With this shout, the morale of the remaining soldiers of the joint column army was boosted, and they stepped up the offensive of counterattack, putting life and death on the line.

The cavalry units charged by Linhu reacted in the opposite direction. When they could not hear the sound of the horn commanding the charge, they felt that the situation on the battlefield had changed greatly, and they were a little discouraged, the edge of the attack had decreased sharply, and the pace of the charge almost stopped.

These people did not dare to retreat, so they could only parry the arrows and stones of the soldiers above with all their might. They were waiting for the next order from the commander Ihu, however, some of the cavalrymen who were closer to Ihu and had good eyes suddenly noticed that Ihu had been hit by an arrow in the arm and fled in a puff of smoke.

Even the commanders fled, and the charging cavalry still held on, and the morale of the joint column troops on the high post was greatly boosted, the shouting and shouting shook the sky, and the density of arrows and stones increased a lot. The cavalry charging by Lin Hu could not bear it, and some of them took the lead in retreating, and their positions began to waver.

As long as a few people took the lead in retreating, followed by a large number of people retreating, and then a group of cavalry retreated, the defeat was like a mountain, out of control, and finally evolved into all the cavalry that originally charged in the four aspects, all of them were in disarray, and fled off the hill one after another.

When the soldiers of the joint column army saw that the enemy had finally been driven back, they all cheered, and some of them even chased after them a few steps, and added a few large boulders to the retreating Linhu cavalry. The retreating Linhu cavalry also had no intention of fighting, they just ran to the bottom of the wall.

Du Qing took the remaining more than 100 uninjured soldiers and carried the wounded and corpses of the joint column army scattered halfway around the waist back to the high post. Those who were in good health bandaged the wounds of the wounded, and some dug tunnels to bury the bodies of their lost comrades.

While the soldiers were busy, they were still talking about General Du Qing's bravery, and some people said: "General Du is really a god, and he shot back tens of thousands of Linhu cavalry with three arrows, isn't this a gift from God!" ”

Only Du Qing was not happy at all when he heard these words of praise, he just smiled bitterly a few times, which was regarded as a polite response to his subordinates.

Du Qing knew that the battle was far from over, the Linhu people had only suffered thousands of casualties, and their remaining strength was more than ten times the casualties, and even the Linhu cavalry who participated in the attack had only a few casualties.

The commander of the Linhu cavalry barely had to use reserves, and only by using the first wave of troops involved in the attack could launch another fierce offensive.

And on his side, under three consecutive waves of strong attacks, two-thirds of the sergeants were killed and wounded. Although the number of enemies they killed far exceeded their own casualties, the soldiers of the joint column above the high post were originally pitiful compared to the Linhu people, so they could hold out until the moment when the Linhu people retreated.

Du Qing thought to himself: "Unless there is a miracle or something, otherwise, I am afraid that I will be buried on this high post today." It is a pity that he has been in the army for nearly ten years, and has participated in more than 20 large and small battles, and always looks forward to the day when he can command thousands of troops and horses and fight with the enemies of Zhao on a larger battlefield. ”

Thinking of this, Du Qing couldn't help but sigh, he cheered up and said to his subordinates: "While the Lin Hu people don't dare to attack again in a short time, let's take a good rest." After a while, I will take everyone or fight according to the situation, and die on this high post. Or wait for an opportunity to break through. When a husband throws himself into the field, he must always be happy to revenge once, and today seems to be the time for us to give it a go. ”

Du Qing and the others waited on the high post for the Lin Hu people to launch a new round of attack, and almost did not hold out much hope of breaking through. However, at this moment, they found that the camp of the Linhu people began to stir up a little.

This commotion took place in the southeast, and some of Du Qing's men saw that the Linhu cavalry there was alarmed, and thousands of war horses rushed back and forth.

The person who first discovered the situation exclaimed, hurriedly shouted Du Qing, and instructed everyone to see. Du Qing took a closer look with his eyes, and sure enough, he saw the movement of Lin Hu's cavalry. He looked around again, and found that after there was a commotion in the southeast direction, the other three Linhu cavalry also lost their quiet, as if the formations of the Linhu cavalry from all directions were moving.

