Cai Zhongquan, the younger brother of Cai Xiaozi's mother, was riding a horse to follow his seventh uncle Cai Liyuan at this time, supervising the march of his troops.

Although Cai Zhongquan is the deputy commander of the bow team, his archery skills are not very good. Originally, he wanted to be a member of the cavalry team, but there were too many excellent cavalry leaders at the top of Artemisia, and Cai Zhongquan was squeezed out with limited strength.

Cai Zhongquan also petitioned his eldest brother, Cai Zhongming, who was the big boss, and he hoped to transfer himself to the cavalry team for training. He didn't ask to squeeze out of other uncles or brothers, as long as he could get him into battle, even if it was just a pawn.

But his eldest brother was afraid of danger, so he placed him in the bow team as a deputy leader, which meant that he would not fight on the front line. This way of placement made Cai Zhongquan very unconvinced.

But he had no choice, the big boss of Artemisia Peak made a decision, and the people in the cottage must abide by it. This has always been a rule, and no one can resist it, not even the uncles who are higher in rank than the big bosses.

"Rest in place."

Just when Cai Zhongquan was still complaining about his eldest brother and was a little distracted. Cai Zhongde, the second brother in the front, issued an order for the whole army to start resting.

When Cai Liyuan, the seventh uncle of the bow team, heard it, he asked Cai Zhongquan to stay where he was. Cai Liyuan rode to the center of the team and discussed with his second brother Cai Zhongde and others.

After Cai Zhongquan got the instructions of the seventh uncle, he beckoned his subordinates around him to start resting, and then he himself got off the horse and stretched his body.

Looking at the troops of the Zhang clan of Jinding Mountain who participated in the support this time, more than 100 cavalry and more than 250 foot soldiers, a total of more than 350 people, it is a team carefully trained and equipped by Artemisia Peak. The quality of the individual soldiers of this group of men and horses was not much worse than that of the 200 mugwort soldiers in the Jingbian battalion.

Moreover, the commanders of Artemisia Peak who participated in the battle this time included the second brother Cai Zhongde, the third brother Cai Zhongxiang, the fourth brother Cai Zhongguang, the fifth uncle Cai Lixian, and the seventh uncle Cai Liyuan. Coupled with his own deputy management team, this time Artemisia Ding's support for Jinding Mountain is definitely very sincere.

You must know that the standing armed forces at the top of Artemisia Artemisia, plus the 200 soldiers in the Jingbian Battalion, are only more than 700 people in total. Moreover, according to the intelligence, Shen Yikui and his gang had a total of nearly 4,000 horse infantry soldiers at the foot of Jinding Mountain, and most of them were veterans who were accustomed to battle formations.

In this siege relief, even with the addition of more than 500 elite soldiers brought out of Duhe Fort by Zhang Da's family, the comparison of forces between the enemy and us is still quite huge.

However, Cai Zhongquan was not afraid, but he was quite looking forward to the battle in the future. Such a big battle is rare, and the eldest brother, who is usually overprotective, happens to be absent, Cai Zhongquan thinks that he can take this opportunity to have a good experience.

Regarding his performance in the next battle, Cai Zhongquan, who had some little fantasies, gradually began to wander. So much so that he didn't notice his fourth brother Cai Zhongguang, who was anxiously rushing back with several sentry riders at this time.

Then, after receiving Cai Zhongguang's report, the troops at the top of Artemisia hurriedly set up a defensive formation relying on the terrain. Because there was a rebel force of about eight or nine hundred men, which was rushing towards them. These enemies originally planned to set up an ambush, but when the sentry at Artemisia Peak saw through it, the rebels immediately changed their plans and launched a strong attack.

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"Rush up and let them all go to Hades." Sun Jiye stood at the back of the group, commanding his patchwork troops, and launched an assault on the defensive formation of Artemisia Peak.

