Zhao Garrison led 200 Qing cavalry to rush in the rain for a day, his feet did not land, and he even ate dry food on his horse. If Xiang Rong is a hunter, this Zhao Shoubei is his hunting dog. If there is a strong enemy in front of him, he will go back to call the police, and if it is a cowardly prey, he will go up and bite it fiercely, and wait until the arrival of the large group of men and horses to reap the rich spoils together.

Zhao Shoubei crossed the Ping'an Bridge and walked a few hundred meters, feeling a little wrong. Years of experience in conquest made this Zhao garrison smell the smell of the Taiping army.

"Stop moving, turn the horse's head, and get out of here!" Zhao Shoubei reined in the horse's rope and ordered loudly, his instincts telling him that there was an ambush of the Taiping army ahead.

Yang Xiaoshan shook his head and sighed in his heart: "It's a pity." If you go another 100 meters, you will definitely be able to completely annihilate this group of cavalry. Now that the enemy had found out, he could not wait any longer, so he jumped out of the grass where he was hiding and shouted, "Brothers, slay the demon with me!" ”

The ambush circle of the Taiping army has been set up, and all the main forces are waiting for Xiang Rong's brigade to come in. And Yang Xiaoshan was ordered by Yang Xiuqing to lead a thousand people to set up an ambush here, and his task was to slaughter Xiang Rong's "hunting dog" first. First, to prevent them from discovering the larger ambush circle behind the Taiping army, and second, to stimulate Xiang Rong to catch up faster and enter the trap prepared for him earlier.

Yang Xiaoshan led a thousand people from Shi Dakai's side, and specially brought the Li brothers, Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian. These two people were recruited by him, and Yang Xiaoshan knew their strength, so he was very relieved to let the two of them each lead three hundred people to ambush on both sides of the Ping'an Bridge.

As soon as Yang Xiaoshan killed, Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian on both sides also killed at the same time, and the three teams of men and horses were in a zigzag shape with the intention of surrounding this cavalry.

This cavalry is not the elite of Xiang Rong, the tacit understanding between them is very deep, one thousand generals and two generals each led thirty cavalry to rush to the three troops on Yang Xiaoshan's side, in a vain attempt to protect the others and withdraw.

Against Yang Xiaoshan's Qing army commander Qian was extremely fierce, he danced a big knife, with the momentum of the horse, cut several brothers in a row, seeing that the front line was rushed a little loose, everyone did not dare to step forward one by one, the situation was a little bad.

Yang Xiaoshan ordered loudly in time: "Put up your spears, surround them, and stab their horses' legs." He could see very clearly that these Qing soldiers were taking advantage of the mobility of their horses to rush left and right, trying to delay time and let the others break through, and as long as they dismounted, everything would be very simple.

Under the command of Yang Xiaoshan, seven or eight of the Taiping army surrounded one of the opponents and stabbed the horse's leg first. The Qing army's horse was injured and couldn't bear the pain, so he stood up and lifted the Qing soldier off the saddle. The Qing soldiers who were thrown to the ground were made to pieces, and before they came to their senses, they were stabbed by the Taiping army that followed, and their bodies were stabbed into a hornet's nest, and they were killed.

On the other hand, the Taiping army on both sides also made smooth progress, and the Qing troops who came to block it only caused a brief period of confusion, and they were quickly divided and surrounded under the command of Liang Li and quickly annihilated. In particular, Li Xiucheng was still in front of Zhao Shoubei and cut off Zhao Shoubei's retreat on the Ping'an Bridge.

The besieged Zhao garrison took a few personal soldiers, pulled the bowstring on the horse, and put on the bow and arrow. After a few volleys, the Taiping troops blocking the bridge were suppressed and lowered to dodge the arrows, revealing some gaps. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Zhao garrison miraculously slapped his horse past the crowd on the bridge, led a few of his own soldiers around him to rush out of the encirclement of the Taiping army, and fled in a hurry.

The other Qing soldiers were not so lucky, Yang Xiaoshan and Li Shixian's men arrived in time, and by this time the thickness of the encirclement made it impossible for the other Qing soldiers to rush out. The remaining Qing soldiers were either killed or captured, and the battle at Ping'an Bridge was soon over.

"Xiucheng, Shixian, you quickly destroy this bridge of peace, and then we will immediately return to our own defense line and wait for the old thief." Yang Xiaoshan asked his subordinates to clean up the battlefield quickly, and ordered them to blow up the bridge.

