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Fu Jin and Zhang Jincheng fellow townsmen, he was also a Hebei ranger in his early years, and Zhang Jincheng was a friend of the same way, the year before last he followed Zhang Jincheng to raise troops in Gaojibo, became Zhang Jincheng's most trusted henchman, was named General Huben, led 3,000 impermanence army. ＠，

Fu Jin is ugly, full of flesh, very cruel, especially likes to torture and kill young boys, in just two years, countless young children have died in his hands, and are called 'child demons' by the people of Qinghe County.

When the people of Qinghe County mentioned him, they all hated him, but they were so afraid that the children did not dare to cry at night when they heard this name.

Fu Jin's stature is not very tall, but his two arms are broad, and he makes a long-handled copper hammer weighing sixty pounds, and his martial arts are very strong.

He was very aware of Zhang Jin's thirst for war horses, and in order to catch up with the fleeing Sui army, Fu Jin was eager to make meritorious contributions and led the army to chase after him all the way.

Qinghe County is a hilly area of Shandong, mainly plains, but from time to time you can also see low hills, covered with dense forests.

On both sides of the official road are large corn fields, and soon after autumn, the corn gradually turns yellow, and the endless corn fields rise and fall with the wind.

The Sui army retreated to the south for more than 30 miles in one breath, the time had reached the fourth watch, the night was deep, the official road was deserted, there was not a pedestrian in sight, two miles to the south was the Yongji Canal, under the reflection of the bright moonlight, there were sparkling waves, and dozens of night boats were slowly moving along the current.

At this moment, there was a burst of dust in the distance, and Fu Jin led three thousand soldiers to chase after him murderously.

Zhang Jin said that there were two elite armies, one called the Yama Army and the other called the Impermanence Army, which was originally the name given to them by the people of Qinghe County, but Zhang Jin said that he thought the name was good, so he officially named the two armies Yama and Impermanence.

The Impermanent Army was established last year, mainly with government soldiers in Shandong, and the second battle of Goguryeo last year was suspended due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion. Most of the soldiers who withdrew from Liaodong fled, and they returned to their hometowns, although there were no soldiers in the military government, but they cheapened the rebels and bandits everywhere.

Zhang Jin said that he also took the opportunity to recruit 3,000 well-trained government soldiers and set up the Impermanent Army, which was equipped according to the official Sui army. Wearing bright light armor, wearing an eagle helmet, a bow and arrow round shield on his back, a horizontal knife on his waist, and a spear in his hand, he was completely dressed by the Sui army, but all the helmets were dyed red, which was particularly conspicuous in the moonlight.

"Quick! Speed up! ”

Fu Jin had already seen the billowing dust in the distance, less than two miles away from the Sui army. He was extremely excited and eager in his heart, and desperately ordered the soldiers to pursue.

But at this time, on the wood-covered hills not far ahead, Zhang Xuan led 300 cavalry and 800 archers and was quietly waiting for the pursuers to arrive.

Zhang Xuan used a suspicious tactic and ordered hundreds of soldiers to drag tree branches to run back and forth in place, bringing up billowing yellow dust, as if thousands of troops were fleeing, while he led a thousand elites to wait for the arrival of the enemy army.

Jang Xuan's gaze was very calm. Returning from the Goguryeo battlefield, he was like all the soldiers. It was all a mood of returning home triumphantly, with the joy of looking forward to the court's reward, but they never imagined that as soon as they returned to the Central Plains, the war came unexpectedly, which caught Zhang Xuan off guard.

But after most of the night of fierce battles and breakthroughs. They have gradually entered the state, and there is no suspense about evacuating Qinghe County, the key is to leave like this, not only he Zhang Xuan is unwilling, but all the soldiers are unwilling.

"General. They're coming! ”

A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, Zhang Xuan's gaze became deeper, an army appeared a few miles away in the distance, dusty, judging from the scope of the dust, the number of this army will not be too much, at most three or four thousand people, his judgment is not wrong, Zhang Jin said that it takes time to rectify the army, the large army is too late to kill, he will only send the vanguard to catch up.

At this time, all the Sui soldiers in the woods were excited, the archers opened their bows and arrows, the cavalry turned over their horses one after another, eager to try, Zhang Xuan ordered in a deep voice: "Listen to my command, don't act rashly!" ”

Zhang Xuan participated in the decomposition of various classic battles in history in the classroom of the 6th Military Academy, and discussed in depth, and he knew very well where the focus of ambush warfare was.

