At the same time, the three thousand elite horsemen secretly sent by Yang Yichen last night hid in a vast pine forest on the side of the battlefield.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The rhythm of the war drums began to speed up, the war is about to begin, this is related to the success or failure of the overall situation of the Gaoying Hedong front, if this battle is defeated, it will seriously contain Gao Ying's battle situation in the south of Bingzhou, although Gao Ying claims to have more than 200,000 troops, but the elite soldiers who can fight are only 100,000, and 40,000 elite soldiers are needed to garrison Taiyuan and other important cities, and the remaining 60,000 elite soldiers are divided into 20,000 on each of the three fronts, and then tens of thousands of soldiers, so if Gao Shishan loses, Gao Ying in addition to the introduction of foreign aid from the Khitan Japanese company, although there are still soldiers to send, But there were no elite soldiers to send.

At this time, the two armies have set up a formation, waving flags, spears and halberds like a forest, Yang Yichen looked at the nearly 40,000 rebels two miles away, his eyes were like a moment, from the military formation, he could see that the morale of the other army's army was far inferior to the army under his command, not to mention that he had already made arrangements.

Yang Yichen waved his sword and shouted sharply: "Contradictory infantry, advance!" ”

A total of 6,000 contradictory infantry in the front five rows raised their spears and huge shields and began to march towards the rebel camp, followed by 3,000 archers and crossbow troops, followed by 5,000 spear infantry, 5,000 jumping soldiers, 6,000 cavalry in two teams to guard the two wings, and 27,000 cavalry in a neat and murderous formation.

In the rumbling offensive war drums, the imperial army took the lead in attacking, and the war drums were also sounded in the rebel army on the opposite side.

Gao Shishan sighed secretly, he had done his best, and success or failure depended on the will of heaven.

"General, the enemy has attacked!" One of the soldiers shouted, interrupting his train of thought.

Gao Shishan stared into the distance, and he also coldly ordered: "Crossbowmen are ready to fight!" ”

Drums were beating, battle flags were waving, and five thousand crossbowmen were lined up in three rows, and five thousand crossbows were aimed at the imperial army advancing in formation.

In the Central Plains army combat, the crossbow can play a much less powerful than the Hu people, a big reason is that the Central Plains army is not only sharp crossbow arrows, the protection ability is also strong, they are not only wearing iron armor, while their shields can effectively resist arrows, in contrast, the Hu people attach importance to cavalry sprints, the defense ability is weak, which makes the power of crossbow arrows to be maximized.

When the imperial army entered the hundred paces, the rebels drummed and encrypted, the black flag waved, and five thousand crossbows. The bow was fired at the same time, and the rain of arrows was overwhelming, shooting at the imperial army, four thousand contradictory infantry shouted, and at the same time raised the hexagonal rattan shield, and the dense arrow rain shot into the army cluster, and there were constantly screams undulating, although the rattan shield can effectively defend against arrows, but after all, there is no invulnerable defense, in the dense arrow rain, there are still nearly 100 people who were shot by arrows, some died on the spot, some were injured by arrows, curled up on the ground, and could not advance the army.

The 4,000 contradictory infantry did not stop, still holding their large shields and slowly advancing, and the 2,000 crossbowmen behind also fired at the same time, and two pieces of arrow rain intertwined in the air, obscuring the sky......

"The crossbowmen are withdrawn, and the spearmen are attacked!"

Seeing that the crossbow army could not kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, Gao Shishan changed his tactics and attacked by spearmen, thousands of crossbowmen retreated like a tide, and eight thousand spear infantry came out to meet the battle, dense as a forest, and the tips of the spears flashed with murderous aura.

Yang Yichen saw that the rain of arrows in the sky disappeared, and resolutely ordered: "Order the contradiction army to attack, and the cavalry on both wings will be killed!" ”

The war drums sounded again, this was an order to speed up the battle, the four thousand Shuozhou contradictory infantry quickened the pace, rushed towards the enemy formation, the two wings of the four thousand cavalry in an arc to kill, directly hit the enemy's flank, the two armies collided in the drums, the spear tips collided, blood splashed, the war horses galloped, the swords were like lightning, screams, screams, screams, skulls, limbs separated, tens of thousands of troops in the dust into a mess.

Gao Shishan was ordered to meet the enemy army from the east of the river, he brought a large amount of food and baggage, logistics supply was extremely important to his 40,000 troops, once his grain was burned by the enemy, and the back road was cut off, then his army would collapse in three days, so keeping the camp and food baggage was also his top priority.

The camp is only three miles away from the battlefield, which is the most critical bottom line of Gaoshi Mountain, no matter how Yang Yichen leads him south, he resolutely refuses to leave this distance, which can ensure that the army can return to the camp at any time, and the defenders in the camp can support the battlefield at any time.

Gao Shishan left 8,000 troops, 5,000 archers and 3,000 spear infantry in the camp, just two hours after the outbreak of the war, Yang Yichen's 3,000 elite cavalry hidden in the woods in advance finally appeared three miles south of the camp, hunting with large banners, and the dust was flying, which made the defenders of the barracks very nervous, and 5,000 crossbowmen were waiting for them.

The fierce battle on the battlefield has entered the white heat, all the forces of both sides are fully invested, although the number of the state army is superior, but the Shuozhou combat power is strong, so that the two sides are evenly matched.

The battlefield is dusty, the yellow dust fills the sky, obscuring the sun, making the day colorless, drums, shouting and killing, corpses are all over the field, blood flows like rivers, the tragedy of war makes every soldier like struggling in front of the cliff of hell, with the passage of time, the physical strength of soldiers has become the key to determining victory or defeat, and physical strength lies in the training of peacetime.

Two hours of fierce fighting had exhausted every soldier and was on the verge of a kind of physical collapse, and the war had reached its most critical moment.

Gao Shishan was so anxious that he finally decided to abandon the camp and transfer 8,000 troops into battle.

Just as he was about to give the order, a passionate horn suddenly sounded in the distance, "Woo........."

The sound of the horn was like a storm in the field, the thunder in the mountains, the yellow dust, the sound of horses' hooves beating the earth, Yang Yichen's three thousand elite cavalry came at the most critical moment, and the overwhelming cavalry appeared on the right side of the Bingzhou army, roaring forward, like a surging wave rushing to the coast, raising his spear and pounced on the Bingzhou army.

The heart of the Bingzhou army began to waver, and Gao Shishan's face changed greatly and hurriedly dispatched the army to intercept it, but the appearance of these 3,000 cavalry made the morale of the imperial army high, on the contrary, the army under his command was terrified, and the army's heart was shaken, and it could collapse at any time.

"The battalion army is attacking!"

Gao Shishan hissed and shouted: "Give up the big camp and attack with the whole army!" ”

The red double flag waved and ordered the defenders to attack, and the 8,000 defenders rushed out of the large camp, but were intercepted by the 1,000 cavalry separated from the 3,000 cavalry, blocking the road for the soldiers of the large battalion to come to the north, and also choked the last hope of the Bingzhou army.

PS: Sorry, there are only two shifts tonight——————