In the vast fields and dams between the rivers, only white water and rice piles remain. Some of the new sprouts from the rice stumps look like a spring scene from a distance.

On the sixth day of the first month of August, Wang Bin's forward cavalry had crossed the Luoqing River from the vicinity of Luorong County (northeast of Luorong Town, Luzhai County); On the morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the forward army finally caught up with the main force of Wu Gao's army coming from the northwest at a place called Shazhai on the north bank of the Durian River (Pomegranate River).

This place is in the middle of Liuzhou and Pinglefu.

Wang Bin led a group of cavalry from the south of a lake planted with lotus roots, passed through a forest, and rushed out of the forest first. The cavalry soldiers suddenly let out a surprised sigh.

To the east of the forest, there are wide paddy fields, and the buds of the rice stumps look a large area of light green from a distance; And in the distance of the rice field, I saw countless figures on the horizon, as if covering the entire horizon!

The general said: "King Han said before that there are 100,000 people in Wu Gao. At first glance, it seems to be more than 100,000! ”

Wang Bin's horse stood in place, slowly swaying from time to time. He sat on horseback and stared into the distance, carefully observing from left to right.

According to the scout's report, there should be a small river in the vicinity in addition to the Durian River.

Wang Bin looked at it for a while, and sure enough, he found that there was a place due east, and the people there seemed to be crossing the river. It was too far away to see clearly, and there might be a bridge over the river, but the enemy was marching in several columns, and more men should be wading across the river.

Wang Bin muttered: "After Wu Gaojun crossed this small river, he walked a few miles to the southeast, and then continued to the east, and then he could go up the official road from Liuzhou Mansion to Pingle Mansion. There are large mountains and forests on the north and south of the road, but the road in the middle is wide and flat......"

After a slight pause, he raised his arm and pointed in the southeast direction, "This way you can bypass the large rice fields, and the army can quickly march to the west bank of the river." Wu Gao must have been prepared, and if you look closely, there are many people over there who walked over and stopped, it must be to guard against us. ”

The entourage generals said: "The king is wise! ”

Wang Bin's fierce round eyes suddenly lit up, "The first battle is mine!" I'm going to attack Wu Gao from here. ”

At this time, a voice next to him said: "Wang Dudu is cautious! The king of Han ordered that the king and the governor could only follow and monitor, and not fight. Today, Wu Gao's army has many generals, and my forward troops are insufficient, so Wang Dudu must be even more cautious. ”

Wang Bin turned his head to look at the person who spoke, and it turned out to be a familiar civil official. The civil official's face is not very good, his skin is dark yellow, and his cheekbones are high, and his name is Pei Youzhen.

Pei Youzhen used to be a scribe in the Changshi Mansion, doing some copying and writing work. Wang Bin knew him in the Han Palace. At that time, Qian Xun and others in the Changshi Mansion were ordered to teach the soldiers to read and write in Wenlou; Later, however, the officials were sent to do other things, and the teachers were replaced by low-ranking scribes. Anyway, everyone just wants to be literate, and they don't need to be too educated. Among them is the scribe Pei Youzhen, who Wang Bin will see from time to time in the Wenlou.

After the Han Dynasty raised his army, the army grew rapidly and was huge, and many positions were lacking. I don't know how Pei Youzhen came to the army, anyway, she is now a civilian counselor with the army, participating in checking military orders and ghostwriting.

Wang Bin knew his details, so he squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, and then said: "There is Sheng Yong's army in the south, and there is the army of the prince in the north. Then Wu Gao didn't hurry up and run, and dared to stay and deal with us? If he delays a little, he will be dragged here to be besieged by the two armies, and I am still the first to do it! ”

Pei Youzhen looked back left and right, and at this moment, the surrounding generals were looking at him. Pei Youzhen said with a straight face: "The lower official is just reminding the governor of the king according to the military order of the prince. ”

Wang Bin said loudly: "I am the main general of the striker, and I am appointed by the prince!" The fighter plane is in front of me, can I be as timid as Wu Gao? He then said to Pei Youzhen, "You don't understand the battle formation. In the current situation, Wu Gao just wants to use a force of people behind the palace to block us, so that the main force can escape! ”

The generals echoed and agreed to do it now!

Wang Bin immediately pointed to the main road in the southeast with his horsewhip and shouted: "The generals listen to the order, immediately bring the troops over to set up the formation, and prepare to attack!" ”

"Order!" The crowd answered. There was a commotion at the edge of the woods, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard again in the distance.

After some time, the advance troops of the Han Dynasty marched out of a forest on the south side of the lake. On the main road outside the woods, there were also columns of men and horses. The road was dusty and noisy. ......The sound of drums and trumpets seemed to be urging the soldiers.

Even though there were only more than 10,000 people in the forwards, when they gathered together to move, countless flags fluttered in the gusts of south wind, and the battle was very large.

Between the two large rice fields in the north and south, on the official road and a large area of dry land, there are more and more people and horses. The sound of horses' hooves and a few trotting infantry columns, the sound of "rumbling"; The infantry marched on foot, and the sound of neat footsteps shook the four fields.