However, that is only on paper, but the reality is ever-changing, and he must combine actual combat with theory and constantly sharpen himself in actual combat.

Generally speaking, the probability of success in ambush warfare is very high, and the main reason is not that the enemy army is caught off guard, in fact, in many ambush battles, the opponent has appeared in time to ambush the army, but unfortunately it is still a miserable defeat.

The fundamental reason lies in the formation, the importance of the formation for the confrontation between the two armies is self-evident, only a neat formation of soldiers will not be confused, will be high morale and fight with the enemy.

On the march, the marching ranks are generally very long, and it is difficult to maintain the formation, so once ambushed, the soldiers will often fall into confusion, and the first thing that people's survival instinct thinks of is to escape, and then the morale of the army collapses, and finally collapses completely.

The enemy army is getting closer and closer, and the forward troops have already rushed in front of the Sui army, but they are not now hiding in the Sui soldiers in the woods, Zhang Xuan's pupils gradually contracted, this army has about 3,000 people, stretching for about three miles, like a snake swimming on the official road.

The key point of the snake is seven inches, but the key point of the marching team is the main general, and the attack must be launched from the main general, so that the enemy general will not have time to organize a counterattack.

Zhang Xuan had already seen the enemy's commander, located in the middle of the team, riding on a war horse, holding a long-handled copper hammer, surrounded by dozens of personal guards, Zhang Xuan immediately gave the signal soldier a look.

The signalman pursed his lips and let out a long night owl cry, and the eight hundred archers immediately straightened their waists and slowly pulled their bowstrings, and one after another sharp piercing arrows aimed at the thieves who were marching sixty paces away.

The figure of the chief general of the thief army finally appeared in front of the ambush soldiers, and Zhang Xuan waved his hand decisively, "Bang! Nation! Nation! The sound of a rapid bamboo stick sounded suddenly, and eight hundred archers released their bowstrings at the same time, and a dense stream of arrows was fired at the enemy army sixty paces away.

The thieves were caught off guard, blood splashed in the ranks, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded, and two hundred soldiers fell down one after another, although the sharp armor-piercing arrows shot through their helmets and military robes, but the bright light armor on their bodies effectively blocked the penetration of the armor-piercing arrows.

Most of the soldiers were wounded and not shot on the spot, but the sudden attack caused chaos in the army.

"There's an ambush!"

The screams were accompanied by the frightened shouts of the soldiers, and the soldiers rushed to the corn fields on the other side, and several of Fu Jin's own soldiers were hit by arrows falling from their horses, but they used their bodies to block the arrows for Fu Jin.

Fu Jin was taken aback, he saw that the situation was chaotic. In a hurry, he grabbed a shield and shouted: "Don't mess up, steady!" ”

According to the original plan, the cavalry had to wait for the archers to attack after three rounds of arrows, but he did not expect that after the first round of arrows, the thieves fled towards Awata, which was really unexpected by Zhang Xuan, and he immediately changed his mind. "Bow and arrow stop, cavalry attack!" ”

'Woo'

The low sound of antlers echoed in the woods, and the three hundred cavalry urged their horses down the hillside, rushing into the enemy army like a storm, cutting melons and vegetables, killing the thieves and running in all directions.

Zhang Xuan was looking for the enemy's main general, and the official road was too narrow, which was not conducive to the cavalry. The enemy commander must be killed as soon as possible in order to plunge the enemy army into complete chaos.

In the moonlight, he saw the enemy's commander, who was besieged by more than a dozen Sui cavalry, he looked ugly and vicious, wielding a long-handled copper hammer to slam left and right, and the cavalry could not get close to him, at this time, a cavalryman's horse was hit by his copper hammer. The horse's head was shattered and overturned. Led the cavalry into the Awata.

Zhang Xuan shouted, "Get out of the way!" ”

He waved the green dragon halberd and urged the horse to gallop towards the enemy's main general, the Sui cavalry dodged away, and Fu Jin saw Zhang Xuan and laughed fiercely. Turning his horse and rushing towards Jaang Xuan, he thought the same way, killing the enemy's main general would turn the unfavorable situation around.

The two horses rushed closer, Fu Jin seized the opportunity and swept towards Zhang Xuan with a hammer. Zhang Xuan was restrictive, the halberd was pressed flat on the hammer head, and the word 'winding' was used to wrap around the hammer head with force, so that the hammer head changed direction, and the halberd immediately picked it up, stabbing the throat of the enemy general, as fast as lightning.

