Although the Liang army was the one being pursued, because they had to retreat to Kaifeng as soon as possible, they had to take the initiative to attack in order to repel the Wu army as soon as possible.

Therefore, after a short discussion, Duan Ning ordered Kang Yanxiao to lead 3,000 under his command to attack from the right flank; Commanding the left vanguard, Su Yun led 4,000 men under his command to attack from the left flank.

He himself personally led the rest of the army in turn and launched an all-out attack on the Wu army.

The 3,000 cavalry led by the cavalry commander Wang Yanqiu was arranged by Duan Ning on the right flank of the army, opposite the cavalry on the left flank of the Wu army, to protect the flank of the Liang army.

As for the baggage, grain, and grass of the army, of course, they were arranged by Duan Ning at the rear, guarded by 5,000 infantry.

This plan for the use of troops is relatively conservative, but it is good to be able to make such arrangements in a hurry now, after all, the enemy is currently in a hurry, and there is no time for them to arrange it calmly.

"Since the generals don't have any opinions, let's go and carry out the order immediately!" Duan Ning finally ordered in a deep voice.

"The last general obeys!" At this time, regardless of whether they were convinced or not, the generals did not confront Duan Ning again, and obeyed the orders one by one, saying goodbye and leaving.

Looking at the backs of the departing generals, Duan Ning smiled bitterly in his heart: "How good would it be if all the generals before could obey orders like this?" It's a pity that the situation is critical now, and I don't know if we can win today's battle! ”

He didn't know that among the departing generals, except for Kang Yanxiao, the right vanguard commander who had betrayed, the other generals were also hesitating in their hearts whether they needed to go all out to work for Liang Guo next.

"Now the situation has been eroded to this point, I heard that the 100,000 army led by King Wu himself has arrived in Caozhou, plus the Wu army in the south, the enemy army has an absolute advantage, it seems that the Liang State has been more than auspicious, do you want to fight for the Liang State?"

Such hesitation does not only exist in the hearts of one general, but in the hearts of every general.

Under such a mentality, coupled with Kang Yanxiao, a person who had surrendered, and Yang Wu, who was lurking in the rear of the Liang army for more than ten miles, it can be said that the Liang army had lost the battle before it began.

……

At the same time, Li Chengding, who was on the other side of the battlefield, was also making preparations for the battle.

Although even Kang Yanxiao could not inform the Wu army of the specific deployment of the Liang army in front of the two armies at this time, Li Chengding was not a person who would only rely on enemy intelligence to command the army.

After watching the enemy's formation, he happily smiled at Chai Kehong, Wang Yanyan and other generals: "It seems that the enemy army still wants to take the initiative to attack our army, but doesn't Duan Ning know that there is no chance of winning by taking the initiative to attack at this time?" And he acted rashly in a hurry, which was nothing more than self-destruction! ”

In Li Chengding's view, although the military situation is urgent and the Liang army must withdraw its troops back to Kaifeng as soon as possible, the more this happens, the more you can't act in a hurry, especially when you are about to fight the Wu army, you must be cautious.

And Duan Ning's entire process from the halt of the army's advance, to the decision to take the initiative to attack, and now to the specific deployment, is not even half an hour, and it is conceivable how many loopholes there will be in such a hasty arrangement.

"Presumably, Duan Ning must be worried that the army led by the king will come and besiege it with us, so he made arrangements in such a hurry." Chai Kehong said with a smile.

"Even if he was worried, he couldn't make arrangements in such a hurry, didn't he have time to spend an extra hour or two to deploy properly?" Li Chengding shook his head.

"That's it, let's not talk about Duan Ning's problem, let's talk about our deployment." Li Chengding asked, "Where is the king now?" ”

"Back to the general, the news that the king sent not long ago has gone ten miles behind the enemy army and hidden."

Li Chengding nodded and said, "Since the king has been deployed in place, then we don't need to take a defensive position in this battle, just attack against attack directly." ”

"Judging from the deployment of the enemy's army, Duan Ning arranged Kang Yanxiao on the left flank of our army, and their cavalry was also arranged here, obviously to contain our cavalry."

"This is a good thing for us, because the army led by the king himself is hidden behind the enemy, as long as we contain the enemy cavalry, the king can easily launch a surprise attack from the rear of the enemy army, thus establishing a victory in one fell swoop."

"Therefore, the deployment of this general is to concentrate forces and the left flank, and after the enemy forces press up, launch a signal, let Kang Yanxiao go anyway, reflexively attack the enemy's central army, and our army will follow behind the enemy army to launch a surprise attack."

