Amid the sound of drums, the gates opened, and warriors in armor poured out of them.

As soon as the horsemen outside the city saw it, they moved. Qingyi's ghost chapter was originally to provoke the defenders in the city, so he raised Tian Qiong's head in such a high-profile manner. Seeing the Song army out of the city as he wished, he immediately waved his troops to the open city gate to kill.

"Shoot!"

Han Gang's short order mobilized the change of the drum, and the defenders at the head of the city immediately fired crossbows and crossbows. Under the shooting of the divine arm bow, there was an insurmountable moat in front of the officers and troops under the city.

Qingyi Jiegui Zhang scolded again and again, but several cavalry sent up were all slow, and after dodging a wave of arrows, they immediately ushered in the second wave of baptism before they rushed to the enemy's formation. And the war horse under the crotch was also in the process of Qingyi scolding the whole army, and suddenly his front hooves were weak, and he almost fell off the horse.

Finding that the horses of the cavalry under his command were the same as his own mounts, they all lost their impact, and Qingyi's face changed. Only then did I find that after a day of almost sleepless activities, the accumulated fatigue had almost bottomed out the physical strength of the war horse, and it was difficult to even maintain the attitude of charging.

The Song army formed a formation in front of the Tubo cavalry, and the heavy footsteps accompanied by the sound of the strings were approaching step by step.

Now, as long as the Tibetan army is slightly closer to the arrow array, a wave of arrow rain will come from the splitting surface. Although he suffered a big loss last night, it can be said that Song Jun is cunning. He has always held the cowardly and weak psychology of the Song people, even if he had the idea of changing his course after last night's incident, he didn't expect that the enemy in the city would have the courage to go out of the city for a decisive battle after seeing his results.

Under the persecution of the advancing Song army, the Tibetans had to retreat step by step. Although the combat effectiveness they showed had exceeded Han Gang's expectations, there were even two counterattacks that caught the flaws in the arrow formation, almost disrupting the Song army's array. But such an outstanding performance was only a flash in the pan, and was immediately overshadowed by the Song army's more fierce counterattack. Fatigue surged into my heart a thousand times when the battle situation was unfavorable, making the counterattack of the Tibetan army more and more weak.

The two teams that had gone around the side gate of Keno Fort had already hidden in the mountains at this time, trying to bypass the back of the Tibetan army and surround it.

Qingyi Ghost Chapter was helpless, hoping that the reinforcements mentioned in the news that had been transmitted to him with Tian Qiong's head would come one step earlier. As long as Xiangzi City can be breached, the liberated army will rush to attack Keno Fort, and this idea is the key to making the Onizhang clan leader hesitate to continue the battle in the current unfavorable war situation.

The drums of war continued to beat, and Han Gang had already arrived at the city at this time. He has a thousand Guangrui troops in his hands as the backing, plus a group of forbidden troops who originally stayed in the city, and he is not afraid of what tricks the Tubo people can play.

Victory is just around the corner, and it is extremely easy to get, and the Song army has a relaxed mentality up and down. Now Han Gang is looking forward to the two partial divisions sent by Lu to be in place one step earlier and annihilate the thief army in front of him under the city.

A slight, almost imperceptible tremor came from nowhere, and the people who were sunk in the blood did not notice anything unusual, and the war horses had already sensed the danger and were about to arrive at their side.

Liu Yuan looked down at his mount and turned his ears uneasily, wondering what was going on, and soon, he suddenly raised his head, stepped on the stirrups and stood up, looking into the distance to the south with a blue face.

Liu Yuan's movements alarmed Han Gang, and when he looked in the same direction, a trace of dust and smoke flashed through the gap between the mountains in the distance and fell into his eyes.

It was only the wild galloping of thousands of troops and horses that could lift smoke and dust like a sandstorm in spring from the valley. Han Gang's eyes sharpened suddenly, and Liu Yuan sat back in the saddle and shouted in a low voice: "It's the Tubo Thief Army!" ”

Without Liu Yuan's exclamation to remind, the shouting and killing of the group of Tubo people on the battlefield in front of him has already said the answer. And Han Gang also knew very well that even if Wang Shao had already captured Hezhou City, it would be impossible to dispatch more than a thousand cavalry at this time.

More and more soldiers noticed the anomaly ahead, and the same question kept flashing through their minds: 'Could it be that Xiangzi Castle is broken?!' ’

Han Gang's palms were soaked with sweat, and he was back to defend Keno Castle; Or break through with the upcoming reinforcements and wait for the opportunity to recapture Xiangzi City, the two choices flashed in his mind.

"Something doesn't seem right!" Liu Yuan's originally blue face suddenly revealed a little doubt.

"How?" Han Gang immediately asked, "Aren't the Tubo people coming?" ”

"No...... The sound of hooves is chaotic, not like what it should be after a win. Liu Yuan frowned in confusion, "Didn't they take Xiangzi City?" ”

Listening to the prestige, it is said that it is the ability that a military general should have as stipulated in the General Essentials of the Martial Arts. Han Gang is a civil official, so there is no need to force this. And Liu Yuan is a military general who is very good in all aspects, and even the legendary King Wen Liuren Divine Lesson and the Zodiac Twelve Lives Palace auspicious and murderous occupancy method have been studied, but his luck has always been bad. So what Han Gang has to do now is to decide whether to trust the judgment of experts or not.

