Song Jingxiu led everyone all the way, but it was not in the direction of the camp. Xu Jin felt strange and asked loudly, "Brother Song, where are you going?" Why not camp? ”

"We discussed with Ma Senjun, and the Wei army will definitely come to besiege our camp, so we withdrew in advance!" Song Jingxiu replied loudly.

"Withdrawn?" Xu Jin felt a little incredible.

"You're doing the right thing!" Chen Qingzhi said loudly at this time, "Trapped in the camp, we won't be able to hold out for long." Brother Song, you saved our whole army, I am grateful! ”

"This is the opinion put forward by Ma Senjun, I want to thank you, you should thank him!"

The group rode to a place about four or five miles south of the camp, where Yu Tianchou and Ma Funian were waiting with the team. Seeing that Chen Qingzhi and the others came back safely, the soldiers couldn't help but burst into cheers.

"Don't be careless yet." Chen Qingzhi asked the soldiers to calm down as soon as possible, "The Wei army will definitely send troops to hunt us down, and we must retreat south as soon as possible." ”

The soldiers did not care about resting and began to evacuate to the south overnight. Fortunately, the clouds were thin and clear tonight, and the moonlight was bright, so even without torches, the march was able to move at a very fast pace.

As expected, the Wei army took control of Pengcheng, and the deputy general Qiu Daqian personally led 5,000 cavalry towards the camp of Chen Qingzhi's army.

From a distance, the campfire in Chen Qingzhi's camp was lit, as usual. When the Wei army arrived, they found that they had already gone to the camp empty, leaving only an empty base.

"No matter how you say it, the Liang army has 2,000 people, how can it be possible to withdraw so quickly and without any movement?" Qiu Daqian muttered to himself in confusion.

"Can't let them run! You must chase them and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind! Qiu Daqian ordered loudly.

There were also people in the Wei army who were good at tracing people, and they soon found out the traces of the Liang army's southward retreat. Qiu Daqian gave an order, and the iron cavalry followed the traces of the Liang army and chased away non-stop.

The bright moonlight illuminates its own path, but at the same time illuminates the path for the pursuing enemy troops. Moreover, the vast majority of Chen Qingzhi's troops are infantry troops, how can two legs outrun four legs.

The sentinel, who was far behind the team, sensed the pursuers and immediately rushed up to report to Chen Qingzhi.

"It's only a matter of time before we are caught up, and by then our army is exhausted, won't we have to be slaughtered!" Chen Qingzhi frowned, thinking about how to deal with it.

"Stop the march!" Chen Qingzhi suddenly reined in his horses and raised his hand to signal the team to stop advancing.

"Ziyun, why did you stop?" Everyone rushed to Chen Qingzhi's side, and Yu Tianshu was the first to speak, asking puzzledly.

"You can't run anymore, sooner or later you will be caught up by the Wei army," Chen Qingyi had a solemn expression on his face, "While everyone still has the strength, let's stop the enemy army here!" ”

"Here?" Ma Buddha looked around and said worriedly, "The terrain here is flat, there is no danger to defend?" ”

"There's no time to find the right terrain!" Chen Qingzhi said categorically, "If you flee like this again, when the enemy catches up, the soldiers are exhausted, how can they fight?" It's better to fight to the death here, only by repelling the pursuers, can we have a glimmer of life! ”

"Ziyun's words make sense, there is still life in the first battle!" Song Jingxiu agreed.

"It's long overdue!" Xu Jin also echoed with all his might.

"Good! Time is pressing, hurry up and let the soldiers form a team! Chen Qingzhi began to order, "Xu Jin, you go to the back of the team, let Chen Sibao unload the baggage cart, and use the body and grain and grass to form a formation in the front, so as to prevent the frontal charge of the Wei cavalry." I'll be back as soon as I've got the order, and I have other tasks for you! ”

"Yes!" Xu Jin took the order and left.

"Brother Song, Brother Yu, please take people to stick spears in the ground on the two wings, make them into a repelled horse, and guard them with heavy shields to prevent the Wei army from sneaking up on the flanks!"

"Order!" The two of them immediately went their separate ways.

"Huize!" Chen Qingzhi held Hui Ze's shoulder, looked into his eyes, and said resolutely, "What I want to do to you is the most important, you must do it well!" ”

"Brother Chen, just tell you what you want!" Hui Ze replied firmly.

"Send someone to collect some flammable things like dry branches and dead grass, and place them behind our army's line, and then go and bring all the jars of lamp oil and pour them all on them. When I give the signal, I'll light it immediately! ”

"Lighting a fire behind us?" Hui Ze was shocked, "Isn't that a self-defeating retreat?" ”

"Do you know the allusion to the shipwreck?"

Hui Ze nodded, "I heard the master talk about it when I was a child. ”

"Now we must also put death on the ground and live, if we want to live, the only way is to repel the pursuers!" Chen Qingzhi put his hands on Hui Ze's shoulders and said in an unquestionable tone, "Remember, I send a signal, you must ignite the fire without hesitation!" ”

Hui Ze looked at Chen Qingzhi's eyes, and finally nodded resolutely, and turned around to carry out his task.

"Brother Chen!" As soon as Hui Ze left for a while, Xu Jin came back, "Third Brother Chen has already started to move and is forming a formation. What else do you command? ”

"Take your cavalry brothers, ambush to the flank, don't be discovered by the enemy, after seeing that there is a fire on our side, I want you to find the position of the enemy's main general, and then resolutely assault it!"

