In a mountain forest less than twenty miles north of Huanggang Town, a silent army was waiting in the rain.

In the col, there were all infantry, each wearing a coat and a hat. Silent phalanxes stood in the rain. Each of them was dressed in full armor under their robes, and they were carrying helmets behind them. Weapons were also around, most of them were armed with swords and shields, and only a few were armed with spears.

Tonight's heavy rain will make the bow and crossbow absorb enough water, become floppy, and easily degum, so don't use it at all. The spear is also of great use, because there is no battle and no cavalry. Each team should bring a few less in case of emergency.

As for the cavalry, of course, there was none. The new officers and men of the Song Army gathered here today all came from Fangchenggang in Qinzhou by waterway and on the galleys of the Hailu City Shipping Division.

With more than 2,000 miles of waterway, the time is tight and the wind direction is not quite right, so it is necessary to rely on the sailors of the Hailu City Shipping and Development Division to paddle to reach Zhaoqing Mansion before the Vietnamese army. It is not easy for people to transport it on time, and it is difficult to be a sailor if you want to transport a horse again.

If this battle can be won, the navy really deserves to take the lead!

A full 4,000 new officers and soldiers (3,000 of whom came from the north, and the rest were strong men who were replenished in Qinzhou), marched comfortably on ships with all their equipment. Moreover, they set off several days later than Li Qiande's soldiers and horses, but they arrived at Zhaoqing Mansion first, and had been lurking in the mountains and forests north of Huanggang Town for five days.

With these five days, Zhang Chunxiao and Yang Kebi can calmly arrange tonight's surprise attack.

Including the evacuation of Huanggang Town, and the arrangement of the "big traitor" Huang Decai to surrender by fraud, they are all tricks arranged by Zhang Chunxiao and Yang Kebi - this Huang Decai is actually a sea merchant and a big profiteer in Guangzhou, and people give him the nickname Weasel in the Sea, which is not a good thing! He can definitely do the thing of betraying the country and being a traitor! But the Southern Emperor Li Qiande was not qualified to let him betray the Great Song Dynasty.

Because Ji Yi and Su Shi's fleet is now assembled along the coast of Guangnan East Road! It's too late for him to be loyal and good, how can he be a traitor? Can his family's little ship be beaten by the fleet of the Sea Route Shipping Division?

It's no good, who rebelled?

Therefore, he was ordered to surrender by deception, and led the Vietnamese army to the town of Huanggang, where the terrain was narrow, to rest, and at the same time provided them with wine and meat to eat and drink to their heart's content, so that they could sleep to death......

After fooling the Southern Emperor Li Qiande, Huang Decai braved the rain overnight to ventilate the latent Song army, tonight, is the best time to act!

The soldiers who gave the order ran through the rain and fog, splashed muddy water, and handed down one order after another.

"Pack light, get off the package!"

"Check the armor, check the blade...... Except for the blades and armor, they were all lightly armed, and they only brought a day's dry food and a pot of water. The rest of the items were handed over to Huanggang Town Baoding for safekeeping. ”

"The teams are marching out, ready to receive orders!"

With the sound of orders, the new army of the eight battalions finally began to take action, taking the team as a unit, under the command and dispatch of the team leader, escort team, and platoon commanders, the whole team was dispatched in an orderly manner. He didn't light the torches and lanterns, but in the wind and rain, he moved forward in the dark.

If Wu Haogu saw the tactical moves of this new army of the Song army tonight, he would definitely be surprised! Because dispatching troops on such stormy nights is the best way to see the level of discipline and training of the troops.

The slightly worse troops will be disorganized, and even scattered in large numbers on the way to the battlefield - this is the time when it is easiest to desert, the morale is a little low, the quality of the troops is a little lower, without fighting, they can escape a lot.

Not to mention the ordinary Song army, even the vast majority of the Zhou army's infantry divisions are not good. Only two cavalry divisions and two marine brigades can play.

But tonight, the 5 battalions led by Yang Kebi himself are not simple, that is, to concentrate the officers and backbone veterans who are enough for more than 20 battalions to be used in 5 battalions, which is five times the allocation of officers and veterans, and still not firmly grasp the troops?

5 battalions of 4,000 Great Song Iron Army, under the cover of night and the sound of wind and rain, quickly approached the Vietnamese army who were resting in Huanggang Town.

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Qu Duan, 24 years old this year, was born in the Western Army, and his father Qu Lian died on the battlefield when he was three years old. When Qu Duan was a teenager, he happened to meet the military academy run by the imperial court, and he also entered the infantry academy at that time. After graduation, he served in the Shaanxi New Army, the Kaifeng New Army and the Privy Council Military Aircraft Room.

This time, he was given the position of battalion officer, and of the five battalions that attacked tonight, a third battalion was under his command.

800 brave men, divided into five teams, stepped through the muddy fields, marched in unison, and pounced on Huanggang Town on the bank of the Xijiang River.

For the terrain of Huanggang Town, Quduan is already very familiar. This town is very large, no less than the county seat in Shaanxi. However, there are no walls around the town, only a very dilapidated wooden fence. Not including the proximity to the Xijiang Wharf, there are also three exits to the town. They lead to three directions: east, north, and west.

