In the second year of the Great Qin Dynasty, the second day of the ninth month.

Early morning.

The Xia army lined up on the south bank of the Hutuo River, backed by Lucheng in Xindu County, and bordered by the Great River in the north.

The army array was twenty miles wide, and a full 200,000 Xia troops poured in.

Banner hunting, war drums are thousands of faces.

Emperor Daqin led an army of 50,000 to wait on the north bank of the Hutuo River, and he climbed a high post to look at the formation of the other party.

After looking at the Xia army's military formation, Luo Cheng said to the generals with a smile, "Dou Jiande has never fought any decent battles since Douzigang started his army, nor has he encountered any real strong opponents. Look at their army, they are in danger and arrogant, and they are not in order. Forcing the city to fight, there is a heart for me. ”

Although the army is numerous, it all relies on a sharp spirit, and when this anger is released, the Xia army is useless. What's more, Luo Cheng has learned from the spy that Dou Jiande, the Xia Emperor, has actually been kidnapped by Cao Bao and other generals, so the Xia Army is under the banner of the emperor and says that it is the imperial conquest, but in fact, the Xia Army is also full of contradictions.

In addition to the emperor's 50,000 horses here, there are also Zhao Gui, Feng Xiaoci, Luo Cunxiao, Luo Shixin's four-way soldiers and horses, as long as Luo Cheng can withstand the undefeated, the Xia army will be attacked on the back.

In the face of the Xia army, Luo Cheng did not retreat to Shenze City or Wuji City in Boling County, nor did he retreat to Zhending City, an important town in Hengshan County, further behind.

He led the army and lined up on the banks of the Hutuo River, but he did not cross the river.

"Wait!"

This is the only order given by the emperor, just guard this big river.

Although it is autumn at the moment, the Hutuo River is not as deep as in spring and summer, but it is also a big river that crosses the east and north of the river, and it is not so easy for the Xia army to cross the river easily, and must build a bridge.

Around noon.

The Xia army finally sent a group of 200 dead soldiers, who rowed across the river and brazenly landed on the shore to show off their might to the Qin army on the north bank.

"Is Xia Jun trying to test our army?" Li Xuanba asked.

"Provocation or temptation." But the emperor didn't care.

"Your Majesty, the minister also asked to lead his subordinates to play with them." Li Xuanba stepped forward to ask for an order.

Luo Cheng stood under the imperial flag and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll give you two hundred people to play with them." ”

"You don't need two hundred, you only need a team of people." Xuanba said very arrogantly.

Fifty people.

Li Xuanba directly ordered his own personal team, "Take my drum urn and golden hammer and fight against them, if you use a horse and a lance, I will bully them." ”

Fifty fine horses, all wrapped in iron and black lance, all dressed in bright light armor, stepping under the black horses of a water.

Xuanba jumped on his horse, held a double hammer, and led his fifty horsemen out of the ranks.

North Shore.

The two teams approached.

On one side were two hundred dead soldiers holding the Xia flag, and on the other side were fifty iron horsemen of the Qin army.

"I am the Emperor of Great Qin, the former Zhonglang of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuanba, who are you waiting for, report your name, I will not kill the nameless!"

Xuanba immediately shouted.

As soon as Li Xuanba's name was shouted, there was some commotion on the other side.

Then behind the shield array of 200 men, a horse rushed out.

"Li Xuanba, I am the Great Xia pioneer general Yuwen Chengdu, do you still recognize me?"

Xuanba was a little surprised, take a closer look, isn't it the Yuwen Chengdu of the Yuwen family?

"The illegitimate son of the monarch killer, Yuwen Chengdu, are you still alive?"

Yuwen Chengdu glared at Li Xuanba, when the Jiangdu Rebellion, Yuwen Chengdu's father Yu Wenhua and the emperor were killed, but unfortunately Li Yuan led Chen Ling and others to break through Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and was also killed, in the chaos Yuwen Chengdu escaped from Jiangdu, and then fled all the way to Hebei, and finally threw himself under Dou Jiande, originally Dou Jiande was going to kill the son of the monarch killer, it was Cao Bao who saved his life, and he was also accepted by Cao Bao as a righteous son, so now after Cao Bao mutiny and seized power, Yuwen Chengdu became the vanguard officer of the Xia Army.

"Mother-in-law's sick son, you can actually put on a battle? I'm afraid the double hammer in your hand is only made of paper, and the armor on your body is made of silk, right? Don't think that your sister is Luo Cheng's concubine, you can also act as a general! Yuwen Cheng scoffed.

"The bastard son of the monarch killer, dare to fight me alone?"

"Why don't you dare, come on! Mother-in-law's sick son! ”

The two generals then stepped forward on their own horses.

"Li Xuanba, I won't bully you either, go back and change the horse lance!"

Yuwen Chengdu said with a smile.

Li Xuanba touched a pair of golden hammers in his hand and made a bell-like sound, "For you, you don't need a long lance, a pair of golden hammers is enough!" ”

"Since you are pure in seeking death, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Yuwen Chengdu urged him to step forward, and the gold boring in his hand smashed over, this gold boring was equivalent to Yang Xuangan's overlord halberd, and the gold boring weighing more than 20 catties was smashed down, and the wind was howling.

A pair of golden hammers in Xuanba's hand are not big, although they are hollow hammers in the middle, but after all, this is a melee weapon, and it is impossible to be as heavy as a long weapon, not to mention a pair of hammers, one in each hand.

In terms of weapons alone, Xuanba has already suffered a loss.

