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(The second watch arrives, ask for a red ticket)

Seeing that the messenger of the thief army scolded and rode back to the main formation of the Xingtian army, He Fang put away the hard bow in his hand, and secretly screamed a pity, this thief reacted quickly, so that his arrow missed, and failed to make a contribution, he wanted to shoot this thief soldier to boost his morale, but he failed to do so, but he also completely cut off the idea of his subordinates to waver, and let them know that surrender is impossible.

One of them came to He Fang's side, and his chin was picked at the Xingtian army that was sitting quietly hundreds of steps away from the dirt mountain, weighed the iron whip in his hand, and said to He Fang: "Mr. He Qian, take people down for a while!" It is good to kill the prestige of these thieves, otherwise if this continues, our brothers will probably be uneasy in their hearts, and I am afraid that their hearts will be unstable! This army of thieves is too arrogant, and they don't take us seriously at all! We can't let them beat us first after they have taken such a break! ”

This general surname Liu, called Liu Wanqing, is He Renlong's subordinate to a neighbor who has been a soldier under He Renlong since he became an official.

Liu Wanqing's suggestion is actually very reasonable, because the two armies have come all the way here, the Xingtian Army is chasing the official army, and the road is much longer than that of the official army, and relatively speaking, the physical consumption must be much greater than that of the official army on the He side.

And the performance of the Xingtian Army after appearing just now shocked the officers and soldiers under He Fang, and invisibly hit the morale of the officers and soldiers, making many people frightened before fighting, and the neat actions of the Xingtian Army like an arm and finger made them all feel a strong pressure rushing to their faces, and they sat down and rested collectively hundreds of steps away, which was like a slap in the face of the officers and soldiers.

Compared with the calmness of the Xingtian Army, the officers and soldiers under He Fang were much worse, and when they learned the news that Huang Qiang's troops were almost wiped out by the thief army at the bridgehead of Dashiqiao, the officers and soldiers under He Fang began to get nervous, and they no longer dared to despise this Xingtian army that took the initiative to meet them. Immediately He conveniently ordered to give up rushing in the direction of the big stone bridge, turned around and rerouted to Longzhou, from the crossing of the river to the present, they did not take a breath, ran for so long a day, but they were still caught up by the thief army, and they were busy for most of the day, but it was such a result, so that the officers and soldiers were a little out of place, and they were a little panicked on the dirt mountain.

Liu Wanqing saw the panic of the officers and soldiers, so he proposed to He Fang to lead his troops out to fight, even if he couldn't win the thief army, at least he would buy some time for He Fang to make arrangements, and after delaying until the evening, things would be much easier!

He Fang glanced at Liu Wanqing with some gratitude, at the critical moment, Liu Wanqing could share his worries for him, he also knew that if it went on like this, it would be very unfavorable to him, and now Liu Wanqing took the initiative to lead his troops to rush for a while, he was naturally willing, although he heard that this thief army was more powerful, but after all, he had never seen how powerful this Xingtian Army was, He Fang still had some doubts about the combat power of the Xingtian Army, Liu Wanqing was willing to rush for a while, and it just so happened that he also tried to test how powerful this Xingtian Army was!

If you can delay for a while, as long as you wait until dark, the Xingtian Army probably won't dare to fight him at night, then delay until tomorrow and wait until the reinforcements come, everything will be easy!

"Hmmm! That's fine! Mr. Liu, you should lead your subordinates to test this thief army! But be careful, if you're no match for them, hurry back and you'll be answered! In addition, I will send Situ Liang to lead the night not to collect the battle and contain the enemy army, you go! He Fang nodded and agreed to Liu Wanqing's invitation to fight.

Liu Wanqing took a deep breath, clenched his fists to receive the order, turned around and ordered more than 150 officers and soldiers under his command on the dirt mountain, took a deep breath and said: "Brothers, what is here is just a thief army, I am afraid that they will do something!" It's all up to Lao Tzu! Go with Lao Tzu to break them up! Copy the guys in formation! ”

After listening to these Liu Wanqing's subordinates, although they were reluctant, after all, the military regulations under He Renlong's command were still very strict, and it was a capital crime to retreat from battle, and they would definitely lose their heads, so since their commander had already given the order, then they had no choice but to fight.

A group of about 50 cavalrymen also immediately gathered in front of the official and military formation, and as a horn sounded, the two groups of officers and soldiers immediately rushed down to the bottom of the earth mountain, and rushed straight to the Xingtian army.

Although he knew that the officers and soldiers had refused to surrender, Xiao Tianjian still did as promised, and asked the soldiers under his command to rest for a quarter of an hour before getting up and starting.

