"General Wang, please mourn." In the camp of the Xuanwu Army, Zhu Zhen came to the forward camp with a group of generals, and saw Wang Yanzhang sitting alone in the big tent and was silent and comforted. In the siege battle the day before yesterday, Wang Yantong was blown to the ground by Wang Houchun's explosives bag, there was no big problem, but he just fainted, but coincidentally, the bronze cattle-carrying gun in his hand at that time fell down after being shot away, and suddenly stabbed the major artery in Wang Yantong's left chest. At that time, no one cared about him in the chaos of the battlefield, and all the guards around him were killed in that explosion. It was not found until after the war when the soldiers on both sides collected the bodies of the war dead, but by this time it was too late, and Wang Yantong had already fallen under the city of Cangzhou.

Zhu Zhen's arrival also made Wang Yanzhang temporarily put away the sadness in his heart, and after giving Zhu Zhen a salute, he said: "Thank you for your concern, and the spirit of the deceased brother in the sky will also be grateful." I also ask the commander to forgive the sin of the defeat of the commander. ”

"Generals don't have to blame themselves too much, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. I heard that the Tiance Army also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and the number of the troops on the city tower has also changed, so we can be regarded as having a relationship. Zhu Zhen also sighed slightly, and did not mean to find Wang Yanzhang to settle the previous loss, the other party has a secret weapon, and this battle is no longer something that Wang Yanzhang can handle, so he comforted: "I have already urged Marshal Ge to speed up, and when the time comes, the two armies will work together and we will be able to relieve a lot of pressure." ”

"Great Marshal, the last general has thought of some ways about the mysterious weapon of the Tiance Army, although it can't eradicate this influence, but it can still be prevented." Wang Yanzhang also knew that Zhu Zhen was comforting himself, so he hurriedly said the countermeasures he had come up with in the past two days.

"Do you mean putting a quilt over the shield or just draping a wet quilt over your body? Will this withstand that kind of explosion? Zhu Zhen was a little stunned by what he said, and asked blankly.

"I guess I can block some of the damage." Wang Yanzhang was also said to have no confidence, and said with a wry smile: "After all, we have never seen such a weapon as the Tiance Army. The secret agents sent to the city basically have no return, and they can't detect the other party's secrets at all. ”

"Dashuai, if you agree, I want to conduct a sneak attack in the next two days." Wang Yanzhang looked at Zhu Zhen's face, gritted his teeth and said: "Our army has lost twice now, and the morale of the army is sluggish, and we urgently need a victory to boost morale. Moreover, the general thought that the Tiance Army that had become was basically adapted from those rebels who were in rebellion, and once attacked, it would not be able to respond to the situation like the regular army. ”

Wang Yanzhang's proposal made Zhu Zhen's face hesitate, for him to stabilize the situation, and when Ge Cunzhou came, he would hand over all the military affairs on the front line to him, and he would be a mascot with peace of mind. But Wang Yanzhang's words are also very reasonable, the army is not strong, if the other party comes to attack him, then it will really be the whole army to collapse.

"Yanzhang, how sure are you? Now that the other party is defending the city, the cost of our sneak attack is too great, and it may not be successful. Zhu Zhen asked in silence for a long time, obviously not optimistic about Wang Yanzhang's plan.

"I'll do my best." Wang Yanzhang also knew that this kind of sneak attack on the city was too difficult, and explained: "Look at this weather, there will be rainy weather in the next few days, we can select elite soldiers to sneak up the city tower on a rainy night, and then open the city gate and break into the city." You don't need to conquer a city in this battle, you only need to win a battle to boost morale. When the time comes, after Ge Dashuai arrives, he can directly start attacking the city. ”

"Well, I agree. It's up to you to choose your soldiers and the equipment you need, and it's up to you when and where to attack. As long as there is a result, it doesn't require you to have a lot of pressure. Zhu Zhen thought about it and told her to leave here again.

Wang Yanzhang watched Zhu Zhen walk out of the big tent, shook his fingers vigorously, and his face showed a complicated look.

However, when Wang Yanzhang was planning a sneak attack on Cangzhou City, Li Xuanqing and Gao Siji also secretly lurked in the area north of Dezhou, quietly waiting for Ge Cunzhou to lead the army to arrive.

"Lord, the latest news from the Flying Eagle Brigade is that Ge Cunzhou has arrived fifty miles ahead." Li Feixue hurried over to deliver the latest news.

"General Gao, you lead 20,000 troops to ambush in the north area, Feixue, you take the guard battalion to ambush in the south, and I will come with the rest of the men and horses to confront Ge Cunzhou head-on." Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "Today, we will defeat Ge Cunzhou in one fell swoop." ”

The two led the army to fly left and right quickly, and in an instant, there were only 30,000 cavalry left by Li Xuanqing's side. Gao Siji arranged for an adjutant general to assist Li Xuanqing.

"General Wu, order the troops, dismount and rest, and start preparing in an hour." Li Xuanqing silently calculated the other party's footsteps and began to order.

