Qiao Mingtang led the Xishan Army to move from Xiaoshan Hill and rushed straight towards the Northwest Army camp under Tongzhou City.

Liangzhou was defeated, but he couldn't afford to lose, if he didn't retreat without a fight, it would be like giving up the land of the two states in the south of Xishan Road, and from then on, he would have to fall into the name of cowardice.

Tongzhou City has not surrendered, is looking forward to the reinforcements to come to the rescue, now the reinforcements arrived, but they were withdrawn without a battle, the blow to the Tongzhou army and the people is what a crowd, the whole city of the army and the people, will also willingly return to Chu Huan.

If Liangzhou and Tongzhou are lost, it will be impossible to account for the imperial court.

Although Qiao Mingtang knew that there was no certainty of victory in this battle, it was also difficult to ride a tiger, so he had to give it a go.

Qiao Mingtang took the lead, three hundred cavalry followed, and thousands of Xishan soldiers and horses with high morale quickly rushed towards the Northwest Army camp in the night.

The camp of the Northwest Army was quiet, with only a few scattered bonfires, and the soldiers in the entire camp seemed to have fallen asleep.

Qiao Mingtang knew that things would never be so simple, although the Xishan Army tried its best to keep a low profile, but Qiao Mingtang knew that in this situation, it would be difficult to make a surprise attack, Chu Huan must be very clear about the actions of the Xishan Army, the tiger was on the side, and it was impossible for the Northwest soldiers to sleep peacefully.

At this time, the Xishan Army had already launched a formation, with the Praetorian Guard as the main force, divided into several small phalanxes, and converged into a huge corps, approaching the northwest military camp only a few miles away.

"Qiaodu, something is wrong." Xiao Moyun urged him to come forward immediately, looking at the silent barracks not far in front of him: "Why is there no sound at all?" ”

Director Pang also stepped forward, frowned, and said: "When the lower officials came over before, they saw that they had two camps, one was close to the city, and the soldiers were all wearing Qin army armor, it should be the surrendered soldiers who were subdued by Chu Huan, there are not many people, and after them, it is the Northwest Army camp!" He glanced at it and said curiously: "But how did the nearly 1,000 soldiers disappear?" ”

Qiao Mingtang raised his hand to signal the soldiers and horses to stop, his expression was solemn, he waved his hand, and several horses behind him galloped out, like arrows from the string, shooting towards the camp of the Northwest Army.

The cavalry arrived at the camp of the Northwest Army, galloped back and forth several times, and then turned back.

"Lord Governor, the camp is empty!" The cavalry said: "They are gone!" ”

"What?" Qiao Mingtang changed color slightly, but the others also changed color and looked at each other.

Xiao Moyun's eyes rolled and said, "Qiao Du, I'm afraid that Chu Huan knew that we were going to come to a decisive battle, and he knew that he was invincible, so he fled quietly!" ”

Qiao Mingtang's face became very ugly, and he said: "Avoid the enemy without fighting, I want to join the main force of the Northwest Army that attacked Liangzhou, and then turn around!" He clenched his fists and sneered: "He has a good plan, but they haven't gone far, we must not let them get away!" He clamped his legs around the horse's belly and urged the horse to gallop towards the Northwest Army camp, and the soldiers and horses behind him immediately followed.

Above the head of Tongzhou City, Xu Qing had already noticed the movement of the Xishan Army, and saw that the Xishan Army had already attacked and pounced on the camp of the Northwest Army, so he immediately became excited, and ordered Hu Miao beside him: "Hu Qianhu, the Governor has led his troops to attack, and we are also ready to attack and are ready to go out of the city to help at any time." ”

Hu Miao bowed slightly, and said softly: "My lord, the governor is cautious, since he led the troops to attack, it should be nine out of ten, if we need to go out of the city to help, the governor will release a signal, before the governor does not give an order, we hold Tongzhou City is the priority." Chu Huan is scheming, let's be careful. ”

"Reasonable, reasonable." Xu Qing nodded again and again, "Hu Qianhu, take care of the governor's side, if there is a signal coming, let's go out of the city immediately to help the battle, you first mobilize troops and horses, and then go out of the city at any time." ”

"The last general obeys!" Hu Miao arched his hand, looked out of the city, his brows suddenly tightened, "Huh", Xu Qing was in his early forties, but his eyesight was not as good as Hu Miao, and he asked anxiously: "What's wrong?" ”

Hu Miao frowned and said, "My lord, it's really strange! He put his hands on the edge of the battlements and leaned forward: "The Governor's soldiers and horses seem to have arrived at the Northwest Army garrison, but why is there no movement?" ”

"What?" Xu Qing was stunned.

Hu Miao said: "My lord, there is no movement in the camp of the Northwest Army, and the Governor General led his troops to kill him, but there was no sound, and the Northwest Army and the Northwest Army did not seem to resist." ”

"No way." Xu Qing shook his head and said, "How can Chu Huan be arrested?" ”

Hu Miao nodded and said, "That's right, Chu Huan will never be arrested, but there is not the slightest movement over there!" The corners of his eyes twitched, and he asked, "My lord, do you remember not long ago, the army under the city suddenly retreated!" ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Didn't Qianhu say that Chu Huan was worried that the governor would attack, so he transferred the troops to the back and prepared to deploy to meet the battle?" What, there's something wrong with that surrendering force? ”

"There's a problem, a big problem." Hu Miao's face showed a look of anxiety: "Your Excellency the Governor, they seem to have arrived at an empty camp!" ”

"Empty camp?" Xu Qing was stunned and said, "How can it be an empty camp?" At dusk, we still saw thousands of people coming and going in their camp, and it was impossible to say that there was no! ”

Hu Miao's expression was grim, he groaned slightly, raised his hand violently, and hit him on the forehead.

