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(Let's start with a chapter of 4,000 words, and then I'll change the second chapter at noon!) Red Ticket! ）

When they learned that this official army was rushing in the direction of a Zhuangzi, Xiao Tianjian ordered the artillery team and the soldiers to slow down the march behind, and left Feng Gouzi a sentry behind the palace to follow them to protect them, and he personally led the soldiers and the new barracks, lightly armed, carrying only personal weapons, and began to chase the officers and soldiers who were found to be located at the speed of a rapid march.

When he saw that the banner of this officer and army had appeared in front of him, Xiao Tianjian finally breathed a long sigh of relief, gasped heavily, and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Work harder!" The officers and soldiers can't run! Block them, don't let them enter the bank! Just kill them, and the big guy can rest and rest! ”

Unlike the previous march to the beat of the drum, this was their first rapid march since the formation of the army, and it was no longer possible to control their marching speed with the beat of the marching drum.

Everyone ran wildly on foot, marching at a high speed of nearly seven or eight miles in a row, and everyone who was tired had crooked armor, on one side was to run and abandon their armor, and on the other side was to chase and abandon their armor, but they finally caught up with the officers and soldiers on this road, and did not let them escape into the Zhuangzi in front.

The disadvantage of the Xingtian Army is that the ability to attack the fortification is not strong, once the official army of this road escapes into the Zhuangzi, then their trip will be in vain, attacking a Zhuangzi with perfect defense capabilities, although it is not as difficult as attacking Longzhou City, but with the ability of the Xingtian Army, even if it is defeated this Zhuangzi, I am afraid that the price to pay will be much higher than the price paid in the field.

When they first attacked Lijiazhuang, it took them a few days and paid the price of more than 100 deaths before they could be regarded as attacking Lijiazhuang, which was still based on the morale of Zhuang Ding that had been disintegrated in advance, and they were still dealing with Zhuang Ding Xiangyong of Lijiazhuang.

But today they have to deal with a well-trained army under the command of He Renlong, if they are allowed to enter the village and control Zhuangzi, then he can directly go back to his home, and go to the camp outside Longzhou City, so he can't watch the fat in his mouth run away like this, so he took the risk and ordered his soldiers to advance lightly, and came to a heavy rapid march.

Fortunately, before the Xingtian Army became an army, Xiao Tianjian paid great attention to the physical training of the soldiers, which was almost a three-kilometer to five-kilometer cross-country run every morning, which was not given in vain.

When they began to march rapidly today, the results of the previous drills were revealed, and the leggings issued to the soldiers and generals also showed their superiority at this time, and they ran all the way down, and there were very few soldiers and generals who fell behind the Xingtian Army, and in order to catch up with the officers and soldiers, these fallen soldiers were ordered to slow down, and join up with the artillery team and the baggage team behind, and then come slowly, so that the speed of their march was more than doubled, and finally caught up with them before the officers and soldiers fled into Zhuangzi.

Seeing that the official army had given up and continued to run, Xiao Tianjian was relieved, the other party was obviously very experienced, and knew that if they continued to run like this, I was afraid that if they didn't wait for them to escape into Zhuangzi, they would run away and collapse into the army, rather than being chased and killed by the rank and tail of the Xingtian army, it was better to stop on the spot and seize the advantageous terrain and let go, so Xiao Tianjian shouted loudly: "All of them!" Slow down! Start lining up! ”

After receiving this order, the Xingtian Army, which had already run into a long snake formation, slowed down one after another, opened their mouths one by one, gasping rapidly, and began to gather together under the orders of their respective officers, gradually adjusting their breathing, so that the physical strength of the body slowly recovered.

The marching drum sounded in their ranks again, and this time it was first fast and then slow, gradually adjusting the rhythm, so that after a period of galloping, the array of the Xingtian Army began to restore order again, and gathered together, making the array neat and thick, until they marched to the bottom of the mound occupied by the official army, and there was still a distance of about two hundred steps from the official army, Xiao Tianjian's shout sounded in the ranks: "All stop advancing!" ”

After the drummer who beat the marching drum struck two accents in a row, the drumming stopped abruptly, and the formation of the Xingtian Army also roared, and they all stopped, and there was a sound of broken footsteps adjusting the formation of Suo Suo, and soon it fell silent.

