In Taiyuan City, Tian Hu sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression, and said: "Gaoping County cannot be lost, it must be taken back." ”

Everyone is puzzled, Gaoping is only a small county town, with a population of only 30,000 or 40,000, and there is a lot of grain in stock, but can it be compared with Yangquan? The millions of catties of grain and grass stored in Yangquan have been lost. However, Qiao Daoqing knew the reason, he had lived in Gaoping when Tian Hu did not raise troops, Tian Hu was very suspicious, and buried hundreds of thousands of taels of jewelry in Gaoping, which were all silver obtained by robbing wealthy families in several state capitals. Because the location in Gaoping was not important, and it could not be too obvious, Gaoping did not send more troops at all. And it turned out that Tian Hu's approach was correct, according to the informant, Shan Shiqi in Gaoping was nothing more than to stabilize the people's hearts, suppress bandits, strengthen the city defense, encourage farming, and did not find his treasure.

In fact, this treasure is very safe, and no one has found it. However, Tian Hu was frightened by Yangquan's offensive and defensive battles. Yangquan had 40,000 soldiers, but they didn't hold it for two days. How many soldiers can Taiyuan have, 50,000 soldiers are counted as full, and Weisheng still has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to recruit soldiers after the Jeju army comes, and they are basically forcibly conscripted.

Fang Qiong stood up and said, "My subordinates are willing to bring five thousand elite soldiers to snatch back Gaoping, but they are worried about the reinforcements from Yangquan. ”

Tian Hu said: "We have 20,000 cavalry, and the cavalry of the Jeju army is not more than 10,000, as long as our cavalry intercepts the only way between Yangquan and Gaoping, we can intercept the support of the Jeju army." The only support was Ruda's more than 1,000 troops. ”

Fang Qiong said: "Okay, without further ado, I will lead the troops to set off tomorrow morning and quickly capture Gaoping." ”

Fang Qiong went back to reorganize the troops, and all of this was informed by the spies of Taiyuan Mansion, and a snow-white carrier pigeon rose into the sky. Yangquan, Chao Gai got the information the next day.

Chao Gai said: "Fang Qiong sent himself to death, and if he comes out, he can't let him go back." Qin Ming, Shi Bao's two heavy cavalry of 3,000 people, contained 20,000 heavy cavalry of Tian Hu's army outside the city. Zhu Wujun's division was guarding the city, and I took 1,500 people from my headquarters, Yang Zhi's department, and Sun An's department, a total of 5,000 people, and immediately set off to intercept Fang Qiong. ”

Military aircraft are a major event, without further ado. Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Luo Fang, Yang Zhi, Sun An, a total of 4,500 cavalry rushed to Gaoping, there is an official road from the mouth of the valley eighty miles south of Gaoping, the valley mouth is only 200 meters wide, and there are steep cliffs on both sides, called the Horn Mouth Canyon. Chao Gai waved his hand and said, "Waiting for Fang Qiong's army here, Luo Fang will form a five-stage shooting phalanx." ”

There were three hundred men in a row, five rows in all, exactly one thousand and five hundred, each armed with an arquebus.

Yang Zhi said: "Governor, Sun Anbu and I are ambushed on both sides, and once there is a situation, it is good to quickly rush out." ”

Chao Gai nodded: "Okay, that's how it should be." However, the generals of this battle should be carefully watched, and there are many cavalry generals in the Jeju Army, so they will focus on firearms in the future. ”

"Yes." Yang Zhi agreed, but in fact, he didn't think so, the Jeju army's artillery is powerful, and the Vulcan gun is also good. But the cavalry is also powerful, and the two arms are different ways of fighting. In particular, Chao Gai proposed the method of cavalry archery combat, which was very suitable for light cavalry, capable of fighting and retreating.

Yang Zhi and Sun An each brought cavalry and hid in the woods on both sides of the cliff.

When Fang Qiong arrived, the sentry spotted 1,500 infantry at the entrance of the canyon, armed with firearms in their hands. Fang Qiong had never seen this kind of firearm, and it was not a red-coated cannon anyway.