"During this period, General Chai must hold the enemy cavalry to the death, I believe this is not difficult for the general, right?"

Chai Kehong hurriedly replied: "Please rest assured, the general will definitely contain the enemy's cavalry!" ”

"Well, as long as Kang Yanxiao suddenly reverses and leads our army to attack the enemy's main position, the enemy army will definitely be chaotic, and the king will not let go of such a great opportunity during this period. Do you have any questions, generals? Li Chengding asked.

All the generals shook their heads and said nothing.

"Okay, then the next thing is the specific deployment, Zhou Ye, you lead the troops at the front of the left flank, once Kang Yanxiao is right, you will lead your subordinates to attack the enemy's main position with the fiercest offensive."

"Diao Yanneng, you lead your troops to follow behind General Zhou, support General Zhou at any time, and try to expand the results of the battle."

"General Liu, your subordinates are deployed here, responsible for cutting off the connection between the left and right flanks of the enemy."

……

Soon, Li Chengding completed the specific deployment, and the generals of each ministry carried out their own orders.

It didn't take long for the drums of war to begin to beat, and the sound shook the sky.

"Kill...... Kill ......" The soldiers on both sides let out an earth-shattering roar, and they raised their weapons and began to slowly approach each other.

At this time, both sides invariably did not make a temptation, but put all their forces into the decisive battle at the beginning.

The Liang army was worried that the time would be delayed for too long and it would be easy to cause chaos, so they fought a decisive battle as soon as they came up; The Wu army was full of confidence in victory, so it also launched a-for-tat attack with the Liang army.

Soon the distance between the two armies was rapidly closer.

At the front of the right flank of the Liang army, Kang Yanxiao was advancing while paying attention to the signals on the opposite side.

According to the agreement, when the opposite Wu army sent a signal to move, he would immediately turn around and guide the Wu army to kill the Liang army behind him.

As a Shatuohu man, he doesn't have many loyal ideas, and the only thing he cares about is his own future; Now that the Liang Guo Mansion is about to fall, and he is not valued in the Liang Kingdom, Kang Yanxiao, who feels that his talents cannot be brought into play, chose to betray without much hesitation.

As the distance between the two sides gradually approached, his mood suddenly became tense.

"Chirp...... Chirp...... Chirp! As the three rockets were launched at the same time, piercing the sky, Kang Yanxiao's heart perked: "Whether it's success or failure, in one fell swoop!" ”

He suddenly pulled out the saber at his waist, raised the knife and shouted to the soldiers under the command of the Heavenly Empire: "Brothers, the Liang army is cruel and unkind, treating our soldiers as pigs and dogs, driving them arbitrarily, this kind of court, why should we die for them?" It's better to do the opposite, surrender to the Wu army, and worship the generals and marquis in the future. ”

"Brothers, go back with Ben!"

"Kill......" His cry was immediately answered, and hundreds of soldiers who followed him immediately brandished their long knives and shouted with him.

These people were Kang Yanxiao's henchmen, and many of them were Shatuohu people who had traveled south from the Jin Kingdom with him at the beginning, and they only respected Kang Yanxiao's orders and had no loyalty to the Liang State.

Kang Yanxiao planned to surrender to Wu, which they had known for a long time, and they did not hesitate to follow at this time; But most of the other soldiers were stunned by his sudden move.

These soldiers are actually from Liang, and they are the soldiers assigned to him after Kang Yanxiao surrendered to Liang, and they are not Kang Yanxiao's henchmen, so they don't know anything about his plans.

At this time, seeing that their lord was about to defect, many soldiers were stunned on the spot for a while, not knowing whether to follow Kang Yanxiao's order to rebel together, or whether they should continue to attack according to the previous order, or kill the rebellious Kang Yanxiao and other rebels first.

As the right-wing forward, the soldiers of the Liang army were in chaos, and the Wu army on the opposite side naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Wu army shouted loudly, and the sound resounded throughout the battlefield; They slaughtered the Liang army on the opposite side like a tide, and their momentum was unstoppable.

In the face of this turbulent tide, the chaotic soldiers under Kang Yanxiao's command, whether they planned to rebel with him or hesitated, had no other choice but to turn around and rush towards the Liang army's main formation.

Even those who are committed to the Liang State and still want to resist the Wu army, at this time, when there is no one to lead them, they can only go with the flow and return to attack their own formation.

This big change suddenly stunned the generals of the Liang army.

