Before the sudden rainstorm, and when the Chinese soldiers and horses arrived, Luo Songting expected that Zhao Xun would come to fight, so he gathered the men and horses and waited for the attack. Knowing that Jiang Min was only assigned the inch of tailgating and sweeping, Luo Songting remained silent and privately found Bailiyan (Wei Xian) for questioning:

"Wei Xianfeng, has the lord ever refused Zhao Shuai's military order?"

Bai Liyan thought in a blink of an eye that Luo Songting was not in the account at that time, and he must have been testing him for the Guangxin Army's assignment to the final military merits.

"Don't hide it from the predecessors, General Zhao initially deliberately gave the first battle to the lord, but the lord was worried that the situation was unclear, so he shirked it."

"Oh......" Luo Songting seemed to have expected it, and sighed quite relaxedly, thinking that it should be the same.

Bai Liyan wondered in her heart, this Jiang Min was indecisive and missed the fighter, how could Luo Songting be so at ease.

"Senior Luo, the lord missed the first work, and the seniors don't seem to think so, why is this?"

Luo Songting smiled:

"Didn't Wei Xianfeng find out that Zhao Shuai is now in power and has a heavy army."

"Yes, what does this have to do with the lord's misdeeds?"

Luo Songting continued to smile:

"Zhao Shuai will definitely return with a big victory in this battle, and after the big victory, how can he rest assured that Zhao Shuai has a heavy army, and he must send someone to serve as Sima Envoy to restrain Zhao Shuai."

"Oh...... What the predecessors said is reasonable. ”

After the loss of Xiaocheng, the Black Turban Army was fierce, and no one in the inner court wanted to take over this mess, so they could only use Zhao Xun, who had no political foundation, to take command of the expedition.

was defeated, and the responsibility was all Zhao Xun alone, bearing the infamy through the ages. Defeated, Zhao Xun had no political power in the DPRK, and it was relatively easy to deal with. As long as King Xian sees that there is hope of a turnaround or even a draw, he will immediately send his cronies to serve as Sima envoys of the army, so as to restrain Zhao Xun from supporting the army and losing his own weight.

If Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, was the first to take the lead and overshadow others, not only would the role of Sima envoy appointed by King Xian be weakened, but it would also backfire, forcing Zhao Xun to accelerate his political fall to Jiang Min, forming a situation where the strong joined forces and fought against the Lingling.

Of course, King Xian still controls the logistics of the whole country, and restraining Zhao Xun's army only needs to make a fuss about grain and grass, which can make it difficult for hundreds of thousands of troops to move an inch, and even suffer a crushing defeat, but it is obviously not in the fundamental interests of Luo Songting and Jiang Min, and no one wants to take over in the end a mess that has leaked the bottom.

At this time, Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, was able to take the initiative to make a step forward, retreat to the second, and give the first credit to the various factions of the Inner Dynasty, which could not only satisfy the desire of all interest groups to seek merit, but also maintain the current situation, and at the same time, the Guangxin army advanced and retreated freely, not too sharp.

The Black Turban Army has now become a climate, and this battle cannot be completed in a year and a half, and there is no doubt that the war will last for three or five years, and the Guangxin Army has the time and opportunity to sit and wait for the situation to change while training the troops.

However, Bai Liyan didn't think that Jiang Min's initial refusal of Zhao Xun to send troops was the result of careful consideration, he would rather believe that it was the result of Jiang Min's indecision and difficult determination.

The second time due to the situation, Jiang Qian couldn't wait to jump out, otherwise Jiang Min still had the possibility of refusing to send troops. However, what Luo Songting said is not unreasonable, Zhao Xun is in charge of power at this time, which is convenient for governing the whole army, once someone restricts him, I am afraid that the next battle will be difficult to fight.

"Senior Luo is far-sighted, and Wei is ashamed."

"Wei Xianfeng is too modest, presumably today's heavy rain is Wei Xianfeng's plan."