"You want me to take off the head of the enemy general, right?"

"It's best to take off the head, in short, you must be fierce, don't stop, rush back and forth, and make the enemy army chaotic!"

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Xu Jin patted his chest, turned around and left.

There was not much time left for Chen Qingzhi's army to prepare. In less than half an hour, the faint sound of horses' hooves drifted from the darkness in the distance.

The rapid, heavy, dense sound of horses' hooves grew clearer and clearer from far and near.

"The Wei army is here!" Someone started shouting, "Prepare for battle!" ”

Under the silver moonlight, the armor and weapons of the Wei cavalry reflected a cold light, wrapped in dust and strong winds, calling for the Liang army to rush towards the Liang army.

The horse's hooves continued to trample the earth, and the resulting vibrations penetrated the ground and had already spread to the position of the Liang army, quickly crawling all over the soldiers' feet along their bodies.

"Brethren! I want you to join me in holding on to this place! Chen Qingzhi took the lead, standing at the front, holding a spear in his hand, and shouted to the soldiers, "If you want to go back alive, you must fight to the death here!" Don't flinch, don't be afraid, defeat the enemy, we will get life, if we can't defeat the enemy, we must also fight to the death! ”

The cavalry of the Wei army rushed over unscrupulously, until they came to a distance of about 100 paces in front of the battle, and Chen Qingzhi ordered in a loud voice, "Release the arrow!" ”

Chen Qingzhi's soldiers, all armed with bows and arrows, had been carefully trained, and with this command, a dense volley of fire smashed down on the top of the Wei army's heads.

Arrows rained down - the chasing cavalry of the Wei army was not a heavy cavalry equipped with armor, and in the face of this sudden rain of arrows, people suddenly turned on their backs and fell down.

But the advantage is still on the side of the Wei army. Withstanding this round of volleys, the Wei army did not slow down the momentum of the impact, and rushed forward to the Liang army's defense line one after another.

It was only about fifty paces away, and it was still too late to launch a second volley.

The Wei army shouted wildly, and the spears in their hands also pushed straight forward, ready for the upcoming collision and fighting.

"Ignition ——!!" Chen Qingzhi suddenly burst out with an angry roar. Hui Ze immediately moved and lit the ignition behind the front line.

A wall of fire rose up in an instant, appearing behind the Liang Army's front. The flames flew, the teeth and claws danced wildly, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in firelight.

Liang Jun had his back against the flames, and his morale seemed to be ignited by this fierce flame, and his eyes were wide with anger, "Fire————!!! In unison, a fierce roar like a trapped beast erupted towards the Wei army!

A violent collision sound deafened outbreak! The Wei cavalry collided head-on with Chen Sibao's line of baggage carts and grain and grass supplies. Behind the front line, there was a dense stream of spears from the Liang army, as well as bows and arrows that were constantly being fired.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, the Wei army was squeezed in front of the front, and the cavalry, which had lost its speed and impact, faced the swords and guns of the Liang army, became the object of slaughter in the blink of an eye.

Fighting against the impact of the cavalry with a chariot formation, this is the tactic that Chen Qingzhi borrowed from Wei Rui in Zhongli back then, facing Yang Dayan's cavalry impact, but the scale of Zhongli's battle back then was far from being comparable to their current battle.

However, the Wei army was far superior in numbers, and Qiu Daqian, who led the army, saw that the frontal attack was blocked, and refused to accept it, and the herald around him immediately raised the horn, and the "woo" sounded.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the Wei army quickly divided into two detachments, one on the left and one on the right, and began to detour towards the two flanks of the Liang army's front.

The mobility of the cavalry was revealed at this time, but when they reached the two wings, they found that the Liang army had already prepared and was ready for battle, and the ground was densely inserted with simple rejection horses made of spears, and behind the rejection of the horses was an iron wall made of heavy shields by the Liang army.

However, the Wei cavalry has always been known for their bravery, and even in the face of the iron wall of rejection, they still did not hesitate to charge.

The cavalry that rushed to the front, facing the spears and arrows of the Liang army, at the cost of their own lives, gradually destroyed the simple repulsion horses set up by the Liang army, and then began to attack the heavy shield iron wall of the Liang army.

Song Jingxiu and Yu Tianchou each guarded one end, and in the face of this unreasonable onslaught of the Wei army, they loudly encouraged the brothers around them, and did their best to maintain the stability of the flank.

The battle has turned into a melee, the soldiers of the Liang army know that there is no way out, only a way to fight to the death, they stubbornly defend their positions, do not back down a single step, the corpses continue to accumulate, the blood flows like a river, the soldiers have lost their minds, blood, sweat, tears are muddy, the two sides are huddled together, and they keep using the weapons in their hands to cut each other's flesh and blood.

The firelight is swaying, countless figures are swaying together, the blend of light and darkness, the strong contrast between light and dark, and the sound of fighting in the sky, this place has become a hell of killing each other.

The tragic grappling was in full swing, and Xu Jin, who was ambushed far away, was leading his brothers to rush towards Qiu Daqian's position with a thunderous momentum!

Thanks to the previous horn, Xu Jin determined the position of the Wei general.

The other brethren are fighting bloody, and now is the time for them to strike! As long as you can take down the enemy generals and disrupt the enemy army, you can turn the situation around!

Let's go! Rush over! If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and with the heart of death, rush over!