And the officers and soldiers on the mound were still busy arranging the formation at this time, the officers' shouting and scolding did not stop for a moment, and the auxiliary soldiers were still panicking in front of the formation with the ready-made tools at hand to arrange some camp fences and rejecting horses, He Fang looked at the thief army from far and near, and his eyes were almost about to fall out of his sockets.

He had never seen an army like the thief army in front of him, in such a short period of time, from the rapid march of the long snake formation to a dense phalanx, the Xingtian army behaved like this, almost beyond his comprehension, he couldn't think of how this thief army did this, let alone how the thief army could calm down so quickly after a long and rapid march, and did not see a person sitting on the ground panting.

Look at the officers and soldiers behind him who once made He Renlong proud, how far they have run, and they are not as eager as the thief army below, many people are already lying on the ground at this time, panting like a broken bellows.

Just now that the superiority of the two armies was suddenly revealed, He Fang's heart sank suddenly, and he finally understood why Huang Qiang was almost wiped out by this thief army at Dashiqiao.

So far, among the armies he has seen, except for the momentum of the three thousand Guanning iron cavalry under Cao Wenzhao's command, which can be compared with this Xingtian army, he has not found any soldiers and horses whose quality can catch up with the quality of the thief army in front of him, how long will it take to train such soldiers and horses! He Fang's heart tightened, and he secretly complained bitterly.

Where could this be an army of thieves who had just formed an army in Huangyang! If he wants to train such a soldier and give it to him, he thinks that it will take him at least three years or more to reach this level, which must fully ensure the food supply and salary distribution of the soldiers.

"All for Lao Tzu to stand up and line up! Hurry up! If anyone doesn't get up again, they will cut him down! After such a comparison, He Fang was nervous in his heart, but on the other hand, he felt that his face was dull, so he turned around and shouted and scolded his subordinates who were still messing around behind him.

The officers took the leather whips and swung them wildly, whipping the tired and paralyzed soldiers who were sitting and lying on the ground, and these officers and soldiers got up with a curse, grabbed their weapons, and then lined up the formation.

Xiao Tianjian let the sweat flow down his neck into his clothes, took the reins of the horse from the iron head's hand, pulled the saddle and turned over and jumped on the war horse, and took a few deep breaths of air hard, so that the violently beating heart gradually slowed down, he was dressed in more than thirty pounds of scale armor on his body, and his subordinates rushed all the way over, saying that he was not tired It was false, but the good physical fitness he had obtained through sports since he was a teenager finally gave full play to his advantages, so that he could recover quickly after he stopped running.

But after all, his situation is special, for his subordinates, although they have kept up with the pace of the rapid march, but the physical exertion is still very large, one by one standing in the team, also like a bellows panting, sweat like a spring from the sweat pores, the clothes on the body are also soaked with sweat, wet sticking to the body.

"Sit, everyone rest for a quarter of an hour! Drink some water! Xiao Tianjian looked at the group of officers and soldiers who were still lined up on the mound, waved his hand and said to the generals behind him.

Hearing only a loud bang, the neat Xingtian military array sat down like a falling tide, leaving only those standard-bearers and commanders with guns and flags like pines, towering in the middle of the battle, so that after the soldiers sat down, they could also see their positions.

Everyone immediately took off the bamboo tube with clean water or the water bladder sewn from cowhide from their waists, and brought it to their mouths to drink, but Xingtianjun also had requirements in this regard, after the rapid march, they were not allowed to drink large gulps, but only small sips, so as not to have water poisoning, these things were forcibly requested by Xiao Tianjian, otherwise, just this rapid march down, drinking water can overturn a large group of people.

Xiao Tianjian also took off the cowhide water bladder on his waist, brought it to his mouth and took a few sips, took a sip and moistened his throat, and swallowed it after a while, the feeling of burning fire in his mouth was finally much better, he looked at the official army on the mound again, and the violent heartbeat began to slowly calm down.

