Wang Huaqiang rode a blue and white horse among the only four or five war horses in the 3,000 Xiangzhou army, and rushed to the front of the team first, dozens of heavily armed ironclad guards carried long lances, and followed closely behind him.

When he set out from Xiangzhou 20 days ago, Wang Huaqiang met Ma Xiaoer, the messenger who had escaped from Donghengzhou and asked for help.

In the Yingtan area of Lingbei, there were some reactions in the troops, and even Pei Shiju was a little swaying. As a last resort, Wang Huaqiang ordered the garrison to be stationed for thirteen or fourteen days, led by the wheat iron rod, and led the soldiers of the whole army to the mountains to collect medicine, in order to avoid the spies of the Zhou Division, 3,000 people were stationed in the deep mountains, until the whole army drank the medicinal soup and was no longer afraid of the miasma, and then pulled out the camp again.

In the past few days, all of Zhou Shiju's energy has been on the Donghengzhou City in front of him, and he didn't pay attention to the north at all, and even hundreds of ambush soldiers on the Nanling Mountain Road have withdrawn back to attack the city, so that Wang Huaqiang drove all the way in, and the three thousand troops completed the assembly ten miles to the north, and Zhou Shiju didn't know anything about it.

Pei Shiju is also in full armor today, riding a yellow zebra, and Wang Huaqiang walked side by side, behind them, three thousand Xiangzhou troops are arrayed in an orderly manner, a team of fifty people constitutes the most basic combat unit, the captain is the first, the deputy captain is on the left and right of the team, and the two flag officers are in the front of the team, seven people in the first row, and eight people in the second row. Nine people in the third row. Ten people in the fourth row. Eleven men in the fifth platoon, a total of forty-five soldiers, plus five officers, just formed a team.

Each team occupies an area of about twenty paces wide, and there are about ten paces between the teams, and the three thousand men are all combat troops, and fifty teams are discharged, which is exactly more than two miles wide. The front of the depth of the five elements, the first row of crossbowmen, the second row of archers, the next two rows are all long lance hands, holding long lances in both hands, wearing masks, the whole body is wrapped like a tin can, and the last row is a sword and axe hand wearing only light armor. Prepare for hand-to-hand combat in the event of a dogfight.

The remaining ten infantry teams served as reserves, guarding the baggage behind the battle. The arrows and crossbows of the archers, as well as the long swords and battle axes used by the hand-to-hand combatants, were all here, and the only three hundred or so pack horses in the whole army were unloaded and saddled to be used as temporary war horses in pursuit of the enemy.

Wang Huaqiang coldly watched the barbarians on the opposite side start to line up, turned to his own large formation, and Pei Shiju on the side asked puzzledly: "Huaqiang, why don't you take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold and attack directly?" ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly, pointed at the soldiers who were hurriedly arranging the formation on the other side, and said: "If our army just assaulted, it will definitely win, but it will be a rout, these barbarians do not wear armor, they are brisk and fierce, and they will flee for their lives, it is difficult for our army's hoplites to catch up, what I want is for them to confront our army head-on, if possible, these more than 10,000 barbarians, teach them not to return the armor, so that the barbarians can know the power of my Great Sui ironclad army." ”

Pei Shiju frowned: "Hua Qiang, the killing is too heavy, I'm afraid of ominousness, the meaning of the high servant shot is to attack the heart." ”

A hint of murder flashed in Wang Huaqiang's eyes: "The heart is to attack the barbarian civilians, the benevolent and righteous division of our army, naturally we can't go to loot civilians for no reason, but these thieves burn, kill and loot in the homeland of my Han people, do all kinds of evil, the messenger said clearly, we have seen it all the way, our Han villages have been killed to the point that no chickens and dogs are left, and for this group of scum, surrender is not accepted, not a single one is left!" ”

Pei Shiju's face changed: "Hua Qiang, you don't even keep prisoners?" ”

Wang Huaqiang glanced at the murderous soldiers behind him, and said coldly: "Look at our soldiers, I have seen too many barbarians and cruelty along the way, I just ordered not to kill prisoners, and they will not abide by it, the first rank on the battlefield is military merit, but the prisoners are halved, the enemy army is kneeling and surrendering, they have killed people, how can they tell whether they have killed prisoners or not?" ”

