The drums of the soldiers gathered in the city of Anzhou sounded, and the soldiers moved when they heard the sound, standing in front of the army with long cards on their faces, and a group of soldiers in armor and spears lined up behind them.

This object is placed on both sides of the front of the formation to prevent the enemy from making a detour.

The swords and armor are as bright as mirrors, the spears are as dense as a forest, and the heads of each spear are aimed at the front. Bow-wielding archers stand in three columns behind the wall of spears, while crossbowmen with bows and crossbows are at the front. Swords, shields, and swords protected the two wings, and a small number of cavalry gathered in formation to flank the formation.

Seeing that the whole army was very neat and orderly, Niu Gao was quite satisfied. After such a long period of training and experience, the results are still remarkable.

However, although this formation is formed, it is only superficial, whether it is a mule or a horse, and it will not be known until the start of the fight.

Although on the battlefield of Jinghu, this kind of array has been tested by Wang Qing and Zhong Xiangjun, but the latter and Liangshan Army cannot be regarded as one. The gap between the two is even greater than the gap between Manichaeism and the Western Army.

Since Niu Gao started in the army, he has either fought with Wang Qingjun or fought a bad battle with the bandits and grass cowards. When they were rookies to each other, relying on a good martial arts, they repeatedly charged into battle, and captured the flag, and they were able to establish overwork.

But Liang Shanjun has always heard of his existence without knowing the real thing. He can only often compare the Western Army. Niu Gao once saw the Western Army, fighting in formation, one or two thousand soldiers can fight tens of thousands of bandits with their heads fled, but the array of the Western Army is powerful, but the speed after the formation is slow, even if the array is released when pursuing, the best time is often missed.

It was also from that time that Niu Gao wished that he would have a cavalry in his hands.

Now it is time to formally compete with the Liangshan army, and there is even hope that they can destroy a small army with more and less. Although this will not be how it will be in the battle situation, it is just an insignificant trifle, but Niu Gao is still excited. Clutching the four-fluted iron shovel in his hand, the man sat on the back of the horse and looked straight ahead.

More than 4,000 Song troops are integrated into the array, and they are also the boss, which is much more than the two groups of people chasing and fleeing in front.

Niu Gao's face showed a bit of hideousness, but he rarely stood in front of the formation. Although the flag has been flown in the front army, the front army and the front are two different things.

"Here we are." The pro-army—still nameless—commanded the commander in a whispered reminder when he saw the dust rising in front of him from afar.

Niu Gao looked into the distance, his expression was very calm, and he raised his hand to stop the whole army. Come on, no matter how elite you are, Lao Tzu will fight you to the end! He has more than 4,000 people, how can he not compare to the hundreds of Liangshan troops? It's all one shoulder and one head, who can compare to whom?

"The pro-army - still no name - commander, you take a hundred people to supervise the formation! Whoever dares to retreat without authorization, regardless of the officers and soldiers, will be killed on the spot! Niu Gao ordered in a deep voice. He still has a lot of combat experience, and he thinks of the rabble he encountered in the past, but as long as he can gallop and kill the enemy general, the swarm will inevitably collapse, no matter how many people there are. Or the army is brave and diligent, and the thieves who fought have been defeated and retreated again and again, and they can't stand their grounds. Those who were unfortunate did not care about the number of soldiers, but fled backwards, but provoked the rout of their own army, which was far superior in numbers.

When Niu Gao first started, he led hundreds of village warriors, each with a strong bow, and he could shoot thousands of chaotic people, and he was defeated.

The pro-army—still nameless—immediately led a hundred swordsmen and axemen to stand behind the formation, eyeing them over. The hearts of the whole army and others were in awe. At this moment, I saw a group of men and horses galloping over, and there was no longer much square word flag, but judging from the color of the uniform, there was no doubt that it was an official army.

"Tell people to go and shout, tell them to retreat to the side of the formation, don't crash into the array." Niu Gao's eyes were no longer on the former, but more on the hundreds of Liangshan troops chased by the latter.

"Tell the brethren, I am all and we are outnumbered! took this great opportunity to destroy the Liangshan thieves in front of him, frustrated the spirit of the Liangshan thieves, and raised the reputation of our imperial camp forbidden army. This is the first victory of the official army in recent times. I don't dare to say anything else, but only the merit and the money, and the brothers will be indispensable at that time.

The world is full of thieves, the country is swinging, and the imperial court is at the time of employing people, and it will never treat meritorious soldiers badly. ”

These words were shouted in unison by the soldiers, and the thousands of sergeants behind him could understand it, and a heat suddenly burst into their hearts.

Yes, what Niu Tong said is not bad at all, if this battle is won, this is the only victory in recent times, how can the court not be rewarded?

"You all know what I am doing, and today I will set up a banner in the front army, and I will die in the army, and I will never take half a step back. If you don't keep your word, you want to abandon your brothers and flee from the battle, and the brothers just take swords and guns and greet me! Niu Gao's shouts moved in all directions.

Under these remarks, there are more than 4,000 people in the whole army, who dares to have two hearts. All of them were in high spirits, and they were holding their breath, just waiting for Liang Shanjun to come over, so as to please him!

Then he saw the group of defeated soldiers in front of him, as if they had seen their parents, crying and cheering, and ran to the flank and back of the military formation, very close to the cavalry array.

