Although the Jin army chose to retreat temporarily, this did not mean that they had given up on Gaoyi.

In fact, the purpose of leaving 5,000 troops to control Gaoyi was to lead the Liang army to attack.

In the process of the Liang army's siege of the city, if the Jin army found an opportunity to attack, it would naturally not be polite; If they don't find an opportunity, they will give up Gaoyi and surrender Zhaozhou.

Anyway, the terrain near Hebei is all plain, and it is very suitable for cavalry maneuvering, so it doesn't matter where you choose the battlefield.

As for the Liang army, Wang Yanzhang was also very surprised to see that the Jin army did not start a decisive battle in Gaoyi, and even wondered if the Jin army had any intentions.

However, after all, it was the first time for him to lead the army alone, although he had to be vigilant and steady, but if his expedition was ultimately in vain, it was not something he could accept.

Therefore, after the main force of the Jin army avoided it, the Liang army rested for a day or two before preparing to attack the city.

Gaoyi is only a small county town, but the city is stuffed with 5,000 defenders, which is absolutely sufficient in terms of troops.

Although the Liang army had a large number of troops, firstly, it was necessary to guard against the main force of the Jin army at all times, and secondly, Gaoyi was too small, and too many troops were difficult to deploy, so the army that was really engaged in the siege was only 20,000 people.

As for the rest of the troops, they were stationed in several nearby camps to prevent the Jin cavalry from launching a surprise attack on the besieging Liang army.

A few days later, it was still in the camp of the Jin army, and the generals gathered again.

"King, generals, our cavalry is constantly attacking the enemy's logistics, but the Liang army has turned to a larger army to escort it."

"These escorted troops, each equipped with a strong crossbow, our cavalry was hit hard before they could rush forward, and the casualties were heavy. If this continues, it will be very difficult to cut off the logistics of the enemy army! Li Siyuan said to the generals with some concern.

Although the cavalry of the Jin army is basically good at riding and shooting, the bows and arrows used by the cavalry, whether in terms of range, accuracy or power, are often inferior to the bows and crossbows used by the infantry, so if the two arms shoot each other, it is often the cavalry that suffers.

Even if the cavalry forced a charge against the infantry phalanx, it was not known whether they would succeed in breaking through the enemy camp, and even if they were victorious, they would have suffered heavy losses, and some of the gains outweighed the losses.

Therefore, when encountering a prepared infantry team, the cavalry will generally not fight hard with it, because the strong bows and crossbows of the infantry team will be their nightmare.

Usually when encountering this kind of ordinary hedgehog-like infantry phalanx, the cavalry will not attack casually, but wait for the opportunity to launch an attack when the enemy army relaxes its vigilance.

However, in addition to being a plain, the land of Hebei also has another characteristic, that is, the city is dense.

It is only thirty miles from Baixiang to Gaoyi, and from Bairen to Baixiang further south, the distance is also only thirty miles; From Gaoyi to Zhaozhou, the distance is a little farther, but it is only forty miles away.

Thirty miles, with a slight increase in the speed of the march, most of the army can be completed in one day; Even a forty-mile journey can be completed in one day.

In other words, as long as the Liang army, which was escorting the grain and grass, marched during the day and remained vigilant, and did not give the Jin cavalry a chance to sneak attack, they could rest in the city at night.

In that case, the Jin cavalry would not have any chance to attack them, unless they attacked forcefully regardless of casualties.

At this time, in the face of Li Siyuan's worries, the generals had no good way, even Zhou Dewei frowned.

At this time, Li Cunqiao suddenly said: "Since it is difficult to deal with their grain transportation team with cavalry alone, then let's dispatch the main army!" ”

"What does the king mean by taking advantage of the fact that the Liang army's attention is focused on Gaoyi, and suddenly concentrating troops on their grain transportation team?" Li Cunzhang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

"Not bad! We can send part of the cavalry to attack the Liang army besieging Gaoyi City, and the Liang army will inevitably think that the target of our army is Gaoyi; But in fact, our army can go south with the whole army and besiege the army of the Liang army transporting grain and grass. Li Cunqiao explained.

The generals' hearts moved, and they hurriedly pondered.

According to Li Cunmiao's method, there is a certain degree of feasibility, after all, they have the initiative, and there are cavalry to cover the battlefield, which can weaken the reconnaissance ability of the Liang army scouts to a certain extent.

In this way, when the Jin army suddenly attacked and went to besiege the Liang army's grain transportation team, I was afraid that Wang Yanzhang and others would not necessarily know after the battle.

After eliminating this grain transport team, whether the Liang army continues to divide troops to protect the baggage, or adopts other methods, the battle situation will develop in the direction that Zhou Dewei expected before.

"General Zhou, what do you think of this?" After talking about his plan, Li Cunqiao looked at Zhou Dewei.

"Feasible!" Zhou Dewei didn't say much, but it also showed his attitude.

Immediately, the Jin army sent cavalry to Gaoyi City as usual to attack the Liang army that was besieging the city, and on the other hand, secretly dispatched a large army to prepare to besiege the Liang army, which was responsible for transporting the baggage.

In terms of distance, after leaving Baixiang, the Liang army's grain transport team only needed to cross the pontoon bridge and march northwest for twenty miles to reach the Liang army's camp.

