"General, why is there no movement on the side of the officers and soldiers? Could it be that the battle just now scared them out? After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no movement on the side of the official army, Tietou asked Xiao Tianjian in a low voice.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the sky, it was just noon at this time, so he shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate this Guan Ning army, they won't be so easily frightened, I think they must still be doing something!" In that case, let's take a break! The order was given, and the whole army rested on the spot, and a war meal was added to feed the brethren! Now that it's cold, it's a sin to stand like this, so boil more hot soup and bring it to the brothers, and then work after a while! Let the gopher lead the team up, take advantage of this free time, and hurry up to get more guards in front! ”

After hearing Xiao Tianjian's order, the generals of each battalion responded in a hurry, made a collective uproar, and sat down on the ground, only the cavalry team and the scouts of each battalion still maintained a vigilant posture, guarding against a surprise attack by the officers and soldiers.

The fire-headed soldiers in the rear immediately dug the stove on the spot, set up a cauldron, took water from the Luo River, poured some jerky brought by the army into the pot, added a little salt to it, boiled out a pot of broth, picked it with a pick, and loaded the flatbread prepared in advance, and sent it to the front of the army like flowing water.

After the gopher was ordered, without saying a word, he immediately brought the sappers under his command and the people who came with the army to help the battle, picked up the guys, and quickly rushed to the front of the battle, and suddenly the dust flew in front of the battle.

Zu Kuan looked at the actions of the Xingtian Army, and he was a little angry, the Xingtian Army was resting, eating and drinking in front of them so swaggeringly, and he actually sent people to run out to the front of the battle to repair the second row of wooden fences, isn't this too much to take him Guan Ningjun in his eyes?

Not only Zu Kuan was angry to death, but even the soldiers and generals under him were angry and scolded, and that Zu Kui strode up to Zu Kuan, intervened and said: "My lord, the thief army is too arrogant, the last general is not talented, I am willing to lead a team of brothers to rush at them, and it will save them from being so arrogant, and I don't take our Guan Ning army in my eyes!" ”

Zu Kuan immediately nodded and said, "Accurate!" Give you a hundred rides, you go and rush, they can't be so arrogant! ”

"The last general obeys!" After Zu Kui agreed, he went down and waved his hand and pointed out a hundred fine horses, turned over on his horse, and after another whistling, he angrily killed the two armies.

As soon as he saw the official army move, Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered the sappers and Minzhuang to retreat, in order not to waste the limited cavalry strength at hand, he suppressed Situ Liang's request to fight, and waved his horse whip and said: "Order the artillery team, give me a round of rapid shooting on them to suppress their prestige!" ”

When the order was received, the artillerymen threw off the cakes and soup bowls without saying a word, jumped up and ran to the side of the gun carriage, the cannon maneuvering, the loading of the loading, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the front of the two armies, there was a special person responsible for observing the distance, and constantly reported to them the distance of the officers and soldiers, when the officers and soldiers rushed to the front of the Xingtian army one hundred and fifty steps, the officer Li roared: "Let me go!" ”

More than a dozen red-hot sticks stabbed into the fire door at the end of the cannon almost at the same time, and after hearing only a roar, the projectiles immediately flew out and scattered in the open space in front of the formation.

The sudden artillery bombardment frightened this team of Guanning troops, although their cavalry was not too afraid of long-distance bombardment by artillery, but the artillery of the Xingtian Army hit extremely accurately, and there were still three horsemen who were immediately shot, turning into a mass of scattered flesh and blood, an unlucky cavalryman happened to be a cannon in the head, and the flying cannonball turned his head into a flowering watermelon on the spot, and the brains and flesh were flying all over the sky, and the headless corpse was still sitting on horseback and galloping, and after running far away, the headless corpse slowly fell down on one side, But one of his feet was still in the horse's pedal, and he was dragged around the battlefield by this war horse, and the blood that spurted out of his cavity left a big symbol on the river beach in front of the battle.

What made Zu Kui even more annoyed was that at this time, among the two thieves who came out of the army array, they actually sent a group of soldiers with bird guns, and went straight to the side of the second wooden fence that had not yet been built, and raised the bird guns to them, after the lessons of the officers and soldiers who rushed to the formation just now, although Zu Kui was angry, he did not dare to lead the troops directly to rush up, so he had to scold and encircle the war horse in front of the formation, and after galloping back and forth, he retreated.

As soon as the officers and soldiers retreated, the gopher led his men to rush up, and then did a great job, and it didn't take long for the second simple wooden fence to be erected in front of the Xingtian army formation, just because the time was in a hurry, this wooden fence looked simpler, and it seemed a little uneven, but the actual function was not bad at all.

Even taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers took down a few boxes of thistles threaded with thin iron chains from the car, sent them to the front of the battle, and spread them in front of the wooden fence, which strengthened the defense capability.

The Xingtian Army was so arrogant, and the real character was to make the Guan Ning Army on the opposite side half angry, and one by one stood in the formation holding weapons and scolded, but the scolding was scolding, Zu Kuan did not give an order, and none of them dared to rush out without authorization, but Zu Kuan was calm at this time, staring at the large array of the Xingtian Army, and was speechless for a long time.