An hour is already very good for the infantry to be able to walk twenty or thirty miles, but the Shatuo cavalry generally needs five to ten miles as the charging distance, so these Shatuo people dismounted and sat down to rest after hearing the order, and some began to wipe their weapons and start preparing for battle.

During this time, Li Xuanqing and Gao Siji and others got along for a few days, and they were generally familiar with these Shatuo people, and the nomads actually got along with each other a little less than the Central Plains people, and in the atmosphere deliberately created by Li Xuanqing and Li Feixue, the other party was also a lot less hostile to the Tiance Army.

An hour passed in a flash, Li Xuanqing waved his right hand, turned over the jade lion, galloped forward, and the 30,000 cavalry behind him also followed, the 30,000 cavalry were one, and the rumbling horse hooves brought up a boundless whirlwind, rushing towards the front like a lightning gallop.

"General Wu, how did you Shatuo people rush into battle? You are in charge of the front of this battle, and show me your skills so that I can take a good look. Li Xuanqing said to Wu Si'er, the deputy general of Gao Siji beside him.

"General, please rest assured, fighting with the Xuanwu Army, we Shatuo people are very familiar with it." Us'er flicked his whip into the air and led the forward to run wildly.

The distance of more than ten miles only takes a tea hour for the cavalry, so soon Li Xuanqing has already seen the front of the Xuanwu Army from afar.

"The whole army listened to the order, three arrows to the sky, and the follow-up men and horses were ready to charge." Wu Si'er bent his bow and arrows at the forward, and the Xuanwu army, who had already found himself out of his army and was about to prepare to resist, shot an arrow at him. And with his movements, the Shatuo cavalry of more than 10,000 people in front of him shot a dense array of arrows almost at the same moment.

Unlike the other cavalry of the Tiance Army, the Shatuo cavalry continued to shoot the second and third arrows without stopping after the first arrow was fired. Three arrows into the sky, this is almost the most standard action of the Shatuo cavalry attack, after shooting three arrows, Us'er pulled out the scimitar in his hand and howled towards the opponent.

"Baixin, notify the nearby Flying Eagle Brigade to immediately assemble and follow me directly into the opponent's Chinese army." Li Xuanqing stared at Wu Si'er, who led the way into the opponent's battle formation, nodded, and with a wave of his right hand, the guards behind him began to bend their bows and arrows, and a colorful smoke rocket was quickly launched into the air, and the colorful smoke pillar dragged a long tail across the sky.

"Lord, I'm here." Su Xiaohu didn't know where to get out, and said with a smile: "The Shatuo cavalry has two hits, and Wu Si'er has already scattered the opponent's front army, now it depends on whether Feixue and Gao Siji can arrive in time." ”

"Stop talking nonsense, the Flying Eagle Brigade and the Guards gather, come with me to see what Ge Cunzhou is doing and intercept the opponent's Chinese army." Li Xuanqing waved his hand to interrupt the other party's words, and began to lead the team to rush forward.

Li Xuanqing's squad has only more than 1,000 people and less than 2,000 people, but no one can stop them in the Xuanwu Army's formation, especially the Flying Eagle Brigade, driven by Su Xiaohu, almost every shot is a beheading, and the rolling heads of the people who fell to the ground shocked everyone in the blood stains that rose to the sky, and along the passage opened up by the Shatuo cavalry in front, Li Xuanqing quickly came to the position of the opponent's Chinese army.

At this time, the Xuanwu army had already reacted from the initial panic, and after the front army was dispersed, Ge Cunzhou's Chinese army quickly rose up, and groups of heavy armored soldiers fought with the cavalry of Wusi'er with the cooperation of light infantry.

"General Wu, don't stop the cavalry, keep charging the formation, and mobilize the other party to move with your rhythm." Li Xuanqing saw that Wu Si'er led the cavalry to charge the opponent's ironclad array, and hurriedly stopped: "Remember your advantages, war horses will always run faster than infantry, mobilize them, and give full play to your riding and archery skills." Li Xuanqing's words made Wu Si'er stunned, and then reacted, decisively led the troops out of contact with the other party, and began to gallop in the military formation of the Xuanwu army, so that the ironclad array arranged by Ge Cunzhou suddenly had no use, and it can only be said that it is unrealistic to use infantry to encircle 30,000 cavalry.

However, Ge Cunzhou deserved to be a veteran general who fought all the way, and soon found a way to deal with it, and transferred all the troops of Deng Tianwang of the rear army, and 100,000 people began to set up a huge encirclement, and the other party still ran wildly in the formation, but single-mindedly narrowed the encirclement, and began to arrange the ironclad army separately, surrounded on all sides.

This formation is very suitable for dealing with the current Us'er, but it will take time, and over time, relying on superior forces can trap Us'er in the formation, gradually shrink the encirclement, and finally make it unable to move.

However, at this time, Li Xuanqing also needed time, and he needed Wu Si'er to contain the forces to deal with it and buy time for the cavalry raid on both wings, so after seeing Ge Cunzhou's arrangement, he didn't even want to break through for a moment, for fear that the opponent would react and change the formation.

