So Xu Dingguo ordered to send someone to collect the rout of Zuo Guangxian's troops, and quickly prepare for the battle, he guessed that after the thief army defeated Zuo Guangxian's department, it would definitely come to Shuangfeng Village and the thief army in Shuangfeng Village to converge, if once these two bandit armies converged, then now he was left with only his troops and horses on his side, and it was expected that it would be difficult to be the opponent of this gang of bandits, so Xu Dingguo completely had the idea of retreating.

Before dawn, the night did not receive a report, saying that an unknown army of thieves was rushing towards their location overnight, and the thief army in the Twin Peaks Village on the mountain also seemed to have made some moves, and was about to move, as if they were going to kill down the mountain.

After hearing the news that he did not receive the night, Xu Dingguo's heart was in turmoil, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly convened his generals to discuss countermeasures, after hearing that there was another unknown strength of the thief army to kill them, Xu Dingguo's generals were also panicked, and now their military hearts have already been in turmoil, if they are attacked by the two thieves inside and outside, the situation is simply unimaginable, many generals can not stay here for a long time even if they are noisy, and beg Xu Dingguo to make up his mind as soon as possible, immediately pull out the camp and withdraw to the direction of Zezhou, So as not to be attacked by the thief army inside and outside, and then he will also end up with a Zuo Guangxian.

The matter has come to this, Xu Dingguo did not dare to insist, immediately before dawn, he ordered his subordinates to pack up, and immediately evacuated this place at dawn, so the entire Xu Dingguo camp of the officers and soldiers and villagers were immediately busy, packed up their bags, should be quiet in the camp, everywhere is the light ball torch Liangzi pine, the camp is bright, and the battalion officers and soldiers are all in a hurry to pack up, the noisy camp is the horse neighing and people roaring, so lively, a chaotic scene.

Xu Dingguo sent a number of teams to investigate the situation of the Xingtian Army overnight, but the news sent back made him more and more nervous, the support army of the Xingtian Army came very quickly, almost in the middle of the night, they rushed from the Lotus Village dozens of miles away to less than five miles away from their camp.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Xu Dingguo didn't dare to delay, and personally led his two thousand soldiers and horses out of the camp to block Xiao Tianjian's way outside the camp.

At this time, Xiao Tianjian, who had been marching all night, saw that Xu Dingguo had made preparations, so he also ordered to stop the march and set up his position on the spot to let the soldiers and generals who came with him rest.

At this time, the generals of Shuangfeng Village have also received the news of the victory of Lotus Village in advance, and suddenly the army in the village was excited, and they were ready to do a big job, and now the four-way army sent by the government this time, there have been two road armies that have been defeated by them, only He Renlongbu is still blocked by Yan Chongxi in Yuanqu County, unable to come, and there is only Xu Dingguo all the way to the official army, on the strength of the troops, although the Xingtian Army is still at a disadvantage, but in terms of combat strength, the Xingtian Army now has three battalions of soldiers plus two battalions of township soldiers, as well as Wang Chengping's cavalry team and artillery battalion, the strength of the Heavenly Army is no longer inferior to Xu Dingguo's official army.

So after Li Xuanzhu discussed with Zhao Erdonkey and others, when the sky was just brightened, he ordered 2,000 soldiers and horses, opened the north gate of Shuangfeng Village, and Hu Biaobiao killed out of Dazhai and ran down towards Xu Dingguo's officials and troops under the mountain.

Xu Dingguo was already unsettled at this time, the two thief armies formed a flank attack on him with the momentum of the horns, and the official army under his command was already unstable, even if he had an advantage in strength, he could no longer solve this gang of thieves, so he did not dare to entrench here anymore, and took advantage of the temporary rest of the thief army that was killed from the direction of Lotus Village, and ordered to immediately pull out the camp and set up the village, and he personally suppressed the formation and withdrew to the direction of Zezhou.

Luo Li stood beside Xiao Tianjian, and said to Xiao Tianjian with all his fists: "General, it seems that the official army is about to run away, so what are we waiting for?" Let's kill it! As long as we disperse the soldiers and horses behind their palace, we can easily defeat them! ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows were frosted, after a night of rapid marching, many people in the army were frozen by the cold wind and their noses were blue and swollen, yesterday's victory, to some extent, is not what the Xingtian Army is more powerful than the official army, the key is that Xiao Tianjian caught the official army under Zuo Guangxian, and launched a counterattack when the morale of the soldiers was the weakest and most chaotic after repeated agitation, so that Zuo Guangxian's troops were defeated with one blow, and after this battle, Luo Li's second battalion basically had no problems, and Wang Chengping's cavalry team did not suffer much losses. However, Liu Bao's four battalion generals have been fighting fiercely for a day, and yesterday they were able to fight the officers and soldiers in one breath, but after a night of rapid marching, the recruits of the fourth battalion can be said to have completely reached the point of running out of oil and lamps, and if they are driven into battle again, I am afraid that many people will be exhausted to death.