Along the southeast direction of the official road, drums and trumpets were also noisy in the distance, and the enemy troops on the west bank of the nameless river were also preparing for battle!

On the other side, directly opposite the official road, there is a small hillside wood; There was another village to the south of the woods, all under the control of the officers and soldiers. The guards of the officers and soldiers were deployed in the woods and to the west of the village, facing the direction of the Han army......

Wang Bin and the others rode out of the woods and came to the vegetable field next to the official road. The generals gathered one after another to report on all kinds of military information.

At this time, Wang Bin shouted: "Break through the enemy army on the riverbank, we can threaten the flank of Wu Gao's army, so that he will not live in peace day and night!" Make great contributions, receive heavy rewards! ”

The soldiers shouted along, and the four corners became more lively.

Wang Bin rode from the left flank of the army, shouting loudly from time to time a great victory to boost morale.

Suddenly, Pei Youzhen shouted behind Wang Bin: "The King of Han is the son of the first emperor, the prince of the Ming Dynasty!" The sin army has not committed any crimes against the people everywhere, but they have been falsely accused of being traitors by the puppet emperor, are there traitors like us? ”

The nearby soldiers were in an uproar and shouted and cursed.

After hearing this, Wang Bin gradually showed a smile on his face, obviously Pei Youzhen no longer opposed him, and changed his attitude and was helping him to incite the army.

"You have fought bloodily for the common people of the world, and your reputation cannot be slandered, and the brothers must let the people of the world see that we are loyal and brave people!" Pei Youzhen shouted generously.

"Loyalty! Loyal and brave ......" Countless soldiers shouted, and the people and horses in the distance also shouted. On the dusty flat official road, the momentum is even greater......

On the west bank of the small river opposite, the officers and soldiers did not admit defeat, and in the midst of the noise, bursts of shouts came from the wind.

I don't know how long it took, the Han King's vanguard of the thousand corps and the hundred households finally set up the infantry phalanx one after another, and the cavalry moved slowly on the side and rear. The infantry camps on both sides were less than a mile apart!

"Boom!" Suddenly, the cannon rang out. In the green southeastern land, white smoke rose one after another, and cannonballs of iron and stone whistled in the air. The wilderness, which used to be clear and peaceful, has now become turbulent.

Wang Bin braved the sporadic cannonballs flying in the air and rode to the front. He looked at the enemy camp on the opposite side, turned his head and said, "There are more than a dozen cannons in front of the enemy army that have not sounded, and they must have been filled with gravel and iron pellets, waiting for the infantry who want to bombard us." ”

He immediately shouted, "Order the cavalry on the right flank to prepare!" He turned his head to look at Lu Liangwei's commander Chen Zhen and said, "This general personally led the cavalry to take the lead, and General Chen temporarily led the vanguard army and attacked according to the method he said." ”

"Order!"

Wang Bin reined in his horse and turned around and ran towards the cavalry to the south.

Among the cavalrymen, a large area of wide-brimmed iron helmets was tied with gray and white linen like snowflakes. Among them, the red, blue, and green three groups of men and horses are particularly conspicuous, and dozens of cavalry members have pennants on their backs, and the formation is distinguished by three colors.

Wang Bin summoned the cavalry commanders of each charge, and everyone discussed for a while.

By the time the cavalry teams of each charge had jogged one after another and crossed the front of the infantry phalanx, the closest place between the two armies was less than two hundred paces apart!

The enemy infantry was on the gentle western slope of the woods on the bank of the creek, and it was the protrusion of the entire enemy camp. The enemy infantry on both sides were deployed outside the woods and outside the village.

The sound of the cannon was incessant, and the sight was soon affected by dust and smoke, and the scenery was not as clear as it had been a mile away. There was a neighing of horses from the horsemen, and a strange scream of a shrill human voice.

Wang Bin adjusted the loose shaft of the gun in his hand, suddenly raised the cherry gun diagonally, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"King Han is our king!" "Kill! Kill ......" more than a thousand horsemen shouted one after another, the shouts were very crazy, as if they were inexplicably filled with extreme fear and anger, and countless war horses quickly sped up. The swift and heavy hooves of the horses trampled on the dirt road, carrying the thick dust, and headed straight for the front.

Dozens of red flags loomed in the dust at the front, and they quickly dispersed and continued to run. In a short time, the cavalry peak had reached fifty or sixty paces in front of the enemy's formation.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......" flickering clusters of fire, even more dazzling than the sun. In the deafening sound of cannons, countless trivial stones and iron pellets flew into the air.

"Ah......h

The enemy phalanx advanced a few steps one after another, and the dense guns and shields and spears were facing the front like a dense forest.

After a while, the smoke from the artillery was slightly thinner by the wind, and I saw that the Red Banner cavalry outside the smoke had already made a detour to the north. The cavalry of the Han army followed suit and ran straight to the north.

The arrows behind the enemy's infantry were thrown out in a row. The sound of horses' hooves, strings, and shouts on the battlefield roared.

In the northwest, the Han Dynasty army infantry several large phalanxes, the finished glyph advanced, has reached a hundred paces away.