Du Qing thought to himself: "This can't be the chaotic position of the Lin Hu Wolf cavalry, there must be other troops harassing the camp of the Lin Hu cavalry, otherwise, how could the Lin Hu people who are focusing on attacking Gaogang put down the attack and turn to do something else?" ”

Du Qing was keenly aware: "This is the last chance for the remaining joint column army on our high post to break through. If they don't take advantage of the commotion of the Lin Hu people to attack, then when the Lin Hu Wolf cavalry settles down, with their team of more than 100 people, they are not their opponents at all, and breaking through is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. ”

Du Qing hurriedly ordered: "All the sergeants, listen, have you seen the commotion of the Linhu people in the southeast?" We took advantage of their chaotic momentum and hurried to break out of there. ”

He pointed to the southeast and said, "You are all following behind me, and you must rush into their chaos." You are not allowed to fight, as long as you rush out of the southeast direction with all your might. ”

"If you can rush out of the city, you are one by one, you are not allowed to look back, and you are not allowed to fight. If I am wounded and fall to the ground, none of you will be allowed to rescue me! ”

Du Qing's words were very impassioned, and the sergeants listened with enthusiasm, and everyone shouted: "Unite as one, you must rush out of the city!" ”

Du Qing then organized his subordinates into three detachments, and the first detachment was responsible for rushing and fighting fiercely, striving forward. The second detachment worked in tandem to help clear the obstacles to advance. The third detachment was responsible for blocking possible pursuers in the rear area.

After all the arrangements were ready, Du Qing immediately led the sergeants and swept down the hill like a whirlwind. They did not make a big fuss, but advanced in an intense and orderly manner.

Due to the abnormal movement of the Linhu cavalry on the southeast side, the Linhu cavalry in this aspect were attracted by the abnormal movement, so Du Qing and others approached the position of the Linhu people, but did not encounter effective blocking and interception.

Du Qing was overjoyed, he took advantage of the chaos to rush to the Lin Hu cavalry position, and when he encountered an enemy soldier, he met the battle with short arms. Because their ranks were orderly, as soon as the men in front encountered an obstacle and a battle broke out, the companions behind immediately caught up and attacked the enemy in combination, so that the battle was quickly resolved.

The team led by Du Qing was like a sharp knife, **** into the camp of the Linhu cavalry, and they went smoothly all the way. Of course, this also has a great deal to do with the fact that the attention of the Linhu cavalry is not on them, so Du Qing and the others have become a new force and have opened a bloody road from the position of the Linhu people.

When they broke through their positions and approached the edge, they found that the troops of the combined column army of their own side had arrived here, and they were engaged in a fierce battle with the Linhu cavalry in the southeast under the high post.

Du Qing was overjoyed, he raised his arms and shouted, "Sons and daughters, work hard, our own people have come to rescue us!" The sergeants of his subordinates were in high spirits and fought bravely, and they quickly rushed to the forefront of the battle.

The Linhu cavalry in the southeast was less than 5,000 people, but the troops who came to the rescue of the Hezong army numbered as many as 10,000 people, and the leading general was Du Qing's old partner, the thin and tall Zhao Guodu Lieutenant Xu Lu. Xu Lu commanded the joint column army that came to the rescue, and besieged the Linhu cavalry in the southeast in two ways, and the fierce battle was in full swing, and he suddenly saw Du Qing kill out of the cracks of the Linhu cavalry.

Xu Lu shouted to Du Qing: "General Du Qing, we have come to save you, come closer to us." ”

Du Qing followed the shouting and saw Xu Lu's tall and thin figure, and he hurriedly responded: "General Xu Lu, how did you find us?" You couldn't have come at a better time. ”

Xu Lu saw that there was still a distance of more than ten zhang between the two, and Du Qing had not completely gotten rid of the entanglement of Lin Hu's cavalry, so he shouted to him: "General Du, hurry up and break out, let's meet and talk in detail." ”

Xu Lu didn't bother to introduce the reason why he came to the rescue to Du Qing for the time being, and Du Qing didn't need Xu Lu to tell him, he could guess a rough idea.

Xu Lu's trip was ordered by Qu Xin, and led the 10,000 columns of troops to turn around and come back to find the separated Du Qing and the formation he led.

Xu Lu had been following General Qu Xin in his actions, and they were stationed in Jiyi City, which was the outer barrier of the Jinyang garrison. Last night, Du Qing followed Zhou Shao's instructions and led more than 20,000 troops to sneak out of the city from the south gate of Jinyang, and Qu Xin led another 10,000 troops from Jiyi City to meet on the official road more than 20 miles south of Jinyang.

Qu Xin first saw the crown prince Zhao Yong and the doctor Zhao Xi, and saw that they could come out of Jinyang City safely and smoothly, Qu Xin felt very relieved, and hurriedly sent 3,000 elite soldiers under his command to escort them along the official road and go straight to the Fukou Pass in the middle section of Taihang Mountain.

Qu Xin himself waited for the arrival of other troops of the Combined Column, gathered his troops in one place, rearranged the 30,000 Combined Column troops on this expedition, and marched in the direction of Fukou Pass in order.

At this time, the vanguard had already set off, and Qu Xin was still anxiously waiting for Du Qing to come, but he was nowhere to be seen. Qu Xin suspected that he and Du Qing had made a mistake, but at this moment, the Lin Jackal cavalry might find the fleeing prince at any time, and sent troops to follow and pursue, in order to ensure the arrangement of the large army, Qu Xin let all the troops immediately board the return journey.