"Look, Chao Gai's banner." Adjutant General Fang Qiong pointed to Chao Gai behind the infantry phalanx. Chao Gai sat on the big black horse, holding the Golden Dragon Devouring Heavenly Halberd in his hand.

Fang Qiong's little heart pounded, he didn't know Gao Ping's treasure, but Chao Gai in front of him was an important person, once he caught or killed Chao Gai, Tian Hujun's crisis would be lifted, at least he would have no worries in the short term. Fang Qiong laughed: "Haha, haha, Chao Gai, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no way to go to hell." Let's look for death. ”

"I have a feeling that there should be ambushes in the woods on both sides." The adjutant reminded Fang Qiong.

Fang Qiong said with a smile: "We have a total of 5,000 elite soldiers, and 2,000 cavalry as a reserve, so be vigilant against ambushes." The other 3,000 people rushed forward, and with a bang, they took down Chao Gai with a bang, and everything was over. ”

Immediately, Cui Zhan's drum sounded, the horn whined, and the big knife in Fang Qiong's hand waved: "Sons, rush, capture Chao Gai alive, and reward a thousand taels of silver." ”

The 3,000 infantry swarmed up like the rabbits of Sahuan.

At the mouth of the canyon, the Vulcan spear phalanx was being prepared in an orderly manner under the command of the officer.

The first row is half squatting, and the second, three, four, and fifth rows are standing. The soldier held his gun with a calm face, as if it was not 3,000 elite soldiers rushing in front of him, but 3,000 rabbits.

Closer, two hundred meters away, Tian Hujun's fierce expression could already be seen. A few seconds later, closer, one hundred and fifty meters.

"Fire." With the captain's throat-ripping shout, the first row of Vulcan guns fired.

"Bang bang." Three hundred guns were fired together, and this tactic of lining up to shoot was really powerful. More than 200 people in front of Tian Hu's army fell instantly, and the simple leather armor couldn't stop the attack of the Vulcan spear at all.

The first platoon quickly reached the end of the line after firing, and the second platoon became the first platoon, with short guns, firing. Boom, boom, the smoke almost covered the position, and the smell was very choking. The Vulcan Gunner couldn't take aim, so he just shot flat. After five rounds of firing, I looked at the dead and wounded all over the ground, and in a short period of time, the enemy soldiers suffered seven or eight hundred casualties.

However, elite soldiers are elite soldiers, and the charge is almost a hundred meters, as long as you rush for another section, you can open your bow and arrows.

At this time, the second round of arquebuses rang out, and the soldiers who had just gone to the last row quickly reloaded their ammunition, and now they were ready again.

"Fire."

The lethality at this distance is very large, and being hit is a big hole, and if you don't die, you have to be crippled.

Before they could get up and fight for knives, thousands of people had already fallen here.

It was too late to retreat, so Luo Fang ordered the musketeers to change to free fire, and in almost a few minutes, there were seven or eight people left of the three thousand. I don't know who shouted, lie down, lie down and it's gone.

There was a cold silence on the battlefield, and all 3,000 soldiers lay down, most of them were killed and wounded, and the rest also lay down for their lives.

"Forward," the phalanx walked forward slowly, and the formation was not chaotic at all.

"Surrender and don't kill, the Jeju army treats prisoners preferentially." The soldiers shouted.

Many of Tian Hujun, who were lying on the ground, secretly threw away their weapons and held their heads in their hands. There are also those who are flexible and run back to their main formation, but it doesn't matter, the big picture has been decided.

Fang Qiong was cold from head to toe, and a trace of powerlessness was born from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't expect this to be the result. However, he was a first-class general, so he immediately made a decision and shouted: "Retreat." ”

A trumpet sounded on the Chaogai position, and the sound of killing in the woods on both sides shook the sky, and two groups of cavalry flew out.

Yang Zhi took the lead with a curved bow in his hand, and the pursuit battle was the favorite thing for cavalry archers to do. Light horsemanship, with only a small amount of armor, and fast horses. The soldiers took their bows and arrows and shot forward, and the feathered arrows whizzed, and the enemy soldiers kept falling from the arrows