"I was actually touched here by a thief!"

Wang Shangli was taken aback when he received the scout's report, and then he saw that on the mountain in the southwest direction, wolf smoke rose one after another, and those temporarily arranged sentinels could only simply raise smoke to warn, and could not transmit complex information like a beacon, but judging from the speed of the wolf smoke one after another, Tan Xiao's advance speed was very fast.

"The whole army is armored and ready for battle!"

Wang Shangli quickly came to his senses, Tan Xiao originally planned to sneak attack him, but after being discovered by Miao Zhenzong, he changed it to a surprise attack, holding a fluke mentality, and wanted to hit the Western Army by surprise, in fact, whether it is a sneak attack or a surprise attack, it is an extraordinary means to fight more with less, and the lack of troops will take such a risky fight, so although Tan Xiao is fierce, he is actually not terrible.

"The Chu thieves only have 20,000 soldiers at best, except for the men and horses guarding Guiyang City and Tuyun Pass, Crow Pass and other places, at most they can only send 10,000 soldiers to ambush our army, the King of Shu has found five thousand Chu thieves, Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun must also be in that direction, Tan Xiao is just a partial division here, then his strength is the same as this scout said, about two or three thousand people."

Wang Shangli concluded that Tan Xiao was a lone army that had taken a deep risk, and its strength was only one-third of his own, so he should be given a head-on blow!

Wang Shangli thinks that his strength is three times that of Tan Xiao, and there is no suspense in winning the battle, and he wants to eliminate him all but have to find a way, he thought about it for a while, and decided to plan it, lure the enemy deep, block both sides to support the encirclement, and then retreat a little later, and set up a pocket formation for Tan Xiao.

"You wait for the time being, wait for my fireworks order and then kill together, be sure to capture Tan Xiao alive!"

Wang Shangli's front army originally had 14,000 soldiers, except for the more than 3,000 soldiers who defended the river beach at the bottom of the mountain, and then sent 2,000 reinforcements to Liu Wenxiu, there were still more than 8,000 soldiers left, there is no doubt that to deal with Tan Xiao's two or three thousand people, these 8,000 soldiers were enough, he sent 4,000 soldiers to ambush behind the mountains on both sides, and divided the remaining 4,000 people into two teams, he personally led 3,000 elites to hide behind the heavy auxiliaries, and ordered more than 1,000 people in the front team to meet Tan Xiao, Xu defeated but not allowed to win, and led him into the encirclement.

The general in charge of luring the enemy is named Zhou Wuding, it is said that he is the descendant of Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, who is both wise and brave, and has the style of an ancestor.

"Sons, follow me to kill the retreating thieves and rescue General Miao from danger!" All the arrangements were set, and Zhou Wuding led the remaining 1,000 armored soldiers to pounce in the direction of the wolf smoke to meet Tan Xiao.

Tan Xiao intended to divide Liu Wenxiu's middle army and the front army, so for him, the best result was to unknowingly touch Wang Shangli's back, and then launch a surprise attack, but after being accidentally bumped into his whereabouts by Miao Zhenzong, he had to change his plan and race against time to penetrate in depth, so as not to be blocked by the western army and fight a bad battle.

Unexpectedly, the response of the Western Army was very slow, except for Miao Zhenzong, there were no other enemies, Tan Xiao chased each other like a rabbit, and unconsciously arrived near Wang Shangli's front army, Tan Xiao was surprised to see from the telescope that behind the mountain bag in the distance, Wang Shangli was retreating in a hurry, there were only a few thousand auxiliary soldiers carrying their shoulders around him, and there were no formed armor soldiers, in front of the mountain bag, Zhou Wuding led a thousand armor soldiers to block the way, it seemed that he wanted to cover Wang Shangli's retreat.

"Why does Wang Shangli only have this little bit of soldiers and horses? Could it be that he sent all the main forces to support Liu Wenxiu? ”

Tan Xiao hurried over, he didn't know Wang Shangli's deployment position and specific troops, and when he saw the appearance of the Western Army, he muttered a little in his heart, I don't know if this is a trap, or if it's really pie in the sky, after all, anything can happen on the battlefield, if Wang Shangli made a mistake in command, he happened to be hit by Tan Xiao by mistake, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break the enemy, but it was too coincidental, and it made people suspect that there was fraud.

At this time, red flags rolled in the woods, large flocks of birds rose to the sky, and countless figures rushed over with shouts, it seemed that there were thousands of people, the soldiers of the Chu army were slightly startled, and involuntarily slowed down, but Tan Xiao laughed, and his doubts were gone.

"That's right, the thief is hiding an ambush here. Brothers, there are not many thieves in ambush, kill them all for me and capture Wang Shangli alive! ”

Observe carefully, the area of this forest is not large, and the formation of the Western Army is relatively loose, although there are many people shouting hoarsely, and there are battle flags wandering back and forth, but there are not many Western Army soldiers rushing out of the woods, and the enemy is expected to count them more than 1,000 people, plus the 1,000 people of Zhou Wuding on the front, a total of more than 2,000 troops, which is still too small compared with the Chu army.