"Send somebody! Tell these officers and soldiers that they have no way out! It's better for them to surrender now, we won't kill the surrenderers! As long as they lay down their weapons, hand over their armor, and stay with those who are willing to go with us, and those who are not willing to go with us, we will give them the passage fee and let them go home! I'll give them a stick of incense to think about it, and if they don't come to their senses, then don't blame us for being polite! When the time comes, they will regret it! Xiao Tianjian adhered to the principle of saluting first and then soldiering, and instructed Tietou, before noon, He Renlong also sent someone to persuade Xiao Tianjian to surrender, this is not yet night, it became Xiao Tianjian sent someone to persuade the official army to surrender, it is really impermanent!

Tietou nodded and stretched out his hand, pointed out a personal guard, and without even saying a word, the personal guard nodded and made a chest salute, immediately turned over and mounted his horse, holding a small flag and urging his horse to rush towards the group of officers and soldiers occupying the mound.

As soon as He Fang waved his hand, several archers put an arrow under the mound, and several arrows slashed through the air, and fell under the mound with a whizz, forming a line just under the mound, which was regarded as a warning to the enemy not to approach.

The guard grabbed the reins of the horse at the position of these arrows, threw the flagpole in his hand towards the ground, and shouted on his back to the mound: "Our General Xiao said! I advise all officers and brothers to abandon their weapons and surrender quickly! You have no way out! Our Xingtian Army is not easy to kill, those who surrender will not be killed, those who are willing to do with us can stay, and those who are unwilling to stay will be given Sichuan money to pay for the road, allowing you to return to the field and so on! I hope that the brothers in the official army can do it for themselves, and don't have to work for the government anymore! Our general will give you a stick of incense time to consider, and if you don't surrender after a stick of incense, we will attack! Don't miss this opportunity! ”

The officers and soldiers on the mountain suddenly stirred slightly, because they also had two eyes, and saw that the thief army that had caught up was all in a fierce posture, and just now their retracted array made many people feel a chill in their hearts, knowing that today they had encountered a terrible opponent.

People have the instinct to survive, many of them are soldiers, but not to serve the royal family, and most of them are just to eat to eat, the first few years of the drought in Shaanxi, many people have nothing to eat and starve to death, some people ran to be thieves, relying on the robbery of the house to survive, and some people left home, put into the official army to eat food, these years with the He people Longnan to fight in the north, really killed a lot of people, but today, they are a little afraid, because they have heard the news of Huang Qiang's team, Even Huang Qiang's team was almost wiped out by this thief army, and they didn't have the confidence they had when they first went into battle.

When they heard the conditions of the thief army, some of the more timid people began to come alive, and they exchanged ears in the battle, and made a buzzing sound.

And after He Fang heard it, he suddenly became angry in his heart, he is He Renlong's distant nephew, he has followed He Renlong as a soldier for many years, and only then did he get mixed with this Qianzong, but he relied on his military exploits, he didn't know how much blood he had on his hands, let him surrender, it was just a joke, he didn't believe that the thief army would keep him and not kill, and let him go back!

What's more, this thief army obviously looked down on him and the officers and soldiers under his command at all, and his tone revealed that he He Fang's official army was simply the pork on the chopping board of their thief army, and they could dispose of it as they wanted, which greatly made He Fang feel a strong sense of humiliation, although he admitted that this road thief army did perform extraordinary, but this does not mean that his road officers and soldiers could only be tied up in the face of them, after all, he He Fang was also a general under He Renlong, so despised by these thieves, How can he be embarrassed?

So without saying a word, he took off from behind the saddle the strong bow he was accustomed to with one stone and two buckets, stretched out his hand and pulled out an arrow from the quiver, put it on the string, staggered his legs and stood firmly, and as soon as he twisted his waist and heard only a creak, he drew the hard bow like a full moon, and immediately released the bowstring as soon as he took a slight aim.

With the clatter of the bowstring, he shot the arrow into the air, and flew down like lightning to the bottom of the mound, heading straight for the chest of the thief who had come to persuade him to surrender.

As soon as Xiao Tianjian's personal guard's voice fell, he saw a sharp arrow flying out of the official army array, heading straight for him, and his heart was suddenly startled, and he leaned over the horse's neck, and the sharp arrow flew over his shoulder with a swish, almost hitting his front heart, startling him into a cold sweat, and rushing towards the main formation of the Xingtian army with a flick of the horse.

Xiao Tianjian clenched his fists and sneered: "Toast and don't eat and drink, then let them see the power of our Xingtian Army!" ……”