"Qi Qi Ma Ye, the latest news from Tanma ahead, the Annan army has been rerouted to the direction of Dali, and the town of South China has been emptied."

When he was resting last night, Liu Huayun sent several Tanma Blue Banners, always paying attention to the movements of Annan's army dozens of miles away, so as to decide whether to fight;

So, as soon as he got up in the morning, he got the news.

"Hmph~~, shameless, it seems that the Wu dynasty has swelled a little over the years, come on, pass on my order, and the army will immediately pull out the camp."

Since Annan decided to advance and retreat together with Duan Yan, there was no need to be polite with him, and with Liu Huayun's order, the 100,000 troops left Yao'an and went straight to South China Town.

Because the mountain road ahead was too narrow, only about 40 miles away, they walked for a whole day, and in the afternoon, before they arrived in southern China, they got another piece of surprising news.

According to the Tanmalai report, the 3,000 defenders of Chuxiong County also passed through Huanan Town not long ago and hurried to the direction of Dali. "Could it be that the old thief who is ready to fight to the death can't do it, so it's okay, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't have much time to waste, just clean up all the clowns who jump off the beam with you and Annan, and you can return to Jiangnan as soon as possible."

After figuring out the crux of the problem, the corners of Liu Huayun's mouth unconsciously flashed a sneer.

In the evening, the army began to camp in South China Town, and many Tanma and Zizi were sent out in the direction of Dali.

"Marshal Inch, Princess Yaoying has moved rescue troops from Dafeng, I heard that they will connect two fortresses in one day, and it won't take a few days to hit Dali, we have hope."

At night, in the camp on the east bank of the Nu River, a young man in a tattered robe was excitedly reporting to the middle-aged man behind the handsome case.

This person's name is Zhang Fang, and he is one of the surviving members of the rebel army who opposed Duan Yan and was loyal to Duan Lingyu.

Originally, according to common sense, being on the far southwest border, he had no way of knowing the details of the battle report thousands of miles away;

However, there are no absolutes in the world, and among the guests of Ding Xun's family, there is a friend he often contacts, who is the person who flies the pigeon and passes the book, so that they must persevere.

"Really, if this is the case, it is really heaven that will not kill me, hahaha~~~~"

In these days of fighting, most of the rebels have been killed and wounded, and when they were about to be wiped out, they suddenly heard such good news, and they suddenly rose up and laughed loudly......

"Alright, let's set up camp here."

On the evening of the second day, when the sun was still high in the west, Liu Huayun pointed to the open terrain in front of him and gave the order to suspend and rest.

Speaking of which, the town of South China is less than 100 miles away from the auspicious cloud battlefield returned by Tanma, and it can be reached by a one-day rapid march;

But the hundreds of thousands of troops assembled by the other party were all waiting for work, and Liu Huayun didn't dare to let his sons and daughters drag their tired bodies to fight rashly.

After a night without a word, on the afternoon of the second day, together with the Yang army, the 3,000 cavalry of the Guizhou and Guangxi armies, and the hundreds of horses that were collected after the capture of the two fortresses;

A total of more than 13,000 vanguard cavalry appeared in the sight of the coalition forces of Dali and Annan.

"Lord Duan, what's going on? Didn't you say that there were only 70,000 people on the other side? ”

Pan Zitao, the general of Annan standing on the high slope, asked with an ugly face when he saw the war horses rolling up dust and the boundless army in the rear.

As Dali's ally, due to the unfamiliar terrain, the battle reports that Pan Zitao got were all provided by the middle-aged man around 30 years old, that is, Duan Yan's eldest son Duan Xingchun.

Annan and Dali were already short of horses, and among the 130,000 people, the cavalry was only about 8,000.

"General Pan, there are indeed only 70,000 people in Dafeng, and those extra ones must be traitors to my Dali, but don't worry, those wall grasses are not mentally strong, so there is nothing to worry about at all.......

General Pan, give the order, now that the enemy army is in an unstable formation after a long journey, it is when the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, we can attack now, just to catch them off guard, and we will definitely be able to win! ”

The 60,000 horses gathered in Dali this time have already drawn all the troops of Dali City and several surrounding places, and if it fails again, the Duan family father and son can only abandon the throne and abscond;

Therefore, Duan Xingchun did not hesitate to come to the Xiangyun military camp in person and cooperate with Pan Zitao to meet the battle, but his own strength was not as good as Annan, so he spared no effort to praise and fool him.

"Okay, pass my order, and the whole army will attack!"

Although Pan Zitao faintly felt that he seemed to have been coaxed by the Duan family's father and son, Dafeng was not as weak as they described;

But now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and if you don't do it now, after the other party sets up camp and recuperates, this battle is even more uncertain, so he nodded and passed the military order.

"Decree the ...... of the three armies"

Pan Zitao was by his side, and if the Dali army did not move, it would be too obvious, and Duan Xingchun had to also pass down the military order to attack.

Kill~~~

A moment later, 8,000 cavalry in front and 100,000 troops in the rear, rushing straight to the Dafeng army three miles away, shouting and killing and horns suddenly ended.

"This~~~, it seems that something is not quite right."

Although the distance between the two sides is rapidly narrowing, the other party's men and horses are standing in place like that, seeing such a strange situation, Pan Zitao, who is standing on the high slope behind and watching the battle, suddenly has an ominous premonition.

"Fire!"

However, before he could give the order to deal with it, as the command flag in the hands of the general of Dafeng, the cavalry in front was divided left and right, and a hundred cannons were aimed at the allied forces of the two countries, which was a roaring and indiscriminate bombardment.

The improved Shenwei cannon is not only easy to adjust the bearing, but also can be reloaded at a speed of about one shot every three breaths, and the firing range is enough to reach a kilometer.

Boom boom boom ~~~~

The first round of shells exploded in the dense crowd of the allied forces of the two countries, and more than 1,000 people were directly killed, followed by the second and third rounds, and in an instant, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere and the branches were broken.

"Damn it, come back!"

Pan Zitao and Duan Xingchun almost yelled and handed down the order, but it was too late.

What is the concept of an army of 140,000, even if it is crowded and crowded, it needs to occupy a position within a radius of several miles;

It takes a lot of time for so many people to change from the rear team to the front team and evacuate in an orderly manner, not to mention that Liu Huayun also deliberately made the cannon point into the sky and exploded in the crowd with the farthest range.

In this way, in the midst of the roaring earthquake, countless people were trampled by panicked companions, and the casualty toll was climbing at a terrifying rate.

Kill~~~

In the face of such a bad situation, some of the brave and skilled cavalry of the vanguard cavalry of the two allied forces, knowing that retreating would be certain death, waved their weapons and took the lead in charging at Dafeng's army;

Because they knew that as long as they crossed the distance of a few hundred meters in the middle, after the handover of troops between the two sides, the artillery would only be reduced to an ornament.