After listening to Luo Li's words, Xiao Tianjian put down his monoculars and shook his head slightly and said: "Xu Dingguo is not a stupid person, although he has already had the idea of retreating, but he is not completely panicked, you see, Xu Dingguo has sent the elite out of the camp to be in charge of the palace, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are also packing up, if we attack rashly now, once we can't defeat Xu Dingguo's rearguard in one fell swoop, it is very likely that he will be outflanked, with our troops, we are still at a disadvantage, Once a war of attrition is fought, even if it can be won, it may be a pyrrhic victory!

But you're right, we can't just let them swagger away! All right! Give them as much as you wish! Wang Chengping! ”

Wang Chengping strode in front of Xiao Tianjian with a frosty flower on his face, and responded loudly with his chest straight: "The end will be!" ”

"You cooperate with Luo Li, go over and face off against Xu Dingguo's soldiers and horses for a while, don't be too greedy, just force them to retreat!" Xiao Tianjian pointed at Xu Dingguo's official army camp with a horsewhip and instructed Luo Li and Wang Chengping.

"The last will be ordered!"

"Shi Ran!"

"The last general!" After Shi Ran heard Xiao Tianjian call his name, he immediately replied.

"You take people to connect with Li Xuanzhu, so that they can see what the situation on Luo Li's side is, if there is a rout in the official army, then I will cover up the past at any cost, but if the official army is not chaotic, then attack them on the flank, and don't be greedy!"

Now we have the time and opportunity to polish them little by little, don't be greedy for a momentary success, but suffer a big loss! Xiao Tianjian then instructed Shi Ran.

Shi Ran immediately nodded and received the order, and after a short time, the army was busy, and the soldiers of the second battalion immediately put on their clothes after a short rest, and Wang Chengping's cavalry team was also ready to stop, leaving the deputy horse to Liu Bao's four battalion soldiers to be temporarily managed, and after a while, they formed a phalanx and forced towards Xu Dingguo's camp.

The rumbling sound of the military drum came into Xu Dingguo's ears from the Xingtian army's array, Xu Dingguo looked at the Xingtian army's military formation from afar, like today, and the Xingtian army's soldiers and horses fought in the field, Xu Dingguo had not encountered it, he had already heard that the Xingtian army's field battle was quite powerful, the first two times Shanxi sent troops to suppress the Xingtian army, the officers and troops were basically defeated under the field offensive of the Xingtian army, so they couldn't help but start to get nervous.

After seeing the formation of this thief army, Xu Dingguo couldn't help but secretly sigh, compared with the officers and troops under his command, the military discipline of this thief army is very strict, although the formation marches, but its formation has always maintained a neat and unchaotic formation, all the soldiers and generals are stepping on the rhythmic drumbeat, step by step forward, as if like a giant, so that people's hearts have a strong feeling of depression.

Each time the sound of heavy footsteps sounded, it was like a heavy blow to the heart, which caused a slight commotion among the officers and soldiers lined up outside the camp.

At the same time, the two thousand thieves who rushed down from Shuangfeng Village also listed a similar formation, and slowly marched from the slope to the sound of drums in the direction of the official army camp, invisibly like two iron fists, pressing towards Xu Dingguo's official army camp.

Seeing that the two thief armies started to act together, Xu Dingguo couldn't keep his composure, he didn't expect the Xingtian Army to be so powerful, in the absence of superior troops, he actually dared to take the initiative to counterattack them so arrogantly, and now there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses out of the camp under his command, if he is attacked by these two groups of thieves, he will definitely lose more than win, so after he saw the two thief armies attacking together, he immediately ordered: "Pass the order, order Jia Cheng to lead his troops out of the camp, and give me to resist the thief army of Shuangfeng Village, The rest of the departments immediately stopped packing up and prepared to go out of the camp to engage in battle! Be faster! ”

After Xu Dingguo's order was issued, the official army camp was busy again, and an army of officers and soldiers drove out of the camp and greeted Li Xuanzhu's headquarters who came down from the mountain.

As the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, the artillery of the official army began to fire, and the whistling shells fell on the frozen hard ground one after another, and jumped into the formation of the Xingtian Army, which immediately caused dozens of casualties to the Xingtian Army.

But what Xu Dingguo never expected was that after experiencing this round of artillery fire, although it caused a lot of damage to the enemy, but in the face of such artillery bombardment, there was no chaos as he imagined, and the formation of the whole army continued to maintain the slightest chaos, and all the soldiers would continue to maintain a neat formation, silently moving their legs forward with the sound of drums, and those bloody scenes did not seem to have any effect on them. Everyone had an indifferent expression on their faces, as if life no longer belonged to them at this moment, and even their eyes had a gray feeling, which made people involuntarily shudder after seeing it.