Pei Shiju has never really been on the battlefield, and he doesn't know the mystery, so he was dumbfounded when he heard these words, and after a long time, he sighed: "Hua Qiang, you are a general, just do as you say." However, there is one point, this battle must be won by a big victory to deter the enemy's courage. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded confidently: "Look at me, custody will not disappoint you." ”

The barbarian army on the other side was almost lined up, Zhou Shiju wiped the sweat on his head, and smiled at Ren Gui, who was silent on the side: "I think this enemy general is also a wine bag and rice bag, originally when our army attacked the city just now, it was the best time for him to assault, but he was there to set up a formation slowly, and also gave our army a chance to withdraw and turn around, seeing that they were only about 3,000 people, but we had 12,300 strong, all rushed over, and trampled them to death!" ”

Ren Gui sighed: "Zhou Shuai, I'm afraid that the situation is not so optimistic, our army has lost its sharpness under the fortified city, and the enemy army looks murderous and well-equipped, we have to be prepared for a hard battle in this battle, it is best to withdraw the army back to the camp now, relying on the fortifications of the camp to hold on, otherwise in case of defeat, there is nowhere to escape." ”

Zhou Shiju hooked the corners of his mouth dissatisfied: "Ren Sima, you Han people are so forward-looking and backward in war, there is no blood, and you have become a god and god to talk about this art of war, that formation, these are useful, fighting is to rely on a large number of people, relying on not being afraid of death, Li Feng in this city is shrinking behind the city wall, we can only shoot him if we want to attack the city, but now we are fighting on flat ground, the weather is so hot, how can these Sui soldiers fight when they wear so much, Ren Sima, if you are afraid of death, you can go back to the camp first, and see how I eliminated this group of Sui troops." ”

Ren Gui shook his head, he glanced back at Donghengzhou behind him, and said, "Zhou Shuai had better leave a few hundred more people to defend the enemy army in Donghengzhou and kill it, and attack from both sides." ”

Master Zhou raised his hand and waved his hand: "They don't have the courage, don't be afraid!" Ren Sima, you better go back to the camp early, after today's battle, please go to Panyu and report to Wang Dashuai what happened here! ”

Ren Gui wanted to speak again, but when he saw Zhou Shiju's impatient look, he knew that it would be futile to persuade again, sighed, and said to Zhou Shiju: "Then Ren wishes Zhou Shuai a victory!" ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and rode a bantam horse, and under the protection of a dozen horseback guards, he ran directly south from behind the formation, and the captain of the guard asked strangely: "Sima, the big camp is in the east, you are wrong." ”

Ren Gui turned around and scolded in a low voice: "It's a wrong fart, this frame Zhou Shiju and his more than 10,000 barbarians all have to be explained here, and Shixing will definitely not be able to hold it, while the battle has not yet been fought, hurry back to Panyu to inform Wang Dashuai, it's too late!" ”

At this time, Wang Huaqiang immediately in front of the formation, drew his sword out of the sheath, and waved his hand to the front, the camp of the Sui army began to move slowly forward, the crossbowmen in the front row held crossbows and bows, and the fifty teams lined up in a neat line, under the command of their respective teams and governors, pressed forward firmly and powerfully.

On the other side, Zhou Shiju also lined up the formation, in fact, it was not a formation, that is, the barbarians were squeezed into a straggler formation in a chaotic manner, and it was difficult for these barbarians, usually more than 500 people in a brawl, on this plain can gather more than 10,000 people, let them listen to the drums to attack, and retreat when they hear the gong, if it is not for Ren Gui to help Zhou Shiju train for several months, it is impossible to achieve this effect.

Zhou Shiju stood at the front of the team this time, and when he attacked the city, he felt that his superb martial arts were useless, but this kind of plain battle could just give full play to his might and martial arts, and the Sui army on the opposite side was in his eyes, it was three thousand round heads, and he had even begun to think that when the time came, he would swing these three thousand heads to the city of Donghengzhou, and not scare Li Feng into suicide!

A smile appeared on Zhou Shiju's lips, he picked up a circle of big knives, shook out a burst of knife flowers, and shouted: "Warriors, the time has come to make meritorious contributions, rush me!" ”

More than 10,000 barbarian soldiers in the wild copper drums, not in formation, black pressure on the ground, like a tide towards the opposite Sui army, these Han people wrapped in iron sheets, will soon become their own ghosts under the sword!

Wang Huaqiang looked at the barbarians who rushed up in chaos, and only said two words softly: "Beat the drum, prepare to release the arrow!" (To be continued......)

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