Therefore, if the Jin army wants to do it, it must do it in this twenty-mile journey, and the speed must be fast, otherwise the main force of the Liang army will definitely come to the rescue after getting the news, and then the two armies will have to have a decisive battle in advance.

However, although the Jin army's plan was well done and carried out very smoothly at the beginning, Wang Yanzhang and the others were indeed confused by the Jin cavalry, thinking that their purpose was still just to interfere with their siege as usual.

However, when it was almost noon, Wang Yanzhang gradually felt that something was wrong, because the scouts of the Liang army all reacted that the Jin army was moving on a large scale.

This news immediately aroused Wang Yanzhang's great attention, and then Wang Yanzhang ordered to send Li Si'an to lead the troops to pick up Wang Qianyu, who was transporting the baggage.

However, halfway through, Li Si'an sent someone to bring news that Wang Qianyu's troops were under siege by the Jin army and were in urgent need of rescue.

After learning the news, Wang Yanzhang was shocked, and immediately ordered to stop the siege, and after leaving part of the troops to stick to the camp, the rest of the army was dispatched to rescue Wang Qianyu.

In this way, when both sides of Jin and Liang were not prepared, the decisive battle between the two armies broke out unexpectedly ahead of schedule.

Of course, such a result is actually the best for the Liang army, after all, the morale of the Liang army is still high, the logistics are relatively sufficient, and the troops have a certain advantage, so it is better to fight a decisive battle early than to delay.

As for the Jin army, although it was very unexpected to have a decisive battle with the Liang army in advance, the result was also not bad.

After all, the Liang army was in a hurry, and their side was more or less prepared.

In addition, although the Jin army was less than the other side in terms of troops, its advantage in cavalry was able to offset the strength advantage of a part of the Liang army.

In the eighth year of Tianyou of the Tang Dynasty, the first year of Liang Qianhua, and the fifth day of the first month of the fourth year of Wu Wuyi, the two armies of Jin and Liang launched a major battle in the south of Gaoyi County.

The Jin army had 45,000 troops, of which 8,000 were cavalry, and the rest were infantry; The strength of the Liang army was as high as 60,000, and they were basically infantry.

Although the Liang army had a large number of troops, it was divided into two parts by the enemy army.

Among them, Wang Yanzhang's main force was located in the northwest of the battlefield, and was divided into two formations, the left flank was formed by the Shenjie army and the Longxiang army, while the garrisons of Xingzhou, Zhaozhou and other places and Wei Bo's army formed the right flank.

The other part of the Liang army was 5,000 troops under the command of Wang Qianyu, as well as a large number of grain trucks and people who transported heavy baggage, etc., who faced the siege of the Jin army, and could only support and wait for rescue at this time.

On the Jin army's side, Li Cunxuan ordered Li Cunzhang to lead 10,000 infantry to besiege Wang Qianyu, and the rest of the Jin army was led by himself and was responsible for blocking the rescue of the main force of the Liang army.

In terms of arrangement, Li Cunmiao chose to form the Central Army with the Zhao Army and the Beiping Army, with Li Siyuan as the right flank and Zhou Dewei as the left flank, and he himself commanded the Jin infantry as the rear to reinforce at any time.

"The two armies of Shenjie and Longxiang are worthy of being the most elite armies in the Liang army! All of them have high morale and are not afraid of death. Fortunately, they were not reinforced by cavalry, otherwise such a powerful infantry, if it was guarded by cavalry, who else in the world could subdue them? ”

In the Jin army, Li Cunqiao looked at the enemy troops who were constantly advancing on the battlefield, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At the beginning of the battle, the two elites of the left wing of the Liang army, Shenjie and Long Xiang, showed extremely amazing combat power, and they were by no means the rabble of the so-called "ten people can't beat a Jin army" in Zhou Dewei's mouth.

These brightly armored and well-equipped Liang troops not only have gorgeous appearances, but their performance on the battlefield also shows that they are indeed worthy of the status of the most elite army in the Liang army.

Seeing that the Zhao Army and the Beiping Army, as the Chinese army, could not stop the attack of the Liang Army at all, and were defeated and retreated under the surprise attack of the Shenjie and Longxiang armies, Li Cunqiao couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart.

"We can't go on like this, if we don't put ourselves in the rear, I'm afraid that the Chinese army will collapse. If the Chinese army collapses, our army will lose today's battle! Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Cunqiao thought to himself.

"Order Li Jianji, let him lead the troops to go up, and he must withstand the attack of the Liang army! Tell Li Cunzhang again, let him fight quickly, and quickly eliminate Wang Qianyu! Li Cunqiao ordered urgently.

Li Jianji is the commander of Kuang Weidu, and he is Li Cunqiao's personal guard general, who is extremely brave and good at fighting.

After receiving the military order, he immediately led an army of 200 dead soldiers to launch a counterattack against the Liang army.

These dead men are usually treated with the best, but they have to face the most difficult situations when they go to war.

At this time, the two hundred dead soldiers fought bravely to be the first, and miraculously repelled the attack of the Liang army, plus Li Siyuan and Zhou Dewei on both wings saw that the situation was not good, and they were also trying their best to rescue the Chinese army, and finally the Chinese army's position was stabilized again.

Seeing that the Chinese army had stabilized its position, Li Cunmiao breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time sighed in his heart: "Lone has always looked down on Liang Jun, and feels that they are vain in their reputation; But now it seems that there is no reason why Liang Jun can dominate the world? ”