Fu Jin smashed into the air with a hammer and almost lost his balance, at this time, he suddenly saw the tip of the halberd appear in his throat, so frightened that he screamed, and flashed sideways to the side, but the direction of the halberd changed, 'Poof! The halberd pierced him in the left chest.

Fu Jin shouted, the copper hammer fell to the ground, and Zhang Xuan's halberd picked him up, and he was thrown out of the air, just a few feet away, and landed next to more than a dozen thieves.

"Help me!" Fu Jin shouted weakly.

But more than a dozen soldiers stared at him, the usual fear in their eyes disappeared, and turned into bitter hatred, "He's going to die!" I don't know who shouted, more than a dozen soldiers rushed up, slashed at Fu Jin, and split Fu Jin's body on the spot.

This scene made the Sui cavalry stunned, and Zhang Xuan was also a little puzzled, the thieves actually killed their main general.

"The child demon is dead!"

The thieves and soldiers shouted, "He's dead, the child demon is dead!" ”

The soldiers were excited, and Jang Hyun seemed to see something, waving his halberd and shouting: "Those who surrender are not to blame!" ”

"We surrender!"

The dozen or so soldiers who killed Fu Jin were the first to kneel down and surrender, and under their leadership, hundreds of soldiers of the surrounding thief army knelt down and begged to surrender.

A surrendered officer was brought up, and he knelt down to report to Zhang Xuan: "General Qiyu, Fu Jin is brutal and vicious, countless people have been ruined by him, and none of our people in Qinghe County hate him to the bone, but they are afraid of him, so they can't obey his fate, if the general takes other people's heads to announce, I believe that many soldiers are unwilling to fight again." ”

Zhang nodded, and immediately ordered his subordinates to take Fu Jin's head to spread the word to the thief army, they were running out of time, and they had to completely disintegrate the hearts of this enemy army before the arrival of the main force of the enemy army.

"The child demon is dead! The child demon is dead! ”

Several cavalrymen galloped along the official road with Fu Jin's head, and to some extent, Fu Jin's control of this army was due to his ferocity and fear threat, so that the 3,000 army had to obey his orders.

But with Fu Jin's death, the morale of the thief soldiers began to slacken, and countless people took off their armor and ran towards the Awata, and the morale of the thief army began to disintegrate.

However, not all the thieves were willing to flee, there were still more than 1,000 rear troops fighting fiercely with the Sui cavalry, refusing to surrender or retreating, they quickly formed a spear phalanx under the leadership of a thief general.

The advantage of cavalry in the plain combat impact power, with a strong impact force repeatedly hit the enemy formation, can eventually lead to the collapse of the enemy army.

But at this time, the narrow official road was not suitable for cavalry charge, on the contrary, the spear formation composed of a thousand rear troops caused great trouble for the cavalry.

A hundred cavalrymen charged the enemy line twice, killing more than 100 thieves, but they themselves paid a heavy price of nearly 20 killed.

At this moment, hundreds of Sui soldiers in front, under the leadership of Wei Chigong, outflanked and killed with spears in their hands, attacking the enemy's rear army from the side, and the thieves fought fiercely with the Sui army back to back, although they were at a disadvantage, they effectively dragged Zhang Xuan's army.

The cavalry had lost nearly forty men, which made Jang Xuan's heart ache, and every soldier was a soldier who had returned from his bloody battle in Goguryeo, and before he could enjoy the glory of victory, he died at the hands of the bandits.

Zhang Xuan hated in his heart, and rushed up to the enemy with his halberd, suddenly, there was a great chaos behind the thief soldiers, and he saw more than 100 Sui cavalry from behind the thief army from a distance.

The killing of more than 100 Sui cavalry was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Zhang Xuan and Wei Chi Gong attacked from the left and right at the same time, the heart of the thief army finally collapsed completely, the thief soldiers were killed like a river of blood, corpses were all over the field, hundreds of thieves under the leadership of a general rushed out of the encirclement and fled in the direction of Qinghe County.

The fierce fighting gradually subsided, and the official road was littered with corpses, hundreds of thieves were killed, six or seven hundred surrendered, and most of the rest of the thieves fled into the Awata fields.

"May I ask where is the Sui army?" Zhang Xuan stepped forward and asked loudly.

The cavalry of the Sui army reined in their horses, and the white horse and silver hammer general stepped forward and saluted: "Pei Xingyan, the captain under the command of Zhang Dashuai, see General Zhang!" (To be continued......)