"Hu Qianhu!"

Hu Miao's face turned blue, "My lord, Lord Governor, I'm just afraid that there will be trouble, Chu Huan, they didn't leave, they must have secretly withdrawn, leaving an empty camp, and now the Northwest Army is next to the camp!" ”

Before Xu Qing could react, Hu Miao smiled bitterly: "The two armies are fighting against each other, and the momentum is like a rainbow, but once this qi is frustrated, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced." The Governor called, if Chu Huan met it head-on, he would face an army with high morale, the strength of the two armies was equal, and they fought with all their might, and the outcome was unpredictable, but now the Governor General led his troops into an empty camp, and the morale of the whole army would inevitably be frustrated! ”

Xu Qing's lips moved slightly, and Hu Miao sighed: "Morale is frustrated, if the Northwest Army suddenly kills again at this time!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of the horn, Hu Miao's face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "As expected, Chu Huan left the empty camp, and he couldn't see clearly by the night, and set up an ambush near the camp, most of them are cavalry, and the terrain under the city is flat, which is the most suitable for war horses to sprint, if they cavalry assault at this time!" Speaking of this, the corners of Hu Miao's eyes twitched even more.

Xu Qing's face was also pale, and he suddenly stomped his feet, and sighed: "Although the Governor is good at political affairs, he is less than the battle array, this time, this time he really fell for Chu Huan!" ”

"Chu Huan seems to have expected that the Governor will attack with all his troops tonight." Hu Miao clenched his hands into fists, and his voice was heavy: "They have already prepared, and Lord Governor!" Looking up at the night sky, he said softly: "I only hope that the Northwest Army that attacked Liangzhou has not rushed back, otherwise once the Governor is defeated tonight, the entire Xishan Road will be in danger." ”

Everyone above the city heard the sound of the horn, and the soldiers of the West Mountain who rushed to the camp of the Northwest Army naturally heard the sound of the horn, the sound of the horn was not sent by the West Mountain Army, but it came from the surroundings, the low horn sound first came from the west, and then the horn sound of Ying He also came from the south, and the low horn sound was in the dark night, like a song of urgency.

Qiao Mingtang had already dismounted at this time, and was inspecting a tent, the tent was very simple, obviously the place where the soldiers in the northwest rested, although it was simple, but there was no sense of chaos, obviously when he withdrew, it was in order, not in a hurry.

The horn sounded suddenly, and Qiao Mingtang immediately rushed out of the tent, only to see that the soldiers under his command had changed color and were looking around.

"Qiaodu, it's not good!" Xiao Moyun was the first to react, "The Northwest Army didn't leave, they were ambushed around!" ”

"Did they already know we were going to kill us tonight?" Director Pang was also surprised.

Before they could say more, they heard the sound of horses' hooves rumbling, and the earth seemed to tremble.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Qiao Mingtang quickly got on his horse and pulled out his saber, "Everyone, listen, a Northwest military head, a hundred taels of silver, they are sending people to the head, don't panic, they don't have many people, the warriors of Xishan, fight with them!" ”

Of course, the Northwest Army did not come to send heads, but to take heads.

Healthy horses like flying, knights like tigers, three hundred cavalry lined up in a team, in the shape of a half-moon, like a sickle, from the ground to the ground, thousands of cavalry, in a row to form four crescent moon formations, four sickles with a fierce killing intent, roaring.

Qiao Mingtang had already seen the Northwest Iron Cavalry sweeping like a dark cloud at this time, the reputation of the Northwest Cavalry, he had already heard of it, but today was the first time he saw it, seeing this invincible cavalry regiment with his own eyes, Qiao Mingtang realized that the Northwest Iron Cavalry was obviously sharper than he had heard, and at the moment of life and death, Qiao Mingtang was not afraid, and shouted: "The cavalry is out of battle!" ”

The three hundred cavalry behind him belong to the Xishan Praetorian Guard, the Xishan Praetorian Guard is the strongest force in Xishan, and the Xishan cavalry is the elite of the elite, not only the training is strict on weekdays, but it is also very strict to select the generals who enter the cavalry of the Xishan Praetorian Guard, which is also very strict, at this time Qiao Mingtang gave an order, and the three hundred cavalry behind him did not hesitate.

Xiao Moyun saw that Qiao Mingtang was not flustered, his heart calmed down a little, and shouted loudly: "Spearmen in formation, don't panic, everyone block them!" He brandished his sword, and when the three hundred cavalry of Xishan and the Northwest Iron Cavalry collided together like two torrents, the pikemen of Xishan had quickly assembled under the command of Xiao Moyun.

Although Chu Huan's empty camp plan was hit, the Northwest Army was caught off guard, and the morale of the Xishan Army was frustrated, but the entire army formation did not collapse, Qiao Mingtang and his generals knew in their hearts that although the Northwest Iron Cavalry was fierce, there were not many troops. R1058