expect that they secretly set up an ambush in this Anping Valley.

Such a guy is extremely cunning!

Geng Zhongming gritted his teeth and slammed his helmet to the ground, the expression of remorse on his face was almost indescribable.

Fuck it! It's no wonder that these days, I always have a bad premonition, and today it has finally come true.

You must know that the Tang Army is an elite division that has fought bravely for a long time, how can it really run away so cowardly, isn't it a joke. Therefore, they will definitely lurk somewhere, and then suddenly jump out and give themselves a fierce blow.

Today's defeat, speaking of which, is entirely the responsibility of his own commander.

These days, he has been too laissez-faire with his subordinate soldiers, so that they have been slack and relaxed, and have no military discipline at all, and finally when they entered Anping Mountain, they were completely unguarded, and finally suffered the result of the annihilation of the whole army.

Now that I think about it, how much regret I have!

It's just that now that the front is destroyed, the Tang army is lining up at Anping Mountain, and is driving all the way to itself, and the next battle is inevitable.

Geng Zhongming clearly saw that from the distant horizon in the direction of Anping Mountain, there seemed to be a black line jumping out, beginning to be extremely thin and light, and gradually becoming thicker and thicker, and finally this black line was like magic, conjuring countless soldiers and horses and flags, dazzling swords and guns, war horses neighing, whistling and shouting, surging in their own direction.

It was almost noon, and the weather was starting to get very hot, and in the boiling heat, these rushing soldiers and horses, showing twisted and strange shapes, looked very unreal, as if they were dream-like existences.

The clairglass mirror in Geng Zhongming's hand clanged and fell to the ground, and his face instantly turned pale.

Looking at this posture, the troops and horses of the Tang army on the opposite side add up, there are more than 100,000 people, and these more than 100,000 Tang troops are going to attack back and forth, and wipe out all their soldiers and horses, which are only 15,000 people, in the open space in front of Anping Mountain.

Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down Geng Zhongming's face.

The mistakes that I took for granted at the beginning have finally become the irreversible bad situation now.

What to do?

What the hell is going to do now?!

However, just when he was anxious and confused, the Tang army formation rolling in the distance was already getting closer and closer, full of an indescribable sense of oppression.

Seeing the Tang army formation behind him, getting closer and closer, Geng Zhongming, who was in a cold sweat, knew that it was no longer possible for him to make a decision.

He suddenly flashed with lightning, and suddenly understood that he was now himself, and he couldn't get out. The only feasible plan is to make Kong Youde, who is still marching behind, speed up and join himself, and then the two armies will unite and resist the Tang army together, so that they can have a chance to win.

"Pass on our military order, and the whole army will quickly form a formation on the spot to meet the enemy and resist the enemy!"

"Order!"

"Send a messenger and return quickly to inform the prince Kong Youde in the back, and order him to lead his 40,000 soldiers and horses to Anping Mountain immediately to resist the attack of the Tang army with our army!"

"Order!"

Looking at the messenger who sent the message and patted the horse away, Geng Zhongming's eyes were full of worry.

The enemy army is close at hand, no matter how fast this envoy is, and even if Kong Youde's troops come hard, will they be able to catch up with this battle of great disparity in strength between the two sides in time?

Perhaps, it can be said that whether they can catch up with this battle is still secondary, and whether they can hold on until Kong Youde arrives in the face of the disparity in strength and low morale is the biggest question.

Thinking of this, Geng Zhongming couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At the moment, I can only hope that God will bless me, and my fifteen thousand subordinates can hold on until Kong Youde's arrival.

After all, he has 15,000 soldiers under his command, and he has not reached the point where he can only raise his hands to surrender, the Tang army has just eliminated his own front soldiers and horses, and his strength is consumed, and he is afraid that he will not be able to eat himself for a while.

Under the hot and scorching sun, 15,000 Geng soldiers lined up in a long rectangular battle formation, with more than 1,000 cavalry on each side guarding the two wings, facing the Tang army on the opposite side, ready for battle.

As the Tang army marched, Geng Zhongming quickly saw the formation of the Tang army.

The formation formed by the Tang army was a long snake formation almost three times as wide as itself, with more than 10,000 shield soldiers lined up, and there were two rows of sharp and sharp shields, like a temporary steel wall.

Behind the shield soldiers, there are dense spearmen, and on the steel wall built by the shield soldiers, above each shield, there is a 4-meter stainless steel spear with a cold light, like a poisonous dragon ready to attack, waiting for the prey that is getting closer and closer on the opposite side.

The Tang Army's spearmen had three layers, which could ensure that there were enough troops to fill the losses, and the entire formation was very strict and full of awe-inspiring murderous aura.

Behind the spearmen, there are Tang Army auxiliaries holding earth-shattering thunder, these unarmored auxiliaries are actually the killer existence of the Tang Army. Each of them had more than a dozen one-handed sky-shaking thunderbolts hanging from their waists, and they seemed to have no offensive power, but they were actually the Tang Army's biggest secret weapon.

Behind the entire Tang Army's gun and shield battle array, there were two cavalry divisions and two heavy armored marching troops, which were used to protect the security of the flanks.

A large-scale head-to-head confrontation is about to officially begin.

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