But Xuanba still held the hammer to meet it, in the face of a boring blow that focused on splitting Huashan, he smashed the golden hammer side with his left hand, swinging away the gold boring, and the right hammer had taken advantage of the intersection of the two horses, swinging and smashing towards Yuwen Chengdu.

However, Yuwen Chengdu used to be the leader of the younger generation among the nobles of the capital, and he easily avoided it, and the two were evenly matched in the first round.

The people and horses behind the two also slapped their shields and spears, shouting and cheering for them.

Distance.

A herald reports to the Emperor about his presence in front of the battle.

"Yuwen Chengdu? I didn't expect this kid to appear here. ”

"Tang Guogong didn't bring long soldiers, he was more popular, did he call him back?" Jia Runpu asked.

"It doesn't matter, although Yuwen Chengdu became famous early, Xuanba is not the sick child in the past, he was in poor health back then, but after years of recuperation and hard training, he is no longer the kid in the past, he is now known as a sick tiger in the army, especially the pair of golden hammers are extremely powerful, Yuwen Chengdu may not be his opponent."

Under normal circumstances, there is no such thing as a pre-battle fight.

But it's not for nothing.

For example, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the Turkic invasion, the Sui army fought with the Turkic army, and the Sui generals sent the Dunhuang garrison Shi Long Live here, but they killed the Turkic generals in a few strokes, and the frightened Turks retreated in panic.

Just like now, the Xia army sent 200 people over, which was intended to provoke and protect, and Luo Cheng only sent 50 people over, all of whom did not intend to fight directly.

The two fight, both sides are willing, the winning side will inevitably increase morale, and the losing side will also be greatly demoralized.

Under normal circumstances, the cavalry will fight on horseback, of course, with long soldiers such as horses and spears, supplemented by bows and arrows, but this is only the general situation.

Li Xuanba is not an ordinary person, many people think that Luo Cheng reuses Xuanba just because he is his brother-in-law, but in fact, this kid is a good hand at fighting, although he is young, he is brave and does not lose to Luo Shixin Pei Xingyan and others.

Chatting here, before the battle there, Li Xuanba and Yuwen Chengdu have already been fighting for dozens of rounds, and they are still inseparable.

The soldiers on both sides were originally also cheering for each other, but in the end they became insulting each other, and then they met each other.

Fifty iron horsemen and two hundred light horsemen simply scuffled.

For a time, soldier to soldier, general to general, these more than 200 people, in front of the two armies of 200,000, fought and killed.

The large formations on both sides were immovable, allowing them to fight.

The Qin army only had fifty horsemen, but the Xia army had two hundred light horsemen, but killing and killing, the generals on both sides were surprised to find that the Qin army did not fall much, but the Xia army was getting smaller and fewer.

Qin Jun's side is okay and very calm.

But the Xia army was not calm, these two hundred dead horsemen were originally carefully selected, and they thought that they could dismount like the Qin army and demoralize them.

But who would have expected that the most elite Xia Army knights would fight more and less, and they couldn't beat the other side in four fights.

Half an hour later, the dead soldiers of the two hundred Xia troops had all fallen.

There were more than a dozen of the fifty horsemen of the Qin army.

More than a dozen horsemen gradually surrounded, and surrounded Li Xuanba and Yuwen Cheng, who were already exhausted, in the middle, the smaller the encirclement, and the range of Yuwen Chengdu's galloping and dodging away became smaller and smaller, and he used the golden boring long soldier, which required more space than Xuanba, who used the melee double hammer, which made him more and more disadvantaged.

In the end, Yuwen Chengdu's horse could no longer run, and Xuanba smashed a golden hammer on the horse's head, and Yuwen Chengdu's war horse was killed immediately.

Without a war horse and being besieged by more than a dozen Qin cavalry, Yuwen Chengdu held the gold boring in his hand, and there was still no place for him after all.

"It's not fair!"

Yuwen Cheng was out of breath.

Xuanba held a double hammer in his hand, but he still had the strength to fight on his horse.

"In battle, since my subordinates did not fire a bow and arrow at you, nor did they raise their lances to stab you, then there is no unfairness. Yuwen Chengdu, don't surrender yet! ”

"I haven't lost yet!"

Yuwen Cheng was not convinced.

"Then come again, until you serve."

The thirteen cavalry Qin troops scattered and surrounded it, and Xuanba instigated his war horse and galloped again. He used the speed of the war horse galloping, rushed left and right, and a pair of golden hammers continued to fall like a storm, Yuwen Cheng took care of one or the other, how could the two-legged one run over the four-legged horse.

What's more, this gold boring is too long and heavy, and it is not good to step down, and the longer you fight, the more tired you are.

"Bell!"

The golden hammer fell again, and Yuwen Chengdu raised his boring to resist, and the shock was bleeding from the tiger's mouth, his arms were numb, and even his heart was very uncomfortable.

But Xuanba immediately fell with another hammer.

Gear again.

And then another hammer.

A dozen hammers were hammered in a row, one hammer after another.

Yuwen Chengdu, who was shocked, kept retreating, and the tiger's mouth cracked.

At this time, the Xuanba war horse man stood up, raised his hooves and pounced violently, Yuwen Cheng was thrown to the ground, Xuanba bowed his head and bent over, grabbed Chengdu, and pressed it to the saddle.

The golden hammer rests on the head.

"Convincing or not?"

Yuwen Chengdu spat out a mouthful of blood and closed his eyes unwillingly.

He always thought that he was not defeated by Xuanba, but that his soldiers had never beaten Xuanba's soldiers, and it was the dozen or so horsemen who made a stumbling block that led to his defeat.

Yuwen Chengdu closed his eyes and did not resist.