In the weather at the beginning of October, the crescent moon in the sky had long been hiding somewhere, and two hours ago when the Pubu army withdrew from Funing City, it was in the dark.

The same was true of Duan Ruqi's army before it was stopped by the allied catapults and bows.

But now, Duan Ruqi relied on the formation and realized that the coalition forces were immediately charged, so he ordered, "Light the torches and wait for the battle!" ”

In night battles, lighting torches means exposing oneself, and one is born with the disadvantage of being the enemy and the enemy; Therefore, both sides of the war often risk stepping on stinky dog poop in a harsh environment where they can't see their fingers, and they will not take the initiative to expose themselves.

Now Duan Ruqi chose to show the torch first, not because he hadn't fought at night and didn't know the precautions of night fighting.

The reason why Duan Ruqi did this was really to show his ambition - I just want to expose myself, if you have the ability, attack it!

There is another point, which Duan Ruqi also considered, that is, to use light to bring hope to his soldiers.

With the yearning for life, half of Duan Ruqi's more than 25,000 soldiers had rushed out of the south gate of Funing City, and these more than 10,000 soldiers had formed a large array of fish scales under the command of the arrival, and they were firmly moving south with overwhelming momentum.

The fox died in Shouqiu, but their home was in the Iron Armor Castle!

Wang Bodang was originally good at shooting, but now he can only rush to the front of the team with a scimitar.

The same is true of Fu Ziheng, this battle may be his first battle, he has fantasized about the picture in front of him countless times, and won the battle.

Two teams of 5,000 men slaughtered the rebels on both sides with the momentum of the wind and clouds, and then they engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the two sides fought for a retreat and blood spattered; At the same time, the shouts of killing, the neighing of war horses, the sound of weapons handing over, and the screams of seriously injured soldiers were intertwined and resounded in the sky.

At this time, the coalition side occupied the terrain and momentum, and the rebel side had a huge advantage in numbers and formations, and after the two sides collided, they were evenly matched.

Wang Bodang and Fu Ziheng both knew that their primary purpose now was to disrupt the enemy's formation, and as long as they successfully joined forces from both sides of the enemy's fish scale formation, they would definitely leave half of the enemy behind.

And these enemies who are left behind can only surrender, or die.

Su You saw that Wang Bodang and Ji Ziheng were difficult to advance, and he couldn't help but get anxious for a while, and immediately turned around and snatched the drummer's mallet and beat the drum himself.

Knock knock knock

The messy drum beat also hit Uncle Wang's heart, and this battle was obviously the first hard battle in his life!

"Sons! Kill the thief with me, and share the worries of the king! Wang Bodang roared angrily, and galloped forward with a scimitar, the war horse under his seat was originally much taller than the horse of the rebel soldiers, and he was originally a general.

After struggling, he actually broke a gap in the rebel formation.

Dongjiao's soldiers saw that Wang Bodang, an outsider, was still fighting hard, how could he hesitate at this time?

Under the desperate efforts of everyone, a gap was instantly broken on the east side of the rebels' fish scale array, which slowly expanded to three or five zhang, and then advanced inward, and it was about to kill Ji Ziheng's side. At this time, the 25,000 rebels had already come out of the city, and if Wang Bodang and the planner Heng could join forces victoriously, there would be no problem at all in leaving 7,800 rebels.

But at this moment, the soldiers led by Jiao Ziheng actually hit and dragged to the foot of the mountain on Su You's side

"What is this?" Su You frowned, and the drumstick in his hand slowly stood up.

As the saying goes, "a soldier is defeated like a mountain", Su You really couldn't imagine that the 10,000 soldiers led by Fu Ziheng were forced to retreat by the enemy in this situation

"If anyone retreats, they will all be shot!" Su You saw that the enemy's formation was obviously biased towards Ji Ziheng's side, and immediately couldn't help but speak coldly.

Zhang Long agreed, and for the first time, the six hundred guards pointed their bows and crossbows at their allies.

At this time, Ruqi naturally found a breakthrough point, but he was suspicious by nature after all, he still lacked decisiveness, he did not take advantage of the little advantage he had just gained to besiege and kill Ji Ziheng's soldiers, but gave an order with difficulty,—— "Withdraw!" ”

Because of the laxity of the Heng side, the battle line has been stretched several times, and the speed of contraction is also conceivable.

Duan Ruqi's order, the people on Fu Ziheng's side suddenly relaxed, and Wang Bodang had long known that he couldn't kill and join forces with Ji Ziheng, wouldn't it hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred at this time?

The rebels fled south like a tidal wave, and the Showa and Biyun of the country each led a team of 10,000 men to kill them from the east gate and the west gate.

By the time the coalition's four 10,000-strong troops joined forces in victory, most of the rebels had fled, but seven or eight hundred had been taken prisoner, and five or six thousand had been turned into corpses.