The thieves of the Liangshan army later were mixed with cavalry, but there were fewer cavalry, probably less than 100 cavalry. He did not chase after him, but hung behind the infantry in front of him. The dust was rising, but the earlier probes had not paid attention to it. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves could not be hidden.

Niu Gao's heart suddenly gave birth to something wrong. Since the thieves have such a cavalry, why don't they make more efforts to intercept the remnants of Fang Peng?

But Liang Shanjun had already given him more time to figure it out.

The three hundred Liangshan soldiers were like a sledgehammer, smashing on the Song army's shield wall and gun forest.

The air was full of arrows, but none of them seemed to have a lethal effect.

Because, on this side there are few people, and on the other side there is a soft bow and light arrows.

"Tiger, tiger, tiger—" A neat and loud roar resounded across the land, suppressing Song Jun's shouts of killing in an instant.

The hundreds of cavalry on the opposite side were already in full swing, provoking the Niu Gao horse army who were also behind the array to pay full attention and stare at the cavalry on the opposite side. Naturally, the defeated army of Suizhou was ignored.

And then, and then they're all finished.

When they saw dozens of crazy war horses being driven and led straight to the rear of the Niu Gao army, the soldiers there had to shout almost frantically to vent the fear in their hearts!

What do they see?

saw the defeated soldiers of Suizhou, and under the leadership of the gray-faced and embarrassed general, he cleanly killed all his cavalry. Then a few people jumped on horseback and whistled, others poked the buttocks of the war horses with knives and guns, and then dozens of war horses rushed straight to the rear like crazy.

The officer of the Department was at a loss, and he was simply powerless to resist in the face of this sudden attack. Sit back and watch dozens of crazy war horses, like a torrent, rushing the entire rear army to pieces, and even affecting the Chinese army.

Zhou Chunlai breathed a sigh of relief, and a heartfelt sense of pleasure suddenly rose in his heart.

Since Yingzhou lost face in the First World War, he has been thinking about getting back on the field all the time. Fortunately, Zhao An, the deputy envoy of soldiers and horses, was an old subordinate he brought in with one hand, and he didn't take the opportunity to make trouble, but when the armies gathered in Fangcheng, the sneering and sneering eyes also made Zhou Chunlai ashamed. Even if the righteous brother Zhou Daming ......, although he didn't say much, he was quite angry with him!

Now he is conquering Zaoyang, Tangcheng, and taking Suizhou, but he doesn't see the real skills. Only now, this time he is successful, and he has a good means.

This is his shameful battle.

Niu Gao was also confused!

Fiercely turned his head sideways, and saw the chaos in the back, and even the Chinese army was in chaos. Niu Gao knew that he had been tricked. Especially in the dusty front, seeing a thousand soldiers hurrying towards the battlefield, Niu Gao knew that this defeat was decided!

What can he do at this moment?

If it is a shameless person, he must flee with a horse. But Niu Gao is different, he gritted his teeth, his eyes became sharp, and his face was as black as pot ash, full of perseverance and fearlessness!

"Kill, kill. Today, I, Niu Gao, live and die with all the soldiers, ......" patted the horse and danced, and Niu Gao rushed straight into the front line.

Kill!

In addition to this method, Niu Gao couldn't think of a second method. As for death, he is not afraid!

The shouts of killing, screams, the clashing of weapons, and the neighing of war horses were intertwined and deafening.

The soldiers on both sides fought fiercely, and on the ground, one corpse after another fell.

The high-morale Liangshan army pressed the Song army and beat it hard!

It's not a close contest. If so, then the battlefield should be ten times more fierce than now. Soldiers on both sides will step on the corpses of enemies or comrades, no matter how many people die in front of them. And then whoever can hold on to the end will be the winner!

Not now.

In the chaos, seeing the soldiers around him fall one by one, the Liangshan army continued to advance, gradually squeezing the rest of his army together and making it difficult to deploy, Niu Gao had no intention of shouting.

This battle was decided as early as when he unsuspectingly let the 'Suizhou defeated army' withdraw behind the battle.

At the same time, a large number of Liangshan troops also marched from Fancheng along the Han River to Lumen Mountain.

Lu Qian had already arrived in front of the army, and he didn't care about Fancheng. It doesn't matter if it has two inner and outer walls, whether it has a goose wing city, etc., it is not in Lu Qian's eyes.

Because the city of Fancheng is not only ridiculous.

The ruins of the ancient city of Xiangyang can be clearly seen on the Baidu map of later generations, which is a square that is almost a square, and several moats are very straight.

But what about Fancheng? It is a rectangular city, and its urban layout is along the Han River. East to west is long and north to south is short!

Lu Qian felt that if the Liangshan cannon was sent outside the city, he would be able to hit the cannon stone to the south of the city with one shot.

Yes, Fancheng is not the point.

Compared to Lumen Mountain, it is not worth mentioning.

Xu Ning once sent Lei Heng to lead his troops to attack the Song army camp in Lumen Mountain, but the Song army in Xiangyang on the other side of the river was reinforced by boat, so that Lei Heng returned in vain. This time, Lu Qian sent Qin Ming over.

Lumen Temple, an ancient temple for thousands of years, has become the military camp of the Song Army, and the Lumen Temple, which is located in the middle of the mountainside, not only has excellent geographical advantages, but also has no shortage of water sources and houses.

Now it is the most prosperous time of Lumen Temple, there are more than 560 Buddha halls, monks' dormitories, dining halls, and abbot's rooms.

The guard of the Song army is Zhang Qiong!