The third battalion led by Qu Duan will rush into Huanggang Town from the north tonight!

In addition, the second battalion commanded by Guo Hao and the fourth battalion commanded by Tian Shizhong would rush in from the east of Huanggang Town to fight.

The remaining two battalions, under the personal command of Yang Kebi, set up an ambush in the west of Huanggang Town. Ambush the Da Viet troops who had escaped from the town of Hoang Nhuang.

In other words, Yang Kebi was extremely confident in the five battalions under his command, thinking that with three battalions and only 2,400 people, he could drive the 30,000 troops of the Southern Emperor Li Qiande out of Huanggang Town!

Qu Duan is also as confident as Yang Kebi, this one is also brave enough, he carries a bright Mo knife, and with twenty men who also hold Mo knives, he walks at the forefront of the team.

Modao was used by middle- and lower-level officers in the Zhou army to supervise the war, and the new army of the Song Dynasty also followed suit, and it was the same guy who scared people in the hands of the warlord.

Tonight, because he had to lead the team to walk at night (the battalion officers of each battalion must lead the team during the night march, and the deputy battalion officers escorted the team), Qu Duangan transferred twenty men who could make Mo Dao open the way together.

The Mo knife is a bit short to deal with war horses, and it is not as good as spears and shields when used to fight infantry battles. But in hand-to-hand combat with individual soldiers or squads, it is amazingly powerful!

This thing is very powerful to slash! And those who can play with the Mo knife are all warriors who are one in a hundred, and they are even more powerful when they play with a big knife.

……

"Who? Hold it! ”

A shout in the Cochin dialect came from the front. Qu Duan didn't understand, and he wouldn't answer. just turned around and came to the back of the 20 Mo Daomen who had already spread out in a row - he was the commander of a battalion, so naturally he couldn't just find someone to fight hand-to-hand.

The 20 tower-like men are all selected from the Shaanxi New Army, the Kaifeng New Army, and the Shuofang New Army. Everyone has at least one life on their backs!

They have all killed the Khitans, and the Jiaozhi people are a fart!

At this time, they all covered their heads and accelerated their steps, and the Mo knives in their hands were flattened, like spears.

The cochin people over there don't know how bad. The Song Jun they met along the way were all soft-footed shrimp-like Song Jun, and they already had a psychological advantage.

Seeing that the situation was not right, there were not many people on the other side, so he picked up the guy and hugged him. There is no rule anymore, although the Jiaozhi soldiers are also government soldiers, but there is not enough guarantee of land grants, in fact, they are a group of farmers who are not very trained. Compared to the forbidden army in the south of the Great Song Dynasty, it must be powerful, but where is the opponent of the professional soldiers of the new army?

And their equipment is not good, that is, some spears that are not as long as Mo Dao, as well as swords, shields, and bows and arrows. Among them, the proportion of archers is quite high, and it is useless tonight, and they can only carry short knives to make up the numbers, and they have no armor, so they can't fight hand-to-hand combat at all.

"Kill!"

"Ah......h

"Enemy attack...... Yes! ”

The sound of shouting and killing, screaming, and the popping sound of the Mo knife piercing into the human body sounded at the same time.

At this time, the usage of the Zhou army and the Song army's Mo knife battle is to sprint first, and then slash, the blade of the Mo knife is long and sharp, and twenty Mo knives are slashed together, and the Jiaozhi people in front are the same as the rolled up straw mats, and the clattering people's armor is broken!

In less than half a burnt of incense, it was first found that dozens of Jiaozhi soldiers in Quduan's department were cut down, and the remaining few sassers ran back to report the news.

It's too late, though!

Because Huanggang Town, it's right in front of you!

This time, Qu Duan did not take the lead, but formed a column formation of five teams under his command, with a small number of pikemen in front, and the teams charged in turn.

The battle first began on both sides of the "car formation" at the northern exit of Huanggang Town. The so-called "car array" is nothing more than connecting several large cars together to block the intersection.

Dozens of Jiaozhi soldiers relied on these vehicles, wanting to resist for a while and buy time for their own army.

But their resistance was quickly shattered by spears that struck down from above. Pulling open the incoming car formation, Qu Duan's sword and shield soldiers swarmed in, and then advanced along the streets of the town with a group of troops, and the rest of the troops scattered in platoons to carry out house-by-house killing.

It's nighttime, and almost all the people of Cochin are asleep. They are so tired these days, and they have drunk and slept in a comfortable room, where is it so easy to wake up?

Therefore, many people in Jiaozhi were killed in their sleeps and dreams!

The same killing began on the east side of the town. The two battalions commanded by Guo Hao and Tian Shizhong also effortlessly rushed into Huanggang Town along the official road and river beach. Then two teams pushed forward, and the rest spread out for a one-sided slaughter.

The shouts of killing, the screams, the clashing of weapons, and the screams and wails of the Cochin dialect finally rang out. More and more Cochin people woke up from their sleep, found that they had been attacked by the night, and hurriedly took up arms to resist, but they encountered a group of Grim Reapers, who seemed to have rushed out of hell, and they were not opponents at all!

The battle in Huanggang Town is still going on one-sidedly, and the 30,000 Jiaozhi army has gradually fallen into chaos and panic!