Liu Dapan scolded and urged the soldiers under his command, carrying a piece of oars that had just been put together, and began to line up in front of the formation, these oars were all put together by his subordinates just now, and even the wooden planks of the accompanying cart were removed, and finally according to Zu Kuan's requirements, a batch of oars were put together, plus they originally brought with them, and they could almost be taken out and used.

So Liu Dapan recruited all the military leaders under him, and even coaxed and frightened them to give them an order, although everyone was afraid when they heard it, but now, there are Zu Kuan's group of Guan Ning troops watching from the side, even if they don't want to go out, they don't dare to disobey the military order, and Liu Dapan impassionedly encouraged his subordinates, and finally pressed the handle of the knife on his waist, and said to them with a cold face: "This time out of the battle, you have heard it clearly to the official, if anyone retreats or is not the same, Don't blame our brothers for so many years, the ancestor has an order, those who dare to escape from the battle, there is no forgiveness, the official is behind you to personally supervise the battle, I know you, but I don't know you with this knife! ”

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately scolded in their hearts: "Lao Tzu understands, you drive us to go into battle to die, but you are hiding behind, the bullshit supervising formation, the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the Ning army are staring at the back, and you can use what bullshit you are superintendent!" Aren't you Wang Bacheng's brother-in-law? Now there are five people and six people, and you will not die well when you turn back! ’

But the official level crushed people to death, although he was not happy, but there was no way, after all, now there is a thief army on the other side, so he can't have a big deal! Even if they run on their two legs, Guan Ningjun's knife is not vegetarian, and if they are killed in battle, they will be killed in vain, and if they die, they will die in vain, it is better to fight, after all, the Ning army is pressing, and there are still a dozen in this battle.

These infantry troops from Luoyang were helplessly huddled together in front of the formation, and the officers kept shouting in the formation, beckoning their men to their positions.

Looking at these Luoyang soldiers in front of him, Zu Kuan frowned, and said in his heart that they are also official soldiers, but they look more like some bandits than the thief army opposite, and it is no wonder that after Wang Bacheng led his troops to Yiyang County, he was hesitant, this soldier let whoever takes it, they are all virtuous, no one wants to expect them to win the battle, but now this is not important to him, in his opinion, this group of Luoyang soldiers was originally meant to be used to fill the pit, it doesn't matter if they can fight or not, as long as they pull out the wooden fence in front of the opposite thief army, The rest is their Guan Ning Army's business.

"Lord Zu, the lowly brothers are ready! Do you see if it's ......" Liu Dapan came to Zu Kuan with a smile and asked him for instructions.

Zu Kuan glanced at the twisted and crooked foot formation in front of the formation, sighed slightly, nodded and said, "I know what Liu Qian is thinking, don't worry!" I'll send men to protect your flanks and make sure you don't get attacked by the thieves!" But the ugly words are not ugly in front of them, if someone escapes in this battle, you don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless, come on! Send two teams of brethren to protect their wings, don't give the thief army a chance, and send another hundred men to supervise the battle behind them, and those who escape without permission will be killed! ”

Liu Dapan was still in a cold sweat behind his back on such a cold day, hugged his fists again and again to thank him, and patted his chest to ensure that he would personally supervise the battle in the back, if anyone dared to escape back, he would cut him first without Guan Ningjun's hands.

With the sound of war drums, these Luoyang soldiers who were driven into battle tensed their bodies one by one, and began to slowly walk towards the opposite Xingtian Army formation.

One side of the oars was erected in front of them, and some of the stronger soldiers were placed in front, carrying them on their shoulders, moving step by step.

Although the oars are very shabby, for these soldiers who have no intention of fighting, it is better to make it as thick as possible, and hiding behind them will give them a sense of security.

Seeing that there was a new movement on the side of the official army, Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly, and the trumpeter immediately blew out a few horns briefly, and the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army who were sitting in place to rest heard the trumpet, and immediately roared and stood up.

Now Xiao Tianjian understood what Zu Kuan wanted to do after waiting for so long, so he sneered and said to the guards beside him: "Zu Kuan has a good calculation, and he is reluctant to fill it with the soldiers of his Guanning army, but he drove out the Luoyang soldiers to send them to death, hum!" It's a good wishful thinking, but this time I'm afraid he's going to be disappointed again! Send the order to Luo Li and Li Xuanzhu, let the two of them watch it themselves! In short, the officers and soldiers must not be allowed to get close to the wooden fence! What I want to defeat today is the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and I don't need to bother with these Luoyang miscellaneous soldiers! In addition, the artillery team was ordered to allow them to fire their own guns! ”

After hearing this, the generals all laughed, and now they no longer pay attention to such officers and soldiers, and the contempt on Xiao Tianjian's face is also very in line with their thoughts.

As these Luoyang soldiers stepped into the battlefield step by step, the three-pounder guns on the dirt slope behind the Xingtian Army also raised their muzzles one after another, setting the firing range at the farthest point.

"Cannon ......"