Early in the morning of the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of Hongxi. On the riverside plains that are miles wide to the west of Hongmu Mountain, a damp white mist is shrouded. In the fog, the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the people and horses were noisy, and it was impossible to see how many men and horses there were in the Han army.

"Today's fog is so sudden!" The voice of a military general in the distance said. Zhu Gaoxu heard the voice, but he didn't see the person's face clearly.

Zhu Gaoxu waited under the banner of the Chinese army for a while, and then a scout came to report: "Lord Wang, the enemy army has been drawn out of camp and is marching south!" ”

"Spread the whole army, advance slowly and advance one and a half miles and a half according to the order, and enter the predetermined battlefield!" Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

"Order!"

The camps of the two sides were five miles apart last night. Because both armies have heavy artillery, it is a more reasonable arrangement to arrange the formations about two miles apart; Zhu Gaoxu's men and horses marched for one and a half miles, if Xu Huizu had a tacit understanding and also traveled this distance, the two armies would be able to start fighting!

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at Ping'an and Wang Bin on the left and right: "My uncle has been sick for so long, and he finally recovered, I expected him to come to fight this battle!" ”

After listening to peace, he turned his head and hugged his fists in agreement; Wang Bin on the side said: "The prince is like a god!" ”

The two said goodbye, and soon took their leave and left the banner of the Chinese army.

In this battle, Zhu Gaoxu left some soldiers and horses in Taipingzhou City, and the total number of troops dispatched was less than 60,000; And the number of Xu Huizu's officers and soldiers is roughly twice that of the Han Dynasty's army! However, Zhu Gaoxu thinks that the officers and soldiers at this time are like frightened birds, and there is still a certain chance of winning this battle!

With the elite of the Han King's vanguard army, it will definitely not collapse too quickly. Even if the war was unfavorable, Zhu Gaoxu could stay up until the evening, run twenty miles back to Taipingzhou City overnight, and then close the door.

Therefore, yesterday Xu Huizu was more than 30 miles away, and Zhu Gaoxu was not in a hurry to go over to find him for a decisive battle; In order to leave a way back, I am ready to run back to the city at any time...... After all, the disparity in strength is doubled, and if it is not for the general situation and morale at this time, it is best not to fight this kind of frontal battle.

But no matter what, the first battle can quickly determine the overall situation, and Zhu Gaoxu can't give up such an opportunity!

The sun had not yet come out, and the vision of the foggy sky was not clear. However, the west of this place is the big river, the east is the Hongmu Mountain, the direction is easy to discern; And because the generals had already figured out the pre-arranged battlefield terrain and roads in the past two days, tens of thousands of troops marched slowly and there was no confusion.

Wang Bin led a cavalry that had already left the main force of the army and went to the valley at the eastern foot of Hongmu Mountain to fortify.

The officers and soldiers relied on their strong troops, and they must have wanted to outflank and flank the Han army; The left flank of the Han Wang army is Dajiang, and the right flank is Hongmu Mountain, and the enemy army detours from the eastern foot of Hongmu Mountain, which is a better choice!

In the white mist, black figures were moving, and armor and weapons were "clanging and clanging". The performance of the soldiers was very calm, and these elites who had experienced many battles had long been accustomed to the atmosphere of the battlefield.

On the plains, there are many dry fields, rice paddies, vegetable fields, and large lakes and ponds. There was no plough in the rice fields, no dirt in sight, only white water.

There is also a village and a wealthy manor house. The day before yesterday, scouts came and told the villagers to go out and hide for a few days, but now there is no one in the village. The gorgeous manor with pavilions and lotus ponds built, the owner's family is not an ordinary person, and they have already gone to the capital city, and the scouts only found two old slaves guarding the door.

The various divisions marched to the established place one after another, and Zhu Gaoxu came to the front of the formation, and he had already vaguely heard the noise of life in the north, as well as the drums, trumpets and military music. But because the fog has not dispersed, there is no one to be seen for the time being. I saw the shadow of the ranger running in the white mist.

The sun has risen to the top of the Hung Curtain, but today there is not only fog but also clouds; The sun peeked out from behind the clouds, and the red sunlight seemed so weak that it could not dispel the fog from the earth.

At this moment, Ping An and the others came from the north. Ping An hugged his fists and said: "The enemy's main main formation is a bit like the Glaive Formation, and its left flank is very thick. It seems that Xu Huizu is going to attack my right flank from the side of Hongmu Mountain. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, looking at the scene in the north, but he couldn't see anything.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Suddenly a fire flickered in the distance to the north, and several cannon shots then resounded across the land. However, it had no effect, and the shelling, about two miles away, could not hit any target, and it seemed to be some kind of signal!

…… In the valley at the eastern foot of Hongmu Mountain, there is a flat and narrow dry field. Wang Bin's troops, who were deployed here, took the lead in the battle.

No one came to call the formation, there were many black shadows in the fog, and an infantry force had already approached the infantry formation in front of Wang Bin's department! Not long after, there was a "crackling" string sound in the distance, and the arrows in the white air "swished".

The shields and armor of the spear and shield soldiers in front of the Han Wangjun were hit by clusters of arrows like hailstones, and from time to time someone screamed. The archers in the back also threw a volley into the sky and fired back.

After several rounds of archery, several groups of enemy infantry, consisting of several hundred men, advanced forward. The two sides drove more than ten steps away, shooting at each other with firearms, and the firelight on all sides flickered one after another, and the sound was like firecrackers. The smoke of gunpowder spread, and the original fog appeared thicker.

