The temptation was not over, Fang Tianding quickly sent an army of eight hundred orphans, and Li Xiang could only take four hundred and twenty people close to the limit to participate in the battle.

The orphan army cultivated by Fang Tianding was not inferior to the ordinary elite of the Yongle Dynasty, and it was only one line worse than Li Xiang's Zhuang Ding. Even if you see meat once in ten days, the increase in physical strength is considerable.

The orphans are all young people, and their training is very strict, and the weather does not stop no matter how cold it is. Although the winter days in Hangzhou are much better than those in the vast area north of the Yellow River, in such an era of extreme scarcity of warm clothing, it is conceivable that young people will suffer.

The fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Orphan Army is very high, and most of them have a bitter hatred for Da Zhou. Their father and grandfather are either in the process of opposing the Great Zhou, or they have fallen on the way to the anti-Great Zhou.

The sun is about to run out, and the mountains and forests are already very dark.

In order to ensure victory, Li Xiang adopted a very rogue style of play.

At the beginning, Ding Shihang and Da Niu took Zhuang Ding to form a defensive formation and retreated.

Under the guidance of scouts who were familiar with the terrain, the orphan army decided to pursue only a short distance, and never give the Great Zhou army a chance.

Soon, when the orphan army was about to pass through a very small mound, Li Xiang launched the plan.

A group of archers suddenly poured out from behind the mound, standing on the mound and firing arrows into the sky.

The big and small officers in the orphan army were not stupid, and they did not laugh at the generals of the Great Zhou Army for being mediocre, but nervously stared at the arrows that were buzzing into the sky.

The arrow reversed and shot into the array of orphans at an almost vertical angle.

Under Fang Tianding's care, before the orphan army entered the mountains and forests, they did not take off the armor that they could only wear when they rotated to attack the city, and at this moment most of them were wearing armor, and the young people who did not wear armor were surrounded in the middle.

Although the orphans did not lack armor, they had too few helmets. The hat obviously couldn't stop the attack of arrows falling from the sky, especially the long cone arrow of Mingyuezhuang that penetrated very deep into the flesh.

Li Xiang has been thinking about this kind of arrow attack method of "falling from the sky" for a long time and has conducted several drills. I haven't had a chance to use it before, but now I see that there is a very small and inconspicuous mound here, and Li Xiang, who doesn't want his subordinates to lose too much, simply arranged it, and it worked in one fell swoop.

Of course, the only one who can cooperate with this kind of archery action is Zhuang Ding. Li Xiang gathered Zhuang Ding, who had practiced straight bow for more than a year, a total of 77 people, and had completed the first round of shooting with six arrows.

Li Xiang asked the straight archers to pause archery and breathe for a minute, while the guards beat the war drums.

The young general of the Orphan Army, who was not yet twenty-five years old, was angry and anxious. The first round of arrow rain lost more than 50 brothers, how many more times will it be repaid?

The young general of the Orphan Army really didn't pay attention to that mound before, after all, it was not very steep, and it was small, it was simply insignificant. However, he didn't know that Li Xiang used a bow and arrow to ignore common sense, so he suffered a big loss.

The young general of the Orphan Army divided his troops into two hundred to seize the small mound, but was directly stopped by a group of warriors who suddenly appeared.

The martial artists who obeyed Li Xiang's orders were even more scoundrels, and they didn't fight hard with the orphan army at all, but they were entangled to death. The Orphans will have to deal with them if they want to take the mound, but they will wander around and cast cold arrows, spears and even stones.

Li Xiang saw the battle situation on Wufu's side, shook his head and said, "These Wufu are interesting, and the plan is well completed. But when the owner of the village looked at them, how did he feel that he had often done things in the past? ”

Fang Weiliang was already tired and paralyzed, and now only Yang Yingdong was by Li Xiang's side.

Yang Yingdong grinned, "The owner of the village has a unique vision, and it is true. I had asked the warriors, and I was told that they were often chased by the Fang La army, and sometimes the other way around, they chased the Fang La army everywhere. ”

"It's perfect for them to harass and contain them."

Li Xiang's face suddenly turned grim, "This young general of the Fang La Army is not simple, he actually slowly moved the formation towards me, is this trying to fight hard?" Or ......"

The main formation of the orphan army leaned towards the mound where Li Xiang was, and the two hundred people who were separated also tried their best to advance towards the mound, and this time it was Li Xiang's turn to be in a hurry.

The command of the young general of the Orphan Army once again made Li Xiang's eyes shine.