Tan Xiao originally had two thousand soldiers around him, and he chased after him in a hurry along the way, and inevitably some soldiers fell behind, and now there are 1,7800 people left, which is about the same as the Western Army, but the Zhenxiao soldiers and Ningzhou soldiers will soon follow, plus other follow-up troops, the typical rat pulling the wooden shovel is behind, Tan Xiao feels that the risk is not great, and he does not hesitate to attack.

Sure enough, after Tan Xiao launched an attack, although Zhou Wuding struggled to meet the battle, only about five hundred ambush soldiers rushed out of the woods on the side, and the battle line was loose, giving people a sense of bluff.

Tan Xiao used part of his forces to block Zhou Wuding, and a thousand main forces fought this ambush first, killing them neatly, turning around and attacking Zhou Wuding, and defeating it with a drum.

Tan Xiao led his troops to chase closely, and when he saw that Wang Shangli's baggage troops were getting closer and closer, and there was only one arrow left, he realized that the situation was not right, and suddenly raised his hand to stand still, and shouted at his soldiers.

"Stop!"

Those auxiliaries of the Western Army were also too calm, the soldiers had collapsed, and the Chu army had killed so closely, they still maintained their formation, and they did not break and flee for their lives, from a distance, although the appearance of those auxiliaries looked very nervous, it was just the normal nervousness of the recruits after they went to the battlefield, not the reaction that should be in this kind of scene, it was obvious that something was still supporting their confidence.

With Tan Xiao's order, the soldiers of the Chu army stopped on the spot, at this time, the auxiliary soldiers of the Western Army on the opposite side suddenly flashed to both sides, revealing the large group of armor soldiers hidden behind them, these armor soldiers were wrapped in flashing metal reflective armor, and the weapons in their hands were even more cold and shining, and they were pressing towards the Chu army with neat steps, except for the sudden sound of horns and war drums, the three thousand armor soldiers were silent, and the heavy footsteps shook the ground slightly.

"Tan thief, don't bow down and be caught!"

Wang Shangli laughed, ordered people to set off fireworks rockets, notified the ambush soldiers behind the mountains on both sides to kill together, surrounded and annihilated Tan Xiao, two special fireworks flew into the sky with a terrible whistle, bang twice, exploded into a red and a green two smoke clouds, and then, a shout sounded behind the mountains on both sides, and it seemed that there were ambushes of the Western Army in all directions, and I don't know how many people and horses.

"Whoever kills Tan Xiao will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!"

Wang Shangli shouted loudly and commanded the troops to kill the Chu army.

In addition to his 3,000 armor soldiers, Zhou Wuding gathered soldiers at the first time and led a thousand people to kill a horse pistol, and other Western army auxiliaries also drew their swords and guns from under the grain bags and outflanked the hillsides on both sides, preparing to encircle and kill the rout of the Chu army.

Dragnet!

If Tan Xiao turns around and escapes, he will definitely not be able to defeat the army under Wang Shangli's pursuit, if he scatters and breaks through, he will encounter ambushes behind the mountains on both sides to intercept him, in Wang Shangli's view, Tan Xiao has fallen into a desperate situation, the best way is to stick to the spot, resist stubbornly, and maybe hold on for a while.

That's exactly what Tan Xiao did.

He neither turned around and fled, nor did he break through to the sides, but gathered men and horses, lined up to meet the enemy, and resisted the siege of Wang Shangli's 4,000 men with more than 1,000 troops.

"Tan Xiao is really a fierce general among the Chu thieves, the trapped beast is still not in turmoil, if you can't kill this fang today, it will be a trouble for your henchmen in the future...... Well, how many thieves did Tan Xiao bring, listening to this movement, it seems that there are more than 3,000 soldiers under him! ”

Wang Shangli attacked several times in a row, but was repelled by Tan Xiao, he was a little anxious, the battle had been going on for a while, and the sound of killing had been shaking the sky behind the mountains on both sides, but the reinforcements of the Western Army had not arrived for a long time, as if he had also encountered the enemy, could it be that Tan Xiao had reinforcements in addition to the nearly 2,000 men and horses at hand?

It shouldn't be! Tan Xiao only has 3,000 men at most, even if he divides 1,000 troops on the flank, it is impossible to stop the 4,000 Western Army, why can't he see a single reinforcement now? Listening carefully, the sound of fighting from behind the mountains on both sides became more and more intense, Wang Shangli couldn't figure out the reason, and could only attribute it to the disadvantage of the Western Army's operation, such as being caught off guard by the enemy's sneak attack, so he would fall into a bitter battle, he scolded his generals for their waste, and at the same time sent scouts to check the mountains on both sides.

The scouts had barely climbed halfway up the hill when a loud shout suddenly sounded from the top of the mountain, and then hundreds of soldiers appeared on the top of the hill and rushed down the hill without hesitation, like a flash flood, quickly flooding the surrounding large area of the hillside.

"It's finally here!"

Wang Shangli breathed a sigh of relief, the battle situation has reached this point, and there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle.

The Western Army will win.

Tan Xiao couldn't escape.