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from my predecessors." Bai Liyan didn't intend to hide it, so he said: "This matter is indeed related to the conspiracy of Zhao Shuai, but because the stakes are important, there are very few people who can understand the reason, so they have to act in secret." ”

"Well, in fact, Luo Mou has also thought about it carefully, and I really don't understand what kind of means this black scarf military used to attract wind and snow, but Wei Xianfeng has a plan to make the wind and snow turn into rain, and there must be a way, and I hope that Wei Xianfeng will teach you another day."

"Don't dare, don't dare, but I still hope that Senior Luo will be in front of the lord in this matter, don't let the lord complain about me."

"Hehe, please rest assured that the lord is a generous person, and he will never complain about Wei Xianfeng."

Luo Songting agreed, Bai Liyan only thought that he should accept this matter, but it is difficult to say how Luo Songting will deal with it.

With Luo Songting's previous methods, he would not let himself keep too close to Zhao Xun, so that he could continue to be used by them. This time he made a plan with Zhao Xun and hid it from him and Jiang Min throughout the whole process, Bai Liyan didn't believe that Luo Songting would cover for him in front of Jiang Min.

At this time, the heavy rain was still falling, and the temperature remained around ten degrees, and I could barely withstand it in my battle robe. Brainwashed by cult ideology, the vast majority of the soldiers of the Black Turban Army, who were simple and lacked cultural knowledge, lost their instinctive judgment and simply obeyed orders from above.

Maybe that Shengyan Heavenly King is still pinning his hopes on the will of heaven to favor the Black Turban Army to win an unprecedented victory.

Zhong Heng's pontoon bridge was repaired to the west bank of the Yongxing River after all, during which the Xian army of the Yongxing River alone by boat strength was more than 5,000, both light armored foot soldiers, and heavy armored heavy infantry, which quite easily defeated the rebels defending the shore, attacked the beachhead in one breath, and began to advance to the south and north, Zhong Heng's men and horses were tightly tied to the bridgehead to block the black turban army from advancing eastward to destroy the pontoon bridge.

Gao Pei and Ye Xin's two heavy armies divided their troops to cross the river in the south and north one after another, and Zhong Heng transferred another 3,000 infantry troops to cross the river to consolidate the beachhead, and at the same time organized men and horses to build a second pontoon bridge to speed up the passage of the army.

At this time, the black turban army was so cold that its nose was blue and its face was swollen and shivering, and it was unstable to stand as if it were sifting chaff with its weapons, and its fighting spirit was wiped out under the erosion of cold wind and ice water, and it was about to collapse under the heavy armor of the Xian army.

There were as many as 80,000 black turban troops guarding the west bank of Wuping, which was three times the number of Guangxin troops and Zhong Heng's army, and the black pressure swarmed in.

After the loss of the beachhead, the battle line was torn Gao Pei and Ye Xiner will tear a two-mile gap wide from the south and north, and it is still expanding, the soldiers of the Xian army broke through the gap like a tide and entered the formation, and the Black Turban Army wanted to reorganize the front to counterattack the beachhead, only because Zhong Heng's department firmly controlled the beachhead, why did the fierce He Meng middle cavalry cross the river, and fought for favorable conditions.

He Meng personally led the cavalry across the river to open the way, and the defense line that the Black Turban Army had just organized in a hurry was directly penetrated head-on under the impact of He Meng's cavalry on the whole line, cutting the north and south of the 30,000 Black Turban Army on the front into two sections, so that they ignored the end of the line.

Xiao Chen and Guan Pu were outflanked from the left and right, forming a division and encirclement, and the cavalry was soaring wildly, killing the black turban army like a withering and decaying corpse and crying wolf.

Even though most of the cavalry of the Xian army were infantry horses, the current situation was beyond the reach of the Black Turban Army.