"Why blow up the bridge? Isn't it to let Xiang Rong hurry into our encirclement? Li Shixian was a little confused.

Yang Xiaoshan looked at Li Xiucheng who was smiling on the side, and knew that he understood, "Xiucheng, tell your cousin the story of Zhang Fei at Changsaka Bridge." ”

"I know that Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms era blocked Cao's thousands of troops on the Changsaka Bridge alone, but what does it have to do with us blowing up the bridge?" Li Shixian was confused again.

"You know one thing, you don't know the other. That Zhang Fei scared Cao Jun off at the Changsaka Bridge because Cao Jun thought there was an ambush behind him, but unfortunately Zhang Fei later turned around and demolished the bridge. Cao Cao took this opportunity to think that Zhang Fei was weak-hearted, and there was no ambush behind the Changsaka Bridge at all, so he chased after him later. Li Xiucheng is still familiar with this allusion.

"So we also want to destroy the bridge, so that Xiang Rong thinks that we are afraid that if he crosses the bridge, he will chase after him in a hurry?" Li Shixian finally understood.

"You can teach." Li Xiucheng patted his cousin on the shoulder.

Yang Xiaoshan and the others quickly cleaned up the battlefield, blew up the Ping'an Bridge, and returned to their own defense area in the south with a lot of loot.

And Xiang Rong's side。。。。。。

Li Shoubei fled back to the camp with a few Qing soldiers in embarrassment, and went to Rong's side to plead guilty.

Xiang Rong glanced at him, and when he saw the appearance of him throwing away his armor, he knew that he must have been defeated, so he snorted coldly and did not speak.

Zhao Shoubei didn't dare to look at Xiang Rong, so he had to kowtow again and again, "The last general should be damned, the last general was ambushed by bandits at Ping'an Bridge and came back defeated." The lowly position is entrusted by the Admiral, and the crime deserves death! ”

Xiang Rong kept a straight face and stared at Zhao Shoubei's eyes, "I'll give you two hundred fine horses, and now there are only a few of you left?" ”

"The crime of despicable duty deserves ten thousand deaths, and the sin deserves ten thousand deaths!" Zhao Shoubei's face turned pale with fright, and he trembled.

"How many people are on the other side?" Although Xiang Rong was angry, he still had to understand the military situation of the Taiping Army first.

"About a thousand or so people, it should be the elite of the bandits, we 。。。。。。。。" Zhao Shoubei told the story of the incident.

Xiang Rong stared at his eyes the whole time, feeling that Zhao Shoubei was not lying, they should have encountered the "broken tail" of the Taiping Army, otherwise they would not have suffered such a big loss. The Taiping army is often elite in front of and behind the march, and he is not wronged if he loses.

"Dismissal, take off the crown, and go to the Chinese army to be a soldier." Xiang Rong shook his hand at Zhao Shoubei and motioned for him to step back.

Zhao Shoubei suddenly looked happy, such a punishment is not a punishment in the military camp, as long as the admiral is too popular, he will soon be reinstated. "Thank you for not killing, and you will definitely be guilty of meritorious service and live up to your high expectations." Zhao Shoubei retreated.

Ba Qingde on the side praised again and again in his heart, "This is a clear reward and punishment for the Rongzhi army, and he will not ask the reason, and only punish his subordinates arbitrarily based on his momentary emotions, no wonder his subordinates are so dedicated to him." ”

"Pass my order, the whole army will set off immediately, and we must catch up with the bandits!" Xiang Rong pondered that it should not be far from the "tail" of the Taiping Army, and he would definitely be able to catch up with him if he worked harder.

"Lord Admiral, the brethren have only rested for two hours after a day in the rain, should you let them rest a little more?" On the one hand, Ba Qingde interceded for the brothers, but on the other hand, he could not stand the suffering of the rain march, and the skin of his hands and feet was swollen with the rain, and the skin would rot if he continued like this.

"Let's go to the Ping'an Bridge, and if the bridge is still there, we will rest and rest again, and wait for reinforcements from the three general soldiers. If the bridge is gone, you have to keep chasing! Xiang Rong ignored Ba Qingde's plea.

"Why?" Ba Qingde was a little confused.

"Don't ask, just do what I say." Xiang Rong didn't have time to explain to him, so he immediately got on his horse and led his subordinates to continue the pursuit in the heavy rain.