After Duan Ruqi fled again and again, the number of troops was less than 20,000.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the coalition army entered Funing City from the south gate, and the 10,000 troops who were originally guarding the north gate finally came late, and their efficiency obviously could not be the same as Wang Bodang and others.

Facing the leader of the 50,000-person team, looking at their bloodied appearance, Su You didn't know how to speak for a while.

After hesitating for a while, Su You still looked at Fu Ziheng with burning eyes, and asked in a deep voice by name, "Ji Ziheng, can you tell me what happened just now?" ”

"I" Jiao Ziheng lowered his head embarrassedly like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing Su You's expression of wanting to eat his son, he immediately looked at his son with doubts.

Biyun asked Uncle Wang who was sitting next to him in a low voice, "What happened just now?" ”

"Brother Ziheng seems to have escaped from the battle just now," Uncle Wang immediately whispered to Biyun, and his voice reached the ears of the other five people present.

"Escape? Is it true or false? Jian Guozhao couldn't believe his ears, and immediately confirmed to Su You.

As the saying goes, "Ye is a hero and a good man", although Fu Guozhao has always regarded Ji Ziheng as a child, but there is another saying that is good, "Your own children are other people's wives." He couldn't believe that his son would run away.

Su You immediately said lightly, "I don't know what's going on in front of me, but I've already made plans just now, and if there are any retreaters, don't worry about killing!" Fortunately, Duan Ruqi gave the order to retreat at this time"

Faced with his father's disappointment, in the face of Su You's hatred of iron and steel, and Biyun and Wang Bodang's look of watching a good show, Fu Ziheng finally mustered up the courage and said, "It was indeed me who was wrong just now, and it was also because I was hit by an arrow in the knee, and I saw that the soldiers could not attack for a long time, so I gave the order to retreat while fighting."

"Is an arrow in the knee a reason for you to retreat?!" Anyway, Fu Ziheng finally admitted the fact that he had retreated without authorization, and Fu Guozhao was angry and immediately asked angrily.

Su You waved his hand to prevent Fu Guozhao from educating his son at such a time, and turned to Fu Zi Hengdao with some concern, "Did you really get an arrow in your knee?" It's my negligence, after all, it's the first time you've led the troops."

If Su You scolded himself for a while at this time, maybe he would have a little rebellious mentality and deal with him indifferently, but now

Jiao Ziheng's old tears suddenly burst out of his eyes with some discouragement, this is really not because of his arrow wound.

After listening to Su You's words of relief, Fu Guozhao finally squatted down, and then found that his son's arrow wound was still trickling and bleeding, but compared to the five or six thousand corpses left by the other party, compared to the more than two thousand brothers who died on his side, what is this?

Su You didn't know what they thought about Showa and Biyun, but he still ordered someone to take him down for treatment.

At one moment, the scouts in front returned and reported two pieces of news at the same time: first, the 20,000 Pu reinforcements who had left Funing City more than two hours ago had withdrawn directly to their own territory; The second is that Duan Ruqi said that the 20,000 remnants of the handsome soldiers have retreated to the Iron Armor Fort and have begun to clear the wilderness.

The second news was obviously expected by Su You and the others, and the first news was a little regrettable, if the 20,000 horses of the Pu Department also retreated into the Iron Armor Fort at this time, wouldn't it be even more lively? If that's the case, the coalition forces just need to wait for them in Funing City to divide the victory and defeat, and then reap the profits and collect the ready-made results.

But now

The war has been fought like this, and no one has gained any practical benefits, even if the coalition forces have now taken the Duan clan's Funing City, so what? Who dares to take it for themselves?

This city has neither tall walls nor a defensive moat, and the inhabitants of the city are not even enough for 10,000 people, but I am afraid that as soon as the coalition army is disbanded, Duan Ruqi can take this small city back by sending a few thousand people casually.

Obviously, returning empty-handed at such a time is not a positive attitude that the coalition forces should have.

Of course, if the rebels and the coalition forces can turn the war into a jade silk at this time, it is also Su You's plan to treat it as an armistice agreement at the right time, but now the strength of the two sides is obviously unequal. If Duan Ruqi wants to stop the war, he has to show the sincerity he deserves, or divide the land, or pay compensation, anyway, the coalition forces can't go back empty-handed.

If Duan Ruqi doesn't surrender first, then he still has a way to go.

That is to wait for the coalition forces to chase them to the Iron Fort, and then fight a battle.

The next topic of Su You and the others was a little dull, but the discussion came and went, and it was nothing more than how to take the Iron Armor Fort.

As for the matter of strategy, Su You obviously took it into account, and finally set the plan for tomorrow evening.

In other words, they could have a day to rest in Funing City, unless Duan Ruqi led the army to counterattack without knowing whether he was alive or dead.