Guangxin army crossed the river with a total of 10,000 horses, led by Jiang Gan 3,000 cavalry, 6,000 infantry troops, Wei Xian led 1,000 men and horses of the headquarters as the vanguard, Hu Mo ordered 3,000 cavalry front army, Jiang Qian led the main force to press the formation, after He Meng, Guan Pu, Xiao Chen's cavalry crossed the river, and passed the pontoon bridge at four o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, the black turban army on the west bank of Wuping was like a lost dog, driven west to Ruitian by He Meng, Xiao Chen, and Guan Pu's 30,000 cavalry.

Seeing the corpses of the Black Turban Army, Sikong Nan was overjoyed:

"General Wei, our army has won a great victory."

Bailiyan couldn't be happy:

"yes, big win. It is commanded to the brethren that he who has one breath left shall not be killed. ”

"No!"

The beachhead left behind the corpses of seven or eight thousand black turban soldiers, all of whom lost their combat strength due to the cold, more than half of them were trampled to death by war horses, more corpses were spread all the way to the west, and the infantry fled west with cavalry on their backs, and it was almost a dead end to catch up from behind.

The Black Turban Army got carried away, but the sky was not as good as the people, a rainstorm poured down, and the 500,000 Black Turban Army were like lost dogs.

The Guangxin army followed closely, almost did not encounter any resistance along the way, only captured more than 2,000 prisoners, many of the deceased's heads were cut off, the soldiers of the Guangxin army were still looking for human heads everywhere, found a fish that slipped through the net, a sword down is to cut off the head, and then tied to the waist to continue to rush to kill, there are even three heads hanging around the waist.

Ruitian is the Wuping barrier, the southern wing of the Black Turban Army is located here, there is a wooden fence earthen fortress, He Meng's cavalry pursued and annihilated here by a strong bow, and led the cavalry to dismount and attack twice and failed. When Bailiyan led the army to the west slope of Ruitian, it happened that He Meng's forward was defeated from the slope.

The slopes on each side of the Ruitian Heights ranged from 40 to 60 degrees, and the length of the slope was more than 100 paces. The Black Turban Army hid behind the wooden fence and earthen fortress and attacked with bows and crossbows, and fought in close combat with spears and hooks and sickles, and at this time, no matter how many people could attack.

Baili Yan immediately turned off the war horse and ordered Dao Sikong Nan:

"Sikong Nan, order the brother in the chain mail to dismount, and line up in a column before and after to attack the mountain with me!"

"No!"

Wearing chain mail, Bailiyan put the spear on his back, drew a horizontal knife from under his ribs, and organized two hundred people to form a front and rear column and quickly approached the bottom of the Ruitian slope.

The rain of arrows is a surface covering killing, and lining up the team in a vertical formation will be a front and rear line, which will effectively reduce the surface of the bullet and reduce the probability of casualties. Even if the upper body is wearing chain mail, and the lower body is eaten with an arrow and hit the artery, it can kill you.

"Sikong Nan, the door of the Black Turban Army Fortress is a log wooden fence, there are big holes in the ground, and the wooden fences are tied to the holes when they fall, and they can't be broken by force, but they have to be plotted by the Black Turban Army behind the door."

"Then what is the general's plan?"

"Let's not attack the walled gate, only the earthen fortress, and tell the brothers that the stacked Arhats that are usually practiced by everyone will be used today, but if the shield bearer is outside to protect the Arhat array, the rest of the people will rush up with Ben General."

Ruitian Zhai earthen fortress is about one zhang high, the wall gate is made of thick logs at the mouth of the bowl, there is a groove on the ground, when the log falls, it is directly inserted into the groove, and it is difficult to destroy without heavy siege equipment. The Xian army crossed the river and prepared siege ladders for climbing the city, but the earth fortress was built according to the slope, and the slope and the earth fortress formed a large angle of more than 140 degrees, and the siege ladder had no foothold, and it was easily overturned as soon as it was erected.