The two sides coincidentally had the same idea, so after a little silence, Li Xuanqing suddenly turned his horse head and led the team back to Wu Si'er, and said with a smile: "General Wu, order the troops not to stop for a moment, give full play to your abilities, and buy time for General Gao and them." ”

Wu Si'er's ability to serve as Gao Siji's deputy general shows that he has his own experience in cavalry tactics, so Li Xuanqing quickly understood the other party's intentions, and he did not hesitate at the moment, and began round after round of arrows. More than 30,000 cavalry kicked up smoke and dust in the large array of the Xuanwu Army, and the erratic Shatuo cavalry bent their bows and arrows, and a rain of arrows frantically projected towards the opponent's side formation, and countless Xuanwu soldiers were killed by long arrows and fell to the ground.

"Lord, we have to do a full set of dramas, we still have to attack Ge Cunzhou's main formation according to the plan, so that he can believe that we are really surrounded." Su Xiaohu rode a horse and caught up with Li Xuanqing.

"You're right, let's go find Ge Cunzhou." Li Xuanqing decisively gave up the idea of continuing to charge with Wu Si'er, and led the Flying Eagle Brigade and the Flying Guard to break away from the large army and rush towards the direction where Ge Cunzhou was.

"Xiaohu, let the Flying Eagle Brigade follow me, you take the guards behind, let's try Ge Cunzhou's catties." Li Xuanqing let out a long roar, and the sound moved the four fields, and the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade behind him quickly gathered, and rushed to the front of Ge Cunzhou's army almost instantly.

The three arrows of "whoosh" almost moved against Li Xuanqing's figure, and the piercing sound of metal breaking through the air came one after another, sealing Li Xuanqing's dodge position in three directions.

"Bell crotch" three times, the soul breaking gun emitted a shocking spear in the air, knocked three arrows to the ground in an instant, followed by the body burst out, slashed through the air after a series of afterimages, swept through the defense line composed of the three ironclad armies in front, and appeared in the Xuanwu army.

The moment he landed, the soul breaking spear in Li Xuanqing's hand once again raged the audience, and he reflexively rushed towards the ironclad army who had not yet had time to turn around.

"San'er, stay here and answer Xiaohu." Li Xuanqing watched the Flying Eagle Brigade come in, and then turned his head and headed towards Ge Cunzhou again. I had long heard that Ge Cunzhou was good at archery, and the three arrows in a row just now made him break out in a cold sweat, and he must not be allowed to have another chance to shoot arrows. Therefore, Li Xuanqing's body technique was used to the extreme, and he instantly dodged the Xuanwu army that rushed up in front of him, and appeared in front of Ge Cunzhou.

At this time, a man with ring-eyed copper bells rushed over beside Ge Cunzhou, holding a big lance and a spear to hold Li Xuanqing, and roared angrily: "Thief, don't hurt my family's handsome." ”

Li Xuanqing didn't know Deng Tianwang, but secretly wondered, this guy was able to take his own shot and it was okay, but at this time it was not the time to think about this at all, at the same time that the spear was framed, Li Xuanqing's figure flashed, dodging the long arrow shot by Ge Cunzhou at close range, this time the distance was closer, but he was much calmer than before, almost after Li Xuanqing's eyes swept to Ge Cunzhou's move, his body moved with his heart, and he suddenly brought Deng Tianwang's figure to the field.

"I'd like to see if you can take a few tricks from me." After Li Xuanqing dodged the hidden arrow, his figure flew up again, the spear was cold, and the silver-white spear swept down like a shocking rainbow, stabbing towards Deng Tianwang, his left hand was single-palmed, and a surging palm force followed the spear.

Li Xuanqing's move came quickly, and the accompanying strong wind made Deng Tianwang's old face red, and after the long lance in his hand barely parried Li Xuanqing's spear, he couldn't deal with the palm power that followed, this palm knot hit his chest firmly, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his body was also shocked.

"Haha, the lord is mighty." Li Xuanqing hadn't made a move yet, and Su Xiaohu behind him had already led the army to kill him, and just when he saw Deng Tianwang being knocked away, he immediately laughed and laughed.

However, his exit also made Ge Cunzhou, who was next to him with the help of Deng Tianwang, understand the identity of the young man in white clothes and white armor in front of him.

"Your Excellency is the Great General of Tiance?" Ge Cunzhou stopped the momentum of the soldiers around him and asked.

"Exactly down there." Li Xuanqing didn't bother to say anything at this time, nodded and said: "General Jiuwen is a battlefield general, and he also thinks about the people in the Central Plains, why do you want to help Zhu Quanzhong attack my Tiance army this time?" ”

"The two armies are fighting, each for its own master, the general came to my Xuanwu army in danger, do you really think I can't keep you?" Ge Cunzhou also knew that Li Xuanqing was just polite words, so he didn't pay attention to these, and looked at Li Xuanqing's surroundings with only a thousand people and smiled: "Even if the general is extremely brave, I think it will be difficult to escape at this time, right?" ”

"Really?" Why don't you take a gamble with the general? Li Xuanqing smiled, looking at the horizon in the distance with a calm expression, and with his movements, bursts of thunderous vibrations began to come, covering the sound of fighting in the distance.