There was no need for more information to support the judgment, Han Gang chose to believe Liu Yuan. Even if Liu Yuan's judgment was wrong, he had to let his team believe it.

"Shrink the formation! Strengthen the attack" Han Gang ordered without hesitation, "Liu Yuan, let your people prepare!" ”

"Not retreating?" Han Gang completely adopted his speculation, and even Liu Yuan himself was taken aback, "Jiyi, maybe I'm mistaken!" ”

"It's yours to propose, and it's up to me to win the trust. I'll take the responsibility. Han Gang's tone was as calm as water, "What about three or five thousand more cavalry?" Fight to the end. The Tibetan thieves were by no means opponents of the official army. ”

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Since the beginning of the battle, Qingyi has understood that he has made a big mistake, even an irreparable one.

He overestimated the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under his command, and at the same time underestimated the strength of the Song people. From last night to today, after several setbacks, he finally knew what he was doing, and Mu Zheng would be defeated and retreated under the attack of the Song people.

Now there is a problem with the foot strength of the war horse, and the Song army has put on the appearance of intending to annihilate it all. But an urgent report came from the rear, saving the patriarch of the Onizhang tribe.

Qingyi Jieguizhang sent in the direction of Xiangzi City, waiting for reinforcements, and at the same time in case of being intercepted by both ends, finally reported to him the news of the arrival of reinforcements. After receiving this good news, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and Yu Yong was summoned, and it was difficult to distinguish with the Song army, which did not back down.

It was only a moment later, when the so-called reinforcements finally appeared in front of him, Qingyi Jiegui Zhang realized that something was wrong, and this was not the appearance of a victorious team at all. And Li Po, the general who led them, was the main general appointed by Mu Zheng at the beginning.

Qingyi Ghost Chapter suddenly became shocked and angry: "You didn't capture Xiangzi City?!" ”

"You didn't take Kono Fort either!" Li Po immediately retorted.

"What's so strange about a thousand men not being able to take Castle Kono? And you have nearly 5,000 men who have not taken it...... Why are there only three thousand left!? Qingyi's face was even more ugly.

"Scattered a little along the way." Li Po didn't want to say more, and retorted, "But didn't you let the reinforcements from Fort Kono rush out?" A whole commanded cavalry. If I hadn't sent someone to ambush the side of the road in advance, I would have let them rush into Xiangzi City. ”

"Don't tell me that your result last night was the cavalry of the Song Army under your command!"

“…… It was Wang Shao's reinforcements that came too quickly. ”

"With you, you can ambush the reinforcements of Fort Keno, but you can't ambush the reinforcements from Hezhou. Mu Zheng is blind, how did he choose you as a famous general! ”

"Qingyi Knot!" Li was quite annoyed and angry, and almost turned his face, as a general under Mu Zheng, he had no friendship with Qingyi Ghost Zhang. "If you talk this nonsense again, you can take Fort Kono?!"

The patriarch of the Ghost Chapter tribe was speechless for a moment.

Li Po took advantage of the victory to pursue: "One is prosperous, and one is lost." Xiangzi City doesn't need to be mentioned, Hezhou City doesn't know how, if you don't get it back here, the next one will be your ghost chapter! ”

"What are you going to do?" Qingyi Ghost Zhang asked angrily, if it weren't for the cold lips and teeth, he would have returned to the clan a long time ago.

Li Po looked at the battle line in front of him and shouted killing as if it were echoing in the valley, and asked, "All the Song troops in the city have come out?" ”

"At least most of them came out." There are no more than five or six thousand people in the castle, and three or four thousand are already on the head, "There are still a thousand people in the fort at most." ”

"If there are only a thousand people, we will enter through the secret passage, and they will not be able to block it at all. …… Qingyi knot, you entangle this group of Song troops, don't let them go back. When I rest for half an hour, I will help you destroy this group of Song people. Li gritted his teeth in hatred, "Fort Kono must be taken!" ”

But the Song army showed no signs of retreating. Even though the 3,000 reinforcements of the Tubo people gradually gathered and the strength had surpassed the Song army guarding Kenuo Fort, Han Gang still had no intention of retreating.

The trumpets in the enemy line became stronger, and the battle intensified. Han Gang looked at the movements of the Tubo people and asked Liu Yuandao, "They seem to be pestering us." ”

"Presumably to prevent us from retreating to Fort Kono. They wanted to wait for the reinforcements to rest and annihilate us under the city...... When the time comes, do you want to retire? ”

"At this time, you can only advance, not retreat!" Although Han Gang is not a soldier, he understands people's hearts enough. Any strategy has to be done by someone, and now in this situation, the soldiers under his command have gambled on the last breath, completely forgetting about the reinforcements of the thieves. But once they take half a step back, let their momentum subside, and no one can stop the defeat!

"Attack!" He took out his waist knife and handed it to his soldiers, "You go to the prison formation, and those who retreat in vain will be beheaded!" ”

"Liu Yuan!" Han Gang called out the last card next to him, "It's your turn!" What should I do? ”

Liu Yuan arched his hand and spit out two words vigorously: "Kill the thief!" ”