"Ahh Ah......" After each burst of fire, some of the soldiers in the front row fell to the ground screaming. However, the formation of the Han Wangjun did not waver.

After firing a few shots, the enemy pikemen came up in a dense formation!

Seeing this, Wang Bin immediately felt that King Han knew Xu Huizu too well! King Han said yesterday that the common tactic used by Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, was to attack from far to near and in turn with various arms; It is very likely that Xu Huizu will use the usual tactics of his late father. Now it is not true!

"Withdraw!" Wang Bin ordered.

The personal soldiers immediately went to give orders to the generals, and the mixed infantry formation of the Han Wangjun quickly changed from a horizontal formation to a column, and ran backwards in turn. The dense pikemen in front of the enemy advanced slowly, and did not dare to disperse the pursuit at this time.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves of "rumbling ......" sounded from the fog to the north. The enemy has sent out cavalry!

Many light horsemen with bows and arrows were the first to burst out of the mist. Wang Bin raised the horse knife and shouted: "Kill! ”

"Kill the ......" The horsemen shouted for a while, and they rushed out from the gaps and sides of the infantry units.

The knights leaned over their horses, dodged the arrows flying in the air, and aimed at the men and horses in the mist to "snap ......" and release arrows.

In the midst of the neighing of the horses, the cavalry of both sides behaved in the same way, each detouring towards the left flank; Form a movement in the opposite direction and constantly shoot your opponent with a bow and arrow. The arrows were sharper in the gallop of the war horses, and people kept falling from the horses.

Not long after, Wang Bin personally led the follow-up cavalry to rush to the enemy army; Swords and spears flew in the air, shouts shook the valley, and knights on horseback fought hard.

The enemy cavalry in the rear brandished swords and guns and charged head-on; Wang Bin led his troops to follow the direction of the light cavalry and made a detour to the left. The enemy infantry is about to come, and if the cavalry of the Han army falls into a melee at this time, it is very disadvantageous, and they can only fight and run.

Wang Bin led the cavalry columns to take turns to charge and kill, resisting step by step. But the official army horse team rushed past Wang Bin's cavalry and rushed straight to the Han Wang's army infantry who were trotting and retreating in columns!

Several infantry columns were quickly broken down and divided. However, the infantry of the Han army soon gathered in large and small circles and resisted on the spot.

An enemy horse rushed ten steps away from the circle, and suddenly there were two "bangs", and the enemy horse screamed, and the cherry gun in his hand was taken off and the person fell backwards. A moment later, another enemy cavalry charged close to the circle, and the spearmen and shieldmen in the front row had already stood up, their spears stabbing at the enemy cavalry. "Hiss......" The horse screamed, the horse fell to the ground and slammed forward, and the two spearmen and shields screamed and were knocked to the ground.

Wang Bin's cavalry brigade retreated into the infantry chaos that had lost its column, and the two sides fought on foot and cavalry; The enemy cavalry suffered many casualties and was quickly defeated. But more cavalry rushed up behind!

At this time, the large and small circle formations of the Han Wang's army temporarily formed on the battlefield dispersed in a hurry, and the soldiers ran away, showing signs of defeat. Many people fled straight to the woods of Hongmu Mountain on the west side.

It didn't take long for Wang Bin's troops to rush into a large manor in the southwest with thousands of paces! The manor not only has a large attic, a blue-tiled and white-walled house, but even a rammed brick wall.

The right flank of the Han army's division and strength were far inferior to the enemy's, and they fled here after a while; But the main force did not break down, and the army rushed into the manor and soon closed the village gate.

The generals of the various divisions shouted and shouted, and the infantry columns immediately rushed to the walls on all sides and the attics against the walls. The walls were raised with sacks of sand and were prepared, and the armies quickly defended the walls.

At this time, some soldiers took out the horse rejecting pistol from a house and carried it to the village gate.

The first to be pursued outside the manor were the enemy cavalry, and the cavalry made a detour outside the closed Atsugiso gate, and were soon shot by bows and arrows from the walls. The enemy riders flipped on their backs and soon moved away from the manor walls.

After a while, the footsteps in the northeast shook the sky, and a large number of officers and soldiers poured out in a column! In the hazy white mist, I saw iron helmets, swords and guns like a forest, and enemy soldiers and horses surging like a torrent.

In this battle, the strength of the official army here is at least several times or even ten times that of Wang Bin's troops! It was obvious that they not only wanted to break the defenses of Wang Bin's army, but also continued to detour back to the flank of the Han king's army and besiege the main force of the Han army.

More and more enemy infantry gathered outside the manor, but they did not rush closer to attack the wall, and the enemy only fired with bows and arrows outside. After a long time, the officers and soldiers even brought over firearms such as guns! Obviously, the officers and troops would not sit idly by and watch Wang Bin's troops leave it alone, otherwise Wang Bin's troops would rush out of the manor and threaten the flank of the left flank of the officers and troops.

But more officers and soldiers rode on foot, ignoring the manor, and continued their march eastward from between the main road and the fields. The flames of war began on the eastern side of Hongmu Mountain, and in less than half an hour, it spread to the frontal battlefield. Xu Huizu relied on the exponential superiority of his troops to directly launch an outflanking and active attack!

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(I recommended that mobile game the other day, but it was just an advertisement, and the words at the end of the chapter were also written by someone else.) I am extremely sorry for the inaccuracies and removed the advertisement from the book. I've never played that game myself.

I've had some trouble in the last two days, so it's been delayed. I asked for leave yesterday, and my book friends still generously rewarded me, and I am very moved, and I will add more tomorrow. ）