And taking advantage of the rest of the soldiers under his command, Xiao Tianjian was not idle, and immediately stood in front of the battle, looking at the terrain of the battlefield in front of him.

Here still belongs to the low mountains and hilly areas, the mountains are not high, but there are many, and the ravines are vertical and horizontal, at the edge of the Longzhou River, and then five miles to the northwest, it will enter the gentle terrain, and the terrain here is not open, the enemy army just occupies this small dirt mountain in front of them, there are not many trees on the soil mountain, the field of vision is quite open, the mountain is not steep, and the enemy army chooses here now, it is also a correct decision for them, after all, they have seized a more favorable terrain, if the Xingtian army wants to kill them, it must be attacked from the back, Therefore, the terrain does not have an advantage.

Fortunately, the terrain of this small dirt mountain is not dangerous, and it is not very difficult for the attacking side, and the enemy army is relatively hastily prepared, if they are given a little time, if they change to a more dangerous mountain, then even if they catch up with them today, I am afraid it will not be easy to deal with them.

Although after the two battles of Dashiqiao, the Xingtian army ended in a big victory, and now the morale of the Xingtian army is strong, and there is no fear of the officers and soldiers, but the problem now is that they have just given up the artillery team and the baggage in order to catch up with this official army, except for the four tiger squat cannons with a few mules, they basically did not bring heavy weapons to catch up this time, so the fire support will be very problematic, which also creates a certain difficulty for them to attack the mountain next, I am afraid that they will be at a disadvantage in firepower.

Xiao Tianjian was having some headaches about how to attack Tushan and pay as little as possible for casualties, but suddenly saw that the officers and soldiers were taking the lead.

The cavalry of more than 50 officers and soldiers gathered, and with a roar, they rushed down from the mountain brandishing swords and guns, followed by the infantry of 1200 officers and soldiers, who also shouted what to kill and rushed down the mountain, and the generals of the Xingtian Army who were resting at the bottom of the mountain suddenly stirred slightly, and some recruits wanted to grab their weapons and stand up.

"Sit down! Isn't it just a few officers and soldiers coming down? The general didn't give you the order to get up, so you just let me sit and rest!" You'll have a fight in a moment! What's the hurry? The generals in the team immediately shouted loudly at the soldiers who wanted to stand up, so the Xingtian Army, which had just been slightly commotioned, immediately quieted down again, and sat on the ground and watched the group of officers and soldiers rush down from the mountain.

"Huh! I'm really thinking about something! Immediately, Xiao Tianjian laughed.

"Damn! It seems that the commander of the army surnamed He doesn't want us to take a breath! Not a fool! Yan Chongxi immediately said to Xiao Tianjian.

"But they underestimated us! General, let your subordinates go first this time! They must come and go! Zhao Erdonkey suddenly stood up and was the first to ask Xiao Tianjian for battle.

Xiao Tianjian was a little surprised, looked at Zhao Erdonkey, and immediately figured out why Zhao Erdonkey did this, Zhao Erdonkey since the first battle of Lijiazhuang, was demoted to raise horses for a period of time, although he was later used as a sentry general, but he failed to catch up with the battle of Shifo Temple, and at noon in the battle of Dashiqiao, the credit was robbed by Liu Bao's new barracks, and he can be said to have not made an inch of merit during this time.

In the Xingtian Army, I don't talk about any qualifications, I look at military merits, after Zhao Erdonkey received a new sentinel general, I always feel that my waist is not hard enough, and today it seems that this guy wants to grab some credit, so he is the first to jump out and ask for battle.

Since Zhao Erdonkey took the initiative to ask for help, Xiao Tianjian didn't stop him, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" However, I am afraid that you will not have enough manpower for a single sentry, after all, the enemy army has a lot more troops than yours, Li Xuanzhu, you also led your troops, and Zhao Erdonkey went out to fight together, not to mention the cavalry, those infantry of the official army, you leave them for me! ”

Li Xuanzhu immediately nodded and received the order, and turned around with Zhao Erdonkey and shouted: "Brothers, get up!" Let's fight the first battle! ”

The two sentinels immediately stood up with a bang, and immediately followed the generals of each team out of rank, forming two small phalanxes in front of the formation, blocking the officers and soldiers who rushed down from the mountain.

"Pass the order! The rest of the sentinels will be lined up! Get ready to get your hands dirty! After Xiao Tianjian saw that Zhao Erdonkey and Li Xuanzhu had already led their troops out, he also gave an order to the others to get up and prepare.

The remaining three sentinels and the soldiers of the recruit battalion immediately stood up with a hula, opened their formation in the back, and prepared for engagement.