"Kang Yanxiao, who is the vanguard of our army, actually defected at this time?"

"It's not good, our army is defenseless in this position, and at this time, it will be killed by the enemy army, and it will definitely suffer heavy losses."

"It's over, the general trend of this battle is gone, Ben Jiang still thinks about how to escape."

The generals had different thoughts, and for a while, the Liang army was panicked, and they didn't know how to deal with the sudden changes.

The Wu army on the opposite side did not hold back because of their hesitation, and Li Chengding personally beat the war drums to boost morale; Chai Kehong shouted: "Kill!" Then he led the cavalry and rushed away at the enemy's cavalry; Zhu Qianyou, who acted as the right flank, was not far behind, and led his officers to launch a fierce attack on the enemy's left flank......

For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with a sound of killing, and the battle situation quickly entered a high level. Tide.

……

Ten miles to the west of the Liang army, the five thousand elite cavalry commanded by Yang Wu were also waiting for the final assault order.

"Report ...... King, our army and the Liang army have lined up their arrays, and the battle is about to begin. ”

"Report ...... Dawang, the enemy army took the initiative to attack, General Li-for-tat, also sent an offensive formation, the two armies are approaching, about to start a fight. ”

……

The scouts sent by Yang Wu constantly transmitted the situation on the battlefield, so that Yang Wu could always grasp the development of the battle situation.

When he heard that the two sides began to deploy arrays and prepare for a big battle, Yang Wu only nodded expressionlessly; When he heard that the two sides were attacking and gradually approaching, Yang Wu showed a smile on his face, and at the same time ordered his soldiers to start moving towards the battlefield on foot.

Ten miles away is not too far, originally Yang Wu was worried that he would not be discovered by the Liang army scouts if he got so close, but later found out that Duan Ning didn't realize that Wu Jun would appear behind them, so no scouts were arranged in this direction, so Yang Wu was able to approach the enemy army within ten miles.

At this time, the war is about to begin, and there is little point in hiding the tracks; However, in order to preserve the physical strength of the war horse and make the next charge full of strength and speed, Yang Wu ordered to advance on foot first, as close as possible to the enemy before getting on the horse and charging.

After continuing to walk three miles, the scouts in front came back to report that they had been discovered by enemy scouts!

At the same time, the scouts in charge of monitoring the movements of the battlefield also came back to report: "Report...... The king, Kang Yanxiao, the vanguard general of the enemy's right flank, suddenly rushed to the enemy's main formation, the enemy army was in chaos, and our army was attacking with all its might! ”

After hearing the news, Yang Wu immediately made a decision and ordered in a deep voice: "Order, get on the horse!" Get ready to storm the enemy's rear! ”

"Herald, get on the horse! Get ready to storm the enemy's rear! The officers followed and gave loud orders, which were conveyed to every soldier.

"Forward!" As the order was given, the five thousand cavalry marched forward in units of a thousand men in five horizontal formations and began to run forward at a relatively slow pace.

At this time, they were still seven miles away from the battlefield, and of course it was impossible to run at the fastest speed all the time at such a long distance, so they had to advance slowly first, gradually increasing their speed.

Of course, Yang Wu stayed in the last horizontal formation, commanded in the center, and would not be engaged in actual combat.

Today's battle can be said that everything is perfect, the enemy army is attracted by the Wu army in the front, completely unaware that they will appear in the rear, so there is no defense.

Moreover, the terrain near here is relatively flat, which is suitable for cavalry charges, which can give full play to the power of cavalry; In addition, they had been here last night, and after a night's rest, it was now the time when their physical strength was at their fullest, and the charge was bound to be unstoppable.

The five horizontal formations of "Boom ......" moved forward like five iron walls, making an earth-shattering sound; Such a big movement quickly alarmed Duan Ning and other generals of the Liang army.

"It's over!" Realizing that there was a large-scale attack of enemy cavalry behind him, Duan Ning was cold, knowing that today's battle was no longer justified.

Before Kang Yanxiao defected, he led the enemy army to attack the main formation, causing a great chaos in the Liang army; If Duan Ning still had a trace of luck in his heart at that time, feeling that he had a large number of troops on his side, he might not be able to stop the enemy army, at this time, coupled with the enemy army attacking behind him, even the most optimistic general knew that the general trend had gone.

At this time, in the rear of the Liang army were 5,000 soldiers guarding the grain and grass, and their combat power was not high, but now that the enemy army had not yet killed, they had fallen into chaos.