I saw that more than 100 people suddenly separated from the main formation of the orphan army, most of them were not wearing armor, and they were very fast. The army of more than 100 orphans suddenly rushed towards ...... The two hundred orphan troops who were pinned down by Li Xiang's martial artists directly broke up the martial arts formation.

After the mixing, more than 330 Fangla troops attacked directly to the mound. Kill the Great Zhou army that scattered the arrows and capture the Great Zhou generals alive!

At the same time, the main formation of the orphan army, which was less than 500 people left, slowed down to deal with the attacks of Ding Shihang and the Da Niu organization, and at the same time, it also made Li Xiang's martial artists dare not go to the mound.

"What an outstanding young general of the Fang La Army!" The more Li Xiang pondered, the more he felt that the young general Fang Lajun was very powerful. He explained the other party's intentions to the guards and reserve elites behind him, "First confuse me, and then decisively divide a part, gather the two hundred people who were restrained by the martial arts, and go straight to this mound." ”

"The enemy's main formation dealt with Zhuang Ding and Wufu at the same time, and if Wufu dared to follow the enemy's more than 300 people, the enemy's main formation would move over together. When the time comes, you have me, I have you, it's a mess, and our straight bow will be useless. ”

"What a general, if it weren't for the fact that the owner of the village was too small, he would definitely have to be left ......"

Yang Yingdong suddenly interjected, "Ahem, the owner, the other party is coming over." ”

Li Xiang nodded, and said to the guards who puffed up their chests, axe stabers, bone hands and other elites: "A group of young people are coming over and want to call you out, what should you do?!" ”

"Hack them to death!"

Thirteen breaths later, the fifty elites on Li Xiang's side collided with more than three hundred orphan army soldiers!

At this time, the six arrows of the second round had been fired, and more than 30 people fell in the main formation of the orphan army.

The young general of the Orphan Army looked at the sky that was accelerating to darken, and then looked at the two battle situations, and said in his heart:

"This Great Zhou general is really good. Left behind the last elite to guard the small mound, and actually blocked more than 300 of my brothers. ”

"The terrain here is also too unfavorable. I'm either going to retreat from the battle, or I'm going to have to pull out that damn little mound first! ”

"It's going to be night soon, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses the other side has. We can't wait any longer, we can withdraw from the mountains and forests! ”

The battle is about to heat up. At this time, in the main formation of the orphan army, a rapid drum beat suddenly sounded.

The Orphan Army Colonel, who led the people to storm the mound, was not a mediocre man, and immediately made a clever retreat: quickly disengaged from the battle, first to the northeast and then to the east. Go around the first half circle and cooperate with the main formation to attack the Zhuang Ding array!

This scene simply stunned Li Xiang's eyes.

Seeing that more than 300 orphan soldiers had fled, the fifty elites who had fought against them just now did not pursue, but returned to Li Xiang's side. In any case, the safety of the owner is of paramount importance.

The young general of the Orphan Army also changed his plan in an instant, no longer thinking about retreating slowly or anything, but quickly retreated south for a while, broke up the martial artists blocking the road, and then waited for more than 300 brothers to retreat.

The Orphans quickly alternated their retreats.

Li Xiang's men were too few, so he could only let Zhuang Ding and Wufu follow in pursuit, and then let the archers follow and release two more arrows.

Li Xiang squinted at the south, "It's amazing, it's amazing." What is the origin of this Fang La army? The soldiers are young and powerful, and the generals are so good......"

"It should be able to confuse Fang Tianding, right? I don't want to hide it for a long time, as long as I can successfully rescue the soldiers and civilians in Deqing County. ”

Fang Tianding squinted at the orphan army who had withdrawn from the mountain forest, and his eyes stayed on the face of the orphan army general who made Li Xiang helpless for a while, and seeing that he was not timid or panicked, his face looked a little better.

Liu Chengdong, who rushed to the west city wall, was in a complicated mood at the moment.

Liu Chengdong saw the first wave of people sent by Fang Tianding running away in embarrassment, and also saw the appearance of the orphan army retreating calmly. He knew that Li Xiang's manpower could not exceed 1,000, and it was not easy to do this, so he sighed in his heart: You are still here, my good son-in-law. Don't blame Dad, Susu.

Just after nightfall, in the mountains and forests north of Deqing County, three large firewood piles separated by two hundred and fifty meters were ignited at the same time.

Liu Chengdong's son-in-law, killed!