Although many of his soldiers were seconded from other leaders. But for now, it seems that these veterans are still obeying their own commands and have not refused to carry out their orders.

It is precisely for this reason that after the ambush was discovered, he was able to make the cavalry unit move quickly and successfully catch up with the enemy who had not had time to escape.

However, to Sun Jiye's surprise, the commander of the other party was also very calm and decisive. After seeing that he could not shake off his own pursuit, he fortunately lined up with his back to the dangerous ditch. Let yourself be side-free and be able to concentrate on frontal attacks.

This decision made by the other party in a very short period of time is indeed a wiser choice for them who are obviously inferior in strength. However, if this continues, the enemy who has lost his way out of retreat can only take the road of defeating his own troops, otherwise the result that awaits them will only be the total annihilation.

As for defeating his own elite infantry of more than 800 people, can the other party really do it, Sun Jiye only had a mocking smile on his face.

At this time, a small leader named Liu En among the rebels successfully led people to make a gap in the infantry formation at the top of Artemisia. But he didn't last long, and was kicked out by the reserves of Artemisia Peak.

Sun Jiye felt a little pity when he saw that the cronie under the palm of the plate failed to persevere. However, he had already seen that the enemy was tired, so Sun Jiye hurriedly turned his head and said to Wang Congren beside him: "You hurry up and lead people to rush in, don't let the miscellaneous people at the top of Artemisia breathe." ”

Wang Congren nodded in response, and immediately beckoned his soldiers to attack the formation of Artemisia Peak again. Not only did he succeed in receiving Liu En's troops, but he also suppressed the morale of the enemy who had just been raised.

And Liu En, who had just been ousted, tacitly took the retreating troops back to the rear of the rebels for reorganization. Under Liu En's loud encouragement, the morale of the retired soldiers rose quickly.

Sun Jiye saw the outstanding performance of the two team leaders, and couldn't help but nod his head in approval. It seems that the cronies under the boss are indeed very good, and it seems that his previous choice was right.

Now the internal relationship of the rebels has become very strange because of Huang Youcai. Although the person surnamed Huang had tried to woo him, after thinking about it, he still chose to continue to stand behind the palm plate.

After the fact, he didn't treat himself badly, and let himself do such a good task. Thinking of Huang Youcai's annoyed eyes before, Sun Jiye was secretly refreshed in his heart.

Of the more than 800 elite soldiers gathered here this time, many of them were squeezed out of the hands of other leaders by themselves and the two people in charge of the plate. As long as they operate well, these people have a great hope that they will be completely annexed after this battle.

After the deed is accomplished, the power of the faction in charge of the plate will increase again, and the other rebel leaders who are waiting will see the situation clearly. Then he can take advantage of the situation to start cleaning up Huang Youcai's group, and in the end, his status among the rebels will rise.

If everyone accepts the imperial court's recruitment again at that time, their official position will at least not be worse than that of the chaotic monkey in Duhe Fort. Thinking of the chaotic monkey, Sun Jiye remembered the soldiers who fled back before.

This time, I was able to know in advance the information on the march of the people and horses at the top of Artemisia, which was brought back by those defeated soldiers. Although they were defeated by the horse harriers of Jindingshan, for now, the allies of Jindingshan did not know that the rebels would be ambushed. I continued to stick to the original plan, and sure enough, I didn't go wrong.

Several decisions were made correctly, which encouraged Sun Jiye. His self-confidence was a little inflated, after seeing that the enemy troops at the top of Artemisia had already thrown in the last reserves. Sun Jiye gathered the guards around him and prepared to personally lead his subordinates forward to deliver the final blow to the enemy.

But when he was about to set off, he suddenly heard a commotion in his rear team, and some soldiers shouted something. So Sun Jiye immediately turned his head and saw a cavalry team of dozens of people appearing in the distance. And the content of the shouting of the soldiers in his rear team also clearly entered Sun Jiye's ears.

"Here comes the Harrier."